Chapter 214: Array Mechanics
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Although he wanted to complain, Lu Yuan didn’t care about Zhuang Yangbing’s goal of getting close to him.
He wanted to use Zhuang Yangbing to understand the situation after the sixth level.
There must be something special about the unique structure.
“Fellow Daoist, do you know this place very well?”
Zhuang Yangbing smiled brightly when he heard Lu Yuan speak.
Lu Yuan didn’t know why Zhuang Yangbing appeared so warm-hearted. However, he instinctively felt that Zhuang Yangbing was up to something. However, it didn’t matter. Lu Yuan was not afraid of Zhuang Yangbing having needs or desires.
After all, a person who had no desires and no desires had no flaws.
Lu Yuan had been thinking about how to create some chaos in the Immortal Ascension Assembly so that the Apotheosis Stage cultivator would shift his attention away from Lu Yuan.
As long as that happened, Lu Yuan would be able to carry out his Benefit Plunderer plan very well.
At the same time, Zhuang Yangbing was overjoyed.
Just like Lu Yuan, he was not afraid of Lu Yuan responding to him. He was afraid that Lu Yuan would not respond to him.
The friendship between people could often be established with such a simple question and answer.
It was not easy for Zhuang Yangbing to meet a disciple of the Tianji Sect there, so he naturally wanted to have a good chat with the other party.
After all, only the disciples of the Tianji Sect could solve the situation he was in.
However, Zhuang Yangbing understood the principle of making friends.
When interacting with strangers, it was silly to dive straight into a deep topic.
That was the first time Zhuang Yangbing had come into contact with the disciple of the Tianji Sect before him, so it was not convenient for him to say too much.
Thus, Zhuang Yangbing started to talk to Lu Yuan about the structure of the last three floors of the nine-story pagoda.
“Fellow Daoist, although I, Yue Shan, only came half a day earlier than you, I’ve already chosen the cultivation technique and divine ability 1 want. Therefore, compared to you, I know a lot more about this place. And I dare say that you will be very interested in what 1 am about to say. By the way, may I ask how I should address you?”
Hearing Zhuang Yangbing change his name to Yue Shan and asking him questions, Lu Yuan thought, “Isn’t this just a competition for acting skills? We’re both experienced actors here. Who’s scared of you?”
Wasn’t it just a competition of acting skills? Everyone was an experienced actor. Who was afraid of who?
“I’m Lu Jiu of the Tianji Sect. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Yue Shan.”
Did Tianji Sect have such a person called Lu Jiu?
Zhuang Yangbing was stunned for a moment when he heard Lu Yuan’s alias.
That was because he originally thought that Lu Yuan might be a famous direct disciple of the Tianji Sect.
Zhuang Yangbing was certain that he had never heard of Lu Jiu before. However, Zhuang Yangbing didn’t think too much about it.
After all, the Tianji Sect was extremely mysterious among the five righteous sects.
It was normal for there to be some monstrous disciples that were not known to the outside world.
Zhuang Yangbing was very humble because he had a favor to ask. “Greetings, Fellow Daoist Lu.”
Lu Yuan immediately responded with a greeting as well.
After a simple greeting, Zhuang Yangbing immediately got to the main topic. “Fellow Daoist Lu, the ninth level of the nine-story pagoda is not so much about choosing cultivation techniques. The techniques and divine abilities here are all suitable for Core Formation Stage cultivators. Core Formation Stage cultivation techniques and divine abilities are not valuable items to cultivators in the Upper Realm and can even be said to be very common. However, in order to ensure the superior status of the Upper Realm, the Upper Realm strictly controls all cultivation techniques and divine abilities of the Core Formation Stage and above.”
Zhuang Yangbing continued, “Therefore, in order to prevent the cultivation techniques and divine abilities of the Core Formation Stage from being leaked, the methods of obtaining them here are all through the method of imparting strength.”
Lu Yuan found that understandable. Such technical blockade was a routine operation of capitalists.
