Unorthodox methods, cultivating immortality relies on rich women

Chapter 191 Ancient Tribes

The crowd followed Shen Qingzhou's steps forward. No one spoke along the way, but their eyes couldn't help but fall on Shen Qingzhou from time to time. However, they didn't dare to stare at her too much, for fear of offending her. So they could only glance at her from time to time, which looked extremely strange.

Shen Qingzhou, however, did not notice any of this; at this moment, he was already making some guesses about the place.

When this world is being replaced, it doesn't mean "formatting" the entire world and reinstalling the system. Instead, it deletes and cleans up the old files and then replaces them with the new system files.

However, this can result in some files not being completely cleaned up.

This is similar to wanting to reinstall a new operating system on your computer's C drive, but instead of formatting the C drive to clean it up, you only delete some files and then reinstall the new system. This will result in some files not being completely cleaned up.

After the new system is installed, you will find that there are still old things in the old system that have not been deleted. These old things are incompatible with the new system and its rules, just like stubborn viruses or festering sores in the new system.

Heaven and earth could not contain it, so they laid out this net full of destruction, erasure, and annihilation runes, trying to completely wipe it out day after day and year after year.

But viruses are not so easy to eliminate. Unless the world is reformatted, they will continue to exist. Thus, the new version order and the old version order gradually reached a balance here, forming a strange existence where each is intertwined with the other.

As for why the world didn't format itself before changing its system and completely erase everything, Shen Qingzhou had a rough guess.

Because of some commonalities, and because the new version doesn't completely abandon the old version—for example, people need to eat, fish need water to live, the sky thunders and rains, heavy objects fall, yin and yang flow, and the four seasons change—

These rules existed even in the previous version; they are the fundamental commonalities and cannot be deleted. If they were completely deleted, the world would become nothingness, and everything would cease to exist.

The reason Shen Qingzhou was able to use some of the methods from the old system under this new system was because he took advantage of this commonality.

Therefore, Shen Qingzhou was even more looking forward to this trip, because perhaps he could glimpse some of the truth of the previous version here.

Bai Yukui, who had been silently following behind Shen Qingzhou, gradually recovered from her shock. She took a few steps forward, wanting to take Shen Qingzhou's arm, but then felt that it would be too obvious, so she gave up the idea.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Is it very dangerous up ahead?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhou snapped out of her reverie, pulled herself together, and turned to look at her, saying, "There is definitely danger, but there is also the possibility that you will get what you want."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yukui's eyes lit up with an alarming brightness.

"Can the things inside make us like you?" Bai Yukui asked, her expression slightly excited.

At this point, she no longer believed that Shen Qingzhou was just a somewhat capable sorcerer, but rather a being who truly possessed the means to cultivate immortality and control ghosts and gods.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhou simply chuckled twice.

Want to be like him? You're dreaming! Even if a real method of cultivation were presented to them, they wouldn't be able to cultivate it. It's not that they lack talent, but that the method is wrong. They'd be better off using that energy to study mathematics or physics.

Although it cannot grant individuals extraordinary power, that is the real thing, the direct path to the other shore.

His current achievements are not due to the wisdom of his predecessors, but entirely due to his own hard work.

Kelly noticed the two were whispering to each other, and a hint of dissatisfaction and curiosity flashed in her eyes. She wanted to hear what they were saying, but their voices were too soft, and even in the quiet jungle, she couldn't hear them clearly.

She thought for a moment, then mustered up her courage and walked forward.

A white mist surged ahead, and the large white dog from before, leading several small dogs, came running back and stopped in front of them.

Shen Qingzhou crouched down and touched the black shadow that had run up to him and was wagging its tail wildly.

Seeing Shen Qingzhou and Wuying whisper to each other, and then Wuying, along with its several "subordinates," disappear back into the thick fog, Bai Yukui couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did they discover something ahead?"

Shen Qingzhou nodded and said, "We've discovered a village ahead."

"What, a village? In this place?" Bai Yukui exclaimed in surprise, her voice rising several decibels.

The people behind them heard this too, and the previously silent crowd seemed to come alive instantly.

Is anyone in the village?

How do people in this area make a living?

"Were they—were they also twisted into pretzels, just like the wild boars we encountered earlier?"

There was a flurry of discussion, and then everyone turned their gaze to Shen Qingzhou, waiting for his answer.

"I don't know the specifics either, we'll find out when we go and see for ourselves," Shen Qingzhou said.

They really think they have eyes that can see a thousand miles.

The group walked forward for about half a mile when the thick white fog around them began to slowly dissipate without warning.

It wasn't blown away by the wind, but rather as if it was being gently parted little by little by an invisible hand.

The thick fog, which had initially obscured human figures beyond three steps, gradually thinned out. First, tree trunks a dozen meters away became visible, and then, even the outlines of distant mountains and rocks became clear.

The long-awaited sunlight pierced through the gaps in the branches and leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground and dispelling the lingering chill in the forest. Even the slight numbing sensation in the air seemed to have faded considerably.

Everyone froze, instinctively stopping in their tracks and gasping for breath.

After nearly a day in the mountains, this was the first time they had seen sunlight in this forest. The suffocating feeling of being shrouded in thick fog for so long finally dissipated a little.

Old Chen took out his compass and found that the compass needle had stopped spinning.

"It looks perfectly normal here," he said.

"normal?"

Shen Qingzhou chuckled and pointed ahead, saying that this was definitely not normal.

On a huge rock ahead, countless cats and dogs stood silently looking down at the group.

They were no longer milky white, but had returned to their original color, only their bodies appeared more transparent. Leading them was a greyhound, majestic and imposing, standing at the very front, exuding an air of authority.

Shen Qingzhou waved his hand, and the group of cats and dogs immediately transformed into a "torrent" and rushed towards him.

Everyone realized that these were the cats and dogs that Shen Qingzhou had summoned from the Buddhist amulet in his hand.

They ran over one by one, huddled around Shen Qingzhou's legs, and rubbed against his trouser leg.

Kelly, who already loves cats and dogs, seemed to have stars in her eyes.

She glanced at Bai Yukui standing next to Shen Qingzhou, then looked down at herself—

The cats and dogs rubbing against Shen Qingzhou's trouser legs weren't trying to be cute; they were trying to send him a message.

This process was very short, but it allowed Shen Qingzhou to instantly grasp every nook and cranny of this area.

This created an image in his mind that resembled a three-dimensional map.

After the last kitten finished delivering the message, Shen Qingzhou patted Wuying's head.

The shadowy creature barked twice and led its army of cats and dogs away in all directions.

"Let's go."

Shen Qingzhou led the way forward, and the others quickly followed.

After everyone bypassed the boulder blocking their way, a massive complex of buildings came into view.

This is not a village at all, but a huge ancient tribe.

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