Resonating with Heaven and Earth, Harmony of Man and Nature

Chapter 19: Resonance with Heaven and Earth, Harmony of Man and Nature (4.5k)

Although Shen Gang couldn't accept it immediately, he wasn't unreasonable. After all, the transfer order had been issued.

Seeing that he couldn't change Shen Mu's mind, he returned to Luanhe Base that same day to handle the handover, and would take up his post in Changshan City within a week at the latest.

That evening, Shen Mu and his mother, Chen Wen, took a King-Class Fighter to Jincheng, one of the satellite cities of Kyoto Base City.

In a townhouse complex on the outskirts of Jincheng.

Shen Mu's visit to Tang Yongqing's home was a spur-of-the-moment decision. His mother, Chen Wen, had only communicated with Tang Yongqing's parents that morning, so the Tang family was quite rushed.

Even Tang Yongqing and her younger brother, Tang Yongyuan, had taken temporary leave from school to return to Jincheng.

The entire Tang family was present in the living room on the first floor of the villa.

Chen Wen first introduced Shen Mu to the eldest elder, Luo Hongqin: "A' Mu, this is your Grandma Luo Hongqin. Hurry up and greet her."

"Hello, Grandma Luo," Shen Mu greeted politely.

"Good, good, good, you don't need to be so formal, child," the old lady said kindly, showing no different attitude towards Shen Mu despite him being a councilor.

Besides the old lady, Tang Yongqing's parents, Tang Cheng and his wife Lin Yuying, and her younger brother Tang Yongyuan all seemed quite unnatural, unsure of how to act around Shen Mu.

Next, Chen Wen introduced Shen Mu one by one, starting with Tang Cheng and his wife.

Tang Cheng was a teacher at Kyoto University, and his wife, Lin Yuying, was Chen Wen's high school classmate and also from Changshan.

After graduating from high school, Lin Yuying was successfully admitted to the best university in the base city, while Chen Wen chose the path of martial arts. Lin Yuying married and moved to Jincheng after meeting Tang Cheng at university.

Seeing that the Tang family was uncomfortable and even a bit reserved, Chen Wen spoke up, "A' Mu, this is your first time meeting Xiao Qing. Why don't you two go for a walk together?"

"Okay, Mom." Shen Mu had no objections.

Tang Yongqing also found the awkward atmosphere unbearable and followed Shen Mu out.

On the streets of the complex, the dim streetlights cast blurry shadows of the two.

Shen Mu glanced at Tang Yongqing beside him, who was walking cautiously.

"Sister Yongqing, don't you have anything you want to ask?"

Shen Mu turned to face Tang Yongqing.

In terms of appearance, Tang Yongqing was also excellent, with a perfectly graceful figure and a beauty rating of 8 or 9 out of 10. Combined with her scholarly demeanor, she possessed a unique charm.

It was precisely because of this that Tang Yongqing had caught the eye of that dissolute young man from the Wang family, who had even given her a perfect score and used various means to try and force her.

"I... I don't know what to say. I just... suddenly feel like we're from different worlds."

Confusion appeared in Tang Yongqing's eyes.

When she was first targeted and harassed by Wang Xing'an, Tang Yongqing's parents began to use their connections to see if they could resolve the problem. Lin Yuying then reached out to Chen Wen.

Chen Wen, seeing that Tang Yongqing was beautiful, had gotten into university at 15, and at just 20 years old was already a formal researcher at an institute affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recognized her exceptional abilities and began to consider something.

Chen Wen then revealed that Shen Mu was a student at the War God Training Camp. The reason it was called the War God Training Camp was that any student who successfully graduated would become a War God-level expert.

Chen Wen then suggested that Lin Yuying spread the word that Shen Mu and Tang Yongqing were engaged since childhood.

Although the Wang family was powerful, they wouldn't offend a future War God over the reckless behavior of a junior. It wouldn't be worth the trouble.

