Zhenwu **Demon Emperor.

The Taoist who looked gentle as jade and seemed never to get angry was actually the unparalleled killer who beheaded Donghua as soon as he debuted. The disclosure of this news was like a huge rock with a tremendous force, hitting the water surface hard, causing ripples on the water surface, and the aftermath was endless.

"No, Old Cow, didn't you say that Zhenwu Lingying has a good temper and is as gentle as jade?!"

"Yes, didn't you say that he was forced to get involved in the demon clan's calamity?"

"Hey, what's the matter with killing millions of demons and wiping out all the demons in the state?"

After a moment of silence, the immortals and gods surrounding the old yellow ox subconsciously asked him, and the expression on the old yellow ox's face slowly solidified -

For some reason, I felt a sharp pain in my forehead.

Along with the warm and familiar touch of the Jianmu pillars, what emerged in his mind were the pieces of information that his spirit had actively forgotten. The most striking of them was the secret guidance of Great True Lord Tianpeng.

I……

grass?!

Also shocked by the huge contrast of this news were the Yun couple in the remote edge of Doubu.

as well as.

Maitreya Bodhisattva.

The always smiling Bodhisattva came back to his senses, and then instantly realized another thing -

Wait a minute!

Previously, people thought that Taishang Xuanwei Zhenren and Zhenwu Lingying Daojun were gentle and calm, and did not like killing, so they thought that the sentence "Kill them all" was just a joke to test their Taoist faith. But now, when Taishang Xuanwei Zhenren became the most murderous and brutal Demon Emperor in the Taoist heaven, this sentence was instantly given a completely different meaning.

Is that a joke?!

Is he serious?!

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's expression suddenly changed, he put his hands together, and his tone became solemn, losing his usual calmness and composure:

"The Great Emperor Zhenwu said that his friend, Shangqing Dongxuan Daojun, is even more vicious than him..."

The four Bodhisattvas were silent for a moment.

Immediately, they all changed color, and without bothering to exchange pleasantries, they displayed their magical powers, riding on clouds and mist, and flew towards the storage room in the human world!

…

"Wuhuo, I have bought some things. There are salt-roasted peanuts, some pickled cabbage, bean sprouts, some tofu cubes, dried tofu, tofu shreds, tofu skin, apples and pears, and frosted persimmon cakes. Where is your customer?" The old blue ox turned into a broad-shouldered, strong man and hurried back carrying large and small bags.

He looked around, his eyes almost popping out, probably because he didn't see anyone. He strode over, put everything on the table, and asked, "Wuhuo, where are those guests you mentioned? Why can't I see them?"

The young Taoist replied, "They came, sat for a while, chatted about some things, and now they are gone."

"Already gone?"

Old Green Ox said indignantly, "They just sit here and leave. It's a waste of my efforts to go to many places and find all these delicious vegetarian dishes. Tsk tsk tsk, but they don't stay here and can't eat the vegetarian dishes that I personally found. They just don't have such good luck."

"Hey, where are you going?"

When the old green ox saw the young Taoist in a Taoist robe, with a wooden hairpin to hold his hair together and a whisk and jade pendant, he saw that he was obviously going out, so he immediately called him to stop, staring at him with wide eyes, and said, "You don't want to eat either?"

Qi Wuhuo said: "I have something to do and need to go out."

Old Qingniu asked, "What's the big deal? You don't even have time to eat a meal?"

Qi Wuhuo replied: "It's okay if I didn't know about this before, but now that I know, I can't delay for a moment. The sooner the better. I just wish I couldn't arrive right away. How can I spare the time?"

Qingniu looked at Qi Wuhuo, and curious thoughts arose in his mind.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the previous guest.

I want to know if this matter involves disaster and conflict again?

But Lao Qingniu has experienced a lot and knows when to ask and when not to ask.

