Gone Stupid?

After some more talking, the old man said his goodbyes and quickly left, as if he were going to be late for some emergency meeting.

After the old man was gone, Tan You sat on the bed with a depressed expression on his face. He then looked at his clone, who was also sitting on the ground, and sighed.

'Now that the old man is gone, I have to be more careful.' He thought and looked at the badge that the old man had given him with the three pill books.

Before the old man went away, he said that if Tan You ever accidentally reached Spirit Condensation Stage 5, he could come to the Bamboo Water Sect and meet the old man again with this badge.

Tan You sighed again. He has gained some more information from the old man about the cultivation realms.

According to him, cultivation is divided into many realms. First one being the Body Condensation. The second one was blood condensation; the third one was bone forging; and after bone forging came spirit condensation.

The old man was at the Core Formation Realm, which was even above Spirit Condensation.

Tan You gulped his saliva at this thought; to think that the old man was this powerful, he was shocked. He never thought that the humble-looking old man would be a tiger amongst the sheeps.

According to the old man, if Tan You combined all his might, he might be able to reach bone forging in about thirty years, and as for spirit condensation, it would be impossible for him with his sand root.

Tan You were currently at the first stage of body condensation, which was the lowest level.

All these cultivation realms are further divided into nine more stages.

'To think that I am the lowest level trash, this world is truly too brutal!' Tan You stood up and looked at his clone.

"However, I do have a Trump card!" He said, and a smile formed on his face. Before the old man went away, he also warned Tan You about his cloning technique.

From his warnings, Tan You understood that his clones were not normal. Usually, it was impossible for a clone to cultivate own it's own.

However, his clones could not only cultivate, but they could cultivate even better than him. And not only could his clones cultivate; they even helped increase his power.

His clones are also in the same realm as him.

'Hehe... If the old man knew about my clone, then he would definitely have coughed up blood.' Tan You thought and laughed. He was proud of number one.

After some time, Tan You went to a small room connected to the hut with Number One.

Inside the room, there was a small black-colored furnace and some herbs. There were also many pill bottles.

The old man has given all this to him; he said that Tan You could live a good life even with these remaining pills.

Tan You sat down on the mat in front of the pill furnace and started looking through the contents of the first book.

The book's name was Basic Herb Encyclopaedia. It had detailed information about many herbs, including their uses and the kind of nature they are abundant in.

Tan You looked at the thickness of the book, and a headache came. 'How am I supposed to memorize all this information?' He thought and sighed.

There was too much information, even in the first book, Tan You could tell that it would take him at least six months just to memorize this one book.

As for the other two books that contained the basic pill formulas, it would take him even more time.

He wondered if he would need years of memorization just to create some basic pills.

As he was brooding over the matter, his gaze accidentally ended on Number One, who was peacefully sitting in front of him, and then a sudden flash appeared in his eyes.

His heart pounded, and he gulped his saliva. 'Should I try giving him these books?' 

Previously, when his clone was cultivating, he could feel his power increasing too. And now Tan You wondered if his clones memorized these books, would the information flow into his mind?

Just the thought of this was able to send his heart beating at a rapid pace.

If his theory really were true, then his clones would be too overpowered.

However, he didn't place much hope in this theory, as getting cultivation power was already too heaven-defying; he didn't want to fall from the sky if this theory failed.

However, he still wants to give it a try. Taking a deep breath, he called out.

"Number One, memorize this book." Tan You said that and handed the book to his clone.

Number one looked at Tan You and nodded. "Yes Master." He said, and taking the book, he quickly opened it.

What happened next puzzled Tan You, and a frown appeared on his face. 'Has Number One turned stupid after sewing the mask?' He thought.

Because Number One was not reading the contents of the book but was merely flipping through them.

He was flipping the pages so fast that Tan You wondered if Number One could even see the contents of the book.

After about a minute, Number One closed the book and looked at Tan You and said, "Master, I have memorized this book." He then gave the thick book back to Tan You.

Tan You, on the other hand, had a stupified expression on his face. 'Am I dreaming or has my clone really gone stupid?' He wanted to cry. 'There is no way he memorized this thick book this fast.' A depressed expression appeared on his face.

With the speed at which Number One was reading, it was impossible for him to memorize so much information.

Tan You was sure that just transmitting all the data contained in this book to a computer would take longer.

So was his clone, even faster than the computers from his previous world.

'That can't be the case, right?' 

There was no new information in Tan You's mind, so his previous theory has failed. He could only gain his clone's cultivation power, not the information.

'I have to test it.' He took in a deep breath and nodded.

Opening the book, he flipped to a random page and looked at Number One.

"Tell me, what is the weakness of dry fire grass?" Tan You asked, looking at the page.

"Dry fire grass is extremely resistant to wooden and air elements; fire element objects also don't pose any threat to it. However, the most amazing aspect of it was that even water element objects can't pose any threat to it; that's its unique property. The only element that can threaten dry fire grass is sunlight. That is the reason why it grows mostly deep in dark caves." Number one is explained.

Not only did he manage to tell Tan You the weakness of dry fire grass, he even told him the unique properties that showed number one's emotional intelligence.

Tan You looked at the information in the book, and then his eyes widened. "This! He is correct!" All of a sudden, terror filled his heart.

This clone of his was too overpowered! Just looking at the book, he managed to memorize it completely.

Although Tan You was now sure that his clone had managed to memorize the book, he still flipped a few pages and asked for some more information just to be sure.

And to his surprise, number one managed to answer each of his questions correctly.

And with each question, Tan You's smile started to grow wide, and when he asked the fifth question, Tan You's smile was wide enough that if he smiled anymore, he might rip apart the muscles in his jaw.

Now he was a hundred percent sure that Number One had memorized the whole book, and although Tan You didn't get the information, he was more than happy that Number One had this information.

After all, Number One was also his strength.

Taking a deep breath, Tan You also threw the other two books at Number One, and in just a few minutes, they were also memorized.

With a happy smile Tan You stood up. "Let's eat something, and then we will try creating pills."

He wanted to know if number one could create pills now since he had memorized all the information.

If he can, then Tan You wouldn't need to worry too much about earning money, as he could live peacefully just by selling some pills.

He looked through the kitchen for a few minutes, and then an unsavory expression appeared on his face.

"There is no food left." Tan You's brows twitched as he cursed the old man internally for not leaving any food for him.

Now he will have to go out and buy some items to eat.

'Well, I was going to go out anyway; since it has come to this, I will go out now.' He thought and nodded.

Taking some money that the old man had left in the pill room, Tan You walked out with his clone by his side.