Walking out of the park, Zhang Yuanqing pretended to adjust his zipper while turning towards the corner of a wall.
He needed to demonstrate to the few gazes that were following him that he really needed to use the restroom—
Mostly to appease Guan Ya.
At this moment, few people were paying attention to him. Everyone was excitedly awaiting the reward settlement.
Guan Ya is a Scout, and even the most brilliant acting will show flaws in front of the Insight skill. I've already used the restroom. My current behavior is somewhat suspicious in her eyes.
I have to hurry and find a chance to be honest with Guan Ya, such as after the Killing Instance ends. Zhang Yuanqing leaned against the wall, thinking of the cost of the set, and chuckled to himself.
Then, he thought his laughter was too lewd and didn't match his image as a good young man, so he quickly restrained himself and focused on waiting for the task settlement.
He looked forward to the Star Official's skills, the changes of advancing to a Saint, the rewarded items, and the Demon Lord's character card exclusive rewards...
At this moment, the Spirit Realm prompt sounded again:
[Reward Settlement: Acquired Item/Prop: Da Luo Star Compass]
[Reward Experience Points: 42%]
[Ding, congratulations on your successful class advancement, promoting to Level 4 Star Official]
[Reward Experience Points: 5%]
[Main Quest Settlement Complete!]
[Scoreboard Reward Settlement: Acquired Item/Prop: Mountain God Scepter]
[Settlement Complete!]
[Ding! Character Card Reward Activated, Reward Item: ???]
[Settlement Complete! Exit the Spirit Realm in ten minutes]
Promoted to Star Official! Zhang Yuanqing leaned against the wall, clenched his fist in excitement, and waved it forcefully, waiting for the familiar "scalding between the eyebrows" to arrive, a sign of the Black Moon mark appearing.
But at this moment, the scenery before him suddenly changed. The city ruins disappeared, replaced by a gray world. There were no objects, no concept of heaven, earth, or the four directions; it was a very abstract space.
This is my Sea of Consciousness. Zhang Yuanqing looked bewildered, with a slight hint of panic. He hadn't actively looked into his Sea of Consciousness, but his consciousness was autonomously immersed in it.
It was like singing and dancing rap against his will, a very terrifying thing.
Suddenly, from the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, a wave of supreme Yin and pure Taiyin power surged out.
This power was like a flood from a broken dam, washing over his spirit body, finally condensing into a huge black full moon in the depths of his Sea of Consciousness.
The hazy, illusory moonlight sprinkled down, enveloping Zhang Yuanqing's spirit body. He felt an unprecedented comfort and ease, like a baby returning to the womb.
This is the hidden power of the character card. Why did it manifest on its own at this time? Was it stimulated by the promotion to Star Official?
Zhang Yuanqing "looked up" and was shocked to find that the huge black full moon was gradually becoming incomplete, turning into a crescent moon.
The next second, his consciousness actively withdrew from his Sea of Consciousness, and he saw the city ruins again.
What's going on? He was full of doubts and didn't understand the situation, but the scalding between his eyebrows interrupted his train of thought.
A crescent moon emerged on his forehead, and a surge of majestic Taiyin power burst out from the mark, washing over his body in an almost unreasonable manner, merging into each cell, into each bone.
His physique was becoming more and more perfect under the cleansing of the Taiyin power.
This part of the power was the 42% experience points rewarded by the Spirit Realm earlier.
At this moment, Zhang Yuanqing had reached the limit of an Extraordinary realm Night Wanderer.
"Why did the black full moon suddenly become a crescent moon?" Zhang Yuanqing keenly noticed the change in the mark, touching his forehead with a frown.
This kind of change had never happened at the end of previous instances.
He guessed that it might be related to his promotion to Star Official.
Really, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have needed to feign needing to pee...
After a moment, the Taiyin power slowly subsided, and the scalding crescent moon on his forehead disappeared into his skin. After about three or four seconds of calm, the scalding sensation returned. This time, it wasn't a black moon that emerged, but a mark radiating brilliant starlight.
—A more vivid description would be: his forehead was smeared with fluorescent powder. 6
Strands of fine starlight roamed through Zhang Yuanqing's body, illuminating his bones, meridians, and internal organs, as if fluorescent powder had been injected into his blood. His entire being was translucent.
"Ugh~"
Zhang Yuanqing bent over like a shrimp, uttering a painful groan from his throat, involuntarily twitching, feeling that his life level had changed, and his gene sequence had been reorganized...
