Above Destiny

Chapter 669 Is the dog barking?
Chen Xingzhou is, after all, an honest man.

He accepted any orders he received and dispatched them that very night, using a secret channel for designated orders, and even paid for them in advance.

I don't know if it's Ji Jue's unwavering character that makes him trustworthy, or his notorious monstrous nature...

Besides, he's just a godson.

Kill me if you want, let me die if you want.

What's the point of putting on an act?

These days, the godchildren in the deserted village are all busy with their own affairs. There are so many ways for fathers to say goodbye and sons to laugh together. It just so happens that Chen Xingzhou's status has recently risen, and he is preparing to sort out the problems that have accumulated over the years. He has nothing better to do than sit around on a rainy day, so why hesitate?

Goodbye then, the next one will be even better!
Die, Father.

boom! ! ! !

Outside the Hefang settlement, a burst of flames suddenly erupted, accompanied by a deafening roar, and the shockwave spread out, almost tearing the walls of the settlement apart...

The entire convoy instantly scattered, burning debris flying into the air and falling back down, carrying with it the sticky, burning phlogiston flames...

"Fuck-"

Amidst the intense dizziness, Yue Miao's eyes widened, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

Oh no, it's coming for me!

Need you even ask? That car still flying in the sky right now is his!

If I hadn't inexplicably ended up bragging to my underling in the back car today, I would have been flying into the sky with the car by now!

Wait, why am I sitting in the car behind?

I shouldn't...

A faint warning in his heart suddenly erupted, and a wave of intense heat jolted him awake from his daze—there was no explosion, no impact, just that the car in front of him had suddenly blown out a tire!

He was still sitting in his bulletproof car, surrounded by his underlings and bodyguards, completely unharmed.

Wait, are you really safe and sound?

In that instant, he looked down blankly and saw the blades embedded in his chest, back, neck, and heart. Just as the loud bang of the tire blowout pulled him into a hallucination, everyone in the seats in front of and behind him attacked simultaneously.

Blood gushed forth!
But he couldn't even feel the pain, only the burning sensation in his wrist that made him suffer unbearably. Instantly, he roared and his spiritual energy erupted.

A head of long hair erupted like a living thing, spreading out and piercing and tearing apart all the attackers around it. But after the hair, as sharp as a blade, sliced ​​through, what sprayed out from the flesh and blood was a stench.

Corpse!

They were all corpses!
His own trusted confidants and subordinates, without him even realizing it...

boom! ! !
This time, it was a real explosion. The body exploded, and a dark green flame instantly engulfed everything, shooting into the sky and tearing the vehicle apart from the inside out.

Just before that, Yue Miao, whose body had shrunk to an unbelievable size, was ejected from the car and rolled onto the ground. Blood gushed out and landed on the ground, no longer bright red, but a foul-smelling dark green and black.

Corpse poison and hallucinations...

No, there's also a curse!
At this moment, no matter how hard he tried to rouse himself, his consciousness was rapidly becoming hazy and disordered, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He roared, "The two brothers, the Corpse Beasts and Chaos Beasts?!"

"Hey, he's actually awake?"

A mocking voice came from the walkie-talkie that had fallen to the ground: "You're really hard to kill, but the corpse poison has seeped into your bones, there's no saving you. Brother, why don't you just end it all yourself and make things easier for us too?"

"It's a misunderstanding! There must be some misunderstanding!"

Yue Miao's pupils contracted, and he roared, "I have no grudge against you two brothers. I am the Dragon Head's adopted son. I'm dead..."

"Even if you're Chen Xingzhou's father, it won't help you, heh, hahaha—"

Amidst the mocking voices, Yue Miao's body suddenly vanished from its original spot, instantly reappearing hundreds of meters away. Then, with a leap, he sped off at incredible speed into the wilderness.

They're all cunning foxes, why are they playing at some ghost story?

Yue Miao turned and ran, without even looking back at his now safest and closest stronghold.

No matter how safe it is, being targeted by these two brothers means he can't stay any longer! If any traitors show up, he's doomed. At this critical juncture, the safest place is actually that desolate wilderness. He still has two safe houses and a secret hideout. If he can escape...

Bang!
Suddenly, Yue Miao's body plummeted from mid-air, crashing into the mud and unable to get up.

