The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 473: The Ghost King, the Twin Enemies

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

"Couple greetings!"

"Send to the bridal chamber!"

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During the ceremony, Zhang Jiuyang seemed calm, but his mind was extremely tense. He did not dare to relax at all, for fear that something serious would happen in the next moment.

But the ceremony was completed smoothly without any disturbance. Only under the red veil, Yue Ling frowned frequently and her face seemed to become even paler.

According to Jizhou customs, the bride goes to the room to wait after the ceremony, while the groom has to continue to socialize with the guests. Only after drinking glass after glass of fine wine can he enjoy his wedding night.

Zhang Jiuyang had profound magical powers and strong blood, so he could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. He soon made the men in the army drunk, and they felt inferior to him.

As for the people from the Imperial Observatory, they knew clearly that with Zhang Jiuyang's level of cultivation, no earthly wine would be of any help unless it was the legendary spiritual wine brewed by immortals. Therefore, they just gave him a token of their appreciation and said a lot of nice things.

After three rounds of drinks, Zhang Jiuyang was finally able to go to the bridal chamber.

Reeking of alcohol, he left the noisy crowd and walked towards the bridal chamber alone. But not long after he walked, his eyes became clear and a hint of murderous intent flashed across them.

He turned around calmly and fled in another direction.

Thirty-six Jade Ding techniques, eight hidden techniques!
Under the bright moon, his body seemed to be surrounded by a layer of bright moonlight. His footsteps were light and invisible, and they landed silently. He could even pass through walls and tread on water, as gracefully as a god.

Zhang Jiuyang had a very clear direction. Soon, he arrived at a remote and quiet place. When he looked up, he was stunned.

It turned out to be Yue Xiaomei’s residence.

The place is still very clean. Even though Yue Xiaomei has been dead for more than ten years, everything remains the same.

Seeing the plants and trees in the courtyard, Zhang Jiuyang could still recall the pleasant experience the three of them had in the fantasy world when Yue Ling broke through the sixth realm.

Although Yue Xiaomei is sickly, she is lively and lovely, completely opposite to Yue Ling. However, the two sisters share the same tenacity.

In the yard stood a noble lady in a gray cloak, holding a beautiful kitten, standing quietly under a pine tree.

The scene was beautiful, but the little white cat seemed to be trembling slightly, with its tail standing up and its hair standing on end.

There was a crude painting on the wall next to the pine tree. It seemed to be of a flying dancer with a halo above her head. The quality was not very good, as if it was just a child's scribble.

But the lady looked at it very seriously.

"Groom, a night of love is worth a thousand gold. On this wedding night, why are you looking for me instead of your own wife?"

"Could it be that you want to... steal the jade and the fragrance?"

The lady spoke, her voice tinged with teasing.

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes flashed, and he said, "Zhuge Yu, we finally meet."

The noble lady smiled and said, "Groom, you are joking. Who is Zhuge Yu? Is she the daughter of the Zhuge family?"

Zhang Jiuyang snorted coldly and said, "No need to pretend anymore. I didn't expect you to come to the banquet as a woman. I asked someone to check your identity. You are the wife of General Chu Yongze, a lady from a noble family, and you come from a family of poets and scholars."

"But when the green snake suddenly appeared, even General Chu, who had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, changed his expression slightly. On the contrary, you, a noble lady who never leaves the house, remained calm and composed."

The noble lady smiled faintly and said, "Just based on this?"

"And the cat in your arms, with a short tail and long fur, and azure eyes, is a Brahma tiger from the Western Regions, also known as a Buddhist slave. It has a gentle temperament and likes to hear the sound of bells and chanting. However, in your arms, it is always trembling and fearful."

Zhang Jiuyang said calmly: "This must be because the cat sensed the strangeness and abnormality of its owner, so it became frightened."

Even though Zhuge Yu completely took over the noble lady's body with the art of possession, some details and habits could not be hidden from the house cat who lived with her day and night.

