Mythical Three Kingdoms

This is why, despite Lyu Bu having overachieved in defeating Xianbei, he still pressed northward to sink Langjuxu Mountain. It was as if he was held captive by a millennia-old belief.

The so-called Essence, Qi, and Spirit represent three realms: Essence stands for the body, Qi stands for the Inner Qi extended from the body and the Heaven and Earth Essence between the heavens and the earth, and Spirit represents Heart Spirit, will, and belief. It symbolizes something ethereal and intangible, yet it truly and substantially influences the human heart.

If in the past, Lyu Bu perfected every ounce of his power through his own Divine Energy, then after accepting the millennia-old belief, he has now entered another realm.

If he previously relied on his formidable physique to harness Inner Qi and strengthen his belief, stirring the Heaven and Earth Essence with his actions, now, Lyu Bu relies on his strong belief, causing the Heaven and Earth Essence to naturally respond and feed back into him, each strike imbued with an unstoppable might.

This is the reason Lyu Bu is nearly invincible now. However, the price is that Lyu Bu seems to have overreached; though he holds a qualitative advantage, the millennia-old belief is stronger in quantity.

Even if Lyu Bu fulfilled these ancient obsessions in some way, he still couldn't return to his pure self in a short time. This unfortunate child is now restrained by the millennia-old belief, the original thought of retiring after the battle is now utterly nonsensical.

One could say that as long as Lyu Bu stands on the Northern Frontier, there's an unceasing power surging forth. Under such a watchful belief, even if the invading enemy possessed the mountain-moving, sea-filling power of Xiang Yu, Lyu Bu could fight to his heart's content.

Langjuxu Mountain wasn't, as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the others thought, sunk by Lyu Bu borrowing the army's Cloud Qi in a few strikes. It was truly sunk by one strike from Lyu Bu, although at that moment it was equivalent to the belief of all people for hundreds of years acting in cooperation with Heaven and Earth.

It could be said that this was when Lyu Bu was most severely infected by the millennia-old belief. At that time, Lyu Bu even thought he was executing his own belief, but after the strike, Lyu Bu's own Power of Heart Spirit instantly overwhelmed these obsessions.

When Lyu Bu landed by the lakeside, his back was drenched in cold sweat. If he maintained that stance continuously, he would eventually be assimilated, much like a Military Spirit, resulting in a collective will where personal will has been nearly assimilated.

However, unlike a Military Spirit which comes and goes freely, the millennia-old belief absorbed by Lyu Bu is completely different; a powerful belief can entirely assimilate a person.

Although at that time Lyu Bu was still Lyu Bu, with unchanged memories, during that time the most important thing for him was border defense and protecting the frontier, rather than his wife and daughter!

This is something that couldn't be tolerated. In rage, Lyu Bu then started forcibly rejecting this foreign belief, and fortunately, Lyu Bu had already completely crossed into another realm; otherwise, he would certainly be as helpless as a tiger eating heaven with no place to apply its skill!

Unfortunately, even with Lyu Bu entering another realm, there is no good way to deal with this thing. He can only barely separate it, but expel it, Lyu Bu cannot do. The fact that this thing can be absorbed by Lyu Bu shows that he inherently possesses this belief!

The plan to live in seclusion with Diao Chan was utterly ruined. Lyu Bu tried not to defend the border, but once this thought arose, the millennia-old belief he absorbed would impact him intensely.

Helplessly, Lyu Bu could only squat north of Bingzhou to see if there was a way to resolve this. Later, he discovered that as long as he didn't harbor thoughts of giving up on border defense, the millennia-old belief wouldn't impact him greatly.

However, the slightly troubling point is that Lyu Bu discovered that this land, this land buried with countless border defense soldiers, continues to respond to his belief. The belief he absorbed keeps growing, as if gathering strength, ready at any moment to assimilate him.

This caused Lyu Bu immense frustration. Although he knows clearly that due to the existence of these beliefs, his strength can climb to the point of instantly killing top-notch experts, each use causes a shock to his own beliefs.

Absolutely avoid using this belief unless absolutely necessary–this is Lyu Bu's advice to himself. This is not the life he hoped for, especially after losing the Yan Clan and others.

Also because of this, Lyu Bu entered another period of entanglement with Gao Shun. Although he knows this matter is mostly his fault, but who let Gao Shun bring this thing out!

Gao Shun is also confused now. Lyu Bu didn't hide his current situation; after realizing it after sinking Langjuxu, he hadn't thought about hiding it in his mind at all. Therefore, Gao Shun didn't complain about Lyu Bu's resentment, as it was indeed his own fault!

As for Zhang Liao, he once again turned into the peacemaker, just like before, advising Lyu Bu and Gao Shun not to have a conflict. However, he also had no solution to the problem and could only warn himself to be cautious at all times in the future.

Afterwards, Lyu Bu didn't say much, tried to suppress the growth of external beliefs, and returned to Jiuyuan with a dark expression. He needed to figure out a solution to this matter, hoping Chen Gong had a way.

As for the great achievement of crushing Xianbei, sweeping through the Xianbei Royal Court, and sinking Langjuxu Mountain, Lyu Bu had no mind to boast at this time. If he couldn't solve the matter of the millennia-old belief, he would eventually suffer.

While returning to his troops, due to his poor mood, Lyu Bu lost the racing heart, and all along the way Lyu Bu's Army returned neither hurriedly nor slowly.

The soldiers of Lyu Bu's Army, who were initially very excited over their grand victory, all lowered their voices after noticing their Chief General's demeanor, to avoid drawing Lyu Bu's attention.

Also because of this, Lyu Bu didn't encounter Ma Chao. Otherwise, if they had collided, Ma Chao might have really died. The belief of watching over the Great Wall was so straightforwardly brutal that he would slash any Hu People upon sight.

Lyu Bu didn't restrain this impulse to slash Hu People because such attacks hardly impacted his Heart Spirit, but it did indeed consume the Power of Faith.

Moreover, Lyu Bu didn't feel wrong about killing Hu People. Encountering them meant killing them, although it's somewhat extreme compared to the past. However, Gongsun Zan had already said, "Dead Hu are the good Hu," and Lyu Bu didn't mind doing it that way.

At most, Hu Zhao from the Enlightenment Sect would have a face like a pot bottom, but Lyu Bu didn't find Hu Zhao important at all. For him now, nothing is more important than the problem of his own belief; as for Hu people, kill them if they're killed.

As long as he can solve his own issues and escape this pit, Lyu Bu can bear any amount of killing Hu People, and in Lyu Bu's view, Hu People equate to enemies, whether they are Huns, Xianbei, Wuhuan, or Qiang and Hu; they can basically be equated as enemies, kill them if they are killed! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. for mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)