Chapter 7: Historical Relic, Mouth of the Pure Altar

Jiang Yan was speaking the absolute truth.

In the basement, he used the Demon God Embryo to incubate the flesh and blood of the first boar cavalryman he had slain, except this time no living creature was born.

Instead, it was a skill.

【Skill-Type Offspring — Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal (Apprentice Level 90%): Vajra Vajrayogini, also known as Dorje Pakmo, a great achiever in Buddhism, wielding supreme power, her body resembling a sixteen-year-old maiden, with one face, two arms, and two heads, red light filling all ten directions and three times, subduing demons and enemies, attaining the rainbow body of immortality, the fruit of deathlessness.】

Followers must worship day and night, supplemented by the Vajra Vajrayogini Secret Medicine of the Inner Fire, constantly roasted by flames, only then can they cultivate the Inner Fire, consuming their own vital blood to condense golden light and enhance their own defense.

After a Vajra Vajrayogini Inner Fire Cavalryman is slain, there is a probability of extracting their historical skill or the corresponding secret medicine formula.

Once a Historical Walker obtains it, they need not worship Vajra Vajrayogini, but must prepare the secret medicine and cultivate anew.

The deeper the understanding of Buddhist teachings, the stronger the power, but it increases the probability of being gazed upon by Vajra Vajrayogini, triggering unknown mutations.

Transformed into an offspring, the skill itself can worship Vajra Vajrayogini, requiring no additional secret medicine, and inherits complete proficiency; absorbing enough similar offspring can rapidly increase proficiency.

Reaching Grandmaster Level and Transcendent Sainthood will both birth special effects.】

【Proficiency Level Classification: Apprentice, Proficient, Mastery, Perfection, Grandmaster, Transcendent Sainthood】

【Evaluation: Luminous Lamp of Dark Fire, Illuminating the Vajra.】

A defensive skill!

It was precisely because of this skill that Jiang Yan dared to face these boars... oh no, the Vajra Vajrayogini Inner Fire Cavalrymen head-on.

After resisting a heavy blow, the Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal became weak; though clearly lacking complete wisdom, it transmitted emotions of joy and filial devotion.

Protecting the Dominator is their mission!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

"Damn it, I'm not willing to accept this, ahhh!"

With the protection of the Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal, they could not kill Jiang Yan, this "Taoist Master"; plus, blood threads swirled within the coffin, and the morale of the remaining three Vajra Vajrayogini Cavalrymen quickly crumbled, each being slain one by one, dying in regret.

"Great Master of the Coffin Lord, your wisdom transcends death itself!"

Blood threads filled the area around the coffin, growing limbs resembling stick figures; they waddled over with fawning movements, shattering the originally mysterious and terrifying image into pieces.

"..."

Jiang Yan's mouth corner twitched slightly; since its birth, this thing not only called itself Coffin Lord, but without him formulating detailed plans, it had already integrated a series of scheming old fox plans.

Cunning and deceitful, yet so shameless...

Who on earth did it learn from?

It certainly wasn't me!

Jiang Yan complained inwardly, turned to look at the many corpses before him, tossed one Vajra Vajrayogini Cavalryman corpse to the Spirit of the Burial Coffin, and received its enthusiastic cheers in return.

Coffin Lord happily stuffed the cavalryman's corpse into the coffin to refine Inner Fire oil, preparing to give himself a full-body oiling.

Good coffins are all cultivated!

Regarding the Mother Goddess... oh no, I should say Master, as an offspring, I ought to strictly observe filial piety.

"Master, I will definitely maintain myself well, so that in the future you can lie down comfortably!"

"Get lost!"

"Got it!"

Jiang Yan extended his hand, aiming at the remaining eight cavalryman corpses; streams of dark energy flowed out, swallowing them and turning them into nourishment for the Demon God Embryo.

Boom!

The Dark World took root in the Sea of Chaos, decomposing the corpses into the most basic spiritual factors, and bearing fruits on its branches, emitting a faint white light.

Seven of them were Apprentice-level Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal skills, with proficiency all around Apprentice Level 90%.

Jiang Yan directly fused them.

With the first stacking, the progress bar of the Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal rose to 99%; just one final push was needed to enter the Proficient Level.

But continuing to stack the second one caused no change.

