Chapter 216 - 245: 300,000 Merit! Reverse-Engineering a Super Grade! The Dragon Phoenix Dao Scripture
’Right! I almost forgot, the Celestial Net Sword and Mingfeng Saber are hiding some kind of big secret.’
On the way back to the Great Xia Imperial City, Su Bai seemed to remember something, a realization dawning on him.
His Heart Spirit entered the Dharma Tripod Prison. He directly dragged out the few people he had just suppressed and then performed a Soul Search on them.
A moment later, he had the answers he wanted.
’It’s just as I thought...’
Su Bai took out the Celestial Net Sword and the Mingfeng Saber. He looked at the two Sacred Artifacts in his hands with a strange expression.
From the Divine Spirit memories of the few men, Su Bai learned that as long as the Celestial Net Sword and Mingfeng Saber touched and were brought together...
...he would be able to obtain a world-shaking inheritance!
Worried that it might cause a huge commotion, Su Bai quickly flashed away to a remote location.
High in the sky, he gently touched the two Sacred Artifacts together.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Three crisp chimes, like gold and jade striking one another, rang out across the sky.
At the point where the Celestial Net Sword and Mingfeng Saber collided, an incomparably brilliant Divine Light erupted!
CRACK!
The next moment, both weapons crumbled in Su Bai’s hands!
They dissolved into two strange streams of light that shot into the space between Su Bai’s eyebrows.
Su Bai, holding the broken hilts of the saber and the sword, slowly closed his eyes.
Countless golden runes flickered unceasingly in his mind.
They quickly formed into two Divine Power Techniques, appearing before Su Bai’s eyes.
[Divine Technique: Golden Dragon Celestial Scripture! (Ninth Grade!) Realm: 1st Layer (0/3,000,000)]
[Divine Technique: Crimson Phoenix Celestial Scripture! (Ninth Grade!) Realm: 1st Layer (0/3,000,000)]
Although Su Bai had already anticipated this, he couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed after truly seeing the two Divine Techniques.
’The so-called immortal secret, the world-shaking inheritance...’
’...is just two Ninth-Grade Divine Techniques?’
Su Bai slowly shook his head.
He couldn’t help but inwardly mock the gray-robed man for being so unworldly.
How could two mere Ninth-Grade Divine Techniques be called a world-shaking inheritance?
If he had obtained two Super-Grade Divine Techniques, he could have understood it.
Furthermore, after trying them out a bit, Su Bai discovered that while the names of these two Ninth-Grade Divine Techniques sounded impressive, their power seemed rather mediocre.
’It can only change the weather and suppress an opponent?’
’Hmm... and it can also increase the strength of my Divine Thoughts a little.’
After reading the specific information about the two Divine Techniques, Su Bai felt even more disappointed.
These Divine Techniques were decent for showing off and making a grand display.
They could conjure a scene of a dragon and phoenix crying out in the sky.
Maybe that would be enough to bluff someone.
But in a real fight, they were of little use.
Not to mention, his own Super-Grade Fourth Immortal Golden Body Transformation could already achieve a similar effect.
’The Immortal Golden Body, when cultivated to the Fourth Transformation, can manifest the body of a Sun-Moon True Dragon, changing the very day and sky...’
This Cultivation Technique didn’t just change celestial phenomena.
It truly affected the fundamental laws of the world’s operation.
In the world, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
But manifesting the body of a Sun-Moon True Dragon could make the setting sun rise again, re-blooming with a brilliant aura.
This could no longer be simply explained as a celestial phenomenon.
It was a change in the very laws of operation.
Therefore, these two Divine Techniques were practically useless to Su Bai.
Besides, these two Divine Techniques were only at the introductory Realm. Their technique level was very low, and Su Bai would need to invest a large amount of Experience Points later to gradually increase their power.
’Not worth the investment...’
Su Bai slowly shook his head.
He had planned to just set these Divine Techniques aside and ignore them.
But suddenly, as Su Bai observed them closely, he noticed something different.
’Something’s not right. These two Divine Techniques seem to complement and reflect each other, as if they were dismantled from a much higher-level Divine Technique.’
As if he had discovered a new continent, Su Bai began to earnestly study the two Divine Techniques.
Over and over again...
Finally, he was certain.
