#441 - Lost all cultivation

Jun Wuxie took a deep breath and stood up from under the peach tree.

After not moving for several days, his whole body was numb and he could barely stand. His legs were almost devoid of feeling, so he quickly grabbed the tree trunk and rested for a long while.

When his body gradually returned to normal, he became aware of an issue he had been neglecting all this time.

He no longer had any cultivation!

Since the day the Asura Power disappeared, when Ye Qingxue brought him back to the sect and he woke up again, all the power in his body had become dormant.

The energy in his flesh and blood was deathly still. In his celestial passage, the dark, invisible Life Star seemed to have fallen asleep, and the surrounding, brilliant sea of stars had lost all their light.

"The Asura Power is truly domineering. If Qingxue hadn't intervened, I probably would have returned to dust long ago. Even so, the power within my body has become dormant because of it."

Jun Wuxie said to himself. The most important thing now was to find a way to activate the dormant energy and restore his cultivation.

Otherwise, reviving Yao'er and reshaping her body would be a pipe dream.

A mortal's life is but a short hundred years, how can one fight fate?

Dragging his tired body, he walked through the peach forest, slowly heading towards the courtyard on the mountainside.

The continuous climb made him pant for breath.

He had never experienced this feeling before. Just climbing a bit of a mountain actually made him gasp for air.

At this moment, in the mountains near Zongwang Mountain, pairs of eyes were secretly watching his every move.

"I didn't expect that Jun Wuxie would actually emerge from his depression..."

"Earlier, did you see clearly the light and shadows that appeared in front of him? What exactly were they?"

"I couldn't see clearly. There seemed to be a mysterious power shrouding Peach Mountain."

"It is that mysterious power that prevents them from hearing any sounds!"

"Hey, according to the observations of the past ten days or so, it can be almost certainly confirmed that the Jun fellow is crippled. It must be a serious consequence of the Asura Power. He now has no cultivation whatsoever, and even climbing slopes is difficult for him. What if he rekindles his fighting spirit?"

"Well, let's leave it at that for now. He is on Zongwang Mountain, so we cannot attack him. Moreover, the Sage of War has appeared several times, obviously paying attention to this place, so we must not act rashly."

"You, from the Holy Gate, are responsible for passing this news out. When those dominant forces learn that he has lost his value, their attitudes will surely change. At that time, when we deal with him, perhaps we won't have to take direct action."

"That makes sense. Jun Wuxie slaughtered the Xilin Kingdom. Now that he has also lost all his cultivation, with just a little fanning of the flames, we might be able to create a situation where everyone pushes him when he's down."

...

The Soul Hunters and the people from the Holy Gate discussed for a while, and then dispersed, disappearing near Zongwang Mountain.

...

On Zongwang Mountain, Jun Wuxie walked out of the peach forest and stood in front of the small courtyard, supporting himself on his knees and panting.

Everyone was staring at him.

With just one glance, they felt that he was different from before.

His eyes were no longer empty, and his expression was no longer dejected.

While Su Ji and the others were gratified, they couldn't help but be surprised.

What exactly had happened?

He had figured it out so quickly, and emerged from the despair of his inner world collapsing?

"Brother Jun!"

Su Xiaoxiao cried out in joy and ran over.

As usual, like a swallow returning to its nest, she threw herself into his arms.

As a result, with a bang, Jun Wuxie was knocked head over heels.

He fell in a daze, his brain spinning, and he felt like his whole body was falling apart.

"Ah!"

Su Xiaoxiao's petite body lay on top of him, frightened and at a loss: "Xiaoxiao didn't do it on purpose, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"Get up, you're about to crush me to death..."

Jun Wuxie pushed her, wincing in pain, especially his waist, which had hit a stone and almost snapped.

"Brother Jun, how did you become like this, sob sob ~"

Instead of getting up, Su Xiaoxiao hugged his neck tightly and burst into tears on his chest.

"Silly girl, what are you crying about?" Jun Wuxie breathed heavily, patted her perky little butt, and said, "Get up, I'm fine, I've just temporarily lost my cultivation, it will recover slowly."

