The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 4 Change
Although Ding Lin has begun to practice, the actual changes in his nature have not yet been revealed. It is really difficult for him to hunt with this young carp body.

Because of this, he has often been hungry recently.

Thanks to the big bluefish.

I don't know if it's because hunting is too easy, or because my practice has slowed down recently, resulting in a decrease in appetite and I can't control my appetite, or maybe it's a combination of both. Recently, I often can't finish the big black carp and there will be some left over after eating.

If the food is not too close to the big black carp, he will sneak over and feast on it while the big black carp is resting during the day.

Ok.

Perhaps it was because the food was surrounded by the scent of big blue carp, the area nearby was always empty, with no fish or shrimp.

Ding Lin always found an opportunity to grab it and leave quickly.

Maybe it's a coincidence.

Except for the first few times.

Recently, the place where the big bluefish hunts is always far away from the bluestone where he rests.

Slowed down practice.

Catch more food.

Sometimes, Ding Lin was a little confused, but in the end he attributed it to coincidence.

if not?
The only outlet of this small lake is the water inlet upstream.

But it was separated by a piece of bluestone.

Insurmountable.

Since we have to stay in this lake.

Life must go on.

……

Another half year.

Ding Lin's success rate is getting higher and higher. Now, he can succeed once every two or three times of breathing.

He could feel that he was only one step away from complete mastery.

Another month.

Ding Lin has been able to do the breathing exercise ten times with only one or two failures.

He no longer needed to rely on the big bluefish for support. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. He had gradually been able to capture the flow of moonlight and was able to complete breathing exercises on his own.

But I can't be completely sure of it yet.

The feeling inside the body was no longer hazy. He could sense it very clearly. It was a ball of fog, a cloud that had gathered into a ball and was under low pressure.

Just wait for the right time.

Ding Lin had a feeling that the time would be when he had completely mastered the breathing method and could practice it continuously. At that time, miraculous changes should occur.

The big bluefish's cultivation speed has long since returned to its previous level.

But strangely enough, there is still room for daily food.

……

Ding Lin originally thought that with his past accumulation, it would only take a few days for him to fully master the breathing method.

but……

Ten days.

January.

Half a year.

Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Ding Lin seemed to have reached a bottleneck.

He couldn't remember from which day on, his success rate became frozen. Every hundred times he breathed in and out, he would fail once. It was as if there was a node in that series of veins that he could never comprehend.

Ding Lin initially thought that he would be able to cross it quickly.

Then comes anxiety.

Then comes irritability.

Finally, everything returned to silence.

It's night again.

The same moonlight.

The big black carp floats on the water surface.

Ding Lin hid under the water. He looked up at the moon, closed his eyes and began to breathe. The reason he persisted until now was no longer because of perseverance, but more of a habit.

Five times.

ten times.

A hundred times.

The lake of my heart is calm and peaceful.

It has failed so many times.

Now, I have no desires or requests anymore.

and many more.

There was no failure this time.

In an instant, wonderful changes occurred.

A very tiny but visible beam of moonlight fell from the sky and shone on Ding Lin.

On the water surface, the big black carp had stopped practicing at some point, and he turned his head to look in the direction of Ding Lin at the bottom of the lake.

Eyes deep.

Under the water. Ding Lin's breathing had stopped, as if a switch had suddenly been turned on. There was a sudden silence, and the next moment, the dark cloud that had been accumulated in his body was completely suppressed.

Dark clouds turn into rain, and become thousands of threads.

And this is not the end, it is just the beginning.

The myriad raindrops seemed to be endowed with spirituality, floating and connecting in the lake of the heart. Finally, when the dark clouds dispersed, the myriad raindrops became a line.

Demonic spirit.

Ding Lin had imagined this moment before, especially when he had tried so hard for a long time but still failed to succeed.
I should be happy and excited.

Perhaps there are still some hidden concerns.

But at this moment, it has really been achieved.

But I just feel...

hungry!
The intestines were churning and tangled together.

An indescribable feeling of hunger.

If I have to make an analogy, it is probably a thousand times more intense than the hunger I felt at the end of the previous practice.

Do not!
It should be ten thousand times!
Ding Lin opened his eyes and felt that they were all green.

But there happened to be a crucian carp floating in front of me, with strands of blood escaping, tempting my taste buds.

Ding Lin pounced on it, sucked it with big mouthfuls, and enjoyed it with relish!

In the dim light underwater.

As Ding Lin ate, the demonic energy that had just condensed in his body became unusually active and roamed freely around.

suck.

Whisper.

Ding Lin rolled over and circled around the carp's body, looking for the wound.

The interweaving of light and shadow.

Ding Lin's movements gradually changed and became more and more crazy.

At some point, the slurping turned to gnawing.

The evil spirit in the body becomes more and more active.

Once again he turned over on the carp's corpse.

Ding Lin opened his mouth and bathed in the moonlight. He saw that teeth had grown under his originally smooth lips.

Small and fragmented, densely packed.

Ding Lin was unaware of the changes in his body. Driven by hunger, he just kept biting the food with big mouthfuls.

The movements were frantic and wanton.

Ten feet away, a big black carp hung quietly, watching silently.

A good while.

A whole crucian carp the size of a palm was swallowed.

The hunger was finally driven away a little.

Sanity began to return.

Ding Lin swallowed the last bite of fish and suddenly stopped chewing.

food?

I am...

eat?
fish?
Where is it?
The next moment, another crucian carp was handed over.

Ding Lin raised his head somewhat stiffly.

In front of him, the huge body of a big black carp was floating quietly, blocking the moonlight and shrouding the water below in darkness. This crucian carp was the one he pushed over.

Ding Lin was stunned.

At this moment, everything that happened before can no longer be explained by "coincidence".

The final fluke was revealed.

It was big bluefish from beginning to end.

Slowly slow down the speed of breathing, deliberately leaving more food...

These are supposed to be goodwill gestures.

But is there really such thing as kindness without reason?
Somehow.

At the same time, Ding Lin's mind flashed with the scene of big black carp roaming in the small lake after the heavy rain.

At that time, the big bluefish's eyes were ecstatic and wanton!

Seeing Ding Lin didn't move.

The big black carp pushed the crucian carp forward again.

Ding Lin stared at the big black carp, whose eyes were deep and without any expression. His throat moved and he finally opened his mouth and bit the crucian carp.

Food tastes bland.

Seeing this, the big black carp finally moved again. He opened his mouth, revealing two rows of sharp teeth that were much larger than Ding Lin's.

It should be in...

laugh?
……

No matter what happens, life must go on.

The days passed day by day.

(End of this chapter)