A Failure's hopeful Journey

Chapter 171: Seclusion.

You Xi Wang sat in meditation inside his room surrounded by the sound isolation array. The spirit energy inside the room was higher than usual. Inside the formation, You Xi Wang was completely immersed in circulating the spirit energy throughout his body according to the five elemental sutras. The spirit energy flowed through his body and then finally after one cycle it settled inside his dantian enlarging the Spirit Sea.

You Xi Wang had it easier than other cultivators as he had a five elemental body and can absorb the spirit energy without and hesitation. Usually, a cultivator would have to focus on a specific attribute before he can absorb it inside his dantian. You Xi Wang also had another advantage, that was the supreme grade five elemental sutras. This cultivation method was a present to him from his Master, Alester Book. Alester Book found this circulation method in an ancient ruin he accidentally stumbled upon in his travels. He was unable to perceive this method. While his disciple was an entity this method was tailor-made for.

This method had an unstated test hidden inside it. The practitioner will gain immense power but there is no free lunch in this world. If your heart has even the slightest hint of greed towards power, this boon will turn into a curse. The spirit energy will not be absorbed but repelled by the body. You Xi Wang was unaware of this and thankful he was not someone who lusted for power. What he wanted was to attain the peak of the world with all his close ones present. The method kept running smoothly. 

The way this method tracked for the traces of the person's evil intentions was related to the soul of a person and it was something no one would understand until they have mastered the rule of soul. You Xi Wang used this method to grow, completely unaware of the hidden sword which would behead him as soon as he goes astray. The system was aware about it but it did not tell You Xi Wang. The reason? You Xi Wang was one of the people who would always think of the things he should not do. Yet, in the end, he would do it. So the system did not tell You Xi Wang in order to prevent this subconscious rebel creature to end up like a bum.

As You Xi Wang was peacefully drowned in seclusion. While outside the world boiled. The people from all over the world were spotted by You Naixin's shadow guard. The foreign forces also knew that their work being watched so they behaved. The system was in charge of the computers of the Tianlong Group. The system issued commands for LUCY to learn more information and evolve. 

Lucy was evolving at a crazy speed. You Xi Wang's suspicion that some from the council might be staring at the Metronet was proved to be true. The system asked LUCY to invade the Council network slowly after Lucy told him that she was done learning all the information there over the evasion and invasion. It was late in the night when LUCY sneaked inside the council server and watched their movements. The system was so OP that he figured out the pattern of the Council online patrol. Lucy was then asked to search for people of big families. They find out the details through the Council database. Then they matched all the data with the surveillance deployed in SILICA City.

The system then asked LUCY to implant a ghost eavesdropping program in the Holo-phone of the following people. The system also issued an anonymous warning to all these people, that if they did not disturb the peace of the city they will be fine otherwise they can imagine how their enemies would feel to get their information free of cost. The other parties were surprised and did not make any moves yet the other party still found them. Some people were scared while some were confused about the leak of their presence and contact so soon. 

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Days passed in a blink. The system took care of everything in the company remotely and it still watched the foreign vultures over their heads. You Zhichi and the team have also come back after their training. You Naixin asked You Zhichi to stay indoors as the city is chaotic. You Xi Wang's friends were also informed about this. The four big families were not careless, they all had taken a share of the blood shackle fruit and were also very cautious when something like this happened. The elders of the four families came to a unanimous decision to deploy their own intelligence networks throughout the city to keep a watch over the people of the city.

The company was facing restrictions from the vultures but the system was not to be trifled with. It allowed Lucy a free handle to scrap the foreign forces in the city. The next thing anybody knew was the small and big dark secrets of the companies were anonymously mailed to the defense forces in of the city office. It was chaos, the city was turned up and down. The defense forces conducted spontaneous raids throughout the city. 

Council forces were never easy to deal with once they acted with evidence of the slightest of errors. The forces included in the raid were not big names themselves but the cover of the big names. The system cooperated with LUCY and drove them all out of the city temporarily if not permanent. The system inside You Xi Wang was a part of his own existence that is why in order to ease the troubles of You Xi Wang, the system acted on its own. The system was not only dealing with the enemies in the shadows but also learning new things. In the past week, it has almost finished reading everything about computer technology in this world. The next thing he was aiming for was medical. 

The system was reading these things from the Codex hall, all his progress was monitored and recorded. Alester Book paid special attention to this. He was aware that his disciple was a genius who completed the Material Science section at the age of 14. So when he saw that You Xi Wang was also learning about computer science then he felt happy. The field of computers is ever-growing and thus the codex hall contained a lot of knowledge. Alester Book also knew that You Xi Wang was in seclusion. This is why he felt even more satisfied to find out that his disciple was not only focusing on raising his strength but also knowledge.

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Outside the room, You Zhichi opened the door. Today, You Xi Wang has been secluding himself for 14 days. He had not eaten or drunk anything in this period of time and as his elder sister, she was worried about his health. A person needed to eat food once a week in order to sustain when they have reached the Core formation realm as the spirit energy inside them will keep them vigorous. But You Xi Wang was only at the peak of the spiritual formation realm. Also, he was needed to report at the school tonight as they would be traveling to the location where the battle fest was held. 

You Xi Wang was unaware that his sister has been waiting for him and he kept cultivating. The spirit energy inside his dantian was now separated into five different colored oceans. What he needed to do now was to form the cores. Yes, cores. The more attributes you have the more cores you will form. This was a very crucial step in one's cultivation. You Xi Wang needed to micro-manage his spiritual energy to form the cores of the five elements together. One mistake and he will turn into a blood mist. 

Spirit energy may make you strong but it is a time bomb. If you cannot control it. Then it will overwhelm you and make you disappear. You Xi Wang opened his eyes before taking the final step. He spotted You Zhichi sitting in front of his array sphere. He spoke to her with soul sense, "Big Sis, guard me. I am going to breakthrough. I need to make five cores. Bless me." he spoke with a tranquil expression.

You Zhichi wanted to say something but stopped herself and smiled. Maya was taken away by Celestia in the morning, but at this moment she sensed You Xi Wang trying to make a breakthrough. She immediately flashed through the mansion and came to his side. She looked at You Zhichi and growled. Her brows frowned just like a worried human.

You Zhichi patted her soft fur and spoke in a soft voice, "Don't worry he will be fine. Let's guard him well. Okay?" Maya calmed down and nodded. Then she went out of the room and sat down facing outside, guarding the door behind her. She sat on her hind legs and her ears flickered from time to time. You Zhichi stayed inside the room. She informed You Naixin and the family about the situation. Soon, You Naixin came and sat down beside Maya outside. 

You Qiangda and the other elders instructed the family mansion to be locked down. They themselves stood guard in the eight directions of the mansion while one of them stood on the roof. Every member of the family was on high alert because they were now aware that You Xi Wang has five elemental talents. You Zhichi told this to everyone because this cannot be hidden anymore. The glow radiated from the cultivator's body when he/she makes it to the core formation will radiate the elements he can master. And when You Xi Wang radiates a five-color aura, it will become a big shock and will definitely attract attention from everyone. 

You Zhichi even called Alester Book. The old man immediately responded and came to the You Mansion. He then deployed a heaven isolation formation. This formation was an 8th-grade formation capable of hiding anything and everything from the peeking eyes. Only someone as powerful as the caster can look inside it. The others will only see the usual scenery. It was just like a trick used to fool the surveillance camera.