Chapter 126 Upgrade

Walking out of the park, Zhang Yuanqing pretended to adjust his zipper while heading towards a corner.

He wanted to prove to the lingering gazes that he genuinely needed the restroom.

Mainly, he was placating Guan Ya.

At this juncture, few people were paying attention to him. Everyone was excitedly awaiting the reward settlement.

Guan Ya was a Scout. The most skilled acting would have flaws in the face of perception skills. I’ve already used the restroom. My current actions would seem suspicious to her.

I need to seize the opportunity to be honest with Guan Ya. Perhaps after the massacre副本 (fuben, instance dungeon)... Leaning against the wall, Zhang Yuanqing chuckled twice at the thought of the set's cost.

Then, feeling the laughter was too lewd and didn't match his image as a fine young man, he quickly composed himself and focused on awaiting the mission rewards.

He anticipated the Star Official's skills, the changes upon advancing to a Saint, the rewarded items, and the Demon Lord's character card exclusive reward...

At that moment, the Lingjing notification sounded again:

[Reward settlement in progress: Obtained item/prop: Da Luo Xing Pan] (Grand Luo Astrolabe)

[Reward experience points: 42%]

[Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully transferred classes and advanced to Level 4 Star Official.]

[Reward experience points: 5%]

[Main quest settlement complete!]

[Points榜 (bang, list) reward settlement in progress: Obtained item/prop: Mountain God Scepter]

[Settlement complete!]

[Ding! Character card reward activated, reward item: ???]

[Settlement complete! Exiting Lingjing in ten minutes]

I've advanced to Star Official! Zhang Yuanqing leaned against the wall, clenching his fist in excitement, waving it forcefully, awaiting the familiar "burning sensation in his brow," a sign of the Black Moon mark appearing.

But just then, the scenery before him suddenly changed. The city ruins vanished, replaced by a hazy world with no objects, no concept of heaven, earth, or the four directions. It was a very abstract space.

This is my sea of consciousness... Zhang Yuanqing was bewildered, with a hint of terror. He hadn't actively tried to inspect his sea of consciousness, yet his consciousness had autonomously immersed itself within it.

It was like his body uncontrollably singing, dancing, and rapping—a very frightening thing.

Suddenly, from the depths of his sea of consciousness, a surge of ultimate yin and pure Taiyin power erupted.

This power, like a burst dam, washed over his spirit, finally coalescing in the depths of his sea of consciousness into a massive black full moon.

A dim and illusory moonlight spilled down, enveloping Zhang Yuanqing's spirit. He felt an unprecedented sense of comfort and ease, like an infant returning to the womb.

This is the hidden power of the character card. Why is it manifesting on its own at this time? Is it being stimulated by the promotion to Star Official?

Zhang Yuanqing "looked up" and was shocked to discover that the huge black full moon was gradually waning, becoming a crescent moon.

The next second, his consciousness actively withdrew from his sea of consciousness, and he once again saw the city ruins.

What’s going on? He was filled with doubt, unable to understand the situation. But the burning sensation in his brow interrupted his thoughts.

A crescent moon appeared on his forehead, and a surge of majestic Taiyin power erupted from the mark, washing over his body with an almost unreasonable force, integrating into every cell, every bone.

His physique, under the cleansing of the Taiyin power, became increasingly perfect.

This portion of power was the 42% experience points rewarded by the Lingjing earlier.

At this moment, Zhang Yuanqing had reached the limit of a Transcendental realm Night Wanderer.

"Why did the black full moon suddenly become a crescent?" Zhang Yuanqing keenly noticed the change in the mark, stroking his forehead, frowning.

This change had never occurred at the end of previous fuben (instance dungeons).

He guessed it might be related to the promotion to Star Official.

Really, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have needed to fake a bathroom break...

After a while, the Taiyin power slowly receded inward, and the burning crescent moon on his forehead disappeared into his skin. After about three or four seconds of calm, the burning sensation on his forehead struck again. This time, what appeared was no longer a black moon, but a mark radiating brilliant starlight.

—A more vivid description would be: his forehead was smeared with fluorescent powder.

Strands of fine starlight traveled through Zhang Yuanqing's body, illuminating his bones, meridians, and organs, as if fluorescent powder had been injected into his blood, making his entire being translucent.

"Ugh..."

Zhang Yuanqing curled up like a shrimp, groaning in pain, involuntarily twitching, feeling a change in his level of life, his gene sequence being reorganized...

These stardust fragments were remodeling his body, bringing intense pain while also reorganizing his gene sequence, and his life level was silently changing.

