Chapter 249

Mu Yi, Kunlun Mountain. Also possibly an unnamed small mountain.

Before he couldn't feel it, but now that he bears the Mountain God title, Kunlun Mountain feels completely different to him.

Kunlun Mountain, the first day. Also a generic Mountain God title.

Again the first day, the Nine-grade Mountain God title.

Therefore he chose a small hill near Kunlun Mountain, where he could enjoy Kunlun's benefits while staying within the scope of his divine title.

He pointed his hand at the hill, and a tawny orb of light shot out from him, straight into the hill before him.

The thumb‑sized orb sank into the mountain; the once unremarkable hill suddenly seemed to come alive, and the entire peak appeared vibrant.

Small mountain.

Mu Yi could feel his connection with the peak becoming ever more precise; amid slight tremors the hill grew, its height rising slowly yet steadily.

Landing on the hill, Mu Yi felt as if he had returned to the realm of reincarnation.

Mountain God (generic).

Within the earth vein.

The Earth Vein Power inhaled and exhaled this celestial Qi, strengthening itself while converting the Qi into Earth Vein essence better suited for mountain growth.

As the transformation began to slow, an indescribable force started flowing from the peak into his body.

The force circulated through his blood throughout his body, then merged back into the peak.

He and the peak had become a single whole.

Mountain peak.

During its circulation, it seeped bit by bit into his bones, organs… even into his soul.

The process was not violent; it could be called gentle, silently nourishing his body and directly merging into Mu Yi.

Mu Yi finally understood why gods who inherit a divine title are reluctant to relinquish it—giving it up is like digging out one's own bones and heart, a boldness not everyone possesses.

Zongwang Prompt, Nine-grade Mountain God Title, Earth Vein Power.

Zongwang Prompt, a generic knowledge library, Universal Experience, and prestige (generic).

Zongwang Prompt, Mountain God Cultivation Method.

Countless pieces of knowledge poured into Mu Yi's mind; the Mountain God cultivation method is profound, and Mu Yi subconsciously cultivated according to it, a surge of power instantly flooding in from the Earth Vein.

These forces condensed on his body into a slightly rough pattern, embodying the Earth Vein of the small hill at that moment, alive and inhaling/exhaling celestial Qi, several times faster than before.

Mu Yi tried to 'comb' the Earth Vein and found that the so‑called combing is like inhaling/exhaling celestial Qi to cultivate inner Qi, except the subject of cultivation shifts from himself to the peak.

The stronger the peak, the more intense the feedback.

Small river, Nine-grade Water God Title, Water Vein Power.

Zongwang Prompt: Your Nine-grade Water God Title has been granted; the chosen location cannot be changed, and you have gained the professional specialty—Water Vein Power (canceled when the profession disappears).

Zongwang Prompt: Your knowledge base has been updated; you have acquired a large amount of Water God‑related knowledge, Knowledge 10, and you can exchange corresponding treasures by spending Universal Experience or reputation.

Zongwang Prompt: You have obtained the Water God cultivation method!

The cultivation of the Mountain‑Water God differs little; sometimes the Mountain God and Water God are one and the same.

The rough pattern on Mu Yi's body became more intricate again; upon close inspection one can see the shapes of a peak and a river.

When Mu Yi's mind shifted, both Earth Vein Power and Water Vein Power manifested on him: the phantom of the peak gathered in his hand like a pagoda, while the phantom of the river wound around his other hand like a ribbon.

He could feel the power of the peak and the river through these phantoms.

The newly acquired Legendary Curio — the Mountain Water Seal.

As Mu Yi moved, the Earth Vein beneath his feet trembled slightly, and strands of tawny aura drifted out from the peak beneath his feet.

sound effect.

The mountain shook, rocks began to crumble, the not‑very‑tall peak's summit started to collapse, deep terrifying fissures appeared across the mountain, and the once‑alive peak seemed poised to fall into death in an instant.

