Everyone has the power to practice, everyone has the power to cultivate
[Imminent battle detected]
[The battle has been selected in advance. The simulator will automatically take over all battle scenes in this week, and players cannot operate it.]
【Start hanging up...】
Before Wu Ci could react, he felt his vision being pulled higher, and his consciousness once again left his simulated body. The scene in front of him flashed with key scenes corresponding to the narration.
[You sensed that something was wrong and started fighting early. You knew that the first mover is the strongest, so you decided to strike first without saying anything more.]
[You secretly guard against Tianjizi's betrayal, pretending to be worried and distance yourself from him]
The "Chu Ci" in the sight pushed Tianjizi away with a palm, and solemnly made a protective gesture, saying righteously, "She seems to have been contaminated and bewitched by the evil spirit! Fellow Daoist Tianji, get out of the way! Be careful of being infected by the evil spirit! I'll take care of it here!"
Wu Ci twitched his lips...
Indeed, his style is quite similar to the original.
[Tianjizi was still fooled by you, the fake follower, and even thought that the real follower of Tianzun, Miss Chen, had her brain damaged after being corrupted by the evil spirit, and immediately united with you. After knowing that he was not as good as you in a frontal battle, he took the initiative to retreat, accelerated the burning of his life, scattered beans to form soldiers, scattered talismans, and made the Yellow Turban Warriors guard you from all sides]
[You draw the dragon-slaying sword from your waist, silver light flashes, wind and clouds rise, thunder and rain come]
[Miss Chen pointed her spear, and the added demonic energy made Tianjizi tremble for you. Unexpectedly, you did not retreat but advanced. The "Heavenly Scripture" was activated, breaking her spear and placing the sword on Miss Chen's neck.]
"Chu Ci" stepped forward to gain leverage, and stepped on Tianjizi's yellow-turbaned warrior to leap onto the lotus platform! He successfully controlled Miss Chen!
Then, the soft sword in his hand, which was glowing green due to the infusion of spiritual energy, was gradually corroded by the evil energy and turned black.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, be careful!"
"No problem."
Wu Ci heard that his simulated identity was still gentle and polite, so he said to Miss Chen, "Miss Chen, please open the magic barrier and let those hungry people out."
"Aren't you afraid of evil spirits?" Miss Chen tilted her head, and the golden hair swayed in a slight arc.
Wu Ci showed great restraint, "Please answer my request first."
"If I say no, are you going to kill me?"
"I rarely get angry, but if you insist, Miss Chen, I'm afraid I will."
Miss Chen looked puzzled. "I sacrificed myself to save the world as soon as possible, and I helped them sacrifice themselves. Why are you angry?"
"Ms. Chen, with so many lives lost, don't you think you shouldn't be angry?"
"Stop pretending here!" The green light in her eyes was calm and angry. "You monks simply cannot empathize with mortals like us. You said you wanted to rebel, but you waited for so long... Father is the same. He and the Lord of the State who inherited the title from his ancestors simply don't understand that Nanzhou doesn't have enough food to feed these hungry people."
"So, should we sacrifice them?"
"This is a necessary sacrifice!" Miss Chen said sharply.
"Ever since I can remember, my father has placed high hopes on me, and I manage everything in Yunze on his behalf.
I arranged all his affairs for him. He only needed to be a rich and idle man, serving as his general in the military camp all day long... I also made plans for the Lord of Nanzhou and made temporary arrangements for the Dragon King of the Water Palace to marry.
The reason why Nanzhou is prosperous is not because of the emperor, not because of the Dragon King of the Water Palace, not because of my father, and not because of the geographical advantage, but because I have been making decisions for Nanzhou since I was six years old!
I am responsible for the people of Nanzhou. From the time I was in charge of affairs when I was young until now, I have never made any wrong decisions... because there are more than tens of millions of residents in Nanzhou, and everyone has a family. If I make even one wrong decision, thousands of tragedies will occur.
The governor who inherited the title by virtue of his ancestors' military exploits, who has great righteousness in his heart but is incompetent, the incompetent father, the unqualified mother who is full of cleverness but has been taught by women's virtues to be ignorant and selfish, the Dragon King of the Water Palace who wants a bride, other governors who want to bite off a few pieces of meat from our Nanzhou, the emperor who wants to plunder the private property of the people of Nanzhou and squander it, the gentry and nobles who prey on the people, the mountain bandits who come to harass from time to time, the wandering army, the big demon ghost who wants to eat people..."
She spoke faster and faster, her tone becoming more and more angry, "I arranged everything properly, I did everything I could to balance everything, I tried every way I could just to keep Nanzhou!
Believing that you would revolt and that I would stop worrying so much was the only mistake and the stupidest decision I ever made in my life!"
