Chapter 311: The Effects of Anointing, True Martial Dragon Horn Upgrade, Insects Avoid the Buddha's

Chapter 311: The Effects of Anointing, True Martial Dragon Horn Upgrade, Insects Avoid the Buddha's Gaze (4K)



Xue Wan felt as if her soul had been extracted, her mind buzzing and her scalp tingling.

No, it wasn't just extraction; it was more like something had been poured into her.

Knowledge, experience... and even the physical sensation of being there.

In a daze, she seemed to transform into her younger brother, controlling a body so powerful that she found it hard to believe. She stood in a strange space, holding a nine-foot spear, performing complex calculations in her mind that caused a headache, and every part of her body was operating with extreme precision.

Again and again, she engaged in a deadly training session with a man named Zhou Yinglin, where victory and defeat were decided.

That unbelievable fatigue, pain, and the suffocating terror of facing death...

...Had her younger brother endured such torment to become so powerful? Xue Jing placed her hand on Xue Wan's Crown of the Head, experiencing the effects of the Anointing.

In the instant he used this skill, he instinctively grasped the method of anointing and its various finer techniques.

Firstly, this skill wasn't a simple 'transfer of power, leaving the user depleted'; instead, it was more like 'sharing'.

It allowed Xue Jing to transmit the knowledge and experiences in his mind, as well as the muscle memory engraved in his flesh, to anyone he wished. After the transmission, Xue Jing would not lose these experiences, knowledge, or muscle memories.

Anointing required Xue Jing to physically touch the recipient's head.

Xue Jing could precisely choose which parts of his knowledge and experiences to transmit and which to withhold.

Using Anointing didn't burden Xue Jing much; it only consumed a small portion of his mental power, transforming it into fragments of knowledge that were input into the recipient's brain.

"But it seems to be quite a burden on the recipient's mind."

Xue Jing watched as Xue Wan's face began to show signs of weakness and pain, her lips turning pale, and a thin layer of sweat breaking out all over her body.

"I only transmitted less than thirty moves of 'Seamless Heaven' to you... but I can't continue."

Xue Jing halted the anointing transmission, slowly removing his hand from Xue Wan's head.

"Ahhh!" In an instant, Xue Wan felt like a drowning person finally reaching the shore, gasping for breath.

She fell back, collapsing weakly onto the sofa, her eyes wide with lingering fear.

"Ah Jing... what was that...?"

It took her a while to catch her breath before she turned to Xue Jing with a pale face.

Her frail appearance was in stark contrast to her usual lively and playful demeanor, giving her a delicate beauty.

Xue Jing poured a glass of water and handed it to Xue Wan. After she gulped it down, he apologized:

"Sorry, sis... I just learned a new move, thought it would be good for you, didn't expect the side effects to be so severe."

Xue Jing expected Xue Wan to complain and demand various forms of compensation, but to his surprise, Xue Wan simply reached out, gently caressing his face, and said with sympathy:

"Ah Jing, it must have been tough for you."

"You've been working so hard all this time, and I only found out now..."

Xue Jing's expression turned strange.

Not 'sis'... don't do that, it's scary.

Where was the usual silly and playful Xue Wan? This wasn't the Xue Wan he knew.

"Who are you?"

"Slap!" Xue Wan slapped Xue Jing's arm, making a crisp sound.

"There, I gave you a slap."

That's more like it... Xue Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

He smiled and said, "Actually, it's not that bad. Compared to the gains, this effort and sacrifice are nothing."

Xue Wan must have received not only 'Seamless Heaven' but also his memories of the rigorous training he underwent while practicing this spear technique.

Xue Jing understood, and no wonder it had been such a huge burden on her mind.

The infusion of external knowledge and experiences was inherently torturous, especially when it wasn't a gradual learning process but a forced cramming of a vast amount of information into one's mind in a short time. It definitely required great mental fortitude.

Add to that his relentless training methods... he was used to it, but it must have been terrifying for others.

From now on, he'd have to be more cautious when using Anointing on others.

He didn't want to accidentally push someone's mind to the brink of collapse, turning them into an idiot.

Xue Jing glanced at the panel prompt:

[You have anointed another, gaining 668 experience points.]



Just a single prompt, lonely and isolated.

Sch Jing's brows furrowed slightly.

Hmm? Before the transcendence, where did the massive feedback experience function of Teaching go?

Why did the skill transcendence consume that function instead?

