Truly a Divine Being

"Are you feeling any better, brave warrior?"

Huang Shang had Xu Feng lie on his own bed, asking with concern.

Xu Feng's injuries appeared severe, but for a peak one-star reincarnator like him, they didn't even count as superficial wounds.

Xu Yue was his own older sister; with her sharp tongue but soft heart, how could she truly harm him?

Of course, to gain Huang Shang's trust, shedding some blood was still necessary.

Not only did the wounds have to look gruesome, but he also had to weave a narrative—

High-ranking officials in the Great Song had colluded with Jing Xun, and with the help of experts from Western Xia, they had infiltrated the imperial palace, intending to harm the Emperor.

Upon hearing this, Huang Shang knew that the woman understood history quite well.

Judging from the plot of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, the Great Song's external enemies seemed to be primarily the Great Liao, with Western Xia posing little threat.

In fact, the opposite was true.

In 1005, the Song and Liao dynasties signed a treaty in Chanzhou, known as the Treaty of Chanyuan.

By then, the two nations had been at war for a full twenty-five years.

Twenty-five years!

Both nations were exhausted; not only did the Song not want to fight, but there were also anti-war sentiments within the Liao, so for the hundred years following the treaty, no further wars occurred between them.

Of course, this was not a good thing.

Born in sorrow and dying in peace, the lack of major warfare for over a century directly led to the relaxation of military readiness in both the Song and Liao, which was why they were later defeated by the Jin Kingdom established by the Jurchen.

However, while the Liao was stable, the Song dynasty still had enemies.

Western Xia.

Drama is not nonsense, and adaptation is not fabrication; the script Xu Yue concocted regarding the Great Song traitors was definitely grounded in reality.

Within the court of Western Xia, there were quite a few Han traitors.

The most famous in history were Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao.

These two were originally scholars who failed their examinations repeatedly; in a fit of rage, they defected from the Great Song and simply threw their lot in with Western Xia.

That was during the peak of Li Yuanhao's reign, and the two, aiming to destroy the Song, offered many strategies and became a major thorn in the side of the Song dynasty.

Later, Li Yuanhao became arrogant and issued an imperial edict to the military and civilians of the Song's Guanzhong region, stating, "Imperial We shall personally visit the Wei River and occupy Chang'an directly." These words were also penned by Zhang Yuan.

Of course, Li Yuanhao had been assassinated by his son over a decade ago, and both Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao were long dead.

But the traitors had successors, and one had become the scholar-official Jing Xun.

He wasn't someone who failed his exams, but rather a criminal who fled to Western Xia after committing a crime. To establish a foothold, traitors were often the most vicious when slaughtering their own kin. Jing Xun plotted for Western Xia day and night, and Li Yuanhao's son, the current Emperor of Western Xia, trusted him deeply.

Every scholar hated Jing Xun to the bone. Xu Yue throwing this name out wasn't just a random guess, and Huang Shang naturally played along and took the bait.

At this moment, he asked, "Who in the court is colluding with Western Xia to harm His Majesty? Does the brave warrior have any clues?"

Xu Feng gasped and said, "I only know they are in the imperial palace; I know nothing else. But they also have influence in the capital, and even some scum from the Beggar Sect are their eyes and ears!"

Look at how the plot was woven together; if this were truly Huang Shang, he would certainly be filled with righteous indignation.

The reincarnators' grasp of the plot characters' personalities was truly formidable.

Huang Shang cooperated with Xu Feng, cursing the Beggar Sect bandits before picking up the basin of bloody water and walking out.

When he returned, Xu Feng's face was even paler. He whispered, "I can't hold on much longer. If the villains come, how will you defend against them?"

Huang Shang's expression turned resolute: "Please rest assured, Brother Xu, I will protect your safety even if it costs me my life!"

"Sacrificing one's life for righteousness is heroic, but it doesn't solve the problem!"

Xu Feng hurriedly shook his head, took a scroll from his bosom, and tremblingly handed it over: "This is my family's peerless technique, never passed on to outsiders, but since it concerns the fate of the Great Song and the safety of millions of commoners, I must make an exception!"

Huang Shang hesitated, just about to speak, when he saw Xu Feng roll his eyes, his neck go limp, and he fainted.

This young man is really putting in the effort!

This exaggerated acting made Huang Shang feel as if he were looking at himself when he first entered Hengdian, being torn apart by various roles, and a look of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.

But when he looked at the "family heirloom" in his hand, his heart couldn't help but tremble violently.

"The Dao Scripture from the Yang God world!"

Huang Shang was overjoyed.

