From the end of the world

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"The dark shadow that shrouds my destiny... The people around me who have encountered more events than me..." Ma Zao recited these words.

"Although you have the 'magnetic force' that frequently attracts strange things, because your fate is occupied by this strange giant shadow, other strange things cannot easily bypass you and attack you directly." Gua Tianshi said, "From your point of view, this huge black shadow is like a cell without doors and windows.

"He both imprisoned you, trying to deprive you of your freedom, and protected you, isolating you from the many dangers of the outside world.

"I think you already understand who I am pointing at, right?"

Ma Zao finally showed a look of realization and turned to look at me.

I understood the implication of Gua Tianshi's words faster than she did.

--it's me.

The giant shadow that Gua Tianshi mentioned covering Ma Zao's fate was referring to me.

This also solved a big puzzle in my mind. Why is it that Ma Zao is the one with the jinx physique, and I am just affected, but in most cases Ma Zao does not directly come into contact with strange events, but I am the one who comes into direct contact. Although there may be a factor that I took the initiative to protect Ma Zao, Ma Zao basically did not show any further attraction to strange things.

According to Ma Zao's description of the physique of a jinx, she should be the center of the vortex that attracts strange events, and I should be implicated and drawn into it. But since I met Ma Zao, the clues of strange events were mostly collected by me, rather than actively gathered at Ma Zao, as if I was the center of the vortex.

The truth is very simple. I didn't really become the "center of the vortex"... but I became the "vortex that was drawn into Ma Zao."

Although I always subconsciously think of myself as a human, objectively speaking, a guy like me who uses fire to mimic a human body is actually more like a monster with human consciousness.

In many urban ghost stories, there are often descriptions of victims being targeted by strange things because of bad luck, breaking some taboos, or meeting the conditions for being prey, and then being monitored, followed, imprisoned, or killed by strange things. If I am a strange thing, then Ma Zao is obviously a victim who is involved in such a strange story in the present tense.

From the first night they met, the girl Ma Zao was "imprisoned" by the monster named Zhuang Cheng using various means.

However, just as Gua Tianshi said at the beginning, this seems to be "good news".

If there is a certain upper limit to the amount of weird things that Ma Zao can attract per unit time, then my existence may occupy a certain share of this upper limit. Assuming that Ma Zao attracts ten weird things every day, I may occupy more than half of them, and no matter how many "slippery fish" there are, they must at least pass me before they can see Ma Zao.

Even if I don't get rid of Ma Zao's jinx physique for the time being, I can use my own strength to help Ma Zao avoid most dangers... Maybe this is the only balance point I can find at the moment, to satisfy my own desires while ensuring Ma Zao's safety.

No, that's still too hypocritical. If you are satisfying your own desires, you shouldn't cowardly covet this kind of comfort.

It's really ironic. Ma Zao treats me wholeheartedly now. Even if she is given a great opportunity to get rid of her bad luck, she will choose to give it up for me. This is obviously a perfect situation for me, but I am deeply moved by her dedication and have thoughts that are not my own. Maybe I need to find my original self as soon as possible - the cold-blooded self who will keep her by my side even if it means breaking her hands and feet when necessary.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel how soft and warm the hand she was holding tightly in mine was.

I won’t let you escape—she seemed to be conveying this thought invisibly.

The conversation with Gua Tianshi came to an end here. I felt that I was not in a state to communicate calmly for the time being, so I said goodbye to Gua Tianshi and asked one last question before saying goodbye.

"Master Gua, since you know I am the descendant of Liang Yi, why do you still spend time trying to win me over?" I asked, "Although I don't intend to surrender to Shan Liang Yi easily, but from the perspective of an outsider, the day I meet Shan Liang Yi is destined to be my death day.

"I may even be the Great Impermanence, whose life is even shorter than that of the Fate Turbidity. All the time and energy invested in me may be meaningless."

