Zhong Kui's Diary
After consuming the Yang Fruit, I did not experience any surge of energy within me, nor did I feel my meridians expand or my magical power increase. Aside from a slight sourness in my mouth, there was no reaction at all.
"How do you feel?" Sugar Doll asked nervously, looking at me.
"A bit of mustard might make it better," I replied, smacking my lips. "Is my face changing colors like yours did earlier, flashing red and green in a rainbow of hues?"
Sugar Doll shook her head and didn't seem concerned that we knew she was cheating. She quickly pulled out a book and glanced at it. "No reaction is normal. I had a reaction because I ate the Yin Fruit. Your Yang Fruit doesn't have a reaction. You need to communicate with me after eating it to activate the Yin-Yang Energy!"
With a flick of her wrist, the book vanished into thin air. Both Fatty and I curiously examined Sugar Doll. This creature had no visible place to store anything; where could she possibly hide such a large book?
Sugar Doll seemed to know what we were thinking and snorted, "In the world of beasts, how could you foolish humans understand?"
While she picked fruit for me, urging me to eat quickly.
Actually, I didn’t need her to urge me; I was eating rapidly because I noticed Fatty's complexion had grown increasingly pale. It wasn't until I finished ten fruits that I felt a familiar energy slowly circulating within me. Wait, isn't this my previous Yin-Yang Energy?
Before using the Mutual Support Technique against Jin Manyuan, aside from the four elemental energies—Thunder Element, Fire Element, Wind Element, and Ice Element—I also had an innate Yin-Yang Energy. After being consumed by the Mutual Support Technique, the Yin-Yang Energy had never appeared again. Now that I sensed its presence within me again, I was quite surprised.
Then it dawned on me; the energy that used to be in my body was called Yin-Yang Energy. Now this tree is called the Yin Yang Divine Tree, and the fruits it bears are called Yin Yang Divine Fruits. It was obvious they must share the same origin and essence.
I immediately asked Sugar Doll, "What should we do next?"
Sugar Doll walked up to me and extended her two paws: "Paw shake!"
I reached out my hand and grasped her paw: "And then?"
"Don't you feel a faint energy circulating within you now?"
"Yes!"
"You will send the energy within you into the palm of your right hand, while I will place my energy in the palm of my right paw. Remember, first concentrate the energy in your palm and do not move. After I count to three, we will simultaneously send the energy into each other's bodies."
I nodded and followed Sugar Doll's instructions.
"Ne..."
"..."
"Wait!" I suddenly shouted.
"What is it?" Sugar Doll looked at me in confusion.
"Who was it that hated English just now? Damn, as a Chinese, I absolutely detest people who mix English into Mandarin. Please stop talking like that, okay?" I said angrily.
"Damn, if you interrupt me again, I'll knock you out and start counting over! One... two... three!"
With Sugar Doll's loud shout, I forcefully sent the Yin-Yang Energy from my right hand into its paw. At the same time, I felt another familiar energy surge into my left hand—yes, this energy was Yin Energy.
Next, I circulated the Yin Energy within my body three times before sending it back to Sugar Doll. It also returned the Yin-Yang Energy it had sent me. We continued this cycle, each sending the energy back and forth while circulating it three times within our bodies. We repeated this process ten times in total. Only then did the Yin-Yang Energy within us begin to merge, flowing along our arms in a continuous cycle. With each complete circuit, the fusion of Yin-Yang Energy increased.
Sugar Doll visibly relaxed and turned to shout at Fatty: "You better not just stand there! If you don't want to die, hurry up and help out."
Fatty responded with an "Oh," and stepped forward: "What should I do?"
"You stand next to us, holding one of our hands with both of yours. Then I'll separate my hand from Zheng Nan, forming a triangle with the three of us so that the Yin-Yang Energy can circulate within our bodies," Sugar Doll instructed.
"Damn, I can't do anything. How am I supposed to control your Yin-Yang Energy?" Fatty said, scratching his head in frustration.
"It's okay, it's simple. Have you ever let out a fart? It's that kind of feeling! Just relax your whole body first, and I'll guide the energy to flow through you a few times. Once you get familiar with it, you'll be able to control it yourself," Sugar Doll replied nonchalantly.
Fatty then stepped forward and placed his hand properly. The three of us—two people and a dog—formed a Triangle. With Fatty's participation, Sugar Doll slowed down the flow of Yin-Yang Energy significantly. After circulating a few times within Fatty, he gradually grasped the trick, and soon the flow of Yin-Yang Energy became smoother.
At this point, the Yin-Yang Energy had completely merged into one, continuously flowing along our three meridians. With each complete cycle, the Yin-Yang Energy increased significantly, and its enhancement speed was astonishingly fast, almost multiplying geometrically. Before long, this Yin-Yang Energy became immensely powerful, vast like an ocean, boundless and expansive.
But that wasn't all; the Yin-Yang Energy began cycling through states—from gas to liquid to solid, then back from solid to liquid and gas again. This cycle repeated three times until the energy became controllable at will. Only then did Sugar Doll say, "Mission accomplished. Once I withdraw my true energy, we can wrap things up."
Before the words even left her mouth, her expression changed dramatically as she exclaimed, "Not good!"
