Chapter 49: This Persona Collapsed a Bit Too Fast

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: This Persona Collapsed a Bit Too Fast

The Skill Tree lit up, and from the Skill List, Su Han saw the only available skill—the Celestial Demon Map.

Selecting the skill, the Celestial Demon Map transformed into a trace of Dao Rhyme and merged into Su Han’s Sea of Consciousness. Absorbed along with it was Zhao Yang’s experience in cultivating the Celestial Demon Map.

Only after completely acquiring the skill did Su Han realize that the Celestial Demon Map was the foundational Chapter of the Celestial Demon Sect’s most core Cultivation Technique—the Technique of the Free-Transforming Celestial Demon. Over seventy percent of the Inner Sect Disciples in the Celestial Demon Sect chose to major in the Celestial Demon Map. They did so in hopes that one day, upon reaching Perfection in their cultivation of the Celestial Demon Map, they would have the chance to obtain the complete inheritance of the Technique of the Free-Transforming Celestial Demon.

Of course, of that seventy percent of Inner Sect Disciples, over ninety-nine percent were kept out of the doors, never catching a glimpse of the Technique of the Free-Transforming Celestial Demon for the rest of their lives.

Having absorbed Zhao Yang’s experience in cultivating the Celestial Demon Map and comparing it to his own skillified version, Su Han easily pinpointed the errors in Zhao Yang’s cultivation.

"Ignorant junior, it is lucky you met me today.

"Otherwise, if you continue cultivating like this, having no hope of reaching the Immortal Platform Realm for the rest of your life would be getting off lightly. The more serious consequence is that your entire body might be crippled."

Hearing Su Han’s words, Zhao Yang was startled and hurriedly asked for guidance with an open mind.

Drawing on his own experience cultivating the Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment Method and cross-referencing the information fed back from Zhao Yang through the Eye of Truth, Su Han pointed out eleven hidden dangers left behind during his Foundation Establishment.

Listening to Su Han detail the eleven hidden dangers one by one, cold sweat beaded on Zhao Yang’s forehead. He was truly terrified. As Su Han instructed him, he compared it to his own cultivation and found that these hidden dangers genuinely existed. Moreover, although he didn’t know if failing to remedy them in time would truly shatter his hopes for the Immortal Platform Realm, every single one of these hidden dangers would undeniably become a barrier to reaching the Immortal Platform Realm, restricting his development.

After pointing out the eleven flaws in his Foundation Establishment, Su Han used the skillified Celestial Demon Map to point out the errors and omissions in Zhao Yang’s current cultivation of the Celestial Demon Map.

The entire instruction lasted for almost an hour. Afterward, Zhao Yang felt completely reborn. Bending both knees, he knelt on the ground and sincerely kowtowed to Su Han.

"Senior, your guidance today is akin to a second life. I, Zhao Yang, will never forget it for as long as I live."

Looking at Zhao Yang kneeling before him, Su Han nodded, a gratified expression on his face.

"On Rong’s account, seeing that you are a junior of the Celestial Demon Sect, I pointed out the errors in your cultivation.

"You didn’t need to be so overly polite. I merely did it in passing. However, since you have sincerely bowed in gratitude, for the sake of your kneel today, I will acknowledge you as a junior.

"Kid, do you have any other confusions regarding Divine Techniques and Martial Techniques?

"If so, you may display them one by one, and I will spend a little more time correcting them for you."

An unexpected joy!

Zhao Yang’s kneel had been completely sincere, devoid of any opportunistic thoughts. However, he never expected this senior to be so generous. He had only kowtowed in sincere gratitude, yet he actually received an unexpected harvest.

For a cultivator, what was the most important thing?

First, naturally, was their cultivation base. Second, Divine Techniques and Martial Techniques. Of course, for a cultivator like him who had just entered the Divine Sea Realm, grasping Divine Techniques was naturally impossible. However, a powerful Magic or Martial Technique could definitely increase one’s Combat Power significantly out of thin air.

Most Magic and Martial Techniques shared a commonality—they were hard to learn, and even harder to achieve Mastery in. A technique often required years or even decades of honing to reach a profound level. If one could receive the guidance of a senior expert along the way, they could naturally avoid many detours, significantly shortening the time required.

Therefore, without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Yang kowtowed to Su Han again. "This junior is endlessly grateful."

Su Han waved his hand. "I dislike this red tape. Before dawn, I must return to the Lingzhou Sub-Branch. Time is running out. If you need any guidance, pick a few highly powerful ones and perform them."

As he spoke, Su Han pointed at another large tree nearby, which had now risen in rank to become the thickest and tallest.

Zhao Yang understood and obediently walked under that tree. Although he didn’t understand why this senior had a soft spot for the thickest and tallest trees, what senior expert didn’t have a few eccentricities?