The young Taoist thought for a moment and said in a gentle tone, "Don't worry, this is not a big deal. I should be back soon. The sun is just setting in the west. I'll read a book while I prepare the vegetarian dishes. By the time the dishes are ready, I should have finished my work and will be back, so it'll be time for dinner."

Qi Wuhuo walked out of the storage room. As he paced out, a flash of blood appeared between his eyebrows and then disappeared. His sight naturally swept over and fell on a figure in the crowd. The little dragon girl, who was wearing a hood and hiding in the crowd with the help of the dragon clan's stealth hiding technique to control the water, felt her body stiffen slightly.

But he did not give up. He lowered his eyes slightly and squatted beside a stall, looking at the fruits on the stall very attentively.

It’s like there is a whole world on that fruit.

The fruit vendor was promoting his fruits enthusiastically, and Xiao Longnu pretended to be very interested, nodding her head continuously, but in fact all her attention was focused on the being behind her.

Qi Wuhuo looked at the dragon girl. He had never thought that this little dragon girl had been hiding outside, as if waiting for him. He couldn't help but be surprised. But now he still had things to do. After thinking about it, based on the promise he made to his old friend, the Dragon King of Jinghe River, Qi Wuhuo wrote down a trace of the cause and effect and breath of this dragon girl.

He then walked into the crowd, and after a few steps, he disappeared.

After sensing the disappearance of that sight, the little dragon girl turned around and looked at the direction where the young Taoist went away. She said unconvincedly, "Humph, what are you so proud of?"

"But the jade pendant on his waist and the whisk in his hand both seem to be great."

The dragon girl, who had grown up freely since childhood but had no elders to teach her, held her chin with one hand. Her bright and big eyes seemed to light up, and she suddenly became very interested in the whisk with a white jade tail in the Taoist boy's hand. However, she quickly gave up this lustful plan.

Even though she was naive, she knew that such a treasure should not be touched lightly.

She just wants to be free and easy and play around in the world without any restrictions.

I don't want to offend any Taoist priests or anything.

"It's decided. Steal a few taels of silver from him!"

"In this way, I can find an upper room in the human world, take a comfortable bath, and then have a good sleep."

“You can also enjoy a special meal of human cuisine!”

"Besides, things like this are really fun to think about!"

This kind of happiness is much more important than a few coins!

Perhaps it was her nature, or perhaps it was the unconscious influence of cause and effect, but Xiao Longnu, who had lived happily in the human world for several months, clenched her fists, found one, and was very happy.

At least now it makes me happy to think about it.

The perfect target!

…

Qi Wuhuo walked along the way, his mind divided into two parts. He had already passed the capital and came to a very ordinary mansion compared to that of a wealthy family. All the majesty belonging to the prince had been removed, and the beautiful maids were nowhere to be seen. The guards were all warriors in armor and full of murderous aura. Compared with the prince's mansion, it looked more like a military camp.

After some twists and turns, Qi Wuhuo finally entered the mansion. Some of the generals seemed to have received instructions, and some had participated in the war against the demon clan and had seen the young Taoist priest. They invited the Taoist priest to sit at the table next to the lotus pond, served him a pot of tea, and then left.

Qi Wuhuo looked at the lotus pond where all the lotus flowers had withered. The water quality of the entire lotus pond was a turbid dark green color. The remaining lotus flowers were half drooping on the water. The lotus flowers had withered long ago, and the wilted branches were thick, without any beauty. It looked desolate as if all things were withering, just like the dynasty at this moment.

Qi Wuhuo could feel that, because of the original man and the human qi, he was now closely related to the destiny of humanity and could not move lightly, or he would have to kill. Therefore, he came to Li Zhai's residence in advance, to the place where the destiny of humanity was the most exciting and the most concentrated, in order to use this place to stabilize his qi.

After all, his realm of True Lord was chosen by the Three Pure Ones to respond to disasters and came into being as the times require.

The second reason is to have a clear alibi.

The news that Taishang Xuanwei Zhenren is the Zhenwu **demon is probably difficult to cover up.

