Strange Stories

Chapter 593 Visions of Heaven and Earth
In the imperial palace in the capital, the young emperor woke up feeling a little dazed.

The careful eunuch soon discovered this.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"I had a dream last night..."

"What dream?"

"I dreamed of Emperor Taizu..."

The emperor looked dazed, unable to distinguish between dreams and reality.

"It's a good thing that your majesty dreamed of Emperor Taizu!" The eunuch said immediately, "Now your majesty has not only ascended the throne at a young age, but also eliminated the stubborn problem of relatives by marriage and quelled the border wars. It is rumored that Emperor Taizu followed Master Lin to the immortal mountain to live in seclusion and longevity. It is said that he often appeared in the dreams of Emperor Gaozong for more than ten years, asking Emperor Gaozong to prepare some clothes and old things. Later, it was rarely heard that he appeared in the dreams of future generations. Now that he has come in a dream, it must be an affirmation of your majesty's achievements!"

"I am sure..."

The emperor couldn't help but shook his head as he spoke.

The eunuch was immediately terrified when he saw this. After a moment, he asked carefully:
"What's wrong……"

The young emperor sighed sadly:
"Emperor Taizu told me that although the human world is below the Nine Heavens, the Nine Heavens originally came from the human world. Although the gods are virtuous, they were actually created by the incense and offerings of the human world. Both sides were originally equal...

“Originally, although the life span of the emperors on earth was shorter than that of the celestial beings in heaven, their status and position were not much different during their reign.

"The Emperor of Heaven can control the wind and rain in the world, and the Emperor of Man can also control the harvest in the world. In addition, disasters and blessings are managed by the gods half and the humans half, and they work together. The Emperor of Heaven can influence the world, and the Emperor of Man can also enfeoff and demote gods. Even at the end of the previous dynasty, the Emperor of Man was not necessarily weaker than the Emperor of Heaven.

“But now, the Purple Emperor is overbearing, the Purple Sky Palace is powerful, the human court always follows the will of the gods, and the emperor has become a puppet of the Purple Emperor in the sky and the Nine Heavens Gods.”

When the eunuch heard this, he was immediately shocked and lowered his head, not daring to speak.

"Is that right?"

The emperor asked him sadly.

"I don't know..."

"You and I have grown up together and know each other very well. What is there that we dare not say?"

"This..." The eunuch pondered for a moment, "Since Emperor Taizu said so, there must be a countermeasure."

"You are quite clever..."

The young emperor couldn't help but smile.

In the dream, Emperor Taizu told him that he should take great actions while his prestige is still strong and should not waste his prestige in vain.

Now that he has cleared out the foreign relatives and quelled the rebellion on the border, he has the prestige to issue an edict to honor a more gentle or more upright emperor, namely the Jade Mirror Emperor of the South and the Demon-Subduing Emperor of Heaven.

In order to check and balance the Purple Emperor.

"I'm wondering, is this really a dream given to me by Emperor Taizu, or is it just something I imagined?" The emperor looked at the eunuch, "What do you think?"

"I don't know. It's not important to me. What matters most is what Your Majesty thinks."

"You are really clever."

The emperor said to him, put on his clothes, and looked up at the sky again:
"In my dream, Emperor Taizu once said that when I wake up, there will be strange phenomena in heaven and earth. The three-foot-thick ice is not formed in a day. The power between the human world and the Nine Heavens has been out of balance for a long time. The power of the Heavenly Emperor has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With my power, it will certainly be difficult to resist the power of the Nine Heavens and the Purple Emperor. Only when there are strange phenomena in heaven and earth, it means that there are other gods who are competing with the Purple Emperor. If I take this opportunity to issue an order, I can regain the authority of the emperor on earth from the Purple Emperor in heaven."

Upon hearing this, the eunuch couldn't help but look outside.

……

In the extremely cold Northeast, heavy snow fell, blurring the vision, but a human figure flickered on the roof.

Xianzhu was dressed in gray and white cloth, which looked very thin in the local area. She was holding a long sword. Her figure sometimes turned into a breeze and disappeared, and sometimes appeared on the tile roof of another house in front.

There is a monster below running away desperately.

As the master said,

The Purple Emperor was extremely domineering, and the monsters from all sides were forced by him and were unwilling to sit and wait for death.

Some monsters have united and are plotting countermeasures and forming a defense while he is attacking in the south, while some monsters are taking this opportunity to go out and cause trouble, storing up strength through blood and food, improving their Taoism and confidence in preserving their lives.

The vicious tiger below is one of them.

"A mere rabbit! How dare you chase after a tiger!"

"Mountain King? Only a virtuous person can be called a mountain king, and a person without virtue is just a vicious tiger." The woman holding a sword on the roof said calmly, "If you are not afraid of me, why are you running away?"

