[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky":3,"chapter-i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-112":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Must Immediately Strike It Lucky",{"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},2293884,4487,"Chapter 112: Open Your Mind (Fourth Update)","i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-112",112,"\u003Cp>Many Daoist sects, when designing their own systems, adopt the template of secular power hierarchies, and this is especially evident in the Shenzhen Sect, which reached a unified strategic accord with Emperor Huizong of Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they constructively separated civil and military administration: in their system, the Jade Emperor is the supreme deity of the civil hierarchy, while the Shenzhen Yuqing King is the supreme deity of the military hierarchy (Note ①).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This resulted in the Shenzhen Sect, despite venerating the Shenzhen Yuqing King as its primary deity, using “Edict of the Jade Emperor” as the incantation header for most high-tier talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the usage customs of Central Plains virtual deities, except for those they cultivate themselves, all others must follow a “transaction” model: mortals offer incense and offerings, and deities respond to their wishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This means the Shenzhen Sect must offer far more incense and offerings to harness the power of the Jade Emperor than ordinary commoners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet on this crucial day of receiving the Jade Emperor, Feng Xue offered only ordinary glutinous rice towers and three cups of tea with five cups of wine, and even the deity statue on the altar was a mass-produced painting, lacking even the most basic hand-painted lacquer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, this is not something a Shenzhen Sect disciple would ever do!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other things might be faked, but matters concerning the sect’s very foundation are absolutely impossible to get wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon realizing this, Li Maolin’s heart nearly collapsed under greed, but his remaining reason and centuries of survival as a demonic cultivator forced him to suppress this craving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, even without a patron, he is a man of great fortune—I cannot oppose him during the human calamity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every moment, Li Maolin struggled internally, yet forcibly restrained his impulse; he was now just one step away from shedding his demonic embryo and achieving the Corpse Liberation Immortal state, and it was precisely this step that restrained him, a former monstrous figure of the demonic path who had once been utterly lawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gently exhaling a turbid breath, Li Maolin finally quieted the myriad distracting thoughts in his mind and spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The idea of combining artifacts has indeed been considered before; it is said that during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, both the Mohists and the Gongshu clan excelled in this art, crafting mechanical devices from wood and stone powered by spiritual energy—earlier, when discussing the Discontinuous Method, I mentioned mechanical prosthetics as examples of this, but as the Dao changed, the Mohists have since vanished in name and substance, and the Gongshu clan now consists only of carpenters, yet some of their methods have survived, the most crucial being the Fa-Jin Fa…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Li Maolin’s voice suddenly halted, and Feng Xue, noticing this, felt a flicker of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Maolin cleared his throat, as if nothing had happened, and continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Funny enough, the Yellow-White Cultivation Technique you received earlier, and the prosthetic reattachment of the Discontinuous Method, both have roots in this art—for instance, Fa-Jin and Fa-Yin, the key conduits of spiritual energy, are essentially similar to the medicinal gold and medicinal silver of the Yellow-White Sect, and the ritual procedures for reattachment derive from the joining methods used to connect mechanical parts…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Maolin spoke, he carefully observed Feng Xue’s expression; had Feng Xue’s demeanor or spiritual aura not shown a flicker of sudden understanding, Li Maolin would have suspected he had intended to learn this “combined artifact” technique from the very beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet upon further reflection, he deemed it unnecessary—after all, combined artifacts were not his specialty; even if Feng Xue knew his identity as Li Maolin of the Three Fiends Sect, he would likely be scheming for his “Three Fiends Stabilizing Essence Technique” or other secret great arts, not fixating on a combined artifact method outdated for over two millennia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, the temptation is too great—I must restrain myself…” As a seasoned demonic cultivator, Li Maolin understood well how greed clouds judgment, but he also knew that unless he found an outlet, this greed would fester in his heart, swelling until it became utterly irredeemable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a plan forming in his mind, Li Maolin distracted himself by beginning to instruct Feng Xue on how to refine Fa-Jin and Fa-Yin, and how to temporarily substitute spirit ghosts for certain functions if refinement failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour of instruction passed in the blink of an eye; Li Maolin vanished again, and Feng Xue stared helplessly at the cold meal—this elder had come under the pretense of delivering food, so Feng Xue had no excuse to order more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing slightly, Feng Xue looked down at Liu Yunxi in his hand, and, sensing her faint trembling, said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You remind me of a microwave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So if you just wanted to warm the food, you could’ve just told me! I know how to heat with spiritual energy—do you really need to turn me into something that heats your meals with your mouth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Liu Yunxi resumed her human form and glared at Feng Xue—until he took his first bite of food—then she spoke. But Feng Xue merely paused, glanced at the food, then nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, I’ll be more careful next time. I was just too hungry and forgot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a minute! That food went through my mouth! Don’t you find that weird?” Liu Yunxi blurted out, startled—yes, she feared violating the prohibition against noise on the day of receiving the Jade Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xue merely shrugged:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the big deal? Don’t forget, I’ve used you to bathe before—that water went in through your tail and came out your mouth. By then, you were already deformed anyway…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…” Feng Xue hadn’t even finished speaking when Liu Yunxi, recalling the scene of being turned into a heater, felt a wave of nausea. Actually, being turned into a heater hadn’t felt particularly strange, nor had it caused psychological discomfort—the real issue was afterward, when she reverted without draining the water first; that sensation, Liu Yunxi remembered vividly to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xue began eating; Li Maolin, having left the guesthouse, started moving. Understanding that suppression was worse than guidance, he decided to find something to do to keep his mind from fixating on Feng Xue’s inheritance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The remaining malevolent spirits left over from before are still useful, but I need to investigate exactly how to use them… If this kid is just lucky, I might try tricking him into becoming my disciple—yes, taking a disciple to deflect calamity is an old tradition; perhaps I could even extract something from him… Ah, damn it! Doesn’t a master explaining the Dao to his disciple come naturally?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Maolin muttered to himself, considering how to probe. Only five days remained until Lunar New Year’s Eve; the malevolent spirits were still usable, but relying on the same trick too often would be easily countered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He strolled through the streets, eyes scanning left and right, seeking inspiration from alleyways and lanes, when suddenly he spotted a vendor shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Buy firecrackers! For New Year’s Eve, to suppress evil and drive off the Nian Beast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand New Year’s Eve and suppressing evil—but what’s this ‘Nian Beast’? Seems like in recent years, they’ve invented a new legend for the holiday?” Li Maolin, having lived for centuries, knew that sometimes a minor folk tale or an official decree could spawn new customs and “traditions,” and these customs often influenced the gathering and transformation of devotion and incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The term “Nian Beast,” judging by its name, clearly referred to some kind of “animal,” and this sparked a thought in Li Maolin’s mind—whether it could truly be turned into reality depended on whether its popularity met his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, he immediately brushed his face, making himself appear several years older, then ambled over with an air of condescending seniority:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s this ‘Nian Beast’? I’ve lived this long and never heard of it! Don’t make up nonsense just to sell your goods!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1332,"2026-06-20T04:32:49.208Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f345b50e3694418b7697b8ca071580101ea6ac3c9b29a4a9359f6cb3ec6095b2","i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-113","i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-111",365,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-cover.jpg"]