Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 52 Sage State

In a complex and dark tunnel.

Zhou Ping, covered in golden light, was galloping.

The golden light from Zhou Ping's body illuminated the tunnel of the dark river like a light bulb.

Behind Zhou Ping, Fan Shiyi was sitting on a spider, following Zhou Ping closely.

Fan Shiyi drew a spider.

The spider carried Fan Shiyi on its back and moved through the underground river and tunnel as if it were flat ground.

"Zhou Ping, how did you achieve a state of tranquility in such a short time?"

Fan Shiyi asked curiously.

Zhou Ping was not calm at first and was unable to borrow the power of the relic.

But after Zhou Ping went to the toilet, he immediately calmed down and was able to use the power of the relic.

This made Fan Shiyi extremely curious.

"Sage state, don't you understand?"

Zhou Ping was speeding through the tunnel. The panel was in front of him, so he was very familiar with the tunnel.

The two men thought they were going to have a fierce battle with the rat demon.

Unexpectedly, when the two reached the cave entrance, the rat demon had disappeared.

The two knew that the rat demon was probably chasing the grain transport convoy, so they did not dare to stop and hurried to catch up with the rat demon.

After Zhou Ping borrowed the power of the relic, he felt full of strength.

At this moment, he realized what it meant to be a strong person.

Zhou Ping casually bumped into the stalactites in the underground river tunnel and broke them into pieces in an instant.

Zhou Ping didn't have to rush forward recklessly, but he had to save time.

I learned this trick from a friend in my previous life.

When my friend plays games and always fails to get higher scores, he will enter the sage state and focus on playing the game wholeheartedly.

This trick works every time!

"Sage, status?"

Fan Shiyi understands what a sage is, and probably also understands what a state is.

A wise man is one who studies to the end without any selfish motives and is dedicated to serving the public. That is a wise man.

As for the state, condition, shape, posture, and body shape.

The state and posture of a sage.

The state of mind of Buddhists is similar to that of the great sages of Confucianism.

But what Fan Shiyi asked was how Zhou Ping entered the "sage state".

Zhou Ping stopped explaining and focused on chasing the convoy.

Zhou Ping couldn't maintain this state for too long.

Based on years of experience, it takes about an hour!
In the dark river, the ghost bride appeared, with a ghost baby beside her.

No idea where they passed, but the link between Zhou Ping and the ghost baby reappeared.

The ghost bride and the ghost baby found Zhou Ping.

Several people began to run towards the exit of the tunnel.

Zhou Ping didn't know yet that the fierce battle between the rat demon and the grain transport convoy had already begun.

Captain Leng cursed in a low voice. When did his mouth become so open? Whatever he said came true.

The rats came from behind.

"The escort agency's men stopped the rats, and the rest of them moved forward with the carriage."

After Captain Leng finished speaking, he took the lead and ran away. He was already frightened by the rat demon.

If he really had to face the rat demon again, Captain Leng would most likely die.

Captain Leng’s idea was simple. He wanted to escape with the grain transport convoy.

Take as much food as you can. If you can't take anything, Captain Leng will have to leave on his own.

Food belongs to the country, but your life belongs to yourself!
The grain transport convoy began to flee forward frantically.

Mr. Yuan almost burst into a curse.

The rat demon has rushed up from the back of the tunnel.

Everyone in the escort agency knew that without Fan Shiyi and Zhou Ping, these people would not be enough to fill the Rat Demon's teeth.

"Brothers, we are going to die anyway, so let's fight hard and kill as many people as possible."

Engineer Yuan shouted loudly.

"Kill as many as you can!"

"Damn it, let's fight!"

The escorts also knew the current situation and estimated that they could not escape.

Instead of doing that, it’s better to do a good job.

In this short while, the grain transport convoy had been thrown far away.

The people from the escort agency were on high alert and confronted the rat demon head-on.

The eighth-grade rat demon, along with four smaller mouse demons and a group of rats, kept pouring out from the depths of the tunnel.

The eighth-grade rat demon was extremely fast. It led the ninth-grade rat demon through the escort agency's team. The rats ignored the people from the escort agency and followed the rat demon.

Three tenth-grade mouse monsters surrounded the escort agency.

The people in the escort agency were a little confused. They didn't expect that the rat demon would only leave three small rat demons to deal with the escorts.

"Brother, I want to eat human flesh."

"Brother, I want to eat human flesh too."

"Then why waste time talking? Eat these dozen people first, then go help mom."

After the three mouse demons finished their discussion, they rushed towards the escorts.

There were more than a dozen escorts in total, and one of them, a tenth-rank escort, was the most seriously injured, while the others were also injured to varying degrees.

The strongest fighter in the escort agency is Yuan Gong.

Yuan Gong is a tenth-rank official.

Three rat demons against a dozen bodyguards.

In terms of numbers, the escorts had the advantage, but after the fight, they were clearly defeated.