Lin Yuying knew that graduates of the War God Training Camp would all become War Gods. Thinking that having a War God son-in-law would be good in the future, and that the two families knew each other well, the two best friends quickly agreed.

"I told you long ago that your fiancé was very capable and would graduate from the training camp early, but you always treated it as a joke."

As Shen Mu spoke, he reached out and took Tang Yongqing's hand.

Tang Yongqing feigned a small struggle, pulling her hand away slightly, and mumbled, "How could I have known you were so amazing? My mind went blank when I saw the announcement from Limit Martial Hall."

In fact, Tang Yongqing's initial mindset was quite simple. Her dream was to become the greatest female scientist in Huaxia, and she had very few requirements for a partner.

As long as it didn't affect her research in the future, even a normal partner and a peaceful married life would be fine.

Therefore, she wasn't resistant to her mother Lin Yuying's introduction, believing that anything her own mother approved would be more reliable.

During her first video call with Shen Mu, she developed a basic liking for him based on his appearance. After a few more conversations, feeling Shen Mu's support for her ideals, they naturally entered into a relationship.

After all, it wasn't easy to find a boyfriend who was both good-looking and capable, and who also supported her ideals.

"Sister Yongqing, have you ever flown?" Shen Mu suddenly changed the subject. He felt somewhat guilty about this matter, as he had never seriously told Tang Yongqing his true situation, fearing he might scare her.

Tang Yongqing was taken aback by Shen Mu's question and said blankly, "Is it the kind of flying I'm thinking of?"

"Literally flying!"

Shen Mu pulled Tang Yongqing's hand, and a flat landscape stone from the nearby green belt floated up, appearing instantly before them.

Then, Shen Mu stepped onto the landscape stone and extended his hand to Tang Yongqing, saying, "Come up."

"Oh, coming right up."

Tang Yongqing took Shen Mu's hand and stepped onto the landscape stone. The next moment, the stone's speed surged, shooting straight into the sky.

The fear of heights and the sensation of speed made Tang Yongqing's face turn pale. Looking at the blurred scenery below, she tightly gripped Shen Mu's hand, her full chest heaving violently.

"Slow down, slow down!"

"Got it!"

Shen Mu pulled Tang Yongqing into his arms, not slowing down at all. In fact, he sped up.

A moment later, piercing alarm sirens echoed through the Jincheng Air Defense Command Center.

A balding middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the intelligence, wiping sweat from his forehead.

"So it's Councilor Shen taking his girlfriend for a thrill. Nothing to worry about, disarm the alarm."

While Shen Mu was flying with the beautiful girl in his arms, his Azure Dragon avatar was undergoing intense training in the vast ocean far away.

Roar!

A long, deep, and resonant dragon's roar echoed beneath the sea's surface, terrifying countless monsters in the area into trembling.

A dark green dragon writhed in the deep sea, with streams of light formed by bone spurs rotating around its body in a specific pattern.

Boom!

Undercurrents surged violently in the sea, colliding with each other under the control of the twelve bone spurs, producing bursts of dull roars.

"The first step of Harmony of Man and Nature is to try and merge with heaven and earth."

The Azure Dragon avatar was a creature of the sea itself, and when stepping into the realm of Harmony of Man and Nature, it possessed an unparalleled advantage over humans.

Roar!

Another clear dragon's roar. After his movement techniques and spear techniques reached the great accomplishment stage of Artistic Conception Level, Shen Mu had spent about a month trying to resonate with heaven and earth but had found no clue.

Shen Mu could sense that his Artistic Conception Level spear and movement techniques alone couldn't contain his understanding of the ocean's water, but he couldn't find a way to advance further.

"Since I can't find a way, I'll break through using pressure!"

The Azure Dragon opened its eyes, and boundless Mental Power surged around its body, resonating with the fluctuations of the ocean currents.

There were no less than a hundred King-Level Monsters in the Western Pacific, with only two reaching Planet-Level Stage Two. Their territories were also adjacent to Huaxia's sea areas, making them well-known in human society.

