The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 488: Tianzun's Plan, the Dragon-Breaking Stone in the Immortal Palace

Her skin was as graceful as ice and snow, and every inch of it was flowing with flawless fairy light. Her inky black hair floated gently in the water, elegant and light.

A slender waist like a Chu palace maid.

Her legs are white and slender, especially her slender feet, which are like white jade under the water and corals in the Dragon Palace, shining with a bright luster, and are slender and beautiful.

When those glassy blue eyes like crystal slowly opened, the entire bottom of Longtang River seemed to become dreamy.

At this moment, even though she was naked, she was still ethereal and beautiful, with a sense of coldness as if she was detached from the world. Combined with her beautiful face, she was like the legendary goddess of Luo River, making people forget the worldly when they see her.

If Yue Ling is a magnolia growing between steep cliffs, heroic and proudly standing tall, then Ao Li is a water lotus growing in a secluded pool in an empty valley, pure and elegant, ethereal and beautiful.

Zhang Jiuyang did not even have the slightest thought of desecrating it, he was just admiring this rare beauty in the world.

“It doesn’t look good.”

Ao Li felt his gaze, and at the same time, she was not used to being naked, so she raised her jade hand slightly, condensed the strands of bright light, and transformed them into a snow-white dress.

The slender waist is tied with a green ribbon, making the already slender figure even more graceful.

There are no gorgeous pendants; it is simple and elegant, yet breathtakingly beautiful, surpassing any heavy makeup.

Only the pair of white feet were still bare. Even though they were stepping on the mud, they were still as clean as glass and as crystal clear as jade.

He has black hair, snow-white clothes, and is barefoot. In his hand, he holds a sword as slender as crystal.

Whenever he saw her, Zhang Jiuyang would deeply understand Li Bai's poem: The lotus emerges from clear water, naturally without any embellishment.

"Sir, does this look good?"

She asked softly, her voice was ethereal and clear, like the most beautiful musical instrument in the world.

"Ahem, you look good. You look good no matter what—"

Zhang Jiuyang suddenly realized something was wrong and asked in surprise: "Wait, what did you just call me?"

"Sir."

The Dragon Girl acted as if it was a matter of course and said, "Didn't you just say that you and I are no longer friends, but Taoist partners and husband and wife..."

After a pause, she stared at Zhang Jiuyang with her glassy eyes and asked, "Are you lying to me?"

Looking at the anxious yet hopeful eyes, Zhang Jiuyang wanted to play a joke on her, but he couldn't bear it.

Because he knew that Ao Li was pure-hearted and would easily take jokes seriously.

"Of course I'm not lying to you. I'm telling the truth."

Ao Li seemed to be relieved when she heard this. She took a step forward and said calmly, "Then let's consider it as a formality. From now on, I will call you Master and you will call me Madam. Is that okay?"

Zhang Jiuyang paused. Wait, is the ceremony already completed?

He coughed and asked, "Ao Li..."

When he saw the dragon girl lower her eyes and her expression dimmed, he quickly changed the subject and said, "My lady, do you know what it means to be a Taoist couple and husband and wife?"

Ao Li said seriously: "I know, it means that I will follow you, listen to you, help you kill people, and do whatever you ask me to do."

After a pause, she seemed to have thought of something, and added guiltily: "But if you ask me to cook, I'm afraid I won't be able to cook well."

Zhang Jiuyang was immediately moved when he heard this.

Although Yue Ling married him, she had a strong personality and was very opinionated. Although Zhang Jiuyang admired her very much, deep down he also longed for a wife who would obey his orders and be well-behaved.

Ao Li fits this description perfectly.

"Ahem, my current situation is very dangerous, and I don't even have a piece of land of my own. Do you not mind all this?"

Ao Li looked at him strangely and said, "Don't Taoist couples and husband and wife face danger together? As for you not having your own territory, I will help you grab one."

"Will your father... agree?"

Zhang Jiuyang thought of the remnant soul of the old Dragon King. Although Ao Li no longer had the other party's aura, who knew where the old Dragon King was and what he was thinking.

Hearing this question, Ao Li's eyes dimmed and he said, "My father... is dead."

Zhang Jiuyang frowned and asked, "What's going on? Can you tell me?"

How did Ao Li get into the Immortal Palace? What was the old Dragon King planning? These were questions that Zhang Jiuyang couldn't figure out.

Ao Li hid nothing and told everyone everything that had happened to him.

"My father was deceived by Tianzun."

"The man in black robe who killed my parents and brother and caused Ao Ya to suffer intellectual impairment was Tianzun!"

Zhang Jiuyang was shocked. This incident did not surprise him. What really surprised him was the first sentence.

How did Tianzun deceive the old Dragon King? Why did he deceive the old Dragon King?
He had previously guessed that it was Tianzun who killed the old Dragon King, but he guessed that the reason Tianzun killed the Dragon King was for the Dragon Ball. But now it seems that it is not that simple.

"The original intention of Tianzun was not to kill Daddy, but to enter Penglai Palace."

Ao Li spoke slowly, revealing a shocking secret buried in the dragon bloodline.

"In the past, Immortal Master Guiguzi built the Immortal Palace in Penglai. In order to prevent others from entering, he used the Dragon-Breaking Stone to guard the door. Legend has it that once this door is lowered, it can never be opened. Only a true dragon of the fifth realm or above can awaken the bloodline inheritance and open the Dragon-Breaking Stone." Hearing this, Zhang Jiuyang's mind suddenly flashed back to the scene he had seen in the Immortal Palace.