If that is the case, then of course I have to keep the identity of [Shangqing Dongxuan] hidden.

The six realms are in turmoil and are not stable. At this moment, they have entered the vortex of catastrophe. What they are experiencing now is only a part of the calamity of Buddhism, and the calamity of Buddhism is only a part of the calamity of the human world. The calamity of the human world is the progress of the catastrophe of this era, overlapping layers like waves, surging and continuous, and it seems that there will be no end.

In this case, it is naturally better to have a hidden identity.

Finally, Qi Wuhuo also had something he wanted to discuss with Li Zhai.

About what he was doing at the moment.

And, this extraordinary general's thoughts on the future.

His prestige and momentum have reached the level of many founding emperors in history, but the many domineering methods he is using now are too absolute and too forceful, which has a huge impact on his reputation and influence.

In order to restore order, the military leader acted tyrannically, killing nobles, seizing the profits of aristocratic families, and even beheading civil officials to pave the way.

All these things, acting in this way, are destined to be the path of a hegemon that will never become an emperor. A hegemon is as bright as a shooting star, who can often only conquer the world but often find it difficult to rule it.

The quiet, powerful footsteps and the crisp sound of armor plates rubbing against each other woke Qi Wuhuo from his thoughts.

When the young Taoist came to his senses, he saw an old friend whom he had not seen for several months since they parted at the demon border.

Li Zhai seemed to be even thinner than he was at that time.

What he did during this period of time also brought him tremendous pressure and influence. The marks of his cheekbones could be faintly seen on his face, and the scars from the previous battle with the demon clan were still there. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, his black hair was tied up, and his eyes were dark, which seemed to be stirring endless storms.

Li Zhai looked like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, or a straight spear.

Sharp and sharp, but also extremely tough.

He seemed to know exactly what he was going to do.

What are you doing?

When he saw Qi Wuhuo, Li Zhai's lips curled up slightly. On this face, which had experienced all kinds of major events in just two years and had become increasingly cold and hard, a hint of the simple and honest and straightforward taste that he had when they first met in Zhongzhou City reappeared, but only a trace remained.

Environment and experience shape people, but also destroy them.

Li Zhai smiled and extended his hand to invite Qi Wuhuo to sit down, saying, "I was wondering why I had to come back to this courtyard today for some business. I never thought that I would meet you, Taoist priest, just after I came back. It seems that I am very lucky. Hahahaha, but Taoist priest, you have always been practicing in seclusion outside and don't care about the affairs of the world. I wonder why you came here today?"

Qi Wuhuo looked at Li Zhai in front of him. He seemed to have not rested for a long time, and there was a trace of karmic distress entangled in his body.

The young Taoist said gently: "I came here just for you."

Li Zhai smiled calmly and said, "Oh? You came for me? I don't know what the Taoist priest means?"

Qi Wuhuo picked up the tea and said, "Your luck is extremely strong. You are taking advantage of the situation and are unstoppable. The luck that is restraining Li Hui is weak inside and has long been defeated by your attack. According to common sense, these seven or eight days are enough for you to integrate and devour his luck. However, I have observed Li Hui's luck during this period of time and found that it is still there."

“And it remains at a considerable level.”

Qi Wuhuo looked at Li Zhai and said:

"If my prediction is correct, your current progress should have encountered difficulties,"

The smile on Li Zhai's face slowly disappeared. He nodded and sighed, "... The Taoist master is right. Zhai has put aside all feelings recently and acted drastically. An old friend even died under my sword. All the impure and dirty parts of his luck have been cut out, but..."

Li Zhai stretched out his hand, looked at his palm which was emitting a strong bloody aura, and said, "Li Hui, when my brother proclaimed himself emperor, he had already handed over the destiny of humanity and joined forces with Buddhism. The countries in the human world are the highest in the Shenwu realm, and the Shenwu Nine Provinces have the capital as their heart. Li Hui handed over this extremely important node of destiny of humanity to Buddhism and built their Taizang Realm Great Array."

