Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

I listened to the Holy Buddha and ran towards the mountain. At this time, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Master, you can use your fighting spirit to run. This will not only increase your speed, but also train your control over your fighting spirit and improve your abilities."

After hearing the Buddha's words, I quickly circulated my fighting spirit. At that moment, I found that I was running much faster than usual, and I felt the mystery of my navel more and more.

When I reached the top of the mountain in one go, I was so exhausted that I couldn't catch my breath. I had also completely depleted my fighting spirit. When I stood on the mountaintop and saw the black forest below, I couldn't help but tremble.

I said to the Holy Buddha, "Holy Buddha, is this the Monster Forest you mentioned?" The Holy Buddha said to me, "Yes, Master, this is the Monster Forest I mentioned. However, Master, you can only move within the designated area where I live. Otherwise, if you accidentally wander into the territory of a high-level monster, even I cannot save you."

I said to the Holy Buddha, "Don't worry, I'm going to become the most powerful man on this continent!" After saying that, I started walking down.

At this moment, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Master, if you continue down in your current state, are you courting death?" I asked the Holy Buddha, "What's wrong? Will something bad happen?"

The Holy Buddha said, "How could I have such a foolish master as you? Knowing that you have no fighting spirit in your body, you still went down to your death." After hearing what the Holy Buddha said, I realized that I had already exhausted my fighting spirit when I went up the mountain. If I went down without any fighting spirit, wouldn't I just be going to my death for nothing?

Hearing Du Qi's words, I quickly sat cross-legged and began to absorb the battle qi between heaven and earth to restore the battle qi in my body. After about three hours, the battle qi in my body had been restored to about 80 or 90 percent, and then I walked towards that forest of demonic beasts.

As I reached the edge of the forest, a tiger's roar came from within. When I heard this roar, I was so frightened that I almost fell to the ground.

At this moment, the Holy Buddha said to me, "We've arrived, Master. Go in now, but remember you can only move around on the outer perimeter." I swallowed hard after hearing the Holy Buddha's words and went inside.

As soon as I stepped into the forest, I saw a tiger, the same tiger whose roar I had heard in the Monster Forest. I looked at the tiger, and it glared at me fiercely, as if it wanted to devour me.

Just as I was thinking about what to do, there it was, the tiger, pouncing at me. My first instinct was to run, to run as far as I could.

And so, a funny thing happened in the forest. A tiger was chasing a person, and that person was me. As I ran forward without looking back, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Master, if you run any further, you will reach the territory of a high-level monster."

Upon hearing this, I hurriedly said to the Holy Buddha, "Holy Buddha, my good brother, please save me! I don't want to become this tiger's dinner!" The Holy Buddha said to me, "Tell me what I should say to you. You have clearly mastered the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, yet you can't even beat a tiger. All you can do is run away. How can you talk about becoming a strongman on this continent?"

Upon hearing the Buddha's words, I quickly realized, "That's right, I've learned the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, which are for subduing dragons. How could I possibly lose to this mere tiger?"

So I stopped, and the tiger, seeing that I had stopped, looked at me warily and with some fear at the forest behind me.

At this moment, I used my battle qi to concentrate it in my hands. My whole body was radiating golden light as I waved my hands in the air. When the battle qi reached its peak, a golden dragon flew out from my hands and flew towards the tiger. The tiger let out a powerful roar.

The tiger's roar made me dizzy. When my golden dragon collided with the tiger, a violent explosion occurred. I thought Lao Hu would be instantly annihilated into pieces by my golden dragon, but something unexpected happened. The tiger did not turn into pieces but was just covered in blood.

At that moment, the tiger glared at me fiercely, as if it wanted to devour me immediately. Then the tiger pounced on me. Just then, the Holy Buddha said to me, "What are you still standing there for? Quickly use the second move of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, Flying Dragon in the Sky!"

I reacted quickly and hurriedly activated the little fighting spirit I had left. When the tiger pounced on me, it suddenly realized that I had disappeared. When it looked up, it found that I was floating in the sky. Immediately afterward, I launched the second stage of the second move of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, Flying Dragon in the Sky, which was to strike the enemy fiercely from the air.