Connected to the mountain, Mu Yi instantly felt the backlash and, frightened, hurriedly stopped his action.

Mountain Water Seal, mini mountain peak.

He was somewhat curious how far the Mountain Water Seal could ultimately bear, but it was clear that using a peak fused with himself for experiments was inadvisable.

First day, the Mountain Water Two Gods, ground.

Mu Yi sensed that his recent extraction of the Earth Vein also brushed against the nearby Kunlun Mountain Earth Vein, which is why Chu Yi arrived swiftly with his two juniors, intending to punish the thieves.

Mu Yi.

"You arrived just in time; from now on these two Mountain‑Water sites will need your care as well!" Mu Yi said, looking at the two Mountain‑Water deities behind Chu Yi.

Supreme God.

These two had previously been the Mountain God and Water God, so they understood Mu Yi's meaning; after all, they are now shadow spirits, working off a debt to Mu Yi, so any task is the same for them, and the time spent is equally compensated.

Nine-grade, Eighth-grade, Underworld Eighth-grade, title.

Mountain‑Water matters in the already stable Jiuzhou are essentially a one‑to‑one correspondence, like a radish in a hole.

Neighbor (generic).

Mountain Water God serving part-time as an incense god (generic).

Warring in all directions (generic).

Heavenly Court Emperor, True Lord.

If luck is on his side and he encounters a victorious army returning, he might even be transferred to guard a new world.

New World development.

Then he can only dutifully fulfill his responsibilities, honestly combing the Earth Vein and Water Vein, protecting the locals, and after a few hundred years he should be able to advance to the first‑rank.

Chu Yi waved his claw, and strands of yellow‑green intertwined aura drifted from the direction of Kunlun Mountain toward here, merging into this peak.

sound effect.

The mountain peak began to shake again, but unlike before it did not collapse; after a brief tremor it even rose a little.

Originally about a hundred meters high, the mountain peak suddenly grew ten or so meters, and kept rising amid the tremors.

As the mountain expanded and rose, the cracks and collapses Mu Yi had just made were silently repaired, and the vegetation on the peak grew even more lush.

The earth veins hidden within the mountain range, after digesting the first day's offering, began to drill deeper; threadlike earth veins slowly spread outward, and more heavenly-earthly essence flowed through the mountain along the veins.

Mu Yi looked at the Mountain Water Seal in his hand; this thing is best for stealing others' resources, and for him, a Military Family Descendant wandering the Zongwang Panel, it is indeed an excellent treasure.

Heavenly Court-made, indeed extraordinary.

Moreover, it can not only be used to steal others' earth-vein and water-vein resources.

The Mountain Water Seal is also a kind of magical artifact; the loaded earth veins can be released all at once, and if it is the power of an entire mountain range, it could be like lifting a mountain and smashing it at someone.

Likewise, the water veins work the same; Mu Yi simply tested it and was very satisfied.

As for the final function, Mu Yi dared not test it; his intuition told him that this direct activation of mountain and water veins would be a huge harm to those veins.

Even if he wanted to test it, he would have to go to someone else's place to do so.

Randomly testing a mountain peak bound to his own divine position could easily get him killed.

Mu Yi liked challenges, but that didn't mean he liked courting death, so he opened his Zongwang Panel, found a mountain-type dungeon, and dove in.

The dungeon itself was quite simple: the temple on the mountain peak had been corrupted by evil things, and Mu Yi needed to eliminate the evil within.

Mu Yi stood at the mountain's base, looked up at the peak, and with his current eyesight could see the temple at the summit exuding astonishing malice; besides that, there were hardly any living creatures.

Scattered across the mountain were some wild beasts corrupted by the malice, prowling about.

For what Mu Yi wanted to test, this was a pretty good site.

Often, the descriptions in texts and scriptures are very objective and not very vivid.

Especially in combat, those subtle, complex, massive details cannot be fully explained by a simple passage or a book.

In short, only genuine, personal combat cases can serve as an effective reference standard.

