Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 507 Mr. Xiao's Custom Server
The chances of being crushed to death by a square-shaped pig are very small, but not zero.

Fortunately, Zhang Ze reacted quickly. Just when things seemed to have ended badly, he raised his hands and braced himself, and a golden light shone out, protecting his face.

The next moment, Ah Li treated him like a nail and sat him down on the ground.

Ah Li sat on the ground with a blank stare, chuckling to herself, looking as if she still didn't understand what was going on.

Fu Ji tapped Ah Li's pig leg with her black sword, "Hey! Zhang Ze is going to be sat on to death by you."

"Huh? How is that possible? I'm so light." Ah Li wanted to scratch her head, but no matter how she reached out, she couldn't reach her head.

Fu Ji sighed and ignored A Li. She spat twice in her palm, used the black sword as a shovel, and prepared to dig Zhang Ze out by herself.

But before she could even make a move, Zhang Ze dug it out from the other side himself.

Zhang Ze, who jumped out of the ground, first released Ah Li's innate Dao body, and then gently kicked it.

"Open your mouth."

Without any hesitation, Ah Li obediently opened her mouth wide.

Zhang Ze took out two boxes from his treasure bag, opened them to confirm that they contained breath-freshening and soul-restoring pills, and then threw the boxes and all into A Li's mouth.

The medicine was very potent, and a glint of light appeared in Ah Li's eyes, which had been covered in a layer of dust.

"what"

Zhang Ze thought Ah Li was about to speak, so he leaned closer and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"nest"

After a while of brewing, Ah Li didn't say anything, it just let out a super long, minty burp.

"belch"

Zhang Ze couldn't dodge in time and accepted everything.

Ah Li, who had already regained consciousness, chuckled and then couldn't help but make another call.

"Time for a bath." Little Fujii picked up a large leaf from somewhere, put it on her head, and stood to the side making sarcastic remarks.

Zhang Ze, “.”

A minute later, Zhang Ze, who had changed his clothes, looked at the shrunken Ah Li and asked her a question.

How long have you been here?

This was Zhang Ze's biggest concern. Although the little deer mother's claim about more than ten years ago was clearly nonsense, judging from the number of water spirit cores used to heal Ah Li, it was obvious that she had been in this place for quite some time.

If that's the case, then it means I've been lying on that Gobi Desert for a long time.

Ah Li tilted her head and began counting on her fingers.

While Ah Li was counting on her fingers, Zhang Ze looked at Xiao Fu Ji.

"Do you feel it?"

Little Fu Ji was with him at the time, hiding in the Beast Taming Ring, so her perception of time should have been synchronized with his.

Little Fuji shook her head. "I don't know. I felt the same way as you. It was like I closed my eyes and opened them, and then it was out in a flash."

Little Fuji muttered to herself, while Ah Li finally figured out the exact date.

It's calculated based on those juicy, fruit-like cores.

During the time it was in a daze, it would occasionally hear people talking, saying that the fruit pits were offered to the guardian twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Judging from the number of fruit pits on the stone platform, if no one cleaned them up, Ah Li had been unconscious for at least seven days.

From this perspective, the problem likely lies in the process of entering Baiyujing.

Ah Li likely entered this place before Sect Leader Lu and the others, while I seem to be stuck, and stuck for quite a long time.

Is it because it's too thick?
Was Ah Li's recent symptoms also related to this sudden intrusion?
Zhang Ze shook his head, stopping his wild thoughts. He bent down, picked up A Li with one hand, said "You've gotten fatter again," and then used his escape technique to leave the cave.

He planned to ask Sula again.

Seeing Zhang Ze leave, Little Fu Ji picked up the black sword and followed him eagerly.

In the village of the half-deer people, Sura was at a loss for what to do. He couldn't figure out what the divine messenger was up to.

Why didn't they get angry and wipe out the village immediately after their plan was exposed, or simply run away and call for help?

This is completely different from the stories I've heard before.

The most important question is, why is he so strong?
Even though he was just a low-ranking white-robed figure, he could still copy his spells.

But why? Sula looked up at the frozen jade arrows and the villagers, unable to understand.

