Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 921

Chapter 921: Chapter 295: External and Internal, Fundamental Forces of the Universe! (Part 2)

“When he was eliminated, Mr. Xiacang worried that everyone would have opinions, so he didn’t hold back and generously shared his Xiacang Skill, which was about this thick.”

Liu Bi spoke, using his fingers to show a thickness.

Cheng Ye had looked at the information for a day and roughly estimated that the thickness was at least a hundred pages.

“Is it the legendary martial arts manual?” he asked curiously.

“It can be considered as such.” Liu Bi nodded, “There were simple diagrams depicting each move, including techniques for practice, combat, and kill. At that time, there were no photocopiers, all hand-drawn by Mr. Xiacang’s disciples, which made it extremely precious.”

“After obtaining the Xiacang Skill, I pondered over it and practiced every day, slowly copying the moves from the diagrams. Mr. Xiacang stayed in Happiness City for over half a year, but in the end, he didn’t choose a satisfactory disciple and left to continue traveling to his next destination.”

“With no comparisons and no one to teach, I practiced and comprehended on my own, a journey of over ten years. At sixteen, it was the third year after your grandfather and his people left, the Idealist Faction was in power, resulting in internal turmoil, and my father got mixed up to the rank of an office worker.”

“Unfortunately, he was unlucky. He encountered a dangerous infection source while on duty with the Inspector. The Inspector was killed on the spot, and my father didn’t flee; he used his life to maneuver and also sent an alert to the checkpoint, preventing a major chaos. Afterward, he was treated as a reform model, allowing me to smoothly replace the name of the sacrificed Inspector and became an Intern Inspector.”

Liu Bi’s journey wasn’t smooth, but he did catch the wave of the era’s opportunity.

Because the Idealist Faction elevated the status of Inspectors without limits, any achievement was magnified in propaganda.

An office worker facing danger without fleeing and upholding responsibility was the best propaganda material.

“After becoming an Inspector, life became even more dangerous, so I practiced even harder. I later encountered your Sister Luo… Anyway, after gaining more experience, I realized I unknowingly had entered the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm within the ten years of bitter practice and even formed a preliminary Celestial Human Martial Domain.”

“Ah?” Cheng Ye was utterly shocked, “Are you saying that Brother B, as an Intern Inspector, you were already in the Unity of Heaven and Man?”

“Yes.” Liu Bi nodded sincerely, “The Xiacang Skill didn’t have realm distinctions marked, and I had no one to communicate with. Plus, my father strictly forbade me from stepping out of the Buffer Zone, and I had no one to practice with. So, day by day practicing, I unknowingly completed all steps of the Martial Path.”

He smiled foolishly, scratched his head, and continued, “At that time, Mr. Xiacang was already 70 years old and reached the end of his life. I took the opportunity during field duty as an Intern Inspector to travel to his final resting place in Sea Province and saw him off at a place called ‘Tianya Haijiao’. When he realized I’d reached Unity of Heaven and Man just by following the diagrams, he took me as his last disciple on the spot.”

“Did you ask Mr. Xiacang why, despite your poor outward talent, you were able to get this far?” Cheng Ye followed the topic.

Liu Bi nodded honestly, “You’re right; that was the first question I asked. At first, Mr. Xiacang thought I was joking, unwilling to accept being eliminated years ago, until I demonstrated the Xiacang Skill with one hand and defeated all his disciples under him; then he believed I truly achieved this through my own practice.”

Cheng Ye was suddenly dumbfounded; this turnaround script was too standard, without a trace of deviation.

Even the final bragging showdown was so stunning; surely Mr. Xiacang was quite ‘frightened.’

He couldn’t help but ask, “What was Mr. Xiacang’s answer?”

“He told me people have two types of talent.”

Liu Bi’s eyes turned serious, “One is outward talent, which we often refer to as physique, combat intelligence, learning ability, language talent, even danger perception. Outward talent is visible, and describable. The other is inner talent, and this ‘concealment’ is the origin of the ‘Cang’ in Mr. Xiacang’s name.”

“He could feel that every time the sun rose, there was a special power in the world that brought miraculous abilities when absorbed. And I too had this inner talent.”

Liu Bi paused then said solemnly, “As long as I maintain a calm mind, I can feel the strength of the cycle of all things, the evolution of nature. Although I can’t actively absorb this strength like Mr. Xiacang, as long as I maintain this state, my abilities will steadily rise, and my outward talent will gradually strengthen too.”

Outward, inner?

Cheng Ye listened in surprise; he never imagined the ‘concealment’ of Xiacang had such profound meaning.

Could humans actually possess a talent to perceive a special power of the world?

“I rarely tell others about this.”

Seeing Cheng Ye’s face full of astonishment and unable to recover for a long time, Liu Bi sighed, “It sounds too unbelievable; for those without this sense, it feels like a story, no one would believe it.”

“Don’t be disheartened; even if you don’t feel it, it’s alright. I only realized this talent after entering the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm; before I always thought it was an illusion. Maybe once you find your own belief, you might feel this special force too.”

“So, when you were training Yu Yong in the morning, you were helping him find this force?”

“You’re right; my Martial Domain can help calm your minds, thus uncover perception.”

Liu Bi nodded, “Yu Yong’s talent is strong; I can sense that he’s already aware of this power’s existence. Next is to discover, study, and master it. If he can capture this force, he might suppress the infection source and survive, but with malignant infection sources… hard to say what the final outcome will be.”