Chapter 64: The testimony of the murdered wife (20)
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With the help of the demon world, the chances of strengthening the seal are much greater.
The weapon-refining sect and the talisman-cultivating sect lost no time and prepared the new soul-soothing nails and sealing talismans within three days.
Their plan is this -
Send the leader of Xuantian Sect to take down the old soul-suppressing nails and talismans. It is not the first time he has done such a thing. Sending him this time is also a chance for him to atone for his sins.
After he removed the seal, the monks from the human world and the demons from the demon world reinforced the seal from outside.
As long as all the talismans on the stone wall are replaced, it will be considered a success.
But this is a dangerous matter. When they are doing these things, the evil spirit will definitely destroy the seal at all costs, and there may even be two or three strands of it slipping out from the abyss.
So they need to be extra careful.
The night before, several leaders of the cultivation world, several leaders of the demon world, as well as Zhu Qingchen and Chang Yuan, sat together and finalized the plan.
Before leaving, Zhu Qingchen said to them: "I have always had a doubt in my heart, and I don't know whether I should tell you."
"Your Excellency, please feel free to speak."
"I suspect..." Zhu Qingchen raised his head and looked at them seriously, "The way of heaven is evil."
"Immortal Venerable..."
The monks respect the way of heaven and pursue immortality and ascension throughout their lives.
Although the demons are unruly, they still fear God.
When he suddenly said this, everyone's expression changed.
"I have suspected this for a long time. You can just listen to it casually, but I still want to remind you."
"If the Heavenly Dao really has spirits, why would it allow evil spirits to wreak havoc? Why would it allow Xu Fangting to practice evil arts? No one knows where the evil spirits come from."
"If I hadn't stopped him, Xu Fangting would have ascended by now."
But it was precisely because Zhu Qingchen prevented Xu Fangting from ascending that he could not tell other people the plot of the original book, and thus could not prove his point.
He could only remind others to be more careful, but he couldn't completely convince them.
Everyone still looked skeptical.
Only Chang Yuan held his hand, and Zhu Qingchen was a little surprised.
Chang Yuan said: "Two hundred years ago, the people were simple and honest. It is impossible for such a strong demonic energy to appear between heaven and earth without any reason. There must be someone behind it, maybe it is the way of heaven."
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "I think so too. I understand your doubts. We will reinforce the seal tomorrow. No matter what happens or who tries to stop us, we must put the seal first."
“It’s natural.”
Everyone stood up and saluted: "We will keep this in mind!"
Zhu Qingchen felt relieved: "Go back and rest first, tomorrow will be a fierce battle."
After everyone else left, Zhu Qingchen turned to look at Chang Yuan: "Do you really think so?"
Chang Yuan nodded seriously: "Yes."
*
That night, everyone in the camp, except those who were on guard in the watchtower, went to bed early.
Recharge your energy for tomorrow's big battle.
It's getting late and the dew is heavy, late at night.
Suddenly, a rapid horn sounded.
Zhu Qingchen and Chang Yuan woke up from their dreams at the same time.
Although the two men lived in two separate tents, they both sat up from the bed at the same time, put on their outer clothes, picked up their weapons, and went outside the tent to meet each other.
"Something happened."
"Go and have a look."
The two men looked at each other and quickly flew towards the watchtower where the horn was blown.
The rest of the people followed behind.
The disciple in the watchtower hurriedly reported back: "Immortal Lord, Demon Lord, seal...seal..."
Chang Yuan stretched out his hand and ignited a fire, illuminating the scene in front of him.
In the devil's abyss, countless black mists rushed towards the stone wall. The stone wall shook slightly, and then became more and more violent. The soul-suppressing nails and talismans on it were loosening.
Suddenly, with a "clang" sound, a soul-suppressing nail fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Zhu Qingchen and Chang Yuan looked at each other and made a prompt decision: "Reinforce now!"
The two men turned around, Zhu Qingchen was responsible for deploying the monks, while Chang Yuan waved to the demons below.
There are hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the cultivation world, while the demon world has just settled down and has fewer people.
But it was also a spectacular scene when they all stood in front of the open space in the Demon Abyss.
The night was dim and everyone was alert and holding their weapons tightly.
The head of Xuantian Sect was brought in front of Zhu Qingchen. Zhu Qingchen pursed his lips and said nothing.
