First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

Previously, among the monsters Lu Ding had contained, he already had nine spells from the Twelve Zodiac Arts Method. They were:

【Immortal-Disgusting Heart-Gnawing】, the Twelve Zodiac Rat Methods.

【Mountain-Shaking, Peak-Quaking】, the Twelve Zodiac Ox Methods, which fused with Flesh-aura Pump Heart to become 【Mountain-Shaking Earth-Quaking】, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Methods.

【Tiger Qi Death Beam Cannon】, the Twelve Zodiac Tiger Methods.

【Moon Arc Kick】, the Twelve Zodiac Rabbit Methods.

【Black Devours Sun】, the Twelve Zodiac Dragon Methods.

【White Snake Shakes Scales】, the Twelve Zodiac Snake Methods.

【Iron Hooves’ Mournful Song·Border Breaker】, the Twelve Zodiac Horse Methods.

【Jingzhu Dan Imprint Robe】, the Twelve Zodiac Rooster Methods.

【Guarding Hai, Condensing Truth】, the Twelve Zodiac Hai Pig Methods.These were the nine gates.

Only the Sheep, Monkey, and Dog methods were missing.

And this time.

From the members of Wuwang, he had harvested these three spells.

Lu Ding looked at his Golden Finger.

【Contained Monster: Tuluo】

【Containment Reward: Refine Essence into Energy】

【Refine Essence into Energy: Twelve Zodiac Sheep Methods. Heavenly Energy, Earthly Essence. Refine the Earthly Essence to transform it into Energy. The Energy carries Earthly Evils. Using the heart as a wheel, turning it makes one undefeatable.】

Looking at the Sheep Method, Lu Ding understood in his heart.

He was almost really fooled by the name.

It wasn’t that the skill was bad, but the term ”Refine Essence into Energy” carried too much weight, too much prestige.

Of course.

Its current prestige was also high.

Lu Ding understood clearly in his heart.

This thing’s function was simple and brutal, with no twists and turns.

Simply put, this technique could transform the heart, turning it into something like a rotary engine, enhancing overall strength.

As long as one stood on the ground, they could continuously draw Earthly Essence, transforming it into their own Spiritual Energy.

And during this process, the body, as it continuously inhaled Earthly Essence, would also absorb and digest Earthly Evils, making the Spiritual Energy carry Earthly Evils. With every pump of the heart, blood, Spiritual Energy, and Earthly Evils would circulate throughout the body.

It was fierce.

And there was also a very cool point.

It would turn red, it would ”red-temp,” becoming stronger the more one fought.

This characteristic would manifest at the extremities of the limbs as the battle progressed.

Simply put, if Lu Ding hit someone with his fist, it might not be much at first, but as the fighting time lengthened, his fist would turn red, and its power would increase.

Alright then.

Lu Ding was already starting to feel a faint anticipation.

This was fucking like warming up a car.

He just didn’t know if he could encounter an enemy who could make his fists turn red from fighting.

And just in time, his Spirit Marrow was about to run out, and obtaining Spiritual Energy afterwards would be quite troublesome.

Although Lu Ding’s Spiritual Energy reserves were who-knows-how-much larger than an ordinary person’s.

But his consumption was also huge.

All those spells, not to mention the 【Golden Ao Island】 which could drain more than half his Spiritual Energy bar in one go, a true professional Spiritual Energy consumer.

If not for this Refine Essence into Energy, replenishing and absorbing Spiritual Energy would be a massive project for Lu Ding in the future.

Wherever he went, he’d be like a funnel, swallowing and inhaling the world’s Spiritual Energy.

Although it wouldn’t have much impact.

But it wouldn’t look good.

Having a storm cloud above his head at all times, was that proper?

Even if he disdained hiding and sneaking around, he couldn’t go about things like this.

Fortunately.

Now he had 【Refine Essence into Energy】.

It could be considered adding flowers to the brocade on top of plugging the leaks.

It counted as a method of rigid necessity for Lu Ding.

He took another look at the name Tuluo.

Actually, in daily life, ”tuluo” mostly refers to bugs that dig around in the soil on rainy days.

But in reality.

This thing was a mystical beast.

It is recorded in the 【Classic of Mountains and Seas】.

