Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 879 Directions and Research

World Fortress, Blackthorn Main Ship, Living Area.

[Notification: Teleportation complete. The Pioneer has arrived at the designated destination: Andusia Fortress - Blackthorn Main Ship]

Are you back...?

Inside the somewhat familiar living pod, Xin Lailai, who had just emerged from the portal, glanced at the scene outside the window. Gazing at the warships cruising against the backdrop of the starry sky in the distance, her eyes flickered slightly, as if she were still recalling what had happened within the Academic Cult.

Skills and techniques cannot be practiced simultaneously...

Although they had prepared themselves mentally beforehand, the truth was still far beyond their wildest imagination.

Or rather, no matter how imaginative he was, he could never have imagined that the development of a simple intuitive ability would eventually uncover such a huge secret.

'In fact, I didn't have high hopes for you guys initially, but some of your performances along the way have certainly exceeded my expectations.'

"If this trend continues, as the only case of heteromorphic symbiosis in the astral plane, you might actually be able to accomplish what that guy Meimu couldn't do back then, truly touching that realm."

"Something even the master of eyebrows couldn't accomplish..."

Xin Lailai murmured, looking down at her hands, a strange light flashing in her dark pupils.

According to 83203's description, in the history of the Astral Realm, countless geniuses have inadvertently discovered the fact that techniques and skills cannot be cultivated simultaneously, and countless powerful individuals have challenged this realm. However, even their leader, who was hailed as the sage of the Golden Age, still fell short by a hair's breadth in developing a perceptual ability that simultaneously possessed both domain characteristics and intuitive characteristics. He was forced to choose the path of technique to prove his supreme path and failed to step into the true realm of cultivating techniques and skills simultaneously.

Besides the other party, the person who is closest to this field is Yan Yi, who has had several encounters with them and is now regarded as their greatest insurance for the expedition.

However, unlike the slight difference in appearance, according to 83203, although Yan Yi is the closest to the field of cultivating both skills and techniques in a sense, he is also the one who is furthest away from this field.

'Yan Yi's path differs from yours and Mei Mu's. He doesn't choose to cultivate both magic and technique simultaneously, but rather a combination of both, taking what he needs from both the path of magic and the path of technique, and then blending them together to create the path he desires.'

"Based on this, he can never truly reach the realm of cultivating both magic and technique, but at the same time, the path he chose has successfully transcended the realms of magic and technique."

It is neither magic nor technique, but perhaps it can be called immortal magic.

This is 83203's comment on Yan Yi. As for them, according to the other party's answer, as the only case of heterogeneous origin symbiosis in the astral plane, they are naturally closer to the field of cultivating both techniques than others due to the superposition advantage brought by origin symbiosis.

To put it more bluntly, if others want to embark on the path of cultivating both techniques and skills, they must first create an ability that allows them to freely switch between intuition and domain perception, while maintaining a complete balance between their passive skills and passive abilities.

After completing the above step, it is necessary to build upon this foundation and create a miraculous perception ability that possesses both intuition and domain awareness characteristics, whose mere existence is enough to be called a paradox. Only in this way can the foundation for the simultaneous cultivation of skills and techniques be truly established.

Take their leader of the Eyebrow Cult as an example. He had already completed the first step when he used the power of fate to 'determine' his existence, so that there would be two Eyebrows in the world that use intuition and range perception respectively. Then, he used the collapse caused by observation to merge the two Eyebrows into one, so that there would be one more Eyebrow in the world that uses both intuition and range perception.

As for how the opponent ultimately failed... According to 83203's description, the answer is that in order to complete this step, the opponent forcibly emptied the entire River of Fate of the Star Realm, causing it to briefly stop flowing. It was this momentary error that caused the opponent's collapse process to deviate, ultimately forcing them to rely on their intuitive ability to overwhelm their domain perception ability with a slight advantage, thus ending their defeat by resorting to the path of technique.

From the examples that are just a little bit clear, it is evident just how absurdly difficult it is to reach the realm of simultaneous cultivation of skills and techniques envisioned by 83203.