A bodyguard had his arm bitten off by a rat demon.
Another bodyguard had his neck broken by a monster, and blood was constantly flowing from his neck.

Yuan Gong was not feeling well either. He wanted to help his brothers, but the rat demon was too strong and he could only barely hold on.

Yuan Gong was caught off guard and was found by the little mouse monster.

The little mouse demon swung its tail on Yuan Gong's face, causing one of his eyes to suddenly feel extreme pain and he could not see clearly what was in front of him.

"You belong to me!"

Yuan Gong listened to the excited cry of the little mouse demon and knew that he would have difficulty escaping this time.

Last time, it was all thanks to Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi.

But this time, both of them were not there.

Mr. Yuan thought that he was going to die soon.

However, after waiting for a while, Yuan Gong's eyesight slowly recovered and he discovered that he was not dead.

Next to Yuan Gong, a man covered in gold was pinching the mouse monster's mouth with both hands.

This person was covered in golden light, which made people feel very sacred and couldn't help but want to kneel down to worship him.

"Where did this Buddhist master come from!?"

Mr. Yuan was overjoyed. He didn't expect that a Buddhist master would help him before he died.

Buddhists are good at catching ghosts and demons!

When Yuan Gong was rejoicing, the golden man in front of him tore the mouse monster's mouth open.

One of the little mouse demons died immediately.

"Thank you, senior, for saving your life."

Mr. Yuan was so excited that he almost surrendered, but was helped up by the person in front of him.

"Brother Yuan, it's me."

Zhou Ping said.

Only then did Mr. Yuan realize that the person in front of him was Zhou Ping.

There was a dazzling golden light on Zhou Ping's body, and he seemed to be completely enveloped by the golden light.

The outermost golden light looks like a kind-looking monk.

Yuan Gong was shocked. He didn't expect it to be Zhou Ping.

"Master Fan used a secret technique to give me the power of the eighth level of Buddhism in a short period of time."

While Zhou Ping was explaining, he found two other little mouse monsters.

The other two little mouse demons were holding a bodyguard and eating him.

The escort let out a shrill scream.

Zhou Ping grabbed a rat demon with one hand and squeezed it hard.

The rat demon's throat was immediately crushed by Zhou Ping, and he lost his breath.

When the other little mouse demon saw this, it was instinctively afraid of the golden light on the rat demon's body.

"Oh my god, this is so scary." Two of the three little mouse demons died, and the other one ran away.

At this point, the crisis of the escort agency was resolved.

One escort agent from the escort agency died, and several others were seriously injured. Their flesh and bones were eaten away by the rat demon, and it was unknown whether they could be rescued.

Zhou Ping killed two little mouse monsters in an instant, saved the escort agency from life and death crisis, and made the escorts on this trip grateful to him.

"Where's the grain transport convoy? Where's Xiaobai?"

Zhou Ping only saw people from the escort agency at the place, but did not see the grain transport convoy and Xiaobai.

"We will stay behind to cover their retreat. The grain transport convoy should be just ahead."

"As for Xiaobai, he is also in the convoy."

Mr. Yuan didn't dare to say more, for he was afraid that Zhou Ping would be angry and not save the people from the yamen after knowing what happened to Xiaobai.

Zhou Ping nodded, then rushed forward. On his panel, the grain transport convoy continued to move forward.

After Zhou Ping left, Fan Shiyi came late. She nodded at Yuan Gong and followed him.

After the two men left, the people from the escort agency began to clean up the mess.

"Brother Yuan, why is Zhou Ping so powerful?"

"Yes, yes, he is now of the best rank? Could he be of the ninth rank, or the eighth rank?"

Several escorts asked as they rescued the wounded.

"Zhou Ping should be a tenth-grade cultivator, but the Buddha light on his body should be some kind of secret technique."

"This secret technique should have been helped by Master Fan."

Mr. Yuan was knowledgeable and explained to everyone.

"The injured brothers, please rest where you are and help the other injured. Those who are not seriously injured, please follow me and help."

After Yuan Gong finished speaking, he followed with five or six uninjured bodyguards.

The grain convoy stopped.

The rat demon and his group of rats blocked the convoy.

Captain Leng has disappeared.

A few clever constables followed Constable Leng and ran away.

The remaining constables were blocked by the rat demon.

The moment Captain Leng saw the rat demon, he gave up resistance and abandoned the grain transport convoy.

"Young men, take all the food away."

The rat demon slammed into the stone wall beside him.

A large hole was dug.

The big hole is connected to the underground river.

This is also the reason why the rat demon gave up Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi and chased the convoy.

There are no underground rivers further ahead, so there is no way to destroy the grain transport convoy in the underground river.

Cartloads of food were dragged into the underground river by the rats.

The ninth-grade mouse demon is killing and eating people.

Without Leng the Captain to look after them, the yamen runners were nothing but chickens and dogs in front of the rat monster and were instantly overwhelmed by the rat swarm.

