Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 605

605 Seeking Longevity (I)

"The final trial is simple. Your mind will be sent to a mortal body. The setting will be a Mortal World with little to no Spiritual Qi. Your mission will be to create a method of longevity. The ranking will be based on the person who can live the longest," said Lord Spirit.

"You said little to no Spiritual Qi. Can you be more specific?" asked Tong Ruobing. There was a vast difference between a world with absolute zero Spiritual Energy to one still having some trace of it–no matter how little.

"You can find out on your own. Any more concerns?"

No one said anything as they contemplated how to pass this trial. From the basic information provided, it was obvious that things would be more complex than stated.

"In that case, let's begin."

The participants proceeded to the Pagoda. When Wang Wei opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a rock-hard bed, wearing old clothes that had been washed too many times. He stood up from his bed and immediately saw how skinny and malnourished he was.

Even when he was an orphan back on Earth, he was never this weak.

Wang Wei slowly walked to a bronze mirror to see his reflection. It was his face instead of somebody's else. Then, some information appeared in his mind, which simply stated he was an orphan in this village; the info also contained some basic information about the villager and its villagers.

Wang Wei took a moment to ponder his next course of action. The first step was to decide whether this world had any Spiritual Qi and its quantity; this information would determine the method he would use next.

Unfortunately, he could not sense anything as this body severely restricted the power of his soul. He needed to enter a deep state of meditation to sense energy. But with how weak his body was, he could die if he did so.

The mind or spirit connects the soul to the body. If he entered deep meditation with his malnourished body, his fleshly body could not bear the process.

'I need some meat and nutrients,' thought Wang Wei as he considered his options. Hunting would not work in his current state, so he decided to steal. There were a few villagers with livestock, so he targeted them.

He memorized the layout of the village and the villager's habits–like sleeping and drinking time. Then, he stole some vegetables and a chicken from one of the neighbors to make soup. There were no spices, including salt, so the food tasted horrible.

'I can't remember the last time I felt hunger,' thought Wang Wei as he munched on a chicken leg. Ever since he began cultivating, he never felt the sensation of hunger. If he counted the time he spent listening to his Ancestor preaching, he was now over 100,000 years. And the sensation was the first time in a very long time; it somehow felt nostalgic.

He still had his desire for good food, but the body's instinct for nutrients.

'Aging, sickness, hunger, and death are fundamental things defining a human. So, am I a human without these things?' Wang Wei was not having an existential crisis about his identity since he did not care that much. He believed that since he still had his emotions and desires, and since he thought himself to be human, he was human.

However, now that he had nothing else to do, he wanted to ponder this philosophical argument. Of course, once he finished stuffing his face and digested the food, he went to bed since he was tired.

For the next month, Wang Wei became a thief at night while helping on the farm in the morning. Because of his quiet and helpful personality, no one suspected him when his thievery reached a point it could no longer be hidden. The villagers organized a night watch group to catch the thief, and Wang Wei offered a few opinions on better organizing things.

Of course, no one caught him. During this month, he used a martial breathing method he knew to maximize the absorption of nutrients from all the food he ingested. As such, he could return to normal health in just one month.

Wang Wei had to wear more oversized clothes to hide the changes in his body since he was no longer as skinny as a bone. And with a semi-healthy body, he could finally attempt deep meditation. Unfortunately, he did not have the environment to do so.