43: Chapter 43 Do I Have a Dual Personality?

As the prompt appeared in his mind, the knowledge recorded in the book "introduction to cultivation comprehensive guide" was instantly mastered by Chen Moxuan.

However, he had no mind to focus on this right now; he was more concerned with what Song Xin had just said.

"What did you mean when you said my Soul fluctuations don't seem like I have a Special Ability?"

Song Xin pointed to her own eyes and explained:

"There is a Spell called Spirit Vision that can see through disguises and perceive the essence of things. Specifically, it allows one to see the appearance of a Soul."

"I haven't found anyone here who knows how to conceal themselves, so I have basically seen everyone."

"The appearance of most ordinary people's Souls is roughly a flickering white figure without facial features. The stronger the Mental Energy, the larger the figure."

"As for the Souls of Transcendent, there will be some anomalies on the head of the light figure, such as a pointed head or something resembling a burning flame... in short, they are all sorts of strange shapes."

"And your Soul figure... is several times larger than an ordinary person's, but there is no difference in shape."

"I can't demonstrate it to you directly, but I do have a Special Ability," Chen Moxuan shrugged helplessly.

If one were to say he didn't have a Special Ability, then how could one explain his ability to have a photographic memory, process massive amounts of information instantly, and even deduce and grasp Martial Skills to Perfection?

These were things he absolutely could not do before.

It's not like one could say he was actually an peerless Genius, and that this Genius side had manifested as a second personality, disguising itself as the Special Ability [All-Things Calculation] in his mind to communicate with him.

He had long outgrown that phase of imagining having a hidden personality inside him.

Hearing Chen Moxuan's determined tone, Song Xin couldn't help but carefully examine the general outline of his Soul again.

Just then, in a daze, she caught a glimpse of a flash of red light passing across the chest area of the Soul figure.

She blinked rapidly, but the red light had vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

"Did I see things?" Song Xin muttered to herself.

After returning to the main world, her magic power could not be replenished, and after all the expenditure during this time, less than one-tenth remained.

Under such unstable conditions of magic output, it was not impossible for the Spell to have slight deviations.

Thinking of this, Song Xin decided to switch to a more accurate identification method and pulled a small, intricately constructed device from her pocket again.

"This is a device commonly used by the Hero Association to detect Special Ability types," Song Xin explained as she handed the device to Chen Moxuan.

"Place your index finger gently on the groove above, and then activate your Special Ability."

She raised her hand to point at the electronic screen on top of the device and added: "If the numbers on the electronic screen jump and change, it proves you really possess a Special Ability; if there is no reaction, then you don't."

Chen Moxuan did as he was told, placed his index finger into the groove, and began to activate [All-Things Calculation].

He used the most conventional method, inputting information observed by his five senses into [All-Things Calculation] in real-time to achieve constant warning and prediction effects.

The Mental Energy consumption of this mode was not as high as when parsing information in the background.

At the same time, it could significantly improve his insight, making his perception abilities much keener than before.

He used this mode when he first dodged the chalk thrown by his homeroom teacher and when predicting an opponent's attack.

However, after a few seconds, the electronic screen on the device showed no reaction.

Chen Moxuan didn't believe it and increased the output power of [All-Things Calculation], clearly feeling his Mental Energy being consumed.

After another ten seconds or so, the electronic screen still showed no change.

"... Is your device broken?"

"It seems you truly don't have a Special Ability, though you don't look like you're faking it either."

Song Xin took back the device, her tone full of worry:

"I once infiltrated a mental health center where there was a patient with delusional disorder whose situation was very similar to yours."

"Perhaps you really need to go and get properly treated..."

Before Song Xin could finish her sentence, a faint arc of electricity sparked inside the device, unnoticed by anyone, and then a crisp electronic sound interrupted her.

She subconsciously shifted her gaze to the device in her hand and saw the numbers on the electronic screen beginning to jump.

"Huh? Does this thing have a delay?"

Chen Moxuan breathed a sigh of relief, his gaze fixed on the electronic screen.