"I've waited for so many years... I can't wait any longer." Miss Chen showed the same sad expression as when she used witch words to deceive others.
[Because of the compatibility with Tianzun, Miss Chen with high compatibility is very similar to you with high compatibility, both of them are good at explaining things to others.]
[But you hate it when someone talks about reason in front of you and pretends to be better at talking about reason than you do, and you hate it even more when someone stands above you and looks down on you.]
[You decided not to listen to someone who was similar to you and brainwashed you, so you killed her with a sword]
Wait! Wait!
I haven't even asked what "Noah" is! Where does the evil spirit come from!
So many questions... According to Wu Ci's own personality, he would definitely ask, why did the simulator skip directly and even kill Miss Chen?
Wu Ci temporarily suppressed his suspicion and tried to catch the key scenes that flashed by quickly as the narration went on.
[Blood splatters, and you watch indifferently as Miss Chen falls]
From the perspective of God, Miss Chen's head flew by quickly. In just a few frames, he seemed to see the red lips opening and closing: "I am. Right... You will lose..."
Wu Ci turned his head suddenly and saw from Miss Chen's perspective that his impersonation "Chu Ci" had his usual gentle fake smile on his face. He stood high above the Golden Lotus Stage, lowered his eyes and looked down, sheathed his sword and bowed, "I'm sorry."
[The battle scene has ended, the idle mode is suspended, please continue simulating...]
Wu Ci's consciousness sank and was pulled back into his simulated body.
"Fellow Daoist Chu...are you okay?" Tianjizi took back the Yellow Turban Warrior and asked cautiously, "You...seem to be frowning?"
“No…it’s okay…I was just thinking about the evil spirit. The evil spirit will not dissipate after her death…” Wu Ci jumped down from the lotus platform that shattered with the death of Miss Chen and denied it flatly.
Tianjizi's attention was easily diverted. "That's true... the hungry people inside, as well as your uncle, aunt, and sister are also inside..."
He took out the metal compass with 13 strange symbols and manipulated it to look like a disk. "Fellow Daoist Chu, if you step back, the evil spirit will not dissipate, but will only grow more and more. If you want to temporarily open a path for people to escape, you can only direct it to people.
I can hold on for a while. Once I break through the passage, please bring all the hungry people out, and then kill me before I turn into a demon."
After Tianjizi finished speaking, he picked up the compass without waiting for Wu Ci's response.
The compass unfolded and turned into an extradition formation, and began to absorb the surrounding evil spirits like a whirlpool. His green Taoist robe rustled in the wind due to the conflict between the severed spiritual energy and the evil spirit.
In this situation, if it were someone else, they would probably start a touching drama of two close friends who are inseparable and make a farewell decision for justice. However, Wu Ci was full of bad intentions and just wanted to act out this drama and get some benefits for himself.
He said nothing and held Tianjizi's hand.
Tianjizi cried out anxiously, "Fellow Daoist Chu?! Let go! The compass is a transit point, it will transfer the evil spirit to infect you... You are a favored one of the gods, nothing can happen to you!"
"Nothing will happen. I am more resistant to evil spirits than you are. At least I won't turn into an evil demon after a few sticks of incense." Wu Ci's voice was gentle but he took over the formation without giving any room for rejection.
He could obviously absorb the evil spirit himself, but he coaxed and deceived others into taking away their magic tools, and even coaxed Tianjizi into saying seriously: "Daoyou, don't do that! Tianzun can't lose another one!"
"The skills I practice are resistant to evil spirits, and these evil spirits can be suppressed by blood. As long as we kill more lives before they explode, we can suppress them... Anyway, we have to kill so many incense gods pardoned by the emperor, and we also want to revolt, which is perfect."
Wu Ci took over the battle array completely. "I am enough. Don't think about sharing the burden. Come to me when you need it."
He raised his eyes and smiled softly, and the "Heavenly Starve Sutra" was running. The vortex above his head swallowed up all the evil energy in the entire mountain range. The green spiritual energy around him gradually turned into an unknown black mist that could not be suppressed and spread in all directions.
Tianjizi wanted to reach out and touch Wuci, but Wuci stepped back to prevent him from being infected by the evil spirit.
The blind Taoist, whose hair had turned completely gray due to excessive consumption of his life essence, said sadly, "Fellow Daoist Chu, why do you have to do this?"
"Fellow Daoist Tianji, before the blood and qi are suppressed, I am afraid I will have to remain in my current state. Please keep a distance from me and bring those hungry people out.
…By the way, I would also like to ask you to take care of my parents and my younger sister. It would be great if they were still alive.”
