Chapter 793 - 27: Myth Reborn, Tao Spirit Body
Chapter 793: Chapter 27: Myth Reborn, Tao Spirit Body
There are countless cultivators in the world, yet those with inherent talent are one in ten thousand.
However, these so-called talents merely cultivate faster and possess slightly stronger combat power than others of the same rank.
But some individuals are born with physiques far superior to others.
Such individuals are known as "Innate Spirit Bodies."
There are three types of Innate Spirit Bodies in the world:
Pure Spirit Body, Primordial Spirit Body, and Tao Spirit Body.
Those with a Pure Spirit Body can naturally devour and store vast amounts of Spiritual Energy and refine it to be denser for their cultivation.
However, ten thousand years ago, a great upheaval occurred, and all Pure Spirit Bodies perished, leaving only some impure bloodlines.
These descendants could only store Spiritual Energy but could no longer cultivate, turning them into coveted cultivation tools for countless cultivators.
The fate of each Pure Spirit Body was extremely tragic, and in nearly a thousand years, Pure Spirit Bodies have become increasingly rare, almost extinct.
The second type, the Primordial Spirit Body.
Simply put, they are geniuses among geniuses, not only cultivating much faster than others but also possessing an inherent talent far beyond all for the use of Spiritual Power.
They can perceive the operations of Spiritual Power in the world, easily comprehending any cultivation technique with just a glance.
The third kind, the Tao Spirit Body, is the most unique physique of all.
Those with such a physique possess an incredibly pure Tao Heart, where thought and action are unified.
Their Dao, thought, and action are pure and harmonious.
Such people seem naive and innocent, yet they can communicate with the Power of Heaven and Earth.
They transform their thoughts into the actions of Heaven.
In ancient times, there was a saying specifically to describe the Tao Spirit Body—
Words Become Law.
Of course, in mundane terms, it is more straightforward: whatever one wishes for comes true.
However, the Tao Spirit Body is even rarer than the Pure Spirit Body and the Primordial Spirit Body, appearing only two or three times in tens of thousands of years.
Gradually, it has become a thing of legend, like mythic folklore.
Well known to all, much talked about, but no one has ever seen it.
Si Minglan naturally knew of the Tao Spirit Body as well.
That day, when both the Ascension Chart and the Beauty Ranking appeared, Qin Gengyun asked Fang Xue to remind her that Luo Xiaohong was likely from the Immortal Flying Pavilion.
Si Minglan had already taken note of this woman who outstripped Xia Qinglian on the Ascension Chart.
The West Imperial Dynasty’s intelligence network spanned the Four Domains, and with intentional observation, it wasn’t long before spies in the Northern Wilderness discovered a strangely dressed girl specializing in killing High Grade demonic beasts.
Soon, this girl headed in the direction of West Imperial City.
Though she inexplicably changed course several times on the way, when she finally stood at the gates of West Imperial City, Si Minglan was already informed.
Even though Luo Xiaohong was number one on the Ascension Chart, Si Minglan wasn’t overly afraid.
West Imperial City and the Imperial Palace both had Seventh-Grade Grand Arrays, with two thousand Divine Bows, thirty Nascent Soul cultivators, five hundred Golden Cores, and five thousand Foundation Establishments in the city.
And if all else failed, there were over a hundred thousand elite soldiers across the Western Imperial Dynasty.
No matter how powerful one individual is, they can be overwhelmed.
In Si Minglan’s view, without considering anything else, the two Seventh-Grade Grand Arrays were something Luo Xiaohong couldn’t handle.
But unexpectedly, she merely raised her short sword and said crisply:
The grand arrays of the Imperial City and the Imperial Palace shattered.
Then, with another word, the entire Imperial Palace collapsed.
Only then did Si Minglan remember the legends of the Tao Spirit Body in the world.
At this moment, the myth became reality, and the most terrifying Innate Spirit Body from the legends stood right before her.
"Master also said so."
Hearing Si Minglan’s words, Luo Xiaohong nodded, still looking as innocent and naive as ever. If it weren’t for the countless collapsed buildings and the cries of panic around them, Si Minglan might have truly taken her for an ordinary girl.
