Martial God Development Plan

Gu Zhibai's kick missed, and she immediately retracted her legs, pretending to be weak, and was about to cry: "My innocent body..."

"I'm fine." Ji Zhao interrupted her spell and immediately quickened his pace, trying to stay away from the sick woman.

After crossing a small jungle, a clearing suddenly appeared in front of us. It was surrounded by a fence, with a few dilapidated wooden houses in the middle and a lot of firewood piled around... There are actually people living in this place?

Ji Zhao was slightly stunned. He didn't think he could get out of Changchun Mountains so quickly... In other words, this was a hermit living in Changchun Mountains?

Because of the angle, Gu Zhibai didn't see the house, and chased after him with a smile: "Oh, Master Ji, are you feeling guilty and planning to give me an explanation...?"

As she spoke, she also saw the house, and the conversation stopped. The two looked at each other, and for a moment, they both felt an inexplicable sense of confusion. Whether this haunted place, Changchun Mountains, is suitable for human habitation can be seen from the miserable appearance of Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai. It was because these two people had amazing endurance and managed to have fun in misery that they managed to survive. If someone else came here, he would probably be kneeling on the ground missing his mother at this moment. How could anyone be willing to live in such an environment?

Even if one wants to be a hermit, there are many other better choices. If one really wants to talk about the advantages of Changchun Mountains, there is probably only one, that is, it is far away from war and is the so-called "land that military strategists do not fight for". In other words, it is not worth even a dog's money. Many people would rather fight to the death with others in Luoyu Mountains than come to the closer Changchun Mountains.

This is like a clown appearing in a horror movie with lots of shots and close-ups. Even if the clown doesn't do anything yet, the audience must understand that this thing is extraordinary.

Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai were both smart people. They thought it was better to have less trouble than more and were planning to take a detour to avoid this place, but suddenly they heard a steady sound of footsteps behind them... They looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man wearing animal skins, with a strong build and thick hair on his face, like a savage, carrying a dead wild beast and walking towards them.

The strange thing is that the beast was clearly dead, but Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai could not smell any blood. Looking again, they found that the beast did not have any external injuries on its body. It seemed that it was shocked to death by its internal energy... This level of cultivation is not necessarily amazing. If Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai wanted to do it, they could do it. But to integrate this into daily life is another concept.

Moreover, neither of them actually sensed the aura of this savage-like man... This was enough to prove this man's cultivation level.

"Rare guest..."

The savage-like man stopped and spoke in a low voice, which was somewhat stiff. It seemed that he had not spoken for a long time. However, a warrior's body regulation ability was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and he returned to normal after a few breaths.

"I never thought I could see a living person again in my lifetime..." The wild man said calmly, "Would you like to have a drink of water?"

Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai looked at each other, and then Ji Zhao stepped forward and said, "We both have important matters to attend to, so we won't bother you anymore."

"Really?" The savage-like man nodded slightly, led the beast past the two of them, and without saying another word, returned to his house with the hunted prey.

Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai looked at each other, then quickened their pace and left the place.

......

Two days later, another person came to this place. Like Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai, his clothes were tattered, and he wore shoes woven from some messy things. He had a mustache on his face, and he smelled of poverty... It was the Taoist Dong's younger brother!

If Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai saw this scene, they would be scared to death. After entering the Changchun Mountains, they had already assumed that the middle-aged man was not chasing them. To put it bluntly, the Changchun Mountains are so big that in a martial arts world without spiritual awareness and machine assistance, finding someone with only a pair of naked eyes and a pair of naked ears is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Anyone with a little bit of brains, even if they guessed that Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai had entered the Changchun Mountains, would not have set foot in this ghost place to look for them. How exaggerated is the absurdity of this matter?

It's like a kindergarten teacher asking students to count 10,000 grains of rice. The students weigh it roughly and say they have counted it. Then the teacher actually counts them one by one to prove that the students have counted wrong or have not counted at all... This incident makes people feel that "he has gone crazy."

However, the middle-aged man really did it. He was keenly aware that Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai had entered the Changchun Mountains. He knew that he might not be able to find them even if he went in. But after talking with Lin Zuo, he learned that one of Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai might want to destroy the world...

The middle-aged man attacked the two men before because of what the Taoist Dong did, but he didn't know why the Taoist Dong attacked the two men. After all, the Taoist Dong went crazy in September of the fifth year of Jianwu, and the two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time.

It was not until he failed to catch up with the people and went back to talk with Lin Zuo that he learned the truth about why Taoist Dong gave up everything to track down these two people.

Volume 5: The Escape of Man: Chapter 31: Shengwu Gong

When it comes to destroying the world, it is extremely discordant when put into this worldview. Most people would be stunned for a long time after hearing this before they can react to what it means.

