Rewrite the myth and become the Taoist!

Chapter 312 Quietly Become a Military Commander, Remember! The giant snake, black dragon, and rabbit in the mist are extremely dangerous!
Luo Yi frowned.

This is the language of the Black-Eyed Clan.

Their clan lived in the Augu Empire, but their parents never forgot their language. It was an ancient language, understood only by a small number of "learned" individuals among the nobility.

"What is a samurai?" Luo Yi asked.

Since the monsters in the mist possessed intelligence and could communicate, he saw hope in leaving this horrific place.

"You don't know? An outsider?"

The blue-haired elf's eyes lit up. She put away her bow and arrows and explained with a smile, "Human warriors, whose primordial blood is deeply ingrained in their internal organs, possess all sorts of divine abilities, making them equivalent in status to our race's Golden Realm Divine Arrows!"

[In the distance, shrouded in mist, the archers who had been aiming at Luo Yi lowered their bows.]

[Luo Yi interacts with the blue-haired elf—the human warriors are the "legendary knights" of the Augu Empire!]

The blue-haired elf is named Anya, belonging to the Star-Moon Clan, one of the dominant forces in this area, and her strength is—the Silver Divine Arrow!

[Also, one of the captains of the "Spirit Realm: Emerald Whisper Territory" guard team!]

The world calls this place—Gui Xu (Return to Emptiness).

[The place where all realms return to nothingness, the final resting place of all beings—this ancient tomb buries the remains of countless worlds.]

[There is also a legend that Guixu is not a tomb, but the remains of some ineffable great being after its fall—its eyes became the sun and moon, its breath became wind and clouds, its bones became mountains, and its blood condensed into a sea of ​​mist...]

[An ancient mythological ballad: When the clock strikes its appointed mark, the silent corpse of the giant will open its empty eye sockets; deep within those sockets lies no light, only a desolate nothingness that devours all.]

Everything that touched His gaze—mountains, rivers, living beings, time—disintegrated like grains of sand, vanishing silently.

This misty world is extremely strange. It is shrouded in fog year-round, and intelligent life cannot stay in the fog for long. Once they lose themselves and their names in the fog, they become walking corpses.

Seeing that Luo Yi and the others couldn't understand, Anya skillfully used an analogy: The Spirit Realm is an island, the Mist is the sea, and we are not fish; if we stay in the sea for too long, we will suffocate and die.

Everyone needs to rely on the Spirit Realm Island to survive, and occasionally they "take a boat" into the Misty Sea to obtain some cultivation resources.

Luo Yi understands.

The ship is both body and spirit.

Of course, Anya is willing to go to all this trouble.

[They hope Luo Yi and others will join the Cuiyu Territory Guard. To be precise, they hope the capable newcomer Luo Yi will join the Cuiyu Territory. Her twelfth squad has just suffered heavy losses and urgently needs reinforcements.]

Miss Delilah, Eve, Diana, Ms. Mary, and Emilia are clearly burdensome with little fighting ability, so they naturally don't need Anya, a Silver Saint, to put in the effort.

The Star-Moon Clan and the Human Clan are enemies; in fact, all races that need the "Spirit Realm" as a habitat are enemies—fighting for the Spirit Realm! Not an inch will be yielded! It's a fight to the death!

Everyone is trying their best to live!

Although Luo Yi is human, he is not a member of the Void Returning Human race. He comes from a world that is in the process of "Void Returning," but unfortunately, they fell into the Void Returning prematurely.

The Guixu Human Race is also one of the dominant forces, with a large population and a keen interest in exploring the wilderness spirit realms. Ten years ago, they "refreshed" the spirit realms on the edge of the Moon Empire. If Luo Yi becomes a human warrior, he will have the opportunity to inherit a human "demon weapon" in the future.

Therefore, the safety of Cuiyuling will be guaranteed.

The demonic weapon Anya spoke of was the weapon wielded by the "Legendary Knights" of the Augu Empire to slay gods—a weapon that only those with the "Source Blood" cultivation system of the human race could use.

Human warriors who wield "demon weapons" hold a high status and are called—Weapon Masters!

[His status is comparable to that of the Star-Moon Envoys who wield "magic," second only to the three Holy Sons of the Moon Empire!]

Luo Yi just wanted to go back.

Anya spread her hands, looking helpless. She had no choice: "Anyway, your world will soon fall into nothingness. You've gone through so much trouble to leave, but you'll eventually come back here. It's all meaningless, young Yi. Why not live in the present?"

