"You know that manor?" Liu Ping asked.
"I know a little, but I can only tell you that the manor is a legendary place, everyone who comes out of that place is a slave of that manor," Shui Shu said.
"Who's the owner of that manor?" Liu Ping asked again.
"Don't ask, if I knew, I would've become a slave of that manor long ago." Shui Shu said.
Liu Ping was a bit annoyed.
I finally got its power from the umbrella bearer, but I didn't expect it to be controlled by someone else.
Is the umbrella bearer dead or not?
If it's not dead, it would've returned long ago.
Wait a minute.
Liu Ping suddenly went silent.
I have a lot of memories related to the umbrella bearer, but I can't remember what happened in that manor.
I don't even have any recollection of the woman in the cloak who was killed.
Liu Ping paced back and forth in the machine control room, only stopping after a while.
The umbrella bearer erased that part of its memory!
Why did it do that?
Why did it erase all memories related to the manor?
"Is this how you're going to escape? Or are you really dead? "
Liu Ping sighed.
If the umbrella bearer is really dead, then there's nothing to talk about. I've inherited everything from it, but at the same time, I'm also bound.
If it's not dead, it's just using that to escape.
I don't have a way to find it.
It had successfully escaped from the manor's shackles and left the battle far, far away.
If that's the case, I really have to praise it for being smart!
Liu Ping's mind moved.
Two black hands appeared on both sides of his body.
One of the hands was holding a black umbrella, covering him and hiding him in the shadows.
This is the ability of Obituary.
Liu Ping was about to carefully experience it when a long string of burning words appeared in front of his eyes:
[Congratulations]
[In the real world's year 1373, on the eve of the first destruction, you allowed a large number of living beings to reincarnate, which activated the Law of Earth and made it stronger than the other three Saint Pillars]
[Time has come to year 2027, the Law of Earth has evolved]
[You've obtained the power of the Saint Pillar of Earth's evolution]
From the void of space, a card fell.
A barren graveyard was drawn on the card. There was no sign of life, nor was there any scenery.
[Card: Earth's Burial]
[Ability: Bury Everything]
[This is the fundamental power of the Laws of the Earth. It surpasses the power of countless occultism, which is why it is called the Saint Pillar.]
Liu Ping held the card and pondered for a moment before tossing it out.
Bang!
The card chimed.
In an instant, Liu Ping realized that he had entered a deserted wilderness.
Ahead of them was a graveyard.
He walked step by step into the group of tombs and said in a low voice, "Why is this scene so familiar … I must have seen something like this before …"
Many black coffins were buried underground, covered by sand and grass, but their outlines could still be seen.
Liu Ping squatted down and pressed his hand on a coffin.
Suddenly.
A scene appeared in his mind:
It was a set of pitch-black armor, lying quietly in the coffin.
Because it was buried here, this set of armor had lost all its power and could only quietly sleep here.
This was the power of burial!
Liu Ping was silent for a few breaths.
What kind of armor was that?
Who buried it here?
If the power of the Law of Earth could bury everything, then perhaps the problem with his body could be solved.
He focused his mind.
Two arms appeared from the void of space, quickly digging a deep hole in the ground.
"Alright, you'll be buried here"
Liu Ping declared.
He casually swung his hand, causing the soil to fall into the hole and bury the two arms.
When the dust settled, a brand new black coffin had appeared on the ground.
The pair of umbrella-wielding hands were buried here.
Lines of small burning words quickly jumped out and appeared before Liu Ping's eyes:
[Secondary Law of Occultism: Obituary]
[Primary Law of Occultism: Exsistence/Npn-exsistence]
[Regent level Law of Occultism: Manor Cage]
[The powers of the three Laws have been buried here, and they won't have any chance to be activated again.]
Liu Ping skimmed through everything and took out the Book of the Sea.
"Book of the Sea, what is a 'Regent level' Law of Occultism?" he asked.
Lines of small text appeared on the page:
"The Law of Occultism is the 'Emergence' of countless Laws, but this' Emergence 'can also be used to determine the superiority of each Law."
"In the past, according to the degree of 'Emergence', you categorized them into: Primary, Secondary, High, Intense, Regent, Saintly."
Liu Ping turned his gaze towards the black coffin.
"Although I've escaped from that restraint … I've also lost two of my Occultism powers, how regretful …"
He muttered to himself.
Suddenly, a thunderous voice resounded from deep underground:
"No need to feel regretful."
Fwoom
The ground trembled.