These stardust particles were transforming his body, bringing intense pain while also reorganizing his gene sequence, and his life level was silently changing.
The last time he had a similar feeling was when he became a Night Wanderer from an ordinary person.
The entire process lasted a full three minutes. By the time the stardust had merged into his flesh and blood and his body was no longer transparent, Zhang Yuanqing was drenched in sweat, like someone who had been bedridden for a long time.
But his eyes shone brightly, like containing stars, full of charm and mystery.
This was the change in temperament brought about by his promotion to Star Official.
In addition, all aspects of his physical attributes had undergone explosive growth. If the Extraordinary realm was like a child, then the Star Official was like a teenager.
With the power of his body alone, he could defeat a child with a single punch.
And the Star Official's forte wasn't physical strength. For professions like Bewitchment Fiend and Fire Master, which were known for their close combat, the increase would be even more exaggerated.
So, it can be said that,
There is a big difference between the Extraordinary realm and the Saint realm.
Leaving aside items, in a one-on-one fight, a Saint killing an Extraordinary is like killing a chicken.
Zhang Yuanqing couldn't wait to open the attribute panel, sensing the changes after becoming a Star Official, as well as the newly acquired skills.
[Name: Yuan Shi Tian Zun][Race: Human]
[Class: Star Official][Level: 4][Skills: Night Wanderer
Night Roam, Spirit Devour, Taiyin Spirit, Howl at the Moon, Bewitchment, Spirit Talisman]
[Star Official—Astrology, Star Illusion, Star Blink, Star Body]
[Experience Points: 58%]
[Morality Value: 2100]
[Reputation Value: 90]
[Astrology (Active): Can view the target's twelve Zodiac Palaces through their facial features, which are: Life, Wealth, Friends, Family, Home, Labor, Fate, Virtue, Fortune, Secret, and Calamity.
[Star Illusion (Active): Can create illusions using the power of the stars (Prerequisite Skill: Bewitchment)]
[Star Blink (Active): Can teleport a short distance using starlight, up to twenty meters. During movement, ignores all physical attacks.]
[Star Body (Passive): A body cleansed by the power of the stars can perform many spells in the domain of the stars.]
Zhang Yuanqing quickly understood the four newly learned skills. They were like instincts engraved in his genes, which he had mastered since birth.
Among the four skills, Star Illusion was an enhanced version of Bewitchment, with the latter being a prerequisite skill for the former. Star Blink was similar to Flash, with its ability being somewhat similar to the Fire element.
Star Body was the foundation of everything and didn't need much explanation.
The core skill was Astrology. Astrology needed to be activated with the eyes and could see the target's short-term fortune trend through their facial features.
The twelve Zodiac Palaces each symbolize a different area of a person's life, and together, they construct a person's karma.
Fate symbolizes marriage, romantic fortune, contracts, opportunities, lawsuits, and so on.
Home symbolizes family relationships, marital relationships, parent-child relationships, and so on.
Labor symbolizes the profession one engages in: corporate slave, parasite, boss, good-for-nothing, etc.
For example, "Life" refers to the self, or destiny. It is the most essential thing about a person.
Of course, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't yet glimpse a person's long-term destiny, but he could use "Life" to see through some of the disguises in disguise techniques.
Everyone's Life is unique. Appearance can be changed, but Life cannot be altered.
It naturally countered transformation techniques.
Another example is "Virtue." "Virtue" symbolizes morality. Whether a person has recently done something immoral, whether they have done charity, and how their moral character is, can all be seen clearly.
The important one is Calamity, which represents crisis. Zhang Yuanqing can see at a glance whether a person has any recent bad luck.
It is worth mentioning that Astrology can also be used on oneself. The simplest example is that during combat, you can first look at your own Zodiac Palaces in a mirror. If you see Calamity, the Star Official can develop a sense, generating a vague premonition, and thus prepare in advance.
"A Level 4 Star Official can only see short-term fortune. When I level up, I can see a person's destiny trend. Those powerhouses like the Taiyi Sect, who can sit at home and know everything that's happening in the world, must specialize in the power of the stars." 6
"If I specialize in the power of Taiyin, I should get a full moon, but currently, I don't know the capabilities of the full moon. The power of the Solar God cannot be specialized in. Should I choose stars or Taiyin?"