Even the first step the opponent took was actually achieved by accident at the second stage with the help of the 'abnormal characteristic - chaos'. Otherwise, the opponent would most likely have been like other geniuses who tried to cultivate both techniques and spells, directly stuck on creating a perception ability that could freely switch between intuition and domain perception under the passive balance between techniques and spells.

'Unlike Meimu, although you didn't take the first step in cultivating both techniques through unexpected opportunities like him, you've achieved what he couldn't in a different way because of the symbiotic relationship between your different origins.'

"Therefore, theoretically speaking, as long as you can take the first step with your own will and transform your Star Luo Domain into Star Luo Intuition, you can rely on the advantage of primordial symbiosis to pre-obtain the result that would normally require creating a perception ability that simultaneously possesses the characteristics of technique and magic, thus touching upon the domain of simultaneous cultivation of technique and magic in an infinitely approaching manner."

"Once you take that first step... you can get infinitely closer to the realm of mastering both skills and techniques?"

Xin Lailai murmured, her eyes darting around, clearly very interested in the vision described by 83203, but in the end, she shook her head, forcing herself to temporarily forget about it.

too early.

Although he was also very curious about what kind of scene he would see after arriving at the realm of skill cultivation mentioned by 83203, in reality, they were clearly too far from that point.

Leaving aside how they must have endured the terrifying process of willpower attrition to develop Star Luo Intuition, just considering the path of cultivating both techniques and skills, they have only just managed to create a decent technique or style of move, and haven't even been able to develop a few minor spells based on it.

In this situation, let alone reaching the 'infinity' mentioned by 83203, even taking a step further to comprehend the principles of techniques and abilities, and turning the unknown into the known, is an unattainable realm for them at present.

but--

At least now, they know they possess this potential, and that's enough.

Having a clear goal and direction is far better than wandering around aimlessly in a daze.

As for now...

"Let's try applying the spatial cutting phenomenon of the Void Slash to spells first."

With this thought in mind, Xin Lailai took a deep breath, clearing her mind of all extraneous thoughts, and looked in the direction of the spell experiment area, a hint of anticipation flashing in her eyes.

……

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So, one day later.

Blackthorn flagship, spell experiment zone.

"Lai Lai! Look, I can touch my toes while standing now!"

"Stop fooling around. The Void-Pulsating Technique is still unstable. Be careful not to hurt yourself."

Inside the enormous laboratory filled with the sounds of various instruments operating, Xin Lailai watched as Ling Yuzi excitedly reached into the tiny spatial rift, sometimes lifting himself up, sometimes scratching himself, having a great time, and gave him a helpless reminder.

"Rui~ I won't listen! Besides, even if it's broken, I can just give it to Lai Lai to eat. It'll be a good opportunity for Lai Lai to taste what other people's bodies are like!"

"...Never mind, whatever makes you happy."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuzi deliberately made a face at Xin Lailai, playfully sticking out her tongue, looking like a mischievous child. Xin Lailai, hearing the 'inappropriate' words, couldn't help but twitch her eye. She stopped trying to persuade her and instead looked at the screen displaying various data.
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[Spell Name]: Crystal Void Pulling Spell [Spell Type]: Spatial

[Spell Effect]: Can cut through space in a small area and connect it to form a stable micro-space channel.

[Spell Cost (MAX)]: 378 Mana + 133 Protective Energy + 16% Sword Aura
【Law…】

...

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【Space Cutting Area (MAX)】：32.6cm²
[Space including span (MAX)]: 37.9m
[Space Channel Duration (MAX)]: 1 minute 18 seconds

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Crystal-based vacuum technology.

This is the result of their development of the Sky-Splitting Slash throughout the day.

Using the spatial rift created by the Sky-Splitting Slash, and combining some principles of the Crystal Element Space-Disrupting Technique and the Crystal Element Gravity Technique they created in the past, they can directionally guide the protective energy and sword momentum that produce the spatial cutting effect, so that it can cut everything again at a designated location, and finally form a small spatial passage that cannot even be crossed within fifty meters. This is the principle of the Crystal Element Space-Guiding Technique.

