My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 295 Completion Mission: Deceiving the Heavens and Crossing the Sea, and Encountering a Heavenly Soldier with Six Armor!

"Separating for a while is a reasonable decision."

After listening, both the clown and Xing Fanwu nodded after a moment's thought.

Then the two of them turned around at the same time and looked out the window.

The opening of the Xuantian Sect to accept disciples among the five major immortal sects was naturally a momentous event.

As one of the leaders of the righteous immortal sects in this world, the Xuantian Sect has countless immortals, and even has an eleventh-level celestial immortal in charge. It is renowned and powerful.

Xia Lin's thoughts were actually quite easy to guess.

"identity."

"Identity is key to our next move."

Because of the messed-up rules of this Ash Zone, you're either a cultivator or an extraterrestrial demon.

The nature of one's power determines one's stance; without a celestial identity, one is destined to face immense difficulties in this Ash Zone.

Xia Lin's current plan is to take advantage of the Xuan Tian Sect's opening ceremony today to infiltrate the sect and obtain a legitimate immortal sect disciple status, which will facilitate his future actions.

But this can't involve the Joker and Xingfanwu.

None of the three were cultivators. Xia Lin could adjust his skills and temporarily impersonate a cultivator, but Xing Fanwu and Xiaochou did not have this ability.

Shortly after Xia Lin finished speaking, the clown looked at Xia Lin again.

"I'll lend you a hand and give you something nice."

As he spoke, the clown reached into his personal storage space and took out a gaudy clown mask.

【Bizarre and Bizarre Appearance (Racial Heritage Level Equipment)】

[Function: The Mask: Wearing this mask allows you to adjust your appearance and disguise your personal information.]

[Heavenly Enhancement: This equipment's judgment authority +2!]

It may seem like a very simple piece of equipment, but its effects are actually outstanding.

Disguising personal information, including occupational information, skills information, and even ethnic information!
Furthermore, the Heavenly Source Enhancement gives this equipment an additional weight in the judgment!

With this item in hand, unless one is an eleventh-level celestial immortal or a powerful being who has triggered the third law three times and is actively spying on Xia Lin, no one can see through Xia Lin's true nature.

"Good stuff!"

Xia Lin's eyes lit up, and he couldn't refuse such a gift.

He then opened his skill information panel and looked at the skills in the regular skill bar.

At this moment, Xia Lin only had a pitiful 34 evolution points left (originally 56).

These 22 evolution points were transformed into a foundational skill that Xia Lin once possessed but had never cared about.

The Five Elements Revolve!

……

[Five Elements Reincarnation (Racial Heritage Level): Passive Skill. You gain the Five Elements Celestial Spirit Root. At the start of each Ash Zone, you can freely choose to change your class to any Immortal Path profession! You automatically gain the favor and attention of all Immortal Path sects! The power and effects of all your Immortal Path Five Elements skills will be greatly positively amplified. You can freely change the Five Elements attributes of your Immortal Path Five Elements skills.]

[Note: This is the foundation for becoming an immortal!]

This skill comes from the Blue Star Sequence Ranking Battle and was a reward Xia Lin received when she first obtained the Sequence One title.

But Xia Lin didn't want this thing before... The unstable mutation turned it into something that nourished the five elements and accompanied Xia Lin for a long time.

The reason lies in the issue of "changing jobs".

Xia Lin was very satisfied with the Unstable Shadow class and never considered taking the path of a cultivator, which greatly reduced the significance of this skill.

While looking through Erying's recipe book, Xia Lin unexpectedly discovered this skill again...

In the pricing of the cookbook, this skill is a fairly powerful, foundational skill—the price of 22 points says it all.

What Xia Lin needs right now is this feature of the skill: you automatically gain the favor and attention of all immortal sects!
In the realm of the Outer Gods and Immortals, the Ash Zone excludes all non-immortal path practitioners.

However, after Xia Lin obtained the Five Elements Wheel, since it was obtained in the middle of the Ashes Zone, the job change option was not triggered, so the job did not change, but the other effects of the Five Elements Wheel will still take effect.

Then Xia Lin wanted to ask.

On one hand, I am a demon from beyond the realm, and on the other hand, I can gain the favor and attention of immortal sects.

