Chapter 53053 Are Saints Completely Selfless?
The Qiankun bag is closely connected to the cultivator's spiritual consciousness. If a person dies, his Qiankun bag becomes ownerless and can be used at will by outsiders, such as Liu Li outside Liusha City.
Apart from this, only the person himself can open his Qiankun bag at will.
If an outsider insists on probing in, his spiritual consciousness will be attacked. If he is strong enough to crush the owner of the Qiankun bag, it will be fine. If not, the intruder will likely be in danger of his life.
If the owner of the Qiankun bag falls into a coma, the situation will be even more difficult, because the aggressiveness of his spiritual consciousness will not be dormant. Instead, it will become an instinct to protect the owner and launch indiscriminate attacks.
But there are exceptions. For example, Taoist partners with compatible spiritual consciousness can accept each other.
But this is not an iron rule. After all, there are cases where two Taoist partners' spiritual consciousnesses repel and attack each other.
The man in front of him asked him to take the "Undissolved Bones" from Zhuang Rong'er's Qiankun bag.
Ah Huai quickly deduced three things based on this information:
1. Zhuang Rong'er fell into a coma.
Second, Zhuang Rong'er was most likely infected with corpse poison because of touching him, and the so-called "undissolved bones" is a detoxification tool, which is in her Qiankun bag.
3. This man believed that Zhuang Rong'er's spirit was willing to accept him, or that his strength after the transformation was superior to Zhuang Rong'er's.
The violent spiritual power was still surging in his body, but Ah Huai seemed to have been able to coexist with it and stood up calmly.
Before he took a step forward, the strange, withered man stared into his eyes and said, "But before that, you need to kill me."
The long sword was unsheathed, and its cold light reflected on the stone walls of the cave. There was only death on his face.
Ah Huai's gaze shifted to him and he paused.
…
Half a quarter of an hour ago.
Li Ruohui killed a cultivator.
As he devoured the flesh and blood, a hint of despair flashed in his eyes.
He knew what he was doing, but it was difficult for him to resist his instinct.
The smell of blood filled the air, and he vaguely heard the man's faint laughter.
Another dried-up corpse fell in his hand, and before he could wipe off the bloodstains at the corner of its mouth, Li Ruohui turned his head and saw a man wearing a laughing Buddha mask, carrying a white-haired old woman on his back, appearing a few meters away.
This is a strange combination. This person came very quietly. If he hadn't laughed at him out loud, he wouldn't have attracted his attention at all.
Li Ruohui's trembling eyes fixed on the iconic mask, and his breathing became heavier.
"How embarrassing." Qing Hailou sighed and said thoughtfully, "If you want to commit suicide, you have a good opportunity in the near future."
“…”
Li Ruohui held the sword in his hand, his expression gloomy and unclear.
"It must be a bad feeling to be attacked by those filthy creatures." Qing Hailou shook his head and sighed, "When you were so smart as to cooperate with the evil creatures from the abyss, did you ever imagine that the day you would be reduced to an incorruptible bone?"
“…”
Despite receiving no response, Qing Hai Lou remained intrigued and continued, "Find a pair of hands and end this... You should know that someone who can put an end to you is here."
What he meant was that this person was not him.
Li Ruohui was silent for a long time before he whispered, "...Do you think you can stay out of this?"
"I never thought of staying out of it." Qing Hailou tilted his head, gently took off his mask, and smiled, "Fighting against the heavens, the joy is endless."
“…”
Li Ruohui closed his eyes in pain.
Qing Hailou stared at him quietly for several seconds before adding, "I wonder if your loyal and pedantic disciples have told you that the corpse poison has broken out."
“…”
"Ha, then it seems that there isn't one."
…
All was silent.
Zhuang Rong'er sat cross-legged in the center of the cave.
A circle of ghost bat corpses fell around her, like some kind of condensed barrier, guarding her by burning their lives. Only the dark butterflies still retained their vitality, landing on her shoulders and knees, their wings constantly flashing with green light.
She seemed to have fainted, but also seemed not to have fainted.
The feeling of the corpse poison spreading in her body was so clear, as if it had torn her apart. The biggest impact was that she lost her perception of time.
The concepts of past, present and future were condensed into a flat plane, and she could no longer tell which point she was at.
The images in her memory were mixed together, and a few appropriate fragments were selected and played before her eyes -
When the corpse poison that once wreaked havoc on the human world first spread, everyone in the world of cultivation, regardless of good or evil, was committed to saving the world from harm.
Under Guilao's arrangement, Zhuang Rong'er went to Honghe Prefecture, the purgatory on earth where the corpse poison outbreak was most serious, to obtain the stiffened bone marrow of the living dead to make medicine for Guilao.
Shui Jue, who had not yet succeeded the Demon Lord at that time, went to Honghe Province with her. However, they had a conflict because she hardly talked to him along the way. Shui Jue unilaterally went into a cold war with her, and the two of them went their separate ways.
Once they were surrounded by the living dead, Shui Jue, who had disappeared for a long time, appeared out of nowhere.
He didn't care whether these people had the possibility of recovery and directly killed all the besieged infected people.
The blood of the living dead was everywhere, and the Red River State became the Blood River State.
Zhuang Rong'er could have directly taken enough bone marrow to report back, but for some reason she didn't do so.
