Multiverse Skill System

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Despite the pain in his body, Ge Yang looked up in the direction of Yi Shuihan.

"This...how could this be...Pfft..."

Unable to bear it any longer, Ge Yang spat out a mouthful of blood. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Yi Shuihan was completely unharmed, and not even a speck of dust had landed on his clothes.

Centered on Yi Shuihan's location, the area within a few meters seemed to have never experienced the previous explosion, remaining exactly as it was, forming a stark contrast with other places.

After all, even those who were unconscious and lying on the ground within the blast radius were unharmed. They went to great lengths to fight to the death, but in the end, only they themselves were injured. What happened to the plan of hurting each other?

"Sigh, you acted too quickly. I only had time to protect the others and didn't have time to look after you. You won't blame me, will you?"

Yi Shuihan looked at him like he was an idiot.

"I didn't expect you to self-harm. Self-harm is an illness, and it needs to be treated!"

"puff"

Hua Ya couldn't help but laugh, especially when she saw Ge Laomo's bewildered expression, as if he were really sick.

That's satisfying! Countless times before, Ge Laomo had made Master so angry that he was practically fuming. I never thought that this time, Ge Laomo would finally get his comeuppance.

Hua Ya was caught off guard by Ge Yang's sudden self-destruction. By the time she realized it, she thought she was doomed. Then she saw Yi Shuihan easily use his magic to create a protective shield and some other actions that she didn't see clearly. In any case, she found that she was completely unharmed after it was all over.

Wow, that's amazing! A Divine Transformation!

A resolute glint flashed in Hua Ya's eyes. Never before had she so longed for the Nascent Soul stage, hoping that one day she too could possess such powerful strength.

His strength is so great that even cannons wouldn't be able to stop him! Wouldn't that mean even the army couldn't do anything to him? This kind of strength has transcended the mortal realm; he can be considered an immortal.

If the Nascent Soul stage is already so powerful, how powerful would the even more powerful Void Return stage, or even the Dao Integration stage, be?

If there were more people like him, would the country no longer need to bow down to those Western barbarians?

No, we must let him stay and serve the country.

Realizing the role Yi Shuihan could play, Hua Ya made up her mind to bring Yi Shuihan into the government and have him contribute to this newly rising nation.

"I never imagined that I, who have had a smooth life from birth until now, with my cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds and dominating all others, would end up like this. It's truly the cruel irony of fate! Heavens, since you gave me unparalleled talent, why did you have to let me meet this guy!"

A tear rolled down Ge Yang's cheek as he let out a heart-wrenching scream, as if he were cursing the injustice of fate. Perhaps in his mind, he should be the darling of heaven and earth, and no one could compare to him, no one should be stronger or more talented than him.

"Why did Heaven create both Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang?" This perfectly encapsulates Ge Yang's feelings at that moment.

"Uh..." Yi Shuihan really didn't know what to say. This kind of person was truly a freak.

"Oh? He actually died like that?" After Ge Yang shouted, there was no movement for a long time. Only then did Yi Shuihan realize that Ge Yang's life force had dissipated.

Ge Yang was already at his limit, but when he discovered that Yi Shuihan was completely unharmed, he couldn't suppress his injuries. Coupled with his excessive emotional outburst, his injuries finally erupted and took his life.

"Fortunately, the merit points are counted towards me. If I hadn't earned any merit points because he died on his own and I didn't do it myself, I would have been devastated. I must remember this lesson, otherwise I won't have any merit points next time."

As Yi Shuihan reflected in his mind, his aura gradually subsided, and he once again transformed into an ordinary person in Hua Ya's eyes. However, this time, Hua Ya could no longer treat him as an ordinary person.

"Sister, tell your grandmaster that if he wants to see me, he should come to me in person." With these words, Yi Shuihan turned and prepared to leave.

"Hey, wait a minute, don't go, I have something to say."

"You're so strong, why don't you consider joining our special operations force and serving the country? You'd definitely be able to help a lot of people. Even if you don't join the special operations force, you can join the army! With you around, we won't be afraid of foreigners anymore."

Joining a government department would be a great idea!

Yi Shuihan suddenly thought of accumulating merit. If he could raise his status to the point where his words and actions could influence the country, then he could easily help people whenever he asked, and the merit would circulate very quickly.

Yi Shuihan was somewhat tempted, but the next moment he shook his head. Joining the country meant that unless he became emperor, he would be bound by various rules and regulations. Besides, he wasn't good at governing the country, and he didn't want to have the opposite effect, not gaining merit but having it deducted instead.

