"Boom!!!"
Du Ruo's punch had no skill or boxing techniques, only strength. His fist collided with the door, and the dull sound spread far away, and the gap in the door was blasted open again.
Du Ruo did not stop, he attacked with his fists left and right, alternating between them.
"boom!!!!"
In an instant, Du Ruo didn't know how many punches he had thrown, and the originally dense thumping sounds gathered into a huge noise.
The onlookers were originally still watching, and they didn't feel much when they saw Du Ruo swinging his fist or the sound that came out.
But as Du Ruo suddenly burst out with a punch, they saw Du Ruo standing at the door being enveloped by a bright flame. The dazzling light even made them squint their eyes.
The heat wave, accompanied by the sound wave, appeared in front of everyone in an instant.
The rocks began to shake and some large trees were bent.
At this moment, no one dared to look anymore and subconsciously hid their bodies behind the huge rocks.
Not until the heat wave passed did everyone tentatively step out from behind the boulder.
Looking at the portal again, I saw that it was completely open. The original position of the door panel was covered by a galaxy-like aperture. The stars in the aperture were flickering, as if there was an infinite suction force, which made people unconsciously want to go in and explore.
Du Ruo stood in front of the aperture. He had stopped punching. His body was shaking a little. He took a step forward with a bit of stiffness.
This step was not like the previous ones that took several meters or even dozens of meters, but it was like a baby learning to walk, moving forward cautiously and tentatively.
One step, two steps, Du Ruo walked slower and slower. Although one of his feet had clearly stepped onto the threshold of the door, it gave people a feeling that Du Ruo's body was extremely weak.
Moreover, as Du Ruo took a step, his spine was no longer straight, his steps were no longer firm, giving people a loose feeling.
Everyone was attracted by the portal and they didn't notice anything strange about Du Ruo. Only Xiang Yuanyuan's eyes were fixed on Du Ruo.
Seeing Du Ruo's body was like a piece of clothing that had been taken off, and it seemed that it was about to collapse into a ball...
"husband!!"
Subconsciously, Xiang Yuanyuan took a step forward and let out a soft cry.
……
Du Ruo's spirit was sublimated. At that moment, he didn't know how many punches he threw. The friction between his fists and the air, and the collision with the door even caused flames to light up.
Du Ruo's punches were thrown at the cost of burning his "spirit".
By the time Du Ruo finished punching, most of his energy had been consumed, and he felt an indescribable feeling of weakness.
Du Ruo looked up, trying to see the scenery behind the door clearly.
"boom!!"
Just this one glance was like a flash of thunder in Du Ruo's mind, and his mind was completely attracted.
"Come in!!! There is endless spiritual energy here... Step in!!! There is eternal life here..."
A somewhat ethereal female voice sounded in Du Ruo's mind.
The voice was full of indescribable temptation, and this was the moment when Du Ruo's mind was least defended.
The most important thing is that this voice seems to be directed at the primordial spirit. The primordial spirit likes quietness and does not want to move in the sea of consciousness. However, upon hearing this voice, the primordial spirit in Du Ruo's sea of consciousness actually became restless.
Driven by the sound and the direction of his soul, Du Ruo subconsciously moved his feet and took a step forward.
"Isn't your body heavy?... It's a burden... Why not let it go... The body is like a bag of skin, it will eventually decay... After it fades... Only then can your soul be eternal..."
The sound continued to seduce, and as Duruo got closer, it became more alluring and attractive.
Du Ruo's soul became more and more active, and somewhat dissatisfied with the dullness of his body, he actually tried to drill out of the body. However, his body was covered with five colored ribbons that seemed to bind his soul, and the lead and silver ones bound his soul like chains.
"Come... people of the world will worship you... enjoy the incense... from now on, you will transcend the secular world... God will live forever with heaven and earth..."
The sound tempted the soul even more, and the soul became more eager. It actually began to emit golden light on its own, breaking free from all the chains and restraints on its body, as if it wanted to take off its body and enter the light circle of the portal as its soul.
Du Ruo's body could no longer walk. His body became shorter and shorter. The waves in his heart were no longer active, his heart stopped beating, and his breathing stopped.
