C2501 Fish and Bear Palm

The outer area of his dantian was as hard as iron and filled with the power of the origin of death. This was absolutely an unstoppable calamity.

And in this situation, if he wanted to save Tai'e's life, it would also mean that there was no other way than to tear apart the outer layer of binding around his dantian. This was the bold plan that Lin Bai had in mind.

However, what caused Lin Bai to hesitate was that the Dantian was the most important part of the body, such as the body's temperature, vitality, and spirit. Even the slightest damage to it would cause irreparable damage to the human body. Although Tai'e was a cultivator, and his dantian was extremely sturdy, the shackles that surrounded Tai'e's dantian were far beyond imagination. It was simply impossible for it to be shattered that easily.

This was what Lin Bai was worried about and also what he was hesitant about. If he couldn't break through this shackle, he wouldn't be able to activate Tai Ah's Dantian at all. However, if he allowed this to drag on, there would only be two outcomes for Tai'e: his body and soul would be completely occupied by the power of the death origin, turning him into a decayed corpse; and his dantian's Qi would become stagnant and he would not be able to vent it; his body would explode and die.

No matter which of these two outcomes it was, neither of them could escape death!

However, if one's Fa Li was slightly careless when breaking the shackles around Tai'e's Dantian and it surpassed the Dantian's endurance and damaged the Dantian, then the only result that awaited Tai'e would be death.

If he didn't do it, he would die; if he did, he might even die! In fact, Lin Bai himself was also highly optimistic about Tai'e. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given Tai'e a direct challenge back then in order to awaken the true self and fighting spirit in his heart, allowing him to achieve a higher cultivation level in the way of the sword after losing his arm.

Furthermore, as far as Lin Bai was concerned, Taia's natural talent, as well as his present character, as well as his unyielding character that was compatible with the sword, would cause Taia to fail to reach the heights that the Sword Pavilion Martial Ancestor had reached in the past if there was enough time.

But now, such a change had occurred. Taia's life was in danger, and his life was in the hands of Lin Bai. With just the slightest mistake, he would be doomed for sure. This couldn't be done without Lin Bai being cautious. He had to think about how he should choose. One had to say, the ominous situation in the mine was a huge problem for Lin Bai.

The room gradually quieted down. Lin Bai was like an immortal stone statue, quietly sitting cross-legged on the ground. Outside the room, the jade artifact elder and the others were anxiously pacing back and forth, but none of them were able to do anything.

He was thinking, he was choosing, he was thinking about the probability of his success, but more than that, he was wondering if Taia would accept it if anything happened to him.

In reality, when encountering such a problem, not to mention Lin Bai, even the others in seclusion would find it hard to make a decision. If he had done it wrong, even if he had succeeded, he might have destroyed his cultivation base and turned into a cripple. However, if he did not do it, he could only fall into the abyss of death and disappear from the world.

This was not a matter of life and death, but of cultivation and death. This kind of evaluation not only appeared on Tai'e, but also caused Lin Bai to be at a loss.

Is cultivation important? This was an unquestionable question. Whether it was in seclusion, in the secular world, or in the Immortal World unknown to Yao, the answer was very clear. Cultivation is the embodiment of strength. Only with enough strength can you have enough status and power. Only in this way can you better protect what you care about?

However, this did not mean that life was unimportant. Furthermore, on the contrary, life was extremely important. That was because the existence of life was the main prerequisite for one to do everything. Only with one's life could one have cultivation. If one didn't even have their life, then what else could they talk about? Since the person was not here, his cultivation would naturally disappear as well.

But the most unacceptable thing about people is that what they once had and relied on was lost in their hands, irrevocably lost. Even Lin Bai himself couldn't help but feel this way. He knew that in the event of an accident and was lucky enough to save Tai'e's life and cause him to lose his cultivation, the Tai'e this time would definitely not be as courageous as the time he lost an arm.

Last time, he had lost an external force. This time, he had lost the foundation. If he lost the foundation, then everything would be gone.

These two choices, as Mencius said, I want the fish, I want the bear paw. But how can fish and bear's paw be so easy together? People often have to make choices, make choices, and abandon one.

'Two people can't get together, the one who abandons the fish and takes the bear's paw '. When Lin Bai thought of this, he suddenly recalled the choice that this ancient sage had made between the two.

Cultivation base and life, which is the fish, which is the bear paw? Different people held different opinions. Some people believed that cultivation was the palm of a bear, while others believed that life was the palm of a bear. What Lin Bai needed to do now was to find a more important 'bear paw' for Tai.

