In the Barbarian Palace, inside the Supernatural Abilities Hall.
"The Mirage Totem is a totem of mental illusions and is extremely rare. Only three suitable supernatural abilities have been recorded. They're on the seventh shelf in the A section..."
Following the directions, Fang Yuan found the entry for the Mirage Totem and its supernatural abilities. He immediately understood why Steward Jiu Li had said it would be hard for him to cultivate.
"The Mirage Totem appears too rarely, and there are even fewer supernatural abilities for it. That leaves very little room to choose..."
He glanced through the descriptions and realized that these abilities had all come from barbarians who had cultivated the Mirage Totem to the Dharma Aspect Realm, then sought out and engraved the abilities themselves.
Even so, there were only three.
"It seems the Ancestral Court hasn't studied it very deeply, since the Mirage Totem appears so rarely..."
Fang Yuan toyed with a wisp of mist in his hand and smiled. "Though the Mirage Totem only enhances the body as much as a fifth- or sixth-rank totem, its support for mental power and illusions is no worse than that of a Third Rank Totem... But there are very few experts who possess the Mirage Totem, so no one knows this little secret."
He composed himself and looked at the three supernatural abilities. "Supernatural abilities can be divided into ordinary abilities, great abilities, and peerless abilities. Third Rank Totems produce abilities on their own, and they're at least great abilities! But these..."
"Mist, Phantom Body, Mirage? They're all ordinary abilities..."
Totems below the Third Rank couldn't produce supernatural abilities on their own. Their cultivators had to engrave them.
Some of these abilities had been modeled after those of Third Rank Totems, while others had been realized by cultivators