Chapter 4: Breath

Qi exists in nature and all things. There is also qi in the vastness of the universe. It cannot be said that living life has qi, and dead creatures have no qi, and it cannot be generalized. For example, people breathe when they are alive and stop breathing when they die. The undead need to enter the underworld reincarnation, the old body decays, is born on the new body, and the cycle repeats. But there are often a lot of surprises along the way. In the beginning, the souls on the continent did not know how to enter the underworld, and Yama was in charge of the soul reincarnation, appointing ghost officials around the world to guide the undead into the underworld. However, the number of ghosts is limited, and the land has a large population, and once a war breaks out, many undead will wander the land. The undead have an instinctive reaction to live. Because there is no one to guide the way, they will attach to anything that can be possessed, so fish, insects, birds and beasts, flowers and trees, they can be possessed. The possessed body is different from the original body, which leads to the mutation of the form of the object, which is the origin of the demon. When an undead spirit possesses a lantern, it becomes known as a lantern ghost. The undead who have regained their bodies will only retain a small part of the memories of their past lives, and it is this small part of the memories that will determine whether they will be good or evil in the future. For example, Zashiki Tongzi is a child who died unexpectedly under the pampering of his parents, and his memory only retains the beauty of his childhood, so he acts like a child, with almost no malice; Since the hosts of the undead are not their original bodies, they are not in a state of birth, but a special state between life and death. They can't eat like normal people, they don't have brains, and therefore their intelligence can't improve. However, there are also strong and weak monsters, which are limited by the original strength of the undead and the ability of the host. Yokai can't cultivate and improve themselves like creatures, because their bodies don't belong to them in the first place, until they discover that by devouring creatures with qi, they can strengthen their qi, and then there are man-eating youkai. Because those youkai were human beings in their lifetimes, they longed for human flesh, and the qi in human beings would attract them. The more people who eat, the stronger the demonic power will be, and the faster the loss of humanity will be. There are at least a thousand humans who have died at his hands such as the drunken boy. If you can guide the youkai before eating people, and let them abandon their desire for humans, even evil spirits may become harmless youkai to humans. After all, in addition to humans, there are many foods that can enhance the breath. Under Abe's guidance, the Great Tengu gave up cannibalism and became a human partner.

In fact, a long time ago, Yama had sensed the problem of Laiguo. After all, on the mainland, monsters appear very rarely, but in this island country, the undead gather, and it is rare to be able to successfully reincarnate. After possessing the ghost for ten miles, Yama traveled to a demon island near Laiguo, where he studied the problems of Laiguo. Later, he discovered that only a small part of the bottom of the island was connected to the seabed, and the whole island was inverted, connected to the seabed with a stone pillar with a radius of less than one meter. The underworld is located deep underground, and all the undead must enter the underground before they can reach it, and it is precisely because the connection area with the underground is too small, resulting in a limited number of undead passing through, and a large number of undead who are stranded on the island will lodge on objects at will, forming all kinds of monsters. After becoming a monster, the ghost officials are also in trouble, because the monsters are between life and death, and they can only take the dead into the underworld, and many monsters have greatly increased their demon power after eating people, and they can no longer fight with the ability of the ghost officials. Even a big demon like the drunken boy killed all the ghosts on the island overnight, causing no undead to enter the underworld on the island for a period of time, and the rules of reincarnation were chaotic. Later, because of the large number of undead gathered, and not all the undead could find a host, their resentment and the evil thoughts of the living slowly accumulated, and the island had evil gods.

The so-called monsters, in fact, are the same as people, if people are not taught by their parents when they are born, they will not know good and evil, and naturally they will not feel that there is anything wrong with what they are doing. Therefore, it is very important to deal with youkai, no one thinks that they should be killed by birth, even if they are just ignorant, they will stand up and resist when they know that everyone wants to destroy youkai.

The demon knife in front of me, I don't know if it's good or evil?

