Along the way, what should've taken just a few minutes ended up dragging out for over half an hour, and with the sun about to set, Feng Yi urgently needed to find an inn. That way, Mengdie wouldn't keep following him, right?

With that thought in mind, he failed to find an inn but spotted a beggar by the roadside, shivering in the deep autumn cold... He immediately bought two loaves of bread from a nearby store and approached saying, "Old man, the sun is about to set, why are you sitting here alone? Eat some bread quickly."

Feng Yi handed over the bread as he spoke.

"Hey hey, thank you, young man." The old man, not missing a beat, grinned with his yellow teeth and quickly started munching on the bread.

Seeing this situation, Feng Yi hurriedly bought a bottle of pure water and said, "Life conditions have improved now, the war is over, why are you still living like this?"

The old man looked at Feng Yi, then glanced at Mengdie, who remained silent, and began to explain his background. According to the old man, he too once had a wife and children—a happy family. Just when he went out to work, an epidemic broke out. All the hard-earned money went into caring for his family, yet he couldn't save anyone. The epidemic caused the factory to close down, and being away from home, he couldn't return. Even his sole source of income here was cut off.

Feng Yi sighed deeply upon hearing this and asked if the beggar hadn't tried contacting the media or finding relatives to think of a solution? The old man replied that the development rate of this vast star region was actually not high, especially communication, apart from Immortal Mountain itself. The government paid little attention to local governance since Immortal Mountain originally fell under the jurisdiction of the Jade Clear Sect. He had been wandering here for months; forget government officials, even the transport shuttles nowadays only came once every few weeks. He didn't even know when the epidemic would end, sighing helplessly.

As for Immortal Mountain, these secluded Daoist homes generally don't involve themselves in worldly affairs; though they helped a bit in the early stages, they are primarily a secluded faction, affiliated with Zana but not governed by it, which in ancient times was called "one country, two systems." Simply put, Immortal Mountain isn't a welfare organization; their help is limited. With the hype of the Mecha Battle competition, it also seemed like the epidemic got pushed down gradually.

Feng Yi listened and sighed repeatedly, then took out some Federal Coin, "This money should be enough to buy a shuttle ticket, and the rest can be for your journey."

Overwhelmed, the old man didn't know what to say; however, at that moment, Feng Yi said, "Hehe, I'm actually a reporter, came here for an interview, take it." Feng Yi smiled, then turned to Mengdie, "It's about time; you shouldn't stay out too late either." With that, his figure slowly disappeared into the wind...

The old man said to Mengdie, "Hey, that young brother is generous. Girl, you should cherish him—ah, just not very worldly, not even offering to see such a pretty girl home."

Mengdie, as if she hadn't heard, ignored the beggar and stared blankly in the direction Feng Yi had gone, lost in thought until his figure completely vanished, then she retracted her gaze and transformed into a drifting butterfly, disappearing into the wind...

Feng Yi randomly picked an inn; after paying, he called out to Eggy to see if it had noticed anything. At least, Wu Tian had admitted he indeed had a purpose, just unclear what it was.

Before he could speak, a severe pain erupted in his chest, coupled with an intense heat that spread through his body, forcing him to chug down a bottle of pure water to cool down.

"Nothing unusual detected so far, but he seems to bear no ill intent. It's just impossible to understand the old mystic's purpose. We can wait till after the chief battle to see, but my guess is, it might be related to lifting the seal on you, though it's absolutely impossible."

"Seal?"

"Yes, though I think it's unlikely, we can't abandon hope. Of course, with your current physical condition, modern science can't resolve it. In the field of genetic engineering, bodily mutations often come with many irreversibilities, and your current condition can be understood as a yin-yang imbalance, leading to a degree of genetic alteration. I believe, your ability to grasp the special power of the Third Rhythm is also somewhat linked to this."

"Shouldn't be." Feng Yi firmly rejected, saying that Third Rhythm and Blank Paper Realm bore similar meanings, both being mysterious transformations he had realized through a certain state of mind.

"Hey, buddy, have you ever heard of the saying, 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'? Many people, having gone through the above situations, have acquired special abilities, either telekinesis or x-ray vision. Your phenomenon seems somewhat similar to theirs but differs fundamentally. If those abilities are merely minor tricks, then your Third Rhythm can absolutely be called a miracle."

"Miracle, how so?"

"It's easy to understand. You can use the above method to move people, and the distance is very far without being obstructed by speed, which in scientific terms belongs to the phenomenon of Quantum Resonance. However, your skill also has a certain Taoist effect, which could even be called divine power. At least I've heard that no one under the pressure of the Golden Bodhi from Nangong Family can escape the Illusion Technique, yet you, with the Third Rhythm, can easily break that barrier, suggesting that the Third Rhythm, in a strict sense, can defeat all evil."

"All evil…"

"That's right. I once told you this, 'real and fake, joy and sorrow, light and dark, everything in the world is in a state of opposition. Where there is good, there is evil. Since there is science, there must inevitably be theology.' We can compare the Jade Clear Sect and the Nangong Family as examples. If said sects belong to Taoist metaphysics, they can still be categorized under the discussion of spirits and demons. Yet, before you wield the Third Rhythm, all Taoist metaphysics are meaningless, which can be seen as a cosmic phenomenon."

"What is this cosmic phenomenon you speak of?"

"The cosmic phenomenon is the truth, the reality, akin to the tales of spirits and demons. If we regard spirits and demons as existing like radio waves, whether from a macroscopic or microscopic perspective, they're just a radio wave, meaningless, and all falsehoods will be completely shattered by the Third Rhythm. Suppose Illusion Technique interferes with humans through the magnetic field of brainwaves, then, from both macroscopic and microscopic perspectives, it's still just a radio wave. Take magic, for instance, Mengdie who can use water magic to freeze and bind space and even time, but before the Third Rhythm, water is just water, without any physical action to guide it, magic simply has no possibility of existing. This is the power of the Third Rhythm!"

At this point, Eggy sighed slightly, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Feng Yi suddenly fell into a brief silence. "You mean, in my current state, even the caster can't possibly reverse the worsening condition."

"Probably. Their Taoist methods lost their significance after you understood the Third Rhythm. You must have realized this during the battle with Nangong Qi, that it's easy to escape mental bondage. Isn't that the answer we already had?"

Feng Yi had no words; this indeed sounded like the formidable destiny of his own main character. He sighed lightly, "I can feel my body deteriorating, and time may be running out. During this continuous fall in realm, I seemed to understand some things, seeing a distant unknown."

"What is that?"

"Battle, a new era of transformation, perhaps?" Feng Yi said with an uncertain tone, "Since mastering the Third Rhythm, I had already sensed this faintly some time back, but the feeling was very vague then. Now, I can clearly see a corner of the future."

Feng Yi's words inevitably left Eggy in astonishment, "Dude, how did you sense this?"

"This could be said to appear in the subconscious as spiritual extremity. I was already dead at that time, and the world would enter a new cycle. Of course, Blade Warrior had made some preparations beforehand, to go find her before it happens, heh, that's why I always urged you to find her."

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