The head of Xuantian Sect looked at him seriously and said, "Immortal Venerable, I have offended you many times in the past because of my evil intentions. Now that I am about to die, I dare to ask you for a word."
Zhu Qingchen nodded slightly: "I know Shen Mingzhu will not die, he will stay here to guard you."
"There is one more thing..." The head of the sect paused, "In my life, I have been ashamed of my master's teachings, and I am also ashamed of my master passing on the position of the head of the sect to me. If the immortal master ascends to heaven one day and encounters the remaining soul of my master, please apologize to my master on my behalf."
As he spoke, he covered his eyes and said, "I... my master taught me the same way as the Immortal Master taught Lu Xiaoyou and Cheng Xiaoyou, but I... but I failed him... I failed him, I brought shame to him."
Zhu Qingchen sighed: "I understand. If we are destined to meet, I will convey your message."
The head of the sect knelt on the ground, bent down, kowtowed to him heavily, then stood up and walked towards the Demon Abyss.
At this moment, Shen Mingzhu suddenly cried out from behind him: "Dad... I was wrong... I was wrong, let me go... I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"
He was injured and had not yet fully recovered, so he stumbled out of the tent.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi stopped him from going forward.
Shen Mingzhu cried, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Senior Brother Lu, Senior Brother Cheng, I really know I was wrong, please let me go... let me go... Immortal Venerable, I know I was wrong!"
Cheng Yi paused for a moment before saying the curse word, and sighed, "If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place? This is a sin he should atone for. If you continue to disturb his mind, I'm afraid he will die even faster."
Lu Nanxing also said: "Let's go back."
The head of the sect did not look back, but gripped his sword tightly and walked towards the Demon Abyss.
Zhu Qingchen calmed himself down, reached out his hand, and took a soul-soothing nail from the head of the Weapon Refining Sect.
The leader of Xuantian Sect walked to the stone wall, touched the first soul-soothing nail, and condensed the spiritual energy on his palm.
The moment he pulled out the Soul-Suppressing Nail, the evil spirit quickly sensed the gap here and surged towards here, frantically resisting the new Soul-Suppressing Nail.
Everyone in front of the Demon Abyss was fighting against the evil spirit while sending the soul-soothing nails into the stone wall.
The evil spirit was so powerful that from time to time, some people were blown away by it because of their poor cultivation and lack of spiritual power.
Even Zhu Qingchen couldn't help but move back half a step.
The system attached to the sword: "Host, hold on! I'll help you maximize the buff!"
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen nodded.
With everyone working together, they finally pushed the first soul-soothing nail into the stone wall.
But this is only the first one.
Next, there are eighty more.
Zhu Qingchen wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned to look at Chang Yuan.
Chang Yuan looked fine, without breaking a sweat, and stood straight and tall, seemingly doing it effortlessly.
The villain system said: "Host, your buff is also at its maximum."
Chang Yuan nodded slightly: "It doesn't matter."
The second, third, and fourth soul-soothing nails followed closely behind.
When it came to the tenth one, Zhu Qingchen couldn't hold on any longer. His whole body swayed and he couldn't help but fall backwards.
Just when he thought he was going to fall, a force suddenly came from behind and lifted him up.
Zhu Qingchen turned around and saw the monks behind him standing up again.
The tenth, the eleventh…
I don’t know how long it took, but the sky gradually brightened and the morning light became dim.
Just when the leader of Xuantian Sect pulled out the twentieth soul-suppressing nail, evil energy that leaked out from nowhere suddenly rushed out and knocked him to the ground.
The evil energy rolled up a cloud of dust, sweeping in from the valley and knocking everyone to the ground.
Even Zhu Qingchen is no exception.
He subconsciously called out "Chang Yuan", and the next second, Chang Yuan rushed over and hugged him, holding him in his arms.
In the midst of smoke and dust, the two people fell to the ground together.
*
When Zhu Qingchen woke up again, it was already dawn.
But……
Zhu Qingchen fell to the ground and looked around.
Where is this?
It was surrounded by clouds and mist and I couldn't see clearly.
He didn't know where this place was either.
Zhu Qingchen called out: "Changyuan? System? Nanxing? Chengyi?"
