Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology
Chapter 68: Continuous Expansion, East Mountain Stone Old Man!

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Continuous Expansion, East Mountain Stone Old Man!

Name: Song Lin, East Mountain Hunting Lord.

Category: ghosts and gods

Realm: Team Position of the Underworld

Taoist Realm: Seven years

Divine Skills: Dreaming, Bamboo Divination.

An additional title of East Mountain Hunting Lord was, of course, a legitimate name given by the believers.

The realm has become Team Position of the Underworld.

"Team Position of the Underworld?" Song Lin was a bit puzzled, and a note appeared below the Monster Chronicles.

The underworld level, from low to high, is divided into: Team Position, Tun Position, Qu Position, Departmental Position, School Position, Capital Position, and General Position.

Corresponding to the mundane roles like team leader or tun leader.

It is determined by the number of believers among ghosts and gods and the area of jurisdiction.

Song Lin hadn’t fully gained the acceptance of the entire village; his jurisdiction was less than one-tenth of the village, with only about a dozen believers, barely enough to be called a Team Position.

"So that’s how it is."

There are about five hundred people in East Mountain Village; if he could take it all, he might be promoted to Tun Position.

Song Lin examined his own form, which had become much more solid.

He opened his right palm, where a ball of white light appeared in the center.

This was the mana of ghosts and gods.

The territory and believers determined the upper limit of mana; the frequency and number of offerings determined the speed of strength growth and mana recovery.

The way of incense-burning ghosts and gods absorbed things like people’s thoughts and beliefs.

This had nothing to do with real-world cultivation, which made Song Lin a bit anxious, as this world seemed not very useful.

"Perhaps I could practice the Rampant Soldier Skill?"

Song Lin thought to himself.

The ultimate skill of Xuanke Temple was to command the Rampant Soldier Skill; to quickly rise, he must master the Rampant Soldier Skill.

Thinking of this, Song Lin set his goal.

There was an additional skill in divine skills: the Bamboo Divination Skill.

Song Lin experimented a bit, finding that it was roughly divining the direction of the object of his thoughts using bamboo divination.

He focused his mind to condense two bamboo divination pieces, shaped like a new moon, each with one yin and one yang.

When he cast the two bamboo pieces into the air, they formed a "victory cup" of one yin and one yang, and the spell was completed. The direction pointed by the tip of divination was the direction of the object contemplated.

This method was generally used to find lost items; according to Song Lin’s current mana, he could use it about ten times a day.

"Perfect for hunting," Song Lin thought.

With this divine skill, believers and territory expanded rapidly.

In the evening, Song Lin dreamed of Sixth Sister and her husband.

"Sixth Sister, I’ve already dreamed to the village chief; tomorrow Zhou Da will go to the temple to be a temple priest, and you go to be the Gua Master."

After instructing the two, Song Lin retreated from the dream.

The next day, the temple had two more administrators.

The village chief, carrying a bow and traps, entered the temple and offered a thirty-minute incense.

"Sixth Sister, give me a divination, hoping for a good harvest today!"

Sixth Sister threw the bamboo divination into the air.

"Victory cup, southeastward, Third Uncle, just hunt to the southeast."

Others, finding it curious, also offered incense for divination.

In the evening, most who went into the mountains to hunt had a great harvest.

The one with the most caught eight roe deer and two wild boars.

Previously, it would take a month to get that much, now it was a day’s gain.

"Amazing!!"

"It really works!"

"Why didn’t I catch anything?"

Some worshipped but didn’t catch prey—this was intentional by Song Lin, as not granting every believer’s wish made others think that those pious enough would succeed, prompting them to earnestly worship.

Balancing tension and release, that was the key to longevity.

"Your heart wasn’t sincere! Once I sell my goods, I’ll definitely come to offer more incense money."

After that, Wulang Temple’s incense money grew; ninety percent was used for charity and temple renovations, while the other ten percent was kept by the temple priest.

Soon, in less than half a month.

Song Lin fully occupied East Mountain Village, five hundred people became believers, officially promoting him to Tun Position.

He gained a new skill, Cold Disease Skill, which could cause colds or minor illnesses.

Besides, he could use real-world items now.

This greatly increased Song Lin’s strength, meaning real-world magic treasures and Rampant Soldiers could now be used.

And with a bit more strength, he could also practice real-world Taoist Skill.

Several months passed.

More than a thousand people from East Mountain South Village, East Village, and West Village also joined the ranks of worshippers.

Thus, the entire sunny side of East Mountain was unified.

There were now four branch temples, and Song Lin could travel to any territory at any time.

At the back temple of East Mountain, Song Lin hovered above the god statue.

His soul became much more solid.

Except for cultivation, all sorts of spells and weapons could be used.

"It’s expanding faster than I imagined, and karma has increased by one percent," Song Lin thought.

Apparently, in this world, karma is about becoming the strongest deity by constant expansion.

What he didn’t know was that in this era of rampant growth of countless gods, most deities gained faith through intimidation.

Ghosts and gods like Song Lin, who were closely tied to the interests of the people and willing to use mana to benefit them, were highly sought after by all.

If not for the place being too remote and inaccessible, the news might have instantly spread to all the hunters living by East Mountain.

Wow!

At this time, a Yin Wind blew through.

Two Rampant Soldiers appeared in the temple.

"Report!"

"Speak!"

"Subordinate has identified all the deities of East Mountain County. The largest deity in East Mountain is named General Shanli, who controls the water area, with headquarters in Xitan County; East Mountain County’s Water God includes Lady Luo, Copper God; there’s the Forest God Lord Ku Zhu, Mountain God Wood Hermit, and the East Mountain Stone Old Man."

"So many gods..."

East Mountain Stone Old Man belongs to the category of Evil God, and he’s also an enemy of mine.

If I want to unify East Mountain’s hunters, this person will definitely be my greatest obstacle.

Thinking of this, Song Lin said to General Rampant Soldier: "You lead the Rampant Soldiers to practice day and night, and I’ll dream to the Eight Temple Priests later, letting them each select two disciples for training."

The next day, Song Lin instructed the temple priests to recruit students and told them about the transmission of immortal methods.

Then he passed down the Lao Mountain Magic, especially Hemostatic Method and Healing Skill, forms of Incantation and Healing Skill.

But magic is not something you learn instantly; it also depends on oneself.

The spread of East Mountain Hunting Lord also reached the mountain.

Inside the dark, damp cave.

There was an oval-shaped large stone.

The large stone had dark red spots resembling bloodstains, covered by a red cloth.

Nearby, foxes, ferrets, tigers, and wolves lay fearfully, not daring to raise their heads.

Swoosh!

Yin Wind roared, black mist gathered into a human figure, and an old, deep voice came.

"Who is East Mountain Hunting Lord? Who exactly is this deity?"

A tiger next to it spoke in human words: "Lord, seems to be some Wulang, used to hunt and died accidentally in East Mountain, honored as a god after death."

"Haha, turns out to be a useless wretch! Order all demons to attack the Hunting Temple on the full moon night, eat the villagers as you please, let them see who really rules East Mountain!!"

"Alright! Long live!!"

Instantly, demons danced in chaos.