Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 775: 775 being scammed feels like this

For tens of thousands of years on the Holy Court Continent, the strongest had always been those in the Sword Saint Realm. Although their levels varied, no one had ever surpassed the boundary of the Sword Saint, leading many to believe that Sword Saint was the pinnacle for cultivators.

But Mu Hanyan now not only knew that Sword Saint was not the pinnacle for cultivators, but she also possessed the Cultivation Technique for beyond the Sword Saint realm; how could she not be overjoyed?

Unable to resist, Mu Hanyan once again performed the Star Illusion Thousand Machine Technique in the sequence taught to her the previous day, meticulously feeling the changes within her body. Soon, Mu Hanyan realized that as she executed each Hand Formation, her mental state became exceptionally clear, and her Six Senses became incredibly sharp.

Outside the window, crickets chirped cheerfully. In the distance, a nightingale gently swept across a branch, bringing the subtle rustling sound as the branches swayed. A night orchid was expanding its petals, revealing its delicate pistils and releasing an intoxicating fragrance.

Mu Hanyan even had the illusion that she was walking in the garden, everything clearly visible to her, though shrouded in the vast night, everything appeared indistinct, like in a dream.

”What a miraculous Hand Formation!” Mu Hanyan exclaimed. She could clearly feel that her Six Senses were now more than twice as strong as when she had ascended to the Sword Saint Realm in her previous life.

However, once her mind wandered, that extraordinary sensation immediately vanished.

On further reflection, Mu Hanyan found that her combat power hadn’t significantly changed.

”If it’s just an enhancement of the Six Senses, it’s not of much use,” Mu Hanyan muttered softly.

Although an enhancement of the Six Senses also meant an increase in combat power, as a Swordsman, the most fundamental aspects were still the condensation of Qi and advancement in Realm. Merely enhancing the Six Senses was not very meaningful to her, as she was already strong enough.

”It’s just your first time cultivating. What more do you expect? Moreover, this is a Cultivation Technique meant for beyond the Sword Saint Realm. Naturally, you won’t feel its benefits now. Wait till the day you reach the Sword Saint Realm, and you’ll realize its profoundness,” Star Illusion Thousand Machine said irritably.

”That’s true,” Mu Hanyan said, a bit embarrassed.

Since ancient times, countless masters in the Sword Saint Realm dreamed of breaking through their limits. However, as far as Mu Hanyan knew, none had become the legendary supreme powerhouses. Previously, it was thought to be due to the division of the Continent and the incomplete Heaven and Earth Power. Now, she understood that it was mostly due to their lack of proper Cultivation Technique Heart Formulas to practice Divine Sense.

She was merely a Sword Master First Rank and was cultivating the Divine Martial Refining Soul Technique for the first time. Wanting to achieve immediate success was indeed too greedy.

But, she couldn’t really be blamed since her strength had increased rapidly over the past year, becoming a habit. A sudden slowdown was indeed a bit uncomfortable for her.

”The higher your strength, the more obvious the utility of the Divine Martial Refining Soul Technique will be. You’ll understand in the future,” Star Illusion Thousand Machine continued.

”Right, you just mentioned that using the Martial Soul Refining Technique, one could seal their cultivation in a sword?” Putting future concerns aside for the moment, sealing cultivation was what Mu Hanyan was most interested in currently.

”Correct. To seal cultivation within a sword requires utmost precision in controlling Qi. A slight mistake could lead to a great error. Generally speaking, unless one has the strength of the Sword Saint Realm, it’s practically impossible to achieve. And even with the strength of the Sword Saint Realm, ordinary longswords of poor quality also struggle to withstand the potent force of condensed Qi.

But by cultivating Divine Sense through the Divine Martial Refining Soul Technique and controlling Qi with it, even without the strength of a Sword Saint, one can manipulate Qi effortlessly, even surpassing it, making sealing cultivation within a sword naturally not a difficult task,” Star Illusion Thousand Machine said proudly.

”Then the sword, didn’t you say that the quality of ordinary longswords is too poor to withstand the might of highly concentrated Qi?” Han Yan continued to ask, remembering that Star Illusion Thousand Machine had clearly said before—as long as the quality of the sword wasn’t too bad, she would be capable of managing it. So why did it change?

”Ah, what about your Heavenly Heart Technique, where did it go?” Star Illusion Thousand Machine sighed, speaking with disappointment.

”Heavenly Heart Technique?” Han Yan seemed confused, but quickly had an inspiration, ”You mean, assimilating the power of all things for my own use?”

”Nonsense, what else could it be? You used to be quite clever, how did you suddenly become so stupid? Ah, ah, ah...” Star Illusion Thousand Machine lamented repeatedly.

”Haha, I really didn’t expect it—the Heavenly Heart Technique has such a wonderful use.” Han Yan wasn’t offended, after all, the other was an old demon having lived maybe tens or even hundreds of thousands of years. Having only lived two lifetimes as a human herself, she didn’t find it embarrassing that her mind wasn’t as quick as his.

Speaking of which, whether it was the Star Illusion Thousand Machine Technique she got from Qu Shanling or the newly learned Divine Martial Refining Soul Technique, both were intricately connected to the Heavenly Heart Technique, and Han Yan was increasingly aware of the extraordinary nature of the Mu Family’s inherited skills.

”More than that, if you know how to use it, there are many more wonderful uses than your Mu Family’s Heavenly Heart Technique,” said Star Illusion Thousand Machine disdainfully.

”What other wonderful uses are there? Teach me a few,” Han Yan eagerly replied.

”With your current level of cultivation, even if I told you, you might not be able to use them. Why ask so much, just earnestly work on improving your cultivation,” Star Illusion Thousand Machine replied.

”What if I can use them? Just teach me a few to try, and tomorrow I’ll go buy a few hundred jins of walnuts and you can have as many as you want,” Han Yan certainly wouldn’t miss such a good opportunity and said ingratiatingly.

With Lady Mu’s current wealth, not to mention a few hundred jins of walnuts, even tens or hundreds of thousands of jins wouldn’t be a concern.

”I’m not eating walnuts now,” Star Illusion Thousand Machine hesitated a bit before responding.

”Not eating walnuts now, then what are you eating? Apples, oranges, peanuts, sunflower seeds? Just say what you want, I’ll buy it, however much you want,” Han Yan didn’t mind—it was just a change of taste after all, no problem, she could afford it.

”Really?” Star Illusion Thousand Machine asked.

”Really.”

”Then those Seven-Transformation Refining Qi Pills on you, start with about a hundred and eighty of them, better ones are also fine,” Star Illusion Thousand Machine said.

”What! What did you say?” Han Yan nearly thought she had a problem with her ears.

If you’re going to change taste preferences, but it didn’t have to be this drastic, from fruits to elixirs. And ordinary elixirs would be one thing, but these were Seven-Transformation Refining Qi Pills, given by Pang Dezong as a sealing fee—no ordinary elixirs could compare, each pill alone was worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, and they were priceless, not necessarily available for purchase.

What was more infuriating was that he asked for a hundred and eighty pills right off the bat—why don’t you just rob someone?

Lady Mu might be rich, but she couldn’t endure being fleeced like this.

What goes around comes around, and at this moment, Lady Mu finally understood how Pang Zongde must have felt when she made her outrageous demands.