Anya looked at Miss Delilah and Eve.

Luo Yi was startled. According to the common knowledge of the Anya tribe derived from their research on mist, if an ordinary being who has not undergone cultivation stays in the mist for twenty-four hours, their consciousness will slip away like sand through an hourglass, eventually leading them into the "Land of Loss."

Once the eyes are closed, it is eternal sleep.

Luo Yi has chosen to join Anya's team.

Anya's lips curved into a crescent moon smile as she led Luo Yi through the mist and into the barrier of "Spirit Realm: Emerald Whisper Territory."

At the entrance to the Spirit Realm stands a majestic wall of trees, guarded by Star-Moon warriors wielding bows and spears.

With the fog gone and the view wide open, the sense of oppression in Luo Yi and the others vanished.

Luo Yi noticed this as he followed behind Anya.

This place is not solely inhabited by the Star-Moon Clan—the Moon Clan, with their pointed ears and blue, golden, and silver hair, gracefully traverse the Emerald Corridor. Within the spiritual realm, various vassal races coexist: the Moss People, with skin cracked like tree bark, are stimulating crops to grow; the Lava Clan, with three eyes and six arms, are hammering red-hot metal, each bearing a crescent moon emblem branded on their necks.

After being conquered by the Star-Moon Clan, they were not wiped out because of their various practical abilities, but instead became a vassal state of the Star-Moon Clan.

In this dog-eat-dog world, conversations between races are always tinged with bloodshed.

Conquest and being conquered is the only law.

Luo Yi was already used to it.

As a human warrior, Luo Yi was allocated a treehouse among the giant branches of a tree at the Spirit Realm Pass. The six of them squeezed into the cramped space, and whenever the night wind blew, the entire house swayed gently with the branches, groaning under its strain.

Delilah and Eve peered through the gaps in the tree bark at the bizarre and fantastical world outside. Screaming bat-men and writhing vine monsters scurried beneath the trees; they could only clasp each other's hands, counting the shadows of the setting sun as they awaited Luo Yi's return.

Two weeks later.

Diana, Ms. Mary, and Emilia were all aristocrats who had never lifted a finger. They ate scraps of bread every day, and the three girls simply couldn't stand such a life. Now that they had arrived in a civilized place, they no longer needed Luo Yi's protection.

The three women left without saying goodbye; with their abilities, they could easily find decent jobs.

Luo Yi remained indifferent, leaving Miss Eve to pray silently.

Luo Yi knew that his identity as a "human warrior" could be exposed at any moment.

He dared not slacken his cultivation for even a moment.

The Emerald Whisper Territory Guard is the elite of the elite, receiving a monthly stipend from the lord—meat of exotic beasts and precious medicines.

[Captain Anya also possesses a share of the "Heavenly Gift Seed," which can purify magic power!]

[When a member of the Moon Clan reaches the Black Iron Realm, only those with exceptional talent can awaken the "Divine Power of Penetration." When magical power converges in their eyes, the mist is as if a veil has been lifted, and the dense fog within a hundred meters dissipates into a light mist—this is a right unique to the Star-Moon Clan, a right to glimpse the truth.]

A single purified wisp of magic power can be used to break through illusions once; a Silver Realm expert possesses approximately a dozen wisps of magic power.

[The black-haired humans also had many slaves conquered by the Star-Moon Clan, but the Star-Moon Elves respected human warriors—clearly, strength was the true currency.]

Time flies, and March is here in the blink of an eye.

Captain Anya explains the mysteries of the fog to Luo Yi daily, and they often spar and exchange martial arts techniques.

[Captain Anya knew that Luo Yi wasn't a "warrior," but the black-haired humans were upright and exceptionally proud, and they didn't worship the God of Destiny in the mist. The race lacked any special talents, so it was terrifying that someone who wasn't a warrior possessed "divine abilities."]

Luo Yi possesses the potential to become a "Master of Military Affairs"!

Those were great figures who stood at the pinnacle of their race, like gods, capable of soaring through the skies and traversing the vast, misty wilderness!

[Luo Yi was unaware that he had already been exposed; he simply followed Captain Anya closely. The foggy environment was only suitable for groups of three, where they could support each other within limited visibility.]

