Conditions for Creating Supernatural Powers

On a small path outside Changfeng City, an ox cart traversed the green ocean under the scorching sun, slowly but surely.

On the cart, the uncle and nephew had no further topic of conversation about creating supernatural powers.

Lu Mingyuan didn't know what his Second Uncle Lu Yi was thinking, but he didn't really want to bring it up with his uncle.

It was simply because he was afraid his uncle would be sad and upset.

As far as Lu Mingyuan knew, although his uncle was now over fifty, nearing sixty, and his life was nearly half over, his uncle had never created any supernatural powers.

Even the supernatural power stone that was freely given during his awakening was still intact in his soul space.

Was it that his uncle didn't want to use this supernatural power stone to create a supernatural power?

No, he actually wanted to, he dreamed of it.

But he didn't have the conditions for it.

In fact, for most people in this world to create supernatural powers, besides luck points, they needed to meet two conditions.

The first was opportunity.

Generally speaking, a brilliant idea wasn't easy to come up with, so this highlighted the importance of opportunity.

With a good opportunity, the supernatural power you created would be easier to sell, and you wouldn't lose money.

What is a good opportunity? To put it bluntly, it's about understanding the market, following the trend, and then joining in.

Although following the trend didn't earn as much as originality, it was much better than blindly struggling.

Some people didn't believe in fate and struggled their whole lives, but in the end, the supernatural powers they created only sold one or two copies. At that point, let alone breaking even, they even lost the money they saved for a wife.

Therefore, for most people, the best choice was to keep the free supernatural power stone, study hard, and wait for an opportunity.

Just like Lu Mingyuan's "Chicken and Rabbit in the Same Cage" supernatural power some time ago. He released it, and within two or three days, it just started to become popular when pirated versions flooded in. And within a few days, the number of pirated copies exceeded a thousand, and eventually even tens of thousands.

Later, after he released the upgraded version with a significantly improved technical content, this situation was finally curbed.

But even so, the major races that entered the market late were still unwilling. They wanted to continue to benefit, so they used a huge amount of luck points to force out most of the new functions of this supernatural power.

Since then, independent pirates without capital have completely declined.

However, even so, the first ten people to follow the trend each earned at least several million.

This was the power of opportunity.

And Lu Mingyuan's current agrarian tool-type supernatural power was clearly another opportunity.

His tool-type supernatural power this time was also easy to imitate.

As long as one knew the general situation and spent some time, they could create a new supernatural power with the same concept but completely different actual content.

And it could be foreseen that as long as one could seize the initiative, they would definitely make a fortune at that time.

Easy to imitate and with great prospects, this easily breeds piracy.

Therefore, Lu Mingyuan had no objection to his father-in-law's idea of creating a similar kitchen tool supernatural power. On the contrary, he was very supportive.

Since someone was going to take advantage anyway, it was better to let their own family benefit. They couldn't let outsiders take advantage.

If his Second Uncle Lu Yi had any ideas, Lu Mingyuan would even support him with both hands and feet.

But obviously, his Second Uncle Lu Yi couldn't catch this favorable wind.

This brings us to the second condition for creating supernatural powers, which is the foundational knowledge for creating supernatural powers.

Opportunity can make your supernatural power sell well, but the prerequisite for selling well is that you can create the supernatural power. If you can't create it, you can only sigh in regret.

And to create supernatural powers, one needs corresponding foundational knowledge, or rather, inheritance.

This is precisely what Second Uncle Lu Yi lacked. He had never studied this knowledge inheritance at all.

Without these, even if he wanted to catch the favorable wind, he couldn't.

So where could this foundational knowledge be found?

According to Lu Mingyuan's understanding, there were two places ordinary people could most easily access: one was the academy, and the other was the army.

As for the academy, after twelve years of schooling and paying tuition, the teachers would teach them hand in hand until they learned.

This was actually the importance of the academy.

The academy not only taught students how to learn but also passed down knowledge for creating supernatural powers. Private schools lacked this latter point.

As for the second place, the army, one needed to serve for twenty years.

Lu Mingyuan's father-in-law, Jing Hu, and Li Tiezhu's father, Li Fuhong, were in this situation.

After serving in the army for twenty years, they not only gained their own inheritance but also obtained a quota for studying at an academy.

And Lu Mingyuan's Second Uncle Lu Yi? He had neither attended an academy nor served in the army, so he had no opportunity to access this knowledge.

The topic of creating supernatural powers was thus out of the question.

In fact, among the dozen or so people from Lu Mingyuan's and Jing Zhi's two large families, only Lu Mingyuan, his father-in-law Jing Hu, and his elder brother Jing Yao had the foundation to create supernatural powers.