These two words have appeared a long time ago, but it is the first time for many people to combine them together, let alone accepting them. How much experience does a person need to have to be able to accept this statement?

When Dong Daoren left the Black Cavalry, no one understood him and no one followed him.

However, after hearing this, the middle-aged man chose to trust the Taoist Dong unconditionally... He believed that the Taoist Dong was right, because from childhood to adulthood, the Taoist Dong had never missed even once. Between Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai, there was one person who would destroy the world, and that person was probably Ji Zhao, because after the battle of the Taoist Dong in Wuling City, Ji Zhao was seriously injured, but Gu Zhibai was fine.

————Yes, neither Lin Zuo nor the middle-aged man were sure which one of Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai had the problem. They just speculated based on common sense that Ji Zhao’s problem should be bigger. After all, he activated Qingshanbusigao and was beaten by the Taoist Dong.

And Ji Zhao was a disciple of Luo He. Today, Luo He Pavilion was ruled by two great masters, Liu Hanying and Xiao Yao Feng. It was one of the top forces in the world. If he missed this opportunity, the middle-aged man didn't know if he would have the next one... He even guessed that Taoist Dong had disappeared after the battle in Wuling City, and he might have been captured by Xiao Yao Feng!

Even the Dong Taoist priest could be caught, let alone him?

So, he chose the most stupid and idiotic way...to enter the Changchun Mountains and search for the traces of Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai.

For this purpose, he invited Lin Zuo, but unfortunately Lin Zuo rejected him, thinking that this method was stupid and a complete waste of effort - this is what a normal person would think. Although Lin Zuo was briefly dominated by that inexplicable impulse, he gave up the idea immediately after it failed the first time.

In fact, after searching for so many days, there was no trace of Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai. The middle-aged man probably thought so in his heart, but he was unwilling to admit it. If he got rid of this anger, he was afraid that he would never have another chance.

It seemed like a coincidence of fate. Two days after Ji Zhao and Gu Zhibai left this place, he came here and saw the dilapidated house from afar. Thinking that there might be some clues there, he went over.

At this time, the savage-like man was chopping wood in the yard. He was shirtless and holding the axe handle with both hands. With his strength, he could split the wood in half with just one hand, but he used both hands and used his waist to drive his whole body... every time, every time, it was like this.

The middle-aged man calmed himself down but did not say anything. He just stood aside quietly until the wild man finished chopping wood. Then he spoke and said, "Senior, may I bother you for a moment?"

The savage had a serene look and his appearance was so rough, but for some reason, his whole body exuded an inexplicable Buddha nature that calmed people down.

"What's the matter."

The middle-aged man asked, "I wonder if you have seen a man and a woman, both in their teens, coming from my direction recently."

The Savage responded, “It seems that you have a grudge against them.”

This actually meant that he had seen them before. The middle-aged man was delighted and did not hide it. He replied, "No, I have no grudge against them."

The savage's expression remained calm. He picked up a pile of firewood and placed it next to the house, arranging it neatly. His movements were neither hurried nor slow, just like his voice: "There is murderous intent in your eyes."

The middle-aged man said, "To kill someone, there is no need for hatred."

The savage looked up at the middle-aged man, then nodded calmly: "Yes, you don't need a grudge to kill someone, but you do need a reason."

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, but shook his head: "I can't lie in front of you, senior, but I'm afraid you won't believe me if I tell you."

"If you don't tell me, how can you tell whether I will believe it or not?"

"No one in the world would believe this except me."

"I won't repeat my words a second time."

The middle-aged man did not refuse any more and said this earth-shattering statement.

"One of them will destroy the world!"

It really takes a lot of courage to say this. In those days, there was no such word as "zhong ni" (middle school second child), but similar meanings could certainly be understood. The middle-aged man was ready to be laughed at. However, the savage-like man did not laugh at him, but repeated in a daze: "Destroy the world..."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze towards the middle-aged man and suddenly said, "Your name is Fu Jie."

The middle-aged man was shocked. For ordinary people, having their names revealed was no big deal, but it was different for him. Looking around the world, there were only a handful of people who knew his name. How could a warrior who looked like a savage in the Changchun Mountains know his name?

"May I ask, Senior, who is...?"

"I've forgotten your name." After confirming his guess, the Savage turned his head back. However, he did not completely hide his identity after all. He said calmly, "Your brother mentioned you to me."

Fu Jie was slightly startled, then he reacted. He knew the character of the Dong Taoist well. He would never say anything that he shouldn't, unless the person opposite him was...

