Top-Tier Perception Starts From Basic Fist Techniques

Soon, the people of the Li Clan Merchant Association brought bottle after bottle of Heavenly Spirit Water before Lu Changsheng. He checked each one and finally stored them all in his spatial treasure.

Eighty-three drops in all! Adding the five drops Li Guang had gifted him, Lu Changsheng now had a full eighty-eight drops of Heavenly Spirit Water!

"Eighty-eight drops... That should be about enough," Lu Changsheng muttered.

Lu Changsheng was already growing impatient, eager to find a place to refine and use the Heavenly Spirit Water.

The first place that came to mind was the Vast Immortal Square. After all, there was at least a True One Cui Xuan within the Vast Immortal Square, and he was quite kind toward Lu Changsheng.

With True One Cui Xuan there, even if Lu Changsheng's advancement to the Divine Ability Realm stirred up some commotion, he could help cover it up. After all, he could lay down formations.

Though Lu Changsheng had some trust in Li Guang as well, that trust was clearly not as high as his trust in True One Cui Xuan. At such a critical event, such as making a breakthrough into the Divine Ability Realm, Lu Changsheng still chose the Vast Immortal Square.

With his mind made up, Lu Changsheng took his leave. "Brother Li, if there's nothing else, I'll be heading back. I'll be in seclusion for a while. Once it's over, I'll come find you."

Li Guang understood his words at once. He roughly knew the reason behind Lu Changsheng's seclusion. It was to transform his Divine Ability Dao Fruit into a divine ability and advance to the Divine Ability Realm!

"Then I wish you good luck." Li Guang rose and escorted Lu Changsheng out of the Li Clan Merchant Association.

He watched until Lu Changsheng's figure vanished before turning back into the merchant association.

"Once Lu Changsheng breaks through, he will surely be one of the most supreme experts at the Divine Ability Realm. Perhaps it's time I made some moves to contend for the position of patriarch. At the very least, I should start laying the groundwork, especially with the old man. I should sound him out and make my ambition clear..."

Li Guang had once been a striving, ambitious man unwilling to resign himself to mediocrity. Unfortunately, his cultivation talent was really too poor, so he decided to more or less throw in the towel.

But now there was hope, and he had even found a direction forward, so naturally, Li Guang became full of fighting spirit once more. The old Li Guang had returned!

Lu Changsheng did not know Li Guang's thoughts, but he could roughly guess them. Li Guang would not resign himself to mediocrity, or he would never have lent him four hundred thousand spirit stones!

Of course, all of this rested on the premise that Lu Changsheng could become a true Divine Ability Realm cultivator. Lu Changsheng understood very well that his own strength was the foundation of it all!

Soon, Lu Changsheng returned to the Vast Immortal Square, and he contacted True One Cui Xuan.

"True One Cui Xuan, I have a favor to ask," Lu Changsheng said.

"Oh? What is it?" True One Cui Xuan opened his eyes and looked at Lu Changsheng.

"I've recently gathered some Heavenly Spirit Water, and I'm going to use them to transform my Dao Fruit into a true divine ability. The commotion will be rather large, so I'll have to trouble you to set up a concealment formation to cover it up," Lu Changsheng said, stating his purpose plainly.

Hmm? The commotion will be rather large? Is it... a major divine ability? A flicker of astonishment passed through True One Cui Xuan's eyes. A major divine ability! In all of the Sacred Earth, once one condensed a major divine ability, they would be counted as a prominent figure of a region.

In Heavenly Sacred City, for instance, condensing a major divine ability would absolutely earn one a place in the city's core circle. Apart from the lofty saint-level grand elders, the major divine ability holders held the highest status.

Lu Changsheng's words only made True One Cui Xuan all the more excited and expectant. Once Lu Changsheng transformed a true major divine ability, the impact on all of the Ancient Region would be immeasurable.

"Rest assured, Daoist Lu. Though I'm no formation master, I do have some understanding of formations. Setting up a few concealment formations is no big deal."

Seeing how lightly True One Cui Xuan spoke of it, Lu Changsheng shook his head and said in earnest, "True One Cui Xuan, you must not take this lightly. This time, I have a premonition that once the Dao Fruit transforms, the commotion will be extraordinary."