One of them was Shen Mu's East Sea Azure Dragon avatar, and the other was the Poisonous Jellyfish King!

"It's you!"

In the next instant, the giant figure of the dark green dragon seemed to transform into a phantom stream of light, moving rapidly through the ocean at a speed exceeding a thousand meters per second.

If flying in the air, Shen Mu's Azure Dragon avatar, despite its size advantage, could only reach a maximum speed of about seven hundred meters per second.

However, in the ocean, its swimming speed was slightly faster than flying in a vacuum; the water filling the entire space would become his propulsion.

Before the East Sea Azure Dragon became Shen Mu's avatar, it had always been at odds with the Poisonous Jellyfish King. Their territories in the ocean were even adjacent.

About fifteen minutes later, Shen Mu crossed over a thousand kilometers and entered the Poisonous Jellyfish King's territory.

"Roar!"

A challenging dragon's roar, accompanied by Mental Power, quickly spread in all directions.

A moment later, a strange green color erupted from a distant sea area.

Within that peculiar green water, a nearly transparent figure could be vaguely seen. It was an umbrella-shaped phantom with a diameter of over thirty meters, surrounded by countless fine, semi-transparent tentacles that released terrifying toxins.

Countless tentacles danced, emitting vibration waves that were difficult for humans to perceive. This could be understood as the jellyfish's call.

Boom!

At this moment, the two overlord-level monsters of the Western Pacific clashed head-on.

Boundless Mental Power surged, but the Poisonous Jellyfish King was also frantically releasing its toxins, attempting to significantly weaken Shen Mu's Mental Power.

"Roar!"

I am no longer who I was. If you don't fight with all you've got, you'll die!

Vast Mental Power swept out, controlling the endless water flow and manifesting Shen Mu's oceanic Artistic Conception.

Instantly, the giant jellyfish felt as if the entire sea area was rejecting it.

"Wooo—"

In the sound wave frequency imperceptible to humans, the jellyfish king's somewhat shocked cry could be heard.

Its old rival, the Azure Dragon, had suddenly acquired that special ability that only human powerhouses possessed.

Boom!

It sounded like an explosion deep in the sea. The jellyfish king knew that if it didn't fight desperately, it would truly be over.

The giant transparent jellyfish instantly lit up with dazzling brilliance, and endless Origin Power surged. Within this boundless Origin Power, two small green planets could be seen rotating.

Endless tentacles, carrying terrifying Wood-attribute Origin Power and toxins, lashed out at Shen Mu. Each of these countless tentacles possessed immense power at the Planet-Level Stage Two extreme.

The countless tentacles were like innumerable hands. Although their attacks lacked finesse, much like a Mentalist controlling objects, all the tentacles struck in one direction, their forces accumulating.

But the fundamental source of all this power ultimately came from those two miniature Origin Power stars. Such a desperate, all-out burst could only last for one to two minutes before all its Origin Power would be depleted.

Roar!

The Azure Dragon avatar let out an excited dragon's roar. This was the pressure it craved.

Facing the Jellyfish King's desperate struggle, the Azure Dragon Avatar entered a suppressed state.

At this moment, above the sea, it was as if a hurricane had been born out of thin air, stirring up terrifying waves and surges that crashed in all directions.

Beneath the sea, two powerful King-Level Monsters fought to the death.

As time passed, the desperate Jellyfish King would eventually weaken.

And under this pressure, Shen Mu's vast mental power and the fluctuations of the endless ocean currents intertwined as he searched for that profound resonance.

"Wail!"

In just one minute, the Poisonous Jellyfish King felt its strength about to run out. In the face of mortal danger, it let out a mournful cry, its internal primal energy exploding beyond its limits, causing damage to itself from the berserk energy.

The power of each tentacle increased again, precisely breaking through Shen Mu's mental power and defenses, piercing the gaps in his scales.

Terrifying toxins spread, bringing a burning pain.

