Chapter 438: Shang Lu's Defeat Revealed His True Face
"Master, do you really think I can be reborn as a human being?"
After Zhan Li finished a set of boxing, he sat down on the porch to rest. He glanced at Ling Xiang who was enjoying her tea and asked a question that had been buried in his mind for a long time.
He really didn't believe that Lingxiang, who had only been in the Demon Realm for three years, could solve this problem that had been plaguing the demons for hundreds of years.
"Of course," Lingxiang put down the teacup and smacked her lips. Then, as if she had thought of something, she changed her words and said, "No, it is inevitable."
Seeing Lingxiang's relaxed expression, Zhanli couldn't help but hesitate. He didn't understand why -
Why is Lingxiang so obsessed with becoming a human?
It's not that Zhan Li doesn't want to. How can what the master said be wrong? It's just that he thinks that the way he is now is pretty good. Why should he be too persistent about some things?
Zhan Li casually glanced at Adao who was chewing some fruit nearby. After all, he often said that few people are good.
Cunning, treacherous, selfish, greedy, and unrepentant...
"But what's good about being a human being..." Thinking of this, Zhan Li couldn't help but mutter.
The sudden silence made Zhan Li suddenly realize that he seemed to have said something wrong. He quickly explained, "Master... that's not what I meant... I just..."
Yes, Master is also a human being, but Master is so kind...
Lingxiang raised her hand but said nothing. She just took a sip of tea, and the aroma of the tea filled her eyes.
Lingxiang had not thought deeply about this question. She just thought that this was natural since she was born as a human being. But Zhanli's question made her fall into deep thought.
Yes, what’s good about human beings?
It was a long time before Lingxiang put down the teacup.
"Do you know why I named you 'Zhanli'?" Lingxiang asked with a sigh.
Zhan Li shook his head. He felt a little awkward at first, but later he thought that the name seemed good and did not think about it too much.
"Then you must listen carefully to what I say next." Lingxiang sat up and straightened her expression.
Zhan Li nodded, Ling Xiang hesitated for a moment, and continued:
"In this vast world, all the people are but a drop in the ocean, a tiny pebble. You are like this, and so am I."
"So when you ask me this question, I can't answer you, because even I, who have been born as a human for many years, still don't understand why. After all, I haven't seen everything."
"All the saints and wise men say that you can't see a leopard through a tube, and you can't see a mountain from a gravel, but I think that every flower is a world, every stone is a universe."
"All living things have a hundred forms, but only oneself can understand them clearly."
"So, the so-called 'human suffering, a hundred things make you sad', these are things you have to experience for yourself in the future, others' words don't count."
"In all, a person's life is no more than 30,000 days and nights. It is a constant pursuit, a search, whether for the sake of the world, for one's own path, or for the daily necessities of life."
"The seven emotions are in the heart. If they are turned against, it will defy fate and change destiny. If they are in harmony, it will nourish the elderly and prolong life. If the six desires control you, greed, anger, ignorance and hatred will hurt you. If you seek but cannot get, you will suffer from fatigue."
"I have experienced many things myself and understood the truth behind them. From now on, no matter good or bad, I can accept them calmly and face them calmly."
“Although there is no shortage of pain during this period, there is also endless strength, and the heroic feeling of one person responding to a hundred.”
“This is what human beings are like. They fight to the end of a river, exhaust all things, nourish things to make spring, and collect the flow to make the deep abyss.”
"We are all gravel, gathered together to form a mountain, standing on the ground and reaching to the sky, with the fragrance of orchids, carrying clearness and brightness."
……
Looking at the Taoists who had gathered in groups at the foot of the mountain to fight the enemy together, Zhan Li remembered what Lingxiang had said to him not long ago, and felt a little dazed for a moment.
This is probably like a pile of gravels forming a mountain, one call and a hundred responses...
Lingxiang often said that traveling thousands of miles would allow you to see yourself, the world, and all living things. In fact, Zhanli didn't understand what she said at the time, but he understood one thing, which was that he had to experience everything personally before he could make a final conclusion.
Make your own decision!
In a moment of distraction, two or three of the Taoists who were besieging Shanglu were killed, and the rest were in a dangerous situation due to the strong wind of the bronze man.
However, even so, no one retreated at all, and they continued to resist tenaciously, looking for opportunities to defeat the enemy.
If it were someone else, they would have been moved by this persistence. However, the one who just watched everything from the sidelines was Zhan Li. He really couldn't understand why these people "knew it was impossible but still did it".
But it doesn’t matter, everything is for saving the master.
That's what they say, but it's not that easy in reality.
The group of Taoists were unable to cope with the several giant bronze statues, let alone approach Shang Lu. Even the two bronze statues beside him were enough to cause them trouble.
Originally, Zhan Li was planning to take action when Zhao Wuyang was delaying, but his formation was so strange that he was afraid that he would be trapped if he acted rashly, so he had no choice but to hold back.
Now, Shang Lu left two bronze men to protect him, so he has no chance at all.
Logically speaking, Shang Lu should be invulnerable to swords and guns and indestructible to magic, but now he is on guard. It seems that his indestructibility is due to the mechanism on his back, but now that all the mechanisms have been released, he will be much weaker.
This inference makes sense.
But how can we divert the bronze statue beside him?
When Zhanli was thinking about countermeasures, he saw Xinyi jumping in front of Shanglu alone.
What is this guy thinking?
