Mythical Three Kingdoms

Building upon absolute confidence, in reality, generally leads to two outcomes: anyone daring enough to play this way is a young talent of the Emperor. However, nine out of ten who play this way are doomed, and the remaining one is likely mad.

As for the few who succeed, currently, Lyu Bu is probably the only one. His strength is built on absolute self-confidence, and no one can shatter his belief, resulting in his abilities far exceeding his level.

Of course, directly building Spiritual Talent on self-recognition, to be honest, Zhou Yu should be the only one. In the past, he tried to cultivate Lyu Meng to be like him, but unfortunately, Lyu Meng is a normal person.

Seeing Lyu Meng leave, Chen Xi sighed, ”Truly a good seedling, but speaking of which, it feels that now awakening Spiritual Talent and breaking through Inner Qi Manifestation have become very easy.”

”I haven’t seen that many,” Zhou Yu calmly said, a light flickering in his eyes. He felt displeased with Chen Xi, so he applied a trick on him without enhancing the effect.

”Uh.” Chen Xi’s perception was very sharp, perhaps because he was too close to Zhou Yu, he suddenly felt a bit sluggish, but just as quickly dismissed the thought.

”Let’s talk about the Northern Huns again.” Chen Xi didn’t dwell on this feeling, but afterward occasionally missed some details, which Zhou Yu pointed out, leaving Chen Xi quite embarrassed. Honestly, Chen Xi didn’t think he was that bad.

”...” Listening to Zhou Yu’s explanation, Chen Xi couldn’t help zoning out, and in his absent-mindedness, he again saw those two Jade Bi Discs. Recently, the Radiance around the Small Jade Bi has increased, even showing some colors, and the Small Jade Bi had surprisingly grown bigger!

Chen Xi unconsciously focused on the Small Jade Bi. Although he had confirmed long ago that he couldn’t physically touch the Small Jade Bi, he could use its field of vision to observe the Great Jade Disc, meaning seeing his Spiritual Talent from another perspective.

Jia Xu and Zuo Ci repeatedly felt that this was unscientific. They knew the Great Jade Disc is the manifest result of Chen Xi’s Spiritual Talent. The issue was that Chen Xi could transfer his consciousness to the Small Jade Bi to observe himself, even though essentially the Small Jade Bi also embodied Chen Xi’s Spiritual Talent.

This was quite awkward. The Great Jade Disc and the Small Jade Bi had the same abilities, and Chen Xi’s consciousness could jump between these two identical Spiritual Talents, but they couldn’t merge together. Particularly, when jumping to the Small Jade Bi, it unexpectedly grew again!

But this time, after Chen Xi’s consciousness jumped onto the Small Jade Bi, he suddenly felt his thoughts clear, and could immediately see the mistakes he’d made before.

”Zhou Gongjin, you tricked me!” Chen Xi glanced at the Great Jade Disc in a daze, then his consciousness returned, and he angrily threw a punch towards Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu sidestepped, dodging the blow. In terms of Martial Arts, ten Chen Xis wouldn’t match Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu was at fault here, so he didn’t say a word and quickly ran off, wondering why Chen Xi had realized. Honestly, Zhou Yu’s Spiritual Talent had never failed before.

Typically, on the battlefield, upon perceiving Spiritual Talent or Legion Talent, Zhou Yu would apply his Spiritual Talent onto them, causing the opponent to make unforced errors. If the opponent lacked Spiritual Talent and Legion Talent, Zhou Yu could apply it to whoever he could see.

The problem is, the consumption when Zhou Yu applies his Spiritual Talent is the same for everyone. Of course, boosting output doesn’t count, and applying it to a bunch of Miscellaneous Soldiers doesn’t matter much. A solitary bear is just a bear, while a general’s failure could lead to a camp’s downfall, so Zhou Yu targets leaders, making them act foolishly.

In the end, Chen Xi didn’t catch Zhou Yu. He couldn’t help it; Zhou Yu’s movements were extremely agile, and even if Chen Xi caught Zhou Yu, he couldn’t beat him. After all, Zhou Yu was at the peak of Qi Refining to Gang and had chosen between breaking through Inner Qi Separation or gaining Spiritual Talent back then.

In fact, Zhou Yu could even guarantee gaining a certain Attribute of Legion Talent upon breaking through Inner Qi Separation, yet he ultimately chose Spiritual Talent. He had no choice; Sun Bofu could never awaken to Spiritual Talent in this lifetime…

That night, during the final rest adjustment, Chen Xi brought food to find Zhou Yu, effectively blocking him in.

”Your Spiritual Talent directly affects the upper limits of intelligence, right?” Chen Xi asked while picking up a beef roll, ”Oh, by the way, try this too. Unlike in the Central Plains, the beef here is eaten freely, as long as it’s the size of your fist.”

Zhou Yu picked up a slice of beef, dipped it in some sauce, and put it in his mouth. His eyes lit up, and he nodded, ”Indeed, it directly affects intelligence. Besides lowering the upper limit, occasionally it accidentally unleashes the lower limit of intelligence, but I’m curious why you found out. This Spiritual Talent, after activating, blurs the details of the thought process besides its inherent effect.”

Zhou Yu picked up another slice of beef, seemingly not intending to hide anything. After all, Zhou Yu’s Spiritual Talent belongs to a Halo type that can only be resisted directly. Since Chen Xi had already guessed it, there was no point in hiding it.

”If I guard against it, most Spiritual Talents, um, actually, not most, theoretically all directly impacting my Spiritual Talents become ineffective.” Chen Xi thought for a moment and said, without revealing details, though that was indeed the case.

”Is it Nation Guardian?” Zhou Yu silently paused, ”Everyone knows about your Spiritual Talent now, but didn’t expect this effect as well, though it’s nothing.”

”I’m quite interested in your Spiritual Talent, purely defensive and reactive, waiting for the opponent to make continuous mistakes, but for cases without a reliance on wisdom, facing robust combat, it seems powerless.” Chen Xi looked at Zhou Yu and said.

”If you don’t speak, no one would treat you as mute.” Zhou Yu said coldly, ”The beef in the North is really good. Even in Eastern Wu, I could only eat old beef.”

”I’m just speaking truthfully. Sometimes you need to think about the future. I’m stronger than you, really.” Chen Xi sincerely looked at Zhou Yu and said.

Zhou Yu looked at Chen Xi, ”Even if you’re stronger, Military Strategy records many cases of the weak overcoming the strong. Who’s to say I can’t be the next one?”

”But isn’t the reason there are so many records of the weak overcoming the strong in Military Strategy because it’s rare? Oppressing the weak with the strong is the essence of war.” Chen Xi sighed and said, ”Moreover, if I get serious, you absolutely can’t defeat me.”

Zhou Yu wanted to speak, but Chen Xi waved his hand, ”I know you want to say that even with a sliver of hope, you’d fight for Sun Bofu, but honestly, as long as I wish it, you won’t have hope. Our gap isn’t at the intelligence level anymore.”

Zhou Yu looked at Chen Xi with a calm expression as Chen Xi pointed to the porcelain dish on the table and the pair of silver chopsticks, ”Our gap is in resource control.”