As for joining the army, that's even less of a need. If you really want to, you'll need that identity when fighting foreigners.

Thinking this, Yi Shuihan ignored Hua Ya and continued on his way.

Hua Ya originally wanted to chase after him, but she found that no matter how hard she tried, the distance between her and Yi Shuihan was getting further and further apart. In the end, she could only stop, stomp her feet, and sulk.

Chapter 241, Late-Stage Nascent Soul at Age 25

Yi Shuihan didn't pay attention to Hua Ya's later appearance. At this moment, Yi Shuihan was happily looking at his attributes, especially when he saw the merit column, he couldn't help but smile.

Merit Points: 81436

This Ge Yang is truly a money-giving boy. In this way, the merit points I need have suddenly increased by nearly 10%, and tens of thousands have been added in just one day. If it were like this every day, wouldn't I be able to accumulate enough merit points for the system's advancement in less than a month?

Of course, this was just Yi Shuihan's wishful thinking. He knew that it was impossible for beings like Ge Yang to appear one after another. Compared to that, it was more practical to subdue demons and monsters.

"I have enough cultivation points now to summon once. Should I summon Robin and the others?" He had thought about this idea after completing that troublesome special mission, and not just once or twice. However, he suppressed it in the end. After witnessing the ghost go to the underworld, he felt insecure and wanted to use cultivation points to increase his sense of security.

The one-time skill that can be exchanged for 1650 points is enough for him to protect himself from immortals, and even if he encounters an immortal, he won't be unable to escape. But it's hard to say with 650 points.

"Forget it, let's wait! This world isn't good. We can release them when we reach a more suitable world. In the end, it's all because we're not strong enough and don't have enough cultivation points!"

"What? Master Ge is in trouble? He died at the hands of that young man? This... how is this possible? Master Ge is so powerful, how could that young man be his match?" Zhong Aiguo was filled with disbelief after hearing his attendant's report.

In Zhong Aiguo's view, sending Master Ge to capture the person would be a piece of cake. He had never considered the possibility that Master Ge might fail. When he heard the news, his first reaction was disbelief. However, he also knew that his subordinates would not lie to him, nor would they dare to. Therefore, after venting his anger, or rather, his fear, he calmed down.

Even Master Ge failed, how am I supposed to get revenge! And now it's not just a matter of whether or not to take revenge, if the other party comes knocking on my door, can I stop them?

The answer is no, but Zhong Aiguo has no choice. Should he run away?

As his entourage waited in trembling fear, Zhong Aiguo's face changed color continuously, from blue to purple, then black to white, finally settling on a terrifying red, as if it were burning with fire.

"Snapped"

Zhong Aiguo clapped his hands abruptly, his eyes flashing with cold light, and said in a deep voice, "Since things have come to this, I still have to fight you. It's either you die or I live. Go and invite Mr. Smith to the mansion for a talk. Tell him that I have agreed to his request."

With nowhere else to turn, Zhong Aiguo disregarded everything else and decided to use the power of foreigners to deal with Yi Shuihan.

In fact, he was indeed an absolute patriot, but that was because he looked down on those foreigners from the bottom of his heart, which is why he never showed any favoritism. Furthermore, because the benefits offered by foreigners were simply not enough, there was never any news of him becoming close to any country.

Soon after, Smith arrived in front of Zhong Aiguo. The slight sweat on his forehead indicated that he had come quickly.

"Haha, Mr. Zhong, how have you been? I've heard about my son's situation. Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for him."

"Enough with the nonsense. I agree to join Britain, but in addition to the conditions you've promised, one person must die first."

"No problem, no problem. Whoever it is, they will surely die under the gunfire of my Great British Empire."

"..."

Just as Zhong Aiguo and Smith were discussing how to deal with Yi Shuihan, Yi Shuihan was sitting cross-legged in an elegant tea room. In front of him was the old man who had wanted to take him as his disciple, Feng Wuhen.

Feng Wuhen looked at Yi Shuihan with a complicated expression. He hadn't expected that the other party was not only a spirit, but also someone with a higher cultivation level than him. He had even wanted to take the other party as his disciple. Now he realized that he must be quite ridiculous in the other party's eyes.

"Young friend, you really kept this from me for so long!" Feng Wuhen's voice was bitter, and his eyes were full of resentment as he looked at Yi Shuihan.

Yi Shuihan felt a little embarrassed by the gaze. "I haven't been hiding anything; it's just that you can't tell."

"Yes, it is my old eyes that are dim and I did not realize that you are a senior master. Can you tell me what level of cultivation you have?" Feng Wuhen found that even now, when he carefully examined Yi Shuihan, he saw him as an ordinary person with no cultivation at all.

