Mysterious mirror hanging high

"So many fates appear like this?"

Jing Yu felt awe in his heart. The fate search database in the fundamental magical power of [Questioning the Mirror to Observe Fate Method] gave him a certain understanding of the secret of fate.

"No wonder Wanshou Daojun's name is Wanshou. I was wondering why he wasn't called Changsheng Daojun, since he's the first Daojun in the world to achieve enlightenment with the destiny of [longevity and long life]. So there's a deeper meaning behind it."

Thinking of this, he had an idea and started searching with "nine lives" as the keyword.

"[Civet Cat Nine Lives], Grade: Spiritual Grade (Purple)."

"Specific function: When suffering fatal injuries, one can use one's own flesh and blood to replace death nine times."

"Origin of Fate: A cultivator with the [Longevity] Fate established a new path and ascended to the rank of Dao Lord. However, the Dao Lord's fate was lost, and thus the [Civet Cat with Nine Lives] came into being in the world."

"That's exactly what happened!"

Jing Yu suddenly realized. He speculated that when every Taoist Lord achieved enlightenment, his original destiny would overflow, thus giving rise to a new destiny. Since then, there have been more and more destiny in the world.

But if the purple spiritual item [Eternal Life] is considered as a lower-level destiny of the divine item [Longevity], then this [Nine Lives of a Civet Cat] is almost a new thing and has nothing to do with the destiny of longevity.

"Could it be that the key lies in the Nine-Life Dao Monarch establishing a new path?"

"Let's not consider this for now. Since the destiny is derived from the Daojun's enlightenment, where did the original destiny come from?"

Jing Yu tilted his head and began to search for [Eternal Life].

"【Eternal Life】, Grade: Divine Grade (Seven Colors)."

"Specific benefits: [Longevity]: The bearer of this fate will naturally have an infinite lifespan. [Long Vision]: The bearer of this fate will have sharp hearing and eyesight, a quick mind, and the ability to eliminate delusion and punish evil, preserve truth and break illusions. All illusions in the heavens and the myriad realms are ineffective against this fate. When breaking through the realm, the mind will be clear and the inner demons will not invade..."

"Origin of fate: unknown."

"Unknown?" Jing Yu raised his eyebrows. He thought that this fate search database was all-encompassing, but he didn't expect that the information was incomplete.

Since he hadn't figured out anything for the time being, Jing Yu didn't dwell on it. After he condensed the magical power of [Xuan Jing], all his magic power was transformed into the special magic power of [Wen Jing Guan Ming Fa].

After some experiments, I found that apart from the fact that its magic power is longer-lasting and more powerful than that of the [River Sutra], it has no other special features.

But when Jing Yu turned to practice the [Jianghe Sutra] again, he found that the magic power was irreversible. Every time he cultivated a trace of magic power from the Jianghe Sutra, it would be quickly erased by the mysterious mirror in his dantian. He didn't know whether it was because the status of the [Jianghe Sutra] was too low, or if he couldn't practice other techniques at all.

"Never mind. Although this technique only reaches the Golden Core stage and does not include the Nascent Soul stage and subsequent techniques, I am still far from the Nascent Soul stage and am not in a hurry."

Jing Yu thought to himself, "Besides, since this technique was given by the Nine-Life Daoist Monarch, it's possible that he has subsequent techniques. However, just like the sequel to [True Explanation of Puppetry], one needs to pass a test to obtain it."

Jing Yu let out a sigh and looked around. The sky was cut into small pieces by towering trees that were as thick as a man's embrace. He nimbly climbed up one of the tallest trees and looked around.

Following the map of the outer area of ​​Wushan Mountain Range found in Lin Feng's storage bag, he finally determined his location. This place was seven or eight hundred miles away from Wushan Market. Even though Jing Yu used the earth escape technique to avoid most risks, it still took him several hours to return to Wushan Market.

By the time he returned to the gate of the market town, it was already completely dark. He did not go back to his own shed to rest, but instead went straight to Mushan Neifang's home to report that he was safe.

"Uncle! You're finally back!"

Jing Yu did not hold back his aura and walked to the door of Mu Shan's house with confidence. Mu Shan, who was the first to feel Jing Yu's spiritual pressure, opened the door with a happy face and patted Jing Yu on the shoulder.

"I was unlucky and was teleported to the outskirts of the Wushan Mountains. It took a lot of effort to get out."

Jing Yu took out a wild boar carcass from his storage bag and held it in his hand. "On the way, I encountered a Qi training level one demonic wild boar, so I killed it and brought it back. Please, Cheng Huan, prepare a wild boar feast to calm your nerves."

"Great, great! Uncle, I'm lucky. I was teleported directly to Wushan Market with a few fellow Daoists. You don't know, of the thirty or so Daoists in the secret realm, only about twenty have returned. I'm afraid the other dozen or so were teleported to some remote place, and there's still no news of them!"

"Have fellow Daoist Wang Cheng and fellow Daoist Li Yan returned?" The two people Jing Yu was asking about were the two spiritual plant husbands who had borrowed Lin Yun's [Fire Sun Ring] magic weapon and had the energy of the fire vein on their bodies.

Mu Shan was startled and shook his head: "I haven't heard of the news of these two Taoist friends returning."

Jing Yu sighed secretly and pulled Mu Shan into the yard. Sure enough, he saw his third sister Zhao Mingyu and Zhao Chenghuan and Zhao Chengyan, two siblings, guarding the yard.

Zhao Mingyu, leaning on his cane, stepped forward and held Jing Yu's hand. "It's good to be back! This trip to the secret realm was an unprovoked disaster..."

Jing Yu smiled and said, "It was a blessing in disguise for me. I made a small profit."

Zhao Mingyu sighed, "I've always known you're lucky... Over the past two days, Wang Po has selected several suitable candidates. I've already chosen one, and Cheng Yan has also agreed. We should be getting married soon."

"Has it been decided so soon?"

Jing Yu was surprised: "Which girl is she from?"

"She's the youngest daughter of a sixth-level Qi training alchemist from East Street, Inner Square. She's only twenty years old. Last year, this cultivator was killed by a robber while gathering herbs in the Wushan Mountains. His seven or eight mortal children wanted to split up the family, and now they've all broken up... This youngest daughter has a soft personality and didn't get much of the family fortune. Fortunately, she's a first-level body cultivator, and she scrapes by doing odd jobs in the market, like carrying heavy objects and serving tea."

Zhao Mingyu whispered, "Although this girl is a bit weak-willed, she's a woman of integrity. Most ordinary people who fall into this state in the market would probably be unable to hold on and turn to brothels, becoming secret prostitutes. She's beautiful and graceful, yet she's never entertained such thoughts. That's quite rare. I was attracted by this, and that's why I made this happen."

Jing Yu nodded and said, "Third sister, as long as you don't get carried away and insist on marrying a high-ranking female cultivator, I can still trust your judgment."

Zhao Mingyu rolled his eyes at him and said slowly, "This girl's name is Mu Pei. I went to meet her in person yesterday with Cheng Yan. They were attracted to each other. I think this matter should have been done earlier. The betrothal gift is ten spirit stones. Her family has already disbanded, so these ten spirit stones can be left for her to use as she pleases."

"This matter has been handled properly." Jing Yu listened to the whole thing and did not think there was anything wrong. However, Mu Shan mentioned it from the side:

"Uncle! It's a coincidence. Do you know which bandit killed this girl's father?"

Seeing Mu Shan ask this, Jing Yu knew the key point and said in surprise, "Is it possible?"

"It's the Yunfeng Twin Devils!"