Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 63 - 61: In the future, transform into a remarkable being, and with a single leap, you shall ascend the Dragon Gate!

Chapter 63: Chapter 61: In the future, transform into a remarkable being, and with a single leap, you shall ascend the Dragon Gate!

Wangren Town.

Bang!

A big tiger tumbled to the ground with an unsteady gait, having just dashed out with high spirits only to fall back with a dirt-covered face in the blink of an eye.

Wang Yuan rolled agilely on the ground and swiftly stood up without leaving a trace.

He was actually unharmed, but "Mr. One-Eyed," who had just been doused in black dog blood and had barely recovered, was once again injured within the "Heaven and Earth Furnace."

Fortunately, it wasn’t too serious. With a day and a night of recuperation, he should be able to use divine skills again.

"Lucky my life is tough enough to cheat with the ’Five Ghosts Moving Mountains’ and successfully escape from the hands of a Dao General who’s at the third realm of ’Spirit Communication Transformation.’

If I had to rely solely on these fluffy legs, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have gotten far before being caught and skinned by such a master."

However, while feeling fortunate, Wang Yuan couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

"But it shouldn’t be like this.

After I perfected the ’Transformation into Tiger Technique,’ the ’Small Book of Life and Death’ clearly showed that my ’Qi Fortune’ had increased a bit.

Now should be the time when my luck is at its peak and flourishing, so why am I still encountering such inexplicably bad luck?"

After successfully mastering the ’Transformation into Tiger Technique’ and inheriting everything from the White Mountain Lord, Wang Yuan had already discovered.

His ’Qi Fortune’ had automatically increased by a little again, changing from "-4" to "-3" and reaching the border between "Sky Light" and "White Smoke Surrounding the Beam."

Clearly, the way of fortune is not completely illusory, and part of it is hidden within the resources and power at one’s disposal.

Having money, power, influence, and martial force can naturally smooth over many difficulties that ordinary people can’t overcome.

Black clouds overhead (less than -5), Sky Light [-5 to -3], White Smoke Surrounding the Beam [-2 to 0], Red Light Shielding Life [1 to 3], Green Cloud Ascending [4 to 6], Purple Qi Comes from the East [7 to 9].

Judging solely from Qi Fortune, it seems he’s only one step away from completely escaping the deadly peril of the Owl God Tomb.

The biography section of the ’Small Book of Life and Death’ has also undergone significant changes.

[Biography·Book Owner B: Wang Yuan

Place of Origin: Ancient Locust Ridge, Daling Village, Beimang Mountain, Luoyang Prefecture, Junzhou

Duty: Reserve Guardian of the Luoyang Royal Mausoleum on Beimang Mountain

Age: Fourteen years and three hundred and fifty days

Life Span: *****

Abnormality: Eyes the color of dark blue (Unsightly Observation)

Life Chart: 7, White Tiger Holding Position

Qi Fortune: -3, Sky Light, the three fires are erratic, ominous!

Fate: 4, The carp yet unchanged guards the river, seeking not to ascend and aspire to greater heights; on a day of towering transformation, I promise a leap through the Dragon Gate.

Cultivation: "Martial Arts and Military Skills" second realm "Refining Marrow and Changing Blood" beginner level;

Divine Power Skill: "Gathering Beasts Magic Skill," "Transformation into Tiger Technique" ("Divine Skills·Soul Capturing and Spiritual Communication," "Divine Skills·Five Ghosts Moving Mountains," "Beast Language").

Yin Morality: 312 (in the past few days, he grabbed two human heads from the ’Heavenly Facing Householders’ while breaking the accompanying tombs.)]

Aside from "Book Owner B," which has become increasingly irksome to look at since he realized it was a "public golden finger," and the life span that has never been displayed, the other entries have changed significantly.

Especially after his Qi Fortune had risen twice consecutively.

The original [Fate]: 1, "A duckweed adrift in a sea of suffering, a withered tree unable to meet the sound of spring rain, success eludes amidst strong winds, a life of drifting without support."

Has changed to[Fate]: 4, "The carp yet unchanged guards the river, seeking not to ascend and aspire to greater heights; on a day of towering transformation, I promise a leap through the Dragon Gate."

This made Wang Yuan certain that he had come to a crucial juncture, just needing to clear this leap to ride the winds and turn into a dragon at any moment!

This shouldn’t be falling into bad luck without explanation.

Suddenly, Wang Yuan had a thought and couldn’t help but recall the words "Life Trading Coin" hidden at the root of that Dao General’s tongue.

As well as the weird patterns that had taken over his entire body.

Then he had a thoughtful look.

"Maybe, this isn’t me being unlucky. Instead, the flourishing ’Qi Fortune’ is giving me a warning for now.

I shouldn’t focus only on the Owl God Tomb, Master Ge, and Wang Yunhu.

The deepest hidden threat now appears to be the Luoyang Royal Mansion, which on the surface, is more despicable than a group of swine."

"From this Dao General, Wei Anning, who is willing to be a lackey, it’s clear that they must be no ordinary force!"