Walking under the large tree, Zhao Yang wasn’t in a hurry to perform any Magic or Martial Techniques. He thought it over. The senior was leaving at dawn, leaving him with little time. He had mastered quite a few Magic and Martial Techniques, so it was naturally impossible to ask the senior to guide him on all of them. Therefore, the ones with ordinary power and no special attributes could be temporarily excluded.

After some contemplation, Zhao Yang chose the most powerful Secret Magic he possessed—the Seven Soul Seals.

The Seven Soul Seals was a Forbidden Magic. It wasn’t an inheritance of the Celestial Demon Sect, but something he had looted from an Outer Disciple of the Yin Soul Sect he killed three years ago. Back then, even though his cultivation was clearly two minor realms higher than that Yin Soul Sect disciple, he had almost died at the man’s hands. And what that person relied on was this Secret Magic, the Seven Soul Seals.

As Zhao Yang performed it, Su Han’s Eye of Truth once again saw traces of ethereal aura dissipating from around Zhao Yang’s body. Familiar with the process, Su Han controlled those ethereal auras to merge into the thickest and tallest tree he had selected.

After finishing the execution of the Seven Soul Seals, Zhao Yang turned to look at Su Han. Su Han frowned slightly, signaling Zhao Yang to continue.

Zhao Yang’s heart tightened slightly. The senior was frowning; was there a problem with his Secret Magic? Immediately, Zhao Yang performed it with even more caution.

The Seven Soul Seals Secret Magic was executed over and over again. When Zhao Yang performed it for the thirteenth consecutive time, a light flashed on the large tree, and it evolved into a Skill Tree.

Looking at the sparkling golden Skill Tree, completely unaware of its impending fate of being burned, the corners of Su Han’s mouth twitched upward slightly. He waved his hand at Zhao Yang.

"That’s enough."

Hearing this, Zhao Yang stopped, and Su Han signaled for him to hide behind his back. With a wave of his hand, a rain of fire swallowed the Skill Tree. Another Skill Tree had been lit up.

Earlier, while watching Zhao Yang perform this Forbidden Magic, Su Han could tell it was extraordinary through his Eye of Truth. However, when Su Han opened the Skill List and saw the name of this Secret Magic, he still couldn’t help but be slightly startled.

Available Skill One: Forbidden Magic - Seven Soul Seals.

Forbidden Magic!

Over these past few days, among the skills Su Han had acquired, Ordinary Skills were the most numerous. Aside from Ordinary Skills, he had also obtained special skills like Causality Techniques and Celestial Chosen Techniques. But this Seven Soul Seals had the prefix of Forbidden Magic.

The term "Forbidden Magic" alone gave off a bizarre and powerful feeling just from its literal meaning. When the skill transformed into Dao Rhyme and merged into his Sea of Consciousness, upon receiving the information regarding it, Su Han finally realized that this technique truly lived up to its name.

Forbidden Magic - Seven Soul Seals: The human body has Three Souls, and life produces Seven Spirits.

Seven Soul Seals, trading a life for a life.

Once executed, ignoring any realm gap, it seals the Three Souls and binds the Seven Spirits, dealing a thousand blows to the enemy while taking eight hundred oneself.

This skillified Seven Soul Seals was unexpectedly a life-risking Forbidden Magic. Casting it allowed one to seal the enemy’s Three Souls and bind their Seven Spirits at the cost of damaging their own Three Souls and Seven Spirits.

A Killing Technique!

Although not as insanely overpowered as Celestial Punishment, it was still an invincible single-target Killing Technique. However... the side effects were a bit too severe.

The skill description stated very clearly that dealing a thousand blows to the enemy would cost eight hundred in return. If you wanted to seal one of the enemy’s souls, you had to damage eighty percent of your own corresponding soul. If you wanted to seal the enemy’s Three Souls and bind their Seven Spirits, your own Three Souls and Seven Spirits would suffer eighty percent of the damage inflicted on the opponent.

Therefore, unless one was at the juncture of life and death, this Forbidden Magic absolutely could not be used. After all... with the Three Souls and Seven Spirits damaged by eighty percent, even if a person didn’t die, they would probably be left with only a single breath.

It was just that...

This was a Forbidden Magic!

An insanely overpowered Forbidden Magic like the Seven Soul Seals was actually mastered by this unremarkable, averagely talented minor character. If he were allowed to fully comprehend this Forbidden Magic one day, he would definitely become a massive hidden danger.

He thought, "Should I silence him? Or silence him? Or silence him?

"But... just a moment ago, I was planning to coax a few skills out of this guy, then use him as a mouthpiece to spread the word about the Beggar Gang’s existence and boost its credibility.

"If I just tear up this perfectly good script on a whim... wouldn’t my persona collapse a bit too fast?

"Yes, exactly!

"Tearing up the script is bad behavior. It’s the kind of behavior that countless people deeply despise.

"Therefore...

"I should just silence him!"