Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 27 The Path to Supreme Physique
One day later.

Under the bright sunshine, wildflowers bloomed in the valley, and wisps of smoke rose from the thatched cottages.

Inside the courtyard, the young man in black robes played an unfamiliar tune on his zither. The melodious music seemed to have a cleansing effect on the soul, allowing Luo Shuihan to temporarily forget the tragic scene of the night's battle in Yunyang City.

Ziyuan came out of the thatched hut and stood with Luo Shuihan, quietly listening to Di Yi playing the Six Desires Gara Mantra.

When the music ended, the little girl finally came to her senses. Seeing Ziyuan beside her, she hurriedly asked anxiously, "Big sister, how is my mother?"

"Don't worry, your mother is fine. She just lost too much blood and fainted due to exhaustion of her inner energy. I used the blood-clotting powder that you made, young master, on her. She should wake up today."

The Heart Realm contains 3,600 volumes, covering the three paths of refinement, control, and mind. Although Emperor Yi has not studied for long, he has already accumulated some knowledge in all of these paths.

The Blood Clotting Powder is a second-grade elixir, not particularly precious, and was a practice item he had created recently.

"Is this young man a pill refiner?" Luo Shuihan looked at Di Yi, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

Ziyuan smiled faintly and did not answer her question.

Di Yi carefully put away the zither, then felt the gaze falling on him. Following the gaze, he saw the exquisite little girl, as beautiful as a porcelain doll, staring blankly at him, her eyes, like autumn water, gleaming with a faint golden light.

He never expected that the mother and daughter he casually saved would actually be members of the Los Saint Clan.

And this little girl in front of us, who has not yet embarked on the path of martial arts cultivation, will one day cultivate the Golden Light Holy Body and become the most outstanding genius of the Luo Sheng Clan since Luo Xu.

"Fate is truly a wonderful thing."

Di Yi thought to himself, if Luo Shuihan hadn't met him, she might not have been in mortal danger, but her mother would probably not have escaped his clutches.

This aloof and ethereal woman in the original story never imagined she had such an experience in her childhood.

"Thank you for saving us, little brother." Luo Shuihan stepped forward after he finished playing the zither.

"I don't have the ability to save you." Di Yi shook his head.

"Big sister said she will listen to you completely. If you don't agree, she won't help you."

"How can this be attributed to me?"

"Of course, you and my older sister are both good people, and you are my and my mother's saviors."

Looking into Luo Shuihan's pure and innocent eyes, Di Yi couldn't help but laugh and say, "Good people and bad people, how can you tell them apart? I don't want to be a good person, and I probably won't be able to be one in the future."

Luo Shuihan looked puzzled on her delicate, pretty face and asked, "If big brother isn't considered a good person, then what is?"

Emperor Yi wanted to say that only righteous people can be good people, but when he thought of the two people who died under Ziyuan's spear, who were the leaders of the righteous faction in Yunyang City and disciples of the Righteous Qi Hall, he couldn't say the words.

"You're still young and can't distinguish between good and evil. Good people don't necessarily do all good things, and bad people don't always do all bad things."

"Why would a good person do bad things? And how can someone who does good things be a bad person? The older brother and sister saved my mother and me. According to what my father taught me, this is called chivalry. How can a bad person be chivalrous?" Luo Shuihan couldn't understand Di Yi's words.

Di Yi was stumped by her question and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

There is no absolute distinction between good and evil in the world. He himself has not yet figured it out, let alone explained it to Luo Shuihan.

"Young brother, there's no need to be modest. Han'er is right. A chivalrous person is never a bad person."

Song Lian woke up at some point and walked out of the thatched hut, supporting herself against the door.

"Mother, you're awake." Seeing her wake up, Luo Shuihan rushed over excitedly.

Song Lian gently rubbed Luo Shuihan's head and said softly, "Han'er, it's good that you're alright." She looked at Di Yi and Zi Yuan and immediately recognized their extraordinary qualities; their demeanor was not something that martial artists from a small place like Yunyang City could possess.

They resemble the direct descendants of the powerful clans within the main family of the Luo Sheng Clan in the Eastern Holy City.

"It seems my fate was not to die, for I was able to meet such two benefactors."

Thinking of this, she bowed to the two of them and said, "Thank you both for saving my mother and me."

