Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 730 What if People Have No Intentions?

The Central Plains Dynasty, outside the Dongtian Cave.

Many officials, nobles, immortals and Buddhist monks who had no idea what had happened gathered here.

A monk with a robe emitting Buddha light and a body as golden as gold looked at the tumbling black water below and continuously released golden lotuses. Sanskrit words spread out, trying to suppress it, but most of the golden lotuses fell and were swallowed up by the void before they could form stable ripples. The Sanskrit words that fell into them could not emit any light.

The monk listened to the constant wailing in his ears, and the six supernatural powers kept telling him about the dangers in the world. He could not help but put his hands together and looked at the people around him: "Fellow Taoists, have you seen the problem here? If it is not solved, the Central Plains will be in danger."

"Monk, can't you see? This is a man-made disaster. Even the human dynasties don't care. Why should we, the outsiders, intervene?"

The one who spoke was a fourth-rank celestial being with a strange appearance and double pupils. He lay on a auspicious cloud, holding a tender green bamboo branch in his hand, which was leaning diagonally on his shoulder, and looked at the princes and nobles beside him with a half-smile.

However, at the same time as this celestial being opened his mouth, countless phantoms of spiritual bamboos appeared and disappeared beneath him, constantly blocking the aura of nothingness and emptiness that was spreading outward.

"You are all not ordinary people. Can't you see that this is the end of the world? The Heavenly Immortals above have already made a decision. What can we do?"

The person who answered was a young man. In his arms, he was holding a spirit beast that looked like a cat but not a cat, and a tiger but not a tiger. Its golden and red stripes were extremely gorgeous. At the moment, it was lazily enjoying the touch of its master, and it made bursts of whirring sounds from time to time.
A closer look revealed that the edges of the spirit beast's fur were somewhat dirty and showed signs of expansion. It was obvious that its body had been suffering from the erosion of some force.

"But someone among you must have facilitated them. Otherwise, I don't believe that Jun Mo Dao could have detonated the power of the foreign land in the heart of the Central Plains, the central node where many earth veins operate, and caused such a big problem."

"That's true. These are fragments of exotic Dao fruits from the mountain and water nodes in various parts of the Central Plains. If no one helps, I don't believe that your court has not noticed anything wrong for so many years."

"Haha, didn't you realize that this hole can affect all parts of the Central Plains? In addition to the reason for the land veins and mountains and rivers, it is also because there are many people who have achieved great success in cultivating the principles of humanity and the law. Their knowledge, their wisdom, their popularity, and their influence have all become the medium for polluting the human world."

All the immortals and Buddhas began to accuse one by one, and the princes and nobles, led by the noble young master, answered calmly. But gradually, the noble young master's breath gradually weakened, and the spirit beast in his arms even let out a faint howl.

Suddenly, the monk who spoke immediately couldn't help but sigh.

They could also see that the princes and nobles who had come to help were innocent and they were also to be sacrificed.

It can even be said that they were abandoned because they still had a conscience.

Some of the cultivators who had not spoken had already discovered long ago that the noble young man's surname was Bi, and he was a local prince, but he was the only one left in his lineage.

The rest of the elders, brothers and juniors had already died from repeated attacks.

As a survivor, he was surrounded by the rich power of people's wishes and the prayers of all living beings, but now he used all these things to fill the void.

"It really proves Jun Modao's theory!"

A monk's sigh made everyone's faces even uglier.

As everyone's emotions changed, the void that was originally collapsing inward suddenly exploded.

Gurgling black water gushed out from it, rushed into the air and dispersed into thick black gas. Countless ferocious monsters and ghosts that were intertwined with resentment, yin energy, death energy, and ghost energy began to wreak havoc.

Concepts such as devouring, destruction, devastation, despair, weirdness, evil, and weirdness continued to emerge as the black gas spread.

"No, this is not just a simple negative emotion of the human world, it also includes many concepts that were suppressed by the Saint King Avenue in the past!"

A cultivator noticed something was wrong, and they even saw some traces of immortal Buddha's teachings in it.

In an instant, the whole place fell into a brief silence. Some monks stared at the power that was connected to themselves, their brows wrinkled into pimples and veins on their foreheads throbbing.

A military officer following Prince Li suddenly widened his eyes, pointed at a wisp of residual air and said, "Prince, that's the young master's..."

