Dream Travel

Chapter 477 Another reason is that it's far away.

The Thousand Mountains Technique is for cultivating Qi. Although there is True Qi in this world, in terms of explosive power, Qi is more intense and stronger.

However, true qi is primarily internal, so those who practice true qi tend to live longer.

At the same level, he was over two hundred years old and almost died. If he didn't break through, he wouldn't have many more years left, while those who cultivated true qi could live at least twice as long.

The protective energy was fierce, but Bai Mu's physical condition was even more abnormal.

Bai Mu's physical strength is between the eighth and ninth levels of the Qianshan Gangqi enhancement.

If her physical abilities are already this outrageous under normal circumstances, how exaggerated would Bai Mu's abilities be if she mastered the Qi?

There was also Bai Mu's 'opened eye' state. Although it only lasted for a short time, Shan Qifeng still sensed his abnormal life force at that time.

Despite being a non-human source of life, the white curtain still appears to be human.

Even after his breakthrough, he was still not confident in taking down the white curtain after his eyes opened, so he completely changed his mind.

As for Bai Mu's physical abilities, those were tested and assessed along the way.

Let's not talk about how strong Bai Mu's physique is or how unusual the students are now.

Let's talk about the falsity of his "body tempering" technique!
Qianshan practices Qigong, but Qigong is closer to body refinement.

Those who practice body refinement will eventually develop internal or external qi (vital energy).

Therefore, if Bai Mu's physique was truly developed through body refinement, he could definitely push Qian Shan to at least the fifth level with ease.

But this guy is like a rock, no, what kind of education did this guy receive?

He explained some of the content, but the white screen could be interpreted as something else entirely.

"Perhaps this is a technique rather than a move," Bai Mu tried to justify himself.

The main issue is that the practice he encountered was different from his understanding, which seems to have caused an effect similar to a cognitive bias.

To put it simply, someone tells him that the Tao Te Ching is a cultivation method, and then tells him to buy a copy of it and start cultivating... How do you cultivate like that?
"Even techniques require the use of internal energy; otherwise, you're just posing?"

"Uh, mobilizing physical strength doesn't count as posing, right?"

"Oh." Shan Qifeng nodded: "What you said isn't wrong, but it depends too much on the person. Are you really a body cultivator?"

There are moves that rely solely on physical strength, but with the same move, someone using internal energy can unleash ten times the destructive power, even with the same physical strength.

Not to mention techniques that involve mobilizing internal energy, which are even more powerful.

However, Shan Qifeng lacked the understanding to belittle Bai Mu. With Bai Mu's physical abilities, any corresponding "belittling" would be completely useless.

Even with moves that utilize physical strength, those using internal energy might not be able to defeat Bai Mu. If they can't, then whatever the powerful one says goes.

Otherwise, you should become that amazing too!
So, is the White Curtain really a body-refining technique?
"Well, to be specific, it's about cultivating your talent for body refinement, supplemented by normal training."

Without the Dream Mist he acquired when he left the Dream Realm, he wouldn't have been able to reach this level.

"No wonder. You should take your time and try to reach the top three levels within a month."

Seeing that Bai Mu was just like Xiao Bai in this respect, Shan Qifeng didn't say anything more.

The differences in cognition mean that the corresponding learning speed of the white screen is not worth expecting.

According to the normal procedure, he would have to go to the children's school to repeat his studies, but Shan Qifeng didn't want to waste so much time.

Explain what you can to Bai Mu. If Bai Mu can't understand it due to poor cognitive ability, then he can gradually fill in the gaps in his understanding later.

As long as it's not made up for in this world, it's fine.

For now? Let him use his strong physique to force his way through a few floors and make do.

In terms of foundation, Qianshan itself is about nurturing mountains and establishing roots. No matter how much you force yourself to enter the field, your foundation will not be bad.

It's just that the subsequent progress will be very slow, or even stagnant. People who practice Qigong don't live long. If they don't practice well in the later stages, no one can live for a thousand or eight hundred years.

"Qingzhou is just ahead, let's rest first," said Shan Qifeng, looking somewhat tired.

He wants to retract some of his judgments about the white curtain.

Not only is Bai Mu's physique very strong, but his endurance is also abnormal. His Thousand Mountains technique has already broken through to the tenth level.

However, this is not the limit for Qianshan. He can continue to advance, but the difficulty is too high, and he doesn't have that much time.

Breaking through to the tenth level of the Thousand Mountains Technique filled the void left by his impending death, resulting in him regaining his youth but not living past a hundred years at most.

That's how it is with those who practice Qi Refining. Breaking through early has great benefits, but they still won't outlive those who practice True Qi. Breaking through late can certainly allow them to return to their peak, but their lifespan won't increase much.