"Then let's give it a try!"

Since items from the dungeon cannot be taken out, Mu Yi could only test the third effect of the Mountain Water Seal.

The third effect's ability is to activate the earth veins of a designated mountain range and use them in battle.

But being only a textual description, it was hard for Mu Yi to judge how it actually works.

After all, according to Mu Yi's current information, earth veins are a kind of alternative heavenly-earthly essence hidden in the ground, and activating them is still hard for him to imagine.

Mu Yi didn't know if his ability could drive the mountain before him, but trying it posed no problem.

Holding the Mountain Water Seal in his hand, he closed his eyes, used transcendent perception to touch the earth veins within the mountain via the Mountain God's divine position, and a heavy, tenacious feeling surged forth.

Without opening his eyes, Mu Yi threw the Mountain Water Seal away.

The Mountain Water Seal hovered mid-mountain, emitting a glossy divine light.

"Boom—"

Accompanied by the Mountain Water Seal's divine light, some kind of sacred power was aroused from it and then sank into this mountain peak.

Instantly, a tremendous, terrifying roar rang out!

The mountain peak was torn apart; a pair of large hands supported the mountain body, and a pair of massive stone feet, amidst violent shaking, steadied themselves on the ground.

Its huge stature conveyed a sense of grandeur and breadth.

A colossal mountain giant walked out from within the mountain.

"Hum!"

It slowly turned its head; countless dirt and sand particles continually fell from high above, producing a rustling, huge sound.

Its fully upright height already approached the mountain behind it.

With the mountain giant's activation, the entire mountain peak also showed a huge gap.

It was as if the mountain giant had originally dwelled there, and the mountain peak had grown later.

The forcibly shattered rock layers kept rolling down huge boulders, and the whole mountain peak began to show a tendency toward landslides.

But eventually, the mountain body returned to calm.

Mu Yi wasn't sure what principle this calm came from, but he could be certain that, whether observed from a material reality perspective or a perceptual one,

an unnatural fissure gap appeared on the mountain peak.

The mountain giant stood silently in place, gazing at Mu Yi with its insubstantial deep eye sockets, and an intangible contract, forged through the Mountain Water Seal, established a link between them.

Mu Yi looked at the mountain giant before him; without doubt, it was a very powerful elemental creature.

Although it differed somewhat from what he had imagined, overall the Mountain Water Seal's effect was quite terrifying.

Still, there were drawbacks: the summoning speed was slow, requiring advance preparation, and its grand scale made surprise attacks impossible.

However, the advantages were equally clear: almost no cost yielded a huge elemental giant's hand, and preliminary estimates suggested it could stalemate a half-step Legendary creature for half a day.

"Interesting!" Mu Yi's face lit up with delight; this was a major killer, and if used well it might produce astonishing results.

"Then next up, this!"

Mu Yi actively activated the Mountain Water Seal's effect; the mountain giant suddenly shot up like it had grown wings, then began to fall toward the mountain-top area he had designated.

"Boom!"

"Heavenly disaster descends!"

A mountain giant whose size could rival the comet summoned by Lily's Comet Technique plummeted vertically onto the peak in accelerated free fall.

The explosive roar, accompanied by an unstoppable shockwave, directly flung Mu Yi tens of meters from the mountain's base.

Mu Yi's mouth twitched; he found it hard to behold the great pit before him.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the original mountain peak was now merely a huge deep pit; though it lacked the various enhancements of the Comet Technique, this pure strike was enough to make one break a sweat.

Moreover, the mountain giant possessed earth-vein power; this sky‑falling strike even mixed in damage from the earth veins.

The Mountain Water Seal seemed to have lost its power, slipping dully into Mu Yi's hand.

The poor dungeon boss didn't even show its face before being reduced to flying ash under this heaven‑shattering attack.

"Zongwang Prompt: Your Dungeon mission is complete, do you wish to exit the Dungeon for settlement?"