I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 80 - 63: New Ability

Sang Que asked Liu Tianyou to keep an eye on the old locust tree outside the courtyard, waiting for the next ’distortion’ to appear and to try whether a Ghost Soldier Talisman combined with an arrow can nail the old locust tree outside.

With nothing else to do now, she stayed inside the house for visualization.

During her time away from Black Mountain Village and back in the modern world, with the help of Sang Wan, Sang Que had already thoroughly read and understood the Taoist Observation Method recorded in Yan Daozi’s book.

Her mom knew she disliked reciting those obscure and difficult scriptures, so she deciphered the principles and underlying logic for her.

It’s really about focusing the mind on the body parts mentioned in the scripture during the recitation, drawing the mind back to the body.

Then regulate the breathing, pulling the mind inward, thus entering the state of visualization.

If it weren’t for her mom, relying on her to memorize those Deceit Dynasty Taoist Scriptures that bear no relevance to the modern Taoist sects would take forever for her to understand the meaning and learn visualization.

Visualization can quickly help her enter the Nine Netherworld Hell, and she can also interact with the Yin Child through visualization.

Five minutes later, Sang Que exited the visualization and exhaled deeply.

The Yin Child had already broken out of its cocoon and absorbed most of the village resentment’s power.

This gave the Yin Child a new ability—Recovery.

It’s the ability akin to the village resentment to quickly restore itself by drawing resentment from past memories.

But Sang Que is not the village resentment itself, so the Recovery ability can only be used once every 24 hours.

Before using it, she must mark a point in time, just like saving a game.

For example, marking the current time, if she later encounters a deadly danger, she can draw her power from the marked point and gradually recover to the marked state within a minute.

Only in this minute of weakness must she avoid all dangers, or it will be in vain.

Using the power of Evil Spirits always comes with a price, and after each Recovery, a clock will appear in her mind, counting down 24 hours, continuously ticking.

This sound can trigger her resentment and evil thoughts, making her impulsive, irritable, and aggressive.

This cost is already small, unlike Yan Daozi’s Evil Spirits, which needed live blood sacrifices each time.

Perhaps because she suppressed the Yin Child, the cost of using the ’Recovery’ ability wasn’t as significant.

In this hell-level difficult Deceit Dynasty, ’Recovery’ is definitely a life-saving divine technique.

Moreover, she acquired all this information the instant she connected with the Yin Child, without sensing any resistance from it.

Is this a goodwill gesture from the subdued child?

Or has the mischievous child set some trap for her?

Sang Que kept it in mind, warning herself to record and observe every anomaly each time she uses the Recovery ability, never to overlook any detail.

Her mom put some tissue paper and a bamboo-like vermillion ink pen in her bag, meant for her to take notes.

"Miss Mulan, come quickly to see this tree!"

Liu Tianyou shouted from outside, and Sang Que got up and went outside the courtyard, finding the old locust tree in the yard collapsing like burnt paper ashes, with the ash drifting lightly in the air.

The air around the old locust tree also began to distort, and amid the flickers, Sang Que saw flames shooting skyward outside, with oppressive heat pouring in from the distorted area, dispersing the surrounding fog.

Meow~ Meow~

Sang Que heard Xuan Yu’s anxious voice, and she dashed back inside, grabbing the bag of glutinous rice and Liu Tianyou’s book box.

Sang Que stuffed the book box into Liu Tianyou’s arms, "Hurry, rush out!"

"Huh?"

Liu Tianyou, holding the book box, was filled with terror. Although the distortion before him was quite large, it flickered intermittently. He couldn’t see the fierce flames outside but could feel the searing heat.

During these five months, he had tried many things on the distortion, firmly believing that only Saint Books could break through, while everything else entering the distortion would vanish.

He didn’t dare rush into it at all.

"Liu Tianyou!"

Sang Que suddenly shouted, and as Liu Tianyou relaxed his body and was about to turn his head, Sang Que kicked his butt vigorously. The force lifted Liu Tianyou off the ground and sent him flying forward.

Sang Que seized the timing and followed closely behind.

"Watch out!"

Flames surged ahead, and a burnt tree trunk fell down from above. Sang Que’s pupils trembled slightly, then she grabbed Liu Tianyou, who was kneeling and lying on the ground, and tossed him to the side.

Boom!

The tree trunk fell, and Liu Tianyou, still shell-shocked, clutched his book box as he climbed back up.

Sang Que choked on a mouthful of dust, coughing violently, and looked up to see Xuan Yu and Kou Yushan standing dazedly.

Because of Liu Tianyou’s sudden appearance, the memories about him, previously hidden in Kou Yushan’s mind, suddenly emerged, leaving him somewhat unable to react.

At this moment, not only Kou Yushan, but also the villagers of Black Mountain Village who were drawn to Master Yan’s courtyard by the drums and gongs of Skinny, and Master Yan himself who was packing his bags ready to flee, all felt the same thing.

