Chapter 35 - 31: Divine Techniques - Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil

Chapter 35: Chapter 31: Divine Techniques - Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil

Cyan Cloud Sect, Scripture Pavilion.

"Junior Lu, are you sure you want to choose this Divine Technique?"

Looking at the Divine Technique Lu Chen had finally settled on after a long time, Ji Chang asked uncertainly.

The admonition in his tone suggested he really didn’t want Lu Chen to pick this Divine Technique.

It wasn’t that Ji Chang wished Lu Chen ill; rather, he felt that Lu Chen’s choice this time... was a bit too risky.

"No, Brother Ji. I think this Divine Technique suits me quite well, so I’ll go with it."

"Alright, as long as you’ve made up your mind."

"Mhm."

Lu Chen nodded. Holding the Divine Technique secret manual titled *Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil*, he walked up to the Scripture Pavilion’s Scripture Guardian.

After confirming there were no issues with Lu Chen’s identity, the Scripture Guardian waved his large hand, and a Jade Scroll enveloped in a sphere of golden light flew in front of Lu Chen.

Recorded within this Jade Scroll was the cultivation method for the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil.

The item he had originally held was merely a Rubbing used to help Sect disciples get a general understanding of the Magic’s contents.

Having done his duty, the Scripture Guardian said expressionlessly, "The Jade Scroll cannot be taken out or copied. You have three days to memorize the Jade Scroll’s contents. It will be taken back once the time is up."

After saying this, the Scripture Pavilion’s Scripture Guardian closed his eyes again, returning to silence.

At this point, Ji Chang’s task as a Guide was essentially complete.

After exchanging a few simple pleasantries with Lu Chen, he left the Scripture Pavilion.

Lu Chen went alone to a quiet room within the Scripture Pavilion and began to inspect the information recorded in the Jade Scroll.

The Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil was the highest-grade Technique Divine Technique Lu Chen had encountered so far.

As its name suggested, this Technique Divine Technique was specifically for cultivating a Pupil Skill.

After carefully reading the cultivation method for the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil, Lu Chen couldn’t help but gasp.

"The cultivation method for this Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil... is just too difficult, isn’t it?"

It was completely different from the Purple Mist Health Cultivation Technique, which only needed to be cultivated when the Purple Mist first rose and could be slowly ground out over time.

The cultivation method for the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil was highly unusual. It required a Cultivator to drip specially made Lotus Jade Liquid onto their eyes.

Then, by circulating the Dharma Gate, the Lotus Jade Liquid would slowly strengthen the Cultivator’s eyes, gradually forming a special Lotus Pupil.

This cultivation method was not only tedious but also required a vast amount of resources.

After all, the Lotus Jade Liquid needed to cultivate the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil couldn’t be extracted from ordinary lotuses.

Instead, it required Spiritual Lotuses possessing Spirituality.

However, if it were merely a tedious cultivation process, Ji Chang wouldn’t have gone as far as advising Lu Chen to choose a different Divine Technique.

The true difficulty of the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil lay in its highly uncertain Pupil Opening.

It differed from most Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques, where reaching Great Success guaranteed the corresponding effects.

The uniqueness of the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil was that when different people cultivated this Divine Technique, the final effects could be worlds apart.

This difference manifested in the Lotus Eye Level after the Pupil Opening of the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil.

The Lotus Pupil was divided into three grades: Low Grade Gray Lotus, Middle Grade White Lotus, and Upper Grade Cyan Lotus.

If one opened an Upper Grade Cyan Lotus Pupil, only then were they cultivating the true Cyan Lotus Eye Skill.

But if one opened a White Lotus Pupil or a Gray Lotus Pupil, even if they cultivated the Pupil Skill to Great Success, its final effects would be drastically reduced, amounting to less than twenty or thirty percent of a Cyan Lotus Pupil.

A Divine Technique like this—difficult to cultivate, highly resource-consuming, and with unguaranteed effects—was naturally abandoned by the majority of Cultivators.

After all, how many Cultivators would enjoy spending vast amounts of time and resources only to end up with a defective Divine Technique?

Therefore, during the thousands of years the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil had existed in the Cyan Cloud Sect, hundreds or thousands of people had cultivated this Divine Technique.

Yet, those who actually managed to open a Cyan Lotus Pupil remained incredibly few.

To the point where, by now, the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil had reached a state where no one cared to ask about it.

