Chapter 233: It's really old-fashioned.
Gu Shaoxuan died, and Ji Ruo's fusion also happened to reach the time limit. The giant figure dissipated, and the people of the Spicy Spicy Group fell down with pale faces.
The black coffin fell, the lid smashed open, and the twisted statue inside rolled down, covered in mud.
There are corpses everywhere on Baisui Mountain. These corpses are all from the villagers of Babaozhai. Some have long been rotten, and some still have rotten flesh, which looks a bit disgusting.
The previous [Sound Combo] had already exhausted everyone's strength. Ji Ruo forced himself to continue with the final blow, making one sword have the effect of two swords. Everyone's energy was greatly consumed and they were almost exhausted.
Ji Ruo's eyes were full of double images, he felt dizzy, and his meridians in his body felt as if they were being torn apart.
However, it was not completely without gain. At least now the Qi channels in Ji Ruo's body have spread throughout the body, reaching the peak of the Qi channels in the 'body martial arts' realm. With just a little bit of understanding and replenishment, he will be able to achieve success and condense the first star wheel - the 'Dantian'.
This can be considered as a benefit of the "physical martial arts". When the Qi meridians are promoted to the level of stars, there are no shackles. The "Dantian" does not need to be calculated and positioned, and it can be condensed and opened up naturally.
Ji Ruo planned to go back to the mountain sacred tree to ask for spiritual fruit to eat.
The white cat sensed it carefully, and then said, "Master, that guy is dead."
As the land of this place, although the white cat's divine power is low now, it can still sense the survival of the creatures on its land. This time, Gu Shaoxuan is really dead.
“Huh~”
Ji Ruo fell backwards upon hearing this: "Finally dead, this guy is so hard to kill!"
Ji Xiaoxiao jumped onto Ji Ruo's head and touched his forehead with her hand: "My old man, when will you die?"
"It's still early for me."
Ji Ruo took a short rest, then sat up again, took out the Rebirth Fruit from the Universal Mirror and distributed it to everyone - the damage suffered during the previous fusion was shared by everyone, so the injuries were not serious.
The main injuries were caused by the previous experience of bravely crossing the mountain of swords.
"Ji Ruo, look..."
Liang Shixian suddenly pointed behind Ji Ruo and said blankly.
Ji Ruo turned around in confusion and saw that Gu Shaoxuan's headless body was rapidly being sanctified and bits of starlight were emanating from it.
"What's going on?" Ji Ruo was also stunned.
The starlight spread out, swirled and condensed above the distorted statue, and turned into a circle of light and shadow. Pictures slowly emerged in the light and shadow.
Ji Xiaoxiao screamed in surprise: "No way? I can still recall the killing even though I'm already dead?!"
…
Somewhere on the border.
A young warrior on patrol picked up a small, dirty figure and said, "It's wrong to steal, kid. Besides, this is a tribute to the Martial Saint. You can't steal it."
The thin figure was a boy, with tattered clothes and unkempt hair.
"I, I'm hungry... Please don't hit me..."
The resident warrior asked, "Why should I hit you... Are you hungry? Where are your parents?"
"They were eaten..." the boy whispered.
The resident warrior was stunned for a moment, then put the boy down and took out the tribute he had prepared this time, a boiled chicken.
"Here, eat this. Those offerings are no longer fresh."
The boy looked at the boiled chicken, swallowed his saliva, looked at the warrior again, and said, "You just said that you can't steal the tribute..."
He had observed for quite some time that this warrior would come to place new offerings three times a day.
The boy comes to steal food every day. Today he had something else to do, so he came a little late. Unexpectedly, he ran into the resident warrior.
So he knew that the boiled chicken given to him by the warrior was today's tribute.
"Before it became a tribute, it was first food, and food is used to fill the stomach." The warrior tore off a chicken leg, took a bite, and said, "Besides, I haven't even offered my tribute yet."
The boy watched the warrior tearing the chicken leg, his throat rolling, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the boiled chicken and started to bite it.
The scene changes.
