From the Ming Dynasty, we will conquer the world

Chapter 75: Fighting Jiumozhi, breaking the formation with one step! (8400)

After hearing Wuyazi's advice, most of the warriors present showed disapproval on their faces. As people in the martial arts world, who doesn't put his head on the belt?
They are not afraid of risking their lives, they are only afraid that the money they earn is not enough!
The first to cause a commotion was the Gao camp in Dali.

Although Gao has the largest number of people, most of them are related to Cai Jing. They are from all walks of life and are of mixed quality. Even if they can only make a strong presence, they are barely capable of being of great use.

These people came for profit in the first place, and when they saw such a huge benefit as the Xiaoyao Sect's magical power in front of them, they naturally would not care about the Gao family's tiny profit, and they took action immediately.

The place chosen by the three camps for the meeting is just a few steps ahead of the main road into the mountains.

This mountain path is extremely spacious and can accommodate five horses walking side by side. It winds up the mountain and disappears into the lush green mountains covered with green trees.

However, as soon as the Gao family's priests heard Wuyazi's message, about one or two hundred of them jumped up.

They all mobilized their life's skills, displayed their most proficient light-body skills, and rushed up the mountain one after another.

The originally spacious mountain trail was suddenly full, with more people choosing to go directly into the woods and climb along the hillside.

On the way, these rabble began to kill their fellow travelers. Under the scorching sun, sharp lights flashed everywhere, and the originally quiet valley and woods immediately turned into a cruel Shura killing field.

Broken limbs and arms flew into the sky and hung in a mess on the branches of the trees. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and intestines were scattered, dripping down, dyeing the lush green leaves red and white. The fishy smell was so strong that it covered the mouth and nose, making it difficult to look directly at.

Before they even saw the extremely dangerous formation that Wuyazi had described, fifty or sixty Gao family members had already lost their lives at the hands of their colleagues, and were turned from living people into piles of mutilated corpses.

The fastest ones were the seven young men carrying swords. With just a move, their bodies were like sword lights, rushing into the mountains and forests, leaving the others far behind.

After they did this, the people in the Xingxiu Sect became a little restless.

In terms of the quality of their members, the demons and monsters in the Xingxiu Sect are on par with the Gao family in Dali, or even slightly inferior.

Just think about it, if Ding Chunqiu established his own sect in a place like Xingxiu Sea, what kind of talented people could he find?
However, due to the presence of Ding Chunqiu, the powerful "Xingxiu Old Immortal", the disciples of Xingxiu Sect did not dare to make any unusual moves for the time being.

Although Ding Chunqiu did not leave the sedan chair, he could sense the changes in the thoughts of the disciples around him.

He knew the temperament of his disciples very well. It would not be a good idea to suppress them blindly with his authority. Now is the time to use the morale of the army, so he might as well go into the mountains quickly.

Even if there is a dangerous situation at that time, given the excited state of his men, they will be more active even if they have to block the attack.

Thinking of this, Ding Chunqiu sat upright in the sedan chair and stared at Jiumozhi and Xu Xing who were still standing in the field, unmoved.

His eyes were extremely focused, as if he wanted to imprint the figures and appearances of these two great enemies in his mind. He waved his sleeves again and said concisely:
"Into the mountains."

After hearing the instructions from the "old immortal", everyone in the Xingxiu Sect was greatly encouraged.

Since Ding Chunqiu himself was a disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect who killed his master and betrayed his sect, the people of the Xingxiu Sect knew more about the miraculous powers of Wuyazi and the Xiaoyao Sect than others.

Therefore, no matter whether they are loyal disciples who really want the old immortal to learn magical skills and thus improve their status, or ambitious people who are plotting to overthrow Ding Chunqiu's rule and take control of the Xingxiu Sect themselves, or those who want to break away from the Xingxiu Sect and establish their own sect, they are all full of energy.

But these five or six hundred people formed a long team, with gongs and drums clearing the way and suonas sounding, and they marched towards the depths of Wuliang Mountain in a mighty manner.

They used the Xingxiu Sect's poison skills and the Wen family's strange poison to clear a path. Wherever they passed, anyone who dared to stop them was knocked to the ground.