Yang God was a fictional world with the Great Gan Dynasty, and the Dao Scripture was a cultivation text compiled by the Great Gan from all the Daoist books in the world.

Although compared to truly profound secret techniques, the Dao Scripture was merely a basic introductory type, the tier of that world was far beyond what Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils could compare to.

A unique encounter has finally transformed into actual gains!

Huang Shang chose the side of the Heavens Consciousness, and after bearing far more risks than ordinary reincarnators, he had gained far greater rewards than the others at this moment.

No other reincarnator could obtain such a high-level cultivation technique in their first official world.

They all started from the bottom and worked their way up, step by step—learning weak ones first, then switching to stronger ones, inevitably wasting time and effort in the process.

What delighted Huang Shang even more was not the cultivation system of a powerful world, but the resolution of a major personal dilemma—

A clever housewife cannot cook without rice.

No matter how formidable Huang Shang was, he had spent years buried in the Daoist Canon before grasping the ultimate truths of martial arts.

Now, he had no access to the Daoist Canon at all; everything he had learned was Confucian classics, leaving him vulnerable to the bullying of the Beggar Sect.

He hadn't obtained the Daoist Canon, but he now possessed the Dao Scripture.

Which was more powerful?

Without a doubt, the latter!

Huang Shang was impatient in his heart, yet he feigned hesitation on his face, only slowly opening the Dao Scripture after a long moment.

At this time, Xu Feng narrowed his left eye into a tiny slit, observing in secret, silently rejoicing.

He was waiting for Huang Shang to fail.

Within this volume of the Dao Scripture were the cultivation methods for the five realms: Spirit Stabilization, Soul-Exit, Night Wandering, Day Wandering, and Object Manipulation.

The Pagoda Visualization Soul-Exit Method, used by Hong Yi, the protagonist of Yang God, to achieve his initial soul-exit, was contained within.

This method required one to calm the mind and visualize a seven-story pagoda of immense height, climbing it step by step until leaping out from the very top, at which point the soul would depart the body.

In reality, however, this path was impassable in the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

Because the heaven and earth vital energy in this world was far too thin.

There is a saying in Yang God: the world is a sea of bitterness, and the physical body is the raft that carries one across.

For a human soul to leave the body is equivalent to jumping into the sea naked.

When heaven and earth vital energy is dense, one can use various methods to protect oneself, achieving Night Wandering, Day Wandering, or even Object Manipulation.

But in a place where vital energy is withered, one is truly pitting the soul against the elements; never mind the scorching sun, even at night, a gust of wind would be enough to scatter a fragile soul.

That was why Xu Feng was waiting.

Waiting for Huang Shang to run into trouble with his cultivation.

Then Xu Yue would make her entrance to save Huang Shang.

This was the plan hatched by the siblings.

Xu Feng would appear injured, Huang Shang would save him and pass on cultivation methods, Huang Shang would suffer a cultivation mishap, and then Xu Yue would save Huang Shang in turn.

In this way, with debts owed back and forth, their fates would become inextricably intertwined, making the next steps easy to unfold.

However, Xu Yue had also mentioned another possibility.

It is better to have no books than to believe everything in them.

Scholars, unlike martial artists, do not necessarily rush to practice a divine technique the moment they obtain it.

Huang Shang might not practice it immediately.

He might have his own insights.

Xu Feng did not believe this.

Among the evaluations of the five supreme powerhouses in the Golden Book, Huang Shang was considered the most divine, but the current Huang Shang was still young; how could he be that exaggerated?

However...

Fifteen minutes.

Thirty minutes.

Two hours.

Four hours.

When the morning rooster crowed and the sky began to brighten, Xu Feng, with sore eyes and a stiff neck, looked at the motionless Huang Shang, completely unable to fathom what was happening.

Could it be that even with this grandmaster's talent, he could not comprehend the Pagoda Visualization Soul-Exit Method and was unable to practice it?

That was impossible!

Yet it was true; Huang Shang spent the entire day reading.

He turned the pages one by one, neither hurried nor slow, yet he was so engrossed that he forgot to eat or sleep, completely immersed in the text.

Time flew like a shuttle, and by the time Xu Feng had actually fallen asleep on the bed, night had descended once more.

Huang Shang suddenly closed the Dao Scripture, picked up a brush, and wrote a single sentence on a piece of coarse paper.

"As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should unceasingly strive for self-improvement."

As the final character was set, the scholar's aura shifted, truly transforming into a force that was still weak, yet exceptionally unique.

Xu Feng was startled awake. Feeling that upright and stern aura, which made evil and malice fear to encroach, he remained stunned for a long time before letting out a heartfelt exclamation:

"He is truly a divine man!"

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