Divine Concealment

A month later.

No. 13, Southwest Street.

Inside the attic's cultivation room, Bai Jing opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a mouthful of stale air.

He extended his right hand and lightly threw a punch. In an instant, a fierce gust of air swept outward.

Ten Stages of Qi and Blood!

After nearly a month of secluded, grueling cultivation, his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds. Three days ago, he had broken through to the tenth stage of Qi and Blood.

And it was not only his cultivation that had broken through. His array mastery had also reached perfection; the formations he laid could withstand Dao Platform Realm cultivators.

Of course, on Shangqing Mountain, where experts emerged in endless numbers, that was simply not enough.

Still, it was already very good. It could be considered a foundation for the Star Array he would cultivate later.

Next, Bai Jing's eyes reflected a Talent Tree: Purple Cauldron (199/300).

Over the past month, the Immortal Cauldron Scripture had also made considerable progress. Before long, the Purple Cauldron would be able to transform into the more powerful Golden Cauldron.

He withdrew his thoughts, a satisfied expression appearing on his face.

"But I've run out of Qi Replenishing Pills again." Bai Jing shook several jade bottles, but not a single sound came from within.

He sighed. As his cultivation rose, he used Qi Replenishing Pills faster and faster. Now, every time he took pills, he had to start with two; otherwise, they barely felt effective.

"Perhaps I should consider High-grade Qi Replenishing Pills?" he thought.

Then he rose and walked out of the cultivation room.

Arriving at the small courtyard before the attic, Bai Jing slightly raised his head. He took out an array disk and gently turned it. Immediately, bright stars half a meter across began to gleam. Though it was broad daylight, a starry sky appeared above the courtyard.

"So this is the legendary Starry Sky Top." He gave a dry laugh.

Afterward, Bai Jing put away the array disk and left the attic.

Before long, he arrived before a splendid and imposing five-story building.

"Scripture Repository!"

The Scripture Repository was the inheritance ground beneath Spiritual Elegance Peak where disciples cultivated spells, techniques, and divine abilities. It contained everything under the sun; whether one was a spiritual cultivator, array cultivator, or talisman cultivator, one could find the inheritance one sought here.

By comparison, the Five Great Immortal Mountains were more specialized. Take Fire Spirit Peak, for instance: the Scripture Repository there mostly contained cultivation methods and supreme arts related to spiritual cultivation, most of them fire-elemental.

Perhaps precisely because Spiritual Elegance Peak was so broad and varied, the others, by focusing solely on one general direction, instead possessed more pronounced advantages.

Without much hesitation, Bai Jing stepped directly inside.

Footsteps sounded from time to time within the building. Senior brothers and sisters selected their respective cultivation methods, making the place rather lively.

The entire hall was as vast as three football fields. Rows upon rows of bookshelves stretched across it, densely packed together.

Bai Jing looked around briefly, then spent quite some time before reaching the supreme arts section.

"Formless Heavenly Fist!"

A supreme art with a somewhat familiar name was the first to enter his sight.

He briefly flipped through its opening introduction and learned that this was the immortal path supreme art corresponding to the Formless Cultivation Method.

Unfortunately, with the Heavenly Scroll Art, arts like this no longer caught his eye.

Bai Jing put it back, then scanned row after row, searching only for his target.

Not long afterward, he looked at the several bookshelves before him and frowned slightly. "Nothing?"

"There aren't any concealment arts here?" Bai Jing thought.

That couldn't be right. This was Shangqing Mountain!

After considering it, he turned and headed to the divine abilities section.

Divine abilities were exclusive to great cultivators. Rumor had it that only after reaching the Transcendence Realm could one cultivate such arts.

They were a manifestation of the ability to begin peering into the laws of the Dao, possessing unfathomable power like that of ghosts and gods.

Thus, the Transcendence Realm was also honored as the realm of Great Powers. Once one ascended to this realm, where in the world could one not go?

Speaking of which, the Heavenly Cycle Star Array was an art on the same level as divine abilities.

Naturally, how could Bai Jing come into contact with such arts at present? This so-called divine abilities section only held some Lesser Divine Abilities. They were still within the scope of supreme arts, derived from divine ability arts and barely approaching them, or else possessing certain heaven-defying methods.