【On the Kunlun Mountains, there is a beast. Its shape is like a sheep with four horns. Its name is Tuluo. It eats people.】

It was a fierce beast too.

That hit on Lu Ding’s chest back then was from this thing.

In the end, Lu Ding felt no pain or itch, used Twin Peaks Pierce the Ears, and directly smashed it to pieces.

Such a good method, did you even know how to use it properly?

Jumping around all over the place.

Hand it over!

Now for the second one.

【Contained Monster: Zi Fire Monkey (Diluted)】

【Containment Reward: Prairie Star Fire】

【Prairie Star (Heart) Fire: Twelve Zodiac Monkey Methods. Starfire. Method of slaughter and conquest. Burns away sin.】

”I didn’t expect it to be you. Fortunately, the bloodline is diluted...”

Otherwise, the one suffering would probably have been Lu Ding, as this was a proper, bona fide deity.

Zi Fire Monkey, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

Books like 【Star Numbers】 and 【Mysterious Gatherings】 all have records about it.

But when Lu Ding looked at them back then, there were too many traditional characters, and they were obscure, so he couldn’t understand them very well.

Since he couldn’t even understand what he was reading, he couldn’t remember it well either, let alone translate it into vernacular.

So he hadn’t thought of it for a while.

But it’s worth mentioning.

Among the Twenty-Eight Mansions, besides Zi Fire Monkey, there is another of its kind, but not a monkey, rather an ape, called Shen Water Ape.

However, comparing the two, Lu Ding still preferred Zi Fire Monkey.

Its inherent meaning among the mansions is:

Having fame and reputation, virtue, dignified appearance, handling affairs cautiously and receiving respect, not acting rashly, skilled at turning good things towards oneself, liking culture and the arts...

Also values principles, rational, eloquent, and being eloquent can also bring him wealth.

Of course, these are all the good aspects.

Everything has two sides.

There are also bad aspects.

But Lu Ding doesn’t like hearing the bad ones. The bad ones are feudal superstition, the good ones are traditional culture.

Looking at the skill description, Lu Ding felt this ”burning away sin” was a bit similar to the 【Torment Flame of Sin】 he obtained earlier.

There were also differences.

【Torment Flame of Sin】 says you have sin, so you have sin, whereas this 【Prairie Star Fire】 can truly burn away sin.

”I wonder if these two can fuse.”

The thought had just arisen.

On the Golden Finger, the characters began to merge.

【Torment Flame of Sin】 in position!

【Prairie Star Fire】 in position!

Lu Ding knew.

Both were fire, taking up slots, they definitely had to fuse.

【Torment Flame of Sin】 had already fused once before, but not by the Golden Finger.

Rather, Lu Ding relied on his own hands for ample food and clothing, using the comprehension from 【Heaven-Man Unity】 plus observing the Three Calamities Yin Fire within the Dragon Wall, to fuse it himself.

The predecessor of 【Torment Flame of Sin】 was killing the Fireball Child and obtaining 【Ember Fire Technique】.

Now 【Torment Flame of Sin】 could fuse with 【Prairie Star Fire】.

Lu Ding’s heart was filled with anticipation for the final product.

”Could it be something like Six Ding Divine Fire, Samadhi True Fire or the like...”

He thought this in his heart.

Then.

On the Golden Finger, characters appeared.

【Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire】

【Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire: Condenses the power of the stars. Seven stars gather. Absolute slaughter and conquest.】

Alright then, another great killing weapon has arrived!

Although the fame of 【Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire】 isn’t as widespread as something like Sun’s True Fire or Samadhi True Fire.

But its power is extremely great.

And it’s absolute slaughter and conquest!

The reason it’s not widely known is because Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire is first the fire of the kingly way, then a heavenly fire, both belonging to things not easily shown to others.

The Purple Tenuity Star is the master of astral destiny. It has another name, Polaris. In ancient times, it was often used to correspond to the emperor.

This also matched the anomalous phenomenon in Lu Ding’s Inner Landscape during his Earth Observation and Heavenly Perception stages, where the seven stars gathered and his Si Ming transformed into the North Star.

His Si Ming is called 【Great Black Heaven Calamity】, and now he has 【Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire】.

Dark heavens, bright star, descending fire, wrathful divine punishment.