This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 134 The Terror of the Dharma Ending Age

Not to mention the noise of the children on the plane and the disbelief of the adults, as the person flying witnessed by the children, what is the difference between Xi Miao's inner state and that of the children on the plane just now?

Zhuang Lin took Xi Miao and flew forward. In the moonlight, they first flew over the villages outside and on the edge of the protected area, then flew over some small towns, and then continued to fly forward.

There was a small road below, with many street lights on. Xi Miao knew from Zhuang Lin that it was the official road of that era.

As the lights of JZ City gradually appeared at the end of the distance, Xi Miao's expression showed surprise.

In fact, Zhuang Lin had been observing Xi Miao's expression. Even a fox fairy with great cultivation skills would be shocked when seeing this.

For Xi Miao, even the bright lights and huge scale of JZ City have exceeded her imagination. Even the famous city of Xiangyang in her impression is far from her reach.
However, this was actually the first time in this era that Zhuang Lin used the method of flying to look at the city from a high altitude.

It seems that Jingzhou is more developed than I imagined. Many tower cranes can be seen on the outskirts, and a small number of them are still under construction at night.

While Zhuang Lin was thinking, Xi Miao finally came back to his senses.

"Sir, how many ancient and modern cities like this are there here?"

Zhuang Lin smiled and thought for a moment.

"There are plenty of them, and Jingzhou isn't really a well-known big city these days, at least not in this era."

"ho"

Xi Miao couldn't help but let out a slight gasp. This is not considered a big city?
But after a long time, Xi Miao gradually calmed down and couldn't help but sigh.

"Although the population is dense, it has lost a lot of spiritual energy. In this place where spiritual energy is exhausted, how painful it must be to have one's mind and spirit dried up."

"Not necessarily. You feel uncomfortable only because you have felt spiritual energy before. If you haven't felt it before, you wouldn't feel uncomfortable."

Xi Miao nodded.

"This is the suffering of perception. Does that mean they don't know?"

As he spoke, Xi Miao seemed to react, and Zhuang Lin smiled.

"I've never seen the spirits of heaven and earth since I was born, and it's always like this year after year? Do you know? Is it true or not? How can I even begin to explain? Even if it's in another time and space, most ordinary people don't know about it, right? They just believe in ghosts and gods too deeply."

There was no need for Zhuang Lin to explain it too clearly. I believed that with Xi Miao's wisdom, she would be able to understand the mystery.

When they were over Jingzhou, Zhuang Lin and Xi Miao descended in altitude, using a trick to conceal themselves, so that they seemed to blend into the wind and blow towards the city below.

The roads are well-connected, the lights are bright everywhere, the buildings are towering, and the popularity of the city is like a fire, but due to the conditions of the sky and the earth, there is a sense of emptiness.

In the evening, various stalls have appeared in various places in JZ City. Some busy streets are crowded with people, and neon lights are flashing.

In general, although this world has experienced several wars, China has maintained its leading position in the world since its reform. Therefore, even though technological development is far from the level before Zhuang Lin traveled through time, it is basically in line with the current level of the world's major powers.

There has even been a clear trend of accelerated development in recent years. This was the conclusion Zhuang Lin came to after a brief observation, because he actually saw an Internet cafe!
Yes, although the small store was called Jingzhou Modern Computer Room and only had thirty or forty computers inside, it was crowded late at night, with many people gathered inside, much like the old-fashioned Internet cafes that Zhuang Lin was familiar with in his childhood.

In just a few years, has the pace of development been so fast?
Zhuang Lin felt this way, but when he thought about the time when he was teaching in a remote area, he had little exposure to the modern aspects of society. Perhaps this place had already reached the crossroads of these times.

Xi Miao looked at the dazzling surroundings, feeling the dense crowd and the spiritually depleted environment, the bustle or noise, and the various changing lights.

This made Xi Miao feel infinitely curious, but also an inexplicable sense of fear.

There is no spirit, no spirituality, no spiritual light between heaven and earth, even the stars in the sky seem dim in this dazzling light.
What is fear?

Xi Miao had almost forgotten this feeling. Even when she first faced a real person, she had never been as frightened as she was now.
Xi Miao subconsciously moved closer to Zhuang Lin, and she even subconsciously grabbed the corner of Zhuang Lin's clothes. She was a little afraid of being left in such a place by him.

Perhaps because he came from this era, Zhuang Lin was unable to understand Xi Miao's feelings at the moment, but that didn't mean he was slow to react.

When Xi Miao subconsciously approached Zhuang Lin, he had already realized that this world itself was enough to make even a great demon cultivator like Xi Miao feel fear.

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist. We won't stay here long. Besides, I think this place must be very safe, right?"

Xi Miao also came back to her senses and remembered the original purpose of their coming here. She quietly let go of her hand and calmed herself down, then forced a smile.

"Indeed, there's no better place than here. I don't even need to use any tricks. Just letting those three evil Buddhas understand their situation will be enough to terrify them."

There are many ways to seal off spiritual energy, and it can be done in a formation or in some special environments, but this is only temporary after all, and is far less impactful and oppressive than the depletion of spiritual energy in heaven and earth.

It can be said that many people can survive for tens or even hundreds of years without changing their expressions just in a certain formation space where all spiritual energy is sealed. However, if they were to truly be in this Dharma Ending World and understand this reality, most people would probably collapse soon.
The breeze blew across the pedestrian street and toward the street corner. At this moment, Zhuang Lin suddenly felt something and looked into the distance. Then the breeze curved around the street corner, lifting the hems and hair of passers-by, and blew away along the city road.
At this moment, Zhuang Lin shook his sleeves and a black backpack flew out. He unzipped it and rummaged through it, pulling out a mobile phone with a phone number on the back.