Zhuang Yangbing stated, “However, there’s a problem. If you choose a cultivation technique here, you might end up choosing a cultivation technique or divine ability that isn’t the most suitable for you. Unfortunately, there’s no way to change this process. That’s why it’s a very cruel one-chance-only kind of process. However, after some observation, I’ve found a method that can help you choose the most suitable cultivation technique and divine ability.” “Oh, what method?” Lu Yuan’s interest was piqued by Zhuang Yangbing.
If it was as Zhuang Yangbing said, it would be better to handpick one’s own cultivation technique and divine ability than rely on the array. Although the array was said to match a cultivator with their most-suited cultivation technique and divine ability as much as possible, it could not possibly know a cultivator’s strengths and weaknesses more than the cultivator themself.
For example, the array might allocate a pill refinement-based cultivation technique for Lu Yuan based on his experience.
But did Lu Yuan really rely on pill refinement? Not at all! What he truly relied on was his countless life-saving skills.
Lu Yuan’s criteria for choosing cultivation techniques and divine abilities had never changed.
He would choose whichever cultivation technique or divine ability could save his life.
Zhuang Yangbing noticed Lu Yuan’s interest and immediately spoke. “This method is actually not difficult. Before you choose a cultivation technique, try your best to recall what you worry about the most. It’s best if you remember the times you cultivated a cultivation technique and divine ability.”
Zhuang Yangbing continued, “According to my observations, the principles behind the selection of cultivation techniques and divine abilities for the ninth level are based on the cultivator’s own cultivation level and the cultivator’s obsession. For example, if a Swordsmanship Daoist who enters has a cultivation base that contains a large amount of sword intent, the array will determine that the cultivator is a sword cultivator. After that, according to the cultivator’s obsession, the array will choose the most suitable sword cultivation technique and divine ability for them as a sword cultivator. After all, although cultivators of our generation are particular about having a clear mind, how many people can really have a clear mind? Obsession is both a shackle and a driving force for cultivators of our generation. 1 have to say that this kind of matching principle is very suitable for most cultivators.”
Indeed, it only applied to the majority of cultivators.
Lu Yuan only had a slight understanding of the mechanics, but he understood that there was something very unreasonable such a selection process.
That was, the array could only see the appearance of a cultivator.
When it came to the Core Formation Stage, most cultivators had basically set their development direction.
However, not everyone was on the right path from the beginning.
For example, some people were suitable for pill refinement, but they were born in a sword cultivation sect.
Even if they later discovered their talent in pill refinement by chance, because the first half of their life was spent on cultivating sword techniques, the characteristics detected by the array were undoubtedly the characteristics of a standard sword cultivator.
Then, the allocated cultivation technique was most likely not suitable for them.
For Lu Yuan, the matching mechanism was all the more full of variables.
After all, Lu Yuan was trained in many aspects.
In fact, he had almost reached the ultimate tier in every aspect.
If the array was allowed to choose, it was hard to say what its final choice would be.
However, after Zhuang Yangbing told Lu Yuan about such a mechanism, Lu Yuan was became confident that he could make the array choose the most suitable cultivation technique and divine ability for him.
Although Lu Yuan had cultivated many cultivation techniques and divine abilities, they were mostly for life-saving purposes. For example, Nine Guard Tortoiseshell Technique increased one’s lifespan and defense, increasing survival rate.
The Green Flame Technique increased the power of flames and lifespan, similarly increasing survival rate.
Other survival rate-increasing techniques that Lu Yuan had included the Wind-riding Sword Control Technique, the Mountain River Array Diagram, and the Fire Cicada Nine Transformations.
Upon pondering, Lu Yuan had an idea of the type of cultivation technique and divine ability that he needed to choose in the nine-story pagoda.
He needed techniques and abilities that could strengthen his defense!
Even if Lu Yuan had already reached the Core Formation Stage and had a perfect way of the heavens golden core, Lu Yuan’s protective spiritual energy was still not strong enough.
He wanted to make his protective spiritual energy denser, stronger, and more durable.
Because Lu Yuan was too afraid of death, he wanted to max out his defense..