Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 287 Entering the Marrow Cleansing Stage

The news of Yan Yu beheading Soe Win first reached the Privy Council of Lu State, then reached the international media at a press conference, and finally reached the southern border.

It is said that when the Witch King received the news, he was furious at the meeting: because a group of people probably felt that Lu Kingdom was difficult to deal with, so they broke away from the team and went west to attack Tianzhu.

The Witch King was furious. He said, "It's not that I'm forbidding you to march west. The problem is that we're all united in our march north. Why are you changing your course now? Isn't that a slap in my face?"

The plot was soon brought out, saying "This is a betrayal of the wizard coalition", "If you know anyone, please call them back quickly", "Once they come back, we will forgive the past."

The wizard lords looked at each other, not surprised by this result.

The Wizard King Luang Pu Ming did not unify the southern border by relying on wars and attacks, but because he gained the loyalty of So Win and Ajahn Mong, and became the strongest among many wizard lords, the other wizard lords tacitly allowed him to proclaim himself the Wizard King.

To put it bluntly, his title of Witch King does not essentially mean he is an emperor, but more like the leader of a loose alliance - without a major war of unification, his prestige is ultimately lacking.

Now that someone has deserted the team without permission, it is another major blow to the Witch King's prestige. It remains to be seen how the Witch King will deal with these people.

The Wizard King Luang Pu Ming actually had no intention of causing trouble for these people. He knew that his current ruling foundation was still insufficient. Now that the Northern Expedition had not gained any benefits, but he had to carry out punishment first, there would definitely be people who would feel sad and even harbor evil intentions.

It would be better to first invade the Lu Kingdom, kill people, steal treasures, and rob secret realms. As long as he can get the resources, he will then have the power to divide the spoils, and others will sincerely obey him.

Just as the sorcerer king Luang Pu Ming was secretly planning, someone suddenly rushed in from outside and reported:

"Oh no! Soe Win is dead!"

All the sorcerer lords were in an uproar, while the sorcerer king, Luang Pu Ming, was furious and shouted:

"Who died? Stop talking nonsense!"

"Sao Win is dead!" cried the Yin Mage messenger who brought the news. "He was killed by a flying general from Dragon City in the southern part of Mengsa! The photo of his body was on the news..."

Before he finished speaking, the Wizard King swung his right arm like lightning, and a black ghost flew out and sank into his forehead. The Yin wizard was stunned on the spot and suddenly fell backwards to the ground. There was a small ghost handprint on his forehead - it was Luang Pu Ming's little ghost that rushed into his sea of consciousness, devoured his soul, and he died tragically on the spot.

"This must be false information released by the Lu Kingdom!" The Wizard King looked at the sorcerers around him, whose expressions changed drastically. His face turned pale and he said word by word, "I'll call Suo Win now!"

He pretended to take out his cell phone, dialed a number, put it to his ear, said a few words, then hung up and said:
"Sao Win was only injured by the Dragon City Flying General, but he's not dead. He's currently recuperating locally, but will be back in a few days. We will continue with our Northern Expedition plan. The army will depart tomorrow. No one is allowed to fall behind, or you will be subject to military law!"

After saying this, the Witch King stood up and left.

The wizard lords looked at each other in bewilderment, most of them not believing what the Witch King had just done.

If Soe Win was still alive and could call you, why didn't you press speakerphone? As long as we heard Soe Win's voice, we wouldn't think much of it, but you hung up in such a hurry that it really aroused suspicion.

After looking around, most of the sorcerers' eyes fell on Azan Meng.

Black-robed Ajahn Mong, like Golden Light Master Sowin, currently serves as the deputy to the Sorcerer King Luang Phor Ming. The difference is that Sowin is a loyal follower of the Dragon King and a staunch supporter of the Sorcerer King, while Ajahn Mong is a representative of the interests promoted by many sorcerer lords. Before his training, he was an ascetic monk at Wat Pleg, and he enjoyed considerable prestige throughout the southern region.

Seeing everyone looking at him for help, the elderly Achan Meng did not respond. He just lowered his eyelids, fiddled with the ebony rosary in his hand, and turned away silently.

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"The situation is not good." After checking Yan Yu's meridians and Dantian, Su Yunjin said worriedly, "The recovery rate of Zhen Yuan is only half of what it used to be, and the quality is not good either. My suggestion is that you, Captain, don't participate in the battle next time. Wait until you have mastered the Qigong technique."

"Okay, okay." The girls in the team insisted on not letting him join the battle, so Yan Yu had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender. "Then I'll leave the Witch King to you, okay? I don't care anymore."

"Just take a good rest here." Li Minghu said with a smile.

"Old Yan is already weak. It's up to us now." Li Zhaojiang turned around and said casually, "All of you cheer up and don't lose face for Old Yan."