Shinaki Abe looked at Yanagi, who was holding a black knife with a purple glow in his hand. The blade is slender, and it is taller than Yanagi's stature, which shows that the owner who used this knife at that time must have been a tall man. The body of the knife is black, and there are two blades on the tip of the knife, which is one of the five supreme swords of the Lai Kingdom. The purple breath is the demon qi, the demon qi continues to flow out from the sword body, enveloping Liu Sheng, it can be said that Liu Sheng has become a puppet of the demon knife, his eyes are now white, and he has no consciousness of his own at all.

Demon Knife didn't seem to want to communicate with Abe, she controlled Yanagi and drew her sword and rushed towards Abe. The man Abe took out of his arms and summoned Shikijin: the mercenary general. The paper figure turned into a pair of armor, but there was a blank space in the armor, and there was no flesh to support the armor, only a pair of eyes that were transformed by demonic energy inside the helmet. Yanagi held a demon knife and cut off the mercenary general's head with a single sword. The helmet fell to the ground, and the armor didn't move. Yanagi thought that the mercenary was dead, and when he was about to walk towards Abe, the armor actually moved, and he picked up the knife and blocked it in front of Yanagi. The armor without a head can still move, and it is estimated that the demon knife has never seen this situation, and it is in place. The mercenary walked over to the helmet, bent down to pick up the helmet on the ground, and placed it on his head again. Another pair of eyes appeared in the helmet, and a surprised smile appeared on Yanagi's face at the sight of this scene. That smile came from the demon knife, and she probably sighed that the armor in front of her was very interesting. After the mercenary general put on his helmet, the two fought again.

The role of the weapon is to fight, and the battle makes the demon knife feel happy.

At the moment, the demon knife is being dragged by the mercenary, and no matter how the demon knife splits the mercenary, the mercenary can finally reassemble back into his body. But this will not last long, and once the demon knife loses interest in the mercenary, Abe will feel a headache next.

Outside the cave, the drunken boy and the big tengu also fought. Unable to eat Abe Shinmei, the sake swallow poured all his anger on the big tengu. After taking off his mask, the Great Tengu seemed to be a different person, and he did not lag behind in speed at all. Sakuto stretched out his hand to grab the Great Tengu flying in the air, but he always threw himself into the air, and the hurricane from the Great Tengu carried leaves with him, always making Sakuto unable to see his position. The Great Tengu unleashed a "Feathered Hurricane", and the wind was mixed with countless blades that swept towards Sakuto, and after slamming into Sakuto, the Sakutsu boy fell to the ground. The Great Tengu landed lightly from the air, thinking that he could beat Jiu Tun to the point of half his body, but he didn't expect Jiu Tun to get up again. After getting up, he looked up and laughed, saying that the Great Tengu still has some ability, and he is on par with his subordinate Ibaraki, but the gap between him and himself is still too big. He picked up the gourd at his waist and drank it wildly. The gourd in his waist was not wine, but a woman's blood. Jiu Tun likes to eat women's flesh and drink women's blood, because he was a dissolute son during his lifetime, and he indulged in romantic places all day long, because he slept with a royal wife and was killed. After drinking the blood wine, the strength of the wine swallowing increased greatly, a huge demonic aura burst out from his body, and the gourd on his waist also cracked a mouth, it seems that he is preparing to put the big tengu into his gourd.

Seeing that Sakutsu got back to his feet, the big tengu shot the feathers on his wings, and the feathers shot at Sakutsu's body like arrows. But Jiu Tun is a three-demon demon, and his body is not bad, and those feathers hit a wall in front of his hard body and fell one after another. Sakutsu uprooted a tree on the ground and threw it at the Daitengu, who split the thrown wood with a "wind attack", but after the wood broke, Sakuto's hand instantly grabbed the Daitengu's body. After being caught, the Tengu had only one hand exposed, and his wings could not move. He plucked one of his own feathers and used it as a dagger to attack Drink's fingers, but to no avail. As soon as the wine was swallowed, the internal organs of the Great Tengu were squeezed, and blood spurted out of his mouth. Jiu Tun put the big tengu in front of him, stared at him and said, "If you can't kill Jin Ming, I'll sacrifice you with your teeth." ”

The Great Tengu was not intimidated by his intimidation, and he said with blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, "It's the pathetic fellow, you shouldn't have any other ideals in your life except to eat, right?"