Pale silhouettes appeared out of thin air, already entangled around his body, constantly pulling and scratching, tearing flesh apart.

Vengeful spirits!

Amidst the chaotic footsteps, gunshots rang out. Yue Miao turned around, his eyes bloodshot, and saw his carefully trained subordinates staggering after him, pulling the trigger haphazardly.

Corpse!

They were all corpses!
Those two guys had already planted the corpse poison in everyone in the convoy...

This is the trademark of the Corpse-Beast and Chaos-Beast brothers!

Controlling zombies and vengeful spirits, using corpse poison and curses to weaken opponents, disrupt their minds, and destroy their souls... These two beasts are ruthless and have no bottom line when they fight!
The mocking laughter still echoed through the radio when one staggering figure after another rushed up, like puppets, firing wildly, forcing Yue Miao to crawl all over the ground, running and struggling frantically through the weeds and mud, but his speed was getting slower and slower.

Consciousness is rapidly fading.

The curse of the Abyss lineage took root in his soul, plundering his spiritual essence, yet also fueling his fighting spirit, making him soar high and eager to turn back and fight them to the death. Then, in an instant, his heart turned to ashes, and he wanted to end his life quickly.

However, the mind control of the Weiyang lineage caused his fear and despair to rise continuously in his heart, while excitement and joy expanded rapidly like flames.

He laughed wildly, cried out, and his expression was distorted.

Yue Miao screamed, convulsing amidst the hail of bullets, crawling wildly on the ground like a maggot, feeling as if his whole body was on fire, roaring and howling.

For a moment, he went completely mad, but then, it sounded like a crisp cracking sound.

In an instant, reason and consciousness returned, and with the replenishment of spiritual energy, they became so clear.

He opened his eyes, looked at the sky and the earth, smelled the stench in the air, the stench of blood, the stench of decay in the mud, heard the sound of worms crawling in the mud, the chirping of insects, and even... among the horde of living corpses, the sound of a heartbeat that was so clear.

Then, he laughed silently, grinning, tears streaming down his face.

So that's where it was!
boom! ! !
Yue Miao suddenly exploded.

His skin tore apart, blood gushed out, and suddenly, a layer of skin was shed, leaving behind the deadly poison that clung to his skin.

A silhouette resembling a blood-soaked figure shot out, its long hair and sharp claws lashing out, tearing apart corpses before suddenly grabbing a figure disguised among them.

Pulling him up by the neck.

"A corpse? Or a chaotic mess?"

"you……"

The face covered in disguise twitched, its eyes widened, and it subconsciously tried to catalyze the corpse poison and the corpse, but suddenly froze on the spot.

A snap.

With his five fingers contracting and his spine breaking, Yue Miao, like a wild beast, drew upon and plundered the blood and energy of his opponents to replenish himself. He sniffed the air, his scarlet eyes fixed on the chaotic convoy, and burst into wild laughter.

There's one more, here it is!!!
A scream seemed to ring out, echoing in his soul. It was so piercing that it made his vision go black and his soul almost shatter. But he was incredibly fast and managed to withstand the power of the curse and the mental explosion.

A heart pivot whose hiding place was discovered by the white deer.

dead!
boom--

The vehicle at the rear of the convoy was completely torn apart by Yue Miao, and the dwarf curled up in the trunk had his head explode and crushed!
Until the very last moment, that distorted face still held an expression of disbelief, confusion, and shock.

How can it be……

Only now did Yue Miao finally recover from his stupor and severe injuries. He blankly lowered his head and looked at his wrist. From the broken wristwatch on his wrist, the last wisp of spiritual light flowed out like a water droplet and slid off.

Spirituality annihilated.

In that instant, Yue Miao finally realized what was happening and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

They escaped a great disaster and were overjoyed!
At the same time, Chen Xingzhou, standing in front of the water mirror, was also laughing, bending forward and backward.

Looking back at the thousands of upgraded and hundreds of premium versions that I had stockpiled out of consideration for our friendship, as well as the ten-yuan autographed version that Ji Jue gave me yesterday, I smiled even more happily!

"Hey, Lao Lin."

He picked up the phone and instructed the person on the other end: "Have the accountant transfer the full payment to Xinquan. Also, place another order for two hundred premium sundials, also in full. No need to rush, there's no hurry for delivery."

