Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1804: Chapter 1675: Almost Bottom-of-the-Box Moves (Part 2)

”It’s over.” Fa Zheng wore an expression of resignation, clutching his head with both hands and smacking it against the desk. Just a moment ago, Guo Jia absolutely triggered something unexpectedly again.

”Hahaha, don’t worry, I think half of this big mess is due to the Northern Huns.” Guo Jia laughed and said.

This time, the perceptive civil officials in the room all clearly sensed a certain fluctuation, glanced at Guo Jia, and then silently turned away, not liking to talk to such people. An inadvertent comment might attract trouble, and heaven forbid they encounter a jinx, and die from an accident.

”...” Chen Xi’s mouth twitched, ”Fengxiao, are you able to control your spiritual talent now? I see you didn’t cough up blood and managed such a big feat.”

”Haha, it’s been so many years, I’ve learned the triggering conditions; how could I not come up with a solution?” Guo Jia sneered.

Guo Jia then explained in detail how he played the game. Originally, his spiritual talent unconsciously affected events with a fifty-fifty chance, and his choice would be the eventual outcome.

Of course, he could also use spiritual capacity to push it, but even for a small matter, actively pushing it, even if weakened layer by layer and handled by a group of people, the backlash for Guo Jia was hard to bear.

Thus, Guo Jia’s talent seemed beautiful but was not very practical. However, after playing for a few years, Guo Jia knew how to work it—since it unconsciously triggered, there’d be no backlash even if judging a nation’s fate, so why not let the talent trigger unconsciously?

If someone less intelligent had this talent, Guo Jia and Jia Xu, both experts in reading expressions and understanding human nature, could easily lead them to inadvertently say what they wanted them to say, thereby unconsciously triggering the spiritual talent to achieve their desired result.

Unfortunately, Guo Jia was too smart, and often, he knew what others wanted to say as soon as they began, which made such guiding methods ineffective. But this gave Guo Jia a reminder—distraction, absent-mindedness.

Completely distracted, absent-minded, doing other things while chatting; as long as the context is suitable, unconscious activation is possible. Of course, sometimes this might affect oneself adversely, so Guo Jia developed a gradual distraction approach.

The first time the context is correct, consume a small amount of spiritual capacity to activate it, then be completely absent-minded, follow the context, and chat to trigger the second unconscious activation.

If there’s still collateral damage, Guo Jia can only admit he’s unlucky. Moreover, as soon as his spiritual talent triggers, his attention shifts, and he naturally remembers his words clearly, understanding what was triggered.

Overall, Guo Jia barely controls his spiritual talent now, but this method leaves little chance of hitting his intended target, though it’s certain to have some impact.

”You are really something...” Fa Zheng looked at Guo Jia admiringly; this is incredibly clever.

At this point, Jia Xu spoke up, ”Those proficient in military strategy, enemy psychology, and tactical simulations, please stand up.”

”He’s calling you, hurry up.” Chen Xi nudged Fa Zheng and Guo Jia, ”Ziyang, Yuanzhi, you qualify too.”

A group of people stood up, including Xun Youi, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Fa Zheng, Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Zheng Du, and others, all standing and scanning the surrounding attendees.

”Everyone, please remain after the meeting to discuss tactics with me, as well as potential enemy attack methods and defensive arrangements.” Jia Xu bowed to the group, at which moment everyone saw the smile on Jia Xu’s face, incredibly gentle compared to his previous sternness.

The crowd slightly bowed in response and sat down again.

”Will those proficient in formations please stand up, those of the top-level Xuanxiang Formation or higher?” Jia Xu continued.

Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun Youi, and Zhou Yu stood up, Jia Xu raised an eyebrow and glared at Chen Xi, and Chen Xi reluctantly stood.

”Those familiar with concealment, amplification, weakening, intimidation, and illusion categories, please stay behind,” Jia Xu looked at a few people and continued, but nobody spoke up; it seemed everyone was essentially proficient.

”I think we should avoid overly difficult formations,” Xun Youi suddenly said.

