Chapter II The Flood

　　Outside the Blackwood Cottage, the night stars twinkle. 　　In the Blackwood Cottage. 　　Qing Yu was sleeping soundly, emitting a faint snoring sound. 　　Lu Qingfeng was similarly asleep, only in his mind, a ring carved with dragons and phoenixes flickered with light! 　　[Checked that the player has reached the age of sixteen, landing ring activated ......] 　　[Landing ring bound, specific code generated, basic attributes generated ......] 　　[Please log in to The Flood on your own, enjoy your game! 　　Lu Qingfeng snapped his eyes open, and with a glance, he 'saw' the dragon and phoenix ring that was flickering with light in his mind. 　　Immediately afterward, a stream of information came through- 　　At the time of the Hongmeng, three thousand demonic gods rampaged through the chaos. The Great God Pangu opened up the heavens and forged the Flood. Since then, after countless robberies, the flood wasteland has existed forever, giving birth to countless divine powers and countless legends of creation ...... 　　Large-scale real online game "flood", take you to appreciate the Shushan fighting sword after the eighth quantitative hijacking of the flood world! 　　...... 　　"The Flood Warrior online game?" 　　Lu Qingfeng surveyed the landing ring and a throb surged in his heart. 　　This was a large-scale real online game set in the Flood Wasteland. It was said that not only could one choose their real body to enter the game, but they could also bring all sorts of feats, divine abilities, and magic weapons from the game, into reality. 　　The human federation that developed The Flood, with this game, gave birth to countless strong people, and there were even legendary Immortals sitting in the stars and rivers, suppressing the thousands of foreign races in the universe! 　　"Perhaps, this is the belated golden finger!" 　　"Land." 　　There was no panic or hesitation, nor did he go into unnecessary speculation. 　　Lu Qingfeng followed the landing ring's guidance instructions and directly logged into The Flood! 　　...... 　　Rumble! 　　A Hongmeng thunderclap resounded, cutting across the front of his eyes. 　　As far as the eye could see, there was no sky, no earth, a chaos. 　　In the midst of this vast chaos, a giant of unknown height and size, holding a huge axe, swung violently, the chaos repeated, the beginning of the Flood, the heavens and the earth began to appear. 　　In the chaos, three thousand devil gods blood, no one survived! 　　Or fall into the chaos, or blood and soul into the newborn flood. 　　I don't know how many years, the Chaos Devil God's blood, flesh, and soul, gave birth to countless ferocious beast races. In the Floodlands, countless divine beasts were born and raised. 　　Fierce beasts, divine beasts, rampant flood. 　　The not-so-distant Floodwasteland was plunged into endless killing. 　　The beasts fought each other, and the dragon, phoenix, and unicorn races fought for supremacy. 　　After that, there was the struggle between the devil and the Tao! 　　Devil Ancestor Luo and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, enacting the great battle of Dao and Devil! 　　Lu Qingfeng quietly watched the evolution of the Flood. 　　The image in front of him, from the Great Heavenly Tribulation of Pangu opening up the world, to the Dragon and Han Initial Tribulation of the Ferocious Beasts' Rebellion, the Three Races' Struggle for supremacy, and the Taoist-Demon Struggle ...... 　　And then to the witch-demon robbery, the destruction of the Buzhou Mountain! 　　The human emperor's hijacking, Xuan Yuan, Chi You competition, the rise of the human race! 　　Seal of the gods robbery, the flood broken, the decline of the intercepting religion, Buddhism is emerging! 　　Journey to the West, Buddhism East, Buddhism is flourishing! 　　Shushan sword fight, reenactment of the sealing of the gods, the eighth saint of the flood returned to the position! 　　...... 　　One scene flew past in front of his eyes, and the familiar myths and legends of his previous life were interpreted in front of his eyes. 　　In a trance. 　　Lu Qingfeng felt a powerful pulling force, and when he opened his eyes again, he appeared in a building. The hustle and bustle in his ears thickened, and a figure kept appearing. 　　A long-lost sense of familiarity filled Lu Qingfeng's heart. 　　Lu Qingfeng raised his head and saw that above this building, three big words exuded divine splendor- 　　Transmigration Pool! 　　"Transmigration Pool?" 　　"Haha! Finally I can log into The Flood!" 　　"Sixteen years, suffocating old me!" 　　...... 　　A teenager's cheers came from his ears. 　　"For real online games, the Transmigration Pool is probably the initial landing point." 　　