Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

Chapter 216: Emotions are one's true ability!

The cultivators from the Immortal Gate Outer Sect knelt on the wet floor of the harbor. Sensing the aura of the Foundation Building cultivator in the sky, they all lowered their heads in fear and dared not move.

They would never have imagined that the Foundation Building cultivator in the sky was actually the worst performer among them...

"You can all get up now. This area of the sea is no longer safe."

"Leave quickly!"

Su Ping shook his head and didn't have the intention to catch up with old acquaintances and show off.

After confirming that there was no more danger on the sea surface, he turned and headed to Xuan Turtle Island.

On Xuan Turtle Island, Su Ping couldn't even fish in peace this time.

Perhaps because Xuan Turtle Island was already in the deep sea area, sea monsters would occasionally appear while fishing.

Although most of them were only at the Qi Refining stage.

They could easily be dealt with by Big Black.

But Su Ping still felt vigilant in his heart.

If the level of danger continued to increase...

Would he have to give up on Xuan Turtle Island as a fishing spot?

Su Ping had thought about setting up a formation on Xuan Turtle Island.

But he quickly gave up on this idea.

Xuan Turtle Island itself didn't have any secrets, and the spiritual veins had long disappeared. There were no secret realms popping up around it either.

As long as Su Ping, the fishing enthusiast, wasn't fishing, whether it was sea monsters or Demonic Cultivators, they wouldn't spare a second glance.

But if Su Ping set up a formation, wouldn't it make Xuan Turtle Island a firefly in the dark?

If those passing evil gods happened to be in a good mood and slapped their palms down... it would be a disaster.

[The fishing attempts have been exhausted. Please come back next time!]

After spending the whole night, Su Ping finished all the accumulated attempts. The moment he saw the message appear, he disappeared from the Immortal Cultivation World and returned to the Blue Water Star.

Blue Water Star, the United States.

New York City, one of the apex-level metropolises.

With the deterioration of the environment and social development, more and more people flocked here in search of opportunities and a livelihood.

As a result, the registered population here has exceeded 30 million.

And almost every race's people on Blue Water Star can be found in this city.

New York City is neither good nor bad in terms of its environment.

The Church of the Saint Lord is the most important backbone and stabilizer of this community.

The church organizes the distribution of food to the believers every week and provides basic assistance to those in need.

At the same time, under the leadership of the priest, in order to ensure that the value of the community does not decrease, the residents have contributed money and effort to support the establishment of a patrol team to maintain order in the area.

These measures have reduced the local crime rate and allowed the authority of the church to continue.

Father Victor has been rooted in this community for nearly thirty years.

He is satisfied with everything and is so content that he even declined the recall inquiry from the City of the Saint Lord a few years ago.

Of course, Father Victor must be regretting it now.

If he had known that going back to the City of the Saint Lord would provide an opportunity to learn Transcendent knowledge, how could he bear to leave this church?

Especially in the past two days, their church, which has performed the most outstandingly in New York City, received praise from the City of the Saint Lord.

Then, after replacing the supposedly hundred-year-old silver cross on the top of the building...

Two black stone gargoyle statues, each about one and a half meters tall, were escorted over and installed on both sides of the entrance of this circular district church.

They seemed like two gatekeepers, watching over the outskirts of the church.

They were just ordinary statues.

But Father Victor knew very well that these two statues were actually real moving gargoyles!

They had the ability to punish evil.

Recently, they started to distribute them, saying that the great Crown Under had received revelations, and perhaps the Devils were planning something.

So they quickly distributed them to various places so that they could be the first to detect any abnormalities relying on the churches in each area as bases.

"Father, the Anderson family is haunted again!"

Father Victor got up early today, planning to distribute food at the entrance as usual, and use his abundant experience as a priest to provide psychological therapy for some people.

He heard his assistant shout with a hint of nervousness at the door.

"Haunted again?"

Father Victor frowned slightly, and his head started to ache.

This was also one of the side effects brought about by the frequent occurrence of Transcendents, which made their Saint Lord priests famous.

In these priests' jurisdictions, incidents of haunting or people being possessed by Devils became more frequent.

However, when the priests went to deal with them, they often found that the other party was most likely just having a headache or fever.

Drinking holy water with painkillers for one or two days can often lead to a miraculous recovery.

A small number of severe cases are usually related to mental illness. If they refuse to go to a mental hospital, it is best for them to stay at home for recuperation.

The Anderson family is a household in the community with a mentally ill person.

However, it seems that the parents of this family do not believe that their son is mentally ill. They insist that he is possessed by the Devil.

After the Transcendent event, they became even more convinced and resolute in their beliefs.

Even Father Victor was initially unsure.

But as soon as the gargoyle arrived, he and his assistant brought the person in front of the gargoyle.

After confirming that the gargoyle had no interest in even looking at the chubby boy, he was certain that this matter did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Saint Lord.

"It seems that it's not the young Anderson, but a relative they have taken in."

"A relative?"

"They have taken in someone from outside?"

"Yes, but it was reported."

