I Can Copy the Talents of All Creatures

Chapter 237: Chapter 175: Spiritual Secret Technique

Yu Fei got up and stretched his muscles, then plunged into a sea of questions.

He set aside the things he couldn’t figure out for now. ’Once I’m strong enough, the world will naturally shed its veil.’

As Yu Fei worked his way through the questions, he found some to be abstract and strange, like this one:

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96. You are an ordinary person. You wake up in the morning to find you only have two pairs of underwear. One pair is washed but not dry, and the other is dirty and unwashed. You choose to:

A: Wear the damp, washed pair.

B: Wear the unwashed pair.

C: Wear none.

D: Wear both pairs.

Even with a nerve response speed seven times that of a normal person, he couldn’t help but pause at this question. No matter which option he chose, it felt wrong.

After long deliberation, Yu Fei made a momentous decision: he chose C.

Or take this next one, for example.

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241. Identify the option that is different from the others.

A: Spring

B: Summer

C: Autumn

D: Winter

Yu Fei quickly analyzed the options one by one, considering their pronunciation, structure, symmetry, and more. After two minutes of this, he was starting to feel a bit down. His head throbbing, he wrote A as his answer.

Don’t ask why—he didn’t know either. ’Maybe because spring has the most flowers?’

Two hours later, Yu Fei finally completed the survey. He took off his Holographic Mirror Helmet and had Jueke open the window. It wasn’t until he’d let the breeze blow in for half an hour that he started to feel mentally sound again.

He felt the researchers at Yuqing University must have been using this questionnaire to embezzle funds. The questions were utterly bizarre, pushing the limits of human cognition. ’Can this really help a Martial Artist find a compatible mental Secret Technique?’

The survey, with its more than three thousand questions, was filled with similar or equally unappealing options. For some questions, every possible answer was unsettling, while for others, any choice seemed fine, with no discernible difference between them.

After telling Jueke to make some juice, Yu Fei put his Holographic Mirror Helmet back on to view the questionnaire’s feedback.

Your personality and behavioral profile is: [Wind Chaser: Chaotic Balance]

The following Cultivation Techniques have been matched to your profile.

Daoist School: [Cicada Molt Skill], [Returning to Simplicity], [Zhe Long Mian], [Yunji Nourishing Spirit Record], [Star Soul Forging Scripture]

Buddhist School: [Light of Non-Birth], [Water Stopping Seal], [Glazed Purification Skill]

Confucian School: [Night Qi Divine Record], [Spring and Autumn Qi Cultivation Skill]

The list also thoughtfully included a compatibility index for each Cultivation Technique, as well as a star rating indicating its cultivation difficulty.

The higher the star rating, the greater the difficulty and the better the effects of the Cultivation Technique.

Any technique on the recommendation list had a compatibility of 90% or higher with Yu Fei. Only four techniques simultaneously met the criteria of a 95% or higher compatibility and a five-star difficulty rating.

Daoist Cultivation Technique [Returning to Simplicity]: 96% compatibility

[Star Soul Forging Scripture]: 99% compatibility

Buddhist Cultivation Technique [Light of Non-Birth]: 95% compatibility

Confucian School Cultivation Technique [Night Qi Divine Record]: 99% compatibility

Yu Fei frowned in thought. Since these were all mental Secret Techniques of the highest difficulty, he would naturally choose between the two with the highest compatibility. He briefly skimmed their descriptions.

The cultivation of the [Star Soul Forging Scripture] was rather esoteric. It required one to perceive and find their own special destiny star within the vast universe.

Of course, considering the vast scale of the universe, this cultivation method was more like searching for a power that resonated with him across the dimension of time, all to strengthen his spirit.

The description of this Cultivation Technique’s principles left him completely baffled; he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

Then there was the Confucian School’s [Night Qi Divine Record]. Its description was, by contrast, simple and easy to understand. In short, a person’s spirit is most active at night. At this time, one enters a liminal state between sleep and wakefulness, using only their spiritual body to read various classics. They imagine themselves into a state of ultimate illusion, their spirit roaming the six dimensions, thereby strengthening their divine nature.

He thought for a moment. ’So, the Confucian [Night Qi Divine Record] can be summarized as reading novels, watching videos, and daydreaming at night? And the later you stay up, the more energetic you become?’

’Is this Cultivation Technique... legit?’

’Which night-owl expert came up with this bizarre Cultivation Technique?’

Mental Secret Techniques of this difficulty weren’t cheap. Yu Fei checked the platform: the [Star Soul Forging Scripture] cost a steep 30,000 merit points, and the [Night Qi Divine Record] was 25,000.

Among the resource rewards for S-rank prodigies, one perk was related to selecting Cultivation Techniques. He checked the details.

Five free Cultivation Technique selections per semester, plus the right to purchase five more at half price.

He was on an S+ package, which came with a 20% bonus, meaning his number of free selections was six.

Yu Fei didn’t make a blind choice. Instead, he sought Ye Shuping’s guidance.

He sent his question straight over.

"Honorable Chancellor, the two mental Secret Techniques with the highest compatibility for me are neck and neck. I humbly request your guidance..."

"? And what is your personality profile?"

Ye Shuping replied almost instantly.

Yu Fei: "[Wind Chaser: Chaotic Balance]"

Ye Shuping: "Tsk tsk... ah, well..."

Yu Fei: "? Does that mean something?"

Ye Shuping: "It does."

Yu Fei: "Can you tell me what it is?"

Ye Shuping: "I can."

Yu Fei: "Then please tell me!"

Ye Shuping: "Alright!"

ヽ(ー_ー)ノ

’This old bastard is so annoying!’ For some reason, Yu Fei’s emotions always became unstable whenever he had to interact with this man.

Ye Shuping: "I’m getting old, can’t stay up late. Let’s talk tomorrow!"

Damn it!

Yu Fei tore off his Virtual Mirror Helmet, a ball of frustration coiling in his chest. He grabbed his sword, Zhanming, and went to the fifth-floor training hall, only feeling better after practicing for two hours.

「The next day.」

He first took out the [Shadow Wood Cold Toad Ointment]. The jar had a net weight of 400g. The ointment was a murky yellow and had a fishy smell.

The raw materials for the [Shadow Wood Cold Toad Ointment] were all sourced from the Borderlands. It was a paste-like medicine, a processed extract combining the resin of the Silver Shadow Wood and Moon Cold Toxin. A common mid-grade medicine, it could heal elemental burns and possessed some nourishing effects.

It was the perfect remedy for the negative side effects Yu Fei experienced from refining excessive Yang Qi during his cultivation. He estimated one jar would last about three weeks.

The other item, the [Golden Crow Radiance Dew], was valued at a steep 3,000 merit points, making it the most expensive of the supplies Yu Fei had purchased.