After chanting the mantra several times like a madman despite the unbearable pain,
Suddenly, amazingly feminine, mind-soothing sounds rang in Lu Shang's ears; at the same time, an illusory floating text screen also appeared in front of his eyes.
Which stopped Lu Shang's body, which was trembling with unbearable pain, and at the same moment all his pain, anxiety, and empty feelings that were previously haunting him seemed to vanish into thin air.
"~Ding! System Summoning Ritual is Completed…."
"~You Have Summoned The [DAO System Online] Based On Your Deep Personality"——
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[⚙️ DAO System Online
📜 Core Principle
> Listen to the DAO, Gain the DAO.
A mystical cultivation system rooted in resonance—when a practitioner listens to others preaching the DAO, they absorb its DAO rhythm—a metaphysical frequency carrying insights, foundational truths, and spiritual momentum. As rhythms accumulate, lifespan is generated and stored.
🧬 Lifespan Utility
- Can be invested into:
- Cultivation progression
- Spiritual root refinement
- Skill mastery
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🧍 Character Status:
Lu Shang.
Age: 19 / 77 (Year).
Spiritual Root: Mortal Grade-Low Tier (Inferior Water Affinity).
Cultivation: Qi Consolidation 3rd Level.
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🔮 Skill Inventory:
Skill Proficiency: Minor → Greater →
Perfect.
Mortal Grade-Mid: Aquatic Breathing Qi Consolidation (Minor).
Mortal Grade-Low: Eagle Claw Piercing Art (Greater).
Mortal Grade-Low: Water Wall (Greater).
Mortal Grade: Mid - Lu Clan shadow Step (Minor). ]
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Lu Shang was so happy that it was beyond words to express.
'For example, when a man learned a lot about the sea and expressed his desire to go there, a powerful force transported him to the sea, and he found himself in a fishing boat in the middle of the sea. Then, when he got tired of admiring the beautiful scenery of the sea all day, he noticed that he could catch and eat fish, but he couldn't quench his thirst because the seawater was salty. As a result He was in despair, crying from thirst and on the verge of death. At that very moment,that mighty force sent him a water filter with which he could filter unlimited water. Truly Wonderful."
'Hahaha, finally.
Finally I received the golden finger. Now the sleeping monarch's time has come.'
After reading the description of the entire system, Lu Shang realized that if he has enough lifespans, he can evolve his cultivation, skills, and his cursed spiritual root, which almost made this body's previous owner's life despair, and can be changed now.
According to the memory, Lu Shang knows that the classification of techniques is almost the same as the Spiritual Root.
Basically, techniques are also divided into mortal grade, spirit grade, earth grade, and heaven grade. Each of these grades is further subdivided into three categories: low tier, mid tier, and high tier.
And these techniques are divided into three categories in terms of proficiency: minor mastery, greater mastery, and perfect mastery.
'The previous boy received the affinity-based cultivation technique from his parents and the defensive technique from his clan. And after being assigned to the clan guard, he acquired the attack technique and later received contributions from the foundation-level senior, with which he chose the powerful movement technique.'
Over these long nine years, the former Lu Shang has achieved different proficiency masteries in his cultivation methods and techniques.
'The cultivation technique proficiency corresponds to the foundation of the person, so being in the third layer of the Qi Consolidation Stage, he achieved Minor Mastery.
Since former Lu Shang practiced the low-grade defensive technique at the beginning, as a result he achieved greater mastery a few years ago, and maybe in a few more years he will be able to achieve full mastery of it, but that can't happen anymore.
And he also achieved greater mastery in the low-grade attack technique that he had acquired as a guard a few years earlier.
But sadly, the movement technique he had acquired by contribution, due to its mid-grade and complexity to understand, was stuck in minor proficiency.'
'Hmmm???'
Suddenly, a cold wind entered the room through the window, despite the sunshine coming through the open window.
Lu Shang stopped for a moment for his inner monologue because that previous uncomfortable feeling had come back again, along with a sudden cold wind that chilled his entire body.
Lu Shang looked out the window, but he could still see clear sunlight outside.
'Is it because I've been sitting on the floor for so long, which is why even the air coming from outside now feels cold to me?'
Before Lu Shang thought any further about this, after one or two breaths, the sudden uncomfortable feeling disappeared again, but his body still shivered because of the sudden cold.
'My guess was right; it seems to be from sitting on the bare floor for so long.'
Immediately, Lu Shang got up and closed the window halfway that had been fully open before so that direct sunlight could still enter from outside, not sudden wind.
'Anyway, the mortal mid-level technique is basically the highest technique for Qi cultivators because after that the mortal high stage is basically for foundation seniors. Because learning the Mortal High Great Technique requires good comprehension ability, a lot of time, patience, and foundation, which is beyond the scope of the short life span of most qi cultivators.
And so, all of these skills present in the system are the result of the previous person's nine years of hard work, day and night, and now, they're mine. Besides, now I can use my golden fingers to evolve my low-level foundation beyond its limits.
