CHAPTER 767: 189, RESEARCH

"God Worshiping Skill."

Lin Yue glanced at the corpses strewn across the alley, casually pocketed the pendant of the life-taking Buddha Mother, and couldn’t be bothered to tidy up before turning to leave.

After the Corpse Driver died, his refined corpses each collapsed, their spirituality utterly dissipated.

He didn’t care about being discovered anyway.

On the contrary, upon realizing the rules of this world, he felt that sometimes it was necessary to display sufficient power.

"Next, try to collect all the information related to God Worshiping Skill."

Lin Yue pondered to himself, "These God Worshiping Skills seem rather crude, and these mortals don’t seem special, yet they can use them, so the important part can’t be the rituals and methods of worship, but something else..."

...

The next day, at Lin Family mansion.

"Yihai City hasn’t been very peaceful lately, be careful when you go out."

Before leaving in the morning, Father Lin specifically instructed his two sons, seemingly having heard something.

The eldest young master wasn’t aware, but Lin Yue heard that morning—the old butler had told Father Lin about a large number of corpses found in a nearby alley.

A man of Father Lin’s status was obviously aware of the existence of Witchcraft Technique but didn’t make a fuss about it.

Lin Yue thought to himself, thankfully he had returned the refined corpse of Lady Lin to the spirit hall the night before, otherwise Father Lin would definitely suspect his own home.

However, the night before, he had gone to the cinema at the Ping An Building, and that woman in the cheongsam could certainly guess his specialness; she must be from one of Yihai City’s three major gangs, the Iron Axe Gang.

As the chairman of the local shipping merchants’ association and a well-known figure in Yihai City, his existence as an illegitimate son wasn’t hard to uncover.

Lin Yue didn’t care about these so-called gangs.

They seemed numerous but were just a bunch of bumpkins; even for him now, they were not at all frightening, and their crude firearms posed no threat.

Only the real warlords, with large armies carrying plenty of firearms, could pose a threat to him.

But...

After all, there are those mysterious powers from God Worshiping Skill in the world; so far, he feared he had only encountered the weakest among them. Who knew how strong the forces hidden in the shadows were?

Although he wouldn’t truly die even if this body perished, he would be expelled from Yanfu World.

Once expelled, he didn’t know how he would be able to rebuild his Divine Soul.

"I don’t even know the ratio of the flow of time between Yanfu World and Eternal Night..."

Lin Yue worried, "Fengzhi’s Divine Soul is disintegrating, not as quickly as mine, but even with my brother’s help, it’s doubtful that she will live past a hundred years."

In any case, he needed to reconstruct his Divine Soul and return quickly.

"Time cannot be wasted."

Lin Yue made up his mind, "Starting today, if trouble arises, I will resolve it swiftly with violence, no...just take action directly. Although the three gangs are nothing but chickens and dogs, they are still numerous and powerful; controlling them in the shadows to work for me would make things much more convenient."

...

No sooner said than done.

With Lin Yue’s physical condition and Martial Arts foundation, combined with Mana to use some minor spells that also worked in this world, subduing a few local gangs was a cakewalk.

If it was just brute strength, it might not have worked.

But supplementing it with seemingly useless minor spells made all the difference.

Even though he was restricted to a mortal level, his opponents were mere mortals too.

Just seven days later.

On the top floor of the Ping An Building in Yihai City, Lin Yue looked at the leaders of the three major gangs who stood before him with the utmost respect and issued his first command:

"Collect all the materials and people related to God Worshiping Skill for me."

...

Days passed by.

Externally, Lin Yue remained the low-key illegitimate son of the Lin Family, while secretly using the power of the three gangs to collect the intelligence and materials he needed.

He didn’t care how the three gangs developed; they were just there to make money after all.

His only concern was the God Worshiping Skill.

Gradually, as he came into contact with more and more God Worshiping Skills, Lin Yue also gradually came to understand the essence of the God Worshiping Skill.

"So that’s how it is..."

"What rituals, procedures aren’t important, what matters is whether the gods being worshiped take notice, and rituals are merely a formality."

"No wonder such crude God Worshiping Skills, widespread among the people, only allow a very few to invoke the power of the gods; God Worshiping also depends on compatibility...as well as the depth of connection with the gods..."

"Is this...causality? A mental connection? Or something else..."

"Faith is just a firmer mental connection."

Lin Yue continued to study various God Worshiping Skills, trying them out himself, summarizing the rules and commonalities.

After all, with a perspective as exalted as one approaching Proving, he found it much easier to delve into the essence of all phenomena; even now, fallen to the mortal realm, his experience allowed him to deduce quite a lot.

"The gods of Yanfu World don’t seem to truly exist, similar to my current state, hidden between heaven and earth..."

"The compatibility of God Worshiping depends on aptitude; the better the aptitude, the easier it is to sense heaven and earth, and easier to receive the divine will; secondly, it depends on whether destiny aligns, related to destiny and fortunes that also involve heaven and earth; thirdly, how deep the cause and effect with the gods is, such as offerings and sacrifices, constructing temples."

"If one has good aptitude, aligned fate, and strong causal connections, inviting the gods becomes very easy."

"The so-called Contractors are probably such people, and that’s why they can gain favor from the gods, thereby obtaining more direct methods of God Worshiping."

Through repeated experiments, Lin Yue gradually penetrated the essence of God Worshiping Skill.