The last time he had a similar feeling was when he transformed from a mortal into a Night Wanderer.

The entire process lasted for a full three minutes. When the stardust merged into his flesh and blood, and his body was no longer transparent, Zhang Yuanqing was covered in sweat, like someone who had been bedridden for a long time.

But his eyes shone brightly, like containing stars, full of charm and mystery.

This was the change in temperament brought about by the promotion to Star Official.

In addition, all aspects of his physical attributes had experienced explosive growth. If the Transcendental realm was like a child, then the Star Official was like a teenager.

With his physical strength alone, he could defeat anyone with a single punch.

And what the Star Official excelled at was not physical strength. For professions known for close combat, such as the Bewitching Demon and Fire Master, the amplification was even more exaggerated.

Therefore,

There was a large realm difference between Transcendental and Saint.

Leaving aside道具 (daoju, items), in a one-on-one fight, a Saint killing a Transcendental was like killing a chicken.

Zhang Yuanqing couldn't wait to open his attribute panel, sensing the changes after becoming a Star Official, and the new skills he had mastered.

[Name: Yuanshi Tianzun] (Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning) [Race: Human]

[Profession: Star Official] [Level: 4] [Skills: Night Wanderer

Night Wander, Spirit Devour, Taiyin Spirit, Howl at the Moon, Charm, Spirit Talisman]

[Star Official—Stargazing Art, Star Illusion Art, Star Evasion Art, Star Body]

[Experience Points: 58%]

[Moral Value: 2100]

[Reputation Value: 90]

[Stargazing Art (Active): Can view the twelve phases of the target's face, which are: Life, Wealth, Friends, Family, Home, Labor, Fate, Virtue, Fortune, Secret, Misfortune.]

[Star Illusion Art (Active): Can use the power of stars to create illusions (Prerequisite skill: Charm)]

[Star Evasion Art (Active): Can use starlight to teleport a short distance, up to twenty meters. During the movement, all physical attacks are ignored.]

[Star Body (Passive): A body cleansed by the power of stars can use many star realm spells.]

Zhang Yuanqing quickly understood the four newly learned skills. They were like instincts engraved in his genes, mastered from birth.

Among the four skills, Star Illusion Art was an enhanced version of Charm, the latter being a prerequisite for the former. Star Evasion Art was similar to Flash, with abilities somewhat similar to the Fire element.

Star Body was the foundation of everything, and there was nothing to say.

The core skill was Stargazing Art. Stargazing Art needed to be activated by the eyes and could see the target's short-term fortune trends through their facial features.

The twelve phases each symbolized a different area of a person's life, and together they constructed a person's karma.

Fate, symbolizing marriage, romantic encounters, contracts, opportunities, lawsuits, etc.

Home, symbolizing family relationships, marital relationships, parent-child relationships, etc.

Labor, symbolizing the profession one engages in, such as wage slave, parasite, boss, or good-for-nothing.

For example, "Life" refers to the self, which can also be understood as destiny, which is the most core thing in a person.

Of course, Zhang Yuanqing could not yet see a person's long-term destiny, but he could break through some disguises in disguise by looking at "Life."

Everyone's life is unique. Appearance can be changed, but life cannot.

Naturally suppresses the art of transformation.

Another example is Virtue. "Virtue" symbolizes morality. Whether this person has done anything immoral recently, whether they have done charity, and what their moral character is, can all be seen clearly.

What is more important is Misfortune. Misfortune represents crisis. Zhang Yuanqing can see at a glance whether a person will have bad luck in the near future.

It is worth mentioning that Stargazing Art can also be used on oneself. The simplest example is that during combat, one can first look at one's own phases in the mirror. If one sees misfortune, the Star Official can develop a sense of premonition, thus preparing in advance.

"A level 4 Star Official can only see short-term fortune. When I reach a higher level, I will be able to see a person's destiny. Those experts from Taiyi Sect who sit at home and know the trends of the world must major in Star power."

"If I major in Taiyin power, what I get should be a full moon, but currently, I don't know the abilities of the full moon... I can't major in the power of the sun. Am I going to choose stars or Taiyin?"

"Right, I remember when the Fengdu Ghost King was in the擂台赛 (lei tai sai, martial arts tournament), he looked at his face in a small mirror. He should have been looking at厄 (e, misfortune) at the time. In future battles, I have to prepare a small mirror for myself. Tsk, it feels weird."

