I have a relic of heaven

Chapter 228: Southern Emperor touches the head, Tushita changes

monkey.

Ninety-eight percent of them are monkeys.

Zhou Mu was so frightened that his hair stood on end. The first word that flashed through his mind was "fiery eyes and golden pupils", but he quickly regained his composure.

If he was discovered, he would be discovered. The worst that could happen was that he would be beaten to death - even if there was no other real body sitting in the ancient building, as long as Zhongshan Mountain was not destroyed and the temple was not ruined, he would not die.

At best it will take some time for the body and soul to be reunited, that's all.

The only trouble is that he was seen through and discovered that he was Zhou Mu, who once pulled out the Tushita plaque and claimed that he grew up in the Tushita Palace. Will the Demon King guess anything?
As Zhou Mu's thoughts turned over and over, he saw the Southern Emperor turn around and walk back, sitting on a throne that looked like an emperor's throne, with a half-smile on his face:
"As expected, they all have the ability to change fate. They are good at changing the emperor's fate. They will not be punished by heaven and thunder. They have a bright future."

The dozen or so demon kings in the hall exchanged glances with each other, but no demon spoke.

The Southern Emperor's eyes were clear, and he continued:

"I have benefited a lot from meeting you today."

"Come forward now."

Zhou Mu hesitated for a moment, then walked forward cautiously. The monsters looked around, their eyes flickering, and no one knew what they were thinking.

"Greetings to the Southern Emperor." He walked all the way to three feet in front of the throne, then stopped and bowed slightly.

"Come forward." The Southern Emperor repeated.

Zhou Mu took a step forward.

"Closer."

He is closer.

"Closer."

In full view of everyone, Zhou Mu walked up to the Southern Emperor and stood almost close to him.

He calmed himself down and carefully looked at the Great Demon King who was suspected to be the Fighting Buddha and the Monkey King.

The black robe on the other party was very exquisite, with golden and silver patterns floating on the surface of the robe. His palms, neck, etc. were all covered by the black robe. The black robe had a hood covering his head.

The bronze mask on his face appears deep and solemn, with an air of vicissitudes that seems to have traveled through time and space. Only a pair of eyes can be seen.

The whole person does not look like a god or Buddha, but more like a high priest of an ancient tribe from ancient times, with a very mysterious aura.

"You are really brave."

The Southern Emperor spoke at this time with profound meaning. It was unclear whether he was saying that Zhou Mu dared to look at him so unscrupulously, or if he was saying something else.

"I see my past self in you. I was just as reckless and fearless as a newborn calf. But I was confident at that time because I knew I had a powerful master. What about you?"

The Southern Emperor asked this question in a light tone, as if hinting at something.

Zhou Mu stood in front of the other party and could feel a slight pain on his back - many demon kings were staring at him, and their gazes were too sharp.

What did the Southern Emperor notice and discover?
Zhou Mu's mind turned, and he answered fluently:

"I also had a master, not very powerful - at least not as powerful as I am now, but he was my guide on the path of cultivation."

"Oh?"

The Southern Emperor nodded peacefully:

"Where is he?"

"I don't know. An accident separated us." Zhou Mu said calmly, "Your Majesty wants me to come here, don't you know?"

Nan Huang raised his hand slightly. Although he was still one meter away from Zhou Mu, his slightly raised hand was still placed on Zhou Mu's shoulder. The space was disordered and it looked extremely incongruous.

Zhou Mu's hair stood up unconsciously.

"Such a rich Taiyi Golden Dew. How much did you swallow?"

The Southern Emperor smiled and did not ask for details, nor did he ask where Zhou Mu got the vast Taiyi Golden Dew. Instead, he said:

"In three days, I will hold a ceremony for you and make you a prince. However, there are countless monster cities in my vast territory. Which one will you choose as your fiefdom?"

Zhou Mu's heart was beating fast, but his expression remained unchanged. He replied:
"I don't know much about the Southern Dynasty. I heard that among the demon cities, the royal city is the most important. I wonder how many royal cities there are in the Southern Dynasty?"

"Thirty-six."

The Southern Emperor spoke:
"The thirty-six royal cities are all ruled by a true king. In each royal city, there are tens of millions of demons and billions of captive humans, all of whom are in blessed places."

After a pause, he continued:

"But under the cities of the kings, there are demons from the ancient times suppressed. Most of those demons were once [Demon Saints], and some were even great saints of the demon race, who were great Luo who had attained the Dao. Can you suppress them?"

Zhou Mu shook his head:

"I don't know."

"Then let me talk to you."

The Southern Emperor seemed to be smiling, his eyes were bright and dazzling:
"Among the thirty-six royal cities, three of them have been sealed. Almost all of them are my old acquaintances. I suggest you go to the [Saving Suffering City]. Under the city are the real demons of the Heavenly Court and the Taoist sect."

