Illusory Body Divine Vein (Part 2)

Illusory Body Divine Vein (Legendary Talent)

Description: A growth-type Legendary Talent. As cultivation increases, new talent effects will automatically awaken.

Talent Effects:

Divided into four tiers.

First Tier · Illusory Sound (Qi Refining Realm): 1. Soundwave-type spell skill level +5.

2. Can transform one's own voice into any voice.

Note: The voices transformed into cannot be imagined out of thin air; they must be sounds one has personally heard.

Second Tier · Illusory Eyes (Foundation Establishment Realm): 1. Eye technique skill level +5.

2. Can transform one's own eyes into the pupils of any living creature.

Note: The pupils transformed into cannot be imagined out of thin air; they must be pupils one has personally seen.

Third Tier · Illusory Appearance (Golden Core Realm): Can transform one's own face into the face of any living creature.

Note: The face transformed into cannot be imagined out of thin air; it must be an appearance one has personally seen.

Fourth Tier · Illusory Body (Nascent Soul Realm): Can transform one's body into any living creature.

Note: One must obtain an object from the original body of the creature to be transformed into before Illusory Body can be cast.

Illusory Body Divine Vein was a little-known special talent, so it was only natural that Lin Yao's father had never been able to determine the specifics of her constitution.

In his previous life, players had compiled all the known Legendary Talents in the current Nine Heavens and made a game video introducing them in detail.

Lu Qingshan had naturally watched it. Afterward, he had committed the attributes of most Legendary Talents in Nine Heavens to memory.

His outstanding memory was also one reason Lu Qingshan had stood out from the multitude of players.

In the game, he had carried the nickname Nine Heavens Encyclopedia.

That was why Lu Qingshan knew so much about the Illusory Body Divine Vein.

The Illusory Body Divine Vein was a growth-type Legendary Talent.

Lu Qingshan naturally understood the value of a Legendary Talent.

He also understood that at any other point in time, it would have been absolutely impossible to casually encounter some unknown young lady of the Lin Family who happened to possess a Legendary Talent.

Yet during the design of Nine Heavens, there had been one especially important guiding principle.

Turbulent times created heroes.

Great Xia was about to enter an age of chaos unlike anything it had ever seen.

Such a point in time should also have been an era in which heroes emerged in droves.

Thus, the game designers had greatly increased the chances of NPCs possessing Legendary Talents.

Therefore, from the Corpse Puppet Uprising version onward, human NPCs with Legendary Talents would emerge one after another.

Lu Qingshan did not conceal the abilities of the Illusory Body Divine Vein from Lin Yao in the slightest, telling her everything he knew in detail.

Lin Yao's gaze was unfocused, and no one knew what she was thinking.

A moment later.

Lin Yao came back to herself and looked at Lu Qingshan. "Only at Nascent Soul can the fourth tier, Illusory Body, awaken," she murmured.

Unlike Lu Qingshan's Innate Sword Seed, not all the talent effects of the Illusory Body Divine Vein were activated from the start.

As Lin Yao's level—her cultivation—increased, the effects of the Illusory Body Divine Vein would gradually unlock tier by tier.

Only once the Illusory Body effect had been activated could the Illusory Body Divine Vein truly be considered a Legendary Talent.

And to unlock the Fourth Tier · Illusory Body, one needed Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.

In all of enormous Zhenjiang Prefecture, there were only a handful of Nascent Soul Cultivators.

For Lin Yao alone to become a Nascent Soul Cultivator—

It would be difficult!

The abilities of the Illusory Body Divine Vein were functional in nature.

Though it provided Lin Yao with some increase in combat power, it was not particularly strong, merely manifesting in the so-called soundwave-type spell skill level +5 and eye technique skill level +5.

As for improving Lin Yao's cultivation, it offered no benefit whatsoever.

The Illusory Body Divine Vein could not offer Lin Yao much help in becoming a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Lu Qingshan said calmly, "At your age, you're only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining. Your cultivation talent can only be described as exceedingly ordinary. Without outside help, it is absolutely impossible for you to become a Nascent Soul Cultivator!"

