Zhang Xiaoyu looked at the young Taoist priest. He had seen Qi Wuhuo calm and composed, and he had seen him take the lead courageously, but he had never seen him in such a state of dazedness and loss. However, Zhang Xiaoyu could understand why he was in such a state.

There is no doubt that the young Taoist in front of him regards his teacher as more important than himself.

Now, while being controlled, he actually attacked his own teacher and severely injured the old man.

When thinking about this, Zhang Xiaoyu instinctively felt that his body was almost about to laugh out loud, and the corners of his mouth curled up instinctively, but he quickly realized that such a reaction was inappropriate, so he suppressed it, and realized in his heart that this was an excellent opportunity to get closer to Qi Wuhuo!

After he said that, Qi Wuhuo's eyes moved slightly. Zhang Xiaoyu saw that the young Taoist's eyes were calm. After he just recovered from his absent-minded state, there was almost a trace of murderous intent and evil spirit in his eyes, but he quickly regained his calmness, stood up, bowed and said: "Brother Zhang, if you have any ideas, please tell me directly."

Zhang Xiaoyu said: "There are a lot of things in my study room, which records many secret texts from ancient times to the present."

"Among them, um... I mean, there may be a method used in ancient times to restrain the Taiyi God."

"If you need it, Brother Qi, I can go back and look for it, then bring it down for you."

Zhang Xiaoyu thought about it.

He plucked up his courage, and although he was nervous, he remained calm. He then reached out and patted the young Taoist on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, Brother Qi."

"Your business is my business."

"You and I are good friends. I, Zhang, will definitely help you with this matter!"

Article 17 of the 373rd Jade Emperor's Notes -

【The best way to add icing on the cake is to give timely help】

Thank you, my past self!

After some consolation, the young Jade Emperor suddenly felt eager and motivated, and actually declined Qi Wuhuo's invitation to keep him for dinner, and quickly returned to the Heavenly Palace. Qi Wuhuo saw him out, and on the top of the mountain, the black-clothed Taoist Master and Tai Shang stood side by side, looking at the young Taoist in blue robes standing at the gate of the yard. The young Jade Emperor in white waved his hand and strode away.

He then created an illusion and flew up into the sky riding on the clouds.

The Supreme watched him go away, stroked his beard and said gently:

"He was always timid in the past, but now he has finally changed his mind. My injury today has given him an opportunity to make friends with Wu Huo. He has finally changed his mind."

"This way, firstly, it will give Haotian's reincarnation a chance to make friends with Wuhuo; secondly, I can know the level of Taiyi's foundation and body; thirdly, it can also mislead Taiyi and make him misjudge, while I will only suffer damage to the Qi in this purple gold gourd. This move is not bad."

Shangqing Da Dao Jun rolled his eyes wildly.

"Where's Four?"

The old man stroked his beard and laughed:

"Fourth, find a good friend for my disciple, find an opportunity, and give him a treasure."

Shangqing Da Dao Jun pretended to be furious: "Is it really Taishang Xuanwei?!"

The old man did not change because of the anger of the Great Dao Lord. He just pointed at him, shook his head helplessly, and asked with a smile:

"Don't you know that too?"

"It's come to this point. What's the point of pretending in front of me?"

Shangqing Da Dao Jun sneered for a moment, then fell silent, and suddenly said to himself:

"I finally understand why my Dao always reminds me to change someone to fight the enemy."

The tone was angry, with occasional gnashing of teeth.

Obviously, I deeply regret it!

The Supreme said in a gentle voice: "Taiyi is a relic of our generation. I only knew that he would be revived in this era, so eight thousand years ago, I traveled around the human world, looking for traces of his revival, but I never found it. However, I did not expect that this disciple that Di Ting found for me was actually the one chosen by Taiyi."

Shangqing Daojun asked: "Are we interfering too much?"