As for the rest, it wasn't that they couldn't create them.

After all, without foundational knowledge, one could still force out a supernatural power using luck points.

To create a qualified supernatural power, a lot of luck points are needed.

Even with Lu Mingyuan's current assets in the tens of billions, he might not be able to afford it.

Of course, it's not impossible to create a supernatural power with few luck points, but the effect would be very small.

History books record that in the early days, just a few hundred years ago, when transcendent powers had just emerged, supernatural powers were also scarce. Most people back then created supernatural powers by brute force.

They would usually save up decades of luck points, accumulating tens of thousands or even close to a hundred thousand, and then purely relying on imagination and luck points, they would forcibly create supernatural powers.

However, due to the lack of relevant knowledge and the relatively low cost, the effects of the supernatural powers they created were as one might expect.

The initial versions of most current supernatural powers appeared during that time, such as Fireball, Ice Cone, Spiritual Energy Blade, Sword Rain, and so on.

But when they first came out, the effects of these supernatural powers were not great. They were barely enough to tickle someone.

I remember there were also some supernatural powers that enhanced the physical body, such as increasing strength, physique, speed, etc. Although the increase was not much, less than 10%, they were quite popular back then.

However, not long after, major forces with abundant luck points entered the scene. From then on, supernatural powers that increased physical qualities several times over began to emerge like mushrooms after rain. There were even great supernatural powers like Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation, Three Heads and Six Arms, and Summon Wind and Rain, which were also sold on the Heavenly Dao Virtual Net.

At this point, the low-cost, low-effect supernatural powers created by ordinary people were completely squeezed out of the market.

In fact, even if they managed to create a slightly innovative supernatural power, it would only provide ideas for others.

They had knowledge inheritance, and could use the same cost to create a superior supernatural power based on that idea, one that was even several times more effective, to carry out a dimensionality reduction strike and occupy the market.

It doesn't matter if I don't have creativity. As long as I have inheritance and enough luck points, your creativity becomes mine, and I can even do it better than you. How can others survive?

Therefore, nowadays, ordinary people without inheritance have actually completely given up on the path of creating their own supernatural powers, even though they all have a free Supernatural Power Stone.

If it fails, it's a loss. If it succeeds, there's no profit to be made; it's purely providing ideas for others.

So, they would rather save their accumulated luck points for their descendants than take a gamble.

Lu Mingyuan's second uncle, Lu Yi, is in this situation, or rather, most ordinary people in the world, even over ninety percent of ordinary people, are in this situation.

Lu Mingyuan doesn't have any good solutions for this.

As for privately passing on his inherited knowledge to his second uncle...

Lu Mingyuan would like to, but it's clearly not possible.

Firstly, when he received his inheritance at the academy, he had already signed a confidentiality agreement and could not reveal the inheritance.

Secondly, his second uncle would not accept it either, to avoid implicating Lu Mingyuan and his own family.

Putting aside how strictly the government and academies manage these inheritances, every supernatural power created by each person must be registered. Without registration, you can't even spend the money you earn with peace of mind.

Lu Mingyuan's "Chicken and Rabbit in the Same Cage" was not registered with the government, so he absolutely dared not openly spend the luck points he earned.

He could only buy Supernatural Power Stones or use them to supplement the consumption when deducing supernatural powers.

As for exchanging them for silver, he wouldn't dare.

In fact, if he hadn't signed the agreement, Lu Mingyuan could have used the alias "Anonymous" to publish that inherited knowledge on the Heavenly Dao Virtual Net, thereby breaking the monopoly of the major forces.

But unfortunately, he signed the agreement. If he published it, he would instantly lose his life, and after he died, his relatives could re-list it.

Therefore, there have been many incidents of inheritance leakage throughout history, but they were all fleeting.

Not everyone is willing to die for a certain ideal.

Even if someone is willing, what about his family? Is everyone willing?

Lu Mingyuan once asked himself, and he was not willing.

In a small courtyard in Osmanthus Lane, Jing Zhi was sitting idly on a high stool in the courtyard, swinging her legs casually, and occasionally looking towards the door.

Just then, an ox cart stopped at the entrance.

Seeing this, Jing Zhi quickly jumped off the high stool and ran towards the door with a face full of joy.

"Second Uncle, Mingyuan, you're back."

Lu Mingyuan jumped off the ox cart and saw Jing Zhi acting like a little wife, he couldn't help but want to tease her.

He first gave her a head pat, then pinched her slightly plump cheeks. The smooth and tender touch felt truly comfortable.

"A Zhi, did you help Second Aunt with dinner today?"

"Why wouldn't I? Dinner is already prepared, we're just waiting for you to come back."

"Oh, really! That amazing?"