The commotion will be extraordinary? True One Cui Xuan grew all the more certain. What Lu Changsheng was about to transform was a major divine ability!

"Daoist Lu, I can absolutely conceal even the commotion of a major divine ability. Go into seclusion with an easy mind. Leave everything to me!" True One Cui Xuan's expression turned solemn, his tone resolute and unyielding.

Lu Changsheng nodded. As long as True One Cui Xuan did not take it lightly, that was enough for him. With that, Lu Changsheng went straight into a practice room. The practice room was rather far from True One Cui Xuan, but it was still within the Vast Immortal Square.

As long as it was within the Vast Immortal Square, to a Golden Core True One, it was as good as right beneath his very eyelids, an arm's reach away. Which room it was made no difference at all.

"Concealment formations..." True One Cui Xuan murmured under his breath. He hadn't merely placated Lu Changsheng, as he actually began laying down the formations. As a Golden Core True One, his grasp of formations, artifact creation, and the like wasn't mere dabbling. It was, in fact, rather profound. In short, his attainments were very high.

True One Cui Xuan laid down formation after formation, enveloping the entire Vast Immortal Square. One layer of formations was not enough.

There was concealment, illusion, isolation, distortion, and other formations. In short, he had to make certain that the commotion of Lu Changsheng's advancement to the Divine Ability Realm would draw no attention whatsoever from the outside world.

While True One Cui Xuan worked tirelessly at his concealment formations, Lu Changsheng walked into the practice room. He sat cross-legged on the ground and took out the bottles holding the Heavenly Spirit Water one by one.

"Eighty-eight drops of Heavenly Spirit Water in all. I don't know whether it will be enough to transform the Mental Black Hole Dao Fruit into a true divine ability, but I hope all goes smoothly..." Lu Changsheng took a deep breath.

Being able to obtain this much Heavenly Spirit Water was already the limit of what Lu Changsheng could manage for now. If he were to keep saving slowly, who knew how long it would take for him to gather all the necessary drops?

Those who weren't at the Divine Ability Realm could not gain a foothold at all here on Sacred Earth. He could contend for King of the Battle Arena one moment and go to the Treasure Contest the next, forcefully slaying other Dao Foundations and Dao Lords, but what did it mean? In the eyes of Divine Ability Realm experts, it wasn't worth mentioning.

The things Lu Changsheng had done were no more than entertainment for others. The Battle Arena was entertainment for others. The Treasure Contest, in truth, was also entertainment for others.

This was the fate of a Dao Foundation martial artist in the Sacred Earth; they were in a somewhat awkward position. Not too low, but not among the most supreme figures of the core circle either.

So for Lu Changsheng, advancing to the Divine Ability Realm was very much a necessity.

"Let's begin." Lu Changsheng drew a deep breath and began refining and using the Heavenly Spirit Water directly.

One drop, two drops, and three drops. This time, Lu Changsheng was flush with wealth. With so much Heavenly Spirit Water, why would he hold back? He refined everything in one go.

He refined every drop with the Mental Black Hole Divine Ability Dao Fruit.

Lu Changsheng understood that transforming all three Divine Ability Dao Fruits at once was simply unrealistic. For now, he had best concentrate his efforts on transforming the Mental Black Hole. After all, compared to the Five Elements Decomposition and the Four Symbols Prison, the Mental Black Hole should be slightly easier.

While the Heavenly Spirit Water was being refined, Lu Changsheng could clearly feel the changes in the Mental Black Hole Dao Fruit.

If a Dao Fruit was something that could be made manifest yet could not be released, existing in a state of half-illusory, half-real, then the Heavenly Spirit Water now was what accelerated the process of the Dao Fruit becoming fully real.

Above Lu Changsheng's head, the Mental Black Hole faintly emerged with a hum. As the Heavenly Spirit Water was refined, the Mental Black Hole divine technique began to transform bit by bit. But the pace of transformation was very slow.

Ten drops, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty... Lu Changsheng could feel the changes in the Dao Fruit. Yet even after refining fifty drops of Heavenly Spirit Water, there was still no sign of a complete transformation in sight.

However, Lu Changsheng was not the least bit anxious. He had ample patience. And using more Heavenly Spirit Water was no bad thing, for the more Heavenly Spirit Water required, the stronger the divine ability would be.