Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 290 [The First Person in Eight Hundred Years] (6200)

Chapter 284 [The First Person in Eight Hundred Years] (6200)

Chen Yan finally understood.

This Yun Zhao was not only driven a little crazy by those thirty years of seclusion in the deep mountains.

Moreover, due to thirty years of loneliness and lack of communication, he was forced to talk to his own shadow—after all things reach their extremes, he has now become a chatterbox.

·
Yun Zhao stayed in the deep mountains to accompany the tribal patriarch in seclusion for thirty years.

It's called accompanying the ancestors, but in reality, it's just sitting alone in the mountains wasting one's life.

Most importantly, only he himself knew the extent of his suffering.

Throughout the tribe, everyone believed that Yun Zhao had been chosen by the ancestor to accompany him, and that he must be cultivating by the ancestor's side in the mountains—who knows how many immense benefits he had received!

That was the ancestor of our tribe! A peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, just one step away from becoming a Saint!
Having followed such a powerful figure for thirty years, thirty years! Even a tiny bit of information slipped through the fingers of the patriarch would be enough for Yun Zhao to benefit from for a lifetime—right?
But only Yun Zhao himself knew that he hadn't gotten any benefit at all!
·
Yun Zhao eagerly awaited his 30th birthday coming-of-age ceremony, only to be forced to stay in the back mountain by the ancestor's decree.

Yun Zhao was filled with despair!

It's like someone who's been longing to be released from prison, pinning all their hopes on it. They endure and wait, and finally, the day is almost here.

Suddenly, an order came: the sentence was extended!
And they added a life sentence!
Who can bear this?
From that day on, the last shred of belief that sustained Yun Zhao collapsed.

When a person is in despair, they either completely let go of themselves or take their own life.

Yun Zhao...both of them!
After being told that he was not allowed to go down the mountain and had to continue to accompany and serve the ancestor in the mountains, he was in a bad mood, and the light in his eyes suddenly went out.

Since that day, in the following years, Yun Zhao became increasingly closed off from his business.

He became increasingly silent, often sitting alone at the mouth of the valley, looking down at the mountains, a low, cold laugh on his face that would last for a long time.

Finally, one day...

That day, Yun Zhao sat in silence for more than two hours in front of the thatched cottage where he had lived for thirty years. Finally, he suddenly stood up, his eyes looking as if he had suddenly realized something.

He ran at full speed, rushing all the way to the entrance of the forbidden cave in the tribe where the ancestor was in seclusion.

If it weren't for the Dragon-Slaying Stone and the defensive array, Yun Zhao would have rushed straight into the cave.

He stood at the entrance of the cave, pointing in the direction of the cave, and started cursing loudly!
Yes, just start cursing!
Yun Zhao couldn't control it anymore; he was going all out!

You shattered my hope for freedom, leaving me imprisoned in the mountains until I die.

Then you might as well die!
Anyway, I don't want to live anymore!
Before I die, I'll give you a good scolding, you old bastard!

What kind of bullshit ancestor is this? Did I steal your wife in my past life or dig up your ancestral grave?
What did I do to offend you? I am a member of the clan elders' family in the tribe. Although I am not favored by my father, I am still a young master in the tribe.

If it weren't for you, old geezer, dragging me into the back mountains to starve, I would have lived a wonderful life for the past thirty years if I had stayed at home!

They must be living a life of luxury, pampered and loved by their own mothers!

From a young age, they must have been surrounded and served by a large group of servants. They were never hungry or cold, and if they were even slightly unhappy, a whole bunch of people would fawn over them and do everything they could to please them!

This is the life I, Yun Zhao, should have!!!
You old bastard! If it weren't for you, would I have become a lunatic who spends all day squatting on the ground talking to my own shadow?!
You're just jealous of the young master, aren't you!
Are you some kind of old bastard, barely clinging to life, and you're filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred when you see the younger members of the clan?!

That's why they came to harm me!

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Yun Zhao cursed with such gusto, with such unwavering resolve, with such self-destructive ruthlessness!
Anyway, he didn't want to live anymore!