How do you, the Ashes, plan to settle this?
Anyway, Xia Lin didn't know how to calculate the Ash Zone, but that didn't stop this skill from becoming the focus and core of his next actions.

With the clown's gift of a bizarre mask, Xia Lin felt that with these conditions, he probably had a chance to infiltrate the Xuan Tian Sect.

By handing the sage's scroll back to the clown, Xia Lin was essentially leaving himself a way out.

Xia Lin then strode into the crowd and headed towards the Xuan Tian Sect.

……

"What!? Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root!?"

"Come here, young man, let me take a look."

At the entrance of the Xuantian Sect, the Transcending Tribulation cultivator in charge of the entrance examination waved his hand, beckoning Xia Lin to come to him.

A cultivator of this level of skill would naturally be unable to see through the disguise of the bizarre and grotesque face.

As his spiritual sense swept over, the man stroked his beard and smiled, feigning agreement.

"Bone age 24, a little older, but it doesn't matter. With the Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root in hand, a mere few years' difference can be easily overcome!"

Occupational and attribute information were all distorted and altered by a bizarre and grotesque face, deceiving the person in front of them.

However, it is highly likely that this will not escape the notice of the Xuan Tian Sect leader, Xuan Ye, an eleventh-level Celestial Immortal.

It's not a big problem either.

How big is the Xuantian Sect? There are quite a few immortal seedlings with the five elements of heavenly spiritual roots. Xia Lin deliberately pretends to be ordinary and unremarkable, so he probably won't attract Xuan Ye's attention or importance.

Xia Lin simply smiled modestly, but this attitude of "not being elated by external gains nor saddened by personal losses" only deepened the goodwill he felt towards the Taoist priest in front of him.

—That's how favorability works. As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. With the natural weight of favorability, as long as Xia Lin doesn't do anything excessive, the favorability will only continue to rise.

"Alright, there's no need for such a promising talent to linger in the outer sect. Let him go straight to the inner sect to learn immortal techniques and skip the menial tasks!"

The moment the cultivator who had just undergone the tribulation spoke, all the other examiners around him cast envious glances at Xia Lin.

In the battle for immortality, every step faster leads to even greater speed!
The time spent in the outer gate ranges from ten years to a lifetime.

Just because of one sentence from this cultivator who had undergone tribulation, Xia Lin was saved a lot of trouble.

Xia Lin thanked them repeatedly, then stood obediently among the crowd who had passed the test.

Time flies, and a day passes in the blink of an eye.

As evening fell, the first day of the assessment came to an end. Disciples of the Xuantian Sect flew on their swords, leading the group of those who had passed the assessment to the Xuantian Sect's mountain gate.

……

Perched high above, the area is filled with a spiritual atmosphere, and the mountains stretch endlessly.

The Xuantian Sect is hidden in the clouds above the mountains, exuding an air of otherworldly grandeur.

On the enormous, ship-like flying sword, the Transcending Tribulation cultivator looked with satisfaction at the three people behind him.

A 10-year-old boy already possessed the cultivation level of the third level of Qi Refining, and was adorned with gold and silver, indicating his extraordinary status.

This person possesses a fire-elemental celestial spiritual root and is a prince of a powerful mortal dynasty. He admires the reputation of the immortal sect and, already possessing skills, seeks to become its disciple.

One of them was a young girl, sixteen years old, dressed plainly but with an exceptionally beautiful appearance.

With a water-based celestial spiritual root in his body, and an unusual soul, he is suspected to be the reincarnation of an ancient great being.

The other person is Xia Lin.

Today is only the first day that Xuantian Sect has begun accepting disciples, and the results so far are already quite gratifying.

Thinking of this, the cultivator undergoing tribulation sighed inexplicably.

"What a pity... there's not much time left."

"The threat of extraterrestrial demons is imminent, and the Black Star crisis could overturn the entire prehistoric continent at any moment. The great struggle has already begun, and you are somewhat late in entering the fray."

Of the three, the child seemed to understand, Xia Lin pretended to be confused, and the girl was completely bewildered, not knowing what the old man meant.

The old man shook his head, offering no further explanation. He simply flew from the South Heavenly Gate into the Xuan Tian Sect on his sword to arrange accommodations for everyone.

"We'll rest for a few days. Tomorrow, a young Taoist will bring us clothes, jade tablets, and cultivation techniques..."