This power clearly exceeded the specifications of the white-robed divine messenger.

In an instant, fear crept in.
"Suck~"

Well, there was no fear, because whenever Sula thought of something terrible, the golden, round-nosed wolf would lick her and then rub against her.

A reassuring and warm feeling emanated from it, dispelling the gloom in Sula's heart.

As for his grandfather
Grandpa stopped making strange noises and started moaning comfortably.

The stone doll in overalls wasn't tormenting its grandfather; on the contrary, it was actually treating and massaging him, and the grandfather's back, which had been hunched over for decades, was now relaxed.

Looking at her rosy complexion, she seemed to have become more than ten years younger.

A strange thought popped into Sula's mind.

'Maybe...that person isn't a bad person? But...'

Mao Mao used [Tail Spiral] to interrupt Sula's emo.

Mao Mao used [Show Belly], turned in front of Sula, and used [Dog Charm] on her.

Outstanding effect.

Then touch me quickly, touch me quickly. My emotions seem to be forming concrete words, shoving into Sula's face.

Sula sighed, seemingly resigned to her fate. She knelt down and gently stroked Mao Mao's belly.

It doesn't matter anymore. Whether that person is toying with their prey or has some evil plan, it doesn't matter.

At least, I'm happy now.

"Hmm, the fur here is so soft."

"Woof! (Good dog!)"

Happy times are always fleeting. Zhang Ze's voice rang out behind Sula, startling her.

"Um, if you've had enough touching, I'd like to ask you some questions."

Sula: "Ah, no, I didn't, I..."

Seeing Sula's appearance, Zhang Ze snapped his fingers, and the Great Clarity Mantra, which Old Tang had personally recorded eight hundred years ago, began to play. It only took a short while to calm Sula down.

"Listen to me first. First of all, there may be some misunderstanding between us. I am not your enemy."

"Because I was just passing by, a complete stranger. If I were to estimate the time, I think I only arrived here about seven days ago."

"I don't know what you call that lunatic, but I can assure you, I'm here to take him down."

"Secondly, because I find it troublesome, I will not lift the Qimen technique that was placed on those villagers for the time being."

"But I can guarantee that they will not be harmed in any way, nor will they have any memory of the time they were immobilized."

As he spoke, Zhang Ze floated into the air, gently waved his hand, and the jade feather arrow that was suspended in mid-air was put into his hand.

With a flick of his wrist, Zhang Ze transformed the feathered arrow into the purest spiritual energy.

Zhang Ze did this mainly to show off and demonstrate his skills, making the subsequent questioning smoother.

However, Little Deer Girl's focus was a bit strange.

She wasn't shocked by Zhang Ze's magic; instead, she stared intently at Zhang Ze himself.

Zhang Ze, who had been posing for a while, felt a little embarrassed. He looked down and made sure he hadn't put on the wrong pants.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

"No, no, but why can you fly?"

"Fly?" Zhang Ze didn't understand. In his opinion, flying was a very common thing.

After all, Lily knows how to do it.

Unaware of what was going on, Zhang Ze whistled at Mao Mao, who immediately rolled over and got up from the ground.

It took its best dog-like steps and ascended to the sky step by step.

Ah Li and Xiao Fu Ji were the same, buzzing around Zhang Ze like flies, one on the left and one on the right.

Even the little earth fairy took out a bamboo dragonfly-like thing from the pocket on the chest of his overalls, put it on his head, and took off a short distance.

Half-Deer Girl Sula opened her mouth wide. This was a common occurrence in the Four Continents, but it gave her a great shock.

Looking at Sula's expression, Zhang Ze suddenly felt speechless.

I should have just shown off in front of everyone.

"I'm so tired."

Zhang Ze dropped from the sky and threw out a capsule.

The capsule exploded, and in the blink of an eye, a temporary hut appeared in front of Sula. Zhang Ze gestured for her to enter.

"Come in and let's talk, if you trust me."

The capsule house contains a spatial array, making it much larger than it appears from the outside; even with several people inside, it doesn't feel crowded.

Upon entering the capsule room, Sula swallowed hard as she looked at the fruits Zhang Ze had taken out that she had never seen before, but instead of eating them, she thought of something else.