"Right, I remember that when the Fengdu Ghost King was in the ring, he looked at his face in a small mirror. He must have been looking at Calamity. In future battles, I need to prepare a small mirror for myself. Ugh, it feels weird."
Zhang Yuanqing already had a certain understanding of the Star Official's abilities, so he wasn't too surprised, but he was very satisfied.
Astrology is a very satisfying skill. It can silently peek into a person's privacy, seeing through everything about them.
In front of a Star Official, everything is transparent. It is also very practical in combat.
Seeing his own Calamity through facial features allows him to anticipate danger in advance. With Star Illusion and Star Blink to protect his life and the Night Wanderer skills for stealth, killing a Star Official is extremely difficult.
He can be an assassin, a summoner, or a prescient mage. When necessary, he can also cast Howl at the Moon and become a rough martial artist.
Aside from not having particularly powerful killing skills, it can be said to be very perfect.
There always has to be a flaw, otherwise, the Night Wanderer wouldn't be one of the peak classes, but the only peak class. Zhang Yuanqing thought contentedly, while opening his inventory to check the reward items.
First was the Mountain God Scepter. The handle of the scepter was woven from three vines, with a emerald gem embedded in the head. It was about one meter long.
[Name: Mountain God Scepter]
[Type: Staff][Function: Mountain God]
[Introduction: This item was once wielded by the Mountain God's mentor. The Mountain God greatly respected her mentor. The only complaint was that her mentor was too promiscuous, always surrounded by various men, until one day, the mentor passed this item to the Mountain God, and the Mountain God also became a female player. After her death, the staff absorbed part of its owner's power, and its quality was improved. The staff has the abilities of healing, beast speech, resurrection, brute force, and using mutated plants and animals to assist in combat.]
[Note 1: Please restrain your overly vigorous vitality and desire to reproduce.]
[Note 2: The longer you spend with people, the more you like dogs.]
[Note 3: It repels all metal objects, and it also hates Scouts.]
There was no doubt that this was a Saint-quality item, and it was even stronger than the Back Earth Boots.
"Three costs: lust, liking to be with animals, and excluding metal objects and Scouts. These three costs are not a big deal individually. As a craftsman, I can skillfully resolve my reproductive desires, but when the first cost is mixed with the second, it becomes terrifying..."
Zhang Yuanqing happily and worriedly put away the item, secretly vowing to seek out items that reduce desire when he has the chance, such as Silver Ripple County Princess's ghost mirror, to restrain the item with an item.
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He then took out another item: the Da Luo Star Compass.
[Name: Da Luo Star Compass]
[Type: Auxiliary Tool][Function: Stargazing]
[Introduction: An item crafted by a powerful Star Official, it can assist the owner in stargazing, deduction, dividing solar terms, understanding yin and yang, and observing weather.]
[Note 1: It can cure most people's cervical spondylosis.] 9
[Note 2: Please stay away from cities with serious smog and light pollution.]
The moment he grasped the item, Zhang Yuanqing gained a deeper understanding of its functions.
Stargazing: He couldn't control the ability to assist in stargazing yet, because he hadn't learned the art of stargazing.
Deduction: By using the star compass to deduce something, you can get the answer. Of course, the user needs to interpret the answer themselves.
Dividing Solar Terms: You don't need to look at the calendar to know the twenty-four solar terms.
Understanding Yin and Yang: A human body's mobile clock. You don't need to look at the time to know the hour, how long until dark, how long until dawn.
Observing Weather: You don't need to watch the weather forecast.
There were two costs: First, you will instinctively look up. If no one reminds or stops you, you may continue to hold that position for a long time.
Second, you must stargaze every night, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable all over, like a smoker craving a cigarette.
Finally, Zhang Yuanqing took out the character card reward item.
It was an electronic watch with no strap. Its appearance was cheap, its workmanship was rough, and the dial displayed the time and date.
Holding the item, the item information appeared after a few seconds:
[Name: ???][Type: ???][Function: ???][Introduction: ???][Note: ???]
Seeing the screen full of question marks, three question marks also flashed in Zhang Yuanqing's mind: ???
What does this mean?
It was the first time he had seen such flamboyant item information. Everything was marked with question marks, and holding the bare dial, he couldn't read the item's functions or costs in his mind.
If it didn't have item information, Zhang Yuanqing would have suspected it was a mundane object.
