[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-can-use-myriad-divine-abilities":3,"chapter-i-can-use-myriad-divine-abilities-i-can-use-myriad-divine-abilities-chapter-66":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Can Use Myriad Divine Abilities",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1689486,2157,"Chapter 66: Returning to the Old Home","i-can-use-myriad-divine-abilities-chapter-66",66,"\u003Cp>This life is unbearable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan cursed as he packed up his fishing rod—another day without a catch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his two lifetimes as a human, he had cultivated his qi quite well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless he couldn’t hold it in, he would normally not be so irritable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, Zhang Yuan had moved to live in Wu Manor, making his life much more convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day, while practicing martial arts and strengthening his body, he would fish by the riverside in the morning and evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catching fish meant not only a meal for himself but also something for offerings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, after several days, ignoring a few insignificant small fry, Zhang Yuan found nothing but his empty nets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even caught a single thumb-sized carp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply absurd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason lay in the fishing vessels scattered across the riverbend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commotion caused by the White Dragon Loach had not faded with time but showed signs of intensifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though no one had yet caught this rare and valuable fish,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the temptation of the Qi Storage Pill had drawn nearly all the fishermen in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most had no idea what the Qi Storage Pill was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but they couldn’t resist the exorbitant prices offered for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reportedly, the highest price had reached five thousand taels per fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does five thousand taels mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could allow an ordinary family to live comfortably in the county town for decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could buy three hundred maids like Xiang Xiu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, with eyes red with desire, the fishermen steering small boats tirelessly cast nets up and down the Celestial Horse River and across this riverbend, day and night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fish dwelling in the river met with terrible misfortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Furious Whale Gang, being the dominating force of the Celestial Horse River, should have controlled the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, the Linhai Sub-Branch did just that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly though, their affiliated merchant boats were attacked by unknown forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The losses were severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forced to recall all external disciples, the Linhai Sub-Branch reorganized merchant ship transportation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>focusing entirely on the challenges from their enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, they couldn’t attend to other \"minor issues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with the riverbend left unchecked, some bold fishermen even cast nets close to shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given these circumstances, Zhang Yuan’s continued empty nets were only to be expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a helpless sigh, he packed up his fishing gear and returned dejectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This can’t go on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recent days, Zhang Yuan felt his muscles and skin tense, his bones achy, and his Qi and Blood Value showed no increase for three days straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indicated his cultivation had hit a bottleneck, almost preventing further progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless he could break through to Tier One Light Force and step into Tier Two Dark Force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light Force refines the flesh, Dark Force tempers the bones; step by step, it’s the only path to becoming strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem lay not in the lack of cultivation technique, but in the lack of silver taels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Chen Zhize lent him a hundred taels, but it was almost all spent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few days, he’d have no medicinal bath left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Zhang Yuan’s current cultivation consumption, relying solely on his Battle Hall disciple’s stipend was far from sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to find another way to make money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, there was the matter of Source Material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhang Yuan contemplated, he carried his fishing gear to the dock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found Chen Dawang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Dawang was a survivor from Chen Family Village, who had luckily escaped the massacre and fled outside the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then encountered Zhang Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of consideration for their shared village, Zhang Yuan asked Chen Zhize to arrange a job for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was laborious work, for Chen Dawang, who had nowhere else to turn, it was like divine intervention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when he saw Zhang Yuan again, he was overjoyed: \"Brother Yuan, what brings you to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan pulled him aside and asked, \"Any news from Chen Family Village lately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Dawang was taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he bitterly smiled and shook his head, \"None.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Family Village was completely done for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strange calamity was no joke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Chen Dawang, his once-home was a painful memory best left unvisited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hesitated a moment before adding, \"I did hear recently that some people from Wang Family Village and Shanhou Village have returned, and no one from the government office stopped them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qianfeng Mountain stretched hundreds of miles, with more than just Chen Family Village near its vastness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Family Village and Shanhou Village, mentioned by Chen Dawang, were also mountain villages, not far from Chen Family Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the County Government Office had decreed to forbid entering the mountain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it hadn’t forbidden the disaster-stricken villagers from returning home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, some refugees returning to their villages to live was entirely reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, making a living in the county town was genuinely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the strange phenomenon, people naturally feared it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with so much time having passed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>unless the mountain village had turned into a Deceitful Realm, they should indeed return to the remote mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t return.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Dawang’s voice carried a chill: \"There’s no one left at home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only with family is there a home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan had no words to counter that; he took this Uncle Da Wang to a nearby tavern by the dock for a drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Zhang Yuan, armed with a bow, Yanling Saber, and Da Hu, quietly left Wu Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking quickly, he reached the vicinity of Chen Family Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few months, the mountain path leading from Chen Family Village to the county town was overgrown with vines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nature’s forces were erasing human traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan stood on a hill, gazing down at the distant mountain village—his home for over a decade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The present Chen Family Village showed no sign of human life, quietly bathed in the morning light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some straw huts and mud houses had collapsed, and the village roads were overgrown with weeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t be long before everything here was erased!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woof!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Hu, squatting beside Zhang Yuan, barked once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan patted its head and headed toward the old burial mound at the eastern end of the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old burial mound was filled with graves, the resting place of the ancestors of Chen Family Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, any deceased villagers were cremated, and their ashes buried there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, their memorial tablets were either placed in the Ancestral Hall or kept at home for worship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outsiders like Zhang Yuan’s father, however, were not qualified to be buried in the old burial mound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone have their tablets placed in the Ancestral Hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Zhang Yuan had come to pay his respects to Elder Master Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he awakened his past life’s memories and sought the world’s knowledge, he had studied under Elder Master Chen to learn to read and write.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though somewhat pedantic, Elder Master Chen was very upright, and he especially favored the outstandingly capable Zhang Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old master had imparted much knowledge to Zhang Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, good people often have short lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Elder Master Chen’s grave, Zhang Yuan laid out offerings and then burned incense, candles, and paper money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woof woof!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Zhang Yuan finished and was about to leave, Da Hu, who had been sitting obediently next to him, suddenly turned and barked loudly toward a nearby grove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Guard Dog bared its teeth, adopting an attacking posture!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yuan’s gaze sharpened, and he immediately gripped the Yanling Saber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Hu was a trained hunting dog and would not bark needlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless it sensed danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, wherever Zhang Yuan looked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he saw no wild beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grove remained silent and still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at that moment, Da Hu’s demeanor was one of visible tension and fear!\u003C\u002Fp>",1292,"2026-06-06T13:54:04.656Z",1,"novelbin.me","838f1cb996abbbfa320e2e7b2b65973670b41b784efb9ece258398351cd605f2","i-can-use-myriad-divine-abilities-chapter-67","i-can-use-myriad-divine-abilities-chapter-65",497,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-can-use-myriad-divine-abilities-cover.jpg"]