Jiang Yan was not disappointed; he continued fusing until the fifth one was stacked, whereupon the text before his eyes gradually blurred, then transformed into Proficient Level proficiency.

After fusing seven identical skills, the Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal also became Proficient Level (20%).

Hum!

At this moment, a vast amount of knowledge floated into Jiang Yan's mind; he comprehended more applications of the Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal, his Finger Seal casting speed increased by one-third, and he could now make the seal follow his heart.

As for defense, it increased by roughly half.

Applied in actual combat, it could greatly enhance one's own strength.

If they had mastered Proficient Level skills, Jiang Yan would have been doomed.

Originally, his body, weakened by the sacrifice of flesh and blood, began to surge with strength, and a hint of color returned to his face.

If this were in a game world, an icon reading "Constitution +1" would likely appear above his head.

For ordinary Historical Walkers or even Vajra Vajrayogini worshippers, it would require long years of bitter cultivation, but for Jiang Yan, it only required sufficient material feeding to increase easily.

This is the terror of the Demon God Embryo!

Hum!

The spiritual nature of the Vajra Vajrayogini Finger Seal offspring grew even more dense, even beginning to operate autonomously, though the efficiency was not high.

Jiang Yan was somewhat surprised; wasn't this just the auto-afk function found in some browser games?

You see, the higher the proficiency, the more the wisdom of skill-type offspring increases, efficiency rises, forming a positive feedback loop.

One person's energy is limited, but their offspring are infinite!

The last corpse incubated a new Item-Type Offspring.

Its shape resembled a small black velvet ball, with no eyes, looking somewhat cute, yet it possessed a mouth covered in sharp teeth; even without eating, it chewed continuously, emitting a hair-raising sound.

【Historical Relic — Mouth of the Pure Altar】

【Source — Official History (Turbid Flow Grade A)】

【Rank: Transcendent (Lower)】

【Quality: Common】

【Description: Born from the "Rite of Purification — The Unending Hunger Fragment," it uses a special ritual to grow giant mouths of insatiable hunger and desire upon the Vajra Sow Cavalry, thereby suppressing the speed of their own mutation.

By devouring massive amounts of flesh and blood, it exchanges for powerful regenerative abilities, healing injuries except for severed limbs and near-fatal wounds.

It has an extremely low probability of precipitating from Vajra Sow-related or gluttony-related porcine mutated creatures.

Consume Spirituality and feed flesh and blood to use this item; long-term use will cause a boar-like mutation, with sanity dissipating.

After transforming into a Demon God embryo offspring, this side effect can be eliminated.】

"This is a rare healing item!"

Jiang Yan's expression showed delight; although the cost of use was high, if utilized properly, it could reverse the situation at a critical moment.

"The term 'Turbulent Flow' appears repeatedly; one can deduce it is the rank of this mutated borderland. Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding are not hard to understand, dividing the level of danger.

Since there is a Lower Transcendent, naturally there are also Middle and Upper ranks; this should refer to the item's quality and rarity.

It's just unknown... whether Transcendent-level historical relics have a small probability of dropping only at Turbulent Flow-level mutation nodes?"

Jiang Yan pondered in his heart; as for the ranks after Turbulent Flow, they remained a complete fog.

The River of History would not answer his questions, leaving him lacking a systematic understanding of the entire mutated Transcendent system.

"I must find a way to acquire some basic knowledge."

Jiang Yan's thoughts flowed; especially the information on the Rite of Purification and human boar-like mutation reminded him of an old friend who once commanded the hundred thousand heavenly soldiers over the Heavenly River...

"Could it be that he is also in the depths of the River of History?"

Jiang Yan vaguely felt that the source of these mutations hid a huge secret.

Beside him, the Coffin Master skillfully applied oil to himself while gazing at General Lu and the Rat Guards fighting in the distance, saying with a grin:

"Master, it's great; it seems they have no time to deal with us."

Unlike the Vajra Sow Cavalry, although General Lu and the Rat Guards were only one small rank higher than the former, their strength was sufficient to crush them.

For Jiang Yan to kill them head-on... was almost impossible!

The best method was to wait for the mission to end and return to the real world.

However, Jiang Yan gazed into the distance and said softly:

"Little Coffin, do you know? The identities of hunter and prey are not fixed; at a specific moment..."

"... they will switch with each other!"

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