Chapter 351: Divining Luck Drawing Lots, Fate-Reading and Precept-Holding

Jiangnan, [Hidden Sword Villa].

Lu Yang’s Immortal Spirit main body was still hiding within the stone sword. In front of him were the pages of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] and a bamboo lot cylinder.

“Auspice… Auspice… I want an Auspice!”

As Lu Yang’s eyes widened, the lot cylinder on the [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] page shook, and then three gleaming lot slips fell out.

Lu Yang looked closely and immediately showed a happy expression.

[Event: The final step of practicing the Mystic Spirit Resonance Scripture]

[Small Auspice: Although your comprehension is insufficient, you are in good form today, and you quickly cross the final threshold.]

[End Auspice: Due to insufficient comprehension, you struggle for a long time at the final hurdle, but eventually, relying on persistence and perseverance, you understand the key.]

[Small Ominous: You lack sufficient talent and fail to master it.]

“An Auspice came out.”

Without a second word, Lu Yang directly picked up the [Small Auspice] lot. The other two lots dissipated upon contact, while the [Small Auspice] merged into his body.

After several months of experimentation, he had completely mastered the [Divining Luck Drawing Lots] talent.

First, this talent cannot be used continuously. Every use requires accumulating luck in advance. Only when there is enough luck can a lot drawing be initiated.

However, the more luck accumulated, the higher the probability of drawing a good lot.

Secondly, these lot fortunes are mostly auxiliary. I cannot use the drawing to achieve things that are theoretically impossible for me.

For example, if he decided to single-handedly fight [Sky-Shrouding] right now, even if he accumulated massive luck, the final lot drawn would only be [Great Ominous]. So strictly speaking, this talent only reveals future possibilities; the choice still depends on Lu Yang himself.

But conversely, as long as it was something Lu Yang could theoretically achieve…

He could use the [Divining Luck Drawing Lots] talent to ignore the process and pre-fetch the result directly, ensuring he would definitely succeed!

“Its a pity it isn’t a Great Auspice…”

Lu Yang looked nostalgic. He could still recall the feedback he received after accidentally drawing a [Great Auspice] more than two months ago.

It truly felt like divine assistance!

During this period, he had been practicing the Mystic Spirit Resonance Scripture. This was a Rank 2 True Art created by the Sword Pavilion specifically targeting the [Mystic Spirit World Realm]. It was extremely profound and mysterious.

This point was different from the [Qian Heaven All-Governing Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body]. The latter only required resources, while the former required some ethereal comprehension.

Therefore, Lu Yang had repeatedly hit a wall with the Mystic Spirit Resonance Scripture.

However, on the day he drew a [Great Auspice], his condition was unbelievably good. No matter what problem arose, he could think it through with ease.

It was like taking a multiple-choice test and guessing every answer correctly.

In that instant, Lu Yang even had the illusion that his comprehension was comparable to Patriarch Nether Whisper. It showed just how exaggerated the boost from a [Great Auspice] was.

“Forget it, Small Auspice isn’t bad either.”

Lu Yang gathered his thoughts. He had already cultivated the Mystic Spirit Resonance Scripture to the final juncture. A [Small Auspice] was enough for him to cross it.

Whoosh!

With a thought, a ball of flame appeared in Lu Yang’s hand. This was the [Six Ding Divine Fire], one of the three supreme treasures Lu Yang harvested from the [Southern Heavenly Gate]. He had secretly kept it when leaving, specifically for gathering Qi. By now, he had already refined more than half of this tinder.

“This [Six Ding Divine Fire] is a gentle fire.”

“Rather than a furnace fire for alchemy and artifact refining, it’s better described as a fire of wisdom born from human thoughts, capable of making one’s mind agile…”

Soon, the tinder was gradually absorbed by Lu Yang.

With the boost from the [Small Auspice], the result of successful cultivation was already grasped by Lu Yang in advance. Therefore, his cultivation encountered almost no bottlenecks.

Before long, a streak of illusory color emerged in his sea of consciousness.