Countless dragon corpses were placed in the bronze immortal cauldron, and almost all the dragons in the entire Shenzhou land were wiped out.

A terrible thought came to his mind.

Could it be that the reason why Master Guiguzi killed so many dragons was to prevent the door to the Immortal Palace from being opened by future generations?

After all, once the Dragon-Severing Stone is put down, only the bloodline of the true dragon can be opened. Then, if all the true dragons in the world are slaughtered, wouldn't that prevent future troubles forever?

This guess was extremely bold, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

After all, in his understanding, Master Guiguzi was a ruthless man, and he could kill the goddess of three lives, with whom he had been husband and wife for countless years, without any hesitation.

The Great Xia Dynasty could be overthrown at will.

As for the ghosts and gods that died in the Immortal Palace, most of them were killed by the Immortal Master Guiguzi. He was so decisive in killing that it was not surprising even if he wanted to destroy the entire dragon clan to guard the gate.

Of course, when he swallowed the soul of the imperial concubine with his ghost-eating power at Imperial Concubine Ridge, he saw in her memory what the last emperor of the previous dynasty said to her.

The other party claimed that the Immortal Master Guiguzi destroyed the dragon clan in order to extract dragon energy from the world and inject it into the imperial seal in order to build an eternal and immortal dynasty.

But unfortunately the plan failed. The punishment from heaven attracted nine ghost kings to come to the human world to fight, causing the Great Zhou to suffer a heavy blow. Even the founding emperor of the Great Zhou was killed in the battle.

In Zhang Jiuyang's view, these two plans are not contradictory.

Destroying the dragon clan so that no one in the future can open the fairy palace, and extracting dragon energy from all over the world and infusing it into the imperial seal can both be done at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

The only thing he couldn't understand was why the Immortal Master Guiguzi built a fairy palace and why he didn't want future generations to enter it.

Now it seems that Tianzun knows the secrets of the Immortal Palace.

"Tianzun brutally killed his brother and threatened his father with his mother's life, asking him to open the Dragon-Breaking Stone in the Immortal Palace. But Tianzun didn't know that although True Dragons of the Fifth Realm and above can open the Dragon-Breaking Stone, they can only use it once."

"And my father...had already used it decades ago."

Zhang Jiuyang suddenly had an idea and said, "Ghost Mother!"

Er Pei in Jiange once said that the Ghost Mother suddenly ran out from the Fairy Island about a hundred years ago, which just happens to match.

This means that more than a hundred years ago, the old Dragon King once visited the Fairy Palace and cast a spell to open the Dragon-Breaking Stone.

It was at that time that the Ghost Mother took the opportunity to run out. She was an evil spirit born from the corpse of the Ghost Mother Buddha, just like a girl who hated to get married.

"Back then, my father was attracted by the resentment of countless dragons and came to the Fairy Palace. He cast a spell to open the Dragon-Severing Stone, but was frightened by the scene inside. He did not go in, but chose to leave."

Zhang Jiuyang nodded, leaving was the right choice.

Because a real dragon can only open the gate once. Once you enter and the gate is closed, it will be difficult to get out again.

"By the way, ma'am, how did you get out?"

"It was because of the bronze immortal cauldron. That day, I seemed to suddenly hear the sound of a Taoist bell, and then the cauldron of Master Guigu began to become restless, frequently hitting the door, as if it wanted to get out."

“But even though the cauldron was very powerful, and there were countless dragon souls helping it, it only managed to crack the palace door open a little. Fortunately, I can become smaller, so I can escape through a tiny gap.”

Zhang Jiuyang's heart moved, and the Dao bell rang. Wasn't that the day when he engraved the "Tao Te Ching" on the golden elixir?
Does this mean that if he can fully comprehend the Tao Te Ching and break through the six realms, he will be able to control the bronze immortal tripod and then break open the palace gate?

"When Tianzun found out that my father could no longer open the Dragon-Breaking Stone, he killed him and set his sights on me."

"He deliberately didn't go after Ao Ya and me, leaving us a way to live. At the same time, he lured me into Huangquan to help me continuously improve my strength. However, he knew that I had long suspected that he was an enemy, and given my personality, I would never help him open the palace gate."

"So he left his father's remaining soul in the Yangzhou Dragon Vein so that it would not dissipate, waiting to lead me to meet it one day."

"He had already used a secret method to carve a determination into his father's remaining soul, which was to save his mother who was trapped in the Fairy Palace at all costs."

At this point, Zhang Jiuyang had completely understood.

Tianzun set up a long plan, and the ultimate goal was to guide Ao Li onto the path of opening the Dragon-Breaking Stone.

"After entering the Fairy Palace, my father suddenly realized that he had fallen into a trap. Before his soul dissipated, he told me everything."

Ao Li's voice was a little low and his eyes were dim.

But Zhang Jiuyang found something wrong.

"My lady, when you entered the Immortal Palace, did the Heavenly Lord appear?"

Ao Li shook his head and said, "He never showed up from beginning to end."

Zhang Jiuyang frowned.

Something is wrong, something is so wrong!
Tianzun spent so much time and effort to set up the plan, and finally succeeded. He opened the Immortal Palace with the help of Ao Li, but why didn't he show up?

Moreover, Ao Li could enter but not leave, and could not even attend the Yellow Spring Banquet in the Immortal Palace, so he could only give the Yellow Spring Order to Yousheng.

But Tianzun would appear at every gathering.

Did Tianzun give up this plan on his own initiative, or is there some unknown secret involved?

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(End of this chapter)