"He's completely unharmed!"

Joy Miller lay on the ground, looking at the sky, still filled with shock.

"The worms of ignorance devour human wisdom, starting with amnesia, gradually scattering the spirit and extinguishing the will, leaving only an empty shell!"

"I've seen people in India use the 'Mother and Daughter Insects' (a type of insect), and they all do it this way. The mother insect is more than ten times more powerful than the daughter insects. If one is infected by the insects, one will lose their memory in one day, suffer mental anguish in three days, and lose their willpower in seven days!"

"But Wang Chongyang was different!"

"After I planted the insects in him, the truth came out. I had expected it, so I left beforehand and kept a close watch on him."

"But I waited for seven days, and Wang Chongyang showed absolutely no symptoms!"

"I thought my plan had failed..."

Suddenly, Miller burst into laughter. "Heh! Wang Chongyang is truly arrogant!"

"Having learned of the insect's power from the Dharma Banner, he actually wanted to use it to cultivate his spirit, hoping to achieve purity and perfection!"

"Truly worthy of being called a grandmaster! If it were me, how dare I act like this?"

"But he underestimated the queen insect!"

"He was fine before because his essence, energy and spirit were in harmony, preventing the mother insect from growing and keeping it dormant in its larval stage."

"But he himself gave the mother insect a chance, and the mother insect began to grow!"

At this point, Joy Miller suddenly stopped.

"And then?" Wang Jiuling pressed harder on his foot, and Huanxi Miller winced in pain, speaking again.

"Then...then things got really strange!"

"For some reason, Wang Chongyang not only lost his memory due to the mother worm, but he also went mad and injured Fazhuang, and even injured the disciple I placed next to Fazhuang! This may be caused by the mother worm, but it doesn't seem to be a normal symptom."

"Heh, but none of that matters. As long as the mother worm starts to take effect, no matter how slow it is! One year, ten years, twenty years, or thirty years? He'll become a walking corpse sooner or later!"

As Miller spoke, he grew increasingly gritted-teeth.

"I was just supposed to wait and wait for all of this to happen! Wang Chongyang has returned to the Central Plains for some reason, and I was going to follow him."

"However, the disciple I planted next to Fa Chuang was unexpectedly exposed, and Fa Chuang found me because of this."

"He was angry that I had lied to him for years, so he turned against me!"

"Only after I broke free of the Dharma banner and went to the Central Plains did I learn that Wang Chongyang had already died..."

Let's go back several decades.

In a small town at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, in a restaurant.

"That Ouyang Feng is truly foolish! His martial arts were crippled by the Central Divine in one fell swoop! Now, the martial world has rid itself of a great scourge!"

"I've only heard that Master Chongyang has truly passed away this time. I'm wondering if it was another case of faking his death?"

"No! If he truly had the strength, Ouyang Feng wouldn't have had a chance to escape at all! But Ouyang Feng is in real trouble this time; even knowing this, he probably wouldn't dare come back! Hahaha!"

Listening to the discussions among the martial arts practitioners in the restaurant, Huanxi Miller remained convinced that Wang Chongyang was not dead.

Even the entire Quanzhen Sect knew that Wang Chongyang had passed away in Chongyang Palace.

There are even legends that the Seven Masters of Quanzhen cried themselves to pieces.

All of this corroborates the news that Wang Chongyang is dead.

Seeing that the funeral in Zhongnan Mountain had already begun, Huanxi Miller was eager to go up the mountain to verify it, but he dared not.

He had heard about how Ouyang Feng had been tricked by Wang Chongyang, and he was afraid that Wang Chongyang would do the same to him.

Wang Chongyang was too powerful. He couldn't figure out the other party's background and was afraid of dying, so he only dared to wait in the dark and didn't dare to show himself at all.

Not to mention going to Zhongnan Mountain.

After waiting for who knows how long, I heard that the funeral was over, but there was still no further news.

