Chapter 30: How Can You Baselessly Slander an Innocent Person?

The name of the skill seemed a bit improper, but a skill was a skill. It was free, so why not take it?

So... staring at the two selectable skills, Su Han fell into deep thought.

Causality Technique: Blunt Stick.

The two words "Blunt Stick" alone held no real appeal for Su Han. After all... isn't that just clubbing someone from behind?

He'd never done it before, but if you gave him a stick, he was pretty sure he could knock a few people out.

But the skill before him was different. Even Rain of Fire and Moon Shadow Step were just ordinary skills.

This one, however, had a prefix attached to Blunt Stick—Causality Technique.

What did "Causality Technique" mean? Su Han wasn't sure yet, but he had a few guesses.

He knew a thing or two about abilities that could be called Causality Techniques, or at least things related to causality.

For instance... Li Jing of Chentang Pass from *One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes*. His "100% Bare-Handed Blade Catch" should qualify as a causality-level ability.

And then there was Teacher Saitama, whose one-punch-for-anything fist attack probably also operated on a causal level.

'So, this Causality Technique: Blunt Stick should be something similar, right?'

Although... clubbing people from behind was a bit dishonorable and didn't quite match his status.

Crown Prince Jing... had a reputation to uphold.

But the allure of a Causality Technique was quite strong for Su Han.

Then he looked at the second option: Aromas of Women.

If he didn't know that Ning Caishen's ancestors were named Ning and not Chu, Su Han would have suspected that Xiang Shuai himself had transmigrated here long, long ago.

Recognize Women by Their Scent—wasn't that Xiang Shuai's signature move?

However... while this signature skill sounded awesome, allowing one to identify any woman they'd met once, making it impossible for them to hide from you...

However...

Besides showing off, this skill was completely useless to Su Han!

So...

After weighing his options, Su Han chose without hesitation... Selectable Skill One—Causality Technique: Blunt Stick.

Once the choice was made, a wisp of Dao Rhyme flew from the Skill Tree and into the space between Su Han's eyebrows. He had easily mastered Causality Technique: Blunt Stick.

As he mastered the skill, the experience behind Causality Technique: Blunt Stick—or rather, the process through which the skill was formed—appeared in his mind as a series of residual images.

The person in the images seemed to be a petty thug.

The kind who lived at the bottom of society, hanging around the streets every day, getting into fights as if it were a daily meal.

Su Han couldn't see most of the thug's life experiences.

In the images he received, the thug was constantly holding a wooden stick, sneaking up behind people, and with a swift swing, felling them with a single blow.

This scene repeated over and over. Every time the thug held that wooden stick, he could take down his enemies without a sound.

Once.

Ten times.

A hundred times.

As the images progressed, the thug's appearance constantly changed, from a bottom-rung punk to someone who seemed to have gained some status.

Then to someone dressed in fine clothes, apparently successful and famous.

But no matter his appearance, every time the thug appeared, it was in a scene where he was clubbing someone from behind with a wooden stick.

Su Han couldn't count how many times the person in the images had clubbed someone, but he was certain of one thing—this thug had spent his entire life clubbing people from behind and had never once failed.

Finally, the visions came to an end.

Under a large banyan tree, an old man woke up from a deck chair. His eyes were filled with confusion, as if he had just woken from a very, very long dream, lost in that daze of not knowing if he was Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi.

Bending down, he casually picked up a wooden stick from under the tree, and a hint of reminiscence flashed in his eyes.

With that, the images ended, and Su Han had obtained the thug's lifetime of experience in clubbing people from behind.

He now had a wealth of experience on how to club someone from behind without being detected, and how to do it with both precision and force.

He was now confident that with a stick in hand, even a Spirit Platform Cultivator would fall silently before him.

'However... what the hell is the use of this?!'

'If this is all there is to the so-called Causality Technique: Blunt Stick, I might as well have chosen Aromas of Women, right?'

Fortunately, the reason a skill was a skill was that it couldn't be measured by common sense.

Just like how a three-star Alchemy skill could let you craft any elixir below three stars, regardless of your cultivation level.