The dead either had a green face or had ulcerated skin, bloody flesh, and exposed bones.

The scene was so horrifying that it could be described as inhumane.

When Duan Yu saw this scene, he rarely felt a surge of nameless anger. Even when he was facing Jiumozhi who broke into his house and threatened to rob him of the Six Meridians Divine Sword, he had never felt such anger.

Everyone in Tianlong Temple felt sorry for it and was shocked.

Everyone has heard of the name of the Xingxiu Sect's poison skills, but when they actually see it, they still can't help but tremble with fear at the horror of this poison technique.

In their eyes, the threat and lethality of the Xingxiu Sect was even greater than that of Jiumozhi, who once used his small force to overwhelm the majority and almost silenced everyone in the Tianlong Temple.

Tie Shou thought of another thing:

The poison skills and poisons of the Xingxiu Sect's younger generation are so vicious, how ruthless and cruel is the sect leader, the Xingxiu Immortal Elder Ding Chunqiu? !

Even someone like Jiumozhi, who had fought among countless masters of Tantric Buddhism and was accustomed to bloodshed, couldn't help but frown when he saw this scene.

Seeing his expression, Xu Xing couldn't help but smile and said:

"Unexpectedly, although the monk is full of the three poisons, he still has some compassion. This is rare, rare."

Jiumozhi snorted coldly and waved his sleeves:
"Such evil heretics must be killed by everyone! Your Excellency, why don't you go into the mountain now? Aren't you afraid that someone will get there first?"

Although Jiumozhi was obsessed with fame and fortune and loved martial arts, he still respected the teachings of Buddhism in his heart.

Therefore, in this world, people have to go through countless hardships and obstacles before they can finally achieve the position of the co-leader of the Tantric Buddhism. Their status is quite prominent and noble, and their actions are more grand and dignified than in the original work.

After Jiumozhi subdued the five sects of Tantric Buddhism, the first thing he did was to thoroughly cleanse the Tantric disciples who were corrupt and mixed.

Afterwards, he studied Buddhist scriptures from the Central Plains and India extensively, and translated them into Tibetan so that the various Tantric sects could understand the true meaning of Buddhism and return to the right path.

Although these drastic measures also brought many conflicts to Jiumozhi, he still thought it was worth it.

It is for this reason that the Tibetan people and many Tantric disciples so devoutly worship him as the "Mālvāraṇa Vajra King".

The wrathful form of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva is Vajrapani Bodhisattva, and the wrathful form of Vajrapani Bodhisattva is Mahandracati Vajra King, who is said to be endowed with great authority and able to subdue all demons and heretics.

In Jiumozhi's eyes, Ding Chunqiu and the disciples of the Xingxiu Sect were absolutely evil and heretical in their disregard for human life and wanton killing.

Xu Xing waved his hand nonchalantly:

"If you are anxious, you can go into the mountain now. If you can really obtain the magical power of Xiaoyao Sect, it won't be too late to come and fight me later."

He raised his eyebrows and looked directly at Jiumozhi's face, which was as round as the moon. Thinking of the great monk's deeds, his heart moved and he suddenly smiled:

"We're going to fight anyway, why not just have a gamble?"

When the word "bet" came out, Jiumozhi frowned instinctively, but saw Xu Xing laughing again and said loudly:
"Living in this world, if you want to achieve something, you can't avoid the word 'gambling'. Don't you Buddhists also have the saying that all things are impermanent?
Since we say 'impermanence', it is hard to have a fixed number. If we do something that has no fixed number, isn't that just gambling?"

Jiumozhi wanted to scold Xu Xing, but his expression became more and more strange as he listened. He felt that this man might really be a demon in disguise, who came to block his way.

Otherwise, why is it that every fallacy he said is so pleasant, so beautiful, and so desirable to agree with? !
After a moment of silence, Jiumozhi gritted his teeth and asked:

"What bet, bet?"

As a master of Tantric Buddhist translation, he naturally spoke Central Plains Mandarin fluently.

But when he came to the word "赌", he stumbled, obviously he had never learned the pronunciation of this word.

Xu Xing grinned and said:

"When the great monk goes on tour, his carriage is magnificent and he is accompanied by a Vajra. He is so majestic that even Xu is quite envious.

