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In the divine realm, there was a bearded old man blind in one eye. He was wearing a broad hat and a dark brown cloak. His attention was completely focused on a table full of various oddities and trinkets. Accompanying him were a pair of dormant wolves each with a crow resting on their heads. Despite his shabby appearance, this old man emanated an unbeatable presence.
One of the crows lazily stood up from its position of rest. The old man turned around and asked, "Huginn, has anything interesting happened in the divine realm since last I checked?" The crow nodded and spoke as well, "Yes, there are rumors of a new god that has ascended. Apparently he had Hephaestus make him a divine weapon which he has dubbed, 'the best creation in the countless millennia of blacksmithing'."
"Oh! So a new junior has ascended? For even that kid Hephaestus to be so proud of his weapon, I wonder how it matches up with my Gungnir? I suppose I should pay him a visit and grant him some congratulatory gifts. Huginn where is this junior now?" said the old man with a spark in his one eye.
The crow Huginn spoke out unhappily, "This..... Lord, I have checked the entire divine realm and even with brother Munnin's help, we were unable to find him. But we have learned that his Daoist name is 'this handsome and scholarly self' and that he had contacted Hephaestus via a piece of divine paper. On this paper, it was written...." but stopped immediately as a familiar mystical paper appeared within the room. On it, one could see the words ~IOU~.
'Oh? That junior has decided to contact this old lord himself? The younger generation is truly praiseworthy', thought the one-eyed old man.
But to his surprise, the paper shone a brilliant white light on to his table full of strange items and disappeared immediately with one of them in tow.
The old man's one working eye twitched, ಥ_ರ.
He roared out in anger, "What handsome and scholarly? He is nothing but a mere thief! He dared to steal from my collection of divine treasures! If I let this go the other gods will think that I, ODIN is a pushover!"
But he immediately calmed down and spoke, "Huginn go out with Munnin and personally use every method possible and search for him." Next, he turned to the now awoken wolves, "Geri, Freki have the Valkyrie corps put out a bounty for him and inform this matter to my useless sons as well."
As the crows and wolves moved out to carry out his orders, Odin turned to the skies, 'Junior thief let's see how you handle this, but that white paper and its aura... Interesting...' and smiled calmly with one excited eye.
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Zhen Shi oblivious to this, was hard at work trying to comprehend a way to help Myne with this 'divine boombox' of his. Completely stupefied he turned to his only hope, the System!
Ding!
Divine Boombox: The latest technology in music. An item personally crafted and worked on by the All-seeing God Odin. It can be used to play various types of music tapes putting divine musicians such as Orpheus to shame. It also comes with additional features. [The user is truly fortunate to have received a divine boon from such a high tier god.]
Shiet! What latest technology? If so where is the Bluetooth functionality? And why is to so huge and bulky like a large rock?
Still, Zhen Shi was rather satisfied with this random divine boon. After all, it was an item from Odin and he also had an idea of how to use it to help Myne. As such he turned to him, "Brother Myne while you conduct the ritual I will put on some music for you. It will be of great use."
Myne was momentarily flabbergasted but was greatly impressed. Help him with music? Was this brother of his, a cultivator of the dao of music as well?
But his impression was immediately broken as Zhen Shi brought out a multi-colored eye-blinding huge block.
Fuck! Brother, will you blind me with this monstrosity so much, that I'll become deaf and unable to listen to your music?
Myne was full of disbelief. Indeed, although a divine item the boom box gave off no special aura. Still, Myne decided to go on with the ritual as he thought that his brother had felt powerless and had wanted to do something to help out. But he couldn't help but feel a hint of displeasure in his heart, as he thought that this item might hinder his chances of success.
Still, he nodded at Zhen Shi and summoned a terrifying law of time which manifested as a shadow of a clock face, a faint blue flame was burning on it. The space around Myne started to twist and churn occasionally showing the past and future. Even with the Vermillion Dragon body, Zhen Shi had to retreat quite a bit under the effect of this law.
After retreating, he placed the divine boombox on the floor and let the music play. He had decided on some Chinese instrumental music with the effect of calming the mind and improving concentration.