The military officer did not say anything more, but just one glance at Li Wanghou caused him to tremble all over and he almost fell unable to stand.

The monks who saw all this sighed, and some officials secretly backed off.

"Forget it! Forget it! This is a humane matter, why should I interfere? Rather than staying here, I might as well go and kill the evil demons and heretics."

As the first person left, the flood of black water became more difficult to contain, and the despair and evil of human nature that Chu Tai saw became more and more obvious.

The original emotional pollution was also the pollution left by the continuous assimilation of foreign forces and the killing of many demonic monks by immortal monks. More and more people began to show physiological changes.

"We can't go on like this. This void contains the laws and principles of other realms, and it is blended with many of our great principles. It also occupies the right time and place. We are powerless to suppress it. If it continues like this, we won't even be able to contain it. We must think of a way to suppress it."

The monk, whose Buddha light was dimming, gasped and spoke. Suddenly, a voice came: "How about letting me go in and suppress it?"

A cultivator with a faint divine glow around him stepped forward. When everyone looked at him, he smiled and said, "If you are worried, I can swear a vow. If I cannot contain this black water, I will never achieve enlightenment in this life."

"You are……"

The four-eyed celestial being stepped forward, a little glimmer in his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Haha, ancestor, what are you doing here? Do you really think we won't attack you?"

"Of course, it is to save sentient beings."

Haha, the ancestor chuckled. Upon hearing this, the four-eyed celestial being scolded, "Saving sentient beings. If I am not mistaken, you took advantage of this catastrophe to kill many of your fellow Taoists and took away their Taoist fruits. You tell me this is saving sentient beings?"

"Of course, it is to save sentient beings. After all, the quality of this black water is far beyond our imagination. It contains the infinite evil karma accumulated by the past human beings. It is the product of the gathering of people. Naturally, we can only fight with the power of the gathering of people. Although I have some savings, it is ultimately not as good as the evil karma of the human beings. I can only go to some predestined people who owe me a debt, otherwise I can't even enter!"

As he spoke, dozens of Nuo masks appeared beside Ancestor Haha, each of which exuded the aura of a fourth-grade celestial being. Many celestial beings were frightened and took two steps back, while secretly becoming alert.

But as Ancestor Haha said, the black water below is the evil karma accumulated by everyone, and it can only be suppressed by the power of everyone.

With the flying Nuo masks, the black water was actually contained to a certain extent.

Li Wanghou stepped forward and asked, "What do you want? To what extent can you contain it?"

"I want you!" Old Ancestor Haha took a step forward and stretched out his hand to touch Prince Li's cheek, but was stopped by the civil and military officials beside him.

Li Wanghou didn't care, he just said indifferently: "Just me?"

"Of course, it's not just you. What I want is your popularity, your wishes, and your status as a prince."

"what do you want to do?"

Li Wanghou's answer stunned Haha Patriarch for a moment: "You don't seem to be worried that I will use your identity to do something bad."

"My identity comes from the people. If I can help the people, what's wrong with giving it back? But I need to know what you want. If I give you everything, will you really save the people?"

"Interesting. It's really very interesting."

Haha, the old man surrounded Li Wanghou, half crying and half laughing.

"You are actually someone who is willing to sacrifice for all living beings, ahahahahaha... There is actually someone like you in the dynasty... This really makes me laugh to death, this is actually true..."

"Haha, old man, if you have to fart, let it out!"

The military officers around Prince Li were furious and shouted angrily.

Haha Patriarch ignored him, just looked at Li Wanghou and asked: "You should know that even if I agree to you now, I may not really benefit your people in the future. In this case, you still want to sacrifice yourself?"

"I wonder if you know that my mother is from the Bi family? Have you ever heard of the story of my maternal ancestor?"

"Seven-trick exquisite heart?"

“No, it’s a story about asking questions.”

Prince Li said softly, "In the past, our ancestor had his heart dug out by the king he was loyal to. When he passed by a place, he saw a woman selling water spinach and asked her, "If vegetables can survive without hearts, how about people without hearts?"

"Of course he will die."

Haha, the old ancestor responded, and then said: "But as far as I know, this is just a folk rumor, it can't be taken seriously. After all, your ancestor was also a successful practitioner in the past, and if he were in the present, he would be a fourth-grade celestial being. People will die without a heart, but celestial beings will not."

