Chapter 31
Baek-Cheong looked at the five techniques spread out in the air with a bewildered expression.
The flame was in her right hand, the water stream was in her left hand, the Earth wall was beneath her feet, the Wind Blade was behind her back, and the lightning orb was above her head.
Even though energies of different attributes were intertwined, there was absolutely no Meridian Entanglement or collision.
“They said a couple were the limit at the same time.”
Baek-Cheong scoffed at Dao Friend (55.19)'s assertion and flicked her finger again.
Her competitive spirit flared up, and she wanted to test just where her limits lay.
“One more.”
She extended a sixth Divine Sense and floated the Ice Binding Art next to the water stream technique additionally.
The surrounding air cooled sharply as sharp ice awls formed.
“Still plenty of room.”
This time, she deployed the Wood Manipulation Art technique over the Earth wall, tangling vines upward.
Seven techniques unfolded simultaneously as energy surged.
Faint beads of sweat began to form on Baek-Cheong’s forehead, but her control over the techniques remained firm.
“Eighth!”
Finally, she deployed the metal-attribute Armor-Breaking Art.
Then, her Dantian rapidly emptied as if signaling a drastic consumption of spiritual energy, and a dull pain shot through her as her meridians expanded and hit their limit.
“Oops.”
The Amount of Spiritual Energy required to deploy and maintain eight techniques was beyond imagination.
Unable to handle it given her Qi Absorption rate, it felt as though even the spiritual energy she had steadily accumulated until now would be depleted.
“Cancel, cancel.”
Baek-Cheong hastily withdrew all the extended Divine Sense and scattered the techniques.
The brilliantly colored energies that had filled the room vanished like smoke, leaving only floating dust to settle.
“Phew, I almost had my spiritual energy drained.”
Baek-Cheong breathed roughly and swept a hand over her chest.
Although she stopped at eight, it was an overwhelming result that made a mockery of the claim that Multi-Technique Deployment was limited to a couple.
It was a miracle forged by her innate Qi Control ability encompassing the Five Elements and the outstanding multitasking ability she had honed since her past life.
“Anyway, I was right.”
Baek-Cheong triumphantly logged into the Nameless Forum.
“Dao Friend (913.14): I could deploy up to 8 techniques simultaneously though?”
[Even though they’re 1st-tier Basic Techniques, floating 8 of them was easy, so why can’t you do it? There wasn’t a single energy collision or anything.]
As soon as she posted the thread, replies from Dao Friends poured in as if they had been waiting.
The tone was subtly different from their previous mocking reactions.
[Dao Friend (11.23): I get it, you really are in Qi Condensation. Seeing you spout such nonsensical bluffing, you’re definitely a youngster who doesn’t know how the world works yet.]
[Dao Friend (88.4): To think a Qi Condensation cultivator is doing malicious deeds in the Nameless Forum instead of devoting oneself to cultivation. The future of the Cultivation World is dark, so dark.]
[Dao Friend (201.9): 8 simultaneous deployments? You might as well say I’ll ascend to the Soul Formation stage tomorrow.]
└Dao Friend (32.41): Wake up from your dream.
The Dao Friends still denied and mocked Baek-Cheong’s claims, but paradoxically, thanks to her ignorant and absurd(?) assertions, the suspicious label of being an Old Monster of Qi Condensation Stage that had persistently plagued her was gradually falling off.
The conviction had settled that a true Foundation Establishment Expert would never reveal such outrageous ignorance.
Baek-Cheong was in the middle of reading through the comments with a mix of bitterness and relief.
The culprit who threatened her forum-surfing standing, Dao Friend (55.19), made an appearance.
[Dao Friend (55.19): Keep your nonsense in moderation. Even if your Divine Sense is vast, the process of independently dividing it for Multi-Technique Deployment is extremely difficult, bordering on impossible. Controlling eight different techniques with a single mind is an unviable method.]
Feeling frustrated by the logically sound rebuttal, Baek-Cheong immediately replied.
[Dao Friend (913.14): I’m telling you it works for me. I just empty my head and spread it wide, and it runs on its own.]
However, Dao Friend (55.19) did not back down and continued with an even sharper critique.
[Dao Friend (55.19): Let’s say you learned the extremely rare Mind Splitting Art and divided your Divine Sense. How would you overcome the conflict of energies and the limits of your meridians? If the different energies required by eight techniques clash within a single meridian pathway, you will inevitably fall into Qi Deviation and vomit blood.]
Baek-Cheong snorted and replied again.
[Dao Friend (913.14): That was fine too though? Since I have a Five Elements Spirit Root, I encompassed all the Five Elements Qi, so they didn’t even conflict.]
└Dao Friend (55.19): What can’t be done with mere words? Stop this bluff you cannot prove and devote yourself to cultivation, young junior.
Even Dao Friend (55.19) eventually lost composure and concluded with a blame-laced lecture.
When Baek-Cheong saw this, her eyes flashed.