He lost his voice and said:

“You…you are Tang Cheng!?”

Shengwugong, Tang Cheng...More than a year ago, he rose up in the south, conquered various counties, and was very powerful. He claimed to have a million people and commanded 100,000 elite soldiers. Unfortunately, one night, he was attacked by two great masters, Weiwuhou Lie Yufei and Shuangxuejian Liu Hanying, and was completely defeated. He disappeared without a trace. Many people thought he was dead, and many people thought he was hiding his identity, waiting for the opportunity to rise again...Who would have thought that this person was actually living a life like a savage in such a corner where no one cared about him? !

Tang Cheng's face was calm as he continued to pile the firewood upwards. He neither admitted nor denied it, but said calmly, "Don't chase them anymore."

Fu Jie was full of doubts at the moment, why was Tang Cheng here, and why did he become like this, but in front of Tang Cheng's words, nothing mattered, he subconsciously raised his voice: "Why?!"

However, Tang Cheng did not answer him and continued to do his own thing.

Fu Jie seemed to have figured something out. He lowered his voice and said, "Tang Cheng... do you hate my brother? You hate that he left you at the critical moment, so you want to take revenge on him. You also want to do everything you can to stop him from accomplishing his career... Is that right?!"

Volume 5: Human Escape Part 1: Chapter 32: Destroying the Old World

It was not surprising that Fu Jie thought of this first. After all, the Taoist Dong gave up everything at such a critical moment, including the agreement between the two, their ambitions, and everything else, all of which he had abandoned just to pursue an illusory destroyer... How could he not feel hatred in his heart?

However, Tang Cheng calmly shook his head and said, "Liu Hanying is truly a man of heaven. The defeat that day cannot be blamed on anyone else. Even if there were three more Tang Chengs, it would be useless."

The implication was that the defeat that day was not the fault of Taoist Dong.

Fu Jie added: "If you don't hate me, why are you stopping me now? Even if you don't believe me, why bother interfering with my actions?"

However, Tang Cheng said, "I believe it."

Fu Jie didn't react to what Tang Cheng was saying at first... Or maybe he did react, but just didn't dare to believe it.

"You... believe it?" Fu Jie asked in disbelief, "You believe in my elder brother...?"

"That's right." Tang Cheng piled up all the firewood and stood up with his hands on his knees. "I have always believed in him... Of course, this also includes the destruction of the world."

Fu Jie's mind was in a mess. In such a short period of time, he received too much information, so his mind was a little confused: "Since you believe him, then... why?!"

Tang Cheng did not answer immediately, but walked into the room and took out two stools: "Sit down."

Fu Jieqing knew that he couldn't be anxious at this moment, so he suppressed his anxious mood and sat on the stool.

Tang Cheng slowly said, "I've been thinking about a question recently."

"......What?"

Tang Cheng looked at Fu Jie and asked seriously, "He said that person will destroy the world, but how exactly will he destroy it?"

Fu Jie didn't know how many times he had been stunned today. He tried his best to warn himself not to look like this again, but when Tang Cheng asked this question, he still couldn't help but be absent-minded for a while.

He was willing to trust the Dong Taoist priests, so he had been avoiding this question intentionally or unintentionally, because once he thought about it carefully, he felt that he really could not trust the Dong Taoist priests.

What does it take for one person to destroy the world?

Unimaginable... People of this era can't even imagine something like 'a meteorite falling from the sky and destroying the world'. They don't think meteorites have such power.

Fu Jie had never thought about it in detail, but now that Tang Cheng asked this question, he knew he could no longer hide.

"Is he going to practice some kind of magic to kill everyone in the world?" Tang Cheng said calmly, "That's impossible."

Of course this is impossible. With so many people in the world, even if they lined up for Ji Zhao to kill, he still couldn't kill them all... If he can't even destroy human beings in the physical sense, let alone destroying a planet that can better represent the world.

Fu Jie was silent, not knowing how to respond. However, Tang Cheng did not intend to let the matter go. Instead, he pressed on: "Come on, answer me, Fu Jie... How is he going to destroy the world? Or, how do you understand the term destroying the world?"

However, Fu Jie was speechless.

"The most orthodox way to destroy the world, I think this is what it means." Tang Cheng stepped on the ground under his feet, his voice was low and rich, as if he was telling an ancient epic, "Tearing the earth apart, crushing the sky, and returning the clear and turbid to the turbid, just like the tricks of those quacks... But is this possible?"

Fu Jie couldn't say it. Of course, this was impossible. If Ji Zhao really had that ability, he would not have been forced into such a miserable state by the Dong Taoist. Or he would not be like now, being chased for hundreds of miles, jumping into the river and being forced into the vast Changchun Mountains.

