In the wee hours of the morning …
The night sky of the desert was particularly clear. The giant stars dangled from the blue dome of the sky like countless glittering diamonds. They seemed to be within reach if one stood on their tiptoes.
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong walked to the depths of the desert hand in hand.
Their palms were wet, and they couldn't help but feel nervous.
They were going to meet 'Iron God' Yan Ba, one of the strongest Cultivators of the Heaven's Origin Sector and one of the strongest Cultivators of the Yuanying Sector!
In the morning, after they had successfully passed the final round of the seclusion battle, they had received thorough examination and treatment, further consolidating the achievements of the previous month's seclusion.
After that, they had rested in the deep sleep chamber and refilled themselves with a lot of high-energy nutrition drugs.
At night, they would choose the spiritual seed of the Yuanying Sector, the greatest benefit that they could get from the trip to Ultimacy!
Faced with the threat of the Blood Demon Sector, the Cultivators of the Heaven's Origin Sector were unprecedentedly united. Almost all the Yuanying Sector experts had condensed a spiritual seed. Some of the battle-type Yuanying Sector experts had even condensed more than one. They were determined to improve the Building Foundation Stage Cultivators to the best state even at the cost of their lives!
The spiritual seeds condensed by every Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator boasted different techniques and conditions for the seed explosion. Not only did it depend on the Cultivation level of the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, it also depended on whether or not the 'belief' of the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator matched. At the very least, their understanding of the path of Cultivation could not be different.
Otherwise, the odds of successful seed explosion would be greatly reduced, and the odds of mental derangement would be greatly increased.
Therefore, the spiritual seed that they chose as their life-saving measure was a matter of life and death. They had to think carefully before they made a decision.
The spiritual seed was selected according to the number of kills in the seclusion battle during the day. Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong were both in the top ten. The range of choices was quite large. The two of them studied for a long time. But they were informed by the staff of a message.
'Iron God 'Yan Ba, the king of the body fundamentalists, wanted to meet them!
Since the Yuanying Sector expert had summoned them, they naturally did not dare delay. Under the guidance of the mini crystal processor, they returned to the ground. They arrived at the desert outside the valley.
There was a lonely figure sitting on a sand dune in front of them. Bright stars twinkled around him, making him look like he was glowing.
'Iron God' Yan Ba did not leak out the slightest spiritual energy, but he seemed to be one with the stars above his head and the sand below his feet, as if he were part of nature itself.
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong looked at each other and puffed out their chests. He strode forward.
"For the trip to Ultimacy, I've spent more than half of my Spiritual Qi and condensed two spiritual seeds in total.
"Iron God" Yan Ba didn't play any tricks. Hearing their breathing, he slowly turned around and looked at them with a smile like an amiable old man next door. "Li Yao, Ding Ling Dong. Are the two of you interested in receiving my spirit seed? "
Although he knew that Yan Ba probably wanted to talk about the spiritual seed, he didn't expect that Yan Ba would invite him here. But Li Yao was still somewhat surprised when he heard it from Yan Ba's mouth. He raised his eyebrow and hesitated.
"Senior Yan, Ding Ling Dong is a body practitioner. It's reasonable for her to accept your spiritual seed. But I was born as a refiner and I'm best at using magical equipment. You are a body fundamentalist. Why did you come to me? "
Although Li Yao had considered the spiritual seed of 'Iron God' Yan Ba a long time ago, he still couldn't figure it out. Why did Yan Ba come to him?
'Iron God' Yan Ba smiled, somewhat gloomily.
"Body fundamentalists are like living fossils in the world of Cultivators. They are like living fossils. Not just the purest body fundamentalists, even the body practitioners are getting fewer and fewer. Right now, only the Combat Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution is still training them on a large scale. They are rarely seen in other places.
"Of the thirty selected Orb Patrollers, only two are body practitioners. None of them are pure body fundamentalists who don't use any magical equipment.
"Although the two of you are not from the Devilish Fist Sect, you are both from the Grand Desolate War Institution, which means that you are somewhat related to the Devilish Fist Sect. We both belong to the same branch of the Grand Desolate Plateau. If I have to choose, of course, I hope that my spiritual seed can be passed on to the Cultivators of the Grand Desolate Plateau.
"There's no need to mention Ding Ling Dong. She is the strongest body practitioner among the thirty selected Orb Patrollers. As for you, Vulture Li Yao, although you were born as a refiner, your physical fitness and resistance are equally remarkable. They are even stronger than other body practitioners. I really don't know how you trained yourself to be so strong!
"Activating my spiritual seed is extremely painful and dangerous. Only a strong body practitioner such as Ding Ling Dong and a tough body like yours, Li Yao, can withstand it!"
Li Yao was dazed. He didn't expect that Yan Ba would choose him because his resistance was better. For a moment, his face was a bit weird.
Thinking for a moment, he replied honestly,
"Senior Yan, I've thought about accepting your spiritual seed, too. But I'm born as a refiner after all. Magical equipment is the most important thing on my path of Cultivation.
