Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 307 - 286 Divine Skills cannot defy the Heavenly Number

Chapter 307: 286 Divine Skills cannot defy the Heavenly Number

Fake Water Moon displayed its cheating capabilities once again.

This artifact seemed like a master key; no matter what puzzle stood before it, simply deploying it would directly compel the poser to divulge the answer.

The elders of Ancient Moon Village likely wanted to hide something. Under normal circumstances, we might need to use some roundabout methods to extract the truth from them. However, Fake Water Moon was like a cheat software in a horror game, skipping us through countless troublesome levels in one breath and making the truth readily available.

However, repeatedly using such methods of spiritual control might lead to contempt for the hearts of others and a disregard for the importance of normal communication. Not long ago, I had a similar feeling when hypnotizing the shopkeeper and regular customers at the mountain foot inn. I’m not actually that worried about becoming like that; I’m confident that I can distinguish between friends and others. I just don’t want my friends—I don’t want Zhu Shi and Changan to think that I’m a person of arrogant self-importance.

Whether it was last time or this time, Mazao seemed to have no psychological barriers to this at all; it must be a difference in values. She is kind-hearted, yet in certain parts, she possesses an innocence unaware of good and evil. Even with a desire to save even strangers she has never met, it does not prevent her from using Fake Water Moon to manipulate people’s hearts.

Somewhere in my heart, I hope she can always maintain this extraordinary spirit.

"Zhuang Cheng, these people..." She turned her head to look at me.

"Have you felt it too? Yes, they should be similar to Dong Che," I said.

"Similar to me, that is to say..." Dong Che’s expression changed, "they might all be dead?"

"It’s also possible that they’re not human at all."

With that said, I took another look at Dong Che and felt an even deeper sense of doubt—could it be that Gua Tianshi failed to predict Dong Che’s situation here?

According to the information from Fu Feng, Gua Tianshi was an Impermanence that could calculate all changes of the past, present, and future. I feel this might be an exaggeration, but at the very least, as an Impermanence skilled in divination and fortune-telling, it should be effortless to understand the experiences of those with deep ties to him.

Dong Che, as a disciple of Gua Tianshi, though having strayed from the Extraordinaryism faction, seems to still be regarded as a direct disciple by Gua Tianshi, judging from his attitude of always welcoming and believing Dong Che will return to his side.

So, could it really be possible that Dong Che would die so easily here, or be killed by some strange creature and replaced?

Or could it be that Gua Tianshi had foreseen the events happening here and now, and what he truly welcomes is not the real Dong Che, but the strange creature that has recently killed and replaced Dong Che?

Could it be possible that Gua Tianshi has also come to Moon Concealing Mountain?

The arrival of an Impermanence is always accompanied by Fatian Xiangdi, and both the Fatian Xiangdi of me and Water Navy Xuanwu have already emerged in the vicinity of Moon Concealing Mountain, while no more signs of change seem apparent. But before Mr. Zhu told me about the arrival of Water Navy Xuanwu, I didn’t connect Moon Concealing Mountain City’s torrential rains to his arrival; I just thought it was a weather change caused by the combination of the high temperatures I brought and the local cold air.

Perhaps Gua Tianshi’s Fatian Xiangdi has already appeared, but I just failed to discern it from the multitude of changes.

I tried asking Dong Che what Gua Tianshi’s Fatian Xiangdi is, but Dong Che just shook his head in difficulty.

"The master said that once I achieve the rank of Great Success, I would naturally understand his Fatian Xiangdi," Dong Che said. "Since it’s considered a test question, I didn’t deeply inquire in the past and didn’t ask others."

Even keeping his own disciple in the dark, this Gua Tianshi gave off a vibe akin to the riddle-loving prophets common in classic magic tales. Although I can understand that mentality, if I could predict the future, I would undoubtedly speak unnecessary and confusing words to confuse others, but since I’m not, so I dislike such people.

However, I could analyze something from Dong Che’s answer. At the very least, it’s clear that Gua Tianshi’s Fatian Xiangdi must be very non-intuitive, certainly not as crude as causing a rise in temperature or causing heavy rains, nor would it make white fog appear around or other abnormal weather phenomena.

Considering that "Gua Tianshi is the Impermanence that excels in calculating All Things of the past and future," could it be that his Fatian Xiangdi is related to concepts of time, space, and causality?