"Dong Daoist, he has always been very rational." Tang Cheng whispered, "He suddenly calculated that the man might destroy the world, and he believed it for no reason. I think this might not be his calculation, but something else... For example, the immortals in the sky warned him in some way."

Immortals in the sky... this topic is a bit mysterious, but the conversation between Fu Jie and Tang Cheng is based on the premise that they both "believe in the Taoist priests". If the world is destroyed, then immortals and the like are not that unacceptable.

Fu Jie was suspicious and said, "The immortals in the sky... warned my brother?"

"Yes." Tang Cheng's eyes were dim. "If you have any ideas, you can also speak out. If not, just listen to me."

"......Speaking."

Tang Cheng said: "The immortal appeared in his dream and used some means to make him believe it... But why can't you explain it clearly? Why did that person destroy the world and what means did he use to destroy the world? If you can explain it clearly, wouldn't it be much simpler?"

"Yes." Fu Jie had understood most of it at this moment, and tried to say, "Because the secret of heaven cannot be revealed?"

"Good." Tang Cheng nodded gently. "So there are some things that immortals cannot explain too clearly. And we all know that the reason why misunderstandings arise between people is that they fail to speak openly and clearly... I think he misunderstood."

Of course, he was referring to the Dong Dao people, but Fu Jie was not sure, so he asked to confirm: "What did my brother misunderstand?"

"Perhaps he missed something, or perhaps he misunderstood something." Tang Cheng said, "Perhaps, what the immortal wanted to say that day was not to destroy the world, but to 'destroy the old world'."

"...?!"

This unprecedented idea shocked Fu Jie so much that he was speechless.

"I know you want to refute... but think about it carefully." Tang Cheng said, "If you just want to put an end to that destroyer, then the immortal has more and better choices. The official in Wangbei City, or the immortal bird further north, the great senior on Zhenwu Mountain, or even the elusive Xiaoyaofeng, which of them is not more powerful than your brother? Whether it's finding someone or killing someone, there is no reason to choose him."

Faced with these legendary names, although Fu Jie wanted to refute, he was powerless. Tang Cheng was absolutely right. These people were far more suitable than the Dong Taoists.

"But, the strange thing is that the immortal finally chose your brother." Tang Cheng asked in a low voice, "Do you know why? Or...what do you think is your brother's advantage compared to these people? Why did the immortal choose him?"

【“Why did you choose my brother…?”】

Countless thoughts flashed through Fu Jie's mind like lightning, and together with Tang Cheng's words "destroy the old world", they formed a complete line in his mind.

"Because...my brother is rebelling!"

Volume 5: Escape 1: Chapter 33: I might think of you

If there are disputes about other people, then Xiaoyaofeng is simply far better than Dong Daoren. From martial arts to methods to status in the martial arts world, the two are not on the same level. Why did the immortal choose Dong Daoren instead of Xiaoyaofeng?

Because the Dong Taoists are rebelling and revolting!

If Ji Zhao wanted to 'destroy the old world' instead of 'destroy the world', everything would make sense. Why did he choose the Taoist Dong? Because the Taoist Dong was the best person to assist Ji Zhao in completing the rebellion...Others, such as Tang Cheng, were gaining momentum. If he learned of the news, he would not help Ji Zhao but might kill him instead. In this day and age, if one wanted to choose a perfect 'uprising assistant', then this person could only be the Taoist Dong!

This is the core competitiveness of the Dong Taoists, their most irreplaceable quality!

"I've been thinking about it, but I can't find a second answer. It seems that only this statement can answer all the doubts." Tang Cheng said, "The man you mentioned was given a mission to destroy the corrupt old world. However, some things cannot be done by one person alone, so the immortal selected some people to assist him... But the Taoist Dong misunderstood his meaning, or the immortal didn't make his words clear, and it ended up like this."

Fu Jie still wanted to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered something about Ji Zhao... Rumor has it that this man was just an ordinary person before he was hit on the head, but one day, he suddenly had an epiphany, his understanding increased greatly, and he possessed a blood fighting physique comparable to a master, and even activated the Qingshan Bugai... Does this make sense?

It's totally irrational, it's just... like I came here with some 'mission'.

"Of course, I'm just guessing." Tang Cheng's face remained calm. "I added the word 'old' to the conditions of the Dong Taoist to make everything make sense. Or maybe he heard it right. That person has a method that none of us know about, which can destroy the entire world at a critical moment."

"No one knows what the answer is before we reach the end... However, just as you two brothers firmly believe in your own judgment and want to take action against that person, I also firmly believe in my own judgment."

Tang Cheng looked at Fu Jie.