The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 852: Chapter 852: The Immortal Path Obscured, Evil Gods Reign

The passage of time, in the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

Shen Mo and Chen Mengze had settled at the foot of a large mountain named Yuanbao Mountain in the border mountains.

This mountain resembles a gold ingot in shape, coupled with the abundance of flying birds and running beasts and precious herbs in the mountains, which can sustain the livelihood of the mountain people and earn silver and gold, thus it was named this way!

Whether it’s Yuanbao Mountain or the border mountains, there is no shortage of villages formed by the mountain folk;

However, most mountain villages do not allow outsiders to move in, so Shen Mo and Chen Mengze built a quiet courtyard with three rooms using rocks, tree trunks, and thatch a few miles away from a village called Tao Village.

In these few months, Shen Mo and Chen Mengze often ventured into the mountains together, collecting rare herbs in various treacherous places, then brewing them into decoctions to maintain their original cultivation level with the power of the drugs.

But in this world, the Immortal Path was not evident, completely devoid of Spiritual Qi;

The various herbal materials also lacked spiritual properties and could only be used for their original medicinal properties to barely nourish the essence and blood.

There is such a thing as ”spiritual medicines” and ”divine weapons,” but as Shen Mo expected, these extraordinary items involve the existence of Deities, and they cannot be easily obtained. Even if there is a way to acquire ”elixirs,” they wouldn’t be ingested.

From the mouth of the scarred general, the two obtained a lot of useful information;

Shen Mo went out several more times, exchanging information with ”experts” from various places, and barely sketched out the general picture of this world!

This world is somewhat similar to his previous life, with hundreds of human nations, large and small, in constant war;

The place where he and Chen Mengze fell is within the territory of the Qing Country, the largest country within thousands of miles. The scarred general and his more than a thousand cavalry are the army of the Qing Country, and the other side of the border mountains is Ji Country, which is at war with Qing Country.

This blue star is indeed a world where the Immortal Path is extinct, but it possesses millions of ”Deities”!

The mysterious power on the scarred general comes from the power of the Deities.

Shen Mo did not know what level or form these so-called ”Deities” exist in, whether they are powerful creatures or Evil Spirits without independent personalities.

In the eyes of the locals in this world, under heaven, Deities are divided into Righteous Gods and Evil Gods;

But from Shen Mo’s perspective, the so-called Righteous Gods are essentially no different from Evil Gods!

The likes of the scarred general and thousands of cavalry are disciples of one of the Righteous Gods. They sacrifice their flesh, souls, and even Lifespan to borrow mysterious power from the Deities, making themselves incredibly powerful and using this power to fight enemies.

The mountain folk of ”Tao Village” also worship a few so-called Righteous Gods that can protect them from wild beast invasions, heal injuries, and enhance martial skills!

However, their sacrifices and gains are completely disproportionate.

For example, if Shen Mo uses Sacrificial Magic, sacrificing his primal Essence and Qi, he sets the effect he can achieve at tenfold... then in this world, sacrificing flesh and soul to Deities only yields half the effect!

Therefore, in this world, whether mortal or strong, as long as they are god disciples, they generally do not live past sixty years.

Of course, after borrowing the power of the Deities, one can also cultivate through various widely spread methods, strengthening their primal Essence and Qi; but as their strength increases, achieving the same level of enhancement requires borrowing more power from the Deities.

As a result, more sacrifices to the Deities are necessary, still unable to live a long time!

No matter how you look, this planet seems like a breeding ground for Evil Gods.

Similarly, if Shen Mo and Chen Mengze were to obtain ”elixirs” and ”divine weapons,” they would also need to sacrifice to the Deities to activate the effects of the elixirs and weapons, gaining far less than what they give.

Not long after settling outside Tao Village.

Shen Mo went out a few times and in the Ghost Market within the border mountains, he sold off the exotic beast Jiaoma, the armor, and accessories from the scarred general, keeping only the Six-Legged Jiaoma and Hundred Refined Steel knife, and making over a hundred taels of gold.

Afterward, he spent more than half of the gold to purchase a few relatively crude cultivation methods!

After research, he found that the cultivation methods in this world also involve sacrificing oneself to gain the power of the Deities, relying on this external force to stimulate and build up one’s body and soul;

Through cultivation, one can borrow and endure more power from the Deities!

Shen Mo and Chen Mengze immediately decided not to cultivate in this world, avoiding this ”cultivation” at all costs.

Even if they do nothing, maintaining their cultivation level can allow them to live out their original Lifespan... Shen Mo can live for over two thousand more years, and Chen Mengze nearly a thousand years more, but once they cultivate this way and become god disciples, they would be doomed, and living for a hundred or eighty years would be considered good!

Fortunately, Shen Mo has a strong body and can also use Special Destiny. In this world, as long as he doesn’t provoke those Deities and the strongest batch of god disciples, protecting himself and Chen Mengze is not too difficult.

Moreover, Shen Mo discovered that when he wears the [Uncommon Victory] Destiny, it greatly amplifies damage against both Righteous God disciples and Evil God disciples!

With this, he is even more convinced that these so-called Deities are nothing but Demons or Evil Spirits.

Additionally, among a pile of chicken rib items, he picked out the [Swallow’s Grace] special Destiny...

[Swallow’s Grace (Green): Wearing this Destiny makes your body lighter, moving as if flying.]

Before heading to Jade Verdant Cave, Shen Mo had just consumed a large amount of Destiny Points to enhance the quality of [Danger Perception], [Uncommon Victory], and [Indestructible Body], leaving him with very few Destiny Points, and in this world devoid of the Immortal Path, accumulating Destiny Points was very slow.

At present, he is painstakingly accumulating to enhance the rank of [Swallow’s Grace], making it as convenient as cultivating Lightness magic, whether traveling or fighting enemies.

However, the accumulated Destiny Points cannot be fully used on this Destiny;

After all, besides his physical strength, the only supernatural means Shen Mo can utilize is the Special Destiny, so he must keep a large amount of Destiny Points as a precaution.

If he encounters dangers in the future that are difficult to handle, depending on the circumstances, he could temporarily enhance one or two chicken rib Destinies or draw new Destinies from the Destiny Pool to help him get through the crisis!

On this day.

The sky was just getting dark.

Inside the house, Shen Mo sat by a stove made of stones, carefully putting herbs into a pot to brew a decoction to nourish his essence and blood.

The slightly thinner Chen Mengze brought him a bundle of firewood and then closed the door with a ”creak” and secured it with a latch made of sturdy ironwood!