Uncertain Gains and Losses

Huang Daoxian was not a kind person.

The aristocratic class could treat those of low social status as less than human, and Huang Daoxian, whose life exceeded the normal range, never cared about humanity.

But Huang Daoxian understood human nature very well.

Even setting aside Huang Daoxian's personal intervention, Zuo Luo, Zuo Jin, and others had instigated various disturbances, leaving many human elites bewildered.

The fact that Huang Daoxian was not completely killed is a game of balancing human nature.

Perhaps Huang Daoxian will bring disaster in the future, or perhaps he will make no ripples at all; either way is possible.

For Zhang Xuezhou, maintaining such a potential threat as a hypothetical enemy was indeed very important.

He wasn't seeking to gain much profit; he only sought to ensure his own safety.

Most importantly, Zhang Xuezhou did discover that the Soul-Stirring Beast Control Technique was still firmly binding Huang Daoxian.

The more Huang Daoxian hates him, the more tightly he will be bound by this magic.

Unless Huang Daoxian falls deeply in love with him one day, the other person can be freed from this Daoist magic.

But then again, if Huang Daoxian had deep feelings for him, then there would be no need for control.

Ultimately, the Beast Taming Sect's technique involving mind control is a dead end. No matter how it's solved, it will fall into a vicious cycle. Even if the master dies, it will still have an extremely distorted effect on Huang Daoxian.

The Soul-Stealing Beast Control Technique is indeed impressive, but its only drawback is that it is difficult to master. It can only control beasts and demons with low intelligence or weak spiritual power, or, like Huang Daoxian, someone unlucky enough to inhabit the body of the controlled object, in order to produce unexpected effects.

Having many skills is never a burden!

What was once an insignificant action eventually became Huang Daoxian's nightmare, and even Zhang Xuezhou had to marvel at how ingenious things were.

Huang Daoxian's defeat was due to a moment of carelessness, and Zhang Xuezhou clearly did not want to follow in his opponent's footsteps.

A ray of sunlight shone through the window of the Imperial Mausoleum Management Office, illuminating the faces of the excited yet exhausted crowd.

Zhang Xuezhou did not wake Ren Yisheng and the others, but went out the door.

After one night, Dongshan remained as usual, with the noise of people and construction sites once again filling the area.

The unrest in Luo'an Province had no effect on Dongshan, and the many high- Sequence Holder who were injured last night did not bring about any changes in Dongshan.

Just as Qin Meng's fire meteor creatures did not affect the Scarlet Alliance State, the lives of many people continued as normal.

Zhang Xuezhou took several deep breaths and also practiced his spells a few times.

Having cultivated to his level, Zhang Xuezhou actually possessed a vast array of Technique Method, far surpassing those cultivators who relied on only three basic Technique Method in combat. However, his focus on survival over his many abilities led to his lack of proficiency in direct combat.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't deliberately try to make up for this deficiency, since the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon he was targeting didn't require direct combat, and his aptitude under normal cultivation was indeed average.

After unleashing the Sand Entanglement Technique and Sand Dissolving Technique several times in succession, Zhang Xuezhou stopped.

The technique is good, but mastering it to a high level is very difficult.

Without the help of the leaves from Broken Soul Ridge, Zhang Xuezhou felt that even after ten years of cultivation, he would not be able to match the level of cultivation geniuses in a year or two.

He sought shortcuts and ultimately returned to refining his evasion techniques.

Only through these complex cultivation techniques could Zhang Xuezhou find his own sense of superiority.

His speed in cultivating evasion techniques was only average, but most cultivators simply didn't have the ability to cultivate 108,000 acupoint techniques, which made his cultivation unique.

"Huang Daoxian's Nine-Petal Flower Fortune Technique power is indeed not so easy to obtain!"

Zhang Xuezhou retrieved nine chip fragments from Huang Daoxian's dog mouth, but he only showed Ren Yisheng and the others eight.

One of those pieces has already been used on him.

Just like wearing a dragon and phoenix pendant or a spirit jade, or like holding a dragon pearl in one's mouth, or using it by swallowing pills, Zhang Xuezhou was also refining Huang Daoxian's magic crystal chip through various means.

This is a visible source of fortune; this chip can be considered a semi-finished fortune-bringing device.