The assistant nodded, picked up his phone and checked, then whispered, "Alright."

Father Victor grumbled, got dressed, and after some thought, he decided to bring a few bottles of holy water with him.

Although he had known for a long time that the holy water they made through their prayers only had a placebo effect, he couldn't deny that humans are miraculous creatures, and sometimes the placebo effect can be powerful.

They drove to the Anderson family.

As soon as they got out of the car, Father Victor and his group heard a cry of ghosts and howls.

Then they entered the house and saw a black-skinned man tied to the bed.

The man kept writhing, his mouth opening and closing, and black blood flowing from his eyes.

Father Victor looked at the Anderson family, whose skin was only brown.

Then he looked at the black-skinned man and asked, "Is this... your relative?"

Old Anderson awkwardly smiled, revealing his white teeth, and then nodded slightly.

This person is a relative of Old Anderson's boss, who needed a place to stay for a while due to some circumstances.

Because they had given so much, Old Anderson had no choice but to accept this relative.

Father Victor walked into the room.

Immediately, he felt that the light around him seemed to distort.

Around the person tied to the bed, there seemed to be a thick darkness flowing.

When he tried to look closely, it became more and more blurry.

And... the temperature in the room kept dropping.

Father Victor's skin broke out in goosebumps.

But he still wasn't quite sure if the person was really possessed, so he took out the cross on his chest and recited a spell, saying, "In the name of the Saint Lord, all evil shall be banished!"

"Evil be gone!"

After a few loud chants and seeing no response, he took out a bottle of holy water and emphasized that the water in the bottle was blessed by the Saint Lord. He poured it all over the person.

But the black man showed no reaction, still shaking his head and roaring.

This reaction confirmed to Father Victor that this guy was at least not a believer with hysteria.

If it was a believer who imagined being possessed, upon hearing that the bottle contained holy water, regardless of whether the water was real or not, they would scream as if sulfuric acid had been sprinkled on them.

Father Victor regretted that he didn't encounter such an opportunity to demonstrate his power.

After confirming that this was not something his holy water could handle, Father Victor decided to join the Anderson family in carrying the person, along with the bed, out of the house.

Then he called some residents who were watching the scene outside the yard to help.

The group carried the strange person to the church.

Because today happened to be the day for distributing free food, many people gathered near the church.

Apart from the residents in the circular area, there were also many people from other areas, even homeless people, who came over.

They all noticed this abnormality and let out a cry of surprise when they saw the patient being carried out of a small truck.

A student exclaimed in astonishment, "My classmate seems to have posted a similar video. It seems that the hospital has also received several of these strange people!"

"I know, this must be a sign that the end of the world is coming!"

"Zombies! This is definitely a prelude to the zombie apocalypse! Brothers, can you lend me money so I can stock up on food and medicine?"

Several hooligans and troublemakers next to the student immediately shouted upon hearing the words.

Before a few adults who couldn't bear to watch could scold them.

The two stone gargoyles in front of the church made a loud noise, instantly quieting the entire crowd.

Everyone looked in awe at the gargoyles that had made the noise and started moving.

The two gargoyles spread their wings and their eyes emitted red light, shining on the patient getting off the car.

It was quite miraculous.

Accompanied by the gargoyles roaring at it.

The patient, who had been unconsciously shouting, suddenly stiffened.

Then, a burst of black smoke emerged from the patient's body, quickly turning into a black mist that entered the gargoyles' bodies.

Everyone saw that the patient seemed to calm down.

"The gargoyles absorbed the Devil possessing him?"

Old Anderson saw the gargoyles swallow the black mist and then crouched back down, gathering the courage to ask.

Father Victor fell silent, thinking about the exorcism manual issued by the City of Saint Lord a week ago.

He took a deep breath and walked up to the patient, his face slightly changing when he looked into the person's eyes.

The person's pupils were completely black.

Whether in the exorcism manual or in various ancient exorcism classics, this was a standard sign of being invaded by evil!

Moreover... a normal person would never have such symptoms.

Who would have completely covered their eyes with a thick layer of seemingly flowing black?

"Take him into the church!"

Father Victor immediately made a decision:

"In the Realm of Saint Lord, they will be fine!"

He instructed the Anderson family and his assistants to help push the calm patient into the church.

Seeing that the gargoyles seemed to have no objections.

Father Victor was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, a vehicle from the American Department of Homeland Security appeared at the entrance of the church.

Immediately, two capable detectives got out of the car and hurriedly ran towards Father Victor.

After showing their credentials, the two detectives made a request.

Surprisingly, they wanted Father Victor to go to the New York Hospital to help check on the patients there.

Father Victor initially wanted to say that as a priest, he really couldn't treat patients.

But after seeing the content on the screen that was handed to him.

He took a cold breath:

"Oh my Saint Lord, how can there be so many patients invaded by evil!"

After experiencing the events of the morning, Father Victor completely accepted the revised exorcism manual of the City of Saint Lord.

He no longer doubted that it was just a television show, but that something significant had happened in the city.

He swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to go to that hospital to die.