’They really were dismantled from a higher-level Divine Technique!’
’After being dismantled, they both became Ninth Grade!’
’If they were combined into one...’
Super Grade!
The term abruptly flashed in Su Bai’s mind.
He was tempted.
He had already experienced the power of a Super-grade Cultivation Method.
A single Fourth Immortal Golden Body Transformation had already increased his Physique to a terrifying degree.
If he were to obtain another Super-Grade Divine Technique...
And this one seemed to be a Super-Grade Divine Technique that could enhance the strength of his Divine Spirit!
In that case.
Wouldn’t his power increase several times over?
’However...’
Su Bai furrowed his brows. ’Thoroughly mastering two Ninth-Grade Divine Techniques is already an extremely difficult task.’
’Let alone fusing them into a single, higher-level Divine Technique.’
’The difficulty is no different from trying to ascend to the heavens on foot.’
’One would need peerless talent rarely seen in ages, and a dao heart with eternal perseverance... to achieve it.’
Just as Su Bai was struggling with this dilemma...
Suddenly, he remembered his Merit Points and clapped his hands with a smile.
He said without blushing or his heart skipping a beat,
"Coincidentally! Don’t I have both of those things?"
...
After returning to the prison, Su Bai went deep into the cave. With a mere thought...
...the five people imprisoned in the Dharma Tripod Prison appeared, their bodies instantly pierced by black chains!
The Vice Sect Master of the Celestial Net Sword Sect, Wang Zhengxin, saw all this, and waves of terror surged in his heart, one after another.
His gaze fell on the gray-robed man.
’This...’
’This person’s aura... it’s not like that of an ordinary Dragon Mansion expert!’
His trembling gaze shifted to the others.
’These... Who are these people?’
’Their auras are so strong, they’re actually no weaker than the Celestial Net Ancestor!?’
Wang Zhengxin’s expression was dazed, his eyes filled with deep panic.
Ever since he saw Su Bai transform into a golden Divine Dragon last time, Su Bai’s image in his mind had already been elevated to the extreme.
But now, seeing this scene with his own eyes, that feeling only deepened.
And when he sensed Su Bai’s gaze turning toward him...
Wang Zhengxin’s Heart Spirit immediately tensed. The hair on his body stood on end, and terror filled his face!
He immediately clenched his jaw, reined in his mind, and sat cross-legged in a corner of the void, not daring to move a muscle.
He chanted endlessly in his mind...
’You can’t see me... You can’t see me...’
’Oh, Celestial Net Ancestor above!’
’Make him not see me!’
’I’m begging you! Ancestor!’
Wang Zhengxin chanted piously.
Unfortunately, his little scheme was ultimately for naught.
...
The next moment, Su Bai landed in front of him.
He looked at him with a faint smile.
Sensing Su Bai’s approach, Wang Zhengxin’s expression stiffened.
Then, he slowly raised his head bit by bit, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, and forced a smile. "I wonder... Senior, for what reason have you come looking for me?"
"You can go."
"Huh..."
Hearing this, Wang Zhengxin was stunned. His eyes went blank, as if he hadn’t heard clearly.
"You can leave."
Su Bai reminded him, repeating himself.
Wang Zhengxin was stunned for a good while before he subconsciously and cautiously asked, "Why?"
"Not long ago, the Celestial Net Ancestor of your Celestial Net Sword Sect personally came to visit me. He even brought a gift as an apology to bail you out."
Wang Zhengxin was still in a daze.
The next moment, he saw Su Bai take out a silver-white book.
His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
"The Ancestor’s handwritten book!?"
Before he could react, Su Bai sent him flying out of the prison with a slap.
A light voice drifted into his ears.
"Next time you decide to join the excitement, remember to stay a little farther away..."
In the sky above.
Wang Zhengxin clutched his handsome face, now bearing a bright red palm seal, and muttered in a daze.
"What have I, Wang Zhengxin, done to deserve the Ancestor taking out our forefather’s handwritten book..."
After sending Wang Zhengxin off.
Su Bai lowered his gaze to the silver-white book in his hand.
This manual, handwritten by an ancestor of the Celestial Net Sword Sect, had been passed down through generations. Refined by the incense of the Celestial Net Sword Sect for ages, it contained an unknown amount of Merit.
Su Bai had really lucked out.
