Chapter 369

Before Li Miao finished speaking, An Ziyang continued.

"I understand, Commander."

"I will inform the Emperor, search for Yingzhou Heaven-men in the city, at least protect one, so An Qisheng's state won't be perfect, and when you wake up, you can kill him... but..."

He frowned.

But.

But he couldn't protect all the remaining Yingzhou Heaven-men; An Qisheng would only be stronger than today... even if Li Miao recovered from his injuries, without the explosion to break An Qisheng's protective True Qi, could he really win?

Li Miao said with a smile.

"I will win."

"Alright, I'm about to sleep. You and Little Mei take the Wudang Daoist and return to the palace."

"Before I wake up, leave the rest to you."

An Ziyang and Mei Qinghe held back their tears and cupped their hands together.

"Yes!"

Li Miao closed his eyes with a smile.

The next moment, touch, hearing, vision, smell, like glass, shattered into powder, slowly dissipating in his perception. The smell of dust, the sound of burning, the touch of ashes falling on his body, gradually moved away.

The surroundings fell into darkness.

After a while, a fishy and salty sea breeze blew in front of him, water stars were rolled onto his face by the wind, the sound of waves gradually grew louder, and a rough friction of gravel came from under his feet.

Li Miao opened his eyes.

Sea.

He stood by the sea.

Black sea, black beach, black storm.

He had come to this beach once again.

Only this time, he was no longer the only one on the beach.

Li Miao turned his head to look into the distance, someone was standing there.

Ape-armed and wasp-waisted, heroic appearance, black hair scattered down to his waist, swaying slowly in the wind, the strong muscles underneath were faintly visible, and countless wounds were distributed on them, adding a touch of murderous aura.

Just like looking in a mirror.

But Li Miao laughed and said.

"Why, arriving at the host's house, don't you say hello... Immortal Zheng? Or should I call you An Qisheng, would you be more used to it?"

That person didn't speak.

Li Miao shrugged indifferently and walked toward him.

This "An Qisheng" appearing in his mental image is An Qisheng himself, or a part of An Qisheng.

Why could An Qisheng escape, and why did Li Miao have to fall into a deep sleep? The reason lies here—An Qisheng planted a "nature seed" on him, interfering with his realm, causing his Profound View to have problems, and then fled after heavily injuring the old Daoist.

This struggle is still continuing.

It's just that the second half needs to be carried out in Li Miao's heart.

Killing this An Qisheng, the real An Qisheng will never be perfect again. But if Li Miao is killed by An Qisheng in the mental image, his body will also be occupied by An Qisheng, becoming a clone like Liu Jin.

Li Miao walked slowly toward An Qisheng.

"You don't look like your real-world self anymore, you should be able to speak, right? Don't you want to chat a few words before you die?"

He said with a smile.

An Qisheng in the mental image is no longer the old and dying appearance, but an appearance almost exactly the same as Li Miao, only his hair is black, Li Miao's is silver, and there is no difference other than that.

The two are like twins.

After Li Miao walked a few steps, An Qisheng spoke slowly.

"Do you recognize me?"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow.

"I even pulled out your lungs, and you ask me if I recognize you?"

An Qisheng was silent, not answering.

But this is Li Miao's mental image, although Li Miao doesn't know the details of this place yet, he instinctively perceives An Qisheng's emotions.

Disappointment, sadness.

It's as if Li Miao's answer just now shattered some expectation of his.

This made Li Miao frown. An Qisheng wasn't talking to him, but thought Li Miao was someone else. This made him think of the conversation between Ji Tianrui and himself after the Battle of the Imperial Mausoleum—the first question she asked was "Do you remember your previous life."

At that time, Ji Tianrui was also testing if he was someone else.

Ji Tianrui only had one enemy.

The reason for the cooperation between Wudang and Li Miao was also only one.

The legendary teacher of An Qisheng, the opportunity for enlightenment, Ji Tianrui's imaginary enemy, the reason for the disappearance of the two ancestors Bodhidharma and Sanfeng pursued by Wudang and Shaolin for thousands of years—"He Shang Zhang Ren."

"Could it be that what Sect Leader Ji said about reincarnation is really true?"

Li Miao twisted his fingers and thought, but sneered again.

"If it were someone else, they would really have to think about it, but only I don't have to. Previous life and this life, I am Li Miao, no one is worthy of being my previous life, except myself."

Once decided, he continued to force his way toward An Qisheng.

"Speaking of which, you and I are considered relatives, since you came, is it convenient to answer a few questions for me?"

An Qisheng was silent.

Li Miao said with a smile.

"You have cultivated Profound View for a thousand years, although you haven't cultivated other nature-gong realms, in terms of the accumulation of nature, it should be unprecedented... do you know where this is?"

He spread his hands, indicating the black beach all around.

An Qisheng was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly.

"Nature."

"This place is your nature."

"It is also the silent illumination you haven't mastered yet."

Once he opened his mouth, he was like a music box that had been sealed for many years, the pipes were cleared, the dust was wiped away, and he gradually became normal, even his demeanor began to gradually become vivid.

"Black water, didn't you think of anything?"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow.

"Kidney water?"

An Qisheng didn't open his mouth, defaulting to Li Miao's answer.

Li Miao closed his eyes and let out a long breath.

"Hehe... it really is like this."

"Kidney water generates hair, turbid essence transforms into images, it is black water. I guessed a little before, but never dared to think that this boundless black sea is my own nature."

He clenched his fists and looked.

The blood vessels under the skin bulged.

When breaking through Profound View, he was injured by the Eastern Depot eunuch, the injury was fed back here, and the liquid flowing from his wound was also pitch black like seawater.

From that time on, he had some guesses, just didn't dare to confirm.

Whose nature can form a boundless ocean?

Even Sanfeng Zhenren and Bodhidharma Zunzhe, I'm afraid they can't.

Li Miao is indeed an outlier; the closer he gets to the foundation of this world and the more secrets he knows, his abnormality not only doesn't dissipate but becomes more prominent.

"No wonder you think I'm someone else."

Li Miao shook his head.

"But it disappointed you, I am just me."

An Qisheng spoke slowly.

"I know."

"You are not the person I am waiting for."

"So, I will kill you."

Li Miao's corners of his mouth curled up.

"The conversation is over?"

"Fine, saying so much, I'm also annoyed."

He raised his hand to press on his shoulder and shook his neck.

"Then shall we, continue?"

*BOOM!!!

The next instant, gravel splashed, and the two collided again!