After giving his instructions, the cultivator who had undergone tribulation left. Xia Lin cupped his hands in greeting to the other two cultivators of the same period, then turned and went into the house. However, his expression immediately became uneasy and turned strange.

Because right after he entered the Xuantian Sect, a mission was triggered unexpectedly but also logically.

It's still a level completion mission!

……

[Mission: Deceive the Heavens!]

[Note: It has been detected that you have acquired the key item: Antarctic Grotto and successfully joined one of the five major immortal sects. This quest has been activated!]

[Note: This mission is created because of the identity substitution card, therefore it is more difficult than other missions, but the rewards are also higher. Please try it selectively.]

Xia Lin exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

This identity substitute card actually has such a negative effect?

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

Since you have taken on that identity, you must naturally bear the corresponding consequences.

Other Ash Walkers who are also familiar with the plot are undoubtedly the biggest cause and hidden danger of identity replacement.

The reminder tone continued to sound.

[Mission Objective: By any means necessary, seize the opportunities of the protagonist Lin Fan, curb Lin Fan's growth, and ultimately replace Lin Fan as the protagonist of the world!]

[Mission Success Reward: Level Completed (Reward Increased).]

[Penalty for mission failure: None. 】

It is indeed very difficult.

Without the innate identity of the protagonist, yet having to compete with a familiar successor for the protagonist's opportunity, the difficulty is obvious.

But since there's no penalty for completing the mission, it seems like it wouldn't be a bad idea to keep it and give it a try...

What if? Right?

……

The next day, the young Taoist delivered the Xuantian Sect's identity jade token and clothing, along with a small booklet.

The booklet is titled "The Fundamental Heart Sutra of Xuantian," which is the foundational teaching of the Xuantian Sect. With just this book, disciples within the sect can successfully cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.

Open the book and take a quick look.

As the book automatically emitted light and merged into Xia Lin's body, this relatively simple Xuan Tian Basic Heart Sutra transformed into a skill and appeared on Xia Lin's personal information panel.

[Mysterious Heaven Basic Heart Sutra (Rank B Skill): Passive skill, limit-breaking technique, exclusive to cultivators. After learning it, you can use the breathing techniques recorded within to guide spiritual energy to temper your body, gradually increasing your racial stats and basic attributes.]

[Note: We have detected that you possess a versatile skill. You can use this skill to bypass limitations.]

[Note: Your profession has been detected as not being a cultivator, therefore you cannot obtain the profession talents of a cultivator through this skill.] "As expected... after all, my disguise is not perfect."

There is no such thing as a perfect disguise.

Xia Lin's disguise is limited to skills, and he cannot obtain the exclusive talents of cultivators.

What are the exclusive talents of cultivators?
The realms of Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and Tribulation Transcending are exclusive talents of cultivators.

This was mentioned before when Xia Lin encountered enemies from the Immortal Path. The cultivation realm of an Immortal cultivator is converted into talent, which improves the cultivator's attributes and racial stats, thus gaining other additional effects.

"A brief summary."

"I can indeed disguise myself as a cultivator, and it's not easy to tell the difference. I can convert spiritual power into spiritual energy, and even into immortal energy. Judging from my appearance, I'm probably no different from a legitimate cultivator."

"But I can't take the benefits of the realm. In fact, because I don't have the exclusive talents of cultivators, the power of my immortal side skills is much weaker than that of a proper cultivator, and they don't have any special effects. This might be noticed by those with ulterior motives."

Using the identity of "Xia Lin, the cultivator" to make a move might reveal a flaw.

After a brief moment of thought, Xia Lin had an idea.

"Why not go for the Immortal Summoning build?"

The advantage of the summoning build is that all combat power is concentrated on the summoned creatures, so you don't need to take action when encountering enemies.

By not having to take action himself, he could reduce the possibility of Xia Lin's own problems being exposed.

"Perfect!"

Xia Lin smiled and snapped his fingers.

……

Time flies, and March has already passed.

Unlike the chaotic situation that occurred at the start of the event in the Ash Zone, Xia Lin learned from Clown and Xing Fanwu that everyone had kept a low profile for the past three months.

Bao Bowen and the others have disappeared without a trace—even with the strength of the clown and Xing Fanwu, they cannot locate Bao's whereabouts.

Not to mention NO.259.

