Lin Yuan lay on the bed, checking the messages on his phone.
So far, the development of the entire Mysterious Invasion 1.0 version event was exactly the same as before his rebirth.
Everything was within his expectations.
Unknowingly, it was already seven in the evening.
The sky had turned dark.
The hunting moment had arrived.
Since yesterday, or rather, since the beginning of the mysterious invasion and the blood moon rising,
every night has been a new hunting moment.
Only during the day, perhaps there is a brief moment of peace.
The hunting moment for the Evil Spirits, Demon Fiends has arrived.
Lin Yuan's hunting moment has arrived too.
The Deceitful Gate Tattoo was only one step away from awakening.
Lin Yuan had a feeling that as long as he hunts more Deceitful Charms and Evil Spirits, collecting some Deceitful Qi, it should be enough for the Deceitful Gate Tattoo to awaken.
Lin Yuan headed downstairs, ready to go out hunting Evil Spirits and collecting Deceitful Qi.
After going downstairs, he didn't find Bai Ling'Er.
"Did she get upset and leave?" As this thought arose, he reconsidered that with the Power of Rules restraining her, Bai Ling'Er couldn't possibly leave this villa.
Turning his head toward the window, he saw Bai Ling'Er sitting cross-legged in the garden, absorbing the Deceitful Qi between heaven and earth.
This was the traditional way of Demon Fiend cultivation, not eating humans, but absorbing the Deceitful Qi between heaven and earth.
Although this method of cultivation progresses slowly, it has a very high ceiling.
The Demon Fiends that eat humans may cultivate quickly in a short time, but due to excessive consumption, they are beset by Karmic Force.
Upon reaching a certain height, they will certainly encounter unimaginable shackles.
"Want to go for a walk?" Lin Yuan asked as he passed by Bai Ling'Er.
Bai Ling'Er opened her eyes, angrily saying, "No, I want to cultivate."
Actually, there's an unspoken part of this sentence: I want to cultivate, and when I break free of the Power of Rules restraint, you'll see if I beat you up, and that's it.
"Oh!" Lin Yuan responded and walked outside, not forgetting to remind, "Watch the house!"
Bai Ling'Er watched Lin Yuan's back, grinding her teeth in anger, thinking, so you really think of me as a dog?
"Brave fox, not afraid of difficulties!"
"Cultivate diligently, defeat Lin Yuan!" Bai Ling'Er cheered herself on, then continued to diligently absorb and exhale the Deceitful Qi between heaven and earth, restoring her cultivation.
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At dusk, the sky began to become hazy and dark.
Lin Yuan left the Wushan Kunwu Villa District, starting to wander aimlessly through the desolate city.
Once the sky turns dark, the official body collectors team also retreat.
The city's streets are once again empty.
Living people, after dark, also stay nestled at home, afraid to venture out.
In the era of mysterious invasion, those who dare to go out wandering, Lin Yuan is like the poop from a scorpion, the only one.
However, as time goes on, there will certainly be people who have awakened their Tattoo Abilities, accidentally killing Evil Spirits and Deceitful Charms.
Very soon, they will discover that the Deceitful Qi obtained from killing Evil Spirits and Deceitful Charms is far faster than absorbing the Deceitful Qi naturally from heaven.
At that time, to enhance their awakened Tattoo Abilities, a large number of Life Pattern Masters will join the ranks of hunting Evil Spirits and Deceitful Charms.
Life Pattern Master?
Officially, this term hasn't been standardized yet, right?
Now, only Lin Yuan, who has been reborn, knows this term.
Lin Yuan wandered aimlessly in the city, from seven o'clock to eight-thirty, surprisingly not encountering a single Deceitful Charm or Evil Spirit.
That's odd!
The sky is completely dark, shouldn't these Deceitful Charms and Evil Spirits be coming out to work?
Don't they know the early bird gets the worm?
"Ah!" Lin Yuan sighed, talking to himself, "This generation of Evil Spirits is no good!"
"Looks like, still lacking a capitalist urge."
Lin Yuan thought, if he were the leader of these Evil Spirits, Deceitful Charms,
he'd get them into things like Human Eating Loans, Karmic Force Loans, Cause and Effect Loans, making them catch humans every day to repay loans.
Then implement a 996 work schedule, making these little Evil Spirits work for him every day, never idle.
Walking and walking, Lin Yuan unknowingly arrived at a familiar place.
Staring at the familiar sign in front of him, Lin Yuan had a sudden sense of loss.
Mysterious Art Tattoo.
Since rebirth, the trajectory to change Lin Yuan's fate started right here.
In a daze, unknowingly, he arrived at the tattoo shop entrance.
The shutter door was tightly closed, with no movement inside.
Lin Yuan pushed it upward forcibly, directly pushing the shutter door open.
Inside the tattoo shop, everything seemed as usual. Lin Yuan walked around inside and discovered a back door.
Opening the back door, he finally saw the layout of the tattoo shop.
The tattoo shop was situated in the old town, the building was a self-built house from long ago.
At the front was the storefront for public business, and behind was a small courtyard, with houses on the other three sides used for living.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Lin Yuan sensed a presence of death.
Not thinking twice, he followed the presence of death and found a corpse.
A corpse, its head split open, brain matter vanished, obviously consumed by some Evil Spirit.
The body remained intact but the head was unrecognizable.
Even though the face was indistinguishable, from the figure and dress, Lin Yuan still recognized the tattoo shop owner.
"That's odd!"
"Logically, he should have tattoos on his body!" Lin Yuan frowned, approaching the corpse.
As a Tattoo Artist, tattoos should certainly be present on his body.
The tattoo shop owner's death was unexpected for Lin Yuan.
With a frown, Lin Yuan arrived beside the tattoo shop owner's corpse, lifted his shirt, and after seeing the tattoos on his back, Lin Yuan suddenly understood.
No wonder!
Originally, Lin Yuan thought the tattoo shop owner's death was abnormal.
But upon seeing his tattoos clearly, he felt his death was deserved.
On the tattoo shop owner's body was a full-back tattoo.
The tattoo started from the back and spread all over the body.
Wen Zhong.
In Daoist terms, it's the Celestial Lord of Nine Heavens, Thunderous Sound and Universal Transformation.
The tattoo's main body covered the entire back, while countless Thunderbolt spread from the neck, extending to the abdomen, legs.
"What a pity!"
"If he could've stayed alive, he would surely be a renowned powerful figure." Lin Yuan regretfully said.
Currently, it's the Mysterious Invasion 1.0 version, the concentration of Deceitful Qi between heaven and earth is low.
The tattoos awakened at this stage are weaker in strength.
The truly powerful tattoos haven't awakened yet.
For instance, the tattoo of Wen Zhong on the tattoo shop owner.
His level of tattoo requires at least the Mysterious Invasion 3.0 version to start awakening.
Lin Yuan knew that in his past life, many possessed powerful tattoos but couldn't survive the early stages.
That's why he had tattooed many Underworld elements, using Ox Head and Horse Face, Black and White Impermanence, these basic Yin Spirits of the Underworld, as a transition for the early stages.
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