Overgod Ch45

 Chapter 45: Opening the eyes

"I naturally know!"

However, Wu Qing let out a brilliant light in her eyes: "I have a faint feeling in my heart, this is the calamity of my Dao's karma!"

Immediately after, she sneered: "So what if there are obstacles? I will cut these with my sword!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a muffled thunder in the sky.

There were snow and wind outside gather, the indoor female crown was cloudless, with a graceful appearance and a vaguely detached state, making Wu Ming lose sight of it.

"I don't know much about this Dragon's Gate Meeting, what is it about?"

Knowing that he was rude, he immediately coughed and changed the subject.

"Dragon's Gate Meeting..."

Wu Qing's face was slightly red but it was fleeting. After thinking for a while, she said: "You know, the Clear Phoenix Prefecture has a Raging Dragon River, stretching for three hundred miles, gathering the waters of the Clear Phoenix Prefecture, and finally goes to the sea?"

"I've heard a little bit about it..."

Wu Ming was stunned, his predecessor knew nothing about geography but knew about the term of Raging Dragon River.

"This Raging Dragon River is a tributary of the Dragon Vein of the Tianhe River in the Divine State's Chi County [1]. Passing through the Dragon Gate Gorge, the water slows down and bless the people... However,  a hundred years ago, the Raging Dragon River was still fierce and would bring harm from time to time, flooding the common people from a thousand miles away! Thanks to Prefecture Governor Wang Zhong at that time, who opened the mountain and fetched stones, built dams along the gorge, capturing and killing water demons, and erected the monuments to guard them. The three hundred miles downstream flooded the non-irrigated lands, making a haven unknown to hunger. The people at that time were moved and built a temple to Wang Zhong, and after his death, his spirit became the City God of Chu Feng, he's very powerful..."

"The Dragon Gate Meeting is related to this matter?" Wu Ming asked.

"Correct! Under the merit monument erected by Wang Zhong is a suppressed white python and it already has the appearance of a dragon!" Wu Qing finally revealed a shocking secret: "This python was a descendant of the water demon back then. Since ancient times, pythons can transform into dragons and this snake has already grown a single horn and has a dragon-like appearance. It is also related to the Raging Dragon River so it cannot be killed; the water will flood for hundreds of miles. It cannot be killed, only suppressed!"

During that time, Wang Zhong, with the help of the imperial court and many strangers, set up a memorial monument, sealing the White Python. Every once in awhile, participants from the Dao Lineage will organize rituals to supplement the seal; increasing luck over time, forming a convention, this is the origin of  the Dragon Gate Meeting!"

"This time, I've made great progress in the Dao and was promoted to the high gong. I'm going to suppress the White Python, or White Jiao [2], not purely for tempering myself but also for merit!"

"That's it!"

Wu Ming was shocked in his heart: "To put it bluntly, the Dragon Gate Meeting is a large-scale suppression ritual, but there are really dragons in this world..."

"Was the water demon an evil dragon? Mortals slaying dragons, there are many taboos, so they directly named it water demon?"

At this moment, there was still some anxiety in his heart, and he asked, "This... is there really no danger? Will the white snake break out?"

"Naturally not!"

However, Wu Qing was very confident: "This is an opportunity for the younger generation to train, how dangerous can it be? It is the City God and the Daoist elders who really makes the move to reinforce the seal. We just need to go and the rewards from county city are quite rich; you can even earn the merits of Heaven and Earth. It's a fat chance! Your elder sister doesn't even know how many opponents she has to defeat to grab this job! Because this is my disaster, if I was to avoid it, it will impact my future and become even worse!"

'It seems that soldiers will only stand in the way. When water comes, the earth will be submerged. If it's not good, I will go to the county government once; I can't let Wu Qing die...'

At this point, his heart was already set, but Wu Ming did not show the slightest expression on his face. He smiled and said: "Elder sister sure is busy, it's really time to come back. Tomorrow night, at New Year's Eve, you have to drink two more glasses!"

