From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 486 Facing the Black Tide
There are many good things in Meixi, the place where Zhenshanwang is located.

Besides the lucky bird, there was also the longevity carp that You Ming caught at the beginning.

There is also the Conch of Destiny, which is used to enhance one's destiny.

Good fortune often determines a person's luck, while destiny determines a person's fundamental character and basic life trajectory.

Just like how one's destiny determines whether they are born as royalty or commoners.

Luck, on the other hand, represents whether you are a nobleman or a commoner, you may encounter good or bad things.

You Ming's innate destiny was naturally extremely weak. After all, he started as a mixed-color carp with at most some spirituality. According to the normal trajectory, he could probably only reach the eighth rank in his life.

However, the appearance of the cheat code completely disrupted his destiny, giving him unlimited potential for growth.

Otherwise, if he wants to change his fate and climb to a higher level, he will have to pay an extremely heavy price, and may even suffer a backlash from fate.

This is what is meant by being unworthy of one's position.

Now, the Destiny Conch he has caught can enhance the thickness of his destiny.

In the past few days, he has caught a total of twelve Destiny Snails. If these were placed on an ordinary person, they would be enough to turn a commoner into a minor official of the seventh or eighth rank.

In addition, there is the calamity-inducing grass.

It was a slender, silky aquatic plant that emitted a black fluorescent glow, looking like strands of hair.

However, wearing this item can absorb all the negative thoughts, such as distractions and resentments in one's mind. As more and more of these negative thoughts are absorbed, the water plant can continue to grow and may even be refined into some kind of magical artifact.

You Ming caught eighteen fish in the past few days, which he tied together and casually put away.

This item can be given as a gift or sold. For cultivators, this Shadow Grass is definitely a rare treasure.

There's another thing that Youming finds very interesting, and that's the Firefly of Virtue.

Although it's strange to fish fireflies out of the water, we also caught birds earlier.

The power of these virtuous fireflies is evident from their name: they can enhance a person's moral character.

Virtue is actually very similar to merit, but it is not as universally applicable as merit. It is even an intangible and undetectable product.

But the deeper your virtue, the closer all things in heaven and earth will be to you.

This does resemble the "favorability rating" generated by Youming using a cheat code.

These days, he has caught more fireflies than anything else, numbering over a hundred.

As for how much his virtue has improved, he cannot estimate it, nor can he assess it himself.

But overall, it was quite a fruitful experience.

"Young friend Youming, Lord Youling is about to be born. I will be troubling you in the future."

Fishing in Meixi every day brings many benefits, and the days fly by.

On this day, You Ming was about to cast his line again when he suddenly heard the voice of the Mountain-Suppressing King, and his heart skipped a beat.

As he looked up, he suddenly saw plum blossoms all around him, their shadows slanting, and blossoms suddenly blooming.

A faint fragrance wafted over, but the petals were as red as blood.

Beyond the layers of plum blossoms, everything was pitch black, and he didn't know when it had started, but everything around him was submerged in this ocean-like blackness.

The small plot of land beneath him, less than half an acre in size, resembled a solitary island on a vast ocean. Only the plum blossoms and their delicate fragrance served as an impregnable wall, blocking all outside intrusion.

No, it wasn't the Black Tide from the outside world that invaded Meixi; rather, he had always been fishing above the Black Tide, fishing above the endless desires of the human heart.

The lifespan, fortune, and virtue he caught were all things that had settled into the dark tide beneath the desires of people's hearts.

"Roar."

You Ming looked up at the endless black tide, a force that seemed to be the convergence of all evil thoughts in the world, instinctively radiating a terrifying, chaotic, fearful, and timid power.

Even though You Ming's [Willpower] attribute is as high as 7 points, he still felt horrified when faced with the collection of countless thoughts and the negative power of countless living beings.

His mind seemed to be collapsing; even though his will was extremely strong, he was still a living being.

Even an immortal would fall into depravity in the face of this scene.

"Mood adjustment!"

Faced with this situation, You Ming did not hesitate to choose the cheat code "Mood Adjustment".

The selected emotion is "calm," and it is "severely calm."

In an instant, everything around fell silent, and the tide that had seemed to stir up desires suddenly became no different from ordinary water.

His consciousness seemed to transcend time and space, transforming into a transcendent existence, his mind completely still, and no emotional fluctuations could disturb him.

His body and soul were completely relaxed, as if all his worries, pain and stress had been dispelled.

You Ming looked at the black tide in front of him, even with a faint smile on his face.

He was as calm as a transcendent sage, a Buddha who had reached the other shore.

The cheat code 【Emotion Regulation】at first glance seems similar to the way the "Willpower" attribute value is adjusted in 【Equal Adjustment】.

But in reality, regulating one's will, no matter how strong it is, is essentially using willpower to fight against external pressure.

However, [emotion regulation] directly and fundamentally eliminates this force, so your mind will not be under any pressure.

The black tide before them grew increasingly turbulent, constantly evolving into various ferocious faces and bizarre shapes, fighting and merging incessantly, filled with struggle and madness.

Some evil monsters that had grown stronger through constant fighting actually rushed out of the black tide, trying to grab Youming from the isolated island and drag him into the water.

But the surrounding fragrance and fluttering plum blossoms firmly protected You Ming in the middle.

Any evil spirit that tries to get close will be instantly reduced to nothingness.

"His."

But the intensity of the Kuroshio Current's surge continues to increase, and it's unknown how long this isolated island can hold out.

An ancient and slow breath emanated, as if some slumbering being was awakening in another world.

Just hearing this sound feels like it's polluting your soul, and like countless black sludges are flowing out of your body.

The plum blossoms all around suddenly turned even more crimson, looking as if they were about to bleed.

Clearly, this being that awakened from the Black Tide has put immense pressure on these plum blossoms.

However, You Ming remained calm. Although he knew that the soon-to-be-born Youling Jun could crush him with a single finger, he couldn't feel any fear.

(End of this chapter)