The focus of Qi cultivation is too much on combat power.

"Okay, I'll take this opportunity to continue working on 'A Thousand Mountains'."

White Curtain was happy with this arrangement.

“You can go to Qingzhou to take a look. We’ve been traveling a bit too fast. You can stay here for half a month. As for the Mingjing Sect, they’re not far from here.”

Not far. Bai Mu glanced towards the mountains. The Mingjing Sect that Shan Qifeng was looking for was not far from here, but Qingzhou was very far from Tianshan Village.

No wonder this old man caused trouble for the Mingjing Sect in his final moments.

Just the condition of being far away is enough, right?
Oh, and we also have to add the fact that it's a demonic sect.

"The Mingjing Sect is so far from Tianshan Village, how could you possibly know anything about this place?"

"Ha~ You don't need to worry about that."

Shan Qifeng smiled but didn't explain much.

Bai Mu tossed the money pouch aside and asked Shan Qifeng, "Do you want me to bring you anything?"

"Just have fun on your own." Shan Qifeng waved his hand.

He didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble, and he had already actively avoided a lot of problems along the way.

For example, patrols by certain sects, the imperial court's Demon Slayer Division, and demonic sorcerers, etc.

Unusually, he encountered quite a few on his way from leaving Tianshan Village to find the Mingjing Sect.

If you really run into these people, you're bound to encounter new troubles.

However, this place is already very close to the Mingjing Sect, so let the trouble be troublesome.

Or rather, accumulating more trouble is a good thing. Anyway, he's going to die, and Bai Mu will act with him. When he dies, the trouble will fall on Bai Mu's side.

If Bai Mu really just stays by his side and leaves afterward, then the trouble won't be a trouble at all.

Once Bai Mu decides to act as an 'unwelcome guest,' the imperial court, the righteous path, and the demonic path will basically all know about him.

At that time, Bai Mu still had the ability to stay here, so there was nothing he could do, since he was already dead.

However, since Bai Mu is not capable of forcing him to stay, these troubles can force him to leave.

Shan Qifeng hopes so.

In less than a week, dozens of miles away from Qingzhou, a mountain suddenly split open in the dead of night, and a fan-shaped blood-red light shone in the sky.

Shan Qifeng couldn't help but frown. He didn't know if it was a sudden event caused by his being 'abandoned by heaven' or a coincidence.

But since it has already happened, there's no going back.

He was located just a few dozen miles away from Qingzhou.

The place where the mountain split open was less than a few miles away from him.

It's so close, just a short walk away, why wouldn't Shan Qifeng go and take a look?

For someone facing death, the appearance of something utterly evil cannot be ignored. "There are more experts?" Bai Mu had just run out of Qingzhou when he saw several figures flying past.

In order not to fall behind, he sped up, and when he arrived at the place where the blood light was overflowing, the blood light there had already weakened a lot.

The white curtain did not see those figures that flew directly over.

With a thud, an arm landed at the feet of the white curtain.

"Who held back?" Bai Mu dodged the twisted arm.
They quickly moved closer to where the arm had been flying from.

He arrived late because he took a detour and didn't meet Shan Qifeng at the agreed place, so Bai Mu came here instead.

Come to think of it, the place where the blood-red light appeared was not far from Shan Qifeng. The old man did not run away, most likely because he was in a good position to see what caused the blood-red light first.

The cracked mountainside resembled an abyss. Bai Mu stared at the mountain, hesitated for a moment, then summoned a demon from the weapon box.

"You, go in and take a look."

"..." The summoned demon was unwilling, but under the guidance of the white curtain, it entered the blood-red light.

Then, less than ten seconds later, the demon withdrew: "There's a fierce battle inside. You'd better go in later and kill them all."

"I'm not that bad. How intense is the battle?"

"It looks like several demon lords are fighting together."

"That doesn't sound too intense."

The white curtain summoned several more demons, using its own blood to write demonic script on the combination sword, enchanting the weapon against the demons' will.

After equipping the Dream Eater Imperial Arms, he rushed into the Bloodlight Rift.

He wanted to see what exactly came out of there.

Inside the rift, a fierce battle was raging, with the attackers including Shan Qifeng and other people Bai Mu didn't recognize.

While they were attacking, they were also wary of Shan Qifeng, as if there was some misunderstanding.

Shan Qifeng glanced quickly at the approaching white curtain, but seemed not to recognize it.

It should have been a battle between two sides, but it turned out to be a three-way free-for-all.

The entity that caused the mountain to crack and the blood to shoot into the sky was a robust humanoid monster with a rough skin resembling withered tree bark and a body over two meters tall.

