Chương 78: Lady Freak of Nature With Max Beauty Filter.

Senior Acorn tree narrowed its eyes slightly before saying, "That's an incredible disguise skill. If not for your Divine Sense signature, I might not recognise you."

"Divine Sense signature?" Ren Qingquan asked.

"Yeah, that's how cultivators at Nascent Soul and above usually recognise other cultivators. Unless using a special cultivation technique, cultivators always subconsciously release excess divine sense, and every cultivator has subtle differences in their divine sense. At the Nascent Soul realm, every cultivator's divine sense becomes wider and sharper, which lets them sense others' subconsciously released divine sense."

"If you really want to disguise yourself, then I suggest learning an advanced disguise technique instead. Although it couldn't let you copy someone's divine sense signature, you can still randomize your own divine sense signature, making it unrecognizable." After hearing Senior Acorn Tree's explanation, I got curious and tried to tweak my [Scan] slightly. After trying a few times, I finally found a way to sense someone's divine sense signature.

The function for sensing a divine sense signature is actually pretty similar to the one used to overhear the Secret Sound Transmission technique. After I found a way to check someone's divine sense signature, I went to look for a suitable technique to help Ren Qingquan disguise his divine sense signature, but found only one technique. It's called the Divine Sense Anonymization Technique, and its only function is to slightly alter a part of the user's divine sense signature whenever the technique is activated.

Just like the Soul Swallowing Technique, this technique doesn't have a realm requirement and isn't divided into sections based on the cultivation realm it corresponds to. Ren Qingquan spent 10 points to learn the technique but didn't use it immediately. He plans to use it later, once the auction begins. Once he entered, Ren Qingquan saw Peak Master Feng Yun's clone and the two elders sitting and slowly eating. Unlike Fatty Zhang and Senior Acorn Tree, the three of them weren't surprised by Ren Qingquan's disguise.

After asking Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang to sit nearby, Peak Master Feng Yun helped Ren Qingquan order some food. While eating, Peak Master Feng Yun looked at Ren Qingquan's disguise and asked in a confused tone, "Why are you disguising yourself?"

"I plan to attend the auction and buy any item I fancy. So, isn't it better to disguise myself so I won't get robbed midway?" Peak Master Feng Yun's clone twitched his mouth slightly.

"Actually, I called you to discuss the auction. I plan to accompany Elder Pan Jianyi and Elder Zang Qingling to the auction. So, why don't both of you tag along?" I felt Ren Qingquan quickly weigh the pros and cons before agreeing. Fatty Zhang also happily agreed to the deal. Once he saw Ren Qingquan agree, Peak Master Feng Yun said, "Being cautious is good, but for now you can relax slightly, as I'll accompany you. The item in the decennial auction can attract a Soul Formation realm cultivator at most.

With Little Acorn, a Divine Transformation realm spirit protecting you, you're pretty much safe."

"Furthermore, Elder Pan Jianyi and Elder Zang Qingling can also protect you." The two elders nodded silently before continuing to sip their medicinal soup while conversing via the secret voice transmission technique. I overheard their conversation and added a subtitle for Ren Qingquan, as promised earlier. Meanwhile, I ignored the two elders' conversation after listening for a bit.

They only chatted about random things, like wanting to win the Markless Pleasure Whip at the auction, or hoping some weird pill would be sold there. Honestly, I'd rather not know about those things.

Soon, the ship descended, and Ren Qingquan disembarked with Fatty Zhang, Peak Master Feng Yun, and the others. Unlike other cities, the Pure Wave Sect's ships are parked in a designated area for flying ships. The place has a mix of a passenger airport and an air freight hub vibe, with many stone warehouses surrounding the parking area. After leaving the airport-like flying-ship parking area, Ren Qingquan and the others followed Peak Master Feng Yun to register for tomorrow's auction.

The moment they arrived, Senior Acorn Tree released its divine sense throughout the auction house. Instantly, every eye fell on Senior Acorn Tree. I even saw some weaker cultivators struggling to breathe. It seems that releasing a strong divine sense can actually pressure weaker cultivators. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

Not long after Senior Acorn Tree released its divine sense, a young man in the Nascent Soul realm stepped out of the auction building and bowed to Ren Qingquan's group.

"Greetings, seniors. I am the Auction Director in charge of tomorrow's event. How may I be of help?"

"We plan to register for tomorrow's auction. We also wish to entrust some items for sale during the auction tomorrow." Peak Master Feng Yun smiled gently. The Auction Director looked a bit excited and motioned, "Senior, please come inside. Let's talk in detail in our V. I. P room." Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang simply followed them and watched as Peak Master Feng Yun and Senior Acorn Tree gave some items to be auctioned tomorrow.

Peak Master Feng Yun gave a dozen tail feathers, each containing a massive amount of energy. Meanwhile, Senior Acorn Tree gave the director a ball of its own shed fur, which also contained a lot of energy. The items seemed pretty precious, as the auction director's smile suggested. To thank them and show respect to Senior Acorn and Peak Master Feng Yun, the director gave their group several rooms to rest until the auction began tomorrow.

Ren Qingquan used this time to look around East Fortune City while gathering information to find a suitable hunting ground for his leveling plan. Aside from being more prosperous and having more cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm and above, the city isn't much different from other cities Ren Qingquan has visited. At least, compared to the Pure Wave Sect, which used holographic screens on almost all its public buildings, the city feels much more cultivation-esque.

