Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 240 After Desire
The manic atmosphere was venting wantonly, filling the entire hall and threatening to burst the building.

There was a flood of blood in Wanyan Kang's eyes. He said he would massacre all the people and destroy all the sects. It was not just empty talk, he could really do it.

Although most of the Quanzhen disciples around were frightened by Wanyan Kang's aura, they did not flee. Instead, they gathered together and drew their swords, ready to defend their sect with their lives.

This is enough to prove that the several tests conducted earlier by the Seven Quanzhen disciples were effective, and the disciples who were able to stay in the mountains to practice seclusion were all of excellent character and martial arts skills.

Of course, because of repeated screening, most of the monks were forced to return to secular life. Now, the number of monks remaining in the mountains is less than one-third of the original number, and most of them are older. Many of them chose to become monks halfway through their lives and go to the mountains to practice Taoism after seeing through the mundane affairs of the world.

In this way, the mountain is actually much quieter, more like a Taoist practice sect rather than a bustling place full of heroes.

"You all leave first, let me talk to him!" Qiu Chuji's voice came from outside the hall, and then many Quanzhen disciples saluted with swords and retreated as he said.

Qiu Chuji walked into the hall, looking straight at Wanyan Kang, without any dodging or feeling any guilt.

This attitude made Wanyan Kang even more angry.

"You promised me that you would protect Nianci well... Now she's dead! She's dead...! How are you going to fulfill your promise? Aren't you always good at planning? Then why did she die?" Wanyan Kang's expression was crazy, but also a little expectant. He knew Qiu Chuji's methods and supernatural powers, so he had not completely despaired and believed that there was still hope.

"Yes! She is dead. She committed suicide. When I found her, it was already irreversible." Qiu Chuji's expression was very calm, as if he was only narrating a trivial matter.

Wanyan Kang said angrily, "Impossible! Why would she commit suicide? I have already taken control of the Jin Kingdom. Soon I will destroy Mongolia in the north and the Song Kingdom in the south. I will become the only emperor in the world, and she... will be my queen. Together we will become the most noble people in the world, and we will have everything we want. What's wrong with that? Why would she commit suicide?"

"You really don't know why?"

"You are just possessed by a demon, not stupid!" Qiu Chuji shouted, interrupting Wanyan Kang's next words.

Wanyan Kang became even more angry after hearing this: "Is it you...is it you who bewitched her? What did you say to her?"

"I knew it... I always knew that you never had any good intentions. You were plotting against me. When you realized that you could no longer control me, you started to use Nianci. She was a silly girl and fell for your trick!"

"You used her to break through my defenses. You are really despicable!"

"Qiu Chuji! You look righteous, but in fact you are more evil than me. You are the real devil in the world."

Wanyan Kang frantically accused Qiu Chuji, trying to provoke Qiu Chuji's emotions. At the same time, through the mental connection between the two, he sensed every mental fluctuation of Qiu Chuji.

However, the fluctuations coming from the other side were as calm as ever, even more peaceful and gentle than before. This calmness made Wanyan Kang disgusted and manic.

"You said so! That's it!"

"Then, what are you going to do? Kill me to relieve the hatred in your heart?" Qiu Chuji's tone was calm, just like his spirit, like a deep pool with no bottom in sight.

"Do you think I can't... dare not?"

"Qiu Chuji! You are out of date. I am stronger than you now, ten times, a hundred times stronger!" Wanyan Kang could no longer control his anger. He rushed up excitedly and punched Qiu Chuji in the chest and abdomen, while his other hand secretly pinched the sword finger. If Qiu Chuji fought back, then this secret sword finger of his could be used for both attack and defense.

Even when he was burning with rage, Wanyan Kang did not lose all his rationality and become a reckless man.

Bang!
A punch hit Qiu Chuji's chest heavily, and the manic and wanton release of true Qi crushed Qiu Chuji's sternum.

If it were an ordinary person, after being hit by Wanyan Kang's punch, his whole body would have been torn apart, or even exploded into a ball of blood foam.

