From the end of the world

Chapter 383 The Old Fist God and Shan Liangyi 1
What the old boxing god said sounds a bit strange.

He clearly didn't know how Yuchi planned to become stronger, but he was certain in advance that Yuchi would have to pay a price that "cannot be paid without courage" to become stronger. This was really puzzling.

Fortunately, I am no longer the newbie who has just entered the weird world and knows nothing about demon hunters. I can at least think of the reason why the old fist god said such a thing.

The way a demon hunter becomes stronger is completely different from that of ordinary people.

The magic power used by demon hunters is basically the power of the mind. Speaking of the power of the mind, it seems to be more romantic and possible than physical power. In fact, in some aspects it is not as flexible as physical power.

An ordinary person - even an ordinary person who hates fighting - can still become a qualified warrior as long as he is forced by various means to learn the techniques of fighting and weapon operation, so that his body can remember the experience and feeling of fighting and know how to make correct judgments on the battlefield. But if a demon hunter says he can't do it, he can't do it. If this demon hunter hates fighting with others from the bottom of his heart, he is destined to not achieve decent results in this regard.

Unless he becomes a non-self.

When she was little, Zhu Shi, or Zhu Jiuxing, was a child who hated hurting others, but in order to shoulder the responsibility of her family's demon hunter, she made a heavy decision and set an ambition and consciousness that went against her nature. As a result, the nature of her soul changed dramatically, and her temperament became completely different.

You have to know that Zhu Jiuxing was in the most plastic childhood at that time. Although it was not to the extent that she experienced complete spiritual death, she still lost her love and even her innate ability to correct the heavens and the earth turned into the power of Mount Buzhou.

However, Yuchi was an adult whose ideas and concepts had already been fully formed. Since he was still not good at fighting after reaching the Great Perfection stage, it could only mean that he was mentally ill-suited to fighting. If he wanted to gain the fighting power to kill the old fist god himself, he would have to undergo a mental transformation no less than Zhu Jiuxing's.

That would definitely kill the current Yuchi on a spiritual level, and hatch a brand new him that was not his.

By analogy, it might be like me giving up the pursuit of adventure now - is that still me?
"The formation you are good at is a gradual and wise way." The old boxing god seemed to know everything about Yuchi. "Once you start to rush for success and pursue power at all costs, you may not be able to achieve anything in the way of power, and you will also lose your original wisdom.

"Unlike the gift of strength, the gift of wisdom is very fragile. You must take good care of it, or it will wither and die easily.

"Even so, do you still want to pursue power?"

Judging from Yuchi’s expression, it seemed that the old boxing god was right about everything he said.

Yuchi stared at the old fist god and said bitterly: "Don't act like a master to me at this time... Qilin is your disciple, right? Why did you want to kill Qilin?"

"Strange, didn't I tell you before?" Old Quanshen said calmly, "It was because of carelessness."

"Accidentally!?" Yuchi's eyes were bloodshot.

"Because I found that my apprentice seemed to be getting stronger, and there were rumors that she might have surpassed me, so I was very curious." The old boxing god showed a very nostalgic smile, "I thought she must have neglected her martial arts after falling in love with a man and getting married, but the facts seemed to be different from what I thought. So I couldn't help myself and went to her house to exchange martial arts with her after a long time, wanting to see how much she had grown after she became a master.

"The result really surprised me. Could it be that love really makes a woman stronger? Although I expected that she might become stronger, I didn't expect that she became so much stronger! So I was too happy and couldn't help but use a little more strength.

"When I came to my senses, she was already dead."

Is this the truth? Even I, an onlooker, felt it was too absurd for a moment and wondered if there was some hidden story behind it. What's more, Yuchi seemed to want to crush his fist after hearing what the old fist god said.

"But I believe Qilin must be very happy too." The old fist god said, "Although I deeply regret her death, it is a blessing to die in a battle with a strong man.

"It's fine if you want to avenge me for your own sake, but if you're thinking of 'avenging her', then I think you're mistaken."

Yuchi finally couldn't help but roared, "Stop joking! Do you think Qilin is a battle maniac like you? She is different from a battle maniac like you. She has always been using a crazy mask to cover up the pain in her heart... You don't even know the pain and weakness in her heart, and you keep talking about it... Can you still be considered Qilin's master like this!?"

