Chapter 106: The Heart Sutra of Guanyin = Magical Art?
The burial coffin is standing on the ground. When enlarged to normal size, it looks like an upright door frame.
The coffin board opened automatically, and after a moment, a graceful swordsman in white walked out of it.
I have to say that the disciple uniforms of Shushan Five Elements Peak are of very good quality. They are made of high-end materials and have a soft touch. Even if there is no wind, they will sway on their own even if you stand there.
Even after being soaked in the thick black blood of the Inferi for so long, just washing it turned it back to its original state.
This is probably because Shushan Five Elements Peak takes the elite route, and the equipment on their body is always much better than others.
Jiang Li and Jian Xiu's clone did not exchange a word.
As if they couldn't see each other at all, Jiang Li put away the coffin and turned back to the top of the mountain. The clone's footsteps turned into a white shadow and flew down the mountain, and the two went their separate ways.
After all, they are all the same personality, and it really doesn't make much sense to talk to themselves.
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Since it is too close to the temporary stronghold in the Sutra Valley, misunderstandings and accidents can easily occur if it is discovered.
The sword cultivator's clone did not wield the sword rashly, but simply relied on the skill of his feet to step on the branches and fly through the cover of the jungle. His movements were the same as when Jiang Li was practicing in the sect.
After all, it is still the foundation-building period, and the speed of sword cultivation is actually not slow. It’s just that due to the severe memory loss of the past, except for wine, fire, swords and songs, the clone is basically a blank sheet of paper, and the movement skills and the like are also completely blank.
It was so clean that Jiang Li could only use the few superficial body skills that Jiang Li knew to move forward.
All the way down to the foot of the mountain, Jiang Li still didn't let the avatar take off, but moved his legs and ran towards the distance like a phantom.
The reason why he doesn't use the sword is firstly because when flying with the Fire Flying Sword, he is basically as conspicuous as a thunder in the sky at night, so he can still be easily discovered by others.
For some reasons, he did not want to expose the connection between the clone and the real body. After all, the latent ability of the Guanyin Heart Sutra was too strong and could easily be feared by others.
Imagine that the enemy kills your relatives, friends, parents, and loved ones, and then takes over his life.
A murderer is right next to you, but you have no idea how terrifying it is to spend time with him day and night!
If this kind of practice puts aside the false packaging of Buddhism and falls into the hands of people with evil intentions, it will simply be the most evil of evils and the most vicious of evils.
If you think about it from his perspective, if such a person existed, Jiang Li himself would get rid of him quickly.
This second point is because Jiang Li found that the clone's cultivation level was higher, and the original Shushan movement skills were still there, and he was able to advance very quickly after using the original movement skills.
Moreover, this kind of insight and experience can be fed back to the body in real time, which is of great help to his body practice.
That's why he wanted to make his parallel consciousness work harder in order for his clone to hang up and practice body skills.
However, compared to aura, the clone's physical strength is limited.
After running all night, the clone's physical strength was almost exhausted, and then he stepped on the flying sword and took off into the air, flying through the air in a certain direction.
Flying high in the sky, Jiang Li's clone was extremely excited. Relying on the spiritual energy continuously pouring out of his body, he continued to accelerate the spiritual energy and made various difficult movements in the high altitude.
In order for the clone to receive the transmission of his own spiritual energy over a long distance, the very low-level Yin Refining Technique obviously cannot do this.
Jiang Li searched in the Sutra Pavilion for a long time, and finally found a suitable method. With the help of the connection of parallel consciousness, he managed to do this.
In the air, there are no speed limits or obstacles, and you are free to fly in the open air. The feeling of the refreshing wind blowing against your face is really refreshing.
Jiang Li exclaimed in his heart, this is how to cultivate immortality!
Seriously speaking, this is Jiang Li's first time flying alone. In the past, in the sect, he either rode a flying boat or walked on two legs. Disciples were not allowed to fly magic weapons in public areas.
Therefore, after Jiang Li obtained the Prisoner Dragon Lock and the Sword Cultivator clone, he had only tried floating at low altitude in the room. It was really his first time to fly as happily as he did today.
The clone flew towards the destination at extreme speed, and his eyes returned to Jiang Li.
At this time, Jiang Li, led by Senior Sister Liu Mulan, had entered a forest not far away consisting of seven mountains.