As if the warrior had made an appointment with the boy, he would bring offerings to the statue every day, and then the two of them would steal the offerings together, and then leave separately after eating. This happened every day, tacitly.
The low altar had already been cleaned and became their seats.
That day, after eating the offerings, the boy was about to leave when the warrior suddenly called him.
"Hey, it's been so long and I still don't know your name."
"I..." The boy stammered, "My name is Unlucky..."
"?"
The warrior scratched his head: "What kind of name is this?"
"My original village was destroyed by a beast tide, and now everyone in this village says I am unlucky..."
The warrior opened his mouth and then sighed.
"What was your name before?"
The boy was a little disappointed: "I don't remember..."
The village fell, his parents died tragically, and he had forgotten many things.
Or rather, I don't want to remember.
The warrior suddenly said, "Don't rush back today. Let me tell you a story."
"What story?"
"Let me introduce myself first. Hello, my name is Gu Shaoxuan."
…
From that day on, the warrior named Gu Shaoxuan would tell the boy stories every day, and the two gradually became familiar with each other.
The warrior is not very old, and he doesn't have many stories to tell.
But all his life experiences, all his complaints about his family who forced him to follow in his father's footsteps, and all his complaints about his unkempt comrades, were so desirable to the boy and he liked them from the bottom of his heart.
Because after the village fell, no one would talk to the boy so much anymore.
The boy learned the warrior's name, why he came to the border, and that his family owned a funeral home that had been passed down from generation to generation.
The warrior didn't have many stories to tell, but he told the boy everything he knew.
"Brother Gu Shaoxuan, don't you have anything to do?" the boy asked.
"Yes." The warrior said, "I have to patrol every day. My family is in the funeral business, and I am responsible for the worship of the holy images around here."
"Then..." The boy hesitated for a moment and said, "Will Master Wusheng be angry if we eat his offerings?"
The warrior was stunned for a moment, then smiled. He rubbed the boy's head and said, "Why do you think so? Master Wu Sheng certainly won't blame us. The reason they are here is that they hope we can have enough to eat, warm clothes, and live happily.
Are you happy when you fill your stomach with offerings? "
The boy thought for a moment and said, "Happy."
"That's it. If these tributes are left there, Master Wusheng won't be able to eat them. It would be a waste if they were left there. Your happiness is the greatest reward to Master Wusheng."
The boy was thoughtful.
…
As the days passed, the warrior told the boy different stories every day. The boy knew that the warrior would go back home every day to ask his comrades for stories, and then tell them to him.
Later, when there were no more stories to tell, the warrior taught the boy martial arts.
Until one day, the boy gradually opened his heart to the warrior and begged the warrior to take him to have a look around the area. He didn't dare to go alone, so the warrior agreed.
That day, the beast tide appeared again, and the boy was terrified and desperate.
The warrior stood in front of the boy, trembling all over.
The boy knew that the warrior came to the border because he did not want to inherit the family business. He wanted to live a different life, not the future arranged by the elders in his family.
This warrior is actually very timid, so he applied to take over the work of worshiping the nearby statues.
Being with the holy image, at least you don't have to face those terrifying monsters from abroad.
"Don't be afraid, I will protect you..."
The warrior said with a trembling voice.
He was very timid, afraid of death, afraid of pain, and even had some blood dizziness.
And there was actually no need for the warrior to stand in front of the boy, he could run away.
But that day, the cowardly warrior did not run away, and the boy survived.
"It hurts so much! It hurts so much!"
"Am I going to die? Wuwuwu, I don't want to die..."
"Sanctification, sanctification... Why is sanctification so painful? It hurts so much!"
The warrior that day didn't look like a strong warrior at all. He cried heart-wrenchingly with tears streaming down his face.
But he was brave that day.
Later, the warrior died. In order to continue to protect the boy, the warrior chose to be sanctified at the last moment of his life.
The process of sanctification was extremely painful. This warrior was very afraid of pain. The process of sanctification was intermittent and the warrior cried heartbreakingly.
His consecration lasted for a long time, so that after the consecration, the body did not meet normal standards at all. It was thin, skinny, twisted, and monstrous...