The veteran user who always delivered brutal facts with cold analysis had been emotionally shaken.
It was the perfect opportunity to land a proper blow and prove her abilities.
“How do I prove it?”
The most certain method was, of course, to visually authenticate the Deployment of eight techniques through the picture post function.
However, considering that mobilizing all 15 lengths of her Divine Sense could barely capture an image the size of a fist, capturing eight techniques and her entire body in a single image was impossible at her current level of spiritual energy and Divine Sense.
Furthermore, direct exposure of her identity went against her ironclad rules.
“Then I have no choice but to compete with words.”
Baek-Cheong opened a new Writing Window and took a deep breath.
She decided to dissect the method of Multi-Technique Deployment she had used and lay it out in detail, exactly as it was.
Mobilizing her past life’s knowledge, her current life’s experience, and the theories she had picked up in the Nameless Forum, she proceeded to write a perfect guide that no one could refute.
“Dao Friend (913.14): How to do Multi-Technique Deployment.”
[Don’t think of Divine Sense Division as difficult. Empty your head and trick your brain with the sensation of floating multiple techniques at the same time. You aren’t dividing a single focus, but managing multiple shallow focuses simultaneously. As for energy conflict, if you encompass the Five Elements, there are no conflict in the meridians. I’m also achieving Five Elements Mutual Generation by learning a different Cultivation Method for each spirit root. If done well, it seems possible even without encompassing the Five Elements if the techniques are of the same attribute. Finally, just allocate one technique to each branch of your Divine Sense and deploy them, and that’s it.]
She meticulously polished the lengthy guide and clicked to post.
Baek-Cheong waited with a confident expression, anticipating the reactions that would pour in.
Strangely, however, not a single red notification appeared for a while.
“What? Am I being ignored?”
When she anxiously clicked refresh, the view count was skyrocketing explosively.
Even though hundreds of Dao Friends were clearly reading the post, the thread was bizarrely dead silent.
And how much time had passed?
Finally breaking the silence, notifications began to pour in by the dozens, one after another.
[Dao Friend (11.23): Except for the sophistry about Divine Sense Division… it all makes sense.]
[Dao Friend (88.4): It’s not like you have multiple personalities, so how can you divide your Divine Sense shallowly like it’s nothing? Ten to one, your brain structure is definitely not human.]
[Dao Friend (201.9): You separate your meridians by learning a different Cultivation Method for each of the Five Elements instead of a Five-Element Cultivation Method? The idea itself is crazy, but… if it’s possible, it could perfectly block the conflict of energies.]
[Dao Friend (331.5): If all of this is true, then Dao Friend is a Peerless Prodigy who will go down in the history of the Cultivation World.]
Upon her detailed and Logical Explanation, the Dao Friends could not hide their Admiration and astonishment.
The mockery completely vanished, and the thread was filled with awe-filled gazes, as if she were being treated as a pioneer who was shattering the old common sense of the Cultivation World and opening a new horizon.
However, the rebuttal or acknowledging reply from Dao Friend (55.19) that Baek-Cheong had been secretly waiting for never appeared in the end.
But regardless of their absence, the heat of the thread sparked in another direction and burned out of control.
[Dao Friend (451.0): Spring has truly come for Five Elements Spirit Root holders too! So this was the limit of the Five Elements Cultivation Method!]
[Dao Friend (77.21): I’m ditching my old Five Elements Cultivation Method right now and going to learn a Single Cultivation Method for each attribute. Multi-Technique Deployment, just you wait!]
Some Five Elements Spirit Root holders began to make a fuss, accepting Baek-Cheong’s post as hope.
It was an inflated delusion that if they too learned Cultivation Methods by attribute like Baek-Cheong, they could become masters of Multi-Technique Deployment.
However, a painfully realistic warning from another Five Elements Spirit Root holder immediately followed.
[Dao Friend (237.309): Don’t dream vain dreams. Dao Friend (913.14)'s Divine Sense is just abnormally grotesque; if a normal Five Elements Spirit Root Holder tries to divide their Divine Sense like that, their brain will burn out and their meridians will tear, easily turning them into a crippled person. Don’t lose your life by rashly copying them.]
Watching the diverse reactions of the Dao Friends, Baek-Cheong suddenly came to a realization.
She realized that her Multi-Technique Deployment was by no means a common Talent.
Due to the limitations of the era or the rigidity of their thinking, most cultivators were trapped in a Linear Cultivation Method that focused only on a single goal.
On the other hand, she possessed the memories of her past life as a modern person.
The multitasking she had been doing as if it were natural was not ordinary to begin with.
“Maybe the reason my Divine Sense is insanely vast for the Qi Condensation Stage isn’t thanks to the Nameless Body, but thanks to my past life.”
Baek-Cheong vaguely guessed the Source of her specialness.
She realized that it wasn’t that she had no connection to fortuitous encounters from the start, but rather that she had already possessed a tremendous fortuitous encounter early on.