Chapter 69, a knife of life and death
Pan Long thought about it again and again for a long time, and thought through all the possible things in that knife, as if he was peeling back a cocoon, and thought through all the changes before he nodded.
"Alright, so be it. β
Then, he got ready and returned to the world of Kyushu.
The light and shadow in front of me changed, and then turned into the mid-air of night.
Behind him, the Golden Buddha collapsed into a cloud of light. In front of him, the eyes of the old monk with white hair were full of surprise.
This situation had long been expected by him - in the midst of a fierce battle, no one could not be surprised to see the sudden disappearance of the enemy.
And his reaction was to swing a knife.
With a bright white light, the cicada wing knife drew an arc and slashed at the old monk's neck.
The "Reclining Buddha" was supposed to beat this rough young man to death with one palm, but unexpectedly, the young man not only did not die after being slapped, but suddenly disappeared, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
It was when he was stunned just now that Pan Long appeared again and waved his knife.
The time gap between before and after is too long to describe as "instant", but it is stuck at the limit of his reaction.
At this point, even a senior like him, who has lived for more than 200 years and experienced an unknown number of battles, has no time to react immediately.
But Pan Long was prepared in advance, the light and shadow around him changed, and he had just judged his location, and before he was even completely determined, he had already slashed through with a knife.
This knife is the real "knife cares first".
So when he got rid of his surprise and subconsciously attacked him, the cicada wing knife was already close to him, and the skin on his neck could even feel the chill of the blade, and his hairs stood on end.
The knife was so close that it was too late to dodge anyway.
"Reclining Buddha" is worthy of the royal shadow guard, although his thoughts are not yet completely clear, but he has already made a decision by instinct.
A heavy palm went straight to Pan Long's chest.
He just struck out with a move, and he was deflated. At this moment, the true element in the body has begun to collapse, but fortunately, this palm still retains seventy or eighty percent of its strength, and it can still fight.
Seeing that Pan Long was hit by his palm, it seemed to appear intact in a blink of an eye, and his palm changed the method of exerting force, from "infiltration" to "fierceness".
The power penetrated into the body and exploded, as if it had no effect on the person. Then it's good to hit it hard!
As for himself, he couldn't dodge that knife, so he could only bet that his palm was fast and strong enough to hit before he was decapitated, so that he could knock the enemy back with one palm, and he would have time to tie himself to the neck.
Cultivating to the realm of a great grandmaster, he has already touched the mystery of the edge of life and death. Even if the neck is cut off with a knife, as long as it is connected in time, it can prompt the rapid growth of flesh and bones and re-heal.
As for how long it can be decapitated, it depends on each person's situation.
In the case of the "reclining Buddha", the head is cut off, and as long as it does not exceed ten breaths, he will be able to pick it up.
This is still a martial artist, if it is a practitioner who has cultivated special spells, even if his body is dismantled and suppressed for another thirty or fifty years, as long as he can put it back together, he can still be resurrected.
The charlatan has a strange spell that can cut off a person's head and put it next to him, and even talk to people. As long as the time does not exceed one or three moments, and the neck shouts "head", the human head will fly up by itself, fly to the neck to catch it, and it can grow again, which is extraordinary.
This method, if a martial artist reaches the level of a real grandmaster and is willing to learn, he is actually able to do it.
As a Buddhist monk, the "Reclining Buddha" naturally also practiced some Buddhism. Playing with flying heads, he can't. It's just a broken head and a reconnection, but it's not difficult at all.
But his reaction is still in Pan Long's estimation.
With a palm strike, he was about to hit, but Pan Long's right hand let go of the cicada wing knife and grabbed the old monk's beard.
The cicada wing knife sharpens iron like clay, even if it is temporarily released, the true qi condensed in the blade is enough for it to swing down and directly cut off the old monk's neck.
In the next moment, he was blown away by a palm, but he was still holding a handful of white whiskers tightly in his right hand, and at the end of the beard was the old monk's surprised head.
He actually grabbed the head of the "Reclining Buddha" and was knocked away along with the head!
The "reclining Buddha" was extremely surprised, and then immediately understood, and suddenly his face was like earth.
His body and skull had been separated, and his body, which had lost control of his skull, could only make a few simple movements at most, and it was impossible for him to pursue Pan Long on his own.