The Supreme paused and said:

"They will eventually have to walk their own path in the future, but we have to shoulder the legacy of the ancient times."

"You and I both know that nothing in this world will ever end."

"Children will eventually go far away, and it is helpful to be able to protect them from the wind and rain for now."

It is rare for Shangqing Da Daojun to recognize it.

In the moment of silence, the man in black robe and jade hairpin holding the sword has a sense of sharpness and grace.

Then he suddenly realized something and turned his head: "Hmm?? Wait a minute?"

"Ding Ting, is this the disciple I found for you?"

"What do you mean? Tell me quickly!"

…

Qi Wuhuo was quiet for several hours. He looked at his hand that had injured his teacher. Regret, self-blame and hatred began to emerge in his heart, but he quickly suppressed the emotion and lit three incense sticks.

This time we don’t worship heaven and earth, nor do we worship the Three Pure Ones, we just stand in front.

Three incense sticks slowly rose up, and Qi Wuhuo was sitting in front with his eyes closed.

He cut off all distracting thoughts, leaving only one thought in his heart, like a burning flame. Qi Wuhuo stood up and raised the Blood River Sword. This time, the Blood River Sword did not make a violent sword sound, but flowed slowly in Qi Wuhuo's palm, with a cold light flowing on the sword body.

This sword once again suited Qi Wuhuo's temperament.

Then he practiced sword, practicing breathing as usual.

Taoist Shangqing looked at Qi Wuhuo who was standing in the courtyard holding a sword and said, "... his anger, self-blame and sadness have all turned into murderous intent. This is good. His personality is too plain, which is good, but such intense emotions are more suitable for him to comprehend certain sword intents."

"Shangri-La, I will give you three thousand weapons to refine, and you can give me this disciple. How about that?"

The old man didn't answer.

When Qi Wuhuo came to visit his teacher at night, the old man had changed into that extremely weak appearance again, as if he was seriously injured by that move. Not to mention the traces of blood, even his Qi was barely maintained. Although it was weak, it was maintained anyway. The pills over there were also empty.

Qi Wuhuo remained silent. Looking at the old man's weak appearance, he felt uncomfortable. He helped the old man to sleep. Qi Wuhuo sat next to his teacher. Under the candlelight, the old man's hair and beard looked a little dry, and his wrinkles seemed to be more than before. His face was as pale as paper, and he just fell asleep on his side.

Qi Wuhuo breathed peacefully, the Blood River Sword placed beside him.

He waited until the old man fell asleep, picked up his sword, turned around and walked out, Shangqing Da Dao Jun folded his arms.

Qi Wuhuo bowed to Shangqing Daojun and said, "Senior."

Shangqing Da Dao Jun raised his chin slightly and said, "Let's get started."

"yes."

Qi Wuhuo flicked his sleeves, sat cross-legged in the circle, and slowly closed his eyes. His worry about his teacher's injury and his resentment and self-blame for causing his teacher's serious injury because of himself all combined into pure murderous intent. Today, he still could not guarantee that he had solved Taiyi's problem. Qi Wuhuo felt that it might not be the case yet.

Lord Shangqing looked at Qi Wuhuo who had fallen into a deep sleep and raised his eyes slightly.

“Taiyi…”

What would you do?

When you find that we haven't made much progress in these five eons, what will you do with your murderous intent?

Shangqing Daojun held the sword, the sword energy was sinister, concealing his aura, his eyes were calm, and he looked through the house and saw the old man lying on his side on the bed. The old man's face was pale under the moonlight, but it was gradually changing and turning into a huge gray-white stone. Even the messy hair that Qi Wuhuo saw was just dry weeds on it in late autumn.

Shangqing Da Daojun muttered to himself.

"What a trick with so many variations."

"What a great move! The fetus can change its shape..."

"No wonder that kid couldn't tell the truth from the false."

