Lu Yan’s ideas are not unfounded.
It has been more than two months since the return to the urban version. During this time, in addition to his cultivation, Lu Yan has also been conducting research in other areas, particularly the information mapping relationship between different versions.
Referencing how Lu Yan was selected by Shopkeeper Chu to enter the Spirit Talisman Workshop in the Xianxia version, after returning to the urban version, those three months of work at the Spirit Talisman Workshop were transformed into rumors among the elders that he went to a big company in Myanmar to make a fortune.
Lu Yan even took the time to specifically ask Grandma Xu about information regarding the big company, but ultimately only received ambiguous responses like "I heard" and "It seems like," without any specific information.
This situation is as if Lu Yan’s experiences in the Spirit Talisman Workshop mapped into the urban version as some sort of background info.
Some people will have a certain understanding of Lu Yan’s experiences, and the information will be translated into background details in different versions, but most people find it difficult to specifically explain the contents.
This situation appears to be unique to Lu Yan; he can only attribute it to his special nature as the Unchanging.
Considering the characteristics of information mapping, since Lu Yan killed Shopkeeper Chu in the urban version, information mapping related to this would undoubtedly occur once he returns to the Xianxia version, which is why demonic cultivators would certainly come for him. This is why Lu Yan is in a hurry to resolve the issue with the demonic cultivators.
In the urban version, Lu Yan is the only cultivator, even if he has strong abilities in the Xianxia version, in the urban version he would become an ordinary person, so this is Lu Yan’s home field.
"Even if I’m the only cultivator, I can’t just recklessly exploit my cultivation advantage in the urban version, I should be even more careful and cautious.
Low-level cultivators have extraordinary means that ordinary people cannot understand, but modern hot weapons are not to be underestimated.
Right now, I am merely at the first layer of Qi Cultivation; if there were a direct confrontation, a squad of police armed with automatic firearms could suppress me, let alone those mighty modern armies.
The advantage of a cultivator is definitely not in direct confrontation!"
"Therefore, I should minimize the commotion while searching for demonic cultivators to avoid any bizarre information being mapped out in future updates.
Before starting the search, I need to supplement my cultivator skills by learning some spells."
Thinking of this, Lu Yan waved his right hand and retrieved the Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture again.
After reaching the first layer of Qi Cultivation, one can normally begin to learn some low-level spells.
Little Golden Light Skill, Invisibility Technique, Spirit Fire Technique, Light Feather Technique... these Tier One spells are sold in the Bamboo Forest Marketplace; for thirty Spirit Stones, one could buy a Tier One Magic Skill Collection and learn all these Tier One spells.
Although Lu Yan has Spirit Stones, he has no purchase channel and naturally has no connection to these basic spells.
Fortunately, the Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture, as an upper-grade cultivation technique, records some exclusive spells, which can only be practiced after cultivating the Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture, which just makes up for Lu Yan’s lack of spell techniques.
This cultivation technique only contains the Qi Cultivation Stage part, so Lu Yan found only two Qi Cultivation spells in it.
Tier One High-Quality Spell: Karmic Force Entanglement
Tier One Top-Quality Spell: Red Lotus Karma Fire
Lu Yan couldn’t help but be stunned, his face showing a look of joy.
He had been diligently researching Qi Circulation before, needing to maintain a peaceful mind, so he had not read the subsequent content of the Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture.
Today was the first time he had looked at the two Qi Cultivation spells; he didn’t expect one of them to be a top-quality spell.
"The spells circulated in normal marketplaces are mostly of low and mid-quality, while high-quality spells are tightly grasped by sect cultivators, which is why sect cultivators can suppress loose cultivators.
As for top-quality spells, they only appear in the long-standing great sects.
The greatest feature of a top-quality spell is that it is not limited by rank and will grow with the cultivator’s cultivation realm.
When used during the Qi Cultivation Stage, it’s a Tier One top-quality spell; once reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, it becomes a Tier Two top-quality spell, its power far surpassing spells of the same tier."
Seeing this top-quality spell named Red Lotus Karma Fire, Lu Yan suddenly realized that the grade of this Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture is likely far higher than he imagined.
Initially, he suspected this technique, which only had the Qi Cultivation Stage part, was a method passed down by demonic cultivators behind Shopkeeper Chu to entice him to help refine the Soul Banner.
But now it seems that with a top-quality spell on the Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture, no demonic cultivator would use such a crucial technique as bait, even if planning for the Soul Banner.
As this thought flashed in his mind, Lu Yan began to examine the two spells.
Karmic Force Entanglement is a curse technique, used against formidable foes with heavy sins of slaughter, it can unleash the Karmic Force Entanglement to ignite the sins on an enemy, causing them to fall into the entanglement of karmic force.
Depending on the different sins of the recipient, the effects of the Karmic Force Entanglement vary, from minor disruptions in magical power flow, talismans malfunctioning, magical artifacts being destroyed, to major events like unexpected attacks by beasts, sudden natural disasters, or even triggering heavenly tribulations.
Such a curse technique is highly targeted, with miraculous effects against demonic cultivators heavy in slaughter, alas, it requires cultivation at the late stage of Qi Cultivation to cast.
As for the Red Lotus Karma Fire, it is a killing and destruction technique, using Karmic Force as a guide, capable of burning anything.
Even the Buddhist Golden Body or Daoist Primordial Spirit cannot withstand the burning of the Red Lotus Karma Fire.
This top-quality spell has no cultivation requirement, allowing Lu Yan at the first layer of Qi Cultivation to attempt to cast it.
However, cultivating the Red Lotus Karma Fire requires another thing, Karmic Force!
Whether it’s perpetrating great acts of slaughter or causing chaos and suffering, any such deeds would bring Karmic Force upon oneself.
The Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture can transform Karmic Force for one’s use, the stronger the personal Karmic Force, the more powerful the Red Lotus Karma Fire, reaching its peak to create a scene of a karmic purgatory with a mere thought.
But the problem at this stage is...
"Where can I get Karmic Force?"
Lu Yan was full of frustration.
This Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture truly is an upper-grade demonic cultivation technique; its core spell, the Red Lotus Karma Fire, intends for cultivators to actively accumulate Karmic Force, in order to enhance the Red Lotus Karma Fire.
Be it through mass slaughter or disruption of order and chaos, it’s undoubtedly a typical demonic path approach.
It can be said that cultivating the Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture inevitably leads one down the path of murder.
But for Lu Yan, this path is clearly unfeasible.
Never mind the fact that more than ten years of education make wanton killing unacceptable to him, the stable order of the urban version poses a problem. Start killing on the first day, and by the second day, there’ll likely be an army hunting him down.
The second path, however, could be tried across the ocean.
Support a fool to run for the presidency, and after they are elected, it might achieve the purpose of bringing chaos, but unfortunately, it takes too long. It would involve numerous version updates, during which unpredictable issues could arise.
Eventually, the excessive information mapping could greatly affect future versions.