"It doesn't matter if I tell you, it's just the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm." What Yi Shuihan didn't say was that he would soon be at the Void Return realm.

Upon hearing the answer, Feng Wuhen gasped, his hand instinctively wanting to slam on the table, but thankfully he managed to restrain himself.

"How old are you?"

"Almost 26."

"Hmm, so it's 126." Feng Wuhen nodded subconsciously, then asked, "How many did you say? If I heard correctly, you said almost 26. So you're only a little over 25 years old now?"

Yi Shuihan nodded, while Feng Wuhen was dumbfounded, muttering to himself, "A 25-year-old late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, 25 years old, at 25 I was still in the early-stage Qi Refining stage."

Should I tell him that I've only been cultivating for a little over two years? Or should I just forget it? Otherwise, there's no point in talking anymore; I can just watch him stare blankly.

Chapter 242, For the Sake of All Living Beings

No one knows how long Feng Wuhen stood there in a daze, but the once scalding hot tea had gone cold.

Yi Shuihan was quite patient; she didn't interrupt Feng Wuhen's reverie, but instead sipped her tea and waited for Feng Wuhen to recover.

With a long sigh, Feng Wuhen finally emerged from the shock of being transformed into a 25-year-old late-stage incarnation.

"I don't even know what to call you from now on? Senior? Or..."

"Just call me Xiao Yi!"

Although he didn't mind being called "senior," Yi Shuihan still felt a little awkward about being called "senior" by someone old enough to be his grandfather.

"In that case, I'll take the liberty of calling you Xiao Yi."

Seeing that Yi Shuihan didn't seem to mind the form of address, Feng Wuhen breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he couldn't quite accept being called "senior" by Yi Shuihan, even though his cultivation level was high enough to warrant the title. His age, however, made him feel incredibly awkward.

At 25 years old, in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, Feng Wuhen had no doubt that Yi Shuihan would break through to the Void Return realm, or even the Dao Integration realm, and he felt that becoming an immortal was very possible.

Is a celestial being about to appear in this degenerate age? Is this Heaven's mercy upon us?

"So you didn't come to see me just to have a chat, did you?"

"Indeed, aside from still harboring a sliver of hope that I might take you as my disciple, there's something I need your help with!"

At this point, Feng Wuhen's expression turned solemn, and his eyes became extremely grave. "The reason I have come out of seclusion this time is for a major event that concerns the lives of all people. If we do not stop this from happening, humanity will not be extinct, but it will not be much better off."

"Oh! What's so serious?" Yi Shuihan's interest was instantly piqued. If it sounded so serious, then as long as he got involved and prevented the incident from happening, wouldn't the merits be plentiful? Perhaps it would even directly meet the system's requirements for advancement!

“500 years ago, a great demon suddenly appeared on this land. This demon caused the deaths of millions of people as soon as it was born, and even the entire population of several cities was wiped out because of it. At that time, our cultivation community gathered all its strength to fight against this demon, including one of our sect’s patriarchs.”

"At that time, there were more than 10 Void Returning experts and hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators. With such a powerful lineup, they still failed to kill the demon. Instead, they were almost all killed or wounded. In the end, only one Nascent Soul cultivator returned. That Nascent Soul cultivator revealed the location where the demon was sealed and then asked his descendants to guard the seal before passing away soon after."

"The seal was originally well maintained and had never malfunctioned. However, recently the seal has changed. After investigation, it was found that due to the reduction of spiritual energy in heaven and earth, the seal is not as strong as before. If this continues, the seal will break sooner or later. When that demon is born, no one will be able to stop him."

After listening quietly to Feng Wuhen's words, Yi Shuihan's heart was also unsettled. If even a pair of Void Returning cultivators couldn't be defeated, just how high must this demon's cultivation level be? It must be at least Void Returning, and more likely in the late stage of Void Returning. As for Dao Integration, that's impossible. If it were Dao Integration, it wouldn't have been sealed away at all.

If someone were to return to the Void Realm, they would indeed be able to survive until now. Given the current situation, the appearance of someone at the Void Realm would truly make them invincible, as they would be equivalent to a Silver-level expert.

"What is this demon's name? And why did he kill so many people?"

"No one knows the original name of this demon. He first appeared in the Jiangnan region and slaughtered several villages and hundreds of people as soon as he appeared. It is said that he cultivated an evil technique that improved his cultivation by killing people. He was only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm at first, but after half a month, he reappeared at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. He achieved the Return to Void realm after slaughtering the first city. Later, he slaughtered several more cities, and no one knows what level of cultivation he had, but it is said that he was not far from the Dao Integration realm. Then, many experts joined forces to seal him away. People gave him the nickname 'City-Slaughtering Demon'."

