84 Chapter 1241: Heavenly Impartation of Mentor’s Calligraphy (1/2)

”That's right!” Song shi said with a cold glint in his eyes.

”Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy?” Zhang Xuan was taken aback for a moment before slowly nodding.

There were some details about the Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy in the books of the Qingyuan Empire Master Teacher Pavilion, so he did have some understanding of it.

Impartation of Heaven's Will was an ability that could be triggered through one's Soul Depth when one's words were aligned with the essence of the world. It served to place the students into a trance, allowing them to better absorb the knowledge that was being imparted. At the same time, it would also generate certain phenomena in the surroundings, such as drawing in spiritual energy, to further support the learning of the students.

The more profound and aligned the content was to the essence of the world, the more effective the Impartation of Heaven's Will would be.

Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy was similar to Impartation of Heaven's Will in terms of the principles behind them, but the former was achieved through using an artifact known as the Brush of Heavenly Impartation as a medium.

The Brush of Heaven's Impartation was not a Saint-tier artifact. Rather, it was a unique artifact that was infused with the will of master teachers, and it was capable of discerning the authenticity of the words spoken by other master teachers. If the words spoken were aligned with the essence of the world and offered a fresh perspective on the topic, the Brush of Heaven's Impartation would automatically move to pen down the essence of those words in the form of characters.

The observation of those characters penned down could generate an effect reminiscent of the Impartation of Heaven's Will to the individual, thus hastening the latter's cultivation significantly.

Of course, the characters penned down by the Brush of Heavenly Impartation would not exist eternally. After one observation, the characters would disappear.

There were two reasons the Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy was considered the most difficult challenge of Impartation of Heaven's Will.

Firstly, the Brush of Heavenly Impartation was infused with the ideas and understanding of innumerable master teachers, so it had already seen its fair share of ordinary Impartations of Heaven's Will. In order to prompt it into action, the content lectured had to be innovative compared to the other master teachers.

Secondly, it was extremely taxing on one's Soul Depth, even more exhausting than conducting an entire lecture. On average, the writing of a single character could expend 1.0 Soul Depth of a master teacher.

It was for these two reasons that it had left countless master teachers defeated. There were many 7-star pinnacle master teachers who were unable to invoke the movement of the Brush of Heavenly Impartation even after a long lecture, and even for quasi 8-star master teachers, the most characters anyone had evoked from the Brush of Heavenly Will in a single sitting was ten. Nearly no one had been able to break that record.

”The Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy is extremely damaging to one's Soul Depth. Are you sure you want to choose this for the duel?” Yao shi asked with a darkened complexion.

To make the Brush of Heaven's Impartation write was extremely taxing on one's Soul Depth. If a master teacher accidentally pushed themself too far, it could lead to their state of mind collapsing altogether, and their many years of cultivation would be ruined. As such, this duel would not only be difficult but dangerous as well.

”I am sure!” Song shi replied firmly.

”You…” Yao shi frowned at Song shi for a moment before turning her gaze to Zhang Xuan. ”Zhang shi, what's your view on this matter? If you don't wish to proceed with the duel, you can always turn it down.”

As she said those words to Zhang Xuan, she also secretly sent him a telepathic message.

”Song Xuan has specially studied Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy, and he has achieved the outstanding record of having the Brush of Heavenly Impartation pen down eight characters. You have never used the Brush of Heavenly Impartation, so it'll be extremely difficult for you to defeat him. Why don't you just turn down his proposal and choose another type of duel?”

Without prior experience with the Brush of Heavenly Impartation, it was difficult to ascertain what kind of content excited it, making it nigh impossible for it to move. So far, there had nearly been no master teachers who had managed to get the Brush of Heavenly Impartation to move on their first attempt.

The reason Song shi had proposed this challenge was because he possessed a Brush of Heavenly Impartation, and he had even achieved an outstanding record of eight characters.

Given that ten characters were the very limits of a quasi 8-star master teacher, his record of eight characters would put him among the top in the field even in the Qianchong Empire Master Teacher Pavilion.

Indubitably, Song Xuan had an overwhelming advantage in this challenge, making this duel unfair for Zhang Xuan.

”It's fine, let's just go along with his rules.” Knowing that Yao shi was advising him out of goodwill, Zhang Xuan directed a nod along with a smile toward her to express his gratitude.

It was just Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy. While he had never come into contact with it before, he did not think that it would be too difficult.

”Alright then.” Seeing how nonchalantly Zhang Xuan accepted the duel, Yao shi could not help but shake her head. With a flick of her wrist, a floating golden brush appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was roughly a chi 1 long, and there was no ink on its tip. When scanning it with one's Spiritual Perception, one could feel an aura unique to master teachers from it, inducing a slight pressure on one.

With a tap, the brush quietly took its place between the duo. After which, Yao shi looked at the duo and said, ”This is the Brush of Heavenly Impartation. Who will be going first?”

”Since Song shi was the one who has proposed the rules of the duel, let's allow him to go first,” Zhang Xuan said humbly.

While he had read the records concerning Heavenly Impartation of Mentor's Calligraphy, he had never tried it himself before, so he was not too certain of the rules concerning it. By allowing the other party to go first, he would have a chance to examine how the Brush of Heavenly Impartation should be used.

”Very well!” Song shi nodded.

He took two steps toward the brush, and his lips began moving.

There was no sound to be heard—he was communicating with the brush via zhenqi telepathy.

Fearing that Zhang Xuan would not understand, Yao shi secretly informed him via zhenqi telepathy. ”Through using zhenqi telepathy, the effects of the Impartation of Heaven's Will are more directed, and that makes it easier to move the Brush of Heavenly Impartation.”

Hearing those words, Zhang Xuan nodded.

Indeed, there was a vast difference between lecturing an individual and lecturing a group of people.

Naturally, one-to-one guidance from a teacher would be more nurturing and effective as compared to a one-to-many guidance.

Through using zhenqi telepathy, the effects of the Impartation of Heaven's Will would be more directed, thus reducing unnecessary wastage of energy.

Proceeding with his impartation, Song shi's lips never stopped once, and it did not take long before sweat droplets began appearing on his forehead.

However, the brush before him remained completely motionless, as if it had been fixed in place.

Using his Spiritual Perception to assess the situation, Zhang Xuan could clearly sense that Song shi's Soul Depth was rapidly falling with time.

Hu!

After some time, the silent brush finally began moving. With swift strokes, a massive character soon appeared in the sky.

Suspended Imagery!

The character written by the Brush of Heavenly Impartation was not of a language Zhang Xuan was familiar with; it was not the language of a human, Otherworldly Demon, or the Beast Tribe. It was a character he had never ever seen before. But while he could not recognize the character, he found that he was vaguely able to understand the meaning and conception behind it.

If a normal cultivator studied the character, their zhenqi might have been driven to cultivate according to the method depicted within it.