In mere seconds, under the Jellyfish King's final burst of attack, the Azure Dragon Avatar's body was covered in countless small wounds, and endless toxins spread throughout Shen Mu's body with each breath.

Pain, weakness, and various other negative status effects surged from the East Sea Azure Dragon, as if the tide had turned in an instant.

"Roar!"

Under the terrifying pain and crisis, a special impulse surged from its genes.

This was the ferocity that had been dormant within the East Sea Azure Dragon's bloodline since it became Shen Mu's avatar, now reawakening.

At this moment, Shen Mu's consciousness and the instincts of this avatar finally merged. The feeling of disharmony and unnaturalness that had always been present completely disappeared, leaving no gap between soul and body.

Shen Mu's mental power, with the ebb and flow of a tide, resonated with the cosmic energy that permeated the heavens and earth.

Hum!

An invisible wave swept out from the East Sea Azure Dragon's body. The toxins that had seeped into its body were all expelled through the wounds. Although the damage caused by the toxins remained, it would no longer worsen.

At this moment, Shen Mu suddenly had a special perception. This was not a perception of mental power, but a vague, ineffable one.

Splash!

The endless ocean currents surged once more. As Shen Mu's mental power spread, the cosmic energy contained within resonated with his mental power.

Boom!

Under the control of his mental power, the endless water body compressed frantically, tightly suppressing the transparent jellyfish in place.

Swish swish swish!

Bone spikes turned into streaks of light, converging under Shen Mu's control, and then shot out fiercely.

Rumble!

The endless water erupted again. Twelve bone spikes instantly pierced the Poisonous Jellyfish King's body, then spread and churned, annihilating this once-unbeatable nemesis in an instant.

Above the endless wilderness on the outskirts of Kyoto Base City.

Shen Mu, holding Tang Yongqing and flying on Bedrock, suddenly stopped. The flat landscape stone also hovered in mid-air.

The next moment, boundless mental power spread out. This time, relying on his vague perception, he sensed the cosmic energy drifting in the void.

Furthermore, by simulating the fluctuation of cosmic energy with his mental power, he could resonate with the cosmic energy and amplify the power of his mental power.

"A'mu... what happened?"

Tang Yongqing hugged Shen Mu nervously, looking down at the wilderness below. The sounds of beasts roaring could still be heard, and her face was a little pale.

"Don't worry, it's a good thing. Being with you has cleared my mind, and a bottleneck in my martial arts has suddenly loosened, leading to some progress in my strength."

Shen Mu came back to his senses and smiled at Tang Yongqing.

"You're such a smooth talker!" Tang Yongqing wasn't shy like a little girl, but her eyes curved, clearly happy to hear Shen Mu's words.

"Let's go, let's go home."

"Okay!"

On their way back, Shen Mu continued to sense the cosmic energy in the world.

Normally, without a calm mind to earnestly sense cosmic energy, even Planet-Level martial artists could not perceive its existence under normal circumstances.

But after stepping into the realm of Harmony of Man and Nature, that vague perception felt like entering a state of meditating with one's heart facing the sky, allowing one to vaguely sense the existence of cosmic energy.

Shen Mu had finally understood the mystery of Harmony of Man and Nature.

The so-called Harmony of Man and Nature was to break free from the limitations of movement techniques and combat techniques, directly control primal energy and mental power, unleash one's own understanding of the world, and resonate with cosmic energy.

However, it was only resonating with cosmic energy and guiding it to attack; one could not freely manipulate cosmic energy like one's own primal energy or mental power.

As for the Domain-Level beyond that, Shen Mu speculated that it would not just be a simple resonance with cosmic energy, but direct control over cosmic energy, forming a domain that suppressed everything.

This chapter fleshed out Tang Yongqing's character a bit. She won't have many scenes after this. This is a nearly 5,000-character chapter, filled with sincerity. Brothers, feel free to shower the author with recommendation votes and monthly votes.