Ming Dynasty: Gain one supernatural power every day

Upon returning to Prince Rui's residence, he went straight into his bedchamber.

The rosewood canopy bed was covered with a brocade quilt sent from the palace, exquisitely crafted. But he was so comfortable lying on the cloud that he couldn't quite bring himself to like this bed.

He thought for a moment, then raised his hand and beckoned to the window. A thin cloud was drawn down and hovered in front of the bed.

He reached out and tugged at the cloud surface; it felt fine, all equally comfortable.

To be honest, although the lightning bolt can be deformed and stretched out to be used as a mattress, it was stepped on by the children several times today. Although the somersault cloud won't get dirty, I still feel uncomfortable spreading it on the bed.

Forget it, I'll just make another one. A man can afford to be short of clouds.

He stretched and flattened the newly summoned cloud and spread it on the rosewood canopy bed, making it exactly the same size as the bed surface.

The cloud surface was dense and thick, and when he lay down, he immediately sank into it. His back and waist were perfectly conformed to the cloud surface, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't need a pillow anymore; he simply raised the top of the cloud-patterned mattress slightly to support the back of his head, with just the right height and firmness.

The quilt is still the brocade quilt; it cannot be changed.

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Cloud mattresses and pillows are fine, but a blanket needs to have some weight to feel secure against your body. Using a light, floating cloud as a blanket always feels like you're not covered at all, and it makes even the most loyal friends feel insecure.

He lay on the newly made cloud bed, so comfortable that he didn't want to move.

I had just closed my eyes to take a nap when that familiar notification sound rang in my mind; I had almost forgotten about it.

[Ding! It's time to check in for tomorrow. Do you wish to claim today's special ability?]

"receive."

[Ding! Sign-in successful! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a new divine power—the Celestial Gourd.]

Host: Zhu Gaoxi

Age: 18 (adjustable)

Number of check-in days: 10

Acquired supernatural powers: Power of Creation, Immortal Body, Sword Control, Culinary Delight, Divine Craftsmanship, Rat Talismanic Power, Light of Time, Myriad Heavenly Book, Somersault Cloud, Gourd Heaven

Hutian

[Supernatural Effect: Can refine gourds, granting them random attributes. The higher the quality of the gourd, the stronger its space and attributes. After refinement, it can be gifted to others, with a blood oath binding it to its owner.]

Zhu Gaoxi's eyes grew brighter as he scanned the panel.

This supernatural power can refine gourds, giving them random attributes, and each refined gourd comes with its own independent space.

The size and additional attributes of a gourd are directly related to its quality. Quality, in turn, depends on the material, the time it has been passed down through generations, and the carving technique.

He became interested, turned over and sat up from the cloud bed, and used his divine craftsmanship to create a Hetian jade gourd.

The jade gourd was smooth and warm to the touch, with a few wisps of dark blue floating on its white base. The carving was exquisite. Holding the jade gourd and examining it for a moment, I activated the Divine Power of the Gourd, and a soft light emanated from my palm, enveloping the jade gourd.

The golden light swirled for a few breaths before slowly seeping into the gourd.

He could feel that an independent space was being carved out inside the gourd, with the edges continuing to expand outwards, eventually stabilizing at a size of about a few cubic meters.

Moreover, this jade gourd's space can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on its own. Jade is said to nourish people, and it can not only nourish its owner but also the items stored inside, making it perfect for storing medicinal herbs and elixirs in the future.

He then used his divine craftsmanship to create several gourds of different materials, which he refined one by one using the Gourd Heaven technique. After refining them, he tested them.

After being refined, the red jade gourd can breathe fire and store fire. When stored in the palm of your hand, it looks like a lighter, and when released, it can be used as a torch.

The blue jade gourd can spray and store water. The amount of water is not large, but it can continuously produce water. It is practical to take it out and water the flowers when it is dry.

The black jade gourd has poisonous properties; it can generate poisonous gas itself and absorb and store surrounding poisonous gas, releasing it when needed.

After completing the first round, he leaned back on the cloud pillow, playing with the Hetian jade gourd, and roughly understood what was going on.

