Battle Through the Heavens: Soul Travels Through Clouds and Mountains, Becoming a Winning Artist

Chapter 39 Copper Cloud Staff

After Yun Potian left, the space fell silent.

Without the support of "Cloud Breaker", this huge supporting pillar also lost its power. It began to shrink and shorten, eventually turning into a stick less than a person's height.

But at this moment, Yun Congxin couldn't care less about the stick—he was shocked by the words spoken at the speed of "Yun Potian" (a martial arts technique), and even subconsciously opened his mouth wide.

Who would have thought! Yun Potian, such an unknown background character, actually has the ability to sense the existence of Origin Qi?

That doesn't make sense. If Yun Potian is that strong, even a little bit of resources leaked from him would be enough to create several Dou Sheng! How could Yunlan Sect be so weak?

Furthermore, the timeline doesn't match up. The coexistence of multiple Dou Di on the Dou Qi Continent is something from the most ancient period of time. Yun Potian might not even have been born as early as Gu Yuan, so how could he possibly uncover the secrets of an era where multiple Dou Di coexisted?

Yun Congxin stroked his chin. If it weren't for the turbulent spatial currents outside this strange platform carrying violent energy, he would have thought some bastard was making fun of him.

He knew terms from his hometown like methodology and pseudonyms, but he didn't know if the missing thing he sensed was the primordial imperial energy, whether he hadn't read Battle Through the Heavens, or whether he and he were not from the same hometown at all.

"Stay calm and let things flow naturally; don't let others lead you by the nose..."

Yun Congxin rubbed his face vigorously, only noting down the questions that could no longer be verified, no longer wasting time on them. He then turned to studying the stick in front of him, and the "Waterfall of Time" that "Yun Potian" had mentioned before leaving.

"Whoa!"

Yun Congxin picked up the stick and exclaimed in surprise, "It's really heavy!"

This stick is indeed extraordinary; not only is its density comparable to gold, but its hardness surpasses that of any metal Yun Congxin has ever seen in his past and present lives.

As soon as Yun Congxin picked up the stick, he immediately realized the effect of Yun Potian's words on suppressing the battle qi—even though he now had the strength of a Dou Zong, he could still feel that the battle qi did not circulate smoothly when using the stick.

This thing is even more powerful than the Xuanzhong Ruler!

"Hey!"

Yun Congxin let out a soft shout, and the fighting spirit within his body surged forth, transforming into a light blue divine warhorse.

The warhorse neighed, its hooves pounded the ground, and its battle aura transformed into a horse that soared straight into the clouds.

Yun Congxin held his breath and focused his mind, then swung the stick in his hand and chopped down!

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, Yun Congxin, without using any battle qi, easily dispersed the battle qi spirit he had personally condensed using only this stick!

Its suppression of battle qi is even more powerful than imagined!

"It's brass-colored, with clouds engraved on it, let's call it the Bronze Cloud Stick..."

Afterwards, Yun Congxin conducted many tests on the copper cloud staff and deeply appreciated its extraordinary qualities.

He poured his powerful battle qi into the copper cloud staff, trying to test whether its interior was as hard as that, but found that the copper cloud staff was like a bottomless pit, absorbing all the battle qi no matter how much he poured in!

After Yun Congxin poured enough fighting spirit as a Dou Ling into it, he was surprised to find that the copper cloud staff had unknowingly become longer, thicker, and heavier, as if it had been enlarged proportionally.

He roughly estimated that if he wanted to make the Copper Cloud Staff as big as before, he would probably have to charge it up to the point where his fighting spirit was exhausted three times over.

Furthermore, despite absorbing so much battle qi, the bronze cloud staff did not exhibit any unique characteristics. In other words, the battle qi, which condensed into liquid enough to fill a small pool, merely increased its weight slightly!

Who could afford this?!

"It's a bit of a double-edged sword..." Yun Congxin murmured with some regret.

I thought I'd found a great treasure, but this thing can change size and is so heavy, it looks like a cheap version of the Ruyi Jingu Bang!

Even if it's not so bad that a mere graze would cause injury or death upon contact, it should at least look like a powerful weapon, right?

But this thing is like a bottomless pit that can never be filled. So much battle energy rushed in, but neither the destructive power nor the mysterious and difficult-to-understand runes appeared.

It just got bigger!

"Is it really just a cultivation aid?"

Yun Congxin recalled that, according to Yun Potian, this stick was nothing more than a tool for forging fighting spirit, and couldn't help but feel regretful.

Oh well, it's good enough if it can hone my battle qi. My battle qi is a bit weak right now, so it's perfect for practicing with it.

At worst, I'll just use it as a dumbbell...

With this thought in mind, Yun Congxin prepared to put the bronze cloud staff into his storage ring.

"Um?"

The copper cloud staff was successfully inserted, but when Yun Congxin turned her head, she was surprised to find it lying quietly in the same spot!

Yun Congxin checked his storage ring, but sure enough, there was no sign of the Copper Cloud Cudgel.

"Alive?"

He tried again, still puzzled.

"Wait, the jade bottle that was moved has returned to its original place, this..."

Looking at the slightly smaller bronze cloud staff, Yun Congxin muttered to himself, "Interfering with the Waterfall of Time... could it be time reversal?"

"Hmm...that's not right either..."

Yun Congxin sat cross-legged facing the bronze cloud staff. He used his powerful fighting spirit to lift the bronze cloud staff and put it into his storage ring once again.

This time, Yun Congxin's soul power poured out from between his eyebrows, carefully observing every fluctuation of the platform.

After the last part of the copper cloud staff entered the storage ring, Yun Congxin sensed that all the stable spaces on the platform without spatial turbulence experienced subtle but dense fluctuations.

This fluctuation began after the copper cloud staff was placed into the storage ring and ended when it reappeared on the ground. It proceeded according to a certain pattern, lasting a very short time, but with a disordered yet orderly rhythm.

"Could it be... that we can't take it with us?"

After thinking it over, Yun decided to conduct the experiment again.

"Entangled by a myriad of winds!"

He condensed his immense fighting spirit into a rope, bound the bronze cloud staff, and pushed it off the platform into the extremely unstable space caused by spatial turbulence.

A moment later, the copper cloud staff reappeared on the platform.

This time, Yun Congxin sensed stronger and denser spatial fluctuations, and vaguely discovered some kind of particle within the fluctuations.

Spatial fluctuations are like layers of fog, obscuring the traces of the particles.

If the fluctuations hadn't been amplified by the spatial turbulence, Yun Congxin probably wouldn't have been able to sense the particle's existence at all.

It was like a gentle breeze that made the fog less dense...

"In that case, let the storm rage on!"

Upon discovering the pattern, Yun Congxin became excited. He channeled his battle qi and, no longer as cautious as before, threw the bronze cloud staff into the spatial turbulence with all his might!

When the copper cloud staff returned to the platform once again, Yun Congxin was so excited that she almost jumped up.

"Hooray! I guessed right! I was right!"