Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 101 Back on Track

The two True Lords disappeared before Zhu Ge's eyes.

It was as if these two people had never existed in this world.

Or rather, it seems that these two people never appeared in Zhu Ge's world.

However, feeling the warmth of the mercury-silver long stick in her hand, and recalling the delicious taste of monkey fruit wine, Zhu Ge still felt somewhat melancholy.

"My dear brother, he has no idea that my lifespan is coming to an end—" Zhu Ge shook his head with a sigh.

However, as the True Lord of Annihilation said.

Humans must earn everything through their own efforts.

I don't rely on heaven, I don't rely on earth, and I don't rely on my parents.

If you want something, just go for it!

"Wait a minute—"

Zhu Ge was about to try out the stick dance when she suddenly felt something strange in her body.

"Is this... literary elegance?"

Zhu Ge raised an eyebrow.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't recite "Ode to Righteousness" at first, but he entered the world of Confucianism and Taoism because he recited Du Fu's "Looking at Mount Tai" when seeing him off.

"Am I now at the level of Confucian and Taoist self-cultivation? Just like Scholar Yu back then?"

A strange feeling welled up inside Zhu Ge.

It's a pity I didn't ask more questions earlier, otherwise I really should have asked the Annihilation True Lord and the Lantern True Lord how to cultivate Confucianism and Taoism.

But it doesn't matter now.

Now that literary energy has been generated within my body, I can try to cultivate Confucianism and Taoism in the future.

However, trying to do too much at once will only result in indigestion.

Let's put Confucianism and Taoism aside for now and focus on perfecting martial arts first.

"Staff techniques? I don't have any staff techniques."

Zhu Ge looked at the long staff in his hand, pondering how he could integrate the weapon into his martial arts.

Some things seem easy to think about but are difficult to do.

However, weapons are merely an extension of martial arts and have no necessary connection with cultivating a martial spirit.

He used to use his palms in the "Wrathful Vajra Palm" technique, but now that he has a stick, he can use the stick to perform martial arts.

Weapons are an extension of the hands and feet.

"I never imagined that the thing I'm most comfortable with is a stick."

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Zhu Ge casually twirled the long staff in his hand and indeed felt a comfortable sensation: "I thought it would be a sword! Swords are cool, but this staff isn't bad either."

"Master, master! I'm back from picking fruit!"

Liu Jianjian, who had been let out by Zhu Ge last night, happily ran back: "Are you guys done chatting?"

There was a green worm perched on Liu Jianjian's shoulder.

To avoid upsetting True Lord Annihilation and True Lord Lantern, Zhu Ge sent Liu Jianjian and Zhu Sisi out to the outside of the valley.

This way, he can speak more freely with the two True Lords.

"Our conversation is over." Zhu Ge looked at the two demons before her, a hint of curiosity in her eyes. "The Lantern-Carrying True Lord previously granted you both an opportunity. How did you feel about it?"

"I've obtained a legacy!" Liu Jianjian's eyes lit up. "It's called the 'Demon Hunting Divine Technique'! It's an incredibly powerful technique!"

"Hunting—a demon god?" Zhu Ge's expression turned serious. "What are the effects of this technique?"

"Hunt down demon gods, and then use them for my own purposes!" Liu Jianjian exclaimed excitedly. "I can refine all my thorns into magical artifacts that can contain demon gods. When facing an enemy, ten thousand thorns will be unleashed simultaneously, each thorn striking down a demon god—a truly earth-shattering spectacle!"

The Art of Demon Hunting!

Zhu Ge nodded slowly: "The True Lord of the Lantern has done you a great favor; you must remember it."

It's obvious that this high-quality cultivation technique was tailor-made for Liu Jianjian by the True Lord of the Lantern.

If someone else is cultivating the "Demon Hunting Divine Technique," they will need to find a spiritual artifact that can be refined to contain the demon god.

Liu Jianjian herself has many long thorns that can be refined into spiritual artifacts and used as containment objects.