Zhan Li had heard Lingxiang say that this man was good at stealth killing and was not good at facing the enemy head-on. But now he was provoking Shang Lu. Isn't he asking for his death?
When he was distracted, Xinyi jumped up, raised the deer antler blade high, and chopped at Shanglu.
How could Shanglu be a vegetarian? He didn't even frown, just moved his fingers, and a bronze man beside him stabbed Xinyi with a long halberd.
The bronze man came at him fiercely, but Xinyi did not panic. She twisted her waist in mid-air, dodged a few somersaults, and then used her knife to support herself on the ground, using the force to distance herself from the bronze man. Shang Lu only had a bronze statue left, so he thought it would be easy to deal with. Just as Zhanli was about to attack, he met Xinyi's eyes.
Does that mean now is not the right time?
Zhan Li then realized that Xinyi was using herself as bait to lure away the guards around Shang Lu.
It seems that he had been discovered by Xinyi a long time ago. It turned out that this was a very powerful way of hiding and killing. My few tricks were really not enough in front of him.
With only this bronze statue left, how should Xinyi deal with it?
At this moment, with a loud bang, a native hand rose from the ground and grabbed the arm of the bronze man guarding Shang Lu, and then a native crawled out from the ground.
This native man is the same size as the bronze man of Shanglu, but it has mottled cracks all over its body, and is constantly shaking off gravel and dust, making it look extremely fragile.
This is Shoucheng's method, a traditional method of infusing spirits and transforming into human form. Although he was originally supposed to be a stone man and could split his body into two, it was still somewhat strenuous. It was already good enough that he could perform it.
Moreover, Shoucheng also guessed Xinyi's purpose, so he gave it a try.
The goal is to remove the obstacle anyway, so the method is not important.
As for those Taoists, there is nothing to worry about.
It's not that Shoucheng doesn't care, but he believes in the fellow disciples and fellow Taoists who came with him. After all, they have practiced for many years, and none of them is a mere idler. Their cultivation is real.
Besides, everyone is determined to fight the devil, and it's not something they do on a whim.
The native pulled the bronze statue's arm, turned his body, and threw the bronze man away with one shoulder. Then he leaped up and stepped steadily on the statue's chest.
Looking at all this, Zhan Li couldn't help but marvel at it - it was really unexpected that the clay figure, which was as fat as a ball, could be so flexible.
The two giant statues have left Shanglu. Now is the time to take action, right?
Zhan Li did not act rashly, but looked at Xin Yi. After all, he was not good at surprise attacks.
However, Xinyi just pulled the bronze statue back and forth and had no intention of looking over.
Could it be that I misunderstood just now?
Zhan Li was somewhat confused, but he still hid, fearing that if he failed to strike, all his previous efforts would be wasted.
The honest natives were ultimately mud and sand. Although they had the upper hand, they were not as hard as the copper block. How could they be opponents? After just two or three rounds, their bodies were broken and tattered, and they were trampled under the feet of the bronze statue.
Xinyi was not in a better situation. Facing the huge and solid monster, she had to use all her strength just to dodge, let alone hurt him in the slightest. Soon, she was caught in the hand of the bronze statue.
Just as Shang Lu's fingertips moved slightly, ready to crush Xinyi, the latter looked towards where Zhan Li was hiding.
It's now!
Zhan Li understood immediately, and he flew out, gathered the spirits in his fingers, and took advantage of Shang Lu's unpreparedness to go straight for Tian Ling.
……
“Why don’t I teach you a new set of skills today? Although it’s not my forte, if it were you, I think you would be able to achieve something.” Lingxiang was very pleased, as if this set of skills was created by her.
"What kind of martial arts?" Zhan Li rolled his eyes and asked unhappily.
What's the matter? We can't let this young master down, right? Besides, it won't go wrong to learn more.
"Rocks are strong, but water can wear through them. Rocks in the mountains can break grass and trees." Lingxiang said, with his hands behind his back, like a teacher in a school. "This is the power of an inch. With the power of an inch, it can withstand thousands of pounds."
……
With a point of his finger, a flash of light appeared; with another snap of his fingers, the wind and waves dissipated, and finally it became a fist, raising dust.
"Inch of effort! Breaking the stone and creating flowers!"
The Shanglu fell straight into the ground, instantly stirring up layers of dust waves that surged endlessly.
At this moment, the twelve bronze men fell down with a loud bang, like puppets with their strings cut, and their mechanical parts flew everywhere, like water falling into a frying pan.
Xinyi leaped a few times and escaped from the pile of spare parts. After landing, he let out a long sigh.
Good thing, I thought I would die here...
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and thought it was finally over, a figure crawled up from the dust and fog. It was Shang Lu who had just been knocked down!
This……
Why is this monster so hard to kill?
Shang Lu did not move at all. When the dust settled, everyone discovered that cracks had appeared on Shang Lu's body, spreading from the top of his head and crisscrossing each other, as if his whole body was about to fall apart.
It worked!
Zhan Li was just about to launch another attack, but at this moment, a bolt of lightning came down and hit Shang Lu right on the body.
It's a mature one.
When a powerful enemy is defeated, it is natural to eradicate the root of the problem!
As the thunder spell dissipated, Shang Lu's body turned into dust, but unexpectedly, there was a figure among the dust...
It's a little child!
It turns out that Shanglu’s body is also a mechanism!
And they were actually made so embarrassed by a little kid!
