Chapter 246
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Chapter 246: Indistinguishable, I Truly Cannot Distinguish
In the distance, the newly appeared Mu Lin looked utterly relaxed, even clapping his hands while watching the Follower of Black Mountain battle the dragon-man Mu Lin.
This scene plunged the follower of Black Mountain into despair.
By now, it realized the dragon-man Mu Lin fighting it was merely a decoy.
Naturally, the real Mu Lin had no fear of the follower’s threat of mutual destruction.
Equally desperate was Lady of Pleasures Shu Rong—she couldn’t tell if this new Mu Lin was the real one or another copy.
‘Indistinguishable…truly indistinguishable…’
Unable to locate Mu Lin’s true form, Shu Rong abandoned all thoughts of opposing him.
…
“Fix!”
The sudden appearance of Mu Lin shattered the follower of Black Mountain’s defenses. Seizing this opening, the dragon-man Mu Lin roared, imprinting the Root Word ‘Fix’ into the follower’s soul. The creature’s spirit froze instantly.
With a thunderous crack, lightning surged into the Black Mountain tombstone, obliterating the follower’s paralyzed soul.
Thus, over half the Servants of the gods opposing Mu Lin were annihilated.
Only Lady of Pleasures Shu Rong remained.
Without hesitation, Mu Lin turned to her after destroying the follower.
“You’ve decided to surrender?”
“…Yes. This servant will obey Master Mu in all things.”
“Lower your soul’s defense.”
Shu Rong hesitated but complied. Resistance meant seeking her own doom, and she knew she stood no chance against him.
She also believed Mu Lin wouldn’t kill her. Men’s mindsets were familiar to her.
“Competition for wealth, territory, and power rages among those of the same sex. But between sexes? Beautiful women become trophies.”
As the saying went: two tigers cannot share one mountain unless one is male, the other female.
Shu Rong trusted her beauty and status made her a perfect trophy to flaunt. Her Delight ability would stoke Mu Lin’s desires, clouding his judgment until he couldn’t bear to kill her.
Resolved, she opened herself completely.
“Fix!” The thunderous command exploded in her mind.
With her defenses down, the word paralyzed her soul. As her spirit trembled, Zhong Kui’s form erupted from Mu Lin’s body.
The manifested deity gaped his jaws and swallowed Shu Rong whole, repeating his ghost-devouring feat.
Watching Shu Rong vanish completely, the indifferent Mu Lin muttered to himself.
"Making you my slave was tempting, but your divinity smells sweeter."
Mu Lin’s swift execution of the Lady of Pleasures stemmed from more than just desiring her divinity. He didn’t share her imagined lecherous nature. Even if drawn to beauty, noblewomen or chaste maidens offered better prospects. Great families would eagerly offer daughters – even legitimate ones – to gain his favor for practicing the True Meaning Diagram of doppelgänger cultivation.
The Lady of Pleasures? Who knew how many men’s beds she’d warmed. Mu Lin refused to risk meeting her former lovers during casual meals. Moreover, controlling this deity-linked woman proved unreliable. "Your divine ties give too many escape routes," he reasoned.
Unmanageable, treacherous, and impure – these traits sealed her fate without hesitation. Her death marked the elimination of all divine servants opposing him.
This purge brought rich spoils. "Divinity silence, divinity withering, divine delight… jackpot! Pity the Crazy Hunt divinity got burned in Black Mountain’s follower’s ritual."
Though still sealed and risky, these divinities excited Mu Lin. The silent divinity merged easily into his Root Word "Fixing", granting power to seal magic, spirits, techniques, even cultivation realms. Applied to Yin soldiers and ghost officials, their chains would torment evil ghosts while making escape impossible.
Withering divinity suited Chu Lingluo perfectly. As trees cycle through growth and decay, her Qingdi Scripture mastery could maximize this power. Another reason? She belonged utterly to him.
The Dragon-Serpent Union’s Dual Cultivation method, while not outright evil, carried questionable aspects. Though merging yin and yang, the dragon (yang) and serpent (yin) weren’t equals. Currently, Lingluo as the "serpent" depended completely on Mu Lin. This dependence left her incapable of resistance, her entire being open to him.
While limiting her freedom, this bond let Mu Lin share her cultivation gains. Benefits went to her first. "Like emperors ascending via three thousand concubines. Enough ‘serpents’ might forge my own ascension path." This wasn’t empty boasting – yin-yang cultivation had always offered legitimate paths to power.
…
Mu Lin quickly assigned the silent and withering divinities. Only the delight divinity remained unallocated.
"Give it to Yunyu to show fairness? But Yan Yunyu isn’t following that path."
Though Yan Yunyu appeared charming and adaptable enough for the divinity of delight, her true path lay in accumulating wealth and fortune. Wealth connects to the divine – it was this kind of divinity that truly suited her.
"The only connection between my cultivation methods and delight is the Heart Lamp of Will, which uses emotions as fuel to kindle heartfire."
"However, the fuel I use for this lamp is arrogance – confidence has nothing to do with pleasure."
"Hmm, the dragon-serpent forms could blend with delight, letting me gain power through Dual Cultivation’s pleasures. But I refuse to switch paths and couple with hundreds…"
After contemplation, Mu Lin realized his third pleasure-related technique was the Paper Figure Curse.
"Emotions like joy and anger tie closely to Three Souls and Seven Spirits. When nailing someone’s Seven Spirits with this divinity, I could lock their corresponding emotions."
Though promising, this left him unsatisfied. He sensed deeper potential in the divinity of delight.
…
While awaiting rescue from Yuhu Academy, Mu Lin kept pondering applications for this divinity. He believed they’d wait safely until help arrived.
He was wrong.
"Buzz…"
A spatial tremor announced new arrivals in the secret realm.
"Someone’s here! Did the academy find us?" Chu Lingluo’s innocent voice held hope, her purity clashing with the realm’s gloom.
Mu Lin scanned the horizon, then froze.
The invading aura left no doubt – more cultists had come.
"Still them?!"
He released paper cranes to scout. Minutes later, his heart sank – stronger cultist forces than ever swarmed the realm.
"Damn Yuhu Academy’s incompetence!"
Though possessing unshakable confidence, Mu Lin knew he remained underpowered. Yan Yunyu, though nervous, found this predictable.
"Mu brother, the Cult controls this area. Yuhu needs time to locate us while cultists react instantly."
"Logical, but we’re in deep trouble."
Chaos erupted as cultists descended like hunting wolves.
"Slaughter them all!"
"Find Mu Lin! The divine people’s insult demands blood!"
"Help!"
"Bastards! Where’s Yuhu Academy?!"
Students fled like panicked rats. Mu Lin couldn’t save them this time – enemies included chief guards and ritualists at combining Essence and Evil realm.
Worse yet, multiple powerful beings charged straight for him.
"Mortal, your death won’t come swiftly!"
"BUZZ!"
A mountain-sized tombstone materialized overhead, crashing down with world-shaking force.
"BOOM!"
