The busier Haojing City became, the happier she felt.
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Meanwhile, in a remote room of the Dingyuan Marquis’s Mansion, a young man in white was burning the midnight oil, reading under a solitary lamp. His demeanor was markedly different from the martial prowess typically associated with the sons of the marquis’s household among the aristocracy.
He exuded a scholarly grace, appearing frail, yet his eyes showed determination.
Suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness, nearly collapsing.
His face showed a hint of panic, but he quickly gritted his teeth and supported himself against the old wooden table beneath him.
"Is it because I was punished tonight and didn’t eat, causing my dizziness?"
Yet, deep above him, a starlight gathered briefly, disappearing into the depths of his Life Palace.
Following the appearance of this starlight, one of the stars in the Beidou Big Dipper shone exceptionally bright.
A moment later, he gradually recovered, but then noticed his thoughts becoming unusually clear; the obscure and difficult text before him no longer seemed like an insurmountable chunk of wood, suddenly becoming filled with attraction.
He shook his head slightly, attributing it to a change in his mindset, and immersed himself in the teachings before him.
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In the corner of the Champion Scholar’s Mansion, clusters of green plants with robust stems were filled with petite fruits amid lush green leaves. Most were yellow, but some had already turned red.
This was a batch of wild cherry tomatoes replanted by Zhang Jian.
After applying magic, their growth rate accelerated dramatically, reaching maturity within a month.
Extraordinary intervention can always create miracles.
Zhang Jian called the servants of the courtyard to harvest them.
After harvesting, the goal was naturally to enhance their flavor. While ensuring resistance to diseases and pests, the aim was to make the tart fruits flavorful, followed by selecting larger fruits for cultivation.
Zhang Jian hoped to gain divine insights into some aspects of creation.
Should he acquire insights into creation, cultivating spirit fruit or utilizing them for his own cultivation would be extremely beneficial.
After selecting some seeds from the purely sweet large fruits, Zhang Jian began to cultivate several pieces of barren land around the area.
On these parcels of land, there were not only wild cherry tomatoes but cabbage, radishes, as well as chives, sunflowers, scallions, and small garlic, all growing impressively.
It’s worth mentioning that during this process, the tomato sauce he developed inadvertently spread among the servants.
The tomato sauce made with wild cherry tomatoes was quite sour, but it was appreciated by some of the populace, adding a unique flavor when used in pastries and other dishes.
Standing by the vegetable field, Zhang Yi appeared somewhat troubled.
Zhang Jian had entrusted him with the task of watering.
Base it on the first Talent Divine Techniques to perceive the water element’s spiritual mechanism lurking in the void, to understand its pulses, and to resonate with it. Until reaching perfection in the Qi Cultivation Realm, cultivate the first Minor Magic, the Little Cloud Rain Technique.
He was increasingly closely watched in recent days, losing much leisure time, focusing on understanding the water vein pulses, this talent divine technique.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged, striving to sense the spiritual mechanism’s pulses in the void.
From afar, Zhang Jian took note of this scene.
While Zhang Jian wasn’t proficient in water techniques, as a cultivator who created countless magical arts, his understanding of magic surpassed other Yin Spirit Venerables.
In his view, although the Water Vein Pulse technique wasn’t initially strong, it had great potential.
Before forming Yin Spirits, even Golden Core Realm Great Cultivators need to resonate with the spiritual mechanism in the void to perform various magic techniques.
The magic techniques of Golden Core Great Cultivators were formidable due to their quicker reactions and stronger magical power, and also because their souls often interacted with the spiritual mechanism in the void, gradually mastering its operational rules, allowing easier execution.
The Yin Spirit Venerables and Primordial Spirit Masters summarized laws from these rules to perform even more powerful divine techniques.
Simply put, various algorithmic formulas improved the calculation of more complex technique models.
Resonance with a single attribute becomes the foundation.
Zhang Jian hoped to establish this foundation for Zhang Yi before he entered the Tongshan Dao Lineage.