“Okay…” Tianjizi finally agreed after a moment of silence, but he suddenly hesitated as if thinking of something, “But… Fellow Daoist Chu… Miss Chen just said… Nanzhou has run out of food, how will they survive if they get out? Have you ever thought… that they might cause chaos in Nanzhou…”
"Didn't Miss Chen say that we practitioners care about the differences between our sects? This is really a rumor. I plan to share my skills with them and let them all practice. Then I will lead them to revolt and steal the emperor's food."
"Does everyone become a cultivator? But... the ultimate goal of cultivation is just to borrow power from the mysterious spirit that controls the way of heaven, which is equivalent to a transaction. Except for the fact that the Heavenly Venerable treats his disciples relatively kindly and requires fewer sacrifices, all other cultivation has a high price..."
Wu Ci said calmly, "The price of this technique is to kill living beings and devour their evil will and soul blood. After practicing, resentment will enter the body, and blood and evil will also disturb the mind, which is no different from demonic energy. But... I can take it for them and devour their blood and evil will, which can just balance the absorbed demonic energy."
The announcement of the cultivation methods led to a massive uprising by tens of millions of practitioners, which shocked the world.
There has never been such a scene in the world, but it is conceivable that it must be a force strong enough to overthrow this dynasty... But...
Tianjizi bit his lower lip, "Fellow Daoist Chu! Do you really understand the consequences of this? Not to mention whether you will turn into a demon directly because of the imbalance, just bearing the blood, demonic energy and malice is enough to make people feel the ultimate pain in the world!
Even those great practitioners with the strongest minds can't hold out for long! Not to mention having to bear double the load! Let's just let Xiao Dao do it!"
Wu Ci understood what he meant.
The heroes of each dynasty in the Dark Star world will become weaker and weaker over time, just as the Qian Dynasty, which is closest to the modern era, is the weakest dynasty. The ranks of heroes will even have a peak limit, and he understands why.
The reason why the heroic spirits of each dynasty become weaker over time is because their spiritual energy disappears and their mystery is no longer there.
Tianjizi said this to Wuci when he was compiling the "Heavenly Scripture" in the previous week.
He said that things are different now than before. In order to prevent the emergence of another practitioner like Tianzun, the Twelve Mysterious Spirits have already cut off the Heavenly Road. Practitioners can only become believers and beg them to borrow strength.
Tianjizi was right. The 12 Mysterious Spirits could no longer tolerate another Tianzun eyeing their heavenly path and position covetously. Therefore, after Tianzun, the heavenly path was cut off.
Now that the sky is connected and spiritual energy is not evident, this situation will not get better but will only get worse.
The reality that there is no spiritual energy at all and that spiritual energy can only be generated by the spirit stone mines underground and the spirit masters is proof of this.
The spiritual energy in the Qian Dynasty was already very scarce, and even talented practitioners like Tianjizi and "Chu Ci" were limited by this.
The practitioners of the Qian Dynasty were not like the practitioners when their spiritual energy was not exhausted, who could pick stars and moons, overturn rivers and seas, send clouds and rain, ride on clouds and mist, and have a long life...
The power of ordinary practitioners is the right to use the Heavenly Dao that they borrowed from the Xuanling and does not belong to them. They even have to pay various prices to borrow this power.
As for a disciple of Tianzun like Tianjizi, since Tianzun does not have the authority of Xuanling and does not master the Heavenly Dao, he can only rely on offering birthday sacrifices to establish a connection with Tianzun and pay a greater price to temporarily steal the Heavenly Dao of other Xuanlings.
Using the Dragon King's divine power to refine the soft sword for Wu Ci, with the help of the power of heaven and earth and the ability to send clouds and rain, is a kind of "stealing". If it is discovered, Tianjizi, who is a weapon refiner who "steals" the power of heaven, will even be directly "erased" as a mistake.
The limitations of the times did not stop there. The previous techniques of shrinking the earth to an inch, turning beans into soldiers, the yellow-turbaned warrior, calculating the secrets of heaven, delaying disasters and avoiding misfortunes, stealing secrets to save lives... were all mysterious spells that remained before the connection between earth and heaven was severed. After Tianjizi used them, he consumed a lot of his life force and even lost a pair of eyes.
As for the witch who practiced the "Heavenly Scripture", it was purely stealing the way of heaven and vitality. Not only did he steal the power of the way of heaven from Xuanling, he even stole the souls of all living beings, preventing them from reincarnation and directly refining them as his own power.
His behavior was so vile that he didn't even feel ashamed of himself. He even didn't despise the Heavenly Lord who had no Heavenly Way, and used all his spells.
Therefore, once he is discovered, his fate will be even more tragic.
