Chapter 230 The Red Dust is Like Fire, Burning My Heart (Three in One)
The moment Gu Fangchen touched the golden-armored centipede, he released the "heart poison" from his palm.
At this moment, the "poison in his heart" can be fully used by him.
Before it was refined, the "heart poison" was a time bomb that could explode at any time and blow Gu Fangchen to pieces.
But fortunately, the "magic refining" was powerful enough, and Gu Fangchen's body was also unusually strong. The fourth layer completely sealed the "heart poison" that had not yet fully matured in Gu Fangchen's body, and it became a part of this puppet body.
Now, his meridians are based on the dragon veins of mountains and rivers, and his spiritual power is the most unique poison in the world. He also has the energy of fire essence to burn everything. It can be said that he is below the second rank, and anyone he touches will die.
For those above the second rank, unless they are masters of poison like the "Lord Yubai" or King Moli, they generally have to be cautious in using the right weapon.
Previously, Gu Fangchen had deceived Guanyue and planted a "heart poison" in her to make her obey him.
And now, he doesn't have to lie anymore, he can do it for real.
The toxicity of the "Heart Poison" is already terrifying for cultivators, and it is a hundred times more powerful than other poisons.
"Planting heart poison" is both a poison and a Gu. As a Gu, it has a certain self-awareness and will reject other poisons.
When encountering other poisonous creatures, especially those of higher levels, they will immediately use their strength to kill the opponent.
Therefore, when Gu Fangchen caught the golden-armored centipede, the "heart poison" automatically turned it into a pool of pus.
"Pfft! H-How is this possible?!"
The elder's pupils constricted. The moment the golden-armored centipede turned into pus, he felt as if he had been hit hard. His face turned pale and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Gu Fangchen used his identity as the messenger of "God" and walked out of the ancient city of Nagaruda, which made it clear that he wanted to take the opportunity to take all the credit for himself.
Regardless of whether Prajna Lianyue knew about this or not, whether it was a plan between the two of them, or whether Gu Fangchen was taking advantage of the situation, they, Fatuma, would not sit idly by and wait for death.
If Prajna Lianyue awakens the ancient city of Garuda, then at least half of them are one of us.
Once this incident becomes a so-called miracle of "God", it will give Qingman an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of Fatuma, and it is a fact witnessed by everyone, and there is no room for maneuver at all!
The Great Elder naturally would not allow such a thing to happen in front of him, so he took action without leaving any room for maneuver, and released his own natal Gu.
This golden-armored centipede has been screened and refined 9981 times and is truly the King of Gu. Its strength is equivalent to that of a third-grade cultivator, and its toxicity is even more severe.
But at this moment, he died on the spot just by being touched by Gu Fangchen...
The people and monks below, whose attention was drawn to this scene, were all in an uproar when they saw it.
The Great Elder's own natal Gu died, and he himself was implicated. Naturally, he was instantly seriously injured and staggered, unable to conceal his injuries at all.
And this scene truly proved what Gu Fangchen had just said, "Ice and snow melted instantly like the scorching sun."
The Great Elder's face looked extremely ugly, but at this point, it was even more impossible for him to allow Gu Fangchen to use his identity as the messenger of "God" to confirm what he had said.
Once he makes this a "miracle" and turns it into reality, he will be able to claim the restoration of the ancient city of Garuda as his own achievement.
In this way, wouldn't their Galao religion become a complete clown?
After five hundred years of hard work, an outsider still took advantage of me!
Their sincere prayers would be worse than "God" sending a messenger over. Otherwise, their Galao religion would become the "God" religion!
The Great Elder took a deep breath, waved his hand suddenly, and released two more Gu to guard him. Then he looked at the shocked believers and guards around him, shouted coldly, and said sternly:
"What are you still standing there for? Take him down now!"
When those people saw Gu Fangchen easily crush the golden-armored centipede into a pool of pus, they were all shocked and their hair stood on end.
That was a third-grade Gu King, yet he was killed so easily!
This inevitably made people doubt whether the Gu King was fake, but the pus transformed from the centipede dripped from Gu Fangchen's palm and fell on the ground below, immediately proving its authenticity.
“Squeak…”
The pus spilled onto the oasis, and the poisonous gas that spread instantly caused all the surrounding plants to wither and die, and all living things turned into the same pus.
Moreover, its range was rapidly expanding. In the blink of an eye, it had already covered an area of ten miles, and was still expanding outwards...
