"He's Jiang He?"
The white-clothed guru, who had been a monk for centuries after reincarnating for three lifetimes and finding his true self after much difficulty, was very upset at the monk's question. He merely sneered at the monk's question but did not answer.
In fact, he was drenched in cold sweat.
Damn it!
Brother Jiang He is still so fierce!
Don't you know what tier the person before me is, and yet you're yelling at him?
He did not answer because he wanted to protect the monk as well. What if he told the monk about Jiang He's background and he sought revenge?
The monk in the Buddha light frowned and asked again, "Is he Jiang He? His surname is Jiang?"
"…"
The white-clothed guru did a double take and quickly said, "No, he's not Jiang He."
Though he denied it strongly, his blank expression just now had betrayed him. Still, the white-clothed guru was not to be blamed — he had been an eminent monk for three lifetimes, and when had he ever lied?
Most importantly, he was shocked too.
The monk in the Buddha light shuddered at the white-clothed guru's reaction and exclaimed in panic, "Is he really Jiang He? The one who single-handedly flattened the Penglai Sect, forced the Foxes of Mount Changbai to seal their mountain and wiped out the Foxes of Green Hill? "
The Buddha light and auspicious clouds that filled the skies vanished.
The monk under the Buddhist light might have been frightened, so he forgot to maintain his phenomenon. He revealed a short but very muscular monk.
The white-clothed guru, who was still caught in the Buddha Realm in the Palm, did a double take and exclaimed in surprise, "What did you say?"
…
Jiang He's house in Jinyintan Village, Lingzhou City.
Jiang He was cursing as he walked out of his mansion. Mosquito Cutter in hand, he took out his communications jade charm to contact Jin Sidao and ask about the Buddhists.
"Buddhists?"
"The Buddhists have stayed in the west for a long time and rarely move outside. They had already sealed Spirit Mountain before the Hundred Races invaded, and now they're coming out?"
Fine!
What the hell did I ask!
Jiang He complained a little before hanging up.
Inwardly, he was a little annoyed and angry.
A Buddhist monk had captured the white-clothed guru?
They wanted to forcefully send the white-robed Guru to the Buddhist sects … Speaking of which, the Guru was quite unlucky. It wasn't easy for him to walk out of the Vajra Sect. If he were to be captured by the Buddhist sects, wouldn't he have to continue being a monk?
"He was born to be a monk!"
Jiang He muttered. The irritation in him lessened a little, and he even felt like laughing. There was no telling what the white-clothed guru's expression was like back then.
He then asked the Taixu Sect chieftain about the situation, but the chieftain's answer was identical to Jin Sidao's. Hence, Jiang He had to put away his Mosquito Cutter and give up … how was he supposed to save the white-clothed guru if he did not know where the Buddhist Sect was?
"Forget it."
"If he's captured, so be it … He's been a monk for three lifetimes anyway, so a few more days won't make much of a difference. Since the Buddhist sects have already appeared, they'll show up sooner or later … Moreover, the Shaolin Temple is also a Buddhist sect. Perhaps I can go to the Shaolin Temple to find out more about the situation."
As for the Diamond Sect …
Jiang He had no intention of going.
He was aware of the Diamond Sect's history. It had only existed for a little over a thousand years, and they only taught martial arts and Buddhism, which might not have much to do with the true Buddhist Sect.
Putting away his sword, Jiang He was about to head to his farm to farm before going to sleep when his eyes narrowed and he looked toward the distant horizon. A Buddha's radiance was rapidly approaching him, and within it was a short monk.
Beside the monk was a young guru dressed in white.
Jiang He did a double take before flying to meet him.
The Buddha light paused in the night sky, and the white-clothed guru who had been standing beside the monk promptly flew to Jiang He's side, staring at him in shock as he asked, "Brother Jiang He, what actually happened in the twenty days I was in seclusion?"
The white-clothed guru was beyond shocked.
The Buddhist elite who had cultivated the legendary Golden Body Glazed was scared half to death after hearing Jiang He's name, and personally brought him to Jiang He to apologize.
Along the way, he even gave Jiang He several hundred spirit stones and two mystic treasures so that he could put in a good word for Jiang He …
Could it be that I was not in seclusion for twenty days, but twenty years?
Jiang He, however, glanced at the white-clothed guru and exclaimed in surprise, "Zero Void?"
Then, he added, "Don't be hasty, brother. I'll talk to you through the night after I get rid of this monk."
On the other side, the monk's forehead was already covered in sweat. He put his palms together and said, "Amitabha. Almsgiver Jiang, this poor monk had eyes but failed to see. I didn't know this person was your friend. If I have offended you, please forgive me."
Studying the monk, Jiang He sneered, "A mere seventh-retribution cultivator dares to come running up to me? Who gave you the guts to do so?"
The monk felt like his guts were about to split.
He had come out of seclusion under his master's orders to search for a fated person.
After all, the Buddhist sects had been in seclusion for a long time, and now that they were out in the world, it was time for them to recruit some disciples. However, just as he came out, he heard rumors that Jiang He had flattened the Penglai Sect alone. He asked around, but even before he could deliver the news, he personally witnessed Jiang He beating up the Foxes of Mount Changbai.
On that day, the monk had personally witnessed the battle, and was shocked by Jiang He's combat ability …
Of course.
Still, he was merely shocked.