"Although the Buddhist formation has some wonderful features, it is based on the empty phase. With my military tactics, it can also be restrained."

"I have been spending a lot of time and energy on deducing how to break the formation. This formation that covers the entire capital has been broken a lot, and there is only one node left that I still can't find. In fact, we have been searching for this most critical node in the formation day and night, almost in every neighborhood and village, but we still haven't found it."

"It was not until the end, when I went back to see Li Hui, that I discovered the location of this node."

"It's so far away, yet so close at hand."

Li Zhai clenched his fists suddenly, his expression was grim, but his eyes were burning with boundless flames, he gritted his teeth and said:

"That formation node was the emperor of the time, the Divine Martial Emperor, Li Hui."

"This formation was constructed in his body using his boundless magical power, his bloodline as the veins, and his heart as the core."

"How do I break the formation?"

"If we don't break this formation, Buddhism will cling to us like a blood-sucking worm; but if we break this formation, what should I do?"

Li Zhai slammed his fist on the table, and his clenched fist slowly loosened. The mighty king who had shown his edge seemed tired.

He looked at the Taoist priest in front of him who was calm and composed.

It seemed as if he was asking him, or as if he was asking generations of royal family members, or perhaps, the historians who wrote with iron pens like knives in the endless years, saying: "Our lineage is destined to have fathers and sons kill each other, and brothers kill each other. With these hands of mine, I have fought for this world, quelled foreign invasions, and stained countless blood, but I still believe that I am clean!"

"But am I destined to kill him?"

"Just as my father killed his brother, should I also kill my brother like him?"

He looked tired and sighed:

"Master, this is the fate of the royal family, isn't it?"

Facing the pain of the mighty King, Qi Wuhuo quietly waited for him to calm down.

Li Zhai’s pain is not just because of this choice.

Also because he knew very well what choice he would make in the end.

After indirectly forcing his father to death, he would also kill Li Hui, his only direct blood relative.

There is no doubt that Li Hui's sins are real, but the memories of his brother teaching him how to write and read stroke by stroke and playing together when he was young are equally real. The emotional side of a human being and the calmness and sternness of a general, the memories of the past and the coldness of the sword all hit him at the same time, which is why he is so painful.

The young Taoist raised his eyes and looked into the distance, saying: "This formation may not only have this one way to break the calamity."

Li Zhai was slightly startled, with a look of astonishment in his eyes, and asked: "Why did the Taoist priest teach me?"

Qi Wuhuo drank his tea gently and said, "I came here precisely because of this matter."

Li Zhai's expression became more and more anxious, but Qi Wuhuo did not explain in detail.

He raised the teacup:

"Come, finish this cup of tea, maybe things will turn around."

…

In a location not too far from here, surrounded by mountains, there is a majestic and ancient sacred temple, emitting infinite light and infinite Dharma, filling the sky and the earth. Even if you stand dozens of miles away, you can faintly hear the sound of chanting and preaching, which can drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters. The wonderful Dharma is mysterious and pure.

In the past, this was a popular place, and many people came here to pray for blessings.

But today, this clear Buddha's light seemed to spread outward like a living thing, wanting to devour the human world.

This golden Buddha light seemed to have transformed into some kind of evil monster.

Anything abnormal is a demon!

Why can't this place, this temple, and this scene be called a monster?

At this moment, a foot stepped on the river in front of the Buddha's light. The quietly flowing river was suddenly stained with blood. The sky and the earth became dark, and the wind was bleak. A Taoist wearing a dark red Taoist robe, with two swords on his waist, with cold and sharp eyebrows and a jade hairpin in his hair, raised his head slightly and looked at the quiet and comfortable temple in front of him.

The river flows between two places, one side is deep and bloody, the other side is pure and golden.

They are clearly distinguished from each other.

Saving lives is like putting out a fire, there can be no delay!

"I'm here!"