CHAPTER 75: CHAPTER 74: INNATE DIVINE POWER

The moonlight truly fell, and people’s hearts were shaken.

The ghost market also trembled.

Everyone present, including Chen Xu, just felt a flurry of chaotic voices whispering in the shadows by their ears.

Paper lanterns swayed, and on both sides of the long street, all the shadows seemed to twist into bizarre paper figures at this moment.

There was an indescribable sound howling, as if the whole world was receding.

Before Chen Xu’s eyes appeared the interface prompt of the Food Cauldron Celestial Book:

[You compose verses to comfort the ghosts, the ethereal spirits read and find fragrance, obtaining one drop of Netherworld Essence as spiritual material.]

[Likes +2+2...]

[Fireworks Value +100]

Another drop of Netherworld Essence, adding to the two points from the previous two poems, Chen Xu now had three drops of Netherworld Essence.

So the Netherworld Essence was not the focus at this moment.

The focus was that at this moment, the Innate Qi within Chen Xu was still in a frenzy of consumption.

And faintly, something mysterious and grand seemed to be struggling to grow from between his bloodstream and Divine Soul!

[Innate Divine Power Awakening 99%]

The one starting a hundred miles journey finishes at ninety; the final and most crucial step of the Innate Divine Power awakening had arrived.

Chen Xu quickly increased his Tri-Attribute.

Essence, Qi Blood, Divine Soul, each increased by three points, yet it was not enough.

Increased by another six points each, still not enough.

Increased by nine, twelve, fifteen more each...

The Tri-Attributes surged wildly, and Chen Xu’s cultivation rapidly increased in sync, the Innate Qi within his body expanded rapidly as if inflated.

[Cultivation: Meridian Passage Realm Early Stage 15%]

[17%]

[25%]

[39%...]

Oh no, the cultivation grew too fast, the True Qi seemed to become unstable and floaty, he was on the verge of losing control.

Chen Xu dared not crazily increase attributes any longer, he could only rapidly circulate the Innate Qi within his body, even though it was being consumed swiftly—

Throughout his body, limbs, and bones marrow, there seemed to be a strong sense of hunger transmitting.

Every tiny particle in his body seemed to be clamoring to devour something.

...

No, something was off, his attribute points seemed insufficient!

[Accumulated Likes: 4736]

[Free Attribute Points: 13]

[Fireworks Value: 2707]

Chen Xu almost couldn’t resist consuming 100 Fireworks Value to rush into the Fire and Smoke Kitchen to gain more time to endure the current pain.

But in the void, he had a vague feeling that if he truly rushed into the Fire and Smoke Kitchen with his Divine Soul, the awakening of this Innate Divine Power would either fail or be incomplete.

No, he had to hold on.

Increase one more attribute point each!

[Free Attribute Points: 10]

A very weak force sprouted from Chen Xu’s nearly depleted body, and at this moment, a phrase suddenly popped into Chen Xu’s mind:

The hurricane passes the hills, leaving only the bent grass.

This phrase means that while the strong wind breaks the towering trees, it cannot extinguish the soft grass. When the old force collapses, it is perfectly the time for the dormant to break through!

Or, as it is written in the Food God Technique Scroll: "Mind and spirit unite, water and fire balance."

Chen Xu had no teacher, but each additional ounce of diligence in his practice naturally led to a deeper understanding of his cultivation texts.

It’s as if heaven and earth become his teachers, stoking the fire, cooking, flipping pans, and stirring ladles all become his teachers too.

He could comfort ghosts with poetry, making spirits find fragrance in his verses and texts, treating them as a grand feast for both humans and ghosts, so why couldn’t he understand himself the same way?

Mind and spirit unite, water and fire balance.

The first key is to stay centered and balance the one; if done, then even when energy is exhausted, there should be embers hiding stars in the Dantian, just waiting for the breeze to transform naturally into True Fire.

Unwittingly, Chen Xu comprehended something.

He abandoned all distracting thoughts, his organs surged, and a breath of wind arose within his body.

The wind augmented the fire, which contrariwise existed with the water.

In Chen Xu’s Dantian, the Innate Qi seemed to embark on a fast track of cyclic transformation, causing rapid consumption and equally rapid growth at this moment.

Finally, all the clamor faded away, and Chen Xu clearly sensed that there was indeed something new within his body and Divine Soul.

[Innate Divine Power: Netherworld’s Unbreakable (Basic Level)]

What is Netherworld’s Unbreakable?

[Precisely because there is yin and yang in heaven and earth, ordinary people cannot differentiate.]

However, with Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power, Chen Xu could freely traverse the yin and yang realms with a mortal body!

Of course, in the Basic Level state of Divine Power, this freedom was still "limited freedom."

For example: Chen Xu could sense within a five-foot radius around him a space uniquely belonging to him, "Yin Attribute Space," which he could freely utilize as his exclusive storage space.

This is somewhat like Sleeve Universe, yet there is an essential difference between the two.

Another example: By sensing the Netherworld, Chen Xu could [Borrow Passage from the Netherworld] to teleport from one place to another in a short time.

However, there is a chance of encountering ghosts while borrowing passage, posing a certain risk, and this divine power should be used cautiously.

Moreover, the Netherworld’s Unbreakable Divine Power also grants Chen Xu an additional ability.

In the current state, on the first and fifteenth of each month, he could freely enter the nearby ghost market and trade with ghosts!

In the end, the Netherworld’s Unbreakable is similar to a spatial divine power, but actually, it is still a yin-yang divine power.

In the vast world, yin and yang coexist; people are in this realm, and ghosts... are also in this realm, yet not in this realm as well.

Profound and unfathomable, difficult to describe or depict.

Without reaching a certain level, it really is incomprehensible.

Fortunately, Chen Xu is not foolish; he feels he has understood something.

With divine power bestowed, he regains his composure and looks around once more.

The ghost market seems still there, yet it also seems to have become a grand painting hung high in the heavens.

The scenes in the painting fell like light gauze, shrouding everyone inside and outside the ten-mile pavilion.

People’s expressions were frozen one by one, as if they were about to exit the ghost market, yet also still struggling in the entanglement between the yin world and the yang world.

Chen Xu felt a stirring in his heart, with a clear sense.

At this moment, he just needed to take a step and could truly leave the ghost market before everyone else.

However, there was no need; the ghost market was indeed withdrawing. After the moon fell, all who had dealings in the ghost market could indeed leave the ghost market.

Chen Xu did not need to showcase any special abilities; he merely needed to go with the flow.

Chen Xu, however, was unaware that while he and the others were trapped in the ghost market and unable to leave, someone outside was already as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

The first to be so anxious was Cui Fu.

Cui Fu followed Chen Xu’s team closely, adhering to the instructions of his master to treat Chen Xu with utmost hospitality.

What does "utmost hospitality" mean? Cui Fu has his own understanding.

Some "hospitalities," if there is no opportunity, require creating an opportunity to accomplish them.

Cui Jingxian had arranged a poetry event at the ten-mile pavilion as part of this "hospitality."

But who knew, before the poetry event was even halfway through, nearly a hundred people vanished into thin air right under Cui Fu’s eyes at the pavilion inside and out!

Cui Fu hesitated only for a few moments, then immediately reported to his master.

Subsequently, Cui Fu waited not far from outside the ten-mile pavilion.