The Second Collection: Fog Conceals the Valley Chapter 7: A Single Thought Gives Rise to Myriad Laws

  Yue Haifeng's unusual white bones made Wang Guanlan's heart move, and he struggled to get up and came to the front of the white bones. At this time, half of the white bones were still submerged in water. Wang Guanlan finally managed to drag the white bones completely to the shore, and finally saw the source of the glittering light.

  Only half of Yue Haifeng's skull was visible, covered in strange runes. Perhaps these runes had originally covered his entire skull, but now they were emitting a faint, shimmering light and disappearing at a rate that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

  "This is, a fate symbol?!!" Wang Guanlan saw this strange scene and suddenly became excited, forgetting all the pain and mental fatigue on his body. The fate symbol, Yue Haifeng actually had a fate symbol on him, which could now explain the strangeness about him. Why he could clearly sense someone approaching the cave, why he could launch a spiritual attack that even a martial artist in the Condensation Period couldn't defend against during his battle with Wang She, everything was because of the fate symbol.

  Indeed, this is a world of martial artists, but the way of martial arts is not the only way to dominate the world. Apart from martial artists, there are also Taoist priests. Taoist priests are practitioners who cultivate Taoist techniques, and their threshold is higher, with extremely strong requirements for spiritual power. As a result, the number of Taoist priests is much smaller than that of martial artists. Most Taoist priests were originally martial artists who had reached the level of controlling their breath and then switched to practicing ancient traditions. A very small number of Taoist priests are born with strong spiritual power, which can be described as having an extraordinary innate talent, being introduced into the Taoist sect and receiving the transmission of Taoist techniques. There is also a type of person who is neither a martial artist at the level of controlling their breath nor born with strong spiritual power but has reached the requirements of a Taoist priest through the help of external objects. These external objects are legendary heavenly treasures and earthly gems. Apart from the above three types, there is another possibility, which is to rely on the legendary fate symbol.

  Mingfu can be said to be a special kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure. Generally, heavenly materials and earthly treasures are born and nurtured by heaven, whereas mingfu can be manufactured, but the manufacturing of mingfu is the highest masterpiece among the symbol-making masters, even more difficult than obtaining heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Especially this kind of mingfu that enhances the power of the divine soul is extremely rare. If not for seeing it with his own eyes, Wang Guanlan would never have thought that Yue Haifeng, a low-level warrior who was living a peaceful life in the safest part of the Misty Valley, would actually possess such a mingfu.

  "It seems that Yue Haifeng has been practicing with this fate symbol for a long time, but unfortunately, his martial arts level is not high and he doesn't have the corresponding secret techniques, so he can only use the most stupid method to condense it, which is why the effect is not great!"

  The way of the life symbol is mysterious and extraordinary. A situation like Yuhai Peak's skeleton, it's clear that the life symbol has only been condensed into a small part of the bones, not even the whole body has been refined, let alone the soul. Therefore, once the body dies and the Dao disappears, this life symbol will revert to its original form.

  Mingfu, also known as Benmingfu, is a type of auxiliary Taoist magic that differs from ordinary Taoist magic in that it does not require cultivation and instead resembles an instrument that borrows the power of external objects to enhance one's own strength.

  A military commander values strategy; a tactician values equipment.

  The martial artist's weapon and the wizard's tool coexist in the world.

  The origin of the fate symbol is unknown, and its creation method is even more unknown. Most of the fate symbols in the world today are leftovers from ancient times. Although they resemble the tools of Taoist priests, they are different from them. The hierarchy of fate symbols is not very clear, and it can be said that fate symbols do not have a hierarchy. Legend has it that the strongest fate symbol is the Heavenly Symbol, but no one has ever seen it. This Heavenly Symbol is a legendary thing, just like the immortal sword of warriors and the immortal tool of Taoist priests, which generally only exist in legends.

  The martial artist's troops are divided into five major levels: ordinary troops, law troops, spiritual troops, Taoist troops, and immortal troops. Each level is further divided into four smaller levels: lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, and ultimate grade.

  The instruments of the Taoist are also divided into four levels: lower, middle, upper and absolute.

  Only immortal soldiers and immortal artifacts are comparable to heavenly symbols, but they have long been lost. The strongest weapon in the world today is the ultimate Taoist soldier, and the strongest artifact is the ultimate Taoist artifact.

  In the Great Qi Dynasty, there was a top-grade Taoist artifact that suppressed the flow of air, which is also the only top-grade Taoist artifact whose whereabouts are known to the world, the Lengyin Xuanhuang Pagoda.

  Soldiers and equipment can be refined, but the refining method of fate symbols has long been lost. Those who can get fate symbols are basically due to luck, even if it's a big family like Ning Wangfu, no one has heard of anyone having a fate symbol, of course, this doesn't mean that no one in Ning Wangfu has a fate symbol.

  No matter who gets a life card, they will hide it as their biggest trump card like Yue Haifeng, and won't even tell the closest people, because the value of a life card is equivalent to that of a Taoist instrument, priceless and easily triggering others' greedy thoughts.