“It looks a bit like a Divine Ability…”

Lu Yang looked at the illusory color in his sea of consciousness. This was the product of successfully cultivating the Mystic Spirit Resonance Scripture. It resembled a Divine Ability but wasn’t one; it resembled a Spirit Treasure but wasn’t one either.

Its name was: [Fate-Reading and Precept-Holding].

Through it, Lu Yang incidentally learned the name of the [Mystic Spirit World Realm]’s Dao Fruit, called [Siming], implying that all things in heaven and earth have their fixed destiny.

In fact, the overall structure of the [Mystic Spirit World Realm] was exactly like this. The Heavenly Court held high, and the five immortals under its rule were orderly.

However, judging from the fact that the [Mystic Spirit World Realm]’s Heavenly Court failed to truly govern heaven and earth and control the fate of all living beings, this Dao Fruit probably still had room for growth.

Unfortunately, before that could happen, it encountered the Saint Sect.

The result was naturally dying midway before the progress was half completed. Now the Heavenly Court was divided into four, and the Dao Fruit had fallen into this world. Being completely swallowed was only a matter of time.

As for [Fate-Reading and Precept-Holding], it was a divine wonder derived based on the [Siming] Dao Fruit.

What is Fate-Reading?

What is Precept-Holding?

“The so-called Fate-Reading is actually a method of weaving luck, constraining limited luck into one direction to maximize its effect.”

“And Precept-Holding is the method of constraining luck.”

“After reading a fate, one accepts a precept. As long as the precept is not violated, the enhancement of Fate-Reading can be maintained. However, once the precept is violated, one will immediately suffer a backlash from luck.”

Similar methods existed in the [Mystic Spirit World Realm], but the effects were different. Although cultivators of the [Mystic Spirit World Realm] didn’t have Bi Wind eroding their souls, they faced the “Disaster of Dao Transformation,” so they needed to uphold precepts to contend with it. This was also one of the reasons why the [Mystic Spirit World Realm] established strict Immortal Laws.

“If I read fate for myself…”

With a thought, the illusory color in his sea of consciousness instantly reflected over. Then, a sensation arose in him, and a look of pleasant surprise surfaced in his eyes:

“…It should be [Pomegranate Wood Fate]!”

This was the destiny Lu Yang annotated for himself.

“With the enhancement of this destiny, I can establish a connection with the [Pomegranate Wood] Dao Fruit. It will be of great use for awakening my Life-Bound Divine Ability and Seeking Golden Core in the future!”

The only problem was the precept that needed to be strictly observed to maintain this destiny.

“From now on, I need to [Abstain from Chastity]… This, this is too difficult for me!”

Lu Yang felt the feedback from [Fate-Reading and Precept-Holding] and looked troubled.

Although he wasn’t a lecherous person, for the sake of cultivation, no matter how unwilling he was in his heart, he had to sacrifice his small self to fulfill the greater self.

…

Several thousand days later.

Lu Yang’s main body awoke from meditation and opened his eyes. A look of anticipation appeared on his face. “Finally here… not in vain for my long wait!”

Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon had come to find him!

This Great Perfected One at Foundation Establishment Perfection from the Sword Pavilion truly kept his promise. He personally deduced karma and traveled ten thousand li to find the reincarnated body of Lu Yang’s split soul.

It just so happened that the split soul was already eight years old this year.

During this period, Lu Yang hadn’t been idle either. He cultivated bitterly with single-minded focus, digesting the harvest from the [Southern Heavenly Gate]. His cultivation had just reached the critical point.

“Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. After [Law Upholder], it will be Perfection!”

“One step further is to undergo the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, thereby officially breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage! This is another major hurdle on the path of cultivation…”

Heavenly Thunder Tribulation!

The Heaven-Mending Peak Master died on this. It wasn’t a joke; it could be called nine deaths and one life. For this reason, Lu Yang had already made up his mind to be fully prepared before attempting it. After all, having come this far with great difficulty, if he had to restart because he failed the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, it would be too much of a loss.

“…Hm?”

Just then, Lu Yang suddenly raised an eyebrow. His consciousness projected onto the split soul, and then he grinned. “Interesting. It seems the previous arrangement has taken effect.”

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