Chapter 198: A Nice Day to Visit Master's Grave

Is Ren Yidao doing some handicraft work?

In a certain sense, this statement is not entirely wrong.

But it is not entirely right either.

Rub, rub, rub!

Rubbing his hands back and forth on that Bronze Lamp, Ren Yidao muttered to himself:

"Magic lamp, magic lamp!"

"Hurry up and show your spirit!"

"Hurry up and come out, damn it!"

Rubbing up and down against the Bronze Lamp, Ren Yidao felt very helpless.

Damn it all.

I didn't want it to be like this either; it was all forced upon me.

What on earth does the other party want to do?

Locking me in here brings him no benefit either!

Ren Yidao has already been here for quite a while.

After thinking about and attempting various methods to confront the door, Ren Yidao discovered with dejection—none of them worked.

In the end, Huhu could only helplessly accept reality.

Using brute force is impossible; I might as well honestly follow the other party's rules of the game.

The situation is stronger than the person; one must be obedient when necessary.

It's just a room escape, isn't it?

I'm familiar with puzzle-solving.

He turned his gaze to the few remaining items in the room.

The moving Purple Qi, the tattered prayer mat, and the old Bronze Lamp.

The secret to getting out must be hidden within these seemingly ordinary clues!

There aren't many clues, but each one looks like it shouldn't be trifled with, and they all exude strangeness.

That Purple Qi was placed last to be studied because of Ren Yidao's preconceived notions.

And that seemingly harmless prayer mat had already been studied over and over by Ren Yidao.

The prayer mat was not wrapped in brocade; it was woven from the most ordinary rushes.

However, those were just mortal rushes, yet after a long passage of time, they showed no signs of decay at all.

In fact, they looked as if they had just been picked, and in some places, they even showed a hint of green, as if they were about to sprout new shoots.

A withered tree meeting spring is rare in the world, but not entirely unseen.

But how could these rootless, floating, completely dead withered grasses regain their vitality?

Moreover, there was another aspect of this prayer mat that made Ren Yidao click his tongue in wonder.

Toughness.

Tentatively tugging at it, Ren Yidao couldn't even pull off a single blade of grass.

Good heavens.

Why is this prayer mat so hard!?

Ren Yidao's physical strength was already astonishing, and he could crush everyone before.

After this tempering in the Sword Pool, his physical body has reached a higher level; it is no longer just comparable to, but has thoroughly stepped into the realm of Void Refinement.

One could even say that compared to a Body Cultivator of the Human Race at the Void Refinement stage, he would not fall far behind.

There is a reward for effort; the hardships he endured ultimately brought him fruitful returns.

It can be said that as long as a Heaven Realm cultivator does not appear and use the power of laws to forcibly suppress him, he is among the most powerful in the world in terms of physical body.

Such a realm, without exaggeration, is rare in the world of body tempering, and anything further would require the coordination of some special innate constitution and cultivation arts.

But perhaps because he swallowed a large amount of top-grade Purple Crystal during the body-tempering process, Ren Yidao bypassed the three stages of Like Iron, Si Jin, and Like Jade, finally reaching a stage that has never been recorded.

Purple Crystal.

Although he possessed an unprecedentedly powerful physical body, when Ren Yidao first discovered the Purple Qi floating on his body, his focus was not on that.

Ren Yidao fell into deep thought, entering a state of serious self-doubt.

"Wait a minute, Purple Crystal, powerful physical body... why does this sound so familiar!"

"Could it be!!!"

Could it be that I am not a Nine-Tailed Fox after all...

But a Purple Crystal Behemoth!?

Haha.

Besides being so exceptionally tough that it could be used as a shield, Ren Yidao had another unexpected discovery about the prayer mat.

When sitting on it, his thinking would involuntarily become clear, and his comprehension of the laws of the world would enter a brand-new realm.

Clearing the heart, focusing the spirit, and Enlightenment.

The abilities brought by this prayer mat alone are enough to call it a precious treasure.

But compared to its original function, Ren Yidao felt it was better used as a shield.

No other reason, it just looks pretty cool...

And after discovering the excellence of the prayer mat, Ren Yidao turned his gaze to the seemingly ordinary Bronze Lamp.

He had figured it out.

This prayer mat was actually just a mortal object originally; it had such abilities entirely because the person who used it was extraordinary.

Only after it has been used for many years and stained with that person's aura does it become a precious treasure.

Since the prayer mat is like this, there is no reason the Bronze Lamp shouldn't be, right?

As it turns out, it really doesn't work.

No matter how Ren Yidao inspects it, he cannot sense even a shred of aura from this Bronze Lamp.

Aside from being exceptionally tough, it is impossible to see anything special about it at all.

Strange.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

How could something preserved after being used by a mighty expert be a mere mundane object?

And after rubbing it repeatedly for a long time without awakening a lamp spirit, Ren Yidao can only helplessly admit that this method is not going to work.

"Then... there is only one last method left to try."

Looking at the Bronze Lamp, Ren Yidao truly does not want to make this final attempt.

Lighting the lamp.

To be honest, Ren Yidao is actually somewhat resistant to it.

Lighting a lamp here always makes him associate it with a ritual.

Offering a lamp.

Whether it is the lamp offering of the Buddhists or the lamp offering of the Daoists, both can be understood as making offerings to deities and praying for protection.

But the Divine Path Sect pursues the path of becoming a Spirit Transformation themselves and never makes offerings to gods or Buddhas, yet one cannot simply make offerings to oneself for fun...

Then, for Ren Yidao, this lamp offering only has one meaning left.

A sacrifice.

He has an illusion; he feels as if he is visiting a grave to make a sacrifice...

How strange.

A sacrifice is not a problem, but the key is, who is he sacrificing to?

His past life is too distant; his relatives from that previous life have likely long since been reincarnated.

And in this life, he was born of Heaven and Earth, and has no friends or family who have passed away.

No!

Who are you asking me to sacrifice to?

I can't just curse someone to die... wait!

"Ah, no, there is one person I can sacrifice to..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration strikes Ren Yidao's mind, and he thinks of a suitable candidate.

He ignites a flame at his fingertip, reaches into the Bronze Lamp, and lights the wick.

The moment the faint lamplight flickers on, he closes his eyes and mutters to himself:

"Master, you are above!"

"Please, Master, protect your disciple!"

That's right.

The perfect candidate Ren Yidao thought of in a flash of inspiration is his own cheap Master whom he has never met—Luoyue Shangren.

Don't blame your disciple for being heartless; if you want to blame someone, blame yourself!

Who told you to go missing and leave your life or death unknown?

If Luoyue Shangren is dead, then this will count as burning incense for you.

If she is not dead...

Then that is even better.

If you're unhappy about it, come and hit me?

"If you're alright, then hurry back!"

"Stop wandering outside, come home and eat..."

And just as Ren Yidao is muttering, an incident occurs outside the Cave Abode.

The Baihu Daoshen, who is guarding the Cave Abode all alone, suddenly opens its eyes.

Slowly turning its head, it gazes toward the wooden house with deep, profound eyes!

Speaking of which, for yesterday's two updates, I added over four hundred words today (free of charge) to make the tone a bit more cheerful.

(I must go to sleep early today!!!)