Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 357 - 298: New Talent Unlocked: Child of Celestial Artifact!
The fierce flames burned, and the sense of an eerie cult ritual grew stronger.
If he hadn’t heard the person being burned earlier shout "Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique! Activate!", Su Yuan would have definitely turned and fled.
After the person on the cross was burned for a while, very soon, an indescribable, mysterious and profound invisible spiritual light descended from the heavens.
This light was intangible and formless, yet it could be clearly felt by Su Yuan.
He watched as the light entered the Mud Ball Palace of the person on the cross, and then all the laboratory assistants came forward with fire extinguishers to put out the flame.
Thud—
The person on the cross, completely charred, fell to the ground like a piece of burnt-out charcoal. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
As he fell, pieces of charcoal even crumbled off his body.
The laboratory assistants seemed accustomed to this bizarre scene.
One assistant pried open the mouth of the charcoal figure and stuffed a Healing Elixir inside, while the others stood aside, chatting.
"This time the fire was a bit too intense."
"Brother Wei’s key parts are severely burnt, will it really not affect his length after recovery?"
"The Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique is indeed powerful, but the cost is really too high."
"This time Brother Wei personally stepped up; who will be next time?"
The charcoal figure known as Brother Wei was naturally Wei Yuxiu.
As the lab assistants spoke, new skin and flesh rapidly grew on his body, lying glossy and slick on the ground.
However, although Wei Yuxiu’s burns had mostly healed, not a single strand of hair was left on him.
Unless actively consuming spiritual power to accelerate hair growth, the speed of a cultivator’s hair growth is no different from that of ordinary people.
Another lab assistant quickly stepped forward, draped a coat over Wei Yuxiu, and asked nervously:
"Brother Wei, may I ask if there were any gains from using the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique this time?"
Supported by those around him, Wei Yuxiu struggled to stand.
Although the pain in his flesh had not subsided, his eyes were bright with excitement.
"Inspiration appeared; the technical problem that has troubled us for over twenty hours has been resolved."
"The Flame Sun Sword Armor has taken another solid step towards complete refinement."
"There’s no time to lose, let’s quickly go verify..."
As he spoke, Wei Yuxiu noticed the figure standing at the door.
He paused slightly and then realized:
"You must be Su Yuan from the Evil Extermination Department, come on in."
"But you can only observe; without our permission, you cannot interfere in any laboratory matters."
Wei Yuxiu’s tone was normal, but it conveyed a subtle sense of alienation.
Su Yuan could clearly sense that the other party was preparing to leave him on the sidelines for a month, and then send him away.
Su Yuan was not surprised at all.
Anyone facing a student who parachuted into their department through the backdoor and knew nothing about the professional knowledge wouldn’t have a pleasant expression.
He nodded nonchalantly and entered the laboratory.
Aside from the blackened cross, the lab was actually quite in line with Su Yuan’s expectations.
As soon as he stepped in, he saw Wei Yuxiu leading the lab assistants to a precision instrument-filled area.
A sci-fi-styled segmented armor hung at the center of the precision instruments.
Probes and drills occasionally entered the interior of the armor, carving out magnificent runes.
However, it was clear that this set of armor was still in a semi-finished state; even an outsider like Su Yuan could see some parts that hadn’t been refined at all.
"Everyone, although the foundation of the Flame Sun Sword Armor is a standard sword armor, every modification we’ve made condenses all of our efforts!"
"December 1st is the deadline for the Battle Armor Design Competition registration; let’s work extra hours this month to ensure the Flame Sun Sword Armor is perfect!"
With a shiny bald head and eyebrows, Wei Yuxiu spoke with invigorated excitement.
All the lab assistants were instantly enthused:
"Well said, Brother Wei!"
"Let’s work hard on those extra hours!"
"In next month’s Battle Armor Design Competition, we must place!"
After a motivational speech, the people in the lab each went to their tasks, washing materials, operating instruments.
The progress on the Flame Sun Battle Armor began to advance rapidly.
Su Yuan, like an invisible person, watched the bustling crowd in the lab.
From his observation earlier, Su Yuan understood the purpose of Wei Yuxiu being burned.
This was the usage method of the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique.
Simply put, it’s about sacrificing oneself to connect with the Heavenly Dao, receiving a bit of spiritual light to solve current artifact refinement-related difficulties.
Based on Su Yuan’s frequent blood sacrifice experience, the more sacrificed, the better the effect of the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique.
Like Wei Yuxiu, who only sacrificed part of his skin and flesh, stopping the moment inspiration was gained, it couldn’t possibly bring out the true power of the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique.
But it’s an unavoidable situation; in civilized society, truly burning someone would definitely lead to being arrested and sentenced.
As for using Spirit Beasts for sacrifice?
Su Yuan thought that the prodigies of the Artifact Refining Department couldn’t be foolish. If sacrificing Spirit Beasts were effective, they would have already established a strategic partnership with the Myriad Beasts Demon Sect.
It seems that one can only sacrifice oneself or another living person besides oneself.