Left with no other choice, filled with doubt and apprehension, Huanxi Miler could only leave his disciples to keep an eye on the situation at Zhongnan Mountain while he returned to the Western Regions to secretly search for a new physical body and the Dharma Banner.

They tried to learn the truth from Fazhuang.

Thus began a secret struggle between Joyful Milarepa and Dharma Banner Guru that lasted for several years.

The Northern Darkness Divine Skill was indeed powerful, but Master Fazhuang's external martial arts became increasingly difficult to master. After a few years, Fazhuang could no longer defeat Huanxi Miler.

He could only rely on his external martial arts skills, which made him unafraid of the Northern Darkness Divine Skill absorbing his internal energy, and thus he fled all over the Western Regions.

Until more than 20 years ago, the Dharma Banner suddenly disappeared, and its last trace seemed to have disappeared into the desert.

Originally, Huanxi Milarepa didn't take it seriously, thinking that Fazhuang was being chased by him and had nowhere to go.

Moreover, over the years, he had returned to the Central Plains countless times, but Wang Chongyang seemed to be truly dead and never appeared again.

Joyful Miller was already disheartened, thinking that Wang Chongyang was probably just a skeleton, and finding him would be useless.

The turning point came with the disciple that Joyful Milarepa had placed next to Dharma Banner.

Before Fachuang entered the desert, he was discovered to be an undercover agent by Fachuang while passing on information, but he escaped in advance and brought back some things.

Things that represent the Dharma.

It was a book written entirely in Sanskrit. When Huanxi Milarepa got his hands on it, he discovered that it was all about the study of the Unknown Mother Worm.

Realizing that Fa Chuang might have gone to the Central Plains, Huanxi Miler instantly realized that Wang Chongyang was really not dead.

Otherwise, what's the point of Dharma Banner studying this?

He then went to the Central Plains to investigate and indeed found traces of Fa Chuang, but the other party escaped from his grasp.

But this also confirmed to Huanxi Miller that Wang Chongyang was still alive.

He was originally focused on cultivating a new physical body, and now he was extremely excited!

Over the next twenty years, he mobilized all his resources, including a large number of his own disciples and members of the Vajra Sect.

"I sent people to keep an eye on Zhongnan Mountain, and I myself was constantly monitoring the situation secretly in the Central Plains, investigating everywhere, never letting my guard down for a moment!"

As Miller continued his story, he sensed that Wang Jiuling's grip on his legs had loosened slightly. Seeing that the other was listening intently, he subtly began to retract his hand from the ground...

"Until...until about two or three years ago...I was investigating Fazhuang in Jiangnan when I received news."

The disciples of Fazhuang appeared at Tongguan, not far from Zhongnan Mountain. They were accompanied by an old madman whose madness resembled that of Wang Chongyang, who had injured Fazhuang in his madness years ago...

"I suspected it was Wang Chongyang, so I had to abandon the pursuit of Fazhuang and investigate it myself."

"But it was later discovered that Fa Chuang's disciples had been going around in circles throughout the Central Plains."

They took advantage of my fear of Wang Chongyang, so they deliberately showed up every now and then, then disappeared to hide their identities.

Sometimes, there would even be sightings of a disciple of the Dharma Banner accompanied by a madman in multiple locations.

"We didn't catch the person, and they also lured out my personnel arrangements in the Central Plains..."

"I realized I had been deceived by Fa Chuang. When I finally tracked him down, I discovered that he might have already taken Wang Chongyang and left!"

"I left my disciples to continue searching for the disciples of Fa Chuang in the Central Plains, while I went back to the Western Regions, but I could not find any complete trace of Fa Chuang."

Whether in the Central Plains or the Western Regions, I had no idea where Wang Chongyang was.

Until last year, when Yideng visited the Vajra Sect, I discovered he was investigating the Phowa method and searching for traces of Wang Chongyang!

