Destiny is ashes

Chapter 378: The Mantra of Leaving the Form and Returning to the True Self (23)

It is common in the world to see knights who can cut through the beams of a house with one sword, archers who can kill a tiger with one arrow, and strong men who can lift a tripod and run through the downtown area - these people are indeed called "strong".

But in the eyes of real martial artists, they are nothing more than country moves, and at most they can be considered as folk experts.

Only when you have cultivated inner breath, have a sense of qi, and can circulate inner breath and do things that are impossible by human power, can you be considered to have made the initial entry and be called a martial artist, and officially begin practicing martial arts!
Only when one has cultivated supernatural powers, possessed all kinds of unusual abilities and powers, and performed miraculous things that are unimaginable to ordinary people, can one be considered to have entered the realm of martial arts, be respected as a martial arts master, and become a leader!
Wu Qi was such a martial artist. Decades ago, his family spent all their wealth to send him and his brother to a martial arts school in the hope of getting a chance to turn things around and advance.

Within a few months, his brother was kicked out of the martial arts academy for being lazy in practice. Wu Qi, who had some basic skills, gritted his teeth and persisted for ten years. It was during a mission that he awakened his destiny of [Catching the Wind in the Mountains], and through it he condensed the magical [Clairvoyance], which enabled him to detect all kinds of qi and absorb the qi.

After that, Wu Qi left the martial arts academy and returned to his hometown, the hunting village, to take over from his uncle and become the leader of this generation in the hunting village.

But, that's all.

A truly gifted martial artist could rely on the martial arts academy's skills to naturally cultivate the first three of the five inner strengths, and then be selected as a seed to enter the inner academy of the prefecture, or even sent to the Zhenwu Academy in the Divine Capital to continue his studies - but Wu Qi couldn't do that. Far from it.

With the resources and talents that Wu Qi possessed, he might be able to slowly cultivate the next few magical powers, but after the third magical power, he was stuck and could not move forward, let alone cultivate all five scenes, strengthen his inner strength, transform the essence in his body into true qi and true evil that penetrated the acupoints and meridians of his whole body, forged a heavenly martial vein, and became a "martial vein master" who could make a name for himself in the state.

He was in pain, he was unwilling, he hated it!
Why couldn't Wu Qi become a master? He obviously had a destiny and was protected by God, so why could he only stay in this hunting mountain for the rest of his life!

A single evil thought.

Wu Qi joined the True Demon Sect and secretly robbed caravans and manors to steal their supplies for cultivation.

People thought that it might be the True Demon Cult that stole the position of the guidance team, but little did they know that from the very beginning, he, the boss of the core hunting village, was a member of the True Demon Cult!

But even so, he was still stuck.

Later, Wu Qi learned from other sources that the magical powers he had learned in the martial arts academy were in conflict with the five elements and did not cover the whole body. After he mastered them, his martial arts path was cut off and it was impossible for him to make further progress... It can even be said that the reason why he was stuck was because he was ambushed and practiced the wrong magical powers!
This is an ironclad fact that cannot be changed even if he joined the True Demon Sect, learned several archery techniques, several breathing techniques, obtained blood pills and took powerful medicine!

But the spell of returning to the true self can help him break the shackles!
"Use flesh and blood as firewood, strengthen the bone marrow, extract the essence of flesh and blood, infuse it into the bone marrow, and then regenerate the bones and blood throughout the body, changing the physique. If successful, you can leap over the dragon gate and reshape the path of martial arts!"

"But this is a real evil method. Once you start practicing, your flesh and blood will wither away like me, and you will become a skin-and-bone monster... Unless you take the 'Blood Marrow Pill' while practicing, even if you break through, you will become a silver jade statue of pure bones, and become the material for the master of the sect to practice and forge."

Staring at the scripture in his hand, Wu Qi muttered to himself.

He was a man from a martial arts academy who had received a formal education. He could read and write, gather information, and even read official bulletins from local governments. That was why he had not been discovered as a member of the True Demon Cult for decades…So he knew that the difference between the five elements of internal strength and supernatural power was the way that the aristocratic families and the government controlled the warriors in the mountains and fields, making it difficult for them to become masters.

And this spell of returning to the true form and the blood marrow pill is one of the ways for the True Demon Cult to control its warriors! As long as he wants to continue practicing, he must continue to work for the True Demon Cult!
But it's really funny. After he has cultivated the Immaculate Marrow, he still has to sell his life. He can just find a place to hide his identity and rely on his martial arts strength to clean himself up and become the master of a local martial arts hall!
As for the other True Demon Cult brothers in Liezhuang? I'm sorry, you should all die early and be reborn early. We'll talk about it in eighteen years!

