Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Chapter 1152 – Azure Badge
Etiquettes and rituals were a really sacred thing. If not done correctly, it would shake the foundations of the dynasty. The Cabinet just gave a rough idea. As for the specifics, it would wait till the Yanhuang ideology was settled.
After ending the Cabinet meeting, Ouyang Shuo returned to the Wuji Hall.
Bing’er and Song Jia had been waiting to go offline with Ouyang Shuo. Just yesterday, Ouyang Shuo had received the notification from Gaia that stated the room was modified according to his wishes.
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Somewhere in the galaxy, Spaceship number ZGMD105.
In the small but warm hall, Ouyang Shuo and his family were having dinner.
There were not many dishes, only tomato fried egg, cabbage, and chili fried pork. Obviously, it could not be compared to the delicacies in the game. However, to the people of the spaceship, this was already a luxury.
Although the galactic squadron had its own indoor farm and breeding grounds, it was limited, and most of the ingredients were used in making nutritional fluids.
Every dish that Ouyang Shuo ordered used up real achievement value.
Although the dishes were simple, the entire family ate with relish. Song Jia picked up a tomato and smiled, “In the blink of an eye, five years have passed. I nearly forgot what this tasted like.”
The tomatoes originated from South America and had not spread to Great Xia yet.
Ouyang Shuo took a look at Bing’er and picked up a small cabbage for her. Although she still had the body of a seven-year-old, she was not as excited as before. Her thinking had grown up.
Such feelings and such a situation made him feel a little lost.
Going back and forth between two totally different worlds had its toll. Once people got used to this virtual side of things, their thinking methods would change greatly.
The game world at that time would not be purely a virtual world.
As a result, Ouyang Shuo did not wake up Yuer and Luoer. To them, before reaching Planet Hope, it was best if they stayed in game, as they would not get used to this change of space.
Furthermore, a small and narrow room would not be good for the kids.
After finishing their meal, Song Jia and Bing’er chatted in the hall, enjoying the view of the vast galaxy. Ouyang Shuo walked into the constructed cultivation room and was going to train in Five Emperor True Manual for the first time.
Previously, when he cultivated in the game, as he was something like a mental body with Gaia directing him in his cultivation, his understanding of the cultivation method was actually really shallow.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo decided to restart his cultivation journey in real life to establish a firm foundation.
Things did not go smoothly.
Although he had countless cultivation experiences, just as Ouyang Shuo sat cross-legged and started to focus, he faced problems. The random thoughts from his physical body swarmed him and made it hard for him to focus.
A person had a thousand different worries and things to think about.
The first step of cultivation would be to remove all evil desires to calm one’s heart and see one’s true self. When we focus, our mind would not go blank. Instead, various thoughts would appear uncontrollably.
The best idea would be to focus your efforts on one thing or a cultivation method.
The Five Emperor True Manual’s idea was to think about were the five emperors themselves: Qing Emperor in the east, Chi Emperor in the south, Yellow Emperor in the middle, Bai Emperor in the west, and Hei Emperor in the north.
Ouyang Shuo was currently focusing on the Qing Emperor.
His image was carved deeply into Ouyang Shuo’s mind. When he focused his thoughts, that image started to appear, becoming more and more real.
Throughout the process, one’s random thoughts would naturally disappear.
At this stage, Ouyang Shuo still could not relax, as this was just a start. He turned his focus to his dantian as he followed the scriptures and chants of the true manual and breathed rhythmically.
Breathing in pure air and spitting out polluted air.
Slowly, his dantian had an itchy feeling. It was like something was running around in there. Following which, a warm and soothing feeling appeared as a small ball of energy appeared.
This was the first bit of Qi.
That’s right, the cultivation of the Five Emperor True Manual jumped over internal energy, starting from Qi then turning it into primordial energy.
After successfully accumulating the first bit of Qi, the next steps were much easier. Ouyang Shuo only needed to focus and rotate it around the route that the true manual mapped out in his body, and the ball of air would grow.
Ouyang Shuo’s meridians had been widened once, so this first cycle went really smoothly.
After rotating for seven full cycles, Ouyang Shuo finally stopped, having completed his first round of cultivation. And just like that, three hours had passed.
If it were not for him having good body qualities, he would feel numb all over.
By the time he returned to the hall, Song Jia and Bing’er had both logged back into the game. Ouyang Shuo arrived in front of the window and looked out at the vast galaxy. His mind drifted off for a moment.
The changes in the past few days made Ouyang Shuo really happy.
Especially the moment when the Federation was disbanded. It felt like the cage that restricted him was removed, and he felt really free.
From now on, he was like a bird in the air or a fish in the vast ocean.
Ouyang Shuo took in a deep breath and muttered, “I can already smell the new world!”
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Gaia 6th year, 1st month, 15th day.
The huge changes brought about by the beast siege were slowly stabilized.
After making themselves known, the two mysterious organizations finally acted and announced their presences to the world. First, Silver Hand revealed themselves in a high-profile manner, with all of its members forming an alliance.
The name of the alliance was known as Silver Hand.
As expected, more than 90% of the TWP were in Silver Hand.
The remaining 10% entered another global alliance known as Azure Badge. Compared to Silver Hand, Azure Badge was more low profile, and it had less than half of the members of Silver Hand.
Despite that being the case, it was still a giant.
Ouyang Shuo could see that the so-called Azure Badge was the academic faction.
Once the members of the two alliances were revealed, players shockingly found that within the global scale, 90% of the territories belonged to either one, and more than half of the guilds belonged to one or the other as well.
This shocking fact sent a chill down the spines of the normal players.
“It seems like there have been two dark clouds hanging over us.”
Although the Federation was gone, the dark clouds were still there, becoming even bolder and more shocking. Facing this cruel fact, every player had a new choice.
They could join the dark clouds and seek protection. Be it Silver Hand or Azure Badge, when they revealed themselves, they extended an olive branch to the normal players.
Obviously, they were changing too.
Players had other choices. They could choose to fight alone, killing a way out from the gaps in the dark clouds.
For example, Great Xia…
