Heavenly Mandate Promotion [Strong as an Ox]

"Shall we go out and take a look?"

After Chen Mengze left, Shen Mo fell into deep thought.

After pondering for a long time, he said with a firm tone, "It is indeed time to go out and see the world."

Although the outside world was perilous, Shen Mo knew clearly that he could not spend his entire life within the sect living a peaceful existence.

Sooner or later, he would have to face combat.

"I will go to the Deacon Hall tomorrow to see what kind of trial missions are available," he thought to himself.

The reason Shen Mo was determined to go out for trials was not because he was in a rush to break through his current realm.

Most importantly, he wanted to verify a hypothesis.

As he thought about this, his mind stirred, and his Destiny Points appeared before his eyes.

[Destiny Points: 11]

These Destiny Points were all accumulated through his cultivation over the past month.

"Relying solely on cultivation to accumulate Destiny Points is still too slow."

In one month, he could only gather about ten Destiny Points.

At the beginning, Shen Mo felt this progress was acceptable, but as time went on, he began to feel it was somewhat sluggish.

"Since I can accumulate Destiny Points through cultivation, going out for trials, slaying demonic beasts, and resisting enemies should also yield Destiny Points, right?"

Shen Mo speculated inwardly, though he had no answer.

Even though he believed it was highly likely, he still needed to verify it.

This upcoming trial trip was his way of doing so.

"I'll think about these things tomorrow; for today, I'll use these Destiny Points first!"

He sat cross-legged, suppressed his restless thoughts, and opened his Destiny Panel.

[Fate Master: Shen Mo]

[Fate Disk: Four White, one Green; the remaining two items are yet to be revealed.]

Special Destiny: [Robust (White): Your physique is decent; your strength and constitution are more robust and resilient than the average person.]

Special Destiny: [Keen Eye (Green): Your eyesight is good; you often have the opportunity to find treasures covered in dust.]

"Let's use the Destiny Points to draw some Special Destinies first."

With that thought, he opened the Destiny Pool and focused his mind.

The next instant, his Destiny Points decreased by one.

At the same time, a golden light shone, and a Destiny attribute appeared before his eyes.

[Boldness (White): Your courage is abundant, which prevents you from losing your composure when trapped in dangerous situations.]

"Boldness? Is this Special Destiny a mental-type one?"

After examining the description of the Destiny, Shen Mo felt a bit disappointed.

It didn't seem to offer any special bonuses, merely providing an effect of staying calm in the face of danger.

"What I lack right now is strength, not courage. This Destiny is too lackluster."

"Let's draw another one."

Shen Mo rubbed his hands together and performed another draw!

"Hum!"

After the golden light flickered, another Destiny attribute slowly emerged.

[Encounter: Mortal (Green): The probability of you encountering fortuitous events in your daily life has increased.]

"An encounter? A destiny related to serendipity?"

"Green—the tier is not low at all."

The newly appeared Destiny attribute left Shen Mo quite satisfied: "This Destiny is definitely worth equipping!"

He equipped this Destiny into his second Destiny slot.

[Keen Eye (Green)] was left idle in his Destiny Vault to gather dust.

"When walking about or cultivating, I can wear this Encounter Destiny to increase the probability of obtaining opportunities."

"When shopping in the market or attending trade fairs, I can switch back to Keen Eye."

Since there were only two Destiny equipment slots, Shen Mo had to make choices.

He needed to carefully consider which Destinies to wear long-term, which to wear periodically, and which to leave in his inventory to gather dust.

"With the remaining Destiny Points, I shall begin upgrading my Special Destinies."

Shen Mo pondered for a moment and made his decision.

No matter how many Special Destinies he drew, he could only ever equip two at a time.

Shen Mo was quite satisfied with the two special Destiny types he currently had equipped, so he had no intention of replacing them for the time being.

He would focus on upgrading his special Destinies first!

After some exploration, Shen Mo had gradually figured out the rules of the Destiny Panel.

Special Destinies could be upgraded using Destiny Points.

However, the effect of the upgrade would inherit the type of the Destiny being upgraded.

For instance, the [Robust] Destiny he had equipped belonged to the physique category.

If he were to enhance it, he would likely obtain a new Destiny similar to "Broad-backed and Thick-waisted" or "Iron Bones and Steel Sinews," but it would not deviate from the physique category.

And if [Encounter: Mortal] were upgraded, he would roughly obtain a higher-tier fortune-related Destiny, which similarly would not veer off into other tracks.

"Let's start with [Robust]."

He thought to himself, placing his Destiny Points onto the [Robust] Destiny.

"Hum."

[You have consumed Destiny Points to attempt to upgrade the Destiny [Robust], but failed.]

"Try again!"

Watching the notification appear, Shen Mo felt no disappointment and made another attempt.

[You have consumed Destiny Points to attempt to upgrade the Destiny [Robust], but failed.]

[You have consumed Destiny Points to attempt to upgrade the Destiny [Robust], but failed.]

He attempted the upgrade five times in a row, all of which ended in failure.

Shen Mo looked at the remaining 4 Destiny Points, feeling a pang of heartache: "Again!"

"Hum!"

When the eighth upgrade attempt began, a dazzling golden light shone—he had finally succeeded!

[You have consumed Destiny Points to attempt to upgrade the Destiny [Robust], and succeeded. Congratulations, you have obtained the new Destiny [Strong as an Ox].]

"Strong as an Ox?"

He hurriedly clicked on its Destiny attributes to take a closer look.

[Strong as an Ox (Green): Your body is as strong as an ox, as if you have an inexhaustible supply of strength.]

"Has my strength increased?" Shen Mo examined the Destiny's effect and silently put it to the test.

After some experimentation, Shen Mo roughly estimated the buff: "My strength has increased by about thirty percent compared to before I equipped this Destiny."

Shen Mo was very satisfied with this result.

A thirty percent increase in strength was already quite significant.

Furthermore, this physique-type Destiny provided him with buffs that went beyond just hitting harder; his resilience to taking hits and his defensive capabilities would also see a considerable boost.

"Green grade is only the third tier of Destiny. If I could upgrade it to blue, purple, or even orange-gold, the effect would likely be much stronger."

Shen Mo thought, but soon gave a wry smile: "Thinking about that now is too early."

He had spent nearly a month saving up his Destiny Points, and upgrading this to green had already drained almost all of them.

This was only a low-tier upgrade; although the failure rate was high, the Destiny Points required for each attempt were few.

Each attempt only cost one point.

Based on his experience in improving basic Destiny attributes, if he wanted to upgrade a Destiny from green to blue, each attempt would cost ten Destiny Points, and the failure rate would be equally high.

The road to obtaining high-tier Destinies was still long and arduous.

"With the remaining three Destiny Points, I'll try the basic Destinies."

He looked at the remaining 3 Destiny Points and opened the panel information for his basic Destinies.