Chapter 312: Survive

Ga Ga accurately aimed at their weaknesses!

These people all focused on cultivating with vile Qi.

Although they might not know what vile Qi was, Ga Ga, having been trained by the Dao Sect's Divine Intent System, could clearly distinguish it.

The deceased belong to Yin, and Yin absorbs the five flavors, which is the Qi of filth and evil.

There are various types of Qi within the human body.

The Qi of the Qi Sea strengthens the spirit and fills the bone marrow.

The Qi of the Blood Sea replenishes the skin and circulates the Bloodline.

The Qi of breath circulates through the six internal organs and supports the four limbs.

However, vile Qi can disturb the body and spirit, and corrupt the five internal organs.

Focusing on vile Qi for cultivation allows for rapid progress because the amount of vile Qi is abundant, and it can even be artificially produced through slaughter.

As mentioned before, the Martial Artist's cultivation method prioritizes perseverance, followed by resources.

Other types of Qi are difficult to collect, so resources are naturally scarce. For example, the Carp Current Intent that Li Qi once cultivated required pure water Qi. If he hadn't been in the wilderness of Baiyue, collecting it would have been incredibly difficult.

However, with vile Qi as the main resource, as long as you are ruthless enough, you will never lack it.

But there is also a drawback.

If vile Qi enters the body and is not properly controlled, it can lead to the consequences of five debilitating illnesses and seven injuries.

Kidney Qi decline, spirit dissipation, difficulty walking, tasteless food, parched ears and dim eyes, dry skin, foul lower body, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, bloody diarrhea, various winds, and various Qi—these are the side effects.

And at this moment, Ga Ga was aiming at this very point.

Their bodies were impure, with foul odors constantly flowing from their nine orifices, truly detestable. They could be called vessels of suffering, their bodies extremely lowly, a gathering place for scars and sores, and… they didn't even know how to restrain themselves.

He used four types of vile weeds—wormwood, mugwort, goosefoot, and cocklebur—to arrange the area, activating the vile Qi within them. Then, with a vile spell, he stirred up the killing, stealing, lust, falsehood, and greed within them, and used a ghost-commanding spell to transform them into five ghosts to backlash their Physical Body!

With a planned attack against an unprepared enemy, he easily reduced their numbers to just one person!

This is the importance of discerning the opponent's true nature.

Once you know their true nature, it's like winning half the battle.

However, Ga Ga found that there was still one person who seemed unaffected.

The leading bandit chief had already turned into a shriveled corpse with withered hair.

This dried corpse seemed to have discovered Ga Ga, who was hidden by a Qi-concealing technique, and directly rushed towards him, its twisted and incomplete five fingers reaching out maliciously!

Activating the vile Qi within the opponent not only failed to kill him but also allowed this person to discover Ga Ga's location!

The bandit chief charged directly and swung a sword!

Though it was called a sword, the opponent used it like a saber, directly chopping down with great force, as if to cleave Ga Ga in half.

Ga Ga formed hand seals, and a surge of True Qi gushed out, immediately activating the prepared backup plan.

With a rumble! A stone platform rose from the ground, formed by him manipulating the earth's Qi.

The stone platform acted like a large shield, blocking the strike.

But this blow was powerful and heavy. With the strength of a Martial Artist, even if he hadn't yet reached a rank, he directly shattered the large stone!

The aftermath sent Ga Ga flying, rolling twice on the ground.

Ga Ga immediately got up, ignoring the pain in his body, and immediately pounced forward again.

He had just pounced out when the next strike fell, and the ground rumbled, like a heavy object falling, even shaking several meters around.

Once Martial Dao gets close, it can overwhelm all other Paths!

Although Ga Ga had also studied Martial Dao, at this point, Dao Sect cultivation method was his main focus. Once an enemy got close, he was practically defenseless.

Moreover, after pouncing out again, he felt a tingling sensation rapidly spreading throughout his body from his mouth and nose.

Vile Qi entered his body! The vile Qi emanating from the opponent was poisonous!

Ga Ga immediately realized that if he continued to expend Qi at this rate, the vile Qi in his body wouldn't last much longer!

For example, Li Qi is now a seventh-rank, and the Qi in his body is counted in billions, so he can use it freely. Ordinary spells are effortless for him.

But for unranked individuals, the Qi in their bodies is counted in strands; having a few dozen strands is considered a lot. When Li Qi first embarked on his cultivation path, he only had three strands of Qi and had to meticulously save and use them daily.