He bit the words "Heaven" and "Taoism" and looked at Zhou Mu with interest.

Zhou Mu felt a chill in his heart, thinking that his true identity had been seen through. The Southern Emperor placed great emphasis on both Heaven and Taoism!

Is he pointing at himself?
Seeing Zhou Mu remained silent, the Southern Emperor continued:
"Or maybe Xiangcheng, where a Buddhist demon saint is stationed at the foot of the city. What do you think?"

Zhou Mu still didn't answer.

"Then let's go to Meishan City. This city was quite special in the ancient times. It was once called Guanjiangkou. The one guarding the city was considered a great saint of the half-celestial demon race."

Zhou Mu listened quietly, his mind turning, Jiuku City, Xiangcheng, Meishan City Meishan?

Guanjiangkou?
He felt that this was destined for him, but among the saints of Meishan, besides Yang Erlang, were there any other Daluo-level beings?
Uh, there seems to be one.

The Southern Emperor suddenly became angry:

"You don't choose this, you don't choose that, then what do you want? You are so greedy, so greedy!"

He stretched out his hand and knocked Zhou Mu's forehead three times, then turned around and walked happily towards the back hall with his hands behind his back, not forgetting to close the middle door - and then he walked out again.

The Southern Emperor looked depressed, sitting upright on the throne. The dozen or so demon kings and pig-headed Buddhas below were all stunned.

On the contrary, Zhou Mu felt that this scene was very familiar.

In the legend of Journey to the West, the stone monkey once learned skills in Fangcun Mountain. At that time, "Bodhi Patriarch" did the same thing, knocking his head three times, putting his hands behind his back, closing the middle door and leaving. The stone monkey understood, and went to find Bodhi Patriarch through the side door in the middle of the night and learned the skills.

What?

Monkey wants to teach me skills?
At this moment, Zhou Mu has completely decided that this is the monkey, the Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!

Or is he giving himself a heads up?

Any suggestions?
While pondering, the Southern Emperor sighed:
"Three days later, a sacrifice ceremony will be held and the king and duke will be conferred an imperial title."

After a while, he sat down on the throne and stared at Zhou Mu. His eyes were bright, but then became very melancholy, as if he was inspired:

"That old villain in Tushita Palace is really cruel. He banned Daluo from walking in the world, so I can't even leave this palace."

"It has been many years since I last saw flowers, plants, and trees. In the past, I once planted a fairy tree with my own hands and watched it grow strong. Unfortunately, the fairy tree was often eaten by wild horses."

After saying this, the Southern Emperor suddenly waved his hand and blew Zhou Mu, who was thinking about how to recite the spell without being noticed, out of the palace.
More than ten demon kings were blown away together with him. Only the Pig-headed Buddha and the old horse monkey remained in the temple.

All the demon kings looked sideways at Zhou Mu.
The latter glared back unwillingly, his eyes round and round, as if he was going to change his fate or decree an order.

"Humans." A demon king with two horns on his head laughed. He was the demon king who was dragged by Zhou Mu and almost got hit by the [Thunder of Punishment].

He looked sideways, as if chatting with a friend, but his words were full of implications:
"When the ceremony is over, I will return to the royal city and make the monsters in the city happy. They have been suppressed for too long and their nature has not been released. They all deserve a good meal!"

Zhou Mu raised his eyelids, knowing that the other party intended to start a massacre in the breeding area of the royal city under his rule.

"Let's go!" The true king of the demon clan with two horns on his head and a third eye on his forehead turned away, and the rest of the demon kings left one by one.

The beautiful demon who had been welcoming and scattering flowers outside the city came over. She had no feet, was half human, half snake, and her pale pink snake body was dragging on the ground:

"Master Zhou."

The demon performed the ceremony with great respect:
"Your Majesty ordered me to take Lord Zhou to rest. The festival is still three days away. If Lord Zhou is interested, I can accompany him to stroll around the city. I will take Lord Zhou to where to stay first."

Zhou Mu glanced at this respectful snake demon who was at the level of a terrestrial immortal, nodded slightly, and felt a little dazed.
A great earthly immortal and a great celestial demon.
If she were outside, she would be the lord of a demon city. At this moment, she was looking at me with seductive eyes and speaking in a delicate tone, just like a real maid.

"Lead the way."

He followed the demon forward, not taking the same path as before, but heading towards the left side of the palace. The demon explained:
"You can only enter through the main gate of the palace, but not exit. If you want to leave the palace, you must go through the only side gate. This is the rule."

Zhou Mu nodded perfunctorily, looking around at the layout that was similar to the Miluo Palace but countless times smaller, wondering what the Southern Emperor's behavior meant.

