Cultivation Starts from Farming

Looking down, they can calculate the fortunes and misfortunes of cultivators; looking up, they can even peer into the secrets of heaven and earth.

In this world, there is almost nothing they cannot calculate.

If someone tries to plot against a higher-level diviner, often the mere inception of the thought might already alert the latter.

In the Cultivation Realm, there has long been a consensus: if one wishes to scheme against a diviner, there are only two feasible methods.

One is to find another diviner with equivalent skills to deploy techniques to shield the heavenly secrets, rendering the targeted diviner unaware;

Or, one's own power far exceeds that of the diviner, breaking through all barriers with absolute force.

Although the "Art of Divination" possesses such powerful capabilities, within the myriad arts of cultivation, it remains extremely obscure, even more so than the profession of geomancers.

Diving to the root of the matter, there are two main reasons for this situation.

The first is its difficulty.

The difficulty of learning the Art of Divination is even higher than that of learning arrays.

The second is that the "Art of Divination" has the side effect of "he who peers at the heavens must bear its weight".

Simply put, divination consumes life energy, and the more profound the deduction, the more exaggerated the consumption of life.

A slight carelessness might exhaust all of one's life energy, resulting in the end of life and cultivation vanishing.

All these factors make it so that almost no low-level cultivators dare to delve deeply into this art.

Even those cultivators with extraordinary talent mostly harbor fear when faced with such risks, unwilling to try lightly.

This has led to a scarcity of diviners throughout the Cultivation Realm.

Take Yue Country for example; one might struggle to find even a single diviner above the third stage.

However, for Xu Ping, neither the hardships of learning the "Art of Divination" nor the side effect of life consumption pose a problem.

With the proficiency panel, he fears not how difficult this art may be, as long as he can reach the entry level.

As for the life consumption from divination, it is even less of a concern to him.

He nearly has a millennium of lifespan now, why fear life consumption?

Moreover, this has not even touched the limits of his lifespan yet.

Theoretically, as long as he can acquire enough rare spirit medicines that increase lifespan, his lifespan has the potential for infinite growth.

"Let's first see what tier this Art of Divination is."

Xu Ping steadied his mind and began to sift through this Art of Divination legacy.

Time passed silently in Xu Ping's focused reading.

Half an hour later.

Xu Ping slightly frowned, closing the ancient book with a thoughtful expression.

After this half-hour deep dive, he already had a general understanding of the Art of Divination.

Firstly, this Art of Divination legacy belongs to the quasi-three-stage level.

In terms of quality, it is already quite remarkable.

Xu Ping surmised that even a Yuanying level force like Luoyun Sect would at most possess a divination art of this caliber.

Secondly, apart from a large amount of obscure theory within this Art of Divination legacy.

The core content lies in the three unique spells and the three matching magical artifacts.

First Rank level: Minor Six Nines Skill and Three Talent Coins.

Second-stage level: Six Nines Divination Skill and Star Compass.

Quasi-Tier Three level: Ziwei Doushu and Heavenly Mechanism Mirror.

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It is evident, the higher the spells and magical artifacts rank, the stronger their ability to deduce heavenly secrets.

However, in the entire system, spells still occupy the core position.

And magical artifacts mainly serve to assist spellcasting and mitigate backlash damage.

"Store it properly!"

"Further study it thoroughly when I have the leisure time in the future."

Xu Ping thought to himself. With a gentle flip of his palm, that ancient book of divination art along with the jade box instantly disappeared, being stored in the Storage Ring.

If he truly could become a quasi-three-stage diviner, the benefits would be immeasurable.

Whether exploring rare magical treasures, finding escape routes in perilous situations, or dealing with various other tricky matters, with the assistance of the Art of Divination, the safety in actions would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.

In any case, he does not fear the consumption of life energy.

After all, with his current long lifespan, he has enough resources to attempt.

Only now, there is no need to rush. After he successfully refines the Sword Array, it will not be too late to focus on cultivating this Art of Divination.

After all, once the Sword Array is refined, his power will undoubtedly rise to a new level.

Moreover, the difficulty of delving into the "Art of Divination" is exceptionally high, and it is far from something that can easily be grasped in a short period.

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A month later, in the Artifact Refining Room.

Xu Ping stood quietly before the Fire Gathering Array, a Storage Ring on his finger glowing and spinning with rosy light.

In an instant, two pieces of varying size Geng metal appeared out of thin air at his feet.

Then, he retrieved various auxiliary materials from another storage bag, which he also placed at his feet.

Seeing this, Xu Ping immediately sat cross-legged and then lightly pointed his finger.

The two pieces of Geng metal slowly floated up, swaying and drifting to the top of the Fire Gathering Array.

"Breathe fire!"

Xu Ping said calmly and instructed steadily.

"Alright!"

Upon receiving Xu Ping's command, the Water Lake Rat unhesitatingly opened its mouth wide, a surge of scorching purple Demon Fire spewing out.

In an instant, the purple Demon Fire almost rendered the entire Artifact Refining Room purple, a scorching heat suddenly rising, permeating the entire space.