Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 100 Preparations before the Breakthrough (Sixth Update)
"I'm so scared! I'm so scared!"

"How did you run into her?"

The eroding voice in my head suddenly started roaring.

You can tell he was pretty scared.

Feng Xiuhu complained to him: "I thought you were dead. When did you wake up?"

Shi Xin was still frightened: "I was awakened by the shock the moment you entered her house."

Feng Xiuhu asked him, "Then why didn't you remind me?"

Eclipse couldn't help but curse: "Remind? I don't even dare to breathe! If she finds out I'm hiding on you, we'll both be doomed together."

Feng Xiuhu said angrily, "How dare you, bragging all day long, only to find that a woman like Fengyu Niang can scare you to death."

Shi's face was filled with embarrassment. "Things are different now. Back then, Fengyu would bow her head when she saw me. I only looked her in the eye when I was in a good mood. But now, I am only a remnant of my soul left, and I am being hunted. Of course, I have to stay away."

Feng Xiuhu's eyes lit up, and he grasped the key point: "You mean you had a relationship before? I thought the New God and the Original God were always irreconcilable."

Eclipse stopped talking again.

Feng Xiuhu persisted, "And you didn't explain what happened last time clearly. Why did a rune pointing to you appear in the church's prison? What is your relationship with the New God?"

Erosion or no connection.

It didn't matter if he didn't say anything. Feng Xiuhu could guess a little bit just by guessing: "Big Chong, you're not a surrenderist, are you?"

In Feng Xiuhu's conjecture, the original god was hunted all over the world and his living environment was precarious. Out of a strong desire to survive, Eclipse chose to actively surrender to the new god. From the perspective of humanistic care, Feng Xiuhu could understand Eclipse's approach.

But his words seemed to stimulate Eclipse, and his voice suddenly rose: "What do you mean by surrender? What do you mean by surrender! Do I need to surrender? If I hadn't——"

Tuk-tuk-tuk.

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Eclipse calmed down instantly, and the sound stopped abruptly.

"Who?"

Feng Xiuhu's nerves suddenly tensed up - could it be that Lady Fengyu still didn't intend to let him go?
Narcissus's voice came from outside the door: "Master, the housekeeper said you came back soaking wet. I brought you some dry clothes. Change into them quickly to avoid catching a cold."

Feng Xiuhu breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door.

Narcissus and Lingzhi stood outside the door, one holding clothes and the other holding a dry towel.

Narcissus glanced at him and said distressedly, "Master, the rain came so fast, why didn't you find a place to take shelter?"

She took Feng Xiuhu into the house and sat down, put the clothes aside, and then went to unbutton Feng Xiuhu's clothes.

Lingzhi also followed in and stood behind Feng Xiuhu to wipe his wet hair.

As soon as they entered the house, Xi Yaoer hurried in.

Without a word, she snatched Lingzhi's towel and pushed Shuixian away. "You have no sense of propriety and don't know what's important. Why don't you go and boil some water? The most important thing is to let the master take a hot bath. If the master catches a cold, I'll beat you up."

Narcissus and Ganoderma didn't dare to argue, so they bowed and left.

"Master, I will help you change your clothes."

Xi Yaoer smiled at Feng Xiuhu and continued to unbutton Feng Xiuhu's chest.

Feng Xiuhu was distracted by his work and before he knew it his shirt had been stripped off.

He looked down and saw Xiyao busy unbuckling his belt.

Xi Yaoer was in a scramble to untie it, so Feng Xiuhu offered to help her. He pulled out the belt and swung his arm.

With a loud bang, Feng Xiuhu whipped his whip loudly.

Xi Yaoer shuddered with fear and quickly covered her head and shrank her shoulders: "I was wrong, I was wrong! I won't dare to do it again!"

She raised her head cautiously and said, "I just wanted to help you change into clean clothes, nothing else."

Feng Xiuhu ignored her; he was busy admiring his muscles in front of the mirror.

He kept changing his posture, and the well-proportioned and powerful muscles on his body made him feel satisfied no matter how he looked at them - before he knew it, the results of his physical training had become so obvious.

The voice of Erosion in my mind sounded again: "It's almost done, you can break through to the spiritual realm."

Feng Xiuhu was delighted when he heard this: "How do I do it?"

Xiyaoer was stunned: "Master, you called me?"

Feng Xiuhu then remembered that there was someone else in the room, and pointed to the door: "Come out!"

Xiyaoer thought he was sick again and quickly got up and left.

"I told you to remember."

Eclipse explained, "Rootless wood, coffin money, Styx water, guiding lamp wick, and blood-soaked stone. You need at least one of these things, but to be on the safe side, the more complete the better."

Feng Xiuhu was completely bewildered: "What the hell is this?"

Shi also knew Feng Xiuhu's temper. He knew that Feng Xiuhu would not take it to heart unless he explained it clearly, so he explained it patiently.

"I've told you before that the so-called spiritual realm means that after reaching this stage, one possesses the ability for the spirit body to actively enter the spiritual world."

"But normally, only spirits whose bodies have died are eligible to enter the spirit world, so we need to use some special methods to make our spirit bodies have the same characteristics as spirits whose bodies have died."

"Ordinary people call it 'rootless wood', but among the monks, it is called 'spiritual wood'."

"This happens because ordinary people have discovered that no matter how tall this tree grows, its roots are still shallow, limited to the surface of the soil, and its root system is extremely short."

"But the truth is, this tree grows simultaneously in the real world and the spirit world, sharing the same root system. It's like a mirror image, connecting the real world and the spirit world with its roots. If either the real world or the spirit world's rootless tree dies, the other side will die at the same time - you can think of it as a spiritual tree."

"Coffin money, as the name suggests, is the money placed on the lid of a deceased person's coffin by their relatives when they are buried. It is usually said to be money for the deceased's journey to the next life."

"Styx Water is easier to understand. It's the water of the River Styx. The Styx is the final destination of all spirits whose bodies have died, but the Styx only exists in the spirit world, so it's difficult to obtain in this world."

"Guide wicks. When someone in the family passes away, people light a lamp at the door to show the way home for the deceased's soul. What we need is a wick that has been used but not completely consumed."

"The Bloodstone is even harder to find. When someone dies suddenly and their blood spills onto the stone, if that person still has a strong attachment to the mortal world, their spirit will linger in that location for a long time, refusing to enter the spirit world. In this case, their blood, under the influence of their spirit, will abnormally seep into the stone, thus forming the Bloodstone."

"These things are closely related to the spirits that are about to enter the spiritual world. They possess the property of connecting the mortal world and the spiritual world, and are also the most suitable items for us to break through to the spiritual realm."

"The Bloodstone is hard to come by, the Styx water is too risky, the Guiding Lamp wick depends on luck, and the Rootless Wood might attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives. Only the coffin money is easier to get - you might be able to find it if you dig a few graves."

The Blood-Seeping Stone is hard to come by, and the Guiding Lamp Wick depends on luck. Feng Xiuhu can understand these two, but he doesn't understand the other two.

He asked, "Why is it so risky to take the water from the Styx? Can't you go to the spirit world?"

Eclipse sighed, "I'm capable of helping you steal a scoop from the Styx, but Samsara and the God of Night are always guarding there. If they find us by mistake, it would be more trouble than good."

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