As the divine nature inherent to the boom box was mixed in with the amazing sound of the flute, lute, and zither, a gentle sound akin to the sounds of nature slowly spread. This music appeared to be able to penetrate into one's mind bit by bit and settle in the deepest part of one's soul.
Myne who had been beginning his law sacrifice was immediately spellbound by this amazing music. His worried eyes could not help but slowly shut when this melodious music was heard. His originally tensed body had also completely relaxed. His mind was free of unscrupulous thought as he brought out all the time law he could manage. But just as he was about to begin the sacrifice...
Vivienne who had lost consciousness stirred and slowly woke under the effect of this melodious music. She was initially worried and wanted to prevent Myne from his actions. But under the effect of divine music, her mind was extremely clear. Immediately realizing Myne's feelings she decided against stopping him and instead to support him.
Thus, she too summoned every bit of water law she could. But, amazingly this water and time law entwined with each other forming a mesmerizing dual law! The colorless time law and bright blue water law formed a beautiful combination... Myne was initially reluctant to have Vivienne support him, but soon his face broke out in a light smile. Vivienne smiled as well...
At this moment under the effect of heavenly music, their minds were free of sorrow and regret regarding the past.
Then they began the law sacrifice. A terrifying dark black eery energy appeared which began to greedily absorb their law. Under its effect, the entwined dual law disappeared along with the eery energy. The law was sacrificed! Just as the law sacrifice was finished a golden law shone upon Vivienne's body causing a dark miasmic aura; the remnant divine curse, to arise from Vivienne's body and vaporize into the air.
Surprisingly, by the time the divine curse was completely removed, Myne and Vivienne both had grown younger and stopped at an age of around mid-30. Although the law sacrifice was successful, both Myne and Vivienne felt a great feeling of sorrow as if something inherent to them was lost. But once they looked at each other, their hearts were once again filled with hope and satisfaction.
As for Zhen Shi, after starting the music, he had returned to his normal human self wearing only a pair of pants. But now, he who had been looking on in great satisfaction was dumbfounded. As the owner of the divine item, he could sense the changes the music brought about in the duo. However, all he heard was normal music. It was almost as if the divine aura had no effect on him...
HAHA! Of course, the unrefined sounds of a mere boom box cannot cause such changes to the mind of this handsome and scholarly self. I suppose it only affects the minds of those who have not listened to the greatest music. System I'm sure you fall into that category...
System: ب_ب
Zhen Shi looked at this lovey-dovey pair of Myne and Vivienne. He was quite satisfied with the happy ending this couple had gotten despite the legends he knew. The notifications above their heads still read 'HIDDEN'.
Ding!
Congratulations! The user has had sufficient exposure to strong individuals. As such Level Vision(Minor) has evolved into Level Vision(Major).
Zhen Shi was elated. HAHA! This must be a congratulatory gift from the heavens for preventing their tragedy from ever happening.
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Now the notifications above their heads read (Soul Deified) Nascent Soul Stage Level 5 and 6. This strange title confused Zhen Shi but he forgot it for the moment. He coughed loudly, instantly breaking the reverie of the couple and said, "Seniors, you should get yourselves a room," while smiling happily.
Immediately the now younger looking Myne and Vivienne separated in embarrassment. But Myne smiled at Zhen Shi and said, "Brother of mine, that music of yours is truly divine. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't know whether we could have survived! I am truly thankful!" At the same time Myne noted deep in his heart to never forget the generosity this brother had shown him.
Zhen Shi grinned proudly, "It's nothing much. We're brothers after all aren't we Merlin?"
Myne scowled, "Who the hell is this Merlin? I AM MYNE," but he stopped as a sudden realization hit him. Thus he said, "This... we have already become brothers, but I'm afraid I don't even know your name?"
Zhen Shi grimaced. FUCK! That is indeed true! I didn't say and he never asked!
"Haha, yes... Well, this handsome and scholarly self is Zhen Shi! Don't you ever forget it!" said Zhen Shi while laughing uncomfortably. With the intention of changing the topic, he turned to Vivienne and said, "But you have to admit Brother Myne, this Sister-in-law of yours is really pretty!"
Vivienne smiled with a light red face, "Oh? Brother Zhen Shi but weren't you shouting out water lady this and piss lady that before, at this big sister of yours?" and said with a playful scowl.
