Chapter 175: Holy Marks
Lu Yao checked Yan Jiu's latest [History] and found the reason.
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He completed his sixth pilgrimage at the age of 69.
At the age of 76, he realized the [Heavy Strike] after witnessing an ascetic monk being hunted by man-eating crabs and turkey chickens.
He completed his seventh pilgrimage at the age of 77.
He started challenging extraordinary creatures at the age of 78.
At the age of 79, when he was on the verge of death, he evolved [Martyr] into [Stigmata].
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Yan Jiuyin, an ascetic monk, was treated as prey by extraordinary creatures, which updated his cognition and goals.
If you cannot protect yourself, you cannot make pilgrimages and spread the blessings of the gods.
So even though he was nearly eighty years old, Yan Jiu made a decisive transformation and began to explore the possibility of becoming a combat monk.
Lieyu treated the old man's wound and bandaged it, then wrapped his whole body in linen, making him look like a skinny mummy.
An ordinary villain would not survive such an injury. However, Yan Jiu was a rare extraordinary human being. After being transformed into a hero, his health points were restored to full and his level reached LV16.
The only drawback is that the scars all over his body caused by the flames seem to be irreversible.
Lu Yao clicked Yanjiu.
In the portrait, the old man is wrapped in bandages and is wrestling with a huge stag beetle. He holds the monster's two jaws tightly with his arms.
There is a sentence written below.
——Human potential is no less than theirs.
Among Shiohisa's abilities, in addition to [Avoid] and [Heavy Attack], [Martyr] has been replaced by [Stigmata].
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[Stigmata]: Martyrs rise from pain and death, and realize how to further spread the blessings of God. There is a certain chance that they will ignite the fire of faith of extraordinary creatures.
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When in extreme pain or on the verge of death, [Martyr] may evolve into [Stigmata].
It is just to ignite the fire of faith of the extraordinary creatures, and Lu Yao is not sure about its effect.
He locked his view on top of Shiohisa's head.
After being reborn, the old man became more stable, and he moved along the coast of the East Continent. There were man-eating crabs on the beach, fighting stag beetles and turkeys on the land, but it was a public area where the three parties were more restrained, and Lieyu followed behind him.
"Can you teach me? I also want to be able to fight against extraordinary life forms. It would be great if I had as much power as you."
"Do you have an enemy?" Yan Jiu asked.
"Yeah. There's a bad guy at the Elf Lake. He steals other people's treasure chests everywhere. He's really abominable. I want to teach him a lesson!"
“…”
A question mark appeared above Yan Jiu's head: "Kid, this is not how you use supernatural powers."
"No. He steals from everyone, but no one can do anything to him. Although everyone says that it is impossible to catch a phantom thief, if you are not willing to try, then nothing will ever change."
Lieyu insisted: "Bad guys who steal things should be caught and locked up."
The old man was silent for a while.
"Well said, someone has to do something."
"Unfortunately, I can't teach you. Because I am still groping in the dark myself."
Facing the young man, the ascetic said frankly: "If you want to find a way, then go to the [Seminary] in Yaocheng, study there first, and become a scholar."
"If you can understand [theology], then you don't need anyone to teach you. You will gradually understand everything through pilgrimage."
Lieyu replied: "I took the apprentice exam for three years and failed."
A big smiley face popped up above her head. "The scholars said that I am not suitable to be a scholar. I can't sit still and I get sleepy when I read. They suggested that I continue to follow my family's profession as a hunter."
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A sweaty expression appeared on Yanjiu's head.
"Do you like honey? My father was a rare beekeeper. He would collect honey everywhere. I have also been brewing honey wine, but the taste is still a little bit lacking."
"I brought mead, honey cakes, and beeswax. Would you like to try some?"
The old man was completely silent and just kept on walking.
Lie Yu next to her didn't feel bored either, she could talk to herself by herself.
"I heard that ascetics don't drink alcohol and eat little. I heard that you only eat one garlic a day. Is this true?"
"Ah! Your garlic is gone! It must have been burned during the previous battle. Before the next battle, please remember to take off the garlic string. It's a pity to destroy the food. It's a sin to waste food..."
