novellhall Chapter 42 The Hidden Mystery Ends, A Fleeting Dream... All Turns to Ashes
Chapter 42 The Hidden Mystery Ends, A Fleeting Dream... All Turns to Ashes
The back mountain is a place of sealed evil spirits.
The amber from the wellhead shone brightly, gradually transforming from a golden-white color into a warm, jade-like luster with subtle blood-like veins.
The cracks healed rapidly, and the black energy was completely suppressed and transformed, clearly indicating that the calamity of the earthly evil had been completely removed.
The setting sun, like blood, shone on the devastated Taoist temple.
[Phase Three: The End, Now Over]
[Teleportation initiated!]
"Master! Senior brother succeeded! The Earthly Fiends have been quelled!"
Xuanji was both crying and laughing.
Shouzhenzi, though barely breathing, revealed a relieved smile: "Alright... Hidden Mystery Temple... from now on..."
"The future looks bright and promising!"
Lu Qingfeng helped his master up and then transferred a wisp of his vital energy to him to maintain his life force.
[Teleportation countdown: 5...4...]
The setting sun shone down on the three masters and their disciples...
It was as if nothing had ever happened.
Yet it also felt as if everything was just beginning.
At this moment, the transmission of the comprehensive network is also coming to an end.
The space began to distort slightly, and transparent ripples spread out from Lu Qingfeng's body.
Xuan Ji sensed something was wrong and looked up in alarm: "Senior brother? What's wrong?!"
"Junior brother, Yinxuan Temple is yours from now on. Take good care of Master."
"Senior brother?!"
"Practice diligently, and live well."
Lu Qingfeng paused, taking one last look at the land that bore witness to the brief karma of his life.
"If fate allows...we'll meet again."
The moment his words fell, his figure vanished into the deepening twilight, like ink erased by an eraser, leaving no trace.
Xuanji stood there, stunned, with only a blue sword tassel that his senior brother had given him, and a bunch of strange items that he didn't know what they were.
Night completely swallowed the mountains.
In the distance, the faint sound of bells could be heard from the direction of Jiangzhou City, before gradually fading away.
A new order will be rebuilt after the bloodshed, but that will be irrelevant to the departing travelers.
Only the ancient well behind Yinxuan Temple reflects the rising starlight.
"But at least, it's a good story, isn't it?"
"Unfortunately... it was all just a fleeting dream, nothing but ashes."
—The Old Man of Yellow Millet, the Hidden Master of the Mysterious Dao—■■
"You've become a coward, you old man!"
——Human Court of the Dao, Celestial Lord of the Dao, Prayer for Salvation, Historical Torrent · ■■
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[Instance settlement in progress...]
"The dungeon [Earthly Calamity - Hidden Mystery] is complete."
Main quest completed (Mutation, Excellent)
"Hidden Ending: [Jade Wall Shines Together - Mutation] Achieved. The seal has undergone an unknown benign mutation, and the Earthly Yin Vein has been transformed into a place where spiritual and evil spirits coexist."
"Special rewards are being processed..."
You have gained the special status: [Jade Pact]
[Jade Wall Pact]: You have a weak causal connection with the Hidden Mystery Temple's earth vein jade wall. In the future, you can use this connection to briefly project your consciousness near the jade wall at a certain cost, or obtain opportunities related to the earth veins.
Current status: dormant (requires specific conditions to be met for activation).
"You have obtained the [Earth Vein Jade Heart - Mutation] (Purple)"
"You have obtained [Shouzhenzi's Daoist Remnant - Martial Arts Chapter] (Blue Inheritance)."
"You have lost the [Special Instance Invitation]."
"You have gained a significant amount of general experience (based on task rating and outcome)..."
"You have obtained a large amount of Disaster Coins..."
"You have successfully killed the Corpse of the Mage (incomplete), Skill Points +1"
"You have successfully killed... Endless Carnage! Skill Points +8!"
"You've gained a wealth of combat experience!"
“…………”
You have earned the title: Villain.
[Villain: Charisma gains an additional +1 modifier (Crimson Carnage)]
"You have acquired a special skill: [Dream of the Yellow Millet], which has been incorporated into your system."
【The Yellow Millet Dream】
[Type: Active/Passive Triggered Skill (Automatically activated when near death)]
【Effect:
Can be turned on actively
When the holder's health drops to near death (or suffers fatal damage), the [Yellow Millet Dream] skill is automatically triggered.
The holder will enter a brief dreamlike illusion, experiencing a vague past or possibility within the dream, lasting for a moment.
During the dream state, the holder is immune to all damage and control effects and is unable to act.
When the dream ends, the holder immediately returns to their optimal state (health, spiritual power, and stamina are fully restored, and all negative status effects are removed).
The cooldown time depends on the level of usage during the previous run.
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"You have acquired the special ability: [Earthly Fiend Body]"
[Earthly Fiend Body]:
[Skill Type: Passive Skill/Permanent Enhancement]
Skill Effect:
Physical Body Permanent Transformation: Provides additional physical defense and resistance to cold and corrosive energies.
Permanent increase in bone density and muscle fiber strength, with a fixed bonus to basic strength and physique.
Base health (maximum health) receives a significant permanent increase.
Your body has been cleansed and reshaped by the primordial energy of the earth, making you no longer an ordinary person.
……
"call……"
In the bookstore's backyard, on the familiar blue brick floor, our store manager, Mr. Lu, was skimming the foam from his teacup with the lid, savoring the tea in his hand.
Let's have some tea first!
This tea is no ordinary tea; it's a spiritual tea that Lu Qingfeng indulged in as a form of revenge spending on the online world after he became wealthy.
Calming Tea
Type: Consumables
Effects: Slightly increases the speed of spiritual energy recovery and slightly increases the speed of mental energy recovery.
Of course, it's not all revenge spending.
Since leaving the Earthly Fiend Tribulation dungeon, Lu Qingfeng couldn't hold on due to the huge boost to his body.
Exhausted both physically and mentally, I almost fainted, so I used some consumables to recover.
The settlement notifications on the integrated network panel continued to refresh. After finishing his tea, Lu Qingfeng closed his eyes and sensed the changes within his body.
His bones were like cast steel, his muscle fibers were filled with condensed blood and qi, and the faint bluish-black lines under his skin were the marks left by the tempering of the Earthly Fiend Origin.
This is the [Earthly Fiend Body].
And the "Dream of the Yellow Millet"...
This ability feels incredibly powerful, but putting aside the sense of familiarity, it's definitely a life-saving skill.
Suppressing his urge to seriously injure himself and experiment, Lu Qingfeng continued to sense the changes within his body.
The combined power of his two lifetimes was too great, too ruthless, and he only realized its power after leaving the instance.
Open the panel, and your personal attributes are now as follows:
Strength 15, Constitution 15, Agility 15, Intelligence 13, Perception 15, Charisma 11
This is the biggest takeaway from this dungeon: incredibly solid base stats, which are the core of everything.
In addition, the rewards this time are also very generous:
The [Earth Vein Jade Heart - Mutation] emits a warm purple light, feels cool to the touch, and clearly reveals the pure spiritual energy it contains.
The "Remnant of Shouzhenzi's Daoist Thoughts - Martial Arts Chapter" transformed into a stream of light and surged into his sea of consciousness. It contained the martial arts insights passed down through the Yinxuan Temple lineage, which perfectly matched his blood and qi system.
This perfectly addresses the issue of Lu Qingfeng's lack of a systematic approach to power.
After roughly sorting out his gains, he did not immediately study the Daoist remnant image, but instead brought up the skill tree.
It's time to allocate the 9 skill points.