Ten minutes later, the Security Bureau, having received the news, also began to laugh. Half an hour later, when Elder Deng saw the throngs of buyers outside the church, he was laughing so hard his legs could barely close.

Just an hour later, Ji Jue, who had received all the detailed data and experimental analysis recorded by the Ether Observer from the Tong family, also began to smile.

From that moment on, everyone involved in the sale of sundials in Xinquan, Yacheng, Chaocheng, and even Haizhou began to smile.

Everyone was laughing.

Everyone's smile seemed to be different.

Life is meant to be lived with a smile!

When Lou Feng smiled as he sent his thesis along with his investigation report to the association's review panel, some people stopped laughing.

"Your mother!!!"

Hu Jian's eyes widened, and he roared, slamming the paper on the table. His decades-long composure vanished, and he angrily rebuked, "How can such a baseless, accidental event be treated as a regular occurrence? These days, craftsmen are getting more and more arrogant, and they've lost all sense of shame just to make a scene! They're nothing but clowns! What else is there to verify?!"

"Master Hu, don't be in such a hurry."

Egonu, an old acquaintance who was also on duty in the review panel, and the others exchanged glances, understood each other, and grinned in unison. "I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush... To be fair, this paper seems to be well-reasoned and convincing!"

Moreover, the detailed data has been verified by the Ether system, and the principles and processes are also readily available. Whether it's just empty talk or not, let's do a set ourselves, and everything will be clear, right?

A Brief Discussion on a New Application and Possibility of the Spirit of Creation: The Enhanced Resistance Effect of Highly Similar Simulated Souls During Spiritual Interactions with Users

First author: Lou Feng; Corresponding author: Ji Jue.

Abstract: In exploring the possibilities of creation spirits, this paper presents attempts to establish that highly accomplished creation spirits can voluntarily bear curses and telekinesis in place of the host…

Keywords: Spirit Transformation, Spirit of Creation, Curse Resistance, Mind Control Immunity... A whole bunch of nonsensical ramblings, an eyesore for laymen, and speechless for experts, who can only hear a cacophony of barking dogs in their ears!
In short, Lou and Ji, based on numerous precedents of creatures that spontaneously protect their masters after being nurtured by their users, conducted extensive research and, by chance, achieved low-cost and mass production of such creature spirits...

Isn't that a coincidence? What a coincidence! It's too much of a coincidence!

What a coincidence! We've arrived right at our doorstep!
I actually succeeded without even realizing it!

Thank you, teacher; thank you, Ember; thank you, association; and Haizhou Security Bureau for your support…

The entire paper only has about ten pages of real content; the rest is just a long list of acknowledgments, from the Federal Garbage Collector to the Central Earth City Security Bureau's Operations Department, from thanking the association for its training and support, to thanking President Gustav for his leadership and earnest guidance—it's almost as if they've added the security guards at the gate!

It even included Egonu, who was sitting and drinking tea on the judging panel!

I am especially grateful for his generous sharing of knowledge at the federal military base, which was enlightening and helped me to further supplement the relevant theories. He truly deserves to be called a master of his generation. His demeanor and charisma are admirable!
"..."

After watching it, everyone looked at Egonu with strange, incredulous eyes: Wait, buddy, aren't you a biologist? When did you start studying spirituality?
Egonu smiled slightly, glanced at the entry in the thank-you list, and couldn't help but let out a soft hum.

"Sigh, we just exchanged some anatomical experiences, look at this kid..." He tapped the paper in front of him and sighed, "He's so dedicated!"

Although it might seem like flattering the judges, there's no rule against expressing gratitude!

You have to thank me for it to be useful, okay?

Moreover, if the entire paper does not falsify data or deceive people in terms of principles, it can at least be rated A+. How many achievements are rated A+ each year?
Even masters sometimes need emotional value and material to brag about, okay?!

Only Master Hu had a long face, and his expression grew increasingly unpleasant.

I flipped through the paper over and over, trying to find any flaws, but the content was all description, argumentation, and experimental data, which gave a general overview of what was going on.

They boast about how powerful, wondrous, effective, and convenient their "Seed of Spirituality" is, exaggerating its power to the heavens. It's practically a user manual with a different name, telling you how to use, operate, and nurture this thing.