Besides that, there was the forging of character.
However, he intended to begin the character forging after Zhang Yi turned nine, when his disposition would be more stable, able to withstand illusions better.
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Beneath the jujube tree, Zhang Jian glanced briefly before returning his gaze, recently focusing on several special Heaven and Earth Dao Laws.
Heaven and Earth, illusion and reality, Five Elements, Yin and Yang, stars, including the cosmos, were directions he pursued.
With deep insights into these various laws, the Mountain and River Map’s conception would elevate, and its power would transform.
Zhang Jian first singled out the stars.
Among the various true intents of laws, his understanding of stars rivaled that of Sheji’s true intent.
With a wave of his hand, the void trembled, intense starlight radiated from his being, behind him infinite light seemed to blossom, surrounding countless threads which, on closer inspection, were finely crafted runes blending with the starlight.
They seemed to correspond with the stars of the celestial sphere.
This was the second form, Four Symbols, from the Chaotic Star Technique.
The Chaotic Star Sword Technique consists of three forms: Scattered Form, Four Symbols, Circulation.
Mastering Scattered Form requires understanding one hundred and eight star maps’ divine profound secrets and combining them three by three, completing various sword forms.
Zhang Jian had long mastered them, innovating by extending the one hundred and eight star maps to three hundred and sixty-five, corresponding to the three hundred and sixty principal stars.
Mastering this form enables the sword light array to unleash vast power.
The second form, Four Symbols, seeks comprehension of Four Symbols’ true intent, thereby commanding various swordsmanship, as if granting the sword array vision and will, allowing the sword technique to unleash sharper prowess.
The True Intent of Four Symbols corresponds to the powers of the Azure Sky Four Symbols Star Realm.
After deploying the Four Symbols Hidden Dragon Array, Zhang Jian’s comprehension of the true intent of Four Symbols rose, especially due to his deep ties with Three Spirits within it, namely Phoenix Spirit of the Vermilion Bird Position, Bai Xianyin of the White Tiger Position, and Bai Nu of the Cyan Dragon Position.
Various profound star secrets converged, effortlessly forming a four-colored star true intent, merging into the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
As the four colors merged, within the Shahe Society Map emerged the brilliance of sun, moon, and stars, making the stellar body more palpable.
"It’s a pity, Circulation pertains to a Primordial Spirit Level technique, impossible to comprehend in a short span, otherwise the Map of Mountains and Rivers’ sun, moon, and stars’ power could be enhanced further!"
Thoughts flickered in Zhang Jian’s mind.
With the Four Symbols Star true intent embedded within the Map of Mountains and Rivers, leaving behind a seed, it sufficed.
His eyes steadied, planning next to focus attention on the special law, the true intent of Yin and Yang.
He himself possessed a Postnatal Pure Yang Dao Body, seamlessly comprehending various Pure Yang Techniques.
Recently at the East Study, he had acquired a special text termed the "Sun Scripture."
This "Sun Scripture" elucidated the wondrous transformations of True Solar Flame within the heavens and earth.
Truth be told, finding such a special classic in the East Study was quite unexpected for him.
He sensed, should he thoroughly comprehend this classic, there might even be an opportunity to derive a powerful secret technique suitable for the cultivation of a Pure Yang Dao Body.
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Meanwhile, in the depths of the Imperial Palace, another graceful figure stood behind a screen.
A maid was reporting to her at that moment.
"Your Grace, as you foresaw, Scholar Zhang borrowed the Sun Scripture!"
A hint of joy bloomed on her face.
"We need only await news next!"
Upon hearing this, the graceful figure behind the screen smiled charmingly, yet her eyes carried a subtle grin.
"This humble being is curious, what might unfold when a Great Scholar of the Human Race comprehends the Demon Race’s ancient texts? If a future human Saint were to undergo demonification, what kind of spectacle would that create!"
Her gaze remained serene.
Currently, Daqian is already formidable, other Demon Race powerhouses wouldn’t allow another Saint to emerge from Daqian!