Barely Clinging to Life

Gaga accurately targeted their weaknesses!

These people all use negative energy as the focus of their spiritual practice.

Although they may not know what evil energy is, Gaga, who has been trained by the Daoist Divine Will Inheritance system, can distinguish it.

The dead belong to Yin, and Yin absorbs the five flavors, including foul and evil odors.

There are various types of qi in the human body.

The Qi in the dantian strengthens the spirit and fills the bone marrow.

The Qi of the Blood Sea nourishes the skin and promotes blood circulation.

The breath is used to circulate through the six internal organs and support the four limbs.

The foul and evil air can disturb the body and spirit, and can corrupt the five internal organs.

Using negative energy as the focus of cultivation can lead to rapid progress because the amount of negative energy is abundant and can even be artificially produced through killing.

As mentioned before, the most important aspect of martial arts training is perseverance, followed by resources.

Other types of energy are difficult to collect, so resources are naturally scarce. For example, the Carp Flowing Intent that Li Qi used to cultivate required pure water energy. If he hadn't been in the wilderness of Baiyue, collecting it would have been extremely difficult.

As long as you are ruthless enough, you will never lack evil as your main source of sustenance.

However, there is also a drawback.

If foul air enters the body and is not properly controlled, it can lead to various health problems, such as general weakness and internal injuries.

Kidney Qi deficiency leads to mental exhaustion, difficulty walking, loss of appetite, earache, blurred vision, dry skin, foul odor in the lower body, intestinal wind and hemorrhoids, bloody diarrhea, and various wind-related ailments. These are the side effects.

And that's exactly what Gaga was aiming for.

Their bodies are unclean, their nine orifices constantly spewing foul stench, they can be called instruments of suffering, their bodies are extremely ugly, covered with scars and sores, and... they do not know how to restrain themselves.

The area is decorated with four kinds of foul and evil grasses: artemisia, wormwood, lambsquarters, and weeds, which stir up the foul energy in their bodies. Then, with the evil incantation, the killing, stealing, lust, lying, and greed in their bodies are stirred up, and the ghost-summoning incantation is transformed into five ghosts that devour the flesh!

With a well-thought-out strategy, you can easily reduce the opponent's number of people to just one!

This is the importance of understanding the other party's background.

Knowing your origins is half the battle won.

However, Gaga discovered that there was one person who seemed unaffected.

The leader of the bandits had turned into a dried-up corpse covered in withered hair.

The mummified corpse seemed to have discovered Gaga, who was hiding using the Qi Concealment Technique, and ran directly towards him, its twisted and incomplete five fingers maliciously reaching forward!

By drawing out the foul and evil energy within the other person's body, not only did it fail to kill him, but it also allowed this person to discover Gaga's location!

The bandit leader charged straight at them and slashed down with his sword!

It's called a sword, but the opponent uses it like a knife, slashing with great force, as if trying to split Gaga in two.

Gaga formed hand Hand Seals, and a surge of True Qi erupted, immediately activating the backup plan she had prepared.

With a loud rumble, a stone platform rose from the ground, formed by him drawing upon the earth's energy.

The stone platform, like a giant shield, absorbed the blow.

However, this strike was powerful and heavy. Even if the martial artist had not yet reached the rank of master, he could still shatter the boulder!

The aftershock sent Gaga flying, rolling twice on the ground.

Gaga immediately rolled over and, ignoring the pain in her body, lunged forward again.

He had just lunged out when the next blade fell, the ground rumbling as if a heavy object had hit the ground, and even the area within several meters trembled.

Once you get close to a martial artist, you can crush all Dao Path!

Although Gaga had studied martial arts, nowadays, Daoist Cultivation Method were his main focus, and once he was in close combat, he was practically defenseless.

Moreover, after lunging out again, he felt a tingling sensation quickly spread from his mouth and nose throughout his body.

The evil energy has entered their body! The evil energy emanating from them is poisonous!

Gaga immediately realized that if he continued to consume his energy at this rate, the evil energy within him wouldn't last long!

For example, Li Qi is now a seventh-rank official, and his internal energy is in the hundreds of millions, so he can use it at will. Ordinary Technique Method are just a piece of cake for him.

However, those who do not reach the rank of cultivation only have one or two strands of qi in their bodies. Having a few dozen strands is considered a lot. When Li Qi first embarked on the path of cultivation, he only had three strands of qi, and he had to carefully calculate and save them every day.