And just like how the Celestial Chosen Technique: Celestial Punishment allowed you to unleash a Killing Technique powerful enough to shatter evil, execute Demons, exorcise ghosts, and perform a Godslayer strike, all regardless of your cultivation level.

This Causality Technique: Blunt Stick also gained a "Skillification" attribute after becoming a skill.

Perhaps it was because the thug who left the Blunt Stick skill behind had never failed in his entire life.

Or perhaps it was the causal power brought by the two words "Causality Technique." After Skillification, the attributes of clubbing someone from behind were:

Causality Technique: Blunt Stick: Once cast, ignores all differences in realm to guarantee a 100% strike on the back of the enemy's head, with a momentary stun effect.

Su Han: "..."

Ignores realm, 100% chance to hit the back of the enemy's head, and even comes with a momentary stun effect.

'This... is another one of those skills that's awesome as hell if you use it right.'

'The skill might not have much killing power, but its show-off potential is off the charts, isn't it?'

'Just imagine it. A little Foundation Establishment pipsqueak like me runs into a Celestial Being big shot.'

'I use Causality Technique: Blunt Stick, and the club in my hand smacks them right on the back of the head. It even has a momentary stun, so they can't instantly obliterate me while I'm doing it.'

'Most importantly... this skill has no cooldown! It's a total infinite combo!'

'Even if my attack power is too low to break the big shot's defense...'

'...if I can't beat you to death, I can still annoy you to death, can't I?'

'If I pair this with a Divine Artifact-level club, who's to say I couldn't actually club a Celestial Being to death!'

'No!'

'I can't!'

'What am I thinking?'

'Who am I? I am the Crown Prince!'

'I am the dignified Crown Prince of Prince Jing's Residence, the number one Crown Prince in Jing Country, a man of renown and reputation!'

'How can someone like me, who cares so much about face, even think about clubbing people from behind?'

'No!'

'This kind of hooligan tactic completely clashes with the image I'm trying to cultivate!'

As he repeatedly denied it in his mind, Su Han's gaze unconsciously fell upon Ning Xiaoning's... back of the head.

"Cr... Crown Prince, do you have any instructions?"

Stared at by Su Han's unsettling gaze, Ning Xiaoning tensed up, an uncontrollable chill running up his spine.

"Um... you got a stick?"

Ning Xiaoning: "...A stick?"

Su Han gave a cryptic smile. "It's nothing. This Crown Prince was just asking casually."

"Oh..."

Ning Xiaoning gave Su Han a confused look, then nodded doubtfully.

"Well... shall we continue looking?"

Su Han nodded. "Let's go."

After nearly another quarter of an hour, under Ning Xiaoning's guidance, Su Han stood beneath the second Skill Tree in the Ning Residence.

There wasn't much to say. First, he threw out a Thunderous Descent, followed by a Rain of Fire.

With ease, Su Han lit up this Skill Tree.

He opened the Skill List. The only selectable skill option shimmered with a golden light in his eyes.

He subconsciously rubbed his eyes, but when he looked again, the skill in the Skill Tree list was still spelled out in those few large, golden words—Talent Technique: Aromas of Women.

Su Han: "..."

'Damn it all, there's no escaping you, is there?'

'I, this Crown Prince, am an upstanding man! Why would I want a despicable skill like you?'

'This Crown Prince would rather have one less skill than...'

'No!'

'I won't take it!'

'I can't!'

A wisp of Dao Rhyme transformed into a streak of light and entered the space between Su Han's eyebrows.

The next moment...

"BOOM!"

A roar echoed in his mind, and Su Han's entire consciousness... was pulled into a vast, seemingly endless space.

PS: I saw a comment on the last chapter saying, "like author, like skills."

Well, I just don't get it. "Causality Technique: Blunt Stick," "Talent Technique: Aromas of Women"—this author has never even heard of these terms in his life! The appearance of these skills has absolutely nothing to do with the author.

We're all people with official ID cards here, how can you just slander an innocent person's name out of thin air?