Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

"Whoa! What's going on here? Why would the Yin Shi people ambush the Asura King?"

Chu Mingkong was surprised, but his body was not doing anything. While holding Feng Ying, his hands unconsciously began to caress her ample breasts, as if he was planning to explore further.

Within the Realm of Annihilation, one can do as one pleases, and Feng Ying doesn't care about such things. Just as she was about to respond, she sensed that another visitor had entered this gray realm.

"If you really intend to take action against that thing, you need to be careful of those people hiding in the shadows. These guys have suddenly changed their targets."

Are you busy?

For reasons unknown, Yuehe appeared in the Realm of Annihilation and stood beside Chu Mingkong, gazing at him.

At this moment, he was poised to strike, ready to fire.

"..." Chu Mingkong didn't know how to answer, and even concealing his feelings seemed a bit difficult.

Chapter 124 The Great Corpse of Buddhism

I was so embarrassed I felt like I was about to burst out of my chest...

Since acquiring this Domain of Annihilation, Chu Mingkong has done all sorts of despicable things within it, and Pei Mi alone has plenty to complain about.

Having been used to committing numerous evil deeds in this realm that had a bit of a "time-stop" feel, Chu Mingkong never imagined that someone could break into this realm so easily.

No, perhaps we should have realized this when we saw the ancient Buddha corpse making its move in the Realm of Annihilation.

"Not really... I'm extremely busy. You can continue if you have anything to say."

Chu Mingkong, in a fit of despair, decided to continue, figuring that as long as he wasn't embarrassed, it was others who would be.

Feng Ying didn't have his composure or thick skin. She gave his "tool" a light slap in annoyance and reached out to pull her skirt up. The skirt, which Chu Mingkong had lifted to her slender waist, now covered her firm, fair, and wide buttocks again.

Her topic shifted abruptly yet naturally, her expression as if something utterly ordinary had just happened. Feng Ying gestured with her delicate chin towards Ji Yuan, seizing the initiative to speak:

"Miss Yuehe, don't you have more to explain to us? Injuring that ancient Buddha seems to be beneficial to you, and now that it's right here, can you be frank about what those Yin Shi people were, or rather, what kind of beings you are?"

Feng Ying's questions were sharp and pointed. Chu Mingkong wanted to stop her, fearing that things would get tense, but he also knew that it was necessary to make things clear at the moment. Feng Ying had indeed made the right decision; she could always make the most calm and rational decisions in the right place.

She met Yuehe's gaze; their starry eyes shared a similarity, neither willing to yield, neither intimidated by the imposing aura emanating from the other's eyes.

However, Yuehe accepted Fengying's proposal; if they were to cooperate, mutual trust was essential. She said:

"People of the Yin Time, that's what you call us outsiders. But in our eyes, we've entered a secret realm, a hidden realm that appears under special celestial phenomena."

But here, our power is drastically limited, leaving us with almost only the strength for a single strike. After that, we become ordinary people with slightly stronger bodies.

Oh, so that's why the Asura King just said, after the attack, let's see what happens to these Yin beings... Does she really know that much about these beings?

However, Yuehe's words made Chu Mingkong feel strange. Did she think that they had just entered a secret realm?

Her current existence is probably just a manifestation of celestial phenomena. She may have been the Moon River Goddess in the past, but she is definitely not the Moon River Goddess.

Once you reach a certain level, your existence should be unique. Otherwise, if you encounter a powerful opponent you can't defeat, you can just go back and kill their father.

"Then what does this have to do with you dealing with that ancient Buddha?" Feng Ying asked, voicing Chu Mingkong's doubts.

"A gut feeling that if I injured that ancient Buddha, I could replenish and recover my strength, so that I wouldn't become a cripple after the attack."

Chu Mingkong suddenly realized why she had been so wary ever since they met:

"So, you don't want to make enemies unnecessarily because you want to preserve that one strike, lest you be completely left with no way to fight back?"

“Exactly. The other ‘Yin Shi people’ you mentioned are just like me. In fact, we’re even secretly wary of each other.” Yuehe answered calmly. She hesitated for a moment before revealing her weaknesses. “Moreover, our power is waning, like a countdown. Once our power is gone, we won’t be able to stay in this secret realm.”

