274: Chapter 274 New Terms Acquired! An Unexpected Way to Make Money?

“You have learned and recorded a new, unidentified skill. [King of Affixes] has been activated. You have obtained the achievement affix [Source Enlightenment].”

[Source Enlightenment] (Transcendence Grade)

You are the first player on Water Blue Planet to successfully learn a Transcendence Grade skill.

You have brought a higher perspective to this planet.

You have received the Origin Blessing from the planet's Will of the Heavenly Dao.

Your learning speed for all new, unidentified, and unrecorded skills is increased by an additional 100%.

The new affix made it much easier for Zhang Jian to understand.

When he used his Mental Energy to delve deep into the star core in his hand...

The original feeling of dizziness and complete confusion changed.

He felt it.

He seemed to be able to understand some of the complex structures within the star core.

The flow of Star Power was no longer obscure and incomprehensible.

From time to time...

He would also gain some insights.

Just like that.

After holding a star core tightly for a full 12 hours.

“Ding!”

“You have established a complete connection with the star core. Unfortunately, this attempt failed.”

Zhang Jian snapped his eyes open, his heart feeling a bit heavy.

This skill is quite difficult.

Even with the affix bonus doubling his learning speed, it still took this long.

Although a 10% success rate wasn't high and he was prepared for failure...

Failing right at the start was still a bit frustrating.

He steadied his mind.

It’s fine, let's try again!

During the second attempt, his thoughts seemed a bit clearer.

It was slightly faster than before, taking only about 11 hours.

Unfortunately, it was still a failure!

Zhang Jian did not lose heart.

He continued for a third time.

He discovered that although the process of practicing this Cultivation Technique was time-consuming, it wasn't boring.

His Mental Energy was constantly in a state of exploration and seeking knowledge; instead of being tired, he felt more energetic than if he had slept.

He wasn't sleepy at all!

On the contrary, the more he cultivated, the more energized he became.

During this period.

Xuan Jizi and the others came to visit one by one.

Seeing that Zhang Jian was continuously cultivating, they did not disturb him.

They even sent people to guard his door.

“Ding!”

“You have established a complete connection with the star core. Unfortunately, this attempt failed.”

Failing once more, Zhang Jian’s brow furrowed slightly.

But in the next moment.

It smoothed out again.

“You have repeatedly failed to practice a high-grade skill. [King of Affixes] has been activated. You have obtained the special affix [Persevering through Adversity].”

[Persevering through Adversity] (Transcendence Grade)

Facing the unknown starry sky, you have not stopped your steps of exploration.

Facing obscure truths, you have constantly tried to understand.

When you are comprehending skills, practicing Cultivation Techniques, or refining high-level abilities, failure will stack layers.

Whenever you fail in any cultivation, skill comprehension, or ability refinement, you gain 1 stack of [Mark of Adversity] lv1:

Each stack: Next success rate +3%

Stack limit: 10 layers

Reset rule: Upon one successful cultivation, all marks are cleared.

(Affix effect upgrade condition: [Mark of Adversity] reach max stacks / 1 successful cultivation)

The brand new affix greatly boosted Zhang Jian’s spirits.

Fortunately, I have cheats!

He buried his head and continued.

In any case, after each cultivation session, even if it was a failure, it wouldn't completely deplete the star core.

The one in his hand had been used three times, and he felt that the Star Power contained within was still not significantly affected.

The fourth time.

The fifth time.

Zhang Jian was tireless, as if he had fallen into an ocean of knowledge.

Until.

“Ding!”

“You have established a complete connection with the star core. Congratulations, this attempt was successful!”

A beam of starlight carrying golden specks of light drilled into Zhang Jian’s tired eyes.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally succeeded once!

The progress on the skill also changed to (2/10/1000) (Uninitiated).

But the skill's effect and success rate remained unchanged.

The star core in Zhang Jian’s hand seemed to have become a part of his body; with just a thought, he could fuse it into himself and use it.

But he was not satisfied with this.

This was just a most ordinary 1-star star core.

According to Zhang Jian’s perception, he could estimate that its original Star Power value was around 100.

According to the skill's effect, that would only be 10 points.

And according to the introduction he read in the Cultivation Technique, the most ordinary Transcendence Realm, even if they used a 1-star star core to Breakthrough, their own Star Power limit wouldn't be lower than 500 points.

A typical Transcendence Realm was around 1000 points.

If he fused this star core, it would be equivalent to having only one percent of someone else's Star Power.

He didn't think this amount of Star Power could be of any use.

Zhang Jian took a deep breath.

He still needed to level up the skill so that the effect of the star core would be better.

It would be best if he could use an Advanced star core for Fusion.

However, if he did that, this star core that he had established a preliminary connection with would be useless.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jian suddenly had an idea.

Among the few Cultivation Techniques Water Blue had traded over this time, besides this one, there seemed to be one that could decompose star cores?

He flipped through and found it.

He directly chose to learn it.

Immediately after.

Two consecutive flashes of light passed.

Besides the notification for learning the skill.

The [Source Enlightenment] affix actually leveled up!

Its main effect became: Your learning speed for all new, unidentified, and unrecorded skills is increased by an additional 100% (+100%).

At the same time.

A brand new skill appeared on the skill panel.

[Star Core Decomposition] (Transcendence Grade)

You can decompose star cores with a Star Power reserve not exceeding 50%.

Obtain a corresponding proportion of star core fragments.

1-Star: 10-25 fragments

2-Star: 20-50 fragments

3-Star: 50-100 fragments

Decomposition Success Rate: 70%

Zhang Jian tried to follow the skill's requirements and gave the star core in his hand a twist in a specific way.

Boom!

A wave of heat rushed over him.

The star core in his hand had vanished.

What remained were some star core fragments floating around.

Zhang Jian picked them up one by one and counted them.

There were exactly 10 fragments.

He realized the situation.

It seemed that using the [External Star Core Cultivation Technique] 5 times just now had consumed 50% of the Star Power reserve.

It had just reached the minimum requirement for decomposition.

And after a successful decomposition, he obtained the minimum number of star core fragments.

This amount would naturally be a huge loss for an average person.

They would need 100 star core fragments to perform one ordinary synthesis.

And success wasn't guaranteed.

Even with a synthesis furnace for a safety net, the bonus of a complete synthesis voucher, and a bit of luck to successfully synthesize...

In all likelihood, they would only synthesize a 1-star star core.

Using this skill to decompose it only yielded 10 fragments, which was equivalent to a loss of over 90%.

But Zhang Jian’s eyes lit up instead.

He had multiple affix bonuses; he only needed 10 fragments for one synthesis.

The synthesis success rate was also much higher.

If he did it this way, it seemed he wouldn't lose much?

With a bit of luck, he might even make a profit?

His heart skipped a beat.

He quickly began to experiment.