Hidden moth

Chapter 202: Landscape First, then the True Shape

First level of the art of stealth, known as the stealth.

The second level of Yin'e Technique, commonly known as Assassin.

He is at the third level of Yin'e Shu and calls himself an explorer.

The fourth level of Yin'e Shu, jokingly called the scholar.

He is at the fifth level of the Invisibility Technique and is known as the Man of a Thousand Faces.

He has reached the sixth level of the Hidden E Technique and is honored as the Master of Hidden E Technique.

After He Kao entered the secret realm of the cave, he inherited the subsequent techniques of the Yin E Sect. In a very strange way, it seemed as if the information between heaven and earth was naturally imprinted into his soul - this is the Piaocai Cave.

How could one describe this feeling? It was like the whisper of the world, conveying a wealth of information to him, in a manner similar to a divine mind seal. He Kao had just stood still for a long moment, digesting and sorting out this information.

Not everyone who enters Piaocai Cave Heaven has this treatment. He Kao's experience is only because he is a hidden moth, the first true hidden moth in thousands of years, and he finally returned to the place of inheritance.

Piaocai Cave seemed to have been expecting his arrival and welcomed him in this way.

In addition to the inheritance of the Yin'e technique, He Kao also inherited the other seven major techniques, which was completely unexpected.

Before this, Jiang Daozhen had actually given him the inheritance of the seven major schools of magic, which was also very complete, but it did not include the content of advanced rituals and the magical methods created by some masters.

The inheritance that this cave world gave to He Kao also did not include advancement rituals, but it was more detailed and more primitive than what Jiang Daozhen had passed down, just like the 1.0 version of the secret technique.

When Elder Jiang first taught the method, he described it as a thousand-year-old ancient method. However, Elder Jiang was a modern man after all, and the secret method he taught inevitably bore traces of development and improvement over the millennia, more like version 2.0.

As for the secret techniques practiced by the disciples of the major sects today, they are equivalent to version 3.X.

Why was Piao Cai Dong Tian like this? He Kao didn't know the reason. The divine seal not only passed down secret techniques, but also contained information about this cave world. It was so complex and incredible that it challenged He Kao's cognition.

He Kao did not walk into the valley because he already understood the situation here. The entire cave was projected in his soul.

In terms of cultivation, He Kao is now just a fourth-level scholar of the Yin'e Sect. As a high-level male cultivator of the Yin'e Sect, he can also be called by the nickname "Kong'er", which is He Kong'er according to the customs of the martial arts world.

If Lan Jiuwan practices the Hidden Eth Technique and reaches a high level, she can also be called Lan Yinniang according to ancient tradition.

But He Kaoyuan is not only He Konger. In terms of identity, he is also the contemporary Yin Mo and the leader of the Yin Mo Sect. He is in charge of the things of Yin Mo and is the master of this cave world.

As long as he uses the hidden moth as a guide and thinks about it, his soul will be able to perceive every corner of this cave.

But none of this mattered. He Kao was a bit confused. If he hadn't already passed the test of the demonic realm, the cognitive shock he was experiencing now might have led to him becoming possessed by the demon...

He inexplicably had an idea - there is a bug in this world!

He Kao's daily work is to create a virtual world with the help of big data and artificial intelligence.

If this world is also created by a program, then there should be errors in its underlying code, so that obvious loopholes will appear during runtime.

The fact that the program can still run despite the error indicates that the program is logically consistent during operation, so it did not crash.

Actually, speaking of bugs, the existence of the Hidden Moth is a bug in this world. How could an ordinary person ignore spatial teleportation? But He Kao himself is the Hidden Moth. Whether you believe it or not, this is a confirmed fact.

Wei Luo, Qian Guran and Lin Qingshuang have all introduced some of the secret realms of the seven major schools of magic. Although they are mysterious, they are still within He Kao's understanding.

At least as a modern young man, he has also seen many fairy tales and fantasy works.

But the colorful cave of the Yin E Sect was beyond his comprehension. How could such a place possibly exist? Yet, it existed, and He Kao had just entered it and become the master of the cave.

