Chapter 20: Chapter 19: Mysteries of the Four Spirits
Translator: 549690339
At 25: Your research has yielded nothing substantial.
At 27: Your research remains fruitless.
At 28: Your research continues to be fruitless which makes you think about giving up, even considering settling down and living a simple life. However, you persist eventually.
At 31: One night, while star-gazing, you inexplicably achieved enlightenment by observing the 28 constellations.
At 32: You finally invented an unprecedented skill, that challenged everyone’s understanding of Martial Arts. A new technique rooted in the “Yi Wood Skill”, “Leaving Fire Skill”, “Geng Metal Jue” and “Gui Water Gong”, designed with reference to the Four Images of the stars’ 28 constellations—the “Four Spirits Skill”.
At 35: You refined the “Four Spirits Skill” and re-attained the sixth-grade realm. Just as you were rejoiced, you ran into Liu Ruilong, who had already entered the fourth-grade realm.
With your status as a Sixth Grade Martial artist, you fought with Liu Ruilong, a Fourth Grade one. After more than a dozen rounds, you end up being killed by him.
[Your life ends here.]
“Is my enlightenment this amazing?” Pei Xuanjing looked at the results of this simulated life and couldn’t help but question.
He had become numb to the fact that he was killed in each life simulation and didn’t have any particular feelings about it.
This time, however, he surprisingly managed to retaliate and escape from a group assault led by a Fifth Rank martial artist, and even invented a new skill after his Dantian was destroyed, somewhat surprising him.
He was unsure whether his enlightenment was really this amazing.
On reflection, he tended to believe that it was not because of his extraordinary enlightenment, but the mysterious artifact that his gains might be attributed to after he had merged with it.
Seems like this artifact is valuable, worth trying for if given the chance.
If he used to think about avoiding the upcoming exploration of the Blessed Land, now his interest has been piqued by this artifact.
He had a hunch that this artifact would be of great help in his future cultivation.
[Simulation completed, you can choose one of the following rewards.]
[First: Fifth-grade martial arts cultivation (unstable foundation).]
[Second: The cultivation technique and understanding of the “Four Spirits Skill”.]
[Third: Knowledge of medical arts.]
Pei Xuanjing hardly thought before choosing the second one.
If the first option didn’t have the remarks about an unstable foundation, he would have unhesitatingly chosen it, considering the current tumultuous situation in Anping Prefecture, where raising his own strength is crucial.
But would he choose to be an unstable fifth-grade martial artist? Certainly, Pei Xuanjing would not.
After all, with the existence of the life simulator, he doesn’t lack the enhancement of strength this time.
Besides, how much strength could an unstable Fifth Rank Martial Artist muster, and would it affect his future cultivation? He can’t tell for now.
Furthermore, he had another concern that every time his strength increased, the Taoyun value spent for the following life simulation would also increase.
So if he promoted his strength now with enough Taoyun value saved for two life simulations, he couldn’t afford to continue with consecutive life simulations.
Therefore, patience is necessary for now. By having one more life simulation for maximum benefit would be the best approach.
Regarding the third reward’s medical knowledge, it seemed to Pei Xuanjing that this was just the life simulator adding more reward options, since his current priority is to enhance his strength, he hasn’t planned to explore a second profession yet.
The second option, the “Four Spirits Skill” and its experiences, would greatly help Pei Xuanjing to integrate his own skills.
More importantly, he noticed that after practicing this technique, he could fight Liu Ruilong, a future Fourth Grade Warrior, for over a dozen rounds as a Sixth-grade warrior before being defeated.
As he knew, it’s generally impossible for most martial artists to challenge those of higher ranks, unless prodigies with the talent to learn skills of a higher level than their opponents could overcome the odds and defeat stronger opponents.
If the Liu family in Anping Prefecture can have a Fourth Rank Martial Artist, it means that at least there must be a complete set of intermediate martial studies. The “Four Spirits Skill” can enable a Sixth Rank warrior to challenge a Fourth Rank one, which could potentially be an advanced martial study skill.
Therefore, Pei Xuanjing wanted to take a gamble. He gambled on the “Four Spirits Skill” being an advanced martial study, as this could explain the previous result.
Indeed, when he made the decision and obtained this door-to-door “Four Spirits Skill” method and experience, he couldn’t help but sigh that his gamble this time was right.
The “Four Spirits Skill” is a practice created with the goal of corresponding to the 28 constellations within the body: the eastern Yi Wood Qinglong Seven Star Mansion, the western Geng Metal White Tiger Seven Star Mansion, the southern Fire Zhuque Seven Star Mansion, and the northern Gui Water Xuanwu Seven Star Mansion.
The Four Images reside in the four directions of the body, using the human body as the core, and dividing the attributes into gold, wood, water, and fire, which are subtly integrated into the cycle of the four seasons, using the power of the stars.
This technique, as Pei Xuanjing had speculated, is an advanced martial art. Regrettably, only the first five energies of cultivation are available and can only be supported to the Fifth-grade Realm, lacking the sixth energy of cultivation.
However, although it’s not complete, after deducing the seventh energy, it will become a complete advanced martial study and sit in the forefront among advanced ones.
Moreover, if Pei Xuanjing could continue to deduce in the future, it could even rise to the level of mystic arts.
This time, he hit big.
The original intention of Pei Xuanjing was to obtain an advanced martial study, but he did not expect it to be a semi-mystic art. The forces owning such skills are not many except for those top-tier sect families.
Although this technique was created after his Dantian was shattered and could store True Qi without relying on Dantian, it did not prevent those with intact Dantian from practicing it, so he did not need to disperse his cultivation to re-learn this technique this time, only needing to gradually convert the True Qi attribute.
Holding back his excitement, Pei Xuanjing spent the next few days slowly transitioning to the “Four Spirits Skill”, recuperating from the mental exhaustion incurred from this life simulation.
After another seven days, his mental state had recovered, and he initiated another life simulation.
[Taoyun: 4122 points.]
[Start the Life Simulator? 2,000 Taoyun points are required for each use.]
Without any hesitation, Pei Xuanjing selected ‘yes’.
[Among the Fifty Paths of the Great Tao, Forty-Nine are Heavenly. One is discarded! Hence, there’s a chance of survival in everything in the world.]