Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 236 Encrypted Version of the Cultivation Technique

Qiu Ci hadn't originally planned to settle scores with the Eastern Immortal Realm so quickly, since the main perpetrators who injured Juanshan belonged to the Western Immortal Realm, which was why she had come straight for them. But who could have imagined that before she even started to retaliate, they would deliver themselves to her doorstep? In that case, she would have no choice but to deal with the Eastern Immortal Realm as well.

Of course, she knew nothing about managing half of the immortal realm, so she could only leave that to the professional comrade Juanshan to handle.

Juanshan, who had just integrated the Western Immortal Realm and was already swamped with work: "..."

What worries Qiu Ci even more now is her dog. The dog system can't keep acting up like this every day. Fortunately, despite its erratic behavior, it has always remembered that it is her system. Apart from issuing some inexplicable tasks, it hasn't caused any major problems.

Qiu Ci also inquired with the immortals in charge of guiding the two immortal realms, wondering if they also had methods to repair the system since they possessed something like the Heavenly Fortune Book that could directly separate the system.

However, after asking around, they discovered that the Immortal Realm knew nothing about the so-called system. They only knew that there was such a magical artifact that could help people in the lower realms ascend to immortality, but they knew nothing about how to control and use it. They were even worse than the previous temple. They even thought that the Book of Heavenly Fortune was a magical artifact given to them by the Emperor to detect the existence of the system.

It can be said that the Immortal Realm's understanding of the system is not as great as Juanshan's, after all, he is someone who actually has some authority.

This brings us back to square one. To solve the dog system's current problems, there are only two ways: either go to the Supreme God, or find the final base first. The former is too risky; who knows what the Supreme God's plans are?

As for the location of the base, she had practically scoured every book in both the Eastern and Western Immortal Realms these past few days, but still found nothing. But upon reflection, it made sense; after all, the main god had been searching for over 20,000 years. If the base could be found so easily, why would it need to cooperate with her?

Qiu Ci guessed that this so-called base must be hidden in a place no one would expect, and it might even be like a secret realm, only appearing under specific triggering conditions, such as when she arrived there. Moreover, this base definitely contains crucial information, and it is more likely to be the secret of Blue Star's ascension.

If that's the case, then relying on the immortals of both the Eastern and Western Immortal Realms to search together is unrealistic. Plus, the dog system is malfunctioning again, so she can only personally travel throughout the entire Immortal Realm to try her luck.

Thinking of this, Qiu Ci felt a headache coming on. With her cultivation level, it would be too troublesome to travel all over the Immortal Realm. Not only would it take a long time, but who knew what trouble she might encounter? Ling Hua and Mu Xi were examples of this before.

Although she was invincible in the Immortal Realm due to her psychic machine body, she was still just an Earth Immortal at heart, and her only helper, Juanshan, wasn't even an Earth Immortal. Putting aside everything else, if they encountered places that restricted entry by cultivation level and realm, they wouldn't even be able to travel together, let alone find a base.

Therefore, Qiu Ci felt it was necessary to improve his cultivation level. For some reason, he regretted not synchronizing his cultivation with the dog's when it was still normal. Although it was an incomplete version and couldn't graduate directly, it could at least reach the second year of university.

However, she only felt regret for a moment before she understood. It was just a mere Celestial Immortal cultivation level. With the resources of both the Eastern and Western Immortal Realms at her disposal, she could cultivate to that level in no time with her learning ability.

Having figured this out, Qiu Ci turned around and plunged into the martial arts manuals in the library, only to be surprised to find that she couldn't understand them!
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That's right, it's literally incomprehensible.

What is: "Entering the inner realm of mystery, returning to oneness from the void"?

What kind of nonsense is this, "Winds rage for three days, sudden rain falls in the morning"?

And what is that pile of text that's difficult to read?
Why can she recognize each of these words individually, but not understand them when they are put together?
Qiu Ci faintly heard the sound of someone sending her a super compressed file, but unfortunately, she didn't have the tools to unzip it. What kind of ridiculous cultivation technique is this? Is it really meant for immortals? She would rather see a bunch of mathematical formulas than this.

No! That's impossible! She's clearly a genius who excels in all areas! The kind of genius that all the teachers and students at Twin Star Academy agree on.

Why can't I even understand the textbooks once I arrive in the Immortal Realm?
Qiu Ci was very angry and unwilling to give up. She gritted her teeth and read through the entire cultivation manual.

Then I realized... I really couldn't understand it!

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She doesn't even recognize some of the Chinese characters.

How could this be? For the first time since waking up, Qiu Ci was struck by a lack of cultural understanding.

After hesitating for a while, it dawned on me that these cultivation techniques and secret manuals were created and passed down by immortals in the celestial realm. Therefore, the writing style and content naturally leaned more towards the local style, which is why they were written in such a fantastical and difficult-to-understand way.

However, all the cultivation methods she has encountered since she began her practice all originated from Earth. Not to mention the synchronization function of the dog system, even the base database is based on Earth's teaching materials. Naturally, it is written as clearly and easily as possible, and there are even corresponding annotations next to many special terms, which can be said to make people understand the meaning of the content in a comprehensive way.

Especially after she went to Twin Star Academy, the Blue Academy's Preaching Tower was originally Blue Star's cultivation method library. She could often see another accompanying cultivation method analysis book next to the cultivation method. Therefore, she never encountered any difficulties in understanding the teaching materials. Even when she first arrived in the Immortal Realm, the reason she was able to cultivate to the late stage of Earth Immortal was due to the accumulation of previous cultivation methods and the monitoring of the dog system. However, now that she wants to break through to Earth Immortal, she can no longer use the cultivation methods of the lower realm.

Qiu Ci stared blankly at the cultivation manual for two hours until she was sure she really couldn't understand it before turning to find Juan Shan.

As a librarian who has been stationed here for 20,000 years, Juan Shan is undoubtedly erudite, especially in terms of magic. She used to consult Juan Shan about many complex magic techniques. However, even the most erudite person learns the Blue Star version of the analytical techniques, while the immortal realm's is a compressed and encrypted version in classical Chinese.

The result was that even Juanshan couldn't understand it.

Autumn Farewell: "..."

Juanshan: "..."

Having exhausted all other options, the two had to find several celestial beings to come and translate, analyze, and interpret the cultivation technique word by word for them, face-to-face, until Qiu Ci fully understood its contents. Almost immediately afterward, Qiu Ci began her secluded cultivation to improve her strength.

Although the system is currently acting up and can't help, she is still someone who has inherited a lot of knowledge from Blue Star. Although the path of cultivation is different at each level, it can be said that they all lead to the same goal. With her abilities, even without the system's help, it's only a matter of time before she reaches the true Immortal Venerable level through her own efforts.

So Qiu Ci began to cultivate seriously, and then...

He failed to break through to the Human Immortal realm!

Autumn Farewell: "..."