Following the principle of "Investigation of Things" before "wielding the sword," Su Che's first task was to understand how the formation affected divine thought.
Divine thought was an outward projection, or extension, of a cultivator's "true self." By its nature, it possessed a quality that transcended restraint.
Su Che focused his mind. With his keen sword intent, he sensed a change in the room's ambient energy.
A thick, gelatinous substance seemed to permeate the energy that had flowed naturally through the room. It gave divine thought a kind of "mass," trapping it within the gel.
The gel was clearly the heart of the formation, and Su Che could sense something else within it.
It was the sense of restraint born of the devout hearts of countless people.
Without question, this was a formation built on the Divine Path, designed to restrict any divine thought extended within its bounds.
Under these conditions, Su Che would have a hard time using divine thought to tell what numbers lay beneath the dice cup.
The formation was crude, but with a Divine Communion cultivator overseeing it and gambling implements that could block divine thought, it could indeed stop people from trying their tricks.
Unfortunately, none of that could stop Su Che now.
A restriction of this degree could, at most, affect the spiritual perception of a Divine Communion cultivator. Compared with someone like Su Che, who had already established his Dingding Pivot, the strength of their spiritual perception was worlds apart.
Moreover, the Void-Breathing Secret Art Su Che relied on was, at its core, a marvelous technique for attacking another person's divine thought and influencing their mind.
Lady Cao slowly lifted the dice cup, her brows drawing together.
"Two, three, four. Nine points. Small."
She had used no tricks just now. She had simply