The Heavenly Scroll Art Bai Jing had obtained could, in a sense, also be called a Lesser Divine Ability. It belonged to the category of supreme arts, yet stood above all other supreme arts, being far too formidable.

A moment later, Bai Jing arrived at a bookshelf in the deepest part of the hall.

"Minor Divine Concealment!"

As expected, he had finally found this concealment art.

But a concealment technique should not be all that precious, so why had it been placed in the Lesser Divine Abilities section?

Bai Jing suppressed his curiosity and opened the first page of the book. "The lesser concealment hides in the wilds, the greater concealment hides in the marketplace; divine concealment hides within oneself, transcending all laws!"

"This is a concealment art that can cast aside the laws!" His heart shook as he read the introduction.

So long as one gained entry into this concealment art, it could prevent the divine sense of cultivators below the Transcendence Realm from spying upon them. Once mastered, even Transcendence Realm cultivators would find it difficult to detect them.

That was right. This was the concealment art he wanted most!

But why did this Divine Concealment art have "Minor" added to its name?

Bai Jing continued reading and understood in an instant.

This was a Lesser Divine Ability derived from a concealment divine ability called "Divine Concealment."

It could be said that this was merely the shallowest application of the true Divine Concealment!

"I need to cultivate Minor Divine Concealment, and later, I must cultivate Divine Concealment itself!" Bai Jing silently made up his mind. A concealment divine ability was a life-saving trump card!

He flipped to the back of the manual and checked the price: five hundred Immortal Merit!

Not bad. It was within what he could afford.

Afterward, he copied this Lesser Divine Ability, then went to the arrays section as well.

"Concealment Grand Array. It can prevent the divine sense of Dharma Manifestation cultivators from spying. Price: one hundred Immortal Merit." Bai Jing selected the array manual he fancied and copied it as well.

With spells and divine abilities as dual insurance, he could cultivate with greater peace of mind.

Then Bai Jing took the copies of these two manuals to the Scripture Repository's administrative counter.

"Please inspect them, Senior Brother." He handed both the copied manuals and his Jade Pendant to the senior brother at the counter. The other man glanced at them briefly and said without raising his head, "They are not to be passed on. Violators die."

"Understood." Bai Jing nodded.

Before long, he left the Scripture Repository.

This trip had cost him six hundred Immortal Merit outright. Though expensive, it was worth it; these were necessities for cultivation.

Fortunately, he had earned over a thousand Immortal Merit through the trial. Otherwise, obtaining these things would likely have remained a distant dream.

Praise the second-generation immortals!

Next, Bai Jing went to the Myriad Pill Hall and bought ten bottles of Mid-grade Qi Replenishing Pills, along with one bottle of High-grade Qi Replenishing Pills worth five Immortal Merit.

Only after finishing all this did he conclude his trip outside.

Back in the attic's cultivation room.

Bai Jing sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion and began reading Minor Divine Concealment.

Buzz!

After a short while, a dazzling bubble solidified within his sea of consciousness.

"Unfortunately, the Talent Tree has no spare branches left." Bai Jing looked toward the wondrous Talent Tree and inwardly lamented.

If he wanted the Talent Tree to quickly grow new branches, he still had to break through to the Dao Platform Realm and cultivate the Heaven Scroll Method.

Otherwise, with his own talent, cultivating Minor Divine Concealment to completion would likely take an age.

Fine, cultivation was still the main task!

He did not continue reading the manual. Instead, he took out a High-grade Qi Replenishing Pill and swallowed it.

In the blink of an eye, more than another month passed.

Boom!

An astonishing ripple spread out, but it had not come from Bai Jing.

Startled, he came to the courtyard and looked toward the sky above his neighbor's residence.

Above Li Huai'an's house, the purple qi that had always been calm suddenly surged violently.

Immediately afterward, the misty purple qi gathered into a massive vortex and continuously poured downward.

"He broke through—the Dao Platform Realm!" Bai Jing murmured softly.

Brothers and sisters, it's the end of the month! If you have recommendation tickets or monthly tickets, throw them all at me. I'm not afraid of pain—in fact, it only gives me more strength.

Oh, and don't forget to keep reading! Be sure to turn the pages all the way to the end. It affects whether I can get the next recommendation. If nothing unexpected happens, the book will be put on the shelves the week after next. When that happens, I'll update three times a day. After all, this book's pacing is slow, so I need to make up for the reading experience with quantity.