Could it be… A guess suddenly flashed in his mind, and he quickly put the dial back into his inventory. His heart pounded a few times because Zhang Yuanqing realized that this thing might be the Demon Lord's true legacy.
Yes, the Demon Lord's true legacy.
The special feature of the Demon Lord character card was the "Black Full Moon" and the "Character Card Exclusive Reward." The Black Full Moon had already appeared and was hidden in the character card. Although he couldn't touch the full moon, he knew it was not an ordinary object.
So, what about the character card exclusive reward?
Zhang Yuanqing once speculated that something that the Taiyi Sect Master valued so much might appear in the exclusive rewards time after time.
In the previous Spirit Realm settlements, the items given by the character card's exclusive rewards were all normal items. To the big shots, they were probably no different from trash.
Until this dial appeared.
It was different from other items, just looking at the capricious item attributes was enough.
As my level increases and I advance to Saint, the Demon Lord's true legacy has finally appeared. The stronger I become, the more dangerous it is. Zhang Yuanqing sighed.
He calmly returned to the park, bypassed his colleagues who were full of joy, found his Yin corpse Blood Rose, and put his hand on her shoulder.
A dozen seconds later, ripple-like ripples appeared around, and the whole world was blurred.
Watching the organization's little guys disappear into the instance one after another, the Five Elements Alliance elders finally put down the big stones in their hearts.
The Extraordinary Realm Killing Instance has ended.
Next, all they had to do was focus on the Saints' battle. The Saint Realm Killing Instance would not end for another two days.
Currently, only two Saints had died, one from the official side and one from the evil organization.
The other Saints had deep foundations, and their items and combat power were all of first-class level. They were not as easy to kill as the Travelers in the Extraordinary Realm.
The Red Fire Gang elder smiled and said, "Yuan Shi Tian Zun's mark on his forehead is a crescent moon. See, he is indeed not a Demon Lord inheritor."
Dog Elder said indifferently, "After passing the Tiger Amulet test, he has already cleared his suspicion."
The female Marshal turned her gaze to Dog Elder. Her voice was clear and sexy, and quite authoritative:
"After the Killing Instance ends, let Young Master Fu condescend to come to the capital to meet this trash of mine."
Dog Elder: "Understood."
At the same time, he silently mourned for Fu Qingyang and Yuan Shi Tian Zun for a few seconds.
Especially the latter, he not only had to take the iron fist of his immediate superior, but he would probably also have to take the iron fist of the Hundred Flowers Association Grand Elder.
Oh right, he had to take his own iron fist first. Dog Elder remembered that he had clearly warned Yuan Shi Tian Zun that the Chu family massacre case was a secret among secrets and must not be spread.
Zhang Yuanqing, who didn't know that countless iron fists were waiting for him, saw the surrounding environment clearly again: white-painted walls, a double bed, a wool carpet, a large desk.
baimengshu.
He had returned to the single room in the Fu family bay villa, with Blood Rose beside him.
"It's like another world..." Zhang Yuanqing murmured softly.
The Yin corpse Blood Rose was temporarily unable to move due to the effects of curses and toxins. The battle was over, so Zhang Yuanqing was not in a hurry to purify her with the Demon Subduing Pestle.
He strode out of the room, came to the living room, asked the bunny girl cleaning the living room, and said, "Has the Centurion come out?"
He encountered unimaginable danger in the Killing Instance, and suspected that Fu Qingyang was also likely to be targeted.
Therefore, he eagerly wanted to know Fu Qingyang's safety.
"Not yet." The bunny girl looked steadily at Zhang Yuanqing, her pretty face slightly red, and said softly, "Mr. Yuan Shi Tian Zun, have you been promoted to Saint? You've changed so much."
The Night Wanderer's evil nobility and the Star Official's ethereal mystery combined, weaving an unspeakable charm. In addition, his appearance was already pretty good, which gave him a very strong attraction to young women.
Not out yet? The Killing Instance in Saint Realm is so long? The higher the level, the lower the demand for food. It's normal. I hope the Centurion can successfully clear the Killing Instance. He is a man who is almost skilled to the Dao. Zhang Yuanqing immediately said:
"Prepare a car for me, address: 291 Xinmen Road,
Tianchen Apartment, Room 302, 3rd floor."
He wanted to solve Guan Ya's reproductive desires.
ps: Fix typos first, update later. I have something to do today, the update is late, sleep sleep.