Hearing the Great Tengu laughing at him, Jiu Tun angrily shouted into the sky, and people and youkai from ten miles away heard the roar of the demon of the king from the deep mountains, and ran in fear, and Abe, who was at the end of the cave, also heard it. He sensed that the Great Tengu was in danger, and now that the mercenary was still entangled with the demon sword, he had to make a decision immediately.

Back in Pei'an City, after Yan Che left, Fu Qinggu followed Zhao Yige to learn cultivation.

Fu Qinggu is a person who doesn't know anything about cultivation, and Zhao Yige's explanation to her is like a fantasy. However, she was also mentally prepared, she heard that it had taken Yan Qinghou nearly thirty years to practice that skill, and she only had so many days of hard work, and she couldn't learn anything at all. She wants to learn to cultivate, but she just hopes that she will not be a useless person by Yan Che's side in the future, and at the same time, she will have something to talk about with her husband on the pillow. She was also a little curious, why Zhao Yige could get Yan Che's favor at such a young age, was it because he had some special skills in cultivation?

In fact, Zhao Yige is not a so-called genius, he also became so strong under the correct guidance. Qi exists between all things, but it is difficult for people to find it, and the first thing to perceive the existence of qi is to calm down, just like people will breathe quickly when they are running, and only when they calm down can they feel things that they can't usually feel. Zhao Yige stayed in the cage for ten years, and he was in a static state for a long time, and he made it easier to absorb the purification of heaven and earth. The essential difference between human beings and other living beings is that human beings are a natural carrier, and the breath of all things can be absorbed. The so-called realm is that the person's aura is in a bottleneck and can no longer continue to break through, and only by breaking through the realm will the aura increase. Qi exists in all things, in other words, qi can also penetrate all things, so a sword with qi can instantly split rocks. It was not the texture of the iron itself that became stronger, but the qi penetrated the rock and caused the rock to disintegrate inside. The sword qi can be formed, and it is also the sword master who treats the sword as a part of the body, and the qi enters the sword, and the sword qi that can split everything is formed with the sword edge. In the same way, a martial artist is to penetrate the qi between the muscles and muscles, strengthening himself like a rock, and the talisman master is to express the qi through the form of elements. Skillfully using qi, soaring clouds and fog, and the day before the day is just a trivial matter, and some people absorb the qi of heaven and earth to reach the point of longevity and longevity. Those monsters, demons or sea people, their use of qi and their perfection, as long as they maintain their breath for a long time, people will be young for a long time.

Zhao Yige's first request to Fu Qinggu was to ask her to calm down and meditate on the spot until she could feel the existence of qi. But qi is intangible, your body and your five senses can feel the breath, the fragrance of the trees, but you have to use it to use it, it's not a simple thing. Fu Qinggu sat down on the grass and quietly felt the existence of qi. Zhao Yige was worried that practicing swords on the side would affect her, so she found a secluded place to practice swordsmanship. Everyone will have a different understanding of qi, for example, Yan Che's qi is passed down from generation to generation, which can incinerate all fire attributes, and at the same time can devour all the dark power, Zhao Yige Because the Chiyang Sword in his hand is an iron weapon of fire attributes, the sword qi used is red. I don't know what Fu Qinggu will look like after she is familiar with Qi.

