Master of Strange Dao

"Yes, I understand. Grandpa set a small goal for me. When I reach the Seventh Tier, if I can defeat an Eighth Tier, he will let me go out. Then I can do whatever I want."

Looking at Er Han's spirited and aspirational expression, Yu Ziqing smirked.

Forget it, I thought my fool had overcome his silly phase, but apparently, he's still a fool.

Do you really think everyone is like the village chief?

Not even considering, the village chief awakened two Divine Skills, Ten Directions and a half-step further, all crafted for battle.

And that nearly innate fearsome combat sense, combat talent, and ridiculous control over power are all things that hardly relate to his realm.

Yet, these are the most crucial parts for achieving battle records.

In these aspects, Er Han falls far too short.

Yu Ziqing patted Er Han's shoulder, speaking earnestly,

"Be realistic, don't think about being like the village chief, you can't learn that. You should try to be like me, set a small goal of not getting killed by others, rather than killing someone else."

"Cough cough..." Cece, who was lying nearby recovering, coughed lightly.

Yu Ziqing pursed his lips and lay down again, continuing to groan weakly.

After Er Han left and other visitors had gradually departed, Yu Ziqing asked,

"That person, has he not died yet?"

"Not yet, Elder Yang has sealed him and left him a trace of life, preventing his death."

"Well, good, he isn't dead. To be honest, those from the Ninth Tier, not to mention anything else, have truly strong life force. Hit by the village chief, with shattered Qi Sea, broken bones, and crushed internal organs, yet he still managed to hold on until now."

A week or so later, Yu Ziqing couldn't keep it up any longer and summoned a few hungry ghosts to carry him to see Cui Changping.

This fellow's consciousness was tightly closed, his breathing barely noticeable, and his body limp as if boneless, but he just wouldn't die.

Yu Ziqing wanted to clarify one thing.

Why the judgment had not been completed.

This point was crucial.

Properly speaking, Cui Changping could be considered the first Ninth Tier enemy Yu Ziqing prepared to confront for judgment.

If it was a low-tier cultivator, the detailed information given by Elder Song was actually absolutely sufficient to meet the minimum standards for judgment.

But he just couldn't judge Cui Changping.

These past few days, he remembered several times the information Elder Song had given.

It was exhaustively detailed until today.

From Cui Changping's background to when he was taken into the Infinite Sect, what cultivation technique he mainly practiced, his important battle records.

Plus, his advancement journey within the Infinite Sect, when he advanced, when he succeeded the position of Sect Master, etc...

These public pieces of information were especially detailed, some even had detailed on-site records.

True name, identity, origin, main Dharma Method, significant experiences, skilled in what secret techniques, what trump cards he possessed.

Reasonably speaking, these should be sufficient to meet the bare minimum standards for judgment.

The judgment wasn't achieved, Yu Ziqing felt either the information wasn't enough for the minimum standards for a Ninth Tier Strong, or there were mistakes and omissions in crucial information.

The previous information triggered in the Sealing, disclosing information and such, didn't hold much value for reference.

There was one, he hadn't even looked at, just condensing his lifetime experiences given to him would complete the judgment.

Thus, Yu Ziqing always felt that the standards for active and passive judgments were different.

With someone like Cui Changping, who Yu Ziqing actively confronted, taking the normal route to complete the judgment truly held reference value.

Taking out the Compass Elder Yang had given him, upon activation, the Compass began to rotate.

It pointed to an item related to incarnations. Yu Ziqing wasn't surprised at this; many Qi Refinement strong beings possessed incarnations, just that one type of incarnation was particularly special and nearly impossible for outsiders to discern.

The Compass could differentiate this special kind of incarnation.

Finding nothing else, Yu Ziqing prepared to throw Cui Changping into a pit and forget about him.

This guy's life force being so vigorous and his will to live so strong, not taking him to entertain the giant seemed almost disrespectful to him.

The ones sent to the giant before were all incarnations, this time delivering Cui Changping's true self might interest the giant.

Thinking this, Yu Ziqing paused slightly, the word "incarnation" flashing repeatedly in his mind as he looked at the Compass in his hand.

Not caring to pretend any longer, he immediately rushed to Elder Yang's mine.

"Elder Yang, I need to ask you something urgently."

"What's the matter? You're not pretending anymore? Did something happen to the village chief?"

"No, I wanted to ask if this Magical Treasure can only discriminate if someone has that kind of special incarnation or actually is that special incarnation, or can it differentiate between an incarnation and the true self?"

"The essence of this Magical Treasure is just to resonate based on that core rune; it treats an incarnation and the true self the same..." Elder Yang's words paused slightly as he looked at Yu Ziqing, "Hey, what exactly are you trying to ask?"

"Is it possible for such a special incarnation to cultivate to the Ninth Tier?"

Elder Yang's expression intensified, gazing outside.

"You don't think that Cui Changping is actually just an incarnation, do you?"

Faced with Yu Ziqing's wild speculation, Elder Yang did not argue. He pondered for a moment, saying,

"A normal incarnation's base is typically Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with high spirituality or Dharma Methods where life is intertwined. These can all serve as the basis for an incarnation.

This kind of incarnation determines its upper limit based on its own foundation."