How about this, if you win, I will convert to Tantric Buddhism, become a monk, and teach you all my martial arts.

If I win, I will teach you boxing, but..."

Deep in his eyes, a blue-purple electric light shone, spreading along his thick eyebrows to his long hair, and he said word by word:
"When the time comes, you will also be my guardian!"

An extremely contagious smile full of infinite confidence appeared on Xu Xing's handsome face, and his whole temperament suddenly became bright, warm, and even uplifting.

After hearing these arrogant words, the thirty or forty Dharma protectors in front of Jiumozhi all glared at Xu Xing, their chests heaving violently, their skins turning deep red, and they were obviously extremely angry.

To them, Jiumozhi has attained the supreme wisdom and is the supreme master.

And Xu Xing actually wanted this Mahakala to be his guardian, which was undoubtedly an insult to the entire Tantric Buddhism.

Although Duan Yu and Tie Shou knew that Xu Xing was always able to do things unexpectedly and creatively, they had never expected that he would make such a bet with Jiumozhi in such an occasion.

The two men were on guard again, guarding against a sudden attack from the big monk and his group of Vajra protectors.

Jiumozhi just put his hands together, lowered his head, and said calmly:
“Since you have already cultivated a lapis lazuli Buddha body, it shows that you have a deep affinity with the Buddha.

If you truly want to convert, I will personally give you empowerment and teach you the Dharma, and clear up all your doubts."

Although his tone was flat, Jiumozhi's words revealed a confidence that was no less than Xu Xing's.

Obviously, even after seeing Xu Xing's mental power and physical body, this Great Wheel King, who had experienced hundreds of battles and never been defeated, did not think that he would lose.

After saying this, Jiumozhi did not linger any longer and returned to the Dharma carriage. He ordered all the disciples to carry the carriage and went up the mountain at a leisurely pace.

Instead of taking the winding path up the mountain, they went straight ahead and walked through the woods up the mountain.

All obstacles around were flattened by the guardians in front of the carriage, and an extremely straight road was created.

Seeing that most of the martial artists who were interested in the magical skills of the "Xiao Yao Sect" had left, Duan Zhengming, the Baoding Emperor of the Dali Duan family, came towards Xu Xing with a group of eminent monks from the Tianlong Temple and the famous Zhennan King Duan Zhengchun.

Baoding Emperor Duan Zhengming bowed to Xu Xing and Tie Shou and clasped his hands in gratitude:
"Thank you, Second Constable, Mr. Xu, for coming all the way to help!"

Behind Duan Zhengming, a group of monks from the Tianlong Temple, Duan family retainers, priests, and Duan Zhengchun all looked solemn and bowed to the two men in thanks. Even Duan Yu bowed again.

Xu Xing and Tie Shou also clasped their fists in return.

Seeing that none of the Duan clan members went to Wuliang Mountain, Tie Shou couldn't help but wonder:

"The Xiaoyao Sect's inheritance is right before our eyes, don't you want to give it a try?"

After hearing Tie Shou's words, everyone in the Duan family, from Duan Zhengming on down, looked helpless.

Duan Zhengming sighed and told the whole story.

Of course, everyone in the Duan family knew that the Xiaoyao Sect was a top sect renowned in the martial arts world, and Wuyazi was also one of the most famous hermit masters in the world. As long as they could break the formation and obtain the inheritance of this old senior, the benefits would be innumerable.

But after Jiumozhi broke into Tianlong Temple, the Duan family understood a truth:
——A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.

With the current strength and power of the Duan family, even if they seized the inheritance of the Xiaoyao Sect, it would be almost impossible to keep it.

Just a copy of the Six Meridians Divine Sword Manual that had not been seen in the world for many years had already attracted a master of Jiumozhi's level. If a few more copies of the Xiaoyao Sect's magical skills appeared, it would be hard to imagine what kind of people would be attracted.

The rest of the martial artists could flee far away once they obtained the inheritance, but their Duan family was the royal family of Dali Kingdom, with many branches and leaves and a large number of people. Even if they ran, where could they escape to?