The girl’s soft bare feet stepped forward as she asked:
"Can you now hand over the West Imperial Dynasty to me?"
Si Minglan shook her head: "You’re oversimplifying it. The Western Imperial Dynasty is made of countless people, not a dead object. It cannot be handed over just like that."
Rumbling.
As they spoke, countless luxurious palaces around them continued to collapse. The immense tremor extended beyond the palace, causing many homes near the Imperial Palace to fall as well.
Many people were trapped under the fallen houses, and the screams and cries of agony filled the night sky.
This grand Imperial Palace, symbolizing the highest authority of the West Imperial Dynasty, had become ruins akin to hell.
The girl, as the chief culprit, showed no emotional fluctuation, remaining calm and innocent as she raised her short sword again:
"I want to turn West Imperial City..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Si Minglan’s figure flickered, and she had already rushed in front of her. A giant red fox claw appeared out of thin air, slashing down at her!
Luo Xiaohong looked at Si Minglan: "Lie down."
Suddenly, a terrifying force pressed Si Minglan directly to the ground, the floor cracked, and her body was deeply embedded more than a yard underground, unable to move.
The glamorous red-dressed allure had turned into a disheveled, messy state. Si Minglan laboriously lifted her head:
"Your Immortal Flying Pavilion was already transcendent, why are you so fixated on the West Imperial Dynasty?"
Luo Xiaohong said: "Master said, our mission at the Immortal Flying Pavilion is to guard."
Si Minglan was covered in dust, unable to move, but a cold smile appeared on her face:
"You talk about guarding, but look around you, is this the way you guard the sentient beings of the world?"
In the ruins of the collapsed West Imperial Palace, countless people were wailing and crying, many were dead or injured, and the residents of the Imperial City were panicked and terrified.
Luo Xiaohong said: "We guard not the people of the world, but the balance of the world. Even if all the people of the world were to die, as long as the world’s balance is maintained, it’s of no consequence."
Si Minglan looked at her in shock: "Is this your Tao Heart?"
The Tao Heart of a Tao Spirit Body is said to be the purest thing in the world, a unity of Dao, thought, and action.
Only with such can one harness the Power of Heaven and Earth, achieve Words Become Law.
However, Luo Xiaohong’s Tao Heart was one that could annihilate everything in the name of maintaining balance.
Such a terrifying Tao Heart was a calamity for all creatures.
Si Minglan desperately tried to stand, but the heavens and earth firmly suppressed her. Her voice was hoarse:
"Haven’t you ever encountered an opponent faster than your words?"
Luo Xiaohong replied honestly: "I have, but you are not that."
The girl raised her short sword again: "I want to turn West Imperial City..."
"Grandma, grandma! Don’t die, please save my grandma!"
At this moment, the scream of a little girl reached Luo Xiaohong’s ears.
Luo Xiaohong paused in her words, and she touched her slightly swollen belly.
She had just eaten twenty delicious meat pies, all given to her by an old woman.
"Grandma, grandma, boohoo, won’t someone save my grandma!"
Luo Xiaohong’s form flickered. She arrived outside the palace, where the old woman was trapped beneath a collapsed palace wall, covered in blood, while her little granddaughter desperately pushed at the wall, crying in vain.
Luo Xiaohong looked with clear eyes at the old woman trapped beneath the wall.
"Xiaohong, the mission of the Immortal Flying Pavilion is to guard the balance of the world. For balance, all creatures are expendable."
Luo Xiaohong recalled her master’s words.
"Sister, sister, please save my grandma!"
Seeing Luo Xiaohong, the little girl ran over, pleading tearfully. Luo Xiaohong looked at the old woman and shook her head.
"If I save her, it will disrupt the balance."
The little girl took a meat pie from her pocket: "Sister, I’ll give you a meat pie, please, please save my grandma!"
Luo Xiaohong gazed at the meat pie, somewhat dazed.
"Master said that the beings of the world are tools to maintain balance, life and death are not important."
Luo Xiaohong spoke.
Boom.
At that moment, a section of the palace wall that had not yet completely collapsed finally fell, with massive stones descending toward the old woman’s head!
"I want to save her."
Luo Xiaohong spoke.