I'm in Shrouding the Heavens Practicing Eternal Life

Inside the hospital room, Ah Xing was half-reclined on the hospital bed. His body's recovery ability far exceeded that of ordinary people.

The door was opened, and the Marine Admiral, Sengoku the Buddha, walked in, draped in a cloak of justice. At this moment, he exuded an aura of authority as he entered the room.

There were only the two of them in the room. After all, there was no need to assign a doctor and nurse specifically to a person of unknown origin.

"What is your name?"

The Marine who walked in saw that Ah Xing's injuries seemed to be almost healed, and he spoke.

Ah Xing stared blankly ahead, not focusing his gaze on the Marine Admiral, seemingly lost in thought.

After hearing Sengoku's question, he subconsciously replied,

"Xing, you can call me Ah Xing."

That's right, it was the Ah Xing character card that Yuan Yi had drawn. Almost a year had passed, and he was reaching a bottleneck in his training. To improve further, he would either need a good teacher or a lot of combat experience, with high-intensity battles being the most important.

Therefore, he sent Ah Xing to the Marines, because…

The Tathagata Palm and the Great Buddha Fruit are quite compatible, right?

Ah Xing himself was a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand. In just one year, he had cultivated Haki to an extremely high level. Moreover, because he had already practiced the Tathagata Palm, techniques like Armament Haki emission were not difficult for him at all.

Originally, he was the strongest one Yuan Yi had drawn from the hundred thousand character cards. Even now, he was still the strongest of the three. That's right, he was even stronger than the Demon Little Dragon that Yuan Yi had created using four Shikon Jewel shards and a monster cell!

"Xing?"

At this moment, Sengoku was somewhat surprised when he said his name, because the name was very strange, but…

This world was strange in the first place. In such a world, anything was possible.

"Then, Ah Xing, can you tell me what happened to you at sea? We are the righteous Marines, and I am a Marine Admiral. If you have been attacked in any way, you can ask us for help."

"…" Ah Xing was silent, not speaking. After a while, he did not directly answer Sengoku's question but asked something else.

He focused his gaze on Sengoku and said softly, "Marine Admiral, you have a power that I am particularly concerned about. Can… can I take a look at it?"

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Sengoku looked at Ah Xing, who was half-lying on the bed, and met his gaze. It seemed that the inexplicable feeling he had before was not an illusion. The other party also had the same feeling.

Sengoku said directly, "Have you seen Indra?"

"…No," Ah Xing said. "I have never seen any Indra."

Sengoku frowned. He felt a slight aura of Indra from Ah Xing. Although the feeling was only for a moment, it should not be wrong.

"You have some aura of the Great Buddha on you," he said. "Can you tell me where it came from?"

"Buddha?" Ah Xing was slightly stunned. "I practiced the Tathagata Palm. I don't know if it is the Buddha you are talking about."

"Tathagata?!"

Sengoku was obviously surprised. Even he could not help but show a surprised expression at this time. He was Sengoku the Buddha, who had eaten the Great Buddha Fruit. How could he not know what Tathagata was?

What is the Tathagata Palm?!

And seemingly seeing his doubts, Ah Xing said again, "When I was very young, I met an old man who gave me a book called 'Tathagata Palm' and then disappeared. It is a method of cultivation and also a book that summons misfortune…"

Ah Xing said in a deep voice, "That book attracts demons!"

"…" Sengoku looked at Ah Xing without speaking, but his heart was already surging.

Demons? Could it be the demon he was thinking of?

"After I got that book, I have been hunted down. They seem to be everywhere. Fortunately, that 'Tathagata Palm' also has some incredible power, allowing me to constantly avoid that killing. Until today, more than ten years have passed."

"You are the righteous Marines, and you have a feeling of Buddha, so I told you these things, hoping you can help me get that Tathagata Palm back."

"What is the Tathagata Palm?" Sengoku asked. "What are those demons? Don't worry, you can tell me slowly on the way."

At this moment, the warship was about to arrive at the Jartzburg Kingdom. Sengoku felt that he could not finish talking here, so he looked at Ah Xing and said, "How are your injuries now?"

"It's not a big deal anymore. Where are you going?"

"Jartzburg Kingdom," Sengoku said very honestly. However, this place name made Ah Xing's pupils shrink, and an aura erupted from his body.

Sengoku narrowed his eyes. Just now, it seemed like an eruption of Conqueror's Haki, but there were some fundamental differences.

"Are you from the Jartzburg Kingdom?" Seeing his reaction, Sengoku said indifferently, "Our purpose this time is to clear the demons of the Jartzburg Kingdom. It seems that our purposes are the same."

Ah Xing struggled to get up from the hospital bed. He was still wearing a white hospital gown. Sengoku did not stop him but walked out with him.

At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, and the Marines were orderly carrying out actions on the warship, preparing for the upcoming landing and handover operations.

"It really is… that country," Ah Xing said with a slightly gloomy expression. "Could this be the destined karma?"

"The Tathagata Palm… should be considered a method of cultivation. I got that book when I was very young. At first, my body didn't change much, but it made my spirit more vast, and I had a strong premonition of the existence of danger."

"But in the end, I still couldn't escape. I was seriously injured by those guys, and the secrets of the Tathagata Palm were also taken away. I also have a premonition that something is about to happen, perhaps in the next year or two!"

Sengoku listened to Ah Xing's words and said, "Since you have been hunted down for several years, why didn't you seek help from the Marines before?"

"No one would believe my words. Demons? Who would believe in the existence of demons?" Ah Xing said somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"After that, I gave up. Moreover, just constantly avoiding the demons' search had already exhausted my energy. How could I go to sea to the Marine Headquarters?"