Fire Monster

Chapter 307 Ghost
Zhao Guanshan pondered for a long time before saying, "How do I know that you are not Duo? What if you are a higher level creature than Duo? How are you going to prove it? Don't rush to refute me. It's you who asked for cooperation. You have to show me your sincerity."

"Hey, I just talked to you for so long, isn't this considered sincerity? Who would give you such a reason and facts?"

"However, since you want sincerity, how about we make a deal? I will help you break the Ring of Destiny, and you will be my spokesperson for a thousand years, which is what you humans call a national teacher. I really need someone to communicate with, and I don't want to play dumb with idiots."

"You actually know about the Ring of Destiny?"

Zhao Guanshan was stunned.

"What a joke! How could I not know? For example, aren't you a ghost that popped out from the afterimage of a certain fate ring?"

Zhao Guanshan was silent. This sentence contained too much information. He didn't know whether this thing could see through his thoughts or it really knew everything.

After a long while, he asked again: "Since you don't think you are the destiny, why do you acknowledge the ring of destiny?"

"Because these are two different things. We have never admitted that we are destiny. You humans just took it for granted. But the Ring of Destiny is another concept. Being inside the ring and outside the ring are not the same. It is a path that life must take after it advances to a certain level. But this matter is hard to explain, so you don't have to care about it."

"Even if you don't understand the Ring of Destiny, you can still get out of it when you're ready. If you know too much and aren't ready, there's nothing you can do."

"So there will be many Rings of Destiny?"

"No, there is only one. However, the Ring of Destiny will occasionally vibrate, forming many afterimages that look the same but are actually different. They are intertwined with each other, and it is difficult to tell the main from the secondary. You can compare it to waves on the sea, here and there, with big waves everywhere. Sometimes the afterimages will blend in, and sometimes they will disappear."

“Sometimes it’s so far away that we can’t even reach it.”

"Sometimes it's so close that a ghost like you will appear. There are clearly two people, but they become one."

"Of course, this is all normal. Don't worry too much. I've seen many ghosts like you. I'm not surprised."

"So, after all this talk, do you agree to cooperate or not?"

"What will happen if I disagree with you?"

"It's not a big deal. If I can't kill you once, why would I want to kill you a second time? Besides, I've already explained the truth to you clearly. Even if you don't cooperate, you should understand that you should prioritize dealing with Duo. Really, I sincerely suggest that you go to Zhenhai Dao Palace. If you haven't experienced Duo's beating, you won't cherish the opportunity for peace."

"Of course, if you can really go to Zhenhai Dao Palace and destroy the Fall there, it will still be an excellent result for me. I am willing to pay you a thousand spirit stones for it."

"You are kidding. Zhenhai Dao Palace already has a nine-level spirit-supporting tower. If it has really been corrupted, I would be sending myself to death if I go there!"

"Yoyo, you know you're going to die, but unfortunately, you still have to make this trip, because the merger of the Zhenhai and Linjiang Taoist Palaces will definitely not produce the results expected by those who manipulate this matter. I won't fight that guy head-on, I will just slip away and let that guy dominate the two Taoist Palaces naturally. Tsk tsk, you make your choice."

"Either cooperate or become my national teacher!"

"Either you accept the bounty mission I've issued to you and kill that beast, and I'll give you a generous reward."

"Or, you can just lie down and watch how you humans kill yourselves in a few hundred years. When your souls completely turn into zombies just to please the fallen, that's when you turn into evil demons."

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? The so-called evil demons you are dealing with now were once humans and fallen immortal cultivators and Qi-refining practitioners. Do you think that the fallen will blatantly and swagger to attack you, so that you can see and touch them, so that you can understand the rules and defeat them? Sorry, I thought too much."

"What they like is to win without fighting. What they like is a perfect, all-round harvest. They will not only harvest your bodies, but also squeeze your souls, your joys, anger, sorrows, and your emotions when you are in a state of extreme happiness, and your emotions of despair when you are in a state of extreme pain. Anyway, it is all kinds of suffering and joy that will be taken turns, until your souls are completely squeezed into dregs and have no use value anymore. Only then will they start to demonize and degenerate you."

"You who have lost your souls will go crazy and attack humans who still have souls in order to find your lost souls. This is the relationship between you and the evil demons. How do you think? Surprised or not? Unexpected or not?"

"The Fallen are only the lowest level, but they can play with you humans at will. Don't you accept it? If you don't accept it, go and kill it. I have a promise. If you kill a Fallen, I will reward you with a thousand spirit stones! I have plenty of spirit stones, but I don't like them."

"Of course, you can also choose not to accept the gift and ask for nothing. Go to Zhenhai Palace by yourself and take a look. You are not a fool. You can naturally see the result. If you want to know whether Zhenhai Palace is normal or not, compare it with Linjiang Palace, and you will know what to do."

