Chapter 211: Chapter 153: Kill the Damned Zong and Comprehend the Heaven Rank Secret Technique! (5k)_3
As for Su Xing's Li Fire Technique, if it were to be fully mastered, it could barely be considered a major Divine Skill.
Techniques are the most common form of attack, with even Su Xing's self-created Spirit Explosion Technique falling into this category.
Secret techniques, on the other hand, are kept confidential and may even come at a certain cost to execute.
Secret techniques and ordinary techniques are classified into four ranks: Earth, Xuan, Yellow, and Heaven... and above the heaven rank, there is an exceptional form of technique known as Dao Arts!
Dao Arts, as the name implies, are techniques that are nearly as profound as the Dao itself!
According to the original words of Shennong Youtian, Dao Arts are gifts from the heavens, not to be forceful obtained. Only those who are utterly devoted to a certain field and who delve profoundly into it might have a sudden breakthrough and comprehend Dao Arts one day!
Those who comprehend Dao Arts might be ordinary pedestrians in the mountains who travel a hundred miles day and night without stopping, possibly grasping the Dao Arts of speed.
Or they might be the sage of chess among mortals, dedicating a lifetime to the game, almost attaining the Dao, and also having the chance to comprehend Dao Arts.
Otherwise, even gods and powerful beings would find it difficult to grasp the essence of Dao Arts.
In other words, Dao Arts could stem from various disciplines, whether it is singing for a living, playing the zither, calligraphy and painting... or even divination; all could have their own Dao Arts.
And this Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique belongs to the heavenly rank of secret techniques, and in the realm of fortune-telling, is almost at the level of Dao Arts, approaching the essence of Dao.
Su Xing, feeling the profound Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique in his mind, murmured:
"No wonder this Damned Zong has managed to escape from an entire sect chasing him for over a thousand years... even in the simulator, I couldn't vanquish him multiple times!"
"So that's it, with this Dao Art of seeking advantages and avoiding disasters, why worry about not being able to save one's own life?"
With a light sigh, Su Xing added:
"However, this Damned Zong at best has only achieved minor success in this Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique. If he had mastered it... I probably wouldn't be able to find him at all. He would have sensed it and fled long ago!"
"Heh heh... too bad for you, Damned Zong, once your young master learns this secret technique, you won't be able to escape my grasp!"
A slight smile played on Su Xing's lips.
This human fortune chapter of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, apart from having the ability to seek fortune and avoid calamity and divine one's own fate,
also possesses a mysterious ability to shield one's fate from the heavens!
Of course, this can only shield one's own fate, rendering techniques like divination and fortune-telling incapable of discerning it.
It was exactly such a method of concealing fate that could decisively checkmate Damned Zong!
"Once your young master masters this Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique and my strength breaks through to the Broken Void Realm, I'll be able to take Damned Zong by surprise and eliminate him instantly!"
Su Xing seemed to already see the treasures accumulated by Damned Zong over thousands of years beckoning to him.
"Above Damned Zong, we can wait for a while, but right now, it's the most crucial moment to explore this Dharma Ending Age's side story!"
Thinking thus, Su Xing's gaze turned towards the simulation panel.
[After committing the human fortune chapter of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique to memory, you set out once again for the Changchun Sect.]
[Three days later, you arrived at the Changchun Sect and met with the Sect Master of the Changchun Sect.]
[The Sect Master was incredibly frightened upon seeing you because he recognized you as one of the two cultivators who fought above the Changchun Sect a few months ago.]
[That day, your astonishing power had already stunned them.]
[The Sect Master of the Changchun Sect held you in high regard and asked why you had come to the Changchun Sect.]
[Seeing the Sect Master so sensible, you might be able to avoid taking action, so you stated your purpose directly.]
[The Sect Master didn't dare to refuse and therefore summoned Changchun Sect's innate warrior.]
[This innate warrior of the Changchun Sect looked very old, seemingly of great age, but his cultivation level was the strongest among the three innate warriors.]
[The old man called you a senior the moment he saw you and promptly handed over the broken jade in his possession.]
[However, he told you that the Changchun Technique of the Changchun Sect had been lost over a hundred years ago.]
[Your heart stirred, understanding that the Changchun Technique had been stolen by Damned Zong, and now that very technique was on your person.]
[You used your divine sense to probe the old man and to your surprise, you found out that besides his body refinement cultivation level, he was in fact a cultivator who had just entered the Golden Core Stage!]
[Although Golden Core cultivators aren't very strong, he was the deepest Qi Cultivation you've seen in this Xianwu Era.]
[In your view, this old man might know more about ancient cultivators and relics, as well as this jade pendant.]
[So you inquired further.]
[The old man naturally told you everything he knew, appearing to believe that you were an ancient cultivator who had awakened from a slumber.]
[He told you that a thousand years ago, Changchun Sect, Fleeting Life Sect, and Profound Yellow Sect were originally one lineage. In those days, the Changchun Sect was also known as Wan Mu Sect!]
[Wan Mu Sect was considered one of the most powerful sects in the world thousands of years ago, and there were even rumors that immortals had emerged from it more than ten thousand years ago!]
[But since the great cataclysm that occurred ten thousand years ago, the spiritual energy of this world gradually dissipated, and cultivation for Qi Cultivators became increasingly difficult.]
[This has led to the fact that, over ten thousand years, even cultivators in realms like Divinity Transformation and Return to Void have become exceedingly rare.]
[Until a few thousand years ago, when the spiritual energy had almost vanished, all the Nascent Soul and above Qi Cultivators took a type of elixir called the Yellow Spring Pill, hoping to extend their lifespans.]
[It was precisely due to the Qi Cultivators' long hibernation and the extreme difficulty in practicing body cultivation, the entire continent shifted from cultivation to martial arts over a thousand years, significantly weakening their combat prowess!]
[Also, due to the cutting off of spiritual energy, ordinary people with Spiritual Roots have become less and less common, making new Qi Cultivators almost non-existent.]
[A thousand years ago, there was a dramatic split between brothers in the Wan Mu Sect, resulting in the division into three, forming the current top martial arts sects. The three major sects became hostile to each other and ceased all contact.]
[And after that upheaval, a heavenly grade technique from Wan Mu Sect, the Wan Mu Decision, was also split into three, transforming into the Changchun Technique, Profound Yellow Technique, and Fleeting Life Technique...]
At this, a gleam flashed in Su Xing's eyes.
"A heavenly grade technique!?"
"Could it be... a Qi Cultivating technique that could allow one to become an immortal!?"