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Chapter 462: A week has seven days!

Translator: GodBrandy Editor: Kurisu

A dao name based on oneʼs special skills?

Now, the problem was… what were Song Shuhangʼs special skills or strong points?

If someone asked him this question a year ago, Song Shuhang would have replied that his strong point was reading books, and as for his hobby... it was still reading books.

But if the other party replied that squatting in the corner of a bookstore and reading books wasnʼt really a special skill, Song Shuhang would have replied that his specialty were ball games.

Before getting admitted to Jiangnanʼs university, Song Shuhang was pretty good with sports, and ball games could be more or less considered his specialty.

Of course, he couldnʼt use such a ʼspecial skillʼ as his dao name… Daoist Priest Basketball, Immortal Master Basketball, and so on would make the opposite party laugh aloud.

Therefore, these ʼspecial skillsʼ had to be cultivation-related.

In that case, what were his special skills when it came to cultivation?

Song Shuhang started to recall the things he had experienced in these two months as a cultivator. Even if it was a period of only two months, he experienced a lot of incredible things. The things he experienced in mere two months were enough to produce a TV series of at least thirty episodes!

Song Shuhang held his chin and pondered. He once used an induction cooker to refine some body tempering liquid... but was that even a ʼspecial skillʼ?

As for the cultivation aspect… it seemed that the speed he was advancing at was very fast?

However, it happened only because he was together with the seniors of the Nine Provinces Number One Group and had many fortuitous encounters along the way that made his strength rise sharply. Therefore, advancing in realm wasnʼt really his personal ʼspecial skillʼ. His luck was just better than others... such being the case, should he call himself Daoist Priest Good Luck?

But that was improper as well… after all, how could he compare to Senior White when it came to luck? Using this dao name would be like showing off his meager skills in front of an expert.

If none of these could be treated as ʼspecial skillsʼ, he had only his cultivation techniques left.

After thinking this much, Song Shuhang muttered, ”If we take into consideration my cultivation techniques... I know a fist technique, a saber technique, a movement technique, and the cultivation technique of the Thirty-Three Divine Beastsʼ Sect.”

After hearing Song Shuhangʼs words, Venerable Whiteʼs eyes suddenly lit up. ”You want to use your cultivation techniques for the ʼspecial skillsʼ category dao name? Right now, you have mastered only the ʼFlaming Saber Techniqueʼ and the ʼBasic Buddhist Fist Techniqueʼ. Therefore the dao name that suits you the most is precisely Thrice Song Tyrannical Saber, or perhaps Thrice Song Buddhist Fist? This one isnʼt bad either.”

”...Why does this ʼThrice Songʼ have to be included each time?” Song Shuhang felt helpless about the number ʼthreeʼ.

For example, Song Eldest or Song One were much better. After all, he was an only child and didnʼt have an elder brother or a younger sister.

”Itʼs a good question, little friend Song Shuhang!” Right at this time, a baboon suddenly appeared behind Song Shuhang, issuing a pleased laughter.

It was Thrice Reckless Mad Saber.

”You asked why the number ʼthreeʼ has to be included each time? Because there is a big secret behind it!” Thrice Reckless Mad Saber said complacently.

Song Shuhang asked out of curiosity, ”A big secret?”

But right after asking the question, he somewhat regretted it. He had a bad premonition… that the answer Senior Thrice Reckless was going to give him wasnʼt something he would like.

”This can be considered my biggest secret!” Thrice Reckless Mad Saber snapped his fingers and said, ”Since I seek death from time to time without even noticing it… the number ʼthreeʼ is a reminder to myself!”

”A reminder?”

So, Senior Thrice Reckless is actually aware that he frequently seeks death? Song Shuhang had always thought that Thrice Reckless Mad Saber wasnʼt even one bit aware of it! But such being the case... wasnʼt he knowingly seeking death? It was like knowingly violating the law, he was doubly guilty!

