Chapter 282: Chapter 177: Seventy Years of Enlightenment, the Terrifying Difficulty of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Second Update) _2
“Sigh, I can only work harder at alchemy!”
Su Xing muttered a sentence, then began his routine of refining elixirs, collecting spiritual liquid, and tending to the spirit field.
In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
Within this week, Su Xing had refined nearly six thousand elixirs.
This was despite Su Xing handling a lot of miscellaneous tasks…
As Su Xing’s divine sense evolved, his alchemy speed also increased significantly.
Soon it was the day for Su Xing to meet with Jin Congxue again.
After skillfully disguising himself and concealing his aura, Su Xing entered the villa.
They had a meal together, and Jin Congxue handed over the new week’s goods to Su Xing.
After a brief chat of half an hour, Su Xing left the villa, carefully made his way back to the dormitory, and entered the Spirit Field Cave.
He converted the new week’s goods into simulated energy.
As expected, Su Xing’s simulated energy exceeded 250 million points once again.
On September 2, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing began a new round of simulations right on time.
“Start simulation!”
[Ding! This simulation costs 5,100 points of energy. Remaining energy is 250,560,000 points, remaining simulation times none.]
[Simulation start!]
[Drawing blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, drawing purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy. Would you like to draw?]
“Draw purple talent!”
Su Xing decisively said.
[Ding, congratulations! You have obtained the purple talent, Talisman Expert!]
[Talisman Expert]: A purple talent; you have a high aptitude for creating talismans, making it easier for you to learn new talisman techniques, and slightly increasing the success rate of talisman crafting.
“Well, well, elixirs, formations, artifact refining, and talismans… does that mean all four of the cultivators’ money-making paths are covered?”
Su Xing muttered a sentence.
Among the four major side professions of cultivators, each had its own merits and relied heavily on talent.
Theoretically, alchemy, formation setting, artifact refining, and talisman crafting had no definite superiority over each other.
However, if one were to argue which craft had the highest threshold,
it would definitely be talisman crafting!
Because talisman crafting was the most meticulous and energy-consuming task. The special symbols carved into talismans had to be perfectly matched, with no room for even the slightest error.
As such, it required an extremely high level of divine sense!
“Speaking of which… having refined divine sense should make talisman crafting a bit easier, right?”
Su Xing thought, rubbing his chin.
“Moreover, talismans, although difficult to craft, seem to place no demands on the user’s strength…”
“This means that if one has a high-level talisman, even an ordinary person could potentially kill a Divinity Transformation or Return to Void stage expert!”
Su Xing recalled the information about talismans in his mind.
“I remember that the Luo Tian Sect has a secret manual on talisman crafting… maybe I can check it out if needed in the future.”
After analyzing the newly obtained talent, Su Xing sighed lightly:
“But there’s no rush to craft talismans just yet!”
“The immediate priority is to figure out a way to instantly kill that damned Zong and get his storage magical artifact…”
Su Xing thought while looking at the simulation panel.
[In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were in a simulation.]
[You stayed in Kyoto City for a few days and then prepared to join the Descending Sect.]
[You arrived in Shuangqing City, released your divine sense, and attracted the attention of the damned Zong.]
[You knew it wasn’t the right time to kill the damned Zong, so he didn’t sense any danger.]
[The damned Zong respected you highly, addressing you as Senior with every sentence.]
[Under the damned Zong’s recommendation, you joined the Descending Sect.]
[After joining the Descending Sect, you secretly contacted Luo Shuying and obtained a large amount of spiritual medicine.]
[You safely hid within the Descending Sect, refining spiritual medicine and studying the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique and Sword Control Technique daily.]
[Soon, two years passed…]
[You accumulated more than 100,000 elixirs and acquired most of the Descending Sect’s medicinal materials.]
[You prepared to defect from the Descending Sect. Before defecting, you went to find that damned Zong again, but he had disappeared without a trace.]
[You knew that damned Zong had sensed danger and fled in advance, so you didn’t dwell on it, and defected to Kyoto with Luo Shuying.]
[After joining the Great Xia Military, you continued to refine elixirs diligently and practice cultivation.]
[In the blink of an eye, another two years passed…]
[In the fourth year, you gave all the elixirs you had refined over the years to the Great Xia Military, bolstering the strength of many within the Great Xia Country.]
[Meanwhile, you focused more energy on intensively researching the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique and Sword Control Technique.]
[In the fifth year, after rigorous training, you finally mastered the basics of the Sword Control Technique.]
[So occasionally, there was a handsome figure controlling a sword flying over Kyoto City.]
[After mastering the basics of the Sword Control Technique, your escape speed increased significantly.]
[In the sixth year, you continued to study the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique and Sword Control Technique daily.]
[Your understanding of the Sword Control Technique improved rapidly; perhaps you were destined to be a Sword Immortal.]
[But unfortunately, you were not meant to be a fortune-teller; after years of training, you were still stuck at the minor achievement level in the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique.]
[In the seventh year, one day while practicing the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique as usual,]
[suddenly, you had a flash of insight, and you saw many curious lights, seemingly hovering between illusion and reality.]
[When you studied the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique again, all the previously incomprehensible knowledge became clear to you.]
[You successfully triggered a serendipitous realization through your innate talent!]
[You entered a mystical state where your comprehension increased by several hundred times.]
[You wasted no time and dove into the study of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique.]
[In your rapid progress, in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed…]