Chapter 65: Divine Ability: Soaring on Clouds and Riding the Mist

Just after finishing dinner, the Deceit Rabbit led Li Boyang out of Li Family Village without a moment’s delay.

However, their destination was not the Jingyang Mountain path, but Flying Peak, which was not far from Li Family Village.

Behind Li Boyang, Chen Yun leaned against Li Yu’s arm, watching the direction they left in with a worried expression.

By contrast, Li Jingshu, who understood Li Boyang’s abilities more comprehensively,

was currently burying her face in her rice bowl, eating away without showing the slightest sign of worry.

"This girl... she really is quite carefree."

Looking back at Li Jingshu, Chen Yun muttered, feeling a mix of amusement and frustration.

Li Jingshu’s "bottomless pit" attribute had started when she began practicing the *Breathing Method*, so the couple had long since grown accustomed to it.

Nowadays, Li Family Village had gradually solved the problem of having enough to eat.

To the villagers, a child who could eat a lot was seen more as a blessing.

After all, the changes in Li Jingshu’s body were visible to the naked eye.

That strong, agile physique stood out so strikingly in an era where everyone else was thin as a rail.

In fact, after three consecutive years of bountiful harvests, many more children had been added to the village.

On average, there was one per household, with some families even having two or three in a row, which showed the level of prosperity in Li Family Village.

"It’s not that she’s carefree; it’s that she understands Bukuer better than we do."

Reaching out to pull Chen Yun close, Li Yu appeared very calm.

As a father, Li Yu’s focus had always been different from Chen Yun’s.

He was now more curious about what level Li Boyang’s current abilities had actually reached.

Despite being only three years old, he insisted on crossing dozens of miles of mountain roads every day to head to that mysterious Mountain God Temple.

Li Yu had once secretly followed Li Boyang and Li Jingshu, only to end up lost in an endless expanse of fog.

From that day on, Li Yu knew his son was no longer a mere mortal of flesh and blood.

Having grown up listening to all sorts of myths and legends, Li Yu only worried about one thing.

That was when and in what way his son would leave this home.

[At the very least, wait a few more years, until Yun’er has another child!]

Glancing at Chen Yun without a word, Li Yu could only pin his hopes on the birth of a second child to help ease the sorrow that Li Boyang’s departure would bring.

[I hope the Mountain God can hear my prayer and not take Bukuer away so soon.]

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Unaware of the wild imaginings of his parents,

Li Boyang was currently following closely behind the Deceit Rabbit, a mass of black baleful clouds faintly manifesting beneath his feet.

These baleful clouds did not lift him into the air, but they firmly supported his body, helping him achieve the realm of "light as a swallow" in a roundabout way.

Every light leap carried him three feet off the ground.

Every step forward spanned several meters.

Therefore, even though Li Boyang’s body was still young and his stride not as wide as the Deceit Rabbit’s, he still kept pace with ease.

"Grandmother Mountain God really taught you everything she knows!"

The Deceit Rabbit looked at the baleful clouds beneath Li Boyang’s feet with envy.

Naturally, he recognized the prototype as the fire clouds Xi Luo manifested when she took the form of a red leopard.

This was a divine ability, an innate power.

Even the Deceit Rabbit, who had long since transformed into a spirit creature, could never learn a divine ability so unrelated to his own innate talents.

Yet, amidst his envy, the Deceit Rabbit couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Grandmother Mountain God’s fire clouds were clearly clouds of auspiciousness.

Why were the ones beneath Li Boyang’s feet clouds of baleful energy, the hallmark of a villain?

Aside from the external functional similarities, the two should have had nothing in common at all!

"If you want to learn, I can teach you!"

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Li Boyang’s childish voice was filled with temptation.

"Ah? I can learn this kind of divine ability too?"

Clearly stunned by Li Boyang’s words,

the Deceit Rabbit felt as if his common sense was being shattered.

The reason divine abilities were called "divine abilities" was that if you had them, you had them, and if you didn't, you never would.

It was like swimming and flying.

Fish could never learn to fly, and the vast majority of birds could never learn to swim.

This was an innate talent, an inherent ability that could not be changed by acquired will.

"Soaring on clouds and riding the mist isn't actually a very special ability..."

"As long as the primordial energy in your body is abundant, you can basically learn this divine ability."

"Of course, depending on the type of primordial energy, the specific characteristics manifested will also have different tendencies."

Pausing for a moment, Li Boyang continued to explain with a smile.

"Take my baleful clouds for example..."

"They are gathered from the baleful energy of the earth veins, so no matter how much I practice, they are destined never to fly high."

"But conversely, as long as I fly close to the ground, their endurance far exceeds other 'Qi clouds'."

This was also a major reason why Li Boyang classified this ability as a "divine ability" rather than a "spell."

Divine abilities were powers with the user's characteristics; they were a development of one's own potential, and no two users' divine abilities could be exactly the same.

Spells were completely different; they were a universal application of the heaven and earth primordial energy outside of oneself.

At the root of it, divine abilities were one's own power, while spells were the power of ghosts and gods.

It was a pity that Xi Luo knew so few spells.

And that big black dog in the Ghost God Cliff cave wasn't willing to teach Li Boyang for free.

This directly led to Li Boyang’s research into spells being far inferior to his divine abilities, basically remaining at the foundational stage of borrowing the power of gods to summon clouds and rain.

"I want to learn this divine ability, but what price must I pay this time?"

As expected, the naturally curious Deceit Rabbit took the bait.

But knowing Li Boyang’s personality well, he didn't let his guard down, instead asking with even more vigilance.

The first meeting between the Deceit Rabbit and Li Boyang had been built on a transaction that wasn't exactly fair.

In their subsequent meetings, a subtle, tacit understanding had formed between them.

"Let’s get this straight first: I can’t find any new books."

"But those strange stones and minerals you mentioned—I can bring you some more next time I come."

Looking at the wary Deceit Rabbit, Li Boyang couldn't help but chuckle.

"No need for such trouble; I’m curious about that divine ability of yours that allows for endless transformations."

"If you’re willing to cooperate with my research, I can teach you this 'soaring on clouds and riding the mist' divine ability for free."

Directly defining this divine ability as "soaring on clouds and riding the mist,"

Li Boyang trusted that Xi Luo wouldn't charge him royalties on this matter.

And so, in this pleasant atmosphere of exchange, both parties picked up speed again toward Flying Peak.

Later on, in order to keep up with Li Boyang’s low-altitude flight speed, the Deceit Rabbit even had to transform into a leopard just to avoid being left behind.

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