r18novel Chapter 2 Throne of Destiny, Fishing for All Things
Chapter 2 Throne of Destiny, Fishing for All Things
In the dead of night, the mine was pitch black.
On a long, tattered straw mat, dozens of people lined up in a row, twisting and turning, snoring all around.
The intense daily mining work left these miners, who had never practiced martial arts, with absolutely no spare energy.
Chatting and joking around after dinner is the only remaining pastime.
After resolving their personal issues, everyone quickly fell asleep.
After all, no one dares to waste just about three hours of sleep.
Xu Yan, who also had his eyes closed at this moment, was not fast asleep. With a thought, he went to the depths of his sea of consciousness.
This is a strange space-time.
Vast and boundless, filled with mysterious air currents, it stretches as far as the eye can see.
Deep in the void.
A magnificent nine-colored sun hangs high in the sky, its rays shining brightly and auspicious colors illuminating this space, making it breathtakingly beautiful and wondrous.
Under the nine-colored sun.
A stone platform floats on the illusory river of fate, gray and only ten feet in circumference, exuding a mysterious Taoist aura.
At one end of the stone platform, a seven-colored throne stands quietly, tall and mysterious.
At this moment, a wisp of Xu Yan's divine soul transformed into an avatar and appeared on the stone platform.
He stepped onto the stone steps, came to the throne, and plopped down on it.
The words "Throne of Destiny" and other information instantly flashed into my mind.
"Is this 'Throne of Destiny' going to lead me to the world of eternal life?"
"So, I sit atop the throne of destiny, and am I truly the Lord of Destiny?"
Sitting on the throne of destiny, Xu Yan understood the purpose of his cheat ability in just a moment.
If there were a system panel at this time, his profile would look something like this:
Owner: Xu Yan
Title: Lord of Fate
Active skills:
1. Fishing for Destiny (Supporting Item: Fishing Rod of Destiny);
2. Projecting the imprint of destiny.
Passive Skill: Fate Steal
Current Destiny Power: 60 strands
【Lord of Destiny】: In short, after being bound to the Throne of Destiny, he becomes the master who controls destiny.
【Fishing for Fate】: The Lord of Fate wields the fishing rod of fate, consuming the power of fate to transform into bait, and can fish for all things from the river of fate.
[Projecting the Mark of Destiny]: The Lord of Destiny gathers his own power of destiny, transforms it into a mark of destiny, and projects it to all the heavens and myriad worlds, which can connect the children of destiny in all the heavens and myriad worlds.
【Fate Plunder】: Passive skill.
Those who offend the Lord of Fate will have their remaining fate completely plundered once they are killed by the Lord of Fate, and will have no chance of reincarnation!
【Current Destiny Power】: This is the destiny power that the Lord of Destiny can currently utilize, currently numbering 60 strands.
There are three ways to obtain the power of destiny:
The first method is to improve one's cultivation level.
Xu Yan is currently at the third level of the Physical Body Realm.
The first level of his physical body added 10 strands of destiny power to him, the second level added 20 strands, and the third level added 30 strands, for a total of 60 strands.
The second method is to bind with the chosen ones of all realms and share their destiny power.
The third method involves using the passive ability "Fate Stealing" to plunder the offender's fate power.
"Project your destiny's mark and plunder it; try again later."
"Let's use the magic of fate to fish for good fortune and improve my current predicament!"
Xu Yan, seated high on the throne of destiny, his mind clear, reached out with his right hand and silently shouted:
"Come on, club!"
A long, colorful fishing rod suddenly appeared in his hand.
At the end of the fishing rod, on the hook to which the thread of fate connects, there is nothing.
According to the information he had just received, different levels of bait will yield different catches.
He currently possesses less than 100 strands of destiny power, allowing him to only fish for white items.
The bait for white items comes in four tiers, requiring 10, 20, 40, and 80 strands of the power of destiny to be gathered respectively.
For his first attempt, he chose to consume 10 strands of destiny power to condense the bait.
With a thought, a ray of light appeared on the hook of the fishing rod of destiny.
Xu Yan leaned against the throne, exuding an air of dominance, overlooking the river of fate, and cast his fishing rod with extraordinary ease.
"They're here!"
The moment he reeled in the line, a wisp of light flew toward Xu Yan, which he caught in his hand.
It's a jade bottle about the height of a palm!
One bottle contains 100 fasting pills.
[The Abstinence Pill, a low-grade human-level elixir, can be taken by cultivators at the Body Refinement Realm to satisfy hunger, nourish the body, enhance qi and blood, and increase strength.]
"Good, very good, excellent!"
