We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Shen Bailian had known the importance of this purification effect for a long time, but for various reasons, he had never had the opportunity to test it.

Looking at it now, it really did remove all the negative effects.

"I wonder what kind of divine skill I'll encounter next?" Shen Bailian glanced at the divine skill section on the panel and couldn't help but wonder.

Having reached this point, he has actually come to some conclusions about the origin of divine skills.

It is highly likely related to the origin of the gods.

At present, the only thing Shen Bailian knows that can be related to the origin of gods is the divine spark. Judging from the number of times he has obtained it, obtaining divine spark fragments is not that difficult.

Almost every divine favored possesses a fragment of divine essence, and in the wilderness, there are also many fragments of divine essence scattered between heaven and earth.

“However, my current skill set is already sufficient to meet my needs.” Shen Bailian’s eyes flashed slightly, and in an instant, a phantom yet clear ink-wash panel appeared before his eyes—

[Character Level: LV10 (3802/4000)] 825
Physical Strength: 26.0; Spirit: 24.1

【Eight-in-One Great Sun Visualization Method LV2 (545/900)】44
Divine Skill: Shadow Follows LV6 (5/160) (Energy Storage: 0 times)
Eye of God LV3 (32/1100) 43
咫尺天涯LV1（150/300）（剩余固定锚点：0/1）】

Active Skill: Gale LV2 (631/1000) 303
Hunyuan Qi LV1 (86/400) 86
All Things in the Universe LV1 (101/400) 101
Five Elements Breathing Method LV1 (733/1600) 192
Fishing - Tier 1 LV2 (333/400) (Trait: Guaranteed)

[Passive Skill: Steel Body LV3 (179/1400)] 56
Skill Points: 0

【Cure point: 0】

[Divine Matter: 26332]

Currently, Shen Bailian's skills include two second-tier skills, Hunyuan Yiqi and Senluo Wanxiang, which are mainly for killing; a first-tier skill, Jifeng, which is mainly for movement; and a steel body, which is mainly for defense.

There are also divine skills that focus on survival, such as Shadow Follows and Instantaneous Horizon, and even more divine skills that focus on perception over a very large area, such as Eye of God.

There are also skills that control the power of the elements, such as the Five Elements Breathing Method, and the Eight-in-One Great Sun Visualization Method that enhances spiritual power and mental strength.

In addition, the divine skill [Following Shadow] has many other uses, such as converging past timelines, resurrection, and removing any negative status effects after resurrection...

The same applies to the divine skill, Eye of God.

It can be said that any one of Shen Bailian's current skills, if taken out as a talent for other martial artists, would be enough to create a martial arts prodigy that is only seen once every few decades.

If the Steel Body were given to an ordinary mid-stage Life-Establishing Realm martial artist, let alone ordinary bloodline martial artists, even Li Feiyu, the inheritor of the Golden Flame Lion bloodline, would find it difficult to contend with it.

There is even a considerable probability that they will be defeated directly.

When all these skills are gathered in one person, even Shen Bailian has no idea what kind of martial arts prodigy can be created.

Even without Shen Bailian's extraordinary comprehension, if he were allowed to grow up smoothly, he would at least be a Divine Palace Realm expert.

"That old saying is indeed very true: one cannot simultaneously possess youth and the feeling of youth." Shen Bailian looked at the several hundred points of experience points that had increased on the panel, his expression neither sad nor happy.

Only when he saw the increased physical and mental attribute values ​​on the panel, and the 26332 points of divine matter in the last column.

A fleeting, barely concealed joy flashed across Shen Bailian's eyes.

If it were before skill points appeared, the increase of several hundred experience points would have been enough to make Shen Bailian happy for a while.

However, times have changed.

The experience points that Shen Bailian used to call "Little Sweetie" have now become like a worn-out old hag.

but.

Tens of thousands of points of divine matter are indeed much more appealing than a few hundred points of experience.

"After setting aside the divine matter needed to maintain the active effect of the skill [Shadow Follows], the remaining divine matter of 26332 points is enough to exchange for five skill points."

"Keep one skill point in reserve, then there are four usable skill points left. How should we allocate them?" Shen Bailian's eyes quickly swept across the panel, and he sat on the sofa, propping his head up in deep thought.

Logically speaking, what he should do now is to go all in on all his skill points and invest them all in either Iron Body or the Unity of Fist Technique.