"Roar……"

The evil tiger simply transformed into its original form and ran wildly in the street, leaving a trail of huge footprints. At the same time, it turned its head and stared at the figure on the roof with a pair of glowing red eyes:
"Where are you from?"

In just one sentence, it spanned most of the street.

Xianzhu's figure also disappeared from the roof. Taking advantage of the howling north wind, when he reappeared, he was already half a street away, still holding the long sword, standing on the roof:
"What do you care where I come from?"

"You are a demon! Why are you making things difficult for me?"

"Good and evil are relative."

"Good and evil? Today, the Emperor of Heaven has ordered us to exterminate all demons and monsters in the world. Does he see any good or evil? I once practiced quietly in the mountains. If the gods' war drums had not struck my head one day, why would I risk my life so much?"

The evil tiger below simply stopped, staring at the rabbit demon woman on the roof with bloodshot eyes:

"You think you are doing good deeds? Fighting demons and monsters? Punishing evil and promoting good? This is in the city. When the gods and spirits of this place find you, will they think you are kind-hearted because you fight demons and monsters, and let you go?"

"Want to disturb my mind?"

The sword-holding woman on the roof smiled slightly:
"Anyway, I won't let you go."

With a roar, the tiger pounced forward, its sharp claws easily crushing the white wall and wooden pillars, causing stone powder and wood chips to fly everywhere, and it reached the roof in just a moment.

The tiles were shattering.

A snort!
The sharp sword was unsheathed, and with a flash of silver light, the flying tiles and even the falling snowflakes in front of him were cut in half.

The claws and sword collided.

The claws broke neatly, and the man holding the sword was knocked away and disappeared in the air.

"Bah! A rabbit is a rabbit! How dare you fight a tiger head-on?" The evil tiger swung its paw, and claws grew out.

"Humph……"

The woman appeared again on another building, standing on the corner of the eaves. She smiled slightly, looked at the tiger that flew towards her from more than ten feet away, and pointed her sword.

"The mountain is falling on us!"

With a loud bang, the tiger fell directly to the ground in mid-air!
In the silence of the heavy snow, the road stones and bricks were crushed. The noise spread far and wide. Many people were awakened, but they did not dare to go out to check.

Xianzhu exhaled again, and the sky was filled with spiritual fire that dispelled the severe cold.

“Hahaha! I can’t beat you, but you’re done for too!” When the evil tiger was on the verge of death, he saw a bright light in the sky. “This is a big city. The True Lord Temple is in front of us. You dare to fight me here? Haha, the True Lord Yinyao has come in person. You will be buried with me!”

But the rabbit monster's expression didn't change at all.

She was seen standing on the eaves of a building in the city, looking up, her expression so calm as if this was what she wanted.

"Ok?"

The last thought in the evil tiger's mind was shock.

"What demons are fighting here?"

The True Lord’s voice came from the clouds above.

Xianzhu still looked calm.

She knew in her heart that her master was in the south, fighting with the Purple Emperor. If the battle was fierce, the Purple Emperor would have to dispatch troops from other emperors. Over time, the True Lords here might also appear in the south. If one of them was tied up here, her master and uncles would have one less person.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows and can often escape from the mouths of lions, tigers, wolves and leopards.

She is now practicing the Five Elements Spiritual Method, specializing in the Five Elements Magic, and has the methods of breaking and resuming, dispersing and reuniting, and escaping from the shell. How can she not save her life from the hands of a True Lord? Moreover, this is also her way to become a True Lord.

……

At this moment, gods are fighting in the sky.

"Ridiculous! Eliminating demons without distinguishing between good and evil, merit and demerit is already an overreaction. Now, in order to eliminate demons, you are actually attacking a real person who has done great merit in the world. How is this different from being possessed by a demon?"

"How dare you rebuke me!?"

The Emperor of Heaven in the palace was also furious: "Do you really think you are the Emperor of Heaven?"

"The gods value virtue and morality. As the emperor of heaven, you do not set an example and act ridiculously. Even children on earth can spit on you. Why can't I rebuke you?"

"What qualifications do you have? I was born in the north and have conquered countless demons in my life. There have been many demons in the north since ancient times. Before I came to power, the big demons kept people captive and formed kingdoms. How can it be peaceful now? Even if we look at the entire human world, the demon chaos in this dynasty is no less than that in the previous dynasty. If we talk about my achievements, they are thousands of times better than yours. What qualifications do you have to scold me?"

"You exterminated demons and monsters, which is your merit, so you are the Emperor of Heaven! But after you took over the Nine Heavens, you were overbearing and oppressed the human world. You acted recklessly and killed monsters at random. It was all because of your own selfish thoughts, which is also your fault! Merits are merits and faults are faults! How can we mix them up?"

The two emperors were fighting here, and the gods around them heard it, but no one dared to stop them.

