Ashen God
Chapter 395 - 394: Family Inheritance Technique

Chapter 395: Chapter 394: Family Inheritance Technique

"The weather is really nice today, what business do you have here?"

Since Zhou Muxi felt that once she got caught up in the topic thrown out by the other party, she could be led into a disadvantageous situation at any time, she forcefully tried to steer the conversation back to trivial family matters. She believed that if she did this, even if her companion was a Sea Seal, they would not continue to exert high intensity pressure as before.

"Fine, fine, if you want to talk about that, then let’s talk about that. I came here mainly to pick up a Second Tier Technique and to see what new benefits there are for a Second Tier Awakened." Zhang Yanhang was quite looking forward to the benefits and treatment for the Second Tier Awakened.

"So it’s collecting a Second Tier Technique. As for me, I mainly came because I had already been pre-selected to join a government department. I’m here to go through an interview process today and then I’ll officially start working here tomorrow. Also, I came to test how much my strength has increased lately."

After the topic had shifted back to mundane family issues, Zhou Muxi could not help but nod her head in relief. However, she immediately felt that there were some very unreasonable contradictions and conflicts in Zhang Yanhang’s words.

"You’ve already been promoted to the Second Tier, and you’re only a week or two away from being promoted to the Third Tier as a Second Tier Peak Awakened. Why do you still need to collect a Second Tier Technique? Shouldn’t you have already collected a Third Tier Technique by now?"

As someone who was going to formally join the government department tomorrow as a reserve member, Zhou Muxi smelled a hint of suspicion.

"Why couldn’t a Second Tier Awakened collect a Second Tier Technique?" Zhang Yanhang always felt like he had missed some important information somewhere.

"Because only after collecting the Second Tier portion of the Limitless Universe Skill can an Awakened cultivate to break through the bottleneck and promote their Rank to the Second Tier."

Zhou Muxi gradually narrowed her eyes; she now felt that the man in front of her was even more suspicious, not even knowing such basic knowledge.

"Promotion through personal cultivation?"

In that instant, Zhang Yanhang suddenly realized why other Awakeners took so long to promote, taking as much as one or two months just to move from the First Tier to the Second Tier—it was because they could not directly ascend to the Second Tier.

If Zhang Yanhang had guessed correctly, other Awakeners probably had to rely on personally advancing their cultivation technique to the Second Tier before they could achieve promotion, while he had first promoted himself to the Second Tier and then retroactively worked through the Technique corresponding to that Rank.

But as for why he could promote directly, Zhang Yanhang could only simplify it to differences in Professions, after all, a ’Heavenly Destiny Master’ that obtained six Free Attribute Points with every level up was indeed on a different level from other common professions that only received five or four Free Attribute Points.

Regarding the specific details of this aspect, Zhang Yanhang planned to ask the group owner when he went back.

As for why he did not directly ask Zhou Muxi in front of him, it was mainly because she was going to join the government department and officially become an Imperial Civil Servant tomorrow. Zhang Yanhang was afraid that if he asked further, he might be suspected by her and then be immediately detained on the spot to see if he was an evil entity sneaking into the human city.

And the group leader was more familiar with him and definitely wouldn’t report him for this kind of matter.

"Don’t you need to cultivate in order to advance?"

Zhou Muxi had already gradually absorbed all the Yang Qi and Yin Qi contained in the mutated sunflower seeds and was peeling the large handful of seeds Zhang Yanhang had just given her. Although she had some suspicions about Zhang Yanhang, she wasn’t so doubtful, which is why she was leisurely peeling seeds and chatting with him.

"No, I used to think that Awakeners who cultivated the Limitless Universe Skill announced by the Empire were superior beings who could advance in rank without cultivating, but it turns out they need to cultivate just like Awakeners who practice family inheritance techniques in order to advance. Knowing this, I feel relieved."

Zhang Yanhang, not wanting to be suspected by Zhou Muxi, chose to bluff with a random excuse to fool her.

"Family inheritance technique? Why would you cultivate such unreliable stuff? Could your ancestor, an independent cultivator, be greater than the Imperial Elders with their deep foundations built over thousands of years?

I suggest you switch to cultivating the Limitless Universe Skill as soon as possible. A cultivation technique like the Limitless Universe Skill, which doesn’t require any medicine or other auxiliary means for cultivation and also provides a more balanced attribute enhancement, is the most suitable for the new generation of Empire Awakened."

After learning that Zhang Yanhang was practicing a family inheritance technique, Zhou Muxi couldn’t help but show him a look of pity. Poor kid, it’s no wonder you’re only just reaching the Peak of Second Tier, despite being an Ultimate Seal and half a year into the Spiritual Qi Recovery; you must be held back by that baffling family technique.

At this thought, she didn’t know why, but Zhou Muxi suddenly felt much more balanced in her heart. She felt that this might be God opening a window for him while closing a whole door. Luck and such were merely secondary to the fast strength advancement of a normal Awakener like herself.

"Yes, I also think what you said makes sense. Therefore, the reason I came to collect the Second Tier Techniques this time was because I was already prepared to switch."

While talking, Zhang Yanhang noticed that Zhou Muxi was looking at him with a strange expression. He didn’t need to think too much to know that she must be thinking something negative, but Zhang Yanhang couldn’t refute it at that moment, so he had to silently endure.

"Don’t be afraid if your realm falls after switching. After all, you are a Second Tier Peak Awakened. Even in the case of a significant loss, at worst you’d drop from the Peak of Second Tier to the Eighth or Seventh Layer. It won’t take you long to climb back up using Soul points and start preparing to ascend to the Third Tier again.

Cultivating the Limitless Universe Skill is very straightforward—it’s all about letting things flow naturally, and as long as you accumulate enough and meet the talent requirements, ascending to the Third Tier is just a matter of time.

But considering you haven’t cultivated the Limitless Universe Skill before, if you encounter any issues you don’t understand, you can always come to ask me. After all, I am a Peak Third Tier Awakened, and it’ll be easy for me to answer any cultivation doubts you, a Second Tier Awakened, might have."

Professionally, as a reserve member of a relevant department, Zhou Muxi felt it was her duty to make efforts to better promote the Limitless Universe Skill; personally, she wanted to use this opportunity to guide him and build a good relationship so that she could obtain more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures related to Yang Qi and Yin Qi in the future.