Chapter 1195 Untitled

I fell from the sky as fast as light, and the tiger couldn't dodge in time and was hit by me. When I came to my senses, the tiger was already dead next to me.

I lay on the tiger's back, panting, and said, "That scared the hell out of me! I almost died here." At that moment, the Holy Buddha said to me, "You, this tiger is just the weakest creature in this area, yet you had such a big problem even defeating it, and you almost got eaten by the tiger."

I said to the Holy Buddha, "I wasn't ready, and it attacked me. Wait for the next time, when I'm ready, and see who dies first."

The Holy Buddha said to me, "Alright, hurry up and recover your fighting spirit first, and we'll talk again when you're recovered." Hearing the Holy Buddha's words, I sat down on the spot and began to recover my fighting spirit. When my fighting spirit was almost recovered, I opened my eyes.

The Holy Buddha then asked me, "How is it? Has your fighting spirit recovered?" I replied, "Almost, it's recovered about seventy or eighty percent." The Holy Buddha said, "That's good, but you're still too weak. You need to improve your cultivation immediately."

After listening to the Holy Buddha's words, I said to him, "I also want to improve my cultivation level as soon as possible, but how easy is it to improve cultivation level? Since I became a Fighter, I haven't felt any progress at all. How can I improve?"

The Holy Buddha listened to my words and said, "It's very simple to improve your cultivation level. That's why I came to this monster forest."

After hearing what the Holy Buddha said, I excitedly asked him, "So, Holy Buddha, you have a way to quickly improve your cultivation?" The Holy Buddha replied mysteriously, "There is a way, but it's very dangerous. I just don't know if you dare to do it."

I listened to the Holy Buddha's words and said, "What's there to be afraid of as long as it can quickly improve my cultivation? Tell me quickly what the method is?"

The Holy Buddha asked, "Did you see the demon beast you just killed?" I looked at the Holy Buddha with a puzzled expression and said, "Yes, I saw it. What's wrong? Could it be that my cultivation level is related to this demon beast?"

The Holy Buddha smiled and said to me, "You guessed right. It seems you're not so stupid after all." I said to the Holy Buddha, "Holy Buddha, please tell me quickly how to improve my cultivation! Stop keeping me in suspense, okay?"

Seeing my anxiety, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Alright, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Go open the tiger's head, and you'll find a demon crystal. Take the demon crystal out, refine it, and you'll discover unexpected benefits."

Upon hearing the Buddha's words, I immediately ran to the tiger's side, opened its head, and sure enough, found a red crystal. This was probably the demon crystal the Buddha had mentioned. Without saying a word, I immediately began refining it on the spot.

Half an hour later, I opened my eyes and found that my battle qi, which had not recovered before, had been fully restored. What surprised me even more was that my cultivation level had also improved to the late stage of Dou Zhe, just one step away from becoming a Dou Shi.

I said to the Holy Buddha with a hint of disappointment, "Holy Buddha, this is amazing! It turns out that improving one's cultivation level is so simple. If I accidentally obtained a demon crystal at the Dou Sheng level and refined it, wouldn't I become a Dou Sheng in an instant?"

At this moment, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Look at your pathetic self. You dare to refine a demon crystal at the level of a Dou Sheng? Before you even finished refining it, the powerful Dou Qi will burst you apart. If you still want to refine it, you'll have to live to do so."

After hearing what the Holy Buddha said, I awkwardly touched my nose and said to the Holy Buddha, "I was just giving an example. Since this demon crystal can help me improve my cultivation, then I will kill a few more demon beasts."

The Holy Buddha listened to my words and said, "Do you think every demon beast has a demon crystal? The formation of a demon crystal is extremely difficult. You were just lucky to encounter a demon beast that had just formed a demon crystal."

I asked the Holy Buddha, "What should we do?" The Holy Buddha said, "There's no way. You can only encounter one monster, fight one monster, and it depends on your luck. If you're lucky, you'll encounter a monster with a monster crystal."

I said, completely bewildered, "Okay, that's the only way."

After saying that, I continued my search for the next monster.

And so, I spent a month on the outskirts of this monster forest, successfully raising my cultivation to the mid-stage of the Great Battle Master. At this time, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Alright, now you can go into the interior of the monster forest."

