Chapter 99

Now, it seemed she was basically at ease, so she gave the items to him.

Although he was very interested in the contents of the Taiping Heavenly Book, Su Xuan did not rush to open it; instead, he opened the secret letter first and began to read.

Ten seconds later, he finished reading the secret letter and smiled faintly: "What a simple girl!"

"Since you trust me so much, I naturally will not let you down!"

Then, Su Xuan dismissed Jia San and began to flip through the Taiping Heavenly Book.

Half an hour later,

[You have comprehended the Taiping Heavenly Book, learned the Qi-Gazing Technique, and combined it with memories from your past life to deduce and create the Eye of Fortune.]

[You have comprehended the Taiping Heavenly Book, learned the Qi-Refining Method Taiping Heavenly Book Art, various Daoist techniques, talisman drawing methods, and deduction methods, and combined them with memories from your past life to deduce and create the deduction method Purple Micro-Calculation.]

[Eye of Fortune]: Once learned, you can observe a person’s fortune and judge good or bad luck; it is more powerful and secretive than the Qi-Gazing Technique.

[Purple Micro-Calculation]: Once learned, you can deduce all things in the world, deduce destiny, and so on.

"Sure enough, the path of Qi-refining doesn't work! Spiritual energy cannot be mobilized at all, let alone absorbed!"

"The path of spiritual energy and the path of talismans have both been locked by the will of heaven and earth!"

"If you want to practice by force, you can only burn your life and fortune!"

"No wonder Zhang Jiao ended up with such an outcome."

Su Xuan tried to practice the Taiping Heavenly Book Art again, found that it still failed, opened his eyes, and sighed with emotion.

At the same time, Su Xuan finally knew what that inexplicable feeling he had felt at home in Nanyang when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out was.

"Fortune and Dragon Qi?"

With such thoughts, Su Xuan walked out of the room and turned to look toward Luoyang.

"Eye of Fortune, open!"

Golden light flashed in his eyes and vanished; then, his eyes glowed with a faint golden light. Instantly, the world in his eyes became different.

Whether near or far, countless pillars of fortune of different colors stood everywhere.

White was the most common, yellow was second, and cyan was not as common.

After that was the noble purple, and above Luoyang, that golden sea of fortune and the golden dragon of fortune.

The moment he saw the golden dragon of fortune, Su Xuan’s gaze was firmly attracted, and he was unwilling to move it away.

His comprehension was fully activated; he only felt that the golden dragon of fortune contained countless mysteries, and he wanted to understand them all.

"ROAR!!!"

Before he could fully comprehend and record it, the golden dragon of fortune seemed to have sensed this intense feeling of being peeped at and roared in a rage.

It followed the gaze and looked toward Su Xuan. Su Xuan was shocked, sensed a strong feeling of danger, hurriedly withdrew his gaze, closed the Eye of Fortune, flashed back into the room, and did not dare to peep at the golden dragon of fortune again for the time being.

Because he withdrew in time, and because the Eye of Fortune was far more powerful and secretive than the Qi-Gazing Technique, he was not found by the golden dragon of fortune.

"ROAR!!"

After searching for a while to no avail, the golden dragon of fortune could only roar in anger again before diving back into the sea of fortune.

"Hmm?"

It was also at the moment the golden dragon of fortune moved that the Son of Heaven, Liu Hong, seemed to have sensed something and looked up at the sky.

But in the end, he gained nothing and could only withdraw his gaze helplessly, feeling confused: "This feeling again, what exactly is it?"

At the same time, in Luoyang city, a few talented people also sensed the movement of the golden dragon of fortune and were also somewhat confused.

"The golden dragon of fortune moved? Because of what?"

"Who knows? Perhaps because the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, it recovered its strength and rolled over?"

"Don't talk nonsense! I’m not deaf; that was clearly anger just now. Something must have touched and angered it."

"Does anyone really know?"

Su Xuan did not know any of this.

At this moment, he was completely immersed in the mysteries he had observed on the golden dragon of fortune through the Eye of Fortune.

Several hours later,

[You have used the Qi-Gazing Technique from the Taiping Heavenly Book, your own mysteries of fortune, and part of the mysteries of the golden dragon of fortune, combined with inspiration from memories of your past life, to create the Fortune Longevity Human Emperor Art.]