Chu Mingkong was already plotting how to deal with that big guy, but Fengying's vigilance remained focused on Yuehe.

“Then let me be frank again. To us, you are not outsiders, but rather like ‘shadows of the past’ that have been created by the workings of heaven and earth. In the history I know, you are our ancestors in your youth.”

“Yes, I have been secretly investigating these past few days, and it is indeed as you said. The present state of this world is like a ‘future’ that I do not know. However, we believe it is a kind of… illusion, a possibility that the secret realm has evolved on its own. We will not take it seriously, because if our will is not strong, we will not be able to return.”

Feng Ying nodded indifferently and said simply, "It doesn't matter. As long as you think you're right and I think I'm right, it doesn't matter who's telling the truth or who's lying. I'll always live here."

Normally, encountering such a conflict in one's concept of self-existence would be no different from a dispute over the lineage of cultivators. Lineage might just be a matter of mutual inheritance and conflicting ideas, but what these two just said involves a difference in their understanding of self-existence!

As a result, they simply glossed over it with a single, unremarkable sentence.

My correctness doesn't need your definition; I'm correct in my own opinion.

Is this a testament to the unwavering self-confidence passed down through generations of Yueqi women?

Seeing that the two had nothing more to say, Chu Mingkong interrupted them:

"But I did have a marriage with the Goddess Yuehe... not Yuehe, haha, and we have a daughter. It's just that the Goddess Yuehe is nowhere to be found now. Yuehe, after you've done this, could you pretend to be my daughter's mother and play with the cat for a while? Consider it payment for helping you."

The sincere gaze of Chu Mingkong was reflected in the depths of Yuehe's eyes. This guy, who could go into a rage and act recklessly even next to the Abyss, had been referring to Chu Mingkong as "our daughter" ever since they met.

Having a daughter with such a strange guy is truly a complicated matter...

Even though Yuehe felt this was something that happened during the evolution of the secret realm, and even though Chu Mingkong's appearance was not bad, and in Yueyun's eyes he was still an extremely outstanding person, his character really made her feel ashamed.

However, it would be good to see what kind of daughter this secret world could produce for her, and hopefully she wouldn't pick up too many of Chu Mingkong's bad habits.

“Okay…” Yuehe nodded seriously.

After the casual conversation ended, the topic once again abruptly and naturally jumped back to the ancient Buddha, only this time it was Chu Mingkong who took the lead.

"I just heard the Asura King say that this big guy is called 'Blood Blade King Corpse'. Yuehe, do you know its origin?"

“Blood Blade King…” Yuehe murmured, recalling in his mind: “It might be the Human Demon. He entered the Dao with the blade, and his killing instinct was extremely strong. Moreover, he was the kind of person who was not very clear-headed. Once, when he went crazy and killed people, he killed his own child. His Daoist partner committed suicide in pain and indignation. After that, the Human Demon ‘suddenly realized his mistakes’ and entered the Buddhist sect.”

It's truly like laying down the butcher's knife and instantly becoming a Buddha!

Could it be that bald, sly-looking guy with a kind face who struck up a conversation with me on the beach that day...?

"Didn't he go mad and kill indiscriminately within the Buddhist community?" Feng Ying asked curiously.

"No, it seems that a high-ranking Buddhist monk told him that emotions such as love, anger, hatred, suffering, and self-blame are all the six desires and karmic obstacles. If a person or demon in this situation does not completely abandon the six desires and cultivate the six senses to be pure, he will not be able to escape the sea of ​​suffering no matter how many cycles of reincarnation he goes through. In short, Buddhism successfully converted him."

Later, he became a Dharma Protector King in Buddhism. He still existed in my time, but I don't know why he evolved into that thing in the Abyss.

It still exists...

In other words, the monk he saw that day was not a shadow, but a powerful and virtuous monk with the power to strike.

Chu Mingkong didn't like the feeling of danger brushing past him, or rather, the feeling of danger lurking in the shadows, which he was unaware of.

"Whatever the reason, what we need to deal with now is not the high monk of the human demon, but a corpse of the Blood Blade King. Let me tell you what I can confirm first."