The gourds crafted by the master craftsman are perfect in terms of materials and craftsmanship, but they lack the "time of inheritance".

The light of time can only accelerate the passage of time; applying it to objects without history will only cause them to age, but it cannot create a legacy out of thin air.

The newly made gourd will likely have a significantly lower refining effect compared to the old gourd that has been passed down for generations.

To refine a truly top-tier magic gourd, one would probably need to find some genuinely old objects with a long history and provenance.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered something.

Lightning usually stays in the clouds or floats in the sky. There's nowhere to put it, and it can't be stored in the dantian. Every time I go out, I have to make it come down from the sky first. Although it's very fast, it's still not very satisfying.

Now that we have the Gourd Sky, we can easily make a gourd to hang on our body and store the clouds in its space, so we can access them whenever we need them.

He weighed the several refined gourds in his hand, picked out the one with the largest space, and put the lightning inside.

He aimed the gourd at the cloud-like chair, and with a thought, the entire somersault cloud transformed into a wisp of white smoke and was sucked into the gourd. He hung the gourd on his waist, patted it, and nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, he wanted to quickly find a gourd of higher quality, hoping to refine it into something that would benefit people.

After completing the supernatural check-in, the cloud bed was laid out, and the gourd was refined, I felt relaxed and wanted to rest for a while.

He lay back on the cloud bed, his mind wandering as he thought about the day's events. Taking Liu Shen out had almost jeopardized his happy life in the Ming Dynasty. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. "Never mind," he thought, "I'll never let you get to me."

He turned over and sat up on the cloud bed, pulled the rat talisman out of Xiao Jin's body and sent it into Liu Shen's body.

Willow Goddess stood quietly before the bed, her long hair reaching her waist, a faint green light between her brows, her face exquisitely beautiful.

Willow Goddess's memory was still stuck on the moment she suddenly lost consciousness within the barrier earlier today. She looked down at her hands, then at her surrounding chambers, a hint of confusion on her face. She remembered being in the Heavenly Palace; how had she suddenly ended up here?

On the table next to it were several jade gourds of different colors, one of which was bubbling with water.

Before she could ask, she saw Zhu Gaoxi leaning against the cloud bed, looking at her with a half-smile. "Stop looking, this is what you'll look like later."

Zhu Gaoxi sat up from the cloud bed. Liu Shen looked at his fierce appearance and felt a sense of foreboding. She instinctively took half a step back.

"You're affecting my happy life."

"Let you absorb the divine power of my Rat Talisman."

The birds on the osmanthus tree outside the window fluttered away, and even the moon wisely hid behind the clouds.

The battle between gods is cruel, and this night was destined to be the most miserable day for Liu Shen.

As dawn broke, the Meridian Gate was already packed with civil and military officials.

Ever since His Highness Prince Rui suddenly appeared, the atmosphere at the morning court has become more and more intense, and today it is especially lively.

Yesterday afternoon, the commotion in the sky was truly enormous. A golden dragon soared into the sky, and three cloud-borne divine beasts flew together. Half of the people in Yingtian Prefecture saw it. If these ministers didn't see it, they must be blind.

Several civil officials gathered together.

A clerk from the Ministry of Rites, pulling aside a principal official from the Ministry of Works, gestured animatedly: "Did you see that divine beast in the clouds yesterday? That one with wings, that's the Vermilion Bird! ...The Four Symbols, flying right there in the sky! To witness such a sight, my life has truly been worthwhile!"

The official in charge of the Ministry of Works nodded repeatedly, then corrected, "Those three white ones seem to be transformed clouds, not real divine beasts. The golden dragon that His Highness Prince Rui rode is the real one. But even if they were transformed clouds, to be able to turn clouds into divine beasts is a divine feat!"

Another censor from the Censorate leaned over and whispered, "Have you heard? Yesterday, after the court session, His Majesty rode a cloud and flew around the palace! I saw it with my own eyes."

The official in charge of the Ministry of Rites stared wide-eyed: "Your Majesty can ride the clouds now?"

The imperial censor proudly raised his chin: "Of course! I heard it was a gift from Prince Rui to His Majesty. His Majesty said that once we achieve great merit, we'll also have a chance to receive one!"