[You have observed the Great Han’s divine dragon of fortune, understood its mysteries, had continuous epiphanies, and created the Divine Dragon of Fortune Condensation Method, Dragon Qi Absorption and Condensation Method, and Dragon Vein Refining Method.]

[Fortune Longevity Human Emperor Art]: A method of pursuing longevity by using fortune as a guide and consuming fortune.

[Divine Dragon of Fortune Condensation Method]: Using Dragon Qi as a guide, one can artificially condense one’s own fortune and that of one’s forces into a golden dragon of fortune to suppress one’s own fortune and that of one’s forces.

[Dragon Qi Absorption and Condensation Method]: Once learned, one can absorb scattered Dragon Qi and make it one’s own.

[Dragon Vein Refining Method]: Once learned, one can alter the earth’s veins and turn them into dragon veins.

"Phew!"

Having comprehended and deduced to this point, Su Xuan withdrew, let out a long sigh, and dragged his exhausted body to rest.

Deduction is also very mentally taxing; he couldn't hold on anymore and had to rest first.

This time, the gains were huge.

Not to mention the Divine Dragon of Fortune Condensation Method, Dragon Qi Absorption and Condensation Method, and Dragon Vein Refining Method.

These were of great significance to his future struggle for the world.

They were even very critical to the plan he had in mind for building a dynasty in the future.

But some core things were still missing, and they were not completely perfected for the time being.

However, after he received his reward this time and returned to his own territory, he would start to practice and build these three.

And the Fortune Longevity Method required consuming fortune to walk the path of Qi-refining and pursue longevity.

Even though Su Xuan saw that his fortune was immense and seemed inexhaustible, he was reluctant to use fortune so extravagantly to practice the path of Qi-refining.

It was too much of a loss.

After reading the Taiping Heavenly Book Art, he already had other ideas in his mind for creating a more practical and useful new path of Qi-refining.

He was still missing an opportunity; he needed to slow down.

Early the next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, Su Xuan woke up.

He pushed open the door and walked out of the house, just in time to see the sun rising in the east.

He subconsciously activated the Eye of Fortune.

Instantly, he saw a faint purple energy generated at the junction of yin and yang. He was stunned and fell into an epiphany.

Ten minutes later,

[You watched the sunrise, combined it with the spiritual energy cultivation path of the Taiping Heavenly Book and inspiration from memories of your past life, had continuous epiphanies, and created the Purple Energy Method, and then observed the sun, moon, and stars to create the Star Art.]

[Purple Energy Method]: Once learned, one can absorb the purple energy of the morning glow to refine Qi. This method is not affected by the heaven and earth’s blockade of the path of spiritual energy, is not rejected or loathed by heaven and earth, and with sufficient talent and long-term practice, one can pursue longevity.

[Star Art]: Once learned, one can absorb the power of the sun, moon, and stars, turn it into one’s own spiritual power, nourish oneself, pursue longevity, and is not affected by the heaven and earth’s blockade of the path of spiritual energy, nor is it rejected or loathed by heaven and earth.

"Haha! It’s done! The path of Qi-refining is finally done!"

Withdrawing from the epiphany, Su Xuan tried to practice the Purple Energy Method and the Star Art one after another.

He found that they all succeeded, and the first strand of spiritual power was born in his body.

Instantly, he felt his whole body become more transparent and comfortable.

"Is this the correct feeling of Qi-refining, the correct way to open it?"

"Sure enough, cultivating both nature and life is the true path to longevity!"

"Pure martial arts cannot truly lead to longevity."

Su Xuan sighed with emotion.

Whether it is internal strength martial arts or human immortal blood martial arts, they are all martial arts.

And they cannot truly lead to longevity!

At least, in this world, according to the martial arts realm Su Xuan has deduced so far, this is the case.

Even if one reaches the realm of seeing god and not breaking, or the human immortal realm, one’s lifespan is at most 200 years.

But with this path of Qi-refining, it is completely different.

There is finally the possibility of true longevity.

Now, his new path of Qi-refining does not have an obvious improvement in combat power, as there is too little spiritual energy in his body.

But he believes the future is promising.

Because he had to hurry to Luoyang later, Su Xuan just turned and went to the roof, absorbed purple energy and sunlight to practice for a little less than half an hour, and then stopped.

— Author's Notes —

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