”I can teach everyone the way Xuanxiang is embedded,” Chen Xi shrugged and said, which was the reason Jia Xu signaled Chen Xi.

Previously, when developing the Cloud Qi Army Formation for Zhao Yun’s White Horse, Chen Xi referred to Li Youu’s materials, yet the final product could only be termed ordinary. After all, it needed to enhance ranged damage, and achieving that level was already astonishing for Chen Xi.

During this process, Chen Xi adhered to scientific research methods, ultimately piecing together the Ultimate Xuanxiang, or the so-called Great Xuanxiang Army Formation; when the quality of troops reached a certain level, the formation’s dispatch error tolerance literally soared.

Chen Xi then had a breakthrough idea, creating the Great Xuanxiang set of hundred formations, relying on the Great Xuanxiang’s error tolerance, embedding other military formations inside, turning all nodes within the original Xuanxiang Formation into other formations, a second-level military formation.

While this method couldn’t allow each part of the Great Xuanxiang Army Formation to receive the second-level formations’ benefits fully, it did allow the embedded formations within initial nodes to receive the second-level Cloud Qi Formation’s support.

Chen Xi’s detailed explanation left Zhou Yu and others astonished, but they continued to memorize silently, quickly mastering the entire embedded method, for people of their caliber, it was often just a matter of seeing through the illusion; once the paper barrier broke, they instantly grasped it—but terrifying was how none would have thought of it.

”Thank you for teaching.” Xun Yu and others cupped their hands in salute.

”It’s nothing; let’s eliminate the Northern Huns first, I don’t have time to practice.” Chen Xi shrugged, ”When the time comes, see what fierce tactics you can throw in, it’ll be a test of achievements, and by the way, any strategies not feasible for domestic testing can be used.”

”I have a military formation not suitable for domestic use,” Xun Yu said after a pause, ”but given Marquis Chen’s generosity earlier, I have no reservations about sharing.”

Xun Yu began explaining his military formation, Chen Xi and Jia Xu exchanged glances, and both saw surprise in each other’s eyes. Not only did they discover energy conversion on their side, but Xun Yu did too.

”That’s how it is; this formation can convert the power from slain enemies into something close to Inner Qi, supplementing our troops, with high conversion rates, albeit somewhat against natural harmony.” Xun Yu carefully explained the formation’s variations, leaving Jia Xu’s eyes glowing.

Xun Yu had used this formation once, and the enemy’s death was particularly grim; after their vitality and power were siphoned away, the dead appeared as if cursed, with even their blood turning dark red. So Xun Yu felt it violated natural harmony and ceased using it.

”This tactic is impressive, to forcibly extract even the dead’s energy—in-depth study might enable absorbing surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence.” Chen Xi’s eyes also sparkled, using voice transmission to speak to Jia Xu.

”I always felt you were quite interested in the water wheel over at my place, but this formation is indeed worth researching.” Jia Xu said while keeping his gaze forward, transmitting his voice to Chen Xi.

”I have a military formation too, but it’s a half-completed product.” Seeing Xun Yu finish, Zhou Yu spoke after a while.

Honestly, the military formations of Chen Xi and Xun Yu opened Zhou Yu’s eyes significantly, though he didn’t have much time to study them. But if he remained silent, he’d feel a bit like letting Sun Ce down, even as Sun Ce was still cheerfully oblivious.

Later, Zhou Yu’s explanation stirred Chen Xi and Jia Xu even more than Xun Yu’s formation. Zhou Yu, this arsonist, actually used a formation to convert Heaven and Earth Essence, Cloud Qi, and such into temperature.

According to Zhou Yu, this formation is meant to complement warships, its purpose being to ignite ships since setting fires on water is cumbersome. If successful, his warship could create a formation, link Cloud Qi, wrap around the enemy, and ignite them directly...

This move made Zhuge Liang’s eyes light up; the mastery of fire here wasn’t merely high—it approached transcendence, and playing fire like this was simply sublime!