Lu Qingshan had long since used the Heavenly Eye Technique to inspect Lin Yao's attributes and learned her current cultivation realm.

He was not speaking idly.

He had never heard the name Lin Yao before.

This meant that according to the original course of history, Lin Yao had not become a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Otherwise, with a fully awakened Illusory Body Divine Vein, it would have been impossible for Lin Yao to remain unknown.

That was how things should have been. Good talent could only allow a cultivator to rise more easily; it could not guarantee that a cultivator would certainly grow into greatness.

Many things determined how far a cultivator could go. Talent was only one of them.

Seeing that Lin Yao did not refute him, Lu Qingshan continued, "And I can allow you to reach the Nascent Soul Realm, or even higher."

"In return, when I need you, you must be of use to me." Lu Qingshan went straight to the point.

It was not as though he lusted after Lin Yao's body.

In Lu Qingshan's plans, he would certainly need to build his own network and faction in the future.

In troubled times, it was impossible to change anything while standing alone and helpless.

And Lin Yao, who possessed a Legendary Talent, was undoubtedly the greatest potential asset he had encountered so far.

If he did not find a way to bring her under his wing, would that not be casting pearls before swine?

Lin Yao froze, then fell silent for a long while.

At last, Lin Yao's delicate brows furrowed slightly. Looking at Lu Qingshan's face, she shook her head and smiled. "Young Master Lu, Lin Yao is deeply grateful for your help this time. But if Young Master Lu wishes to convince me to sell myself with only a few words, I fear that is not quite appropriate.

"I understand my own cultivation talent. Even a Nascent Soul True Person would likely not dare guarantee that I could become a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"Though Young Master Lu's swordsmanship is extraordinary, you are still only a Qi Refining cultivator."

For a cultivator to reach the Nascent Soul Realm depended on many unknown factors—opportunity, talent, state of mind, and more.

What Lu Qingshan had said about helping Lin Yao cultivate to Nascent Soul would have sounded utterly absurd to anyone.

You yourself were merely a Qi Refining cultivator—how dared you speak such wild words?

Naturally, Lin Yao did not believe him. But no matter what, Lu Qingshan was her lifesaver, so she rejected him with great tact.

Lu Qingshan understood this as well.

If a verbal promise of pie in the sky could subdue a cultivator with a Legendary Talent, where could there be such an easy bargain in this world?

In the game, if one wanted to raise a legendary NPC's favorability to worship, would one not have to complete over a hundred linked quests?

It was only natural that Lin Yao did not believe him.

But Lu Qingshan was in no hurry.

There was still plenty of time. Lin Yao could not escape the palm of his hand.

Thus, Lu Qingshan was not angered by Lin Yao's polite refusal. He agreed, "Miss Lin is quite right."

Lin Yao smiled sweetly. "If Young Master Lu can truly do as you say, what would be wrong with selling myself to you?"

Lin Yao's meaning was simple. If Lu Qingshan could prove what he said, she was willing to submit to him.

How many cultivators in the world could resist the temptation of becoming a Nascent Soul Cultivator?

If Lu Qingshan truly could help her cultivate to Nascent Soul, then what did this small condition of his amount to?

Lu Qingshan was determined to have Lin Yao.

If the abilities of the Illusory Body Divine Vein were used well, then in certain circumstances, they would surpass any other ability!

And if he wanted to bring out the abilities of the Illusory Body Divine Vein—

The first and most basic requirement was to make Lin Yao a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Second, Lin Yao needed sufficient intelligence and judgment to use the Illusory Body Divine Vein well.

The unique nature of the Illusory Body Divine Vein meant that the gap between this ability's ceiling and floor would be extraordinarily vast.

It all depended on how its owner used it.

There had always been a saying in the game world of Nine Heavens.

There were no weakest abilities, only weakest players.

Lu Qingshan did not quite agree with that saying. Though it contained some truth, overall, it was still far too extreme.

But if the saying were reversed, Lu Qingshan rather agreed with it.

There were no strongest abilities, only strongest players.

So whether the Illusory Body Divine Vein was strong or not would still depend on how Lin Yao used it.

Fortunately, Lin Yao had given Lu Qingshan an extremely good impression so far.