”Itʼs a reminder that you canʼt make the same mistake more than three times!” Thrice Reckless Mad Saber said earnestly. ”As long as you donʼt continuously seek death on the same topic of conversation for more than three times, it doesnʼt count as seeking death!”

F*ck, there is actually such a theory?

Song Shuhang felt as though he had just learned something quite insightful.

But right at this time, a grave and lofty voice interrupted them. ”Hehehe. Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless, you repeatedly posed as me while in the form of a baboon and ruined my reputation... but since you thought you had yet to surpass the three times, you felt particularly daring, didnʼt you?”

The voice belonged to Su Clanʼs Seven. Just from listening to his voice, one could tell that he was furious.

Thrice Reckless Mad Saber got a scare.

He quickly turned his head around just to see Scholar Drunken XXXʼs smiling face.

Scholar Drunken XXX had a mobile phone in his hand with the speakerphone on. Su Clanʼs Seven angry roar was transmitted from the other end. ”Iʼll kill you, Thrice Reckless! Wait until I finish my current business, and Iʼll have a face-to-face meeting with you and the disciples of the Limitless Demon Sect!”

After the roar, the sound of Su Clanʼs Seven hanging up was transmitted from the other end.

Scholar Drunken XXX faintly smiled and said, ”Hehe, I was just talking to Fellow Seven on the phone about a transaction, and he just happened to hear your words. Hehehe…”

After smiling, Scholar Drunken XXX lightly jumped and left~

Thrice Reckless Mad Saber was speechless…”This is bad! I unknowingly offended Fellow Daoist Seven more than three times… Iʼm done for!”

Senior, from the looks of it, the number ʼthreeʼ in your dao name isnʼt that much of a help! Song Shuhang ridiculed in his heart.

It seemed that a dao name based on ʼspecial skillsʼ wasnʼt suited to Song Shuhang, either!

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”Cough!” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator had keen senses. He also felt that a dao name based on special skills wasnʼt too suitable for little friend Song Shuhang.

Thereupon, he started introducing the other categories of dao names. ”Except for place- and special skills- related dao names, there are fellow daoists that decided to use their ancient or divine beastʼs bloodline as their dao names. The dao names ʼTrue Monarch White Craneʼ and ʼCave Lord Snow Wolfʼ both belong to this category. However, I feel that the dao names of this category arenʼt that suited to little friend Song Shuhang.”

Song Shuhang nodded. He was a mere human… or at least he should be? Therefore, dao names related to ʼbloodlinesʼ were not suited to him.

”Aside from these, there are ʼstream of consciousnessʼ dao names as well!” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator said with a smile.

”Stream of consciousness?” Song Shuhang repeated the name aloud. Perhaps these ʼstream of consciousnessʼ dao names might be suited to him!

”This category of dao names puts importance on things such as ʼframe of mindʼ, ʼobjectivesʼ, ʼambitionsʼ, and so on. In short, those type of things you canʼt describe with mere words,” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator said.

Song Shuhang said, ”Are there seniors in the group with this type of dao name?”

”Of course. For example, Great Master Profound Principleʼs dao name belongs to this category… actually, no. In his case, it should be ʼdharma nameʼ. After all, he is a buddhist cultivator. Anyway, his dharma name belongs to this category, and the way of buddhism is also somewhat related to the concept of ʼcontemplationʼ,” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator kept explaining. ”Moreover, even Fellow Daoist Dharma King Creation, who is another buddhist disciple, has a dharma name of this category. Previously, the dao names of daoist schools were also close to this concept. For example, dao names such as Pure, Pure Yang, Pure Yin, Inaction, and so on were quite popular hundreds of years ago. All of them belonged to the ʼstream of consciousnessʼ category of dao names. However, people with this type of dao name have sharply decreased in the last years.”

That was it!

Song Shuhang waved his hand… this was the feeling!

”Iʼve decided. I want a dao name of this type,” Song Shuhang said.

