Just as Zhao Youliang stuffed a handful of pills into Li Mao's mouth, Li Mao... Li Mao became completely aroused.
After a violent coughing fit, he let out a scream and then stopped breathing.
It truly proves the saying—dying from various accidents.
Seeing this, Zhao Youliang's eyes turned bloodshot: "Li Mao!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you!!"
As Zhao Youliang roared, a similar roar came from outside the town, but this time it came from underground.
"Child, Grandpa Stone will definitely avenge you!!"
Immediately, the entire earth began to tremble, as if a minor earthquake had occurred.
And all the seismic waves converged directly in Zhao Youliang's direction.
"this......"
Just as Zhao Youliang was wondering what was going on, Chang Jie spoke up listlessly.
"Quantum, do you think Brother Li Mao might have choked to death on a little pill?"
"The little pill you just slipped in."
Zhao Youliang looked completely innocent and confused: "..."
"What was that roar?"
"It's the real Stone Senior," Chang Jie replied softly.
"Li Mao's death has awakened Senior Stone, and he's coming to seek revenge on you."
"Holy crap!" Zhao Youliang was stunned upon hearing this. The big yellow dog and Liao Zhiyuan instinctively moved a few steps away from this guy, as if they were about to flee for their lives.
However, since we've come to the topic of the Stone Man's true form, Chang Jie also mentioned the three roots of the demon.
As we all know, there are no absolute things in this world, such as absolute light or absolute darkness.
Therefore, there is no absolute good or evil.
Just like in the world of cultivation, when top-level cultivators reach a certain stage, they will "sever their three corpses".
The "Three Corpses" are considered here as symbols of three evil desires or thoughts within the human body, specifically divided into the Upper Corpse, Middle Corpse, and Lower Corpse.
They represent a person's desire for power, appetite, and lust, respectively.
These "three corpses" are considered the source of human desires and obsessions, hindering practitioners from reaching a state of tranquility and non-action.
Therefore, the process of "severing the three corpses" involves the practitioner controlling and transcending their own desires and obsessions, including purifying the mind through methods such as meditation, fasting, and alchemy, and ultimately achieving a state of oneness with the Tao.
In Taoist texts and novels, "slaying the three corpses" is described as an important method of cultivation and a necessary path to becoming an immortal. It is not only a spiritual practice but also a transcendence of physical desires.
The three roots of a demon are similar to the three corpses of Taoism, but there are also significant differences.
Explaining this would be too time-consuming, so you, dear readers, can simply understand it as "the product of expelling different thoughts from the body and then making them concrete."
After hearing Chang Jie's explanation, Zhao Youliang became even more frightened: the Three Corpses Severing was a legendary existence, yet he had actually encountered it.
Furthermore, the other party mistakenly believed that he was their enemy, the kind of person with whom they could never coexist.
"Hey Egg Boy, according to you, isn't Senior Stone super powerful?"
"Much more powerful than ordinary gods... He's severed the three corpses..."
"It's not that weird." Surprisingly, Chang Jie gave a negative answer.
"The reason why the senior was able to eradicate evil was because he was too kind by nature, and evil thoughts were naturally easy to remove."
"As for Senior Stone's exact strength... I'd say below the Earth Immortal level..."
Before Chang Jie could finish speaking, the roar of "Senior Stone" grew closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye, they were outside the town.
"Quantum, you're going to get a beating."
"I also have to take advantage of this and get slapped a few times."
Chang Jiazi, who seemed listless but was actually brave, floated in front of Zhao Youliang as he spoke, ready to fight... and get beaten up together.
Just then, another deep, muffled roar rang out.
To be precise, the entire town seemed to come alive, letting out a roar that resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
After the roar, "Senior Stone" hesitated for a moment, then turned and left with resentment.
"this......"
After exchanging bewildered glances, Zhao Youliang and the others were filled with confusion: How could this be?!
Could there be some secret in this town that I'm unaware of?!
Before the group could discuss it, Li Mao's soul suddenly "broke free from his body".
He first examined his own corpse before speaking with a look of utter dejection.
"Excuse me, everyone, am I dead?"
Zhao Youliang: "......"
"I'm sorry, Xiao Li, I really didn't mean to."
Li Mao: "......"
"Oh my god, I actually choked to death on a pill? It really is true that I died from all sorts of accidents."
"So, does this mean I can't wander around aimlessly anymore? Will I get sunburned as soon as I see the sun? Can I not go home to my wife and kids anymore?"
"Hmm..." Zhao Youliang looked guilty.
"Hey Li Mao, don't worry, I'll try my best to save you."
"I think there's still hope... At worst, I can just ask a big shot to give me a new body, like the old sage with the steel plate!"
"A new body?" Upon hearing this, Li Mao subconsciously looked at the fleshy grasshopper spirit, then quickly shook his head.
"Fine, Quantum, just let me die!"
Everyone: "......"
Enraged, the grasshopper spirit roared, "Little Li, what do you mean by this?"
"If you don't explain yourself clearly, I'm not finished with you, old immortal!!"
Seeing that Li Mao was about to be beaten, Zhao Youliang, who had "killed" him, quickly interrupted out of guilt.
"Old Master Steel Plate, please calm down. Don't you find this strange?"
"Little Li has been dead for so long, and no ghost messengers have come to arrest him!"
“Yes!” Zhao Youliang successfully diverted everyone’s attention, and they all showed thoughtful expressions.
Li Mao, the person involved, was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly and hid behind Zhao Youliang.
In fact, people's fear of death often does not come from death itself, but from too many things they are reluctant to leave behind and have too many attachments.
For example, Li Mao is worried about his wife and children.
He worries that if he dies, his wife will remarry, and his children will have to call someone else their father...
......
In fact, it's not that no ghost messengers came to collect the soul; in fact, they have already arrived.
However, they were jolted back out of the town by the roar that had just come from there.
The roar was like a knife, rapidly slicing through the ghost messengers' forms, like wood being ground into sawdust by a cutting machine.
In excruciating pain, the ghost messenger let out a painful roar, unable even to escape, and in constant danger of his soul being scattered.
At this crucial moment, the gentleman appeared before the ghost messenger, holding the hand of the heartless little monk.
Like a towering mountain, it protected the two ghost messengers.
The roar from the town struck the man, but it had no power left and was easily dispelled with a wave of his hand.
It's like an adult casually brushing away the hot breath a child exhales.
The ghost messenger, realizing what was happening, stared blankly at the backs of the two figures, one large and one small, before collapsing to his knees with a thud.
"This humble one greets the master and pays respects to the Heartless Buddha!"
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