Lu Qingfeng looked at the teenagers beside him who were either excited and lively or pretending to be deep, and couldn't help but smile. 　　This kind of situation could rarely be seen in the depressing Blackwood Walled City. Even during the harvest season every year, the faces of the townspeople were more sad and dead. 　　"Long time no see." 　　Accompanied by the clamor, Lu Qingfeng's emotions that had been suppressed for sixteen years eased slightly. 　　After that, he followed the cheering teenagers and walked out of the Transmigration Pool. 　　It seemed like he had passed through a certain layer of space, and when he reappeared, he had arrived in the middle of a prosperous town. 　　"This game allows you to choose your real body to enter, it's no longer just a virtual online game." 　　"Just why when I logged in, the system didn't let me choose whether or not to log in with my real body?" 　　Lu Qingfeng was puzzled in his heart. 　　Although his current body was incomparably real, it was indeed just a body created in the game, not a real body entering. In other words, he hadn't gone through an autonomous choice, and was defaulted by the system as a conscious soul entering the game, with his physical body staying in reality. 　　This was inconsistent with the game instructions before logging into the game. 　　"I don't know whether it's good or bad." 　　Lu Qingfeng shook his head, then he thought back to recall the bridge of the online game novel in his previous life, and silently read in his heart, "Attribute panel." 　　In front of him, a virtual panel appeared- 　　Name: Lu Qingfeng 　　Race: Human 　　Formation: None 　　Title: None 　　Cultivation: None 　　Level: 0 (0/1) 　　Longevity: 16/68 　　Root Bone: 1 　　Merit: Unknown 　　Karma: Unknown 　　Technique: Huangting Jing, 1st level (uninitiated) [Characteristics: Diffracting Laws (1st level); Unifying the Laws (1st level); Karma Elimination (1st level) 　　Technique: None 　　Avatar: None 　　Equipment: None 　　As Lu Qingfeng expected, the attribute panel could be described as destitute. However, the values of Physique, Strength, Attack and Defense that he had expected were not shown on the attribute panel. 　　"Real online game-" 　　Lu Qingfeng mused. 　　Turning his head to look in all directions, the pedestrians and buildings that he saw in his eyes were generally the same as the real thing. If he woke up and appeared here, Lu Qingfeng would only think that he had traveled once again. 　　"Look!" 　　"Sword Immortal!" 　　A sudden shriek came from the ear. 　　Lu Qingfeng looked up at the sound, only to see a white light flickering in the sky, quickly fading away. Immediately after that, dozens of either white or green or red lights flashed by, and a blazing sword qi, escaped from the air, tearing through the clear sky, causing Lu Qingfeng's body to tremble. 　　"Sword Immortal?" 　　"Harnessing sword light to fly away! This kind of skill can be too much stronger than the so-called 'Immortals' of the Gui Zhen Sect." 　　Lu Qingfeng tilted his head and watched dozens of sword lights fade away, and was shocked in his heart. 　　The Return to Truth Sect disciples, at best, were only at the level of martial arts warriors, and had yet to leave the realm of the mundane. Although their strength was great, they were only able to open up monuments and crack rocks; although their speed was fast, they were just prancing around on level ground. 　　Which has this Heavenly Sword Immortal, harnessing the divine power of sword light! 　　"So, how should I play this game? How does it help me?" 　　Lu Qingfeng browsed through the attribute panel, his eyes landing on the Feats column. 　　The other columns were penniless, only the Feats column had information on it. 　　"Yellow Court Sutra." 　　"This was passed down by Dao Ancestor Hongjun in the mythological rumors. In The Flood, it should be the topmost dharma, how could it appear in my merit column?" 　　"Could it be the basic gong methods that all players come with?" 　　Lu Qingfeng pondered and silently opened the merit column. 　　[Technique: Huangting Sutra] 　　[Grade: Dao Ancestor Grade] 　　[Cultivation Requirement: None 　　[Merit Law Characteristics: Diffusion of Laws; Unification of all Laws; Karma Elimination] 　　[Note: The levels of gongfu are categorized into Primary, Subtle, Paramount, Authentic, Mysterious, Supreme, Sect Master, and Dao Ancestor Level]] 　　"Dao Ancestor level." 　　"Sure enough, it's the highest level of the Flood, it seems that it's not the basic gongfu that comes with the player." 　　Lu Qingfeng made a rough guess in his heart after checking the specific information of the Yellow Court Sutra. 　　