I Can Extract Divine Power-Chapter 110 - 92: New Divine Power Level 3, Sacrifice

Chapter 110: Chapter 92: New Divine Power Level 3, Sacrifice

As the smoke coalesced into text, Shen Bai knew this trip hadn’t been a waste.

Initially, Shen Bai had thought the most he’d get from this trip was a bit of Evil Qi. He never expected to find something as valuable as a Deceitful Object.

Huang Guang and Kong Fang were also surprised. They never imagined a Deceitful Object would exist in such a small, Sealed Village.

Village Chief Feng asked uncertainly, "A Deceitful Object... What’s that?"

Snapping out of it, Shen Bai said, "Don’t worry about it. Are you certain that Daoist is long gone?"

Village Chief Feng quickly replied, "He’s long gone. We can’t find him anywhere."

Shen Bai sank into thought.

Huang Guang walked closer and asked in a low voice, "Brother Shen, what’s the plan now?"

He and Kong Fang were considered experts in their respective County Magistrate’s Offices, but upon arriving at the Observatory in Fenglin State, they instantly became unremarkable.

After all, every member of the Observatory was a skilled operative recruited from a County Magistrate’s Office. In other words, they were all geniuses who had fought their way up from the bottom.

But Shen Bai was different; he had been specially recruited.

The entire Ding Twenty-Third Division consisted of only the three of them.

Huang Guang and Kong Fang subconsciously deferred to Shen Bai.

Shen Bai stroked his chin and said, "Let’s stay the night first and see what happens."

It would be hard to figure out what was happening here from a single visit. Shen Bai felt the best course of action was to stay the night and see if anything new turned up.

This was the most conventional way of handling things, and neither Huang Guang nor Kong Fang had any objections.

Hearing their decision, Village Chief Feng said quickly, "Then I’ll go arrange lodging for you three, sirs."

Shen Bai nodded. "You two go ahead."

Huang Guang asked, "Brother Shen, have you found a clue?"

Shen Bai shook his head. "I’m going to look around a bit more. I’ll be there shortly."

Although the two of them didn’t know what Shen Bai was staying behind for, they knew he was special, so they weren’t suspicious.

Village Chief Feng called for some men and led Huang Guang and Kong Fang away from the withered tree.

A moment later, only Shen Bai remained before the withered tree.

Shen Bai glanced around.

There was nothing but inky blackness.

Nothing but darkness.

The resentful energy was still there, unchanged, like a venomous snake coiled over the entire village.

Shen Bai withdrew his gaze and looked at the huge withered tree. Then, with Cold Moon at his side, he walked up to it.

The closer he got to the withered tree, the more Shen Bai could feel the cold, sinister aura of the Deceitful Object emanating from it.

There was still no one around.

Shen Bai raised his hand and placed it on the withered tree.

The next moment, one of Shen Bai’s ten remaining wisps of Evil Qi vanished.

Immediately after, the withered tree began to seem ordinary.

The smoke before his eyes twisted and began to change.

Before long, the smoke vanished and reappeared, writhing like a snake to form new words.

[Gained Divine Power: Rejuvenation Technique]

[Rejuvenation Technique Level 1 (Healing +1): 0/100]

Once the smoke formed into text, it surged into Shen Bai’s mind.

An illusory figure appeared in his mind’s eye.

This time, the figure’s condition was markedly different.

Its body was covered in countless jagged wounds.

Every gash was deep enough to show bone, a chilling sight to behold.

Blood covered the figure’s entire body, but it seemed completely unconcerned.

The next moment, a green light emerged from its body.

In just a moment, the green light enveloped the figure from head to toe.

As the jade-like green light appeared, the wounds on the figure’s body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, all the wounds vanished completely, as if they had never existed.

A moment later, the figure gradually faded away.

Shen Bai opened his eyes, having absorbed all the information.

"A withered tree reborn in spring, the beginning of all life."

A flash of excitement shone in Shen Bai’s eyes.

’This Divine Power is exactly what I needed. It patches up another one of my weaknesses,’ Shen Bai thought.

Previously, Shen Bai had Blood Sword Dance and Vajra Demon Subduing Fist for offense, and Bright Jade Evil Body and Mystic Heart Spell for defense.

For Stealth, he had Shadow Walk, and for Body Technique, he had Divine Hundred Miles.

But he had always had one weakness: he lacked a Divine Power for Recovery.

Shen Bai’s defenses were strong, but he was always in the Jianghu—accidents were bound to happen.

If one day he failed to defend himself and was seriously injured, it would be a massive headache for him.

But now, things were different.

With the Rejuvenation Technique, Shen Bai had shored up his weakness in Healing.

If he got injured, a single use of the Rejuvenation Technique would be enough to heal him.

’I’d love to try it out. Too bad I’m not a masochist.’

To try the Rejuvenation Technique, he had to be injured first.

Shen Bai couldn’t just stab himself and then use the Rejuvenation Technique; that would be insane.

’Looks like I’ve got something to grind tonight,’ Shen Bai thought, walking toward the village.

He had stayed behind to investigate the Deceitful Object. Now that he had obtained what he came for, it was time to head back.

As for the withered tree suddenly becoming ordinary, he could just make up some excuse later.

With this in mind, Shen Bai walked back the way he came.

...

「In a room within the Sealed Village.」

Considering the trio’s status, Village Chief Feng had arranged a large house, big enough for all three of them.

After Shen Bai returned to their lodging, he began talking with Huang Guang and Kong Fang.

"In my opinion, we should investigate the village tonight. This place doesn’t feel as simple as it looks."

"But if they really want to hide something, an Investigation won’t do any good. After all, even the Observatory’s informants didn’t find any relevant clues."