Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 171 - 152 [Derivation Skill (Level 2)]

"45%?"

"Such a heavy tax?"

Yan Chuan was taken aback, surprised by the heavy tax of the ’Academy Star Gate’, and even more surprised that Wang Kuan and others actually accepted such a heavy tax obediently.

Doesn’t anyone protest?

Wang Kuan heard the implication in Yan Chuan’s words, and shook his head: "The court isn’t just about heavy taxes; the Ministry of Revenue has a special agency to calculate our gains and taxes over there. The more gains, the more tax paid, but during the year-end settlement, there will be corresponding deductions, and after applying, you can get a tax refund. The higher the income, the more refunds, some people’s total annual tax can be reduced to 20% or even lower."

Ah, this!

Yan Chuan was stunned.

This is the exact opposite of the previous life, where the higher the income, the higher the tax rate was, but in Great Yan, in the Mountain and Sea Realm, it’s the lower-income groups that are taxed heavily at 45%, while the higher earners get deductions instead.

It’s reversed!

But thinking it through, Yan Chuan understood: "Great Yan is after all different from the previous life, back then the court suppressed all demons and monsters, making it hard for capital and nobility to rebel. But in this life, in Great Yan, high-income people, especially those in the Mountain and Sea Realm, often represent superior strength. The court is afraid that oppressing and taxing them too heavily will cause serious consequences, so they offer benefits and tax reductions to win over these elite groups, solidifying these ’first to get rich’ onto the court’s chariot, leaving the rest, either those who’ve not broken limits or weak ones who have, unable to make significant trouble even if they resent it."

The court of Great Yan plays their abacus well!

But it is indeed effective!

Take Wang Kuan, Jian Rong, for instance, they aren’t thinking of resisting or protesting, just thinking of increasing their income more and thus reducing taxes.

Or—

Finding ways to evade taxes!

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"In the previous life, tax evasion was absolutely forbidden, taxes were tied to national prosperity and the revival of the motherland, tax evaders deserved to be executed."

"But the Great Yan court—"

Night was deep.

After seeing Wang Kuan and Jian Rong out, Yan Chuan returned to the room and couldn’t help but laugh: "This feudal dynasty, the country and world, is unnecessary."

In Great Yan, pay so much tax just to supply the royal family’s parasites for pleasure? Or to feed those overstuffed high officials?

It’s not necessary!

"Star Gate Prototype!"

"A divine tool for tax evasion!"

"This must be utilized well!"

Yan Chuan increasingly realized the wonderful use of the ’Star Gate Prototype’ and ’Star Stones’.

However, at present, it wasn’t the best time to enter the Mountain and Sea Realm—

"Hundred Flower Palace."

"Xingyi Boxing."

"I can’t leave for a while."

"And—"

Yan Chuan opened the panel—

[Experience: 10030]

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"Finally!"

A smile appeared on Yan Chuan’s face.

Before the ’Xingyi Boxing’ development was completed, Yan Chuan had deliberately controlled the consumption of ’Experience’, keeping its balance always above 5000.

So that when ’Xingyi Boxing’ was completed, the ’Experience’ would instantly break ten thousand, and the ’Purple Mist Palace’ could finally welcome its first upgrade!

"’Mutual Teaching and Learning’!"

"’Daoist Cushion’!"

"’Treasure Rock’!"

"’Derivation Skill’!"

Four major functions, each with their own uses, which should be upgraded first?

In theory.

Tomorrow Yan Chuan will widely disseminate ’Xingyi Boxing’, so upgrading ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ today means it can be beneficial tomorrow—

For himself!

The Listener!

With the upgraded ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’, everyone will definitely have more gains.

Even in the internal selection for the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’, whether it was explaining boxing on the platform or coaching Yu Jinpeng, Su Ye and others during the preparation process, the upgraded ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ would surely show greatly enhanced effects.

But—

"Upgrading ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’, it’s just ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’!"

"But if upgrading ’Derivation Skill’, it won’t be just ’Derivation Skill’!"

