Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 96 Undercurrent
Not long after Deng Bin’s breakthrough, a disciple in Qingyang Sect who was in charge of guarding the strange fire also broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

This person's name is Quanshan.

Although his aptitude was not as good as Deng Bin's, he achieved a breakthrough after swallowing a foundation-building pill.

But no matter what, he was also the fourth cultivator on Earth to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, so he was in and out of the spotlight for a while.

The emergence of two rising stars in succession made the head of the sect, Bu Tianran, feel a little anxious.

It’s not that I’m jealous of those two.

The truth is that as a senior, he felt a little embarrassed.

In addition, Bu Tianran himself was a person who was extremely obsessed with spiritual practice, so after seeing that his cultivation had not improved for a long time, he became anxious.

...

City of Hope.

The mountain gate of Qingyang Sect is where Xie Shen practices meditation.

With a hint of panic and entanglement, Bu Tianran came to Xie Shen's residence.

Outside.

Bu Tianran pressed the doorbell and shouted inside, "Master, disciple Bu Tianran wants to see you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Xie Shen respond: "Come in, I'm not in seclusion, just be casual."

"Eh!"

Bu Tianran heard the sound and went in.

But in the room:
Xie Shen and Deng Bin were lying on the sofa, playing the latest game console.

not far away.

Yang Si was cutting the fruit patiently, and then poured some milk on the fruit. It seemed that he was making a simple milkshake.

This scene made Bu Tianran feel as if he had traveled back to the 21st and 22nd centuries.

He stood there in a daze for a moment, and then he bowed and saluted: "Master, Junior Brother Deng Bin, I am honored!"

"You really don't have to do this!"

Seeing Bu Tianran saluting, Xie Shen said speechlessly: "We are all modern people."

"If this happened in public, or when I was giving a lecture, it wouldn't be a big deal."

“But in private.”

"Just treat me as your peer."

"After all, we are all familiar with each other now, unlike when we just met before."

Xie Shen said so.

But obviously, Bu Tianran did not take these words to heart.

He still had that serious look on his face, and immediately bowed to Xie Shen and said, "Disciple, remember this, and try to be more casual in private in the future."

this.
Seeing Bu Tianran bowing to him again, Xie Shen was completely speechless.

He knew that people’s nature is hard to change, so he stopped forcing her and took the initiative to ask, “You came to me because you encountered problems in your practice?”

"Yeah." Bu Tianran said distressedly, "10 years."

"It has been more than ten years since I broke through to the foundation-building stage."

"Two people from the sect have already caught up with me."

"Then Master also broke through to the Golden Core Stage very early."

"I am the only one whose cultivation level has not changed much since ten years ago."

As he spoke, Bu Tianran suddenly bowed to Xie Shen again and said, "Master, may I ask if you have any secret method that can help cultivators break through?"

"Even if practicing this secret method requires some price, it doesn't matter."

"As long as I can achieve a breakthrough, I can accept any hardship I have to endure."

in the room.

After hearing what Bu Tianran said, Xie Shen suddenly put down the game controller.

He looked at the other person, and said with both anger and amusement: "Bu Tianran, do you know why I am wasting my time playing games here instead of going into seclusion to practice?"

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Bu Tianran didn't say anything, but just looked at Xie Shen with a puzzled expression.

But Xie Shen answered himself: "That's because I am also stuck at the bottleneck of the Golden Core Stage. No matter how hard I try, I can't break through."

"I also said before: If a Jindan-stage cultivator wants to break through, he must first collect the power of the four symbols."

"That is, the Azure Dragon of the East Palace, the Black Tortoise of the South Palace, the White Tiger of the West Palace, and the Vermillion Bird of the North Palace."

"But the problem is that these four mythical beasts do not exist on Earth at all."

"So for me, the path of cultivation ahead has been cut off."

"understand?"

Xie Shen finally asked Bu Tianran, "But I'm not anxious at all. Do you know why?"

Bu Tianran subconsciously asked: "Why?"

"Because there's no use in rushing."

Xie Shen said: "As the saying goes, there are thousands of great ways."

"There are so many opportunities for monks in this world."

"Maybe one day in the future, when the opportunity comes, you and I will seize it and break through."

"So cultivation cannot be rushed."

"You have to seize the opportunity, understand?"

"If you are so eager to achieve success, you will easily go astray, which will not help your practice at all."

Opportunity?
Chance
Chance
After hearing what Xie Shen said, Bu Tianran seemed to have suddenly grasped something.

He repeated the word "opportunity" several times, and then bowed to Xie Shen and said, "Disciple has understood. Thank you for your guidance, Master!"

"No." Xie Shen was confused by Bu Tianran's reaction: "What did you realize? I just told you not to rush for success. Don't misunderstand my words!"

"Disciple understands." Bu Tianran said respectfully: "Practice requires not only talent and hard work, but also opportunity."

"When the opportunity comes, you will naturally be able to break through."

After saying this, Bu Tianran no longer stayed at Xie Shen's residence.

