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

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With your current cultivation, going back to the Third Circle, wouldn't it be easy to sink an entire country?

He remained silent.

Lu Ding asked, "Birch Grove District 1503, no one's living there now, right?"

Director Chu knew—this kid had gone home.

He immediately said, "No, after you left, that place has been kept just as it was. Think of it as a hero's former residence, something to remember you by. I thought you wouldn't come back."

"Never expected... ah..."

Lu Ding was actually quite touched.

Even after he'd left, the place he'd lived in was still being kept.

Looking at this small home, Lu Ding got up, walked to the fridge, pulled out a long-stored iced cola, opened it, took a sip, and said, "Thanks, Director Chu."

"Since I'm back anyway, is there anything you need help with? Just don't ask for anything too excessive."

Director Chu quickly shouted, "No, no, no, that would look bad. Come quietly, leave quietly—that's fine. You can go back, right?"

Lu Ding said, "Of course I can. I'll head back in a bit."

Director Chu let out a long breath. "Good. I won't talk to you anymore then. I'll pretend I don't know anything about today. Hurry back, you really scared me."

With that, he didn't say anything else and hung up the phone directly.

This was damn terrifying.

Lu Ding looked at the phone showing the call had ended.

"Ah, is it that ridiculous? I'm not even scared."

Looking up, he saw the cola in the fridge, along with some iced National Liquor iced tea. Lu Ding found a bag and packed them up.

He stood up and flew out the window.

Hovering midair.

One [Celestial Shift]

Boom!!!!!!!

Like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

Someone poked their head out: "What crazy weather—thunder out of nowhere!?"

Elsewhere.

Black Phoenix Gathering.

Lu Ding returned to Su Yun's small courtyard, now reduced to rubble by his attacks.

He was still carrying the drinks he'd just taken from the fridge.

[Celestial Shift] was really convenient.

Of course, thinking about it, this was only its first function.

Celestial Shift's second function—injury transfer—was even more terrifying. This thing could transfer the damage he took onto whatever he touched, whether it was alive or dead, it could all be transferred.

Of course, there was a tolerance prerequisite and a transfer limit.

But even with some limitations, it was still terrifying.

This was the ultimate enlightenment of [Celestial Shift].

It had to be something understood only after cultivating Celestial Shift to its deepest levels.

Suddenly.

In an instant, Lu Ding figured it out.

"No wonder that Old Ape took my charged slash head-on and didn't die, just ended up crippled—it was Celestial Shift, moving the damage elsewhere."

Back then, explosions were everywhere, so Lu Ding hadn't paid it much attention, thinking it was splash damage. Turns out it was because of this.

"Good, good, it's not that the Way of the Jinche's numbers dropped."

Then it was fine.

But this also showed another limitation of Celestial Shift. For something like [Way of the Jinche], which combined both high numbers and mechanics, even if the damage was shifted, it couldn't shift too much. The arm that was slashed to pieces couldn't be restored either.

But that didn't matter.

Lu Ding had both spear and shield.

He had a whole bag of endless numbers and mechanics—it wasn't like that Old Ape, who only had these two things to rely on. [Celestial Shift] was just icing on the cake for Lu Ding.

He didn't depend on just this one trick to get by.

His gaze fell on the words [Tongbi Ape].

He couldn't be more familiar with them.

One of the Four Chaotic Worldly Monkeys.

The other three were the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey, the Intelligent Stone Monkey, and the Six-Eared Macaque.

All pretty fierce characters.

The Tongbi Ape—in one version of Journey to the West—had a love story with the Ten Thousand Demons Queen that was absolutely unforgettable. But this irresponsible bastard didn't take responsibility; in the end, he went off to become an Arhat himself, leaving the Ten Thousand Demons Queen alone in her sorrow.

He completely consumed the family's entire fortune, then achieved great enlightenment himself, while the Ten Thousand Demons Queen got nothing and lost everything, even giving away her inner core.