"Okay!" The men of Qing'an team responded in unison.

Everyone quietly flew away on their swords, leaving Yan Yu here to rest.

This is an uninhabited village and is completely abandoned, so there is no need to worry about enemies finding it.

Yan Yu sat on a wooden chair, looking outside lazily, his true energy quietly circulating in his body.

Just as Su Yunjin said, as the fasting progresses, the body's endurance becomes worse and worse, and it is no longer suitable to continue fighting.

Instead of continuing to follow the team when his true energy is exhausted, it is better to hand over the command to Chen Lingyun and find a place to practice the fasting technique first.

Yan Yu yawned, slowly closed his eyes, and began to doze off. Time gradually transitioned from afternoon to night, and the distant mountains and forests also fell into darkness, without a single light in sight.

Technology and civilization seem to have completely disappeared here.

In the Southern Territory, where the Transcendents controlled everything, mortals dwindled like wild animals, ultimately becoming mere tools and resources for the Transcendents. In previous lives, this trend continued to spread across the globe, like the Homo sapiens phasing out the Neanderthals in prehistoric times, until even the Lu Kingdom was not immune—the Transcendents became the "new humans" of the new era.

It's just that he didn't see the last moment when the whole world fell into hell.

If transcendents were allowed to involuntarily pursue their own involution, they would inevitably transform everything around them into fuel for their own growth, as those who didn't would be eliminated by the stronger. However, if someone could become the strongest in the world, they would be able to reshape the entire world with their own will, bringing order back to the world.

Of course, by that time, the strongest person in the world would almost certainly be deified by the people, and countless theories would attempt to prove that he was "naturally superior to all humans" and "the master of destiny for all mankind"...

never mind.

Could it be worse than the ending in the previous life where almost all mortals died out?
Yan Yu suddenly opened his eyes.

He walked out of the main door of the house, looked at the brilliant starry sky hanging in the center of the night sky, and let out a long breath.

My goal is to reach the end of the long stairway to godhood. From today on... I will take the first step.

The dantian suddenly shook slightly, as if some key point had been opened up, and then the powerful true energy began to spread out of the dantian and flow along the meridians to the limbs and bones.

Refine, temper, and polish!
Muscles, bones, connective tissues... the acquired turbid air hidden in various parts of the body are continuously discharged from the pores under the flushing of this powerful true energy.

If Yan Yu's body is compared to a house, before the marrow cleansing, it is filled with all kinds of debris and old things, and can only hold a limited amount of things. The marrow cleansing is to remove most of the garbage.

After the marrow cleansing is completely completed, it will transform into purple palace and form golden elixir.

Yan Yu stood silently in the open space, the light in his eyes growing brighter and brighter, and his clothes fluttered in the wind, rustling under the influence of the surging true energy rushing out of his pores.

Suddenly, he moved slightly.

It was just a simple stretching of the joints, but all parts of the body emitted crackling sounds like firecrackers.

Yan Yu stretched again, and his body grew nearly ten centimeters taller. His arms, shoulders, thighs, chest and abdomen, where the muscles were originally not very obvious, gradually showed clear lines.

The True Essence was not only flushing and cleansing the turbid qi from the grains within his body, but was also repairing his body. If a tissue sample were taken for testing now, it would be found that his cells were growing and dividing at an astonishing rate, completely ignoring the Hayflick Limit.

Reiki revival never tells you anything scientific.

Finally, the physical changes gradually came to an end.

Yan Yu's marrow cleansing was nearly 90% complete, but of course there were still some dead corners of the bones that had not been cleaned, such as the pelvic gap, the connection between the spine, etc. These places needed to be repeatedly polished and washed with true essence for a long time... This is the entire marrow cleansing stage of cultivation.

Of course, the benefits after marrow washing are obvious.

His life span was extended, he was able to completely fast, and his bones were greatly strengthened. Even without activating the Wood Element Curse Mantra, he could easily defeat the top Sanda fighters or even boxing champions among mortals, because their physique and strength were no longer at the same level.

Yan Yu pulled at the collar of his clothes, and a foul smell filled his body. Those were the impurities discharged from the body during the marrow cleansing process.

I returned to the room and washed myself with tap water. The water here came from the mountain behind the village, so it was extra cold when I washed over me.

But Yan Yu didn't care. He just washed his body and started scrubbing the dirty clothes.

The cell phone next to him suddenly rang. It was Jing Ye calling.

"Hello?" Yan Yu turned on the speakerphone.

"Old Yan, I heard that you are practicing the method of fasting?" Liu Longtao went straight to the point.

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"I've already entered the Marrow Cleansing Stage this morning," Liu Longtao asked casually, "Do you want me to tell you the secrets?"

Still with the familiar pretentious tone, Yan Yu listened to him patiently and replied:
"No need, I've also had my marrow washed."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)