Upgrading the four major functions of ’Purple Mist Palace’ requires ’Experience’.

And the main source of ’Experience’ is ’Derivation Skill’.

"Upgrade!"

Yan Chuan had long thought it over, and at this thought, ’Derivation Skill’ was upgraded in an instant—

["Derivation Skill" (Level Two): You can establish research tasks, gain inspiration, develop martial arts, and upon completing the tasks can earn ’Experience’ and ’Spiritual’. Currently, the number of tasks that can be created: 4.]

(To raise to the next level, 100W Experience is needed.)

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"It’s done!"

Yan Chuan was overjoyed!

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[Task One]

[Research Project Name: Yijinjing (Difficulty: Geng★★★)]

[Inspiration: 63]

[Completion of the task rewards ’Experience +150000’, ’Spiritual +150000’.]

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"Yijinjing!"

Ever since the ’Purple Mist Palace’ awakening, Task One in ’Derivation Skill’ had always been occupied by ’Yijinjing’, constantly occupying one task slot, causing significant trouble and delaying progress.

At that time, when Yan Chuan first got the ’Purple Mist Palace’, he was new to ’Derivation Skill’, not knowing its depth, and wanted to try the legendary ’Yijinjing’ known for altering aptitude.

As a result, the trial became a deadlock, and Task One was thus stuck!

Over the months, Yan Chuan gradually got used to it.

Even later when he saved up 5000 Experience, allowing him to cancel the ’Yijinjing’ task, he didn’t go through with it. On one hand, he was reluctant to give up the hard-earned ’Experience’, on the other, he was reluctant to abandon the accumulated ’Inspiration’ of ’Yijinjing’.

So it went, until now.

Finally—

"The number of simultaneous research tasks has increased to four!"

"Now that’s spacious!"

Even with ’Yijinjing’ continually occupying one slot, still: "The remaining three task slots are completely sufficient!"

Then—

"Three tasks at once, I can simultaneously research three new martial arts."

"What to research?"

Haha!

This is a happy trouble.

Yan Chuan pondered for a moment, quickly clarifying his thoughts—

"Choosing to upgrade ’Derivation Skill’ first, is to accumulate ’Experience’ faster, thereby quickly upgrading the remaining three functions of ’Purple Mist Palace’.

"Therefore, long-cycle tasks like ’Yijinjing’ should be avoided until after upgrading the three major functions."

"Right now, what’s needed is something quick and efficient!"

"But at the same time, it must cater to my own progress too, not delaying my advancement."

With these two points, Yan Chuan took out a notebook he carried with him and flipped through it from the beginning—

"Primordial Gold Seal’, ’Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill’, ’Heaven Cutting Seven Swords’, ’Tathagata Divine Palm’, ’Reversed Palm of Tathagata’, ’Heavenly Emperor Jade Scroll’, ’Emperor’s Golden Book’, ’Demon Emperor Manual’, ’Four Immortal Slaying Sword Scripture’, ’One Qi to Three Pure Ones’, ’Demon Emperor Manual’, ’Great Dream Scripture’, ’Phoenix Bathing Fire Technique’, ’No-Life Mother’s Birth Scripture’, ’Sky Splitting Earth Changing Song’, ’Dragon Turtle Longevity Chart’...

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’Divine Image Prison Suppressing Power’, ’True Demon Unbreakable Body’, ’Swallowing Heaven Creation Absolute No Divine Dao’, ’Hongmeng Parasitic Technique’, ’Creation Heaven Scripture’, ’Creation Jade Body’, ’Finger-shocking Thunder’, ’Spirit Rat Rolling Oil Pot’, ’Yin Yang Shifting’, ’Bodhisattva Scripture’, ’Eight Divine Kings Scripture’, ’Supreme Elixir Scripture’, ’Cosmic Two Classics’...

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’Twenty-Three Sword Strokes’, ’Fiery Flame Formless’, ’Chaos Heaven Four Extremes’, ’Three Points Return to Essence Qi’, ’Xuanwu True Skill’, ’Red Fire Divine Skill’, ’Evil King Ten Tribulations’, ’Mo Ke Wu Liang’, ’Unyielding Will Technique’, ’Dark Yin Twelve Swords’...

