I Have an Omen System

Wang Lanfeng said respectfully, "Reporting to the Ancestor, I have committed it to memory."

Bi Yuntao, on the other hand, lowered his head in embarrassment. "Ancestor, I... there are still some things I don’t quite understand..."

In truth, his talent for Artifact Refining was even greater, but he had been too far away to see everything clearly.

Wang Runjiang glared at him and snapped, "Can’t you see the Ancestor is already tired? How can you be so thoughtless! If you don’t understand, then get lost and figure it out on your own!"

Frightened, Bi Yuntao flinched. His dark face flushed, and his lips trembled, but he didn’t dare to speak.

He was sixteen years old, an apprentice from a mortal blacksmith shop in the Thousand Island Lake region. If not for the Ancestor taking a liking to him, he would have never had the chance to stand here.

"No matter. Which step did you not see clearly?"

Qin Xuan’s eyes crinkled into a smile as he looked at Bi Yuntao.

The young man had a rugged face and a body of corded muscle. Years of hammering iron in the blacksmith shop had sculpted his physique into perfectly streamlined contours.

’Back in my past life in Sichuan Province, a guy like this would have been a hot commodity.’

He was the bait Qin Xuan was carefully grooming to send to Youzhou Prefecture!

Bi Yuntao didn’t dare to speak.

"Runjiang, Runhe, have you been discriminating against him again?" Qin Xuan asked, feigning anger.

Wang Runjiang broke out in a cold sweat. "Ancestor, you’ve wronged me."

Bi Yuntao hurriedly took all the blame on himself.

"Ancestor, I wasn’t paying close enough attention. During the Rune Engraving and Tempering and the Pulse Communication with the Divine, I didn’t see the Rune inscriptions clearly..."

"I see... No matter. Come forward, and this old man will demonstrate it for you one more time."

Qin Xuan began the demonstration once more.

Overwhelmed by this special favor, Bi Yuntao focused his full attention on studying the process, wishing he could burn Qin Xuan’s every move into his memory.

This scene was a particularly grating sight to Wang Lanfeng.

The two brothers, Wang Runjiang and Wang Runhe, exchanged a glance.

’The Ancestor’s gone senile!’

’How could a mere outsider be worthy of such dedicated instruction?’

Though they thought this, they didn’t dare show the slightest disagreement. After all, Wang Zezhou was the Ancestor with the highest cultivation in the entire Wang Family.

"Well? Did you see clearly this time?"

After finishing the demonstration, Qin Xuan asked again.

"Yes, yes!" Bi Yuntao nodded emphatically.

"It is good that you understand. This old man is getting on in years; you youngsters must work hard."

Qin Xuan gave Wang Lanfeng’s shoulder a meaningful pat, coughed a few times, and spoke with a gratified tone.

Hearing this, all the youths who were not of the Wang family suddenly looked as if they’d been shot full of adrenaline, their expressions electrified.

This was especially true for the farm boy, Bi Yuntao, whose face flushed red with excitement.

"We will not fail to live up to your expectations, Ancestor!"

However, the more excited the outsider youths became, the more sour the expressions on the faces of the Wang Family Cultivators grew.

This was particularly true for Wang Lanfeng, the one Qin Xuan had singled out for attention.

A deep, potent resentment surged from the depths of his heart.

’The Ancestor has gone too far.’

’If the Ancestor hadn’t insisted my sister accompany that Wei Chusheng, how could she have died?’

’And now he turns around and cultivates outsiders, even though I’m clearly the most outstanding one here!’

"Alright, you are dismissed."

Qin Xuan waved his hand.

His surging Essence, Qi, and Spirit suddenly deflated. An aura of decrepitude and decay appeared on his deeply wrinkled face, and then he vanished on the spot.

"We respectfully send off the Ancestor!" all the youths chorused, kneeling.

After Qin Xuan left, the young members of the Wang Family rose to their feet. The awe on their faces vanished, replaced by indignation.

Bi Yuntao and the other outsiders departed as arranged by Wang Runjiang.

A youth named Wang Haihua watched Bi Yuntao’s departing figure and muttered in a low voice.

"The Ancestor is so biased. Why does he treat an outsider so well? Don’t tell me we, his own flesh and blood, are worth less than a stranger?"

Wang Lanfeng shot him a cold glance, and Wang Haihua, who was of the lowest seniority, immediately fell silent.

However, another youth beside him named Wang Lanxin spoke up.

