As Yang Podi and Qian Renxue killed the Rakshasa God's divine sense, a black aura emanated from Yang Podi and Qian Renxue, clearly the result of the final attack from the Rakshasa Divine Sense before its death.
Yang Podi looked at the black, Evil aura emanating from his body, feeling a sense of bewilderment. What exactly was this aura? Could it truly be his own evil thoughts?
However, a black aura also appeared on Qian Renxue's body, and the concentration of the aura was much stronger than that on Yang Podi. Upon closer inspection, it even seemed to be out of control, and it even seemed to be spreading from the depths of Qian Renxue's Martial Soul.
Seeing this, Yang Podi quickly placed the Angel Holy Sword into Qian Renxue's hand. However, even with the purifying power of the Angel Holy Sword, a black aura still emanated from her body. Qian Renxue herself even seemed to be on the verge of losing control. In particular, various strange changes occurred on Qian Renxue's face. One moment she was extremely fierce, the next she was extremely hostile, and then she had an expression of admiration.
Yang Podi knew that Qian Renxue was prone to losing control given her current strength and mindset, so he directly sealed Qian Renxue's Soul Power with a single strike and stunned her.
Yang Podi looked at the unconscious Qian Renxue and couldn't help but shake his head: This guy looks quite old, but he has never experienced any pain and has no experience of the seven emotions and six desires. I'm afraid he will have some trouble in the future Godly Trial.
Yang Podi carried the unconscious Qian Renxue and left the Slaughter City directly; this place was far from friendly to Qian Renxue.
After leaving the Slaughter City, Yang Podi casually found a grove of trees and put Qian Renxue down. Then he began to prepare to dispel the Evil aura within his body.
Yang Podi sat on the ground in meditation, trying to calm his mind and find a way to expel the Evil energy from his body.
Although the aura emanating from the Rakshasa God is said to be Evil, it is ultimately just the seven emotions and six desires, mainly joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and lust. These are all things that everyone possesses; the Rakshasa God simply amplifies these evil thoughts infinitely.
Yang Podi, meanwhile, was reciting the Heart Sutra while sensing various Evil auras in his mind.
First, there was joy. Yang Podi recalled the joy of each breakthrough, the joy of watching those around him grow, the joy of escaping disasters, the joy of being with Ye Lingling, and even the joy of being with Qian Renxue in the illusion. All of this joy became more and more persistent, and eventually seemed to slowly get out of control.
At such a crucial moment, the Heart Sutra acts as a shield, protecting one's mind, especially the line: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form," which helps one understand the true meaning of all that is loved.
Then came anger. He recalled the massacre of his family, the various injustices his Breaking Clan had suffered since childhood, and the pressure from various powerful forces. As he went deeper into the path, he became twisted.
After enduring seven trials of emotions and desires, Yang Podi finally couldn't hold back and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
After spitting out blood, Yang Podi became unusually peaceful. His mind, soul, and even the Soul Power in his body became exceptionally calm, as if he were returning to his original state and merging with heaven and earth.
The Evil aura of the Rakshasa God on Yang Podi vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed. Especially now, Yang Podi's soul and the Soul Power in his entire body are perfectly integrated.
Yang Podi looked at his hands and couldn't help but laugh: This Rakshasa God is quite interesting; he actually gave me such a big gift at the last moment. Does this count as passing the test of the seven emotions and six desires?
Although there wasn't the skinning and bone-scraping sensation of the true Godly Trial, Yang Podi began to feel that all the Soul Bone in his body were starting to fuse. Moreover, although his previous body had various different Soul Bone, there was no repulsive force at all. It seemed that it wouldn't be long before all the Soul Bone in his body could form a Soul Bone armor.
Yang Podi even felt that he had begun to grasp a trace of the threshold of godhood. This was probably the transformation from mortal to god, and also the gradual transformation of Soul Master's soul into a divine soul after passing the test of the seven emotions and six desires.
At the same time, a voice echoed in Yang Podi's mind: The Third Trial the Asura Nine Trials is complete. Asura Affinity is rewarded by 10%, and the current total affinity is 40%.
The content of the Fourth Trial of the Asura Nine Trials has also begun to appear: challenge and kill a Ferocious Beast, with a time limit of one year.
When Yang Podi saw the test content, he was immediately incredulous. Logically speaking, he had already killed three Ferocious Beast, including a 200,000-year-old Golden Scorpion Emperor, a 300,000-year-old Fire Dragon, and a 400,000-year-old Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King. Why would the Asura God give him this kind of test?
Moreover, at this stage, all the Ferocious Beast are hiding in the core area of Star Dou Great Forest. There are basically no Ferocious Beast seen outside. Only the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King are considered lone Ferocious Beast. Surely the Asura God wouldn't want him to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to challenge Di Tian and kill one of the Ferocious Beast, would he?
Moreover, judging from the situation, the Asura God should know about the existence of all the Ferocious Beast on Douluo Star, and may even know about the existence of Di Tian. But what exactly is the Asura God's attitude towards these Ferocious Beast?
Although killing a Ferocious Beast wouldn't be difficult for me, it would be best to know the Asura God's attitude towards the Soul Beast Clan, otherwise I might encounter some problems during the inheritance process.
Thinking of this, Yang Podi glanced at Qian Renxue beside him and couldn't help but shake his head. This woman had been highly respected in the Spirit Hall since childhood, and then went to Heaven Dou City and impersonated Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. She seemed to have exceptionally rich experience, but in reality, she lacked the fighting and training of Soul Master. She had a lot of Soul Power, but her actual combat ability was still quite poor, and her interpersonal skills were even worse.
Just as Yang Podi was about to wake Qian Renxue, Qian Renxue suddenly woke up and immediately slapped herself.
Yang Podi quickly dodged Qian Renxue's slap and couldn't help but ask, "What exactly do you want? This is ridiculous."
Qian Renxue's face was filled with resentment. "Liar, you big liar, you actually tricked me out of all this trouble!"
"Miss Qian Renxue, this needs to be clarified. When exactly did I lie to you? And what did I lie to you about?"
"You bastard, how dare you say that? Back in the Rakshasa Secret Realm, you claimed to be fighting against the Rakshasa God, but you actually fell into an illusion with me, and you've been pretending nothing happened."
Yang Podi quickly denied it. "Miss, you've really got it wrong. I really didn't have any interaction with you in the Rakshasa Secret Realm. You can ask Bibi Dong if you don't believe me."
Qian Renxue snorted coldly, "You bastard, you still have the nerve to say that? You usually call me Qian Renxue or Miss, but in an emergency you call me Xue'er. Your use of 'Xue'er ' just now gave you away. And the way you caught my Angel Holy Sword just now, with such skill and perfect coordination, that can't be done in a day or two. Unless you and I have lived in the illusion for decades, we couldn't have achieved this level."
Upon hearing this, Yang Podi stammered, "What are you talking about? I haven't touched you at all, how can you say we've had any interaction? Besides, even if something really happened, it was just an illusion, all Rakshasa God's conspiracy, it doesn't count."
I originally wanted to write it like Ye Lingling, but after thinking about it, I decided against it and let their relationship develop slowly.