Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 602 Taotie?

The seventh day of the Xin Chou year (1901), the twenty-four solar terms of the year of grain.

Inside the hollow cavern, which emitted a faint glow, sat a valiant warrior accompanied by a fierce tiger. The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as dense as a white dragon, rushed into his limbs and bones. It was swallowed and exhaled by the rainbow-colored Returning to Truth Qi, and then transformed into an incomparably pure golden liquid that spread throughout his body and poured onto his jade-colored bones.

After an unknown amount of time, Taotie slowly opened its eyes, and two golden lightning bolts suddenly appeared, illuminating the empty room.

"It's still lacking something, but it's not a matter of accumulated experience."

Taotie lowered its head and looked at its raised palm. Its eyes seemed to be able to see through the surface skin texture to the deep bones and nerves.

"It should be a problem of insufficient life level. Although the Ether Dragon Body did bring my physical body to the seventh palace level, my three souls and seven spirits are still lacking. That's why I have that feeling of disharmony, which makes it difficult to promote the final fusion of Dao Bone, Martial Surface, Buddhist Tendon, and Ultimate Intent."

After pondering for a while and summarizing the bottleneck, Taotie didn't dwell on it too much. It directly opened the list of events in the Yama Kingdom and pointed to the only line of small text that was lit up.

Designated fruit: hairy branch, Bingyin axis, 341!

"Master, you are about to begin your inheritance trial."

The world turned upside down.

As soon as Qin Huai opened his eyes, he saw the morning stars were sparse and the pale moon was faint. When he looked down, he saw thousands of mountains stretching out, with strange peaks standing tall. Wild geese flew around and winged beasts circled. All he could see was an endless expanse of pure white snow.

"So cold?"

A biting wind blew in his face. Qin Huai was about to speak when the words that came out were just a tiger's roar that was hard to understand. He looked down and realized that there were two unusually long saber teeth extending from under his nose, and his forelimbs on the ground had turned into huge tiger claws. He looked no different from the Taotie that he had become when he used the [Wilderness Transformation].

"Holy crap, it really turned into a Taotie?"

Qin Huai immediately sat up. It was dark all around. He was lying face down at the entrance of a cave. The swirling snowflakes outside seemed to form countless tiny words in his eyes.

"Time: 647th year of the Great Wilderness".

Location: The far north, in the desolate wilderness, in the Kingdom of Juyan, at the Taoguo Mountain.

In the year 590 of the Great Wilderness, the God Emperor emerged out of nowhere, using overwhelming force to subdue the emperors, saints, and shamans of the five tribes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, ending the century-long war between the five tribes. He then established his capital in Kunlun, unifying the Great Wilderness. However, as the God Emperor took concubines and held the Peach Banquet, disaster was about to strike.

In the year 615 of the Great Wilderness, at the tenth Peach Banquet, the God Emperor died suddenly, and the Goddess Mu Zisu took power. The Wood Spirit intended to continue ruling the Great Wilderness with the God Emperor's remaining power, but was attacked by the Water Demon. The alliance situation took a sharp turn for the worse, the five races split, the world became disaffected, and the Great Wilderness was once again in turmoil.

In this vast wilderness of mountains and seas, who will ultimately prevail?
But who was responsible for the sudden death of the invincible God Emperor?
Five clans' imperial weapons, shamanic sacred artifacts, and ancient relics hidden deep in the sea.

The Ten Fierce Fiends of the Great Wilderness, the Seven Wonders of the Mountains and Seas, the Two Saints ruling together, reincarnated bodies, like morning dew and wild fire, are incompatible.

This is a time of renewed war, a barbaric era where the strong prey on the weak, and the ambitions of the remnants of the past will devour everything.

The requirements for this incident at Jambudvipa are as follows:

【Chaos of Heaven】: Completely reverse the original trend of the fruits, kill the wicked culprits, quell the war in the world, and reunify the Great Wilderness!

You will gain a special skill, Transformation, during this Jambudvipa event. You will forget it after the event ends, or you can spend 200 Jambudvipa Points to permanently obtain it.

[Transformation Technique]: Allows one to switch freely between beast form and human form without losing most of their power. It is a rudimentary technique commonly used by the demon race.

Note: You might be able to obtain clues about the Heavenly Gang Technique [Divine Power: Embryo Transformation] from the source of this technique. "It's not as simple as I imagined, and it seems that the death of this God Emperor is quite suspicious. It might be the work of that conspirator."

With a hand seal, Qin Huai transformed back into human form. He crossed his arms and rested his chin on his hand, gazing at the towering, precipitous mountains all around, as if carved by an axe. He then opened the advanced exploration notebook of the fruit.

The dark, withered bamboo slips, bearing a strong pre-Qin style, slowly unfurled, revealing a dense array of characters that immediately filled the view.

"This is really weird! There are clearly monkeys and apes here, and they're all quite intelligent, so why haven't they evolved into humans? This doesn't make sense!"

--anonymous

"It's not evil without humans. What's truly terrifying is that these demons and monsters seem to transform into human forms. If this fruit doesn't have humans, then where do they get the templates they subconsciously use to change their appearance?"

--anonymous

"Attention, travelers coming from behind! This fruit is rich in Five Elements magic. If your inherited abilities are compatible, you might as well explore it further. You can obtain a lot of related specializations and secret treasures."

--anonymous

"Damn it! The monsters here are too intelligent, and their loyalty is ridiculously low. They're basically impossible to tame as your own. But if you can get a mount, it's worth it. There's a method for this fruit called the Spirit Sealing Technique. Those who know about it can keep an eye out for it."

--anonymous

"Buying imperial weapons and sacred artifacts of the five races long-term. Great prices, sell now while supplies last!"

—Zhan Yuejin
The following descriptions mainly introduce the special products of the fruit and the unique cultivation system of the monsters in the Great Wilderness. The advanced exploration notes also contain some ways to obtain secret treasures. You can view the full content by paying to purchase them, but for the time being, none of them are of any significance to Qin Huai, until the last few entries.

"Hehe, the Peach Banquet, I wonder if it's the demons eating the peaches, or the peaches eating the demons."

—Yu Rong (deceased)
"The fish of Heluo and the bird of Guiche can be viewed together."

—Xia Huo (deceased)
"In this vast wilderness, to find the seed of this fruit, one would likely have to search every mountain and traverse every sea. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time."

—Peacock (deceased)

"Water, water, water, there are so many snakes in the water!"

--anonymous

Qin Huai pondered for a long time. He gained a lot of useful information from these records, but it did not help his goal of the Yanfu incident. He only knew that the so-called Peach Banquet was probably not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

"Open the map."

After downloading the map from the Advanced Exploration Notes to the Ninja Land Information Network for free, Qin Huai looked at his current location and began planning his route to Kunlun Mountain.

Just then, a foul-smelling, howling wind suddenly blew out of the cave behind him, and several strange cries that could stop a child from crying came from the depths, instantly attracting Qin Huai's attention.

"Hmm? There's something in the cave. This isn't the Taotie's dwelling?"

Qin Huai looked back, and the clear, shimmering light pierced through the deep darkness, revealing several howling black shadows. They rushed towards him like the wind, their massive bodies moving nimbly and freely through the narrow, winding cave, as if swimming with the agility of fish. Their sharp, dagger-like beaks were aimed directly at him, as if they considered him an easy target.

(End of this chapter)