Zhang Yuanqing already had a certain understanding of the Star Official's abilities, so he didn't have too much surprise, but he was very satisfied.

Stargazing Art was a skill with a high爽点 (shuang dian, satisfaction point). It could silently peep into a person's privacy and see through everything about them.

Everything was transparent in front of the Star Official. Moreover, it was very practical in combat.

He could foresee danger by looking at his misfortune through his face. With Star Illusion Art and Star Evasion Art to protect his life, and the Night Wander skill to sneak around, it would be extremely difficult to kill a Star Official.

He could be an assassin, a summoner, or a prophet mage. When necessary, he could also use Howl at the Moon and act as a crude martial artist.

Except for the lack of a particularly powerful killing skill, it can be said to be very perfect.

There always has to be a flaw, otherwise, Night Wanderer would not be one of the peak professions, but the only peak profession. Zhang Yuanqing thought with relief, while opening his item bar to view the reward props.

First was the Mountain God Scepter. The scepter's handle was woven from three rattan vines, and the head of the scepter was inlaid with a emerald green gemstone. It was about one meter long.

[Name: Mountain God Scepter]

[Type: Staff] [Function: Mountain God]

[Introduction: This item was once held by the Mountain God's master. The Mountain God respected her master very much. The only thing she criticized was that her master was too flirtatious, and there were always all kinds of men around her. Until one day, the master passed this item to the Mountain God, and the Mountain God also became a female海王 (hai wang, sea king, playgirl). After her death, the staff absorbed part of its master's power, and the quality was improved. The staff has the ability to heal, speak beast tongue, revive, possess monstrous strength, and异化 (yi hua, transform) plants and animals to assist in battle.]

[Note 1: Please restrain your overly vigorous vitality and desire to reproduce.]

[Note 2: The longer you spend with people, the more you like dogs.]

[Note 3: It rejects all metal objects, and it also hates Scouts.]

There was no doubt that this was a Saint-quality item, and it was even stronger than the 后土 (Hou Tu, Goddess of Earth) Boots.

"Three costs: lust, liking to spend time with animals, and excluding metal objects and Scouts. These three costs are nothing on their own. As an artisan, I can skillfully resolve my reproductive desires, but the first and second costs mixed together seem very scary..."

Zhang Yuanqing happily and worriedly put away this item, secretly vowing to seek out items to reduce desire if he had the opportunity, such as Silver Dew County Lord's ghost mirror, to use items to restrain items.

He turned to take out another item: Da Luo Xing Pan (Grand Luo Astrolabe)

[Name: Da Luo Xing Pan]

[Type: Auxiliary tool] [Function: Stargazing]

[Introduction: An item created by a powerful Star Official, it can assist the owner in stargazing, deduction, dividing solar terms, understanding yin and yang, and observing the weather.]

[Note 1: It can cure most people's cervical spondylosis.]

[Note 2: Please stay away from cities with heavy smog and light pollution.]

The moment he grasped this item, Zhang Yuanqing had a deeper understanding of its functions.

Stargazing: He could not temporarily master the ability to assist in stargazing, because he would not yet stargazing.

Deduction: Using the astrolabe to deduce something, he could get an answer. Of course, the answer required the user to interpret it himself.

Dividing solar terms: He can know the twenty-four solar terms without looking at the calendar.

Understanding yin and yang: A human mobile clock, he can know the time without looking at the clock, how long before dark, how long before dawn.

Observing the weather: He doesn't need to look at the weather forecast anymore.

There are two costs: First, he will instinctively look up. If no one reminds him or stops him, he may continue to do so.

Second, he has to stargaze every night, otherwise, he will feel uncomfortable, like a smoking addiction.

Finally, Zhang Yuanqing took out the character card reward item.

This was an electronic watch, without a strap, with a cheap appearance and rough workmanship. The dial showed the time and date.

Holding this item, after a few seconds, the item information appeared:

[Name: ???] [Type: ???] [Function: ???] [Introduction: ???] [Note: ???]

Seeing the question marks all over the screen, three question marks also flashed in Zhang Yuanqing's mind: ???

What does this mean?

This was the first time he had seen such flamboyant item information. Everything was marked with question marks, and holding the bare dial, he was unable to read the functions and costs of the item.

If it didn't actually have item information, Zhang Yuanqing would have suspected it was a mortal object.

Could it be— a guess suddenly flashed in his mind, and he quickly put the dial back into the item bar. His heart pounded a few times, because Zhang Yuanqing realized that this thing might be the Demon Lord's true legacy.

Yes, the Demon Lord's true legacy.