"Really? You're not lying to me?"

She looked up at him with a tearful face, and then stood up.

"Of course."

Jun Wuxie nodded.

He believed that he could definitely recover.

The power was dormant in his body, it hadn't disappeared out of thin air, it had just entered some kind of strange dormant state.

But these words, when heard by Su Ji and the others, were different.

Their just-recovered mood instantly became heavy.

A person who has lost all his power, whose physical strength has become inferior to even a young person who doesn't cultivate.

Is it really that easy to recover?

In their opinion, Jun Wuxie's words were just to comfort Su Xiaoxiao, and also to comfort himself.

"Wuxie, it's good that you've thought it through." Su Ji stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "As for the matter of cultivation, don't worry, take your time, there will be a way."

As he spoke, his palm, placed on Jun Wuxie's shoulder, permeated a wisp of true energy into his body, checking his physical condition.

But he did not detect any trace of power, and his heart sank even further.

He had thought that, with his methods, he should be able to help Jun Wuxie recover his strength.

After all, he was an elder of the Medicine King Sect, and the Medicine King Sect was the most skilled in medical techniques, clearing the meridians of warriors and making their true energy flow unhindered. This was the most basic method.

But he was now disappointed.

"Brother Wuxie, as long as you don't give up, there will always be hope. What we fear most is that you will be like you were a few days ago, it was really worrying..."

Ma Ben, Xiong Da, Qing Li, Nalan Jie, and Ling Yu stepped forward.

"I'm sorry, I've worried you all these days. I won't be depressed anymore."

He said this because he had hope in his heart, he had a goal, he had motivation, and nothing could stop him from moving forward!

"Senior Brother!"

Xu Daoling and Kong Xu stepped forward and gave him a bear hug in turn.

"It's alright, you guys have wasted a lot of time, you have to seize the time to cultivate. The competition in this great era is very fierce. Only by constantly improving yourself will you be able to occupy a place in the future." After he finished speaking, he took out some [Holy Marrow Liquid] and said, "Take this, it can strengthen your soul."

He naturally wouldn't favor one over another, and gave everyone present a share of [Holy Marrow Liquid].

Su Ji and the others felt the pure and majestic soul power, stunned and speechless for a long time.

"Wuxie, is this a semi-saint-level resource?"

Su Ji's voice trembled.

Jun Wuxie nodded, but didn't say it was a saint-grade item, lest he scare them.

"Brother-in-law..."

Ji Beilan took the [Holy Marrow Liquid] and looked at him with a complex and guilty expression.

"Don't say any nonsense." Jun Wuxie patted him and said, "How is the imperial city now? After this catastrophe, the Great Zhou must be extremely busy with state affairs. As the crown prince, why aren't you helping your father deal with state affairs, and instead squatting here with me every day?"

"In these days, all kinds of major matters have been dealt with almost completely, and the Great Zhou has now returned to normal order. It's just that, I'm afraid it will be difficult to restore the vitality of the past for many years..."

Ji Beilan sighed, then thought of something and said, "By the way, the ministers in the court have all been advising these days, proposing to form a small-scale army to go deep into Xilin, search for the fish that escaped the net, and completely exterminate them."

"Fish that escaped the net, what do you mean?" Jun Wuxie frowned and said, "Xilin has billions of people, what use is a small army going there, are you sending them to die?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present showed a strange expression.

"What's wrong, why are you looking at me with such strange eyes?"

"Senior Brother, don't you remember? You transformed into Asura, went to Xilin, and destroyed the entire Xilin Kingdom, killing the Xilin people to near extinction. Now the whole world knows, you can be said to be turning pale at the mention of Jun, how majestic!"

Xu Daoling said vividly.

"I slaughtered billions of people in Xilin?"

The muscles on Jun Wuxie's face twitched a few times.

Su Ji said, "Cough, Wuxie, you don't have to think too much about it. Xilin has done many unjust things, they should have expected this retribution long ago. How many people have they killed, how many billions have they slaughtered in various countries!"

