Dragon's Origin

## Chapter 211: Chiseling the Nine Secret Words (Part 2)

The nine words were distributed on a mountain wall that was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, so there was no guarantee they would be perfectly aligned. This wasn't a stone tablet, and there was no requirement for the font to be uniform in size. Therefore, Wang Sheng happily used a manga-style arrangement, with varying sizes and a scattered yet aesthetically pleasing layout, which he quickly simulated in his spirit space.

The old Taoist asked Wang Sheng to take action, and after pondering for a long time, Wang Sheng finally decided to start.

Following the old Taoist's instructions, Wang Sheng took out the lightest hammer, weighing only an ounce or two, along with a chisel, and prepared himself before approaching the mountain wall. Carving in mid-air was impossible, so Wang Sheng first used a set of climbing tools he had made later.

He swung a grappling hook with a rope attached a few times. After releasing it, the hook accurately caught the top of the cliff. Wang Sheng tugged on the rope and, feeling secure, threw a second one. One rope served as a suspension rope, and the other as a safety rope. This was Wang Sheng's cautious instinct; one couldn't be too careful when working at high altitudes.

The old Taoist watched all of this with a smile, showing no intention of helping. He really wanted to see if Wang Sheng could pull this off.

This place was already very close to the core, strictly speaking, within the core circle. A special formation protected certain auras inside, which allowed the martial arts will and this mountain wall to be maintained until now.

Having simulated the font distribution, Wang Sheng, after climbing up, wasted no time on layout. He directly moved to the starting stroke of the first word, took out the hammer and chisel, placed the chisel against the mountain wall, and swung the hammer.

Ding! Wang Sheng swung the light, one-ounce hammer, striking the bottom of the chisel as if it weighed a ton. Based on his experience carving the Laozi statue, Wang Sheng was confident that this strike would leave the mark of the intended stroke on the stone wall. This was Wang Sheng's confidence in his carving skills.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Bang! A strange counterforce emanated from the mountain wall, directly sending Wang Sheng, along with the hammer and chisel, flying backward in a frenzy.

Suspended in the air, even with immense strength, Wang Sheng couldn't resist the sudden force. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and tightened his grip, catching the rope suspending his body.

Crack! The rope, capable of holding at least three times Wang Sheng's weight, suddenly snapped. Wang Sheng's body still flew uncontrollably outward.

Thankfully, Wang Sheng had prepared a safety rope out of caution. Although one rope snapped, the other remained, with a length several meters longer than the original. This safety rope finally prevented Wang Sheng from falling off the cliff, but after swinging in the air, he slammed heavily back onto the mountain wall.

As he neared the mountain wall, Wang Sheng reached out and used the Tai Chi technique to dissipate the force, easily clinging back onto the wall.

"You foresaw this?" Sliding down the safety rope quickly, Wang Sheng walked to the old Taoist, who was trying to suppress his laughter, and asked.

"Of course!" The old Taoist looked at Wang Sheng and couldn't help but chuckle again.

"Is there a solution?" Wang Sheng ignored the old Taoist's smirk and earnestly sought guidance.

"I don't have one." The old Taoist finally suppressed his laughter and replied in a tone that Wang Sheng found very annoying, "The Nine Secret Words, in the end, are just different ways of using spiritual energy. Your understanding is deeper than mine. Try using the spiritual energy of the Nine Secret Words to counteract that force."

Wang Sheng looked at the stone wall again, pondering. Making a fool of himself in front of the old Taoist was no big deal; many people wanted to play the fool to amuse the old Taoist but couldn't. The key was the old Taoist's method of using the Nine Secret Words to counteract the force from the mountain wall.

Starting again, Wang Sheng didn't climb directly to the top of the mountain but stood at the foot of the wall, experimenting on solid ground.

Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Zai, Qian, in his spirit space, the combat awareness figure began to simulate the spiritual energy operation methods and effects of each of the Nine Secret Words. Except for the three words that Wang Sheng hadn't yet mastered, each word was re-dissected and re-understood by the combat awareness figure.

The first word, of course, was "Lin," which, when used on oneself, calms the mind and strengthens resolve. When used on others, it can also have positive effects, but Wang Sheng could also use it in reverse if he wanted. How the operation of spiritual energy, when Wang Sheng uttered the word "Lin," drove the resonance of spiritual energy through sound waves, thereby affecting the spirit space, was all tested by the combat awareness figure on each of its clones.

Because it was a word that Wang Sheng basically mastered, the results of the experiment were very good. The combat awareness figure quickly grasped it and then clearly demonstrated the spiritual energy operation method and its effects from the inside out in slow motion by a small figure in the spirit space.

The combat awareness figure's clone instantly became translucent, allowing Wang Sheng to fully feel the complete process. After this process, the force that had repelled Wang Sheng was displayed on the simulated mountain wall in the spirit space.

Next was using this word to attack the mountain wall from various directions and angles. With just the word "Lin," the combat awareness figure simulated it no less than a thousand times.

While Wang Sheng was simulating in his spirit space, his external appearance was that of Wang Sheng standing in front of the mountain wall, stroking it and falling into deep thought. The old Taoist watched this scene without disturbing Wang Sheng, sitting nearby. His cultivation allowed him to feel the power contained within without having to touch the mountain wall.

To be honest, this level of residual power wasn't earth-shattering for the old Taoist. What interested him more was how this power was initially used, how it could lightly sever an entire mountain with a single strike. His concern wasn't how to resist this residual power but to deduce how the master of this power had unleashed that strike from these remnants.

Different focuses led to different perspectives. The old Taoist was also curious about how Wang Sheng, with his current cultivation, would use the power of the Nine Secret Words to counteract the force on the mountain wall.

Wang Sheng closed his eyes, and the eight combat awareness figures in his spirit space, like eight overclocked, high-speed CPUs, frantically calculated and simulated. Different angles, different amounts of spiritual energy, different techniques, even the hammer and chisel were included in the calculations. Almost every minute, a flaw in some method would be discovered.

At this point, Wang Sheng completely understood why the old Taoist, despite having higher cultivation and superior Taoist techniques, couldn't compare to him in understanding and mastering the Nine Secret Words. Even though the combat awareness figure hadn't participated in the simulation calculations before, Wang Sheng had a significant advantage that the old Taoist couldn't match.

Wang Sheng's spirit now possessed at least the legendary divine abilities of the Dragon's Four Sons, something the old Taoist couldn't even hope to achieve.