Gaga didn't know Li Qi, but he knew his own level of endurance.

The battle had only lasted a few seconds; with the opponent wasting resources like that, it was absolutely impossible for them to sustain it!

With this in mind, he immediately prepared for the next attack.

However, the expected attack did not occur.

He looked outside and found that the bandit leader was not chasing him, but instead heading towards the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, in just a second or two, he had already grabbed a person and was devouring him, blood splattering everywhere.

The surrounding crowd cried out and tried to escape as quickly as possible.

But they were all tied with ropes, and as they ran in different directions, they ended up pulling at each other, and none of them could escape.

After all, they were just ordinary people. In their panic, they couldn't care about anything else and only knew how to run, so they couldn't concentrate their strength in one direction.

The bandit leader had devoured the brains of the two men in just two seconds.

The brain is where Primal Qi, Essence, Qi, and Spirit converge; it is the essence of a person. Eating this can naturally replenish the vital energy that is rapidly depleted!

This is what was mentioned earlier...

Cultivating righteous energy, while having no side effects, involves too little of it.

You can replenish your bad breath anytime, anywhere!

Unconsciously, Ga Ga flapped its wings and let out an angry cry.

Sword, blood, limbs, chunks of flesh.

The stench was everywhere, and a deformed monster was growing larger and larger under the influence of the foul air.

The bandit leader's body was filled with foul energy, which, through his Cultivation Method, caused him to swell up to a whole size, constantly emitting a poisonous stench.

The terrifying and despicable bandit leader regained his strength in just a few seconds by eating and pounced on Gaga again.

Even as it rushed up to Gaga, Gaga already felt a strong sense of threat and terror.

Ninth rank!

The other party had been hiding his strength all along; he was a true Sacred Flame Tribe expert who had mastered the ability to project his Qi!

Using the grading method from the Cultivation Method I learned, this is definitely the ninth rank. I have truly refined my body and can release internal energy.

This is an opponent we cannot defeat; I haven't even reached the next level yet!

We can't beat them, we can't win.

However, the bandit leader's dark eyes looked at Gaga, and the brain he was still chewing sent a chill down the young man's spine and filled him with rage.

Daoist Sorcery is ineffective...

Then let's use a sword!

A few minutes later.

He collapsed to the ground with a thud.

But before him, the bandit leader had already fallen.

The enemy died before him; that was enough.

"I still underestimated the difference in strength..." Gaga thought bitterly to himself, collapsing to the ground, completely powerless.

Gaga was badly injured; half of its wing was torn off.

The Sacred Flame Tribe cannot fly. The wings on their backs are mainly used for vocalization and expressing emotions, so it's equivalent to having their face and tongue removed. After that, they can only mumble incoherently and are even less able to make facial expressions.

He had been injured seventeen or eighteen times, and his whole body was soaked in evil energy.

To say that I'm alive is an understatement; I could barely be considered alive.

But it's practically dead already. If left here unattended, it probably won't live more than fifteen minutes.

He didn't even know how he won.

I don't understand. He should have been killed in a few moves after getting close, but some unknown power surged up and enabled him to turn the tables and kill.

Instead of using the Daoist Sorcery I had recently learned, I used... the Guardian's Path, which I had already prepared to discard.

This suddenly brought back memories for Gaga.

When he went with his master to pay homage to the Sacred King and deliver a message, he was holding a sword, full of vigor and ambition.

The Guardian is the original martial arts path of the Sacred Flame Tribe. It is a martial arts method developed by the Sacred Flame Tribe in ancient times to protect themselves and survive. Later, it gradually became the mainstream cultivation method of the Sacred Flame Tribe.

Just now, he couldn't win using Daoist Sorcery, and he was powerless to resist once he got close. He could only fight to the death with martial arts, but this fight unexpectedly unleashed power beyond his limits.

It seemed as if the road was responding to him.

The cultivation methods of the Sacred Flame Tribe's guardians seemed to be responding to him, giving him even more power out of thin air.

It's a pity. No matter how much you push your limits, there are still limitations. It's still too difficult to fight against a ninth-rank martial artist with a cultivation level that's not even at the lowest rank.

Despite killing his opponent, he didn't recover for long.

Gaga's eyes gradually lost their light, and the scene before her eyes grew darker and darker until she finally lost consciousness completely.

If left unattended, this Child of Destiny should be buried here.

Meanwhile, Shen Shuibi was also preparing to make her move.