The information in his mind made Xu Yan grin and burst into laughter.
This was exactly what he needed.
With the help of these elixirs, he can recover from his injuries and improve his cultivation level.
"It seems that the four levels of bait correspond to the four grades of items in this world: low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and excellent-grade."
"The lowest grade human-level elixir corresponds to a white-grade item!"
Xu Yan had this thought in mind and exited the mysterious space.
With 50 strands of Destiny Power remaining, and the Bigu Pill providing immediate relief, there's no need to rush back to fishing.
With more power of destiny, fishing for higher-quality items becomes more cost-effective.
After calming himself down, Xu Yan quietly got up and slipped out of the mine in the dark.
At this time, in the stillness of the night, not only the miners but also the insects have entered a state of rest.
The mine was unusually quiet.
He arrived at a secluded spot he had previously chosen, and with a flick of his wrist, a jade bottle appeared.
Upon opening the small bottle, a delicate fragrance wafted out.
He poured out a fasting pill the size of a soybean, and put the other pills into the mysterious stone platform.
After swallowing.
A warm current instantly spread from his stomach to his limbs and bones.
He was all warm.
"As expected of a human-grade elixir, its effects are immediate and remarkable!"
Feeling a slight itch at the location of the whip marks on his back, Xu Yan's eyes lit up with delight.
He guessed correctly; during the refining process of this fasting pill, medicinal herbs for healing and repairing bodily organs were added.
It suits him perfectly at this moment.
"With these pills, I can not only recover from my injuries quickly, but also make further progress in my martial arts in a short period of time!"
Xu Yan looked excited.
Herbivores are good at walking but foolish; carnivores are brave and fierce; grain-eaters are wise and skillful; and those who eat air are divine and long-lived.
The achievement of a creature lies in what it eats.
This is common knowledge in the countless cultivation worlds of the myriad realms.
The same principle applies to the world of immortality.
Generally speaking, those in the Physical Realm eat meat, those in the Supernatural Realm eat pills, and those in the Longevity Realm eat qi!
If those at the Physical Body Realm could consume elixirs and miraculous medicines, that would be even better.
In the world of immortality, elixirs are divided into five levels: Human, Spirit, Earth, Heaven, and Immortal!
Elixir is not common in the lower realm, so we won't discuss it for now.
The other four grades of pills are further divided into four grades: low grade, medium grade, high grade, and top grade!
Bigu Dan, on the other hand, is a low-grade human-level elixir.
Among the ten immortal sects in the Xuanhuang Great World, apart from the Taiyi Sect, only the inner disciples of the other nine sects, such as the Yuhua Sect, are supplied with Bigu Pills.
Hundreds of thousands of outer disciples, on the other hand, only get to eat "communal meals" made from Dao artifacts.
Don't think that you can easily get a meal from this communal pot.
In the original story, the Feathered Ascension Sect governed dozens of dynasties with a population of hundreds of billions, but its outer disciples numbered only a few hundred thousand, showing that not everyone could have a share of the pie.
As for the Taiyi Sect, they possess immortal artifacts and can easily refine countless pills.
The other nine immortal sects combined are not as wealthy as the Taiyi Sect.
The "White Yang Pill," which is a high-grade human-level pill, is taken daily by the million inner and outer disciples of the Taiyi Sect. Other disciples of the Immortal, Demon, and Monster paths can only envy it.
That being said, while Taiyi Sect offers good benefits, it also has high entry requirements.
Those from the other nine immortal sects who advance to the fifth level of the Divine Power Realm will receive an outer sect assessment certificate. If they pass the assessment, they can become outer sect disciples.
From then on, we could enjoy meals cooked in a large pot.
In the future, I will be guaranteed at least an eighth-level physical cultivation realm.
To become an outer disciple of the Taiyi Sect, one needs to reach the tenth level of the Divine Transformation Realm in physical cultivation; otherwise, one is not even qualified for the assessment.
As for the Xuanhuang Great World, it is for ordinary people who are not of royal or noble birth.
Let alone the tenth level of physical cultivation, without a method of spiritual cultivation, one can only reach the eighth level of the Divine Might Realm at most.
Xu Yan, who possessed a physical body at the third level, was able to consume the Abstinence Pill, a privilege not even enjoyed by members of the royal family of the Great Yan Dynasty.
Half an hour later, Xu Yan touched the undamaged skin on his back and clenched his fist tightly.
"Yang Ta, all of you in the mine protection team, you're finished!"
"And those guys running that shady business, and the people behind this illegal mine—you're all finished!"
Immortal beings, immortal souls!
You all deserve to pay the price for treating us like pigs!