But compared to the Tongbi Ape from that version of Journey to the West.

The Old Ape killed by Lu Ding.

Was just a completely useless piece of trash.

Bearing such excellent racial talents, and he only cultivated to this level?

Four words to describe it—the first two are sighs: damn waste.

The final reward.

[Contained Monster: Female Tree]

[Containment Reward: Life-and-Death Dao Fruit]

[Life-and-Death Dao Fruit: Understand the Dao of life and death, remain eternal within it, neither born nor dead, control life and command death.]

In an instant.

A force of life and death immediately invaded Lu Ding's body, wanting to take him through the cycle of life and death. But the next second, [Four Fundamental Evil Aspects] appeared out of thin air—eternal youth, invulnerable body, as long-lived as the heavens.

Hehe!

Couldn't die!

Lu Ding laughed.

He'd gotten the results without bearing the side effects.

If he didn't have this [Four Fundamental Evil Aspects]—invulnerable body, eternal youth, as long-lived as the heavens—he might have had to die first and then come back to life, and only after understanding life and death would he be reborn from destruction.

How troublesome would that be?

Who knew how long he'd have to be dead?

This way was fine.

One hand held life, one hand held death.

Now, he had everything ready, just waiting to break through to Spirit Refinement. Water Dao System plus Life-and-Death Dao Fruit—by then, he'd be both the Water God and the God of Life and Death, without any restrictions.

Still, he didn't take the bad stuff—he took all the good.

If there was any problem, go talk to the Golden Finger—it was the one that gave it to him.

Suddenly, the image of Feng Kuangsheng from earlier appeared in Lu Ding's mind.

"Baoji Kingdom's Side-by-Side King, what a big-shot Side-by-Side King you are. Just wait, I'll be coming for you soon enough, and then I'll definitely make you experience the torment of life and death, hahahahahahahaha........."

The Four Fundamental Evil Aspects slowly rotated, black smoke billowing. Lu Ding's fierce appearance was fully revealed, standing amidst the ruins. Truly a great evil presence, awe-inspiring and ferocious.

Now look at [Female Tree].

In the ancient text [Brush Dust], it was recorded.

In the sea, there is a Silver Mountain... on it grows a tree... called the Female Tree... at dawn, it gives birth to infants... when the sun rises, they can walk... by breakfast time, they become youths... at noon, they are in their prime... at dusk, they age... at sunset, they die... and when the sun rises again, it starts anew.

Basically, it said there was a mountain in the sea called Silver Mountain, and on the mountain was a big tree called the Female Tree. At dawn, this thing would grow infants from its branches. When the sun rose and shone on them, the infants could walk. By breakfast time, the infants would grow into youths.

At noon, they'd become adults in their prime. At dusk, they'd be old. When the sun set, they'd die and turn into nutrients to nourish the Female Tree.

This happened every single day.

There was also a vivid little story related to this, but it was a bit risqué and inconvenient to share. Lu Ding just recalled it in his mind and left it at that.

Just then.

Yan Feifan's voice came through: "Brother Lu?"

Lu Ding snapped back to attention and looked over.

He saw Yan Feifan crawling out from the rubble.

He asked, "Why are you still here?"

Yan Feifan waved his hand excitedly. "Brother Lu, come quick! Look what good thing I found! With this, the herbs in our herb garden will be ready to harvest in no time!!"

Once the herbs were harvested, Lu Ding would have enough resources to break through to God Ascension, and then straight to Spirit Refinement. By then, there'd be a qualitative leap. Side-by-Side King? You're impressive now, but you won't stay that way. When Lu Ding got impressive, he'd beat him to death!!!

Lu Ding flew over with the drinks in hand: "Let me see what's going on!?"

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When it rains, it pours—the rating even dropped by 0.1. Updating while sick, dear readers, please give a good review to push it back up to 9.7. Love you all. This update is dedicated to the big shot Jun Shen Hongchen for the Gift King sent earlier.