Outside the Sky Thunder Palace, Ling Hong stared at the frozen teacup in her hand. The light brown tea in the teacup was boiling slightly, emitting a fragrant scent.
Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man with thick-rimmed glasses. At first glance, he looked very ordinary, like a scholar. However, under the thick-rimmed glasses, his eyes were completely occupied by pitch-black pupils. They were like an infinitely rotating dark vortex that sucked in one's soul.
The middle-aged man was the temple master of the Abyss Temple, the first human saint to be born in the last four or five hundred years. His name was Ning Hui Zhi, and he called himself the Night Saint. Behind him stood two strange people. One of them had skin as dark as ink, and the other was dazzlingly white. Both of them were expressionless, without any breath or heartbeat, like two puppets.
Although the two saints were sitting still, the invisible competition had already begun. If Ling Hong was a dazzling sun, warm and mellow, then Ning Hui Zhi was a dark abyss, lonely and cold.
A strange natural phenomenon appeared. Ling Hong's side was getting brighter and brighter, more dazzling than the sun in the sky. It was as if all the light in the world had gathered there, but Ning Hui Zhi's side was getting darker and darker, darker than the night before dawn. It was as if everything had merged into the darkness.
Ling Hong practiced a geno body technique that incorporated the Green Dragon Gene. It was called the Celestial Dragon Body, and it could transform into a half-human half-dragon form. Its combat power was unparalleled, so it was respectfully called the Dragon Saint.
After becoming a saint, one could freely convert the energy of heaven and earth. Any random attack could trigger the power of heaven and earth to help. It could be air, water, fire, or the power of the five elements. As one's understanding of the original power became deeper, it could stimulate one's infinite potential. Even a physique master could not compete with it.
However, saints would not easily fight each other. The two of them were testing each other with a kind of spiritual power. After a while, Ling Hong's face became more and more serious. She felt that her opponent was really like an endless abyss that could vanish any energy.
There were very few dark energy users among humans, but the characteristics of dark energy were extremely powerful. Generally speaking, when two completely different types of energy clashed, the stronger one would definitely win. However, the nature of dark energy was different. It could nullify any type of energy. Of course, there was a limit to it.
The strange phenomenon gradually faded away. Ling Hong raised her head, her eyes shining brightly as she said, "I remember now. You have appeared at the Futu Buddhist Conference many years ago. You are the monarch of a country."
Ning Hui Zhi smiled faintly. "Brother Ling's memory is indeed amazing. That was more than a hundred years ago. At that time, the Cang Province was called the Cang Ling Country, and it was not yet an administrative province under Higashimogami Province. I was the king of the Cang Ling Country."
Ling Hong looked at the black and white servants behind him. With his strong senses, he naturally knew that these two were not people at all, but two living corpses. This was a secret technique of the cult. Although the dead had no memories of their lives, their strength and energy were still retained. They were not inferior to when they were alive. Moreover, they became greedy and bloodthirsty, which made them even more terrifying than ferocious beasts.
The cult had already given birth to a Saint, and its secret power had also developed to a terrifying extent. Perhaps even the Heaven's Thunder Palace had become the cult's pawn. After thinking for a while, Ning Hui Zhi said, "Since you have become a Saint of the human race, you should have wisdom. Why don't you try to enlighten all living beings, or stop and live in seclusion?"
Ning Hui Zhi stood up and looked up at the fluttering snowflakes in the sky. He said softly, "Brother Ling, if all living beings are chess pieces, then you and I are only chess pieces. On the opposite side, there will definitely be evil existences. This is the Heavenly Dao, and it is also my destiny."
Ling Hong sighed. He understood what Ning Hui Zhi meant. If destiny wanted to control everything, it must start from the heart. A person's nature was not born, but nurtured. If life was a game, then everyone had to play a different role. Birth, old age, illness, and death, ordinary and noble, were all controlled by destiny …
Ning Hui Zhi continued, "Everything has two sides. There is yin and yang in heaven, and there is good and evil in people. The explosion of civilization will definitely bring about the rise of good and evil at the same time, which is the blooming of a hundred flowers, and not only one path!"
He drank the tea in his hand in one gulp, and the loneliness on his face faded. Instead, it became somewhat fanatical, and he said, "Although good and evil are at odds with each other, that is also an internal struggle of the human race. Now that the human race has reached a critical juncture, we might as well abandon our previous views of good and evil and work together to deal with the ferocious beasts and foreign races. Our goals are the same, so why care about the process?
To be honest, my Corpse Refining Technique is already close to perfection, and if it can be popularized, it can completely deal with any challenge! "
Ling Hong shook his head. "Yun Chan and Qian Kongjin will not agree."
Ning Hui Zhi took a sip of tea, and said, "That is why I found Brother Ling. The two of us can completely fight against them, or even work together!"
Ling Hong's eyes flashed slightly. The reason why evil sects were called evil sects was because they did things without any scruples. If they were not careful, they could cause an even greater disaster. If it was peacetime, he naturally would not work together with them, but now it was a time of great strife, and this climate change was the fuse that caused the entire species to fight.
The premise of cooperation was equal strength. If Ning Hui Zhi did not find someone to help him, once he appeared, he would definitely be hunted down by Yun Chan and Qian Kongjin. The Wind Saint of the Azure Sky Plateau would also not stand idly by, which meant that he was facing the pursuit of three Saints alone. Each Saint was extremely powerful, and it could be said that there was no place for him in the world. After pondering for a long time, he finally said, "I can promise you, but the Heaven's Thunder Palace and my Dragon Sun Temple are both Buddhist sects, so don't get involved."
Ning Hui Zhi was somewhat hesitant, and said, "Of course, but I have already promised to give the Bodhi Śarīra to Monk Puguang."
"Puguang will not do, this person is already old and suspicious. Even if he obtains the Bodhi Śarīra, it will probably be difficult for him to become a Saint!"
"Oh, then who does Brother Ling think is suitable?"
Ling Hong looked at the falling snowflakes in the sky, and after a while, said, "Skanda is acceptable."
Ning Hui Zhi smiled and nodded, "Everything is up to Brother Ling, but shouldn't we first deal with the beast horde?"
Ling Hong suddenly smiled bitterly, and said, "We can't deal with it."
Only then did Ning Hui Zhi feel something, and suddenly looked up. Above the ninth heaven, a faint shadow appeared faintly. It was a creature with a human head and a snake body. Its pair of soft eyes pierced through the sky full of snow, and he felt that his own secrets seemed to be presented in front of it with this glance. He hurriedly looked away and smiled bitterly, and said, "Alright then, Brother Ling, let's leave and talk as we go."
The path of evolution of life originated from competition. Human Saints had once reached an agreement with the complete body of ferocious beasts that both sides could not intervene in the conflict of their respective species. This rule also applied to the several major branches of the human species, and the purpose was to let each species produce progressive progress through competition.
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Luo Kai suppressed his breath and lurked in the shadow formed by the stone wall, waiting quietly. Although the Heavenly Thunder Palace could not be compared to Shang Jing University, it also had two digits of physical masters. The four great Wisdom Kings, eight great Protectors, and more than ten other physical masters, and they were all Ascetic Cultivators with high combat power. Now that he was outnumbered, and he was not familiar with the Heavenly Thunder Palace, he could only find an opportunity to seize a person to find a turning point.
This was a stone room, and besides a bed, there was nothing else. There were many stone rooms like this in the Heavenly Thunder Palace, and the only difference was that there was a lingering fragrance in this stone room. It was the smell of Ah Bao's body, and it was much stronger than the outside room, indicating that Ah Bao had stayed here for a long time not long ago.