In terms of actual strength and spell model precision, the learning difficulty of this spell is at most at the level of a second-tier minor spell. It can only cross a spatial channel of 37.9m at most, and can only fit an item the size of a fist. It can be said that this is definitely the simplest spell they have created recently.

The key point is—

The spell developed based on the phenomena caused by techniques and moves... was a success!

There were no obstacles whatsoever; it could even be described as effortless. After all, the most important spatial cutting effect only required the existing 'Entangling Blade - Severing the Void' technique, without them needing to calculate any principles or data themselves.

The only two things to pay attention to are how to guide the spatial cutting effect to the correct area and how to use protective energy to form a stable spatial channel. As for the rest... it can only be said that for them, who are already LV.20 spell masters, the difficulty is about the same as a normal person doing elementary school math problems. There is no concept of getting stuck.

This is the effect of combining technique and magic...

Although, currently, due to issues such as casting animation and casting range, the Void Spell offers almost no combat advantage to them, however—

"It will work..."

Xin Lailai murmured, looking at the data displayed on the screen, a burning gaze flashing in her dark pupils.

Although it is only in its infancy now, there is no doubt that the combination of techniques and spells has given them an extremely unreasonable idea for creating spells!

To create spells based on spatial cutting without understanding the theory behind it is, for a mage, practically a god-level loan with 'cause and effect first'.

This is the advantage of cultivating both skills and techniques.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of development, yet it has already allowed them to master many spatial cutting spells that even fifth-tier mages couldn't develop at the third tier. And if they can truly reach the level that 83203 mentioned...

"Phew, calm down. This is just the beginning. There's a lot more to come..."

Standing before the experimental equipment, a composed Xin Lailai took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in her mind. She was preparing to continue testing, to further develop and refine this spell, which possessed immense potential and commemorative significance—

Pfft!
"Hey, is it really broken?"

The sound of flesh being cut flashed by, and not far away, Ling Yuzi collapsed to the ground with a thud. The two arms from the alchemical puppet fell to the ground with a thud, their cut surfaces smooth and clean.

"Lai Lai, do you want some? I'm hungry too." Then, Ling Yuzi picked up the severed arm from the ground with her crystal arm, blinked twice, looked at Xin Lai Lai beside her, and asked curiously.

"...No, you can enjoy it yourself. Also, remember to send me the data of that Void-Drawing Technique. I need to determine why it collapsed prematurely."

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Half a day later, in the living quarters of the Blackthorn flagship.

"Phew! It's almost finished."

As a long, relaxed sigh faded, Xin Lailai, dressed in pajamas, looked at the spatial crack at her fingertips in the bedroom area filled with the faint scent of shower gel, a relaxed smile on her face.

It must be admitted that the research environment here at the World Fortress is truly excellent. Not only are all kinds of top-notch magical equipment readily available for their use, but they are also provided with an unlimited supply of various research resources, which is far better than what they had in Paradise.

It's fair to say that if the park didn't have clear rules and regulations, he might have wanted to stay here indefinitely, since the conditions here were just too tempting for a mage like him.

[Notice: You have a new email to collect. Sender: Chengnuo]

Suddenly, a cold notification sound rang out, causing Xin Lailai, who was about to rest, to glance at the interface marked on the edge of her vision and decisively choose to claim it.

[Claim complete. You have received the following items.]

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Golden Protection Gem (Legendary Gem) *3
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Was it finished so quickly?
That being the case...

Xin Lailai looked at the three golden gems in her hand, glanced at the effect descriptions on their item information, and a playful smile gradually appeared on her lips.

They were just about to rest, so it was a good opportunity to find two 'gua sha masters' to give them a good massage!

He was very curious about what kind of crisp sound a legendary, fully enhanced weapon with a sharpness of 150 or more would make when it deflected a blade.

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(End of this chapter)