Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

[You have received the blessings of hundreds of Grey Immortals, and you have learned the Helper Technique.]

[Your Auxiliary Force Technique evolved under the influence of your own deity, the Mysterious Maiden, to form the Five Rampaging Soldiers Technique.]

【Five Witches' Army Technique】

When the Yellow Emperor fought a great battle with Chi You, a million lonely souls were left homeless and wandered the wilderness day after day. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady could not bear it and summoned them to become the Five Wrathful Soldiers, and spread this method to the world.

[You have mastered the Lesser Five-Incident Horse and Soldier Technique. Your Spirit +0.2, Constitution +0.2, Speed ​​+0.2, and Strength +0.1.]

[You have mastered the active skill, Ash Immortal Soul Devouring.]

【Grey Immortal Devours Soul】

A thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant hole. The most gentle and weak can overcome the strongest.

The Grey Immortal's sharp teeth are specially enhanced, making them capable of breaking through golden bodies, protective spells, and defensive formations.

The strength of the Grey Fairy's Fang depends on the number and strength of the Grey Fairies under your command.

[Your heroic spirit has condensed the first inscription within the landscape of Zhenshanhe, Five Rampant Chaos, all attributes +0.1.]

System notifications kept popping up, and Ao Peng's strength suddenly jumped to a new level.

First, his mental attributes reached 4 points, and he also condensed the first inscription.

Therefore, the time it takes for his outdoor scenes to be projected into reality has suddenly doubled. Previously, he could only project for four or five minutes at most, but now he can project for eight to ten minutes.

Moreover, he also understood the path he needed to take.

The Five Rampant Ones represent the beginning of war and chaos, when they are brave, fierce, and unrestrained!

Master Mo's path of painting is a path.

But there are countless paths in the world, and they are not simply limited to techniques.

Mastering military strategy is also a path.

The little Xuan Nu he nurtured using the inner landscape of [Heroic Souls Suppress Mountains and Rivers] was originally one of the progenitors of warfare, so the condensed patterns should also be a manifestation of this great path, and there is no need to be bound by techniques.

Just as Ao Peng was about to continue to contemplate the changes, a message suddenly startled him.

[You have condensed the first inscription, and you have presumptuously taken control of the Dao, bringing down three calamities and nine tribulations. The first tribulation is the destruction of one's family.]

Three calamities and nine disasters!

Although Ao Peng had been prepared, he was still shocked when he suddenly saw that his family was in dire straits.

He quickly took Xiao Xuan Nu back into his inner world, and then temporarily dismissed the Five Witches soldiers under his command, telling them to wait for an audience. In any case, these Five Witches soldiers had already sworn allegiance to him as their leader. If he didn't let them go, then they would truly be his people in life and in death!

After exiting the old game, Ao Peng returned to the real world.

He glanced at the time; he entered the Old Earth World at 6:00 AM on Saturday, and it was now 9:00 PM on Saturday.

He asked his younger brother, Ao Wu, to come over this weekend. Ao Wu is a senior in high school and has to attend extra classes on Saturdays, so he will most likely take the evening bus.

Ao Peng picked up his phone and glanced at WeChat. Sure enough, there was a message from Ao Wu about his departure, but he didn't reply.

Ao Peng quickly asked: Are you in the car?

A minute or two later, Ao Wu said: "I'll be at the East Station in an hour. Brother, are you coming to pick me up?"

Ao Peng: Okay, don't wander around when you get to the East Station!

As Ao Peng packed up to leave, he called his teacher, Mr. Mo.

After the call was connected, Ao Peng got straight to the point.

"Teacher, I have condensed the first inscription, but the system has warned that a family disaster is imminent."

Mr. Mo was silent for a while on the other end of the phone.

Because Ao Peng's ability to condense the first chapter pattern so quickly far exceeded his expectations.

In his mind, Ao Peng hadn't even mastered the Dao of Painting yet, and it would take him at least another month or another dungeon rune to condense the first inscription. Ao Peng hadn't told him any of this, so he didn't remind him in advance.

However, he quickly provided the information he knew.

"Don't panic. The difficulty of losing your home doesn't mean you'll definitely lose it. You've already condensed your first inscription, making you a top player at this stage of the game. Losing your home is just the first hurdle, and you can overcome it with your strength. First, contact your most important family and friends to see if anything has happened to them. If not, then this calamity should erupt in the next day or two. Stay close to them, don't stray too far, and you can resolve the problem."

Ao Peng took a deep breath; he was just worried and confused.

He only cares about two people now: his younger brother and his mother, with Chu Ge perhaps being half of them.

Therefore, the scope of his family's troubles is actually very small and easy to resolve.

My younger brother and Chu Ge are both gamers and have some ability to protect themselves. Most importantly, there is our mother.

After thanking Mr. Mo for the reminder, Ao Peng hung up the phone and then dialed his mother's mobile number.

The call was not answered immediately.

Ao Peng frowned, and just as he was about to lose his patience, the call connected. His mother's familiar voice came through the phone, "Xiao Peng, what's wrong?"

Ao Peng frowned and said, "Mom, why haven't you answered your phone for so long?"

Mother Ao: "I'm making soup. My phone is charging on the table."

Making soup?

Ao Peng remembered that his mother had found a part-time job cooking dinner for other people's children. The family was well-off and could even give Ao's mother some leftover ingredients to take home and eat, so Ao's mother cherished this job.

Ao Peng didn't want his mother to worry too much, as panic at this time could easily lead to trouble.

He replied, "By the way, I'm planning to come back and stay for a day or two this week."

Mother Ao asked curiously, "Didn't your brother just go to your place today?"

"Yes, I'll come back as soon as I pick him up. This time, the school made an exception and gave me a spot as a top student from a very poor family. I need to prepare some community documents."

Ao Peng made up a reason on the spot.

This was good news, and Ao's mother, of course, had no doubts. "Alright, then come back early. The master's child is crying. That little girl is hard to take care of. I'll go help soothe the child. I'll hang up now."

As Ao's mother spoke, Ao Peng heard a faint cry of a baby.

……

Yancheng.

Ao's mother spoke normally on the phone, but her eyes were vacant. She blankly put down her phone and placed it on the table, then looked at the two people in front of her. "Master, is there anything else you need?"

On the sofa sat two beautiful women. One of them, a young woman, was deathly pale. Moonlight streamed in through the villa's French windows, making her body appear ethereal and hazy.

The other woman sitting next to her was so beautiful that she seemed otherworldly, and she was lazily stroking her three snow-white fox tails.

However, the two women were sitting at opposite ends of the sofa, and it was clear from the ghostly young woman's eyes that she was wary of the three-tailed fox.

The three-tailed fox chuckled, "Little sister, you still want to be human?"

The ghostly young woman glanced coldly at the three-tailed fox, then instructed Ao's mother, "Ao's mother, go and make the soup. There's nothing for you to do here. Nothing happened today. Just remember to come here and make the soup. Oh, and take the rest of the wild ginseng back with you. It's not easy for you to raise two half-grown boys. When your son comes back, make him some nourishing soup."

Mother Ao nodded blankly, then went to make soup.

The three-tailed fox laughed again. She understood that this ghostly young woman still longed for the human world, which was why she refused the recruitment offer from their Lu Palace.

You want to be a human? I'll make sure you're not allowed!

When you're desperate and have nowhere else to turn, you'll naturally have no choice but to join our Lu Palace.

A ruthless thought arose in her mind, yet her eyes softened even more. "Sister, would you like to reconsider what I said last time?"