Hu Le himself naturally couldn't hear the discussion that Taiyi and his wife were having behind their backs.
However, if he knew, he could only respond with a smile.
His transformation was ultimately beyond words.
Could he possibly tell his two teachers that the reason his demeanor had changed so drastically was thanks to their teacher, Taiichi?
If he hadn't exchanged blows with Taiichi from a distance, which made him suddenly realize that his teacher Taiichi was not invincible, he wouldn't have been able to so easily abandon his previous fear.
Perhaps this is also a kind of growth.
Back then, when he had just become a disciple and entered the Heavenly Treasury, he was immediately captivated by the treasures within and actually did the absurd thing of running away with them.
How ridiculous that seems now!
Ultimately, it was just that his perspective was still stuck in his previous life, and his mind was blinded by greed.
Later, as his cultivation level increased and he gained more experience, his original greed was almost completely worn away.
Now, I have overcome my fear...
The seven emotions and six desires gradually faded away from him, and his Dao heart was constantly evolving towards purity and perfection...
Hu Le rode on auspicious clouds back to Penglai Island, where he cultivated for some time. Guan Kong finally returned safely, paid his respects, and then went back to his cave to cultivate.
From then on, Hu Le once again settled into a life of leisure, continuing his cultivation.
Time flies like water, and thousands of years have passed in the blink of an eye. While he was cultivating, a thought suddenly struck him.
At the same time, an ominous aura descended from the sky and instantly began to swirl throughout the Lingyun Palace.
Hu Le tensed up; clearly, he was about to face the test of the Five Signs of Decay once again.
Last time, it was due to the decline of one's lifespan. If one could not overcome it, one would inevitably end up with one's lifespan exhausted and die on the spot.
After passing through this stage, one will achieve immeasurable lifespan and become truly immortal.
This time, the test of the five signs of decay for gods and men is the physical body.
At this moment, the aura of decay descended once more, enveloping Hu Le in the darkness.
Hu Le's face immediately turned ashen, he was sweating profusely, and a foul stench emanated from his body.
The sweat flowing from the pores changed from clear to murky, then took on a black tinge, and finally turned pure black, looking like the mud at the bottom of a river.
As impurities continuously flow out of the pores, the physical body is also undergoing rapid changes.
His original physical body was quite peculiar; his bones were as smooth as glass and as hard as diamond, and his blood was as heavy as lead and mercury, making a gurgling sound as it flowed.
As for the skin and flesh, it was as smooth as jade, with tight pores, and not a single flaw could be seen on the whole body, as if it were carved from a piece of beautiful jade, or a perfect work of art.
At this moment, as the aura of decay enveloped him, his body was shrouded in black energy both inside and out. His bones, which were originally like glass, were gradually turning black, and his flesh and blood were constantly decaying and rotting...
Suddenly, Hu Le felt something foreign in his mouth. He opened his mouth, and the next moment, jet-black teeth rolled out.
The stones clattered and tinkled as they fell onto the jade floor. After rolling a few times, they all shattered on their own, turning into dust.
It turns out that, at some point, all of his white teeth had fallen out.
He wasn't surprised at all; it was just a necessary change that had to be experienced as the body weakened.
As his teeth fell out, his hair, eyebrows, and even body hair began to fall out of his body.
Because these hairs contained some mysterious power, they transformed into tiny figures before even touching the ground, running around haphazardly in the hall.
This change was not intentionally done by Hu Le, but rather a natural transformation resulting from the hair's own inherent power.
However, despite their miraculous appearance, these hairs could not escape the erosion of decaying energy.
The tiny figures they transformed into only ran a few dozen steps before they were enveloped in black mist and, with ferocious expressions, turned into wisps of black smoke and dissipated...
All the hair on its body fell out, and its skin began to crack and peel off under the influence of decay.
As chunks of black flesh detached from the bones, they fell to the ground and turned to ashes.
Freed from the constraints of flesh and blood, the blood began to flow down the bones, quickly filling the cloud bed and transforming into a sea of blood.
Although this sea of blood was formed from only his own blood and seemed small, it transformed into a vast ocean after dispersing, its breadth comparable to the East China Sea.
If his cloud bed hadn't been crafted using a secret method, appearing to be about the same size as an ordinary bed but actually containing a vast space spanning hundreds of millions of miles, it truly wouldn't have been able to contain this sea of blood.
In the center of that sea of blood, floated a skeleton as black as ink.
The skeleton floated on the sea surface, sitting cross-legged, its eyes empty and hollow, but looking deeper, one could see a space filled with purple mist.
Within that purple space, Hu Le kept his mind focused, ignoring all the changes in his physical body, letting the decaying energy dissipate his body in the world...
Time passed slowly, the aura of decay grew stronger, and the skeleton gradually rotted away, eventually turning into dust particles that drifted into the sea of blood.
Only a sliver of purple spiritual light remained above the entire sea of blood, formed from Hu Le's Purple Mansion Spiritual Platform, within which Hu Le's primordial spirit resided...
With his bones scattered, all that remains of Hu Le is now that sea of blood, which is the only proof that he still exists in the world.
However, the tribulation of physical decay is not so easy to overcome.
Even now, we must erase the last trace of his existence.
The black mist that had been covering the sea suddenly transformed into clusters of eerie karmic fire, which quickly merged and enveloped the entire sea of blood.
As the blood was scorched by the karmic fire, it disappeared continuously, and the level of the sea of blood began to drop rapidly.
As time passed, the karmic fire burned ever brighter, and the vast sea of blood began to shrink continuously, stretching for tens of millions of miles, then millions of miles... until finally, only a small lake of about an acre in size remained.
Even so, the karmic fire refused to let go, and soon surrounded the small lake of blood, continuing to burn and refine it.
However, although the pool of blood is now only a few acres in size, it is still the essence of the blood sea that has been condensed over hundreds of millions of miles.
Moreover, it contains two drops of Pangu's essence blood, which even karmic fire cannot completely burn away.
As time passed, the area of the pool of blood shrank, but Hu Le sensed that the aura of decay that enveloped the hall had passed its peak and was gradually dissipating...
...
Being caught in the midst of calamity, one is unaware of the passage of time.
On this day, as the aura of decay dissipated like a tide, a beam of auspicious light descended from the sky, passing through the dome of the Lingyun Palace and shining directly onto the cloud bed.
Above that cloud bed, a drop of crimson blood hung suspended, exuding an ancient and boundless aura, slowly swirling in the air. Deep within that drop of blood, a faint purple aura, almost invisible to the naked eye, shimmered...
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