When they reach a higher level, just as Liu Jianjian said, ten thousand thorns will be unleashed simultaneously, each thorn striking a demon god, with power that will be absolutely earth-shattering.

"And what about you?" Zhu Ge looked at Zhu Sisi on Liu Jianjian's shoulder.

"The Nine Heavens Breaking the Cocoon and Devouring the Dragon Technique." Zhu Sisi's voice was clear and cold, but her excitement was palpable.

"The Nine Heavens Breaking the Cocoon and Devouring the Dragon Technique"?

Zhu Ge was silent for a moment, then said, "Hmm, this technique must be very powerful, very powerful. You should study it carefully."

"Yes, Master!" Zhu Sisi replied.

Zhu Ge silently got up and began practicing martial arts techniques such as "Waist and Horse Stance" and "Wrathful Vajra Palm" while wielding a silver staff.

"Ugh, it tastes so sour," Hua Liusha said with a smile in Zhu Ge's mind.

"Really?" Zhu Ge replied.

Hua Liusha chuckled, "My dear brother, don't be like that! You must forge your own path. No matter how powerful other people's techniques are, they are still theirs, not what suits you!"

Zhu Ge pouted.

That's too much!

Why give Liu Jianjian and Zhu Sisi such amazing skills, but not ten or eight of them for him?

The names of these two cultivation techniques sound powerful, far surpassing my own few spirit-level cultivation techniques.

However, Zhu Ge also understood that the Lantern-Carrying True Lord helped him forge the silver staff and guided him through his confusion.

In a way, helping Zhu Sisi and Liu Jianjian is also helping him.

So he was just a little jealous and envious.

The original goals and arrangements will not change.

Learn from all things and find your own path!

Forge your own path!

"Hmph, Demon Hunter God? What demon god? Useless technique."

"Swallowing dragons? When you can swallow dragons, it'll be no different from swallowing rice noodles."

"A useless technique."

"Walk your own path."

Zhu Ge muttered to himself as he practiced martial arts.

This time, Zhu Sisi didn't watch properly from the side. Instead, she ate mulberry leaves while studying the "Nine Heavens Breaking the Cocoon and Swallowing the Dragon Technique".

Liu Jianjian felt that Zhu Ge's rambling was a bit creepy, so she simply went out of the valley to "gather fruit".

Hua Liusha, too, had been pondering the theory of Yin energy surrounding the True Lord of the Lantern, so he stopped teasing Zhu Ge.

The song was a little bittersweet at first, but it went away after a while.

He was just joking; he didn't really care about those things at all.

"Five Animal Frolics"

Zhu Ge practiced, tried, and transformed the song again and again.

They used to practice boxing, but now they use a staff.

He used the silver staff as his third hand.

"Whoosh"

The sound of the wind whistling through the valley as he wielded his stick echoed throughout the valley.

"Practice martial arts until you fully understand and master it."

Several days passed, and Zhu Ge continued this lifestyle.

Practicing martial arts, hunting, eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping.

However, just as Zhu Ge had initially thought.

Practicing martial arts requires a lot of food!

During this time, Zhu Ge also tried the Fungus God Annihilation Array a few times, which consumed even more energy.

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Under such enormous consumption, the surrounding wildlife is declining at an alarming rate.

Whether it was jackals, tigers, leopards, wild rabbits, or pheasants, Zhu Ge ate them all.

If we calculate based on cattle, he could eat about thirty water buffaloes a day!

Within a radius of more than ten kilometers around the valley, there are practically no wild animals left to survive.

Although some animals could not sense Zhu Ge and his companions' presence, seeing the area so quiet, they dared not enter and even kept their distance.

This meant that Zhuge had to travel much farther to hunt.

"Sigh, when will the fighting start in Yuanyang City?! I want to eat monster meat!"

"Fighting has broken out! Fighting has broken out! Master, master, breaking news, the war has begun!"