"He didn't know the details of the Vajra Sect, so I had the Vajra Sect use Yideng to find Wang Chongyang together."

"I never expected to actually find it in the Western Regions!"

"At that time, that fool Fazhuang seemed to want to take Wang Chongyang somewhere, but he was severely injured by the crazed Wang Chongyang."

"I found them, intending to take advantage of the situation, but I was stopped by Itto!"

"Although I managed to sneak up on and injure Yideng, they still managed to escape."

"When I caught up with them two days later, they were already outside Silent Valley!"

"That's it! Cough cough!"

Huanxi Miller coughed twice, panting heavily.

Wang Jiuling took a deep breath and exhaled, sorting out Huanxi Miler's words in his mind.

It turns out that when Huanxi Miller plotted against the patriarch, he only succeeded halfway.

The reason why the insect could be effective was that the patriarch himself wanted to use the insect to temper his spirit.

Ordinary people certainly wouldn't dare to do that, but given the patriarch's character, it's understandable.

Moreover...

Wang Jiuling knew that after the martial arts competition at Mount Hua, Patriarch Chongyang probably felt that his lifespan was coming to an end.

This time, it feels like "living towards death".

As for schizophrenia, it most likely stems from this.

The Innate Skill emphasizes the simultaneous cultivation of essence, energy, and spirit. The founder of the martial arts had achieved great success and was originally full of energy, but because of that insect, his spirit was depleted...

Instead, a second personality developed, and the insects caused him to lose his memory, making the effects deeper and the consequences more and more serious...

When the patriarch Chongyang obtained the Nine Yin Manual, he only used a part of it to break the martial arts of the Ancient Tomb Sect, but he did not practice it himself.

Just to prove that Chongyang was no less capable than anyone else in his life...

Wang Jiuling's initial problem was simply due to a mistake in practicing the Innate Skill, but this does not mean that the founder was in the same situation.

If the patriarch had been willing to practice the Nine Yin Manual back then, like Wang Jiuling, perhaps with his abilities, the mother worm would have been unable to do anything to him.

The words "arrogance" and "stubbornness" truly encapsulate the life of Master Chongyang.

The person Wang Jiuling saw near Dasheng Pass in the Central Plains who resembled Patriarch Chongyang was actually a disciple left behind in the Central Plains by Master Fachuang to deceive Milarepa.

It was only after Wang Jiuling encountered him that the investigation led to this point.

Two years ago, Wang Jiuling returned to Zhongnan Mountain with news of the Nine Yin Manual, hoping to find Patriarch Chongyang, but he was unable to find him.

Actually, at that time, the Patriarch had just been taken away from Zhongnan Mountain by Fazhuang when Wang Jiuling went down the mountain to travel.

However, Wang Jiuling was unaware of this after returning home and waited in vain for a year and a half in Zhongnan Mountain.

It was truly a twist of fate.

Wang Jiuling just didn't understand why, given the critical situation and the fact that Fazhuang was being hunted down by Huanxi Miler, he didn't seek help from the Quanzhen School.

Instead, they secretly took away the patriarch.

The headmaster, his fellow disciples, and even Wang Jiuling himself were already well-known at that time.

Have you never heard of Master Fachuang?

Was it to avoid implicating the Quanzhen Sect? Or was there another reason?

Just as Wang Jiuling was lost in thought, Huanxi Miller, who was standing on his feet, finally regained some strength.

He suddenly gathered his inner energy and raised his hand to strike.

Joyful Miller struck a major acupoint on Wang Jiuling's thigh with his palm.

But the next second, he was horrified to find that the palm strike he had painstakingly gathered had vanished without a trace.

Ripples spread across Wang Jiuling's body; that was his protective inner energy.

At this moment, Wang Jiuling was looking down, squinting at him, his gaze so cold it could freeze someone to death.

Joy Miller felt a chill run through his body.

"No! Let me explain..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Jiuling stomped on his shoulder and crushed it.

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