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Skipped through a list of grand martial arts names, skipped through world-renowned Divine Skills like ’Nine Yang Divine Skill’, ’Nine Yin Scripture’, ’Beiming Divine Skill’, ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’, ’Dragon Elephant Wisdom’, ’Qiankun Great Shifting’, etc.

Finally, Yan Chuan’s finger landed on a martial art of moderate standing, awkwardly situated, named—

"Purple Mist Divine Skill!"

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[Task Two]

[Research Project Name: Purple Mist Divine Skill (Difficulty: Xin★★★★★)]

[Inspiration: 0]

[Completion of the task rewards ’Experience +25000’, ’Spiritual +25000’.]

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Huashan Nine Skills, Purple Mist First!

’Purple Mist Divine Skill’ is the superior internal strength of the Huashan Sect in ’Swordsmen’, initially felt indistinct like a cloud, yet tenaciously powerful, overwhelming, immensely unstoppable. The user of the skill would have a face full of purple energy, earning the title of ’First Purple Mist of Huashan Nine Skills’.

It belongs to the same lineage as ’Mixed Element Skill’, which Yan Chuan practiced, making it a perfect candidate for future advanced cultivation technique.

Xin Level Five Stars!

Definitely not bad!

"’Purple Mist Divine Skill’ is an upward progression from ’Mixed Element Skill’."

"’Eight Diagram Palm’ is a horizontal expansion based on ’Xingyi Boxing’."

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[Task Three]

[Research Project Name: Eight Diagram Palm (Difficulty: Xin★)]

[Inspiration: 0]

[Completion of the task rewards ’Experience +5000’, ’Spiritual +5000’.]

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Shapes like a swimming dragon, sight like an alert monkey, sitting like a crouching tiger, turning like an eagle swirling!

This is the ’Eight Diagram Palm’!

In contrast to the direct short strikes of ’Xingyi Boxing’, also one of the three major Inner Family boxing arts of the previous life, the ’Eight Diagram Palm’ focuses on the change of hand techniques and movement and turning steps—

Xingyi with its direct advance!

Eight Diagram with its lateral move!

Tai Chi with its central stability!

These are the respective features of the three major Inner Family boxing arts.

Yan Chuan has already created ’Xingyi Boxing’, and the creation of ’Eight Diagram Palm’ is a supplementation, providing more variations in boxing routes, making it harder to target and defend against.

Not just ’Eight Diagram Palm’—

Then there’s ’Tai Chi Boxing’, and ’Baji Fist’!

Three major Inner Family arts!

Four Famous Fists!

Yan Chuan aims to create and master them all without missing a single one!

In this way, it will be considered a great success in boxing!

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"The research cycle of ’Purple Mist Divine Skill’ is currently unknown."

"’Eight Diagram Palm’ compared to ’Xingyi Boxing’, will take about one or two months, should be in time for the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’."

"As for the last task slot—

The last one, it’s specifically for ’brushing Experience’!

Seventy-two Skills!

Hundred Schools Boxing!

Swordsmanship!

Saber Skill!

Spear Technique!

Staff Technique!

Hidden Weapon!

Qimen!

The many martial arts in ’Gui Level’, ’Ren Level’, these are the directions [Task Four] is to focus on.

With Yan Chuan’s current martial arts accomplishments, of the remaining four or fifty Absolute Skills in the ’Seventy-two Skills’, he could even complete them all in two or three days. Averaging around 20 points of ’Experience’ per Absolute Skill, fifty of them sum up to a thousand.

"In three days."

"A thousand Experience."

"At this rate, only one month is needed to save ten thousand, upgrading ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’!"

Yan Chuan smiled, and with a thought, the last task was established—

[Task Four]

[Research Project Name: Mocha Skill (Difficulty: Gui★)]

[Inspiration: 0]

[Completion of the task rewards ’Experience +10’, ’Spiritual +10’.]

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