Chapter 123

Ah, what a pity

Chen Shicheng looked at the considerable number of skills with a face full of regret, shook his head, and then began to pick them out one by one.

Healing-type skills. Already have "Universal Rainfall", useless.

Attack-type skills. Blade Gang crushes everything, useless.

Defensive-type skills. One of the Daoist Eight Great Divine Spells, the "Golden Light Spell", take a look, still useless.

Movement-type skills. This one is useful, but the library doesn't have it; it seems this kind of skill is quite rare.

Chen Shicheng picked and chose, and in the end only a few spell-type skills remained in his hand; after a moment's thought, he put several jade slips back on the wooden rack, leaving only a piece of animal bone.

【Taiyin Cold Ice Curse: Using the netherworld's yin energy condensed into ice to attack enemies, it can destroy flesh, freeze souls, and deal heavy damage to all targets within range.】

This skill is somewhat obscure, somewhat heretical.

However, its effect is extremely powerful, somewhat similar to Yu Wei's Southern Ming Separation Fire Curse, and it is not a single fixed attack method.

At the beginner level, one can only perform simple operations, but if the skill level is high, one can play with various tricks—ice balls, ice spikes, ice walls can be freely combined; the bigger the imagination, the more attack methods.

And coincidentally, Chen Shicheng's Merit Points can be used to upgrade skills at will, and he also harvested a large batch of Merit Points this morning, so he can instantly max it out.

If combined with the tiger demon's dropped "Acting as a Wolf for the Tiger" skill, he can basically disguise himself as a left-hand path master who commands ghosts, and a brand-new alter ego is born.

Of course, this isn't Chen Shicheng being idle and looking for trouble.

He has now joined the Cultural Tourism Bureau Logistics Department; in the future there will inevitably be times when he goes on missions and fights side by side. If he still uses Blade Gang attacks, then as long as Song Bingyuan isn't stupid, he'll realize he's the one who reached into the underground palace and snatched the Grand Duke Jupiter.

When the time comes, if the state orders the surrender of the Grand Duke Jupiter, will you obey or rebel? Therefore, to conceal his identity, a new attack mode becomes extremely important; he wants to splendidly switch to being a spell-type player! After selecting the skills, Chen Shicheng bade farewell to the prefect, returned to the inn, immediately learned the two new skills he would need, and then turned his gaze to the panel.

【Merit Points: 29866】

This is his second time having such a huge harvest.

The last time, over ten thousand Merit Points let his strength surge greatly, catching up with those who entered the game early.

Will this nearly thirty thousand Merit Points let him directly surpass the first batch of top players in strength?

With some excitement, Chen Shicheng directly raised all skills except Slaying Immortal Sword Intent to max level.

There are quite a few skills: "Ground to Steel" and "Draw Ground as Prison" obtained from the trading gathering, and the newly acquired "Acting as a Wolf for the Tiger" and "Taiyin Cold Ice Curse", etc.

However, after maxing these skills, they only supplemented his strength without a noticeable increase, and the Merit Points consumed were not many—just a few thousand.

It hurts!

The most disappointing thing is that, although "Ground to Steel" and "Draw Ground as Prison" greatly increased in power when maxed, his idea of completing the Heavenly Gang Method did not come to fruition.

Although the two skills share some points, if one wants to fully merge them and comprehend their completion, it's estimated that all remaining Merit Points would have to be poured in.

However, he currently doesn't have much need for the complete version of "Ground to Steel", so completing it can be postponed. The only skill in his hand not yet maxed is Slaying Immortal Sword Intent.

He glanced at the remaining over twenty-six thousand Merit Points, hesitated a bit, and did not directly allocate points.

Anyway, his attack power is sufficient now, Merit Points won't be lost, and if he encounters a tough enemy, he can use them anytime; it's better to keep them, after all, even just looking at tens of thousands of Merit Points can make one feel happy.

After closing the attribute panel, Chen Shicheng tested the future alter ego's main attack skill, "Taiyin Cold Ice Curse".

Upon activation, instantly yin winds blew, almost no different from the netherworld seen when walking yin.

Moreover, the surrounding temperature immediately dropped to a degree that makes one click their tongue, specks of white frost began to condense, covering the entire room.

The perfected "Taiyin Cold Ice Curse" no longer requires hand seals or incantation; as Chen Shicheng's thought moves, a blue-black ice spike as thick as an arm appears out of nowhere beside him.

Under his control, the ice spike begins to change freely into forms such as ice blades, ice swords, ice spears, increasing True Essence output, and can even become an ice wall blocking in front of him.

"Having gained one method in the Dao, one skill in the method, with confidence and perseverance, unchanged till the end of life, the ancients truly do not deceive me!"

Chen Shicheng looked at the ice spikes swirling around him, as agile as flying swords, and sighed.

Unlike Blade Gang, which is purely offensive, this spell-type skill, when cultivated to perfection, may be somewhat weaker in attack power but can be extended to many other uses.

Whether it's defense or freezing enemies to achieve a restraining effect, both can be done.

In other words, this single skill can let a player use it till death, without needing to painstakingly seek other skills.

Moreover, besides the physical attack of the ice spike, after the ice spike formed by the "Taiyin Cold Ice Curse" shatters, the internal yin qi permeates and can also inflict secondary damage on enemies, making it the ideal choice for yin-oriented individuals.

Imagine, the ice wall erected before him is shattered by the enemy, but just as he thinks he has succeeded, the permeating yin qi follows the river and freezes him in place; then a light wave of the hand, and the ice blade beheads him.

The scene is too beautiful to dare imagine; after familiarizing himself with the "Taiyin Cold Ice Curse" and exhausting his True Essence, Chen Shicheng went to bed satisfied and entered dreamland.

Early the next morning, after washing up, he went straight to the prefect's office and found the Daoist Master Youyun.

The two discussed the offering matter; then Chen Shicheng watched as the artisan engraved Hui Siye's name on the tablet, after which he satisfiedly had the guard report that he wanted to see the prefect.

Affairs in Huanglong Jun have been concluded, the harvest was great, but the main purpose of coming here was not fulfilled, namely to bury Hui Siye's remains in the ancestral tomb.

However, the Grey Immortal Clan has already fled with their buckets to the Shi Wan Da Shan, a distance of over ten thousand li from here.

If traveling on foot, it might take half a year, so he considered using a teleportation array.

Although sending to the Shi Wan Da Shan consumes many resources, he is, after all, the hero who saved Huanglong Jun city; using it once as an exception should be negotiable.

At worst, he can offer some compensation, like the gold he has never been able to spend.

Feeling that the prefect should agree, Chen Shicheng, led by his attendants, walked confidently toward the prefect's study.

(End of chapter)