"Holy, you must say... words when you are sanctified..." At the very end, the warrior sobbed and said, "Behind me, smile, live with a smile, okay... Sorry, I can't say such a cool thing...
I haven’t lived enough… You must, must live well, and live well for me as well…”
"Help me look carefully, look at this beautiful world... I can't see it, please help me look..."
…
Later, the boy inherited the warrior's name, and he wanted to live a good life for the warrior.
In the stories that the warriors told him, Daxia's unique culture of death occupied a large part.
The Netherworld, Fengdu, Reincarnation...
The warrior taught the boy everything he knew. After the boy mastered the martial arts, he took the warrior's distorted statue with him and went abroad.
The picture began to change rapidly.
The pictures flashed by so fast that you could feel the danger just by looking at them.
Countless life-and-death crises, countless difficulties and obstacles.
The boy found a record about the underworld in some foreign ruins, and also learned a strange martial art from a stone tablet in the ruins.
He survived and found what he was looking for, all he lacked was a chance.
He returned to the border, and began to wander around the border under the name of "Gu Shaoxuan" and the identity of "Gu's Funeral Shop Owner". While living for the warriors, he was also looking for opportunities to open the underworld.
…
"My "Hell and Rebirth Sutra" is pretty good, right?"
Gu Shaoxuan in the soul state stood beside Ji Ruo and said with emotion: "Even if I die, I can continue to exist in the state of a ghost for a short period of time... I was wrong, so wrong. The rules of the underworld are useless to us humans, at least not at this stage.
I'm sorry to cause you any trouble."
The advent of the secret realm will more or less add one or several new rules to this plane.
Not all rules are beneficial to mankind, or rather, there are very few rules that are beneficial to mankind from the moment they come into being.
Just like a thousand years ago, the first secret realm took about six years from its appearance to its complete arrival.
During this process, although the demons had not yet actually appeared in the world, many people died.
Reiki was also harmful to humans in the beginning.
Therefore, it is normal that the coming of the underworld did not resurrect the human martyrs.
Because humans simply have not adapted to this new rule.
Adaptation requires research and time.
When new rules first appear, the demons are always the biggest beneficiaries, and humans rarely enjoy the benefits of the new rules directly.
Even in the new secret realm of Babaozhai, the first incense god that appeared under the influence of the rules was a cat demon...
By the way, after the secret realm rules are integrated into this world, some more down-to-earth changes will occur.
For example, the belief in Shintoism in the secret realm became the Shintoism of incense and fire when it came to Daxia... Although it sounds almost the same, believing in Shintoism does not require burning incense to the gods.
Ji Ruo looked at him deeply and asked, "Are you going to die or not?"
Gu Shaoxuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm already dead, and this soul will soon dissipate. It doesn't matter whether I live or die, I just want to tell you about my brother's identity. He has been traveling around with me for so many years, and he has seen everything he should see. It's time to go home... I want to ask you to help me send him home, okay?"
Ji Ruo was silent for a moment, then took out the pantheon and began to search.
Gu Shaoxuan's soul looked at the crack on the ground that was still expanding and sighed, "I'm sorry that I have to leave Daxia with such a big trouble in the end..."
As he was speaking, Gu Shaoxuan saw Ji Ruo take out a quilt and three statues from the small mirror in his hand.
Gu Shaoxuan: “?”
Ji Ruo covered the growing crack with bedding, and then the secret crack stopped expanding.
Ji Ruo moved the three statues and pressed them on the bedding. The headless statue left by Gu Shaoxuan was also moved over by Ji Ruo.
The Netherworld rules were halfway integrated when they suddenly stopped integrating with the plane...
Gu Shaoxuan: “???”
"It was you who caused the secret realm to stop descending before?!" Gu Shaoxuan said in a lost voice.
"What do you think?"
"…The young are to be feared."
Gu Shaoxuan's soul became more and more illusory. He suddenly asked, "Ji Ruo, you just graduated, right? Do you have a dream? What kind of job do you want to do in the future?"
Ji Ruo rolled his eyes: "Why is my dream about going to work? Am I sick?"
