The distractions in his mind swirled as the wild mountains and wilderness rapidly receded before his eyes, and the traces of human presence became increasingly scarce. The cawing of magpies and the howling of wolves and tigers echoed intermittently in the mountains, painting a chilling and sinister scene. The grand tomb was now right in front of him.
"Is it finally time to level up?" Zhang Chen’s eyes fixed on the large tomb ahead, filled with a burning excitement. Ignoring the heat waves inside the tomb, he picked up his basket and climbed in directly.
Drawing moisture from the ground to form a water ball in the air, he watched as the water ball rolled and directly enveloped the flames, then extinguished them. Because Zhang Chen mastered the Water Power, even when the water ball encountered fire, it would not evaporate away but would instead be re-constrained by Zhang Chen, returning into the water ball and becoming part of it, until the entire pile of flames was completely put out. Zhang Chen then took a big sip of plain water before picking up the pickaxe to start digging into the soil.
With two swings of the pickaxe, the soil before Zhang Chen collapsed. After fully excavating and causing a landslide of soil, a large number of shining experience points appeared before Zhang Chen’s eyes:
[EXP +30]
[EXP +10]
[EXP +50]
When Zhang Chen saw the EXP +50, his shoveling action stopped, and his eyes locked firmly on the experience points on the ground. The next moment, his Golden Finger activated, directly collecting the experience points, and at this moment, Zhang Chen’s Golden Finger Interface refreshed:
[Name: Zhang Chen]
[Skill 1 (Level 2): Light of the True God (0/5000)]
[Skill 2 (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)]
[Skill 3 (Unranked): Blood Control (0/100000)]
[Skill 4 (Unranked): Water Control Technique (0/1000)]
[Points: 5080]
Looking at the points on the Golden Finger Interface, Zhang Chen couldn’t help but be moved to tears: "God, do you know how I’ve been living these days? Do you know what kind of life I’ve been living?"
Zhang Chen’s eyes scanned over the Golden Finger Interface, finally settling on Skill 1, before unhesitantly applying the points.
[Skill Upgrading]
Next, the skill interface before Zhang Chen turned into snowflakes, then countless snowflakes reassembled, as a line of golden text appeared before Zhang Chen:
[Light of the True God (Level 2) -> Golden Light Retention (Level 3)]
[Skill Description: Allows Golden Light to be infused into a certain carrier, enabling it to retain for a full day and night.]
Then, Zhang Chen’s Golden Finger Interface refreshed once more:
[Name: Zhang Chen]
[Skill 1 (Level 3): Light of the True God -> Retained (0/50000)]
[Skill 2 (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)]
[Skill 3 (Unranked): Blood Control (0/100000)]
[Skill 4 (Unranked): Water Control Technique (0/1000)]
[Points: 80]
Zhang Chen then felt a surge of warmth pouring into his body, directly into the golden light within his Dantian. This made the golden light in his abdomen seem to have begun to possess a whisper of inexplicable spirituality, as if something mystical was gestating within.
Zhang Chen could sense that within that cluster of golden light, there seemed to be a faint rune appearing. This rune seemed tangible yet intangible, appearing extremely complex and ancient, reminiscent of the ghost runes in Daoism, pulsating with his breathing.
As he inhaled, a faint Qi Mechanism within the golden light formed into a blurry rune, and as he exhaled, the rune dispersed again, reverting into a golden light, re-diffusing into the golden light world within his Dantian.
Moreover, with the upgrade of the third skill, Zhang Chen noticed that the golden light within his body expanded further. The glow was radiant and domineering, at this moment dispelling the mist in his abdomen, not only illuminating his Dantian but even lighting up his stomach, his kidneys, and illuminating yet another organ within his body: the lungs!
The sensation was akin to the light of League of Legends illuminating the shrouded fog, or like the ever-dissipating darkness of Honor of Kings, it felt very strange.
"Hmm? Does a layer of fog enshroud my body? The mist envelops my entire body, covering my internal organs? How strange, why would my body possess such a fog?" Now observing his own light, Zhang Chen contemplated, his gaze casting towards the heart. It was as if the great light shone into the nocturnal fog, where beyond was still fog, a quiescent swirl of cloud and mist, maddening in its quiet.
"How peculiar, what exactly is the transformation within my body?" Zhang Chen was a bit perplexed, no one to teach him, he naturally couldn’t discern the alteration. He merely felt exceptionally comfortable at this moment, with the golden light illuminating his lungs, making his breath flow a bit more smoothly.
Then Zhang Chen’s gaze fell on his own Skill 1, his eyes looking at Skill 3, with a hint of curiosity and hope: "This is a Level 3 skill, which cost me a full five thousand skill points to upgrade. It better not let me down."
Zhang Chen looked at the Golden Finger Interface, and Skill 1’s entry seemed to have changed:
[Skill 1 (Level 3): Light of the True God -> Retained (0/50000)]
"It remains the Light of the True God, just seemingly with an added retention feature." Zhang Chen carefully sensed the information transmitted by the Golden Finger, and the next moment he picked up a nearby chisel. With his inhalation, a faint rune emerged from the golden light within his Dantian. As the rune formed, the golden light within his Dantian seemed to attain a mysterious vitality, flowing along the meridians in Zhang Chen’s body, directly entering into the chisel in his hand.
Then, the chisel radiated a golden light visible only to the Dharma Eye, a majestic and boundless light filled with endless authority, as if the gods had descended, carrying a divine aura.
"This golden light can be retained within the chisel for a day, which is the change brought by the upgrade of the Light of the True God." Zhang Chen looked at the chisel radiating golden light in his hand, his eyes growing brighter. The golden light, being able to attach to the chisel, could naturally be added to a staff, attached to swords and arrowheads, or even to pots, bowls, and pans, to all sorts of objects.
"If I were to create a golden light trap, a golden light jar, could I perhaps trap the strange beings within?"
A myriad of thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen’s mind: "I understand now, the traits of the golden light target the Mysterious Power, and objects blessed by my golden light also gain the ability to restrain demons. My skill has gone from passive to active! There’s so much room for maneuverability here!"
"If the Fox Spirit has no other skills, it’s done for!"
Earlier, Zhang Chen had solely relied on the proximity to the Fox Spirit for his Talent Power to be automatically triggered, but now Zhang Chen could infuse objects with golden light, allowing them to possess the power of the golden light.