“Because you are wrong.”
Shui Miao channeled his immortal energy, continuing to attempt to suppress the evil spirit while walking towards it. “Friend, good and evil are separated by only a thought. You shouldn’t live trapped in memories, nor should you simply follow others’ words. You should think for yourself and face the world on your own. This world is vast, naturally filled with all kinds of people. They search for treasures to survive, which is not wrong at all. As you said, life should be equal, shouldn’t it? Then why have you lost yourself and followed the same path as those who killed your mother?”
“Same path as them? No! Absolutely not!” The evil spirit waved its large hand, instantly sending a surge of evil energy toward Shui Miao, forcing him back several steps. “You are very good at distorting the truth and preaching, but unfortunately, I won’t believe your nonsense. You ruined my resurrection plan today, so I will kill you, seize your body, and then obtain your thoughts to see what exactly you’re scheming.”
As it spoke, the evil spirit suddenly transformed into endless black mist, immediately enveloping Shui Miao.
“Hahaha! Your power is amazing, but unfortunately, your cultivation level is too low.”
Shui Miao felt a tremor in his body as countless negative energies began to penetrate his body.
This evil spirit was very strong, having cultivated its dark energy to an extremely advanced level.
Shui Miao did not resist but focused his mind and said inwardly to the evil spirit that had descended upon him, “I don’t want to kill you. Your nature is kind. You shouldn’t keep making mistakes. It’s not too late to stop now.”
“Hmph! You’re at death’s door, yet you dare to speak such bold words. What exactly are you relying on?”
The evil spirit felt it could completely suppress Shui Miao. Although Shui Miao’s immortal energy was unique, it was not refined enough to pose any real threat to it.
“What I rely on is not important. What matters is that I consider you a friend.”
Shui Miao felt his physical body gradually losing sensation, while his spiritual awareness remained free and unimpeded. The fundamental power of Feng Shui within his dantian was also very solid, making it difficult for the evil spirit to break through for now.
“…”
The evil spirit fell silent all of a sudden.
Over the years, no one had ever considered it a friend.
It paused, then asked hysterically, “Why? Why aren’t you afraid even when death is near? Why don’t you beg me for mercy? Why is that?”
“Because I consider you a friend and want to help you.”
Shui Miao’s tone remained calm and unafraid.
The evil spirit hesitated. It wasn’t afraid of Shui Miao’s retaliation. It felt Shui Miao’s life was hanging by a thread. If it determined to seize his body and penetrate his spiritual realm, everything would be settled. But once it entered Shui Miao’s spiritual realm, Shui Miao would be completely destroyed, his soul vanishing without a trace. It really wanted this friend, yet it worried that Shui Miao might have some hidden scheme.
“I don’t believe you!”
The evil spirit suddenly roared and directly invaded Shui Miao’s spiritual realm.
Upon entering Shui Miao’s spiritual realm, the evil spirit was immediately astonished!
This was the first time it had seen such a unique spiritual realm…
Inside Shui Miao’s spiritual realm, white fundamental energy swirled everywhere. In the center of the realm stood four massive stone tablets!
“What kind of power is this? Why are there stones in your spiritual realm?”
The evil spirit, surrounded by black mist, looked at Shui Miao’s spiritual realm, focusing on the four remaining stone tablets.
Shui Miao materialized a phantom form beside the stone tablets and shook his head at the evil spirit. “It seems I was wrong. I shouldn’t have considered you a friend, nor should I have tried to reform an evil spirit. You are not the little boy in your story. You’ve completely lost your true nature. You are a thoroughly evil spirit.”
After saying this, Shui Miao dissolved his phantom form, waiting for the evil spirit to shatter the stone tablets and bring about its own destruction.
The evil spirit suddenly sneered, “You’re too naive. Did you really think I would spare you just because you called me a friend? You’re wrong. In this world, only the strong survive, and to survive, you must be ruthless and unscrupulous. However, since you think so highly of me, I’ll leave a bit of your soul to accompany me for life.”
The evil spirit was extremely arrogant and instantly transformed into black mist, wrapping toward the stone tablets.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The stone tablet of natural principles suddenly trembled, cracks appearing on its surface. From these cracks emanated a lush green energy that diluted and absorbed all the evil spirit’s dark energy, transforming its soul into a small infant—the way it originally was.
“Buzz…”
As the lush green energy rapidly spread outward, Shui Miao suddenly felt a buzzing sensation, instantly regaining consciousness. Opening his eyes, he saw no evil spirit on the sand in front of him, only a newly born infant. However, this infant was covered in faint wolf fur, a half-human, half-wolf monstrosity.
“The stone tablet of natural principles is so powerful!”
Shui Miao was astonished. He had originally thought the stone tablet of natural principles only required understanding nature to attain enlightenment. He never expected it could revert things to their original state, giving everything a fresh start.
