I Can Extract Divine Power

Chapter 459: Chapter 171: Divination Skill Level 4

Inside the five-story building.

Shen Bai watched the smoke before him, a faint smile on his face.

[Divination Skill Level 4 (Calculation +8, Accuracy +8, Fortune and Misfortune +8, Detailed Calculation +8): 0/10000]

After all this time, thanks to the double Skill Level bonus from Amber, Shen Bai had finally raised his Divination Skill to Level 4.

After the smoke before him vanished, the scene around Shen Bai blurred.

’Time to watch that phantom show off again.’ Shen Bai was very familiar with this routine, so he wasn’t surprised. Instead, he waited patiently.

A moment later, as his surroundings shifted from blurry to clear, Shen Bai found himself in a dark space.

In the sky, a bright moon cast its glow, surrounded by a smattering of beautiful stars.

The phantom stood with his hands clasped behind his back, exuding the same show-off aura as always.

The only difference was that one of the phantom’s hands was now constantly performing calculations.

Since Shen Bai possessed a Divination Divine Power, he knew the phantom was using a Divination Skill.

This time, however, the Divination Skill was slightly different from usual.

Shen Bai saw patches of black and gold light intertwining constantly.

This was fortune and misfortune in constant flux, symbolizing misfortune within fortune, and fortune within misfortune.

"What is he doing?" Shen Bai frowned.

He didn’t understand, but that didn’t stop the phantom from continuing his show.

As the phantom’s fingers moved in a series of gestures, images began to form in the void.

Then, the fortune and misfortune before him began to change. Gold gradually emerged, eventually covering all the black.

After a few breaths, only a field of gold remained, symbolizing pure fortune with no misfortune.

"How did he do that?" Shen Bai was slightly taken aback.

Then, streams of information flowed into Shen Bai’s mind. He felt it was profoundly mystical, as if he had fallen into a state of sudden enlightenment.

The surrounding scenery began to blur, then gradually came back into focus.

When the scene was clear again, Shen Bai found he was back in the five-story building.

"Detailed calculation of fortune and misfortune, to seek fortune and avoid misfortune."

A vast amount of information about the Divination Skill flooded into Shen Bai’s mind. He closed his eyes and began to absorb it all.

Only after he had finished absorbing it did he open his eyes.

’This is good,’ Shen Bai thought.

This time, after grinding to Level 4, not only had all the previous Attributes doubled, but he had also gained a new Attribute: Detailed Calculation.

This so-called "Detailed Calculation" was the ability to alter fortune and misfortune.

It sounded mystical, but in Shen Bai’s view, it was simply about using various possibilities to change the outcome of fortune and misfortune.

For example, if there were two paths ahead and taking the left path meant misfortune, but he had to take the left path, he could use the Detailed Calculation Attribute.

Upon using Detailed Calculation, countless possibilities would appear before him. Each possibility would weaken the misfortune, and the calculation would present the best possible course of action.

It could potentially reverse the outcome completely into fortune, or at the very least, weaken the misfortune to its absolute minimum.

Of course, this Attribute was also related to Shen Bai’s own strength and the Level of his Divination Skill.

Inside his body, his Qi surged and then spread toward his sixth meridian.

Because it was only a Fourth-level Divine Power, it didn’t spread very far, but Shen Bai was already quite satisfied.

’Well... now that that’s done, I should get something to eat,’ Shen Bai thought, looking at the bright sky outside.

Eating was a top priority. Even a Gan Di needed to find some joy amidst the tedious, endless grind.

For Shen Bai, eating was one of those joys.

With a flash of light, Amber emerged from Shen Bai’s body and nestled affectionately on his shoulder, her cat ears twitching.

Shen Bai rubbed Amber’s cat ears, then took her to a street outside the Observatory and ordered a table full of breakfast.

Breakfast in Nanxing Prefecture was naturally excellent. As Shen Bai ate, he watched the lively scenes of the common people around him and thought, ’A peaceful life is still the best.’

Unfortunately, Qin Shuang was probably at the Academy by now, so there was no one to join him in his feast.

As for Amber, she was still hugging his arm, acting very clingy.

After finishing his meal, Shen Bai didn’t linger and headed toward the Observatory.

Just as he arrived at the Observatory, Shen Bai saw Fang Tong hurrying over alone.

"What’s the rush?" Shen Bai asked.

Fang Tong’s face lit up with joy when he saw Shen Bai. "Lord Shen," he said, "I have news about the matter concerning Marquis Fengjiang that you asked me to look into a few days ago."

"Oh?" Shen Bai asked. "My brother, Zhou Qing, is all right, I hope?"

Just a few days prior, Shen Bai had asked Fang Tong to help him keep an eye on the situation with Marquis Fengjiang.

After all, Zhou Qing was still fighting Marquis Fengjiang, and a military campaign was by no means safer than what Shen Bai was dealing with.

Fang Tong nodded. "A great victory. Marquis Fengjiang has been vanquished. He was beheaded just yesterday."

Shen Bai wasn’t surprised by this news. After all, Marquis Fengjiang had already been on the verge of collapse back then.

For him to have held on this long was already quite impressive.

"How is Zhou Qing doing?" Shen Bai asked again.

Marquis Fengjiang’s fate had been a foregone conclusion; Shen Bai was more concerned about Zhou Qing.

Fang Tong said, "Lord Shen’s close friend was incredibly brave in this battle. He earned many merits, received numerous rewards, and successfully caught the eye of the Xuanjing City military department. It’s said that a top Marshal has taken him in as a subordinate and plans to cultivate his talents."

Hearing this, Shen Bai breathed a small sigh of relief.