"Based on this, we can reasonably deduce that the Luoyang Royal Mansion might be secretly controlling many key figures in Luoyang City through that deceit object or other means.

Even due to the Dragon Qi Prohibition, the controlled individuals must be of lower ranks.

But the hidden strength of the Luoyang Royal Mansion is probably far more terrifying than anyone can imagine.

The only question is whether the mansion has some profound strategy regarding the Owl God Tomb, since they were able to find the ’Elixir’ fifteen years ago, they probably know the secret of the Immortality Wine, right?"

The more Wang Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that Beimang Mountain at this moment was like an accelerating vortex, intent on sucking in all people and things, tearing them to shreds.

And the center of the vortex was called—Immortality!

Yili King, Master Ge, Wang Yunhu, Lady Peach Fairy, the Luoyang King... and even himself, they were all just water droplets in this vortex.

In half a month, it would be a time of earth-shattering change.

"Fortunately, in this life great power resides within myself, and I still possess the means to contend with fate, so I won’t be completely drifted along by the current."

Wang Yuan had a thought, and without needing to strip off the tiger skin, his body’s tiger fur and skin retracted on their own, much like the third realm of the Military Arts and Military Skills, the Spirit Communication Transformation.

With the power of magic, he had prematurely achieved this form of transformation, akin to that of a Tiger Demon.

If it had been a quarter of an hour earlier, he might have been quite self-satisfied.

But after being rebuked by a Dao General, he had once again leveled his attitude, returning to his usual caution and carefulness.

At this critical moment, only by continuing to carefully hide himself and gather more intelligence could he deliver a fatal blow at the last minute.

Taking this opportunity, he also took a moment to sort through all the Precept Taboos that he currently needed to adhere to.

The more Daoist Skills one cultivates, the more careful one must be in observing precepts, ensuring not to err inadvertently.

[One, Gathering Beasts Magic Skill: Still must not eat the animals called forth, but after mastering the Transformation into Tiger Technique, one can already use Tiger Might to compel to a certain extent.]

[Two, one must consume no less than twenty pounds of meat per month, for each pound less eaten, one must self-cut one pound of one’s own flesh, for two pounds less, two pounds of one’s flesh...

Note: The part for cutting the flesh is determined by oneself, painless flesh removal.]

[Three, after transforming into a tiger, no longer craves human blood and flesh, but still must not engage in cannibalism.

Eating humans will result in irreversible fallen demon mutation.]

[Four, Soul Capturing and Spiritual Communication: Innate Divine Abilities are less restricted, one must not command ghosts beyond one’s own level, cannot rely on them for Enlightenment, and can only improve as one’s Martial Arts and Military Skills strength increases.]

By now, Wang Yuan’s strength had reached its limit in a short period of time.

He then immediately shifted his focus to the legendary Heavenly Book.

"Lady Peach Fairy once mentioned that for a Magician, having more Daoist Skills is not necessarily better.

As knowledge accumulates and one knows more, one is more likely to encounter misfortune. Although one’s methods can become richer, one also needs to observe more Precept Taboos to fend off risks.

If one cultivates two contradictory skills, one requiring vegetarianism and the other demanding meat consumption, one will likely mutate into a demon immediately."

"In this world, there are no good people who practice evil techniques.

The Righteous Path might harbor hypocrites, but those on the Evil Demon Path are certainly undeniably scoundrels, dregs! Even if one starts as a good person, Precept Taboos will force one to do various evil deeds."

"For Cultivators with a Sect heritage, they usually don’t involve themselves with Mixed Skills before Enlightenment.

Even after receiving the Receiving Talisman and achieving Enlightenment, they will only focus on one skill.

Because they can enrich their methods and avoid risks by borrowing techniques through the Dharma Seal from the Sect Venerable God.

But there are exceptions.

Among the Heavenly, Earth, Mystical, and Yellow Department Dao Skills, the real treasures of the Heavenly and Earth Departments are not just the ability to reach the levels of Sages or Immortals.

Moreover, a single Divine Power Talisman contains abilities such as Nourishing and Refining, Attack, Flying Escape, Substitute, Divination... and so on, while one only needs to adhere to one set of Precept Taboos!"

"Therefore, what a Practitioner who aspires to the grand Dao should seek is not more self-contradictory lower-level techniques.

But rather the Earth Department Dao Skill, ’Green Cloud Ascending,’ or even the Heavenly Department Dao Skill, ’Sky Light’!"

Skills like Gathering Beasts and Tiger Transformation, which fall under the Yellow and Mystical Departments, were just emergency options out of necessity; Wang Yuan had no intention of using any of them as the foundation for his own Magician’s Dao Foundation.

Instead, he was prepared to take a gamble.

Not only to seek revenge on the Owl God Tomb.

He was also ready to snatch the Heavenly Department Dao Skill right from the hands of Master Ge and the Owl God Tomb—theft amid danger—and permanently complete his ’Small Book of Life and Death,’ setting an unrivaled Dao Foundation!