For now, I put aside these thoughts and turned my attention to the present, asking the elder from Ancient Moon Village: "Can you now tell us about the Ancient Moon God? Why were you so resistant to telling me about it before?"

"The Ancient Moon God is a bloodthirsty Evil God that feeds on humans," the elder replied candidly. "Anyone who comes in contact with the Ancient Moon God will not end well. Our village must strictly keep secret anything related to the Ancient Moon God. If outsiders learn of its existence and foolishly think to use its power for personal gain, it will bring total disaster to the outside world."

"Then where is the Ancient Moon God now?" I asked.

"It was sealed by our ancestors in the shrine of the village," the old man said.

The Yinyue was sealed a long time ago? How is that possible.

"You mean to say, a powerful Evil God that could bring disaster to the outside world... was sealed by your tiny village?"

Dong Che immediately pointed out the absurdity.

Since the other party was under spiritual control, he didn’t suspect him of lying, but he couldn’t help asking, "Is the Ancient Moon God you mentioned really that incredible?"

"How could a foreign kid like you possibly know the terror of the Ancient Moon God? If the Ancient Moon God desired it, it would only take a week to conquer the world, and all of humanity would suffer under its terror," the old man stated confidently.

"You..."

Because the old man’s story was so far-fetched, Dong Che didn’t know how to respond, his mouth opening and closing, and then he looked at me helplessly.

His expression resembled that of a person being stopped on the village road by elderly grandparents, only to be preached about an unheard-of Doomsday doctrine, claiming that if you don’t follow the teachings, a minor deity with maybe less than a hundred followers will be angered and destroy the world.

In truth, the old man might not be entirely boasting; if anything, he might even be downplaying it.

If our world had no supernatural powers, and then you introduce a demon like Yinyue capable of granting almost every human wish and with tremendous destructive powers both in the Spirit World and the physical world, she could likely conquer the planet within hours.

"How was such a formidable Evil God sealed by your ancestors?" I asked.

"Our Ancient Moon Village was built by a group of refugees who mistakenly entered Moon Concealing Mountain. Among these refugees was an Immortal with the Divine Skills to change heaven and earth. The Immortal was also present when the refugees encountered the Ancient Moon God," the old man said, "At first, the Ancient Moon God treated the refugees kindly, providing them with essentials for clothes, food, and shelter. Therefore, the Immortal did not act and stayed hidden among the refugees, silently observing.

"Soon after, the Ancient Moon God revealed its wicked true nature—it began to demand living sacrifices from the villagers. At first, it was only live animals, but later it demanded the villagers offer their own children, parents, wives, or husbands.

"It reveled in the cries of the living sacrifices in front of the villagers offering them and took pleasure in watching their tears. It would even demand that lovers sacrifice one to other strangers, while the other had to watch the entire process, or it would force villagers to copulate with their own children or parents in public, or send beasts to face the men and women of the village...

"The moral depravity that unfolded was countless; the Immortal could no longer stand by and watch. At the cost of his own life, he sealed away the cruel Evil God.

"Most of the surviving villagers fled Moon Concealing Mountain, and only a very few chose to stay in Ancient Moon Village—now known as Hu Family Village—to take up the responsibility of monitoring the seal."

And the story seemed to end there.

"I still have some questions. You said the Immortal had Divine Skills to change heaven and earth, but why did he initially end up secluding with the refugees?" I asked, "The refugees entered the mountains to escape the war, but why did the Immortal?"

"Because not even an Immortal could change that dark and hopeless state of the world; despairing, he chose the path of seclusion with the refugees," the old man answered.

"He obviously had such great Divine Skills, even able to seal the Ancient Moon God which could bring a disaster to the outside world, yet he couldn’t change the mere mortals’ state of affairs?" I asked deliberately.

"The Immortal said: Divine Skills cannot overcome the Heavenly Number," said the old man.

Dong Che, as if deep in thought, muttered to himself: "Divine Skills cannot overcome the Heavenly Number..."

These six words might be the best summary of the inability of Impermanence from the past to intervene in the knowledge world.

Though the old man probably didn’t know what a divine seal is, or the force that splits the world in two, into the internal and external, his narrative roughly matched my knowledge.

Impermanence and some of Great Success Rank could change the natural order with their own power, so vast that it wasn’t "Spell" but "Divine Skills." However, throughout history, so many Impermanence were unable to resist the Divine Seal Power, only hiding in the shadow of human civilization. If such power isn’t "Heavenly Number," then what is it?

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