Simulated immortality allows me to calculate talent stats.

Chapter 141 Five-Colored Black, Mission

【"Meow~ Meow? Meow!"】

[Xu Kun saw you suddenly stop walking, your eyes flashing with an eerie light, especially the mysterious dismantling of your broken mirror eyes.]

It's as if we're examining the causes and effects of time, creating distorted and illusory scenes.

You are startled from your reverie by a cat's meow.

[Continue strolling around.]

It seems there's another person who needs to have their license checked, and this one is even better hidden.

"Second Brother, why didn't Huizi's teacher, that military strategist, encounter them this time?"

Xu Kun walked down the steps with elegant steps.

He looked up upon hearing this.

"Meow~ Was that what Big Brother was thinking about just now?"

You nodded.

Xu Kun pondered that he had previously attacked and controlled Xu Hui, thus sharing all of Xu Hui's memories and experiences.

[Knowing that Xu Hui and Pang Hai would encounter Wei Yuan after leaving the Tomb of the God of War.]

But not this time.

"Meow~ Could it be because of Wei Qi?"

Xu Kun pointed out the factors that led to the change.

This time, Wei Qi was added to the Tomb of the God of War, and was given a destiny of war and calamity.

You shook your head.

"Unlikely. Judging from Wei Yuan's actions last time, having more or less Wei Qi wouldn't affect his behavior."

"Meow~."

Xu Kun raised his paw and licked it, then continued to raise his question: "What about the influence of the Western Regions?"

You nodded in agreement.

"That's a possibility, but not very likely, especially if Wei Yuan is cooperating with them."

"The Western Regions opened the tomb of the God of War by killing their lord, thus bestowing upon Pang Hai and Xu Hui a fate of war and calamity."

"Wei Yuan prepared for the uprising in Jingzhou and guided the two men south."

"The Western Regions achieved the chaos he desired, and Wei Yuan also put his military ambitions into practice."

Your gaze lowered as you countered, "Then why did the Western Regions change their minds and prevent Wei Yuan from guiding Pang Hai and Xu Hui?"

Xu Kun scratched his face.

"Meow~ Perhaps because the master was lost, Yu Ci is trapped in Yongzhou by you, big brother, so you're just waiting to see what happens over there for now?"

"I hope so."

You strolled with your hands behind your back, your tone deep and reserved.

If the Western Regions and Wei Yuan are bound together, you'll feel more at ease.

The real fear is that Wei Yuan's card might reveal something else entirely.

[In particular, Wei Yuan had a very close relationship with the military strategist.]

[The God of War, the God of War's Tomb, the Killer of the Master—all are connected by the same thread.]

[What if we accidentally pull this thread through Wei Yuan, and then unravel the whole mess...]

You seem a little tired.

Let's put this matter aside for now, focus on the present, be realistic, and avoid panicking over unknown speculations.

Walk the path one step at a time, step by step you'll encounter pitfalls one by one; eventually, you'll overcome them all.

You believe that one day it will be your turn to dig a hole.

Seeing you emerge from your contemplation of unraveling the mystery and reveal a gentle smile, Xu Kun felt a sense of relief.

What he fears most right now is that this older brother will suddenly have a brilliant idea.

[Fifth year, age twenty-one.]

You have been at the Celestial Master's Mansion for over a year.

[He spends his days either burning incense and chatting in the ancestral temple, or visiting his blind and deaf eldest brother, and then lighting cigarettes for his second brother.]

The old Taoist priest is rarely seen.

[I only knew he had come back when I occasionally saw a pile of chicken bones.]

[After a year of quiet cultivation, your five realms of destiny have been completely perfected. Next, you need to inscribe the palace.]

The wheel of life is the collective essence of life.

Palaces are the materialization of the soul.

When the palaces of destiny merge, then Heaven and Man create.

Therefore, it is the same as comprehending the essence of martial arts and using that essence to forge one's destiny wheel.

Palaces, too, need to understand the context in which they are built.

That is ideology.

[Pang Hai's indomitable spirit exemplifies this; he honed and comprehended the ideology of indomitable spirit to its utmost, enabling him to influence others with his unwavering will.]

You have a lot of feelings and thoughts.

However, due to his late-blooming nature and lack of extraordinary wisdom, these ideas remain a jumbled mess, impossible to summarize or integrate.

[To form a palace structure that is uniquely their own.]

[Since your cultivation is stalled, you start developing other methods.]

[Black light, black heart, black lightning.]

[You've completely stained the standard three-piece suit of a Celestial Master's successor black.]

[The Black Light Cultivation technique is developed simultaneously with the "Overlord Body" cultivation.]

[The cultivation of a dark heart is reflected in the black lake of a "clear and unblemished mind."]

Black lightning is a technique, a magic that can touch the authority of heaven and earth.

[When you combine it with a rebellious, defiant destiny, you suddenly feel a surge of inspiration.]

[You don't need extraordinary wisdom; 'Yin Lei' and 'Rebellious Bones' autonomously undergo a nuclear fusion-like reaction.]

[Anyway, one day you'll run out of matches and light incense with a bolt of lightning.]

So many ancestors.

But no one dared to take a single puff.

The three incense sticks had been there for days, but they hadn't burned at all; they just kept emitting black smoke.

【Then……】

Then the old Taoist priest returned and, as was customary, offered incense.

[The door was pushed open.]

The black smoke that filled the entire hall immediately found its outlet and billowed out.

After that incident, the old Taoist priest used his power of thunder to light an ever-burning lamp in the ancestral hall.

Used for burning incense, purification, and...exorcising evil spirits.

The influence of rebellious nature extends beyond thunder magic; it's akin to the ominous aura of "inauspicious old age."

[Gradually affecting everything about you.]

The already dark world of swordsmanship has become even darker.

Various martial arts techniques have also been tainted with different shades of black.

You suddenly wonder if one day you might turn into a multicolored black.

This change might horrify or unsettle others, but it makes you feel safe and secure.

Because I've become stronger.

In early spring, when all things sprout and flourish, life is vibrant and full of vitality.

The old Taoist priest suddenly pushed open the ancestral hall door and saw you chatting casually with your ancestors.

[A helpless twitch at the corner of his eye.]

"Master? You're back?"

You feign surprise: "If you hadn't shown up soon, I was prepared to temporarily assume the role of Celestial Master."

You made no attempt to hide your 'wolfish ambitions'.

The old Taoist priest hasn't reacted yet.

The assembled ancestors all jumped up in unison.

You turn around in surprise: "Even our ancestors voted in favor? Sigh, you've really put me in a difficult position...you've really put me through this..."

The old Taoist priest has grown to like your occasional eccentricities.

After all, this nonchalant attitude is far better than that calm, analytical demeanor.

Therefore, he tolerated your daily harassment of our ancestors.

Just don't get involved with him.

"What does Master want with me?"

You placed the incense sticks in the bronze incense burner and clapped your hands.

"Let's go. You've been a disciple for a while now, it's time to shoulder the responsibilities of a Celestial Master's Mansion disciple."

"What are the duties of a disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion?"

You can't help but guess.

"Slaying demons and monsters?"

The old Taoist priest rolled his eyes.

[He retorted irritably, "You think I'd take you to slay demons and monsters?"]