Back to the point, no matter how hard these practitioners practice, they are still just human beings! They cannot become immortals, they cannot seek immortality, and their life span will also come to an end.
Being human means eating and drinking. Being human means feeling pain! Being human means dying!
Not to mention having to endure a large amount of demonic energy that even serious Xuanling believers avoid?
This is exactly what Tianjizi was worried about.
But Wu Ci didn't care. He came here just to gain fame, so his life span didn't matter.
Once he has gained enough fame, whether the hero is dead or alive, lives a long or short life, or dies suddenly, what does it have to do with him?
As for those who care about his simulated identity "Chu Ci", will they feel sad and regretful?
Come on, he saved the world and made it the best possible outcome for the world, he also gained fame and a satisfied hero, why does he care about other people's emotions?
Even Ying Yuan Ji Xing Tian Zun, who is responsible for establishing human destiny, may not care about the emotions of every believer, and Wu Ci naturally doesn't care either.
But it's just a show.
Wu Ci always remembered that he was just an actor outside the play.
All actors have to bow out and leave the stage. He is just playing "Chu Ci". Even if his actions are sometimes sincere, so what? He is not some all-encompassing god who will respond to anyone who is dissatisfied.
Cracks appeared on Wu Ci's pale cheeks, and he felt his body being gradually destroyed by the erosion and burning of the demonic energy with almost indifference.
He calmly lowered his gentle eyes, "There's actually nothing wrong with what Miss Chen said before."
"Some sacrifices are inevitable, aren't they?"
The blind Tianjizi was stunned. "I am doing this because of my duty as a disciple of Tianzun. You have no reason to do this. It is just because of the righteousness in your heart... How can I let such a sincere person like Chu sacrifice himself?"
"Because the fault is mine..."
Wu Ci said slowly, "If I had the ability earlier, I would have ended this chaotic world with one sword, and how could we have encountered such a disaster today?"
He spoke very slowly, in a very soft voice, and habitually in a gentle manner, as if the two of them were very close, leaning over to whisper in each other's ears. Coupled with his gentle and calm eyes, he always had a magical allure that made people easily believe him.
In fact, Wu Ci is really good at making others fall in love with him.
If he deliberately lies to you, even if he doesn't say anything, just looking at you with his eyes, it seems as if thousands of words are contained in those eyes, which is very touching.
But he not only looks at you, but also adds deceptive words with real feelings.
"Everything is wrong, just because of my lack of ability. I really think so."
Wu Ci recalled his past life experiences, and with real regret and pain, he resented his own incompetence and said in a hoarse voice, "My method will only sacrifice myself. This is good for everyone, and everyone will be satisfied."
"But--"
"No buts," Wu Ci interrupted Tianjizi and added, as if considering Tianjizi's thoughts, "Please rest assured, it will not affect Tianzun. I see that the Lord of Nanzhou seems to be able to become a favorite of Tianzun."
"That's not what I meant!" Tianjizi frowned, and his tone was unusually angry. "I'm worried about you... Fellow Daoist Chu, do you always take the blame on yourself and disregard your own life?"
Wu Ci was puzzled. "This is the most worthwhile and smallest sacrifice I can afford. One person can exchange for the whole world. Then, fellow Taoist Tianji, don't you think it's worth it too?"
Tianjizi felt depressed.
"Some time ago, I had a question. My friend said that you have awakened to the mystery in your womb in this life, but how did a person like you die in your previous life?"
A person like Fellow Daoist Chu would probably die in such a situation.
He is so strong and has such noble beliefs.
He never thought about himself, he never thought about what he would give.
No matter how stupid Tianjizi was, he knew that everything was not as simple as the witch's words made it out to be.
He asked loudly, "Did you sacrifice yourself for others like that last time?"
Wu Ci laughed, his face covered with cracks behind the black mist like a piece of precious porcelain that had been bumped. Only his cyan eyes were as bright and calm as ever. "Maybe. I don't remember the extra things. As long as the result is achieved, shouldn't I just focus on the present?"
Waving his hands, he said, "Okay, let's go and save the hungry people! Bring them to the foot of the mountain. I will teach them all the skills and then go to suppress the evil spirit. Fellow Daoist Tianji, remember to maintain their order and don't let others provoke trouble based on their strength. Assemble an army as soon as possible. When I come back, we will attack Shangjing City."
Tianjizi was no match for him, so he gritted his teeth and bowed, "Take care, uncle, aunt, and your sister. I will take good care of these hungry people. I'll wait for you to come back."
"Heh." Wu Ci said nothing, but just smiled, put the Dragon Slaying Sword back around his waist, turned around and waved his hand elegantly, then resolutely merged into the black mist and was wrapped up and left.
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