It's not surprising that Zhang Xuezhou was interested in this.

However, Huang Daoxian's things were indeed difficult to obtain. Even without Huang Daoxian's control, Zhang Xuezhou still faced various difficulties in using them and did not experience a rapid increase in his luck in a short period of time.

He also discovered some drawbacks while using it, such as experiencing systemic slowness and numbness.

Perhaps because the principle behind the onset of poisoning is no different, his body's poison-avoidance mechanism was thus activated.

It's hard to say how much his cultivation technique can improve, but promoting the cultivation of the Poison Avoidance Technique is like having a long-term cheat code. This makes the Poison Avoidance Technique run more smoothly and also provides a certain boost when cultivating and refining acupoints. This kind of usefulness with its drawbacks makes it hard for him to complain.

This effect involves the entire body, permeating both the inside and outside, and is far more comprehensive than the poisonous scales that cover the city of Leiata, and far more effective than taking a single toxin that damages only one part of the body.

If the degree of toxicity under various usage methods can be clearly determined, Zhang Xuezhou believes that Zhang Manqian and others can also take advantage of the chip's side effects in the future, while the benefits that the chip should bring under normal circumstances can be ignored.

For many who cultivate their Realm Technique by taking medicine, the Poison Avoidance Technique is an unavoidable skill, and it severely restricts their cultivation.

Taking medicine to cultivate is the fastest way for the Yin Yang Nine Heavens Sect to cultivate, but because the body cannot withstand the side effects of the pills, everyone's cultivation in Realm Technique can only be considered average.

Kong Anguo broke through six realms in a year with the help of elixirs, and the new emperor broke through one realm almost every year. Ren Yisheng and others cultivated the Yin-Yang School's Realm Technique, which was suitable for elixirs, but after ten years they only reached the True Spirit Realm. This difference cannot be described simply as "great".

"Gains and losses are uncertain!"

Zhang Xuezhou felt that fate was playing tricks on him; he hadn't gotten what he was supposed to get, and what he was supposed to lose had brought him gains.

He didn't mind the difficulty in stripping Huang Daoxian of his magical powers; compared to magical powers, Zhang Xuezhou had an equally high need for evasion techniques.

He has repeatedly leveraged the commonalities of various techniques to develop his skills. Over the years, he has made good use of the advantages of the Grain Avoidance Instruction. Whenever one technique of avoidance reaches a high level, it can also drive the uneven development of other avoidance techniques.

However, the higher one's spiritual practice, the more difficult it becomes to refine and connect the acupoints to make them effective.

Everything is no different from that of Divine Lord Zhenyuan. His cultivation, when reaching a high level, inevitably has its limits, and it is impossible for him to reach all 108,000 acupoints.

There are very few external objects that can promote the cultivation of avoidance techniques. Even at a low level, some methods can still be found. Zhang Xuezhou thinks that such an external object must be very rare to be able to make the Poison Avoidance Technique, which has been transformed into Divine Ability power, still effective.

"Your concentration and mental discipline are truly remarkable!"

After completing the acupoint massage to avoid poison, Zhang Xuezhou opened his eyes again. The warm morning sun had turned into the evening glow on the horizon.

Ren Yisheng was the first to notice that Zhang Xuezhou had broken free of his meditation state.

"If Wuyang had half your composure, I could live with peace of mind for the rest of my life!"

Ren Yisheng sighed.

Huang Daoxian's defeat was irreversible, and the weight lifted from everyone's hearts. They were almost excited all night, and then, with their spirits relaxed, they fell into a tired sleep.

Let alone Ren Wuyang, Ren Yisheng himself couldn't bring himself to go into cultivation right after a two-year life-or-death struggle had ended.

It's not without reason that ancient emperors became incompetent after the world was at peace; once the crisis was over, it was indeed difficult for people's hearts to return to what they were before.

Ren Yisheng even felt that he could hardly suppress the sense of relaxation in his heart at this moment.

"Composure!"

If it weren't for the deadly Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, Zhang Xuezhou felt he would have already married, had children, and settled down long ago.

He had no willpower whatsoever; he was forced to keep running non-stop only because a knife was held to his neck.

But aside from the high risks brought by Huang Daoxian's magic, his life was indeed beginning to return to normal.