Destiny is ashes

Chapter 86 Demonic Blood Tax (110)

Embryonic world.

Mountains and unnamed hills in the northwest.

The light of light golden shines through the clouds and onto the slightly dim mountains. The ancient and dense forests silently embrace the light, gradually awakening from ink-black to emerald green.

This time, An Jing did not wait for three full days to return to Huaixu. Instead, he left decisively after making sure that he was out of everyone's sight.

This time, he still chose to move himself to a forest area with a good view one mile away from where he left, and then observe the situation outside.

There was a light mist in the mountains and forests, which was undoubtedly good news for An Jing who was planning to continue his escape.

The shuttle hanging in the sky had also left. Even if the Demon Cult was as obsessed with An Jing as the Tianyi Cult, they would not stay in the same place for more than two days without getting anything.

But An Jing knew that he must not be careless, because the other party would probably check his current location regularly.

It doesn't matter whether you check once a quarter of an hour or once half an hour. In short, if you are unlucky, the Demon Cult shuttle will be dispatched soon and catch up with you.

But this time, he was no longer powerless.

An Jing once again began to gallop through the mountains.

at the same time.

In a small town not far away, Xu Changjing, who was taking a nap with his eyes closed under the shade of a tree, opened his eyes under the admiring gaze of the villagers.

"Two and a half days. It seems that An Jing's ability of concealment cannot be used continuously. The duration has been shortened."

The warrior in white took out the [Mountain and Sea List] from his arms. The name An Jing, which he had specially marked in red, appeared on it and was moving at an extremely fast speed.

"Why, An Jing showed up?"

In the makeshift barracks on the other side, Instructor Li lifted the leather curtain covering the door and asked with surprise, "How far is it?"

"It's nearby. It seems that An Jing's concealment ability cannot move."

Xu Changjing took a sip from the teacup on the small table under the tree, then motioned the villagers who were serving tea to leave. He turned to Instructor Li and said, "It's a pity that he acted too quickly. Manager Zhang from Huguang City is on his way. He is a martial arts master and has the magical power of 'breaking illusions'. If he takes action, he will be captured easily."

"In addition, Shu Tanzhu from Kanming City and Lie Guanshi from Tianyou City are approaching... In a short period of time, three masters will take action."

"There are so many people?" Instructor Li frowned slightly, then laughed, blew the whistle to call the team to line up and prepare to set off.

"So urgent?" Xu Changjing was a little surprised when he saw this.

After Instructor Li finished doing these things, he turned around and said earnestly, "If we really let Manager Zhang take action, how much credit will we get?"

"Old Xu, I don't have the destiny to become an inner strong man. You are a rare one among our group who has the destiny. You have to think about the future."

"If you can really bring our great general An back to our mountain, the Northern Envoy will definitely look at you differently!"

"How could I not know?"

Xu Changjing was somewhat uneasy. He frowned slightly, and a hazy light swirled in his eyes. "It's just that my destiny of 'knowing people' has not told me any further information about An Jing so far. This means that our understanding of him has not increased, but decreased."

"He suddenly burst out with the power of inner energy like a river before. Do you think... is it possible for him to break through to the power of inner energy like a tide?"

"impossible."

Instructor Li waved his hand and said confidently, "Absolutely impossible!" "Old Xu, you practice the magic of the Taoist priests, not martial arts. An Jing has an inner breath as strong as a river as soon as he practices martial arts. It's because he is gifted, and he has been training hard since he was young, so he already has a foundation."

"Zhuangzi provided abundant food resources, and with his original accumulation, it is not surprising that his internal energy became as strong as a river after the breakthrough. We had expected this."

"But the inner breath is different. This is a completely different realm."

“Like a river, the innate Qi in the body is abundant, surging like a great river, but generally speaking, it is like a tank of water, and it is precisely because it is not full that it can sway and make a mighty sound.”

"Also, since it's not full, if you use too much internal energy, it will be like the water in a violently shaken water tank spilling out, or even emptying out, damaging your essence."

“But the inner breath is like the tide, just like a water tank filled with water and sealed with a lid. No matter how hard you shake it, it will not have room for turbulence and flow, and naturally it will not spill out. Instead, it will fill every part of your body and bones. Although it is as soft as water, it is actually as hard as steel!”

"even……"

Having said that, Instructor Li confidently stretched out his hand, invisible energy surged out of his hand, sucking a piece of stone on the ground into his palm: "It can attract the spiritual energy of the outside world, just like the surging tide, attracting the weather of heaven and earth!"

With just a snap of his fingers, the hard stone was crushed into powder. Fine dust fell down in a flutter, and then flowed upstream and returned to the palm of Instructor Li's hand.

Such agile operation made Xu Changjing quite impressed: "I have studied magic and divine power, and my divine thoughts can be expanded outward. Although I have also reached the state of internal breath like the tide, I can't use it as well as you, Brother Li."

"Everyone has their own specializations. Although your internal energy is slow to mobilize, it can better stimulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and can also display many magical powers outside."

Instructor Li shook his head slightly: "An Jing is naturally practicing martial arts. I understand his talent better than anyone else. If we say that an ordinary person is a large water tank, it only takes a tank of water to fill it up."

"Then An Jing's talent is an entire large pool. To achieve inner energy like the tide, you need a pool of water."

"Because he is so talented, it is impossible for him to break through immediately. And it is also because he can accumulate a lot of innate Qi in his body. If his body is not strong, he will easily hurt the enemy by a thousand and lose eight hundred of his own energy before the internal Qi surges."

"Especially the 'Emperor Heaven Nourishing Qi Method' he learned is the same as ours, known for its violent and fierce force, like thunder and gale. Without the 'Hou Tu Nourishing Body Method' to refine the body, the more force bursts, the greater the damage to the body."

At this point, Instructor Li smiled as if everything was under control: "The time An Jing can hide has become shorter, perhaps because the hidden injuries in his body have manifested... So instead of worrying about such nonsense, it is better to catch An Jing back as soon as possible, so that he won't hurt himself and damage this God-given precious body!"

"Too."

Hearing his old friend's confident and well-reasoned analysis, Xu Changjing put aside his worries and boarded the shuttle with the Cult's team.

The villagers held the few salt bricks and sturdy iron knives left behind in their hands, smiling from ear to ear and shouting "farewell to the master".

On the ground, several remaining demon cult warriors gathered a group of children and were checking their talents one by one.

In the mountains of the northwest, the Demon Cult is certainly a terrifying villain that can stop children from crying at night, but at the same time, they are one of the few options available to the people of the mountains.

In the frontier where it was difficult to pass the imperial examinations or martial arts examinations, being able to join the Demon Cult, even as a servant or rider, was considered a very remarkable way out... Some children who succeeded in the Demon Cult even returned to bring prosperity to their own village.

Although many children are taken away and will never come back, who cares about that?

In the final analysis, Tianyi Sect is not a simple sect. If we must say it, it should be regarded as a "religious country" located in the northwest of Dachen and has no control over the area. These children are their tax revenue.

Blood tax.

If Dachen collected money and food, then the Demon Cult collected blood and lives.

In this regard, some people in Xishan were afraid, some were terrified, some were angry and resentful, but there were also some who saw them off with joy.

The part of power that has spread to Dachen is just their tentacles, not all of it.

(End of this chapter)