No one knows where this guy, who was probably the strongest of the Ash Walkers who entered this time, went.

The only one that can be locked in is the protagonist within the Seeking Dao Sect: Lin Fan.

These three months represent the initial stage of the story. Lin Fan is still within the Seeking Dao Sect, scheming and plotting against the minor villains, showing off and slapping them in the face...

However, the plot of the book "The Legend of the Outer Gods and Immortals" progresses quite quickly.

The protagonist, Lin Fan, reached the level of a 12th-level Immortal Venerable in just over nine years, rising from a mortal to an immortal.

Three months later, the first part of the story begins: The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons!

In this part of the story, Lin Fan goes down the mountain for a sect mission and comes to Yuanxing Town to investigate the crying sounds heard at night.

Finally, this route led to the Zhongnan Sect, whereupon Lin Fan obtained the Antarctic Grotto.

Now that the Antarctic Cave Heaven is gone, Lin Fan still has no choice but to leave the mountain and make a trip to Yuanxing Town.

This is because this part of the story introduces several supporting characters who have a profound impact on the plot, and who are also members of Lin Fan's main character group.

One of them was the girl from Xuantian Sect, Xia Lin's classmate, who possessed a water-type celestial spiritual root.

Zhong Ling.

She will also be one of Lin Fan's future harem members.

……

"Brother Xia Lin, Brother Xia Lin~~"

Zhong Ling's melodious voice lingered in Xia Lin's ears. With a gentle smile on her face, Xia Lin turned to look at one of the female protagonists of the story: Zhong Ling.

In March, those who are close to the source will have the advantage of getting the moon first.

It was perfectly natural for Xia Lin to manipulate a naive young girl.

At this moment, in the inner sect's scripture pavilion, Zhong Ling excitedly began talking about the mission.

Every three years, the inner disciples of the Xuantian Sect must go out to carry out sect missions.

Even powerful immortal sects have no reason to support idle people.

The first task Zhong Ling received was to investigate the ghostly wailing incident in Yuanxing Town.

This is a group task, which can be considered a mentorship program between experienced and new members.

Logically speaking, Zhong Ling shouldn't be in a hurry to do sect missions, but this opportunity is rare. With Foundation Establishment cultivators leading the team and sufficient safety guarantees, this seemingly quiet but actually unruly girl also wants to go out and see the world.

Not content with just herself, the young girl changed her mind and decided to involve Xia Lin.

Xia Lin immediately nodded upon hearing this: "Okay, I'll go with you."

A beautiful smile immediately bloomed on Zhong Ling's pretty face.

After exchanging pleasantries with Zhong Ling for a while and Zhong Ling leaving, Xia Lin picked up the jade slip in his hand again and read it carefully.

To be honest, acquiring skills is really convenient for both the Immortal and Martial arts classes.

With the premise of having sect inheritance, most common skills can be acquired through sect inheritance or self-study.

Just like Xia Lin right now.

Of the skills in his regular skill list, he only retained the original Backstab and Five Elements Wheel skills.

Five of the other six skill slots have been completely replaced by Immortal Path skills.

[The Fundamental Heart Sutra of Xuan Tian...]

Needless to say, this is a fundamental technique of the sect, and it must be kept; it is a symbol of one's status.

[Five Ghosts Moving Technique (Rank C): Active skill, exclusive to cultivators. Consumes 100 spiritual energy to summon five lesser ghosts to retrieve objects remotely or interfere with enemies. This skill has no cooldown.]

The summoned imps are extremely weak and cannot directly harm the enemy.

Xia Lin didn't plan to use this skill much; he just kept it as a backup to solidify his identity as a cultivator.

【The Art of Scattering Beans to Form Soldiers (Rank A): Active skill, exclusive to cultivators. Consumes 1000 points of spiritual energy to scatter soybeans and summon bean soldiers. The highest strength of a bean soldier is at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. The more bean soldiers summoned, the weaker each individual bean soldier becomes. This skill has a 1-day cooldown.】

It's still a pretty useless skill; it's just an external disguise.

[Five Elements Puppet Technique (Rank A): Active skill, exclusive to cultivators. Consumes varying amounts of spiritual energy to summon five elemental puppets. The puppets' level and strength depend on the amount of spiritual energy consumed. This skill has no cooldown.]