Finding an excuse that he needed to prepare, he quickly went into the church, intending to stay inside and hope that these detectives would find someone else.

However... Father Victor saw his assistant approaching with a phone in hand and his face turned pale as he thought of something.

In the end, he couldn't bear to give up his current status and took the phone, then nodded with a bitter smile.

But not long after, Father Victor exclaimed and his face brightened:

"Really?"

"Princess Theresa Saintess, will personally come to this chaotic place to bless us?"

"Oh Saint Lord, I am willing to recite your name on earth, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven..."

After learning that the City of Saint Lord had not abandoned them and that the chosen Saintess would soon arrive.

And that there were also methods to alleviate the recent outbreaks of evil invasions in Europa and the United States.

After making the phone call, Father Victor changed his expression, dressed solemnly, and smiled at the two detectives:

"You've been waiting for a long time, let's go now!"

The detectives nodded quickly.

The residents made way and watched Father Victor leave.

Then they turned their gaze to the two gargoyles that had truly come to life instead of being decorations.

After cheering for a while, many people made up their minds to come and participate next Sunday.

Even if there were no seats left, they would stand in the garden next to it to experience the sense of participation.

New York Hospital.

A separate building was allocated to accommodate the sudden outbreak of these special patients.

Several respected doctors were analyzing the situation with the investigators who held the power.

They already knew that the initial outbreak of these strange symptoms was among the prisoners in the maximum-security prison.

It then spread rapidly throughout the entire city.

Currently, it is known that most patients exhibit symptoms similar to possession by a devil in novels and movies.

And they have a certain level of aggression.

This has caused many young people to worry about encountering a crisis like zombies.

Of course, if it were really just zombies, those present would not be so panicked.

There are many ways for humans to deal with zombies that can be killed by bullets, whether it is for offense or defense.

"Most of them spend half of their time in madness and the other half recovering, but they are extremely weak."

"There is no age or gender distinction among those who exhibit symptoms..."

"If we have to find a common point, perhaps a large part of it can be traced back to the frequent use of Divine Medicine."

Speaking of this, a doctor pushed up his expensive gold-rimmed glasses and said,

"Some experts in the field of mysticism believe that this is because these people have long indulged in pleasure, causing a decline in their rationality, making them more susceptible to evil invading their souls."

Because the mystics have already shown their holiness.

These doctors and experts, in fact, did not hold up books and shout that it was impossible. Instead, they accepted a new worldview.

And they never gave up using scientific methods to study.

Unfortunately, the Blue Water Star does not have Spiritual Qi.

Their research is like the physics of the Three-Body world encountering sophons.

Currently, they seem to know something, yet seem to know nothing.

"The priests from various districts and those spiritualists have all been invited!"

Not long after, in the investigator's office, everyone looked at the large screen divided into dozens of small screens.

Including Father Victor, dozens of priests and spiritualists who were invited by the investigators entered the hospital through the main entrance, some of them awkwardly.

They were different from the formally dressed priests.

The men and women who claimed to be spiritualists were dressed in various strange costumes.

With exaggerated hairstyles and various make-up.

It wouldn't be a problem to directly take them to participate in a masquerade ball.

However, these people are active all over the United States and are a new profession that can really make a lot of money.

Spiritualists have a wide range of services, from finding lost cats and dogs, to helping retrieve past life memories, to curing incurable diseases and bringing people back from the dead.

It seems that there is nothing they cannot do in this world.

However, as soon as these spiritualists entered the scene.

Before they had a chance to perform an American version of the exorcism dance.

An accident happened immediately.

Visible black gas surged out of several wards and swiftly entered the bodies of the spiritualists who were walking in the front.

These spiritualists immediately collapsed onto the cold floor of the hospital lobby, performing a stunning zombie dance for everyone.

In the control room, an expert's eyes lit up:

"There are quite a few spiritualists who use Divine Medicine. Check it out, I estimate that these fallen ones are definitely severe patients!"

In the hospital lobby, everyone, including the investigators, retreated.

Those investigators even took out their pistols while retreating.

They were ready to empty their magazines if anything went wrong.

Only one elderly priest stepped forward instead, holding a silver coin in his hand and loudly reciting a prayer.

Father Victor thought he had encountered a colleague, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually a heretic.

Seeing those fallen spiritualists struggling to crawl towards the old priest.

Father Victor sighed and stepped forward to stand beside the old priest.

Then he raised the pendant hanging from his chest.

And he called out the name of an angel.

Suddenly!

It was like the effect of a stone statue being enveloped in red light.

The crawling spiritualists widened their eyes, their bodies stiffened, and they stopped moving.

Then black gas emerged from their ears, noses, and mouths and dissipated.

However, their eyes remained pitch black, and they collapsed to the ground unconscious.

Becoming new patients in the hospital.

Father Victor sighed, and immediately noticed that everyone around him seemed to be staring at him with complex emotions.

The corners of Father Victor's mouth twitched.

And he instantly realized.

It turns out that in such a big city like New York.

He is the only half-real one!

(End of this chapter)