In the distance, there is a damaged coffin, and inside the cracked mountain, there appears to be a tomb.

Is this thing a zombie?
Bai Mu charged forward with his combination swords, the hellfire burning on the weapons causing those dealing with them to frown.

They've essentially treated the white screen as a fourth party.

Hellfire isn't evil, but it's chaotic and violent, and doesn't look like something a good person would use.

Moreover, those who joined forces discovered that the weapons used by the White Curtain were enslaving evil souls.

"Hiss—" The zombie, who had been battling numerous experts, exhaled a venomous breath towards the white curtain.

Before the dark green gas could even touch the white curtain, it was burned away by the hellfire from the combined blades, leaving behind a lot of fine dust in the air.

That dark green gas contained a dense swarm of poisonous insects.

The white curtain, now burning out of gas, slashed at the zombie's fist. After a jarring clang of metal clashing together, two long dents appeared in the ground beneath the white curtain's feet.

"This thing is that powerful?"

Bai Mu swung his arm, and the group of people who had joined forces paused slightly.

One of them twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth; he wanted to say that Bai Mu was actually more ferocious...

Who would have thought that such a zombie king was hidden in the desolate mountains less than a hundred miles from Qingzhou?

The feng shui of this barren mountain isn't good either, otherwise it wouldn't be a barren mountain.

This thing is dangerous; it became difficult to control after only sucking the blood of two people.

Moreover, the Zombie King is too close to Qingzhou. If this thing gets into Qingzhou, it will cause a bloodbath.

Zombies are inherently incredibly strong, yet Bai Mu, without using any internal energy or true qi, was able to exchange blows with one of them.

"He has already sucked blood, it's very dangerous."

Shan Qifeng reminded Bai Mu, his tone tinged with a hint of helplessness, that the two people who had run over wouldn't have died.

But the two men were wary of him, believing that he was the one who had brought out the zombie king.

Although no direct attack was made, this precaution gave the zombie king an opportunity to suck blood.

The blood of these two masters is far beyond what ordinary people can possess.

The draining of the power of the two experts directly increased the Zombie King's strength.

If this thing gets sucked blood again, it will be difficult to suppress the zombie king.

Shan Qifeng's warning came quickly; the Zombie King ignored the others and charged towards the white curtain.

Shan Qifeng felt somewhat irritated.

He had tried his best to avoid any unexpected events, but who could have imagined that such a thing would appear next to him?
The people of Qingzhou reacted quickly, and their inexplicable hostility was unbearable for Shan Qifeng.

Yet, this hostility feels entirely justified.

According to the information revealed by the two experts who had their blood drained, Qingzhou has not been peaceful during this period, and there have been demonic people causing trouble in the shadows.

His origins are unknown, yet he appeared at the Zombie King's place immediately, which would make anyone suspicious.

Now that Bai Mu has also come here on his own initiative, he is much more attractive to the Zombie King than anyone else.

After taking action, the student body that had been deliberately suppressed by Bai Mu was released. Although some of Bai Mu's students were inhuman, their quality was high enough.

This made him the most attractive figure to the zombie king.

The white curtain's mutated eyes are also inhuman, and given the events in Qingzhou, the powerful figures there will likely regard it as an alien of unknown origin.

But the weapons Bai Mu uses and the souls he commands make him seem like someone who isn't a good person.

If Bai Mu had used his power in a more legitimate and upright manner, he could have smoothly integrated into Qingzhou's fighting force.

Seeing the zombie king rushing towards him, Bai Mu slammed the weapon box onto the ground, causing the ground to crack and green lightning and hellfire to spread from the cracked ground.

The charging zombie king collided with Lei Huo, and the painless zombie king roared in anger.

Bai Mu swung his weapon at high speed, using a high-speed sword that instantly brought his slashing speed to its limit.

The violent sword speed collided violently with the zombie king's two arms, and the bark-like outer skin peeled off the zombie king's arms.

Unable to bear it any longer, the zombie king roared, and poisonous miasma gushed from his arms, mixed with countless venomous insects.

Although the poisonous insects were instantly burned to ashes by the hellfire, the gases did have an effect.

Bai Mu took a small breath and felt a little dizzy.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Zombie King stretched out his claws and grabbed at the white curtain.

"Don't even think about it!" Shan Qifeng made his move, and with a seemingly ordinary punch, he sent the zombie king flying, crashing into the wall of the tomb.

"..." Bai Mu flicked the combination blades, and the armor-piercing spikes that had sprung out from the weapon were retracted.

Seeing that Bai Mu was alright, Shan Qifeng didn't say much and continued to stare at the collapsed tomb wall. The zombie king wasn't so easy to kill.

(End of this chapter)