I Have an Omen System-Chapter 66 - 64: Wang Jian’s Foundation Establishment
Qin Xuan was just about to swallow his last remaining Li Fire Golden Date.
But at that very moment, a brilliant golden light erupted in his mind.
Three ancient bamboo sticks flew out from it.
[Middle-Upper Draw: Delay your breakthrough. You will receive a Sixth-Grade Opportunity. In three months, attempt Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment with another Divine Technique. You will pass through it safely. Auspicious.]
[Middle-Lower Draw: Do not pursue Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment. If you pursue Earth Dao Foundation Establishment, you will be ambushed. Your Dao Foundation will be damaged, and you may face a mortal threat. Inauspicious.]
[The Worst Draw: Attempt Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment with ’Flame Demon’. You will fall into the scheme of a Purple Mansion True Demon and die a violent death in ten years. Greatly Inauspicious!]
A chill went down Qin Xuan’s spine.
The Golden Finger was warning him again!
"’A Purple Mansion True Demon’s scheme...’ Seeing the divination’s contents clearly, Qin Xuan froze, then a cold sweat broke out all over his body.
’I almost fell into another trap!’
He had originally thought that this Positional Divine Technique, [Flame Demon], was bestowed by the Golden Core Blood Demon, Ji Boyan, and was related to him.
Now, it seemed that was not the case.
A wisp of black smoke from a candle flame quietly dispersed. Only then did Qin Xuan realize how much danger he had just been in. A single moment of carelessness, and he would have become fuel for a Purple Mansion Cultivator!
’If it wasn’t for my own benefit, then why bestow this inheritance upon me...’
’Besides, why is a Positional Divine Technique absolutely necessary for Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment?’
Matters concerning the Foundation Establishment realm were not something a mere Qi Cultivation Demon Cultivator like Qin Xuan could possibly know.
Qin Xuan immediately pulled Chen Lixuan out.
Chen Lixuan, who was in the middle of a "deep exchange" with a mortal female soul inside the Soul-devouring Banner, was abruptly interrupted. He was so furious he started cursing.
"Demon! I am a dignified Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment Cultivator! No matter how you humiliate me, don’t you dare..."
Unfortunately, before he could finish his threat, an agony from the depths of his Divine Soul suddenly descended. The pain made Chen Lixuan curl up, clutching his head and letting out a blood-curdling scream.
"AHHH!"
Qin Xuan couldn’t be bothered to beat around the bush. After a few Soul-Exorcising Spells, Chen Lixuan immediately became as docile as could be.
"Swear a Dao oath to me. If there is the slightest falsehood in what you say next, may your soul be scattered and your spirit dispersed!"
Chen Lixuan’s gaze was vacant, as if he were an idiot. A dignified Foundation Establishment Cultivator, his mouth was twisted and his eyes were askew, completely unaware of the drool trickling from the corner of his soul-form’s mouth.
"I, Chen Lixuan, swear to the Heavenly Dao, if I deceive Master in the slightest, may this lowly one’s Great Dao crumble and my soul be scattered and dispersed."
RUMBLE!
The moment his voice fell, a clap of thunder seemed to boom across the sky.
In the unseen world, a profound and mysterious Qi Mechanism suddenly descended upon Chen Lixuan’s head.
Qin Xuan nodded in satisfaction.
"First question: why is a Divine Power Position required to achieve Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment?"
Chen Lixuan, in a daze, said, "Our path as Cultivators on the Immortal Dao is inherently one of defying the heavens. Foundation Establishment is even more so."
"Human Dao Foundation Establishment results in impure True Essence and is insignificant. One simply needs to consume a Foundation Establishment Pill and endure a single Thunder Tribulation.
"Earth Dao Foundation Establishment is aided by a Spiritual Object and is already rejected by heaven and earth. It requires enduring at least three Thunder Tribulations."
Qin Xuan frowned slightly. "And Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment?"
"Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment is to become one with heaven and earth. The heart of heaven is my heart; the will of heaven is my will.
