A long, long time ago, long before Jiang Renchang even started practicing Buddhism, he already clearly understood a truth.
That is, human beings have limits, and power also has limits.
As a practitioner with not very outstanding talent.
No matter how many adventures he has, no matter how many resources he has, no matter how much effort he puts in, it will be difficult for him to become one of the top experts in the end.
Not to mention that he himself didn't have many adventures, he was obsessed with the secular world, and he didn't practice very hard.
So much so that after spending decades, he was only a high-level mage in the end.
Not even the state of Dzogchen has been reached.
Not to mention the Saint Master realm above the Mage.
It was almost a realm that he would never be able to touch in his entire life.
But even so, Jiang Renchang is still thriving in the spiritual world.
In the end, he even became the supreme elder guarding a sect in the Diamond Sect.
There is actually only one secret to this, and that is to assess the situation.
You must admit defeat when it is time to admit defeat, and you must bow your head when it is time to bow your head.
Even if you lose face and self-esteem.
Even if it is so humble that passers-by would find it shameful.
Jiang Renchang didn't care either.
After all, only by living can we see more scenery in this world.
Those who are stubborn, tenacious, and do not know how to adapt have died in countless numbers in the past few years.
Many of them were more talented than him and had higher strength than him, but in the end, they all passed away before him and turned into a handful of loess.
Jiang Renchang never wanted such a thing to happen to him.
Fortunately, he has always had good luck.
He switched to other people's disciples several times and surrendered several times, but he finally survived.
When most of those holy sects migrated away.
Wait until the opportunity for those mages to complete the crazy pursuit of breaking through the realm disappears.
As a high-level mage, he has become one of the most powerful people in the world.
It might as well be said that there are no tigers or monkeys in the mountains and they can be called kings.
All in all, with no bullies above his head, his life suddenly became easier.
Eat, drink and have fun all day long, and practice a few times when you have nothing to do.
If days like this could continue, Jiang Renchang felt that it would not be unacceptable.
Even if a high-level mage cannot live forever, he is destined to reach the end of his life.
Jiang Renchang also felt that he should be able to die with a smile.
However, the gradual approach of the end of the Dharma era finally broke his last illusion.
Even if he was happy to death, Jiang Renchang did not want to collapse as a mortal.
But if the world becomes a land of extraordinary spirits, he will no longer have the opportunity to replenish his spiritual power. He is destined to continue to decline, fall into the realm, and finally become an ordinary mortal and usher in the death of life.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Jiang Renchang.
It's easy to solve this problem.
He could definitely imitate some of the desperate disciples in the sect and take the initiative to commit suicide.
But for so many years, he had been thinking about surviving in this world, and when the end came, he was asked to commit suicide. How could he do it?
So he had no choice but to embark on the same path of exploring the remains of his predecessors.
I don't want to be able to break through to a higher realm, or at least maintain my current strength until death comes.
However, what people never expected was that a long-lost expedition to the ruins would actually play such a big joke on him.
He failed to obtain the treasure, but he actually survived, even one thousand three hundred years later.
He really didn't know how he survived this battle for his soul that lasted for more than a thousand years.
But now that we have finally escaped from the maddening boundless darkness and finally gained a chance for a new life, we haven't even seen how the outside world is developing. How can we usher in our own death so easily?
so--
"Plop!"
Following the crisp vibration, Jiang Renchang knelt down decisively and begged Su Mo for mercy:
"Before, I was deceived by lard and treated Gao Xiuduo disrespectfully, but please allow me to judge myself. After all, I have been struggling for too long.
For thirteen hundred years, I have been living in fear of Chisong. I have always resisted him to prevent him from swallowing me up.
Although I have done pretty well over the years, it is precisely because of this that I have the deepest understanding of Akamatsu's power.
That is by no means an opponent that I can resist. Even at the soul level where I am most confident, after persisting for so many years, I will reach the end of my rope.
Not to mention that now that I have come out of the statue and obtained a real entity, there is no way I can be his opponent once we have a real confrontation.
Faced with such an impossible opponent, is it really shameful to surrender?
