Martial Arts: Starting with Bajiquan, I will prove my divine power through the ultimate path!

"Strange, I clearly sensed the earth's energy here just now, so why can't I find it now when I rushed over to look for it?"

"Could someone have kidnapped it?"

"Earth energy is rare and difficult to cultivate, but even a True Immortal would find it difficult to refine earth energy in a short period of time!"

"Where did they go?"

In the dilapidated alley.

The gaunt Taoist priest with a goatee looked on in astonishment.

He seemed to be looking for something.

He walked very slowly, looking around.

Sometimes I would walk a few dozen meters, then walk another hundred meters back and forth.

Unfortunately, we searched for most of the night.

It was almost dawn, and there had been no results.

"If that doesn't work, I'll try entering the Netherworld. Earth energy is rare and shouldn't be missed. If I can obtain earth energy, not only will my breakthrough to the next True Fusion be safer, but I'll also have a higher chance of being selected for the Divine Selection!"

"I want to resist those things, I want to truly live."

"The only way is to fight!"

A strong desire appeared on Xiang Ju's face.

What is martial arts?

Only by becoming a chosen one can one possess the power to resist corruption!

He glanced around.

Suddenly, he sat cross-legged on the ground, took out a black incense stick the size of a chopstick, lit it with his true strength, but it did not emit any smoke, only a little red light gradually sinking down.

This indicates that the black incense is burning.

Xiang Ju stood there stunned for a long time, like a clay sculpture.

He stopped breathing.

He was immersed in a certain state.

The black fragrance, invisible to the naked eye, transformed into a hazy gray liquid that flowed over his body.

Snapped!

His eyes suddenly burst open.

Countless streams of black liquid and fragments of his eyeballs mingled together, like countless bubbles flowing from his eye sockets, turning into black, viscous foam that spread to houses, walls, and streets in all directions.

Countless black bubbles spread out like a carpet.

It covered streets and alleys, and houses.

But he could never find what he wanted.

The world that appeared in Xiang Ju's eyes had completely transformed into another corrupt and dark scene.

Countless terrifying and eerie mists drifted through the air, some large and some small, indescribable, wandering across the sky, on the streets, houses, city walls... a scene completely different from what the naked eye could see.

The gentle breeze that drifted by felt like a chilling wind from the heavens, scraping at one's very bones.

A gentle breeze blew on him for a moment, and his face turned deathly pale. His body trembled uncontrollably, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

It was as if I had gone through some kind of terrifying torture!

A drop of dew fell from the tree and corroded a hole the size of a washbasin on his back as if it were sulfuric acid.

Even more terrifying were the streets and houses that looked like lifeless objects.

It seems to be about to come to life, transforming into a man-eating monster that will devour him entirely!

"The decaying insects in Tiannan are getting more and more outrageous. They are about to spread to the border of Zhang'an Prefecture. At that time, Zhang'an Prefecture will probably also be disturbed, and there will be no peace."

"Unexpectedly, the inaction of the Mother Elders Association has been corrupted by the decaying elements."

"Even such beings are corrupted by decay, so how can ordinary people like us resist?"

"The Great Liang is having a run of bad luck this year."

Xiang Ju cautiously looked at the distant sky.

Before his eyes.

The sky above Tiannan Prefecture split open into an abyss-like fissure, and a massive, enormous, gray, fleshy, tumor-like eyeball was constantly writhing, growing, rotting, and growing again, desperately trying to squeeze into Tiannan Prefecture.

Countless things, like tiny eyes, endlessly split off from His body.

His hazy eyes looked like falling dandelion seeds.

From that enormous pupil, one could vaguely see a steel city deep within the pupil that seemed to be constantly sinking, twisting, folding, and floating.

I only glanced at it.

The incense stick burned down to four-fifths in an instant, leaving only a small section remaining.

This made Xiang Ju quickly refocus his attention and carefully search his surroundings.

At the same time, be wary of those twisted and writhing streets and houses, for fear of being watched.

However, Xiang Ju focused his energy on dealing with those giant monsters that were active.

He didn't notice the wriggling, knife-like arms beneath him, like a shark swimming underground, that slashed at him unexpectedly.

The blade-like fin on his head sliced ​​him in two!