  An innocent commoner is blameless, but one who holds a jade pendant is guilty; this principle is understood by almost every martial artist.

  When the last glimmer of light flashed across Yue Haifeng's forehead, an ancient fate symbol appeared on his forehead. Wang Guanlan was excited in her heart and subconsciously turned her head to look around, then, as if she were stealing something, picked up the fate symbol and put it away, not even daring to take a closer look, afraid of being discovered.

  It was this action that brought his mind, which had just been shocked, back to normal.

  "Brrr, it's so cold!"

  After his mind returned to normal, Wang Guanlan finally felt a chill.

  It's almost spring and summer now. With Wang Guanlan's martial artist physique, even if he fell into the water, he wouldn't feel such bone-piercing chill as he does now.

  But now the situation is special, Wang Guanlan has experienced two major wars, and his strength has been depleted, his energy has been consumed. Moreover, in this misty valley, it has been shrouded in thick fog for many years, and sunlight can hardly penetrate directly, so the temperature is originally much lower than outside. Therefore, after soaking in the water for a considerable period of time, Wang Guanlan only felt an abnormal chill.

  "No, if we go on like this, even if we won't freeze to death, we'll get seriously ill, and who knows, it might even affect our vital energy!" Wang Guanlan twisted her wet clothes, looking at the water dripping down with a gloomy expression.

  He was already deep in the Misty Valley, and he didn't dare to run wildly. The strange fish in the Tiger Leaping Gorge had clearly told him that every step in the depths of the valley was fraught with danger and filled with surprises.

  "Roar——!"

  In the depths of a distant valley, a beast's roar echoed from afar. Due to the distance, by the time it reached Wang Guanlan's ears, it was barely audible. However, the shockwave-like effect hidden within that sound still managed to shake his already weakened soul, causing him to black out and faint.

  Alas, alas, alas

  Half a time after Wang Guanlan fainted, a strange rustling sound suddenly came from the shore of Tiger Leaping Gorge. A fist-sized, emerald-green spider emerged from the mud on the riverbank and quickly crawled to Wang Guanlan's side, crawling along his arm onto his body. After crawling around for a while, it slowly climbed down, but by then, a thin layer of transparent silk threads had appeared on Wang Guanlan's body, invisible to the naked eye.

  After crawling down from Wang Guanlan's body, it slowly crawled away. When it had crawled about one zhang (a unit of length) away, Wang Guanlan's body moved, not because he woke up, but because he was being dragged by the fist-sized spider, slowly leaving the riverbank.

  The blue spider dragged Wang Guanlan into a forest about one mile away from the Tiger Leaping Gorge. This forest was different from other places, with ancient trees reaching for the sky, but instead it seemed to be composed of countless tall shrubs and vines that covered the ground. The shrubs and vines were tangled together at a height of several feet above the ground, blocking out the sunlight. Over the years, this forest had become a desolate and deadly place, home only to poisonous creatures like the blue spider.

  Yes, this is a dead land.

  On the ground, a thick layer of dark green moss was spread out. When people stepped on it, it felt like stepping on a soft carpet, and they would sink in deeply. Wang Guanlan didn't walk in, but was pulled in by a spider. As soon as he entered the forest, he woke up.

  He was originally due to mental exhaustion, and then that mysterious beast roar, let him faint.

  This kind of ordinary mental exhaustion is actually easy to cure, as long as you have enough sleep, you can recover. Wang Guanlan was only unconscious for less than an hour, but his spirit had also recovered a bit. Moreover, the air in the forest was filled with unknown toxins and a faint smell of blood, which stimulated him to wake up at the first moment. Afterwards, he discovered his own mistake.

  His entire body was wrapped in a strange, transparent silk thread, rendering him immobile. Even gathering his internal energy couldn't help him break free from this seemingly fine thread. Then he felt something pulling his body, and with a twist of his head, he sucked in a breath of cool air.

  "A spider?!"

  Spiders, Wang Guanlan had seen many of them before. Not to mention the previous life, but in this life as well, because he was located on the southern border of the wilderness, he had seen all sorts of spiders. Although fist-sized ones were not common, they weren't rare either. However, the one in front of him now filled his heart with fear, because he had never heard of a spider with such strength, nor had he heard of a spider that could produce silk so strong and resilient. With just a single thin thread, it was able to pull itself and run for so far, still looking effortless!

  This was absolutely beyond anything he had seen before that could be called a strange insect.

  "This is going to be a big trouble!"

  The spider seemed to have sensed that Wang Guanlan had woken up, but it only turned its head to take a glance at him. The six small eyes sparkled with ruthless and icy light as they swept over Wang Guanlan before the spider continued on its way, dragging Wang Guanlan along without any concern. In its eyes, Wang Guanlan was just a slightly larger piece of food, and no food had ever managed to escape its restraints. This one wouldn't be an exception either, so it didn't even bother to take another look at Wang Guanlan.

  Wang Guanlan tried to struggle free several times, and finally confirmed that with his own strength, he was fundamentally unable to escape from the restraints of the white silk thread, and could only think of another way.

  And he certainly wouldn't think that the strange blue spider dragging him was doing it for fun, but rather had considered him as food.