Scourge Messenger

Chapter 376 Demon Core Foundation Building
Build the foundation!

Even Yan Qing, who was holding a game console in his hands, couldn't help but get excited in the thief's house.

Although it was only a small-scale Foundation Establishment stage, and only one day of Foundation Establishment, this was Yan Qing's first time experiencing the most important Foundation Establishment class change in the game "The Messenger".

Moreover, he himself will soon experience such a journey in reality, so the bunny girl's foundation building experience is still of reference value to him.

The screen displays an internal view of Bunny Girl, including her body and soul.

Driven by the medicinal power of the demon core, the crimson blood and qi in her body burned fiercely in her meridians like ignited kerosene. Even through the screen, Yan Qing could feel the enormous energy that was about to explode.

Just then, the deep blue divine soul rapidly grew stronger and solidified, almost bursting the fragile body. But unexpectedly, precisely because both the blood and the divine soul were extremely vigorous, they formed a spectacular sight of dragons and tigers converging within the body. Blood and soul melted and surged together, gradually forming a crimson, misty auspicious cloud!
Yan Qing suddenly realized something: No wonder the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends can increase the probability of Foundation Establishment, no wonder level 39 players in the game have a 10% chance of forcibly establishing their foundation, but the success rate of the Messenger in the real world is less than 50%.

The so-called Foundation Building is the construction of a foundation for one's Dao using powerful Qi and blood and a powerful divine soul. One must meet a minimum requirement to have a chance of successfully building a foundation. The reason why ordinary third-level messengers find it difficult to forcibly build a foundation is that they are, after all, human and cannot squeeze their Qi, blood and divine soul to the limit. Just as an ordinary person would find it difficult to shatter their own fist with a single punch, their life instinct is to protect themselves.

Only game characters are exempt from this restriction.

It makes sense that local messengers would rather compete for the once-every-fifteen-years Divine Marquis's Mansion Secret Realm than forcibly attempt Foundation Establishment. Even if they could defy their life's instincts, they would only have the right to gamble on the 10% probability set by the official "Messenger" game. This probability in "Messenger" is incredibly unfair. After all, in the game, failing to establish a foundation only results in seven days of weakness, but for a real-world messenger, the fate is direct annihilation—their life force and soul are completely burned away, and even if they survive, they are no different from a cripple.

As the crimson auspicious cloud solidified into a dragon shape, a loud bang came from the screen. The bunny girl stood up from her seat, and a dreamlike and majestic dragon-shaped auspicious cloud lifted her high. The surrounding diners were stunned. Those further away had no idea what was happening and could only kneel on the ground and pray with their hands clasped in their hands, trembling in their hearts.

As the bunny girl rose higher, the auspicious clouds became vast and boundless, covering half of the Medicine Master Mountain City.

The white clouds in the sky were now swept away, and the brilliant sunset fell on the scarlet dragon cloud beneath the bunny girl. The dragon cloud gradually revealed its golden scales, sharp golden claws, and platinum horns. When the sunset focused on the dragon's eyes, the dragon cloud seemed to be stung, its eyes turned red, its throat gurgled, and it made a thunderous breathing sound!
"Rumble—"

At this moment, apart from a few messengers, most people in Medicine Master Mountain City couldn't even stand up! The overwhelming pressure from the Foundation Establishment messengers was like thunder and fire, making people's livers and gallbladders tremble!

At the same time, the auspicious clouds were divided into three squares by the glow of the sunset, listing three selectable professions:
"Dragon Messenger (Rare)"

"Attribute bonuses: Health x2.5, Spirit x1.5, Dexterity x1.5"

"Cloud and Rain Manipulation (Blue Trait): The casting range of all your artifact abilities is increased by an additional ten meters, and the casting area can be extended to a radius of one hundred meters."

"Time-based change (blue property): When you stay in the same environment for more than 600 seconds, you gain adaptability, minimizing the negative impact of the current environment."

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"Poetry and Wine Messenger (Rare)"

"Attribute bonuses: Health x2, Spirit x2, Dexterity x1.5"

"A Laugh That Makes You Drunk (Blue Trait): The duration of all your persistent effects (good or bad) is doubled."

"Floating Life and White Hair (Blue Trait): When a target is affected by a persistent effect you have applied for more than ten seconds, any effect you apply to it will have a higher priority than the current level."

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"Rain-Slaying Messenger (Rare)"

"Attribute bonuses: Health x2, Spirit x2, Dexterity x2"

"Striking Through the Leaves (Blue Trait): When you are hit by an evasive attack (not a wide-range attack), you will enter a blurred state and perfectly evade the attack. This effect triggers once every 90 seconds."

"Rainstorm (Blue Trait): When you perform a perfect dodge, you will enter a 0.5-second rainstorm period, increasing your attack speed by 1000%. This effect triggers once every 60 seconds."

"You have only 60 seconds to choose a career, please make a decision quickly."