As for how this seed of spirituality is produced?
Sorry, I didn't say a word!

Even the theories and cultivation methods used in the operating principle are all patents that Ji Jue and Ye Xian have registered with the association!

You surnamed Ji, you son of a bitch...

Hu Jian's eyes widened, and he was completely stunned by the sight of the red-hot heat!
In any other place, a paper that doesn't touch on core principles would have been rejected long ago. But within the association, craftsmen are allowed to preserve their skills and traditions.

Moreover, to facilitate empirical verification and reproduction by the review panel, sixty mechanisms containing the seeds of spirituality were included with the paper!

Sixty sundial cores, all of the same specifications, batch, effect, and condition, all made with the same craftsmanship and achieving the same result...

Don't tell me this is all fake work by craftsmen. With this quantity, even if Tianlu came here and wanted to fake it, he would be completely stumped!

Even without verification, just by looking at their confidence, everyone has already begun to believe that these two guys have really mastered low-cost mass production.

No, you're telling me you spent a few hours creating a guardian spirit that others would need several generations of nurturing and catalysis to produce by chance?!

And it's mass-produced on an assembly line?!
are you crazy?
It was so exaggerated that everyone who read the paper was skeptical and unsure.

Even though the paper repeatedly emphasizes that the results he created are not the same as the guardian spirits that everyone knows, only that they have the same effect.

The guardian spirits of artifacts possess their own intelligence, so they will proactively activate themselves to protect their masters when a crisis occurs, and their functions are never so singular.

The sundial relies on the instinctive reaction of the seed of spirituality.

Because it has been infected by the user's spiritual essence for a long time, the spirituality it generates is extremely similar to that of the user. It can almost be called a part of the user. As a result, it can confuse the curse's identification mechanism by using its indistinguishable essence from the user, and thus take the harm in place of the user. It is purely a consumable.

What's wrong with consumables?
Did these consumables eat your rice?

You don't even look at the price difference between sundials and other protective artifacts!
If you sell it to me for four or five hundred million and it can only be used once, I'll definitely call you trash.

But if you say your price is only a few million...

I'm sorry, Godfather, I didn't recognize you just now. Your son is kneeling down before you.

11111, are you really going to give it to me?

"It's come to this point, there's no point in saying more."

After another round of discussion and debate among the judging panel, Egonu slowly said, "Let's try it out and test it out."

He stood up voluntarily, rolled up his sleeves, and his flesh and blood writhed as he wrapped a movement inside. Then, he infused it with spiritual energy and catalyzed it with spiritual power.

He's a master after all; he doesn't need to be trained little by little over a long period of time.

Under its own catalysis, the movement rapidly grew like flesh and blood, and its internal spirituality also began to increase rapidly!

"Just follow the procedures outlined in the measured data and report."

Egonu casually unfolded a corner of the workshop, and tendrils intertwined and connected, landing on his body to detect and sense changes at any time.

He looked up at the others: "Who's coming?"

The other members were silent for a moment, exchanging glances before finally looking at Hu Jian, whose expression was gloomy. Hu Jian stood up abruptly and made his application.

Soon, a standard testing cursed artifact was delivered to the office.

A strange necklace emanating wisps of black energy was held in Hu Jian's hand, and right under the noses of many masters, it was pointed at Egonu from afar.

Amidst swirling and swirling waves of dark, inky light, Egonu remained composed, even deliberately restraining his power and resistance as he raised his arm.

Immediately afterwards, a hissing sound rang out.

The movement suddenly became extremely hot.

“Oh, there’s a response—” Egonu grinned. “Old Hu, give it your all.”

Hu Jian remained silent, and a burst of dark light suddenly erupted.

With a shattering sound, the blazing mechanism completely overloaded, its spiritual energy dissipated, and like a vortex, it instantly swallowed up all the dark radiance, annihilating it all!
Right before everyone's eyes, the curse was truly lifted!
"No, there's still a little bit left, probably..."

Egonu squinted, carefully considering: "About 0.17 percent."

Such a small amount of residue poses no threat whatsoever. Even if it's left, it will only cause occasional drowsiness. Even if you can't clean it off yourself, you can easily get rid of it completely with a spiritual cleansing by a transformation.