And there is only one head left here, and there is nothing that can be done if you want to, and of course there is nothing you can do.
At this point, it is a dead end, irretrievable.
Knowing that the time of death had come, the old monk's expression returned to calm.
At this moment, the royal shadow guard "Reclining Buddha" has died, but the respected monk is still dying.
He rolled his eyes to look at Pan Long, who was smiling confidently despite the pain on his face.
There was a smile on his face, and his mouth was open, as if he wanted to say something.
Judging from the shape of his mouth, Pan Long felt that what he wanted to say was: "The future is terrifying, and the old man admires it." β
But Pan Long felt that he might have misjudged it, how could anyone be hacked to death with a knife and say such a thing? If this old monk was really so good at talking, who was it that almost killed him just now?
As soon as the true qi in his hand was sent, he invaded the old monk's head, and immediately completely wiped out the last trace of the old monk's vitality. Immediately after that, the blood-dripping human head was turned into a bracer imitation of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and then the body that was being bombarded by the palm force and galloped backwards suddenly disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, he reappeared, the look of pain on his face had disappeared without a trace, and even full of smiles.
(The crack world of the Book of Mountains and Seas is used to heal wounds, and it can be called an invincible trick!)
Pan Long was overjoyed in his heart, feeling that he had another super powerful hole card.
In the future, no matter who he fights with, as long as the other party can't really kill him in an instant, he will be able to heal his injuries and go out to fight again. Then the injured came in to recuperate, and then went out to continue to fight after the injury was healed...... In such a repeated cycle, it is estimated that all those who cannot live forever can be consumed alive by him.
In the clash of masters, victory or defeat is only a matter of millimeters. His move can be regarded as invincible!
This old monk's strength is already extremely strong, and I am afraid that he is close to the top under immortality, but when he faced his trick, it was only one round, and he gave his life.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little complacent, and he couldn't wait to let out a long howl twice, and roared: "Sword in hand, ask who is the hero in the world!"
But then he thought that there were still many immortals in the Kyushu world.
According to Teacher Bi Lingkong, because of the accumulation of long years, the number of immortals may even be more than that of innate masters.
It's just that most of these immortals have lost their enthusiasm for life because of the passage of time, and have fallen into a state of immortality. Unless awakened again, they could be a mountain, a river, a tree, a rock, or even a gust of wind, a cloud, a drop of water...... In the more extreme cases, there may not even be a physical entity, just a story, a poem, that circulates in the world.
This situation is called "harmony".
Once in this state, the immortals are almost dead. It is even more difficult to awaken the immortals who have fallen into this state again and let them "live" again than it is to cultivate into an immortal.
Anyway, Bi Lingkong has lived for so many years, and he has never seen even a single immortal who can come to his senses after falling into the "Merge Dao".
Not a single one.
So she once said worriedly: "Master, they haven't been resurrected yet, so they shouldn't have fallen into a united path......
Although she immediately spat on it, saying that she was a crow's mouth, Pan Long felt that maybe the teacher really thought so in his heart.
After all, she really is a crow!
After healing in the Gap World of Mountains and Seas again, Pan Long returned to the Kyushu World, and the first thing he did was to fly upwards again.
The old monk's headless corpse was still spurting blood, and it was falling towards the river, and he grabbed it and put it away.
There is definitely something wrong with this person's identity, and it is likely that his body is also hiding something strange.
Pan Long had already made up his mind that he would go to a small world in the Classic of Mountains and Seas in a moment and hide his body in those worlds.
No matter who the power behind this old monk is, he can't be so powerful that he can go to the Mountains and Seas to find the corpse.
It just so happens that the aura of the Shan Hai Jing has recovered a lot, which is enough to open up the small world.
This old monk is powerful, and after killing him, Pan Long has gained a lot of aura. In addition, when he used the Great Array to connect the entire Tongtian River just now, he also absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy from the Great Array and the river water, and now the spiritual energy of the Mountain and Sea Scripture is even more than when he went to look for Mithrilu Metal two days ago.
After putting away the corpse, Pan Long didn't wait for it to land, and directly opened the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
In the blink of an eye, he reappeared in the same place, his appearance did not seem to have changed, but his spirit was obviously much more relaxed, and there was no tension from the battle, and the fighting spirit on his body had dissipated.