Only 60 seconds... Yan Qing thought to himself, that makes sense. The bunny girl is still in the Foundation Establishment stage, how could she let him take his time to choose?
It was within his expectations that all three fourth-tier professions were rare. After all, the Bunny Girl had not absorbed the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, and had skipped the Foundation Establishment stage by consuming a demon core. She was like a student who only wrote "Solution" and her name in an exam. The teacher was already being merciful by allowing her to pass and would not give her a high score.

Yan Qing didn't think too much and directly chose "Rain Slayer Messenger". This class is clearly superior to "Storm Messenger". As long as you have a melee weapon, you can bring out the performance of this class. "Dragon Messenger" and "Poetry and Wine Messenger" both have very high requirements for tokens, which Yan Qing currently cannot meet. Therefore, "Rain Slayer Messenger" is the only correct answer!
As Yan Qing confirmed her profession, the auspicious clouds surrounding the Bunny Girl merged into her like rivers flowing into the river, completing her final transformation! "You have gained 65 points of health."

"You have gained 53 points of Divine Soul."

"You have gained 39 points in Dexterity."

This highlights the importance of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, because the fourth advancement doesn't simply increase Qi, Blood, Spirit, and Dexterity; it directly doubles the attribute boost! Therefore, the more solid the foundation, the greater the benefits of the fourth advancement. More importantly, this is just the enhancement multiplier for rare professions; for precious or legendary professions, the attribute growth multiplier will inevitably be even higher!

Suddenly, the screen turned into a black and white world. The Medicine Master City, houses, mortals, and even the Medicine Master's Wish all became illusory and lost all color. Only the dragon-shaped auspicious cloud under the Rabbit Girl's seat still shone brightly.

Protected by the auspicious dragon-shaped clouds, the bunny girl gradually regained color in this black and white world. Suddenly, seven orange-flaming suns rose in the black and white world, and an evil fire burned from the bunny girl's Yongquan acupoint, penetrating straight to her Niwan Palace, capable of burning away her internal organs and reducing even the strongest blood and qi to ashes; then a gust of wind blew in from the bunny girl's fontanelle, passing through her dantian and striking her nine orifices, causing even the strongest soul to disintegrate on its own.

But under the protection of the dragon-shaped auspicious cloud, the bunny girl remained unharmed. However, by the time the bunny girl gained a foothold in this black and white world, the dragon-shaped auspicious cloud had been weakened to just a small ball, turning from a real dragon into a baby dragon.

The bunny girl opened her eyes, reached out and gently grasped at the air, and miraculously caught a candle out of thin air. The next second, she was back in the real world; the fire and storm had vanished, and auspicious clouds slowly descended, as if it had all been a dream.

But she truly held a candle in her hand, which ignited with a flick of her wrist and dissolved into tears with a fall. A touch of red also appeared between her brows, like candle tears, like a jewel, like dragon's blood!

"You have encountered a fire of darkness."

"You have encountered a typhoon."

"Your fundamental source of Tao has been severely damaged."

"You have successfully constructed the Dao Foundation - Dragon Blood Thrush Dao Foundation!"

"You have mastered the Dao Foundation Divine Power - Candle Tears Red!"

"You've reached level 40 (Demon Core)!"

"During the duration of the demon core, you will not need to expend spiritual energy to use your Dao Foundation Divine Powers!"

When Bunny Girl landed on the ground, there was no one within fifty paces, and the white-tailed deer had long since run away. Only the Pharmacist remained in the same spot.

The Duke of Jin removed her bamboo hat and gripped the Dragon-Snake Seven-Kill Blade tightly. At this point, there was no need for her to hide anymore. From the moment she accepted Yan Qing's plan and came with the Rabbit Girl, she had already stepped one foot on the edge of treason.

"How are you feeling?" the pharmacist asked.

“Excellent, better than ever.” Bunny Girl reached out to stop her: “But now is not the time for a hug, she’s here.”

They looked up at the mountain and, sure enough, saw a figure leaping down. The person had antlers and wore a white robe with a blurred pattern, like a hermit who lived apart from the world. Every time she was about to land, a golden chain would pop out and strike the ground, making her hop and jump like a rabbit or a frog.

But no one dared to laugh. Those who witnessed this scene could only feel the sacred solemnity and supreme majesty, because this person was named Yaoshi Yue. She was the Dragon-Locking Bodhisattva who had protected the Great Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years, and a fifth-level Foundation Establishment messenger who possessed two supernatural powers!

"Bunny Girl." The ethereal voice of Pharmacist Yue echoed from afar, its calm surface masking a torrent of fury: "How dare you show your face before me?"

"Why wouldn't I dare come? Aunt Yue, this heroine has come to repay a debt of gratitude—"

The bunny girl drew the Bingzi Pepper Forest sword, wiped her hand on the blade, and blood stained the longsword red, igniting the candle tears!
"Revenge is a must!"

[Red Candle Tears], activate!

(End of this chapter)