Animals are far more sensitive in this regard than humans.

The lady sighed softly, stroked the kitten's neck with her palm, and said, "It turned out that you were the one who exposed me. How abominable."

The voice suddenly became a man's voice.

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes narrowed, and the next moment, the noble lady pinched down with her palm, as if she was going to strangle the kitten's spine alive.

But her hands suddenly stopped, as if her body was under some kind of control and she became unable to move. Then she actually grabbed her own throat with her backhand.

With a crisp sound, she actually broke her own throat.

Pfft!
The body of the noble lady fell, and a figure jumped out from her shadow, holding two pink swords, her two pigtails swinging, and a murderous look on her face.

"Brother Jiu, it's done!"

Ah Li waved her two swords, made a sound of "Pooh", and said, "Don't act like that in front of Brother Jiu, or Ah Li will chop you to death~"

The real number one fighter, the red flower double sticks!

Zhang Jiuyang revealed a smile, this was the reason why he was able to lock onto Zhuge Yu's position. In fact, he had already noticed the noble lady at the banquet, but he was not sure, so he asked Ah Li to release the snake to test.

After confirming that there was something wrong with the noble lady, he had Ah Li sneak into her shadow, waiting for an opportunity to strike, and also to lead the way for him.

"Meow!"

The little white cat immediately ran away, making pitiful cries.

Ah Li subconsciously wanted to touch it, but heard Zhang Jiuyang's voice.

"Kill the cat!"

Clang!
Without any hesitation, the moment Zhang Jiuyang finished speaking, Ah Li's knife flashed and chopped directly at the white cat's neck.

This knife was as fast as lightning, so fierce and sharp that not only a cat but even a tiger would not be able to escape the fate of being beheaded by this knife.

However, the white cat leaped nimbly, stepped on the back of Ah Li's knife, and jumped onto the wall. A hint of humanity appeared in its azure eyes. It looked at Ah Li and spoke human words, the voice of Zhuge Yu again.

"What a vicious little ghost girl, you actually managed to get into my shadow. It seems that it was you who spied on me in Yue Mansion last time."

When Ah Li's two swords touched each other, sparks flew, a sharp sound was heard, and murderous aura rose to the sky.

"Don't even think about running away this time!"

Her little flowered jacket began to be stained red by blood, and her hair automatically grew longer, even reaching her knees, fluttering in the night wind like a poisonous snake.

The evil spirit and murderous aura were rising rapidly, causing the surrounding grass and trees to wither.

The evil spirit is so terrifying!
Zhuge Yu looked at Zhang Jiuyang again and suddenly smiled: "Zhang Jiuyang, you are indeed a good opponent. No wonder Yue Ling respects you so much."

"only……"

It walked a few steps on the wall with an elegant and light posture, and just stopped on the picture of a flying dancer on the wall.

"You were able to find me tonight not because you are so powerful, but because... I deliberately revealed a flaw so that you could find me."

Zhang Jiuyang frowned slightly.

"Do you know who painted this picture?"

Zhuge Yu suddenly changed the subject and asked an unrelated question.

Ali raised his knife and was eager to try, but was stopped by Zhang Jiuyang with a wave of his hand. He thought of Yue Xiaomei and had a premonition that Zhuge Yu was about to reveal some unknown secrets.

"This painting was created by Yue Xiaomei. Although she is Yue Ling's sister, her innate vitality was completely taken away by Yue Ling, causing her to be weak and sick. Even if Tianzun hadn't come that night, she would not have lived past the age of sixteen."

Zhang Jiuyang said in a deep voice: "What is your intention in saying this?"

"Haha, everyone says that you are extremely smart and have solved many strange cases. So why don't you guess what's so special about this painting?"

Zhang Jiuyang looked at the mural of the flying dancer. The painting technique was still immature, but it was obvious that the painter seemed extremely excited.

"Feitian..."