I was very excited after hearing the words of the Holy Buddha. I quickly adjusted the fighting spirit in my body and headed towards the central part of the Demon Beast Forest. As I was about to enter the forest, I could feel that the fighting spirit here was much stronger than that in the outer area.

Before I could even properly sense the powerful battle aura, I saw a huge spider running towards me. Yes, it was running towards me.

Before I could even react, the enormous spider spat out a glob of purplish-black venom at me. I quickly circulated my battle qi and dodged to the side. The purplish-black venom instantly turned everything it touched black, and the plants had all lost their vitality.

I sighed inwardly and said, "Luckily I dodged quickly. If I hadn't, I'd probably be like those plants now." Just then, the spider pounced on me again.

I quickly circulated my internal energy and unleashed the first move of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, "The Dragon Regrets." A golden dragon flew out from my hand and hurtled towards the spider. A huge explosion occurred between the spider and my golden dragon.

When I stood still and looked at the gray fog, I found that the spider seemed to be unharmed and was still standing in the same spot.

I was startled and said to the Holy Buddha, "What should we do now? What kind of spider is this? No matter how we hit it, we can't kill it. At least it should be injured."

The Holy Buddha said to me, "This is the famous human-faced spider monster from the Monster Forest. The human-faced spider is known for its super strong physical and magical resistance. You can't kill it by attacking it like that. You can't even get a wound out of it."

I said to the Holy Buddha, "Damn, this is so monstrous, how are we supposed to fight this human-faced spider?"

The Holy Buddha said to me, "There's no other way. What else can we do but wear it down? When it's too tired to move, that's when we can kill it."

After hearing what the Buddha said, I was speechless and said, "Damn it, I found that he was exhausted again, and I was already exhausted."

Just then, I saw the human-faced spider pounce at me again. I quickly circulated my internal fighting spirit to dodge, and while dodging, I also used it to unleash the first move of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, "The Dragon Regrets."

The human-faced spider instantly dodged my attack and began to engage in guerrilla warfare with me. I was very frustrated and said, "How am I supposed to fight this?"

Saint Buddha told me, "Keep at it like this, and when it runs out of venom, that's when you can kill it." And so, I began a guerrilla war and a war of attrition with the human-faced spider.

And so, I spent two days and two nights with this human-faced spider. I was so exhausted that I could barely stand up. The human-faced spider wasn't in much better shape either; it was also limp and had run out of venom.

Just then, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Now! Use the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms right now. Combine the first and second moves and attack him from the air. He won't be able to dodge that."

Upon hearing the Holy Buddha's words, I immediately circulated my internal fighting spirit and unleashed the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, using the first and second moves. I saw that the human-faced spider was too exhausted to move. Now, the human-faced spider could only stand there obediently as a target for me to attack.

When my attack hit the human-faced spider, I thought, "This is finally over. I can finally rest properly." When I blasted the human-faced spider into pieces, I was so exhausted that I almost fainted. Just then, the Holy Buddha said to me, "Don't faint! Go and absorb its demon crystal immediately, or the demon crystal will dissipate naturally."

I listened to my master's words and quickly circulated the last bit of battle qi in my body, barely supporting myself as I walked towards the demon crystal. When my hand grasped the demon crystal, a powerful surge of battle qi flowed into my body, replenishing my insufficient battle qi.

I instantly perked up, sat cross-legged on the spot, focused my energy in my dantian, and began to absorb the demon crystal. I don't know how much time passed, but when I opened my eyes, I suddenly found that my clothes were torn to shreds.

I asked the holy Buddha, "What's wrong with me? What happened? Why are all my clothes gone?"

The Holy Buddha said to me, "You have broken through. You have successfully broken through to the mid-to-late stage of the Metropolitan Realm. You are only one step away from becoming a Grand Battle Master. The clothes you are wearing are torn because the powerful battle qi generated by the breakthrough has stretched them."

I was relieved after hearing what the Holy Buddha said. Fortunately, no demonic beasts appeared during my breakthrough. If a demonic beast had appeared during my breakthrough, I probably wouldn't have woken up by now.