The Buddhist sects were unfathomable in ability, and they did not even fear the Green Hill Foxes.
Who would have thought that Jiang He would wipe them out in less than three days? The monk had rushed to watch the battle as well, and when he witnessed it with his own eyes, he promptly broke out in cold sweat!
That fellow had beaten up the Green Hill Foxes too easily!
The nine Mahayana Foxes of the Green Hill Foxes had joined hands to invoke their immortal items and the corpse of the Immortal Fox, only to be nullified by Jiang He's mysterious heavenly thunderbolts and killed every single one of them.
Rumors were spreading everywhere in the world of cultivators.
There were stories of how Jiang He, the great demon, would wipe out a sect over a single disagreement. Moreover, there were rumors that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had provoked him, resulting in the death of an elder, a vice-chieftain, and a sixth-retribution elite. In the end, all of them had to offer a huge sum of spirit stones and mystic treasures in apology.
How could the monk remain calm now that he knew that he had offended Jiang He?
His Daoist heart was a little unsteady, and sweat was appearing on his forehead as he quickly said, "Mister Jiang, I've already compensated you. Please have mercy, Mister Jiang."
Jiang He turned towards the white-clothed guru, who nodded and said, "The monk gave me several hundred spirit stones and two mystic treasures …"
Even before he finished, Jiang He laughed coldly and said, "Several hundred spirit stones? Two mystic treasures? "
"Are you trying to get rid of a beggar, guru?"
The monk merely wiped his sweat.
Then, Jiang He said, "Give me five thousand mediocre-grade spirit stones, five hundred superior-grade spirit stones, three premium-grade sage items, and one demi-immortal item in twenty-four hours, and I won't pursue this matter. Otherwise, I'll have to pay a visit to Spirit Mountain!"
The monk gritted his teeth, agreed, and excused himself.
He flew all the way west, looking as if he had lost his soul. The golden Buddha's radiance and auspicious clouds that filled the skies when he first appeared were nowhere to be seen …
Meanwhile, Jiang He dragged the white-clothed guru into his mansion. He ordered Sora to brew some Big Red Robe, and told the guru about recent events over tea …
Of course.
Jiang He directly skipped the part about how he improved his cultivation.
Still, the white-clothed guru did not pursue the matter. He would not dare to ask since Jiang He would not say anything, and merely stayed silent for half a minute before sipping his tea and smiling bitterly. "I had thought that I could help you suppress the Stargate after ascending to Zero Void, but it seems that there's no need for that now."
"You're too kind, brother."
Jiang He's gaze twitched as his divine mind carefully studied the white-clothed guru. Sensing his Zero Void, his gaze twitched and he asked, "Brother, could you show me the wonders of Zero Void?"
"It seems that Zero Void is a little stronger than I imagined."
The white-clothed guru arrived at the yard at Jiang He's words. His aura stirred as energy flowed around him, and he said, "Martial artists who ascend to divine-tier experience three Transformations. Once they reach Divine-Tempest, True Qi would turn into Nature Qi, and when they ascend to Zero Void, the Nature Qi in their bodies would change qualitatively, becoming Yuan Qi."
His Yuan Qi flowed, and a nebula formed behind him.
Jiang He extended his senses, and found that the nebula was like a black hole that swirled incessantly, absorbing everything around it.
Then, the white-clothed youth added, "The greatest characteristic of Zero Void is to open up one's cinnabar fields and ocean of qi into a Realm of Ruin. The Realm of Ruin would buff one's body and greatly strengthen one's ability."
Ooom!
A unique energy extended out of his body.
Jiang He felt it out carefully and exclaimed in surprise, "Opening up a Realm of Ruin in one's cinnabar fields and ocean of qi? Is he creating a small universe in one's body? Don't tell me the Realm of Ruin would evolve into some galaxy or something like that as one progresses in martial arts? "
The white-clothed guru was dumbstruck.
Clearly not understanding what Jiang He was saying, he said, "The tiers beyond Zero Void only exist in legends. I don't know how to cultivate it either, but I have a feeling that the Zero Void tier of martial artists is a little special."
Jiang He nodded and said, "That's right, I feel that way too. According to the categorization of tiers, Zero Void in martial arts should be equal to Yuan Spirit, but I have the feeling that you could match a full-fledged Yuan Spirit at Zero Void. If you could master it, you could match a full-fledged Convergence-tier, and the tier above Zero Void would correspond to Sufferance."
That did not mean that martial artists were stronger than cultivators …
Instead, it meant that martial arts cultivation was more difficult than immortal arts.
If a tier was equal to two tiers for others, the difficulty of cultivation would definitely be more than two tiers of immortal cultivators combined. Most importantly, there was no way to cultivate after that.
Jiang He suddenly remembered a problem then.
It was said that martial arts came into being after the Era of Qi Refinists and immortal cultivators. That was because the immortals had left Earth and traveled across the stars. Earth's Dragon Vein was subdued, and Spirit Qi was slowly drying up. The various immortal sects, demonic sects, and daemon cultivators sealed their mountains, no longer teaching immortal arts or godly techniques, which was why martial arts gradually came into being.
Then who created this "Martial Dao"?
The founding master of Mount Wudang was the last elite to become immortal on Earth.
Did he cultivate martial arts or immortal arts?
Otherwise, why not create a more awesome martial arts technique?
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