The existence of one's cultivation base was important, but all of this had to be built up. There was something you needed to protect, something you needed to accomplish. Only in this way could the importance of cultivation be demonstrated. In fact, to the current Lin Bai, if he didn't have to carry so many things, he would rather throw away his cultivation to live with everything he cared about.

If there was a mistake and Taia lost his cultivation and turned him into an ordinary person, it would be a great torment for Taia, who once possessed great strength. However, losing everything did not mean that he could not start from the beginning.

Perhaps Taia at that time would no longer be able to cultivate in the way of the sword, and would no longer be able to bear witness to the true meaning of the sword in his hands. However, this did not mean that he would have no other choice.

One of the most important prerequisites for doing all of this was that Tai'e would still be alive.

What was a bear's paw? A life was a bear's paw! Without a cultivation base, he could still try his best to find one. Even if he couldn't, he would still have other options. And even if it looked ordinary, it wouldn't be as colorful as when he was cultivating on the road of cultivation. But if he lost his life, everything would be meaningless.

Regardless of whether he was right or wrong, he had to protect his life. This was the choice he had made for Tai'e. Perhaps he had made the wrong choice, but he did not regret it!

He slowly opened his eyes, which were like lightning, and when he saw the source of the power, he surged forth with it, illuminating Tai Ah's entire body as if he had died from peeling a cocoon, constantly scanning for the oddity in his body. He was looking for the best opportunity to shatter the barrier that had surrounded his Dantian, in order to keep the damage to his Dantian to a minimum.

After a long period of silence, Lin Bai's expression could not help but darken. After observing the source energy for a while, he helplessly discovered that Taia's Dantian was tightly sealed. There was not even a single loophole. It was tightly sewn without needles being able to pierce through.

This result was both astounding and depressing, but it was not a bad thing. Because there were many times when there was no choice, it was actually the best choice. Because there was no choice, there was no need to worry about so many things.

After a moment of silence, Lin Bai slowly gathered the Fa Li that had seeped into Tai'e's body into a thread. Under the constant control of his spiritual will, the Fa Li slowly began to spin like a drill, rotating at high speed and emitting a sharp aura.

This is a desperate gamble, the best choice without a choice. I only hope that I can do all of this and not let Tai regret it!" After taking a deep breath, Lin Bai slowly formed hand seals with his hands. Every single movement was extremely serious, as if they were performing a slow playback. It wasn't that Lin Bai didn't want to increase his speed, but he understood that once he formed the seal, he couldn't turn back.

But no matter how slow his movements were, they would eventually come to an end. Not to mention the fact that Lin Bai's movements were not considered complicated in the first place. In just a short moment, Lin Bai's hand seal was finally completed.

Weng! * As he formed the seal, the mana that he transmitted into Tai'e's body also began to change abruptly. Countless strange patterns suddenly appeared on the appearance of the mana, each strand of the glyph pattern fluctuating and fluctuating as it released an endless and sharp berserk aura. This was the experience that Lin Bai obtained from the nail arrow, and he engraved the glyphs within it onto the mana.

The sharpness of a nailhead arrow was something rarely seen in the world, and the toughness of the steel walls that encircled Taia's dantian was also something rarely seen in the world. If he wanted to break through this shackle, he would have to use the most incisive method. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to have any effect.

As many runes gradually took shape, the mana that Lin Bai sent into Tai'e's body gradually formed into a golden arrowhead that looked like a nailhead arrow. Then, it suddenly broke free from the bindings of the death origin energy and rushed towards the shackles that sealed Tai'a's dantian like a dried twig.

The speed at which the arrow condensed from mana was shockingly fast to the extreme. Moreover, this was happening within the depth of the dantian of a human body. This was even more inconceivable. However, Lin Bai cleverly retracted the Qi of the arrow. Although the Qi was flourishing, it did not leak out too much. The damage it caused to Tai Ah's meridians was negligible.

However, when the arrowhead approached, the strange aura that surrounded Tai Ah's Dantian seemed to have perceived Lin Bai's intentions. Those unpredictable shackles suddenly began to change unceasingly, developing all sorts of unpredictable patterns, like insects, snakes, birds, beasts, and other creatures. They continuously climbed and twisted, releasing an indescribably mysterious aura towards the outside, as if they were indestructible.

Boom!" Time seemed to freeze at first, but as the two came into contact, as if the universe was being opened, a huge explosion occurred!