Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Chapter 23 Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune: A Cataclysmic Disaster

Wu Tian quietly cultivated himself in Skull Mountain, avoiding any trouble.

A little over a month later, the Wind Spirit's talent reached its peak.

Ding! System notification: Your Wind Spirit talent has been upgraded to perfection.

Ding! System notification: Your Wind Spirit talent has advanced. You can choose from the following two options.

Option 1: Random Wind Spirit Bloodline (Low-level)

Option 2, Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune (Intermediate)
Wu Tian's eyes lit up instantly, especially the first option, which was bloodline. This was the first time he had ever seen such an option.

Although this bloodline is only of a low grade, it means that he can discover new potential.

After more than a month of practice, and occasionally sneaking out to listen to lectures outside the Dharma Hall, he was no longer a complete novice who knew nothing.

Cultivators value immortal roots, while demons revere bloodlines.

Immortal roots are classified into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade.

Above that are immortal items, also known as Dao bodies.

The highest grade is already one in ten thousand, and the best grade immortal root is extremely rare and often only found among the direct descendants of major sects.

As for the Dao Body Immortal Root, it is a rare sight, appearing only once every few hundred years. Its appearance will cause a frenzy of fighting, and it is by no means inferior to the Demon King's cub.

The demon race reveres bloodline, which determines almost everything about them, including their cultivation ceiling, cultivation speed, lifespan, physique, and talent.

Ferocious birds and beasts, spirits and monsters, lesser demons, greater demons, demon kings, great demon kings, and even legendary demon saints...

The stronger the bloodline, the greater the potential.

Wu Tian originally had the bloodline of a Miao white dog. This bloodline gave him one talent and two skills. This was not a bloodline of a common beast, nor even a bloodline of a spirit.

The so-called low-level bloodline should refer to the bloodline of spirits and monsters.

Once a new bloodline is acquired, one will inevitably gain corresponding talents and skills, thereby broadening one's path of cultivation.

"I want both the bloodline and the talent for avoiding misfortune and attracting good fortune!"

Wu Tian turned his gaze to the talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, and let out a sigh.

With an intermediate-level talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, you can sense the good and evil intentions of others and perceive the opportunities and calamities within a hundred miles around you.

This talent is undoubtedly an auspicious beast talent. With this talent, one can avoid misfortune and thus survive better.

This is a talent he has always longed to obtain, and if he misses this opportunity, he doesn't know if he will ever be able to acquire it again.

After much hesitation, Wu Tian finally decided to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. As for bloodline, he felt that he could obtain it through other skills and talents, but the talent of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune was truly precious.

Especially on this Skull Mountain, as his cultivation level increases, he will likely attract the attention of those with ulterior motives very soon.

His talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune will be fundamental to his survival.

"Fine, what can I do? It's a random bloodline, so I have no choice but to reluctantly give it up and choose to seek good fortune while avoiding misfortune!"

Wu Tian felt as if his heart was bleeding, and selected the option to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune in the system panel.

As his talent advanced, his originally dark pupils began to change, shimmering with spiritual light and resonating with his forehead. Even the fur on his entire body became increasingly lustrous and snow-white.

From a distance, the white dog looked even more extraordinary, like a white fox from the mountains, with translucent white fur and a bright, intelligent light in its eyes, clearly capable of understanding human nature.

Although Wu Tian could not see the changes in his own appearance, he could sense the energy between heaven and earth.

He used to be able to sense danger in advance only by sensing the wind, but now the entire area within a hundred miles around him seems to be within his mind.

But at this moment, Wu Tian's expression suddenly changed and became very ugly. In his eyes, the world had changed into a completely different scene.

He could see the entire Skull Mountain, which seemed to be shrouded in black mist, blood mist, and fiery aura. This scene was full of danger, as if he were sitting on a volcano, about to be burned to ashes at any moment.

"The entire Skull Mountain is about to suffer annihilation."

He sensed an immense crisis, a feeling that chilled him to the bone. His innate ability to avoid danger and seek good fortune was throbbing violently, reminding him to leave this deadly place.

Wu Tian's initial joy at his talent advancement had vanished. The sense of danger emanating from his "Avoiding Misfortune and Seeking Good Fortune" talent made him feel uneasy, unable to relax at all. After a long while, Wu Tian finally managed to calm down and carefully examine the specific situation of Skull Mountain through his "Avoiding Misfortune and Seeking Good Fortune" talent.

His eyes flashed with a spiritual light, and it seemed as if everything within a hundred miles around him was falling into his view. In fact, those scenes were not what he saw, but rather the intuition of his talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune.

"The fire evil comes from the foot of the mountain, which means there is a danger of an eruption of subterranean fire."

"Dark clouds are looming overhead. This comes from the White Bone Hall of the Sect Leader. It means that a catastrophe will befall the entire Skull Mountain from there."

"The bloodstains come from outside the mountains, which means that outsiders have invaded the territory, and it signifies the disaster of war."

He perceived all of these through his talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune. Since acquiring this talent, he seemed to have been born with an understanding of the meanings represented by these different scenes.

"Although the Fire Fiend looks dangerous, there are sword cries and dragon roars within it, which seems to be suppressing it."

"Dark clouds loom overhead, yet they hold back, as if gathering strength."

"The blood-red light blotted out the sky, but it appeared somewhat illusory, which must mean that it hadn't gotten close yet..."

Wu Tian felt somewhat annoyed. His talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune was only at the intermediate level, and he could not predict the exact time when danger would arrive, let alone pinpoint a specific person.

"That's the general situation, but I don't know when this danger will erupt."

"Now, what should I do?"

"Should we hide down the mountain?"

He was filled with unease and wished he could escape down the mountain immediately to avoid this catastrophic disaster. The sense of danger emanating from the fiery black clouds and blood-red light could kill him at any moment.

In other words, these dangers are simply beyond his ability to combat.

"No, my purpose in coming up the mountain was originally to cultivate myself."

"Now that we haven't even obtained the Cloud Water Spell and the Wind Gathering Spell, are we just going to slink down the mountain like this?"

"Escape is easy, but getting back up the mountain is difficult."

"No, the gate of Skull Mountain is a great formation made of the corpse of a dragon. Can I really escape?"

Wu Tian was feeling dejected and increasingly uneasy, but in the end he could only take a deep breath and think, "Don't think too much. Focus on your cultivation first. If all else fails, I can escape to the mountainside before disaster strikes."

His eyes gleamed as he looked towards the mountainside, where golden light emanated, transforming into sword energy that soared into the sky, accompanied by the roar of a dragon, a truly awe-inspiring sight.

However, Wu Tian, ​​through his talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, knew that if he fled to a certain place, he might be able to turn misfortune into good fortune and overcome adversity.

"The halfway point on the mountainside is very likely my only way out."

"We need to find a way to explore that area..."

After making up his mind, he calmed himself down and recited the Mantra of Penetrating the Netherworld, forcing himself into a meditative state.

In fact, nothing has changed since then.

What changed was his perspective.

It is because they see a greater danger in the distance that they feel uneasy.

Ants are unaware of their fate, which is why they can live in peace.

Sometimes, the further you look, the more anxious and uneasy you become.

There is an old story of a man from Qi who worried about the sky falling, but how could someone who is ignorant of fate possibly understand the great fear he felt upon seeing danger?

With each breath, a bluish light filled the air.

Wu Tian became increasingly engrossed, not daring to waste any time and only wanting to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

"Complete the Tongyou Mantra as soon as possible to obtain the next stage of cultivation."

"Then we'll try to go halfway up the mountain and see if there are any opportunities there."

(End of this chapter)