This was also the doubt that the Water Master Xuanwu had once had. Even if he had the opportunity to become the Great Impermanence, as long as he could not get rid of the identity of the successor of Liangyi, the value of winning over would be greatly reduced. And the Gua Tianshi's answer was very simple: "Your talent is very strong, maybe you can backfire on Shan Liangyi, that's all."

"Just that?" I wasn't quite convinced.

"If it were me a long time ago, I probably wouldn't have made this judgment for such a reason." Gua Tianshi said, "After all, in the long history of mankind, the number of geniuses is as numerous as the stars in the sky. Even if it is a super genius who can dominate an era, on a time scale of thousands or tens of thousands of years, it is just a big splash.

"But Shan Liangyi is completely different. Even from my perspective, he can be said to be a storm on the long river of time. Even many powerful Great Impermanence pale in comparison to him. To challenge him with just relying on extraordinary talent is to be ignorant of the immensity of the world.

"But there is one person who changed my opinion. He was once a descendant of Liangyi just like you, but he rose from obscurity with incredible momentum, and finally grew to a level that even Shan Liangyi had to look up to, and even killed Shan Liangyi with his fists..."

"Who is that person?" I asked.

Gua Tianshi said slowly: "Old Fist God."

The most powerful Wuchang in Luoshan was actually once the descendant of Liangyi?
"Wait...you said 'once'?" I asked, "Does that mean...the old Fist God is no longer the descendant of Liang Yi?"

"The seed of power that Shan Liangyi left in his body in the past has disappeared. Now the old Fist God is using purely his own strength." said Gua Tianshi.

"He lost his power seed... does that mean all the talents that the old Fist God possessed are gone? Or have his talents been restored to their original state?" I asked, "And how did he defeat Shan Liangyi?"

"If you want to ask me the reason why he was able to defeat Shan Liangyi, I can't tell you. If you really want to know the truth, you can ask him himself.

“I believe that you are not the only one who is interested in the old boxing god. The old boxing god is probably also interested in you and may even come to you on his own initiative.

"According to my calculations, you should be able to see him after you return."
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Ma and I left Gua Tianshi's residence early.

Along the way, Ma Zao still held my hand tightly, with no intention of letting go. I held her small hand in return, while thinking about what Gua Tianshi had said before.

The old boxing god will come to me on his own initiative, and I can see him when I go back... Does that mean the old boxing god has already arrived at the sanatorium and is waiting for me there?

According to the information Mr. Zhu gave me before, the old boxing god is a great impermanence who believes in power. Although most of the great impermanence believe in power, the old boxing god is particularly outstanding among them.

It is said that he has been constantly challenging powerful demon hunters and strange things since he debuted as a demon hunter, first at the level of evil, then at the level of living, then at the level of succession, and then at the level of great succession and the Great Impermanence... His progress is not very fast among the Great Impermanence of all generations. The Great Impermanence of all generations either had the power of the level of succession or the level of great success when they debuted, or suddenly burst out with shocking progress at a certain stage like enlightenment, while the old boxing god seemed like an outlier.

When he first debuted, his strength was not even as good as that of an ordinary bad demon hunter. Some people even suspected that he did not even use his magic power when he first challenged demon hunters and monsters, and he only relied on his bare fists to enter the game. After that, he did not make explosive progress, but only became stronger step by step, and the objects he challenged became stronger and stronger.

Later, people noticed his abnormality, that is, he seemed to have no bottleneck in the progress of strength. Normal demon hunters would enter a plateau period between each level, but the old fist god had no problem going from the success level to the great success level, and from the great success level to the great impermanence, so much so that some people suspected that the old fist god had already ascended to a realm above the great impermanence.

If the Great Accomplishment stage symbolizes pushing open the first limit of the demon hunter, that is, the first door, then the Great Impermanence is the existence that pushes open the second door.

Then it is possible that the old boxing god has already opened the third door.

(End of this chapter)