In just a short while, the remaining yamen runners were eaten by the rat demon and the rats.

"Mom, help me, my two brothers are dead."

The little mouse demon was speaking as it ran away, but the next moment it was blasted into a pulp.

Zhou Ping, covered in golden light, appeared among the rats.

Zhou Ping used his mind sleeve arrow to shoot an arrow at the little mouse monster, and the little mouse monster immediately turned into a pool of mud.

With the help of the power of the relic, the power of the Mind Sleeve Arrow seems to be greater.

The rats didn't dare to approach Zhou Ping because of the golden light on his body.

Fan Shiyi began to paint, and cats were drawn one by one.

The situation immediately stabilized.

Several people from the escort agency also followed Shenglai.

"Meow meow meow."

When Xiaobai saw Zhou Ping, he shouted with joy.

Zhou Ping also saw Xiaobai and saw the scars on Xiaobai's body.

Xiaobai was tied to the carriage. In addition to the wound on his neck, there were many other wounds on his body caused by rat bites.

"Mr. Yuan, what's going on?"

Zhou Ping was a little angry! Who tied Xiaobai to this place?

The moment Zhou Ping became angry, the golden Buddha light around him became a little unstable.

"Zhou Ping, be calm, otherwise you won't be able to borrow the power of the relic."

Fan Shiyi's face also changed. If Zhou Ping's state of mind changed, he would not be able to use the power of the relic, and they would not know what to do when facing the rat demon.

Engineer Yuan's expression also changed. He had just noticed that the golden light on Zhou Ping's body had become much weaker.

Combining with Fan Shiyi's words, Yuan Gong knew that he could not affect Zhou Ping's mood.

Once Zhou Ping's mood changes, he will no longer have the power to kill the rat demon, and everyone will be in trouble.

Zhou Ping rescued Xiaobai with a serious face.

After Xiaobai was freed, he looked so pitiful that tears were about to fall from his eyes.

"It was the government officials who arrested Xiaobai. We wanted to help him, but the government officials wouldn't let us."

Mr. Yuan speaks the truth.

There was a cold look in Zhou Ping's eyes. He handed Xiaobai to Fan Shiyi, then glanced at the dry bones of the yamen runners on the ground.

The golden light on Zhou Ping's body dimmed slightly.

"Zhou Ping, protect your mind. After you have dealt with the rat demon, you can go and settle accounts with the bailiffs."

Fan Shiyi reminded again.

Zhou Ping was silent for a while, then nodded. These yamen runners really went too far!
While Zhou Ping was silent, two rat demons attacked him.

These two rat demons, one is of the eighth grade and the other is of the ninth grade.

With the help of the power of the relic, Zhou Ping barely reached the eighth level.

The two black shadows were very fast and kept attacking Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping took out his knife and continued to defend himself.

The power of the ninth-grade rat demon was nothing in Zhou Ping's eyes. Zhou Ping could easily block it, but the power of the eighth-grade rat demon actually became stronger.

Zhou Ping had fought against an eighth-grade rat demon before and knew how powerful it was.

But when they fought again, Zhou Ping found that his opponent's strength had actually increased.

Zhou Ping no longer dared to underestimate these two rat demons.

But Xiaobai's incident did cause Zhou Ping's mentality to fluctuate.

More importantly, half an hour had passed and Zhou Ping's sage state was about to end.

The golden light on Zhou Ping's body flickered, and the shadow of the Buddha statue also produced ripples.

"Dry!"

Fan Shiyi was drawing a cat while cursing: These yamen runners are doing nothing.

On this side, Zhou Ping continued to fight with two rat monsters.

On the other side, Fan Shiyi kept drawing cats, and these cats drove away the rats.

The escorts went down into the underground river to fish out the sacks of grain.

The headwind situation has improved.

If things continue like this, the rat demon will be in danger.

The rat demon fought against Zhou Ping for a long time but failed to defeat him. Meanwhile, the situation on the other side was reversed by Fan Shiyi's cat group.

The rat demon was anxious.

"Oh my god, what is this golden light? It's very uncomfortable to be illuminated by it."

The ninth-rank mouse demon was so scared that he dared not move forward.

"Come on, useless bastard."

The rat demon kicked his own son.

The ninth-grade rat demon had no choice but to attack Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping took advantage of the ninth-grade rat demon's opportunity and cut it in half with one sword.

"Mom, it hurts so much."

Half of the ninth-grade rat demon's body fell beside the eighth-grade rat demon.

The eighth-grade rat demon picked up the ninth-grade rat demon's head and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Since we are going to die, we can't waste it."

The rat demon ate the head of its child and seemed to become smarter instantly. It spit out a bead from its mouth and then dropped it to the ground.

The moment the bead fell to the ground, a thick fog appeared in the originally dark tunnel.

The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see clearly what was around.

Zhou Ping was caught off guard and was knocked against the stone wall by the rat demon.

(End of this chapter)