What's more, no one has been able to practice the Duan family's Six Meridians Divine Sword Sutra to the highest level for many years. Naturally, he also deeply understands that even with the most powerful skills, it is not a good thing to be greedy for more.

At this point, Duan Zhengming sighed again, shook his head, and said with a helpless smile:

"What an unexpected disaster! What an unexpected disaster! If Wuliang Mountain was not within the borders of Dali State, my fellow masters and I would never have gotten involved in this muddy water..."

Hearing what he said, the group of senior monks from Tianlong Temple wearing bright yellow robes nodded, showing expressions of deep agreement.

After pouring out his grievances, Duan Zhengming changed the subject and looked at Xu Xing and Tie Shou, saying sincerely:
"If you two are interested in the Xiaoyao Sect's inheritance, the four great monks of our Tianlong Temple and my uncle, Master Ku Rong, will do their best to help you."

Among the many monks in Tianlong Temple, four senior monks from the same generation surrounded a thin and haggard old monk, who stood out from the crowd.

They clasped their hands together in front of Xu and Tie, chanted a Buddhist name, and said in unison:
"We are willing to help the Lord of God, and we will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Duan Zhengming had already figured it out. In the current chaotic situation, the only way for the Duan family to survive this unprovoked disaster was to cling to the Shenhou Mansion.

After all, with Zhuge Shenhou's character, even if he failed to succeed in seizing the Xiaoyao Sect's inheritance, as long as the Duan family helped him, he would never forget today's kindness.

Tie Shou didn't say anything, but glanced at Xu Xing first.

Just this one action made Duan Zhengming's heart tremble, and he realized that he had underestimated the status of this teacher in the Shenhou Mansion.

Xu Xing shook his head decisively and said:
“This great formation in the mountains cannot be crossed by a large number of people. Although the five monks have profound Buddhist knowledge and strong inner strength, they may not be able to fully exert their power once they enter the formation.

It is enough to let Xiao Duan go with us."

Hearing Xu Xing calling his name, Duan Yu's eyes lit up involuntarily. He responded with unbearable excitement and moved closer behind him.

Emperor Baoding seemed to be hesitant to speak, and finally it was the skinny old monk who spoke. His tone was sincere but also majestic. It was obvious that he was the master of the house and a highly respected person.

"Mr. Xu, the five of us are all old bones with no road ahead of us. It doesn't matter if we are buried in the mountains.
But Yu'er is the only one who has the hope of mastering the Six Meridians Divine Sword in the past hundred years. If he suffers any loss in the mountains, then my Duan family..."

Before the old monk finished speaking, the other monks nodded in silence. However, Xu Xing pointed out:
"Little Duan is a disciple of the Duan family and also a successor of the Zizai Sect. If you want to shoulder these two responsibilities, how can you not go through hardships?"

Duan Yu also turned to the elders who had always cared for him, nodded heavily, and said firmly:

"Father, uncle, and all the ancestors and elders, Wuliang Mountain is Dali territory after all. Now that someone has invaded my home like this, how can I, as a descendant of the Duan family, escape? Just let me go!"

After these words were spoken, the eyes of Duan Zhengchun, the suave and passionate Prince of Zhennan, immediately turned red.

All the other elders who were familiar with Duan Yu could also sense that some profound changes had taken place in this usually weak and frail prince of Dali.

Tie Shou also nodded and said in a deep voice:

"My fellow seniors, I, Tie Lao Er, can guarantee that even if I die in Wuliang Mountain, I will ensure that Xiao Duan can get down the mountain safely." As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked solemn.

Because Duan Yu is a disciple of Zizai Sect, the elders in the family also know many strange taboos of Zizai Sect.

The most important one is the oath.

Once the agreement is made and the oath is sworn, even the founder Wei Sanqing would not dare to violate it, so Tie Shou's words were considered extremely serious.

Xu Xing looked at the five great monks, Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun again, and suddenly said:
"Everyone, what do you think is more important to Cai Jing, the Gao family or the inheritance of the Xiaoyao Sect of Wuliang Mountain?
Or, not to Cai Jing, but to the people Cai Jing sent here...?"

"Ok?"

Duan Zhengming had already realized what Xu Xing meant, and there was some surprise in his eyes.

"Mr. Xu, could it be that...?"

