Chapter 27: Divine Abilities and Spiritual Insights

"Cough, cough," Li Laodao coughed dryly and finally assumed a serious demeanor. Solemnly, he said, "I'll keep it short. There is an ancient tomb nearby of astonishing size, and many rogue cultivators have already gone there."

"This ancient tomb is said to be extremely dangerous, with involvement from large clans. Oftentimes, the danger posed by people exceeds the perils within the tomb itself."

"I'm a solitary old man with limited strength, so today I've come to invite you to form a team with me so we can look out for each other."

Hearing this, Long Xuan frowned for a moment and pondered.

He felt that his current strength was still too weak. His mid-stage Spirit Gathering realm was nothing impressive, and without an external Gu for protection, his combat methods were very limited.

He thought he should develop further and not leave his comfort zone prematurely. Given his current strength, he couldn't protect himself and had to rely on the protagonist's halo.Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

No matter how good the treasures were, one needed to be alive to enjoy them. He decided to stay low for a while longer.

Long Xuan didn't follow the usual novel trope of rushing to opportunities at the first mention of them. No matter how valuable the treasures in the ancient tomb might be, he wouldn't risk his life for them.

After making up his mind, Long Xuan said, "No, since there are large clans involved, we rogue cultivators shouldn't join the fray. I still want to live a bit longer; you go ahead on your own."

Seeing that Long Xuan was unmoved, Li Laodao continued, "I know what you're worried about—your personal safety."

"Rest assured, I guarantee this trip will be 100% safe. We won't compete with the large clans for treasures; we'll just follow them and pick up whatever they leave behind."

"There will always be times when they overlook something, and that's our opportunity to pick up the leftovers. Moreover, the dangers in the tomb will all be faced by the large clans ahead of us. Following behind them, we won't encounter any danger."

"The only danger is from other rogue cultivators, but as long as we form a team with a few close friends, we can be worry-free."

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan inwardly sneered. Everyone thinks like that before an adventure, harboring a lucky mindset, but people always end up dying in droves.

"You don't need to persuade me anymore. I'm a man of my word. If I say I won't go, I won't go," Long Xuan said firmly.

Seeing that Long Xuan was adamant, Li Laodao didn't insist. He had sought out Long Xuan because he believed that the more people, the safer. Since Long Xuan wouldn't go, it didn't make much of a difference; he had plenty of close friends.

"Alright then, young people being this cautious—if young people don't take bold risks, are they still young?" Li Laodao shook his head and finally turned to leave.

Long Xuan didn't see him off. He sat there, continuing to ponder how to design miraculous abilities for the "Ten Absolutes Scripture."

A month passed in the blink of an eye. It started to rain lightly outside. Just as Long Xuan was about to close the window, Li Laodao suddenly jumped in through it, startling him.

But now, fully absorbed in reading the technique, he ignored this detail.

Li Laodao hurriedly caught the bottle, eagerly opened it, took out a pill, and swallowed it. Then, shamelessly pocketed the entire bottle, sat down, and began refining the pill's medicinal power.

After a while, the detox pill and the Little Strong Gu's combined efforts finally counteracted the strange poison from the tomb.

Meanwhile, Long Xuan entered a state of rapture.

This "Sun and Moon Heart Sutra" was indeed extraordinary, worthy of being brought out from an ancient tomb.

The "Sun and Moon Heart Sutra" harnesses the spiritual power of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon to achieve the supreme spiritual body.

Those who master it can cultivate unique Sun Spiritual Power, Moon Spiritual Power, and Star Spiritual Power.

These variant spiritual powers rank among the strongest of all.

The Divine ability it grants is the External Avatar.

Practitioners of this technique can cultivate three external avatars: the Sun Clone, the Moon Clone, and the Star Clone.

The Sun Clone's combat power doubles during the day, while the Star and Moon Clone' combat power doubles at night.

The combat power of these three Clone is not much weaker than the main body. Most astonishingly, the Clone can cultivate independently and transfer their cultivation results back to the main body.

This includes both knowledge and physical or soul cultivation outcomes.

With the main body's cultivation speed added, a practitioner of this technique can cultivate four times faster than normal.

This technique is absurdly powerful, almost like cheating. Even Long Xuan was astonished, especially by the Divine ability part, which made him breathe heavily with excitement and thoroughly captivated him.

This was exactly the Divine ability he had been looking for. The vast spiritual sea of the Ten Absolute Bodies led to the drawback of slow cultivation speed, a critical issue that had to be addressed.

Without a doubt, designing a Divine ability that could accelerate cultivation speed was the most compatible with the "Ten Absolutes scripture," finally solving the slow cultivation speed problem of the Ten Absolute Bodies.

He was immensely satisfied with this Divine ability.