”It seems that little friend Shuhang likes this type of dao name. Alright, itʼs normal for youngsters to like dao names that carry a hint of ʼmysteryʼ within them. Little friend Shuhang, do you already have something in mind?” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator said with a smile.

Song Shuhang pondered for a moment and said, ”How about something auspicious like Scholar Peace?”

”...” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator.

”...” Venerable White.

”...” Thrice Reckless Mad Saber.

”...” Young Master Phoenix Slayer.

”...” Fairy Dongfang.

”Scholar Peace isnʼt good?” Song Shuhang asked cautiously.

Fairy Dongfang faintly smiled and said, ”If you canʼt come up with anything better than Scholar Peace, you might as well keep using ʼStressed by a Mountain of Books. At least it gives off a scholarly vibe when someone hears it.”

”Alright…” Song Shuhang felt that he had no innate talent when it came to choosing a dao name. ”In that case, can I ask you seniors to help me look for a suitable dao name?”

There were so many seniors on the scene, and it was impossible that all of them would come up with stuff of the level of ʼDaoist Priest Sweet Potatoʼ, right? If they could come up with two or three decent dao names, he could choose from them. With that, he could finally solve this problem about his dao name!

After thinking this much, Song Shuhang immediately gave a ʼlikeʼ to himself for being so quick-witted.

”Itʼs a good idea. Iʼll note the names down for little friend Shuhang,” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator enthusiastically took out a notebook.

At the same time, he went into the Nine Provinces Number One Group and sent a message.

Calling to arms all fellow daoists. If you are online and have nothing to do, you can bring into full play your imagination and think of a suitable dao name for little friend Song Shuhang.

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”Thrice Song Tyrannical Saber canʼt miss, right? Oh wait, it should be Tyrannical Saber Song One now,” Venerable White said.

Song Shuhang had a strong urge to object.

But Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator had already taken his pen, starting to write. He added the dao name Tyrannical Saber Song One to the notebook and wrote Venerable Whiteʼs name next to it.

”Actually, I feel that the dao name ʼThrice Song Buddhist Fistʼ that Venerable White came up with earlier wasnʼt half bad; it felt very manly. The ʼThrice Songʼ in the front can be changed too, how about Young Master Buddhist Fist?” Thrice Reckless Mad Saber suggested.

”Itʼs not bad. Although only two words were changed, it got much better.” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator quickly wrote the dao name ʼYoung Master Buddhist Fistʼ on the notebook and added Thrice Reckless Mad Saberʼs name next to it.

”Iʼll also suggest something then. I feel that ʼDaoist Priest China, Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou City, Baijing Streetʼ was rather amusing. However, we can change a few parts. Wenzhou City, Baijing Streetʼs Traveler… hmm, we can remove the first part and turn it into Baijing Streetʼs Traveling Sabersman or Baijing Streetʼs Loose Cultivator. They are both pretty good,” Fairy Dongfang said.

Song Shuhangʼs eyes immediately lit up. Finally a dao name that sounded normal. ”Baijing Streetʼs Loose Cultivator! I like this one!”

”Baijing Streetʼs Traveling Sabersman, I suppose? ʼLoose Cultivatorʼ isnʼt nearly as much awe-inspiring. My dao name is Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator, and I can assure you that it doesnʼt sound that overbearing when I introduce myself to other fellow daoists, believe me!” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator said.

After saying this much, he wrote on the notebook the dao name ʼBaijing Streetʼs Traveling Sabersmanʼ and added Fairy Dongfangʼs name next to it.

”...” Song Shuhang.

At this time, Venerable White suggested, ”I feel that one-word dao names are also pretty good. If we disassemble the Song (宋) character in little friend Song Shuhangʼs name and take into consideration only the wood (木) part, we can obtain Daoist Priest Wood, which isnʼt bad, either.”

”Alright, Iʼll note it down.” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator wrote down on the notebook the dao name ʼDaoist Priest Woodʼ.