Gu Shaoxuan was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts suddenly became inconsistent.
When his soul was about to collapse, he laughed and said, "You're right. Who's dream is to go to work... Well, I'll leave this thing to you. It's useless to me anyway. You can practice it yourself or hand it over to Daxia. It's up to you..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Shaoxuan's soul completely collapsed, turned into stars in the sky, and merged into the mountains.
A dark black booklet fell to the ground. It was the Sutra of Rebirth from Hell.
Ji Ruo picked up the "Hell and Rebirth Sutra" in silence, and Luo Qian rubbed Ji Ruo's cheek with her head.
Liang Shixian sighed: "Ji Ruo, don't be sad..."
Ji Ruo was surprised and asked, "Why should I be sad?"
Liang Shixian was stunned for a moment and said, "You are not..."
Ji Ruo shook his head, pointed at the headless statue left by Gu Shaoxuan, and said, "No matter what his original intention was, what this guy did was nothing short of a villain. He deserves death. There is no way to wash it off. I still regret not being able to kill him earlier and letting him cause so much trouble."
Ji Xiaoxiao thought it was true and said, "That's right, this guy is dead, but he still wants to kill us in a flashback. Tsk tsk, the villain's whitewashing before death is really old-fashioned."
Ji Ruo nodded: "Indeed, it's too old-fashioned."
Liang Shixian and others: "Uh..."
Ji Ruo stuffed the "Hell and Rebirth Sutra" into his pocket and said, "Has everyone's injuries recovered? We have to go down and help. I know everyone is tired, but now is not the time to rest. Babao Village still needs our help. The 'Netherworld' opened by Gu Shaoxuan before his death is another new secret realm. Those dead demons are alive. We don't have time to linger here."
Qu Fei couldn't help but ask: "What about this place? The place where the secret realm landed should be defended... If something comes out of the secret realm, we will be caught in the middle and attacked from both sides..."
"Don't worry, nothing will come out of it for the time being." Ji Ruo said firmly.
"Why?"
"Because the secret realm requires staying in bed."
"?"
Ji Ruo did not explain further, but said: "Let's go, let's go down and help..."
As he spoke, Ji Ruo suddenly remembered something and looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground. He changed his tone and said, "Wait, don't rush down. It's not good to leave these villagers exposed in the wilderness. Everyone, lend a hand and help bury these villagers first."
Liang Shixian said: "But Ji Ruo, the situation over there is also very urgent. There are too many resurrected demons... I can't even see the end at a glance!"
"Yes, there are too many." Ji Ruo nodded and said, "With so many demons, it doesn't matter whether we go down earlier or later. Let's do what we should do first."
"This……"
"Oh, by the way, the shrouds of these villagers haven't completely decayed yet. When you bury them later, please pay attention and tear off a small piece of clothing from them and give it to me."
Everyone: “?”
Liang Shixian thought of Ji Ruo's various miraculous operations, thought about it, and couldn't help asking: "Ji Ruo, is there any deep meaning behind your doing this?"
Ji Ruo said casually: "I collect them. Just think of me as a collector."
"???"
Why do you collect that stuff!
Liang Shixian was speechless: "...How big is the tear?"
"Half the size of your palm is about right."
"All right……"
…
Everyone got busy. Ji Ruo came to the crack in the secret place covered by the quilt and picked up the rusty and ancient key.
Gu Shaoxuan opened the secret realm with this key. It was obvious that this was a fantasy creation.
Now, two secret realms have appeared in Babaozhai.
At this moment, the key is slowly dissipating——
[Oh my, what a pity~]
[Although it's a pity, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Master Key]
【Category: Functional props. 】
【Quality: Theoretically perfect (one-time)】
[Special Effect: Open Door (You can open any 'door' at the cost of the prop itself. The scope of the 'door' includes but is not limited to concrete, conceptual, existing, non-existent... open it whenever you want!)]
[Manufacturer: Fantasy Master]
[Note: Congratulations, but it's a pity that this key has already been used...]
It is indeed a creation of fantasy!
