26: Waiting for metamorphosis
After returning to the barracks, Cheng Li sat down peacefully in the barracks, ignoring nothing, just took a piece of white muslin, pulled out the "Jiuyao" treasure knife, and carefully began to wipe it.
Cheng Li wiped very slowly and very attentively. Before I knew it, a whole day had passed. It wasn't until the first time the lights came on that Cheng Lifang let out a long breath and put down the white cloth casually.
The sun had already set, but Cheng Li, as the chief general in the army, had closed the door, so even the soldiers who were responsible for serving and living around him did not dare to come in and disturb easily. So the room was so dark at the moment that almost nothing could be seen.
Darkness will never cause any obstacles to Cheng Li, it will only be Cheng Li's greatest backing. He didn't mean to light the lamp and candle at all, but just raised the "Jiuyao" treasure knife and watched intently. In the darkness, but I saw that the blade of the knife revealed a faint starlight, shining brightly.
Empty glass star gold, it is not a natural object. After collecting a variety of rare minerals in the deepest part of the Boundless Star Sea, the Liuli clan used their highly developed technology to make this alloy after several setbacks.
So from the very beginning, the possibilities of the Empty Glass Star Gold were almost infinite. It's not just as simple as Cheng Li imagined before, just a nano shape memory alloy.
Cheng Li could feel that "Jiuyao" could also absorb his own "catastrophe power", and thus produce transformation and sublimation. Moreover, after the transformation, Jiuyao will definitely release an unprecedented, unimaginably huge power.
However, the stronger the power, the more difficult the transformation. So it's destined to be a long process. And according to Cheng Li's inference, most of the transformation cannot be completed at one time. It may have to be done in two or even three phases. Therefore, there is no urgency in this matter.
But in any case, after the wiping just now, which was actually cultivated with the power of robbery, "Jiuyao" was obviously one step closer to its first transformation.
Cheng Li bowed slightly. Then he put the knife into the sheath and meditated on the current situation. Obviously, no matter what happened in Bai Yujing before, the people of the Seven Great Sword Sects were killed. Or now in Tai'an Mansion, the tragic death of more than 300 Wuyue League heroes, in fact, the drunkard does not mean to drink. The real spearhead is simply directed at Cheng Li himself. The purpose seems to be very clear, that is, to splash this plate of dirty water on himself, so that he can bear the wrath of the martial arts righteous path.
Among the martial arts righteous path, there have always been two holy places, three sect sources, seven sword sects, eight great families, and ten major gangs as the pillars. Among them, except for the two holy places and the three sect sources, the rest of Cheng Li did not pay attention to it. But if he really became the big devil in the martial arts that everyone shouted at, this would really make Cheng Li feel a headache.
Although it is the right way, martial arts has never been a place to reason. In other words, fists are the biggest truth in martial arts. Therefore, if the real culprit cannot be found in a short period of time, then Cheng Li has no doubt that these martial arts righteous paths led by the Seven Great Sword Sects will definitely find themselves to settle accounts.
Considering the Divine Descendants, they are lurking in the shadows. Obviously, no matter the final result, it is Cheng Li who kills the righteous path of martial arts to the point of blood, or the righteous path of martial arts who will break Cheng Li's body into pieces. The only ones who can have the last laugh are always the gods.
Wait a minute. To put it this way...... Could it be that the two murders before and after were actually secretly instigated by the Divine Descendants? Suddenly, Cheng Li couldn't help but think of this possibility.
It is indeed possible. Because after the two battles of the Cave Heaven Blessed Land and the Heavenly Rebellion, the Divine Descendants must have realized that the biggest obstacle for them to achieve their wishes is Cheng Li. Then, they will inevitably instigate all kinds of conspiracies in secret, trying to weaken the enemy.
Although, the first time he killed someone in Bai Yujing, it was obviously a person from the Demon Gate Yi Shuidao. But considering that the Blood River Sect, the secret stake of the god descendant clan, can even lurk inside the Demon Gate, and it has been for more than a thousand years. So even now, presumably the Blood River Sect still maintains some kind of secret contact with the other major branches of the Demon Gate.
Cheng Li never overestimated the discipline and morality of the Demon Gate. It would not be wishful thinking that when the Divine Descendants, the great enemy of all mankind, appeared, the Demon Gate would work together with the martial arts and the imperial court to fight against foreign aggression together. In fact, it's simply not possible.
The Demon Gate was developed from the hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin era. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism and deposed the hundred schools, the ancestors of the Demon Gate hid in Tibet. Survival is the first and most important task that must be taken into account.
Therefore, when an enemy is almost invincible, don't expect that the Demon Gate will fight hard. On the contrary, the Demon Gate will definitely try to get closer to the Progens first to see if they can cooperate with the Protogens.
If the two sides can reach an agreement, even if the conditions are harsher, and even if the Demon Gate is in a subordinate position, I believe they won't care at all, right?
No, it can't be said so absolutely and certainly. Because in the Demon Gate, after all, there is another existence that is special - the Demon Saint is terrifying.
In today's world, there is no one who can understand the heart of the Demon Saint better than Cheng Li. Because they are the only two people in the world who have the "Demon Seed".
Cheng Li completely understands. The fame, fortune and power, wealth and beauty in the world are meaningless to the Demon Saint. Even, he doesn't care so much about "life and death".
Life and death, in the concept of the Demon Saint, are just two different stations. Life between life and death is a short journey. Anything you see and encounter on your journey will eventually become a thing of the past, so that the clouds will disappear without a trace.
Only "martial arts" are eternal.
But "martial arts" is not the ultimate goal, but only a means, a means to solve the mystery of life, death and existence.
The top figures in each generation of martial arts, such as the King of Shenzhou, the Sword Saint, and the Lonely Hou. No matter how far they have traveled, and how tortuous their journey of life is, in the end, they will inevitably return to the path of eternal pursuit. Otherwise, how can we transcend all beings and become a transcendent figure through the ages?
Detachment is nirvana.
No one knows whether the road to eternity really exists. And no one, when and under what circumstances it will appear. And what happens when it appears?
In the past, the Venerable Buddha of Longhua Temple, facing the wall for nine years, only returned to the west, laughing and leaving. On the highest peak of Taiyue Mountain, the ancestor of the Zhenwu Palace, Sanfeng Zhenren, watched the clouds change into turtles and snakes fighting, so he suddenly realized the Tao and jumped away; and Mr. Baisha, the founder of Baisha Academy, discussed the strategy of governing the country with the contemporary Son of Heaven in the Jinluan Palace, and then disappeared......
The philosopher is gone!
Not only the Demon Saint was terrified, but even Cheng Li hoped that these sages and philosophers could return to the world and tell the world what had happened.
But "ignorance" is the iron law of life. I don't know life, and I don't know how to die! Therefore, all seekers can only grope in the dark, dazedly and blindly.
More than thirty years ago, he saw through the illusion of the world, otherwise, he would not have easily left everything in the world, retired to the rivers and lakes, and cultivated the demons. For this, he was even able to reluctantly give up the intoxicating love and hate. In today's world, except for Cheng Li, who can really understand what he is doing?