dmims Chapter 3 Return
Chapter 3 Return
Lu Mingfei is not someone who can face fear directly. A few years ago, he might have had the courage, but now, faced with greater pressure, he just wants to shrink back as much as possible, just like now.
He wanted to say something funny to lighten the mood, but when he looked at Jiang Mingzi's face, he froze. He had never seen such a "smile" before; it was eerie and frightening, like a ghost.
"What...what do you mean by this?"
Lu Mingfei struggled to speak, as if the person in front of him was going to dissect him alive.
"But if this is how I can get back... I shouldn't die, right?"
Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that if he could survive being chopped into ashes, then what happened to him here might not seem like a big deal, and being dissected might not seem like a big deal either.
But if being struck by lightning and dying allows one to be resurrected on the spot, then his life doesn't seem worth much, does it?
Thinking about this, Lu Mingfei felt that he was more like an NPC than an NPC in a game.
But at least NPCs have the protection of the game system rules, while he has nothing.
Having figured it out, Lu Mingfei simply took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and spread his arms out, like a brave warrior going to his execution.
"Come on, experiment on me as much as you like! But you must take me back."
The moment he opened his mouth, Lu Mingfei felt as if the surrounding sounds were suddenly shrouded in a layer of fog, and then the whole world became quiet. He could feel a hand on his shoulder.
It's hot.
Lu Mingfei felt like he was a shrimp that had been put into a pot, his whole body straight and red from the heat.
There's no need to be so nervous.
Immediately afterwards, he could hear Jiang Mingzi's voice in his ear.
[Three Truths Borrowing Treasures]
"I'm just more interested in what's inside your body."
Jiang Mingzi's voice was filled with curiosity, and the hand pressing on his shoulder tightened slightly: "I can feel an aura of law within your body, no, not just one kind, but multiple kinds? Or perhaps a mixture of 'laws'? Let me see."
"Huh?" Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then immediately became excited. "Could it be that I have the aptitude for cultivating immortality?"
Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei felt an unknown emotion suddenly welling up in his heart.
Could it be that besides playing video games, his only talent is cultivation? Then he could become a cultivator and change his life! He'd read those kinds of novels before, where the protagonist, a cultivator, shines in school using his cultivation abilities to win the heart of the school beauty...
Perhaps he also has that potential?
As Lu Mingfei pondered, the image of that long-haired figure flashed through his mind again. If he had changed from being the loser in class, would she have looked at him with new respect? Or...?
Thinking of a certain possibility, Lu Mingfei suddenly opened his eyes; he dared not think about it anymore.
Or rather, he couldn't imagine that scenario.
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly so listless, like a dried cucumber? Did you think of something upsetting? Or did your sweetheart run away?" The man's voice rang in his ear, tinged with mockery.
"Your sweetheart ran away! I don't have anything like that."
Lu Mingfei felt like he was being teased, and unconsciously began to retort, glancing at Jiang Mingzi beside him.
With just one glance, Lu Mingfei felt as if his gaze had been frozen. The bright morning sun rose, and its rays poured down on the man, making his 'beautiful' face resemble a statue enshrined in a Taoist temple. In the man's hand, a vermilion pattern was forming on a yellow talisman.
He stood with his back to the rising sun, looking at Jiang Mingzi in the sunlight. The two were separated by the sunlight, as if they were from another world.
Only now did he truly realize that the other person belonged to another world.
The world called the seeker of the Dharma.
"Hey kid, what's your name?" the man who was practicing magic asked casually.
"Lu Mingfei," he answered truthfully.
"Mingfei? That's a good name. I'll call you 'loser' then."
"What do you mean 'loser'! I'm not that unlucky! What kind of immortal gives people nicknames right from the start?" Lu Mingfei retorted instinctively, "I think it's you, the immortal, who's..."
Looking at Jiang Mingzi's face, Lu Mingfei stopped speaking. Looking at such a stunning person, he really couldn't bring himself to say anything like "despair" to her.
"But you look so pathetic, you have no energy or spirit at all." Jiang Mingzi had no self-awareness whatsoever, and just looked at him and said to herself, "You just look pathetic and listless, like a wolf that has lost its will and turned into a dog, even though you are so young."