Strange... Sch Jing shook his head, turned to Xue Wan, and asked, "Sis, how do you feel?"

Xue Wan pondered for a moment and hesitated, "I seem to... know martial arts now."

Instinctively, she raised her hand and extended only her index finger. Then, her gaze sharpened, and she swiftly pointed at Sch Jing's vital areas.

With each finger, she executed flawless strikes akin to a gazelle's horns and a Pegasus soaring through the sky. Although her finger couldn't harm Sch Jing, if it were a sharp spearhead... it wouldn't cause injury either. But this kind of profound and exquisite pointing technique, which mastered the essence of martial arts, was not something an ordinary person could perform.

Xue Wan exclaimed excitedly, "Ah Jing, this must be how masters teach martial arts in wuxia dramas!"

"I remember it's called... called..."

Xue Wan thought for a moment, as if recalling the term, and then confidently declared, "Divine Nectar Pancake!"

Sch Jing playfully tapped her head, causing her to lean forward unsteadily, "It's called Divine Nectar Enlightenment."

Xue Wan rubbed her head, grumbling, "How could I not know that? I was just pretending to be silly to provoke your reaction."

"With your wisdom, it's hard to convince me you're acting silly," Sch Jing said calmly.

...

After playing with Xue Wan for a while, Sch Jing, citing mental exhaustion, urged her to go to bed and rest, sending her back to her room.

He then summoned the Little Maid and Miao Miao, and performed a Divine Anointment on both of them.

With the experience from Xue Wan's previous anointment, Sch Jing proceeded with extra caution. He first imparted the basic Dragon Nest Technique and Armor Tremble Technique to the Little Maid.

Although Yun Qin had been learning martial arts from him, her natural talent wasn't exceptional, and her techniques weren't entirely correct.

After the anointment, Yun Qin directly received his insights and experiences as a master of these two foundational exercises. Upon his request, she demonstrated them, executing every subtle movement with perfection.

For the Little Maid, with her relatively fragile spirit, receiving the anointment of these two foundational exercises was already at her limit.

Miao Miao, however, was different. As a 'Recipient' imbued with the power of the Cat Goddess, her Mind Index was exceptionally high. Sch Jing could anoint her with much more.

Not only did he impart the two foundational exercises, but he also directly anointed her with the Dragon Concealment Five Death Techniques... Although it felt odd for a Serpent Slayer Elite, who specialized in suppressing dragons and snakes, to use these dragon-style killing techniques.

After anointing the five death techniques, Miao Miao still had room to spare. Sch Jing then attempted to anoint her with conventional skills like Riding, Acting, and Sprinting.

It worked... However, the consequence was that Ning Miao Miao, like Xue Wan, also felt overwhelmed by the mental strain and nearly fainted.

After sending both of them to rest and digest their newfound knowledge, Sch Jing returned to his room.

"Something's not right. If this is the case, Divine Anointment is only one-way and not reciprocal."

Sch Jing sat on the bed, stroking his chin in thought.

"Is it purely for cultivating the skills of those around me and my subordinates?"

"No... The transcended skills retained their original effects and provided better results after transcendence."

"Teaching has a feedback experience function, so there's no reason why Divine Anointment wouldn't have it... There must be some usage I haven't realized yet."

After pondering for a while, Sch Jing shook his head, "Forget it, I'll think about this later."

He opened the skill panel and clicked on True Martial.

True Martial Lv3 (Extraordinary)



Upgrade Requirements: 40,000/40,000 Experience, 3,568/2,000 Divinity

Without hesitation, he pressed the upgrade button.

True Martial Lv4 (Extraordinary)



Upgrade Requirements: 0/60,000 Experience, 1,568/2,000 Divinity

"The required experience increased by 20,000 compared to Lv3, thankfully it's not doubling every level."

"The required Divinity is still 2,000 for the next upgrade... Judging from the 1,000 needed for Lv1 and Lv2, it seems that every two levels, the required Divinity increases. I wonder if the next level will require 3,000 or 4,000..."

Sch Jing nodded.

He closed his eyes slightly, experiencing the changes after the upgrade of True Martial.

When he looked within, he found that his physical structure had barely changed, and only at the most minute level was there an almost imperceptible transformation.

"When I first obtained True Martial, the optimization of my physical structure was the most noticeable, almost transforming me into a different species."

"But when I advanced to Lv2, although my body was further optimized, the changes weren't as significant. And when I reached Lv3, the optimization was even less noticeable."