Zhen Shi rubbed his head speechless and embarrassed. For the first time, he was truly without words... Because what she said was indeed the truth!
Being speechless is such an uncomfortable feeling...
Myne who was watching this conversation was slightly displeased. He was fairly okay with this brother of his using that shameless skill, although he was greatly depressed at Vivienne's reaction to it. But seeing these two act like they were flirting... he couldn't help but think... This brother Zhen Shi is a kind-hearted soul, troubled with that problem of enjoying being hit. Perhaps he also suffers from a desire to be cuckolded?
Still, since he was unhappy he interceded in their conversation, "Brother Zhen Shi, Vivienne we've spent a lot of time here. Let's leave this damned cavern!" and said.
Zhen Shi looked at him with thankful eyes and thought, This Grand Mage brother, although suffering from masochistic desires is truly understanding of my feelings. He saved me from that uncomfortable situation of being speechless...
But again Myne noted this look and took it as confirmation. Aiya! Then this brother of mine really does seem to suffer from such an ailment as well. He seems so thankful for my help!
Vivienne for the first time noted something strange in their looks at each other. But she ignored it and laughed happily. She too was thankful for this brother Zhen Shi's help and thus said, "Let's leave. This place is indeed stuffy."
But Zhen Shi stopped them, "Wait wait! How is your cultivation now? It feels rather confusing to me.." and said. Myne and Vivienne looked at each other, "Well... We've lost our chances of ever completely comprehending the laws of time and water again unless a miracle happens. While our cultivation has fallen to the nascent soul level, our souls remain deified. Thus we are quite capable of handling ordinary soul deification cultivators." They held hands and smiled, "And the sacrifice of the time law had a surprising side effect of giving us the bodies of our middle-aged selves. You could say that our chances of reaching the Law stage with the same Law and reaching our peak once again will be next to impossible. In other words, we'll have to start from scratch... "
Myne turned his head to Vivienne and sent mentally, "Vivienne, this time we can make sure that we don't make the same mistakes we did last time! This is a second chance!" Vivienne smiled as she nodded in reply.
Zhen Shi nodded, ignorant of their conversation, and said, "Hey, you should be happy. After all, I am still at the core formation stage!" and said laughing. Myne and Vivienne paused for a moment but joined in the laughter soon after.
Now completely free from worries they set back on their journey to the surface. However, it was a pitifully short journey. This was because Vivienne utilized her connection to the valley to destroy the fountain completely, sending them immediately to the surface.
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Back on the surface, the group of cultivators who had decided to pursue the dao of harems was still energetically cursing the valley and the piss fountain while cheering for Zhen Shi and Myne. Over time the senior who had promised to help them had transformed into something more... the creator of a revolution
In fact, Carlos who was apparently skilled in the art of scrying had later used the fountain and the water sprayed from it to look at what that senior and Myne were doing. What had awaited them was the vision of a terrifying battle taking place between a water lady and Zhen Shi. Out of good or bad fortune, these cultivators never saw Myne's sorrowful conversation with Vivienne. All they saw was the fountain lady fighting an awe-inspiring battle with a draconic and demonic Zhen Shi.
It wasn't that Carlos was a genius in the art of scrying. Simply put the medium he used was the fountain itself which was linked with the events in the cavern below. Thus while they could scry, every time Vivienne received damage or made powerful moves they lost signal. Thus the last thing they saw was Zhen Shi utilize a terrifying light beam with a divine green dragon coiling around it. This led to great displeasure among the group and multiple curses at Carlos.
Nevertheless, the fact that their revolution leader was fighting the manifestation of the piss fountain filled them with great ardor and satisfaction. They were greatly worried regarding the outcome of the fight but had ultimately decided to give up worrying and continue cheering. As such, some were dancing, and some were singing, as they all showed their support to their revolution leader, that handsome and scholarly self!
But... suddenly that accursed fountain exploded in a mist of fog and smoke. Finally, that fountain that had trickled water ever so peacefully was eternally silenced. Moments later, the group of cultivators looked on in awe as the mist cleared revealing the familiar figures of their revolution leader and Myne accompanied by a beautiful black haired lady, who was also strangely familiar.