In any case, the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique is definitely the demon technique among demon techniques. Cultivators who mastered this technique in the Ancient Era would need to sacrifice at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives to refine an artifact.
Speaking of which, the effect of the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique is quite similar to the "speedrun" effect of the Speedrun Demon Cultivation title.
But after careful thought, Su Yuan felt that there was a vast difference between the two.
Because if you rely on the "speedrun" effect to solve the puzzle of artifact refining, it would never provide you with the solution.
Instead, it would directly deal with the person who posed the problem or forcibly bring in an Artifact Refining Master to solve it.
After understanding the benefits of the Divine Body Sacrificial Artifact Technique, Su Yuan naturally became covetous of it.
However, to learn the first stage of the Divinity Transformation Inheritance, it’s necessary to accumulate one hundred hidden points during the first year of university.
If aiming to acquire all three Divinity Transformation Inheritances, wouldn’t that mean earning three hundred points in a single academic year?
Is this really possible?
He shook his head, temporarily suppressing this thought, and seriously observed the artifact refining techniques of the people in the laboratory.
After watching for a while, he had to admit that advanced artifact refining techniques were indeed not something an outsider could easily grasp.
For example, those artifact refining machines that looked very advanced had precision hundreds of times higher than manual operations by Foundation Establishment Stage Artifact Refiners.
To operate these machines, what is needed is not artifact refining techniques, but professional programming skills.
Only in places where the artifact refining machines cannot process, do you need the Artifact Refiner to operate them personally.
In this situation, trying to achieve results in the Flame Sun Sword Armor project and to defeat Wei Yuxiu, the person in charge, is extremely difficult.
Fortunately, Su Yuan had already made adequate preparations.
He pulled over a chair, found a corner of the laboratory, and sat down, taking out a large pile of artifact refining textbooks from the Tribulation Moon Pearl.
From introductory knowledge of artifact refining, directly pointing to the Second Major Realm of the Artifact Refining Department at Evil Extermination University.
These textbooks naturally also included the operation and application of various artifact refining machines... However, these textbooks were not for Su Yuan himself to read, but for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner Spirit, Zhu Qingqing, to study.
Once she and the Cyber Brothers from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner learned to operate the machines, they could directly hack the control system to operate them.
This is much faster than manual operation.
After scanning the textbooks on the operation of artifact refining machines into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Su Yuan spread open an introductory textbook on artifact refining knowledge and began studying.
As he learned, he kept popping Human Pills like candy.
Wuji, Profound Hundred Arts, Artifact Refining Mastery, Thousand Silk Hand, Spirit Insight Eye...
After each artifact refining talent filled his entire being, the artifact refining knowledge before Su Yuan quickly became simple and easy to understand.
Simple as adding one plus one, a single glance allowed him to thoroughly comprehend it.
Even after the effects of the Human Pills wore off, this knowledge that he learned remained permanently cemented in his mind.
Especially relying on the talent condensed from "Wuji," it would become a talent deeply ingrained in Su Yuan.
After only a diligent study for an hour, Su Yuan suddenly felt a subtle transformation in his body.
The Flame Sun Sword Armor, which had been mysterious to him, now began to reveal some of its secrets.
At the same time, a "ding" resounded in his ear.
[Congratulations to the host for awakening the talent ’Child of Celestial Artifact (Blue)’ through diligent study.]
[Child of Celestial Artifact: Favored by the Artifact Dao, the difficulty of any artifact refining knowledge will greatly decrease in your presence.]
Su Yuan felt his spirits lift.
Starting off with a blue talent, huh?
Why does the Infinite Talent seem more potent on me than on the rightful owner, Qi Hanyan?
Upon reflection, Su Yuan realized that the blue artifact refining talent awakening within an hour was likely due to being an artifact refining prodigy.
Of course, this talent wasn’t his own innate ability but borrowed from a heap of artifact refining talents.
"Wuji" is a Colorful Talent capable of adapting to all environments and knowledge.
However, the speed of its adaptation is strongly correlated with the user’s learning speed.
This talent, if placed on Qi Hanyan, who completely lacks artifact refining talent and prefers laziness, might not even yield a blue artifact refining talent in a year.
But Su Yuan was different, currently mastering over twenty artifact refining talents, ranging from green to golden, making him a super genius.
In addition, in the prior hour, he had excluded all distractions using the Brahma Purifying Demon Heart, studying with the highest efficiency. Thus, the effects of the Infinite Talent were naturally maximized.
Realizing this, Su Yuan was filled with excitement.
Most Human Pills’ effects last for twenty-four hours, and the Infinite Talent is no exception.
Within the next twenty-four hours, would it be possible to casually acquire a golden artifact refining talent for free?
At the current learning pace, it seemed highly plausible!
Thinking of this, Su Yuan dared not waste any time and immersed himself once more in studying.
The people in the laboratory, seeing Su Yuan devouring a pile of textbooks, didn’t have any mocking thoughts.
Instead, they were satisfied with Su Yuan’s down-to-earth attitude.
If this kid is willing to diligently study artifact refining knowledge for a month, they wouldn’t mind giving him some guidance.