Lu Mingyuan showed a surprised expression on his face at the right time, though the expression looked a bit fake and exaggerated.

However, Jing Zhi didn't care. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course. And Second Aunt even praised me."

"Praised you?"

Seeing Jing Zhi's 'hurry up and ask me' expression, Lu Mingyuan played along.

"Mmm, mmm, mmm, she praised me for being smart, capable, and skillful with my hands. She also said I'll definitely be a good wife in the future."

After saying that, Jing Zhi tilted her head slightly, her expression full of pride.

Seeing this, Lu Mingyuan almost burst out laughing. This girl, she's really... really cute.

He couldn't help but stroke her raven-black, lustrous hair again. "Actually, I think Second Aunt should be praising me."

"Why should I praise you?"

Jing Zhi's eyes widened as she asked curiously, "How is this about praising me? Aren't you talking about me?"

"That's right, didn't I find this wife? Without me, how would Second Aunt have such a gentle and cute niece-in-law? Don't you think so?"

Hearing this, Jing Zhi let out a chuckle, then her lips curved, and she smiled very happily.

"How can you be like this? You're so shameless."

As she spoke, she leaned into Lu Mingyuan's embrace, wriggling her body, and lightly pounded his chest with her small fists.

A moment later, Jing Zhi raised her head and looked at Lu Mingyuan, asking somewhat nervously, "By the way, Mingyuan, have you and Second Uncle finished testing your supernatural powers? Was it smooth? Do you still need to go this afternoon?"

"It's already done. And it went very smoothly."

"That's good!"

"A Zhi, I plan to go to the academy this afternoon to register my supernatural power, and see if I can join the Agrarian School."

"Alright, I'll wait for you at home."

After the meal, the family sat in the shade in front of the house to rest.

At this moment, Jing Zhi suddenly asked, "Mingyuan, you're going to upload your supernatural power soon, have you prepared a name?"

"A name? Do you have any good ideas?"

"Me?"

Jing Zhi pointed at herself, feeling very surprised.

"That's right, aren't you my wife? Of course, I have to respect your opinion."

"Oh! Oh! That's right."

Jing Zhi smiled and nodded her little head, thinking to herself, I get to participate?

Afterward, she concentrated in thought for a long while before saying, "I think we need to come up with a more resonant name. Hmm, let's call it, Peerless Agrarian Supernatural Power—Encyclopedia of Farm Tools. How about it?"

Lu Mingyuan, who was beside her, suddenly heard the words "Peerless Agrarian Supernatural Power" and was stunned for a moment. Why did it sound so familiar?

Then he thought about it and understood. Wasn't this very similar to the name of his first supernatural power?

Could this be the legendary connection between husband and wife, where even their ideas are the same?

"Isn't this a bit too arrogant? I think it would be better to just call it the latter part, 'Encyclopedia of Farm Tools,' or we could call it 'Agricultural Tool Encyclopedia.' What do you think?"

Actually, Lu Mingyuan didn't want the name to be in the same format as his first supernatural power. This would easily make people associate it with him.

If two widely spread supernatural powers appeared in a short period, and their names had similar formats, it would inevitably lead to speculation. If people kept staring at him, it would be terrible.

Hearing this, Jing Zhi pondered for a moment. It was indeed a bit too high-profile and didn't match Mingyuan's low-key personality.

"Then let's go with the latter part. Second Uncle, Second Aunt, what do you think?"

"Let's call it Agricultural Tool Encyclopedia. It's simple and direct."

"My thoughts are the same as Second Uncle's. The latter one is quite good."

After discussing the name, Lu Mingyuan directly uploaded this [Agricultural Tool Encyclopedia] to the Heavenly Dao Virtual Net.

Of course, the uploader was "The Road is Under My Feet." This couldn't be mistaken.

It was priced at 100 Luck Points.

Still the base price.

As soon as it was uploaded, the next moment, the sales of this supernatural power jumped to one.

Just as Lu Mingyuan was puzzled, he saw a curved-beam plow appear next to his Second Uncle.

So, his Second Uncle had learned it.

He thought to himself, How could this Agrarian Supernatural Power sell faster than the previous Mind Stabilizing Supernatural Power?

Afterward, Second Uncle even summoned each of the farm tools within this supernatural power one by one, playing with them to his heart's content.

Hand-pulled plow, sickle, hoe...

Second Aunt, standing beside him, stared intently at these constantly changing farm tools, her expression becoming more and more exaggerated. Hmm, Second Aunt was seeing this supernatural power for the first time.

"Hubby, it seems like most of our family's farm tools can be thrown away. Mingyuan's supernatural power is really well done. It saves money and effort. He's got potential!"