Ga Ga didn't know Li Qi, but he knew the endurance of his own level.

The battle had only lasted a few seconds, and the opponent's extravagant usage absolutely couldn't last!

With this thought, he immediately prepared for the next attack.

But the anticipated attack did not come.

He looked out and found that the bandit chief had not pursued him but had gone towards the crowd.

In just a blink of an eye, only a second or two, he saw the bandit chief grabbing a person and devouring them wildly, blood splattering everywhere.

The surrounding crowd cried out loudly, wanting to escape quickly.

But they were all tied with ropes, and as they ran in different directions, they pulled at each other, preventing anyone from escaping.

After all, they were just ordinary people. In their panic, they couldn't think of anything else but to run, unable to coordinate their strength.

The bandit chief only took two seconds to finish eating the brains of two people.

The brain is where Origin Qi and refined Qi, essence, and spirit converge—the essence of a person. Eating this naturally replenished his rapidly depleting vile Qi!

This was what was said before…

Cultivating righteous Qi, although without side effects, is too scarce.

But vile Qi can be replenished anytime, anywhere!

Ga Ga unconsciously vibrated the wings behind him, letting out an angry cry.

Swords, blood, limbs, chunks of flesh.

Foul stench permeated everywhere, and a deformed monster continuously swelled under the influence of vile Qi.

Vile Qi filled the bandit chief's body, and through his cultivation method, it caused him to swell up a whole size, constantly emitting a toxic stench.

The terrifying and hateful bandit chief, through eating, quickly regained his strength within a few seconds and lunged at Ga Ga again.

Even before he reached Ga Ga, Ga Ga already felt an intense threat and terror.

Ninth-rank!

The opponent had been hiding his strength all along; he was a true Holy Flame Clan powerhouse who had mastered the external release of Qi energy!

According to the grading method in the cultivation method he learned, this was definitely a Ninth-rank, someone who had truly refined their Physical Body and could release internal Qi.

This was an unmatchable opponent; he hadn't even reached a rank yet!

He couldn't win, couldn't defeat him.

However, the bandit chief's dark eye sockets looked at Ga Ga, and the brain matter he was still chewing made the young man feel a bone-chilling cold and towering rage.

Dao Sect spells are useless…

Then, use the sword!

— — — — — — — — —

A few minutes later.

Ga Ga collapsed to the ground with a thump.

But before him, the bandit chief had already fallen.

The enemy died before him; that was enough.

He still underestimated the gap in strength… Ga Ga thought with a bitter smile, collapsing on the ground, completely losing his strength.

Ga Ga was severely injured; half of the wing on his back was torn off.

The Holy Flame Clan cannot fly; the wings on their back are mainly for vocalization and expressing emotions. So, it's equivalent to having his face and tongue pulled out, and from now on, he can only mumble indistinctly when speaking, and it will be even more impossible to make expressions.

He had suffered seventeen or eighteen injuries, and his entire body was permeated with vile Qi.

To say he was alive, he barely was.

But he was pretty much as good as dead; if left here, he probably wouldn't survive another quarter of an hour.

He didn't even know how he won.

He didn't understand. He should have been killed in two or three moves after being cornered, but he didn't know where the strength came from that allowed him to counter-kill.

It wasn't the Dao Sect spells he had recently learned, but… the path of the Guardian that he had already prepared to abandon.

This made Ga Ga suddenly recall.

When he and his Master went to see the Holy King to deliver a message, he held a sword, full of vigor.

Guardian is the Holy Flame Clan's earliest Martial Dao path. It was a Martial Dao method developed during ancient times for the Holy Flame Clan's self-preservation and survival, and later gradually became the Holy Flame Clan's mainstream cultivation method.

Just now, he couldn't win with Dao Sect spells, and after being cornered, he was completely defenseless. He could only fight desperately with Martial Dao, but this desperate fight unexpectedly unleashed strength beyond his limits.

It seemed as if this Dao was responding to him.

The Holy Flame Clan's Guardian cultivation method seemed to be responding to him, giving him more strength out of thin air.

What a pity, no matter how much it surpassed the limit, it was still finite. Fighting a Ninth-rank Martial Artist with an unranked cultivation was still too difficult.

Although he killed the opponent, he himself didn't have much time left.

Ga Ga's eyes gradually lost their light. The scene before him grew darker and darker, eventually losing consciousness completely.

If left unchecked, this Child of Destiny would likely be buried here.