Normally speaking, Lu Chen wouldn’t have chosen this Divine Technique that relied so heavily on Luck.

But when he had picked up the Rubbing of the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil, a piece of information appeared that finally made him make up his mind.

[Detected Special Skill: Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil. Prerequisites met. Can reach entry-level...]

[Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil - Entry-Level Prerequisites]

[1. Gray Lotus Pupil: 100 Experience Points, Ten-Year Spiritual Lotus Essence x1]

[2. White Lotus Pupil: 1,000 Experience Points, Hundred-Year Spiritual Lotus Essence x1]

[3. Cyan Lotus Pupil: 10,000 Experience Points, Thousand-Year Spiritual Lotus Essence x1]

Skill entry-level prerequisites—this was a special prompt Lu Chen had seen before when he was cultivating the Alchemy Skill.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have insisted on refining a Furnace of Qi Gathering Pills back then.

That wasn’t just because it was the entry-level assessment the Danyang Peak gave to servant disciples.

It was also because it was the entry-level prerequisite for Lu Chen to learn the Alchemy Skill.

Only after fulfilling this prerequisite could he convert the Alchemy Skill into a Skill on his status panel and use Experience Points to raise his Skill Level.

As for why the so-called entry-level prerequisites hadn’t popped up when he learned other Skills before, Lu Chen speculated it was probably because the threshold to enter the Skills he previously cultivated wasn’t very high.

The only somewhat special one was the Purple Mist Health Cultivation Technique, and its cultivation condition was merely to cultivate when the Purple Mist first rose.

While this condition was harsh, it was by no means an impossible task.

As for Skills like the Water Dragon Roar and Flowing Cloud Step, there was even less need to mention them.

They basically had no special cultivation conditions, entirely depending on one’s own Comprehension.

Compared to the Alchemy Skill’s entry prerequisite, which only required him to refine a Furnace of Elixirs...

Entering the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil was undoubtedly much more difficult.

"Ten thousand Experience Points and a Thousand-Year Spirit Lotus. This requirement is truly harsh enough..."

Ten thousand Experience Points were manageable, but this Thousand-Year Spirit Lotus was a bit tricky to get a hold of.

One had to know that a Thousand-Year Spirit Lotus inherently possessed the effects of "calming the qi and focusing the mind" and "Purification."

It was a commonly used medicinal ingredient for many Alchemy Masters when refining Elixirs, making it highly sought after.

Although there were quite a few Thousand-Year Spirit Lotuses in the Cyan Cloud Sect...

Ninety-nine percent of these Spiritual Lotuses were given to the veteran Alchemy Masters in the Danyang Peak.

Not to mention whether Lu Chen was qualified to exchange for a Thousand-Year Spirit Lotus from within the Sect...

Even if he were, it would be very difficult for him to come up with the required Contribution Points at the moment.

After all, if he remembered correctly, the Sect Contribution Points required to exchange for one Thousand-Year Spirit Lotus were a whopping five thousand points.

Based on his current pace of earning Sect Contribution Points, it would take him nearly fifty years of not eating or drinking to achieve it.

Spending fifty years to cultivate a Divine Technique undoubtedly did not meet Lu Chen’s requirements.

After all, with that amount of time, he might have already succeeded in Foundation Establishment.

But as the saying goes, rules are rigid, but people are flexible.

After some thought, Lu Chen came up with a method to obtain a Thousand-Year Spirit Lotus without spending a massive amount of Contribution Points.

And the core of this method lay in the new Skill he had unlocked previously... the Basic Alchemy Skill.

"The Danyang Peak is different from the other peaks. Compared to Cultivation, the peak’s Elders value a disciple’s Alchemy proficiency more.

"If I can display an extremely high talent for Alchemy, I will surely be valued by the peak’s Elders.

"In that case, if I ask them for a Thousand-Year Spirit Lotus under the pretext of refining Elixirs, it shouldn’t be too difficult.

"And what better way to demonstrate my Alchemy talent than by raising my Alchemy Skill to a high Realm in a short period of time?

"A genius, compared to ordinary people, should always have a few privileges, right?"

With this thought, Lu Chen’s train of thought gradually became clear.

Alchemy Genius Plan... Initiated!

[Basic Alchemy Skill: entry-level 1/1000]

[Current Experience Points: 3635]

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PS: Thank you to [Lian Qi], [Huang Shang], and [Zhen De Shi Ni Ya] for the tips and monthly tickets. Thank you, bosses.