The total attribute value increase brought about by upgrading either of these methods is 0.7 points.

Among them, upgrading the Steel Body by one level can directly increase the physical attributes by 0.7 levels, allowing for a faster advancement in martial arts realm and promotion to the Moon Embracing Realm.

However, being too extreme causes mental attributes to lag far behind mental attribute values. As the martial arts realm increases, mental strength becomes increasingly important.

If one's mental strength is too low, it is difficult to perfectly control the immense power within the body, leading to loss of control.

As for the Hunyuan Qi skill, it is relatively balanced. Upgrading it by one level will increase the physical attribute value by 0.4 levels and the mental attribute value by 0.3 levels.

The speed at which one's martial arts realm improves will be relatively slow.

but.

As Shen Bailian pondered this, he shifted some of his attention to the divine skill—Eye of God—which had unknowingly reached level three.

As expected, after his Eye of God was upgraded to level three, he awakened the third of the five senses—smell.

Unfortunately, just like after his Eye of God was upgraded to level two, Shen Bailian has not yet discovered the true use of his sense of smell, and this is not the result he wanted.

What he wants most right now is the sense of touch, one of the five senses.

Vision is responsible for seeing and forming a three-dimensional view in his mind, which can vividly display everything in the world. No one, whether human, divine, or ferocious beast, can hide from the divine eye.

Hearing is responsible for receiving sounds, listening to all sounds within the range of the Eye of God, and can analyze the language of the gods and convert it into Mandarin, which is the language that Shen Bailian is most familiar with.

By the same token, touch should enable Shen Bailian to come into contact with divine matter, or rather, to use his mental power to come into contact with divine matter.

And this is precisely the ability he desperately craves now.

Don't treat anyone like a fool.

Shen Bailian's cleanup of ferocious beasts and close contact with their remains won't attract much attention in the short term. Even if someone does notice, they'll just consider it a peculiar hobby of his.

However, after a long time, as more people notice this, they will inevitably start to think about it, especially the higher-ups of the Great Xia Dynasty, who will most likely know that divine substances are hidden inside the ferocious beast.

However, due to technical and other reasons, they were unable to collect the scarce divine substances from the remains of the ferocious beasts.

This can be seen from the Azure Scale Snow that attacked Bozhou City before. Kong Chaowu used the essence blood and beast core of the Azure Scale Snow to baptize and temper it.

This shows that the Great Xia Dynasty was not incapable of utilizing divine matter; they simply did not know how to collect such extremely small amounts of it.

And then there is humanity's greatest enemy—the favor of the gods.

Those favored gods aren't fools, they're just arrogant. If the favored gods of Kronos were to notice the limitations on Shen Bailian's absorption of divine matter, they certainly wouldn't sit idly by and wait for their doom.

Furthermore, given that those favored by the gods cannot obtain him, they will certainly try every means to isolate him from the remains of the ferocious beasts, preventing him from absorbing divine substances and strengthening himself.

Therefore, Shen Bailian urgently needs an effective means or skill to remotely gather divine matter as a backup plan for surprise attacks.

However, the divine skill Eye of God, being a gift from the universe, for some reason does not provide a corresponding attribute boost when the skill is upgraded.

This is one of the reasons why Shen Bailian didn't allocate skill points to the Eye of God before.

The price/performance ratio is too low.

Moreover, the Eye of God is only at level three at present. It has gathered the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, but these have not yet been activated.

After reaching level four, it remains to be seen whether the Eye of God will awaken either the sense of taste or the sense of touch. This is similar to opening a blind box; even with a guaranteed reward mechanism, the cost is at least one skill point, and one skill point is worth 4999 points of divine matter.

It can also raise your physical fitness level by 0.7.

If the Eye of God were to level up and awaken something other than an illusion, then for Shen Bailian in his current state, that skill point/4999 points of divine matter would be a complete waste.

If a sense of smell is already useless, then what's the point of having a sense of taste?
Can we treat deities as food on a dining table?

Hmm... that idea isn't entirely impossible. After all, if it were a deity, it probably wouldn't become a "protected animal" in the Great Xia Dynasty.

If it were during the time when divine matter was scarce, Shen Bailian definitely wouldn't have taken the gamble.

but now?

26332 points of divine matter are enough to exchange for five skill points. Even if he keeps one as a backup, he will still have four for experimentation.