There was no one around, the only response he got was his own echo.
Zhu Qingchen staggered to his feet and took a few steps forward.
Suddenly, a sky gate carved from white jade appeared before him.
Zhu Qingchen frowned and continued walking forward.
In the mist, two gatekeepers appeared at the door.
Zhu Qingchen finally saw someone and hurried forward, wanting to ask where this place was: "My two immortal friends, may I ask..."
The next second, Zhu Qingchen stood there in a daze.
Because these two gatekeepers are not real people, but "people" made of bamboo strips and colored paper.
Just like the funeral supplies of later generations, their armor was made of paper, their weapons were made of paper, and their entire bodies were made of paper. There were two round red cheeks on the paper faces.
It looked particularly creepy. Zhu Qingchen turned around and wanted to leave, but a deep voice came from behind him: "Announce, Yuqing Immortal Venerable, Zhu Qingchen, to the palace!"
Zhu Qingchen turned around and clenched the sword in his hand.
who?
How does the speaker know who he is?
Seeing that he didn't move, the person inside shouted again: "Announce, Zhu Qingchen to the palace!"
Zhu Qingchen pursed his lips and his eyes gradually became firm.
No matter who it is, he will find out whether it is true or not.
Zhu Qingchen gripped the sword tightly, took a step forward and walked forward.
He crossed the Jade Gate and parted the clouds. The golden houses, jade railings, carved beams and painted buildings before him seemed to appear out of thin air.
The fairies in the corridor were holding jade plates and golden cups, but they did not move.
Zhu Qingchen took a closer look and found that it was also a paper figure.
Walking further, a palace appeared before him.
Needless to say, the courtiers, immortals, and fairy maids holding fans in the palace are all made of paper.
Zhu Qingchen walked through two rows of paper figures and slowly entered the hall.
Suddenly, the paper figure beside him let out a sharp cry: "How dare you! You are facing the Heavenly Dao, why don't you bow?"
Zhu Qingchen raised his head and saw that the old man sitting on the throne in the palace was not made of paper.
He is a living person.
This is the manifestation of the Way of Heaven.
So……
This should be the heaven.
Why is the heaven so weird?
The paper figurine beside Zhu Qingchen wanted to speak, but Tiandao Huaxing waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite."
Zhu Qingchen looked at him steadily: "May I ask, Your Excellency, who are you..."
The Heavenly Dao incarnation smiled and said, "Congratulations to the Jade Purity Immortal Venerable for ascending to the Great Dao. You have now become an immortal."
The next second, all the paper figures in the hall spoke in unison: "Congratulations, Immortal Venerable, on your ascension to the great road!"
Zhu Qingchen was startled and subconsciously looked at the paper figures.
The paper man's body did not move, only its rouge-smeared mouth opened and closed, making the same sounds as a human.
Zhu Qingchen looked around and asked: "After becoming an immortal, will I become a paper figure like them?"
Tian Dao said calmly: "No, you are special, I don't intend to turn you into a paper man."
Zhu Qingchen frowned, not understanding.
"You are very smart. You are different from them. I will entrust you with important tasks."
Zhu Qingchen still looked defensive. Tiandao supported the table and slowly stood up from the throne. His clothes were flowing as he walked through the group of paper figures: "Follow me."
All the paper figures followed behind him. Zhu Qingchen always held his sword, and the group came to the outside of Tianmen.
Tiandao stood outside the Heavenly Gate and with a flick of his sleeve, he cleared away the clouds in front of him.
Zhu Qingchen opened his eyes wide.
This is the scene of the Demon Abyss.
Demonic energy attacked all around, the seal of the Demon Abyss was destroyed, and soul-suppressing nails were scattered all over the ground. The surviving monks barely got up from the ground and called out to their companions.
Wherever the evil spirit goes, the grass withers and all things die.
His body was still outside the Demon Abyss. Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi supported each other and walked to his side, leaning on their swords.
The two were about to cry, but the other leaders still remembered what Zhu Qingchen had told them last night.
——No matter who tries to stop us, we must seal it first.
So they picked themselves up, regrouped, and tried to continue the seal.
Zhu Qingchen looked at the situation below with concern, but at this moment, a chuckle suddenly came to his ears.
He turned his head suddenly and saw a faint smile on Tiandao's face.