"But this is true, it's just that the rumor is wrong. Back then, our ancestor's heart was dug out, but he was saved because of his cultivation. On the way, he met an immortal cultivator who wanted to convert our ancestor to Taoism, so there was a theory about whether he was intentional or not."

Li Wanghou continued to explain softly, his eyes became somewhat empty, as if he was looking into the past.

"Back then, the dynasty was approaching its end. The king was attacked by the fate of heaven and earth and became increasingly tyrannical. The so-called intentional question was essentially a question that our ancestor asked himself. Facing the absurd world and the tyrannical king, should he abandon his original intention and linger in a numb state? If he abandoned his original intention, could he still walk in the world as a human being? In the end, our ancestor made his choice, and now I have made my choice too."

The weak aura on Prince Li's body gradually dissipated and remained between heaven and earth. The aura engraved from generations of various schools of thought gathered together and turned into white hair surrounding the prince.

He took a step forward, and Old Ancestor Haha seemed a little frightened and took half a step back.

Li Wanghou grabbed Haha Patriarch's arm, put it on his face, and said seriously: "If you can save other people, then you can take everything I have!"

Patriarch Haha wanted to pull back his arm, but he felt a force penetrating into his body through Li Wanghou's palm, and then merging with his essence through this body. Once Patriarch Haha nodded, everything would become a foregone conclusion, and there would be no possibility of retreating.

Haha, the old man was silent for a long time before he spoke in a hoarse voice.

“It’s just like what Jun Mo said. Those who are truly willing to sacrifice for the people will inevitably sacrifice themselves in disasters again and again. So the person sitting on top cannot be someone who is willing to sacrifice for the people. After all, this kind of person is the easiest to deal with. All it takes is a disaster that is terrible enough and enough to consume the energy of those who are willing to sacrifice. And you, if you make a mistake once, there will be no possibility of turning things around...hahahaha...hahahaha..."

A manic laugh came out from the mouth of Old Ancestor Haha, and his palm pierced through the skin of Prince Li and seeped into his flesh and blood.

"But this is fine. I originally just wanted someone with the status of a king to forge a new Nuo mask, enhance my power, and perfect the kingly power that my Wu Dao lacked due to the decision of the former Saint King."

A Nuo mask flew out from Haha Patriarch's body, on which were depicted some patterns that belonged exclusively to kings and marquises. As he spoke, it turned into fragments and tried to merge into Marquis Li's body, but as soon as it made contact, it turned into streams of light and was absorbed by him.

"But now, your benevolence, your compassion, and your determination will surely make your royal status more stable and the corresponding kingly way more perfect. And my third-grade Dao fruit will also be more perfect because of your choice."

As he exerted force with his palm, Li Wanghou's body began to change. He showed a slightly painful expression and stopped the official who tried to come forward with his eyes.

"Don't worry, I will agree to all your requests regarding the people. After all, if I don't agree, your heart and your way will definitely backfire on me, right?"

Li Wanghou revealed a slight smile. As the blood flowed and the flesh and bones compressed, a new Nuo mask appeared in the hands of Haha Patriarch, and he gently placed it on his face.

In an instant, the flying Nuo masks around him began to gather together, and the original concepts of command, suppression, rule, etc. seemed to have a little more gentleness, and a little more of the concept of benevolence.

At the same time, the aura of Ancestor Haha continued to surge, gradually breaking through the limit of the fourth grade and approaching the third grade.

"Haha, Old Ancestor, it's time for you to fulfill your promise to the prince."

The military officer looked at Old Ancestor Haha and spoke in a cold voice. The despair, pain and anger that had not yet disappeared from his face made Old Ancestor Haha feel a little bored.

He gently stroked the Nuo mask on his face and said, "Don't worry, with this Nuo mask, I will be more confident against the guy in the cave."

"With the addition of that Qingli fellow's Dao Fruit, all my plans will be complete."

After saying that, Old Ancestor Haha walked into the cave and went towards Qingli Caixian who was sleeping inside.

But soon after he walked in, a slightly angry voice rang out: "You are very brave!"

At the same time, the demon in front of the True Lord Hunyuan became a little angry for the first time. He looked at the True Lord in front of him and said coldly: "Do you know what you are doing?"

True Lord Hunyuan did not answer, but silently placed a move. Black and white light intertwined, and a golden bridge spanned the void, blocking this place.

(End of this chapter)