Come to think of it, apart from the achievement-matching physical rewards produced by Ji Ruo's own system teacher, only Fantasy Creation has such a powerful BT ability.
However... this key doesn't seem to be able to bring the secret realm to you instantly? It can only open the door...
It descended at this moment, so it should be a fantasy creature similar to "Jin Ke La", right?
Ji Ruo complained in his heart and raised his hands to knock on the three statues.
"Meow~ (Master, what are you doing?)" Rosie asked puzzledly.
Ji Ruo said: "I was wondering if I could take a piece of 'clothes' off Master Wu Sheng."
During the sanctification process, the warrior's clothes are sanctified together with the warrior's own clothes. This is because during the sanctification process, the warrior needs to endure extremely intense pain, and naturally cannot control his own strength well, so the clothes are sanctified together.
Of course, this would also prevent the nakedness of the image from being exposed after it has been sanctified…
The white cat suddenly said, "Master, I think I can help you."
"Oh? How can you help me?"
The white cat said uncertainly: "I feel that the power of these holy statues is somewhat similar to the power of my incense. I should be able to 'discuss' with him..."
"Discuss? Just try it."
"good."
Then the white cat stood up, bowed and saluted, uttering incomprehensible magical words, just like a cat fortune-teller.
Ji Ruo's [Common Language] was slightly translated so that Ji Ruo could understand the meaning of the White Cat's Divine Language.
The general meaning is: "Holy statue, hello, my name is Dabai, I am the local god, my master is Ji Ruo, a very outstanding human youth, although I have only been in Daxia for a short time, but I like Daxia very much. Now my master needs your help, please... we don't want much, just a small piece will do..."
The so-called "divine language" is actually just some polite nonsense when translated.
Soon, the hard golden skin of the statues suddenly surged like water, and each of the three statues revealed a blood-stained corner of their clothing.
Ji Ruo tore off the corner of his clothes, put it away carefully, and then put his hands together and said respectfully: "Thank you, Master Wusheng."
"Master, do you want this bad guy?"
Ji Ruo thought for a moment and said, "Yes, tear off a big piece for him!"
…
A moment later, Liang Shixian and others who had reburied their fellow villagers came to Ji Ruo with the pieces of clothing they had collected.
'Red Roasted Pork' looked at the baldness of Gu Shaoxuan's statue from the chest down to the hips, and asked in confusion: "Boss, how did this guy's statue become like this? Where are his clothes?"
"I tore it off."
Everyone: “???”
Everyone was speechless when seeing that good training suit was torn into a nipple-exposing one by Ji Ruo.
Liang Shixian smacked his lips and said, "It's fair to say that you are indeed carrying some personal grudges... By the way, Ji Ruo, what on earth do you want these things for?"
Ji Ruo smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know in a moment..."
Boom boom
Suddenly, there was a thunder in the night. Ji Ruo frowned and turned his head to look.
A huge dark cloud appeared out of nowhere and enveloped the night sky, blocking the bright moon and stars. The gloomy energy between heaven and earth suddenly became extremely dense.
The next moment, rain began to fall from the sky. In just a moment, the night rain formed dense lines and heavy rain poured down.
Ji Ruo and others suddenly became the chickens in the soup.
“Screech!”
Jing Lan's angry cries were heard in the rain, the wind was blowing hard, and lightning snakes were dancing wildly under the dark clouds.
A huge shadow rose from the ground like a mushroom cloud, covering the sky and the sun, but the thick rain curtain obscured it, and even Ji Ruo found it difficult to see clearly.
The sharp sword intent rose into the sky and disappeared in an instant.
Liang Shixian wiped the rain off his face and said loudly: "Ji Ruo, the situation seems to be bad! I can't see the situation over there! What should we do..."
Before he finished speaking, Liang Shixian saw Ji Ruo's figure crashing into the rain, running farther and farther away.
"Something happened, everyone hurry up!"
Everyone set out in a hurry.
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Here is a 6K update. After get off work, I'll go back to sleep, and then continue writing when I wake up. I want to get back to the state of writing 10,000 words a day!