Chapter 512

Zhang Yu had been looking forward to Yuxing Han's Level 3 Dao Seed for quite some time.

After all, every bit of a companion's strength could become nourishment for his own advancement.

And as Yuxing Han's Three-Eye Divine Ability reached this third level, Zhang Yu gradually came to understand some of the changes after some testing.

The previous Three-Eye Divine Ability mainly had the capability to copy others' movements, observe the flow of spiritual aura, discern the build-up of moves, provide a 360-degree panoramic vision, and enable microscopic observation of the human body.

Now, after the upgrade, the Three-Eye Divine Ability granted the effect of never forgetting any martial arts technique after seeing it.

In other words, no matter what kind of fist technique, swordsmanship, or blade method, as long as the Three-Eye Divine Ability took one look at it, it would be firmly etched in the mind.

At the same time, if one also knew the mana circulation route for the relevant martial art, it even had the effect of learning just by watching.

That is, under the enhancement of the Three-Eye Divine Ability, even if one had not practiced much themselves, just by watching others perform martial arts, their own martial art level would naturally increase.

Upon realizing this, Zhang Yu's first thought was naturally a combination of the Three-Eye Divine Ability and the Feather Book.

"If I watch others practice, can it increase the number of Feather Book cultivations? If that were possible…"

But after some attempts, Zhang Yu quickly found that it did not work.

"Sigh, this Three-Eye Divine Ability cannot affect the Feather Book's cultivation progress?"

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "That makes sense. No matter how many technique supplementary books I read or how much instruction I receive from teachers… though these things could theoretically improve my technique cultivation, none of them can push the Feather Book's cultivation progress forward."

"Cultivating techniques with the Feather Book requires solid, repeated practice every single time."

Although somewhat disappointed that the Three-Eye Divine Ability could not affect the Feather Book, Zhang Yu soon discovered the real improvement this upgrade brought him.

"The effect of microscopic observation has further increased, and the perception of mana flow and spiritual aura flow has also strengthened."

Zhang Yu thought: "If used to assist in artifact refining, it enhances my ability to handle the mana circuits of magical treasures, improving the efficiency and success rate of rune engraving."

Zhang Yu nodded lightly and said to himself: "In the future, when refining artifacts, if any problem arises with the magical treasure's mana circuits, I can temporarily switch from the Green Lotus Sword Embryo (spiritual root) to the Three-Eye Divine Ability (spiritual root) to deal with some issues in the mana circuits."

As for keeping the Three-Eye Divine Ability equipped all the time to watch martial arts and train, that efficiency was far too low for Zhang Yu; he would rather keep the Green Lotus Sword Embryo equipped more often to further increase the divine spiritual root's adaptability.

On the other side, Yuxing Han, upon understanding the functions of the Three-Eye Divine Ability, became excited all of a sudden.

"Watching is the same as cultivating?"

Yuxing Han quickly pulled up a recording of a technique from his eye skeleton and started playing it. Every time he watched it, he felt his understanding of the technique deepen and his mastery grow, as if he had personally practiced it several times.

"Good, good, good," Yuxing Han thought. "From now on, if I can work and watch videos at the same time, wouldn't that be equivalent to practicing martial arts every moment?"

Zhang Yu looked at Yuxing Han's Level 3 Dao Seed and thought: "With a Level 3 Dao Seed, you can already practice just by watching. If it keeps upgrading, won't it eventually be able to learn someone else's technique just by seeing it once?"

But at the same time, a trace of worry arose in his heart: "If it reaches that effect, it might not be a good thing. For a technique like the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao, learning it just by watching it once… that would be troublesome."

"And if it really reaches that point, could this Three-Eye Divine Ability also become a divine spiritual root?"

"If Yuxing Han is discovered by others to have grown a divine spiritual root…"

Thinking this far, Zhang Yu furrowed his brow slightly and thought of Le Mulan again.

Whether it was Yuxing Han's Three-Eye Divine Ability potentially being upgraded into a divine spiritual root, or Le Mulan's Deep Cold Meridian's lifespan extension ability, he could smell danger from both.

He glanced at Yuxing Han again and thought: "To upgrade the Three-Eye Divine Ability to Level 4 next, it will require 8000 mana, which is on par with the Golden Core stage."

"There's still plenty of time."

"But no matter what, I have to become richer and more powerful in order to raise the Dao Seed level with greater peace of mind."

…

Late May

On this day, Zhang Yu had originally planned to rent a lab with Senior Sister Ye Xingli, but instead learned that she now had her own artifact refining laboratory.

Entering her laboratory and looking at all the equipment on the workbench, Zhang Yu asked enviously, "Senior Sister, how much did this lab cost you?"

Zhang Yu knew that for artifact refining cultivators, having your own laboratory made a huge difference; it was essentially two completely different classes.

Owning one's own lab not only saved a large amount of rent but also eliminated the trouble of queuing up for labs and equipment, allowing one to focus more time and energy on artifact refining.

Going a step further, one could be like Magnetic Pole True Lord, who owned his own production line and could mass-produce magical treasures and skeletal artifacts.

Ye Xingli gave a faint smile and said, "It didn't cost me much. The main investor was the Ten Thousand Dao Artisan Sect."

"They hired me to improve some products."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu became even more envious, thinking to himself: "This senior apprentice sister of mine is truly talented in artifact crafting. No wonder she managed to make it into the top five of the design competition among a hundred schools."

Zhang Yu knew that any magical artifact, once created, still had enormous room for improvement.

The person who first created the flying sword was very impressive, but the techniques contained in that first flying sword were absolutely inferior to any expert-grade flying sword on the market today.

And the major companies, in order to compete with each other, had to constantly innovate and improve their own products. Often, aside from having their own cultivators conduct research and development, they would also hire outstanding teachers and students from universities for collaborative development.