Global Dungeon: I Can See the Status Bar

”This navigation has ended, the whole journey was 1,225 kilometers, and you have severely sped through 348 road sections, illegally crossed 165 protected forests and unopened areas.”

”Profound Space Navigation reminds you — of thousands of roads, safety is the top priority. Improper driving, loved ones shedding tears.”

”Fellow cultivator, if you need sword flight navigation, please contact Profound Void Immortal Sect to purchase a customized sword navigation, or activate flight membership in ’Profound Space Navigation Professional Edition’, the first annual SVIP activation costs only ninety-nine low-grade spirit stones.”

Lu Wenwu stared at the big Profound Void Immortal Sect logo on his phone screen and the faintly visible Shen City beneath his feet, lost in thought for a moment.

The cultivation realm I once dreamed of...

This filter has indeed shattered.

Which young swordsman needs navigation for sword flight?

Sword Flight...

Sword Flight!

Lu Wenwu suddenly turned his head and asked, ”I wonder if Fellow Daoist of Destiny has a sword control technique? How about selling me a copy? No need for anything too good, just the common goods in the cultivation realm will do.”

He had already given up.

I admit it, I’m just an old antique who can’t keep up with the times!

I’m a failure!

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True Monarch of Destiny: ”...”

Silence.

Silence is tonight’s Wuhan Changjiang Bridge.

”Why is Fellow Daoist acting like this, sword control shouldn’t be a rare magic technique, right?” Seeing the True Monarch of Destiny remained silent for a long time, Lu Wenwu became puzzled, ”Or is there something unspeakable hidden in this sword control technique?”

”Uh... it’s not that this old man is unwilling to trade with Fellow Daoist, indeed this is not a rare spell, even gifting it to you is no problem, but...”

”But what?”

The True Monarch of Destiny awkwardly said, ”Ahem... but this old man doesn’t know it... otherwise why do you think this old man has been researching this escape technique...”

”You... don’t know?” Lu Wenwu’s eyes widened, ”Fellow Daoist Tianji, you’re a true monarch of the Immortal Realm! You were once the leader of cultivators under heaven, and you say you don’t know the sword control technique?”

”In my youth, I once dreamed of roaming the world with my sword too.” The True Monarch of Destiny gave a shy smile, ”But I found the sword manual too difficult, so I didn’t pursue it and switched to studying the Dao of divination instead.”

Lu Wenwu: ”...”

Great, now the True Monarch of Destiny is a failure!

”Anyway, let’s go down first.”

Lu Wenwu wisely skipped over this topic and slowly descended.

”Let’s go that way, I can faintly sense, the clue should be over there, let’s land directly there.” The True Monarch of Destiny pointed in a direction.

Soon, the two landed in a quiet little alley, without drawing anyone’s attention.

Compared to the ancient and imposing Yanjing, Shen City evidently exudes more of a vibrant new city’s energy, enveloping the city with its steel jungle, leaving no sign of any historical traces.

This is a den of wealth, the real-life Night City, a mix of the extremely poor and extremely rich, incorporating magical reality with everyday life.

”Is southern weather... so changeable?”

Lu Wenwu landed on the ground and let Mao Mao out, raising his hand to touch the raindrop falling on his face, looking at the suddenly darkened sky.

The winds and clouds shifted, thick clouds gathered.

The sky suddenly started to drizzle lightly.

Just arriving here, Shen City gave Lu Wenwu, a northerner, a small southern shock.

”Logically it shouldn’t be, this weather change is a bit abnormal, there might be something fishy here.”

The True Monarch of Destiny stroked his beard in confusion, pinching a divination seal with his left hand.

It took about a second, and the old man’s expression turned strange, even a bit...disappointed?

”Fellow Daoist Bao Long, don’t be nervous, it was a blunder on my part.”

”What happened?”

Lu Wenwu, already prepared for battle, was baffled and loosened his clenched fist.

”A pop singer is holding a concert.”

The True Monarch of Destiny explained somewhat awkwardly.

”This little guy has a bit of pure mythical era bloodline, and even reawakened part of it. His ancestor... during the mythical era should have served as the High Priest of the ancient rain god.”

Lu Wenwu: ”?”

What Rain God Master Xiao.

”...How is his singing related to the rain?”

”Do you understand the principles of some mythical era spells that could change the weather?”

”I’m a barbarian, I don’t understand spells.”

”Ahem... It goes like this, mythical era magic is somewhat different from ours now, it requires the Immortal Gods to appoint a High Priest, and grant a certain cultivation. This chosen High Priest would have a certain degree of spiritual qi control ability.”

”But in that era, everything from the four seasons and all creatures to nature was under the control of the Ancient Immortal Gods, even if a High Priest wanted to do something, it would require ’heaven and earth’ recognition. Hmm... The heaven and earth altered by Ancient Immortal Gods.”

”It’s not difficult, just need to follow the procedure, which is — follow a ritual ceremony with symbolic meaning, the spell isn’t important, even the High Priest’s own power isn’t important, just need to meet that symbolic requirement so the heaven and earth know you’re following the process.”

Now Lu Wenwu’s expression too turned strange: ”So you mean, the pop singer’s concert move met the standard process for praying for rain, so the heaven and earth thought he was asking for rain, so it just started raining?”

”Fellow Daoist is wise, that’s precisely it.” The True Monarch of Destiny felt helpless, ”In the mythical era, praying for rain was simple, the High Priest would chant a spell at the top, while the other tribesmen silently hoped for rain and gathered around to sing and dance, just making the atmosphere lively was enough. As for what the spell is... not important, but generally it’s to praise the Immortal Gods.”

”...”

”Fellow Daoist Tianji, let’s get back to business.”