Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 1002 The Path You're Taking is the Downward Path

As two heroes in the original work, they are now among the two strongest superhumans under 100 years old in China, and their tiger-like temperament is similar to that of Ding Shian.

He loves practicing martial arts and fighting.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to cultivate such high-level skills, and he wouldn't have become good friends with Ding Shian.

In the original novel, Ru Hu and Ding Shian, who were watching the battle between Lu Jin and Li Muxuan, seemed to be very familiar with each other, and even their reactions to certain situations were surprisingly similar.

Seeing that Huang Ning'er could barely withstand three blows from Lu Jin, he immediately had the idea of ​​"getting a good thing" and grabbed her from both sides; seeing that Lu Jin had reached the peak of the second level, he was also eager to hunt and called Huang Ning'er to go and beat the old man.

Even though they knew the inevitable result would be being beaten by the old man, they still enjoyed it and never backed down.

For them, fighting is fun, whether it's hitting or being hit, or even better, being hit.

His tiger-like strength had essentially reached its peak. Even in this timeline where He Songling had intruded, he and Ding Shian were still the two strongest individuals under one hundred years old.

Based on the original work, they are clearly no match for the second-tier peak, let alone the "two heroes" in the current timeline, two late-stage triple-tier heroes, plus Zhang Zhiwei. The distance is too great; even if they went to get beaten up, they wouldn't gain much ground.

Although Lü Ci hadn't wasted his time following He Songling and had even reached a level roughly equivalent to Lu Jin or Zuo Ruotong in the original story, Lü Ci only cared about his family's bloodline. He didn't care about these insignificant juniors challenging him. He beat them up once and that was it; he never paid them any attention again.

So now, both Ru Hu and Ding Shian are in a state of confusion. They know there are more roads ahead, and the destination they can see right now is far from the end. But how to move forward, no one knows.

Although He Songling was much taller than Zhang Zhiwei before him, He was a deity. Ru Hu came for this very reason, and even Chai Yan was just a side benefit. Even if the deity didn't teach him anything, being beaten by the deity was still an extraordinary opportunity.

Perhaps that will help him figure out the path he should take next.

That kid named Xiao Zizai from Na Du Tong is five or six years younger than me, but he's already almost reached the top and is now on par with me.

After hearing about Xiao Zizai's feat of single-handedly annihilating a group of people, Ru Hu decisively went to challenge him. No one witnessed the battle, but it seemed that neither of them could gain the upper hand.

From then on, everyone knew that another person had been added to the list of those who reach the pinnacle of being under 100 years old.

But a fire also ignited in that tiger's heart; it was determined to get a beating from the gods.

“I’ll fight you…” He Songling thought for a moment and asked, “Did you attend Trinity University?”

"Yes, I did." Na Ruhu nodded decisively. "Old Ding and I were classmates in the School of Life Cultivation and Application. Later, we even went to Tang Sect for an exchange program for a semester, learning combat techniques." "Being able to attend Trinity University in that era, your choices were quite good." There was nothing more to say. Since they were all alumni, He Songling, as the former principal, naturally had an obligation to offer some guidance.

Moreover, in an era when the San Yi Sect and Tang Sect were almost ignored, to actively choose to pursue further education, coupled with his status as a descendant of an old friend, that alone is enough to be considered a "destined connection to immortality."

"What do you want? Do you want to become an immortal, or be able to fight, or something else?"

"It's hard to say. My current physical body has already integrated my life and cultivation into one, so it's hard to say that my spirit and body are inseparable. It would probably be very difficult for me to become an immortal through the traditional methods of cultivation."

Na Ruhu scratched his head and said, "But based on past experience, those who can become immortals are naturally better than those who cannot. My interests are different from Lao Ding's. He is worried about dying, so he wants to be so powerful that no human or humanoid creature can threaten him. As for me, I pursue being able to fight, and I also want to see a higher realm."

“Easy. You’ve heard of Erlang Shen, right? He achieved the unity of spirit and flesh, and became a saint through his physical body. Just follow that.”

He Songling snapped his fingers, and a PowerPoint presentation appeared in front of them, filled with drawings of various tributaries.

"According to legend, there are several ways to become an immortal. Tang Sanzang became a Buddha by shedding his mortal body and achieving spiritual immortality, which is similar to the Quanzhen School's cultivation of the Golden Elixir to become a Yang Spirit immortal. It can be said that Quanzhen is a school of Buddhism, a fusion of the three teachings. There is also the Zhengyi School's receiving of the Heavenly Register; and then there is physical sainthood."

The physical attainment of sainthood is essentially following the path of celestial soldiers and powerful warriors. You'll often see descriptions in myths, legends, and fantasy novels of old immortals casually waving their hands, or turning paper into life, or scattering beans into soldiers, conjuring up golden-armored war gods and yellow-turbaned warriors—that's what it's all about.

In traditional immortal cultivation, immortals don't cultivate magical combat, but rather the pure and spiritual energy. The purpose of cultivation is to become an immortal; the extraordinary fighting prowess that comes with immortality is a side effect. Zhang Zhiwei of Longhu Mountain also views the Golden Light Mantra in this way.

However, not all deities can be incredibly powerful in close combat. Most are weak in melee, though their magical weapons are renowned. The most famous example is Laozi being pushed headfirst by Sun Wukong. Therefore, someone is needed to provide close protection so that the old deity can cast spells and use magical weapons from behind.

Have you ever played video games? It's the same principle as mages and archers needing front-line protection to deal damage. This kind of cultivation mainly focuses on developing melee combat abilities, and is called a 'guardian deity' in Taoism. Within the scope of Taoist legends, the most famous guardian deity is not Erlang Shen, but Wang Lingguan.

That's just how this thing is. Its lower limit is very low; it's purely at the level of a puppet. Its upper limit isn't particularly high either; Wang Lingguan is merely a high-level puppet. It's only because he protects mostly supreme gods, capable of slaying demons and eliminating evil, and skilled at capturing ghosts and spirits, that he also enjoys offerings from the mortal world.

"So... the upper limit isn't high enough?" Na Ruhu was a little disappointed. Although he wasn't one of the "two heroes" in this timeline, nor was he among the top three in terms of fighting ability among the superhumans, he could still be considered invincible under a hundred years old, and he was a figure who had been in the upper echelons for many years.

Now, suddenly being told that the path he chose was actually just a lower-level one, and that the reason he was strong now was because he had progressed faster and farther, was a very serious blow.

However, Ru Hu was still Ru Hu. Less than two seconds later, he shook his head and laughed: "Going fast is going fast, it has nothing to do with the path. The path of cultivation is judged by who can reach the end and succeed. Their path may be high, but it is uncertain whether they can finish it in this lifetime."

“Good!” He Songling clapped his hands and exchanged a glance with Lu Huizhong.

(End of this chapter)