She thought of Ah Li, who was being protected. She tried her best to remain calm, but Zhang Ze saw through her.

“I’ve actually already found it.” Zhang Ze pointed to Ah Li, who was sitting in his lap, already tearing off a bunch of watermelons and starting to eat them from the vine.

"The square-shaped god you are protecting is it."

"Huh? How is that possible? It..." Sula looked incredulous.

Seeing that Sula didn't believe him, Zhang Ze patted A Li's bottom. A Li reluctantly jumped to the ground and turned into a square pig.

In order to make Sula recognize it, it deliberately did not place it face up.

After confirming with Sula, it immediately turned back into its round, plump form and jumped back into Zhang Ze's arms.

Sula, “.”

Zhang Ze said, "See? I have a good relationship with it. I'm really a good person. Tell me about what happened here."

Sula, "Okay"

After a moment of silence, Sula began to tell Zhang Ze stories about this place.

In the legends of the local deer herd of Sulla, this land is not called Baiyujing, but Sacred Land.

Sura, "In the ancient times long ago, the Human Emperor led our ancestors across the ocean to the Holy Land to escape disaster."

"Upon arriving at the Holy Land, the Human Emperor and the leaders of all races established ten precepts for them to abide by, and left behind protectors to oversee the precepts, protect all races, and guard the Holy Land."

After arranging everything, the Emperor left the sacred land and disappeared, never to be seen again.

Hearing this, Ali squirmed in Zhang Ze's arms, as if she wanted to speak, but Zhang Ze patted her head, telling her to shut up.

Sula glanced at A Li, paused for a moment, and then continued.

"Under the protection of the precepts and the protectors, we lived peacefully through the ancient times, until one day..."
"The divine lord descended upon the holy land and renamed the sun Baiyujing."

At this point, Sula's grandfather seemed to want to take over the conversation, but Sula didn't give the old man the chance.

"The God-King is a bastard; he ruined everything."

As she spoke, Sula spoke slowly and deliberately, keeping her eyes fixed on Zhang Ze.

But instead of the expected anger, Zhang Ze nodded.

“Indeed, that person was a scoundrel. Go on, what did he do next?”

Sula was somewhat taken aback, but she quickly composed herself and continued speaking.

"He launched a war against all races."

"Neither the protectors nor the leaders of the various tribes were his match; the rebels were slaughtered, and most of the protectors were captured by him."

"But it is said that some of them have gone into hiding and have remained so until now."

As Sula said this, she glanced at Ah Li, who was slurping a watermelon like a grape.

Ali and Sula made eye contact. Ali smiled at her, reached into the fruit plate, took a lemon-shaped apple, and tossed it into Sula's hand.

Sura held the fruit, but did not eat it.

"After descending upon the Holy Land, the Divine Lord first slaughtered several powerful tribes, and then began to purge the respected figures and rebels from various tribes."

"And in order to erase our history and culture, he collected and burned a large number of books."

"It is said that the fire lasted for seven days and nights."

"After that, he promulgated new laws that replaced the ten precepts set for us by the Emperor."

"The most important rule is that flying is forbidden. Without the God's permission, no one is allowed to approach Baiyujing."

Then Sula told Zhang Ze a lot about the stupid laws set by the God-King.

These laws have clear regulations for everything from clothing, food, housing, and transportation to eating, drinking, and excretion.

Even the cultivation methods were rewritten by the Divine Lord, and everyone could only cultivate using the methods passed down by the Divine Lord, without any changes.

Through lifetimes to eternity.

Zhang Ze nodded upon hearing this. No wonder he couldn't see a single bird flying high when he left the Gobi Desert and entered the forest.

All feelings were destroyed.

After a moment of blankness, Zhang Ze saw that Sula was looking at him with her mouth shut, so he waved his hand and said, "You continue, I'm listening."

"After completing the evil deeds of burning books and rewriting the laws, the God returned to the Jade Palace and never came out again. His messengers began to carry out his divine pronouncements."

“The divine messengers are divided into three types: those in white robes, those in black robes, and those in colorful robes.”