Following that, a giant whose entire body was made of flowing grey fog appeared from the ground.
The giant bowed to Liu Pingxing.
"Who are you?" Liu Ping asked.
"I am the Saint Spirit of the Earth, as well as your servant in the past. Now that I have lost all of my powers, I am unable to help you. However, since you have the bronze blade that can hear everything, I can show myself and tell you the method of the past," the giant said.
"The method of the past?" Liu Ping asked.
"Indeed." The giant stared deeply at him and spoke with a rumbling voice: "There isn't much time left for me to awaken from my slumber, so I can only briefly tell you one thing."
"No power of Occultism is worthy of your regret."
"Why is that?" Liu Ping asked.
The giant answered: "Because you've always been surrounded by the four most powerful Occultism powers, all you need to do is awaken them."
A thought suddenly popped up in Liu Ping's mind.
That's right.
Primary, Secondary, High, Scorching, King, Saint.
(TN: if you see me making a mistake for these rankings please point them out. the rankings above are the right order and name.)
That's how I categorized them.
And …
The current power of Earth: [Burial] is known as
"Surpassing countless Occultism powers, thus obtaining the name of Saint Pillar."
Liu Ping immediately asked: "You mean, the power of the four Saint Pillars of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind?"
The grey fog giant slowly nodded: "That's right, they are waiting for your awakening."
Liu Ping shrugged: "But I've received a lot of information, all of which shows that I'm the strongest person on this Saint Pillar, and not from the Occultism world."
Hearing that, the grey fog giant smiled, causing large patches of grey fog to be stirred up, creating a gentle breeze in the air.
It then spoke:
"The most admirable thing about you is that you're not only able to deceive countless enemies, you're even able to deceive yourself."
Liu Ping was stunned.
After saying that, the giant nodded to Liu Ping: "I'm going to fall into slumber again. I look forward to the day when I can once again fight for you."
Its body slowly sank into the ground.
Liu Ping abruptly regained his senses and raised his voice: "Wait a minute, I've already awakened the power of the four Saint Pillars, if they were my old Occultism powers, then other than them, do I not have any other abilities to directly face the situation?"
Earth is [Burial], Water is knowledge, Wind is space and time, and Fire gives birth to pixies.
None of these powers can be directly used in battle!
The grey fog giant slowly sank into the ground.
Complicated emotions flashed through its eyes as it said, "Haven't you been using them all this time? These two Occultism powers seem so ordinary, but they've never left your side, they're your most loyal followers "
"As long as you think about it carefully, you'll definitely understand!"
The giant sank into the ground.
It fell into slumber.
The light around him changed, all the supernatural phenomena disappeared without a trace.
Liu Ping found himself back in the machine control room, standing in front of the black-haired beauty, holding the [Earth's Burial] Card in his hand.
"What kind of Card is this? It seems very powerful, right, from now on, this world can use Mystic-type powers, "the black-haired beauty said.
At this point, all the Spirit Eaters had been eaten.
No more monsters appeared.
Liu Ping put the Card away and said: "This is a Card that I obtained by chance"
Saying so, he went silent.
Strange.
Why did I lie involuntarily?
Could it be an instinctive form of protection?
Because Hua Qingkong and the others definitely wouldn't be able to hear of such a secret. Once they do, there'll be trouble.
But will they believe me?
Liu Ping quickly thought, sneaking a glance at the black-haired beauty.
The black-haired beauty spoke in relief: "So that's how it is, you've just obtained that guy's power, it's only natural for you to gain something like this"
She believed me!
Everything seemed so natural.
Not only that, all the logic was reasonable.
Liu Ping was suddenly shocked.
Countless scenes of the past flashed through his mind.
What happened during those battles.
During those decisive moments, the various countermeasures that he came up with.
Whenever he made a decision and opened his mouth, something would happen. Both he and the other party would feel that it was very natural.
He even gained the title of [King of Deception].
Other than that, from the perspective of [Sealed Corpse Shifting Yin], the real deciding factor of that battle was the Huang Quan realm Divine Skill that he created: Forgotten River!
So this was his most basic Occultism ability!
These two occult abilities had always been there.
But no one had ever discovered them!
"I know …"
Liu Ping muttered absentmindedly.
"What do you know?" the black-haired beauty asked.
Liu Ping didn't say anything and only shook his head.
That's right.
The Earth Saint Spirit was right.
These two Occultism abilities seemed so normal, but they had never left him.
They were his most loyal followers.
Deception.
Creation.