All That Mortals Seek Is What They Desire
Yu Ba was guarding the door, waited for a long time.
"They're out?" Seeing them come out, Yu Ba quickly stepped forward.
With so many high- Contract Anomalist working together, he wasn't worried about the mission failing.
Mi Lan yawned and stretched, "Relax, relax. Even though he was a fierce monster, he still got beaten up in the end."
Yu Ba, and seeing Mi Lan's tired expression, as if she wanted to go back to sleep, he quickly instructed, "Don't forget to write the mission report."
Mi Lan waved her hand and got into the car. "Let Lu Zhe handle this kind of thing; it'll be a good opportunity for him to hone his skills."
Lu Zhe wanted to cry but had no tears, yet dared not complain, so he could only nod in agreement.
Everyone returned to Headquarters; some took showers, some ate, and some wrote reports.
Only a large number of logistics personnel remained on site to clean up the mess.
After resting, the group of new recruits who had participated in the mission began to boast about everything they had seen during the mission when they met their fellow new recruits.
"Is this really Fierce Fiend Class and eerie place?"
"I saw on the Yi Gui Net that everyone in that city was evacuated because it caused a huge stir online. I never imagined it was because a Fierce Fiend Class creature appeared in that city."
"Fierce Fiend Class anomaly? I'd like to see that too. Most of the missions these days involve Wandering Soul spirits, with only a few being Vengeful Spirit."
"Daoist priest that amazing? He can immobilize a ferocious beast with just one glance?"
"Hiss, Captain Wang truly lives up to his S-rank Contract Anomalist. I knew he was a real man when I was training under him; anyone who gets hit by his punches knows what I mean."
"Captain Xie is also pretty overpowered, right? Schrödinger's A-rank, that's completely beyond what's acceptable."
"I know that. Because of the instability, we can only suppress our strength for now. Considering everything, we can only be rated A."
"Hey? Have you guys seen the latest posts on the intranet forum?"
"What?"
"It seems the Daoist is going to preside over a Divine Prayer ceremony outside the Headquarters to see what the effects will be."
"Divine Prayer? Do we Contract Anomalist believe in that?"
"No, I heard it's because of his strange and special abilities related to contracts."
"I'm getting curious, can we go take a look?"
"I don't know, I haven't received any notification."
"It shouldn't matter if we take a look. If it were truly a dangerous capability, they probably wouldn't leak this information onto the internal network."
The intranet belongs to the website of the Contract Anomalist.
The room was filled with Contract Anomalist and Headquarters staff, such as logistics personnel, doctors, and researchers.
"I see some people are already clamoring to go join the fun."
The Daoist handed over the arrangements for the Divine Prayer ceremony to the logistics staff.
As for the location, the Daoist chose a plain outside Headquarters Headquarters, about three kilometers away.
The reason for choosing such a distant location is the fear that something might go wrong during the Divine Prayer ceremony, which could then affect Headquarters.
After all, the Headquarters not only has Contract Anomalist, but also many ordinary employees with little ability.
The logistics staff drove to the destination, and a dozen people busied themselves carrying things, starting to set up the site.
Soon, an Divine Altar for Divine Prayer ceremony was set up.
They even set up a huge incense burner, and placed many fruits and vegetables, as well as offerings such as pig heads, chickens and ducks in front of it.
The Daoist calculated the time with his fingers.
On the 20th, 8 PM is a good time, perfect for worshipping the gods.
Although the Daoist is not a Daoist in the broad sense, because he pursues the natural way of Daoism more than worshipping those Daoist ancestors.
In other words, he just wanted to cultivate immortality.
The Daoist kept saying that he wanted to become an immortal and ascend to heaven, to live as long as the heavens, and to live forever.
Yang Yu and Zhao Hun followed behind the Daoist.
They had just finished Wang Qing's nightmarish training and were now newcomers being trained by the Daoist.
When the Daoist mentioned this, they asked if they could watch from the sidelines.
The Daoist thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement to their request.
Yang Yu stood Divine Altar. "What do you think this Divine Prayer is for?"
Zhao Hun: "Divine Prayer, as the name suggests, is about asking the gods for this and that. It's probably about summoning the gods to descend and having them fulfill one's desires."
"Desire...?" Yang Yu's eyes flickered.
After Yang Yu repeated himself, Zhao Hun realized he had misspoke and quickly corrected him, "Ah? I misspoke just now, it should be 'wish'."
The Daoist appeared beside them at some point and then said, "To call it desire is actually quite accurate."
"Many people have desires."
"What mortals seek is what they desire."
"I am just a mortal, and I am no exception to worldly customs."
Yang Yu: "What is it that you seek, Daoist?"
Yang Yu was actually quite curious, after all, during the time he had been by the Daoist's side, he could tell that the Daoist was a very carefree person.
Perhaps it was the Daoist robe he was wearing that gave him an advantage; in any case, the Daoist possessed a unique aura of a cultivator, appearing very calm and detached from worldly affairs, without the restlessness found in others.
Sometimes, being by the side of Daoist brings a sense of tranquility, and my heart naturally calms down.
Those chaotic thoughts will be calmed down.
Although the Daoist ate meat normally, had no precepts, and even had a strange creature as his wife, he possessed an otherworldly aura, as if he were untouched by worldly affairs.
"What I seek, do you know what the Tao is?"
Yang Yu and Zhao Hun were completely bewildered.
They are all modern young people who have been exposed to scientific ideas and have no particular faith. For them, they might cram at the last minute when taking exams or interviews.
They might worship the God of Wealth, hoping to get rich one day, but it's impossible for them to truly believe in anything.
Especially after they became Contract Anomalist.
The passion of youth always imbues them with a defiant spirit, a determination to defy fate.
As for God?
Is that something you can eat?
If it works, you can pray to it; if it doesn't, then forget about it.
Yang Yu thought for a moment and said, "My understanding of the Dao mostly comes from online novels, such as the Heavenly Dao, the Laws, and the Great Dao."
Zhao Hun: "Pretty much. I mostly read conspiracy theories, like how Heaven is ruthless and treats all things like straw dogs."
Both of them clearly stated that their understanding of the Dao was that they had mastered one of the ten orifices, but not the other.
The Daoist smiled, placing his hands behind his back. "The Tao... is only me, only my heart, only freedom; the Tao follows nature. This is the Tao I have always sought."
"Of course, I pursue the Dao with only one purpose: to achieve immortality."
The two exclaimed in surprise, "Immortality?"
"That's right, immortality."