Qiu Chuji's body was much stronger than that of an ordinary person, but it would definitely not feel good to be hit by such a punch without any defense. His body flew out like a cannonball and hit the outside of the hall heavily.

After crashing into a stone pillar and cracking it, Qiu Chuji coughed up a mouthful of blood and shouted at the Quanzhen disciples who were surrounding him to help: "Don't come over! All of you retreat. You don't have to care about what happened today, let alone interfere. You are not allowed to pursue the matter in the future."

As he spoke, blood continued to drip from the corner of his mouth, and there seemed to be some internal organs in the blood foam.

Wanyan Kang rushed out, looked at the miserable Qiu Chuji, and grabbed him by the collar: "Why didn't you fight back? Do you think I will let you go?"

"No! After I kill you, I will still massacre the mountain."

"Qiu Chuji... you can only end this by killing me!"

Wanyan Kang was not seeking death, but wanted to prove in this way that everything was still within Qiu Chuji's plan and calculation, and everything was not out of control.

Qiu Chuji coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood and smiled faintly: "Yang Kang... Kang'er! I have now repaid what I owed you and your son. Whatever you want... I can't stop you! I just hope that after you have paid for everything, you can still find a reason to continue."

"You want to die?"

"I don't believe you're really going to die!"

Wanyan Kang didn't listen to Qiu Chuji at all. He grabbed Qiu Chuji's pulse and was about to transfer his true Qi.

However, the true Qi had already reached his fingertips, and Wanyan Kang suddenly paused and frowned fiercely: "You are deceiving me...you want to steal my power?"

"die!"

The two fists were like a chain of cannons, hitting Qiu Chuji's chest one after another. Qiu Chuji's chest was completely sunken and was completely pierced.

Any living person who was beaten into this state would definitely die.

So in the last few moments, Wanyan Kang was just torturing the corpse.

"Enough! Yang Kang! Junior Brother Qiu is dead! What else do you want?" Ma Yu's voice rang out, awakening the frantic Wanyan Kang.

Wanyan Kang looked at the corpse in his hand. With his spiritual sense and perception, he could sense that there was no longer a trace of life in this corpse.

The shackles and pressure that seemed to be weighing on his heart were all released at this moment.

His soul was free.

But all this was not what he wanted.

He felt lost.

Between the eyebrows, the last bit of light from the Demon-Suppressing Talisman turned into light dust and dissipated, and the demon fetus was released... one hundred percent.

Wanyan Kang's will and the demon fetus' will completely overlapped, and there was no possibility of separation.

At this moment, all emotions, everything, turned into flood water flowing eastward, but poured into the bottomless abyss, escaping and disappearing.

"Pass the order! Massacre the people in the mountain!" Wanyan Kang threw away Qiu Chuji's body, stood up coldly, and said lightly.

He did not look back at Mu Nianci's mourning hall, and no longer cared about Qiu Chuji.

Now...he doesn't care about anything!
"Yes!" The elite Jin soldiers led by two hundred elite cavalrymen responded in unison, and a murderous atmosphere filled the entire Zhongnan Mountain.

Ma Yu shouted: "Quanzhen disciples, follow me to protect the mountain and fight this devil!"

The disciples said one after another: "We swear to defend the mountain and uphold the Dao until death. Death is not a pity!"

The war was about to break out, but it was obvious that this would not be a fight of equal strength, but a one-sided massacre.

The Quanzhen disciples certainly have the Xuansu Dan to use to improve their skills, but the two hundred elite cavalrymen under Wanyan Kang's command have all been directly infused with the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, and all have first- or second-rate internal strength levels. Such a group of "experts" are condensed into a force and used as cavalry, and the deterrent power is too strong.

"Wait!" a voice sounded.

Huang Rong, dressed in white, appeared from nowhere, holding a broken gun in both hands.

Looking at the broken gun, Wanyan Kang's eyes narrowed slightly.

He recognized it; it was the one that his mother Bao Xiruo used to wipe. He didn't understand why his mother did that before, but now he had some feelings.

"This is what Taoist Qiu asked me to give you!"