For a moment, the entire office fell silent, and everyone felt an urge to gasp for air.

Holy crap, these young people these days, they really know how to handle things!
"Maybe it's just an isolated incident."

Egonu grinned, unconcerned: "We still need to test it a few more times. Old Hu, please cooperate again."

As he spoke, he rolled up another movement and did the same thing.

The experiment was repeated, and the experiment continued.

Then they switch players and continue.

Sixty movements were used up in one afternoon.

From conventional soul-scattering spells, spirit-shifting techniques, and the torment of the five aggregates, to unorthodox methods like the Devouring of the Beast and the Transfer of Spirits... the most common mainstream curses and mind control methods can all provide an immediate warning. Even if the user is unaware, when their spiritual essence is in chaos, they can still buy crucial reaction time through self-destruction.

If we have to nitpick, then there might be weaknesses in certain types of curses and long-term suggestions from the Heart Pivot. But since you've already fallen to the point of being subject to long-term suggestions from the Heart Pivot and encountered a curse with a probability even smaller than winning the lottery, what else can you say?
Let's call each other brothers!

All that's left is temperament; who knows, it might come in handy!
"The craftsmanship is quite impressive..."

Egonu clicked his tongue in amazement: "Lou's qualitative micro-carving, Kong's material and spiritual properties interpenetration, Ye Xian's spiritual material refinement, this overlap of material and spiritual properties, fluid alchemy? No, it's a breakthrough... Hey, they're not even hiding it, they're showing off to us."

Lao Hu, what do you think?

He looked over with a half-smile: "For this kind of bad behavior of 'exaggerating,' 'making unfounded accusations,' and 'speaking recklessly,' in order to rectify the internal discipline of the association and warn other craftsmen, shouldn't we give it a C- rating and issue a notice of reprimand and serious disciplinary action?"
You know I support you!

You're supporting my ass!
Hu Jian glared, his face as ugly as if he had eaten shit. No, it should be said that he knew it was shit but still opened his mouth to eat it... There were even people clapping and watching the show!
Should I give myself a C- for this kind of evaluation?

are you crazy? !

He wasn't afraid of offending Ye Xian, but he was really afraid of losing face!
What level are you, Mr. Hu, at? How dare you give a C- to the association's groundbreaking achievements in spiritual creation over the past few decades?

Then who do you think you are, some kind of invincible furnace of this world?
Stop embarrassing yourself, okay?
From the moment he saw the paper, his only hope was to use his authority to delay the review process as much as possible, and then, damn it, seize the opportunity to get his subordinates to cancel that damn inquiry meeting... Even if it was the review panel, even if it was the leader of the altered faction, even if it was a master, that was all he could do.

We can also pray that Ji Jue, that bastard, is actually an undercover agent sent by You Sui, and that he was suddenly exposed and killed by a hail of knives.

From the moment the result was confirmed, everything he could do became meaningless.

Or rather, the more you do, the more clownish you become.

He remained silent, wearing the invisible little red ball on his nose, his eyes closed, not uttering a word.

Thus, with the participation of all members of the review panel, the review began.

A+, A+, A+, A+...

Without any hesitation, everyone gave the highest possible score within their authority and stamped their seals.

Only Hu Jian remained silent, staring at the last blank space on the form.

He refused to put pen to paper.

"Master Hu, if you dawdle any longer, it'll be time to leave work." Egonu grinned, a half-smile on his face. "I'm busy picking up my child from school, can you hurry up?"

"My wife gave birth, and I'm in a hurry to pay the bills."

"If it doesn't work out, then go for C-, Lao Hu, everyone supports you!"

"+1!"

"Cheer up, Lao Hu!" one of the judges, who seemed to enjoy the drama, couldn't help but grin. "We're all from the workshops, don't lose points!"

You bunch of bastards!!!
Hu Jian closed his eyes and, with all his might, filled in his evaluation on the last line of the form.

【A+】

Half an hour later, under Hu Jian's orders, the twelve workshops that had initiated the inquiry meeting sent letters to the association at an unprecedented speed, requesting to withdraw their applications.

An hour later, the withdrawal application was rejected.

Because the person being questioned disagrees...

(End of this chapter)