Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
“Zhulong, the Torch Dragon: the result of consuming it?” Chaos parts, the underworld is lit, day and night bend to your command, the four seasons turn at your will, wind and rain answer your call.
“Xiangliu, the Nine-Headed Serpent: the result of consuming it?” The earth corrodes, mountains are swallowed whole, poison endures across a hundred generations, nine heads each moving to their own design.
“Feiyi, the Two-Tailed Snake: the result of consuming it?” Insects and beasts are subdued, the spirit is fortified, a hundred ailments find no purchase.
“Yu Chong, the Three-Legged Turtle: the result of consuming it?” Stealth becomes second nature, and deathly sand flies from your lips.
“……”
“How is this world's secret Classic of Mountains and Seas so different from the one I knew in my past life?”
Lost in silent thought, Ding Songyan turned to the person beside him:
“You're saying—these creatures vanished from the world long ago. Only the martial arts remain, forged by those who first consumed them, shaped by the transformations wrought upon their very bodies. And these arts… can still be cultivated?”
An ordinary young man on earth, Xia Feng, traveled to a world of sword and magic, and took the body of Lucien Evans, another ordinary young man.
Seemingly this was a world of traditional western fantasy, yet he discovered the astonishing similarities between the earth and this world, and between science and the so-called arcane magic…
“Knowledge is power”? Soul, magic, quantum, Theory of Relativity, cognitive world, music and real world……
What was the true nature of that world?
In the waves of steam and machinery, who could achieve extraordinary? In the fogs of history and darkness, who was whispering? I woke up from the realm of mysteries and opened my eyes to the world.
Firearms, cannons, battleships, airships, and difference machines. Potions, divination, curses, hanged-man, and sealed artifacts… The lights shone brightly, yet the secrets of the world were never far away. This was a legend of the “fool”.