If he really didn't have a Special Ability, he might have to seriously consider seeing a psychiatrist.

The numbers on the electronic screen slowly began to jump from 0, 1... 2... and finally stopped at the number 9.

"It's actually 9?!" Song Xin said in surprise.

"Is this number surprisingly high?" Seeing Song Xin's reaction, Chen Moxuan asked.

"Surprisingly low."

"..." Chen Moxuan fell into silence.

Song Xin seemed to ignore his reaction and continued: "I've never seen one this low. Even a D-Rank Transcendent would have a Special Ability index of over 10."

"With it being this low, it's no wonder it took so long to detect, and no wonder I couldn't see it."

Changing the subject, a bright smile bloomed on Song Xin's face, as if she were happy for Chen Moxuan:

"But that's great, you really do have a Special Ability, so you don't need to go see a doctor!"

"... You wouldn't happen to be black-hearted on the inside, would you?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Song Xin asked, looking somewhat bewildered.

"It's nothing." Chen Moxuan sighed.

He had originally always felt that his Special Ability Rank was quite high, and that if he went to get certified as a Transcendent, he would at least be B-Rank.

But thinking about it carefully, after Transcendent possess all sorts of strange abilities, their physical fitness also increases significantly.

Yet after he obtained his Special Ability, there was no change in his physical fitness, which left him mentally exhausted every day and made it difficult for him to control his emotions.

If he hadn't traveled to the Martial Arts World and had his Mental Energy increased exponentially, given the speed at which his Special Ability devoured Mental Energy, he would be nothing but a burden.

However, as the saying goes, there are no useless Special Abilities, only useless users.

Regardless of how the Hero Association defines Special Ability Ranks, doesn't he know for himself whether [All-Things Calculation] is useful or not?

The four major elements of martial arts cultivation—Method, Wealth, Companion, and Location—with Method being the core.

Possessing [All-Things Calculation], he would hardly encounter a Bottleneck in the most core element, 'Method'.

Thinking of this, Chen Moxuan quickly felt relieved.

Suddenly, several strong beams of flashlight light swept past outside the room, and footsteps could vaguely be heard approaching.

"Master Yang, Dean, has something happened?"

Song Xin hurriedly transformed back into the appearance of the Dean and dispersed the light orb formed by the light-casting Spell:

"Someone is coming. In any case, just do as we agreed before, return to the previous ward, and wait for my news."

"What about him?" Chen Moxuan pointed to Yang Shan, who had passed out on the floor.

"I'll handle it."

Chen Moxuan nodded, not asking any more questions, as blue lightning flashed out from his body once again.

In the blink of an eye, his figure swayed, and he instantly disappeared from the room, following the hole left in the floor from his previous crash.

Seeing this scene, Song Xin, who had used illusion to disguise herself as the Dean, clicked her tongue in wonder:

"It's still quite surprising that it can make someone unafraid of even Ethereal Spirit Electricity; perhaps martial arts is quite magical too."

She dragged Yang Shan, who was lying on the floor, back onto the chair, skillfully cast an illusion, and covered up Yang Shan's injuries and the traces of the fight in the room.

"I am truly diligent; the title of Sloth Madman should be given to someone else."

Song Xin muttered to herself while looking at her masterpiece, a satisfied expression appearing on her face; she clapped her hands and nodded heavily.

For some reason, she suddenly felt an inexplicable impulse to use Spirit Vision to check Yang Shan's current Soul state.

The moment she concentrated and activated Spirit Vision, the scene before her made her slightly stunned.

She saw that the light figure transformed from Yang Shan's Soul was densely covered with cracks, and countless fine Soul particles were continuously drifting out from these cracks.

"The Soul has collapsed? This is no different from being dead, right?" Song Xin frowned and muttered to herself,

"Could it be that this is how one can bypass the Hero Association's mark for below S-Rank to kill registered Transcendent?"

Song Xin lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.

"Forget it, I can't be bothered to think about it."