Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

After half an hour.

Inside a side hall of Zhenyang Temple on Tianniu Mountain.

Zhang Shouzhou, Wang Mingyuan, Gu Xing, and Wang Hu, the main people in charge of Huacheng's extraordinary affairs, have finally gathered together.

Zhang Shouzhou's Taoist robe was still dripping wet. He glanced at Wang Hu, who was lying not far away, idly wagging his tail. His face was still burning with embarrassment.

To be honest, he originally thought that he had broken through to the extraordinary realm, opened his Qi Sea, and personally verified the correctness of the guiding technique. As the first person in China to successfully walk this path, he could have shown off in front of everyone and put on the airs of a highly accomplished master.

But these ideas had only just begun to take shape in his mind and hadn't even had a chance to be put into action when they were frightened to death in the womb by this extraordinary tiger.

Now that the people in front of him had all witnessed him crouching in the mud with his hands covering his head, looking utterly pathetic, he could no longer pretend to be some otherworldly immortal.

However, no one paid attention to the embarrassment on his face at the moment; instead, everyone's attention was drawn to something else.

That is, Zhang Shouzhou did not take any extraordinary medicine, but instead relied on a set of guiding techniques and a strange spiritual fruit to successfully advance to the extraordinary realm.

Gu Xing's sharp eyes scanned Zhang Shouzhou up and down, and finally, he slowly shook his head.

"Your situation is probably the same as Huang Yifan's before. You were lucky enough to accidentally unlock your genetic potential by consuming extraordinary plants."

"Essentially, it's no different from awakening through gene injections."

"As for what you call the 'Sea of ​​Qi,' it is very likely a special, extraordinary organ hidden within the human body. There are many examples of people across the country who have awakened this extraordinary organ, including one in Huacheng, whose Sea of ​​Qi is even golden."

Gu Xing paused for a moment, then continued without any politeness.

"Master Zhang, I advise you to stop thinking about any guiding techniques. Before this spiritual energy revival, there wasn't a single trace of spiritual energy on this planet. You people, trying to achieve transcendence by studying ancient cultivation methods and combining them with some theories from traditional Chinese medicine, are simply delusional."

Zhang Shouzhou already disliked Gu Xing and his so-called researchers. When he heard Gu Xing slander the guidance technique that he and countless colleagues had painstakingly developed, his old face instantly darkened.

He felt that the guiding technique was clearly effective! Every step of his process of opening his Qi Sea was crystal clear, and he was absolutely not mistaken!

That Qi Sea is definitely not some kind of supernatural organ, but a complete and reasonable cultivation system that can be continuously accumulated and improved through cultivation!

He now even has reason to suspect that, in ancient times, long before the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, China may have also experienced a spiritual revival.

The cultivation methods recorded in history may very well have been passed down from that distant era!

"Bang!"

These thoughts flashed through Zhang Shouzhou's mind, then he slammed his hand on the table and glared at Gu Xing.

"You guys researching those gene-enhancing drugs from another world are truly out of your minds!"

"That stuff alters the most fundamental genetic level. Don't think I don't know. Some test subjects who used the supernatural drugs have developed obvious deformities after using too much. Some have grown three arms, and some have even grown two heads!"

He leaned forward, staring intently at Gu Xing.

"I ask you, can people like this still be considered human? If more and more people use supernatural drugs in the future, and more and more of these mutants appear, and even among the descendants of superhumans, there are more and more mutants, what will happen then?"

"And that doesn't even include those zombified mutants in the other world. Have you figured out the reason for their zombification yet?"

"Can you guarantee that our people, injected with the extraordinary drug, won't turn into zombies in the future?"

Faced with Zhang Shouzhou's barrage of questions, Gu Xing's face began to falter, and he immediately became angry.

"I've been on the front lines of researching extraordinary drugs for years, so of course I know these drugs have hidden dangers! But the country can't wait! Do you know that not only have we achieved results, but many Western countries have also achieved results much earlier than us!"

"They are unscrupulous, able to recklessly use those on the verge of death for human experimentation. Their research into extraordinary drugs is more in-depth, and the effects are more powerful! We have fallen behind! Although we can still intimidate them with firearms now, what about the future?"

Gu Xing also stood up excitedly.

"If we fall behind again on the path of the extraordinary, do you think those Western countries will give us a second chance to revive? Therefore, even if there are problems with the path of extraordinary drugs, we must continue our research! Moreover, some risks are controllable. All the extraordinary drug trials in Huacheng are currently reasonable and in accordance with procedures!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shouzhou immediately let out a cold laugh.

"Control? If the number of two-headed people in China reaches a certain level by then, I'd like to see how you'll manage to control them!"

Wang Hu blinked his large tiger eyes as he watched the two who had suddenly started arguing, their eyes locked in a fierce battle.

He knew in his heart that this kind of debate over policy was unlikely to yield any results.

Moreover, as a tiger, I seem to have no opportunity to express my opinion on such a major issue concerning the future of humanity.

He yawned listlessly, wondering if he should take out his phone and find a corner to browse the news for a while, but just then, something unexpected happened.

A small red figure emerged from Zhang Shouzhou's soaked Taoist robe without warning.

The guy was holding a yellowed, thread-bound book in his arms, and he peeked around cautiously.

The next moment, its figure flashed and it appeared mysteriously beside Wang Hu.

It threw the book in its arms at Wang Hu's face, then in a flash, it ran back to Zhang Shouzhou's body, burrowed back into the Taoist robe, and disappeared.

Wang Hu looked at this scene with some confusion, but eventually his attention fell on the cover of the old thread-bound book in front of him.

"Guiding Technique!"

His enormous tiger head lowered slightly as he silently read the three ancient characters on the book cover.

"What does this ghost baby mean?"

"Why did you throw this thing in front of yourself?"

"Could it be that you want to try cultivating it yourself?"

Wang Hu's heart stirred, and he was immediately tempted as well.

After all, according to Zhang Shouzhou, if the guiding technique is successful, it can open a sea of ​​qi in the body, and the sea of ​​qi can absorb the surrounding spiritual energy at all times, keeping him in a state of cultivation.

Previously, he cultivated by eating meat and crystal cores. If he could find another cultivation method, that would be good news for him!

I just don't know if I, a tiger, can use this human guidance technique.