However, it was not good for him to inquire with other players about such things. The good thing was that no matter if it was a player's own Basic Merit Technique or not, it had no effect on Lu Qingfeng. 　　It was always a good thing. 　　"Before entering the game, there was a general introduction to The Flood, with landing instructions. After entering the game, on the contrary, there are no guidelines, it's all up to you to figure it out on your own." 　　Lu Qingfeng felt more and more the authenticity of this game. 　　It was just that for him, the most important thing at the moment was not to play the game, but to explore out how this game could help him in reality. 　　"There are only three possibilities." 　　"One, the cultivation, level or skills and equipment in the game can be brought out of the game and materialized into reality. If that's the case, with the tiers of The Flood, even a random pile of treasures would be enough to get me through my immediate difficulties." 　　"Secondly, it cannot be materialized. But the experience of practicing in The Flood Wilderness, various feats, techniques, and divine abilities can be cultivated in reality on their own. The Flood is so real, it's not known if the feats and techniques and so on can be practiced in reality." 　　"Thirdly, is the worst case scenario - not realizable, the game's feats and techniques, etc. cannot be cultivated in reality either, it's purely a game that is useless to reality." 　　What Lu Qingfeng was looking forward to was naturally the first possibility. 　　In the introduction of the game, The Flood, it was also the same as the first. However, when Lu Qingfeng entered the game, there was no option for his real body to enter, which made him wonder if all the treasures in the game, and even the techniques and magical powers could not be brought back to reality, much less cultivated in reality with the techniques in The Flood. 　　If so, then this game for him is tasteless chicken ribs. 　　But in the end, it was still necessary to test it out. 　　"Exit the game." 　　With a thought, Lu Qingfeng's consciousness returned and he had already logged out of the game. 　　In the dark wooden house, Qing Yu was still asleep. 　　Lu Qingfeng sat up from the darkness and whispered, "Call up the attribute panel." 　　In the silent black wooden house, the only sounds were Lu Qingfeng's voice that was so tense that it was a bit hoarse and Qingyu's faintly inaudible snoring. 　　Name: Lu Qingfeng [True Body 　　Race: Human 　　Formation: None 　　Title: None 　　Cultivation: None 　　Level: 0 (0/1) 　　Longevity: 16/68 　　Root Bone: 1 　　Merit: Unknown 　　Karma: Unknown 　　Technique: Huangting Jing, 1st level (uninitiated) [Characteristics: Diffracting Laws (1st level); Unifying the Laws (1st level); Karma Elimination (1st level) 　　Technique: None 　　Avatar: None 　　Equipment: None 　　"Attribute panels can be brought to reality!" 　　Lu Qingfeng's heart leapt a little. 　　The fact that the attribute panel could be called up in reality at least confirmed that this game could intervene in reality. 　　"Try the gong method." 　　Lu Qingfeng touched the Yellow Court Sutra, and a section of obscure text instantly emerged from his heart. 　　"Before the Void Emperor of the Upper Qing Purple Haze, the Jade Morning Monarch of the Great Dao of the Taishang. Idle Rui Zhu made seven words, dispersing five forms into ten thousand gods. 　　It is the yellow court said the inner chapter, zither heart three stacks dance tire immortal. Nine gas reflecting bright out of the sky, God cover the child born purple smoke. 　　It is said that the jade book can be studied, chanting ten thousand over the ascension of three days. Thousands of disasters to eliminate a hundred diseases cured, do not fear the ferocity of tigers and wolves. 　　Also to but old age forever extend ......" 　　In the body, a sense of coolness came to life, Lu Qingfeng only felt comfortable all over his body, and his mind was clear for a while. 　　Stopping after a short while, he checked his body once more and called up the attribute panel again. 　　Cultivation, level, longevity, techniques and so on, none of them changed. 　　"Cultivation is never easy, the Yellow Court Sutra is the supreme Dao Ancestor level technique in the Flood, so I thought it would be even harder to cultivate and progress even slower." 　　Lu Qingfeng was not frustrated, instead, he was even more heartened. 　　Since the Yellow Court Sutra could indeed be practiced in reality, then at least the second possibility he had guessed was correct! 　　"Enter the game once more, this time, I'm going to fumble around and see if I can materialize my cultivation and items into reality." 　　Lu Qingfeng silently lay down and logged into The Flood once again. 　　......