Chapter 20: Meeting Zhu Zhuqing Again

Each time one breaks through a realm in the True Dragon Nine Transformations, one can learn one of its Divine Abilities.

With his current level of 32, he can learn exactly three.

The first one that needs to be learned is the Suanni Divine Ability; once learned, it can improve comprehension and wisdom, making the subsequent cultivation of other Divine Abilities twice as effective with half the effort.

As for the remaining two, he will choose Qiuniu and Fuxi.

For a world like the Douluo Continent that prizes martial arts, other Divine Abilities are relatively easy to grasp, but only Qiuniu and Fuxi are different. Zhou Yi was a science and engineering student in his past life; if you asked him to engage in literature or music, he would be no different from a beginner—he wouldn't know anything.

Moreover, the earlier one studies arts and music, the better; artistic cells are not something that can be achieved overnight, and in this regard, he cannot even compare to Tang San.

This Tang San can be considered a standard top student. He originally mastered black technologies like hidden weapons and was also proficient in poisons and medicine. Later, when he went to Yuexuan to study music theory, he crushed other students who had been studying for several years in just one year. This guy is truly eager to learn and knows how to learn; to say he lacks artistic literacy would be absolutely impossible.

Thinking carefully, the only person in the Douluo Continent who engages in literature is Ning Fengzhi. He can serve as a teacher to the Crown Prince, so besides extremely high political literacy, he must be proficient in everything from zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting to aristocratic etiquette. Once he returns, he will find him to learn calligraphy and painting.

Being able to find someone like Ning Fengzhi is not bad. Take Yu Xiaogang, for example; even if he cannot cultivate, he would rather study martial souls than engage in literature. However, this world is just like this: the whole population prizes martial arts, lacking spiritual civilization construction.

As for music and instruments, he can only entrust Qian Renxue to go to Yuexuan and learn from Tang Yuehua.

There is no need to be so urgent about other Divine Abilities. Actually, if he didn't have a cultivation technique, he would first learn the Chiwen Divine Ability to increase soul power absorption efficiency, but now that he has a technique, he doesn't need to worry about cultivation speed.

Furthermore, he cannot be in a hurry to add a Soul Ring now; when he is older and his body has grown, he will be able to obtain a better Soul Ring.

Thinking of this, he also intends to withdraw his mental power from his dantian.

Just at this moment, the Dragon Pearl suddenly sent a message to him.

……

It turned out that the Dragon Pearl, having been separated from its original owner for thousands of years, had long since become a treasure in its own right. Although this acquired treasure lacked intelligence, it possessed a subconscious desire to evolve into an innate spiritual treasure.

The message it just sent was equivalent to a deal. It wants to evolve; firstly, it requires a large amount of energy, which he doesn't need to help with for now as it will absorb it on its own. The most important thing is the second requirement: a large amount of world luck.

This requires Zhou Yi's help, and the reward is three chances to save his life and help him improve the status and potential of the dragon bloodline within him.

The three chances to save his life refer to blocking a fatal blow when encountering a life-threatening crisis and teleporting him to a random safe area. As for improving the bloodline, it will guide him when the time is ripe.

Zhou Yi agreed to this deal without even thinking. Anyway, even if this treasure ascends to an innate one, it still belongs to him, not to mention that it is equivalent to having three extra lives.

However, this world luck is a bit tricky to handle. To obtain world luck, one must either change the world or contribute to the world's change, or become famous, letting everyone remember you and becoming a "Child of Luck" or something similar.

His first thought was to become an emperor, but that is too energy-consuming. If he became an emperor and still acted as a hands-off manager, that would be irresponsible to the subjects.

Since being an emperor won't work, he might as well pioneer a new school of thought distinct from the Spirit Master system.

He will just spread the Supernatural Power System. It wasn't said that these Divine Abilities can only be learned by the dragon race. Once it is spread across the Continent, presumably the Dragon will be closely connected to the world like a totem, and once it becomes mainstream in the future, it can also reduce the extinction of Soul Beasts. He believes in the potential of the Supernatural Power System; after all, people without soul power still make up the majority of this world.

For now, it is better to pass it to the major powers first. Most of the world's luck is still in the hands of the major powers. Once all the major powers learn the Divine Abilities, he will be able to reap the benefits immediately; this is the fastest way to see results.