Just let loose and be yourself!
What tribal ancestor? My ancestor is your grandma's whistle!
As the patriarch, instead of protecting and cherishing the tribe's children, you're actually driving your younger generation to their deaths?

You dare to call yourself an ancestor?!
After he finished cursing, Yun Zhao didn't want to live anymore!
Whether he continued to be imprisoned in the mountains or gave a good scolding to the ancestor who was worshipped as a god in the tribe.

Yun Zhao didn't want to bear the consequences of either of them!
So, after he had vented his anger, he decided to die.

Yun Zhao then took a torch, and the firelight illuminated the crazed look on his face, making his features appear both clear and indistinct in the torchlight.

Then, Yun Zhao took the torch and went to set fire to the surrounding grass and treetops...

"They all have to die! They all have to die!!"

Yun Zhao gritted his teeth and cursed fiercely.

He decided to set the mountain on fire and then immolate himself in it.

He even hoped that the fire he set would force the old tortoise hiding in its secluded cave to come out!
I'm putting you in seclusion! I'm putting you in seclusion!
They even want to comprehend the Heavenly Dao and covet the throne!

If that old bastard were to become a saint, that would be an injustice to Heaven!

You've ruined my life for decades, so don't even think about peacefully going into seclusion now!
Come out here, all of you! I'll burn you to death, give you a fright, and make you go mad with evil spirits!

However, just as Yun Zhao went mad and was about to burn the entire back mountain valley to the ground...

Inside that cave that had been sealed for years, the Dragon-Slaying Stone, which seemed to have remained sealed for ages, suddenly rose up silently and automatically!

Then, a surge of power swept out from the cave where the ancestor was in seclusion!

Yun Zhao was holding a torch and setting the mountain ablaze when suddenly a cold wind swept through, and a torrential downpour began to fall in the valley!
The fires he had lit were extinguished in the blink of an eye by the torrential rain.

Before Yun Zhaozheng could even react, the force had already swept him up and thrown him away, landing him in the thatched hut where he lived.

Yun Zhao was thrown around so hard he was completely disoriented. In his dazed state, he saw a semi-transparent, blurry figure moving before his eyes, pointing at him and cursing:

"You ungrateful brat! I kindly saved you, and you dare to disrespect our ancestors!"

That voice was none other than the ancestor's!

Yun Zhao, not knowing where the strength came from, struggled to his feet and shouted, "What do you mean by 'kindly saving me'! You've confined me to this godforsaken back mountain for thirty years! Thirty years!"

"I'm saving your life, you ungrateful little bastard!"

"But you didn't say that either!" Yun Zhao sat up from the ground; he was already prepared to go all out!

He had already cursed and set fires; at this moment, he was filled with a "what's the use of trying" attitude!

It's too late to beg for mercy at this point.

Yun Zhao pointed at the illusory figure and angrily said, "What are you saying about saving my life?"
What kind of life-saving is this?
You've kept me here for thirty years, ignoring me completely! Have you ever said a single kind word to me?
"Come on, explain yourself clearly, how did you save my life!"

The ancestor remained silent for a while before slowly saying, "I have seen your destiny. You are destined to die. That day, I saw that you were in trouble, and out of compassion for the descendants of my own tribe, I ordered you to stay in the back mountain to keep me company."

My secluded cultivation place has a mysterious array that shields you from the secrets of heaven. This array was used to conceal your fortune, allowing you to escape the calamity destined for you!
Kid, if it weren't for your ancestor, you wouldn't be alive today!
They're probably already dead!

Yun Zhao was stunned.

He didn't doubt that his ancestor would lie to him—after all, he was the ancestor of his own tribe, possessing great supernatural powers.

but……

"You didn't say anything!!" Yun Zhao frantically yanked his hair. "Tell me! Tell me!"

You left me behind, ignoring me for thirty years, just letting me fend for myself in the mountains!

What do you mean I'm destined to die, what do you mean by shielding me from heavenly secrets, what do you mean by saving my life...? Just tell me!

Tell me!