In fact, there are very big problems with the painting "Tan Xian Holding a Cane". Many things cannot be explained, or are unreasonable.

What is the principle behind the hidden moth's power? It can be roughly described as a cave world within the painting, through which the hidden moth must "transit" in order to travel through the real world.

This is not the real situation, it is just a way of explaining it so that people can understand it.

But the Tan Jun in the painting is the founder of the Danding Sect! Moreover, the history of the sect is much older than the time when Tan Jun lived. In other words, before Tan Jun was born, the eight major sects, including the Yin'e Sect, already existed.

Tan Jun was born before the Yinniang Rebellion. He lived for 108 years. According to legend, he finally ascended to become an immortal, which coincided with the century of turmoil in the Shu sect.

The signature on this painting shows that it was created by Lei Dunzi, a disciple of Tan Jun. Lei Dunzi was a key figure in reorganizing the Shu sect and establishing the Zongfa Hall after the Woodcutter Rebellion.

The most important inheritance secret of the Yin'e Sect is in this painting, and this painting is the work of Lei Dunzi. This cannot be explained in any way because the time does not match.

After He Kao opened the Piaocai Cave and became the master of the cave, he was able to solve this doubt.

This painting is a true-to-life picture, depicting the true image of the immortal Tan and embodying the spiritual essence of the immortal.

The scroll was left by Immortal Tan to his disciples. It was originally a landscape painting. Later, Lei Dunzi painted the true image of Immortal Tan on it, which was equivalent to adding brush and ink to the ancient painting.

It is not uncommon to add brushstrokes and ink to ancient paintings, such as inscriptions and seals. There was even an emperor in the Eastern Kingdom who was nicknamed "Zhang Zong".

But what Lei Dunzi and Mr. Zhang were doing was completely different. This painting was a divine artifact, and he was depicting the true form of Immortal Tan. Without the permission of Immortal Tan and the divine artifact's spirit, he couldn't put pen to paper. Once he put pen to paper, it was as if the divine artifact had been re-refined. Lei Dunzi was merely a tool, while the true refinement of the artifact was from Tan Jun's immortal spirit.

So the real situation should be that Immortal Tan used his disciple Lei Dunzi to re-refine the inherited artifact of the Yin'e Sect, making it into the "Tan Immortal's Cane Picture".

In this way, no one can guess its true origin. Why did Tan Zu do this? Unfortunately, the immortal in the painting did not give any explanation.

After leaving the cave, He Kao looked at the painting of Tan Xian leaning on a staff in front of the altar. The Tan Xian in the painting seemed to be standing at the entrance of the cave, looking at the vast world and all living beings outside the cave.

He Kao's ability to hide in the painting has been further improved. He can enter the world in the painting in a moment from anywhere in the world without having to return through the originally opened portal.

This avoids the embarrassment of being stuck in a public restroom on a cold day.

However, the most important limitation of the stealth moth's ability still exists, that is, it cannot be observed by people. Whether it is entering the world in the painting or coming out of the world in the painting, if people can observe it, the stealth moth's ability will still be ineffective.

Methods such as the Soul Locking Array are still effective in "capturing" hidden moths.

There is a problem that no one may have realized yet. As a hidden moth, He Kao actually does not need this painting, or in other words, he does not need to obtain this painting. Because no matter where the painting is, he can enter and exit the Piaocai Cave Heaven.

So what is the meaning of this tangible scroll? If there is another Kong'er or Yinniang in the world, it will be useful. For them, the scroll is the gateway to the Piaocai Cave Heaven.

He Kao can open this door and lead other disciples of Yin'e Sect in and out.

Otherwise, whether Yin Mozhi can be observed or not, he will not be able to bring other people into Piaocai Cave Heaven. Does he have to knock them out and drag them in every time?
Puzzled, He Kaoyi turned and walked back to his apartment, opening his usual laptop. Inside was all the information he'd gathered about Fengwei Township, including a photo taken by a self-driving tourist, which was located in Caiping Village.

The photo was taken with a drone. Below is a village located on a large flat slope halfway up the mountain. There is a road passing through the village and going forward into a valley surrounded by two mountains... In the distance are continuous mountains.