It was a moment to the outside world, but for him it had been days.
He had just returned to the world of dwarven mining, dug a pit in the ashes of the wilderness, and buried the old monk's body in it.
The relics of the old monk were also sorted out by him, a monk's robe was ordinary, and he didn't carry any blades and magic weapons, only a string of Buddhist beads, which should not be ordinary.
What surprised him the most was that this old monk didn't even have a storage artifact.
In other words, he is really a poor monk!
Judging from his net worth, this old monk is only afraid that he is really a first-class monk. But I don't know why such a high-ranking monk suddenly came to trouble the sect? And why did he look surprised first, then hesitate, and finally turn into murder after seeing himself?
Pan Long had a lot of questions in his heart and wanted to ask this old monk one by one.
It's a pity that now he can't ask a single question. All doubts have been lost in the wind, and they have been buried in the ashes along with the corpse of the old monk.
After packing up his things, Pan Long returned to the wooden raft.
The fierce battle just now is very long, but in fact, the whole thing passed in a few seconds. Most of the platoon members have not yet recovered, and they are lying on the wooden rafts, unable to move.
He Dazhi's condition was better, he reluctantly sat up, and asked, "What about the other party?"
Pan Long shook his head: "I don't know, I rushed over and slashed the Golden Buddha with one sword, but there was nothing behind it." β
He himself was confused, of course he couldn't explain it, so he just said "the person is gone".
Anyway, the old monk has been buried in the small world of the Book of Mountains and Seas along with all the relics, unless there are really people with great powers who can go to the world of dwarves and dragons to dig graves, don't try to find the slightest clue.
He Dazhi was taken aback and asked in surprise, "He didn't show up?"
Pan Long shook his head, showing the puzzled expression that had taken him a few days to figure out: "I'm also very strange. I thought it would be a life-and-death battle after rushing up, and most likely I couldn't beat him...... As a result, he didn't show up at all. β
He pretended to hesitate for a moment before asking: "I think this person's kung fu is very similar to the path of Buddhism, do you have a festival with Buddhism?"
"It's not just a festival!" He Dazhi sighed, "We are old rivals in Paijiao and Buddhism, and in the past two hundred years, there have been three or four wars in the big wars alone. In the past twenty or thirty years, the wind and waves have been calm, and everyone's well water does not interfere with river water. β
He said: "I am not surprised at all that a Buddhist master has come to us for trouble, and to be honest. On the contrary, it was this man who fought and left, and even though he had the upper hand, he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill us, which surprised me. β
"Buddhist monks shouldn't kill, right?"
He Dazhi sneered: "Killing the wicked is a good thought, haven't you heard of this? What's more, even if we don't kill people, it won't prevent them from arresting us, locking us up in the pagoda, and finding a group of bald people to chant scriptures around the pagoda every day for a hundred and eighty years." β
Pan Long also smiled - this is naturally an allusion to the legend of the White Snake, and the story of the Legend of the White Snake is also circulated in this world.
Well, the author is still a thunderous "Wen Chaogong".
Although Wen Chao has a good character on major issues of right and wrong, he really doesn't pay attention to copying books. Up to hundreds of famous articles, down to the market words, he has nothing not to copy.
Pan Long even suspected that the reason why he did not cultivate the world's martial arts was not because of his poor qualifications, but because he had devoted his limited life to the infinite cause of copying.
Otherwise, with the Kyushu Ding being able to gather the power of the leylines, even if he cultivates the legendary stupid peerless dragon elephant prajna skill, he should cultivate into a peerless master and become a generation of saints with martial arts.
Next, everyone in the Pai sect resumed one after another, and they all rushed to thank Pan Long.
Speaking of the inexplicable battle, they were all scratched their heads.
They also went to the riverside and found those who were watching the battle and asked.
But the people watching the battle didn't know anything eitherβthe last two battles between Pan Long and the old monk were obscured by the glow of the Golden Buddha's explosion, and they didn't see it at all.
In the eyes of all the people, what they saw was Pan Long slashing the Golden Buddha with a knife, and then the Golden Buddha exploded into a piece of glow that people couldn't look at directly, and when the glow dissipated, Pan Long held the knife and stood there with a puzzled face, looking around.
As for the truth of this battle...... Except for his teacher and father, Pan Long doesn't plan to tell anyone.