The special feature of the Demon Lord's character card was the "black full moon" and the "character card exclusive reward." The black full moon had already appeared, hidden in the character card. Although he could not touch the full moon, he also knew that it was by no means ordinary.

Then what about the character card exclusive reward?

Zhang Yuanqing once speculated that something that the Taiyi Sect Master valued so much might appear in the exclusive rewards time after time.

In the previous Lingjing settlements, the character card exclusive rewards were all道具 (daoju, items) in the normal sense. For大佬 (da lao, big shots), they were probably no different from garbage.

Until this watch dial appeared.

It was different from other道具 (daoju, items). Just looking at the wayward item attributes, one would know.

As my level increases and I advance to Saint, the Demon Lord's true legacy has finally appeared... The stronger I become, the more dangerous I am. Zhang Yuanqing sighed.

He calmly returned to the park, bypassed his colleagues with happy faces, found his阴尸 (yin shi, undead corpse) Blood Rose, and put his hand on her shoulder.

A dozen seconds later, water-like ripples appeared around him, and the whole world was blurred.

Watching the little guys in the organization disappear into the副本 (fuben, instance dungeon) one after another, the elders of the Five Elements Alliance finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Transcendental realm massacre 副本 (fuben, instance dungeon) was over.

Next, they just needed to focus all their attention on the Saints' battle. The Saint realm massacre 副本 (fuben, instance dungeon) would not end for another two days.

Currently, only two Saints had died, one official and one from an evil organization.

The other Saints had deep foundations. Their道具 (daoju, items) and combat power were all top-notch, and they were not as easy to die as the Transcendental realm 行者 (xing zhe, practitioners).

An elder of the Red Fire Gang laughed, "The mark on Yuanshi Tianzun's forehead is a crescent moon. See, he is indeed not a descendant of the Demon Lord."

Dog Elder said lightly, "After passing the tiger符 (fu, amulet) test, he had already cleared his suspicion."

The female Marshal cast her gaze on Dog Elder, her voice clear, sexy, and majestic:

"After the massacre 副本 (fuben, instance dungeon) is over, let Young Master Fu condescend to come to the capital to meet this trash."

Dog Elder: "Understood."

At the same time, he silently mourned for Fu Qingyang and Yuanshi Tianzun for a few seconds.

Especially the latter, he would not only be beaten by his boss, but he would also likely be beaten by the Great Elder of the 百花会 (Bai Hua Hui, Hundred Flowers Society).

Oh right, he had to be beaten by himself first. Dog Elder remembered that he had clearly warned Yuanshi Tianzun that the Chu family灭门桉 (mie men an, massacre case) was top secret and must not be spread.

Zhang Yuanqing, who didn't know that countless iron fists were waiting for him, saw the surrounding environment again. White painted walls, a double bed, a wool carpet, a large desk...

He had returned to the single room in the Fu Family Bay villa, with Blood Rose by his side.

"It feels like a lifetime ago..." Zhang Yuanqing sighed softly.

The阴尸 (yin shi, undead corpse) Blood Rose was temporarily unable to move due to the influence of curses and toxins. The battle was over, so Zhang Yuanqing was not in a hurry to purify her with the Demon Subduing Pestle.

He strode out of the room, came to the living room, and asked the bunny girl who was cleaning the living room, "Has the Centurion come out?"

He encountered unimaginable danger in the massacre 副本 (fuben, instance dungeon), and expected that Fu Qingyang was also very likely to be targeted.

Therefore, he urgently wanted to know Fu Qingyang's safety.

"Not yet." The bunny girl looked at Zhang Yuanqing steadily, her pretty face slightly red, and said softly, "Mr. Yuanshi Tianzun, have you been promoted to Saint? You've changed so much."

The Night Wanderer's evil nobility and the Star Official's ethereal mystery combined to create an unspeakable charm. Coupled with the fact that his appearance was already quite good, he had a strong attraction to young women.

He hasn't come out yet? The Saint realm massacre 副本 (fuben, instance dungeon) takes so long? The higher the level, the lower the demand for food. It's normal. I hope the Centurion can successfully clear the massacre 副本 (fuben, instance dungeon). He is a person with skills close to the Way. Zhang Yuanqing immediately said:

"Prepare a car for me. Address: 291 Xinmen Road, Tianchen Apartment, Room 302 on the third floor."

He wanted to help Guan Ya solve her reproductive desires.

PS: Wrong words will be corrected later. I have something to do today, so the update is late. Sleep, sleep.