“Wah! Wah! Wah! Wah!”
The infant suddenly let out a crisp cry…
Shui Miao looked at the infant, feeling somewhat at a loss.
Everyone gathered around, staring intently at the infant…
“Shui Miao, is this child the transformed evil spirit? Or did you change it into this?” Xiong Ying couldn’t help but ask curiously.
Everyone looked at Shui Miao.
Shui Miao furrowed his brow, unsure how to respond.
At that moment, Shui Miao suddenly noticed a lush green glow emanating from the infant’s body. The infant rapidly transformed, gradually turning into a placenta before everyone’s eyes, then into a pool of blood. Finally, a human soul separated from the blood and flew into the sky, disappearing from sight!
Shui Miao looked up at the sky, puzzled. He asked himself inwardly, was this truly the power of natural principles?
“Master, you’re amazing!”
“Unbelievable! Master, you’re truly incredible!”
“Master, what’s this technique called?”
Jiang Zhihao and the other two eagerly spoke up, extremely excited and eager for Shui Miao to teach them this technique.
Shui Miao responded somewhat blankly, “This is the power of natural principles…”
“Natural principles!”
These four words seemed simple to say and easy to hear, yet they were incredibly profound when pondered.
Xiong Ying couldn’t help but frown. Shui Miao’s Daoist techniques were unheard of, leaving him completely confused.
Suddenly, Shui Miao felt an unusual sensation in his right hand. Lifting it, he noticed his right hand was emitting a faint green glow.
Then, a sudden thought struck him, and he felt an additional memory enter his mind.
“Born in harmony with nature, destroyed by opposing it.”
Shui Miao murmured, reciting this new memory. Then, following his intuition, he slowly squatted down, placing his right hand on the ground. The lush green energy of natural principles entered the soil, spreading in all directions…
“Rustle… rustle…”
A rustling sound arose.
“Not more mummies?”
“Ahh! Could it be the evil spirit isn’t dead?”
Everyone was startled, quickly hiding behind Shui Miao.
Shui Miao sensed with his spiritual awareness and suddenly exclaimed excitedly, “Great! Some people who shouldn’t have died are coming back to life!”
“What!?”
Everyone was stunned at Shui Miao’s words.
Soon, Shui Miao saw a young man emerge from the sand. He was a normal person, not a mummy, though his clothes were tattered and revealing.
Then, another person emerged from the sand.
In a short while, dozens of people emerged from the sand.
Among them were men and women, old and young, all normal people, not mummies. They looked around in confusion at the surroundings.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, the sand city trembled, dust flying. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the sand city cracked, turning into sand particles and instantly becoming an ordinary sand dune.
“Natural principles are indeed incredibly amazing!”
Shui Miao couldn’t help but exclaim, glancing again at his right hand. Unfortunately, at this moment, his right hand no longer emitted any green glow.
What did all this mean?
Shui Miao quietly observed the revived people while rapidly pondering in his mind.
To Rong’s delight, Cha Zhengfa arrived in a car. They were all still alive, and they had even found Xiaofang on the way.
Doing good deeds thoroughly and seeing things through to the end, Shui Miao asked Jiang Yinghao and the others for help, calling for cars to pick everyone up and leave.
However, Rong didn’t leave. She approached Shui Miao, knelt on the ground, and said, “Master, thank you for saving my life. I, Wang Rong, have never respected anyone in my life, but today I truly respect you. Please, Master, have mercy and accept me as your disciple!”
“Stand up…”
Shui Miao helped Rong up, saying calmly, “I don’t want to mislead anyone’s path. But if you insist on cultivating the Dao, I am willing to guide you. However, my abilities are limited, and I may not be able to teach you much. Everything must follow its natural course; we must not force things.”
“Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!”
Rong was very excited. She decided from that day on to follow Shui Miao forever.
“Don’t thank me. I might not be able to teach you much. Don’t expect too much from me, or you will only be disappointed. My heart is as calm as water. I will follow nature’s course, speak from the heart, and do what I can.”
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That evening, Shui Miao and everyone else left Golmud City by car.
On the vehicle, Shui Miao kept pondering the mystery of natural principles and why the middle-aged scholar had given him the five stone tablets.
These two questions were complicated, the more he thought, the more confused he became.
Gradually, the night deepened.
Several off-road vehicles drove slowly along the mountain road.
Around one o’clock in the morning, while meditating inside the vehicle, Shui Miao suddenly felt chest tightness. That strange feeling appeared again. Shui Miao quickly dispersed his meditation and sensed the surroundings. He discovered a Tibetan village over ten miles away. In the village, a disheveled Tibetan woman had hanged herself. Her corpse was hanging from a large tree filled with crows’ nests at the village entrance. A large amount of resentment was emanating from her body.
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