The soul was still struggling to break free from the body, and as the body was about to fall to the ground, the soul was about to be completely separated.
"husband!!"
A soft cry was heard, not loud, but it seemed to have spanned time and space, causing the soul that was about to leave the body to freeze in place.
The soul turned around and looked back. The soul could not see the scene, but in his blurry vision, he could clearly see Xiang Yuanyuan standing in the distance.
"Crash..."
The soul's struggle to break free paused for a moment, and then the sound of a chain seemed to ring in the deepest part of his heart. The sound was like a ship dropping an anchor.
The soul paused, and the five-colored silk ribbons on the body bound the soul again, and the lead and silver colors pulled the soul towards Du Ruo's body.
This time, the soul did not resist, but obediently shrank back into the body.
“Boom!…Boom!! Whoosh…Whoosh…Whoosh…”
Du Ruo's heart, which had stopped, began beating strongly again, and then he let out a long breath. Du Ruo's eyes were no longer dull, and his body stood straight again. In an instant, his body came back to life.
Du Ruo's eyes broke away from the vortex of the portal, he took a few quick breaths, then subconsciously turned his head to look at Xiang Yuanyuan who was standing on Lotus Peak.
At this moment, sweat appeared on Du Ruo's back. Just now, Du Ruo's soul almost left his body.
Fortunately, Xiang Yuanyuan's voice woke him up. This is the role of the "heart anchor".
At that time, Du Ruo was just afraid that he would not be able to control his mind after practicing martial arts, so he decided to let Xiang Yuanyuan be his "heart anchor" so that he would not be controlled by the power and lose himself.
I didn’t expect that the “heart anchor” would appear at such a critical moment just now, which pulled Du Ruo’s soul back in an instant.
At this moment, Du Ruo noticed that the panel flickered, but before he could turn around to check...
"Congratulations, fellow Taoist..."
Just as Du Ruo turned his head, a figure walked out of the light circle in front of him. The figure smiled and spoke to Du Ruo. The voice was clear and slightly magnetic, and it was a very pleasant female voice.
"Congratulations to your mom!!! Go to hell!!!!"
But the figure had just opened his mouth when he was immediately interrupted by Du Ruo's roar, along with Du Ruo's fist.
"Please listen to me first."
Du Ruo's fist was very fast, but the figure seemed to have sensed it and disappeared from the spot out of thin air and appeared behind Du Ruo.
"call!!!"
Du Ruo didn't even say a word. He kicked through the air and continued to attack the figure like a battle axe.
The figure flashed again, and no matter where the figure was, Du Ruo's fists and feet followed like a shadow, moving quickly in the air and continuing to attack the figure.
Du Ruo moved quickly, constantly searching for the person's landing point in the void, but the figure's movement was not hindered at all, it just kept appearing and disappearing in the air.
Gradually, in the void in front of the portal, the rapidly moving afterimages of Du Ruo and the human figure filled the entire space.
"It's useless. I can ignore spatial obstacles. You can't attack me."
The voice of the figure came from all around Du Ruo, as if persuading Du Ruo not to continue doing useless work.
"Hey hey!! Really?"
Du Ruo's voice also sounded in the air, also constantly changing, making it difficult to understand.
But as Du Ruo moved, what remained in the original place was not only the afterimage, but also strips of red silk threads.
As Du Ruo moved, the silk threads quickly covered the space of nearly a hundred meters in front of the portal.
Du Ruo discovered this when he was chasing ahead, but the figure in front of him didn't dare to fight with him at all.
Not only that, the human figure was obviously restricted in space. No matter how he dodged, he was always within a hundred meters of the portal.
So Du Ruo simply used the silk threads formed by "qi" to fill the entire space and compress all the space where the human figure can move.
"My friend, I am not an enemy!!"
The red lines were dense, and the figures seemed a little panicked, and immediately began to show their positions.
"hey-hey!!"
The only responses were Du Ruo's continuous punches and sinister laughter.
He had never suffered any loss since he started practicing martial arts, but he almost got into trouble just now after consuming a lot of his "energy". How could he stop just because the other party said a few words, especially since the other party seemed to be a soft persimmon.
"caught you!!!"
