Chapter 2: Earthly Fiend Art: Ingestion

Only a moment later.

Following the effect of the mysterious power, the large amount of Guanyin Earth accumulated in his stomach was digested, and wisps of nutrients were extracted, transforming into vital energy that merged into his internal organs, causing Lu Yuan's complexion to become slightly more ruddy.

Naturally, no one knew of such an astonishing situation.

After the miraculous digestion process continued for nearly half an hour, Lu Yuan opened his eyes, his pupils shining brightly:

"It's a good thing I have a golden finger."

With a shift of his thoughts.

Ripples suddenly stirred in the void of his consciousness, and then the light and shadow of a book, filled with an ancient and mysterious aura, emerged, occupying his entire sea of consciousness like a brilliant sun.

At the same time the book's light and shadow appeared, information he could understand surfaced:

【Master of the Heavenly Book】: Lu Yuan

【Mastered Dharma Techniques】:

Earthly Fiend-Ingestion (Human: 3%): Can swallow all things, refining the essence of all things to strengthen oneself.

【Luck Power】: 26 units

This, naturally, was his golden finger as a transmigrator.

The light and shadow of the book in his mind was originally an old object Lu Yuan had dug out from the cellar of his old home.

At the time, he thought it was some kind of antique and opened it with great excitement to study it, but as soon as he unfolded it, he didn't know why, but everything went black before his eyes, and his soul transmigrated.

And this culprit, suspected of causing his transmigration, also inexplicably appeared in his mind.

This divine object seemed to have a spirit; after transmigrating, Lu Yuan explored and studied it through various means and learned its name was the Heavenly Book.

Even more astonishing was that what was recorded in this Heavenly Book was nothing else but the legendary supreme Daoist Dharma techniques and Supernatural Powers: the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Methods and the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Arts!

The one hundred and eight Earthly Fiend and Heavenly Gang arts and methods were techniques and Great Divine Abilities that only enlightened masters and even Immortals and Sages in various legends could use; as a qualified novel enthusiast, he had heard of them often.

Especially the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Methods, which were endless and inexhaustible, possessing the great power of creation and mystery; in myths and legends, Nüwa used the first of the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Methods, Mediation of Creation, to create humans.

And the Heavenly Book in Lu Yuan's mind not only recorded the list of these powerful Dharma techniques and Supernatural Powers, but could also consume Luck Power to let him learn them directly!

When he first transmigrated here, this body was extremely weak from illness and hunger, almost without the strength to even stand up; it could be said he was hanging by a thread and could have died again at any moment.

However, after studying the Heavenly Book in his mind, he discovered that after borrowing this corpse to return to life, his own Luck Power was just enough to light up one Earthly Fiend Dharma technique on the Heavenly Book.

The Heavenly Book clearly recorded the utility of every Earthly Fiend Art, and in order to survive, he weighed his options and chose 【Ingestion】 from the Earthly Fiend Arts.

After consuming Luck to light it up, it was as if he had been enlightened; not only did he know the cultivation method for this technique, but he also mastered the basics directly without a teacher.

The effect of 【Ingestion】 was to swallow all things and refine the essence of all things to strengthen oneself.

At that time, Lu Yuan dragged his sick body and ate grass, dirt, and tree bark on the spot; as a result, after using this technique, he was actually able to digest everything he ate with ease, and even extracted nutrients from these things to nourish his body.

It was precisely by relying on such a miraculous effect that he finally recovered from the brink of death, and even restored himself to be no different from a healthy person now.

Over the past half month, hundreds and thousands of people on this road of fleeing from famine had starved to death, but he had relied on eating grass and dirt along the way, completely unaffected by the famine, and his physique had even become slightly stronger; this technique had made a great contribution.

Of course, using the Ingestion Technique to eat grass and dirt could only guarantee basic survival; if he ate tonics or meat instead of grass, wood, dirt, or stone, the effect of strengthening his body would inevitably be much stronger.

"Just one 【Ingestion】 is already so powerful; I wonder what kind of effects those Heavenly Gang Great Divine Abilities have."

After finishing the digestion and stopping the 【Ingestion】 technique, Lu Yuan's thoughts drifted, filled with imagination.

As everyone knew, the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Methods, known as Great Divine Abilities, were far more powerful than the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Arts, and the Heavenly Book also had a complete record of them.

