429: Chapter 423 Semi-Saint?
429: Chapter 423 Semi-Saint?
The young man’s outfit, though exceedingly outdated, made him stand out conspicuously among a train car full of elderly men and women, like a crane among chickens.
When Kobashi Miku’s gaze fell upon the young man,
he seemed to have noticed something.
Languidly sitting in his seat, he likewise lifted his head and looked back.
His facial features were ordinary, and his appearance could only be described as plain.
However, his eyes were as deep as the ocean, giving him an indescribable and remarkable charisma.
When Kobashi Miku first saw the young man, she didn’t think much of him, only feeling that he looked unfamiliar and was definitely not part of her tour group.
But when the young man lifted his head and looked back at her, and their eyes met,
Kobashi Miku’s heart uncontrollably started to race like a deer.
Even her breathing had unconsciously become much more rapid.
“Excuse me, sir, it seems you are not part of our tour group,” Kobashi Miku finally mustered the courage to approach the young man, considering her responsibilities.
Her voice was very gentle and even while speaking, she kept her head down, not daring to look directly at the young man.
With her looks, it was impossible for her not to have been in love at her age.
Unfortunately, this strange fluttering of the heart was truly the first of its kind for her.
Before, she only believed in love developing over time and never believed that love at first sight truly existed in this world.
But now, she realized that just by making eye contact with the young man, she seemed to have inexplicably fallen for him at first sight.
Even just speaking to the young man with her head lowered, she unconsciously crossed her legs.
“Sorry, beauty, I indeed am not part of your tour group!”
“I just wanted to catch a ride on your bus.”
“If you think this is inappropriate, I can pay you for the ride!”
The young man said with a gentle smile.
While speaking, he also took out a handful of bills from the pocket of his old jacket.
He wasn’t sure how much it cost for a ride,
but by his demeanor, it seemed he wouldn’t mind even if he had to give away all the money he held.
This young man was naturally Chen Hai, who had just broken through the Dragon-breaking Stone inside Dog Cave on the mountain top and emerged.
The grey aura inside Dog Cave had already been completely consumed by him.
For the existence like the Big Black Dog, the bit of strength it exerted might seem trivial.
But for Chen Hai, despite being a level lower, the power of the Great Demons was still immensely vast.
To ascend to a sage, the physical body is fundamental.
Previously, the inheritance Chen Hai received from the Black Water Leech Emperor did not mention the Body Refining Technique before Ascension to Sage.
After all, beings like the Leech Emperor had naturally powerful physical bodies that didn’t require refining and could bear all their Divine Souls.
While absorbing that grey aura, Chen Hai unexpectedly gained the Dharma Method for the physical body from the images contained within, perfectly compensating for the shortcomings in the inherited teachings.
Now, both his physical body and Divine Soul, at the level of Object Controlling Realm, had reached their peak.
He had planned to take this opportunity to completely crush his Divine Soul, merging it into every cell within his body, to transcend completely and attain an Undying Body.
Unfortunately, after crushing his Divine Soul, it had only begun to merge with his body.
He desired to delve deeper, straight down to the cellular level, yet he always felt something was missing, never quite finding the path to proceed.
Of course, what Chen Hai understood as penetrating the cellular level was merely his own interpretation.
Within the inheritance of the Saint Path he received, it was merely stated that the human body was composed of Immeasurable Worms.
The Divine Soul was essentially a condensed form of spiritual will.
By shattering the Divine Soul and infusing one’s spiritual will into the Immeasurable Worms that made up the Physical Body, one could achieve a Holy Body, undying and indestructible.
To Chen Hai, the so-called Immeasurable Worms undoubtedly referred to cells.
Once each of his cells carried his own will, the notion of regenerating from a single drop of blood seemed not at all far-fetched!
Alas, Chen Hai felt he was always just a tad short of truly achieving Ascension to Sage.
By shattering his own Divine Soul and initially integrating it into his body, he only managed to endow his Physical Body with some mystical quality.
His strength, much greater than that of the pinnacle of the Object Control Realm, still fell significantly short compared to a true Holy Body.
As he was now, calling him even a Semi-Saint felt somewhat forced.
That was why, after devouring all the gray mist within the Dog Cave, he had been in seclusion up to this point, striving to ascend and transcend with one last push.
The intensely refined Physical Body, now initially integrated with the shattered soul of a leech.
Back then, when he came to the Great Snow Mountain alone, he was in a certain condition, and even now, he remained unchanged.
The passage of time had left no trace upon his face.
His body, seemingly not burly, had become terrifyingly powerful in terms of speed, strength, and defense to a certain extent.
When Chen Hai shattered the Dragon-breaking Stone that blocked the entrance of the Dog Cave, he did not use the Hongming Blade, but just unleashed a punch.
With that punch, the dozens of tons heavy Dragon-breaking Stone was completely smashed to pieces.
The jagged, dog-tooth-like entrance was also thoroughly collapsed.
The moment the Dragon-breaking Stone shattered, and before the entire cave collapsed, Chen Hai burst out like lightning, darting out first.
As he descended the mountain and approached the ancient architectural complex on the mid-mountain, it coincided with Visitors who were panic-stricken by the tremors, scurrying about in terror.
Merging among the crowd of tourists, he, unnoticed by gods or ghosts.
Why had he raced to board Kobashi Miku’s bus?
The reason was simple, because the people here spoke the Yanhuang language.
Murakami Taro was proficient in seven foreign languages.
Knowing his own shortcomings in linguistic talent, when devouring the gray mist, he retained Murakami Taro’s memories of linguistic skills and integrated them into his own memories.
He could already speak Japan’s language very fluently.
However, having just emerged from seclusion, hearing everyone on the bus speaking Yanhuang language naturally felt more familiar to him.
“No need to pay, no need to pay, if it’s really on the way, just hitching a ride is naturally no problem!”
When Chen Hai tried to pay her, Kobashi Miku repeatedly gestured with her hands, politely declining.
The handful of banknotes in Chen Hai’s hand were all outdated Japan Currency from twenty or thirty years ago.
These banknotes were rarely circulated in the market nowadays, but they could still be spent if necessary!
However, compared to other Yanhuang people who frequently demanded QR code payments, his act of pulling out an outdated Japan Currency to pay the fare made him look so out of place.
Inside the bus, the incessant chatter of the elderly men and women, many of their gazes fell upon Chen Hai for this reason.