While circling East Fortune City, Ren Qingquan spotted a familiar face and used the Divine Sense Anonymization Technique to alter his divine sense signature. Coupled with the physical disguise Ren Qingquan hasn't removed, no one can connect the current Ren Qingquan with his real self. Not long after disguising himself, Ren Qingquan saw Ren Xuan hurry past. Curious, Ren Qingquan used his map and tailed Ren Xuan from a kilometre away. He silently watched where Ren Xuan went, while casually walking around.

Once he saw the dot representing Ren Xuan stop for a long time, Ren Qingquan circled randomly while slowly getting closer to Ren Xuan's location. When he was around three hundred metres away, Ren Qingquan didn't walk any closer, and instead went to a nearby tea house. He bought a glass of tea while opening the map observation function to check the area around Ren Xuan. Honestly, watching Ren Qingquan become so cautious is a bit funny. It seems the trauma Ren Xuan inflicted on him was pretty severe.

I can't blame him, though. Ren Xuan is indeed that scary. His experience as a regressor is definitely no joke. Even with the information asymmetry between Ren Qingquan and him, if Ren Qingquan blundered, there's a strong chance Ren Xuan could connect a lot of dots and might even point Ren Qingquan as the one giving him the system.

Ren Qingquan soon finished checking Ren Xuan's surroundings and found that Ren Xuan was inside a rented alchemy room in the East Fortune City's Alchemy Association building, busy arranging the materials he had just bought. Apart from Ren Qingquan, there was another familiar acquaintance who was also busy refining pills in a room not too far away from Ren Xuan. Using the map observation function, Ren Qingquan watched in silence as Su Ping busied himself in a private alchemy room nearby Ren Xuan's.

Guided by the soul of the youthful-looking old granny in his necklace, Su Ping was continuously concocting pills to raise his alchemy experience. When Ren Qingquan saw the two of them seriously engaged in alchemy, many thoughts flashed through his mind. Through our connection with [Anchor], I saw some of his thoughts. The most prominent was his speechlessness at seeing two high-quality children of destiny so close to each other. The second most prominent was his curiosity about alchemy and his desire to try it.

'It seems something wrong is going to happen. Otherwise, there's no way two children of destiny would've gathered in the city.' [Actually, host, there're at least four children of destiny in this city. You forgot to count yourself and the child of destiny with dual pupils.]'Damn, this is crazy. If there are four, there might be more children of destiny around.

Although my goal of travelling with the Pure Wave Sect's merchant ship is to add a subsystem to the children of destiny I meet along the way, for so many children of destiny to gather, there's definitely a problem brewing soon.' I reminded him. [Actually, host. There's also a chance that there's a super-massive fortuitous encounter instead. For example, the inheritance that Ren Xuan has mentioned. Still, System suggests you return to the auction house and stay nearby Peak Master Feng Yun and the two elders.] Ren Qingquan contemplated whether to use his Turtle Divination Technique to look around the city for more children of destiny or to return immediately to the room prepared by the auction house. I honestly want Ren Qingquan to go back within Peak Master Feng Yun's range. But the weird situation now is indeed a chance to look for more children of destiny. Right now, the situation is akin to the calm before the storm. It's probably the best time to act and place my [Scan] on unsuspecting children of destiny.

At last, Ren Qingquan decided to look around the city and return before the sky darkened. Ren Qingquan immediately set out and walked at random. Just an hour into his random walk, Ren Qingquan saw a child of destiny. Through his Turtle Divination Technique, Ren Qingquan saw someone radiating a bright light. Although the light was a bit weaker than Su Ping's, it was still much, much brighter than a normal cultivator's.

Once he turned off his Turtle Divination Technique, Ren Qinguan found that the person with bright luck was an exceptionally beautiful girl with seemingly poreless, unblemished pale skin that glowed like mutton-fat jade, a slender, oval face, a slender body, blood-red lips, hair as black as ebony wood, and eyes as deep as the deepest abyss. She was a perfect fit for those jade beauties that only appear in cultivation stories. Her appearance was like a gravitational pull, attracting everyone's attention.

Of course, it didn't work on me and Ren Qingquan, who've been blasted by modern-day beauty filters to the point of desensitisation. At most, I only appreciate her appearance as pretty, beautiful enough to rival a beauty filter on full power. Actually, Ren Qingquan is even more outrageous than I am. I heard him think something rude while looking at the girl, 'Whoa, that girl is giving me the creeps. It's like that uncanny valley vibe from looking at super-realistic mannequins.

What's the matter with her pale body and super-smooth skin? Is she some sort of skin walker? But what kind of crazy cultivation world has a skin walker?' [...] Now that he mentioned it, that girl gave me a creepy, uncanny feeling the more I looked at her. Especially when I focused my [Scan] on her skin and saw she actually has no pores! This time, I meant it literally, not figuratively. That freak of nature actually has no pores!!! I can handle half-human, half-beast creatures, ghosts, or even mechanical puppets.

But this is beyond the limit. My [Scan] detected her inner structure as human, but no matter how I look at it, her exterior is vaguely inhuman. That thing scares me. Just what kind of mutant is it?