15: Mountain God

He looked over, and the giant creature was over a hundred zhang tall, entirely ink-black, almost completely blending into the night.

It had four legs, resembling a Pegasus, but what was most terrifying was that the head on its neck was not a horse's head, but a human face!

Two sharp, long horns grew from the forehead of the human face, and thick hair, like a horse's mane, cascaded down.

“This is…”

Qin Jin looked at the figure and recognized its identity.

“Horse-bodied Human-faced God.”

This was information he had obtained from his past life's memories; this giant creature was one of the mountain gods recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

At this moment, it was galloping through the Great Desolate, its body like ten thousand jun, and the ground trembled slightly.

Divine light emanated from its eyes, as if it was searching for something.

Despite its massive size, its speed was astonishing, and after a few breaths, the sound of its hooves completely faded, and its trace was no longer in Qin Jin's sight.

“Golden Crow, Mountain God.”

“Within this Great Desolate, I’m afraid there are many divine beasts and exotic species from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.”

“What did the Ancient Remnant Species that destroyed the Si Huo Tribe look like?”

Qin Jin's thoughts stirred: “In the depths of the Great Desolate, do Bai Ze and Qilin, those well-known divine beasts and auspicious beasts, exist?”

“I wonder what methods beings of this level possess and how resistant they are to technological weapons.”

“One day, if I wear true top-tier combat mechs, or pilot giant combat starships, or even star fortresses, and face such beings…”

His thoughts drifted, and when he thought of this, he actively stopped the association.

“I cannot aim too high.”

“A tall building starts from the ground. I already have the opportunity to rise, and what I need to do now is to be down-to-earth.”

As the thought flashed, his mood, which had been stirred by seeing the mythical creature, gradually calmed down.

When he first arrived in the Great Desolate, he had seen the Three Legged Golden Crow, but it was in the sky and appeared as the great sun, which inevitably felt somewhat illusory.

The Mountain God he saw now was a direct encounter; if he had a death wish, he could even physically touch it, which inevitably caused some fluctuations in his state of mind.

In a short time, the Horse-bodied Human-faced God had already galloped an unknown distance, the sound of its hooves completely disappeared, its whereabouts unknown, and the Great Desolate in the night once again returned to silence.

With a slight thought, the bronze door on the panel flickered, and the Deep Driller left the Great Desolate.

…

Inside the old warehouse.

Leaping out of the mining machine's cockpit, Qin Jin raised his arm to check his communication wristband.

The first message that popped up was from Wen Jinglun.

“Qin Jin, your Combat Method application has been approved. You can go directly to the campus library to collect the Combat Method secret record.”

“The secret record comes with instructions. If you don’t understand anything, just come to my house to find me.”

[Combat Method]

In the Martial Artist courses at New Sheep District School, after initially mastering the Breathing Method, students also learn some simple offensive moves to lay a foundation.

And after breaking through to the Newborn Realm, one needs to learn Combat Method!

This is a special martial art used by Martial Artists to fight with life energy, and it can also be regarded as one of the signs of a Martial Artist entering the extraordinary.

There was no other person's information on the wristband. After replying to Wen Jinglun, Qin Jin lightly touched the light screen with his finger and entered the Twilight Star Trading Platform.

After several days, he had received many transaction messages about fire python crystal cores, some directly quoting prices, others inquiring in detail.

At this time, Qin Jin carefully screened them and finally settled on one message.

“F-grade energy crystal core: 200,000 star yuan; E-grade: 400,000; D-grade: 1,000,000. Prices may increase depending on specific quality.”

“Negotiable.”

The other party's transaction account had excellent credibility, and their current location was not hidden, being right on the Mining Star.

The price he offered was also among the best quotes.

After a moment of thought, Qin Jin replied.

“You set a time.”

Not long after the message was sent, a reply popped up.

“Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is fine. You decide the location.”

Seeing this, Qin Jin raised an eyebrow slightly and replied to the message.

“Tomorrow noon, New Sheep residential area. I’ll contact you with the specific location then.”

“Okay.”

