CHAPTER 404: 【162】WITHERED ZEN SITTING AND FORGETTING, THE 200-YEAR-OLD IMMORTAL GRANDMASTER_3

Whizz!

The mummified body pursed its lips and spat out a tooth at high speed, instantly piercing the old Alliance Leader’s throat.

He fell backward to the ground with four parts shock, five parts delight, and one part confusion, blood continuously gushing from the wound in his throat.

His mouth sounded like a broken wind furnace, whimpering: "Chief... Why... I’m also a disciple of the Heaven and Earth Alliance..."

With these words, the light completely left his eyes, and his breath came to an abrupt stop.

"Alive, alive again?"

"The chief’s body has been here for more than two hundred years, and he isn’t dead, he’s alive!"

"Heavens!"

The members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance were at a loss upon witnessing this scene.

The opening of the mummified body’s eyes shattered their worldview, as they usually stayed at the Alliance headquarters as guards.

They were used to seeing that mummified body offered at the shrine, as if it was something commonplace.

When the Heaven and Earth Alliance moved to Japan Island, the mummified body was placed on the shrine, and everyone thought it was the spiritual pillar of the alliance.

Just like Buddha statues placed in temples, everyone would sometimes light incense for the chief’s mummified body.

But today, you’re telling us this mummified body is alive?

Damn, M3!

This undoubtedly was too much for many members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance to accept.

Wang Longhu stared intently at the mummified body. As a strong practitioner who condenses pills in the Three Elixirs, he instantly understood what the situation was.

If his guess was correct, the mummified body should have entered a resting state through Buddhist sitting meditation, allowing the spirit to immerse in that infinite world, separating from the flesh.

And due to the lack of spiritual guidance, the body’s cells no longer produce energy, causing the internal organs, muscles, skin, and meridians to fall into a deathly silence.

Over time, as the body receives insufficient energy, it naturally enters an energy-saving mode, becoming indistinguishable from a mummified corpse.

Judging by the reactions of the Heaven and Earth Alliance members, this person must have been in a resting state for quite a long time, never waking up during this period.

Achieving this indicates that this ’mummified body’ has not only completed the Three Elixirs but also accomplished fasting, eliminating breath and energy leaks.

Only then could it perfectly disguise as a mummified body for so many years, so realistically that no one could tell.

"Noisy."

The mummified body emitted a hoarse whisper from its mouth, which had shrunken to the point where lips were no longer visible.

Under everyone’s gaze, it slowly stood up from the shrine, enveloped in red cloth and resembling a deity waking from slumber.

"That was quite a long sleep." The mummified body looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and couldn’t help but muse.

As a tide of strange sounds emanated from within its body, its skin began to regain luster, muscles started to grow, and blood began to flow.

In just seven or eight blinks, its originally skeletal mummified body transformed into a tall, middle-aged man with a bald head and square face.

He appeared to have skin that was white with a hint of red, exuding health and robust vitality.

If not witnessed firsthand, it would be unimaginable that mere moments ago he was just a mummified body.

Wang Longhu’s expression was solemn; he adjusted his body’s functions and cellular activity to the lowest, retaining just a bit of energy to maintain consciousness.

Upon waking, he could immediately use the undying repair ability to stimulate acupoints rapidly, restoring the operation of all cells and quickly generating a large amount of energy to return his body to normal.

For Wang Longhu, achieving this is something he currently lacks confidence in.

This is because when entering the infinite space of meditation during the resting state of sitting meditation, it’s very easy for one’s consciousness to become lost in that space after too much time.

Like possessing a superpower, capable of receiving any knowledge or information generated in the world at any moment.

At first glance, one would seem to become the wisest, most knowledgeable, and smartest person on the planet, with limitless prospects.

In reality, though, every second, an endless amount of information is generated across the world, including entertainment gossip, junk posts, and videos randomly shot by netizens.

Each second produces countless pieces of information, and with every bit you receive, a flood of new ones awaits you the next.

Therefore, possessing such a superpower would trap you in eternal reception, unable to withdraw.

The resting state presents a similar existence; within the infinite space, one’s thoughts become exceptionally active, leading to enlightenment of previously incomprehensible matters.

Thus, thoughts begin to diverge, contemplating various issues, and once fully immersed, one forgets time.

Once lost in such a state, recovery becomes impossible, and awakening from the infinite space grows increasingly difficult, with the consciousness and flesh gradually separating, becoming so-called vegetative.

Awareness remains, but the ability to control the body is lost.

Wang Longhu’s current physique allows him to live one to two hundred years maintaining the body’s integrity, even as a plant, due to energy produced by the cells.

However, this holds no meaning, akin to a nuclear bomb that can never explode, purely ornamental.

Judging by the Heaven and Earth Alliance members’ reactions, this square-faced man must have been in the resting state for something like a hundred years.