Mudd!

Zhao Guanshan felt a little angry that this guy was controlling his rhythm. However, one thousand spirit stones were really tempting.

"I killed a fallen one before."

"I understand. Although you are being shameless, in order to show my sincerity and congratulate you on making the right choice, I will find a chance to give you the reward of one thousand spirit stones in a moment."

"Is it possible that I might run into someone of your kind?" Zhao Guanshan asked again.

"It's possible, but I'm sorry, it's more likely that you're running into me. I've said it before, I'm not me, I'm us, and one of my ways of existence is a net. Well, time's running out, you have to deal with those hundreds of people quickly, either grind them all to dust, or wait for that damn guy to come to you." At this point, Zhao Guanshan had basically been convinced, or rather, he had no other choice, because he had to choose to believe in one answer.

The answer given by this fellow is highly consistent with that given by the female fairy. What's more, it is right. Seeing is believing. We must make a trip to the Zhenhaidao Palace.

When this thought flashed through his mind and he turned around, Zhao Guanshan found that he was still on the big ship. It was in a mess and the sixth-level spirit supply tower was still spewing out a torrent of spiritual energy, melting the demonic fire from all directions.

Wu Jin, Wu Yuan and others felt as if they had had a big dream.

More than half of the hundreds of survivors who were rescued died, and the remaining dozens of survivors were hiding in the corners of the ship, shouting and praying devoutly, as if they were asking their God to save them.

Indeed, seeing is believing.

At this moment, the expression on Zhao Guanshan's face was wonderful.

"Damn it!"

On the other side, Wu Jin was already furious. He threw a silencing rune over and silenced this group of people again. Even though he didn't know the whole story, any normal person would feel uncomfortable seeing this scene.

At least you should have some idea who saved you.

"Fellow Daoist Guanshan, what happened just now?"

At this time, Wu Jin came over and asked calmly. Before, when he saw the giant in golden armor, he immediately guessed that it was Zhao Guanshan, because that was a standard golden body of Dharma, not an evil method like summoning a god to possess the body.

He still has this insight.

Among all of them, only Zhao Guanshan had the statue in his hand, and he was the only one who suddenly disappeared at that time, except for the guy who escaped.

"Well, if I say that the destiny of Linjiang Prefecture has awakened, and I just had a long conversation with it, and it appointed me as the national teacher of the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, would you believe it?"

Zhao Guanshan said with a strange expression.

"I definitely don't believe it. First of all, even if Destiny is awakened, it can't be so powerful. It was clearly a powerful evil demon just now. We worked together to kill it."

"As for the National Master, haha, that's even more of a joke. It doesn't matter whether we believe it or not. What matters is whether the two Taoist friends in Linjiang Prefecture believe it or not. If you really call yourself the National Master, they would dare to declare you a remnant of the Zhao family and beat you to death!"

"Two eighth-level Qi Refiners, plus three teams of standard five-element Qi Refiners. All of us combined cannot defeat them."

Wu Jin shook his head.

So Zhao Guanshan asked again, "If I suggest again that we should return to the Linjiangfu Taoist Palace, rebuild the five immortal statues, reorganize the Taoist tradition, and take the conservative path, do you agree?"

"I don't agree. I told you that we can't win. What's more, we don't have the support of the people. The Demon Suppression Department, the Provincial Government Department, and the Taoist Academy will not agree. If you want to go against the will of the Zhao family, don't blame them for treating you as a remnant of the Zhao family and dragging you out to be beaten to death."

Wu Jin said meaningfully.

"I see. So we still have to go out to sea and look for the Floating Cloud Palace?"

"That's right! Going out to sea is the only way out. At most, it will just delay us for a while. Nothing can stop us from going out to sea."

Wu Jin said this firmly.

Zhao Guanshan's eyes became even more strange, "Well, what if we run into another Taoist temple along the way?"

"That's fine. If it's suitable, stay. If it's not suitable, take a break and continue on. Only by finding the Floating Cloud Palace can we have hope."

"Okay, I understand. What should we do with these people? They seem to be superstitious and might be the fanatics of the evil god. We should not bring disaster upon them. Also, I don't think it's appropriate to send them to the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace."

"Then kill them all. I risked my life to save them, but they didn't show any gratitude and attracted evil spirits, almost destroying our ship and killing everyone on board! There's no point in saying anything to such stubborn people!"

Wu Jin turned around and looked at the survivors who were still kneeling devoutly, with a look of disgust on his face, feeling even more unlucky!

Because of this group of people, not only was the sixth-level spirit-offering tower that they had successfully deployed with great difficulty severely damaged, but a person also escaped. Damn, I am such a retard!

(End of this chapter)