Chapter 312 - 122: Divine Techniques

Chapter 312: Chapter 122: Divine Techniques

Panel:

[Name: Fang Rui]

[Tribulation Points: 42]

[Cultivation Techniques: Nourishing Body Skill (Unprecedented) (Golden), Primordial Scripture (Volume 2)]

[Realm: First Grade (Pure Essence), Middle Grade Spirit Master]

[Skills: <<Divination Skill>> (Limit-Breaking) (Golden), Fang’s Medical Skill (Perfection), Life-taking Saber Technique (Perfection), Rapid Trace Step (Perfection)...]

[Divine Techniques: Immortality (Gray), Outside the Calculation]

"Divine Technique: Outside the Calculation?!"

Fang Rui focused his consciousness on it, savoring the information he perceived. A strange look crossed his face. ’This is indeed a Divine Technique for avoiding tribulations, but it’s not a passive, permanent one that requires no consumption. Instead, just like Immortality, it needs to be powered?!’

As he perceived it, the technique would only trigger when a Great Power performed a Divination, breaking through the influence of factors like his Destiny Chart, Realm, or Supreme Treasures and creating a real risk of exposure.

And then...

Fang Rui could then power this Divine Technique himself, shielding against the Divination and even counterattacking!

That’s right, he could power it himself!

This was different from ’Immortality.’ Based on his perception, activating ’Immortality’ for a one-time rejuvenation, or maintaining its fully active state, both required Tribulation Points.

The Divine Technique ’Outside the Calculation’, however, seemed a bit... less picky. Powering it with Tribulation Points was better, but he could also power it himself.

’Compared to my Gang Essence, Spiritual Power, and the Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin, ’Tribulation’ is clearly a higher-tier energy.’

’From this perspective, the quality of the Divine Technique ’Immortality’ is probably far superior to ’Outside the Calculation’. Perhaps, just as I suspected, the Divine Techniques obtained from Limit-Breaking a Skill are just introductory versions, more akin to a ’Specialty’?’

However, being weaker had its advantages. Once generated, it was already fully activated and ready to use.

’Also...’

After this Limit-Breaking, Fang Rui had a deeper understanding of the panel. ’The Cultivation Techniques of this world represent this world’s great dao of cultivation, so they cannot be Limit-Broken. But various Skills, like <<Divination Skill>> or <<Agricultural Scripture>>, are specific branches. They can be sublimated to the extreme based on summarized fundamental rules—in other words, they can be Limit-Broken.’

’Clearly, this involves the level of Rules!’

The only phenomena he knew of that truly involved Rules were the Innate Supreme Treasure, the ’Map of Mountains and Rivers’, defining Qi Fortune, and the change in the nature of Spiritual Qi after the great cataclysm of antiquity.

’My panel isn’t simple, either! Tribulation... calamity and destiny... is it the external manifestation of those? Is this some kind of authority, or perhaps a Dao Fruit?!’

’There’s too little information right now to make a judgment. But I’m not in a hurry. I have plenty of time. I’ll figure it out one day.’

Fang Rui stretched. "With the Divine Technique ’Outside the Calculation’, I can finally relax. Not bad, not bad at all. Divine Techniques are great things!"

"Why didn’t I think of getting a couple of these to play with before? Oh, right, I was poor back then. Never mind."

Going from a Skill at the Perfection realm to Limit-Breaking required ten thousand Tribulation Points. For perspective, advancing from Ninth Grade to Third Grade had only cost a total of 8,850.

For the former Fang Rui, how could a Limit-Breaking Divine Technique—or Specialty, which was like opening a blind box—compare to the tangible benefits of raising his Realm?

"They’re a luxury! Only in the long life of immortality ahead, when I have more Tribulation Points, can I afford to get a few more to play with. For now, I’d better not think about it."

Fang Rui gazed at the new, golden, shimmering Divine Technique on his panel. It was like he’d gotten a new toy. He loved it no matter how he looked at it and was eager to try it out. After a good while, he reluctantly closed the panel.

"It’s a shame ’Outside the Calculation’ is just a passive Divine Technique, so I can’t test its effect myself. Speaking of which, where can I find a sucker to test this new Divine Technique on?"

...

’Zhen Taiyuan!’

Lord Song cursed inwardly. ’That old scoundrel! He’s utterly shameless, this is too much!’

Not only had the man forced him to co-sign an endorsement, but the very next day, he had also sent people to "invite" him to the State City, dragging him along to pull some strings and request the use of the Secret Treasure, the ’Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Map’.

And because of that, in just two or three days, they had cleared all the hurdles and completed the procedures to request the ’Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Map’.

After that, he was insistently urged to stay and invited to observe the ’Pursuit Conference’.

’This is misery! I’m trapped on the Zhen Family’s pirate ship now.’

Lord Song sighed to himself. ’After the ’Pursuit Conference’ identifies the other Half-Immortal Family, I will have made a mortal enemy of them.’

’Worse, I represent the Court, but I’ve been forced to get entangled with the Zhen Family. It looks like I’ve chosen the wrong side. This is a grave taboo—my future is bleak!’

His expression was one of utter misery, his face a mask of agony.

"Lord Song, we’re about to find the culprit. Why do you look so unhappy?" a direct descendant of the Zhen Family asked from the side.

"Happy! Happy! I am very happy!"

Lord Song bared his teeth and said through gritted teeth, "There are certain people I hate very much, too. I wish I could grind their bones to dust and scatter their ashes!"

"Haha, there’s no need for Lord Song to trouble himself with grinding the culprit’s bones to dust. Our Old Ancestor will handle it personally." The man’s tone was confident, as he clearly didn’t foresee any problems.

The other dignitaries present to observe the ceremony all thought the same.

After all, there was no precedent of an accident occurring when the Secret Treasure ’Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Map’ had been requested.

At this moment, the ’Pursuit Conference’ had not yet begun, and the venue was abuzz with discussion.

"Is that the Super Grade Secret Treasure, the ’Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Map’?"

"That’s it! I heard that the ’Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Map’ is a replica of the Saint Emperor’s Relic, the ’Map of Mountains and Rivers’, and possesses a trace of the latter’s origin. I don’t know if that’s true or not."

"They’ve even requested the ’Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Map’. It seems the Zhen Family is truly furious this time."