If you had just told me, I wouldn't be stuck here so inexplicably, feeling lost and desperate!
If you had told me, I would have known I was here to escape a deadly attack, and I would have been able to calm myself down and figure out many things!
If you had told me, I could have made some preparations and found something to do in a down-to-earth manner!

you……"

The old ancestor said with a hint of helplessness, "It's just a few decades, what's so hard about that?"

Secluded meditation, a few years can pass in the blink of an eye!

Thirty years is just a matter of closing your eyes and taking a few naps.

The old ancestor's tone was rather dismissive.

But this one sentence, this tone, completely enraged Yun Zhao!

"How many years has it been since you've had a proper conversation with anyone?"

Or has your closed-off brain gone bad? Have you gone mad? Are you acting abnormally?!

Yun Zhao suddenly jumped up from the ground and roared loudly without warning.

"Going into seclusion, and in the blink of an eye, several years have passed?"
Thirty years is nothing more than a few naps?

Are you crazy?!

When you left me in the mountains, I was only 4 years old!
Four years old!!
Four years old!!
You old lunatic, do you even know what four years old means?!

At four years old, I was still a little kid! How the hell would I know how to go into seclusion, how to enter a meditative state, or how to sit in meditation!

No!! I don't even know what seclusion or meditation means!!!

Four years old!!
Four years old!

Roaring, Yun Zhao pointed at the illusory figure of the ancestor and roared, "When you were four years old, did you go into seclusion?! What were you doing when you were four years old?!"

The ancestor's illusory figure suddenly fell silent.

He stopped making a sound and simply stood there quietly in front of Yun Zhao.

However, Yun Zhao seemed to sense that the illusory figure of the ancestor was tinged with a guilty conscience.

Yun Zhao was certain—this ancestor had truly shut down his mind during his long period of seclusion!
After a long while, the illusory figure of the ancestor said in a low voice, "Uh... back then, were you only four years old?"

What do you think?!

“But… even if you are four years old, you should have awakened your innate supernatural abilities by now. With supernatural abilities, you can comprehend the primordial energy of heaven and earth and cultivate and meditate on your own in the valley. Life shouldn’t be too difficult for you.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Zhao was so angry that he laughed instead.

"My own father awakened his innate supernatural power at the age of eleven! My own grandfather was considered the most talented in five generations, awakening his innate supernatural power at the age of nine!"

Yun Zhao said, pointing to his own nose, "What makes you think I awakened at the age of four?!"

"Uh... not awakened? But I, the ancestor... awakened my innate supernatural power when I was sixteen months old."

"…………"

You're amazing! You're incredible!

Yun Zhaoqi's fingers trembled.

However, the patriarch was still the patriarch after all. After understanding the reason, he sighed and said, "I overlooked one aspect, and you, kid, have suffered a bit."

Did you suffer "some" hardships?
Yun Zhao rolled his eyes. However, the old ancestor seemed quite guilty, which made Yun Zhao feel a little strange.

Yun Zhao, who had lived in the mountains for thirty years, didn't understand many things. It wasn't until he left the mountains that he realized why his ancestor was feeling guilty.

Because, based on the ancestor's own preconceived notions, he assumed that Yun Zhao had already awakened his innate supernatural abilities and could cultivate on his own in the mountains, so he left him there for thirty years without taking care of him...

As a result, Yunzhao really got into big trouble!
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The Black Feather Lark clan, being a demon race, and a clan with exceptional demonic talent, possesses a unique innate supernatural ability.

This thing can be seen as the "companion cultivation technique" of the Black Feather Lark clan.

There are actually no well-established cultivation methods among the demon race.

However, outstanding demons are born with the imprint of their ancestors in their bloodline. After birth, they sense the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and when they reach a certain age, they will automatically comprehend and awaken a set of cultivation methods.

It will absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon, allowing the primordial energy to return to its body, cultivating demonic energy, strengthening its demonic body, and condensing its demonic core...

Moreover, each demon race has its own unique cultivation method.

This accompanying cultivation method is not taught by others, but rather developed after the bloodline awakens, based on individual talent, physical attributes, and the magical power of the meridians, etc.

Then, he awakened to a demonic power guidance path that was most suitable for his own cultivation.