Perhaps it was the moment you saw a child-like zombie with a silver lock engraved with the word "treasure" hanging around its neck, or the moment you discovered a zombie with a yellow dog's corpse in the yard with a patch shaped like a dog's paw sewn onto its clothes, or perhaps you caught a glimpse of a female zombie with a hand-carved, carved mahogany hairpin stuck in her messy hair...
Perhaps she was hurt by these vivid "traces", so she stayed there in a daze.
Shui Jue thought she was slow and blamed her for not thanking him properly for saving his life. He got angry again and left alone.
She stopped in Honghe Province and waited for the disciples of Tianque Sect who were sent there. Among them was the person she had been thinking about day and night.
On that starless night, she saw Jing Huai chanting the mantra for the deceased infected people in Honghe Prefecture under the eternal lamp.
He recited a sentence, and she, hiding in the dark, silently followed him.
The night is dark and the world is silent. Only a long-burning lamp is burning quietly among the ruins.
She thought that she might also be one of those who was saved by Jing Huai.
She had also felt peace in the light of the fire.
It was not until dawn that Shui Jue came back.
He saw the Tianque Sect's members tying up the living dead and confining them in one place, and he scoffed at their indecisive approach. He said impatiently, "If we had killed all those infected, the source of infection would have been under control, and the situation would have been resolved." Sacrificing a few is for the safety of the greater number, but those hypocrites of the righteous path are afraid to do so because of their reputations. It's truly ridiculous.
Shui Jue also wants to save the world.
He wanted to sacrifice the minority to save the majority.
Perhaps most of the powerful people in the world of cultivation also think so.
But that person is different.
He never seemed to consider sacrificing others, only himself.
Such a person is undoubtedly a saint.
...And are saints completely selfless?
…
Zhuang Rong'er didn't know.
She frowned and clenched her hands on her knees.
Cold sweat kept breaking out on her forehead, and fragments of memory began to flash back. This time she came to the time when the Ghost Lady took over her body.
A sharp pain suddenly exploded from the depths of her sea of consciousness, and she suddenly felt another spiritual consciousness entering her body.
The two consciousnesses collided violently in the sea of consciousness, like a battle of thunder, setting off an invisible wave. Zhuang Rong'er's teeth chattered, and she was about to attack, but in the next second she felt a sense of familiarity.
She was also very familiar with the Ghost Lady's spiritual consciousness, but this time it seemed different.
The spiritual consciousness that forced its way into another person's sea of consciousness should be strong and aggressive, but what she felt was peaceful, gentle, and soothing.
Her consciousness seemed to stagnate as well. She stopped attacking and slowly stopped, confronting the intruder from a distance, becoming somewhat confused.
She only felt an invisible tide flooding over her heart. The spiritual consciousness gently wrapped around her and then quickly withdrew, taking away her chaotic consciousness that was half asleep and half awake.
She had no idea what happened afterwards.
…
When Zhuang Rong'er opened her eyes again, the first thing she saw was Shui Wu's panicked face.
She and Lu Baozhen hugged each other, huddled together across an abyss-like ditch, and huddled opposite her more than ten meters away.
They didn't notice her open eyes at first because all their attention was on the two men standing on either side of the ditch.
The person blocking Zhuang Rong'er's side was Ah Huai.
The other person on the other side of the ditch was Shui Jue.
The wind in the cave was blowing fiercely, and the ditch was an extra feature of the terrain - it didn't exist originally, but was split open by human hands.
Shui Wu witnessed the whole process. Her brother tore through space and rushed here to save her and Lu Baozhen. He was about to take Zhuang Rong'er away, but was stopped by Ah Huai, who for some reason possessed terrifying abilities. He raised his hand lightly and slashed with it. A bottomless ravine appeared in the cave, which was so terrifying.
Shui Wu and Lu Baozhen were placed behind Shui Jue. They had long given up the idea that everything would be fine as long as Shui Jue came.
She hugged the trembling Lu Baozhen, and both of them were breathless due to the spreading pressure.
Just at this moment, Shui Wu turned her eyes slightly and noticed Zhuang Rong'er who had woken up opposite her.
An expression of "being saved" appeared on her face, and she immediately leaned forward and shouted with joy, "Sister Rong'er!"
Shui Jue's face was filled with surprise. He quickly looked over and called out, "Zhuang Rong'er! Come here quickly!"
But Ah Huai didn't look back. He just continued to stand there, like a door god blocking the road, guarding outside Zhuang Rong'er, and the arc of his sword never lowered at all.
However, it is unknown whether he remained motionless because he was not paying attention or because he was at a loss.
“…”
Zhuang Rong'er didn't get up immediately.
She certainly couldn't immediately understand how the current situation came about, but she didn't show any sign of inquiry.
Some perceptions and feelings quickly appeared in her mind the moment she woke up.
First, the corpse poison in her body has dissipated.
Second, the incorruptible bones in her Qiankun bag disappeared.
Thirdly, she saw Ah Huai's spiritual veins, and it seemed that he was not just an ordinary person with incorruptible bones.
Zhuang Rong'er's eyes darkened. She ignored the anxious cries of Shui Jue and his sister, stood up and walked towards the person standing in front of her like a stone statue.
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