"Although I've absorbed quite a few memories of your battles and training and tasted the magnificence of the primeval forces, I still don't agree with the idea that 'bare-handed fighting is better than using tools'. Perhaps, this is a competition of beliefs.
"I don't know whether or not I can accept your spiritual seed because of our different beliefs.
"Ding Ling Dong is the same. Although she is a body practitioner, she doesn't reject the use of magical equipment. If she can make use of the Crystal Suit, she will never fight bare-handed.
"I hope you can understand that, Senior Yan. “
"Exactly."
Ding Ling Dong said solemnly, "Senior Yan, as the king of body fundamentalists, you've been my idol since I was a little girl. But I hesitated for a long time when I chose my spiritual seed because I was afraid that I couldn't accept the idea that no magical equipment should be used. Therefore, I don't know whether or not I'm qualified to accept your spiritual seed."
'Iron God' Yan Ba smiled and said,
"That explains a lot. You think that magical equipment is better than bare-handed fighting … What a load of crap!"
"What?"
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong were both dumbfounded.
"Iron God" Yan Ba stared at the two of them as if they were idiots. He continued, "
"Magical equipment is better than bare-handed fighting. Even a three-year-old knows that! Didn't the ancestors of human beings turn from monkeys into humans because they learned how to use tools? There's no reason that after thousands of years of evolution, tools have changed from bone sticks to the most precise magical equipment, only to abandon them and rely on their fists to conquer the world! "
"But …"
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong were completely confused.
What Yan Ba said was right. The problem was that his identity was not right.
He was an ascetic among body practitioners. He absolutely rejected the use of any magical equipment or weapons in the face of the overwhelming beast tides. He was a body fundamentalist who insisted on fighting bare-handed!
'Iron God' Yan Ba looked at the starry sky with his hands behind his back. He said casually,
"Are you wondering why I, a body fundamentalist, would say such a thing? If I really think that magical equipment is better than magical equipment, why have I never used any in my life?
"Let me tell you something. The belief of a body fundamentalist is not as you understand it.
"Body fundamentalist is the oldest profession in the modern Cultivation world. There is no other profession like it!
"Since the beginning of the Great Dark Age forty thousand years ago, the demon race has ruled the sea of stars and established an enormous and strict Demon Beast Empire. Cultivators have been hunted and ordinary human beings have been suppressed brutally. It has been impossible for human beings to use any magical equipment!
"During the thirty thousand years of darkness, we had no jade slips to pass on cultivation techniques, no flying swords to fight with our oppressors, and no Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to temper our bodies. If anyone was found to be secretly hiding a magical treasure, they would be punished. If anyone found out that any magical equipment was stolen, their bloodline, family, and friends would all be slaughtered mercilessly by the demon race!
"Even in such a high-pressure environment, we never gave up the hope of Cultivation. Without jade chips, flying swords, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, this is the only thing that we can count on. "
'Iron God' Yan Ba raised his thumb and pointed at his chest, which was slightly shriveled. He said calmly, "The only thing that human beings can count on is their own bodies of flesh and blood, veins, nerves, muscles, heart, cells, and the deepest parts of the cells. The ancestors of our ancestors, and the ancestors before them. The power that was passed down with great difficulty after one heavenly tribulation after another! "
"The strength. It was sealed in the deepest part of our cells. By tearing apart the seal and releasing the strength, we would have the first leverage to fight against the demon race.
"Therefore, body fundamentalist, the earliest profession in the modern Cultivation world, was born.
"Therefore, body fundamentalists are not unaware of the formidability of magical equipment and weapons. It's just that when our profession was born, we, all human beings, could not even lay our hands on a piece of powerful magical equipment!
"But even without magical equipment, we would fight the demon race to the end with our fists, nails, and teeth!"
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong were greatly moved.
Li Yao couldn't help but ask, "But that was thirty thousand years ago. Human beings are dominating the sea of stars today. All kinds of magical equipment are popular. Why …"
Yan Ba smiled.
"Yes. Although the civilization of mankind has fallen apart in various Sectors, it is still dominating the world. It is very convenient for us to get a piece of magical equipment.
"However, what if the demon race comes back one day? Or the demonic Cultivators? Or the alien species that are even more powerful than the demon race? Or an unprecedented apocalypse?
"If the threats make the civilization of mankind lose the right to produce and use magical equipment again, and we have to fight bare-handed again, the existence of the body fundamentalists will at least teach the hot-blooded rebels how to fight with only hands, feet, and teeth!"
"Yes. Everybody knows that the odds of such a thing happening are very low. But the sea of stars is boundless. Who knows what kind of dangers are lurking in it?
"Therefore, the existence of the body fundamentalists is still somewhat meaningful. They are like a thin safety rope."
"If the civilization of mankind does fall into darkness one day and lose all its magical equipment, body fundamentalists will at least be the last defense line of the civilization.
"This is the reason why I chose to become a body fundamentalist."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