Meanwhile, Shen Shuibi was also preparing to act.

She couldn't just let him die.

Otherwise, she would have to find the next Child of Destiny, and a new one might not be born for another decade or so.

It would be very troublesome.

But… this Child of Destiny, he really managed to survive such a deadly situation?

The rabbit could see that in a desperate situation, he could unleash strength beyond his limits, and even his vitality became much stronger.

This is a Child of Destiny, a darling spoiled by the Heavenly Dao.

However, just as Shen Shuibi was about to act, she suddenly stopped.

“Hmm?” The rabbit tilted its head.

It turned out someone was coming to save him.

As expected of a Child of Destiny, to still encounter kind people at a time like this.

The rabbit formed hand seals, strengthening her original Mirror Flower Water Moon technique, and from a hundred thousand li away, she carefully observed what was happening to Ga Ga.

What was originally just a vague feeling immediately transformed into actual images, and they were incredibly clear, like a 4K blockbuster movie, and in full panoramic view.

The moon in the water, even if the moon is in the sky, can be held in the palm of one's hand and examined closely; this spell draws its meaning from this.

Shen Shuibi watched as Ga Ga was rescued through the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique.

The people who saved him were the ones he had saved earlier.

After Ga Ga killed all the bandits, most of the captives chose to quickly grab some food and money and flee, but there were still two people who seemed to retain some kindness.

In this chaotic world, that was very rare.

After laboriously cutting their ropes, they didn't flee. Instead, they collected the remaining food that others had plundered and piled it onto a cart.

Only a small portion of the food was left, not even enough to fill a small pushcart; most of it had been snatched by others.

These two people rescued Ga Ga. There happened to be a river nearby, so they gently cleaned Ga Ga's wounds, then tore up the bandits' clothes, washed them clean in the water, wrapped Ga Ga's wounds, and placed him on the cart.

The two people anxiously pushed the small cart towards the wilderness.

They kept running until they reached a seemingly deserted place, where they finally ran out of strength and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

They had already endured so much torment, and pushing the cart for so long had pushed them to their limits.

The two lay on the ground, keeping quiet, silently recovering their strength.

Shen Shuibi, who was observing, noticed that these two people… actually consciously concealed their tracks, and were also recovering their strength through some kind of breathing method.

Hmm… not commoners then.

But the rabbit only paid slight attention to these two people; most of her attention was still on Ga Ga, focusing on his injuries.

In principle, she would interfere as little as possible, but if he were truly about to die, she would still have to act.

However, what surprised the rabbit was that in this situation, some unknown vitality seemed to still be contained within his body.

The surrounding natural Qi was unconsciously and slowly permeating his body, maintaining his tiny spark of life!

When the time is right, Heaven and Earth work together.

Although she had always heard about the Child of Destiny, it was Shen Shuibi's first time seeing how a higher-ranked Heavenly Dao would personally help.

Could a Child of Destiny of a Sixth-rank world receive such a blessing? Were those two kind people also sent by the Heavenly Dao?

It's hard to say. They might not necessarily have been sent, but they were definitely encountered due to the blessing of Luck.

Not everyone in a desperate situation suddenly encounters two kind people who happen to owe them a favor on the spot, are willing to repay it out of gratitude, and are willing to risk their lives to save you.

These two people could have run away on their own, just like the other captives. They stayed behind for Ga Ga, slowly pushing the cart forward, which directly increased their chances of being discovered significantly, and also caused them to lose out on a lot of food.

By staying, their chances of survival were halved, but they still resolutely did so.

One can only say… everything was a coincidence, but it also seemed not so coincidental.

Time passed bit by bit. The two recovered some strength and whispered a few words.

It was still night. They seemed to have discussed something, but in the end, they didn't get up.

It wasn't until the sky began to lighten and the sun rose that they finally got up from the ground and began to take food from the cart, gather firewood, and make a fire to cook.

They had long been dizzy with hunger, and their stomachs felt like they were burning, but making a fire at night was too dangerous; the light could easily be seen. So, the two endured their hunger until morning.

That feeling of gnawing hunger, with food right beside you but unable to eat it, only those who have experienced it truly know.

But they still held back.

By morning, they finally managed to light a fire and threw the food in to cook.

The Holy Flame Clan's food was not rice or wheat, but a filamentous substance, likely a fungus, which was their staple food.

After boiling the fungal threads, they first had a full meal themselves, then, holding hot soup, they came to Ga Ga's side.