From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 98 New Cheat Codes

Busy days always fly by, the weather is getting cooler, and the leaves on Yuanling Mountain are gradually turning yellow.

After the temple was rebuilt, its incense offerings indeed became even more abundant.

There's only one temple keeper, Aiping, in the temple now, who should be incredibly busy. But in reality, although he's a bit more tired than before these past few days, it's still within his acceptable range.

Moreover, he has noticed a strange phenomenon in the past few days.

It seems... it seems someone is secretly helping him.

But after searching for a long time, he found no trace of anyone else.

However, he quickly came to terms with it. After all, he was in a temple, and he figured the gods must have taken pity on him and used their divine power to lighten his burden.

Ai Ping lit a bundle of incense and paid his respects at the temples of the Goddess, the Golden Boy and Jade Girl, and the Fetal God. He then returned to his house, washed up briefly, and went to sleep.

On a table in the west wing of the main hall, ten porcelain figures are quietly displayed. Their faces are white and silent, their features are simple and plain, and their postures are different, as if they were masterpieces by famous artists.

Several neatly folded origami cranes hang from the eaves of the chanting corridor, trembling slightly in the wind without dispersing.

Under the peach trellis in the backyard, several gray birds with striped plumage perched on the branches, resembling common wild birds.

However, as darkness fell and Ai Ping's breathing in the temple gradually became steady, everything quietly changed.

"whee."

The clear light shone into the temple, illuminating the vermilion mark on the forehead of the porcelain statue, its glow slowly shimmering. The next instant, the porcelain figure's neck twitched slightly, and a barely perceptible soft sound rang out, as if a dream were just beginning to awaken.

The porcelain figure took a step forward, but upon landing, it suddenly transformed into women with bodies like porcelain, yet possessing boundless charm.

They bowed towards the statue of the goddess, then straightened the candlesticks on the altar and replaced the fruits that were no longer fresh.

As she walks, her movements are graceful and elegant, with faint, crisp sounds, like a beautiful melody.

Beneath the long corridor, the origami cranes silently spread their wings, and in an instant, the paper folds dissipated into feathers, and one by one, misty crane shadow maidens slowly appeared where the incense had not yet burned out.

They have faces like white cranes, with slender beaks and narrow eyes, long necks, and are covered in light feathers. Their limbs are long and slender, and they move slowly, with a light mist swirling around them with each step.

Wherever they went, the air seemed to become more moist and fresh, and the ground was spotless.

The gray bird on the peach branch in the backyard fluttered its wings and sang without wind. The mist in its eyes opened little by little, and the flapping sound was as fine as needle rain. It landed without a sound or trace.

In the blink of an eye, they transformed into charming young girls. They looked at each other, covered their mouths and laughed, then dispersed to different places, adding some fragrant oil to the oil lamps and arranging the offerings neatly.

You Ming lived high in a temple in the underworld, so naturally all of this could not be hidden from his eyes and ears.

These servants were always trained on how to serve their masters well, especially when they first arrived in a new environment, they naturally had to be diligent in doing their bidding.

You Ming did not stop them, but once the "Birth Manual" was nearly finished being compiled, he would still have them learn how to deliver babies.

As for this kind of cleaning work, Yuanling Mountain has activated a dust-avoiding array, so there is actually not much need for manual cleaning.

Thinking of this, You Ming wondered what progress Tang Gong was making, and decided to visit him again in the next few days.

As he was thinking, the compass in his hand suddenly twitched slightly and made a "click" sound.

Hmm? I got a new cheat code?
Cheat code: Dinghai 73106691.

【Twin Cores】

Although destiny is predetermined, it can be divided again. With a single thought, form is divided; principle is fixed on the left, while ability soars on the right. The two arise together, the mind is divided, but the will remains complete.

"Is this the cheat code?"

When You Ming saw the name, it still left some impression on him. Rather than calling it a cheating ability, it was more like a supernatural power, and a supernatural power full of wicked humor at that.

Actually, this supernatural power was originally a unique skill of a sect called the "Heavenly Refinement Sect" in the game.

Once a player forges Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, they can learn this skill. After using it, they can split their body in two, with the two bodies complementing each other—one for attack and the other for defense.

Originally, this was just an ordinary skill, at most a bit quirky. Some people said that this ability was to use one's own body to smash people.

But a genius changed this skill in a mod he made himself.

Not only can everyone use it, but after using this skill, one becomes the real person and the other becomes a mount. This also means that even before the game had a mount system, you could see players riding all sorts of random things around.

"How do you use this thing in real life? Does it somehow dismantle my body?"

You Ming was starting to regret it. If this was the original skill, that would be fine, but if it was a player-modified version, then wouldn't that be...?

"Om."

The next moment, without him consciously circulating his cultivation technique, the source point of the "Stabilizing Origin and Dividing Meridians Divine Scroll" split open on its own, dividing into two.

After a slight tremor, his spirit instantly detached from his body.

A mermaid covered in a faint, precious light appeared in the void.

Then a strange power enveloped his spirit, and he felt as if he had become a soap bubble. Under the influence of this power, the soap bubble was slowly multiplying from one to two.

His body seemed to be growing, and the upper and lower parts were separating.

"Boom."

In the void, a sound so faint it might not even exist reached his ears.

Then, in the void, a human figure and a fish figure stared at each other.

This feeling is very strange; both of you are yourself, but you are seeing different versions of yourself from two different perspectives.

Good heavens! I've actually drawn the "improved version" of the skill.

Depend on!
If only the original skills were so cool! In an instant, the body would transform into two divine swords, one long and one short, one for offense and one for defense, one fast and one slow.

What does that count now?
I'll ride myself?

In the game, You Ming thought it was quite fun, but in reality, all he could say was...

No hehe.

Fortunately, this is just a skill... well, in the terms of the Xianxia world, it's a supernatural power.

That's right, You Ming successfully mastered the third divine ability before he even reached the [Dharma Aspect] level, although he felt that this third divine ability was rather useless.

But since it's a supernatural power, it can be restored.

With a thought, You Ming instantly merged the man and the fish into one, becoming a mermaid.

He tried to separate them again; during the duration of his supernatural power, he could merge and split his body at will.

However, he was determined that he would never use this supernatural power in front of others, even if it meant his own death.
"Huh? Why are there two sets of panels after splitting into two bodies?"

You Ming suddenly realized that this ability was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)