"With the resources I have plundered recently, it is easy to practice this method... Immaculate Marrow seems to be part of a more powerful magical combination. Marrow and bones are inseparable. If I want to advance to the Grandmaster level, I can't practice casually..."

Just when Wu Qi suppressed his surging emotions and calmed down to study the classics carefully.

His expression suddenly changed, and he walked out of the small building in a flash, gazing at Linjiang City in the distance.

The hunters and demons around were confused, so they followed their leader to the wall of the hunting lodge and looked into the distance, but they could only see the wind and snow and hear the rumbling of thunder.

Only Wu Qi could see clearly with his [Clairvoyance]. The energy in the distance suddenly changed. A lot of golden sun thunder energy suddenly appeared in Linjiang City. Then, a blazing blood-killing light like a small sun was flying towards them at an unimaginable speed! ——The one coming is not friendly!
Wu Qi was stunned at first, and then he shouted in shock and anger: "Bring me my bow!"

Boom! The small building of the hunting manor collapsed with a loud bang, and a giant one-horned snake covered with black scales came out with its head arched.

Before, it lived in a small building to avoid the cold, but now it jumped out, and its boiling blood melted the snow in the entire manor.

This snake has a sinister demonic aura, and its eyes have turned into deep holes that seem to lead directly to the underworld, but it still has intelligence and obeys Wu Qi's orders. This is the result of the True Demon Cult's experiment of capturing beasts with the help of the beast tide migration. It is also the True Demon Cult's real purpose.

This giant snake has already fallen into the devil's way and has lost all its consciousness, only retaining the instincts of a demon. However, buried inside this giant snake's brain is a human brain!
The pregnant beast is possessed by the devil, and the baby beast will of course also be possessed by the devil, but the speed will be a little slower. If the divine will can be isolated and only connected by flesh and blood, perhaps it will be possible to control the devil's body with human intelligence and create a large army of controlled demons!

In the underground dungeon in the back mountain of the hunting manor, the corpses of many passing caravans and civilians who wanted to leave Linjiang City have piled up like a mountain. They hunted passers-by and captured coming and going monsters, and finally created this demon with some vague human intelligence!
Wu Qi turned over and stood on the snake's head, drew his bow and gathered strength, using [Clairvoyance], [Beam Supporting Hand] and [Dead Wood Body] at the same time. Suddenly his body was like a dead wood, with green energy floating around him. His seven orifices were still and motionless, and his eyes were fixed on the distance. Then he drew his bow fully and shot.

Immediately, a streak of black light flew out from the bow and disappeared with a whistle. The atmosphere was pierced through to create a vacuum, and the sharp arrow went straight towards the ball of bloody light flying in the distance.

But there was no result.

On the contrary, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the bloody light ball. Even many demons in the manor could see this flash. They looked up in shock and pointed at the sky, not understanding what the inexplicable flash of light was.

The answer is simple, it's the sword!

The light came on and the sword box was storing energy. An Jing did not use the firepower of the Tianyuan Realm because he did not want to destroy Linjiang City and affect civilians.

As for dealing with the True Demon Cult?
Ha, when dealing with evil demons, there is no need to talk about morality with them!
Wu Qi shot an arrow into the sky, but to no avail. Then there was a flash of light in the sky, and an unparalleled white light descended and hit the hunting house!
This sword, which condensed the spiritual energy in the spiritual energy furnace and gathered the golden evil and blood evil, struck the front of the hunting manor. The ground collapsed like a bowl. A large amount of rock and soil, along with metal fragments, rose and shattered with the rock surface. They were swept and spread by the shock wave, sweeping across the entire manor.

Those demon hunters had no time to dodge and were blown away by the aftermath of the bombing in an instant. Their heads were smashed by the rock debris and their chests and abdomens were pierced through, making them die as if they were shot by thousands of arrows. Some were even blown away with half of their bodies, completely turning into minced meat.

"What the hell is this!"

Wu Qi was not at all sad about the death of his 'old brothers' over the years. Blue-black poisonous smoke billowed out of his seven orifices, blending with the blood and energy of the big snake. The flying earth, rocks and metal fragments were shattered into pieces when they touched their protective qi.

And these fragments did not fall down, but surrounded the protective qi, slowly settling and condensing, turning into a rock armor and a dead wood fossil body, draped over the big snake and himself.

Joining forces with this demon who was in tune with his mind, Wu Qi's momentum suddenly increased several times or even dozens of times! The monstrous demonic energy circulated, even covering the entire manor.

The local demon leader of the True Demon Sect asked in a deep voice, pointing to the blood light rushing down from the sky: "Who is coming?!"

There was no reply. The will that was rolling in, carrying the force of blood and fire, just calmly declared itself with firepower.

——I’ll use your heads for something.

Then, what descended was no longer the flash of swords, but a hail of bullets!

(End of this chapter)