Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 845 585: All Paths Are Dead Ends

The emotions between people cannot be shared, not even if you have the mind-reading skill.

After returning to the Wuyou Immortal Island, Chen Zhixing discovered at some point that he gained a small divine technique, which made him suddenly realize that he had advanced to the Twelfth Order.

Is mind-reading considered a divine technique?

Perhaps it is, but Chen Zhixing felt that this small divine technique had no significant meaning for him; not only could he not understand the thoughts he read, but it also brought him numerous unnecessary troubles.

For instance, he saw a Star Palace disciple sitting by the side of the Lotus Pool, gazing at the blooming lotuses with a troubled expression.

Out of curiosity, Chen Zhixing used his divine technique, but the answer he heard made his heart freeze for a moment.

"A single Star Lotus is priced at three top-grade Spirit Stones outside. This Lotus Pool contains ten thousand lotus platforms. If I steal one lotus a day, perhaps no one would notice?"

This was the disciple's thought.

Would it be discovered?

No.

This pool of lotuses blooms throughout the year, and it's not just ten thousand as the disciple thought, but twenty-one thousand and three hundred in total. Even if unchecked, allowing them to grow freely, their blooming period is only three months.

In other words, the disciple could pluck not just one but up to a dozen lotuses daily for three months, and the pool would still remain visually unscathed.

After all, who would count the flowers that bloom and wither daily?

However, according to the rules, the ownership of this pool of lotuses belongs to Chen Zhixing, the master of the Star Palace, and is not sect property or a communal asset... In other words, what the disciple intends to do is steal from Chen Zhixing.

Should he let him steal?

It feels a bit frustrating.

But if not?

After three months, the lotuses would drop into the pool, turning into Spiritual Qi and nutrients. Although this free growth enhances the spiritual nature of the pool, plucking and selling them would be far more profitable.

It's somewhat wasteful.

Additionally, for Chen Zhixing, this pool of lotuses was merely a picturesque view; he had never thought of harvesting and selling them. He cultivated them initially just for the beautiful sight of them blooming.

The most crucial point is that this disciple appears to be new to the Star Palace, precisely at the stage where they need Spirit Stones to build a solid foundation.....

Rationally, Chen Zhixing should allow him to take a few lotuses.

But... if more people were like this, how many lotuses would remain in the pool after a few weeks of random picking?

The same applies to the lotuses and the Star Palace; once such habits become ingrained, would they aim their intentions directly at him, Chen Zhixing?

Though Chen Zhixing knew this was unlikely, he couldn't help pondering over it.

Yet this inevitably leads to a deadlock.

Ultimately, the sect system differs from that of a Noble Family. Compared to the family's model of shared profits and output, with distribution based on needs, for many sect disciples, personal and sect assets are distinctly separate, never sacrificing personal interests for the sect.....

"So, which is better, the family system or the system of the sect Holy Land?"

Chen Zhixing murmured to himself, then couldn't help but blank out for a moment.

Do these complicated thoughts have anything to do with him?

Just trivial matters.

If not for this mind-reading skill or the sudden development of the 'Telepathy' divine technique, what difference would it make if the Star Palace disciples plucked all the lotuses in this pool?

At most, when he found out, he would reprimand Chen Wanhong, the current manager of the Star Palace, who would then reprimand others down the line, eventually punishing a group of people. Under no circumstances should this burden fall on him, the meditating Star Venerable.

"Therefore, having more divine techniques is not always better, especially like Telepathy, which is magical for low-level cultivators but insignificant for Longevity Realm cultivators. Sometimes it might be better not to have it."

Once he understood this, Chen Zhixing no longer bothered about the Star Palace disciple who had resolved to steal. In a flash, he disappeared from the Lotus Pool.

Just as Chen Zhixing had thought.

He didn't need to ponder on this, nor did he need to give any hints; he only needed to observe how Chen Wanhong would handle it. If Chen Wanhong didn't handle it properly, Chen Zhixing would then administer a suitable punishment to his old ancestor, nonetheless leaving it to a new disciple to drain his mental energy.

...

Spring planting and autumn harvesting came and went.

In the blink of an eye, several months had passed. During this time, Chen Zhixing didn't even feel the passing of time much.

To him, it was merely a batch of lotus blossoms withering in the pool, only for a new batch to bloom again. From the naked eye, there seemed to be little difference compared to a few months ago.

What made Chen Zhixing a bit uncomfortable was that the disciple who stole the lotuses had not been caught.

Within three months, the disciple took away a total of one hundred and twelve Pure Lotuses from the pool, benefiting from them, significantly advancing in cultivation, even breaking through to the Divinity Communication Realm, ranking sixth among the batch of disciples admitted at the same time, garnering considerable admiration from several Peak Elders.