Xu Xing nodded and said affirmatively:

"Although I only took a cursory look, I can see that this formation cannot be broken in a short time. Taking this opportunity, why don't you go to Gao's?"

Xu Xing smiled slightly and said lightly:
"I have some experience with this kind of coup. As long as we can take the initiative and eliminate the leader as soon as possible, we can control the unrest to the minimum extent."

Seeing that everyone still had hesitant expressions, although Xu Xing could understand the concerns of those who were meditating and chanting Buddha's name, he still couldn't help feeling helpless from the bottom of his heart.

Fortunately, my collaborators in the last world were decisive people like Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang. If I had rebelled with this group of monks, I would have been in great trouble.

A coup is not a dinner party, it is a life-and-death struggle...

Fortunately, Xu Xing still has the last and most powerful chip in his hand.

That was a light sentence:

"Or do you want to miss this golden opportunity and let Gao become Xiao Duan's biggest worry a hundred years after you are gone?"

As soon as Duan Yu's name was mentioned, the eyes of these compassionate, gentle, respectful and frugal monks and masters immediately became red.

Among them, Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun were the worst.

Although some of them are still in the secular world and some have become monks, they still regard the "Duan family" as a collective as extremely important in their hearts.

Everyone is proud of the family's glorious past and ashamed of its miserable present.

But even if it is shameful, what can they do?
The Gao family is powerful and has the support of Cai Jing. Although these people have great reputations, they are just a group of dead bones in the grave who have long since lost their future in the martial arts and have no hope.

Even Emperor Baoding, the emperor of Dali Kingdom, had to personally go to the capital to visit King Zuo Wu, Zhao Ji, Zhuge Shenhou and others, which shows how desperate the Duan family was.

It was during this time of turmoil and collapse that Duan Yu, a younger disciple, appeared out of nowhere. With only one glance at the Six Meridians Divine Sword Manual, he was able to master it and cultivate it to the "Sword Gang" realm.

It is conceivable how these old predecessors of the Duan family would value this amazing younger generation who is rarely seen in a century and whose talent and endowment are comparable to that of Duan Siping, the founding emperor of Dali.

Therefore, in order to preserve Duan Yu, the only remaining hope, the four great monks of Tianlong Temple, including the most senior Master Kuruo, sacrificed their lives and shed blood without even frowning.

On the other hand, if these monks were so cruel to themselves, how much more so to the Gao family who had oppressed the Duan family for more than a hundred years? !
Therefore, just by being touched by Xu Xing, these kind-looking monks who had been meditating and chanting Buddha's name all their lives immediately became murderous.

What happened next was a natural progression.

Duan Yu looked at the backs of the elders as they left, and was reluctant to look back for a long time until they disappeared from his sight.

Turning around again, the young scholar's face was filled with determination.

"Brother Xu, it's time for us to go in."

In fact, Tie Shou did not quite agree with Xu Xing's move of using Duan Yu to coerce the Duan family. However, when he saw Duan Yu's reborn expression, he didn't know where to start.

He looked at Xu Xing again, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just sighed in his heart.

There are still some tricks in the method...

Ah, it does work after all, never mind, never mind.

Xu Xing, however, didn't feel like he had done anything. He took the lead and walked towards Wuliang Mountain. With the speed and skills of the three of them, they quickly got into the depths of the mountain path.

The strange thing was that according to Tie Shou's estimation, after walking 735 steps, they did not see any signs of anyone passing by.

It seemed as if the large group of people who had just entered the mountain were swallowed up by some inexplicable existence.

At this moment, the three people suddenly saw a surge of wind and clouds in front of them, thunder and lightning, and a huge fire suddenly broke out. There was blazing flames everywhere, fireballs burst out in all directions, and shouts of killing were deafening in the fire, but there was no way out and no enemy could be found.

The three of them seemed to have suddenly arrived in a doomsday world with thunder and fire hitting the earth. They were burned by the flames and struck by lightning.

Tie Shou usually receives training from Zhuge Zhengwo and knows that most formations have a formation eye and formation-setting tools.

He did not bother to figure out where the center of the formation was, but simply concentrated all his strength and poured out his inner strength, which was so powerful that no one could stop it. It turned into a surging raging tide that shook the area within a radius of ten feet.