It was almost noon, and the fierce sun made Yan Che unable to sleep. He got up from his bed, ready to feast. Food can be turned into energy, which is why the qi of living beings is as strong as that of inanimate objects. When Yan Che arrived at the place to eat, the table was already full of food, Yan Tiege and the others were already waiting there, but Fu Qinggu was missing. Yan Che remembered that he had asked Zhao Yige to teach Fu Qinggu to cultivate in the morning, so he asked him why Fu Qinggu hadn't come.

Zhao Yige told him that Fu Qinggu had been sitting on the grass for a morning, and he still couldn't feel the existence of qi. However, she still knew that she had to cook for Yan Che, and after cooking the meal, she went to the open field to meditate, and said that she should not look for her if there was nothing to do, she would become stronger by her own efforts.

Hearing this, Yan Tiege couldn't help but laugh, saying that Yan Che was a little too proud of Fu Qinggu. As a peasant woman, Fu Qinggu has never experienced a fight, and the qi in the world is very mixed, so it is almost impossible to cultivate alone. As a husband, he should teach him personally, how can he let Zhao Yige be a mentor? However, Fu Qinggu is also a strong woman, probably because she knows that her strength is weak, and she can't even hold the dragon bone stick, so she is angry and wants to cultivate, and advises Yan Che not to snub her when she has free time, but to teach her patiently. After all, there are only a few human beings who are so self-motivated, and the wisdom of human beings is greater than the cultivation of the body, and this may be the new ability that human beings extend when facing difficulties in cultivation.

Yan Che thought so too, but according to Fu Qinggu's character, I am afraid that he will not let him teach, lest he will say in the future that someone will teach the enemy how to deal with himself, this inexplicable idea will come out. He was also a little distressed, this woman really wanted to be strong, or the kind of self-improvement that didn't allow others to help casually.

There was a dish on the meal that was Mao Xuewang, which seemed to be specially prepared for Ji Wumei. Ji Wumei has just recovered her body and needs to replenish a lot of blood, but she can't suck blood openly, it is obvious that Fu Qinggu has fully considered the characteristics of each person, such as the seafood in the dish that is specially designed for sharks to break evil spirits, and the leg of lamb that green wolves love to eat, Ji Wumei actually has a good impression of Fu Qinggu as a human being. She will not change her attitude because Fu Qinggu is Yan Che's wife, and she will always be the person Yan Che loves deeply in her heart. However, since Fu Qinggu is already Yan Che's official wife, Yan Che also made the relationship between the three very clear before, she still has to do what she should do, but she can't let go of her face, so she will find someone else to help.

Ji Wumei said to the shark beside her: "I heard that you married a wife, or Jiaoren?"

"Yes. ”

"Why didn't you come to eat together?"

"I've said that, but she seems to have a good relationship with the young grandmother, and she doesn't want to eat because she didn't come to dinner. ”

"That's not right. She is a Jiaoren, and her strength is not weak, if she has a good relationship with the young grandmother, and she is also a woman, why don't you let her teach the young grandmother to cultivate? Anyway, she is not a demon, so the young grandmother has no reason to refuse, right?"

When Yan Che heard this, he immediately felt that Ji Wumei's proposal was very good. Zhao Yige himself has to cultivate, and contribute to the trip to Laiguo in a few days, his own cultivation cannot be left behind, how can he have time to take care of others. Fu Qinggu has always been afraid of the people of the demon clan helping her, although Ao Ji is the wife of the shark breaking evil, but she is still a member of the Jiao clan, it is best to let her help Fu Qinggu cultivate.

Yan Che gave Shark Po Evil a look, and Shark Po Evil immediately understood what Yan Che meant, and said that he would go back to Ao Ji to talk about it later. So far, this matter has been perfectly resolved, but one person is still unable to extricate himself from his own world. After nibbling on a leg of mutton, the green wolf saw everyone laughing, as if he had missed something, and asked, "What are you all laughing at?"

After listening to this, everyone laughed and soothed their depressed mood for the heavy trip ahead.