Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 863: The Three Corpses Are Rebelling, and They Want to Kill Them
When I didn’t sleep and meditated, a giant spider appeared before my eyes…

Zhang Zhiwei seemed to be thinking about something. It was difficult for him to determine what this spider was based on the description alone.

"Does it happen every time you enter a state of meditation?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

"It didn't happen before, but it happened recently because I haven't slept for a long time!" said Tian Jinzhong.

"Have you asked your master for advice?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

Tian Jinzhong nodded and said, "I went to ask for advice yesterday!"

"What did Master say?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

"Master said that haste makes waste, and told me not to learn blindly from you. This situation is because you are too nervous, and I just need to have a good rest for a few nights. Then he said some very mysterious words that were difficult to understand." Tian Jinzhong said.

"This is a common problem among Xuanmen masters. They always don't like to explain things clearly, and use secret codes like knocking the head three times or putting hands behind the back." Zhang Zhiwei followed with a complaint.

Privately, Zhang Jingqing had a gloomy face. This was the umpteenth time that the evil beast Zhang Zhiwei had arranged this matter.

Zhang Yi laughed at the side: "I say, Senior Brother, why don't you always make your words clear?"

"What's the point of explaining it clearly?" Zhang Jingqing said, "Anyway, this is a problem that he cannot deal with at this stage. Those who are ignorant are fearless. Talking about it will only increase his delusions."

After saying that, Zhang Jingqing turned and left.

Zhang Yi looked at Zhang Jingqing's back, then looked at Zhang Zhiwei, paused for a moment, and followed Zhang Jingqing.

"Since a spider appears in front of you as soon as you meditate, try meditating now and let me see what this spider is." Zhang Zhiwei said.

Tian Jinzhong nodded, then looked around, asking everyone to be quiet and not disturb his meditation. Everyone immediately shut up and Tian Jinzhong closed his eyes and meditated.

Zhang Zhiwei placed his hand on Tian Jinzhong's head and said, "Hold your breath and enter the deepest state of meditation!"

Tian Jinzhong did as he was told immediately. As he had not slept for a long time, he was in a restless state. When Tian Jinzhong entered into meditation, his level of tranquility was not high.

However, Zhang Zhiwei has an aura that can calm people down. With Zhang Zhiwei's help, he quickly fell into a state of meditation.

Then, he saw the giant spider again. It was lurking in the shadows not far away, staring at him with bared fangs and claws, preventing him from meditating peacefully.

Because, every time the spider appeared, he felt that there were always vague eyes looking at him in the darkness. Those eyes were like the cold wind in winter, chilling the soul.

In this case, entering into a state of meditation will not have any effect on meditation, but will only make you more and more irritable.

Tian Jinzhong subconsciously wanted to come out of the state of meditation, but then he remembered that his senior brother was right beside him, and he could even feel the warmth from his senior brother's big hand on his head.

"What are you afraid of?" Zhang Zhiwei's voice came, "Why don't you dare to fight it?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Jinzhong immediately perked up. With his senior brother by his side, he felt confident and was no longer afraid of the spider around him. He turned his head and slapped the big spider in the face.

Zhang Zhiwei: "…………"

He was a little embarrassed. This kid was a little too brave.

Tian Jinzhong just slapped the spider, and the spider actually crawled up his arm and landed on his face. Their eyes met, and the moment they looked at each other, Tian Jinzhong was shocked and all his courage disappeared.

At this moment, it seemed that all that remained in his world were pairs of cold and terrifying scarlet eyes.

He couldn't see the spider's entire body, the sky, or the ground, and he couldn't even feel the warmth of his senior brother's big hand above his head. He was surrounded by those pairs of cold eyes.

"Oh no, I can't win at all. I have to wake up from my meditation as soon as possible!" Tian Jin said in his heart.

This was not the first time he had encountered such a situation. He had resisted before, but all in vain. Now he no longer had the desire to resist.

"Try using the Heart Purification Mantra."

At this moment, Zhang Zhiwei's words appeared in his mind.

Hearing this, he quickly gathered his consciousness and silently recited the "Heart Purification Mantra" in his mind, trying to drive away the spider.

However, after using the "Purifying Heart Mantra", the situation not only did not improve, but became worse.

Those scarlet eyes not only occupied his entire field of vision, but also seemed to be crawling towards him following the trajectory of his gaze, making him feel as if his entire body was covered with spiders.

