Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 153 - 98: At the Life Atlas Gate—Dreams, Girls, and Wu Ya
Bang!
The young man’s palm slapped the ground, blood bursting forth.
He flipped over, strenuously sitting up, and then composed himself to sit cross-legged, his whole body twitching as if seized by spasms, thinking he could use the method of attention diversion to alleviate the pain.
So he thought for a moment and silently chanted: It’s not me who is in pain, it’s this secret room that’s in pain, it’s not me in pain, I am not in pain...
As he chanted, the thought turned into: Unity of Heaven and Man, my pain is the pain of the heavens and earth.
Then it became: All things belong to me, the heavens have thunder, the earth has fire, the sea rises with a furious roar, all is ordinary, where comes the pain?
As he chanted, the real sensation of pain rushed in.
Li Yuan cursed, "Damn," and continued silently reciting his self-created heart skill for pain diversion.
...
This agony lasted for three days and nights before it subsided.
The cross-legged youth had already become a man of blood.
Not only did he have fresh blood on him, but also tiny bone fragments...
He truly had his bones scraped once, so the new bone was the shadow bone of his nameless skill, not the shadow bone from the Soul-Throwing Technique.
But the most painful time had also passed...
Li Yuan raised his hand to wipe away the blood in front of his eyes and glanced at his own information.
The information in the "Cultivation Methods" section had become "??? (Seventh Grade) (1/500)".
He directly pushed in 499 points.
In the next instant, this nameless skill reached Seventh Grade Perfection.
Li Yuan glanced at the information, and his strength hadn’t changed—it was still 305~705.
This made Li Yuan feel a trace of doubt.
He looked carefully again and understood.
The shadow bone from the Soul-Throwing Technique was gone, so naturally, the corresponding power also declined.
Others couldn’t change bones, and even though he could, he couldn’t gain a significant advantage either.
"Well, it’s good as it is...
Now, it’s time to face the Life Atlas.
This time, I want to draw the Life Atlas stroke by stroke."
"But first, I need to recover my body..."
...
After resting for a full half-month, Li Yuan got up again.
His body recovered, he sat in front of the stone steps, and a great snow swept through the place, drifting leisurely down from the sky, quickly turning the world white, becoming silent... soundless.
Yet, a gentle, slow "thud thud" sound shattered this silence, and Li Yuan turned his head to see Lady Yan assisting little Zhuzhu learning to walk under the eaves.
Little Zhuzhu held a cute little cane, and the "thud thud" sound was made by the cane.
"Sister Yan, Zhuzhu..."
Li Yuan walked over, squatting down, gently coming to the just over three-month-old girl.
Yet, little Zhuzhu barely took two steps before, in the next instant, her small hand opened, the chubby hand "smack" pressed on Li Yuan’s face, losing all balance, and her small body clung to Li Yuan’s head.
Li Yuan laughed heartily and picked her up.
Suddenly, he felt something and slightly turned his head, seeing in the vast falling snow a crow perched quietly on a tree branch, looking at him.
Li Yuan showed a wary expression, about to hand little Zhuzhu back to Lady Yan, but saw that crow jumped from the branch, landing before him.
This time, Li Yuan saw the crow clearly.
The crow’s pupils were somewhat bizarre and frenzied, with "0~3" information hovering above its head.
This was not an ordinary crow.
Li Yuan attempted to communicate with the crow and shouted: "Coo~~"
The crow responded: "Aba Aba Aba..."
Li Yuan: ?????
Next, the crow jumped onto his shoulder, then onto little Zhuzhu’s shoulder, tilting heads together to look at him.
The crow’s eyes were frenzied, while the girl’s pupils were like two white glass beads... appearing together, exhibiting some inexplicable peculiarity and mystery.
Li Yuan glanced at Lady Yan in surprise.
Lady Yan was also looking at him in surprise.
Then, both looked at the girl together.
Lady Yan squatted down as well, holding little Zhuzhu, and softly asked: "Little Zhuzhu, can you control the crow?"
The crow: "Aba Aba Aba..."
Li Yuan asked again: "Then, can you see your parents?"
The girl giggled happily, looking very joyful.
On the other side, the landlady also came over holding a child, having not seen the crow from afar, and called: "Sister Yan, little Zhuzhu can take a few steps now? That’s much better than my Ping’an."
Little Ping’an: "Waa waa waa waa~~~"
The landlady hurried to soothe the child.
Li Yuan’s expression changed a little, and he said to Lady Yan: "Find an opportunity to tell Sister Xue about this, but don’t let others know."
He then took the girl’s small hand, not caring if she could understand, and emphasized again: "Don’t let others know."
The crow: "Aba Aba..."
...
This kind of situation, Li Yuan had never encountered before.
What exactly had given his eldest daughter such peculiar powers?
At night, little Zhuzhu was sleeping furthest inside.
Li Yuan slept on the outermost side, holding Zhuzhu’s mother, nestling into her warm body, and said: "Sister Yan, has anything strange happened? I suspect our Zhuzhu’s eyes and abilities are linked."
Lady Yan thought for a moment, then said: "Dreams.
I keep dreaming of that house, that figure in white by the window...
I can only see the back, can’t move, can’t speak.
But the figure in white looks like a woman, because her hair is long."
"Anything else?" Li Yuan pondered.
Lady Yan said: "Little Zhuzhu also appeared in the dream, holding my hand, giggling, not afraid at all."
Li Yuan fell silent and said: "Sister Yan, do you feel anything strange?"
Lady Yan shook her head and said: "No... that dream has no hostility towards me, it’s just like an ordinary dream."
Li Yuan said: "If anything is amiss, you must tell me."
Lady Yan nodded gently, then snuggled back into her husband’s arms, after a while, turned and held the little girl, while Li Yuan held them both.
...
Li Yuan didn’t show favoritism, usually hopping sides, sleeping with Lady Yan today and with the landlady tomorrow.
His own daughter’s anomaly really left him clueless, but for the moment, there seemed no danger.
This further ignited his desire to become stronger.
Stronger, many problems could naturally be solved, and many things could be answered.
He began to contemplate the Life Atlas.
Contemplation required hypotheses and experiments.
Through his self-created journey, Li Yuan had formed a simple hypothesis: to be strong in power, first, the body must be healthy, then high blood pressure is necessary.
Simply put, your body must withstand high blood pressure...
Since the Ninth Grade, Eighth Grade, and Seventh Grade is a process of compressing blood to create a qualitative change, then is the Life Atlas a further compression to break a critical point?
It might not be that simple, but progressing in this direction certainly isn’t wrong...
Li Yuan prepared to cultivate various skills to enhance his physique, while attempting to consume the energy-rich meat of Seventh Grade Demon Beasts.
Considering the time, this year’s Red Ant Commerce Association should be arriving.