This Buddhist master... the Great Corpse, has now completely transformed into the Abyss. The light behind his forehead seems to be the core of the Abyss.

And there's another problem. He seems to understand the Buddhist concept of Nirvana, but his understanding of Nirvana has been eroded by the Abyss, turning into a shield. Do you understand what that means?

These analyses are readily apparent, but what is apparent does not mean what is knowable. Who would be so bored as to study the Abyss Beast?

In Yuehe's era, the Abyss was a death zone, devoid of anything, making research impossible.

As for Fengying, she's a bounty hunter, what's she thinking about the ferocious beasts of the Abyss?

"I don't know, just tell me, don't ask me." Feng Ying replied bluntly.

“Yes, just say it directly, stop with the nonsense,” Yuehe agreed.

Chu Mingkong raised a finger:

"Generally, the ferocious beasts of the Abyss will only die in two situations."

The core was destroyed, attacked by an even stronger force of extreme Yang, and mutilated by its own kind, even more ferocious beasts from the Abyss.

“These are three possibilities,” Yuehe couldn’t help but correct.

"Don't pay attention to him, he's just trying to provoke you into talking." Fengying exposed his trick.

"Anyway, the Blood Blade King's corpse is very tough now. If such a large Abyss Core is blown up, the resulting Abyss Calamity should be able to corrode the entire East Sea."

It's just that the ferocious beasts of the Abyss kill each other... I don't think there are any ferocious beasts of the Abyss stronger than this thing. That shield of annihilation is very difficult to break.

That leaves only the option of attacking with the power of extreme Yang.

Discussion is one thing, but now is not the time to act. There are many cultivators, and no one knows if there are any Yin Shi people hiding among them.

Although the Asura King was just an avatar, and her true form was probably off having fun with other enemies, the power of those Yin Shi people's attacks was enough to injure the Asura King's avatar. Chu Mingkong's move now is tantamount to...

Ignoring the risks, they continued to venture into the sea.

"I'll sneak down and take a look. You all wait here for now and don't make any moves."

Feng Ying objected. Even if they were to investigate, they should wait until all the cultivators had left. Going down now was too dangerous.

However, Chu Mingkong was determined, and relying on his protective abilities such as the Domain of Annihilation, he persuaded Fengying and Yuehe to wait on the side while he went down alone to see what was under the giant Buddha corpse. Perhaps there was something to exploit down there.

However, as soon as he entered the Abyss Trench, he was surprised to find a strong aura of extreme yang energy within it.

"How is this possible? There's extreme yang energy in the Abyss? What's going on down there?"

Chapter 125 The Wound of Extreme Yang!

Reaching the deepest point, Chu Mingkong witnessed an incredible sight: at the very bottom of the Abyss Trench, there was a lake of extremely yang water, and the entire corpse of the Blood Blade King was submerged in the water, forming a strange coexistence.

Chu Mingkong didn't understand why the two forces weren't neutralized by the collision.

“This shouldn’t be happening. I threw a bottle of Golden Crow Heart Essence into the Abyss earlier, and it disappeared instantly. Why can this pool of Yang Lake remain here for so long?”

Moreover, this Blood Blade King's corpse was already transformed into the Abyss; wouldn't it be alright to soak it in the extreme Yang power? Did he achieve harmony between these two forces in some other way?

A series of doubts surfaced in Chu Mingkong's mind, followed by a series of conjectures about how to deal with the enemy, but he quickly dismissed them all.

Should we go up and report the situation to Kazekage and the others?

Chu Mingkong shook his head to himself.

Reporting it didn't help; neither of them were experts in either of these two forces.

Moreover, Chu Mingkong felt that Yuehe was hiding something: these Yin beings probably didn't have much time left to hold on.

Otherwise, those Yin Shi people hiding among the cultivators wouldn't have acted so rashly and impulsively against the Asura King; they would have been hoping to take a gamble and gain a chance to stay here a little longer.

"By injuring some beings, one can replenish their power and thus stay here longer... Is the Asura King one of those beings?"

He took a deep breath. In the eternally silent depths of the abyss, though filled with an aura of decay and extinction, Chu Mingkong unexpectedly found a sense of peace.

Clear your mind and understand what you want.