Immediately they started to cheer in happiness. Carlos was laughing out loud as he said, "The leader of the harem revolution has finally arrived to free us from this piss valley just as he promised. Those of us who lost faith should be ashamed. Our revolution leader must have beaten that piss lady! Now, our days of drinking piss are over!" All the others reciprocated his feelings.
Hearing their shouts, Vivienne glanced at Zhen Shi meaningfully. Her look said it all. 'Little Brother, we'll handle this later.....' Still, she and Myne smiled in amusement at this strange scene that had awaited them. But, Zhen Shi was flabbergasted (ʘ‿ʘ)
FUCK! I was just playing around then. When did this turn in to a revolution? Could I be so unbelievably charismatic, to start revolutions with a single speech?
SHIET. Either way, my reputation will be destroyed if my name is associated with these fools. I must make sure they never find out...
As such," Big sister Vivienne you should release the control over the valley. These pitiful fellows have been here for such a long time now," said Zhen Shi. Vivienne looked at him with a playful smirk, "Pitiful? But aren't they full of energy now?" still she nodded, "I suppose you are right... But those bastards who have become frozen and unable to move will probably lose some of their cultivation," and waved her hand.
The mist slowly cleared finally revealing the valley within the chasm. Seeing this mist that had trapped them for so long disappear, the group of cultivators who were cheering started to shout out in ecstasy. They had lost all hope for so long, but this senior had given it back. They started to kowtow at the floating trio while crying tears of joy.
Some thanked the gods but most were thanking the harem revolution leader, 'this handsome and scholarly self'. Having finally gained freedom and with their revolution leader so close, all of them wanted to express their thanks and provide him with gifts. After all, there were quite a large number of cultivators here and they would definitely have many valuables.
Ding!
Congratulations to the user for earning 50 OP!
But Zhen Shi cared nothing for the points or riches from the cultivator group, as he wanted nothing to do with this fiasco. So he immediately dashed off into the Berthelien forest and disappeared among the tall coniferous trees. Vivienne and Myne looked at each other and laughed, momentarily before dashing after him.
The group of cultivators was stupefied and discouraged.
NOOOO. Our revolution leader! How can you leave just like that? How can we repay our debt? Our revolution was just starting...
Seeing their faces, Dolz shouted out proudly, "You bunch of idiots. Don't you even understand our revolution leader's feelings? Isn't it obvious that it was his great character and humility that led him to hurry away?"
Now having grabbed their attention, Dolz the fat middle-aged man strutted out like a proud peacock and continued, "Our revolution leader is such an amazing individual. He completely kept his promise of helping us escape. But, it is impossible to destroy this valley which was against our ideals and have such a blood boiling battle with that piss lady, with cultivation at the core formation stage. Even then we could feel his amazing majesty and awe-inspiring character. As such, I wouldn't be surprised if he was even an Immortal posing as a weakling."
Immediately one shouted out in defiance, "Isn't that pretty shameless though?" Dolz stared at him in anger, "You fool! Our revolution leader's every action is full of life lessons. Posing as a weakling is his lesson to us to never be proud and show off one's power unnecessarily. After all, power can be lost at any time," and said. That cultivator lowered his head in shame as the others nodded in agreement.
Dolz continued proudly, "It should be obvious now that he left quickly due to his decision to not accept our gifts and words as thanks. What he wanted in thanks is for us to never forget his teachings. That immortal leader of ours has passed on the dao of harems to us. It would be fine to even consider him to be our master. A MASTER FOR A DAY IS A FATHER FOR LIFE!! As such we should spread his wise words and teachings so that none will ever stand against harems again!!" and finished just as proudly.
Having completely sated their worries this group of cultivators decided to follow the guidance of their 'revolution leader'. With the support of the other cultivators, Dolz and Carlos spearheaded a mission to help out those frozen and more powerful cultivators in the valley. They too later came to know of this powerful senior to whom they owed their lives. With the great tales recounted by Dolz, the majority of these survivors came to accept 'this handsome and scholarly self' as their master and leader.
Zhen Shi would have vomited up blood if he realized that he had suddenly gained hundreds of disciples under such a shameless dao, some with cultivation even stronger than him. But he didn't.... for now...