Divine Throne of Primordial Blood - Volume 1 - Chapter 85

Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Meg’s Guardian

At the end of every year, every clan and household would become extremely busy .

Every household had to say goodbye to the old year and welcome in the new spring . Businesses needed to settle all their accounts . Those who needed to be rewarded were rewarded, and those who needed to be given a bonus were given it . Public officials needed to be adjusted; those who needed to be promoted were promoted, and those who needed to be demoted were demoted . Every clan would prepare for their own end-of-year competition, evaluating and selecting their top disciples . Those who needed to be praised would be praised, and those who needed to be reprimanded were reprimanded .

Long before Su Chen returned from the Scarlet Mountain Range, the Su Clan had already begun preparations for the end-of-year competition .

This was the meeting of the Su Clan’s third-generation disciples; an opportunity to compare their martial arts and skills, displaying their loftiness .

It wasn’t just the crown of strongest disciple that attracted people . Disciples who were strong would fight for the crown, while younger ones would contend for a position of their own . Whenever the end of the year drew near, everyone would be bitterly engrossed in cultivation, making their last preparations for the great battle .

Su Tong, the Su Clan’s grand elder’s beloved grandson earned third place in the last competition . Perhaps because he had been stimulated by Su Chen, not long ago he had also headed to the Scarlet Mountain Range . Of course, he didn’t go because of punishment, and he had also taken along a few escorts, so the safety of his journey greatly increased . While the amount of experience that he gained might have suffered as a result, when he returned from the Scarlet Mountain Range, his entire person’s temperament had become stronger overall .

Su Ling’er, the granddaughter of Fourth Elder Su Meixi, was fourteen this year . A year ago she had gone to her mother’s clan and had returned not long ago . Her strength had risen from the seventh layer of Body Tempering to the eighth layer . Her target was not to obtain the crown this year, but next year . At that time, Su Chen, Su Qian and the others would be over sixteen and wouldn’t be able to participate in the competition . At that time, the title of the strongest Su Clan’s third generation member would be Su Ling’er’s to claim .

In addition, Su Yue, Su Xing, and the other Su Clan’s disciples were all using their own methods to struggle for recognition .

Of course, the two that people paid the most attention to were still Su Chen and Su Qian .

Su Chen did not need to say anything . Ever since returning from the Scarlet Mountain Range twice, he shone like a sun in midday among the Su Clan’s third-generation individuals . No one dared to humiliate him because he was “blind” .

As for Su Qian, he had disappeared .

No one knew where Su Qian had gone . However, based on Su Keji’s expression, everyone could tell that he was supremely confident about the outcome of this year’s end-of-year competition .

On the twelfth day of Su Chen’s return from Shadow Mountain, the end-of-year competition was now only three days away .

Today, as per usual, Su Chen was cultivating in the back mountain .

Unlike other people, Su Chen only cultivated his Origin Skills .

Tang Zhen had translated another two of the ancient Arcana scripts . They were a large fireball technique and a technique called Meg’s Guardian .

In ancient times, because the Arcana Race’s history of studying and using Origin Energy had just begun, there was a common practice of using one’s own name to name the Origin Skill . For example, similar styles of defensive barriers would have different names and different shapes and sizes as long as they had different Origin Energy Patterns .

This was completely different from the current age . Current defensive barriers had become more and more polished over the tens of thousands of years . As the overgrowth of techniques was pruned, what remained was mainly the most cost-effective Origin Skills . Although this method increased the practicality of most Origin Skills, it had also decreased the variety of Origin Skills . The skills became more homogenized, and individual peculiarities began to decrease . Simply put, a standard procedure had been implemented . In comparison, the defensive magic barriers that ancient Arcana techniques created could have various flaws and insufficiencies, yet because of this they would also have their own unique characteristics .

For instance, current Origin Skills were primarily aimed towards using the smallest amount of Origin Energy and activate the barrier Origin Skill in the shortest amount of time . In order to preserve the most usage of Origin Energy, when these barriers were broken they would often release a powerful, surging attack . Li’s magic barrier had done just that . However, Meg’s Guardian followed a completely different train of thought . The inventor of this magic barrier had never considered how to utilize the Origin Energy most effectively and efficiently . In his eyes, the only reason for magic barriers to exist was to defend!

So how could one reach the peak of defensive abilities?

The barrier’s inventor used a unique train of thought to address this problem – unlimited superimposition .

Truthfully, the defensive capabilities of Meg’s barrier were quite average . However, the barrier had a unique characteristic – it could be layered an infinite number of times . As long as one wanted it, one could continue to layer on barrier after barrier .

However, every time an extra barrier layer was added, the amount of Origin Energy consumed would be increased additively . For instance, if one Meg’s Guardian required two White Stars of origin Energy, the second Meg’s Guardian would require four, the third would require six, and so on .

This was also the reason why Ulrich had not used this technique in such a way from the very beginning . Its consumption rate was just too great .

However, although it was quite weak, one could not deny that under special circumstances this barrier would have uses that could exceed one’s own cultivation layer .

Until this point, Su Chen had not discovered a defensive Origin Skill of his own, so he wasn’t picky . Having learned this Origin Skill, his survivability had greatly increased .

The large fireball was very representative of a traditional attack Origin Skill . It was a very commonplace, standard skill, present from ancient Arcana techniques to current Origin Skills . There wasn’t much more that could be talked about . Su Chen had actually wanted the Origin Energy Bullets . This powerful Origin Skill could create single or multiple bullets . However, its pattern was simply too complicated, and Tang Zhen had not been able to translate it even now . Translating cultivation writings required extreme caution . After all, if one mistake was made, it could result in a loss of life while cultivating .

In fact, what Su Chen wanted most was the Shadowform Substitute, which was the best Origin Skill to increase one’s survival . It was extremely useful for escaping and could be applied even at the Yang opening Realm . Unfortunately, this Origin Skill was even more complicated compared to the Origin Energy Bullets, so he could not hope for it in the near future .

Ten days of cultivation coupled with wanton, crazy use of Origin Stones allowed Su Chen’s grasp of these two Origin Skills to greatly increase .

Su Chen had already grasped five different Origin Skills . Adding on these two meant that Su Chen now controlled seven . For a beginner Qi Drawing Realm Origin Qi Scholar, this was already quite a few .

Most Origin Qi Scholars wouldn’t learn so many Origin Skills; in fact, most people only needed to learn one or two . After all, these were all low-level Origin Skills which would be abandoned in the future . No matter how many he learned now, they would not be very useful as he progressed . When considering the fact that cultivating Origin Skills didn’t increase one’s cultivation base, very few people were willing to waste so much time on this aspect .

However, to Su Chen, who could see the Origin Energy motes, increasing his battle prowess was equivalent to increasing his cultivation rate as he could more effectively kill beasts . Thus, he didn’t share the same worries that other people had . When adding on the two huge hauls that he had recently earned, he had no other place to expend his Origin Stones . Thus, he was only afraid of having too few Origin Skills, not having too many .

Twelve days of cultivation had allowed Su Chen’s strength to once again increase significantly .

As he was cultivating, Mingshu suddenly ran over . “Young Master, Young Master!”

“What’s the matter?” Su Chen casually added a third barrier of Meg’s Guardian to himself . Under situations where he wasn’t being attacked, the barrier would only disappear automatically after an extended period of time . Su Chen didn’t bother waiting, directly utilizing Meg’s Guardian’s characteristic of unlimited superimposition to practice his control . Although this would greatly increase his rate of Origin Energy consumption, didn’t he have plenty of Origin Stones?

With money, one could afford to be more reckless .

“Su Qian has returned,” Mingshu replied .