When he thought of this, his whole body started to go goosebumps and he couldn't help but reach out to slap it. But as soon as he made this action, the spider that he had only vaguely felt appear on his body suddenly really appeared on his body.

This is delusion, it is the demon in the heart. Only when the mind is clear can one not be affected.

It's useless to just say you don't believe it. Once there is a gap in your heart, it will take advantage of the opportunity and magnify the gap infinitely.

Just like some people are afraid of the dark.

Darkness doesn’t hurt people, so why are people afraid? Because they are afraid that something is hidden inside. But even if they are 100% sure that there is nothing hidden inside, once they enter the darkness, they will still be afraid, and the fear will deepen.

The principles behind this are similar, but the impact of false thoughts and demons on people is countless times greater than this.

Tian Jinzhong hurriedly slapped the spiders on his body, but the more he slapped, the more they appeared, and he became panicked.

At that moment, he even forgot that his fellow apprentice was still protecting him. He desperately wanted to open his eyes and wake up from his meditation, but the more he wanted to wake up, the harder it was for him to wake up, just like a nightmare during his lunch break in summer.

Densely packed spiders were crawling on him, slowly covering his body. He even felt these spiders crawling into his seven orifices and into his body. These spiders were digging into his internal organs and scratching his liver. His body and consciousness were being devoured.

This is a very scary situation.

Zhang Zhiwei saw Tian Jinzhong's current situation, and he also knew about the spiders on Tian Jinzhong's body.

"Jinzhong, I am here to help you, keep the Yuan and the One."

Zhang Zhiwei's voice sounded again, and his voice seemed to have a magical power that quickly calmed him down.

"My mind was actually affected just now!" Tian Jinzhong reacted and was shocked.

Then, he followed Zhang Zhiwei's instructions, keeping his mind focused and keeping his mind focused.

What he couldn't do with the Pure Heart Mantra before, he now easily did. The scratching sound in his body disappeared, spiders on his body fell off in pieces, and the creepy cold feeling also disappeared. However, there was always a cold gaze behind him, like a thorn in his back, making him afraid to look back.

"Look again." Zhang Zhiwei's voice came.

Although he had believed in Zhang Zhiwei before and suffered a great loss in a fight with the spider, Tian Jinzhong still turned around to watch.

The big spider was still there, looking at him quietly, as if the previous scene had never happened.

"Brother, are you still doing it?" Tian Jinzhong asked.

"Keep going!" Zhang Zhiwei thought, and a long sword made of lightning appeared in Tian Jinzhong's hand: "Take this sword and stab it!"

With the support of his senior brother, Tian Jinzhong was fearless. He rushed towards the big spider with a lightning sword in hand and stabbed the big spider in the belly.

The big spider roared, fled in panic, and disappeared into the deep darkness. Tian Jinzhong chased after it with the Thunder Sword, but lost his target. He raised the sword and looked around in confusion.

"Brother, where's the spider? Why can't I see it?" Tian Jinzhong said, "Although I stabbed it with a sword, I feel it is not dead yet. It may come to cause trouble again next time. Help me find it. I want to kill this thing."

"Garlic bird, garlic bird, you can't beat it." Zhang Zhiwei dissuaded.

Tian Jinzhong got angry when he heard this, "With my help, how can I not defeat it?"

"It won't work even if anyone helps. Even if I help you kill it, it's just like weeds. If you can't get rid of the roots, it will grow again in the spring breeze." Zhang Zhiwei said.

"What do you mean?" Tian Jinzhong was not stupid, and he reacted instantly, saying: "Brother, you mean that this spider is my inner demon, just like the vice leader of the hall, so I can't kill it, I can only... suppress it?!"

When he said this, he thought of his senior brother's diligent inner demon, and suddenly he felt a little excited.

"Why are you so happy?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

"I was wondering if I could also get a little assistant in my practice like you, senior brother!" Tian Jinzhong grinned.

Zhang Zhiwei also laughed. People will want to laugh when they are speechless.

The reason why I can make the "National Master" obediently is that I can suppress it and sense its thoughts, so that it cannot make trouble openly or secretly.

Tian Jinzhong cannot do these two things, so it is impossible for him to control the inner demon. At most, he can be like Erli among the ninjas of Higashiyama, dividing and conquering the inner demon and sharing the body.

Of course, the most important thing is that the spider that appeared when Tian Jinzhong entered into meditation was not the inner demon, it was just somewhat similar to the inner demon.

"Don't think about conquering your inner demons for now. Wake up from your meditation first!" said Zhang Zhiwei.