"puff……"

Unable to withstand the immense terror, Xiang Ju was forced to exit the meditative state.

He squatted on the ground and vomited out grayish mucus.

His body was indeed like a mutilated corpse that had been cut in two by a knife, with neat lines of blood running from his forehead to his groin, and his entrails spilling out onto the ground.

"Huff! I can't take it!! Even if I were to enter the realm of the Netherworld, I would find it difficult to remain in this state for long."

"As expected, my attempts to merge with reality are too few, making it difficult to observe reality from the outside world!!"

Xiang Ju was breathing rapidly.

He casually picked up the organs and intestines from the ground and stuffed them into his stomach. Countless gray buds and tendons grew from his body, which had split in two, connecting the two halves.

In just a few tens of seconds.

The body, which had been cut in two, was restored to its original state.

The damage was just too great.

Xiang Ju was momentarily stunned and squatted on the ground, panting as he recovered.

It took a very long time for things to calm down.

"Master, are you alright?"

A peddler carrying a load on a pole walked over and handed over a piece of burlap.

Thank you.

Xiang Ju glanced at the other person casually.

He was an ordinary middle-aged man, clearly a peddler who ran errands or carried goods to sell things all year round. There are many such people on the street. They often set up their stalls before dawn and go around selling things, or they sell things in a fixed place.

Earn some money from the price difference and hard work.

But in this era of rampant exploitation by gangsters and clerks, the lives of these small vendors are generally better than those of ordinary people at the bottom of society.

Some small vendors are even in dire straits, living in poverty.

"Was the monk being mocked? Why is there so much mud on his face? Those people are outrageous."

Old Shi took a gourd out of the shelf and handed it to him. "Here, wash your face and wipe it. I have some cloth here, but it's a bit rough."

Taoist priests and monks of this era.

They still hold a significant place in the public's heart. Despite the harsh criticism from neighbors in casual conversation or private conversations, people feel a sense of awe when they actually see them.

They are willing to lend a helping hand to people like Taoist priests who are facing minor difficulties.

I also wanted to accumulate some merit and good fortune, and pray for my family.

"it is good."

Xiang Ju nodded, took the gourd, poured water onto a cloth, and then used it to wipe his eyes.

But as you wipe and wipe...

Xiang Ju suddenly froze.

He looked up at Lao Shi in disbelief. "You can see dirt on my face?"

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The morning sunlight streamed through the window, casting dappled golden light into the room through the broken window openings and cracks in the wooden walls.

Shi Wen got up and stretched.

Although he had only slept for a little over an hour, with the help of the breathing technique, he felt full of energy and radiant.

When he is quiet.

You can hear the heart pounding like a blower.

The blood in his body surged and gushed like a raging river, growing ever hotter, and a muffled thunderous roar, like that of a wild beast, echoed from his chest.

Clearly, the benefits of breathing techniques are gradually increasing.

"I wonder how many days it will take for the breathing technique to enhance my body and bring me to my peak condition?"

Shi Wen got up and stretched his limbs.

He could sense that his strength had increased and his weight had increased compared to before he went to bed.

"You must carry the precious blood with you. Drinking even a small sip of it is more effective than eating the meat of those strange beasts."

"Let's take about 5 catties of bird meat first, and also a bottle each of Nourishing Blood Pill and Abstaining from Grains Pill."

"Take two hundred silver notes first, and go to the inner city during the lunch break to see if there are any suitable houses. The outer city is getting more and more chaotic. The sooner we move to the outer city, the less I will have to worry about my parents being in danger."

"The rest of the things need to be hidden well..."

Shi Wen prepared his things for going out today.

He then placed the items in an inconspicuous basket and covered them with a tattered gray burlap sack.

He weighed the remaining materials down in the dug pit with stone slabs weighing hundreds of kilograms, and then covered them with an old wardrobe.

Even if outsiders come, they wouldn't be able to tell anything is wrong.

After packing the items.

Shi Wen carried a basket into the living room, where there was indeed cooked food and some potato cakes on the table.

He quickly finished the breakfast that had been left for him.

Some copper coins were left on the table.

He was dressed in clean and tidy clothes as an inner disciple of Li's Boxing Academy, and went out carrying a basket.