Chapter 30: You Received the Dragon's Generous Gift

【"What is a Believer?" you cannot help but ask; you are always full of thirst for knowledge regarding such unknown things.】

【"I do not know," she shook her head, "Perhaps it is those who offer sacrifices to me?"】

【"That is not right. My father also offers sacrifices to the gods by the sea every day, saying that there is the protection of the Dragon King in the sea. As long as one sincerely seeks protection from the Dragon King, he can bestow Fortune, hoping to have fish to eat year after year, month after month. Then he should also be a Believer," you hesitated for a moment and voiced your thoughts.】

At this moment, you suddenly understood something.

【"Is it that their expectations have already been answered?"】

Long Xi nodded quietly, "The divine cannot be expected to grant every request."

You gradually recalled that every time you accompanied her to look at the sea, your father would impatiently call you over to catch fish.

In your heart, you still had many, many questions you wanted to ask, but in the end, you said: "When can I leave here?"

【"It is safe here," she said.】

【"But the sea has never been the home of humans; I cannot stay here forever," you shook your head and said.】

【"This stretch of sea is empty; I cannot see anything."】

【"Are you afraid of being lonely?" she thought for a moment and said, "Do not be afraid, I will keep you company and talk to you."】

【"Moreover, here, it is not just me; there is also my Imperial Father, and my sisters," Long Xi seemed to be trying to make you stay, but her tone was too cold, too cold, making it sound irrelevant.】

【"But I am not a dragon." You certainly appreciated her saving your life, but for you, you could not live in the sea for long.】

【"After all, I still have to return to the life of a human."】

She fell silent.

【"What do you want?" Long Xi asked.】

【"What?" You were surprised for a moment, then immediately shook your head: "I do not want anything. Being able to save my life is the greatest gift to a mortal like me."】

【"I give you things not because I want your reward," Long Xi said with a normal expression, "I just hope you do not die out there."】

【"You are my friend, not just a Believer."】

【"If you feel tired, just come back here and watch the sea with me."】

An interface for selecting a treasure appeared before Gu Jiangming's face.

【Congratulations, you have received the generous gift of the Dragon Race. (Golden Opportunity)】

【Please make the following three choices.】

【1: A Dharma treasure.】

【2: A divine ability.】

【3: A cultivation technique.】

Gu Jiangming was also stunned. Is your 【Mie Changsheng】 not a masochistic simulator nicknamed 【Seek Death】?

What exactly happened these past few days?

Did it change its nature?

This kind of probability event is just like the 【Opportunity】 and 【Random Event】 in Monopoly; whether it is good or bad mostly depends on one's luck.

Sometimes you encounter them but cannot get anything good, but sometimes when you encounter them, it is equivalent to being able to smoothly pass through the long development stage of the early game.

I, Gu Jiangming, repay every kindness I receive.

After thinking it over, Gu Jiangming chose the third option directly.

【You show a hesitant expression, and finally lean forward slightly, bowing your body: "Your Highness's kindness, Pan Yu will never forget in this life."】

【"If I can return alive, I am willing to watch the sea with Your Highness until the stones wither in this life."】

【When you were in Leping County, you deeply hated your own lack of ability. You did not know how many people escaped after the city gates fell, and how many people suffered a catastrophe like Jiangyang Fishing Village.】

【You do not have long-term ambitions; you just do not want too many people to be displaced like you.】

【"I hope Your Highness can bestow a cultivation technique that can help me realize the ambition in my heart."】

【You have obtained a new cultivation technique — Dragon Aspect Heart Birth. (Golden Quality)】

A new option appeared.

【Will you keep your promise?】

【1: Yes (Once you encounter a special plot, you must return to the seaside where Jiangyang Fishing Village is located.)】

【2: No (What is a promise? Those who achieve great things do not fuss over trifles. Throughout history, how many people have kept their own promises? After leaving Jiangyang Fishing Village, you will not be bound by anything.)】

Gu Jiangming looked at it and chose to keep the promise directly.

Although it is just a game, at the very least, one must have a bottom line as a person; he is not one of those Jiangdong cowards who crossed the river in white clothes.

Abiding by the rules within is undoubtedly a matter of principle.

【"A real man's word is worth a thousand pieces of gold; I will never break my oath."】

【You were sent to Jiangyang Fishing Village.】

【This is the cultivation technique you obtained, Dragon Aspect Heart Birth.】

【Dragon Aspect Heart Birth.】

【Introduction: This is an extremely rare Dragon Race cultivation technique that can be practiced by Human Race cultivators. It belongs to the supreme treasure of the South Sea Dragon Clan. It is rumored that a Human Race practitioner who masters this technique to the highest realm can transform into a dragon.】

【This is a cultivation technique that cultivates both internal and external aspects. It can not only temper your physical strength but also deepen your Mana foundation.】

【The external technique can make the body tough, domineering, and fierce. Each level mastered grants Myriad Phenomena Divine Strength, and one does not fear pain, remaining indestructible through a hundred hammerings. (Enhances your ability to recover from external injuries and reduces your perception of pain.)】

【The internal technique can expand the meridians in your body, allowing you to absorb massive amounts of Spirit Qi and increase your cultivation speed. When others condense their Qi Sea, your dantian Qi Sea will be a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, with Qi swallowing thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.】

【Special Effect: The damage you deal to Demon Race cultivators is greatly increased, and you intimidate all Demon Race cultivators who transform into demons with beast forms.】

【Your aura will be enhanced with every practice.】

【Enhanced resistance to blows, increased potential energy of momentum and pressure, and ignoring pain.】

"So ruthless?"

Even the well-informed Gu Jiangming was shocked by the series of red, gold, and purple labels above.

Before, I used a Basic Cultivation Method until the end, but now that I have switched to the Dragon Aspect Heart Birth, the experience bar on the character interface is jumping upward as if it were leaping.

The Spirit Qi between Heaven and Earth is being swallowed like a whale by the Qi Sea within Gu Jiangming's body, and one can only hear the sound of his muscles and bones constantly popping.

And at this very moment, in the process of constant exploration, Jiu Jiu has also unraveled some things from ten thousand years later that she could not understand.

For example, Merit.

In the world where Jiu Jiu currently resides, Merit is a completely vague concept; many people do not know where Merit comes from, nor do they know what the true function of Merit is.

Even Jiu Jiu, who is a demon, does not know what Merit is; she only knows that many demons are extremely afraid of Human Race cultivators who possess Merit.

The reason Gu Jiangming's Mount Shu can deter so many demons is that Gu Jiangming and his disciples spent their lives punishing evil and promoting good, accumulating too much Merit, which the petty Demon Race dares not touch.

But among the Human Race, Merit seems to have no use.

It can hardly cause any harm.

Yet ten thousand years ago, Merit was commonplace and visible everywhere; it was an important element for the Human Race imperial court to stand in the world.

These county magistrates and prefects who rushed everywhere to save the day, including the hundred officials representing the imperial court, each carried this profound power on their bodies.

What is the same as ten thousand years later is that these ordinary demons also will not provoke these officials who bear Merit.

Unless necessary, they will not even directly kill these people, but instead capture and imprison them until their Merit-bearing bodies are destroyed.

A voice that makes one feel sleepy rings out from the screen.

【"Jingwei, you must not neglect your duty."】

【"If you leave this sea area, should any mortal accidentally fall into the water, your divine position will not be guaranteed."】

【In the center of a deep sea, a giant object like a landmass is moving slowly; it slightly pokes its head out, and the shell on its back, like mysterious scale armor, reveals the tip of an iceberg from the wave-like sea surface.】

(End of this chapter)