Zhuang Lin pressed the power button, and the buttons and small electronic screen of the mobile phone lit up, attracting Xi Miao's attention.

"Fortunately, there is still one bar of power left."

Zhuang Lin glanced at Xi Miao and started dialing the phone.
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In a gym in the center of JZ City, Leng Zhiheng is working out with a barbell. When he exerts force, his sculpted muscles bulge out from his thin vest.

Some people who don't come to the gym often or are new here often exclaim in surprise when they see Leng Zhiheng, and some women even can't walk when they see him.

It's not just Leng Zhiheng's muscular tones that are beautiful, but also the incredible weights he uses to train, the alloy barbells are practically bent under the weight.
With a "dong~" sound, Leng Zhiheng dropped the barbell on the ground, and someone immediately brought water and a towel. "Brother Leng, you are amazing. I am the new lobby manager. Come here, have some water and a towel."

A new middle-aged man greeted Leng Zhiheng warmly, because the latter had almost become the golden signboard of their gym, and many people would look for opportunities to watch him exercise.

Leng Zhiheng breathed slightly, took the towel to wipe the sweat off his face, then took the water and thanked him. This was just an ordinary exercise for him.

Ever since he learned the true martial arts from his boss, although his progress may have been slow due to the so-called spiritual energy, he was at least moving forward bit by bit, and his strength was far beyond that of ordinary people.

"Dulululu. Dulululu."

The phone suddenly rang, and the gym manager next to him subconsciously reached into his pocket and pulled out a flip phone, but it was obviously not his ringtone.

Leng Zhiheng had already rushed to the side, picked up his bag and started searching. When he saw that it was indeed the mobile phone, he was immediately delighted.

However, the gym manager and the people nearby were surprised to see Leng Zhiheng actually take out a mobile phone.

"Brother Leng, are you still using this antique?"

Three or four years ago, the brick-sized mobile phone was a symbol of status, but in just three or four years, the communications industry has developed rapidly.

As soon as the new generation of personal mobile phones came out, they quickly occupied the mobile phone market with their small and exquisite appearance, excellent signal and relatively cost-effective price, and almost replaced the big brother mobile phones in just one or two years.

Moreover, although mobile phones are expensive, they are not as out of reach as the mobile phones of the past. As long as an ordinary person has a normal salary, they can save up for two months and buy one.

Therefore, when people nearby saw Leng Zhiheng take out his mobile phone, they were surprised.

However, the old analog signals of mobile phones cannot communicate smoothly with the 2G signals of today's small mobile phones.

So Leng Zhiheng had to bring a cell phone with him, because his boss had an old-fashioned cell phone, and if he called him, the line had to be open.

When picking up the phone, Leng Zhiheng looked around, took the phone and carried his bag, and walked quickly to the rest area, pressing the button to answer the call.

"Hello, boss?"

However, the voice on the other end of the phone did not belong to Liu Hongyu.

"Oh, Mr. Leng? Do you still remember me?"

It was a familiar yet unfamiliar voice, calm, powerful, and gentle, which made Leng Zhiheng react immediately after thinking for two seconds.

"You are Master Zhuang! Master Zhuang, have you left the valley? Where are you? Near the protected area? Do you need me to pick you up?"

Zhuang Lin's voice came from the phone.

"Not really, I'm just outside, in the park across the street from your gym!"

Leng Zhiheng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked towards the shop window on the other side of the street. He quickly walked to the window and looked outside. The street lights diagonally opposite were bright, but the park seemed a little dark, and it was too far away to see clearly.

However, Leng Zhiheng knew that Master Zhuang would definitely not lie to him.

"Okay, I'll be there soon!"

Leng Zhiheng hung up the phone and hurriedly packed up his things. Then, ignoring the other people around who wanted to join him, he ran out of the gym like the wind.

In the park over there, Xi Miao looked curiously at the black thing in Zhuang Lin's hand. This was the thing he used to transmit the sound just now.

"Can something like this really transmit sound over a thousand miles?"

"Of course it's true! Well, here he comes!"

As Zhuang Lin spoke, he looked towards the park entrance. Xi Miao also looked in the direction of the voice. Leng Zhiheng was wearing a vest and shorts, with clothes and a backpack on his shoulders, and was running into the park in a hurry.

But after entering the park, Leng Zhiheng looked around but couldn't see anyone else. After nightfall, there was no one in the park.

"Here it is!"

When Zhuang Lin's voice was heard, Leng Zhiheng immediately looked in the direction of the sound, but did not see anyone in that direction.

But just a few seconds later, two figures gradually appeared beside the flower bed, from virtual to real.

A scholar in a long robe and a navy blue half-sleeve shirt had a smile on his face, while a woman in a light blue skirt had a curious look on her face.

"Is it him? His attire is quite bold. Those beautiful widowed ladies from the rich and powerful families really like you."

Xi Miao was smiling as she spoke, and there was a hint of teasing in her eyes as she looked at Leng Zhiheng.

Leng Zhiheng widened his eyes and was filled with excitement when he saw the two people suddenly become real, but he was also subconsciously attracted to Xi Miao.

That sense of astonishment that did not belong to this world was extremely impactful, and the extremely bright eyes and words when looking at Leng Zhiheng made even such a thick-skinned person like Leng Zhiheng feel a long-lost embarrassment and uneasiness.

(End of this chapter)