According to Sura, these three divine messengers, the one in white, were also forbidden from flying, just like the myriad races they ruled.

The black-clad divine messenger can use magical artifacts to hunt across the land.

Only the strongest of the colorful robes can freely travel between the earth and the Jade Capital.

The higher the rank, the less humane they are, and the more cold and ruthless they appear.

After listening, Zhang Ze inquired about the details, wanting to estimate the strength of these three divine envoys.

But this seems to be a bit difficult.

Firstly, Sula couldn't explain it clearly, and secondly, those divine messengers, like Sula and the other ruled races, had their cultivation paths predetermined by the divine ruler.

The white-robed master six methods, the black-robed master twelve, and the colorful-robed master twenty-four.

No one may have any of their own ideas or overstep their bounds.

"That's crazy." Zhang Ze muttered under his breath, then gestured for Sula to continue, "So what orders do these divine messengers usually carry out?"

Sula lowered his head, looking at the fruit in his hand, and said, "Collect taxes."

"Tax?" Zhang Ze didn't understand. What could be taxed in this place?

"Eleven Ascension Tax," Sura said.

Zhang Ze, "?"

Sula: "Depending on the age of adulthood for each race, every so often a black-clad divine messenger will descend to collect the eleven-ascension tax."

"Although the agreed-upon plan is to extract one-tenth of the population from village settlements, the exact number is entirely up to the divine messenger."

“Some villages will even be taken away entirely.”

"These people will be taken to Baiyujing in a solar boat to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven with the Divine Lord."

"However, of course, all of this is fake. There is no such thing as a path to heaven. All those people are dead."

Sula peeled the lemon-shaped apple.

"In addition to the eleven taxes and ascension taxes levied based on the number of people per year, the white-robed divine messengers who regularly patrol various regions will also report to their superiors."

"When they discover a talented cultivator, or someone who has violated the laws of the Divine Lord, they will also extradite them to the Jade Capital."

"Of course, the reasons are still ascension to heaven and acceptance of legal judgment."

"If someone resists and the white-clad figure is no match for the black-clad figure, the one who escaped will summon the black-clad figure. If the black-clad figure is no match for the black-clad figure, then the colorful-clad figure will come instead."

"In short, they will nip any potential problems in the bud."

At this point, a fire suddenly ignited in Sula's eyes.

"The God-King is a coward, a beast. He is afraid of us, afraid of everyone except himself, even the divine messengers."

"waste!"

After finishing her rant, Sula picked up the fruit in her hand and took a big bite.

However, as she chewed and swallowed, Sula did not experience the death she had imagined.

This strange fruit is not poisonous; it's even sweet.

It was sweeter than any fruit she had ever eaten.

Because the fruit was so sweet, Sura, who was extremely tired from fright and tension, suddenly felt an uncontrollable hunger.

She couldn't resist and took another bite.

Mmm, it smells so good.

After Sula finished eating, Zhang Ze, who was sitting on a small stool, handed her a mango that looked like a banana.

"Eat more, it's not poisonous."

Zhang Ze thought Sula was quite clever. Although she shared a lot of information that was useful to him, it was all nonsense to the divine messenger.

How alarming! She doesn't fully trust herself yet.

Zhang Ze said, "It's normal that you don't believe me, but I'm not Caiyi pretending to be weak, nor am I Baiyi. I'm just a good young man from the Sword Sect who happened to be passing by."

"I'm just a passerby, a really good person. I would never do anything like cheating, swindling, or petty theft, really."

Zhang Ze peeled a starfruit-like cherry while speaking to Sula.

Just as Zhang Ze was about to use his unwavering friendship with A Li to lower Sula's guard, Xiao Fu Ji rushed over, dragging Feng Ge's black sword with her.

"Zhang Ze, let me tell you, this sword is amazing! Look what I found at their house!"

Fu Ji ran up to Zhang Ze and, as if by magic, pulled out a black stone slab from her body that was even larger than Zhang Ze.

Four large characters are engraved at the top of the stone slab.

The Ten Commandments of Humanity

Zhang Ze looked somewhat awkwardly at Sula, who had already lowered her guard a bit.

"Um, let me explain, we're really good people."

(End of this chapter)