Rumble, rumble, rumble! ! ! !
White smoke and explosions immediately appeared between the bushes, and dirt flew everywhere. More than a dozen large trees, each one foot in diameter, were all uprooted and suspended horizontally in the air.

The ancient tree flew up horizontally, like a giant arrow shot from a heavy crossbow, shooting in all directions, piercing through the wind and air, clearing the surrounding thunder and fire.

But surprisingly, Iron Hand's ferocious attack could only suppress the thunder and fire for a moment, but could not eliminate it completely.

And after receding, the fierce thunder and fire were like a raging wave hitting the shore, surging up again in layers, and the momentum was even more violent than before.

Only then did Tieshou realize how much weight the word "dangerous" mentioned by Wuyazi held.

Duan Yu saw the right moment and snapped his ten fingers together. His Qi was round and restrained, shooting out from his acupoints and gathering into sword Qi.

The sword energy roamed within a ten-foot radius around the man, including Tie Shou and Xu Xing. It moved in a calm and peaceful manner, clearing up a piece of quiet space while trying not to provoke a counterattack from Leihuo.

Compared to Iron Hand, Duan Yu's technique is much more sophisticated.

He also constantly controlled the sword energy, attacking the thunder and fire in various ways, collecting feedback, and testing a series of information such as its existence form, power, speed, and accuracy.

Tie Shou and Xu Xing couldn't help but look at Duan Yu with new eyes. It was only now that they realized that this young man also had extraordinary attainments in the art of formation.

After probing with his sword energy, Duan Yu withdrew his hand and said in surprise:

"There is nothing in this formation, as if it came from nothing, and it doesn't follow any formation rules. What on earth is this...?"

Among the previous generation of disciples of Zizai Sect, the one who was recognized as the best at formations among the "Four Famous Detectives" was Tianyi Layman Xu Xiaoyi. However, few people knew that the first disciple, the lazy and disabled master Ye Aichan, was no less skilled in formations than Tianyi Layman.

As a disciple of Master Lancan, Duan Yu naturally inherited his master's knowledge of formations.

Moreover, due to Duan Yu's calm personality and his love of learning a wide range of subjects, his attainments in battle formations are even better than his martial arts.

The so-called art of formation, although it describes the unpredictable forces of ghosts and gods and the wonders of the creation of heaven and earth, it also has to follow certain common sense in order to exert its astonishing power.

It’s just that this theorem may be the Eight Trigrams, the Nine Palaces, the Five Elements, the Four Seasons... and there are many different kinds.

But the formation before him did not follow common sense at all, as if it was not the work of human power.

It was like a formation diagram naturally generated by heaven and earth, with no origin and no destination. It just appeared abruptly, stretching across the mountains, yet it was so harmonious with all things around it.

It seemed to embody the true meaning of the word "immeasurable", its power was endless and people could only look up to it.

Tie Shou even sighed:
"To be able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth to such an extent, Senior Wuyazi is worthy of being the leader of the Three Elders of Xiaoyao, and also worthy of being the close friend of my uncle."

"The power of heaven and earth..."

Xu Xing recited these four words and suddenly asked:

"Brother Tie, Xiao Duan, in your opinion, what does the so-called 'power of heaven and earth' mean in the Feng Shui formation?"

Xu Xing's casual question made Tie Shou and Duan Yu, two martial arts geniuses who were known to be knowledgeable, fall silent.

They all knew that there were roughly several obstacles in practicing martial arts in this world.

"Using spirit to control energy" is the first threshold. As long as you pass this level, you can be called a first-class player, enough to make a name for yourself in the world.

Although there are many wonderful things to be found in reaching the state of "controlling qi with spirit", there is no distinction between high and low.

The next obvious dividing line is whether the warrior can use his spiritual thoughts to mobilize the mysterious forces between heaven and earth.

If one can achieve this, then he will truly be feared and famous throughout the world, and can be called a top master.

Tie Shou and Duan Yu have actually entered this realm and experienced the grandeur of the "power of heaven and earth".

But even they, when faced with Xu Xing's question, could not answer what exactly this "power of heaven and earth" was.