"I hope you think twice before you act!" Huang Rong looked at Wanyan Kang with disgust. If the coldness in her eyes could kill people, Wanyan Kang would have been pierced by thousands of arrows long ago.

After she finished speaking, she threw the broken gun in her hand to the ground, obviously not wanting to have any more contact with Wanyan Kang. Wanyan Kang looked Huang Rong up and down, and suddenly a wicked light flashed in his eyes. He had a more mature idea and a rage that he wanted to vent. Huang Rong... came at the right time!

Mu Nianci died, and the thickest, heaviest and most profound moral chain in his heart was also cut off.

Within the demon fetus, the desire for sex is expanding outward.

"Are you here alone? Where is Guo Jing?" Wanyan Kang asked. He was not worried about Guo Jing, on the contrary... he had a bolder idea.

"Thanks to you, Brother Jing has become a useless person."

Huang Rong's voice was very cold. She looked at Wanyan Kang and saw the evil in his eyes. Huang Rong then suddenly smiled, her smile pure yet with a hint of enchantment, like a small white flower blooming on a grave under the moonlight in the middle of the night.

"You want me?" Huang Rong asked boldly, directly asking what Wanyan Kang wanted at the moment.

Wanyan Kang was not ashamed, but said: "Yes! Come to think of it, we almost became husband and wife. Since Guo Jing is useless, why don't you follow me in the future."

Huang Rong walked towards Mu Nianci's mourning hall: "If you want it, then follow me. If you dare... I will do whatever you want!"

As she spoke, Huang Rong walked into the mourning hall and sat on Mu Nianci's coffin, posing as if she wanted to take whatever she wanted.

The wanton expression on Wanyan Kang's face gradually faded and turned cold. He picked up the broken spear that Huang Rong had thrown on the ground, rubbed the texture on the spear repeatedly, then shook the cloak behind him and strode down the mountain.

Hundreds of elite cavalry also left with them, and a massacre on the mountain was temporarily averted.

Huang Rong restrained the weird look on her face, stood up and said to Ma Yu and other Quanzhen disciples: "Master Qiu said before that he would let the Taoists take the disciples to travel around to avoid disasters temporarily, and at the same time spread Quanzhen Dao more widely, in the hope of a better future."

After considering it, Ma Yu asked, "Does Junior Brother Qiu have any other instructions?"

Huang Rong turned around and looked at Mu Nianci's body: "Maybe there is!"

"But that's all I have to do!"

As she spoke, Huang Rong tightened the bottle of pills in her sleeve.

According to Qiu Chuji, that bottle of elixir can help Guo Jing recover, and even improve his skills further, with the ability to bring life back to life.

Huang Rong didn't know whether it was true or not, but she would seize any opportunity and never give up.

This was also the reason why she agreed to come and stop Wanyan Kang and said those words.

Just looking at Mu Nianci's pale cheeks and Qiu Chuji's body with his head bowed against a stone pillar in the square, she could only say "I'm sorry" in her heart.

Between Mu Nianci, Qiu Chuji and Guo Jing, she could only choose Guo Jing.

After Huang Rong left, Li Mochou and Lin Xiaolan appeared, took out the letter written by Qiu Chuji in advance and gave it to Ma Yu and others, and then took away the bodies of the two and put them into the ancient tomb.

As the tomb door slowly fell, all the Quanzhen disciples and the Quanzhen Sect disciples felt empty inside, with an indescribable absurdity and sadness.

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After Wanyan Kang returned to Zhongdu, he did not fall into long-lasting grief like Wanyan Honglie did when he lost Bao Xiruo.

He first held a grand banquet for all his ministers and officials, and then ordered the whole country to select a concubine for him... and he chose one based on Mu Nianci's appearance.

As long as she is even a little bit similar to Mu Nianci, she will be the most beautiful woman in the world in his eyes.

All the precious treasures that could be found in the world were unscrupulously collected by Wanyan Kang and brought into the palace.

Beauties, fine wines, gorgeous clothes, treasures... With great power in his hands, everything in the world seems to be at his disposal.