"That's true." The old boxing god didn't completely deny it, "Qilin and I are different in age, gender, and circumstances. Even though we have been together for a long time, I can't say that I completely understand her.

"But do you really understand my apprentice? You think Qilin is only pursuing power because of the trauma of his childhood, but in my opinion, Qilin has already transcended his childhood. Are you the only one who has not transcended it?

"Is the one in your eyes the real her, or is she just a figment of your imagination?"

"I will kill you..." Yuchi was extremely angry, "No matter what the cost... I will definitely kill you!"

"I'm looking forward to it." said the old boxing god. He said that just now, maybe he was deliberately trying to provoke Yuchi.

"Well, it's about time for me to go over there, so you guys can chat on your own from now on."

While saying goodbye, the old boxing god did not forget to pick up his plate, as if he wanted to change seats and continue eating.

I had not forgotten that I had something important to ask, so I immediately stopped the old boxing god and said, "Wait a minute, I have something I want to ask you."

"What's the matter?" The old boxing god stopped and asked.

"I want to know...how you defeated Shan Liangyi." I said, "I heard that you were also a descendant of Liangyi in the past, and your talent was distorted by Shan Liangyi. If you confront Shan Liangyi head-on, your accumulated power will probably be plundered by him along with the power seed. In fact, I also heard that the power seed in your body has indeed disappeared..."

"Mountain Two Yi... It's been a long time since anyone mentioned anything related to Mountain Two Yi to me." The old fist god looked at me carefully, "Besides, you said 'also'..."

I don’t know if he could see the Vermillion Bird seed in my body, but he nodded and asked, “Are you also a descendant of Liang Yi?”

"That's right," I said.

“Well, I’m sorry, I don’t know how to explain to you how to defeat Shan Liangyi.” The old boxing god said, “When I fought Shan Liangyi, he did take away the power seed in my body, but the power I accumulated was not lost. Even the fact that the power seed was taken away was something I only realized after I killed Shan Liangyi.”

"You don't know why your accumulated power did not disappear even though your power seed was taken away? Isn't it because you anticipated the enemy's moves and made some preparations in advance?" I asked.

"No." The old fist god said, "Although I have been active in this world in the past, I basically don't have any in-depth understanding of weird things and demon hunters.

"At that time, I had heard of Shan Liangyi during my training, and I also knew that I was the so-called successor of Liangyi. However, you asked me to make preparations in advance like a proper demon hunter, which really put me at a loss."

"That is to say, you knew the relationship between Shan Liangyi and yourself, and you had no idea that your power would not be taken away. On this basis, you still fought against Shan Liangyi..." I thought about it and said, "Did Shan Liangyi take the initiative to find you?"

The old boxing god shook his head and said, "I took the initiative to challenge Shan Liangyi. At that time, I was challenging powerful characters everywhere. Shan Liangyi looked very powerful, so I just beat him up when I passed by."

Is this person's style a little too wild?
The old boxing god then added: "If I have to give another reason... it's to vent my anger."

"Vent off your anger?" I asked.

"I have loved martial arts since I was a child. Although I know about the existence of demon hunters, I still prefer the straightforward fist and kick skills to the demon hunters' magic power and spells." The old boxing god said with emotion, "Perhaps you can't understand why I am obsessed with power that many people think is very backward, but for me it is a kind of romance.

"Even in the world of common sense, even though we already have firearms and artillery shells, aren't there still many enthusiasts obsessed with building and wielding cold weapons? Maybe their ideas are similar to mine.

“Sweating day after day, tempering my body, and honing it into a tougher weapon with down-to-earth efforts - this process has a charm that I cannot give up.

“And just before I turned fifty, I had a dream.”

"Dream?" I asked.

"I dreamed that I entered a city full of sin and fought with a strange boy." The old boxing god said, "The boy mastered martial arts that I had never imagined. After waking up from the dream, I wanted to restore the martial arts of the boy in the dream in reality. I practiced hard day and night, and even went deep into the weird world to seek inspiration for a breakthrough in the life-and-death battles with weird things and demon hunters.

“And just when I felt that I was getting closer and closer to the boy of my dreams, I never expected that a strange thing would suddenly befall me.

"It was this damn thing that caused me to miss out on the martial arts I dreamed of, and accidentally awakened my magic power!"

The old man uttered a sound of deep anguish.

(End of this chapter)