This is because one of them is the current emperor, with a high status and a domineering temperament, so naturally he cannot be offended casually.

The other is the Emperor of Heaven and Demon Subduing of this dynasty. Although his official position is not as high as that of the Emperor of Heaven, he is also very popular among the officials and people of this dynasty. He is very popular and has a high status in this dynasty. He is upright and stern, and even dares to rebuke the Emperor of Heaven. He makes people respect and fear him, and they dare not provoke him casually.

Moreover, at this moment, many gods have their own ideas about right and wrong, so they will not refute the Emperor who monitors the heavens and subdues demons.

……

Suddenly, there were great changes in the universe and strange phenomena occurred in heaven and earth.

……

At Fengshan Hongye Temple, Ziyun and his newly accepted disciples were watering the immortal trees in the backyard.

She inherited her master's diligence, and even after accepting a disciple, she was reluctant to let him work. She was reluctant to hand over the job she loved so much to her disciple, so she let the disciple stand by and watch and learn, while she used the method of controlling objects to fetch water over and over again, carefully watering the roots of the tree.

It is the time when the fairy fruit is ripe.

Ziyun felt very happy.

However, unexpectedly, a breeze blew, and the fairy trees in front of him withered and died one after another, the leaves fell one by one, and the fairy fruits fell to the ground. In a blink of an eye, all the grass and trees on the mountain had lost their life.

"Master!"

The disciple couldn't help but exclaim.

Ziyun also retreated step by step, for some unknown reason.

But in an instant, these fairy trees sprouted again and grew new leaves.

The grass and trees on the mountain immediately came back to life.

It was as if nothing had happened just now.

……

On the streets of the capital, some people painted on white walls in order to earn rewards.

The sun is shining brightly today, and the painter is in a good mood. His thoughts are clear, so his performance is extraordinary. The painting of beautiful mountains and waters is so lifelike that even the white cranes flying above the white clouds seem lively.

While the onlookers were cheering and the painter was feeling smug, someone suddenly noticed that the white clouds in the painting actually fluttered and the white crane flapped its wings.

When that person exclaimed, everyone thought he was just trying to make a scene.

As a result, within a few breaths, the white clouds in the painting began to float naturally, and the white crane really began to fly from left to right.

People were all surprised.

The wall seemed to have turned into a window, and the content of the painting seemed to have turned into a nearby mountain.

At first people thought it was a magic trick, but even the painter was amazed.

Someone was brave enough to step forward and actually entered the painting.

However, the painting was not deep enough and I couldn’t walk very far. When I reached the edge of the cliff, I couldn’t go any further, so I had to go back and walk out of the painting on the wall again.

……

In Yangzhou, Jiangnan, an old man died and came back to life.

……

On the northern official road, several warriors were galloping on their horses. Unconsciously, the scenery along the road changed, and suddenly a big city appeared in front of them. When they came to their senses, they found that they had arrived outside the gate of the capital.

……

In the imperial palace in the capital, the emperor and the eunuch raised their heads at the same time.

The sky outside the window is full of clouds, gradually turning into dreamy colors.

……

In the extremely cold land of Northeast China, a delicate woman faced the True Lord. After she drew her sword and pointed it, the brass Gu Gou in the True Lord's hand turned into a golden dragon, which twisted its body to break free from his hand and turned away.

The True Lord was furious.

The woman was about to leave.

But suddenly, they all paused and looked towards the distant sky.

The glow of the sky appeared in the sky.

"A new great achievement?"

Zhenjun couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and even briefly forgot about the monster below.

"Master..."

Xianzhu murmured the same thing.

……

In Yangzhou, south of the Yangtze River, there was also a person who had just achieved enlightenment. The morning glow and evening glow, and the colorful auspicious clouds, were immediately overshadowed by this strange phenomenon of heaven and earth.

……

Although there were not many such incidents in the human world, they occurred in various places. Although they were not the same, they were mostly related to the cycle of life and death or the universe. It was both chaotic and surprising.

Above the Nine Heavens, even the gods were in turmoil.

"How is this going?"

"Who has become a powerful person again?"

"Is it a human or a demon?"

"Is it caused by some immortal who has been practicing in seclusion in the mountains, or is it caused by the incense of gods and spirits?"

"What kind of great magical power is this?"

The Emperor of Heaven, who was arguing with the so-called "Emperor of Heaven and Demon Subduing", also sat up straight, frowned, lowered his head slightly, and his gaze passed through the clouds and looked down at Huizhou in the lower world.

"Humph! Send Emperor Jiantian back!"

The Purple Emperor waved his hand. He put people first, eliminated demons and monsters, and respected gods, oppressing the human world. He was not difficult for this same god emperor.

Then, without hesitation, he called his servant:
"Pass my message, please ask Fu Chi to come over and help me suppress this powerful man in the world!"

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