This toxicity is extremely terrifying.
The onlookers were so frightened that they stepped back, fearing that they would accidentally become one of the dead souls.
And Gu Fangchen's strength is only at the fourth level!
If it weren't for the miracle he mentioned, it would be hard to imagine how he did it...
At this time, everyone who was ordered to step forward and capture Gu Fangchen suddenly had a feeling of "You go and kill Tang Seng and his disciples."
Looking at the great elder who was spitting blood, they cursed in their hearts, why don’t you go by yourself?
You can't do it, so you let us do it?
How can we beat this?
However, as a member of the Garo religion, they still have to maintain their basic dignity. Therefore, when the great elder asked them to go, they had to go.
While they were hesitating, Gu Fangchen circulated his spiritual power, and the power of burning in his palm ignited, wrapping up the pus and extracting the toxicity from it. Then the demon flower flashed and swallowed it into the puppet's body.
The more poisons the "refining magic" refines, the stronger the power will be, and the more the better.
At this moment, King Mori's pupils constricted as he recognized the appearance of the blood-colored demon flower.
His scalp tingled and he immediately raised his hand to stop everyone.
"Stop it!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
In this situation, they would die if they went forward, and they would die if they didn't. It was really difficult. Fortunately, King Moli, who had the highest status, spoke out to stop them.
The Great Elder was naturally unhappy.
King Mori's words at this time undoubtedly meant that he would recognize Gu Fangchen's identity as the messenger of "God".
But if he stops now, wouldn’t his natal Gu be killed in vain?
Whether for public or private reasons, he would never let Gu Fangchen succeed like this.
He immediately widened his eyes and said anxiously:
"Your Majesty! Do not stop! This Gu Fangchen has ulterior motives. He is from the Great Wei, how can he be the messenger of the 'God' of Qingman? Maybe this news is fake!"
"Don't forget, Your Majesty, the Way of Love now submits to him!"
"Since he was able to sneak into the palace quietly, he must have a way to confuse us and deceive us with false information!"
"The only right way is to kill him!"
King Mori cursed the fool in his heart.
He was so anxious that he couldn't recognize that it was the "heart poison" produced by Garuda!
They had generally heard about the experiences of Gu Fangchen, the prince of Zhenbei. They knew that he had been poisoned by three kinds of strange poisons, which had destroyed his meridians and dantian.
But there was no news about what the three poisons were. Only the people in the palace and the monks in the Galan Temple who suppressed the poison for Gu Fangchen knew.
And now, King Mori knew.
It turned out to be the "heart poison" that had not appeared in the world for many years and existed almost only in legends!
Others may not know the toxicity of this first strange poison, but as the most powerful poison master in Fatuma and the leader of the Garo religion, how could he not know?
Using the poison in their hands to fight against the "heart poison" is undoubtedly like hitting a rock with an egg!
No wonder Gu Fangchen is so fearless...
But then again, although Gu Fangchen's miracle of "the blazing sun melting the ice and snow" was fake, being able to use the "heart poison" for his own benefit was already another kind of miracle.
With the "heart poison" in hand, Gu Fangchen is a human nuclear bomb, and it carries poisonous gas.
A second-rank official would have to consider the impact before taking action against him.
What’s more, it is a country called Fatuma, which mainly uses poison as a means of warfare.
The moment King Mori realized that it was a "kind of poison in his heart", all the resentment and resistance in his heart disappeared.
Originally, after Garuda reappeared, the rule of their Garuda religion was already in jeopardy.
In the current situation where failure is inevitable, it is better to be nice and take a step back so that we can discuss things.
Otherwise, you will end up like this idiot in front of you, unable to even maintain your dignity.
When King Mori raised his head and looked at the Great Elder, his eyes had become extremely cold.
He waved his hand and said in a deep voice:
"What are you standing there for? Don't you see that the Great Elder is talking nonsense and losing his mind, slandering the messenger of the 'God'? I'm afraid someone is impersonating him. Why don't you drag him away quickly?"
Everyone responded immediately as if they had been pardoned:
"yes!"
The natal Gu is gone, so no matter how powerful the Great Elder is, it is all in the past.
What's more, with the support of King Mori, it is naturally much easier than fighting with Gu Fangchen.