"Yes." Ling Yu nodded and said, "Standing from the perspective of the Xilin people, perhaps they are innocent, but standing from the perspective of the countries they invaded, none of them are innocent."

"The matter has come to this, what's the use of saying these things." Jun Wuxie shook his head and said to Ji Beilan, "Don't go to Xilin anymore, now there are very few people left in Xilin, they have no chance to bring disaster to the world."

"Okay, I will convey brother-in-law's words to my father, then I will go back first."

Ji Beilan left.

Jun Wuxie was slightly absent-minded.

He couldn't remember what he did in Xilin, he only remembered the scene he saw when the Asura Power disappeared.

The Black Demon Sect was destroyed, it should have been destroyed by him.

"The Asura Power is too terrifying, I can't control it at all, I'm controlled by the Asura's killing, I lose all my senses, like a killing machine..."

Destroying the Black Demon Sect, he didn't feel any discomfort.

It's just that, in Xilin, there were so many people, and admittedly, some of the people were not innocent. Xilin's advance into various countries also had their support.

But there were always innocent people, such as those young children.

But things are already like this...

"To the people of the world, I should be a bloodthirsty demon now, right?"

He shook his head secretly. A demon is a demon, anyway, he doesn't think he is a good person.

He walked to his room, opened the door, and saw Qin Keqing sitting quietly in front of the bed, guarding Chan'er who was lying on the bed.

"Wuxie?"

The moment Qin Keqing saw him, her eyes welled up with tears.

This man was finally no longer depressed!

These past few days, she hadn't dared to go out, afraid of seeing him in that living-dead state, which pained her heart.

"Go and rest, I'll take care of Chan'er."

He said to Qin Keqing, but Qin Keqing hugged him tightly, her soft body trembling slightly, as if she were afraid of something.

He could feel the fear in her heart, gently patted her, and said, "It's okay, such a thing will never happen again."

"Then I'll go out?"

After Qin Keqing finished speaking, she caught Jun Wuxie off guard and kissed him heavily on the face, then ran out with a flushed face.

Jun Wuxie was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh.

After a long while, he finally shifted his gaze to Chan'er's face.

The little girl was sleeping soundly.

Her condition was obviously not right.

"It should be because I fell into the Asura Path, which affected Chan'er. After all, the two of us have a life contract."

He lay down on the bed, feeling really tired, needing to relax himself properly, and then slowly find a way to restore his strength.

"I don't know when Chan'er will wake up, but although she is sleeping, her life functions are very stable…"

He reached out and hugged her into his arms, looking at the top of the tent, pondering silently.

How can he reactivate the power within his body?

…

Just as Jun Wuxie was thinking about how to restore his strength.

A piece of news swept across the world like a storm.

Jun Wuxie suffered a backlash from the power of Asura, and now his cultivation is completely gone, turning him into a cripple. Someone witnessed with their own eyes that he returned from the peach forest of Zongwang Mountain to the mountainside, panting all the way, stopping several times, his physical strength not as good as ordinary mortals of the same age.

As soon as this news spread, the world was in an uproar.

That terrifying Asura had become a cripple?

"Hmph, this is retribution! After killing so many innocent people, retribution has come!"

"Although Xilin is extremely vicious, how could Jun Wuxie learn Xilin's evil? His hands are stained with endless blood, this is a demon, even more evil than Xilin!"

"People of our generation should have a broad mind like the sea, have compassion in their hearts, and repay grievances with virtue, only then can they be true heroes! Jun Wuxie, you have done too many evil deeds, and you are destined to be only a flash in the pan. Now that he has no cultivation, he is nothing!"

"Such a person should be despised by the world, and everyone should punish him. We want to establish the [Jun-Extermination Alliance], and welcome aspiring people to sign up!"

…

Disciples from forces such as the Holy Gate, Kaitian Sword Sect, Xiao Clan, and Yunling Nan Family disguised themselves and appeared in major cities around the world, spreading rumors.

For a time, people from all over the world stood up to echo, and even joined the [Jun-Extermination Alliance], claiming to safeguard the world's justice and defend the light of the righteous path!