Just like many dynasty changes in history, do ordinary people really have the strength to resist when faced with changes in national power? "
"Besides that, I think I still have a certain existence value, especially to you.
In my long life, I have experienced many things.
I have traveled all over the world, explored secrets, and even been in charge of a sect.
Maybe those experiences are nothing, but at least they can prove that I am definitely not a waste.
Especially in an era where spiritual energy has just been revived, although my current strength has not been completely restored.
But as a practitioner who has mastered many secret techniques and has reached the high-level mage realm, even if he is used as a low-level thug, he will definitely have qualified combat power.
I hope you can consider this more and accept me this time. I will definitely reward you ten thousand times more in the future! "
After Jiang Renchang finished speaking, the cave fell into unprecedented silence.
Several people probably never thought that Jiang Renchang's switch would be so easy, and they never cared about the so-called face and dignity.
Moreover, his words seemed quite sincere, clearly revealing his own psychology.
But both Xu Zongqi and Liang Pingfeng had a hint of doubt about him.
Liang Pingfeng glanced at Jiang Renchang and said to Su Mo:
"Although this may be inappropriate for me to say, I feel from the bottom of my heart that accepting this guy is not a wise decision.
Putting aside everything else, since he has lived for thousands of years, even a dog should have awakened enough wisdom and would never behave so humblely as he does now. This must be a disguise to deal with the crisis.
Moreover, although he has lost his power now, his original state is still there, and it only takes enough time to recover.
Once he becomes a high-level mage, there will be very few people in the world who can control him.
If something unexpected happened and he escaped, it would be unimaginable what a huge disaster it would bring to the world.
We cannot afford this possibility. "
Xu Zongqi nodded solemnly, expressing his agreement with Liang Pingfeng's opinion.
Su Mo looked at Jiang Renchang and said:
"Look, my companions have said this. Do you have any better suggestions?"
Jiang Renchang's face froze slightly, and he racked his brains and began to think of a response strategy.
Su Mo's right hand flashed with a dazzling red light.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Renchang's scalp tightened and he gritted his teeth and said:
"I can give part of my true spirit to you!!"
After hearing this, even Xu Zongqi and Liang Pingfeng changed their expressions slightly.
The true spirit is the origin of the soul and the foundation of the practitioner.
The amount of true spirit not only determines the strength of the soul, but also determines whether it can break through in the future.
At the same time, this is also the key to whether one can awaken the memory of his life after being transformed into a monster.
Without the true spirit, even if you become a monster, you will only be confused for the rest of your life.
As a normal practitioner, even if a part of the true spirit is missing, the consequences will be very serious.
Not only will the difficulty of breaking through the realm increase dozens of times, but one's own practice will also become more sluggish.
And if someone has mastered the true spirit of another person, even if he casually imposes a curse, the other person will suffer unimaginable damage, or even die on the spot.
Handing over a part of your true spirit is equivalent to handing over your own life and even your future path to advancement.
Unless this kind of thing is voluntary, outsiders cannot force it, because the existence of the true spirit is far more solid and secret than imagined. This shows that Jiang Renchang's determination was so great that even Xu Zongqi and Liang Pingfeng couldn't oppose it even if they wanted to.
No one can refuse the loyalty of a high-level mage.
Not to mention that this mage also carries with him a large number of secret techniques and many secrets.
Even if they were in Su Mo's position, they would never be able to refuse.
However, in the eyes of Xu Zongqi and Liang Pingfeng, this was a very tempting proposal, but Su Mo showed little interest.
He said in a calm tone:
"You can keep the true spirit for yourself, because you still have to recover your strength. The loss of the true spirit will only seriously hinder your recovery, and I don't need weak people under my command. Of course, I am not worried about you either. You will surpass me, and I am always waiting for your challenge and betrayal."
Hearing this, Xu Zongqi and Liang Pingfeng couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.
Even Jiang Renchang had a surprised look on his face.
Su Mo continued:
"I spared your life not because of your begging for mercy just now, nor because I need any thugs, but because the knowledge and experiences in your mind, those ordinary memories from thousands of years ago, are more important to me than yourself.