He said goodbye and left in a hurry.

"Brother Bu, he..."

on the sofa.

Looking at Bu Tianran's departing back, Deng Bin said worriedly: "He should be okay, right? Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?" Xie Shen had been worried about the interruption of his cultivation path.

He had no time to take care of himself, and at the moment he was in no mood to figure out Bu Tianran's thoughts, so he said, "Let him be!"

"all will be good."

“Roads are made by people.”

"Maybe he can find his own way."

...

Cultivation has no time.

Although Xie Shen deliberately slowed down his practice progress, after years of accumulation, he naturally broke through to the middle stage of Golden Core.

——For cultivators, they will only encounter bottlenecks when they reach a high level of cultivation.

For example, breaking through from the late stage of Qi training to the foundation-building stage.

Another example is breaking through from the late foundation-building stage to the golden elixir stage.

As for the same realm, from the initial stage of cultivation to the later stage, it is nothing more than a slow process.

Unless you are really stupid.

Otherwise, as long as you are willing to spend time, you will always be able to break through the small realm in the end.

...

Just like that, time passed quickly and it was already the spring of 6167.

This day.

Xie Shen was practicing in seclusion in a secret room, and was about to break through from the middle stage of the Golden Core to the late stage of the Golden Core in one fell swoop.

Suddenly, the voice of Elder Ran Zhuyu rang out from outside the secret room: "Master, Bu Tianran is missing!"

"Ah?" Xie Shen was stunned when he heard this: "What's going on? How could a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage disappear out of nowhere?"

"Well, it's not really missing."

Ran Zhuyu quickly changed the subject and said, "Just six days ago, someone saw Senior Brother Bu flying out of Hope City on a sword."

"And since then, Senior Brother Bu has never come back."

Ran Zhuyu continued, "Now that Senior Brother Bu has left, there is no one left to handle the various matters in the sect that he was supposed to be in charge of, so I thought of asking you, Master, what do you think about this matter?"

Xie Shen knew very well in his mind that Bu Tianran's departure this time was most likely to seek the so-called "opportunity".

Thinking of this, Xie Shen said with a headache: "Since Bu Tianran is so focused on making a breakthrough, don't let him take care of the sect's affairs anymore."

"You will be the temporary head of the sect!"

"Then from today on, you can get one more Foundation Establishment Pill than others every year."

"How about it?"

"Are you willing?"

When Ran Zhuyu heard that he could get an extra Foundation Establishment Pill, he was more than happy to do so.

He accepted Xie Shen's arrangement without a second thought, and then said, "By the way, there have been more and more fake people gathering outside Hope City recently."

"About half a month ago, they organized a small-scale attack and even sent out two octopus mechas."

Is the fake person finally taking action?

Xie Shen asked curiously: "How strong is the pseudo-human army? Can they be stopped?"

"That's amazing." Ran Zhuyu replied, "The strength of the pseudo-humans is far inferior to that of us humans."

"The one who led the team to fight was Elder Quanshan, who had just broken through the foundation-building stage not long ago."

"He used only a flying sword and wiped out the entire group of fake people without using a single soldier."

Ran Zhuyu continued: "That is, Li Xiu wants to stabilize and develop for a while."

"Otherwise, perhaps the entire Yangtze River Basin has been taken over by us humans."

"To be honest," Ran Zhuyu concluded, "I feel that within no more than 10 years, we humans will be able to retake the Earth."

Outside the secret room.

After chatting with Xie Shen for a few more words, Ran Zhuyu took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

Xie Shen continued to meditate in the secret room.

Fake people are weak.

Human beings are developing at a rapid pace.

Whether it is technology or cultivation, there are earth-shaking changes almost every day.

Everything is going steadily and improving.
...

A month later.

On the southern city wall of Hope City.

Deng Bin was suspended in the air with his sword.

Taking advantage of the good vision in the air, he looked at the small group of pseudo-people approaching in the distance, and a flash of contempt flashed across his eyes.

He said to the acting headmaster Ran Zhuyu who was standing on the tower: "Junior brother, there is only a small group of fake people, do you really need to call me over? Any random group of modified people can wipe them all out, right?"

"No, the fake person this time is different." Ran Zhuyu looked ahead and said meaningfully, "Keep watching."

In the wilderness outside the city.

Just as Deng Bin was talking to Ran Zhuyu.

But the small group of fake people in the distance suddenly pulled out a dagger from their waists and began to hurt themselves crazily.

Maybe he feels that this is not enough.

Not long after.

Those fake people took out various torture instruments such as tweezers, scissors, steel needles, and tongs from the backpacks behind them.

They helped each other and began to torture each other madly.

The brutality of their methods is even more severe than that of Tower Prison.

About a quarter of an hour passed like this.

Before Deng Bin and others could take action, that small group of fake people continued to torture themselves and died tragically on the spot one after another.

This scene completely stunned Deng Bin.

He stood there in a daze and said, "What on earth are these fake people doing?"

(End of this chapter)