We can't really let him die.

Then she'd have to find the Child of Destiny, and it might take more than a decade before a new one is born.

It's very troublesome.

But... the Child of Destiny is truly something else, how could he survive such a deadly situation?

The rabbit could tell that even when facing certain death, he could unleash power beyond his limits, and even his vitality seemed to increase significantly.

This is the Child of Destiny, the darling of the world, pampered by all.

However, just as Shen Shuibi was about to make a move, she suddenly stopped.

"Hmm?" The rabbit tilted its head.

It turned out that someone had come to rescue him.

He truly is Child of Destiny; he even manages to meet kind people at a time like this.

The rabbit formed hand Hand Seals, amplifying its original Mirror Flower Water Moon technique, and watched closely what was happening to Gaga from a distance of 100,000 miles.

What was originally just a vague feeling suddenly transformed into a real image, incredibly clear, just like a 4K movie, and in panoramic view at that.

The moon reflected in the water, even if the moon is in the sky, can be held in the palm of one's hand and examined carefully; this Technique Method is inspired by this idea.

Shen Shuibi used the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique to watch Gaga being rescued.

The person who saved him was the same person he had saved before.

After Gaga killed all the bandits, most of the prisoners chose to quickly grab some food and wealth and then escape, but there were still two people who seemed to still have some kindness in their hearts.

In these chaotic times, this is a rare find.

After they painstakingly cut the ropes, they did not flee, but instead gathered the remaining food that the others had looted and piled it on the cart.

Only a small portion of the grain remained, not even enough to fill a small cart; most of it had been taken by others.

The two men rescued Gaga. There happened to be a river nearby, so they gently cleaned Gaga's wounds, tore the thieves' clothes to shreds, washed them in the water, bandaged Gaga's wounds, and put him in the car.

The two of them hurriedly pushed the cart into the open field.

They ran until they reached a place that seemed deserted, but they were exhausted and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

They had already suffered enough, and pushing the cart for so long had pushed them to their limit.

The two lay on the ground, remaining quiet and silently recovering their strength.

Shen Shuibi, who was observing, noticed that these two people... were actually consciously concealing their tracks, and were also recovering their strength through some kind of breathing technique.

Hmm... not an ordinary citizen.

But Rabbit only paid a little attention to the two people; most of her attention was still on Gaga, focusing on his injuries.

In principle, we should ignore it as much as possible, but if someone is really dying, we should still take action.

However, to the rabbit's surprise, it seemed that some unknown vitality was still hidden within him under these circumstances.

The natural energy around him was unconsciously seeping into his body slowly, sustaining his tiny life force!

When the time is right, heaven and earth will lend their strength.

Although she had heard about the Child of Destiny before, this was the first time Shen Shuibi had seen how a high-ranking Heavenly Dao would lend a hand.

How could Child of Destiny from a Sixth-Rank World receive such blessings? Were those two kind-hearted people also sent by the Heavenly Dao?

It's hard to say. It might not have been sent here, but it's definitely something that can only be encountered with the blessing of good fortune.

Not everyone can suddenly encounter two kind-hearted people in dire straits, who happen to owe you a favor on the spot, and who are grateful and willing to repay it, even risking their lives to save you.

These two could have run away on their own, just like the other prisoners. They stayed behind to push the cart forward slowly for Gaga's sake, which greatly increased their chances of being discovered and caused them to steal less food.

By staying behind, their chances of survival were reduced by half, but they still did it anyway.

All I can say is... it's all a coincidence, but it doesn't seem like such a coincidence either.

Time passed slowly, and the two regained some strength, whispering a few more words to each other.

It was still night, and they seemed to have discussed something, but in the end they didn't get up.

They waited until dawn and the sun rose before finally getting up from the ground, taking food from the cart, gathering firewood, and starting a fire to cook.

They were already dizzy from hunger, their stomachs felt like they were on fire, but it was too dangerous to start a fire at night, as the light would be easily seen, so the two of them endured their hunger until morning.

That feeling of having your stomach churning with anticipation, with food right next to you but not being able to eat it—only those who have experienced it can truly understand.

But they held back.

By morning, they had finally started a fire and put the grain in to cook.

The food of the Sacred Flame Tribe is not rice or wheat, but a filamentous substance, which is likely a fungus, and this is their staple food.

After simmering the mycelium, they first treated themselves to a hearty meal, then brought the hot soup to Gaga's side.