Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Capítulo 1148: Chapter 45: The Decaying Great Tao River_2

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Sheng, his gaze transforming from joy to complexity.

“Being able to perceive the Witch Doctor Technique is somewhat a waste of your talent in our tribe. Only by reaching the legendary dynasty can you unleash your gifts.”

“Dynasty,” Wang Sheng thought deeply.

He actually understood.

Before his powers were completely weakened, he had explored places where many living beings gathered.

Initially, he intended to go to those places, but as his power waned faster, he settled for the next best option, the White Deer Tribe.

These dynasties also became his next target.

However, now he wanted to understand the so-called phenomena: “Teacher, what did others see about the phenomena?”

“I learned from traveling merchants. They said some have seen a towering tree soaring into the Yun Xiao, while others saw a surging Great Tao River roaring forward…” Zhu You spoke with a hint of envy.

Wang Sheng thought of the scenes he had seen, clearly different from these.

“Did I see the essence? Or is there another hidden truth?”

Unfortunately, Zhu You was obviously unaware.

He had to pause and continue learning the Witch Doctor Technique.

After knowing Wang Sheng saw the phenomena, Zhu You became more dedicated, explaining many things and even gifting him a slab.

“You have already completed the rune carvings; next, practice with them thoroughly. Once mastered, you’re basically ready to finish your apprenticeship.”

Wang Sheng certainly wouldn’t refuse.

Soon, the tribe learned he mastered the Witch Doctor Technique, and the chief personally came, giving many things and telling him he didn’t need to hunt anymore, providing one of the best dwellings in the tribe.

The bear was very happy, but somewhat melancholic: “Your strength is so formidable. If you weren’t a Witch Doctor, you’d be invincible on the battlefield. What a pity!”

He respected the Witch Doctors but preferred the “War Gods.”

However, he knew Witch Doctors had broader prospects and wouldn’t persuade Wang Sheng to return.

And Wang Sheng began delving deeper into the Witch Doctor Technique.

Another month passed.

“Indeed… still no progress bar appearing, so it’s not because I hadn’t formally begun learning before.”

As Zhu You said, as long as one has the aptitude, ninety percent of the difficulties are resolved.

Soon, he mastered all the runes on the slab.

Briefly speaking, as long as the runes are all memorized and skillfully drawn, the Witch Doctor Technique can be used.

But the progress bar still showed no corresponding progress.

So, the previous hypothesis was wrong.

“If not for this reason, then what is the reason… there’s no doubt now, I can use the Witch Doctor Technique.” In a month’s time, he had considerable practice.

Wang Sheng pondered for a long time and finally considered two possibilities.

“Not appearing on the progress bar, firstly because this power does not belong to me, merely borrowed, hence no progress bar.

Secondly, Witch Doctor power is encompassed by the skills I already possess, so new progress bars do not appear, only existing ones grow.”

Soon, his idea was confirmed.

To uncover the truth, he frequently used the Witch Doctor Technique, earning praise from many in the White Deer Tribe.

A few days later, he noticed unnoticed progress in a skill he had neglected.

Skill “Drawing” progress increased.

From “Drawing: 1 (5%)” to “Drawing: 1 (7%).”

Everything he did was recorded, but not every skill was deeply exercised.

Besides Divine Skills carried by the Inner Core Skill improving, he had many level-one skills he hadn’t paid attention to.

Drawing was one of them.

A skill emerging from his casual scribbles.

The progress had stagnated for a long time but now increased significantly.

“So, carving runes in Witch Doctor, essentially, is just drawing, without any extraordinary power…”

Wang Sheng hesitated briefly, then used Fate Skill sensing, finding no danger, and attempted to carve runes on his body.

The result was evident, with no change.

“Are these merely ordinary patterns?”

“Or perhaps these patterns only work in that transcendent starry sky?”

Nonetheless, it was a gain.

The increase in drawing progress gave him direction.

After concluding the study, he informed Zhu You of his desire to learn new Witch Doctor techniques.

“You finished the study?” Zhu You was surprised; although the runes were simple, they couldn’t be fully memorized within days, but soon he understood, “Indeed, you saw the phenomena. This speed is to be expected. Since you’re like this, start with the next part!”

He took out another slab, with more complex runes.

“Teacher, are these also runes for healing injuries?”

“Of course, what else could they be.”

“Are there any runes capable of enhancing people’s strength?”

“You’re daydreaming, runes don’t have such capabilities. Even Witch Doctors in the dynasty lack such power; they simply heal more injuries, which you’ll learn later. You must know how to diagnose and identify which illnesses require specific runes…”

Wang Sheng realized the term Witch Doctor was truly apt.

Its essence lay in being a transcendent healer.

“I still need to focus on the nature of power, finding ways to understand Witch Doctor’s extraordinary power…”

Thus began his extended learning period.

His apparition studied, while his body stopped altogether, doing nothing.

If drawing skill progress could grow, what about others?

He was willing to experiment for several years.

Time flew by, reaching three years later.

Wang Sheng stared intently at the progress bar.

He knew using the Witch Doctor Technique could make his progress grow.

But the skills with progress changes surprised him greatly.

There were two.

“Age” and “Fate Great Tao (Creation)”

These two skills were completely unexpected by Wang Sheng.

Given any perspective, Witch Doctor Technique should be related to these two skills.

Their growth was minor, even negligible.

Yet growth was growth.

When actively halting everything else, only the activities in the Great Wilderness brought progress.

He had considered possible medical skill growth, but results deviated greatly.

“Witch Doctor Technique and Time Great Tao, Fate Great Tao related, meaning the Great Tao River I saw could potentially be one of them… which one is it?”

“Alas, in that starry sky, exploration is impossible…”

In transcendence’s absence, only the Daoist School barely sustained, if exploring meant deliberately uncovering the Daoist School, but doing so… seemed a dilemma.

However, he quickly thought of something.

“No, not necessarily, these runes here are meaningless patterns in this starry sky, yet in that starry sky they may represent the Great Tao; if collecting sufficiently, perhaps something will manifest. Spending years in the White Deer Tribe, it’s time to depart…”

His spirit shifted back to the White Deer Tribe’s form.

After years, he had learned all Witch Doctor runes in the White Deer Tribe.

Originally planning to leave.

Now more than ever he couldn’t stay.

“More Witch Doctor runes and Witch Beasts require leaving White Deer Tribe.”

So, he went to find the White Deer Tribe’s chief, explaining his intentions.

The White Deer Tribe chief seemed to have anticipated.

“Having learned of your uniqueness from Zhu You, he knew you’d leave, just didn’t expect it so soon…”

Ultimately, he left, but before departing he helped the White Deer Tribe resolve surrounding great enemies.

Then headed towards the so-called dynasty.

On the journey, he encountered numerous other tribes, finding ways to obtain their runes.

After over ten years, he traversed many places, finally reaching the dynasty mentioned by the tribe.

“Hope here, I can complete the final puzzle.”

Over more than a decade of travels, he gathered many runes, ultimately discovering they possibly form a system.

But many tribal runes repeated duplicately, scattered and fragmented.

Now the final hope lay with this dynasty.

“What happens when all runes are collected?”