"Now at Lv4, the optimization is barely noticeable..."

"It seems my body's adaptability to 'Martial Arts' has reached a near-perfect state, approaching the limit, making further adjustments difficult."

With a thought, his body's internal energy flowed smoothly, emerging from various points like rivers converging into the sea, and rushing towards the position Xue Jing designated.

The overwhelming energy, unimaginable in its intensity, continued to surge forth. If this power were to be focused on his fingertips, a mere touch would be enough to penetrate an entire building, equivalent to several dozen kilograms of TNT in explosive power.

The slightest mishandling could cause even a 'Peak Human' level body to be blown to smithereens on the spot.

However, this explosive power, at this moment within Xue Jing's body, was like a tamed puppy, obediently following his every command. It wouldn't go east if he pointed west, nor north if he pointed south, instead, it coursed through his flesh, obeying his every mental directive.

Even if he were to constrain it, compressing it into a fingertip-sized chunk, there wouldn't be any pressure.

At Lv4, True Martial Arts allowed Xue Jing to achieve an incredibly exaggerated level of control over his energy manipulation.

As he condensed that small chunk to its extreme, like a bomb, the energy slowly dissipated, and Xue Jing pressed the attribute panel, glancing at his current five dimensions.

Body: 1563

Mind: 1761

Tribulation: 13842

Sainthood: 7421

Aura: &￥%￥%

[Body] and [Mind] had increased by over a hundred points, not a significant number.

However, according to his own estimates, his actual combat strength in Martial Arts had directly increased by at least threefold.

"The boost to energy manipulation is astonishing."

Xue Jing exclaimed.

"It seems that from now on, the main effects of True Martial Arts upgrades will be in energy manipulation and martial arts insights. As for physical optimizations, the effects will likely diminish until they become completely ineffective."

He opened the panel again, staring at the [Armament Master] and [Dragon Horn] attributes, hesitating.

With 1500 points of Divine Essence remaining, which one should he upgrade first?

[Armament Master] experience is already full; not upgrading it would stall his progress.

But... obtaining experience for Armament Master isn't particularly difficult, so he needn't worry about that.

[Dragon Horn], on the other hand, is his next priority. He needs to concentrate most of his Divine Essence on this skill, leveling it up to Lv10 to unlock Incarnation.

Ever since slaying the Naga Serpent and obtaining Annihilation Flame Thunder through Dragon Horn's transformation, the priority of this skill has increased in his mind. Its pure, extreme destructive power is incredibly useful in combat.

"Hmm... Armament Master can wait for now. My physical strength has already improved, and the current level of Dragon Thunder's limit, twenty times gravity, isn't quite enough for me."

"Additionally, Annihilation Flame Thunder is also very useful. Let's upgrade [Dragon Horn] first."

Xue Jing made his decision and clicked to upgrade [Dragon Horn].

[Dragon Horn Lv6 (Upgrade Cost: 368/2000 Divine Essence)]



He stood up, walked to the balcony, and leaped down to the garden below his apartment building.

Looking around, he confirmed that no one was nearby, and with a thought, his head crackled with arcs of electricity, and a silver-white lightning dragon horn appeared.

Instantly, his body was enveloped in silver-white dragon thunder feathers, and he subjected himself to the current limit of gravity.

"Buzz—"

The ground cracked with a buzzing sound, and Xue Jing's feet sank into it, his knees disappearing below the surface.

His entire skeleton vibrated with a fine tremor, and Xue Jing briefly experienced the sensation, comparing it to the feeling of twenty times gravity. He estimated that the limit gravity of Lv6 Dragon Horn was around twenty-seven times.

"Not bad."

Enduring the gravity, Xue Jing nodded.

His current body should be able to withstand twenty-seven times gravity during high-intensity cultivation, and perhaps even a little more.

The thunder feathers dissipated, and Xue Jing manipulated his energy to shake off the dirt that had adhered to him. Then, with a light leap, he returned to his balcony and entered his room.

He lay down on the bed, assuming the Lion's Reclining Pose of Buddha Nirvana, and closed his eyes. Within a second, he began to breathe deeply, entering a state of sleep.

Silently, layers of golden light emerged from his body, and an aura of sacredness emanated from him. The mosquitoes and flies in the dark corners of the room fled in terror, scurrying away from Xue Jing as fast as they could.

Soon, not a single insect remained in the entire room.

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(End of Chapter)

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