It was just that his Luck was insufficient, and he could not light up any Heavenly Gang Method.

According to the pattern, the Ingestion Technique and other Earthly Fiend Dharma techniques could be lit up and initially mastered by consuming 100 units of Luck.

But after trying and receiving feedback from the Heavenly Book, even the Nail-Head Seven Arrows, which ranked last among the Heavenly Gang Methods, required at least a hundred times more Luck to light up!

As for how to obtain the so-called Luck Power...

Communicating with the Heavenly Book, Lu Yuan vaguely learned that all things with spirits have Qi, and those with Qi have Luck.

Positive changes and improvements in cultivation, Daoist attainment, circumstances, and even status and reputation would all increase Luck Power.

His previous recovery from a state of dying from illness and hunger had invisibly increased quite a bit of Luck Power.

Looking at it this way, there were actually quite a few ways to obtain it.

"In another two or three days, I should be able to reach Fengyang Prefecture. Once I find a way to enter the city, I will have the opportunity to accumulate more Luck."

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, filled with anticipation:

"Once I save up enough Luck, I can light up more Earthly Fiend Arts... Mastering Immortal Dharma techniques in such a low-martial world is simply a dimensional strike!"

According to the fragments of the original owner's memory, the world he transmigrated into was quite strange; although it was very much like an ancient feudal society, it had some special aspects.

According to history, five hundred years ago, the Jin Clan army entered through Chang Sheng Guan, destroyed the Great Jing Dynasty which had held the mandate for over six hundred years, and established the Great Jin; the Han rivers and mountains were overturned, and the Jin Clan had since swallowed the giant elephant to steal the country, enforcing the shaving of hair and changing of clothes, enclosing land and plundering slaves, becoming the masters of Shenzhou.

During the five hundred years since the founding of the nation, the Jin Clan ruled the world with high pressure, and hundreds of millions of Han people were in deep water and hot fire, suppressed until they could hardly breathe.

It was not until recent decades that Western countries outside Shenzhou developed cannons, giant ships, and steam machinery, began the Industrial Revolution, greatly increasing productivity, and had constant friction with the Great Jin Dynasty, which had long been closed to the world.

The Great Jin's development had been stagnant for a hundred years, and the national fortune had long since declined from its peak; under such impact, rebellions and uprisings occurred everywhere, and internal and external troubles erupted simultaneously, causing the mountains and rivers to be in turmoil.

Such history, in Lu Yuan's view, was somewhat similar to the history of the late Qing Dynasty.

But the biggest difference was that, according to the original owner's memory, this world had always possessed cultivation methods like Martial Arts since ancient times; it was a world that possessed some extraordinary power!

According to the original owner's memory, when the Martial Arts of this world were practiced to a profound level, it seemed one could forge steel-like muscles and iron bones, tear tigers and leopards apart with bare hands, and fighting ten enemies at once was not a problem.

And if Martial Arts were practiced to the realm of a supreme Grandmaster, the martial artist could be indestructible, impervious to swords and spears, subdue dragons and tigers, throw elephants with one hand, and even take an enemy's head amidst ten thousand troops; even firearms and cannons could hardly hurt them!

Of course, the original owner was just the son of a small rural landlord, and these were all heard in taverns and teahouses; he had never seen them with his own eyes and did not know if they were exaggerated.

However.

Even if there was no exaggeration, such performance in Lu Yuan's view could only be considered low-martial, and could not be compared at all with the Immortal cultivation path that could fly through the sky, escape the earth, move mountains, and fill seas.

This undoubtedly made him look forward to it even more.

Because not to mention Great Divine Abilities like the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Methods, just among the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Arts, there existed genuine Immortal cultivation methods.

【Earthly Fiend-Guidance】

This technique was the only method of breathing and Qi Refining among the Earthly Fiend Arts.

According to the notes in the Heavenly Book, those who achieve success in practicing this technique can prolong their years and extend their life, achieving longevity and eternal vision; it belongs to the true immortal Dao of longevity.

And as long as Lu Yuan can accumulate enough Luck Power to illuminate it, he will be able to obtain this technique of Qi Refining and immortal cultivation.

By then, he will be the only immortal cultivator in this world!

(End of this chapter)