26: Divine Sense Secret Technique! Shocking Thrust!

After returning to the small rented courtyard, Lu Qiu did not pause for a moment.

As the token in his hand flickered with light, the Formation barrier enveloping the courtyard slowly rose, completely isolating all the noise and prying eyes from the outside world.

Inside the quiet room, Lu Qiu let out a long breath of turbid air.

Only at this moment did his nerves, which had been constantly tense in the market town, truly relax.

He was in no hurry to take stock of his gains from the auction; instead, he directly took out the humanoid puppet Magical Artifact, which was as tall as an Immortal Master, and placed it in the center of the quiet room.

The cold black metal shimmered under the candlelight, its sleek body lines full of power, and its joints covered in intricate runes; though its eyes were tightly shut, it exuded a cold sense of pressure.

Lu Qiu walked around the Puppet twice, his Divine Sense like a fine spiderweb, scanning every inch of the Puppet's structure.

However, he found nothing.

The refining technique of this Puppet was extremely sophisticated, making the interior and exterior seamless, with no gaps to be found.

Lu Qiu refused to give up and reached out, a cold sensation transmitting from his fingertips.

He followed the Puppet's body from head to toe, carefully feeling and inspecting it, not missing a single rune or any gap in the connections.

Finally, at the back of the Puppet's heart, Lu Qiu's fingertips touched an almost imperceptible tiny indentation.

The runic patterns there were subtly different from those elsewhere.

This is it!

With a thought, Lu Qiu carefully injected a wisp of spiritual power into it.

Click.

The sound of a slight mechanical spring clicking rang out.

At the back of the Puppet's heart, a palm-sized hidden compartment quietly slid open, revealing an all-black jade plaque lying silently inside.

Lu Qiu's heart skipped a beat; he reached out to take the jade plaque and then pressed it against the center of his forehead.

Boom!

In an instant, an incredibly complex and vast torrent of information surged fiercely into his mind along with his Divine Sense.

A massive torrent of information exploded within his sea of consciousness.

A gold Opportunity!

Sealed within this jade plaque was indeed a Divine Ability Secret Technique!

Furthermore, it was an extremely rare Divine Sense attack secret technique!

Spirit Shocking Thorn!

As Lu Qiu digested the additional information in his mind, his heart could not stop pounding wildly.

In the cultivation world, Cultivation Techniques are easy to find, but secret techniques are hard to come by, and Divine Abilities are existences that reign supreme over everything.

Divine Sense attack-type Divine Abilities are even rarer, their value immeasurable by Spirit Stones; they are eerie and unpredictable, making them impossible to guard against.

These Spirit Shocking Thorn are divided into nine layers.

By cultivating this technique, one can highly condense their Divine Sense into the form of an invisible and intangible spike, stored within the Shenting acupoint between the eyebrows; when facing an enemy, it can be activated at will to attack the enemy's Divine Sense at any time.

Upon cultivating to the first layer, one can condense a single Spirit Shocking Thorn; when fired, it possesses a 100% increase in Divine Sense power!

If one can Cultivate to the ninth layer's Major Achievement Realm, they can condense nine Spirit Shocking Thorn within the Shenting acupoint in an instant; when all nine thorns are released together, wherever the Divine Thought reaches, those with slightly weaker Divine Sense will have their Primordial Spirit directly crushed by a single thought, their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering on the spot, turning them into a mindless living corpse.

It is truly terrifying!

This is definitely a supreme method for killing enemies of a higher level and turning the tide!

But with such massive benefits, the threshold for cultivation is naturally terrifyingly high.

Condensing Spirit Shocking Thorn requires a massive consumption of Divine Sense power, placing extremely high demands on the Cultivator's own Divine Sense strength.

If one's Divine Sense is not strong enough and they force the cultivation, at best, their Divine Sense will be damaged, turning them into an idiot; at worst, their Divine Soul will collapse, causing instant death.

With Lu Qiu's current Divine Sense strength at the Qi Refining Stage Perfection, he barely meets the minimum standard for cultivating the first layer.

However, Lu Qiu was already satisfied.

This Spirit Shocking Thorn secret technique added another powerful trump card that could turn the tide in a desperate situation.

At a critical moment, an unexpected Spirit Shocking Thorn could definitely reverse the entire battle.

Suppressing his inner excitement, he immediately sat cross-legged and impatiently began to attempt cultivating this Divine Ability according to the method recorded in the jade plaque.

Time passed quickly during his cultivation.

This cultivation session lasted an entire night.

When the first ray of morning light shone through the window into the quiet room, Lu Qiu finally opened his eyes slowly.

He felt as if his head had been hollowed out, as waves of weakness and fatigue washed over him.

Divine Sense secret techniques are indeed not easy to Cultivate.

Just attempting to condense the first Spirit Shocking Thorn had almost exhausted his entire mind.

It seemed this matter could not be rushed; he had to proceed step by step and take it slow.

With a thought, he focused his attention inward, and the familiar information panel unfolded before his eyes.

[white information: Yesterday, Jin Hua, a Qi Refining Stage Loose Cultivator, was refining a poisonous Spiritual Plant in his Immortal Cave when he accidentally inhaled the poison and died. An inheritance remains in his Immortal Cave...]

[silver information: Outside the Tianxing Sect Market Town, in a black bear Yao Beast's lair on the mountainside of Lianyun Mountain, lies a Cultivation Technique Legacy left by a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator who fell a hundred years ago.]

[silver information: Within the Tianxing Sect Market Town, Lu Yu, a Golden Core Cultivator of the Tianxing Sect, is searching everywhere for several rare Artifact Refining Materials to refine a Magic Treasure.]

Two more silver informations, no gold ones.

Lu Qiu felt a slight sense of disappointment, but it was also within his expectations.

Gold Opportunities are incredibly precious; they cannot appear every day.

Although the Tianxing Sect Market Town is large and has many Cultivators, it is after all just a market town; being able to refresh gold intelligence two days in a row was already considered explosive luck.

His gaze bypassed the white information and turned toward the two silver informations.

A Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator's Cultivation Technique Legacy?

This one is actually not bad.

Although he might not necessarily be able to use it himself, a complete Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation Technique could be sold for a large sum of Spirit Stones.

Subsequently, his gaze fell upon the second silver information.

Lu Yu, the Tianxing Sect Golden Core Cultivator?

The information panel specifically noted that this person was a Golden Core Stage Immortal Master!

Searching for Artifact Refining Materials?

In Lu Qiu's mind, the millennium profound ice—the gold intelligence reward he had obtained from Yellow Maple Valley—instantly appeared in his Storage Pouch.

The System's intention was self-evident.

This was guiding him to use the millennium profound ice to contact this Golden Core Stage expert in exchange for a favorable connection, or rather, to find a powerful backer.

As soon as this thought arose, he extinguished it without hesitation.

No.

The risk is too great.

He had far too many secrets.

Any one of them being exposed would be enough to bring about a fatal disaster, leading to an irreversible end.

The methods of a Golden Core True Person are unpredictable, and their Divine Might is as vast as the sea.

With his meager cultivation and disguise, he would likely be no different from being naked in front of a Golden Core True Person, seen through at a single glance.

It would be utterly foolish to take such a huge risk for a vague "favorable connection" that might never be realized.

Lu Qiu's style had always been to act only after planning, keeping all risks to a minimum.

He would never engage in such gambling behavior where he placed his life and soul at the mercy of others' goodwill.

His gaze fell back upon the other silver information.

Lianyun Mountain, the black bear's lair, the Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator's Legacy.

This one is quite good.

The risk is controllable, and the benefits are clear.