Chapter 401 - 284: Reactivating Divine Techniques
It was deep in the night when Han Feng left the Black Market.
He didn’t rush back to school, but instead strolled slowly along the empty streets.
An invisible current of air generated by his Wind Manipulation Technique held his body three inches off the ground, allowing him to walk in complete silence.
The almost crazed, fanatical gazes of the Lei Brothers and Long Xiao kept replaying in his mind.
He knew that he hadn’t just refined a piece of equipment today.
He had also dropped a bomb into the underworld of East Sea City—one powerful enough to ignite an explosion of greed and desire.
A "Divine Artisan" who could consistently produce Quasi Tier Four items, with the potential to forge true Tier Four Spiritual Soldiers.
Such a title was enough to drive any faction into a frenzy.
And he would be the one running the table amid this frenzy.
’A Mercenary Corps, an information peddler, and the beginnings of an underground resource network.’ Han Feng mused. ’It might just be pie in the sky for now, but it’s a good start.’
He wasn’t one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
What he needed most right now was resources.
The debit notice from the logistics department for 12,940,000 Contribution Points was still tucked inside a book in his dorm.
12,940,000 Contribution Points. That was enough to bankrupt any A Level Student.
But Han Feng knew that Vice Dean Chen wasn’t actually trying to punish him. It was a reminder—and a warning.
It was a subtle way of saying, ’Kid, if you dare pull another stunt like that on school grounds, I’ll show you a world of hurt.’
As for the debt, he could just casually upgrade a Rune Array for the "Shadow" project later.
Or optimize its Energy Circuits. The value of either improvement would far exceed the Contribution Points he "owed."
His real headache was his own Cultivation.
The Enlightenment Chapter of the Cyan Cloud Spirit Martial Technique was built on a grand concept: to refine 360 acupoints into "Sword Acupoint Stars."
Every thirty-six that he lit up would form a "Circulation Divine Effect," causing his power to surge dramatically.
The problem was, the process was an incredible resource drain.
Just Nurturing the very first one, the Dubhe Acupoint, would take around ten days to fully stabilize if he used only his own pure Sword Aura to hone it.
The first layer, the "Basic Star Ring," required thirty-six acupoints. At that rate, wouldn’t it take an entire year?
By the time he lit up all three hundred and sixty acupoints, a decade would have gone by.
In ten years, Tier Six "City Destruction Level" creatures would arrive, and the shadow of the Observers would loom over the entire planet.
And he’d still be slogging away, building his foundation in the Enlightenment Realm? What a joke!
’No, that’s too slow.’ Han Feng rejected the idea. ’I have to pay-to-win my way through this. And I have to go all in!’
He had to strive to reach the Perfection stage of the Enlightenment Realm within a year, or even less.
Using Artifact Refining to trade for resources was one option.
But given the limited number of powerful experts in the underworld of East Sea Fortress City, there was a low ceiling on how much he could earn.
Not unless he worked directly with an organization that could conduct trade across multiple Fortress Cities.
But the risks of cooperating with such an organization were uncontrollable.
Any faction capable of doing business across multiple Fortress Cities would be backed by cultivators in at least the Celestial Human Realm. As long as his own power didn’t measure up, a small fry like him could be easily controlled and exploited.
So, he couldn’t rely on that as his main strategy.
Besides that, the only other place Han Feng could think of to acquire resources was the Otherworld fragment named "Dragon Abyss," which was on the verge of completely merging with Blue Star.
According to current intelligence, the area of Dragon Abyss that would merge with Blue Star was over six million square kilometers—nearly the size of Australia.
Most critically, the fragment was rated as Fourth Level or higher, possibly even Fifth Level.
This meant it was certain to hold countless High Tier resources.
Furthermore, due to the nature of the spatio-temporal fusion, the space along the merging border would be relatively fragile in the initial stages.
For the first six months to a year, it usually couldn’t withstand the passage of any lifeforms at Tier Four or above.
For Han Feng, this was undoubtedly the best possible news.
It meant that his own power level would be among the highest of all the competitors entering the fragment.
Combined with his special abilities like Spiritual Vision, Divine Sense, and All Things Identification, as well as the various other skills granted by his system, he was confident he could join the top tier of resource hunters.
If he could get in with the first wave, he was certain he could quickly acquire enough resources to support his Cultivation through the entire Enlightenment Realm.
The only thing to worry about was whether "Dragon Abyss" contained any remnant civilizations or sentient races.
If it did, plundering its resources wouldn’t be so easy.
Regardless, Dragon Abyss was an opportunity.
Therefore, his most urgent task was to raise his strength to its absolute peak in the two weeks before Dragon Abyss opened.
And the Kunlun trade fair, set to happen in two weeks, would be critically important.
He had to acquire a truly top-tier Swordsmanship manual and a Body Technique there.
This wasn’t just to boost his immediate combat strength, but also to unlock the next stage of his system’s class: [Sword Master].
The [Swordsman] class had unlocked the [Divine Power Module], [All Things Identification], and [Storage Space].
Who knew what incredible new abilities the higher-tier [Sword Master] class would bring.
He silently reviewed the promotion requirements for [Sword Master].
1. Reach the "Small Success" stage with the Core Swordsmanship, [Sword Control Technique]. (Complete)
2. Cultivate at least two techniques from the [Swordsmanship] or [Body Technique] categories to the "Small Success" stage. (Incomplete)
3. Comprehend one weapon-related [Divine Technique]. (Incomplete)
4. Host’s personal Cultivation must reach the [Enlightenment Realm]. (Complete)
5. Raise the Grade of the Lifebound Flying Sword to the "Spiritual Artifact" level. (Incomplete)