"Brother Lanfeng, Nephew Haihua is right. The Ancestor is biased. It’s one thing to say that Haihua and I are no match for that country bumpkin, but are you telling me you can’t compare to him either?"

"The Ancestor gave him a private lesson today. In the future, that Foundation Establishment Pill might also..."

"Enough! The Ancestor thinks only of the family, yet you’re here squabbling over such petty matters behind his back. You’re a disgrace to the Wang Family!"

Wang Lanfeng slapped Wang Lanxin across the face.

SLAP! A bright red handprint appeared on Wang Lanxin’s face, swelling visibly before their eyes.

...

Inside his Cave Mansion, Qin Xuan quietly retracted his Divine Sense.

’Not bad, not bad at all. He hides it quite well.’

’With a scheming mind like that, I can add you to the list of "talents" being sent to Youzhou Prefecture.’

Under Qin Xuan’s direction, the Qixing Wang Family had now completely shifted its focus to Artifact Refining.

For instance, the Patriarch, Wang Runsheng, had become capable of refining Low-Grade Spiritual Artifacts like the Red Copper Shield a year ago.

The young apprentices he was cultivating all possessed the foundational knowledge; they only lacked hands-on experience.

’Artifact Refining is just like Alchemy. Besides a solid foundation of knowledge, one must be familiar with all sorts of Five Elements Spiritual Materials and Ore Iron... Artifact Refining is also physically demanding work.’

’It’s tough on these kids, having to earn Spirit Stones for me.’

’Oh, right. They’re not my actual kids.’

’Never mind then. I can work them to death!’

Wang Lanfeng thought he had concealed his feelings perfectly, but he had no idea that someone like Qin Xuan, who hailed from the Holy Sect, had seen through his petty thoughts long ago.

In the past three years, Qin Xuan had grasped the vast majority of the Magical Artifact inheritance within the Hundred Refinements Profound Weapon Record.

His cultivation had also reached the Eighth Level of Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Nominally, he could only refine Middle-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, but in truth, he could already perfectly refine High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

He was even starting to figure out the refinement of Top-Grade Spiritual Artifacts!

’As expected of a Fruit Position Spirit Treasure. It’s boosted my comprehension by more than tenfold.’

Qin Xuan studied the Crystal Bracelet on his wrist, clicking his tongue in wonder.

An ordinary Cultivator who obtained such an inheritance of artifact techniques would need at least twenty or thirty years to master it completely.

But it had only taken him three years.

In addition to the Hundred Refinements Profound Weapon Record, he had also discovered a new application for his Positional Divine Technique, the Cyan Cicada Shell.

It was called ’Cyan Silk Entwined Soul.’

It could refine any Cultivator one major Realm below his own into a puppet under his complete control!

"I had previously neglected my cultivation of Divine Star Techniques. Ever since my awakening, however, I have been training diligently every day."

"Now, it’s time to test the results!"

Qin Xuan gave a mysterious smile, formed a hand seal, and barked a command.

"Cyan Silk Entwined Soul, go!"

VMMMMM—

Ripples spread through the empty air, and a lifelike Six-winged Cyan Cicada materialized.

An aura of Yang Wood pulsed with vibrant Vitality. A cyan light flowed around its body, transforming into countless "soul-capturing cyan silks" imperceptible to the naked eye.

Back in Cold Abyss Valley, Wang Lanfeng, who had not yet left, suddenly froze.

On the shoulder Qin Xuan had patted moments ago, fine strands of cyan silk materialized from thin air. In an instant, they pierced through his Flesh Body and struck directly at his Divine Soul!

Wang Lanfeng’s vision went black.

When he opened his eyes again, an overwhelming sense of guilt flooded his heart.

SLAP! SLAP!

Wang Lanfeng began slapping his own face forcefully. Bright red blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but he was completely oblivious.

"I’m a beast! An animal... I have wronged the Ancestor!"

He knelt on the ground, wailing and sobbing as if in repentance.

Wang Lanxin, standing nearby, jumped in fright. "Brother Lanfeng, what’s wrong? You’re scaring me."

Wang Runsheng, who was patrolling on the high platform, noticed that something was amiss and immediately flew over.

He scanned Wang Lanfeng with his Divine Sense but found that his True Essence Aura was completely unchanged.

"Strange, why has Lanfeng suddenly gone mad?" Wang Runsheng’s brow furrowed in confusion.

Meanwhile, back with Qin Xuan, it was a completely different scene.

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