Within the Blackfeather Lark Clan, this is their primary method of cultivation.

Only after awakening can one cultivate oneself.

Without awakening, there are no accompanying cultivation methods, so one will remain a useless person forever.

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Each member of the Black Feather Demon Clan awakens at different times due to their different talents.

Generally speaking, those from the most elite clans, those with the most outstanding bloodlines, are usually able to awaken before their coming-of-age ceremony.

Most importantly, awakening also has prerequisites.

It requires guidance, some prior preparation, and even enlightenment.

For noble families like Yun Zhao, after they are born, at a certain age, they will be enlightened by the elder demons of their families.

Using secret methods to awaken the dormant power within one's bloodline, guiding it time and again until enlightenment is achieved.

Only then can one awaken their bloodline and innate talents, and naturally develop their own cultivation methods.

But the problem is...

Yun Zhao was only four years old when he entered the valley.

His family has never performed any secret rituals to awaken his bloodline! They've certainly never guided him to enlightenment!
Later, Yunzhao was chosen by the patriarch to serve him in the mountains, and everyone in the tribe felt that this was Yunzhao's good fortune and a great opportunity.

No one ever considered that Yun Zhao was actually not enlightened yet, and had not awakened his talent.

The family has not yet used any secret techniques to awaken his bloodline.

Even if someone thought of it, they would quickly and naturally assume that Yun Zhao was by the old ancestor's side!
What level of existence is the Ancestor? He is a learned scholar with divine power!

Since the patriarch has chosen Yun Zhao to serve, with the patriarch's insight, he will naturally help Yun Zhao to attain enlightenment and guide the awakening of his bloodline.

Why would we need our descendants to worry about this?

But unexpectedly...

This old ancestor has really forgotten!

The old man's seclusion has indeed damaged his brain; he's forgotten many of the most basic common sense facts.

·
As a result, poor Yun Zhao's talent was probably not bad at all—after all, he came from an old and prestigious family, and his bloodline was definitely not bad.

The demon race relies on bloodlines.

Yun Zhao's talent is definitely not lacking.

The problem is... no one is performing a secret technique to awaken his bloodline!
No one guided him to enlightenment!
The old ancestor who left him in the mountains really didn't care about anything!

The result was...

At that time, Yun Zhao, who was already thirty-four years old, was still a useless person who had not awakened his bloodline and had no cultivation whatsoever!
At thirty-four years old, he still hadn't awakened the innate cultivation technique that accompanied his innate bloodline...

Yun Zhao only realized how badly his ancestor had tricked him after he left the back mountain and returned to his tribe!
He was thirty-four years old and still hadn't awakened.

According to the records of the Black Feather Lark clan, Yun Zhao has created the worst record of being a useless person in the past eight hundred years!
In the noble families of the clan elders, there is no example of someone who has not yet attained enlightenment and awakened before their coming-of-age ceremony at the age of thirty!

In the past eight hundred years, only Yun Zhao has achieved this!
He can be considered the first person in the Black Feather Lark clan in eight hundred years!
·
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan looked at Yun Zhao with even more pity.

This kid... his ancestor must have had a grudge against him in a past life, right?
·
After that night, the patriarch surprisingly did not punish Yun Zhao for his madness and insubordination.

He probably realized that he had really messed up this junior's life, and he couldn't bring himself to do it.

However, the patriarch told Yun Zhao that he had not yet completely overcome the calamity in his destiny. During the thirty years he spent in the mountains, he relied on shielding himself from the secrets of heaven to escape several life-threatening situations.

Much of the misfortune in my destiny has dissipated—but it hasn't completely disappeared.

The ancestor originally planned to keep him in the mountains for another thirty years, until the bad luck in his destiny dissipated, before letting him leave the mountains.

Yun Zhao panicked as soon as he heard this!

"Even if I die, even if I jump off a cliff, I will never stay in these mountains again!!"

The old ancestor sighed and had no choice but to agree to the young man's request.

·
That night, the patriarch used a secret technique to enlighten Yun Zhao, and Yun Zhao finally awakened his innate bloodline at the age of thirty-four.