"Oh, okay!" Tian Jinzhong put away his wild ideas, returned to his senses, and woke up from his meditation.

When he saw his fellow disciples around him looking at him calmly, he realized that they were unaware of the terrible things that had just happened in his meditation.

He stood up and patted his clothes: "Brother, I..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and Tian Jinzhong's face changed. When he was patting his clothes just now, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He lifted up his Taoist robe and saw a shallow charred scar on it.

His face was filled with horror, and he asked in confusion: "When did this happen? I shouldn't have been injured here. Moreover, this is a scar from being burned by lightning..."

Tian Jinzhong suddenly remembered the giant spider he saw during the meditation process. Recalling the previous process, the sword mark left by him stabbing the spider was exactly the same as this scar in appearance.

"Brother, if I attack the spider, will I get hurt too?"

Zhang Zhiwei nodded: "So, you have to rely on yourself for this. I can't help you, and the same goes for Master. During this period of time, you should stop practicing meditation and don't push yourself too much. Take a good rest for a while."

Tian Jinzhong nodded and asked, "What is this thing?"

Zhang Zhiwei pondered for a moment and said, "This place is the center of the human body. If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be the middle corpse of the three corpse worms, Peng Zhi, and it lives here."

"The corpse of Peng Zhi?" Tian Jinzhong said in surprise, "I have heard of the Three Corpses. It is said that this is a difficult challenge that only those who have reached a very high level of cultivation will face. If you can cut off the Three Corpses, you will definitely achieve extraordinary success. My cultivation is still very shallow now, how come I encountered the Three Corpses?"

Zhang Zhiwei thought for a moment and said, "Among the three corpses, the upper corpse is responsible for greed, which makes people dizzy and weak, and the middle corpse is responsible for delusion, which disturbs the peace of mind. This shows that your practice method is correct and you have made great progress. You have reached the stage where the middle corpse comes out to block your way."

Killing the Three Corpses requires an extremely high level of cultivation, but inducing the Three Corpses does not require that. If there are special means, the Three Corpses of ordinary people can be induced. Tian Jinzhong's Three Corpses were induced in the process of constantly challenging his own limits.

"A corpse is blocking my way? I don't realize that I have improved so much in meditation?" Tian Jinzhong was a little bit unbelievable.

"Yes!" Zhang Zhiwei nodded and said, "The benefits of static exercises have a lag effect, unlike magic and other means, which can see the effect immediately. However, your practice in the next period of time should be smooth sailing!"

Tian Jinzhong was overjoyed, then he thought of something and asked again: "Brother, I have read an ancient book that says the corpse is a red little man who often wears red clothes. How come my corpse is a spider? Is there any explanation for this?"

Zhang Zhiwei said: "The human-shaped three corpses you mentioned are the product of the three corpses becoming stronger."

"The three corpses originally looked like worms, so they are called three corpse worms."

"Among them, the most primitive form of the middle corpse is the spider. They run like ants and move in groups. The upper corpse is like a ladybug, and the lower corpse is like a grub."

"If you keep going, the spiders will grow and the more you'll be affected, the more you'll be affected."

"If during this process your mind is corroded by the three corpses, the three corpses will merge with your delusions and transform into a unique form. At that time, the three corpses will become truly difficult to deal with."

"So, this is a good thing?" Tian Jinzhong said, "Many ancient books record that killing the three corpses can bring great benefits. So, brother, how do we kill the three corpses?"

Zhang Zhiwei said: "How to kill the three corpses... I'm not sure about that. Anyway, the three corpse worms in my body are very quiet, almost as if they don't exist."

"However, I heard that there is a sect called Three Demons in the martial arts world. They have a unique method to make their three corpses appear externally as a means of attack. At the same time, they also have their own unique method of beheading the three corpses."

Tian Jinzhong asked quickly, "Brother, have you ever seen anyone from the Three Demon Sect when you were traveling around the world?"

Zhang Zhiwei shook his head: "No, the Three Demon Sects have very few members. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are a single-line sect. How can it be so easy to meet them?"

"Then what should I do?" Tian Jinzhong said anxiously, "The three corpses have affected my practice, brother. I want to improve so much."

"You want to improve too much?" Zhang Zhiwei said with a look of relief: "It's a good thing to want to improve. Brother must support you. Although the three corpses in my body are very well-behaved, they are still bad things. I will study them later to see how to get rid of them!"

(End of this chapter)