This is really the most suitable golden finger for me. Although I wasn't a talented student or good learner in my previous life. But I had enough patience to listen to other chatter until they thought I had deaf ears.
So what if I don't have enough cultivation? Just listen to the DAO; I might gain a long lifespan like an immortal. So why am I going to endure arduous cultivation? Isn't listening enough?
Because I will get a long life if I listen to others. And the system only needs rhythm, which it will later convert into a long lifespan.
I have read many novels on Earth where powerful beings come to the mortal area and live like ordinary people and later become enlightened.
That means ordinary people also have Dao rhythm. So if I just listen to people like this for one year, ten years, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, then I will gain a long lifespan, so long that maybe I will live forever.
So why should I spend my long lifespan on cultivation, skills, and spiritual roots? Aren't people cultivated for a long lifespan?
That means I only need to listen to ordinary people; no matter how little I get from it, one day or another I will have the longest lifespan, even longer than Heaven.'
'Heaven.'
Yes Longer Than Hea…'
"What the fuck?!"
Bannnnng!
Suddenly,
This final monstrous arrogance-like sentence hit Lu Shang's mind like a physical blow.
His breathing had stopped as his eyes also widened.
'What…What was I thinking?!!!'
Suddenly Lu Shang felt cold sweat running down his spine, and instantly he jolted awake from his crazy thoughts.
And immediately, he came back to his senses and became aware of his arrogant thoughts.
At that moment Lu Shang realized that his previous thinking process was out of control.
'No, why did I suddenly become so arrogant? Just a moment ago, I was happy to get my golden finger, and then suddenly, without knowing, this kind of thought came to my mind.
So, was I affected by something unknowingly? Or someone used an evil technique to influence me.'
As soon as such thoughts came to Lu Shang's mind, he quickly left the room and cautiously stepped outside.
Lu Shang, along with his powerful spiritual sense, looked around as far as the eye could see, but he couldn't see any suspicious thing anywhere.
Despite seeing nothing else, because of this sudden sensation, he was so scared that he felt as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
'No, no, this is not going to work. I need to find out the root cause quickly and the problem of my mind-shattering arrogance, so that I can avoid such dangerous thoughts.'
But this time he felt a little more pain than before, but he bore the pain and started to search in his memory.
After reading and searching the Otaku Bible for a few breaths, Lu Shang found the similar incident in his earthly memories.
'Ahhh!… It hurts like hell. I'm still not used to this kind of pain yet.'
Despite his pain, Lu was more shocked now because he forcefully remembered the memories of a few cultivation novels with a severe pain to find out the actual reason.
'So, is this the greatest and most dangerous villain of the cultivation world, called 'INNER DEMON'?'
'How is this possible? I haven't even started cultivation yet, and the cultivation level I gained through transmigration is too low for this kind of attack.
But still here I am? Already attacked by my inner demon.'
Lu Shang finds it hard to believe that he was attacked by an Inner Demon, because it is only cultivators of divine stages, who are attacked by Inner Demons during their major realm breakthrough.
And Lu Shang was certain that because of his previous life and the memory of this life combined, his mental capacity had become much stronger and solid; that's why he was able to catch on right away; otherwise, he would have lost and died in this outskirts area.
'… What a dangerous world. Really! Reading about cultivation novels and experiencing them firsthand are completely different things.
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'And the most important thing is: if I don't use lifespan to cultivate, then forget about listening to the DAO; I don't even qualify to speak to the guards at the Fortress gate.
And what happened when a young master of some noble family just slapped me to death because of some disagreement or keeping his face?'
Suddenly Lu felt something again, but this feeling was very different compared to the previous inner demon incident. Although he cannot describe this feeling? or he thought he was imagining this kind of feeling because of the turmoil of his inner thoughts and emotions.
Still, Lu Shang began to comfort his stone-silent system.
'Ok. I understand 'System.' Are you telling me how ungrateful and sore a loser I am? Just when I get you (system), I almost fall to the inner demon.'
'No, no. System, don't be sad. I promise you that in the future, I will never fall for those kinds of shitty things and the other traps in the world.
And I sincerely feel 'YOU ARE VERY AMAZING.' I assure you that I will treat you well.'
And now from this day on, a deep friendship between a dumb system and a crazy person begins.
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Extra (Lu Shang):
After convincing the unresponsive statue-like system , Lu Shang felt slight peace in his mind but his thoughts were still in a state of chaos,
'Now I should do something more so that I can keep my mind and thoughts in check.
Hmm, what can I do? What can I do to keep my dao heart more stable?'
'Split! Ahh…
Ignoring the pain, Lu Shang searched deeply in his mind.
After searching the 'Otaku Bible' for a few moments,
Lu Shang found the greatest mind-calming mantra in the cultivation world. Which he thinks will calm down his whole existence and strengthen his DAO heart. And at the same time, it will be his greatest mantra to move forward.
"Beware of Maiden,
~Beware of Villain,
~Beware of the World,
I will surely reach the top!"