Immortality from plundering luck

Chapter 12 Xu and Xiaoyaozi

"At this moment, I am at the eighth level of the Mortal Body Realm. I am afraid that I cannot fully exert the power of this True Rank Martial Arts Secret Book."

Only by advancing to the True Qi Realm and using this Red Shadow Killing Palm, I'm afraid Yuan Hongri will not be able to defeat me with just one palm.

He raised his palm and circulated his internal energy. A layer of dark red aura surged to his palm, containing a slight rolling airflow, with a kind of terrifying ferocity.

With just a slight movement, one could feel the terrifying power within it. Although it was only a small success, it was far more powerful than the perfect level of Qing Qing Yang Palm.

Feeling the power filling his body, Shi He's eyes flashed with a hint of fierce murderous intent.

Looking at the words "The end is near" on the panel, Shi He finally understood.

In this world, human life is less valuable than a dog's. People eat people, monsters eat people, this is a cannibalistic world.

I might as well kill a few more beasts while I still have strength, collect more luck, and strengthen myself so that more beasts can
Since my time is coming to an end and I might die any day, I might as well kill a few more animals before I still have strength.

This way, you won’t be alone on the road to the underworld!

There was a hint of ferocity in Shi He's expression.

Looking up, I saw the god worshipped by the villagers, still twisting a string of Bodhi beads in his hand, looking down at the bloody scene happening before his eyes.

"You, a god, eat human flesh and drink human blood. How is that different from that demon?"

Shi He suddenly felt murderous and broke the wooden statue with a slap. He then used his internal energy to split it into strips and scattered them everywhere. The head of the god rolled to the ground, covered in blood, and mixed with the body of the ape demon.

"Let me give you a taste of this demon blood. Is it delicious?"

Walking out of the village, Shi He looked back and saw countless bloody corpses everywhere.

"Don't worry, I will chop off the heads of those ape monsters as a sacrifice to you. Monkey brains are also precious delicacies, so you can enjoy them to your heart's content down there. Eat well and you will have a good rebirth in the next life."

Shi He murmured.

At this time, there was a light breeze and drizzle, willow catkins were fluttering slightly, and a sound came from far away. He moved his ears slightly and caught the sound:
I Wander in the World
The next moment, a figure suddenly appeared on the path at the entrance of the village that stretched away into the distance and disappeared.

At first, even though it was several hundred meters away, with Shi He's eyesight, he could just see a very blurry outline.

The figure gradually approached, Shi He squinted his eyes and saw that it was a wandering Taoist priest in a green robe.

Strangely enough, this Taoist must have great Qinggong skills. With just one step, he could cross hundreds of meters. Almost in the next second, he appeared in front of Shi He.

The Taoist priest looked middle-aged, wearing a simple green Taoist robe, black boots, and long black and white hair, casually and messily draped over his shoulders. His eyebrows and eyes were distinct, his pupils were as dark as the abyss, and there was a faint smile on his face.

Shi He was startled. This person had a mysterious origin and his Qinggong skills were extremely high. He was definitely not an ordinary person. He said calmly, "I wonder why this Taoist priest is here?"

The Taoist smiled and said, "I came here especially for you, my friend."

"For me?" Shi He's eyes gradually became solemn, but then he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and said indifferently: "I am not some little friend, Taoist priest, I am afraid you have recognized the wrong person."

"Hahaha!" The Taoist saw the vigilance in Shi He's eyes and couldn't help but laugh: "My friend, your mortal body is only a hundred years old. But I am already over three hundred years old. Calling you my friend is not too much, right?"

"More than three hundred years old?" Shi He's heart shuddered. In his memory, he had no idea what level of existence one had to have a lifespan of three hundred years.

But what is certain is that even if what the Taoist said is not true, his strength is probably stronger than that of the True Qi Realm. "I don't know why the chief is looking for me," Shi He took a deep breath, expressionless.

"Didn't you just kill a group of monkey monsters in this village?" The Taoist priest didn't pay attention to Shi He's cold words and still had that smiling expression on his face.

Shi He frowned, looking at the Taoist priest with a hint of coldness in his eyes: "These monkey monsters feed on humans and kill people indiscriminately, shouldn't they be killed?"

"My friend, you have misunderstood," the Taoist priest said with a smile, "I am not here to ask for punishment. I wonder if you have heard of the existence of 'Xu'?"

Hearing that this Taoist priest had nothing to do with the group of monkey monsters, the vigilance in Shi He's eyes dissipated a little. He was quite surprised: "Xu? What is that?"

Seeing Shi He's bewildered expression, the Taoist priest still smiled, but his eyes were more solemn. He explained: "This 'Ruins' is extremely terrifying. You can understand it as an illusion that invades reality. However, this illusion cannot be eliminated, and it will gradually erode the surrounding areas and incorporate them into the ruins."

Shi He frowned: "It cannot be eliminated? And it will also eat up space? Then can humans live in the ruins?"

"It's impossible," the Taoist shook his head and said in a deep voice, "All humans who are taken into the Ruins will lose consciousness and become Ruins spirits. They have no consciousness and are immortal."

"And the most important thing is," the Taoist's eyes were full of meaning, "the larger the range, the more Xu spirits there are, and the stronger Xu is. Although Xu cannot move and can only be eaten away step by step over time, Xu spirits can temporarily leave the domain of Xu and use illusions to deceive more people into entering the domain of Xu."

"Eventually, these people will become part of the ruins."

Shi He was shocked. It turned out that there were not only monsters here, but also a dangerous forbidden place called "Xu".

"So, here" he looked at the village behind him,

At this time, the village had turned into a dead land. All the villagers died tragically, and even the chickens, ducks, dogs and other livestock were slaughtered by the group of ape monsters.

The small village, which was once full of peace and tranquility, has now turned into a gloomy mass grave.

The Taoist smiled and nodded: "If I hadn't come today, this place would have turned into a 'ruin' in a few days. By then, the entire Shanghe County would have become a ruin."

Shi He was a little unconvinced, and his eyes showed doubt: "Why have I never heard of this ruin that Taoist priest is talking about?"

"Hahaha," the Taoist laughed several times, then looked at Shi He with interest: "My friend, do you know how big this world is? Or, how much do you know about the continent we live in?"

Shi He was silent.

Even his predecessor, who lived for more than seventy years, had never set foot outside Xuzhou, let alone other places.

Seeing that he was silent, the Taoist priest said in a loud voice: "In the past, the Supreme God Pangu held a sharp axe and created the world. He divided the land into ten regions with mountains and rivers as boundaries. Here," the Taoist priest pointed to the ground and said meaningfully, "is just a small county town in Dayong State."

"Beyond Shanghe County, there is Taining County; beyond Taining County, there is Xuzhou; beyond Xuzhou, there are the 19 states of the Great Yong Kingdom; and beyond the Great Yong Kingdom, there is the Northern Border and the Eastern Boundary."

The Taoist priest gazed into the distance and sighed: "This world is too big, too big to be imagined. It is like a fog. If you don't remove all the fog, you will not know how vast the land is hidden under the fog. I have been traveling for nearly a hundred years, but I still haven't dispelled the fog covering the Eastern Realm."

Shi He asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

"I am just a first-level wandering Taoist priest,"

The Taoist priest in green turned around and smiled: "You can call me by my Taoist name, Xiaoyaozi."

(End of this chapter)