More than ten kilometers away from this mountain forest, there is a seemingly prosperous human city, which covers an area that is probably larger than Yunxi City and the King's Capital of Innan combined.
"Is this one of the places where monsters gather?"
Jiang Li asked while remaining vigilant. After all, the gathering place for monsters sounded like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. It seemed very dangerous for just the two monks to enter.
"That's right. You'll know when you go in."
When Senior Sister Liu Mulan said this, she also glanced at the city in the distance, with inexplicable emotions surging in her eyes.
From a distance, this mountain forest looked completely dry and yellow. Jiang Li didn't doubt that he was there, but thought it was an evildoer who was destroying the environment.
When he actually stepped inside, Jiang Li was deeply shocked.
"The bark... is all gone."
Yes, this mountain forest is very different from other places. Almost all the trees in this mountain forest have no bark.
Jiang Li thought it was just a special kind of barkless tree at first, but when he got really close, he saw a large number of tooth marks still left on the trunk.
"Are these...all chewed out?"
Jiang Li took a step forward, wanting to take a closer look at the remaining tooth marks on the tree trunk.
However, there was a click.
His foot stepped on something.
That feeling is a bit... strange.
Jiang Li lowered his head and saw that the ground was covered with thick leaves. He sprayed out the fallen leaves with a breath, and what he stepped on underneath was a long-dried skeleton.
When Jiang Li first started working, he did the business of digging graves and stealing corpses. He was not afraid of corpses.
Instead, he looked carefully at the skull. The sparse teeth were almost identical to the pair of tooth marks on the tree trunk.
Jiang Li blew out another long breath, blowing away the large fallen leaves.
This mountain forest is all dead, and under these dead trees, there are corpses lying everywhere.
"Senior Sister Mulan, who are they?"
Jiang Li had some ideas, but still couldn't help but ask questions.
"It turns out that the people in that city, as well as those who escaped from further away, starved to death."
Famine, such a natural disaster, no wonder.
A famine occurred further away, and the people who fled here ate up all the food in the city, so everyone became refugees together.
If there is nothing to eat, they go up the mountain to dig grass roots and eat tree bark.
In the end, the grass was gone, the bark was gone, and the tree trunks couldn't be chewed, so they all starved to death under the trees.
The feeling of being hungry is really uncomfortable. Fortunately, I have the dual states of [Satiety] and [Indigestion], so I probably won't feel hungry again in this life.
"Senior sister, are they the ones we have to deal with?"
Jiang Li asked.
"Well, that's them."
Senior Sister Liu Mulan knelt down, took out a piece of talisman and pressed it on a corpse.
Bah, bah, bah!
White smoke suddenly emitted from the talisman, the Yin Qi on the next body completely dissipated, and the corpse completely fell apart.
"They died of hunger. Their souls were bound by resentment and pain, and they turned into a kind of hungry ghoul that kept eating everything."
"It's daytime now, and the Yang Qi suppresses them and they can't move. At night, they get up and eat everything in sight."
"So, let them rest in peace. You have Yin spiritual roots, so it shouldn't be difficult for you."
That talisman paper was just a demonstration for Jiang Li. In fact, for physical practitioners, it would be more convenient to crush their skulls.
But...all of them?
Jiang Li took one look at the corpses scattered all over the mountains and plains, and felt helpless for a while.
And if at night, this number of corpses gathered together, they would probably drown him like a tide.
When Jiang Li walked to the next corpse, he reached out to grab it.
Sizzle!
Just as soon as he caught it, Jiang Li's palms and skull made the sound of a soldering iron going into the flesh. After a moment, the entire skeleton fell apart.
Is this the effect of [Demon-Breaking Golden Skin]?
This is Jiang Li's first time trying the demon-breaking effect in this state, and it looks pretty good now.
During this period of time, Yan Hong later helped Jiang Li buy gold paint and gold powder twice, but due to his panel settings, two identical states could not be superimposed and could only be overwritten.
Therefore, if Jiang Li wants to have the [Demon-Breaking Golden Skin] all over his body, he must apply it all at once, instead of patching it together piece by piece.
So the two pieces of gold lacquer and gold powder were still retained and not used directly.
It seems that this Buddhist thing is indeed quite restrained against ghosts and evil things.
However, with such an exaggerated quantity, it doesn't seem to be of much use whether or not it is restrained.