Zhu Qingchen opened his eyes wide: "What do you mean? They are all your people, why are you..."
Tian Dao smiled and shook his head: "To me, they are not considered ordinary people."
"What are they then? Ants?"
"They are nothing more than pigs, dogs, chickens and ducks."
Zhu Qingchen looked at him in disbelief: "What do you mean?"
Tian Dao said calmly: "I created this world and taught them to practice, not to make them stronger, nor to make them and I immortal."
"I raise them just like you mortals raise chickens and ducks. I raise them for food." Tiandao looked at Zhu Qingchen and smiled sinisterly. "So, do you understand?"
Zhu Qingchen took a half step back and looked at him warily: "So you allowed the evil spirit to wreak havoc on the world just to let it kill more people and make them your food."
"No." Tian Dao said, "Those people are not qualified to be my food. They can only become my jokes after dinner."
"I don't eat dead people. I eat people who have ascended to heaven. When monks ascend, their cultivation reaches its peak and their mood is the best. Monks at this time are the most delicious to eat."
"You..." Zhu Qingchen opened his eyes wide in shock, and then he understood. The entire cultivation world is a scam.
They are like chickens and ducks kept in cages, born to be food of nature.
Ascension is simply a scam. Those paper figures in heaven were all monks who were fortunate enough to ascend. As soon as they ascended, they were eaten by heaven.
Tian Dao continued, "The evil energy you tried so hard to seal was just a little evil thought that came out of my sleep. The big show two hundred years ago was really good. I found it funny when I watched you resist my little evil thoughts from the clouds."
"In the end, you just sealed it. But it just so happens that I am tired of eating the righteous monks. I want to try what it would taste like if the monks ascended to heaven through evil ways."
Zhu Qingchen clenched the sword in his hand. "So you allowed the Xuantian Sect leader to do evil and allowed Xu Fangting to kill his wife to prove his truth? You raised them with greed and evil magic, and you also gave Xu Fangting that booklet?"
No wonder, no wonder in the original book, someone like Xu Fangting was also able to ascend.
It turns out that there is no definite answer as to whether or not one can ascend to heaven; it all depends on the will of heaven.
"Yes." Tiandao smiled, "I originally wanted to use evil thoughts to control the blue dragon and let it help me choose food, but it was too disobedient. Yuqing Immortal Venerable, you destroyed the food I raised with great difficulty. Now they are not tasty anymore."
Zhu Qingchen's expression suddenly changed: "Those monks down there are also human beings, living people, how could you deceive them with ascension?"
"Everyone thinks that ascending to the sky means proving oneself and achieving greatness, and that after ascending to the sky one can better protect the people. But now you say that ascending to the sky means becoming your meal?"
"Heavenly Dao? What qualifications do you have to call yourself Heavenly Dao? If you are curious about the taste of evil demons, why don't you take a bite of yourself? Aren't you the biggest evil demon in the world?"
Tian Dao was not annoyed at all, and still looked at Zhu Qingchen with a smile: "Yuqing, you are so angry now, but you are just worried that I will eat you."
"Bullshit." Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously. "Why should I be afraid of you eating me? Even if you eat me, I will still hold my sword in your belly and cut your intestines into pieces."
"I can sacrifice my own life in exchange for your life, Tiandao, so that everyone in the cultivation world will no longer be deceived. This is worth it."
Tiandao finally stopped laughing, and his face gradually darkened: "You are the first person in hundreds of years to see through the 'Evil Nature of Heaven'. You are very smart and determined. I will not eat you. I want you to help me manage the world of cultivation." "If you go down now, I will let the demonic energy cooperate with you and pretend to be sealed by you. By then, your reputation in the world of cultivation will be further improved, and they will all believe in you."
"I want you to help me guide them, teach them how to practice, and raise them to be plump and white. No matter if they are upright monks or evil heretics, I want to have a taste of them. It is your great honor to work for me."
Zhu Qingchen asked, "Did you say the same thing to Chang Yuan before?"
How could there be such a way of heaven?
How could this happen?
The pure white clouds in the heavens and the black fog in the devil's abyss actually have the same source!
It turns out that I was wrong from the beginning. I was totally wrong!
