I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 110 - 96: Demon Points +636

"Excellent!"

"Li Cunyi, truly one of a kind."

"The youngest genius Grandmaster in the Jing Country."

Gu Zheng sighed with admiration after reading the letter.

Li Cunyi had taken the Antitoxic Source Fruit Gu Zheng left for him last time. As soon as his injuries healed, he immediately began to cultivate.

The Antitoxic Source Fruit didn’t just detoxify; it also had the secondary effect of strengthening one’s physique.

This was actually understandable.

If one’s body wasn’t strong enough, even if the poison was completely eliminated, the damage it had previously inflicted would remain.

The lingering, unseen effects of this damage would persist, making a full recovery impossible.

Thus, while healing Li Cunyi, the Antitoxic Source Fruit had also strengthened his physique.

Although it couldn’t compare to a Strengthening Source Fruit, its effect was still significant.

After discovering this, Li Cunyi had continuously refined this secondary power.

And then...

He had actually broken through the limits of his strength and given birth to a Divine Wondrous!

Without relying on a True Skill, a Source Fruit, a Marvel, or Royal Blood...

He had generated a Divine Wondrous relying solely on the power of his Mortal Body. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

A genius!

Compared to Gu Zheng’s cheat-like advantages, someone like Li Cunyi was a true genius!

The reason for his departure after healing was that after Li Cunyi developed his Divine Wondrous, a Jade Pendant he always carried began to act strangely, containing a spiritual message within it.

When Li Cunyi read the message, he learned that his martial uncle had left a package for him.

Inside that package were materials related to the Celestial Change, as well as a few treasures.

Li Cunyi was returning to retrieve that package.

’Treasures left by his martial uncle?’

Gu Zheng raised his sharp brows. ’So, Li didn’t exactly start from scratch, did he?’

When he had previously heard Li Cunyi speak of his martial uncle, Gu Zheng had already thought the man was extraordinary.

Later, after interacting more with the noble youths, joining the Demon Slayer Bureau, and learning more information, he figured Li Cunyi’s martial uncle was most likely one of those selected by the imperial court who ultimately didn’t join the secret organizations under the Zhong Family.

As for why he hadn’t joined, only the man himself would know.

...

...

Relying on a Divine Mysterious Fruit could only be a temporary solution.

If the Gu Family wanted to truly rise, they needed their own True Skill.

The True Skills of the Demon Slayer Bureau, like those of the Noble Families, were strictly forbidden from being shared with outsiders.

But True Skills were created by people.

’If others can do it, why can’t I?’

Driven by this thought.

After returning to Fengzhou State City, Gu Zheng sought out Meng Taiqi and Xie Bisheng to ask them for advice on how to create a True Skill.

Gu Zheng hadn’t forgotten that both of these Demon-slaying Grand Generals had revealed they had created their own True Skills back when they were competing for him.

Although Meng Taiqi and Xie Bisheng were curious about this, they didn’t overthink it and told Gu Zheng everything they understood about True Skills.

Generally speaking, their approaches were different, but the essence and principles were the same.

The core of a True Skill, to put it bluntly, was the application of a Divine Wondrous.

Everyone had a different understanding of how to make a Divine Wondrous function faster, better, and stronger.

This included the generation of the Divine Wondrous itself; different philosophies would lead to different paths.

If Gu Zheng wanted to create a brand-new True Skill, he couldn’t just copy the ones he had learned through exchange; at most, he could use them for reference.

With these references, plus the guidance from Meng Taiqi and Xie Bisheng, Gu Zheng soon had an idea.

The idea came from two Demon Techniques: Fire Manipulation and Water Manipulation!

That was right.

Gu Zheng tried to fuse the powers of water and fire.

He couldn’t copy other True Skills, but the methods for controlling Water and Fire Manipulation were his own.

Every day, aside from going to the Weapon Foundry to drip two drops of Essence Blood and nourish the Artifact Embryo with his Divine Wondrous for an hour...

...Gu Zheng spent all his other time creating his True Skill.

He took the control methods for Fire Manipulation and Water Manipulation, merged them together using the framework of a True Skill as a template, formed a theory, and then refined his idea.

Finally, a True Skill capable of cultivating a Divine Wondrous was born in Gu Zheng’s mind.

Gu Zheng named it the "Bibo Smoke Mist Technique."

Water vapor rises into mist, the mist heats up, becoming like smoke and rosy clouds.

It was a one-way True Skill that transitioned from water to fire, incapable of allowing one to break through to a higher realm.

It couldn’t even achieve a balance of water and fire, a fusion of yin and yang.

But its theory, concept, and structure were all sound.

The proof of this was clear: on Gu Zheng’s panel, under the True Skill section, "Bibo Smoke Mist Technique (entry-level)" had appeared.

"Wait!"

’It’s showing up on the panel. Doesn’t that mean I can use points to cultivate... no, to deduce and perfect the Bibo Smoke Mist Technique?’

Gu Zheng’s eyes lit up.

He had only laid the foundation for this True Skill; he hadn’t yet figured out how to bring it to Great Success or completion.

’If I can solve this by adding points...’

’I’ll try it!’

Taking a deep breath, Gu Zheng calmed his mind, spent his only 2 remaining Demon Points, and added them to the Bibo Smoke Mist Technique.

BUZZ—!

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「Luozhou.」

「Changlong Prefecture.」

「Prefecture City.」

In a private room on the third floor of a tavern.

"Come on, Feixue. We’ve been traveling all day. Let’s have a big meal first."

Xiao Dutian picked up his chopsticks and eagerly served Dugu Feixue, placing food on her plate and pouring her soup.

"After we eat, we’ll go to an inn and get some sleep. We’ll set off again tomorrow at dawn."

"More and more Domains are appearing over in Hongzhou. When we get there, we’ll pick a slightly larger one. We’ll definitely be able to find some Source Fruits and Marvels."

"Let’s hope so," Dugu Feixue replied, enjoying Xiao Dutian’s attentive service.

KNOCK KNOCK—

Someone knocked on the door of the private room.

"I’ll get it, I’ll get it."

Xiao Dutian quickly stood up, hurried over, and opened the door. Seeing a waiter bowing, he frowned and asked, "What is it?"

"My apologies, esteemed guests, for disturbing your meal."

The waiter’s face was all smiles as he said apologetically, "Um, it’s like this. The fine steed you two entrusted to us earlier... when we tried to feed it, it refused to eat..."

"Didn’t I tell you to just feed it meat?"