A strange look flashed in Zhang Jiuyang's eyes, and he said, "This shouldn't be flying, but falling."

Although there are auspicious clouds in the painting, the clouds are coming down from above, and the dancer's robe is also floating upwards. They should be falling from the sky, not flying up.

It's just that the artist's skills are too crude, and the painting is just a child's doodle, so no one will study it carefully.

Yue Xiaomei's vitality was greatly damaged, and her mood could not fluctuate too much, so Yue Ling often brought her some Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures to help her regulate her mood.

Yue Xiaomei was more interested in Buddhist scriptures, so no one would be surprised that she painted a picture with Buddhist elements on a whim.

Even Yue Ling only looked at it occasionally when she missed her sister and didn't think much about it.

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Yu exclaimed in admiration: "You are indeed quick-witted and observant. Yes, the one in this painting is not a Buddhist goddess, but a fallen demon. She was once a demon king, but after being subdued and influenced by the Buddha, she became a guardian goddess and achieved success."

"But after the Buddha passed away, he left the Western Paradise and fell into the Avici Hell, becoming a ghost king called... Mian Ran."

"During the Great Zhou Dynasty, nine ghost kings attacked the human world. Among them, the Ghost King with Burning Face was the most respected. However, they all perished together with the reincarnation of the Ming King in the end."

After Zhuge Yu finished telling this secret, he suddenly sighed deeply, his expression full of emotion.

“Zhang Jiuyang, don’t you think it’s ridiculous? The old enemies who died together in the past are actually entangled together, reincarnated together, and became sisters from the same mother. They are very close to each other…”

Boom!

Zhang Jiuyang was struck by lightning, with shock in his eyes.

Is Yue Xiaomei... the reincarnation of the Ghost King with a Burning Face?
Among the nine ghost kings, Mianran is the most respected and powerful. The Ming King of that year should have recovered a lot of divine power. She defeated the other eight ghost kings, but was eventually stabbed in the heart by Mianran and died of exhaustion.

And she also took off the head of the Ghost King with Burning Face.

If what Zhuge Yu said was true, then it would be too ironic. The old enemies who fought to the last moment and died together turned out to be reincarnated as sisters.

Zhang Jiuyang couldn't calm down for a long time, his eyes were dazed.

Zhuge Yu shook his head and said, "Your concentration is still not enough. The moment you lost your concentration just now, I could have killed you."

After a pause, he sighed, as if he was a little bored, and looked up at the sky.

"Zhang Jiuyang, it's almost time. If we calculate the time, the girl who wants to get married should have succeeded."

"From the beginning to the end, you were all part of my plan. Your performance was mediocre, which was really disappointing. It seems that Yue Ling... misjudged you after all."

The girl who wanted to get married was responsible for dealing with Yue Ling, while he was responsible for holding back Zhang Jiuyang.

He had thought that Zhang Jiuyang was a formidable opponent and he was looking forward to fighting with him, but now it seemed that he was just an empty name and did not give him any surprises.

"Wait a minute."

Zhang Jiuyang suddenly called him and said word by word: "Do you like surprises?"

Zhuge Yu frowned slightly, looking at Zhang Jiuyang under the moonlight, and for some reason he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Zhang Jiuyang also looked up at the sky, and then smiled and said, "You are delaying me, and I am also delaying you. Zhuge Yu, I wonder if this... is a surprise?"

boom!
Zhang Jiuyang suddenly attacked, not with any Taoist magical power, but a domineering spear that was completely black and had dragons and tigers carved on it appeared in his palm. Golden flames gushed out of the tip of the spear, and brilliant lightning flashed on the spear body.

The roars of dragons and tigers were like thunder.

The first move of the Dragon-Tiger Overlord Spear, one man is worth a thousand!
The spear light illuminated Zhuge Yu's astonished eyes. For the first time, he showed strong emotional fluctuations, as if he could hardly believe it.

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(End of this chapter)