Zhu Qingchen said sternly: "Heaven is ruthless, but it is not heartless. You are cruel to all living beings and extremely vicious. You are not worthy of being called 'Heaven', let alone 'Tao'!"
Tiandao didn't seem to take him seriously, and even kept his hands behind his back from beginning to end: "Yuqing, you will regret it."
Zhu Qingchen called out "system" twice, but there was no response.
There was no other way, he could only hold the sword tightly in his hand and said firmly: "I won't regret it."
Tiandao snapped his fingers and a beam of white light came out.
Zhu Qingchen recalled the sword moves he had practiced himself, raised his sword to block, but was still knocked back several steps.
He stood up again, sword in hand, and flew closer.
The long sword stabbed out a residual shadow, and Tiandao dodged in an orderly manner, as if teasing him: "Yuqing, you really don't want to?"
"I will never be an accomplice to a tiger."
As soon as Zhu Qingchen finished speaking, a stream of spiritual power hit his heart and knocked him out.
The sword fell to the side with a clang.
Zhu Qingchen fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the clouds in the sky red.
Tian Dao asked him again: "Are you really unwilling?"
"I don't want to!" Zhu Qingchen supported himself with his hands, got up from the ground, and reached out to pick up his sword.
The next moment, Tiandao waved his hand, and the paper people that were originally in the corridor of the hall seemed to come alive. They all stood in front of Tiandao and rushed in front of Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen clenched his sword and was about to stab it when suddenly, the voice of Tiandao came from not far away.
"They are all monks who have ascended to heaven."
The next second, Zhu Qingchen retracted the sword and changed direction.
He refused to hurt those paper figures, but those paper figures did not let him go. The sword blade slashed across, leaving a bloody mark on Zhu Qingchen's arm.
The sword in Zhu Qingchen's hand was knocked away again, and he fell to the ground.
A strange smile appeared on Tiandao's face. He knew that Zhu Qingchen couldn't do it.
Tiandao raised his hand and grabbed Zhu Qingchen.
He grabbed Zhu Qingchen's neck and lifted him up from the ground.
"Congratulations to Immortal Jade Purity for passing the trial and ascending to heaven. Ever since you sealed the evil spirit two hundred years ago, I haven't had the pleasure of meeting such a pure and kind cultivator in a long time."
What Tiandao just said was half true and half false.
He said that he kept the monks to eat, and that was the truth.
It was a lie to trick Zhu Qingchen into thinking that he would manage the cultivation world on his behalf.
He just wanted to try Zhu Qingchen to see if Zhu Qingchen had a strong will and whether he tasted good.
Zhu Qingchen was like a little white goose with its neck strangled. He kicked his feet in the air, flapped his wings with his last bit of strength, and tightly grasped the dagger hidden in his sleeve.
If Tiandao dared to eat him, he would go in and cut Tiandao's stomach open!
Anyway...anyway, he has already died once!
Tiandao's turbid eyes stared at his clear eyes. Zhu Qingchen raised his head slightly and looked back without fear.
Just when Zhu Qingchen was about to be strangled to death, a dragon roar suddenly came from behind him.
The next second, a dragon roar shattered the heavenly hall, and Tiandao's hand that was pinching his neck loosened.
Chang Yuan flashed to Zhu Qingchen's side and hugged his waist tightly.
Zhu Qingchen fell into his arms, with obvious bruises on his neck from being pinched, and his white clothes were also covered with bloodstains from being cut by the paper man.
Tian Dao was shocked: "You...why are you here?"
Chang Yuan looked down at Zhu Qingchen, reached out his hand, touched his cheek, confirmed that he was not dead, fed him a Qingxin Pill, and called out in a low voice: "Immortal Venerable?"
Zhu Qingchen leaned in his arms and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, he..."
"I know, Immortal Lord, don't worry." Chang Yuan hugged him tightly, raised his head, looked towards Tiandao, his eyes were cold.
Tian Dao asked sternly, "How come you are still alive? Didn't the evil spirit kill you?"
Chang Yuan tilted his head: "Are you talking about the evil spirits that control me every day? Aren't those the evil thoughts you deliberately put into the world of cultivation?"
Tiandao was shocked: "What did you do to it?"
Chang Yuan grinned, revealing his white teeth: "Just like you, I ate it."
Chang Yuan paused and said seriously: "It tastes bad."!
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