Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 2083: 554: Unknown Spiritual Body! 4th Rank Divination!
Previously on Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family...
[Ding, congratulations to the host for acquiring the Second Rank Poison Making Skill!]
[Rewards have been distributed to the system space, the host can check them anytime]
"Skills!?"
During past regular lotteries, Lu Changsheng had always despised drawing skills the most.
He believed that learning countless skills held zero value.
Yet right now, his greatest wish was pulling a skill.
"Transform into Divination experience!"
Were he still in Jiang Country, calmly gearing up for Nascent Soul breakthrough, Lu Changsheng would have picked Artifact Refining, Dragon Seeking, or Talisman Making to advance.
However, this voyage to the Starry Sky Sea made him grasp divination's critical value.
Especially amid his unclear fortunes at present, boosting the Divination Art to Fourth Rank could uncover extra clues, possibly flipping misfortune into fortune!As the Spiritual Slaughter Skill converted to Divination experience and surged into his divination path, Lu Changsheng plunged into an enigmatic trance.
The world around him dissolved into emptiness, placing him amid fate's arcane river.
Innumerable potential futures and paths crashed like turbulent waves, all flashing before Lu Changsheng's sight.
Uncertain of the time passed, Lu Changsheng finally opened his eyes.
His elegant and striking features now carried a hint of profound mystery, otherworldly and timeless.
Guided by the system like a sudden enlightenment, after an extended divination session, his skill jumped from Third Rank Top Level straight to Fourth Rank Primary Level.
Merely one rank's gap, but the chasm rivaled Core Formation shattering into Nascent Soul!
"The way of divination is truly mysterious..."
Reflecting on the recent leap from Third Rank Top Level to Fourth Rank, Lu Changsheng nearly drowned in the pull of destiny's river.
At that instant, he fully comprehended why pushing divination cultivation leads some to madness.
Beginner phases risk cultivation flaws.
Advanced stages, upon touching heavenly secrets and fate's river, invite corruption and loss of self.
When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back!
"Thankfully, my Divination Art gains system enhancement, remaining steady and risk-free without probing deep into heavenly secrets."
Lu Changsheng let out a long breath of foul qi, his timeless ethereal presence fading like scattered dust.
Next, he flung out three divination coins, his gaze swirling with myriad stars in complex patterns, divining his immediate fortunes.
"Hmm?"
Shortly after, Lu Changsheng detected a strange auspicious omen.
He dove deeper into the calculations.
A good while passed.
Although no precise details emerged from the omen, the divinatory symbols revealed it lay beyond the Goddess Palace.
Remaining within the Goddess Palace guaranteed calm and safety.
Stepping outside brought tangled fates, fortune mixed with peril, yet curiously harboring a moderate auspicious sign.
"Moderately auspicious..."
Divinatory symbols range from great misfortune, moderate misfortune, small misfortune, neutral, small auspicious, moderately auspicious, to great auspicious.
Moderately auspicious already signals a significant boon.
Yet Lu Changsheng couldn't pinpoint its location without sacrificing more lifespan for deeper insight.
"Heading back to Jiang Country immediately carries risk unless I return swiftly."
"Thus, this sign must be somewhere in the Starry Sky Sea, though locating it amid such vastness proves nearly impossible..."
Divination yields no concrete answers.
Even as a Fourth Rank Divination Master, Lu Changsheng could only vaguely sense omens, specifics elusive.
"Forget it."
Given the symbols' display of mixed fortunes and perils, plus scrutiny from the Six Paths Demon Consort, Six Paths Palace, and various powers, Lu Changsheng saw no point in courting extra chaos by wandering.
The symbols hint at fortune, but certainty eludes.
Divinatory symbols shift constantly!
They could even turn more favorable later.
Perhaps further deductions would reveal more soon, so Lu Changsheng sat in meditation, cross-legged, steadying his condition. Once settled, he headed to Divine Maiden Peak to inform Granny Ma of his potential upcoming venture for Nascent Soul opportunity, departing briefly.
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"What, Elder Xuanmu plans to depart the Goddess Palace in search of Nascent Soul opportunity!?"
Right after Lu Changsheng notified Granny Ma, Shen Baishuang got wind of it at once, her face filled with caution, fearing he aimed to break away from the Goddess Palace.
After all, Jingqing Zhenren's failure to reach Nascent Soul had undoubtedly shaken the spirits and faith of the palace's Honorary Elders.
What hope did these Honorary Elders hold when even a prodigy like Jingqing Zhenren, the Goddess Palace's key direct descendant, couldn't break through to Nascent Soul?
Furthermore, the leap from Core Formation to Nascent Soul ties into enigmatic fate.
Such a Nascent Soul setback was viewed as an ill sign, bound to stir some Honorary Elders eyeing Penglai Island's aid for their own Nascent Soul breakthrough to depart.
"Could Elder Xuanmu have divined something?"
Shen Baishuang knitted her brows.
While others remained unaware, she, as the Second Palace Master of the Goddess Palace, knew Lu Changsheng commanded a Third Rank Divination Skill.
Given the array of techniques Lu Changsheng had unveiled, they even wondered if his Divination Skill surpassed mere Third Rank.
Jingqing Zhenren's Nascent Soul mishap stemmed from meddling by rival powers, the Star Sea Thieves, harming the Goddess Palace and various islands linked to Penglai Island.
Under these circumstances, Elder Xuanmu could well have gleaned certain insights.
"No way, we can't let him leave—must hold him back here!"
Shen Baishuang creased her forehead, her poised and alluring form striding anxiously across the chamber, determined not to release him.
Yet, he held only the status of an Honorary Elder in the Goddess Palace.
Back when Shen Yiren intervened, the Goddess Palace and Shen Jianjia granted Lu Changsheng an Honorary Elder agreement far looser than standard ones.
Facing this, they lacked any solid ground to deny his departure.
"Must devise a method..."
Shen Baishuang racked her brains relentlessly, sensing the problem demanded exploiting personal flaws.
Hmm? Flaws...
Let her mull it over...