After all, to the masters of this world, the "power of heaven and earth" is as natural as sunlight and air.

Xu Xing raised this question not to torture the two of them, of course. He just wanted to find a way to solve the situation in front of him.

Therefore, without waiting for Duan Yu and Tie Shou to reply, he spoke in a decisive and final tone:
"This so-called 'natural force' is, after all, human power.

It’s just that it’s not our own power, but the power of others, or in other words, the power of the dead.”

This earth-shattering conclusion immediately stunned Duan Yu and Tie Shou.

Xu Xing spoke faster and faster, and the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

In fact, as early as when he was in Shenhou Mansion, Xu Xing had discovered a problem:
Although the medicinal herbs in this world are exactly the same in variety and appearance as those in the Ming Dynasty world, the medicinal power contained in them is incredibly powerful.

At that time, Xu Xing had thought, is it possible that there really is such a thing as "spiritual energy of heaven and earth" in this world?

However, after cultivating his true form and body and his spiritual realm became much stronger on the basis of "breaking the void", Xu Xing finally touched the truth of this problem.

First of all, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth does exist.

But that is not the naturally generated power between heaven and earth, but the countless dissipated "spiritual power", which is the so-called power of the soul.

The source of this power is the warrior himself.

The internal force and martial arts of this world were originally born from the soul, which is why Xu Xing called it a "spiritual derivative."

Therefore, in terms of pure soul strength, warriors who practice internal strength will be much stronger than the boxers in the world of the Ming Dynasty.

In a world without reincarnation, the soul will dissipate and disappear on its own after leaving the body, and there is no possibility of resurrection.

But the time it takes for this to "dissipate" also depends on the pure strength of the soul.

Therefore, on average, the souls of warriors in this world will exist longer after death than those of boxers in the Ming world.

Moreover, the popularity of martial arts in this world is far beyond the reach of the world of the Ming Dynasty, and the number of martial artists who have cultivated internal strength is difficult to estimate.

Therefore, the "souls" of countless warriors who have died from ancient times to the present have already profoundly transformed this world in the form of "reverberations" and "ashes" before they completely dissipated from the world.

This is similar to when Xu Xing was in Southern Shaolin and saw the Thousand Buddha Pagodas.

Southern Shaolin has produced only a few masters over the past thousand years, but it has been able to immerse the mountain gate in Buddhist artistic conception and suppress the boxing performance of other masters.

And the total number of internal force warriors who have died in this world from ancient times to the present is more than the total number of all the masters of Southern Shaolin, more than tens of millions or even hundreds of millions times.
After so many years of accumulation, it can be said that every blade of grass and every tree in this world is now imbued with abundant spiritual energy.

Therefore, those medicinal herbs from the herbal category have such powerful effects.

This is also why Xu Xing saw so many magnificent sights that he had never seen in the world of the Ming Dynasty on his way to the capital.

Xu Xing could even imagine that if this world continued to develop, after a thousand or hundred years, it might really become a traditional fairy world like "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

After solving this problem, Xu Xing truly understood the essence of this formation.

The so-called plants and trees are naturally not important. What is important is the spiritual power deeply hidden in these things.

The reason why ordinary formations have to follow the theorems is because the person who sets up the formation has not yet reached the level where he can directly use his mental power to mobilize the spiritual power of heaven and earth, so he has to follow the physical properties of the object on which the spiritual power is placed.

However, Wuyazi has completely gotten rid of this restriction and can directly absorb the spiritual power of Wuliang Mountain for his own use. Therefore, this formation appears to be so natural and there is no flaw at all.

"The art of formations is really interesting. Unfortunately, if it's just spiritual power, it can't stop me!"

Xu Xing's face was filled with a confident and energetic smile. He stepped out of Duan Yu's sword circle. Without him making any movement, the thunder and fire in front of him split into two sides, creating a passage.

The thunder and fire on both sides were even trembling slightly, like a row of solemn guards, nodding towards Xu Xing in salute.

Tie Shou and Duan Yu looked at each other and were both shocked!

　Thanks to the leader of Human ETC, and thanks to the helmsman Yintian Shenyin for the reward. We are old friends, and thank you for your support along the way!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)