Black Myth: Starting from the Destined One-Chapter 75 - 71 New Divine Skills
Chapter 75: Chapter 71 New Divine Skills!
Chapter 75 -71 New Divine Skills!
“It is the Gang Leader.”
After Li Ping’an had explained where the treasure was located, he waited within the mountain stronghold. The Second-in-command brought up a chest containing both gold and silver, amounting to ten thousand taels of gold and five thousand taels of silver.
The treasure now ownerless, the chest was opened and checked thoroughly. Almost immediately, his men prepared to seize the contents, but were stopped by Li Ping’an’s sharp command:
“This gold and silver are the hard-earned wealth of the people of Five Finger Mountain County. I will take two thousand taels of silver for my expenses to Chang’an, you may divide one thousand taels amongst yourselves, and the rest of the gold and silver shall go to the poor of Five Finger Mountain County as a means for you to accumulate some moral merit.”
“You can’t be serious, Gang Leader, we understand doing good deeds, but leaving just one thousand taels of silver for your brothers to live on, this is a bit much…”
“Exactly, exactly, after all, this is ill-gotten wealth, who spends it doesn’t change that fact.”
“Besides, this money was won by the Gang Leader risking his life. The people of Five Finger Mountain County didn’t contribute at all; it would still be in the hands of the Six Demons otherwise,”
The Second-in-command and Third-in-command along with other members began to complain.
“Enough, enough. You will divide three thousand taels of silver among yourselves, and the rest will go back to the poor of Five Finger Mountain County. If there are any more objections, don’t blame me for being inhospitable!”
“Damn it, hogging it all again.”
After muttering quietly, the Second-in-command nevertheless obediently executed Li Ping’an’s instructions to distribute the gold and silver.
Seeing that his time with the Axe Guild had concluded, Li Ping’an then prepared a travel bag, packed the silver, took several sets of clothes to change into, prepared food for the journey, and had one last drink with his brothers. He subsequently handed over the full management of the stronghold to the Second-in-command and the Third-in-command, and then he again climbed to the top of Five Fingers Peak, and after making it down the mountain smoothly, he headed east to Chang’an in search of Zixia.
Heading east, Li Ping’an passed through provinces and prefectures, traveling by day and lodging at night, what he saw along the way was utterly heart-wrenching: bones strewn across the plains, nine out of ten households empty, chaos, turmoil, the living dead, demons running rampant.
The closer he got to the Capital City of the Great Tang, Chang’an, the more corrupt officials and impoverished people he encountered, whereas the demons were fewer.
From these poor people, he learned that it was currently the 43rd year of Zhenji under the Great Tang, with Emperor Li Gai having ascended the throne at the age of 20 and now at 63 years of age after 43 years in power. Under his reign, the Great Tang Imperial Court was steeped in corruption and decadence.
The Emperor was surrounded by sycophants; the governmental halls were staffed by decayed bureaucrats, and the court was beset by beasts in human form feasting on the state’s resources.
The Emperor, devoid of virtue, had triggered heaven’s wrath and people’s resentment, constantly resulting in locust outbreaks, floods, epidemics—incessant natural disasters and even worse man-made ones, turning the state into ruins and making life miserable for the people, teetering on the brink of complete collapse.
As Li Ping’an traveled, despite the heartbreaking sights and stories, he did not neglect his cultivation. He traveled by day and at night, in addition to practicing the spells he had already learned, he also studied Taoist classics brought from the real world.
Since he had seen so much misery and sorrow, he eventually became accustomed to it and managed to reach a state of detachment, focusing solely on the joy of cultivation with no regard to worldly distractions. Time seemed to fly by swiftly.
When Li Ping’an suddenly awoke from this state after a week, and checked the time, he felt the surreal sense that “a day in the mountains had been a thousand years in the world.”
During this time, Li Ping’an pondered two questions: what does it mean to become an immortal and what is a spell.
According to the Taoist classics he read, a true immortal is not just someone with great divine skills and great magical power, able to move mountains and seas, or to fly to the heavens and burrow into the earth.
Moreover, one must reach an extraordinary and transcendent state, both physically and mentally.
Merely having divine skills and magical power, without the mind and body keeping pace, one would end in the end still be human, and a mortal one at that.
And what is called “Spell” and “Divine Skills” naturally arise in the pursuit of becoming an immortal. Priorities must be clear; if one merely pursues powerful spells and divine skills, it can lead to the birth of inner demons.
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After understanding this, Li Ping’an suddenly experienced an epiphany, as if he had parted the clouds to see the bright moon clearly.
What awakened Li Ping’an, who was obsessed with cultivation, was the stirring within his heart following this sudden clear understanding and the palpitations inside him.
Suddenly, the mana in his body surged like a tide within the Dantian Qi Sea. His mind became instantly clear, his spirit refreshed, and though he had been traveling continuously for seven days, he felt no fatigue at all.
Furthermore, it was the middle of the night, and he was on a large tree in the wilderness, surrounded by darkness, yet he did not notice that ordinary people could not see the characters in Taoist scriptures under such conditions.
Days of diligent study, sudden realization, emotional stirring, and spiritual transformation—all these signs over the continuous span of seven days indicated one thing: Li Ping’an knew he was about to break through his cultivation level without even needing to check his attribute template!
The attribute template in his thoughts changed silently to:
Cultivation: Guxuan Realm 20%
Divine Skills: Communicate with Spirits, Expel Spirits, Soul Collecting, Dream Marriage, Borrowing Wind, Carrying Mountains
Survival Time: 1 second
Spells: Hundred Plays Stick Technique (minor achievement), Five Peaks Seal (minor achievement 50%, consumes 10 mana), Five-colored Lotus Seal (minor achievement 50%, consumes 10 mana), Magic Talisman (minor achievement 2%, consumes 1 mana)
Strength: 100, Mana: 100, Defense: 100, Charm: 50, Luck: 50
Critical Hit Rate: 5%, Critical Hit Combo: 0%, Damage Bonus: 0%, Damage Reduction: 0%
Four Disasters Resistance:
Cold Immunity: 0%, Fire Immunity: 0%, Poison Immunity: 0%, Lightning Immunity: 0%
“Another new divine skill!”
Li Ping’an quickly looked at the functions of the new divine skills:
The so-called Borrowing Wind means being able to control the wind, fly with it, freely manipulate it, or make oneself, others, or objects move faster. At advanced levels, one can even become wind itself and perform wind evasion.
The so-called Carrying Mountains means being able to bear the weight of mountains, not only increasing one’s strength but also capable of lifting a mountain, also known as the art of moving mountains.
At advanced levels, one can even summon and command the mountain gods and land spirits, as well as control various spirits, ghosts, and strongmen like those wearing yellow turbans; essentially, anything related to earth attributes in the world can be manipulated and controlled, just as the Silver Horned King could do with Taihang Mountain, Mount Emei, and Mount Tai to suppress Sun Wokung.
Of course, one cannot think too far ahead at the moment since the cultivation level limits the use and power of the divine skills.
Whether it’s Secluded Cave and Divine Dispatch, Soul Gathering and Marriage Dream, or the newly understood Borrowing Wind Carrying Mountains, divine skills start weak but grow stronger as cultivation level advances; the higher the cultivation, the more potent the power, ultimately reaching unimaginable levels.
Take Secluded Cave for an example—since entering the Clay Figure Realm, Li Ping’an in the state of Secluded Cave can not only see ghosts and the lifespan and cultivation of people, but he can also clearly see all attributes and four disasters resistance of a person without missing a single detail.
