However, at this very moment, Gu Santong’s laughter abruptly ceased, his face fixed with a bizarre smile, and from the corners of his mouth began to flow a trail of blood, twisting like a small snake, staining his grizzled beard and dripping onto the ground.
"Self-destructing the heart meridian...?"
Jiang Dali’s expression was filled with confusion as he extended two fingers to touch the other’s pulse, then slowly withdrew them, vaguely guessing the reason for the other’s suicide, feeling a moment of emotion.
"Gu Santong is truly as his name suggests, rigid and uncommunicative, stubborn beyond measure.
Even though you knew you had a son, you still wouldn’t go against your promise to leave the Heavenly Prison Ninth Floor to see your son.
You didn’t refuse to see your son, it was clear you were unwilling to bend the knee to Zhu Wushi..."
With Gu Santong’s strength, how could a mere Heavenly Prison Ninth Floor contain him?
It was just that having once been narrowly defeated by Zhu Wushi, for the sake of his own promise, he was willing to be imprisoned in the deepest level of Heavenly Prison for life.
What trapped Gu Santong were not shackles and chains.
But rather inside the Heavenly Prison Ninth Floor, a stele inscribed with the words "Iron Gall Divine Constable" as if seeing the words was to see the person himself.
Therefore, even though he knew his son was alive, the rigid Gu Santong still would not submit to the Iron Gall Divine Constable and leave the Heavenly Prison Ninth Floor.
Now defeated once again by Jiang Dali, disheartened and disillusioned, he simply chose to end his life here.
However, what Jiang Dali found quite perplexing was why Gu Santong was unwilling to disclose the method for practicing the Absorption Skill.
If he had been unwilling to tell him, that would have been one thing.
In the previous life, Gu Santong had transmitted his skills to Cheng Shifei, almost giving everything he had, even transferring all his power to Cheng Shifei, and yet he did not teach the Absorption Skill but only the Transformation Technique.
In this, it now seemed, there was some secret.
"Forget it, although the Absorption Skill is much more domineering than my Great Absorption Technique, the power absorbed is a hodgepodge, lacking any unique characteristics of its own.
My Absorption Skill is based on Beiming, dividing Yin Yang Qi. Although it is not as domineering as the Absorption Skill, it is more refined.
The reason why the Absorption Skill can exert such strong absorbent power is probably because there’s another technique involved, I’ll study it later..."
Jiang Dali silently shook his head and let it be, then began to recall the general principle of the Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill and tried to comprehend it.
However, after a period of meditation.
Jiang Dali had to give up.
Even the Ice Soul Jade Bracelet that aided his practice had been confiscated.
Without any assistive tools, to rapidly comprehend an entry-level Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill, which seemed to surpass the Heaven Rank in martial arts, was as fanciful as a madman’s dream.
"In fact, with my understanding, if I practiced here for a month or two, I should be able to grasp this Divine Skill.
But unfortunately... I don’t have that much time to endure hard training here. I must learn the Divine Skill and immediately go out in case of any changes."
Jiang Dali gave up struggling.
He looked at the panel which currently showed more than 40,000 accumulated Cultivation Points and up to 60,000 Potential Points.
It was probably because after he was locked in the Heavenly Prison, a power struggle erupted in the Mountain Village, stimulating many Players within to learn and improve their martial arts through the Hall of Transmitting Skills.
Thus, in just two days, he had reaped a fatty harvest.
Now was the perfect time to use the fruits of these two days to quickly learn the Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill!
Jiang Dali silently recited the general outline of the Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill mantra and chose to upgrade.
Twelve little figures emitting golden light suddenly appeared, striking various impressive poses.
Upon cultivation, little red dots began to appear on each figure, clearly marking the path of energy flow.
A wealth of information about the Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill started flitting through Jiang Dali’s mind.
"... ’Meditation Style,’ ’Dead Tree Rooting,’ ’Sea Floor Moon Capture,’ ’Arhat Lifting Ding,’ ’Vajra Angry Eyes,’ ’Embrace the Moon in Your Arms,’ ’Immortal Cranes Wings,’ ’Heaven and Earth Meeting,’ ’Overlord Opening Bow,’ ’Great Saint Stomping Stove,’ ’Hand Clasp Completion,’ ’All Body Beating’... and so on..."
A notification message appeared from his panel.
"You have comprehended the Heavenly Person’s Ultimate Skill ’Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill,’ your reputation has increased by 2000, your Qi-Blood has been strengthened by 1000, and your current comprehension realm is Level 1, Beginner’s Practice."
"’Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill’: A Heavenly Person’s Ultimate Skill
Introduction: It is rumored that the ’Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill’ was created by the Shaolin Ancestor Dharma as a modification of the ’Shaolin Hunyuan Childhood Skill’.
Once fully mastered, it not only enables the practitioner to execute all of their martial arts to the fullest, with complete control over their power, but also integrates the ’Power’ with the person’s ’Body,’ ’Soul,’ ’Skill,’ and ’Will.’ The resulting ’Power of Blessing’ is astonishing, and the ’Body’ becomes an ’Round Body’ impervious to ’Any External Force.’
At the same time, it greatly enhances the vigor of each movement, naturally imbuing each attack with a powerful and smooth ’Inner Strength.’
A white light began to shine above Jiang Dali’s head. His Qi-Blood limit increased by a full thousand points.
His true feeling was that at the moment he comprehended the ’Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill,’ the Yin Yang Qi in his Dantian involuntarily split and flowed according to the path prescribed by the Divine Skill, circulated throughout his body, entering some meridian points never touched by his previous practice, tempering his flesh.
He felt as if he had turned into a Golden Bodied Arhat.
Sitting on the ground, his skin began to emanate a faint Golden Light, even his face, eyebrows, and hair started to glow with a golden radiance.
Jiang Dali felt as if his spirit had meditated on a "vague and indescribable presence."