Chapter 66

In the legends of Southern Jiaozhi, Fu Dong Tianwang was originally a native of Fu Dong Village in Wuning Division, and until the age of three, he could not speak, smile, or walk—but he had an enormous appetite.

Just as the northern "Yin Bandits" invaded, Fu Dong Tianwang suddenly spoke, promising the King of Southern Jiaozhi that with iron horses, iron swords, and iron helmets, he could defeat the enemy.

The King of Southern Jiaozhi fulfilled his demands, and the three-year-old child devoured thirty-three oxen in one meal, then transformed into a heavenly general ten zhang tall, mounted his horse, drew his sword, and routed the Yin Bandits.

Later, the people of Southern Jiaozhi built temples to worship him, offering incense and offerings generation after generation.

During festivals, the temple would present large quantities of various foods as sacrificial offerings.

What was unusual was that in Fu Dong Tianwang's temple, besides himself, his horse, his sword, and his hat were also honored with offerings.

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Xu Yuan healed his wounds and reloaded the long gun with gunpowder—then awkwardly realized he had no bullets.

This gun could be loaded with one large solid bullet, or a packet of smaller shot.

Xu Yuan had no metal objects on hand—they had all been devoured to strengthen his Golden Pellets.

Xu Yuan rummaged around, gritted his teeth, and smashed the kitchen's iron pot.

"When the stepmother comes back, she'll scold me senseless."

Using his belly fire, Xu Yuan refined the entire iron pot into a single solid bullet and rammed it into the gun barrel.

Then he dragged a table to block the door, mounted the long gun on it, and aimed it straight at the doorway.

He had just sat down to catch his breath when suddenly, a strange splashing sound erupted in the courtyard amid the torrential rain.

Xu Yuan pressed his eye to the door crack and saw the courtyard's standing water spontaneously converging toward the center.

Xu Yuan frowned, muttering: "Damn it!"

The previous blast from the long gun had shattered both door gods on the courtyard gate!

Putting up more of these won't help—because the guardians are precisely those two.

Houses with courtyards paste them on the courtyard gate; those without paste them on the main gate.

The entire household is then protected.

Now it was a problem—this anomaly passed through without resistance, straight into the courtyard.

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Chen Liangxuan sensed his two "Danqing" paintings had shattered, meaning Xu Yuan had broken his technique—this assassination attempt had failed again.

Master Chen was annoyed, but not overly concerned.

Lao Qian and Xing Guolong had both failed; two Danqing paintings and two "flesh corpses" made from wild cat and dog blood couldn't kill him—this was normal.

Master Chen's move was merely to confirm: had Yan Xiuyong taken Xu Yuan to the county magistrate's office?

Once Master Gao's technique was unleashed, nothing would remain inside the magistrate's office.

So he had to confirm whether Xu Yuan was inside—if not, he had to eliminate him too!

He River Lane was indeed unusual, but before that thing, everything was ordinary.

Master Chen stood in "Xuchun She," gazing at the hazy rain outside, with Master Ji, sword on back, standing behind him.

On the bamboo table in the room lay two objects: an iron sword and an iron hat, beside them stood an iron horse.

Master Chen's gaze swept over the three items, and a look of relief crossed his face: finally, it was done!

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Xu Yuan suddenly felt an intense hunger—this hunger reminded him of the moment he first became a Dan Xiu and ignited his belly fire.

He was starving as if a fire burned inside his belly!

The water in the courtyard had gathered into a pool one foot high at the center.

Xu Yuan looked around the room—what was most suitable to devour and satisfy this hunger? It was the long gun right before him!

But Xu Yuan held back, opened the door, and dashed out quickly.

At the courtyard's center, the Muscle Pill in his hand transformed into a supple short rod, and without hesitation, he swung it down with a sharp crack.

The water had just risen over a foot and had not yet solidified; struck, it swayed violently, clearly stunned:

Its appearance meant "irreversibility."

It could not be resolved by acting before it fully formed.

Moreover, during this formation, the surrounding malevolence was terrifyingly high.

Approaching now would inevitably lead to corruption—the more one cultivated, the more easily one would be driven to mutation!

Xu Yuan also froze—this water hadn't scattered; it wobbled like pigskin jelly.

Xu Yuan refused to believe it—he switched to a small knife, slashed down—it cut through, but the water mass quickly remerged.

It wasn't like pigskin jelly, which split cleanly—it had become "cut the water, and the water flows even more."

Xu Yuan changed his grip—the Three-Eyed Musket appeared.

Boom!

A bullet shot in, slowed rapidly in the water, then sank silently to the bottom.

Still, it caused no damage.

Faced with such an anomaly, the most effective method seemed to be drying it out with "belly fire"—but Xu Yuan looked up at the torrential rain and wisely abandoned the idea.

"I still lack experience," Xu Yuan reflected.

Getting so close to the anomaly made Xu Yuan's eyes glow green—and he grew hungrier.

A thought suddenly struck Xu Yuan: Can I eat this?

This thing looks just like pigskin jelly—it should be edible!

The intense hunger drove Xu Yuan to act without thought—he bit down!

For anyone else, biting into such an anomaly would be suicide—intense contamination would instantly turn them into an anomaly.

But Xu Yuan knew—he wouldn't be affected, because he had "Boundless Taboos."

The current greatest function of this destiny pattern is to allow oneself to completely repel all strange and mysterious corruptions.

If the corruption becomes too great, shed the skin to rid oneself of these corruptions.

Xu Yuan still needs to slowly explore the functions of this destiny pattern.

The "Nothing Forbidden" destiny pattern has never appeared before; Xu Yuan's father had no experience to pass down in destiny cultivation.

As Xu Yuan's destiny cultivation level rises, the "Nothing Forbidden" pattern's resistance to strangeness also strengthens.

For example, although Xu Yuan is now extremely hungry and filled with the urge to eat, he has not lost his reason completely like Song Lu did.

But currently, it only enhances resistance; it cannot achieve complete "immunity."

Xu Yuan swallowed the water mound, over a foot tall, in three or four bites!

The water pooling in the courtyard, flowing steadily toward the center, froze for a moment.

Too unexpected…

Xu Yuan licked his lips, quite satisfied: "Come to think of it, the texture really does resemble pork skin jelly—excellent, excellent!"

"Splish-splish-splish," more pooled water surged up, and another water mound, about a foot tall, rose rapidly before Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan opened his mouth again without hesitation and bit into it.

The power of the "Five Cauldrons Cooking" technique became evident: fire blazed fiercely in Xu Yuan's dantian, his cultivation speed far outpacing other Rank Dan Xiu methods; the large mound of "water" he swallowed was swiftly evaporated and refined.

Swallow the second mound of water—refine it again!

The pooled water kept surging; a third mound rose, and Xu Yuan devoured it for the third time!

By the sixth time, the courtyard's pooled water burst with a sharp crack and scattered in all directions.

Countless raindrops fell from the sky, pelting the courtyard densely, then flowing away through the gutters surrounding it.

Xu Yuan let out a burp—he was truly full, his belly round and swollen, and his burp carried no heat at all.

Xu Yuan slowly walked back into the house.

This is the second trait of the "Nothing Forbidden": resistance to strange arts.

The story must progress steadily; the setting will unfold gradually.

Don't rush, don't rush.

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