[They occasionally ventured out to hunt the Fang tribes that passed through their territory. With Luo Yi's Black Scale Twin Blades joining the fray, and Captain Anya's divine arrows working together, they actually managed to kill the Fang chieftain!]

Captain Anya's expression turned grave. She did not press her advantage, and even abandoned the attempt to kill the other "Black Scale Monsters"!

[Simply because those wolf-headed monsters are vassal tribes of another dominant power. She doesn't want to start a war with them. If the Fang Clan is destroyed, then the race that dominant power sends to take over the "Spirit Realm" will only become stronger!]

The Fang Clan's strength is just right; they can bully us at will without much risk.

[The Emerald Whisper Territory is situated on the edge of the border between the three dominant clans, making it extremely dangerous.]

Captain Anya repeatedly reminded Luo Yi—if you encounter the black dragon, the giant snake, or the rabbit in the fog, run immediately!

Luo Yi was puzzled.

[Captain Anya gave a serious explanation.]

The overlord deep within the northern mountains is a nine-headed serpent; its every turn causes the earth to tremble. Ten thousand years ago, a powerful figure from the Star Moon Clan perished in its jaws.

The rabbits are the overlords of the western grasslands. They are naturally strong, with bodies of steel and the strength to uproot mountains. The strongest among them have even cultivated an "indestructible golden body," making them impervious to ordinary arrows except for the "magic arrows" of the Star and Moon Envoys.

[Among them, the remaining four Bodhisattvas of the Rabbit Clan are powerful figures from the Divine Realm, one more than the Star-Moon Clan. However, their territory is located on the other side near other dominant forces; otherwise, they would have already begun to annex the Star-Moon Clan.]

The overlord black dragon, having crossed mountains and valleys from the east, is no stranger to hostility. Although the black dragon is the weakest in overall strength, it is only guarded by two powerful figures from the Divine Realm.

【but--】

【"dragon!"】

【"dragon!"】

"Lord Black Dragon!"

[A deafening drumbeat erupted in her ears. Captain Anya looked up abruptly, her pupils reflecting a horrifying sight: the sky was being torn apart by sharp claws—a black dragon, blotting out the sun, crashed through the mist and swooped down, letting out a roar.]

【"hold head high--!!"】

The dragon's roar materialized into sound waves, violently shaking the mist within a hundred miles. A golden statue of a Bodhisattva was torn apart, blood splattering across the sky. For the first time, the still-young Captain Anya saw a clear starry sky.

On the ground, a black tide of vassal legions was devouring everything in its path.

[Captain Anya, snapping out of the nightmarish battlefield, grabbed Luo Yi's shoulder: "Listen! Facing the Black Dragon head-on... is suicide!"] [Caught between these three overlords, Emerald Whisper Territory was like an anthill in a storm. Anya's knuckles were white as she gripped her bow—the strongest in the entire territory was only at the peak of Silver rank, not even worthy of being a mere morsel for those overlords.]

Luo Yi realized that even the powerful Emerald Whisper Territory was nothing more than an ant that could be wiped out at any moment, so he cultivated even harder.

However, diligent cultivation is only the foundation and cannot bring about a qualitative leap in his strength. Limited by "exotic beast meat and precious medicine," there is a limit to the number of times he can train his source blood each day.

[Until one mission to eliminate "ghouls." Those who lose their names in the thick fog will transform into ghoul monsters, and Luo Yi once again saw the uniform of Suzuran High School…]

Luo Yi enters the ruins of Suzuran High School, intending to collect clean clothes, resources, and daily necessities.

There are no living creatures left here.

Even during the lull in Luo Yi's slaughter of the wolf-headed monsters, very few managed to escape. Only a small minority were fortunate enough to become slaves of the Star-Moon Clan—in this misty world, the nimble fingers of humans held a certain value.

With a little training, she becomes a high-quality slave.

However, falling into the hands of the Fang tribe would be a nightmare; they eat anything.

As Luo Yi kicked open the door of a classroom, a dark figure suddenly darted out from under the podium. The skinny black cat, its back arched, its previously dull amber pupils widened sharply upon recognizing the newcomer.

[The cat has found its savior!]

[“Meow!” Its dirty fur bristled, but not from fear. Using its hind legs to push off the claw-marked desk, it leaped precisely into Luo Yi's arms, meowing affectionately.]

Luo Yi recognized it as the "cat senior" from Linglan High School. He had fed it a few times while training in the grove. Although he didn't know how the cat senior had survived the past few months, he felt really bad about cruelly abandoning this "acquaintance" who knew him.