The son of a dignified clan elder finally took his first step in cultivation at the age of thirty-four—it's a story full of tears!
Yun Zhao not only successfully awakened his bloodline, but also awakened a natural innate magical ability.

The Skylark clan has many cultivation techniques that can awaken one's bloodline.

However, those who can awaken magical powers are relatively few.

This shows that Yun Zhao actually had quite good talent, but it was all wasted by this unreliable ancestor.

The magical ability that Yun Zhao awakened is called...

He can read minds.

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Upon hearing this, Chen Yan's gaze narrowed, and he abruptly took a step back, looking warily at Yun Zhao!

Is he telepathic?
Good heavens! Mind reading!
With just one glance, you can read all the secrets hidden in someone's heart!
Who would want to play with you then?!
Upon seeing Chen Yan's reaction, Yun Zhao knew he had misunderstood, and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Fellow Daoist, it's a misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding!"

He said seriously, "My 'mind reading' technique is not the same as mind reading."

Mind reading is an incredible skill! Even a great saint would find it difficult to master.

How could a little demon like me possibly have mind-reading abilities?

My supposed telepathic abilities don't actually connect us on matters of the heart, but rather on our stances.

"What do you mean?"

"It means that I can tell whether the people who are close to me are hostile or friendly towards me."

Chen Yan's eyelids twitched!
This spell... is amazing!!!
The saying goes, "You can know a person's face but not their heart," meaning that the human heart is very difficult to fathom.

Are there few men who call someone "brother" but stab them in the back?
Are there few women who call you "husband" but then turn around and say you've taken medicine?

Often, when dealing with someone who is pretending, it's difficult to tell whether they have good intentions or bad intentions towards you!

If judging people were so easy, there wouldn't be so much betrayal and backstabbing in this world.

Yun Zhao's supernatural ability is truly amazing.

He could actually sense and discern whether the people around him treated him well or badly!

In other words, he will never encounter the kind of awful things that happen to him, like being betrayed by his brothers or being drugged by a woman.

As Yun Zhao finished speaking, his gaze toward Chen Yan turned serious.

"Before I left the back mountain, before I parted, the ancestor felt guilty towards me, so he used his original magical power to calculate my destiny."

My ancestor told me that the bad luck in my destiny has not yet dissipated, and it is hard to say what the future holds. I am afraid that I will still encounter a fatal calamity.

However, he glimpsed the secrets of the future and said that there was a change in my destiny. If I could find the benefactor destined for me, he might be able to help me turn misfortune into good fortune.

And this benefactor is someone I must find using my innate supernatural ability, telepathy.

"What do you mean?"

Yun Zhao then explained, "My magic doesn't allow me to tell whether you have malicious or friendly intentions towards me just by looking at you—it's not that kind of mechanism."

Instead, I naturally feel a different sense of closeness to everyone I meet.

There are some people, even if I'm meeting them for the first time, strangers, I will instinctively feel indifferent and unwilling to get close to them—that's because my innate ability to sense that this person has ill intentions towards me.

If I instinctively feel a strange sense of familiarity and closeness to someone I don't know, it means that person has goodwill towards me.

And you... Fellow Daoist Zhao Shanhe..."

Yun Zhao looked at Chen Yan, his eyes flashing: "We don't know each other, but today on the road, I only glanced at you from behind the curtain, and I couldn't help but feel a strange sense of familiarity! This familiarity makes me want to be close to you!"

I knew it! The telepathic magic had worked!
Although I'm not sure if you're the person destined for me, at least we'll be friends, not enemies.

I have come from afar and do not know a single person in the southern border region. Since I have met you, my innate abilities remind me that you and I have a good connection.

Therefore, I naturally want to get to know you.

Chen Yan blinked.

He didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

A strange, familiar scent?
No... buddy...

Is there a possibility...

You have a strange sense of familiarity with me, not because of any telepathic hints.

But...

I keep a great skylark demon at home. So I've been imbued with her aura!
and……

I also brought a [Tricolor Divine Light Dust]. It was made from the companion divine feather of the Skylark Demon!

(End of this chapter)