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Chapter 148, Section 147: Fang La

"Unfortunately, this method, which lies deep within the mind, is naturally ineffective against Wang Wenqing, the host."

But I am an outsider, and with the meager power you project from afar, I cannot contend with you.

With a thought, Chen Sheng transformed into a towering giant in Wang Wenqing's consciousness and grabbed the figure in front of him.

"Zhao Ji, you've come to the wrong place."

The sudden turn of events caused Zhao Ji to struggle violently and roar.

"How dare you address me by my name and even hold me in your hands! This is utter disrespect and an unforgivable crime."

I have sensed your location; you should be near Huainan.

This place is only about a thousand miles from Bianliang. I can arrive in a short while and have you torn to pieces.

"Your Majesty, please stop joking. Because of the constraints of the dragon's aura, the emperor cannot easily leave the capital."

If one must leave the capital, one can only drag the heavy imperial aura of the entire nation along, traveling at a snail's pace to another place to personally lead an expedition.

By the time you arrive in Huainan, it will probably be several days later.

Chen Sheng, who had overseen the Dragon Qi of the Taiping Dao Kingdom, was extremely knowledgeable about the nature of Dragon Qi; how could he possibly be fooled by Zhao Ji?

Seeing that his bluff had been exposed, Zhao Ji stopped pretending to be angry and became extremely calm, saying indifferently.

"Although I don't know where you got the information about the dragon's aura, I can tell you're a smart person."

Before Wang Aiqing dies, heal him and release him.

I see in you the fate of the demon race and the fate of Buddhism. For the sake of the peace of our race and the continuation of our sect, you must prioritize the greater good and not act impulsively.

"I swear by the Huai River that if you release the prisoners, I will pardon your crimes in the name of the Emperor. This oath will be witnessed by both gods and men."

During the conversation, Chen Sheng could clearly feel that the power Zhao Ji was projecting from a distance was getting stronger and stronger, and he was gradually losing control of it.

The current negotiations are merely a means to buy time.

Chen Sheng didn't bother with any pretense with Zhao Ji. He simply squeezed him hard with both hands, and with a painful scream, crushed him into a shower of flying fragments.

The deaths of people in Wang Wenqing's memory are like the first domino to fall, triggering a chain reaction of collapses in his memory.

Starting from this area, the already fragmented waves of memories around it collapsed en masse and quickly spread to distant places.

In just a moment, the world of memories turned into a deathly silence.

With the destruction of the barrier, Wang Wenqing, who had fought Chen Sheng for a long time before finally being defeated, died just like that.

Chen Sheng's consciousness detached from the world of memories. He looked at the pale purple wisp of soul energy in his hand dissipating in the wind, while pondering in his mind:

Why did Zhao Ji, who was clearly a human emperor, turn into a dragon?
The path of cultivation in this world originates entirely from the flesh and blood evolution of the corpse of the Ancestral Dragon; all fourth-order monsters in the ocean are of dragon lineage.

After the number of dragon kings in the sea increased, the human race began to learn from the fourth-tier dragon demons and gradually explored and created their own method of cultivating destiny.

The fact that all eight fourth-level martial arts techniques that Chen Sheng found in the Daoist canon bear obvious traces of the "Ten Thousand Dragons Scripture" is clear evidence of this.

However, the martial arts created by the master of the dragon often only capture its spirit, not its form. They may capture the dragon's majestic power, its spirit and will, or its soaring momentum... No martial art can completely transform a person into a dragon.

There must be something seriously wrong with Zhao Ji for him to have become like this. In contrast, his ideas about enlightening the Heavenly Court and the gods of the sacred mountains and acupoints are easier to guess.

In the cultivation of destiny, the fourth stage, the "Transformation of Spirit," will cause the spirits of acupoints to emerge in the body, granting various supernatural powers.

The fifth level, [Refining the Spirit], builds upon the fourth level by combining numerous acupoint spirits to cultivate a stronger body and generate more powerful life-path supernatural abilities.

Therefore, Zhao Ji's idea of ​​using Buddhist and Taoist spirits to conjure up the corresponding acupoints and spirits, and combining them to form the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling, was an excellent one.

Chen Sheng compared the various dragon-related martial arts techniques recorded in the "Ten Thousand Dragons Scripture" with his own preliminary deductions and felt that it was still very likely to succeed.

"It's a pity that after I've melted down most of the Buddhist Qi, you no longer have the chance to enlighten the Buddhist sacred mountain."

However… even if combining the Daoist sects with the Heavenly Court is the only path left, there's still a considerable chance of success!

The thought that the powerful energy on Liangshan was about to mature and that Zhao Ji might be able to advance to the fifth rank as a result filled Chen Sheng with a sense of urgency.

He glanced at the devastated battlefield, then immediately took to the air and flew towards Liangzhe Road along his original route.

Although Wang Wenqing knew in his memory that the most important Buddhist scripture, the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha's Divine Power, was in Zhao Ji's hands, he didn't take it too seriously.

For others, lacking a single strand of internal energy could be fatal.

However, for Chen Sheng, who possesses the profession of "罡煞天師" (Gang Sha Celestial Master), if he is only lacking one strand of Gang Qi, he can cultivate it himself, although it will take more effort.

……

The Liangzhe Road is named Liangzhe because a large river called "Zhe" flows through this land and divides the region into eastern and western Zhejiang in a zigzag pattern.

East Zhejiang and West Zhejiang were collectively known as Liangzhe Road.

Fang La's hometown, Qingxi County, is named after a clear tributary in Zhejiang Province, and his lacquer garden is located on the banks of this tributary.

The clear river flows through the dense forests, accumulating into a sizable lake in a flat area.

Beneath the highly transparent water lies a complex of buildings that has been submerged for countless years.

The houses were either collapsed or buried in silt, with only some huge Manichaean-style statues, like colossal objects that existed since time immemorial, silently watching over the living beings.

Fang La, the ruler of this place, sat cross-legged in the palm of a giant statue, meditating with his eyes closed in the lake.

Behind him, a great wheel of light, one wheel inside another, large wheels inside small wheels, was spinning rapidly.

Inside the wheel, more than thirty streams of Buddhist energy and malevolent energy transformed into seated Buddhas, bestowing upon him immense power.

In addition, there are several evil spirits that are constantly changing their forms within the Buddha statues and energy clusters, and they are also struggling painfully in several cycles.

On the other palm of the statue, the voice of an old monk rang out at just the right moment.

"These are the last few Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist curses that I could find south of the Yangtze River."

"From today onward, if you wish to continue seeking the power of Buddhism, you must personally go to the Great Protectorate Temple to reclaim the remaining evil spirits."

"The Venerable One is all goodness, wisdom, truth, and purity, and is able to govern all light in the world."

The Buddha's teachings are a light of enlightenment, which resonates with the essence of the Buddha. These powerful forces should be used by me.

(End of this chapter)