Kou Yushan quickly regained his composure, glanced at Sang Que, confirmed she was unharmed and said swiftly, "Go to the Witch Temple, Xia Chan is waiting for you there, hide with her first, I’ll catch up soon."

Sang Que understood, before fleeing, she went into the house to check, the soul lamp and Corpse Mud Jar she left were still there, she stuffed them all into a burlap sack filled with glutinous rice, and went out to drag Liu Tianyou, calling Xuan Yu, they quickly left from the back of the courtyard.

Sang Que suddenly became curious, why did she not get forgotten by the villagers while Liu Tianyou was trapped in the inner world of Black Mountain Village?

Even though she signed the note to Kou Yushan as Mulan, she worried he would not remember her, so she focused on writing about the sacrifice.

But judging from Kou Yushan’s reaction just now, and his cooperation with Xuan Yu to burn the tree, he did not seem to have forgotten her.

Sang Que thought, this is probably related to her being a Yin Walker.

Regarding the Deceit Dynasty, there’s still so much she needed to explore, she could never control her curiosity about all sorts of things, this was far more interesting than the history lessons taught by teachers.

"I can walk by myself."

Liu Tianyou, somewhat embarrassed, pulled himself free from Sang Que’s hand, clutching his book box, struggling to keep up with her.

Master Yan sensed something amiss, rushed out of his half-collapsed, burning house, seeing the villagers of Black Mountain running towards the flaming Liu Family Courtyard.

Skinny, holding the drum and gong used for the Nuo opera, gave Master Yan a cheeky smile, "Master Yan, tomorrow our village is performing Nuo opera, would you like to play a part?"

Master Yan snorted coldly and left, by the time he reached the Liu Family Courtyard, only Kou Yushan and a few ’naughty kids’ who were scolded to tears were waiting for him.

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As Sang Que took Liu Tianyou into the Witch Temple, she saw Xia Chan, about her age, with wild long hair, sitting on the high platform swinging her legs, her eyes full of innocence.

Noticing them entering, Xia Chan, like a startled fawn, jumped off the platform and turned to run.

"Xuan Yu, follow her, be careful."

Meow~

Xuan Yu quickly chased after Xia Chan.

Xia Chan ran to the back wall of the Witch Temple, lifting up a hidden door covered with vegetation on the ground, swiftly darting inside. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Meow~

Xuan Yu waited at the hidden door, as Sang Que and Liu Tianyou came along, they entered together with Xuan Yu.

Below was a small dark chamber, lit by a single candle, only able to accommodate three to five people, clearly it had been carved out recently.

Xia Chan curled up in the corner, holding an axe towards Sang Que and Liu Tianyou, shivering and terrified.

Sang Que keenly noticed Xia Chan’s hair seemed alive, its ends moving unnaturally.

About Xia Chan, Sang Que never asked Kou Yushan, not knowing much, but she could tell her mental state was not high, her gaze always had a childlike feel.

Sang Que took out a large piece of dried pork from her bag, ripped off a bit for Xuan Yu, then another for Liu Tianyou beside her, wrapping the rest in coarse cloth and tossing it at Xia Chan’s feet.

"Eat, it’s delicious, thank you for helping us."

Xia Chan recoiled without moving, tilting her head, her bright eyes fixed on Xuan Yu, seeing Xuan Yu meowing and eating happily, she swallowed, a strand of hair extending to curl the dried pork on the ground to her hand.

Sang Que observed this, recalling the yin object in Master Yan’s hand, a wooden comb entangled with strands of hair.

Most likely, this yin object was obtained from Xia Chan’s mother; Master Yan’s intent to capture Xia Chan was definitely because of this.

Having obtained the dried pork, Xia Chan’s expression relaxed, she put down the axe, unwrapped the coarse cloth, and brought it to her mouth to take a bite.

Failing to bite through in one go, Xia Chan frowned, glanced at Sang Que and, embarrassed, turned her body, exerting all her strength to gnaw and tear off a bite, the flavor of the meat and modern seasonings burst on her tongue, her eyes brightened, full of starlight.

Liu Tianyou was also stunned by the taste of the dried pork, the sound of swallowing and chewing echoed in the small dark chamber.

Meow~ Meow~~

While waiting for Kou Yushan, Sang Que removed the soul candle from the soul lamp, lighting it up, and cut her finger to draw an eye-like symbol on her left palm.

This was a method she found after leaving Xujiawan Village, from rereading Master Yan’s book, detailing how to check the function of a yin object, her mother’s document also had a detailed summary, the difficulty lay in the visualization, as the symbol and soul candle were merely auxiliary.

Sang Que placed the security key from Old Tian on the symbol, ready to use the soul candle’s scent to visualize the key’s purpose when the surroundings darkened.

Xia Chan swallowed, gazing at her expectantly, reaching out in front of her with childlike innocence, "More."