I realized I was completely naked, and I hadn't brought any clothes with me. What should I do? Just then, I heard a tiger's roar coming from ahead. I suddenly thought I could kill the tiger, skin it, and make a simple piece of clothing.

That's the decision. After saying that, I ran towards the direction of the tiger's roar. When I arrived at the scene, I found that the tiger was fighting with a lion. Yes, they were fighting.

I suddenly realized I could wait here for them to fight to the bitter end, then I could go up and reap the benefits.

So I hid my presence in the nearby bushes and watched the tiger and the lion. I saw the tiger launch the first attack on the lion, and the lion, no less powerful than the tiger, pounced on it.

The lion and the tiger were biting each other, taking turns biting and scratching each other's bodies with their claws.

Two hours passed, and both the lion and the tiger were too exhausted to fight anymore. I thought this was the perfect opportunity.

I quickly circulated my internal energy and flew towards the lion and tiger. By then, the lion and tiger had already noticed my arrival, but they were too exhausted to continue.

I let out a low growl of resentment, and without hesitation, I slapped the tigers in front of me. I skinned the tigers and made a simple set of clothes. Luckily, I found a demon crystal in the lion's skull.

I was very excited. Then I refined the demon crystal, which made me reach the late stage of the Great Battle Master. Then I cut off the meat of the tiger and the lion, lit a fire on the ground, and then I ate a meal of tiger and lion meat.

After I finished eating, I tidied up a bit, wiping away all traces of the battle. Then I found a cave nearby, spread the remaining tiger and lion skins on the ground, blocked the entrance with rocks, and then took a nap inside.

When I woke up the next day, I found that the rock at the cave entrance had been moved. My heart skipped a beat, and I muttered to myself, "What happened last night? I remember blocking the entrance myself, how could it have been moved? Did someone come here last night?"

Just then, a figure walked out of the cave. I felt that this person's fighting spirit was far superior to mine, as if he could kill me with a single glance. At this moment, the man spoke and said, "Young brother, don't be afraid. I have no intention of harming you. I just came here yesterday to heal my wounds."

I said to the man in a panic, "It's alright, it's alright, you should heal your wounds." The man replied, "No need, my wounds have already been healed."

Then the man said to me, "By the way, young man, why are you alone in this Monster Forest? Don't you have any elders with you? Don't you know there's been trouble in the Monster Forest lately?"

I said to the man, "I came to the Monster Forest for training, but I don't know what trouble has happened there." The man frowned and said to me, "In that case, young man, you should leave quickly, because a great battle is about to break out here."

I asked the man, puzzled, "What battle?"

Chapter 1196 The Secret in the Monster Forest

The man said to me, "Since you're so eager to know, I'll tell you. With your current strength, you're simply not capable of participating in or stopping that great war. The reason for the war is quite simple: a treasure appeared in the Demon Beast Forest. It's said to be a divine artifact left behind in the human world during the ancient war between gods and demons."

I listened to the man's words and said, "How could it be a divine artifact? Divine artifacts only appear in legends, how could they possibly appear in the Monster Forest?"

The man then said to me, "At first I thought so too, but the presence of so many powerful figures here has made me believe in the existence of the artifact."

As I was pondering whether or not to go and see the appearance of that divine artifact, the man said to me, "Alright, brother, now that you know and are about to reveal your secret, please leave. With your strength, you have no chance of participating in that great battle. Although I am not very strong either, I will fight for the legendary divine artifact."

After saying this, the man flew into the air and disappeared in the blink of an eye. After I saw the man disappear, I said to the Holy Buddha, "Holy Buddha, do you really think a divine artifact will appear?"

Saint said to me, "I'm not sure about that either. After all, divine artifacts rarely appear on this continent. In any case, you should secretly follow them and see if any magical artifacts really appear. If you do find a divine artifact, you can learn from it. Then your trip will not have been in vain. But before that, I have to teach you a technique to conceal your aura. Even a Dou Di will not be able to detect you."

I said to the Holy Buddha, "Really? Even a Dou Di can't find me? Is it that amazing?" The Holy Buddha said to me, "Actually, it's not as powerful as you think. As long as you don't use your Dou Qi, a Dou Di will definitely not be able to find you."