Speaking of the massacre of the city, the demonic Feng Wuhen gritted his teeth, as if he were an irreconcilable enemy.

"How much longer can the seal last? Is there really no way out?"

"I've already checked it out. In the best-case scenario, it can last for a year; in the worst-case scenario, it will shatter within a few months. As for a solution, if there were a Void Returning expert, they could set up a special formation to allow the seal to function for several hundred years again, but right now..."

Feng Wuhen looked dejected, clearly at a loss for what to do.

"This demon has been sealed away for so long, could it still maintain its original strength?"

Yi Shuihan was not frightened. After this seal, he would at least be at the Void Returning stage. With his ability to fight beyond his level, he would not be afraid of anyone who did not reach the Dao Integration stage.

“That’s impossible. 500 years have passed. He can probably only maintain the cultivation level of the early stage of the Returning to Void Realm at most, or even fall into the Nascent Soul Realm. But even if he is a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, with his original cultivation level, he would be invincible among Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. Moreover, I am worried that he will go on a killing spree and then his cultivation level will rise again. At that time, no one will be able to control him.”

"There is only one way now, which is to take advantage of his weakened state after breaking through the seal, unite with our fellow cultivators, and kill him. Even if it means mutual destruction, we cannot let him wreak havoc on the world again."

Feng Wuhen stared intently at Yi Shuihan, almost as if he wanted to tell Yi Shuihan to come too.

"Please let me join this operation. For the sake of all living beings, I have no choice but to do so," Yi Shuihan said solemnly, but in his heart he roared that everything was for the sake of merit.

"Good, as expected of a genius who has cultivated to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm in such a short time, you are indeed a man of great righteousness. Your existence is truly a blessing for the righteous path and for the world!"

Hearing Feng Wuhen's praise, Yi Shuihan was speechless. What does cultivation speed have to do with a person's good or evil? If it weren't for merit, I wouldn't be so enthusiastic!

"Before that, I have a favor to ask."

"But it doesn't matter!"

"Actually, this is what I've been practicing all along..." Yi Shuihan took out the basic cultivation technique.

Chapter 243, Enriching the Foundation

"You mean, you relied on this thing to cultivate to this level?" Feng Wuhen almost roared.

What a joke! A common, basic cultivation technique that can supposedly allow someone to reach the Nascent Soul stage at the age of 25? Even if Yi Shuihan started cultivating from the womb, it's impossible.

Even in ancient times, very few people could reach the Nascent Soul stage by cultivating basic techniques. Most of them barely made it to the Nascent Soul stage after the age of 100. In this Dharma-ending Age where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is scarce, it is simply impossible to advance to the Nascent Soul stage by relying on basic techniques.

Before Yi Shuihan told Feng Wuhen about his cultivation technique, Feng Wuhen thought that Yi Shuihan had received the inheritance of some powerful being and was cultivating a cultivation technique at the level of an immortal, which explained his rapid progress and his advanced level at such a young age. But now…

Feng Wuhen pressed one hand to his forehead, hiding his face from tears. How could the difference between people be so vast? Common sense doesn't seem to work anymore.

Before today, Feng Wuhen was very confident in his talent. After all, becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator in this Dharma-ending Age was a remarkable achievement. There were very few people like him in the entire country, so how could he not be proud?

Yi Shuihan's appearance made him feel as if he had woken up from a beautiful dream. For the first time, he felt that his talent was really terrible.

The technique he cultivates is far more powerful than the basic techniques. Not only is the magical power he cultivates much purer and more powerful, but most importantly, it is several times faster.

If he were to change his cultivation method to a basic mental cultivation technique, Feng Wuhen dared to say that he would definitely not be able to reach the Nascent Soul stage; he would be lucky to even reach the late Qi Refining stage.

Unconvinced, he picked up the basic mental cultivation manual and began to read it, hoping that it was just a basic mental cultivation manual on the surface and that it was actually a powerful technique inside. However, what he saw was not what he wanted to see. This basic mental cultivation manual was really just a basic mental cultivation manual.

“I understand what you mean. I’ll have Xiaohua bring you the cultivation techniques they’ve collected. You can also take a look at the cultivation techniques from my sect. As for spells, you’ll need them too, so I’ll have him bring some with him.”

Feng Wuhen wasn't stupid; he understood what Yi Shuihan meant and spoke with conviction.