In the end, he just sighed and wrapped his worn-out school uniform around himself, turning it into a makeshift cat bed.

[Then they left Suzuran High School carrying large and small bags.]

【late at night.】

Delilah and Miss Eve happily tidied up the pile of "junk." The environment of Emerald Whisper Territory was extremely primitive, and coupled with the scarcity of resources in the misty environment, no one considered daily necessities except for essential food. Of course, it couldn't compare to the civilized Augu Empire.

[The next day.]

Luo Yi is awake.

Miss Delilah's left arm was still wrapped around his waist, and her girlfriend Eve's face was buried in his chest. Her warm breath seeped through his thin undershirt, spreading a small patch of damp warmth in his heart.

He carefully withdrew, and Delilah grumbled in her sleep, dissatisfied. The three of them, relying on each other in a foreign land, slept together upon their arrival.

Since being stranded in this other world, our intertwined human bodies have been our only solace on cold nights.

[Luo Yi stood up and glanced at the spot, instantly becoming alert—the Augu silver coin and the Black Scale Twin Blades in the treehouse had all mysteriously vanished.]

Just then, a tremor came from the foot of the bed. The once skinny black cat was now incredibly plump, its belly rising and falling with its breath, emitting intermittent purring sounds.

As Luo Yi's shadow loomed over, the cat seemed to sense something. It slowly stretched, its pink tongue still curled up with a piece of unswallowed—silver coin crumb?

The amber cat blinked innocently, even tilting its head and meowing softly.

[Luo Yi, enraged, laughed coldly. He grabbed the dog by the scruff of its neck, opened the door, and was about to kick the ungrateful creature out when a gust of cold wind blew into his head, instantly bringing him to his senses.]

[—Wait, how could an ordinary black cat eat silver and metal?]

Luo Yi's gaze was fixed intently on the black cat in his hand.

"You're the culprit who dragged the entire Suzuran High School into the abyss?! What exactly are you?"

[The cat-like senior's lips curled into a smirk, and he let out a silent roar as he looked up to the sky.]

"Awooo—!"

Before the tiger's roar had even faded, eight gilded characters exploded in Luo Yi's mind, each stroke carrying a chilling killing intent—"White Tiger Roars at the Moon, Suppressing Evil and Punishing Heaven!"

A giant, snow-white tiger shattered the void as it arrived, its vertical pupils locking onto Luo Yi.

“Clang!”

The clear, resonant sound of the blade materialized into sound waves, and the Cat Senior's body crystallized inch by inch. The three-foot-long blade spun in the air, its white tiger stripes swirling with a moonlit, chilling white aura.

Luo Yi's five fingers involuntarily clenched together.

【Om! 】

The instant the hilt touched his hand, the primordial blood within him surged forth like a burst dam. The Howling Moon Blade instantly unleashed a three-zhang-long blade of light, its aura condensing into a white tiger phantom that roared at the blade's tip.

[A invisible connection formed between his will and the black cat senior; the sword seemed like an extension of his arm.]

"I became the commander of the troops..."

Luo Yi staggered to his knees, his face as white as silk from blood loss, yet he grinned, a warm pulse emanating from the blade his fingertips touched.

[Luo Yi's Black Iron Realm bloodline cannot sustain Cat Senior's needs for an extended period.]

[But Senior Black Cat finally found a human who could resonate with the "White Tiger Star." Unfortunately, he's not the War Master... However, Senior Black Cat is currently weakened by the dense fog; his will will be extinguished before the next War Master takes over.]

[The only thing I can do is secretly gather "White Tiger's Killing Energy" to help Luo Yi.]

[The miraculous power that helped Luo Yi awaken the "White Tiger Star".]

[—The White Tiger governs warfare and is the god of war in autumn, possessing the ability to command troops!]

[A "Weapon Mastery Proficiency" template appeared in Luo Yi's mind. As long as Baihu practiced "martial arts," he would always gain a small amount of experience, and his cultivation level would never regress.]

From then on, although Luo Yi worked in seclusion, his progress was rapid. He integrated and mastered the basic sword techniques he had accumulated over the years, reaching the pinnacle of this martial art. Visualizing the essence of Senior Cat, he condensed the aura of a killing god!

[Luo Yi used the "power of the God of Slaughter" to temper his source blood, allowing his killing intent to penetrate deep into his bones, easily breaking through the bone-forging barrier.]