Furthermore, and more importantly, barring unforeseen circumstances, Shen Bailian will not be leveling up his skills as rapidly as he did when he first unlocked skill points in the short term.

One reason is that when upgrading his skills, he wasted a portion of the world's essence, which did not play its due role.

Furthermore, the rapid improvement in his physical and mental attributes is not a good thing for him, not only in terms of mentality but also psychologically.

You can't become fat overnight.

Secondly, leveling up using skill points is no different from leveling up by grinding experience points. As long as you have enough skill points, leveling up takes only a moment, with almost no interval.

At least with Shen Bailian's current mental strength, he still cannot sense the gap between them.

Therefore, it is worthwhile to save up some skill points for special occasions, such as life-or-death crises or when the [Follow Me] skill is interfered with, although the possibility is extremely low.

After all, running away will never solve the problem.

Only great strength can solve all the problems in this world.

When others/divine favor and victory is assured, his martial arts realm suddenly rises, not just in one dimension, but in several dimensions.

By then.

hey-hey……

"Start exchanging skill points." Thinking of this, Shen Bailian couldn't help but chuckle a few times. He glanced at the panel, then without further hesitation, his mind stirred slightly.

In an instant.

"Crash..."

"26332...25332...21111..."

The divine matter on Shen Bailian's panel, which originally reached 26332 points, began to plummet at an unprecedented speed the moment he gave the command.

In the blink of an eye, the 26332 points of divine matter were reduced to only 1337 points.

A sense of disappointment flashed through Shen Bailian's mind, like a hamster that had been hoarding pine cones for a long time. But when his gaze fell on another column on the panel, his heart was filled with satisfaction again.

With a full five skill points, if it weren't for the circumstances, and the current turbulent situation, he would be under the scrutiny of many eyes.

Otherwise, Shen Bailian would have liked to invest all five skill points into the skill [Iron Body], so that it could advance again and his martial arts realm would completely advance to the late stage of the Sea Opening Realm, or even the peak of the Sea Opening Realm.

Unfortunately, he can't.

At least not now.

"Eh~"

Shen Bailian sighed slightly, feeling a little regretful, and then turned his attention back to the Divine Skill: Eye of God.

"Ahem..." Shen Bailian's gaze was focused; the time to bet on whether he was unlucky or lucky had arrived, and he was inevitably a little nervous. After a moment, once his restless heart had completely calmed down, he looked at the golden "+" sign after the Eye of God skill and roared inwardly:

"With my unparalleled wisdom, with my indomitable will, and with my unmatched talent, I'll allocate points to the stat panel!"

In an instant.

Congratulations! Your skill "Eye of the Gods" has been upgraded!

【Eye of God LV4 (0/1600)】

【…】

Skill Points: 4

"Phew~" Shen Bailian looked at the changed skill bar and felt no abnormality. That's why now is the most crucial moment.

He took a deep breath, his eyes brightened slightly, and the Eye of God skill was activated instantly under the impact of powerful mental energy.

In the blink of an eye.

The entire room was projected in three dimensions, clearly and without any blind spots, into Shen Bailian's mind. He then shifted his attention to the desserts on the coffee table in front of him.

A sweet aroma suddenly filled my heart, bringing me joy.

however.

"groove!"

Shen Bailian felt the pleasant emotions emanating from his mind, but a wry smile appeared on his face.

As he expected, his luck was not as good as he had imagined. The result was now obvious: the fourth-level God's Eye had awakened the sense of taste among the five senses.

Rather than touch.

"Aww."

Shen Bailian glanced at the smart bracelet and realized it was still early, so he simply picked up a dessert from the coffee table and savored it.

Just like the taste when the Eye of God is opened, the sensation brought by the Eye of God is more delicate and sweet compared to the taste in reality.

If we use data to illustrate this, the former is at least twice that of the latter.

However, this wouldn't be of much use to Shen Bailian in actual combat, since he wasn't Hannibal Lecter and wasn't interested in such taboo things.

However, a skill that can be called a divine skill must have its unique features. For example, the vision and hearing of the Eye of God were initially unknown to Shen Bailian.

I was confused for a while.

"Add some more." Shen Bailian didn't waste any more time and his mind stirred slightly.

Congratulations! Your skill "Eye of the Gods" has been upgraded!

【Eye of God LV5 (0/2500)】

【…】

[Skill Points: 3] (End of Chapter)