After receiving the other party's reply, Qin Jin closed the light screen, his gaze long.

Since he had decided to trade resources from the Great Desolate, offline transactions like this were an inevitable part of the process.

Currently, as the Sacrificial Spirit of the Si Huo Tribe, he also had the power of vows as a trump card, fearless of risks.

Turning around, Qin Jin climbed the tall ladder and began inspecting and maintaining the Deep Driller.

For the foreseeable future, this mining mech would be his outer shell in the Great Desolate, and he needed to treat it with care.

Towards the end.

A visitor notification sounded in the warehouse.

Qin Jin turned back, leaped down from the tall ladder, and came to the door to unlock it.

The door opened, and a beautiful figure stood gracefully at the entrance.

Yan Yue.

She was dressed simply, with her hair tied in a ponytail. Upon seeing Qin Jin, she grabbed his hand: “Come on, come on, my dad asked you to come over for dinner.”

“Uncle Yan?”

Qin Jin was a little surprised. He followed her out of the warehouse, closing the door as he asked, “You could have just sent me a message. Did you really need to come all this way?”

“I was just afraid I couldn't get you to come.”

Yan Yue replied, “Qin Jin, it’s been a while since you came to my house. Lately, you’ve been out early and back late every day. Didn’t you fix your mech? What have you been doing lately?”

“Of course, I’ve been busy cultivating.”

The two walked side by side, Qin Jin teasing, “To be able to help Miss Yan take off, I don’t dare to be lazy at all.”

“Cut it out.”

Yan Yue's expression became a little more serious as she looked at him: “My dad wants to talk to you, it seems like it’s about something important.”

“Qin Jin, what’s your life index now?”

“Why are you asking that?”

“When he was on the call, I secretly listened a bit, and it’s related to that Spiritual Energy User.”

“Spiritual Energy User?”

“Yes, it seems that person will be coming to the Mining Star soon.”

At this point, Yan Yue paused slightly: “If it really is that Spiritual Energy User, you’ll have to perform well then.”

“A martial arts genius from a remote area gets noticed by a big shot, invested in, and soars to the sky. Qin Jin, I’ve already thought up the script for you!”

Qin Jin's eyes lowered.

Spiritual Energy User.

This was the direction he remembered most deeply after encountering information related to the evolution path.

If Martial Artists were the popular choice, with an extremely low entry barrier, then Spiritual Energy Users were the evolution path with the highest threshold!

Spiritual Energy.

This is one of the fundamental energies in the universe, and only those who awaken related talents can embark on this unique evolutionary path.

Every Spiritual Energy User can be called a darling of the universe, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Compared to Martial Artists, Spiritual Energy Users are an extremely noble magic-based profession.

Thoughts flashed through his mind.

Qin Jin looked at Yan Yue beside him and suddenly said, “Yan Yue, I’ve broken through to the Newborn Realm.”

“What did you say?”

Yan Yue stopped in her tracks.

“I said, I’m already in the Newborn Realm.”

Looking at Yan Yue's astonished expression, Qin Jin smiled: “Surprised, aren't you? Unexpected, right?”

“This is too sudden.”

Yan Yue's astonishment remained, and she looked at him with complex eyes: “So, you really were working hard on your cultivation, going out early and coming back late every day.”

“Secretly working hard, huh? Qin Jin, there’s already a thick barrier between us.”

Before Qin Jin could reply.

She pulled Qin Jin and directly sped up.

“Since you’ve broken through to the Newborn Realm, my dad has to fulfill his promise to me.”

“No matter what the Spiritual Energy User’s original situation was, now he’s in trouble.”

Qin Jin also quickened his pace.

He looked at Yan Yue's profile, feeling much more relaxed.

In the Great Desolate, playing the role of the high and mighty Sacrificial Spirit, he always maintained a serious demeanor.

At this moment, it was his most relaxed time.

The two jogged all the way back home.

Yan Yue's house was right next to Qin Jin's residence.

Pushing open the door, before Qin Jin could speak, Yan Yue's voice rang out first.

“Dad, Dad!”

“Qin Jin is in the Newborn Realm!”