Journey to the West: The Demon Emperor

Chapter 26: Treating the Symptoms and the Root Cause

"Ugh!!!"

At this moment, Li Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In any case, Li Yangwei had never thought that this Thousand-Year-Old Fox King would have such insight. He could deduce all this just by the residual aura of refined "Golden Crow Blood" flowing in his body.

However, just when Li Yang thought that after he admitted it, he would have to face the Wansui Fox King to ask for the remains of the Golden Crow, he saw that the Wansui Fox King's frown not only did not relax, but deepened instead.

Just when Li Yang was feeling confused, he saw the Wansui Fox King suddenly looking at him.

"Do you know the origin of the remains of the Golden Crow you encountered?"

"I don't know."

Although he already had a bad prediction in his mind, Li Yang pretended to know nothing and waited for the explanation from the Wansui Fox King.

"In ancient times, my demon clan's queen Xihe gave birth to ten Golden Crow princes for the Demon Emperor. In order to train the ten princes, the Demon Emperor sealed them in Tanggu after they were born and used the Fusang tree, a top-grade innate spiritual root of the yang attribute, to improve their essence."

“But when the Demon Emperor led the elite demons to fight outside, the ten Golden Crow princes inexplicably broke through the restrictions set by the Demon Emperor and left Tang Valley.”

"The ten Golden Crow princes were born as innate beings, with a natural gift unique to the Demon Emperor lineage - the Sun's True Fire. In addition, they have been nurtured by the Fusang Sacred Tree for countless years, so their cultivation is unfathomable."

"But they have been locked up in the Tang Valley since they were born. When they suddenly came out into the world, they were so happy that they didn't care about anything else and played around in the world with their true bodies."

"Under the ten suns that crossed the sky, countless lives in the world perished under the shining sun."

"It was not until later that the great wizard Hou Yi of the Wu Clan, the only great clan in the world at that time that could rival the demon clan, took action and shot at the sun for nine consecutive times, which put an end to the catastrophe."

"And the death of the nine Golden Crow princes was also the cause of the all-out war between the two tribes of witches and liches."

"If I am not mistaken, the remains of the Golden Crow that you encountered are those of one of the Golden Crow princes."

At this point, the Fox King looked at Li Yang again, and then continued: "In fact, the whereabouts of the Golden Crow's remains is not a secret in the eyes of many beings, but from ancient times to the present, no younger generation has ever thought about it. Do you know why?"

"Please enlighten me, Fox King!!!"

Hearing the words of Long Live the Fox King, Li Yang's heart skipped a beat.

Obviously, there are huge hidden dangers on the remains of the Golden Crow that Li Yang is not aware of.

It is only for this reason that those major forces would choose to directly abandon the precious remains of the Golden Crow.

"I have already said before that the Ten Suns appeared in the sky, causing great suffering to all living beings in the world and creating endless bloodshed."

"This caused the ten princes to be entangled by countless karmas. These karmas were so huge that even the luck of the demon clan could not protect them. This is why they were shot and killed by Hou Yi, the great wizard of the wizard clan."

"Although 90% of the karma on the remains you encountered has dissipated due to your death, even if only 10% remains, it is not something that an ordinary being can bear."

"If you say that you receive the result and you bear the cause, then since you have accepted the prince's legacy, you have also taken over the cause and effect of that prince's life."

"Now, the remaining karma of the prince has begun to transfer to you. The more blessings you inherit, the more karma will be transferred."

"If you hadn't accidentally embarked on the path of transformation, been favored by heaven and earth, and hadn't taken on much karma, which could be suppressed for the time being, you would have died long ago."

The words of "Long live the Fox King" made Li Yang feel as if thunder was rolling in the sky.

I thought I was the "child of destiny" and a great opportunity given by heaven. But I didn't expect that behind this opportunity was a big pit.

No wonder it is said that every gift you receive has actually been secretly marked with a price.

"I wonder if the Fox King has a solution? Please let me know. Jin Guang will be very grateful."

After a long time, Li Yang calmed down and asked the Wansui Fox King in a slightly dry tone.

Li Yang realized that the Wansui Fox King was willing to say so much to him instead of just driving him away, so he must have his own calculations.

Therefore, Li Yang chose to ask him directly, hoping to get some ideas on self-help from him.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Yang's question, Wansui gave a direct answer.

"If you want to solve the problem of karma, there are two ways, one is to treat the symptoms, and the other is to treat the root cause."

"The only way to cure the symptoms is to immediately stop accepting the legacy of the Golden Crow, and then work hard to accumulate merits and use the power of merits to wash away the karma on your body."

"You haven't inherited too much of the legacy yet, and your karma has just begun to shift, so it's not deep. If you work hard to accumulate merit for a few hundred years, you will be able to solve this problem."

"The advantage of this method is that it is robust and not dangerous, but it takes a long time and may slow down your progress in cultivation."

After hearing this temporary solution, Li Yang immediately ruled it out.

After all, Li Yang has now achieved half of the "innate Taoist body".

If one wants to complete the incomplete "innate Tao body" and become a true innate creature, one needs to refine a huge amount of "innate qi" and purify oneself.

In today's era, the innate energy between heaven and earth is dissipating, and the acquired energy is filling up. Every wisp of innate energy is extremely precious.

If Li Yang stopped refining the remains of the Golden Crow, his cultivation would probably stagnate.

Not to mention that according to what the Wansui Fox King said, Li Yang still needs to spend a long time accumulating merit to eliminate the karma on his body.

It takes such a long time that even if Li Yang is willing to wait, the Wansui Fox King doesn’t have time to wait.

After all, he doesn't have much time to live.

Li Yang believed that if he really chose this "temporary solution", the Fox King would probably give up on him immediately.

Therefore, Li Yang did not speak, but waited for the Wansui Fox King to tell him the "fundamental solution".

Sure enough, Li Yang keenly discovered that when he saw that he did not choose the "symptomatic treatment method", a hint of satisfaction flashed in the eyes of the Wansui Fox King.

This look was fleeting. If Li Yang's "Great Sun Golden Pupil" had not been fully developed and his eyesight was not very strong, he would not have been able to detect it.

"The fundamental solution is to walk into the red lotus fire."

"Compared to the temporary solution, it not only takes so much time, but once you get through it, it will be of great benefit to your cultivation."

"However, if you use this method, it is extremely dangerous and you are almost certain to die."

"If you fail to grasp that glimmer of hope, you will be burned to ashes by the flames of karma and disappear from this world, without even the chance to reincarnate."

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