Xia Lin tried this skill and found it to be more useful than the "Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers" technique. For now, it is considered Xia Lin's main combat method.

[Mysterious Heaven Sword Technique (Rank A): Active skill, exclusive to cultivators, requires a celestial sword to use. You gain the ability to control a sword.]

Sword control techniques are something that cultivators lack if they don't have them.

In short, it's best to disguise yourself properly, acquire some immortal-type skills, and show them off from time to time to avoid arousing suspicion.

The last skill slot was for the main combat skill that Xia Lin found for "Xia Lin the Immortal Cultivator".

Their name is: Six Heavenly Soldiers!

This technique is a secret art of the Xuantian Sect, and is considered the most powerful summoning skill below the level of immortals.

After use, it can summon six heavenly soldiers of varying strengths to assist in battle, with the strongest heavenly soldier even comparable to an immortal!

Moreover, the terrifying aspect of this technique is that it has no level requirement.

Even a Qi Refining stage cultivator can learn and master it as long as they find the right key points!
During these three months, Xia Lin focused on this skill.

The Five Elements Wheel also seemed to enhance Xia Lin's comprehension of immortal skills.

Just as the first part of the story of the Outer Gods and Immortals was about to begin, he finally understood all the key points of this spell and successfully obtained the skill.

[Six Heavenly Soldiers (S-Rank Skill): Summons six heavenly soldiers to subdue demons and monsters.]

Xia Lin chuckled, but the smile quickly froze on his face.

[Unstable mutation activated!]

[Your skill: Six Armor Heavenly Soldiers, has mutated into possessing the Six Armor Heavenly Soldiers!]

[Pregnant Heavenly Soldier (Mutated): Forces the target to conceive; the offspring will be a reincarnation of a heavenly soldier, possessing innate spiritual roots.]

Xia Lin: "Uh..."

Unstable mutation, are you messing with me?
Xia Lin was momentarily at a loss.

You've pulled off this unstable mutation, so tell me, should I change or not?
In his hesitation, Xia Lin suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of the original plot of the novel "The Legend of the Immortal Swordsman".

This made Xia Lin's eyes light up, and he grinned, almost bursting into laughter!
"Preserve the mutations!"

The Five Elements Puppet Technique isn't unusable; without the Six Heavenly Soldiers skill, the Five Elements Puppet Technique simply has a lower upper and lower limit.

However, "Xia Lin, the Immortal Cultivator" was just a disguise, so there was no need to create a set of skills with considerable combat power for this identity.

On the contrary, the fact that he possessed the Six Armor Heavenly Soldiers suddenly made Xia Lin realize this possibility.

One possibility seems to be related to completing the game!
……

Three days later.

Yuanxing Town, outside the town.

Lin Xiantian, along with his three fellow native disciples from the storyline, looked up at the sky.

In the sky, the flying boat descended from the heavens, and the oppressive aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator permeated the entire area.

As the airship landed, the group of five stepped out. Lin Xiantian looked around and his eyes lit up.

He saw Zhong Ling.

An ancient goddess reincarnated, one of the main female characters in the story...

The newly blooming flowers made Lin Xiantian involuntarily lick his lips.

Both Lin Fan and Lin Xiantian in the original work are somewhat lecherous, but they are not the kind of people who would neglect their duties because of beauty.

Besides, they were a match made in heaven, and Lin Xiantian was already imagining the wonderful life he would have with two women on either side of him in the later stages of the story...

His thoughts flashed by, and Lin Xiantian quickly gathered them up.

Right now, he's facing a lot of trouble, so he's managed to suppress the romantic thoughts in his heart.

He took a step forward, and the aura of a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator rippled outwards.

Lin Xiantian clasped his hands in a respectful greeting to the guests from the Xuantian Sect.

"My name is Lin Fan. I greet all my senior brothers and sisters."

Xia Lin, standing in the crowd, had a deep, enigmatic gaze and a subtle upturn at the corners of her mouth.

Because several minor characters died right at the beginning of this storyline, many of them were left without names or physical descriptions.

At this moment, it seems that Lin Xiantian is treating Xia Lin as a minor character and has no doubt about Xia Lin's disguised identity.

The enemy is in the open while we are in the dark; our positions clash.

'Then don't blame me for messing with you...'

(End of this chapter)