"And the best way to bear the heart and will of heaven is to cultivate a Positional Divine Technique."
"Those who cultivate a Positional Divine Technique represent the approval of heaven and earth. They do not need to face Thunder Tribulations; they only need to attain their Position."
After Chen Lixuan’s explanation, Qin Xuan had an epiphany.
The various puzzles that had been troubling him were suddenly clear.
The so-called Positions were attributes of the ten Celestial Stems and twelve Earthly Branches.
The Celestial Stems and Earthly Branches are further divided into yin and yang, and with differing Five Elements attributes, the Positional Divine Techniques born from them are myriad and ever-changing.
The power of a Position is such that starting from Foundation Establishment, one can only bear one per major realm.
The pursuit of a Positional Divine Technique for Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment is, in essence, using the name of the Divine Technique, with the body of a Qi Cultivation practitioner, to request a Position from heaven and earth in advance!
"Then this [Flame Demon] I am pursuing, do you know to whom it belongs?"
Chen Lixuan dazedly replied, "I do. The Divine Technique Master is pursuing is the one cultivated by the Tower Master of the Vast Qi Tower in the Inner Sect of the Blood Demon Sword Sect."
Hearing this, Qin Xuan’s pupils darkened, a deep shadow passing through them. His expression turned grim.
"You are a Righteous Cultivator. How do you know the secrets of my Holy Sect?"
Chen Lixuan said foolishly, "The Tower Master of the Blood Demon Sword Sect’s Vast Qi Tower—Xiao Yan’Er—was originally Princess Yanran of my Daqian Dynasty. She was later abducted by the Yanxue Sword Demon."
"The Positional Divine Technique she possesses, [Flame Demon], was also originally from the Daqian’s Yanyang Blessed Land. It is ranked as a Yang Fire technique. It later came into the possession of the Blood Demon Sword Sect. This is common knowledge throughout the cultivation world of Daqian."
Chen Lixuan, like a puppet on strings, spilled everything he knew as if shaking beans from a bamboo tube.
’In other words, Ji Boyan is paving the way for his wife, and the Positional Divine Technique of Flame Demon is also meant to elevate her?!’
Thinking it through, Qin Xuan came to a sudden realization.
Beyond that, Qin Xuan now completely understood the true meaning behind Ji Boyan bestowing this Positional Divine Technique upon him.
Take [Flame Demon] for example. This Divine Technique belongs to the Yang Fire category.
However, among the Celestial Stems and Earthly Branches, the Positions that are both Yang and of the Fire element are Bing Fire [Rou Zhao] and Wu Fire [Dunzang].
If Qin Xuan wanted to use Flame Demon to achieve Heaven Dao Foundation Establishment, then the moment he succeeded, he would inevitably obtain one of these two Positions.
The intention was obvious.
There is only one Fruit Position that possesses both Bing Fire and Wu Fire: Bingwu and Dingwei’s [Celestial River Water]!
’Born in Daqian, residing in the Demon Sect, yet she wants to claim a Divinity Transformation Fruit Position from the East Sea Demon Race. That’s playing three different sides. Even the most ambitious player couldn’t top that.
’This princess... no, this Tower Master of the Vast Qi Tower is a goddamn lunatic.’
’I’ll have to steer clear of her if I ever meet her in the future...’
The Celestial River Water: it scatters across the six wilds, pours over a thousand suburbs, and drips down from the Silver River, giving rise to all things, which depend upon it.
Among the Water Fruit Positions, it is second only to Great Sea Water and Long Flowing Water.
There are only thirty Divinity Transformation Fruit Positions under the Circulation of the heavens, redistributed over the last ten thousand years.
The Fire Fruit Positions are all in the Daqian Dynasty, the Gold Fruit Positions are all in the Blood Demon Sword Sect, and the majority of the Wood Fruit Positions are in the Cyan Cloud Sect.
And the Water Fruit Positions are almost entirely controlled by the East Sea Demon Race.