Finally, Du Ruo realized that a red line he had placed in the space was touched. Immediately, he was delighted, because this meant that his guess was completely correct. The man's space for dodging had been exhausted, and he must be unable to move any further.
Although he didn't understand why the other party didn't go back into the door, since the other party had given him this opportunity, there was no way he would not seize it.
Du Ruo's body flashed, ignoring the red lines in the air, and appeared in front of the figure. These red lines were composed of his "qi". Although he didn't understand how the other party could move out of thin air.
But he was sure that even if the opponent could move above his red lines, those red lines would be able to make the opponent suffer a lot, just like the acupoint pressing of the "Bronze Man Technique". The red lines would enter the body and cause damage without him having to attack.
"Alas..." The figure sighed, waved his hand, and several invisible "qi" walls appeared to protect his body.
"Die to me!!!"
As soon as the "Qi" wall protected her body, Du Ruo had already come to her side and punched out without any reason.
“Boom boom boom…boom!!!”
With one punch, the "qi" wall blocking the figure was completely shattered. Finally, Du Ruo punched the figure in the lower abdomen, but the feeling of the fist hitting the abdomen made Du Ruo stunned for a moment.
Du Ruo took a quick look and finally saw the other person's appearance. He was about thirty years old, wearing a plain Taoist robe and a lotus crown on his head. He was a female Taoist with a rather thin figure.
"Boom!"
Now Du Ruo is not the kind of man who can't walk when he sees a woman. He has no mercy on women. After throwing a punch, although the feeling is a little wrong, Du Ruo's next punches fell like raindrops.
Kun Dao opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, Du Ruo punched him continuously and blew his body apart.
"hu~hu~hu~"
It was not until Du Ruo had used his fist to blast the figure to pieces and made it disappear into the void that Du Ruo stopped and stood there gasping for breath.
As Du Ruo breathed, his skin color returned to normal, and the "three flowers" reappeared on his head, but they were much dimmer and no longer had the radiant feeling they had when they were forward.
There was silence all around, with only Du Ruo's breathing in the air.
The changes just now happened too fast. No matter whether they were soldiers, scientific researchers, or old men watching in Huangshan, they were all overwhelmed and couldn't react at all.
"Hu~hu~~"
Du Ruo let out a long sigh, then patted his waist. All the pills on his waist jumped out and were swallowed by Du Ruo in one gulp. After the pills entered his stomach, Du Ruo stood up straight and looked at the vortex at the portal.
This time, although the whirlpool still posed a great temptation, Du Ruo was already on guard, and his soul remained motionless within his body.
It’s strange to say, but Du Ruo was actually quite curious as to why his spiritual sense didn’t sense any danger just now.
"Come out, I know you're still there."
Du Ruo realized that his energy and spirit had recovered a little and he still had at least the strength to fight, so he spoke in a deep voice.
When he aimed his first punch at the opponent just now, he realized that the opponent had no entity and was composed of a special energy, so he didn't think of leaving him alive.
Because he had a hunch that it would be difficult for him to kill the opponent in one blow.
There was still silence all around. The people watching the battle had not yet digested the shock of the recent battle and they did not dare to speak. Only the wind would sneak past Du Ruo.
"I'm sorry, that wasn't my intention."
A voice came from the vortex, the same voice that Du Ruo had just heard.
As soon as the voice fell, a figure walked out of the vortex again, but this figure looked a little pale.
"..."
When he saw the figure, Du Ruo's eyes flashed, he clenched his fists, moved his body forward, and disappeared on the spot. His speed was so fast that he even left an afterimage.
"boom!!"
Du Ruo appeared again in front of the figure, and without any mercy, he punched the figure directly on the head.
"Don't hit me, listen to me first, if you hit me again I will disappear!!!"
The voice came out, a little hurried.
"Boom boom boom!!"
Du Ruo didn't stop at all and kept punching out, but this time Du Ruo didn't directly blow the figure into pieces.
Instead, he was consuming the energy of the figure, until Du Ruo's continuous punches made the figure look like it could no longer hold on, and then Du Ruo stopped.
"You can say it now."