"It was nothing, but my sister is a chivalrous person and can't stand such dirty things."

Di Yi said with a faint smile that Zi Yuan had saved the person. He hadn't lifted a finger from beginning to end, and it wasn't even a small favor. At most, he had contributed a few pills as a practice exercise. He was worried that there might be some problems.

"Madam Luo, your injuries are quite severe. It's best not to move around for the time being, otherwise it might aggravate your wounds and cause a relapse, which would be troublesome."

Song Lian nodded. Only then did she take a closer look at the young man in black robes in front of her. He looked to be about the same age as Han'er, but his words and actions were not like those of a child, and he was no different from an adult.

"If my husband had escaped, he would probably still be searching for my daughter and me in the Fallen God Mountains. However, my true energy has not yet recovered, so I need to borrow your precious place for another night."

Di Yi nodded slightly. There were still three days before his next trip to the Dragon's Nest for cultivation, so it wouldn't hurt to take the two of them in for a day or two.

As night fell, Ziyuan lit a bonfire in the courtyard. The bright moon shone down in the sky, and outside the valley, a semi-saint formation set up by a Nascent Soul semi-saint prevented the wild beasts in the mountains from entering.

The few thatched huts nestled in the valley beside the mountain stream truly gave it a secluded, idyllic feel.

Di Yi held a gilded silver book in his hands, studying it repeatedly by the light of the fire and the moon.

The book contains introductory scores and music theory for the four schools of Confucianism, Taoism, and Qin music, including many pieces that calm the mind and suppress desires.

After the Heart of the Flame Demon devoured the bloodline power within the dragon egg, it grew even stronger. This was originally a good thing, as it would allow Emperor Yi's physique to improve further.

However, in addition to the Heart of the Fiery Demon, he also possesses the Five Elements Sacred Body.

The Demon Heart and the Holy Body were originally in a state of balance, but now that the Heart of the Flame Demon has become stronger, this balance has been gradually broken.

These days, when Di Yi cultivates, he feels that the fire in his heart is hard to quell, and he prefers to practice powerful and domineering moves.

He also consulted a Nascent Soul Half-Saint, but the Nascent Soul Half-Saint was not a Saint Body and mainly cultivated the sword path. He had limited methods for balancing the Saint Body and the Demon Heart. He only asked Di Yi to try to stabilize it with the Heavenly Demon Suppressing Prison Diagram and to have him absorb the essence of moonlight at night to balance the Fiery Demon Qi in his body with the power of the coldness of heaven and earth.

Di Yi himself also searched for suitable methods of calming the mind in the mental realm's scriptures. By using multiple methods, he finally managed to maintain the delicate balance between the sacred body and the demonic heart.

"If the Heart of the Flame Demon wants to continue its transformation, it can only continue to draw bloodline power from the dragon egg as nourishment. If this continues, the balance between the Holy Body and the Demon Heart will inevitably continue to tilt. These methods are only expedient measures and I'm afraid they won't last long."

Di Yi frowned, feeling somewhat annoyed.

Nourishing the heart of the Flame Demon with the bloodline of the Holy Dragon is an extremely risky undertaking, but given the opportunity to further improve his own physique, he was unwilling to give it up easily.

While the Holy Body and Demonic Heart are powerful, they are only relative to the mortal body. The advantages of the Holy Body will only diminish as one progresses. Once one becomes a saint, an ordinary Holy Body will simply become just another ordinary person.

Throughout history, countless unique constitutions have been born in the world, and many have been passed down. Among them, ten are the most powerful and are known as the supreme constitutions, including the True God Body, the Five Elements Chaos Body, the Thousand Bones Body, etc.

Below the ten strongest physiques are the next-ranked Innate Extreme Yang Physique, Innate Extreme Yin Physique, True Dragon Physique, Ice Phoenix Physique, and so on.

The Five Elements Sacred Body is all-encompassing and sounds similar to the Five Elements Chaos Body, but the difference between them is far from small. One unifies the five elements and evolves into chaos, while the other only grasps the superficial aspects of the five elements' transformations.

It is weaker than the innate extreme yang body and can only be considered second-rate among the holy bodies. It can provide considerable assistance before becoming a saint, but its help after becoming a saint is negligible.

(End of this chapter)