Not to mention, the [Celestial River Water] Fruit Position is currently occupied by an old Divinity Transformation Dragon King. Qin Xuan didn’t dare to even imagine what the Tower Master of the Vast Qi Tower was planning...
Suddenly, a voice sounded by his ear.
"Sinful Demon, what did you just do to me again!" Chen Lixuan roared in impotent rage.
"Oh, I forgot about you."
Qin Xuan was like a scumbag who pulls on his pants and pretends not to know you. With a wave of his hand...
...regardless of whether Chen Lixuan was willing or not, he sucked him back into the Soul-devouring Banner amidst a chorus of wailing ghosts and howling wolves.
Warned by the divination, Qin Xuan suppressed the urge to immediately undergo Foundation Establishment and instead began to ponder.
’Flame Demon, Heart-Burning Candle, Heart-Eroding Nail, Cyan Cicada Shell...’
’Oh, right, and there’s also the Profound Nether Abyss I got from the Soul Search on Chen Lixuan!’
’A full five Positional Divine Techniques. Which one should I pursue first to be safest?’
Qin Xuan racked his brain but couldn’t come up with the best solution.
This goddamn Demon Sect was full of dangers everywhere. Qin Xuan deeply suspected that the other four Divine Techniques were also part of some scheme.
But he only had one life!
’Sigh, if only the Nameless Senior Sister were here right now.’
She would definitely have a way.
Just as Qin Xuan was wondering where he could find her, a magnificent silver-white sword light, streaked with bronze and blood-red, flew in from the horizon.
"Is Junior Brother Qin in his Cave Mansion? This junior, Zhang Yangzhou, pays his respects."
A familiar voice came from outside the door.
Qin Xuan walked out of his Cave Mansion.
Seeing the sword light flying in his direction, the inexperienced Demon Disciples in the distance turned pale and trembled in fear, thinking a Foundation Establishment Great Demon had arrived to take their worthless lives.
Qin Xuan clasped his hands in a distant salute. "Senior Brother Zhang, long time no see."
Zhang Yangzhou stood on his Lifebound Longsword, slowly floating before Qin Xuan.
"Junior Brother Qin, long time no see." Zhang Yangzhou forced a smile and put away his longsword.
Qin Xuan’s heart skipped a beat.
He remembered that the first time he saw Zhang Yangzhou, although his face was pale as paper and his eyes were sunken, he at least still looked human.
This time, however, it was as if he were a completely different person.
Zhang Yangzhou’s current condition was extremely poor. Not only was he nothing but skin and bones, but the Qi and blood in his entire body were almost completely withered.
If not for the fact that his eyes still held a spark of life and his cultivation was at the Qi Cultivation Tenth Layer, Qin Xuan would have suspected the man before him had been refined into one of the Bone Shadow Soldiers!
Qin Xuan was shocked. "Senior Brother Zhang, how did you end up like this?"
"There was a small accident while obtaining the [Bloodthirsty Evil] inheritance."
Zhang Yangzhou waved his hand. "Let’s not talk about that. It’s just a few minor hardships."
Qin Xuan nodded slightly, but his mind was racing. He recalled the earlier warning—the Middle-Lower Draw had come true! (Chapter 49)
For some reason, Qin Xuan had a strong feeling that something was very wrong with Zhang Yangzhou’s current state.
"Does Junior Brother Qin have anything else to attend to right now?"
Qin Xuan smiled. "Nothing at all."
Zhang Yangzhou: "Good. In that case, why don’t you come with me to visit Elder Wang Jian.
He is likely on the verge of succeeding in his Foundation Establishment in the training room. I have come on the orders of Master Jiaang of Ten Thousand Poison Peak to invite him to serve as the Executive Vice Incense Master of the Rot Heart Altar."
"Ah?"
Qin Xuan was taken aback.
Wang Jian was also undergoing Foundation Establishment at this time...
Wait!
Qin Xuan suddenly recalled the contents of the divination.
"May I ask, Senior Brother Zhang, what kind of Dao Foundation is Steward Wang establishing?"
"Earth Dao Foundation Establishment, enduring the Thunder Tribulation."