[If it weren't for the limited resources of exotic beast meat and precious medicines, which his body couldn't withstand, Luo Yi would already be tempering his internal organs, becoming a true warrior!]

He needs to consume the Heavenly Gift Seed to continue his cultivation!

After becoming a "Silver Knight," Luo Yi no longer knew just how strong he had become.

[Captain Anya gets along well with this young man, but members of the Black-Eyed Clan cannot become captains of the guard team. The number of Heavenly Gift Seeds planted in the Spirit Realm is limited and cannot support more Silver Realm cultivators.]

[Captain Anya was defeated by Luo Yi in a sparring match. Furthermore, having been stuck at the Silver level for a century with no prospect of breaking through, she shared half of her Heavenly Seed with Luo Yi for cultivation.]

[After months of being cooped up in the treehouse, Delilah and Miss Eve grew increasingly bored. While Luo Yi was unable to cultivate, he accompanied them on an outing, where they unexpectedly encountered a former noble classmate at the Emerald Whisper Territory market.]

[Among them were—Amelia, Ms. Mary, and Diana.]

They hadn't found the so-called "civilized work" in Emerald Whisper Territory. Emilia, now ragged, was crawling on the ground licking up spilled porridge, whip marks like centipedes crawling across her bare back.

Emilia looked up, a hint of envy flashing in her eyes.

[Under Luo Yi's protection, Delilah and Miss Eve's clothes remained brightly colored, one of which bore the crescent emblem of the Guard.]

Emilia's trembling fingers untied the last ribbon, and her tattered clothes slipped down like withered leaves. Her bony ribs were clearly visible, and her knee slammed heavily against Luo Yi's feet: she would do anything if Luo Yi would buy her.

Miss Delilah looked at the frail Emilia, still shaken.

This scene was exactly the situation she had feared since childhood.

So she remembered it well.

The Northern Eagle grips a thorny spear in his right hand and a bouquet of roses in his left. The Thorn Spear Master Luo Feng and the Flower Knight Luo Yi are the Northern Eagle's most trusted assistants, his two reliable arms on the battlefield.

Miss Delilah, of course, would not treat them with the same disdain as servants. She used all the money she embezzled from the Grey Pigeon Town factory to raise the Luo brothers with all her might, her inner ambition being to replicate her father's achievements.

She truly treated the two boys who had lost their parents and sister as family.

Otherwise, she would be the one in this predicament now!

Eve, now the First Blood Knight, looked at Diana, who dared not look up, and felt a pang of pity. She begged her boyfriend, Luo Yi, to save her best friend Diana.

As for Emilia and Ms. Mary...

[Luo Yi was already at the Silver Realm, and his displayed strength ranked third in the Emerald Whisper Territory. He was a renowned powerhouse in several nearby Spirit Realms—the Black Scale Ranger!]

It's just a matter of saying a few words.

When the market slave owner heard him ask for people, a fawning smile immediately appeared on his face. He offered thirty-seven students from Linglan High School to Luo Yi's command for free, because these outsiders couldn't understand the elven language, had no skills, and weren't as efficient as the little goblins at work.

This has led to frequent customer returns.

He kicked open the iron cage, and thirty-seven ragged teachers and students from the Lily of the Valley huddled together like startled quails. Their once-crisp uniforms had long been stripped away and sold; now they were left only with coarse linen, crawling with lice, wrapped around their gaunt, emaciated bodies.

As for the appearances of Emilia and her two daughters, they might be quite valuable in other spiritual realms, but within the "Star-Moon Clan," they are only considered average, and their potential for development is extremely low.

The men of the Star Moon Clan wouldn't even look at this kind of guy; his skin isn't translucent enough, and his ears aren't pointed enough...

The market slave owners, however, lack the ability to venture deep into the mist and reach other spiritual realms.

Miss Delilah, feeling a sense of shared fate, agreed. Aside from his cultivation, Luo Yi entrusted all other miscellaneous matters to Miss Delilah and her girlfriend Eve.

And just like that, three years passed in a flash.

[Luo Yi completed his seclusion to temper his internal organs, with his heart being the first organ he tempered.]

Captain Anya was severely injured by a monster during a patrol.

[The vassal tribe of the dominant Rabbit Clan, the Trolls, invade Emerald Whisper Territory.]

……

(End of this chapter)