It's decided. When he goes back, he will give the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a "Divine Ability red envelope," then the other major powers, and finally the Spirit Hall. This Spirit Hall seems to come with a group-taunt buff; it's better to minimize contact in the early stages.

Moreover, only people from major powers can learn these Divine Abilities first. Civilian Spirit Masters fight by mindlessly releasing soul skills. Major powers like the Clear Sky Sect or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have their own unique secret arts, and the techniques within them are equivalent to a shallow understanding of the Dao.

……

One month later,

Within the territory of the Star Luo Empire,

A strange cloud floated in the night sky.

The reason it was called strange was that this cloud was constantly changing shape: one moment it appeared as a dragon soaring through the nine heavens, the next it transformed into a roc traveling ten thousand miles, and then it turned into a dragon-turtle carrying a stele—all sorts of shapes, ever-changing.

Within the cloud layer, a handsome youth and a miraculous golden eagle were cultivating around an incense burner.

This incense burner was a three-legged tripod style, entirely composed of energy. Its surface was engraved with ancient and complex patterns; the two handles were both shaped like coiling dragons, and the three legs were decorated with the heads of Suanni. At this time, smoke from the incense burner kept emerging, wrapping the person and the bird within it. Above the smoke, one could faintly see a Suanni resembling a lion sitting quietly.

"This Suanni Divine Ability is truly miraculous. Under this incense, not only does it calm the mind and spirit, but it also strengthens my understanding and control of my martial soul," Zhou Yi thought to himself.

Now he understood what it meant to increase comprehension and wisdom. In this state, comprehending the Dao is simply addictive; his thinking is extremely active, and inspiration is bursting forth in his mind every moment.

Even Jin Ling was deepening its understanding of its own innate talents under this smoke.

Don't look at how they were both motionless; their brains were spinning extremely fast.

……

"Hmm? Found her.

However, this girl... why is she being hunted again? But the direction she is fleeing is toward the Heaven Dou Empire, which is interesting. Leaving so early, is it because I changed the plot?"

Zhou Yi opened his Golden Pupils and scanned below the clouds. After improving his wisdom, he could barely manage to multitask—cultivating his technique while paying attention to what was below.

Moreover, his Golden Pupils granted him super-strong long-distance vision and the ability to see through mist, allowing him to observe the situation on the ground even from high up.

After discovering Zhu Zhuqing, he took Jin Ling and descended to the ground.

……

"Little sister, did you have a conflict with Mom and Dad? Why are you thinking of running away from home?" a charming woman whose appearance and figure were extremely similar to Zhu Zhuqing said affectedly while chasing her.

"Why I am leaving, you know in your heart!" Zhu Zhuqing ignored her and continued to flee forward.

"My good little sister~ any misunderstandings between relatives can be explained clearly~ why don't you stop?" The charming woman continued to pursue relentlessly with the assassins behind her.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't even want to talk anymore.

Just like that, they chased and fled until they entered a forest.

Suddenly, Zhu Zhuqing felt her body filled with power, and wind and thunder wrapped around her, increasing her speed.

"It's him!" Feeling the familiar amplification, she thought of something, her face filled with joy.

"Little girl, why are you being hunted again?"

"I'm not a little girl, my name is Zhu Zhuqing~" Hearing this familiar voice, her tone relaxed.

"Alright, alright, Zhu Zhuqing, do you want to counter-kill this time?"

"Yes!"

After saying this, she relied on the cover of the Cloud Mist to silently circle behind Zhu Zhuyun and the others.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuyun had no idea what was about to happen.

……

Relying on her speed and concealment, Zhu Zhuqing took out the assassins behind Zhu Zhuyun one by one. By the time Zhu Zhuyun noticed, only she was left.

"Damn it! Nether Hundred Claws!" Watching her younger sister approach, she hurriedly unleashed her soul skill.

"Nether Hundred Claws!"

For a time, the two sisters began to fight, but under the amplification of Zhou Yi, it did not take long for Zhu Zhuyun to be defeated.

"Damn it! Who exactly is helping you? With your strength, it is impossible for you to beat me!" She looked at Zhu Zhuqing through gritted teeth.

However, before she could continue saying anything else, she was knocked unconscious by Zhu Zhuqing.