Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Chapter 86 A Mystery in the Southeast, A Floating Man on the Yellow River

As the reward appeared, the light red subtitles quickly turned dark red.

But Zhang Wei didn't have time to pay attention to these things at the moment.

A sudden, sharp pain in his chest turned his face pale.

The feeling was like undergoing open surgery without anesthesia. Through his collar, he could see the skin of his chest being torn open by an invisible force, and the layers of flesh beneath rolled over to the sides, revealing his heart beating vigorously under the protection of his ribs and his lungs opening and closing with each breath.

Even though he had opened his eyes and cultivated magical power, and was no longer that unhealthy young man who could endure the pain of his flesh being torn and rolled, his internal organs had not yet become that strong.

Moreover, being thousands of meters in the air, the raging winds brought by the flow of blood and evil energy blow directly onto your heart and lungs, creating an unpleasant sensation.

The fact that he didn't directly call her "Mom" was because the magical power his future master had entrusted to him was exerting its strength. The gentle force of that movement helped soothe much of the pain brought about by this rough transformation.

But before Zhang Wei could even catch his breath, he couldn't help but shout out loud.

pain!

It hurts so much!

He thought that opening his chest and dissecting his abdomen was already excessive, but then an invisible force separated his lungs and squeezed his heart.

The heart, which was originally mostly hidden in the lungs and flesh, was lifted up and formed a rounded convex shape under the blood-red robe.

Immediately afterwards, a rainbow of light appeared out of thin air, transforming into a carving knife, a sharp object like a chisel, tapping and striking at his heart.

As the hole in the heart was formed, the meridians and blood vessels in the body were also pulled out. The tail of the flowing light gently wrapped around the blood light, and the thick blood vessel immediately split off a branch that connected to the hole covered by the flowing light.

The methods were crude and relentless.

Four sets of pump blood vessels were thus forcibly created.

As for Zhang Wei, his mouth was covered after his first uncontrollable shout.

Later, he was so exhausted that he was only able to stay upright by the magic power that prevented him from suddenly falling from the sky.

A few minutes later, the previously unrelated blood vessels and holes merged together, and the flesh in the chest cavity either proliferated or receded, making room for the new blood vessels. At the same time, Zhang Wei's heart, whose appearance had been drastically altered, was returned to its original position.

And that flowing light, which served as a tool, also burrowed into the disfigured heart before the flesh and skin in the chest cavity could be stitched up.

"Thump~ thump~ thump!"

As the pain gradually subsided, Zhang Wei subconsciously looked down and saw something on his chest, half-healed, radiating a seven-colored light and emitting a dull, drum-like sound beneath the wound.

As his new heart throbbed, an excess of blood flowed through his limbs and bones. The soreness and weakness brought on by the previous rough transformation were rapidly fading away. Not only did his strength, which was already over ten thousand jin, begin to increase again, but as the scalding blood flowed rapidly throughout his body, Zhang Wei felt a subtle itch all over his flesh.

Bone and blood are being replaced, settling, becoming like lead and mercury.

Under the strengthening of the new leader, Si Zang Liu also ignored the limitations of his cultivation level and took the lead in starting his second transformation.

Even with Zhang Wei's own magical power depleted, all the acupoints in his body were trembling slightly. The acupoint seals, which resembled tightly closed city gates, were being gnawed by insects and ants. The thick barriers began to thin and become transparent from one point.

The root cause of this body-wide itching is the feedback that the body's more than 300 meridians and acupoints are being slowly but firmly opened up.

But these are not the most important things.

The most important function of the "seven-aperture exquisite mind" is innate knowledge.

In layman's terms, Zhang Wei suddenly discovered that many of the problems that had troubled him when he was studying and working had suddenly found solutions, and even the various spells and magic techniques he now possessed no longer seemed confusing to him.

While it may not achieve the same lofty and commanding effect, it is infinitely close to the equation one plus one equals two.

That is, there is no confusion or bewilderment. The key points of each stage of cultivation will be revealed right before his eyes.

This effect is a bit exaggerated.

While others were still diligently studying magic techniques, cultivating their minds, and delving into classical texts, gradually figuring out solutions and unraveling doubts like researchers, Zhang Wei only needed to follow the formulas step by step to solve problems, and then success would come naturally.

Although this is not a complete solution to all problems, he still needs to follow the ideas of his predecessors to solve the problem smoothly. When he encounters a field that no one has ever set foot in, the effect of the "Exquisite Mind" is only to increase inspiration, obtain more possibilities, and reduce wasted time.

But what is a realm where no one has set foot?

Yin spirit?

Yang Shen?

Or become an immortal?

Given that both the patriarch and the master are celestial beings, is it really that difficult to become an immortal with the guidance of these two great figures?

There may be difficulties. After all, in the ancient texts, those predecessors who had to reincarnate several times after being tested by immortals and gods could answer this question for him. But didn't the patriarch send him the exquisite heart?

This isn't about whether it's a new reward or not; it's about how a talent of this caliber could actually be obtained by a wild rat spirit.

Even if this is a mouse that was once the top scholar in the imperial examination, it doesn't deserve such a reward.

I'm a little confused, but for now, I can put those doubts aside for a bit.

Feeling his master's magic power still circulating around him, feeling that gentle force changing with his will, the next moment the magic power surged into his eyes, and two brilliant beams of light shot straight into the sky, then swept across the surrounding area.

Every detail within sight is clearly visible; nothing can be hidden.

At that glance, Zhang Wei saw silhouettes in the southeast corner, wandering among the piles of corpses and hundreds of starving people. The children, women, and old men, with dark green skin and emaciated bodies, had blue faces and fangs like demons and were walking back and forth in the crowd with a bag in their hands.

When they encounter a person, they take out a handful of dust from their pockets and sprinkle it on that person.

Immediately, the faces of those sprinkled with dust began to turn rosy, and their eyes became slightly unfocused.

But many more were terminally ill, starving people too weak to rise, dying a ghastly death under a cloud of dust.

In Northeast China, the Yellow River, once a mighty river, has dried up by more than half. As large sections of the riverbed are exposed, some things that were originally submerged beneath it have also come to the surface.

An ancient coffin, embedded in the riverbed, droops with one end sticking out on the riverbank.

The bloated corpses sank to the bottom of the river, gently swirling in place with the current. Occasionally, a creature covered in black fur could be seen flashing past from a corner of the riverbed, its fur undulating as it moved, revealing its emaciated body beneath the long fur.

After circling around, Zhang Wei's gaze fell on the exposed bluish-gray boulder in the middle of the Yellow River.

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