JSCMU-Chapter 81: A Little Innovation

After simplifying the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique, the entry requirement is to take a hundred deep breaths and fully enjoy the fragrance and beauty of nature.

So.

On the way, she easily completed the condition.

This is the perfect chance to fleece her eldest senior brother a bit. Sure enough, two hundred Emotion Points were credited directly to her account!

“Eldest Senior Brother, what did you want to say? That sword cultivators generally what?” Yun Jin asked.

Yue Zhao gritted his teeth. “Oh, I was going to point out that sword cultivators are particularly well-matched with botany cultivation as an auxiliary discipline. This pairing is simply unbeatable!”

“I think so too!” Yun Jin said enthusiastically. “Eldest Senior Brother, I discovered that my Minor Cloud and Rain Technique pairs perfectly with sword techniques.”

Yue Zhao previously swore.

For the rest of his life, he absolutely must not let Yun Jin act smug in front of him again!

However.

At this moment, he still couldn’t help asking, “Isn’t the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique used to nourish plants? How does it pair with sword techniques?”

“Think about it! The Minor Cloud and Rain Technique is, at its core, a type of water element sword technique, isn’t it? And the best part is that water generates lightning. So, within the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique, there would be a trace of thunder energy. 

This thunder energy is of the purest yang, and it pairs best with sword techniques. If it’s a water element sword technique, under the enhancement of the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique, the power doubles, truly wondrous beyond compare.”

Yun Jin spoke with total confidence.

Yue Zhao listened in a daze, finally saying, “The Minor Cloud and Rain Technique can only be used on plants. What you’re talking about probably can’t be done.”

No one had ever heard of using the Minor Cloud and Rain technique to assist sword techniques.

But Yun Jin knew it’s definitely possible.

Because after learning the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique, the system gave her three simplification paths for the first time..

The first was the same as the original, a botany technique solely used to support the growth of spiritual plants..

The second began to deviate, performing the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique would create a water element domain. Any water element techniques within the domain would be significantly amplified. Naturally, that includes water element sword techniques.

The third shattered all expectations. After casting the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique, she could capture thunder from the clouds, condensing it into a single azure lightning bolt with terrifying offensive power.

It should be noted that lighting spiritual roots are an exceptionally rare variation.

Surprisingly, this simplification path allowed the derivation of a lighting technique directly from the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique.

An ordinary and harmless botany technique then became an overwhelmingly powerful offensive technique.

Yun Jin currently needed all three simplification paths.

So she used some simplification attempts on each, then fused all three together, naming it: New Minor Cloud and Rain Technique.

Right now, her New Minor Cloud and Rain Technique was at entry level. To advance it, the simplification condition was to converse with a water element plant to receive its blessing, greatly increasing cultivation speed.

Talking to plants… was way too awkward.

The key point is that she hasn’t even planted any spiritual herbs yet.

Yun Jin had already decided to send Gu Jinghong to other herb gardens to do this task.

As long as it wasn’t her, being embarrassed is fine.

“Eldest Senior Brother, second senior sister’s Lotus Sword Technique is a water element technique. Let me cast the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique over it and you can take a look,” Yun Jin said with a grin.

Yue Zhao hesitated for a long while.

He was afraid Yun Jin might actually succeed and make him eat his words again.

But he was also afraid Yun Jin might actually succeed and he couldn’t witness it.

“Go ahead,” Yue Zhao said decisively.

Holding her sword, Yun Jin went under the rain cloud.

As the spiritual rain fell, Yue Zhao focused on sensing the area around her.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

Just now, he felt the water element energy on Yun Jin increased slightly.

The…The water element was enhanced?

This area of effect type technique could easily be ranked at Xuan or even Di level, and would be fiercely fought over.

And yet, Yun Jin had comprehended it from a mere low-tier Huang level Minor Cloud and Rain Technique?

This…

This is unscientific!

Under the cloud, Yun Jin took the opening stance of the Lotus Sword Technique. Petals bloomed one after another, and the domain nourished them, making the sword qi they emitted all the more formidable.

Yue Zhao could clearly tell the difference between Yun Jin’s own ability or the domain’s enhancement.

So.

His lips kept trembling as he muttered, “Minor Cloud and Rain Technique…”

You’re fucking tellming me this is the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique?!

This is one of the most basic botany techniques, it’s something nearly every water element botanist would have learned.

If you grabbed one at random and told them this was the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique, they’d smash their head into a wall right in front of you.

Yue Zhao thought that turning the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique into an enhancement domain was already absurd enough.

But then, at the finale of the Lotus Sword Technique, Yun Jin suddenly raised her hand and shouted sharply, “Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder, heed my command. Gather!”

Yue Zhao shuddered and quickly looked up at the cloud layer.

Astonishingly, lightning was actually gathering in that small patch of dark cloud.

Once the lightning had accumulated, Yun Jin gripped her sword, drew the lightning into it, then shouted sharply, “Break!”

The sword tip pointed into the distance.

Bang! A massive boulder shattered! Before the fragments had a chance to scatter, they turned into powder.

Yue Zhao reached out and closed his own gaping jaw.

Heh heh heh heh heh…

There was once a saying that water gives birth to lighting.

But who would dare believe water techniques turning into lighting techniques?

“Eldest Senior Brother, how’s my Minor Cloud and Rain Technique?” Yun Jin put away the technique and walked over grinning.

Yue Zhao was silent for a moment before asking, “Are you sure this is… the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique?”

“How could that be?” Yun Jin said instinctively.

Oh? It isn’t?

Yue Zhao felt inexplicably relieved.

Good, good. The Minor Cloud and Rain Technique indeed couldn’t be that monstrous.

And then.

Yun Jin said righteously, “I’ve already given it a name: New Minor Cloud and Rain Technique! It’s got a ‘new’ in the name, you know.”

New Minor Cloud and Rain Technique…

New, my ass.

Yue Zhao screamed inwardly, isn’t this still the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique?

Did the heavens think his transmigration journey wasn’t thrilling enough, so they sent this little junior sister to punish him?

“Eldest Senior Brother, I still have two more techniques, the Soil Control Technique and the  Pest Elimination Finger. Wait for me to gain entry level,” Yun Jin said.

One moment, Yue Zhao saw her digging away with a hoe. The next, she was pulling worms from the soil and staring them down, eye to eye.

Altogether, it lasted no longer than a cup of tea.

She told him she also learned both techniques.

Yue Zhao smiled. “With junior sister’s talent, that’s only normal.”

Heh heh…

Normal, my ass!

Right now he just wanted to go back to sleep and see if this was just a dream.

“Eldest Senior Brother, I also innovated these two techniques. Come take a look.” Yun Jin similarly fused new simplification paths and suggested eagerly.

“Alright,” Yue Zhao replied somewhat dazed.

And so.

He saw Yun Jin use the Soil Control Technique and the once gentle soil suddenly surged like a giant wave. Sharp spikes shot up from the ground in rapid succession, ferocious and terrifying.

Then, she shot beams of golden light from each of her ten fingers. The sheer power was overwhelming. This wasn’t for pest extermination anymore, it could kill people with ease.

She had taken a Pest Elimination Finger and turned it into the Six Meridians Divine Sword!

“Eldest Senior Brother, what do you think of my modifications?” Yun Jin looked at Yue Zhao expectantly.