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"But it's okay, I have plenty of garlic in my backpack!"
Lieyu put out a new string of garlic for the old man, and Yanjiu did not refuse and put it around his neck.
"Also, I don't have any new cotton or linen in my backpack. I may have to wait a long time. If I pour wine on the wound, it will not easily rot."
"Oh, right. With your extraordinary powers, your wounds won't rot, right?"
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"Why do ascetics shave their heads and go naked from the upper body?"
"Is it for convenience, or to hone yourself? It's strange. If you don't wear a shirt, people will think you are an ascetic. If you don't wear pants or a skirt, you will probably be considered a pervert."
"The difference between a pervert and an ascetic is just the difference between a shirt and pants..."
“…”
The expression on Yanjiu's head kept changing, sometimes angry, sometimes sweating, sometimes a question mark, and sometimes sighing.
Lu Yaoguang was watching on the simulator and his scalp was tingling.
Lieyu muttered to himself as he walked, in high spirits.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But soon, Yan Jiu was freed.
A new battle begins.
The old man and another shovel beetle made eye contact and started fighting.
Unlike the first time, this time they stopped just in time. They wrestled for a while, seemed to agree with each other, and then tacitly backed away from each other.
Then Yanjiu continued to move forward, challenging the stag beetles one by one.
The lowest level among them is LV12, and the highest is even LV17.
After experiencing a life-and-death battle, Yan Jiu is more focused on honing himself, which is a bit like making friends through martial arts.
When the battle started, Lieyu didn't dare to speak, and watched nervously from the sidelines. She ran out after it was over to check on the old man and treat his wounds.
After the duel with the eighth fighting stag beetle, a new situation arose.
The level 12 fighting stag beetle actually followed Yan Jiu.
The old man patted the beetle's shell and said, "Since you have ignited the fire of faith and believe in Lord Yao, then come and practice hard and challenge your limits with me."
Although Doushobe cannot speak, he always follows Yanjiu.
With Yanjiu's permission, it even let the tired Lieyu sit on its back and carried her all the way forward.
Lu Yao understood it completely.
Yan Jiu, who possesses the [Holy Mark], is spreading his faith by competing with extraordinary beings, while also constantly challenging his own human limits.
The founder of the Ascetic Order is paving an extraordinary path for the pixelated little man.
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Lu Yao raised his perspective.
Coincidentally, more villains rushed to the East Continent from all over the place.
Unlike the hard-line practice of Yanjiu, most people took a more circuitous approach.
They brought in fruits and vegetables, including potatoes, beans, berries, grapes, etc., which they fed to the beetles.
In return, the Stag Beetles allowed humans to move around in their territory. And because of the Stag Beetles' protection, the little people were no longer afraid of the Fiery Turkey.
Of course, the purpose of the pixel people is not just to build good relationships.
Their goal is to catch young stag beetles.
Many people want to follow their previous experience in raising trail rabbits, ladybugs and split earthworms and further introduce this powerful species, raising them from a young age for human use.
However, the whole process was not smooth.
The fighting stag beetles raise their young casually, just like other supernatural creatures. As long as the larvae hatch from the pupa, they will not care about them anymore, and let them survive on their own ability.
At this time, humans can use food to lure and take away the larvae.
However, since the stag beetles are aggressive and aggressive, not docile, and have a large appetite, it is difficult to tame these larvae after they were brought back to Yancheng and Yaocheng, and they may hurt people and livestock if they are not careful.
So soon, both Yaocheng and Yancheng banned private breeding of fighting beetles.
Lu Yao thought it was normal.
The pixel people are still in the primary stage of getting in touch with the extraordinary, and are still a long way from being mature and domesticated, so they have to eat one bite at a time.
As a god, I am still slowly carrying out pilot projects and gradually releasing new species.
It is not only to increase the species diversity of this fragmented world, but also to make a preliminary attempt to open up the civilization of forest elemental creatures.
At this moment, Philles suddenly reported a piece of information.
"My Lord God, an unknown statue has appeared in the Valley of Creation."
Lu Yao changed his perspective.
A new player who hadn't appeared for a long time happened to appear in the experimental field.
He is really lucky.
(End of this chapter)