I Can Extract Divine Power

The street outside the Observatory was a far cry from its usual quiet, now bustling with activity.

On the ground lay a group of Cultivators. In the Jianghu of the Great Zhou Country, such a sight would have been enough to cause a major sensation.

At this moment, however, the group was lying on the ground, unconscious.

Each person was covered in wounds, their clothes torn and tattered—a miserable sight.

"Just asking for directions." The expression on the white-robed man's face was utterly sincere, and he even made a gesture with his hand.

If it weren't for the stiff expression on the old man's face beside him, one might have actually believed him.

The old man felt that his Young Master had suddenly seen the light.

If he'd stubbornly insisted on a challenge in this situation, never mind the Young Master—even he himself would have been hauled away on a cart.

Hadn't he seen that the guardian was already wiped out?

A drop of cold sweat trickled down the white-robed man's forehead.

He chickened out.

He knew he couldn't beat the Young Master of the Hundred Return Sword Sect, and he was now also quite certain that if he stepped forward, he'd be the one getting carried out.

'This Young Master doesn't fight battles he isn't certain of winning,' the man in white thought.

It was a bit like burying his head in the sand, but he found that thinking this way actually improved his mood.

Fang Tong said quizzically, "Judging by your appearance, you're one of the Jianghu People, too. How could you not know the way? I get the feeling you're here to challenge Lord Shen."

"A misunderstanding. This is absolutely a misunderstanding."

The man in white flicked his sleeve and turned to leave. "Since you're busy, sir, we'll just find someone else to ask for directions."

With that, he prepared to turn and depart.

Just then, a middle-aged man walked out.

Fang Tong hurried over and cupped his hands. "Lord Zheng."

Zheng Xing scanned the area and said, "Lord Shen has spoken. Since they came looking for trouble, they should be prepared for trouble to find them. Hang all of them on the main gate of the Observatory. Give them a bite to eat each day, and don't let them down until Lord Shen has left."

"This way, anyone else who comes to challenge him will first have to consider whether they can beat the ones hanging there. It will save Lord Shen the trouble of acting himself and wasting his time."

Fang Tong quickly bowed his head. "As you command."

Several members of the Observatory trussed up the unconscious individuals and hung them from the Observatory's gate.

Witnessing this scene, the man in white vanished in a flash.

The old man followed close behind, departing swiftly.

"Huh?"

Zheng Xing asked, puzzled, "Wasn't he here for a challenge?"

Fang Tong mused, "Apparently, he was asking for directions. I suppose our place looks a bit intimidating, so he got scared off."

Zheng Xing waved his sleeve. "Never mind him. Lord Shen is leaving tomorrow. We need to arrange the follow-up matters."

"Yes!" Fang Tong replied again.

Before long, Zheng Xing left.

The street returned to its quiet state.

Only, the people hanging from the Observatory's gate created a rather unique spectacle.

...

「Inside the five-story building.」

Shen Bai stared at the smoke before him and let out a long breath. 'This Skill Level… the grinding is still a bit slow. If only I had another eight or ten Deceitful Objects, that would be great.'

Deceitful Objects were hard to find. If any of the Jianghu People heard him say this, they would probably faint on the spot.

Before his eyes, the smoke condensed into text and appeared in mid-air.

[Divination Skill Lv. 4 (Calculation +8, Accuracy +8, Fortune and Misfortune +8, Detailed Calculation +8): 10000/10000]

After grinding day and night for this period, his Divination Divine Power had finally reached the peak of Level 4.

After reaching the peak of Level 4, the Divination Divine Power was due for its second qualitative change.

'Ten wisps of Evil Qi… I have enough for that now,' Shen Bai thought.

He currently had seventeen wisps of Evil Qi, which was more than enough for the second qualitative change of his Divination Skill.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai didn't hesitate and quickly chose to initiate the change.

Before him, the smoke gradually distorted before forming into text that floated in mid-air.

[Infinite Divination Skill Lv. 5 (Calculation +16, Accuracy +16, Fortune and Misfortune +16, Detailed Calculation +16, Infinite +16): 0/15000]

Looking at the Attribute before him, Shen Bai was slightly puzzled.

'What does this "Infinite" mean?'

This time, he couldn't deduce the meaning of the Attribute from the word alone.

But it wasn't a big problem.

Before long, a familiar blurry scene appeared before Shen Bai's eyes.

When the surrounding scenery shifted from blurry to clear, Shen Bai found himself under a dark sky.

It was the same, incredibly familiar phantasmal figure. At this moment, the figure was standing before a towering tree, eyes closed in deep thought.

In the figure's left hand, it held a single leaf.

When Shen Bai's gaze fell upon it, he immediately saw the shadow of the Eight Trigrams appear on the figure's palm.

The moment the shadow of the Eight Trigrams appeared, Shen Bai witnessed the entire life of the leaf.

From sprouting to flourishing, from flourishing to withering, from withering to falling, and finally, decaying into nothing.

'No, that's not right. Even a Level 5 Infinite Divination Skill shouldn't be able to do this,' Shen Bai thought to himself.

He possessed the Infinite Divination Skill, so he knew very well that a Level 5 skill was simply not capable of such a feat.

Let alone anything else, calculating the entire lifespan of a leaf was just absurd.

Just as Shen Bai was thinking this, the leaf in the phantasmal figure's hand finally decayed and vanished.

This time, his visit to the Space where the phantasmal figure resided was exceptionally short.

In just that brief moment, everything disappeared.

...

The blurry scenery returned, and once it shifted from blurry to clear, Shen Bai was back in the five-story building.

"The way of the Infinite, a Divination Skill without equal."

After the vision completely faded, Shen Bai began to absorb a massive amount of Information.

A moment later, Shen Bai finished absorbing the Information.

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes and thought, 'So that's it. "Infinite" is an enhancement to all Attributes.'