I sensed something was off: "Hey, what do you mean?"
"Woof! This energy can't be separated anymore," Sugar Doll said with a gloomy face. "I was planning to divide it into three equal parts for each of us!"
"Damn it! If we don't want it anymore, just take it all!" I sighed in relief and laughed.
"Now it's not up to me. Unless you two die, I can't monopolize this energy; otherwise, it will keep circulating among the three of us," Sugar Doll cursed before looking at us with a grin. "How about you sacrifice yourselves? Just die already?"
"Get lost!" Both Fatty and I shouted in unison.
"Even if I want to get lost, you two have to come with me! From now on, we are one entity. If I go east, you can't go west. If I want to eat Northeast big bones, you can't go eat Xinjiang big plate chicken!" Sugar Doll chuckled.
I shook my arms vigorously, and sure enough, I felt an immense pulling force in my palms; I couldn't break free from Fatty and Sugar Doll's grasp.
"Damn! Is there any way to solve this?" I asked urgently. It would be fine to hold hands with Fatty when going out or even with a dog; however, being stuck together as a group of two people and one dog—Damn! This life would be unbearable.
"Yes, we can divide the Yin-Yang Energy into three parts, one for each of us, right?" Sugar Doll chuckled. Seeing its sinister smile, I suspected it had been planning to share the energy with us from the start. It didn't want to bear the burden of this mission to save humanity and punish evil alone. Damn, with such a lack of responsibility, how could it call itself humanity's best friend?
At this point, there was no other option, so I asked how to cut it. Sugar Doll scratched its head, pulled out a book, flipped through it halfway, and finally frowned, saying, "Why don't you try using Devouring Energy? It's said that Devouring Energy can Devour everything. You can evenly distribute it at the points where our hands connect. Then I'll count to three, and we all pull back our hands at the same time. Maybe Devouring Energy will be able to Devour the Yin-Yang Energy at the connection."
"Is it really that simple?"
"Dude, I've tried it; who knows if it will work?"
Following Sugar Doll's instructions, I distributed my Devouring Energy at the points where our palms connected. After it counted to three, I quickly pulled my hand back and felt an immense amount of Yin-Yang Energy within me, but there was no sign of Devouring Energy. I hurriedly asked Sugar Doll what was going on.
After pondering for a moment and looking at the book again, Sugar Doll angrily shouted, "I'm not a search engine! Why keep asking? If it's gone, it's gone! You now have Sixty-Five Million Years of Yin-Yang Energy, why do you still need that little bit of Devouring Energy?"
Thinking about it, I had to concede reluctantly and then asked, "Wasn't there only a total of Sixty-Five Million Years of energy? Divided into three parts would only give each person over thirty thousand years. How come you all have Sixty-Five Million Years of energy now?"
Sugar Doll glared at me: "I have it; so what? If you don't believe me, come and fight me!"
I scoffed: "Are you sure? Now all three of us have Sixty-Five Million Years of power. Do you think I'm afraid to hit you?"
Fatty also chuckled: "It's rare to see someone actively asking to hit him; this kind of request is truly unusual. Just right, I've never liked you anyway."
Sugar Doll's expression changed: "What do you two want to do?"
"Beat him up!"
"Smack him!"
I lunged at Sugar Doll along with Fatty, throwing punches and kicks while occasionally hearing Sugar Doll yelping in protest.
Ten minutes later, I was comfortably blowing smoke rings with Fatty, while Sugar Doll lay on the ground, pounding it with her front paws and crying out, "Damn, I really chose my friends poorly."
After joking around for a while, I tossed away my cigarette butt and said, "Sugar Doll, shouldn't you teach us a few tricks? If we run into a Dark Overlord out there, are we just going to fight like thugs? What about eye gouging, kicking in the groin, and spitting? We should at least have some ranged attacks!"
Sugar Doll rolled over, lying on the ground with her hands as a pillow. "Damn, if I knew any tricks, I would have used them already. How could I have been beaten up by you two scumbags?"
"Uh, that's true! Pfft! You're the scumbag here, you filthy dog!" I laughed and cursed.
Then I thought of something and frowned. "Seriously, back in the day, my Fire Elemental Magic had a big move called Wildfire, and my Lightning Magic had Thunderous Strike. One move would fill the air with fireballs and lightning everywhere; there would be no place for the opponent to hide. But now we only have Sixty-Five Million Years of magic power without any corresponding moves for ranged attacks. We can only channel it into our punches and kicks. Damn, I'm starting to feel like a petty thug."
Fatty nodded in agreement. "I thought having Million-Year Magic would let us dominate everything. But if we can't use big moves, what's the point of Million-Year Magic? At most, we can fight better. If those Dark Overlords run fast enough, we won't be able to do anything about them."
Sugar Doll laughed and said, "What can those Dark Overlords do? At most, they are just a few Master-Level experts. Even without big moves, we can handle them with our Kung Fu alone. So what if they run fast? Can't you pick up stones to throw? With our magic power, we could throw a stone from China to Japan and scare those little brats to death."
Hearing Sugar Doll's words made both Fatty and me feel it made sense. We immediately started rolling up our sleeves to prepare to go out. Although we didn't know any big moves, getting out of this crack was still very simple.
Because we could fly.
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