Yellow Wind Little Sage

"True Samadhi Resonance! Wind Arts! It really was him!"

Joy spread across Zhou Yao's face. Though he had long suspected the origin of that rat hair, only after the avatar had taken form and gained the talents of Inner Threefold Samadhi and Wind Arts could Zhou Yao confirm that the hair had come from the Yellow Wind Great Sage of Journey to the West.

As one of the great demon kings among Tang Monk's eighty-one trials on his westward journey, the Yellow Wind Great Sage possessed formidable strength. His great divine power, the Samadhi Divine Wind, had made Sun Wukong suffer untold misery; even among the demon kings of Journey to the West, he ranked among the best.

Had Lingji Bodhisattva not later aided Sun Wukong with the Wind-Calming Pearl, Sun Wukong might not have made it past the Yellow Wind Great Sage's trial.

Zhou Yao did not expect a single hair left behind by the Yellow Wind Great Sage to let his avatar directly comprehend a great divine power like the Samadhi Divine Wind. Yet with the talent of Inner Threefold Samadhi enhancing his spells, there was still a sliver of hope.

If one day he could pluck the Samadhi Divine Wind from the heavens, then even if he could not roam freely through Lost Mythology, he should at least have no trouble protecting himself in a third-rate little city like Yin Mountain City.

"At last, I've seen a glimmer of an opportunity to resist the Mythic Invasion."

With a sigh, Zhou Yao examined the Yellow-Haired Little Rat's panel.

According to the descriptions in the textbooks, Mythic Walkers roamed the Celestial Circuit Realm to excavate Lost Mythology. The lowest-ranked Mythic Walkers were called Scavengers.

They picked up myths in the Celestial Circuit Realm and turned them to their own use, like Scavengers wandering a wilderness.

Being granted a rank proved that the Yellow-Haired Little Rat was already a genuine Mythic Walker and qualified to travel through the Celestial Circuit Realm.

Zhou Yao reached out and stroked the Yellow-Haired Little Rat's head. After pondering for a moment, he said,

"Since this avatar carries the Yellow Wind Great Sage's true teachings, I'll call you Yellow Wind Little Sage!"

The instant his words fell, the three characters [Unnamed] vanished from the panel, replaced by four golden characters: [Yellow Wind Little Sage].

Most of Yellow Wind Little Sage's panel had already been sorted out. Only the Fate section left Zhou Yao somewhat baffled.

Even when he focused his consciousness on the Great Sage Thief Fate, Zhou Yao received no prompt whatsoever. Based on his past experience, this might have something to do with his own understanding.

Without acquiring the relevant knowledge, he could not make an effective judgment.

"Great Sage Thief? The latter two words are easier to understand. The Yellow Wind Great Sage was originally a marten rat from Spirit Mountain. After stealing the Buddha's lamp oil from the Glazed Lamp, he descended to the mortal world and became one of Tang Monk's eighty-one trials on his pilgrimage.

"Could this Great Sage Thief Fate be connected to the Yellow Wind Great Sage stealing the Glazed Lamp's oil? Does some condition need to be met before the Fate can be seen through?"

Questions swirled through Zhou Yao's heart, but for now, he had no way to verify them.

After sorting through Yellow Wind Little Sage's information, Zhou Yao finally turned his attention to himself.

[Name: Zhou Yao

Rank: None

Talent: None

Mythic Factor: 0

Avatar: Yellow Wind Little Sage (Consume 1000 Mythic Factors to unlock a second avatar)]

Other than gaining an avatar and the requirement for unlocking a second one, Zhou Yao's own panel had scarcely changed.

"But... there seems to be another hidden ability." With a thought, Zhou Yao sank his consciousness fully into Yellow Wind Little Sage.

The next moment, strands of golden fur began emerging across Zhou Yao's body. Then the void within the bedroom shifted, and bursts of golden-yellow wind and sand appeared inside the sealed room.

Fine grains of sand spun at high speed in the wind, crushing the standing mirror with ease like a high-pressure water cannon.

Glass shards danced amid the wind and sand. The wooden surface of the wardrobe rapidly weathered, becoming riddled with holes in an instant. The papers on the desk were torn into countless scraps, while the sheets and bedding began to shred beneath the sweeping sandstorm.

Zhou Yao's heart jolted at the sight. He hurriedly withdrew his consciousness, and the wind and sand within the bedroom dispersed at once.

"Just as I thought. Through the connection between the main body and the avatar, the main body can also borrow a portion of Yellow Wind Little Sage's abilities.

"But comparatively speaking, an avatar with talent and rank has far stronger control over spells and is less likely to lose control."

Surveying the bedroom, now a complete mess, Zhou Yao shook his head and silently committed the lesson to memory.

"The next time I test my abilities, I have to find a suitable place. Testing them at home could easily cause damage, and if the disturbance is too great, it might draw the attention of other Mythic Walkers."

He rose and walked to the window. Night had fully descended, and the city lights flickered in the darkness.

Through Yellow Wind Little Sage's perspective, Zhou Yao observed the world outside the window.

The avatar's senses were far sharper than a human body's, allowing it to capture far more details.

Zhou Yao could clearly sense the currents flowing through the air, hear faint sounds drifting from afar, and even smell the various scents mixed into the night wind.

Pushing open the window, Zhou Yao controlled Yellow Wind Little Sage and leaped directly out. Its palm-sized body fell into the night breeze.

Under the cover of darkness, not a single pedestrian on the road noticed the round little yellow-furred rat gliding on the wind above their heads.

It quietly descended from the air, and Yellow Wind Little Sage hid its tiny body within a flower bed. Its bean-sized eyes watched Yin Mountain Metro beneath the veil of night. Even from a Mythic Walker's perspective, Zhou Yao could not detect the slightest abnormality in the station.

The 100 Mythic Factors he had accumulated over the past two months by riding Yin Mountain Metro every day had all been invested into creating Yellow Wind Little Sage.

Though his Scavenger-ranked avatar now possessed some ability to protect itself, Zhou Yao knew this was only the beginning.

According to the textbooks, Mythic Walkers had to continuously venture deeper into the Celestial Circuit Realm, obtain the leftover creations of Lost Mythology, absorb the Mythic Factors within those realms, and mend the broken, lost myths. Only then could they gradually raise their ranks and allow the mythic power they wielded to keep growing.

In other words, Yellow Wind Little Sage needed to enter the Celestial Circuit Realm to obtain the resources necessary for growth.

Furthermore, if Zhou Yao wanted to acquire new Mythic Material and gather 1,000 Mythic Factors to unlock his second avatar, he would also need to enter the Celestial Circuit Realm.

The Human Federation kept a firm grip on the vast majority of entrances to the Celestial Circuit Realm. To enter through official channels, one first had to become a registered Mythic Walker and accept the Federation's management and supervision.

Zhou Yao's main body was merely an ordinary senior high school student. He had no qualifications to enter at all.

As for Yellow Wind Little Sage, although he had already attained the Scavenger rank, his appearance was that of a rat demon.

The Federation's registration procedures for Mythic Walkers were extremely strict. They not only investigated one's identity and background, but also tested and evaluated one's mythic power.

An unidentified rat demon avatar would likely be seized on the spot by the Federation's Mythic Walkers before it even entered the registration process. When that happened, not only would Yellow Wind Little Sage be lost, but Zhou Yao's own secret would also be exposed.

Finding an entrance to the Celestial Circuit Realm outside the official channels had therefore become the most important task at hand.

Zhou Yao had already thought of a solution: the Yin Mountain Metro right before his eyes.