When he reached the side door, he suddenly remembered something:
"Is there only one side door in the palace?" "Yes, Lord Zhou." The beautiful snake beauty nodded gently, with a flattering smile on her face that looked like a fairy without any makeup:
"Even if you are a true king, you cannot leave the palace through the main gate. You can only enter but not exit."

Zhou Mu glanced at the side door. Although it was called a side door, it was actually quite magnificent. There were two towers outside, with terrifying creatures standing on top of them, looking like eagles and wolves.

Judging from his aura, he is probably a Great Mysterious Immortal from the third level of the Fairyland, or even a [Great Power]!
“Side door.”

Zhou Mu seemed to be thinking about something. He followed Tian Yao out and entered a palace not far from the imperial palace. The palace was extremely luxurious, but there was no living creature.

“If you have any questions, just tell me.” Tian Yao bowed gently and retreated quietly, leaving Zhou Mu alone.

He strolled around the palace, with its pavilions, towers, bridges and flowing water. It was now late winter or early spring, but the flowers in the palace courtyards were already in full bloom.

"What does the Southern Emperor mean?"

"Knock on me three times, close the door, it's clearly imitating the scene in Fangcun Mountain. Is this known to everyone?"

"Does he want me to go to the side gate of the palace in the middle of the night?"

"No, the Southern Emperor cannot leave the palace, and I cannot enter the palace either."

Zhou Mu's expression was solemn, thinking of the reflection of himself he saw in the eyes of the Southern Emperor, the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils!

After pondering for a moment, he sat down in a small pavilion at the head of the palace, quietly watching the thousands of fish jumping in the small pond. He closed his eyes slightly, and his thoughts wandered to the Five Kings City infinitely far away.

Ancient building.

The white-haired old man opened his eyes, but the piglet was still sleeping soundly, still in a coma and had not woken up yet. The porcelain doll and the fairy turtle were bored.

"Brother Dao?" The porcelain doll turned over and asked, "What happened?"

"There is something wrong with the Southern Emperor. It's a big problem."

Zhou Mu spoke briefly:
"He is suspected to be Sun Wukong!"

The fairy turtle blinked, Sun Wukong?
Who is this?
The porcelain doll stared:

"Monkey?? How is that possible?!"

“It is true.”

Zhou Mu took a deep breath and briefly recounted the events before and after, adding at the end:

"I even suspected that I had seen a man in green robes in that imperial capital—it was Laojun's Green Ox. Of course, I'm not completely sure, but the Southern Emperor must be Sun Wukong!"

The porcelain doll's expression turned solemn, pondering what Zhou Mu said:

"Brother Dao, I have never heard of the three knocks on the head that you mentioned. If this really happened when the monkey was learning martial arts, it must be a secret. How did you know about it, Brother Dao?"

Zhou Mu did not answer, his mind was in turmoil - Nezha didn't know?
Even if it was a secret, how could the Southern Emperor be sure that he could understand its meaning? After all, this action was too abstract.

In his previous life, Zhou Mu was very puzzled when he saw this story. How could knocking on the head three times and closing the door with hands behind the back be a hint?
At that time, he felt like he was drawing a target before shooting an arrow.
Or maybe the Southern Emperor was just acting on impulse?

Picture what?
No, no no.

While Zhou Mu was thinking hard, the porcelain doll spoke again:
"There is one more thing, and it is a big problem."

Zhou Mu looked up and saw Nezha's expression was extremely solemn:

"Brother Dao said that the Southern Emperor saw through your true identity?"

"Correct."

Zhou Mu affirmed:
"My transformation uses the tricks of [Seventy-two Transformations], supplemented by the immortal technique [Nightmare Prayer], etc. Even the Divine and Daluo can't easily see through it!"

"And the Southern Emperor came up and saw my true appearance. I think that this ability is something that can be achieved by True Lord Erlang's Heavenly Eyes or the Monkey King's Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils!"

The porcelain doll looked more serious:
"Brother Dao, what you said is correct. If there is no special means, the only one who can see through your transformation is a [Great Divine Power] or [Supreme One] above Daluo. However..."

After a pause, he looked strange:
"At the end of the catastrophe, when the Heaven was destroyed, Sun Wukong once caused a great disturbance in Lingshan Mountain. An unknown existence in Lingshan Mountain destroyed his eyes, abolished his flaming eyes and golden pupils, and then he fell into the palace of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven in the Heaven."

"Ah?" Zhou Mu was shocked. He knew that when the Great Sage Equaling Heaven fell into the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's Palace, his master had explained it in detail.

But the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils were destroyed? ?

"You mean, that's not a monkey?"

"I don't know either, but that's the problem." The porcelain doll said in a deep voice: "Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils. The outside world has always said that Monkey King was harmed by Laojun's smoke and fire. In fact..."

