Endless Road: Asura's Extraordinary Journey

Chapter 27 Village

Two Weeks Later

"This isn't all bad, though. In combat, I'm able to explosively increase my stamina, which means my mountain-crushing sword attacks will become even more powerful. Having two Dantians is really cool. Gu Ling thought with a smile.

Although he was in a difficult situation, Gu Ling knew that he was on a unique path of cultivation. Practitioners usually can only choose to focus on the cultivation of the physical body or the essence, but he practiced both. , this will undoubtedly bring him a huge advantage. Not only will his attack power be greatly improved, but his body defense will also become stronger.

Jing Qi practitioners are famous for their complex and powerful Qi attacks, but Their physical defense is relatively weak. Although they can use defensive martial arts to make up for this shortcoming, this will undoubtedly weaken their attack power.

On the other hand, the attacks of physical practitioners may not be complicated, but they are equally powerful. They can use their bodies to resist attacks that would kill ordinary essence practitioners, and they can also unleash extremely destructive physical attacks. However, their attacks are often more direct and relatively easy to deal with.

"Combining the cultivation of physical body and essence, I am almost invulnerable. Even my soul was passively strengthened by the holy energy of the palace. Although I can't become a top soul cultivator, I can at least make my soul strong enough that I don't have to be afraid of most soul cultivators."

Gu Ling tested his newly acquired strength again and nodded with satisfaction.

"My physical Dantian is still in the early stage of fog creation, while my realm Dantian has reached the middle stage of fog creation. I want to know if I can raise my realm Dantian to a higher level faster. Am I about to become a gas condensation practitioner?"

Gu Ling focused on absorbing the blood essence and practicing Immortal Ashura physical skills at the same time. Everything seemed to be going well until he suddenly felt a splitting headache.

"ah!"

His mind echoed with the whispers that had tormented him in the hellish rooms of the palace.

"murder! plunder! Defiled! destroy!"These evil thoughts invaded his mind silently, and Gu Ling tried his best to resist them. He felt that something was trying to erode his soul and induce him to commit these evil deeds. Gu Ling struggled hard, trying to get rid of these voices. Interference.

After a few minutes, Gu Ling was finally able to concentrate and expel these despicable thoughts from his mind.

"What just happened?"Gu Ling was still breathing rapidly as he slowly recovered,"Just when I was concentrating on practicing Immortal Ashura's physical skills, a whisper sounded, and I felt like a thousand needles were piercing my soul!"

After calming down, Gu Ling decided to try practicing the Immortal Asura Body Technique again to see if the same thing would happen again."Bah!"Gu Ling covered his head in pain, and those mutterings and intrusive thoughts emerged again. In the next few minutes, he tried to calm himself down and completely clear these distracting thoughts from his mind.

"I don’t understand why this is happening," Gu Ling thought hard,"but now it seems that I can’t continue to practice Immortal Asura Body Technique."Although regretful, he understands that he cannot continue to practice the Immortal Asura Body Technique at this stage. However, it is a big surprise to be promoted to the middle stage of fog creation so quickly. Next, he needs to focus on the cultivation of essence.

Gu Ling spent a whole night cultivating his Dantian, and then fell into a deep sleep.

A few days later, when Gu Ling was walking through the Tianpi Forest, a clearing suddenly appeared in front of him

"Um? Is that a small town?"

Gu Ling took out his map and looked at it carefully.

"This should be......Um? There are no markers on the map. This is far from what I know. Why is there a village so far away from the main road?"

Gu Ling is still about a hundred kilometers away from the main road leading to the Kingdom of Fear. He did not expect to encounter human civilization so soon.

The village is several kilometers wide and surrounded by large wooden walls. Within the walls, Gu Ling can see to hundreds of buildings, while farmland surrounds the outside of the city walls

"I'm going to go in and investigate. Maybe we can find a hotel to stay in. I haven't showered or eaten properly in weeks."

Gu Ling walked towards the main entrance of the village.

"stop! No entry allowed!"

Several guards were guarding the front gate of the village, blocking Gu Ling's way.

"Um? They all look normal. They are not even practitioners. Why do ordinary people serve as guards in this village in the middle of the forest?

Gu Ling walked up to the guard and asked,"I'm just a traveler who happens to be passing by here." What on earth is this place? Why isn't it marked on the map?"

Gu Ling was curious about why this village was not marked on the map.

Hearing Gu Ling's answer, the guards relaxed their vigilance slightly. One of the guards stepped forward and replied:"In that case, you can go in." The entrance fee to the village is two copper coins.

Gu Ling handed him two copper coins and then asked,"You are all ordinary people." Are there any practitioners guarding the village?

The leading guard hesitated and replied,"There are no practitioners in our village." Almost all the residents try to distance themselves from the outside world, so we built this village about ten years ago"

"Isn't it dangerous here? Gu Ling asked,"There are body-refining-level beasts everywhere. If you are unlucky, you may even encounter fog-making level beasts." What are you going to do if you encounter this situation?"

"Our walls are strong enough and high enough to withstand any body-refining-level beasts. As for the fog-creating beasts... we naturally have countermeasures."The guard replied.

Gu Ling noticed that when they talked about the fog-making beast, the guards had complicated expressions on their faces, but they did not elaborate.

"Is there an inn in the village?"Gu Ling asked

"Yes, it's called Nightfall Inn. It is located in the center of the village, and there is a moon-shaped sign in front of the door, so you can easily find it."

"Thanks."Before walking into the village gate, Gu Ling thanked the guard.

Stepping into the village, Gu Ling saw hundreds of villagers living busy lives. He continued to walk towards the center of the village, while scanning each one with his spiritual consciousness. people passing by

"They're really just regular people. How did they defend themselves against those powerful beasts?"Gu Ling couldn't help but have such questions in his mind. Soon, he came to the center of the village and saw the building with the moon logo.

Gu Ling walked in and felt that the atmosphere inside was unusually depressing. He approached behind the counter The female hotel owner asked loudly:"Excuse me, are there any free rooms here?"