When I finish digesting those things, and you don't provide other value that makes my eyes shine, then I will still kill you without hesitation. "
"I will definitely live up to your high expectations."
Jiang Renchang buried his head deeply.
When Su Mo saw this scene, he was not worried that the other party would betray him.
Because after deciding to accept the other party, he has turned into a spiritual seed and planted it into the other party's spiritual sea.
As long as the opponent's strength does not exceed his, it is impossible to hide what he is thinking.
Even if the other party has the slightest malice towards the people around him, he can sense it in time, and then detonate the seeds with a "bang" and explode the entire big watermelon.
Of course, there is no need to explain this to Jiang Renchang.
The greatest value of a person is the memory he just mentioned.
After killing Jiang Renchang, only some memory fragments will appear, and searching for the memory fragments will not ensure that the information he wants is obtained.
A living ancient cultivator is equivalent to a living historical book, which may provide him with many unexpected clues.
…
Xuanwu District.
Ziyun Square.
The food stalls of the night market are lined up.
Many young people in shorts and T-shirts gathered together in twos and threes, drinking cold beer and eating steaming lobster and barbecue.
The noisy sound was continuous, mixed with the incandescent lights, making it seem like it was daytime.
In the corner of the barbecue stall, a table was placed on uneven stone tiles.
The table is filled with all kinds of food, including bubbling oysters with garlic vermicelli, mutton skewers with a strong aroma, grilled prawns and bananas, and a bottle of ice-cold coconut palm next to it. juice.
But the young man sitting at the table wearing a white T-shirt was indifferent to the table full of food.
His face was extremely pale, and his eyes were so gloomy that even the waiter who came to deliver the food felt frightened when he saw it.
When all the dishes were served, Nie Yutian picked up a mutton skewer and ate it carefully. He took out his mobile phone and pressed a number that had been saved not long ago.
Not long after, the other side of the phone was connected, and the rather relaxed voice of Sun Hongli, the president of the Guild Society, came from the phone:
"Call me so late at night, does Mr. Nie have something urgent?"
Nie Yutian was too lazy to use ordinary words to deal with it, so he directly asked:
"President Sun's god-making project is about to be launched, but it seems there are still some materials needed, right?"
When Sun Hongli heard this, his voice suddenly became gloomy:
"Where did you find out?"
"You don't have to worry about where I got it from. As the saying goes, if you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself. You think you are hiding it well, but your little actions can't hide it from me at all. Don't forget, I But what kind of tricks have we not seen coming out of the path of extreme desire?"
After a moment of silence, Sun Hongli asked:
"what do you want?"
"President Sun, there is no need to be so guarded. Since I am willing to talk about this matter with you, it means that I have no intention of using it as a blackmail.
What's more, we just had a successful transaction not long ago. I never add insult to injury to my allies, I only add icing on the cake.
And now, I have brought a brand new deal, but I wonder if Chairman Sun has the courage to accept it? "
"How to say?"
"The content of the transaction is very simple. I will provide you with many resources that you urgently need to help you make your plan a success.
But after success, I need you to do me a favor. "
"What's the deal?"
"Kill three people for me."
"Which three people?"
"Su Mo, Liang Pingfeng, Xu Zongqi."
"A strong man suspected of being a mage, the top leader of the local Civil Security Bureau, the leader of the Peace House... Why do you think I can deal with so many people at once?!"
"If you can't win these three, what's the point of holding a god-making project?"
"No! Even if the plan succeeds, dealing with them will not be easy!"
"Don't worry, I can help."
"Let me think about it."
"You don't have that much time. If you don't agree, then I will find someone else immediately.
Even if those resources are given to others, they can be of unimaginable use.
I have to find someone worth investing in. "
"...I agree to this deal!"
"As expected of President Sun, don't worry, things are definitely not as difficult as you think. When you know the help I have prepared for you, you will only feel that this deal is a big advantage."
"I hope so. When will you give me those resources?"
"Already on the way, almost there."
"You knew a long time ago that I would definitely agree?"
"Anyway, I won't refuse."
Nie Yutian raised his wine glass and said from afar:
"Wishing you success and cheers."
(End of chapter)