After a pause, he continued:

"In fact, Monkey King once told me that it was Laojun who refined a pair of natural divine eyes for him, which are comparable to the innate qualities of gods and demons!"

"Once things of this level are destroyed and abolished, how can they grow again?"

"Unless he enters the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Laojun will refine him again!"

Zhou Mu felt numb after hearing this, his mind was in a mess. The Southern Emperor's final move could only be done by Sun Wukong.

But Nezha said again that Sun Wukong's flaming eyes and golden pupils had long been destroyed!

He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and concentrated on thinking about what happened after meeting the Southern Emperor.

Zhou Mu suddenly remembered the last words that Emperor Nan said.

"Looking back, I once planted a fairy tree with my own hands and watched it grow strong. Unfortunately, the fairy tree was often eaten by wild horses."

Fairy tree, fierce horse?
Zhou Mu's heart moved, and he asked hurriedly:

"Fellow Daoist Nezha, when you and I were in the ruins of the Heavenly Palace, rushing to the Miluo Palace and the Lingxiao Palace, we passed by the Heavenly Palace Horse Farm. Do you remember?"

"Remember, what happened?"

Zhou Mu frowned:

"If I remember correctly, there is a fairy tree there, an intact fairy tree?"

Nezha was even more confused:

"Yes, that thing was planted by Monkey King when he was still the Horse Keeper. After he became the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and even the Fighting Buddha, whenever he came to the Heavenly Palace to visit me, he would go to the fairy tree to water it."

As she spoke, the porcelain doll was moved:

"Why, that fairy tree, is there something mysterious?"

"do not know."

Zhou Mu simply shook his head and repeated what the Southern Emperor had said:
"The Immortal Tree and the Fiery Horse, what a coincidence! I always thought he was Sun Wukong. Moreover, since he saw through my true identity and knew I was Zhou Mu, he naturally knew that I had some connection with the Tushita Palace!"

When Zhou Mu faked his death in Quanjue City, he once said that he often went to Tushita Palace in his dreams, and even brought out the [Tushita Plaque] from it.
If someone thinks deeply about it, they will realize that if they can go to the Tushita Palace, they can naturally go to the ruins of the Heavenly Palace!

"go!"

Zhou Mu's eyes were sharp:
"Fellow Daoist Nezha, are you willing to follow me to the ruins of the heavenly palace?"

"nature."

The porcelain doll stood up, looking solemn. He and the Monkey King had a deep friendship, and they were close friends. After all, Sun Wukong had said that he would help him kill Li Jing in the future.
Now that the matter involves Sun Wukong, Nezha is naturally very concerned.

The immortal turtle on the side said:
"I don't know Sun Wukong, so I won't get involved. I will stay here to prevent anyone from disturbing you two while you are sleeping."

"Thank you!"

Zhou Mu and Porcelain Doll said in unison, and then the former had an idea and put Nezha, who was in the dead state, into the Black Gold Copper Order.
Another thought came to him, and he made 'himself' who was far away in the imperial capital of the Southern Dynasty to be in a state of enlightenment. After all, in the heaven in the dream, he could not control his body in the outside world.

After finishing all these preparations,
The white-haired Zhou Mu sat down cross-legged, nodded to the fairy turtle, closed his eyes, and thought about it. He suddenly fell asleep and entered a dream.

The fog rises and falls, and the flowers bloom and fall.

………………

When I opened my eyes, I saw the ruined heaven.

He stretched out his hand and shook Nezha, and the two looked at each other, and without hesitation, they rushed towards the direction of Tushita Palace.

When Zhou Mu left last time, he was on his way to the horse farm. It took him a while to walk back to the Tushita Palace.
He had now mastered the art of shrinking the distance to an inch, and even mastered the skill of [The End of the World is Within Reach], so one step could cover more than ten thousand miles. Even so, it still took him a thousand eight hundred steps to reach his destination.

The Tushita Palace, as always, towered over the East Kitchen of the Nine Heavens, crushing it and causing it to collapse and become covered with cracks.

"Let's find some time to see if we can dig up the ruins." Zhou Mu said with a smile, "After all, most of the East Kitchen is buried under the ruins. Who knows how many pots there are and how many delicious dishes are inside them."

As he was speaking, he and Nezha had already climbed up to the East Kitchen and stood in front of the Tushita Palace.

Reach out and knock on the door.

As soon as he touched the gate of Tushita Palace, Zhou Mu suddenly seemed to hear continuous thunder, rumbling and booming!

It seemed as if the Bagua furnace was shaking, as if the entire Tushita Palace was vibrating, as if there were the clanging of weapons, and there were living beings fighting and attacking inside!
Zhou Mu and Nezha were both flung away with a whoosh!

(End of this chapter)