"What do you mean by turning into a dog? I'm a lion!" Lu Mingfei puffed out his chest, trying to maintain his possible 'confidence'.
But this topic really frustrated Lu Mingfei. He could have just said it himself, and if he could have fooled himself, that would have been fine. But when he said it, he couldn't even fool himself.
It's called a lion, but it probably doesn't even qualify as a flea on a lion.
"Ha, boring."
Seeing Lu Mingfei's expression, Jiang Mingzi didn't refute him but shook his head. Then he looked at the talisman that was about to take shape in his hand with a serious expression.
Although we don't know what this kid is, he seems to be human at least for now. However, the laws within his body are far too complicated and don't seem like what a human should have.
Perhaps only by using his fundamental method from the Three True Dharma Gate, the Three True Treasures Borrowing Method, to 'borrow' it and see, can we find out the truth.
Why is it that the closer he gets to completing the borrowing process, the slower it gets? It's like someone is stopping him... Could it be that this kid...?
Just as Jiang Mingzi raised her gaze to look at the boy, she saw only a 'ripe, bent-over red shrimp'.
"Huh? What's wrong with you?"
Lu Mingfei, who had suddenly lowered his head, shook his trembling arm.
It's hot! So hot!
It wasn't Jiang Mingzi's hand, but his body.
Lu Mingfei felt as if his body was a furnace that had been lit, and the blood flowing in his veins seemed to have turned into boiling water, as if even his blood was on fire.
"It's so hot! My body feels so hot right now."
If Jiang Mingzi's palms were previously as hot as boiling water, then now, Lu Mingfei is like a volcano about to erupt.
"Is it not ready yet? Can you hurry up?"
In a few breaths, Lu Mingfei seemed to slowly adapt to the intense heat. He calmed down, decisively raised his head, and looked at Jiang Mingzi.
This was already his limit; if Jiang Mingzi wasn't finished by then, and this feeling came back again...
He will definitely fall down.
"You idiot........"
Lu Mingfei looked up, and Jiang Mingzi was stunned for a moment when she saw the boy's eyes. His originally dark eyes were gone, replaced by a pair of golden eyes with pupils that had become vertical lines.
The boy's mind has been clouded by supernatural powers! In that instant, this thought surfaced in Jiang Mingzi's mind.
He's become a Nirvana corpse!?
"What's wrong?"
But Lu Mingfei's voice made him reject that idea. Even though his eyes had turned golden and his aura had changed, the loser in front of him was still a loser, only his eyes...
Could this be a derivative of that loser's supernatural power?
This sense of oppression, if that's the case...
"Alright, the talisman is complete."
As Jiang Mingzi finished speaking, the vermilion pattern on the yellow talisman was completely fixed, but in the next instant, both of them heard the sound of thunder crackling in the sky.
The two of them were very familiar with the voice.
The Punishment of Causality
"True... Lord. This... sky, is it... you summoned it?" Lu Mingfei looked up at the dozens of bolts of lightning in the sky, or rather, the punishment of causality, his voice trembling.
"How could that be? This immortal lord has no desire to die."
Lu Mingfei's eyes flickered, and he saw Jiang Mingzi instantly widen the distance between them, looking at each other from afar, with an attitude of "better to die than lose a friend."
As Jiang Mingzi created distance, the dozens of lightning bolts paused for a moment and then split into two groups, with most heading towards Jiang Mingzi and a few towards Lu Mingfei.
"Oh? The target is me? No! This target..."
Seeing the slow, causal punishment unfolding, Jiang Mingzi realized the target of the other party's attack.
It's this talisman in his hand!
If it were a karmic punishment directed at him personally, it would likely have already struck him by now—more than a dozen karmic punishments...
This world will not allow this talisman to exist!
After hesitating for a moment, the talisman in Jiang Mingzi's hand turned into a beam of yellow light and disappeared into Lu Mingfei's body in the blink of an eye.
"I'll be waiting for you here, you loser."
The moment Jiang Mingzi's voice reached the boy's ears, a thunderous roar completely engulfed the boy who was waiting to go home.
Turn to ashes.
...........
Holy crap!