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Chapter 59 Changes in the Times

Having defeated the pen demon, Chu Ming stood up, took out his phone, and unlocked the screen.

On Chu Ming's phone screen, a thumbnail of China is currently displayed.

This thumbnail contains numerous small dots of two colors: white and red. There are many white dots, but only a dozen or so red dots.

This map is none other than the map of the distribution of demons and monsters in China, drawn by Chu Ming using Bai's abilities.

The small red dots represent recently emerging national-level projects, and they all contain the nascent form of an evil god.

The small white dots indicate that there is a certain possibility that evil spirits exist in that place.

The reason it's not 100% accurate is because the location confirmation is calculated using big data analytics, not based on a precise scan.

Calculations always have a certain margin of error. Information itself can be misleading and deceptive. If everyone in the world believes something wrong, then the results of any analysis will also be wrong.

The world is vast, and there are many demons and monsters, but not many. Although Chu Ming sensed the malice of the world, he did not believe that his luck was so bad that he could encounter demons continuously while sitting at home, so he had no choice but to go out and actively seek them out.

After all, the existence of demons and evil spirits is not something that the world creates. Reality is not a game. Even if the world wants to target Chu Ming, it can only cause demons and evil spirits within a certain range to "happen" to run into him.

As for the demons and monsters in Nanyang City, to be honest, Chu Ming had searched every place where demons and monsters might exist.

Compared to the abundance of demons and monsters, Chu Ming was only worried about the lack of them. If there were too few demons and monsters, where would he find the source points?

Almost two months have passed since Chu Ming returned from the Future Martial Arts Era world. During these two months, Chu Ming has spent most of his time traveling.

After clearing Nanyang City of demons and monsters, Chu Ming set his sights on the entire China. Wherever there was a possibility of demons and monsters, there he was.

As Chu Ming killed more and more demons and evil spirits, and with the information he obtained from many secret websites, also known as the dark web, he became more and more knowledgeable about demons and evil spirits.

He's almost tired of playing with the Ouija board, and things like chanting spells in front of a mirror at midnight are just part of his daily routine.

Chu Ming has tried most things that can summon demons and monsters, making him a veritable expert in finding demons.

Gradually, through the discussions of strange people and events on many secret websites, and through Chu Ming's own observations and research, Chu Ming discovered that the evil spirits in this world are not actually transformed from the dead.

When a person dies, their soul disperses. Unless one is a person with extremely high spiritual cultivation, an ordinary person is not even qualified to become a ghost.

According to Chu Ming's knowledge, since Liu Bowen severed the dragon vein in this world, not to mention ordinary people, even cultivators with extremely strong minds have no chance of becoming demons or ghosts.

Chu Ming knew that cultivation once existed in the real world, but it had been declining with the development of the times.

From the initial Qi cultivators who could fly and escape into the earth, to the later martial arts masters, and now only spiritual cultivation remains, with even internal energy unable to be cultivated.

These things were not Chu Ming's own arbitrary judgments, but rather conclusions he drew after reviewing a large amount of information collected by Bai.

The qigong craze of the 1980s was the last struggle of spiritual practice, with many martial arts manuals being contributed in an attempt to revive the path of spiritual cultivation.

The power of the nation was undoubtedly strong. Given the conditions at the time, they actually researched quite a few things. Some people could even move objects with their minds, retrieve objects from a distance, and even control water, fire, and electricity.

Even so, no one has managed to develop internal strength.

Later, many of the experimenters who developed "supernatural powers" experienced serious health problems, such as illness or premature aging, and none of them died a good death.

Finally, the Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain descended the mountain and revealed the key to the matter.

The reason for this is simply that their "supernatural powers" are forcibly generated, and their inherent foundation is insufficient. The true path of cultivation is that supernatural powers will naturally arise when one reaches a certain level. Conversely, forcibly generating supernatural powers when one's level is not yet reached will only deplete one's essence and will not be worth the loss.

Because there is no way to cultivate internal energy, the path of cultivation in the real world has begun to shift from the mundane to the spiritual, emphasizing spiritual cultivation. The Crystal Lotus Visualization Technique that Chu Ming obtained before was a martial art created by a highly virtuous monk in Buddhism.

Minor Samadhi, Major Samadhi, Constant Samadhi, and Sitting in Oblivion: these are the four realms, representing the path of spiritual practice in the real world.

Those who cultivate in this world's constant state are also known as spiritual masters.

As for the final state of "sitting in oblivion," only the old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain in the entire world has reached it, or rather, it was the old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain who proved the existence of the state of "sitting in oblivion."

In this way, perhaps in time, a thousand years later, ten thousand years later, this world will develop a unique path of divine cultivation.

Chu Ming felt a pity for the old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, for he died too young.

Through Bai, Chu Ming already knew about the old Celestial Master's death. His current divine cultivation level is Changding, which is the spiritual master in the real world. There are no more than ten such masters in the world today.

As for the practice of sitting in oblivion, there is only the Celestial Master. If the Celestial Master were still alive, Chu Ming would definitely go to see him and see if he could find the path to sitting in oblivion in him.

Sitting in oblivion is difficult. Although he had the help of the perfect Dao foundation theory of Tianyuan, Chu Ming still couldn't see this realm clearly, as if looking at flowers through a fog.

However, what the old master said at the end—that the world had gone mad—was quite similar to the truth that Chu Ming knew.

This also proves the power of the Old Celestial Master and the power of the Sitting in Oblivion Realm. You should know that at first, Chu Ming only felt that something was wrong with the world. In the end, he only learned the truth about the world after looking at the entry for the Evil God's Infant on the system panel.

But the old Celestial Master, through his powerful divine cultivation, managed to glimpse the true nature of the world!

Drip!

Just then, Chu Ming's phone rang; it was an email from Bai Fa.

Chu Ming opened the email attachment, and the system panel log immediately refreshed: "Found a fragment of the Shangqing Wuji Gong. Completeness increased to 33%. Now consume 183 source points to complete it."

Chu Ming ignored the refreshed panel logs and turned his attention to the system panel instead.

Version number 0.1

Version update progress: 97%

Gold Source Point: 0.5

Source: 34

Character attributes:

Fine: 9.2

Gas: 6.2

God: 9.0

Heart: 8.2

Potential: 7.0

Cultivation Techniques: Pure Yang Child Skill Max (Millennial Shot, Pure Yang Qi Transformation), Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber Max (Tiger Fiend), Eight Steps Catching Cicada Max (Light and Agile), Dragon Elephant Undying Body Max (Dragon Elephant Martial Body, Constant Stability, Sixth Sense, Dragon Elephant Transformation)

Over the course of two months, Chu Ming's attribute panel showed little change, with only his Qi increasing by 0.2 points, which meant that Chu Ming's internal strength had increased by another 10%.

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