Ming Dynasty: I am truly not the Emperor of Longevity

If that's the case, then this body is merely a vessel inhabited by psychic energy.

This mental power is my true form now!

Wait a minute, this seems... to be possession as well!

If my guess is correct, it means that this strange psychic power has already possessed this body.

It split into two streams, one of which took over the body's autonomic nervous system.

The other force took over the brain.

This strange telekinetic power is conscious!

After transmigrating to this world, what I truly possessed was not this body!

It was this strange mental power that had possessed this body!

Of course, this is just my own speculation, and whether it is true or false remains to be verified.

How can we verify this?

Lu Chen thought about it carefully and realized that when he wasn't using his telekinesis, he actually felt no different from an ordinary person.

You get hungry, you get tired, and you need to sleep when you're sleepy.

correct!

When one's body is drunk and the brain is severely affected by alcohol, one's consciousness remains clear, and the use of telekinesis is completely unaffected.

But when they sleep, they are like normal people; once they fall asleep, they are asleep and their consciousness does not remain awake.

Could it be like this?

This strange mental power usually resides within the body and does not interfere with its functions.

However, once the body's condition becomes abnormal, this mental power begins to operate independently, no longer relying on the body's own functions.

It was precisely because of this that I discovered that the two were not actually one.

We've found a way to verify it!

When you are in a normal physical condition, your mental energy will not operate independently when you fall asleep; instead, it will enter a sleep state along with your body.

But what if the body doesn't enter sleep under normal conditions, but instead falls into a coma due to external forces?

For example, ingesting a certain drug, or suffering a severe blow to the head that causes unconsciousness.

Being unconscious is much more serious than being drunk. Could it also trigger an abnormal physical state, allowing psychic powers to enter an independent operating state?

If one can maintain consciousness and use mental power normally while in a coma, then the theory of dual possession is basically confirmed.

Shall we give it a try now?

Lu Chen certainly didn't have any drugs that could make him unconscious. Was he really going to knock himself out with something?

Lu Chen looked at the various objects in the room, then touched the back of his head, and decisively gave up the idea.

Forget it, there's no rush. I'll just ask Xu Kun to prescribe some anesthetic for me sometime.

. . .

midnight.

Pingding Prefecture, a few miles west of Heimu Cliff.

"Chief Cui, is it really possible that thieves are heading towards Taiyuan?"

In the bushes beside the official road leading from Pingding Prefecture to Taiyuan City, a night scout whispered to the junior officer Cui Yong, "..."

"Although we suffered losses and lost some brothers during the daytime attack on the mountain stronghold, it was because the White Lotus rebels relied on the terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack."

I am not familiar with the situation of Dingzhouwei and Baoding Youwei, but the more than 1,000 people from our Zhendingwei who came to Shanxi this time have all been on the battlefield.

If those cult bandits in that village dared to come down the mountain to the plains, they would be no match for us.

Our three guards, with a force of five thousand, are encamped near Gorilla Beach. We have dispatched at least a dozen squads of night patrols. Even if some thieves sneak down the mountain, they will surely be discovered.

Where else could one possibly travel several miles to reach this official road?

"How could you or I question an order personally issued by Commander Pan?"

Cui Yong glanced back at his subordinates.

"The White Lotus Rebellion is no small matter. I've heard from Wei Li's elders that this evil cult has been rebelling throughout history."

Not to mention the distant past, in the recent decades of the Hongzhi and Zhengde reigns, there were rebellions by the White Lotus Rebellion.

Each rebellion involved at most a few thousand people, most of whom were just a mob.

But this time is different. Although we didn't participate in the battle to attack the mountain stronghold during the day, I asked the wounded brothers who retreated about it.

The bandits on the mountain use standard weapons issued by government troops, and many of them even wear iron armor; their equipment is no worse than ours.

Pingding Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture. If the cult bandits did not have a powerful backer in Taiyuan, they would never have been able to develop their stronghold to such a scale.

Lord Pan's assessment that the rebels on the mountain would secretly send men down to Taiyuan City under the cover of night was indeed quite reasonable.

It's not impossible that the cultists, having operated in this area for many years and familiar with the terrain, could silently bypass our informants lying in ambush at the foot of the mountain.

However, this is the only way for them to get to Taiyuan quickly.

"Boss, there's some noise ahead!"

Just then, another night watchman whispered.

Upon hearing this, the night watchmen hiding in the bushes all looked towards the main road.

Sure enough, three dark figures were taking advantage of the darkness and moving quickly westward along the official road towards Taiyuan City.

"I didn't ride a horse."

Cui Yong pressed his ear to the ground and listened carefully.

"All three of them were walking, but they were walking very fast, almost jogging."

Walking alone at night without even carrying a lantern, there's definitely something wrong with that!

They must be cult bandits who came down from the mountains!

"Get ready to act! Let's capture them alive and ask the commander for a reward!"

. . .

A few minutes later.

"Brother Feng, how are your injuries?"

Zhao Xixian walked up to Feng Jing and asked in a low voice.

At this time, there were more than a dozen corpses lying haphazardly on the official road, with only two people standing and one person half-squatting on the ground.

"I'm sorry to have made such a fool of myself, Protector Zhao."

A crossbow bolt was stuck in Feng Jing's thigh, with the arrowhead protruding from the other side.

"Under normal circumstances, this injury wouldn't be a big deal. Just apply some medicine and rest for a while, and it will be fine."

But today's mission is urgent; we must escort Protector Zhao to Taiyuan City as soon as possible.

My leg is wounded by an arrow. Although I am not completely unable to move, it will certainly slow down your journey.

"Why don't you let Gao Jian escort Protector Zhao first? I'll remove this arrow, bandage it up simply, and then go to Taiyuan City to meet you."

Just now, more than a dozen well-equipped Ming scouts suddenly rushed out of the roadside bushes and attacked the three of them. Some of them were armed with crossbows and fired at them.

The skirmish ended in just a few minutes.

The Ming army's night raiders were completely wiped out, but the Maitreya sect's side also suffered losses.

One of the two experts who had achieved minor mastery of internal energy, sent by Bai Sheng to escort Zhao Xixian, was shot in the thigh with an arrow and lost the ability to travel quickly.

They descended the mountain via a hidden path late at night, and it was impossible for them to have brought horses.

The only option is to walk to a town more than 20 miles to the west, where a secret stronghold of the Maitreya sect can provide horses.

"Brother Feng, this concerns the life and death of my sect, and I am not one to be coy."

Zhao Xixian cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Feng Jing.

"Gao Jian and I will go to town to get the horses first and then hurry to Taiyuan City. Brother Feng, once you arrive in town, there's no need to rush. Take good care of your injuries first."

"Once we arrive in Taiyuan, I will send someone to pick you up from the secret hideout in town."