Worried that Nüwa would give herself another surprise or scare, Deng Chanyu checked around for a long time in all directions, up and down, and only then breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed that Hongjun was not there.
A false alarm, she flipped a dead fish eye, looking at Nüwa, waiting for the teacher in her memory to give her an explanation.
Scaring your disciples like this is appropriate? I'm only an 18-year-old with more than a thousand months!
Nüwa seemed not to notice the meaning behind her gaze, earnestly said: "Remember, trouble comes from the mouth. As your teacher, I will not treat you in the same way. We can laugh it off between us, but I am getting old, and who knows when I may no longer be here. You must take the path ahead of yourself. Today, I want to tell you a lesson: always be careful with your words and actions."
Deng Chanyu felt the kindness of her teacher, pondered seriously for a while, and nodded silently in agreement. Since Guangyue became Rufei, she has been a bit overconfident lately, and her teacher's advice is right.
The Primordial chaos is too dangerous; no matter how cautious, it's not enough.
As Nüwa turned her back, she revealed a smug smile, still the playful little girl she used to be. She believed whatever she was told, but now that she had grown up, turning one hundred and something years old with skeletal age, she was no longer as easy to deceive.
After a small interlude, they returned to the topic of repairing the Chaos Bell.
Hongjun Laoding used others' treasured items with no understanding of what it means to cherish them. Now, the surface of the bell is riddled with cracks, causing both teacher and student to feel deeply pained.
Nüwa pondered earnestly for a moment and said: "At present, this is the foundation of the World of the Three Realms, where all three thousand Daoist paths are within sight. Although the Chaos Bell came from outer space, it has also accommodated many profound truths of the World of the Three Realms since it entered. If possible, we could reinvigorate and purify it. The power of the Chaos Bell might even surpass its peak prosperity in the past."
The Chaos Bell, no matter what, is a second-hand item. In fact, both the Taixi Diagram and the Pan Gu Fan are also second-hand. In this sense, they are all quite similar.
But the Taixi Diagram and the Pan Gu Fan are not damaged. After the original owner perished, Hongjun took them away, and eventually passed them on to Taiqing and Yuan Shi.
Whether it's Hongjun or the two subsequent sages, the Taixi Diagram and the Pan Gu Fan have always been being sanctified by the sages, enjoying profound Daoist truths at all times within their sacred minds.
The Chaos Bell is rather unfortunate. Although Taiyi possesses a natural talent that surpasses others, it still cannot match up to sages, let alone Hongjun. The gap between them is huge in terms of sanctifying treasures. Moreover, the Chaos Bell also experienced an explosion both inside and out afterward. This gap is too large to be measured numerically.
The Taixi Diagram, the Pan Gu Fan, and the Chaos Bell are all indigenous treasures without doubt. However, if the first two were ranked, they would probably be lv99, while the Chaos Bell is only pitifully at lv1 and then has to be labeled with a "defective" term. The first two are still "members of elite families," while this one has fallen to the level of a beggar in the street.
The strength of the Taixi Diagram and the Pan Gu Fan is none of her business. Of course, Deng Chanyu hopes that the Chaos Bell will become stronger, the stronger the better.
She asked, "Then, according to your teacher's abilities, can it be strengthened again?"
Nüwa said with a serious expression: "It's very difficult. To make adjustments and strengthen the original structure, even I have little confidence in it. It can only be said to be a trial and error."
Deng Chanyu observed her teacher's subtle expression and began to understand what Nüwa meant. With a hint of doubt, she pointed to the chaotic array of Taoist truths scattered around and asked, "But the Ancestor of Tao sent us here..."
Her lazy thoughts were exposed, and Nüwa didn't show any embarrassment. She revealed a helpless expression: "Or maybe you should try to strengthen the Chaos Bell?"
Deng Chanyu: "..."
How do you strengthen it? Is it like in the game, where you take a gamble and press a button to strengthen it?
This is a delicate task, and she has no idea or skills for it.
The Chaos Bell is hers, and the Dao of the World of Chaos is that of all beings. How to choose? Let the beings in the World of Chaos suffer a little more.
Her voice was hoarse, and she pointed to the surrounding complex array of Daos, "Teacher, are you going to entrust such an important task to me?"
Nüwa dragged out the syllables: "As your teacher, I quote a phrase you often say: 'What is not important in the World of Chaos?' Follow the steps step by step."
Deng Chanyu was still making her final attempt at self-rescue. She lowered her voice and glanced back and forth repeatedly: "The disciple feels that something seems a bit off here. Could there be an enemy hiding?"
Nüwa laughed at her: "As your teacher, I need to pay a great price to enter here. The Ancestor of Tao opened the door using three major native treasures. Do you think there will be any enemies here? Guangchengzi?"
Deng Chanyu nodded quickly: "Yes, yes. If there is a projection of Guangchengzi hidden here, and it sneaks an attack on me while I repair the Dao base, what should I do?"
Nüwa was impatient with her chatter and waved her sleeve: "Hush, stop talking nonsense, and get to work!"
"Okay!"
It was really a tough situation. Like forcing a duck to climb up the stairs, Deng Chanyu gritted her teeth and worked on repairing the Dao foundation. After working for half a day, she found that this task was indeed difficult, but it was also not impossible.
There are often jokes about someone wearing out the Dao, but in reality, the Dao is not that fragile. If something materializes from the Dao, it also has the ability to self-repair. The problem now is that Hongjun abruptly stuffed a large number of external teachings into the three thousand Daos, overloading the base of many Daos and causing them to mix together.
The foundation space here is infinite, and what Deng Chanyu needs to do now is nothing more than two things: to clarify and to guide. It seems that this is not very different from repairing the geopolitical roots of the World of Chaos.
Nüwa sat cross-legged in mid-air, with the Chaos Bell floating in front of her. She claimed to be creating a "Super Chaos Bell."
Deng Chanyu is extremely suspicious that this person is sleeping, but every time she goes with questions, Nüwa can provide answers that are beyond her comprehension, truly inscrutable.
While continuously guiding and clarifying numerous Daos, Deng Chanyu also found the materialized space Daos. When she first obtained the space Daos seed, her use of the space Daos was "thought out" randomly. It wasn't until she was brutally beaten by Tianshuang Jiang in the space of the Chaos Bell that her understanding of the space path began to take shape. However, at that time, it was still mainly copying. She copied Tianshuang Jiang's use of space abilities, but there are differences between abilities and Daos. They cannot be generalized in a single sentence.
Now experiencing the space Dao firsthand, it was a whole new world.
Using human and monkey metaphors, the sages controlling the Daos is like humans inventing steam engines or nuclear bombs—their understanding and control of the Daos have reached a very high level.
While Deng Chanyu was experiencing the Dao foundation up close, she could say that her monkey-like understanding of the space Daos was about to enter the stage of standing upright.