"New Year's Eve?"

Wu Qing seemed reminiscence some memories: "For those who cultivate Dao, this hustle and bustle show that the world is prospering, but I don't know how long can I watch..."

Wu Ming's heart turned cold. He knew that Wu Qing's Daoist Magic are profound and felt an ominous feeling, but then said: "When I mention this, I thought of the pork dumplings that were wrapped on the New Year's Eve when I was the child. The flowing oil was so delicious and I often grabbed Sister's portion..."

"You still remember this..."

Wu Qing gave Wu Ming a look, but her face bloomed like a hundred flowers, blooming a touching smile.

.....

Nighttime.

In the quiet room, Wu Ming sat cross-legged, his face firm.

"Elder Sister Qing is right to remind me today! I had the aid of a pill before, and I was worried that my foundation would be unstable, so I would be cautious going step by step, but I lost my brave and diligent Dao heart!"

A word of truth, at this time, pushed the fog aside. Wu Ming was suddenly energized and in a rush, he first dripped the Five Stones to Ming San back to the abdomen, and quietly closed his eyes.

In an instant, a more ferocious and domineering heat than usual formed, and was engulfed, and rushed towards the awakened Ancestral Niwan. 

In the Sea of Consciousness, the chaos writhed with a sense of horrible fragmentation.

In normal times, Wu Ming would not dare to act recklessly in such a situation, and would just stop and lose his medicine.

But now, he was gritting his teeth, letting the Sea of Consciousness burst into pain, urging the heat to turn into ice.

"Give me... Open!"

Boom!

In an instant, it seemed that a certain limit was broken, and the chaos retreated, creating a bright light.

Although there is only a small piece in the center, Wu Ming had a wonderful feeling in an instant. It seemed that there was some metamorphosis in his spirit: "This is the opening of the Sea of Consciousness!"

At this time, he really advanced into the rank of Daoist, and could be called a Daoist Priest!

The Spirit Counsciousness's Magic Power is self-sufficient and can Daoist Magic without consuming one's own qi and blood essence.

It can be said that if you take this step, you will enter the Dao's Gate!

"Huh... it's not easy to class-transfer, I am now a hybrid master!"

Wu Ming laughed at himself, took out the "Yellow Court Yin Talisman Scripture" and looked at it.

"After the Daoist Priest, it is the Refined Master... Refine the Five Qi inside, combined with the five internal organs, absorb the Purple Qi from the sun, polish the mortal body, and build your foundation to Great Perfection... In this regard, I have the experience of the Martial Path and its body's original physical foundation. It is extremely advantageous, not to mention the rapid progress, it is bound to be extraordinary!"

"With the Sea of Consciousness, you can choose a few spells and the adaptability to various Missions' environments will be inevitably improved... Moreover, with the use of Magical Artifacts and talismans, it will add three points in power and react faster!"

Magical Artifacts and Dao Talismans were originally intended for Daoists; as it should be.

Wu Ming thought about it and took out the iron box which contained a copy of "Extreme Yin Corpse Refining Law" and a roll of handwritten notes.

"The "Extreme Yin Corpse Refining Law" is too restrictive and looting corpses is against the heavens. If you are found out, you will be labeled as a demon... In addition, I can't always bring two zombies to each Mission every time, right?"

Wu Ming shook his head regretfully, "Also... the Copper Corpse and Iron Corpse are so troublesome to refine and are extremely afraid of thunder. It is restrained by it until they become Golden Corpses... Unfortunately, my mana is far from enough!"

With his meager mana from his newly opened Sea of Consciousness, it was really difficult to cultivate a Daoist method with amazing power.

"Should I go to the Overgod Palace to redeem one? But Merit Points are precious, and I should, at least, save up some to prepare for the next Mission..."