The terrain of the secret realm of Dongtian is exactly the same as the real Fengwei Township, except that there are no villages or people inside.

According to the information He Kao had inquired about, the terrain and structure of the caves of the other seven major sects were almost exactly the same, just like Fengwei Township outside.

There are seven mountain basins in Fengwei Township, which are called Fengwei Qiping, and seven secret caves are located in them.

Fengwei Qiping should actually be called Fengwei Baping, because there is also Piaocaiping where the Fengwei Township Government is located. However, Piaocaiping is not surrounded by mountains, and there is a valley entrance leading to the outside of the mountain.

The cave of Yin'emen is also called Piaocai Cave.

The portals of the other seven caves are fixed, but the portal of Caiping Cave is movable, hidden in a painting and can be carried around.

At this point, it is not considered contrary to common sense. What is really incomprehensible is that He Kao was able to bring the scroll into Piaocai Cave!

The scroll was a tangible object, and He Kao could take it with him and send it through Piaocai Dongtian to any place he had been to - this was the BUG.

He Kao returned to the Gushan Secret Mansion, rolled up the painting, used it to activate the power of the hidden moth, and entered the Piaocai Cave Heaven again.

If Piaocai Dongtian is the world within the painting, how could He Kao actually bring the scroll into the painting world? The scene may be ordinary, but the meaning is terrifying when you think about it carefully.

You can imagine a closed container that can actually hold itself. This is a phenomenon that three-dimensional life cannot understand, and it is presented in such a strange way.

At this moment, He Kao is in the world of the painting, but he also holds the scroll that carries this world in his hands.

He Kao left the cave and traveled to many places with the scroll. They were all places he had been to before and there was no problem in reaching them instantly - but this was precisely the problem.

He Kao brought the scroll back to Piaocai Cave Heaven and tried to open the scroll portal. He found that he had to give a specific coordinate with his spiritual consciousness, and the coordinate could be any place he had been to.

Suddenly, He Kao understood this phenomenon in another way - the scroll was the carrier of the portal. He could open the portal from the outside, from the cave, and even teleport the portal to anywhere in the world.

But this led to a new bug. Through this painting, he could allow anyone in the world to have abilities similar to the stealth moth!
He Kao immediately conducted an experiment. He took the scroll to the wild land of Gushan and caught a monkey.

There was a wild monkey in Gushan Mountain, where He Kao often practiced martial arts. This monkey might have been annoyed by him, and once called a group of monkeys to try to attack him. Today, he finally got his comeuppance.

He Kao tied up the monkey's hands and feet, unfolded the painting and hung it on the tree next to him. He bowed to the Immortal Tan, then held the pendant in front of his chest and cast a spell forward.

Light shone out from the scroll in front of him, and it actually formed the shape of a portal. Through the portal, he could see the mountains and fields in the distance. He Kao picked up the monkey and walked in.

The monkeys were awake throughout the entire process.

The light vanished, the portal closed, and only a painting remained in the mountains. A moment later, He Kao reappeared from the spot, rolled up the painting, and disappeared again.

The next moment, in the country of Sawa, in the wilderness near an uninhabited beach, a door of light and shadow appeared out of thin air. He Kao walked out carrying the monkey, and then the door disappeared as if nothing had happened.

He and the monkey were both a little stunned. In just a moment, this monkey had actually left the country! He Kao was a cryptic moth, but this monkey also traveled through space. Could it be a cryptic moth too?

The prank wasn't too bad after all, and He Kao used the same method to send the monkey back to Gushan. After untying the restraints, the monkey ran away, probably never daring to mess with He Kao again.

What does this scene mean?
This means that through this method and with his help, anyone in the world, even a monkey, can have abilities similar to those of the cryptic moth!
However, the cave world also "conveyed" the rules of the Yin Mo Sect. Only the Yin Mo Sect sorcerers who broke through the fourth level of cultivation were qualified to enter and exit the Piaocai Cave World.

He Kao had just encountered a bug in the sect's rules. After all, monkeys are not considered human beings.

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(End of this chapter)