After the fight, Du Ruo retreated until he was a hundred meters away from the exit. Then he stood in the void, looked at the Taoist in front of him cautiously and spoke.
"Alas... I am a poor Taoist, Dongji, nice to meet you, Taoist friend~"
Kun Dao, who had been beaten to the point where he could only maintain his human form, sighed, and then first introduced himself to Du Ruoji.
"Dongji? Master Dongji Xie Ziran!!"
Du Ruo's mind worked very quickly and she immediately thought of a famous person, who was the only female Taoist priest in history who was recognized to have ascended to heaven in broad daylight.
The key point is that Du Ruo has also done special research on it, so he has some connection with the other party.
"Hmm? Haha, I didn't expect that someone would still remember me."
Xie Ziran showed a smile on his face, feeling relieved.
"Tell me why you brought me in."
Du Ruo did not question the authenticity of the other party's identity because it was not important. He just wanted to know more.
"In order to guide fellow Taoists to become gods."
"Is this how you guys are recruited?"
As Du Ruo spoke, he clenched his fists again. It seemed that he was thinking about what had just happened and was getting angry.
"Because your physical body is too strong, you can only achieve the divine way in this way."
Xie naturally didn't dare to waste time and answered quickly.
"Only by giving up the physical body can one become a god?"
Du Ruo continued to ask questions.
"Yes, to become a god is to imprint your soul on heaven and earth, and attain immortality. From then on, you will be immortal and indestructible, so you will naturally have to abandon your physical body."
"Immortality? Then why do you say you want to dissipate?"
Du Ruo discovered the blind spot. He was not in a hurry to ask about the god's origin, but instead asked about the matter.
"Because I lack spiritual energy, without spiritual energy to sustain my body, I will naturally dissipate. I can only wait for spiritual energy to reappear in the future and wake me up again."
Xie Ziran hesitated for a moment, looked into Du Ruo's eyes, and finally did not dare to hide anything.
"How many gods exist?"
Du Ruo continued to ask about what he cared about most.
"Just me."
"reason!"
“According to records, in ancient times, immortals and gods disagreed and a great war broke out. In the end, the gods were immortal and killed all the immortals. At the last moment, the immortals united together and burned their lives to break up the human world, and at the same time formed a portal to separate the human world and the heavenly world.
Also isolated was the spiritual energy. The human world was the source of the spiritual energy. When the human world was broken up, the spiritual energy no longer grew. The gods in the heavenly world could not get the spiritual energy to maintain their functioning, and they all fell into silence, leaving only the marks of heaven and earth.
In order to save themselves, the gods can only retain the remaining spiritual energy, just to leave the fire, waiting to wake them up in the future. "
Xie naturally omitted all unnecessary explanations and explained the problem clearly in the most straightforward words.
"What is a fairy?"
Du Ruo discovered another key point.
"Those who cultivate by plundering spiritual energy and do not leave their mark on the world are immortals."
"The difference between immortals and gods."
"The life span of immortals is limited and they will die, but gods are immortal."
"anything else?"
"Immortals can absorb spiritual energy to strengthen themselves, but gods can only rely on incense, merit, and pardons."
Xie Ziran really answers every question.
"How does spiritual energy grow?"
Du Ruo didn't hear any problem in Xie Ziran's answer, so he assumed it was true for the time being, and asked another key question.
"The heaven and earth have their own spiritual energy. When people practice cultivation, spiritual energy will be drawn out from the void. The more people practice cultivation, the more spiritual energy will be drawn out."
"What about the spiritual energy I generated through my practice?"
According to what the other party said, in modern society, even if there are few people practicing, there should not be no spiritual energy at all. Especially Du Ruo, he is confident that he has reached his level, so no matter what, he should not be completely without spiritual energy.
"..."
Xie Ziran was silent for a while, but not for long. After thinking for a while, he finally chose to answer:
"The remaining spiritual energy is not enough to sustain us, so over the years, a small part of the spiritual energy that has been drawn in has been used to maintain our bodies..."
When Xie Ziran said this, he saw that Du Ruo looked unhappy, and then he explained:
"A small part was absorbed by the spiritual medicine, and the largest part was absorbed by this world and disappeared."
(End of this chapter)