Of course, Wu Qing was also another way but Wu Ming knew that the Dao Institute was very strict with Daoist Magic and did not want to make Wu Qing in a more awkward and dangerous situation.

"On the other hand, there's also the Daoist Qingping's handbook which also contains a few small spells he got while traveling. I seem to able to read it..."

Thinking of this, Wu Ming opened the letter.

Daoist Qingping was a rogue cultivator but he was very talented in the comprehension of Fengshui. Relying on scams and abductions, a few words of truths can be found by chance. With self-study and enlightenment, he would at least find something.

The others are nothing but there's a Spiritual Eye method, it was rather contented; recorded in a precious and serious way.

"Spirit Eye Technique?"

Wu Ming pondered.

In fact, there are many ways to open the Spiritual Eye among the Daoist Gates, all for the purpose of seeing ghosts and communicate with the Yin-Yang.

However, Daoist Qingping claimed that his Spiritual Eye could not only see the Netherworld but also see luck and analyze the Fengshui of a mansion, which is really extraordinary.

The phases of this dao technique include imprint, name, person, family, and tomb from a person to a Dragon Vein's Fengshui, then to the country family's luck. If you get this one, you can live and eat without worry. Daoist Qingping was able to get a place in the Zhou family with this, this was really not a vain..."

The mantra recorded by Taoist Qingping was quite simple. Wu Ming thought for a while and closed his eyes.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the mana condensed and suddenly turned into a character.

This is the foundation of magical techniques, the true kind of Daoism!

When he opened his eyes again, the reflection of runes appeared in his pupils, and there was a slight flash of light.

"So easy?"

Although it was only a small technique, Wu Ming felt it was unbelievable.

"This Spirit Eye Technique... is it completed?"

Wu Ming was a little disbelieved. He looked at the furniture in the house but found nothing. His heart moved, raised his left hand, and saw the Dark Gold Ring releasing rays of light.

Now that he reached the heart of the matter, he took out a bronze mirror and faced himself.

"This is..."

In the bronze mirror, a 16, 17 years old youth wore a jade crown. On top of it, red and white qi gathered, forming a wave of water and a circle of white light protecting the whole body.

"So clear?"

Wu Ming was a little surprised: "And there hasn't been any consumption yet..."

Going outside of the house, he looked up in the distance.

He saw white qi surging from all directions in the boundless land, gathering on the fortress, and in the middle of it, it became red to support himself.

"This is the energy of Earth Veins! The power brought by two thousand acres of land and two hundred tenants!" Seeing this, he had a deeper understanding of what is going on.

"Strange, the script doesn't say that '... you want to look forward to the breath, contemplate and save your spirit, showing colors... The Earth Vein is thick, you can distinguish it silently. Was seriously ill on March...' "

Wu Ming couldn't help but think of Daoist Qingping's self-report.

He used to look at pictures and could only get a rough idea each time. The only time he chose a graveyard for the Zhou family, he burned incense, prayed, fasted, and bathed for three days before he dared to do it. He could see Earth Qi and had to try hard to identify a touch of color of auspiciousness and even suffered a backlash from the Earth Dragon, contracted a serious illness in March.

And that's it, the handwriting still reveals a trace of self-satisfaction.

"Then what about me?"

"Is my physique superior to ordinary people and fits this Dao technique in particular or are my eyes... have abnormalities?"

Wu Ming thought of the clues of the apostle of Overgod among the flashes of electricity. 

"Get a True Vision... Could it be possible that the power of seeing through the falsehood can brought to the Great Zhou World?"

[1]: The Divine State (or Divine land)'s pinyin name is Shenzhou which is the ancient name of China. As for Chi County, I'm not really sure.

[2]: In raws, it means scaly dragon which doesn't really fit the context here. I mean, what's the difference between a true dragon and a scaly dragon? However, there is another term that is tossed around in the translation circle which is Jiao, which is a stage of transformation to become a true dragon (I think).