After three days of continuous absorption, Su Bai finally finished absorbing all the Merit within the book!
In the end, Su Bai had absorbed about one hundred thousand Merit from the book!
’This should be enough...’
Su Bai looked at the Merit Points column, which had now broken past the five hundred thousand mark.
He thought in anticipation.
’In that case, I’ll burn the Merit Points!’
’Reverse Inference Divine Techniques!’
RUMBLE—
In the next breath, the Celestial Dao Will descended.
After Su Bai expressed his will to "Reverse Inference Divine Techniques"...
...the next step was to wait patiently.
’Over five hundred thousand Merit Points... no matter what, that should be enough...’
Su Bai guessed to himself.
’The grade of the Divine Techniques I’m reverse-inferring this time isn’t too high, so it shouldn’t cost too many Merit Points.’
Not long after his intention was conveyed, a vast and unseen will descended, pouring a wisp of the Power of the Heavenly Dao into Su Bai’s body.
In the Merit Points column, the number of points began to drop continuously.
Flashes of insight appeared in Su Bai’s mind; he could feel the two Ninth-Grade Divine Techniques being rapidly broken down and reassembled.
Countless new golden characters flickered in his mind. A torrent of insights and profundities flowed through his heart like a gurgling stream.
The next instant.
What seemed to be the sound of a Daoist Ancestor’s sermon echoed in Su Bai’s ears.
And Su Bai’s Heart Spirit, in a hazy and dreamlike state, rose higher and higher...
In a trance...
...he seemed to arrive at an extremely high and distant place. Looking down, he could see a boundless, crystalline continent.
Looking up, there was a vast and boundless, brilliant starry sky.
Beneath his feet, exquisite Jade stones of all colors were spread out, seemingly emitting a supreme aura.
At this moment, he actually had the feeling of viewing all things as straw dogs.
Looking down on everything, surveying all living beings.
Suddenly, a soft whisper reached his ears.
"Celestial Monarch..."
Su Bai looked to the side and saw a noble and stunningly beautiful woman in a golden Luo Skirt, with the radiance of the sun and moon suspended behind her. She bowed gracefully to him, her eyes filled with reverence.
Immediately after, a boy and a girl, two children dressed in golden clothes, appeared in front of the woman.
Shouting the two words, "Father Emperor," they scrambled over each other as they ran wildly toward him.
Su Bai dazedly hugged the two children.
Before he could even come back to his senses,
...he saw the two children transform into two brilliant beams of light, one gold and one crimson.
They broke free from his embrace.
In an instant!
The two beams of light transformed into a Dragon and a Phoenix.
They soared into the sky, roaring and crying out!
...
BANG!
The scene before his eyes shattered like a Bright Mirror, completely annihilated.
Su Bai returned to his senses.
His mind was filled with thoughts.
’It was just an ephemeral dream.’
After a long while, he sighed.
Then, he began to check his Merit Point consumption.
’Not bad, there are still over two hundred thousand left...’
The Reverse Inference Divine Techniques this time had consumed a total of three hundred thousand Merit Points!
And in the Cultivation Technique column, the Ninth-Grade Divine Techniques [Golden Dragon Celestial Scripture] and [Crimson Phoenix Celestial Scripture] had disappeared.
In their place was...
[Divine Technique: Dragon Phoenix Dao Scripture! (Super Grade!) Realm: 1st Layer! (10,000,000!)]
A Super-Grade Divine Technique!
With this, Su Bai had finally obtained his second Super-Grade Divine Technique!
’Dragon Phoenix Dao Scripture...’
Su Bai murmured, and couldn’t help but recall the scene of the dragon and phoenix crying out that he had just seen.
And in these three days, Su Bai had accumulated over seventy million Experience Points.
And so, Su Bai poured all of his Experience Points into the [Dragon Phoenix Dao Scripture].
BOOM!
In the blink of an eye, the Divine Technique’s level soared to the 4th Layer!
And just the 4th Layer of the [Dragon Phoenix Dao Scripture] had caused the strength of Su Bai’s Divine Spirit to more than double!
In his mind, countless golden waves churned.
Surging and magnificent!
Faintly, above the cascading waves...
...a crimson phoenix could be heard crying, and a golden dragon could be seen roaring at the sun.
It was a magnificent sight!