When Qi Wuhuo opened his eyes again, the golden figure was still in front of him. It was the god Taiyi. The Qi lingering around him once again isolated Taiyi so that he could only use a foundation similar to Qi Wuhuo's. The distance between Taiyi and Qi Wuhuo was getting closer and closer.

Taiyi looked at the Taoist in front of him indifferently.

The next moment, the sword was drawn, and a sharp aura burst out, which was three times more evil and murderous than before. In an instant, it slashed down in front of Taiyi. This night was another fight that seemed to have no end, but Taiyi was retreating faintly. After he blocked Qi Wuhuo's sword move once again, a ripple appeared in his eyes.

【murderous look……】

[Unique murderous intent]

【Just like Him. 】

At this moment, a figure seemed to appear in front of Taiyi's eyes. The friend who used to play the piano and chess and was as gentle as jade appeared like a mad demon. The murderous intent in his eyes at that time was so similar to the murderous intent in the eyes of this young human now. So, Taishang--

Are you really hurt?

How to test and how to confirm whether the results of your test are true or false.

It is something more important than temptation.

This is one of the reasons why he chose the person in front of him.

The disciple's reaction truly showed the result of his temptation.

If Tai Shang was just acting.

It is absolutely impossible for the person in front of him to hide his emotions in the deepest part of his heart. He must have emotions like worrying about being exposed, rather than pure murderous intent and hatred. Even the slightest ripple would be noticed.

There was no ripple in Taiyi's heart, he just made a judgment.

It must be true that you have been hurt by my power.

Unless, Tai Shang was just like that man back then, and concealed the truth even to his own people.

That's impossible.

But what if that is true?

Countless thoughts were running through Taiyi's mind as he responded to Qi Wuhuo's attack. Finally, he suddenly gave up his original plan to occupy Qi Wuhuo's body immediately - after all, if Taishang was acting, then if he immediately replaced this guy, and Taishang would counterattack him with a method that banned the heavens and the earth, wouldn't that mean he would fall into his trap?

This method of using close relatives as pawns has been used before.

At this moment, I remembered the "old friend" who was dressed in green, who was once as gentle as jade, but later became like a demon.

The core concept of [One] is that I cannot understand the anger of my "old friend".

Your [sister] is just one of all creatures, connected only by a tiny bit of blood.

I am in harmony with your great path.

Since there is a dispute over morality, I have killed your sister.

But at least you still have me, your old friend, and I can still play the piano and discuss philosophy with you. Why do you have to do so many things and make yourself my enemy?

Clang!!!

Amid the sound of sword, the long sword fell. Qi Wuhuo dropped the sword, made the Sky Seal with his left hand, and performed the Taiyi Finger Technique.

The vast Taiyi consciousness was amazed by the heaviness of the latecomer and the domineering fusion of the forerunner. It suppressed it with its backhand, but ultimately failed to close the distance as it had planned. Instead, it retreated half a step. What it saw before its eyes was the moves that Qi Wuhuo unleashed in his rage and murderous intent. The great will of [One] naturally made a judgment.

Wait for a while and wait to see the reaction of the Supreme.

If it is false, there must be clues.

During this time...

Taiyi grabbed the sword with one hand. The Dao was ruthless and moved the sun and the moon. He had no intention of killing or being kind to Qi Wuhuo.

He just made the decision casually and naturally with his usual indifference and magnanimity.

Kill your teacher.

During this period of time when I am testing Tai Shang, I will act as your "teacher".

Practice with you.

Not to defeat you so quickly!

Hold the sword in reverse and chop!

…

Squeak————

The huge, thousand-foot-high white jade door was slowly pushed open. In an instant, the surging clouds hit Zhang Xiaoyu, making him feel a little uncomfortable. He looked up and saw that each bookshelf was hundreds of feet high and extremely huge, with jade slips floating in the void.

This is where the Heavenly Palace stores its books, and it is the wealth accumulated by the Haotian line of immortals over countless years.

"Taiyi, Taiyi..."