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Since Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator sent a message in the Nine Provinces Number One Group earlier, many fellow daoists rushed over to join in the fun.

”If we have to choose a dao name, shouldnʼt we choose it according to the cultivatorʼs appearance and the vibe they are giving off? After taking a look at little friend Song Shuhangʼs current appearance, and taking into consideration his ❮Virtuous Manʼs Ten Thousand Mile Walk❯, I recommend the dao name ʼGodly Saber Virtuous Buddhistʼ! Oh, wait a moment, it sounds strange if read aloud. How about changing it into ʼVirtuous Buddhist Sabersmanʼ?” Dharma King Creation popped out of nowhere and said.

”Virtuous Buddhist Sabersman? Not bad, Iʼll note it down.” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator quickly wrote the dao name down.

”Brother Creation, you made a mistake! Little friend Song Shuhang said that he wanted a dao name of the ʼstream of consciousnessʼ category. Therefore, if we take into consideration his appearance and the fact that heʼs using the saber and has good character, doesnʼt it remind one of the saying ʼdrop the butcher knife and become a Buddha instantlyʼ? Such being the case, how about Great Master Butcher Knife?” True Monarch Ancient Lake Temple said from afar while coming over.

”Great Master Butcher Knife? Although itʼs a bit strange, Iʼll note it down.” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator nodded.

”...” Song Shuhang.

How come the saying ʼdrop the butcher knife and become a Buddha instantlyʼ turned into Great Master Butcher Knife after being shortened? The meaning changed completely!

Song Shuhang had started to wonder whether his brilliant idea had really been that brilliant...

”Actually, Iʼve already long thought of a dao name for Senior Song. I came up with a very good dao name quite some time ago!” Soft Feather quickly came over and said, ”Spirit Butterfly Islandʼs Scholar Mountain of Books, how does it sound?”

Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator was dumbfounded. ”Eh? Why did you add the title ʼSpirit Butterfly Islandʼ? Is little friend Song Shuhang planning to join the Spirit Butterfly Island?”

”Ah… no! At the time, when I thought of this dao name, I was thinking of dragging Senior Song to the Spirit Butterfly Island. Anyway, Iʼll have to settle for Scholar Mountain of Books it seems!” Soft Feather said with a regretful look on her face.

Song Shuhangʼs eyes teared up. This dao name was the most normal up until now!

Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator swiped on his phone and said, ”The other fellow daoists from the Nine Provinces Number One Group also brought up a few dao names. Iʼll choose the most normal-looking ones and write them down.”

The most normal-looking ones… in other words, the majority of the dao names the seniors came up with arenʼt normal at all!

”Daoist Priest Stress, Scholarly Fist Monk, Path-seeking Scholar, and Virtuous Cultivator. These four are the most normal,” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator continued. ”As for those fruit-related dao names and those that didnʼt conform to little friend Song Shuhang characteristics, I removed them all.

In that case… I guess you can go ahead and choose the dao name you like the most?” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator passed the notebook full of names to Song Shuhang.

Song Shuhang took the notebook and shot a glance at the eleven dao names on the page.

Which one should I choose?

Just as he was in deep thoughts, Song Shuhang felt his body sink downward… just like his online username ʼStressed by a Mountain of Booksʼ implied, he was under huge pressure.

This pressure came from the several seniors in front that were staring at him.

Song Shuhang felt that he hadnʼt been quick-witted in the least this time.

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Five minutes later.

Song Shuhang stretched out the pen and quickly made a few check marks on the eleven dao names.

Finally, he picked seven of the eleven dao names.

”Iʼve decided.” Song Shuhang raised his head with a faint smile and said, ”These are my dao names!”

” These ?” Northern Riverʼs Loose Cultivator was dumbfounded.

”Yes, these seven dao names!” Song Shuhang confirmed and said, ”It just so happens that a week has also seven days!”