His desires, his thoughts, and his ideas will all be satisfied at the first opportunity because there are too many people who want to please him and carefully study his every hobby.

All the highest desires that Wanyan Kang had ever aspired for have now been fulfilled, and even higher.

But Wanyan Kang didn't feel the slightest bit of happiness!

So after several months of living a life of debauchery, Wanyan Kang continued to lead his troops to conquer Mongolia.

Temujin was indeed a genius of his generation. Whether he was deploying troops, leading troops in frontal combat, or managing business, he was considered to be the best of his time. His several sons were also heroes among men, each with his own strengths.

This world should be his.

However, when he met Wanyan Kang, he hit a wall. Wanyan Kang might not be good at tactics and troop deployment, but he didn't need to be particularly proficient in these.

Wanyan Kang has the most powerful elite cavalry under his command, and he himself has unreasonable spiritual perception. On the front battlefield, the Mongols are no match for him, and Wanyan Kang will never be fooled by their secret plots.

As a result, the Mongols were defeated by the Jin soldiers and retreated back to the depths of the Mongolian grasslands, where they once again dispersed into tribes of varying sizes to avoid being wiped out by the Jin soldiers.

After defeating Mongolia, Wanyan Kang began to continue the unfinished "cause" of the Mongols.

Western Xia, Western Liao, Southern Song... were all included in his conquest map.

Killing and conquering still could not bring happiness to Wanyan Kang, but at least they made him feel that there was still something he could do.

But the more this happened, the bigger the emptiness in his heart became.

If he had nothing from the beginning, or was just a complete devil, he would not be like this.

The broken chains gave him freedom, allowing him to vent his desires at will.

But the gap in the heart cannot be filled by anything.

What people pursue in life is gain, but what they experience every minute and every second is loss.

When you get something you love, in fact, from the moment you get it, you are already on the way to losing it.

If Wanyan Kang cannot face this loss, he will never find inner peace.

Half a year after the incident at Mount Zhongnan, Wanyan Kang changed the country's name to Sui, inheriting the name of the former Sui Dynasty and naturally returning to the surname Yang, and named himself "Yang Kang".

Three months later, Wanyan Kang conquered the entire Southern Song Dynasty. Except for a small number of officials and some royal family members who fled to the sea, the rest were all executed.

The new Sui Dynasty established its capital in Zhongdu, which was renamed "Jingcheng".

At this time, the territory of the New Sui Dynasty extended from Qiongzhou in the south to Sakhalin Island in the north, from the Aral Sea in the west to Ryukyu in the east. It can be said that wherever you can see, the territory of the New Sui Dynasty is within your reach.

The entire new country has a bit of new vitality. Even though Emperor Yang Kang has many desires and hobbies, such a vast territory is more than enough to satisfy one person's wishes.

Many people like to link the emperor’s personal morality with the success or failure of the country, but in fact this is the least important.

Yang Kang is not a good person, but the newly born New Sui Dynasty is thriving because it has infinite possibilities.

Yang Kang, who had obtained everything, should have been the happiest man in the world, but he felt more and more empty and lonely.

He would leave behind all state affairs, travel alone, and climb Mount Zhongnan... What he saw was shabby, and the Taoist temples had long been deserted and had become a place for foxes and crows to inhabit.

I went to Niujia Village again. It was prosperous again, but the new Niujia Village had no connection with the former Niujia Village anymore. Even the last shadow had been cut off.

At this moment, Yang Kang felt as if he was drawing his sword and looking around, feeling confused.

He is the biggest devil in the world, but he has also become the representative of order.

So is he still a demon?
When the definition of the devil is controlled by him, what should he be considered now?
Killing one person is a sin, killing ten thousand is a hero.

It is a crime for ordinary people to rob girls from decent families for their pleasure, but the emperor's decree to select beautiful girls from all over the country is a blessing that many "common people" desire.

It is a great crime for thieves to rob houses, but it is a universally acknowledged theorem that the emperor should collect taxes.

(End of this chapter)