“It should be the innermost one.”

Zhang Xiaoyu entered the deepest part. He was so persistent that it seemed that he didn't just want to help Qi Wuhuo and do that kind of thing of timely assistance, but his body's instinct was also urging him. Unexpectedly, the records of Taiyi were more than he had imagined, or in other words, much more.

"Because he is the strongest, and he is the strongest who is always exposed."

"So naturally there are so many powerful people who are trying to crack his methods."

This thought came to Zhang Xiaoyu subconsciously.

Then he began to look through these classics and records. Perhaps it should be said that there were too many methods in the Heavenly Court and the records were too rich, which resulted in Zhang Xiaoyu being unable to find a truly suitable method for a while - it was not that there were no magical powers against Taiyi, but these magical powers either had very strict requirements or would kill Qi Wuhuo as well.

After several hours, Zhang Xiaoyu got nothing!

He sat on auspicious clouds, surrounded by floating jade slips and even scrolls made of the skin of an ancient beast. They were spread out on both sides and wrapped around Zhang Xiaoyu. The young Jade Emperor had a dazed look in his eyes, and his initial enthusiasm had almost collapsed. He just wanted to lie down here and do nothing.

Just lie there and watch the clouds floating in the sky.

So comfortable...

Ah, no, no!

Zhang Xiaoyu patted his face and said, "We must seize this opportunity!"

"Now that I've agreed, there's no going back on my word!"

But he frowned immediately:

"Is there no method related to dreams that can be prepared to deal with Taichi in this state?..."

"Forget it, forget it. My Heavenly Court encompasses the avenues of all things. This kind of method should be in our collection... right?"

After searching for a while, still nothing was found.

However, Zhang Xiaoyu realized another angle, since he could not find the corresponding magical power.

Then why not just find a magical power that can help him find what he wants quickly?

Following this line of thought, Zhang Xiaoyu quickly found another magical power. "Let me see, this magical power can help me find what I need, but it has a certain range requirement and consumes a lot of mana. It is a means of seeing through the world. How come I could do everything in my previous life?"

"Well, let's give it a try!"

"Otherwise it will take a long time to find it."

"Hmm?? What is this?"

"Huh? If there really is a jade slip, who would put such a jade slip here? Could it be that when the Celestial Palace officials were cleaning and tidying up, they had forgotten some of their magical powers?"

When Zhang Xiaoyu used this method to follow his spiritual instinct to find the classics, he suddenly found that this magical power led him to a remote corner. In the gap between the bookshelves, there was a jade slip stuffed in. He looked up and saw that this place was indeed the part that recorded Taiyi.

He waved and pulled it over. It was gray, but it had a charm that made it look extraordinary.

The recorder is——

Zhang Xiaoyu glanced and saw a long string of elegant and freehand words. He recited them subconsciously and said:

"The vast sea is an empty red cave, a desolate spiritual abyss. It is beyond the boundaries of the law, and the primordial truth is far away. The mysterious beginning of the Yi, the unfolding of the innate five great; the red text of the true one, the opening of the jade extreme primordial scene; the primordial chaos was broken, giving rise to the myriad things; the fundamental universe, the refined stone, saves the world."

"Mysterious and profound, it is the ancestor of all immortals, Buddhas and saints."

"The Supreme One is the master who controls the Dao, the Dharma, and the calamity."

"The Dao calls her the Void Emperor Divine Mother, the Heavenly Venerable."

"The Buddha's name is the Wonderful Emperor of All Virtues, Might and Light."

"The light bestows its grace upon all living things, creates man from the earth, and gives birth to all things."

"Great compassion, great mercy, great saint, great wish, Queen Wa, Holy Heavenly Venerable!"

Zhang Xiaoyu raised his eyes slightly, thinking: "So that's how it is."

He sat back on the auspicious cloud, found a more comfortable position, and said to himself with certainty:

"It was written by Emperor Xi!"