The Great Elder was startled. Seeing those approaching people, he realized that the situation was not good. His face turned even paler. He was furious and immediately shouted:
"Moli! Have you forgotten who put you on the throne? You ungrateful guy!"
He yelled and spat out another mouthful of blood.
King Mori said indifferently:
"Of course I remember. It was my faith and loyalty to Garuda that allowed me to ascend to the throne."
"I will support all decisions made by Her Highness the Princess, just to revive the true Garuda!"
They have been surrounding Garuda City for the past few days to ensure that no outsiders can enter.
So, since Gu Fangchen walked out of the ancient city, it means that he was brought in by Prajna Lianyue and was with Her Royal Highness the Princess.
So, when he said he supported Her Royal Highness the Princess, he was actually standing on Gu Fangchen's side.
King Mori said this, and his followers naturally agreed:
"Revitalize Garuda! Revitalize Garuda!..."
The Great Elder listened to the roaring sound, his face ashen, he knew he had made a mistake, he was completely hopeless, and coupled with the severe damage caused by the death of his natal Gu, he immediately gave up resistance and was captured and escorted to the dungeon.
King Mori turned his head and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency, I am afraid you are frightened. I will certainly interrogate this person to determine who sent him. He is attempting to disrupt public sentiment and affect the friendship between Fatuma and Qingman."
Friendships are out.
Although there are no major conflicts between Fatuma and Qingman, they are far from being "friends" and cannot even be considered as keeping out of each other's way.
Compared to the isolated sea kingdom, Fatuma borders both sides but has no intention of coexisting harmoniously with either side.
If Qingman is a wolf, Dawei is a tiger.
Fatuma is a poisonous snake that is always lurking. In the fight between wolves and tigers, it will bite whoever is injured.
Qingman and Dawei have no good feelings towards Fatuma.
However, at this moment, due to the change of the situation, King Mori could also create something out of nothing.
Gu Fangchen narrowed his eyes and smiled:
"No problem."
This King Mori is indeed still the same old fox.
He didn't say anything just now and allowed the great elder of the Nagara sect to come out and provoke him. It was obviously a test. If Gu Fangchen had lost the fight just now, I'm afraid King Mori's attitude would be completely opposite at this moment.
But now Gu Fangchen has won a great victory and even deliberately showed off the "poison in his heart".
King Moli knew that the outcome was settled, so he came out to deal with the elder and spoke sweet words to Gu Fangchen in a flattering manner.
Gu Fangchen understood it in his heart, but his original purpose was to control Garuda, and having King Moli's endorsement was naturally the best thing.
It doesn't matter what he thinks.
Gu Fangchen flipped his palm and raised the Qingman white bone wolf head flag he had taken from Su Le before leaving, and said loudly:
"The 'Gods' have sent down a divine oracle, declaring that the world will be reshuffled. The Wei Dynasty is unjust and no longer has the favor of Heaven. As a result, the Emperor has suffered divine punishment and died an untimely death."
"Qingman will become the new overlord. Therefore, I come with a 'miracle' to make Garuda rise from the ground."
King Mori looked strange.
The person who was rumored to have killed the king and committed treason was talking about it in front of him. This was the so-called "punishment from heaven".
As everyone knows, there was only one person in Qingman who could be called "Heaven's Punishment" in the past, and that was Khan Sule.
And what does Gu Fangchen want to represent?
Did Suler allow this?
King Mori felt that this might be related to Gu Fangchen's ability to become the messenger of the "God", but no matter what the reason behind it was, he did not intend to refute it.
Anyway, the other party doesn't seem to want to overthrow his rule...that's enough.
"You must be curious about what kind of 'miracle' it would take for Garuda to return to the world."
"Now, let me tell you—"
Gu Fangchen looked around and then said lightly:
"I was once a person who was resurrected from the dead. My resurrection brought about the reappearance of Garuda. This is a 'miracle'."
He took out a photo stone that he had prepared when he entered Garuda to explore.
He threw it casually, and the picture stone showed the scene in the Garuda ruins at that time.
—Of course, it’s the director’s cut.
This photo stone shows three spliced together pictures.
The first scene is the scene where Prajna Lianyue appears in the Dharma form, crushes Gu Fangchen to death, and bleeds profusely.
She was still muttering things like "Garuda is destined..."
The second scene shows the huge lotus closing, the power of time leaking out, and the entire Garuda reappearing.
Prajna Lianyue was in tears and said something like "I have finally waited for this day."
Then in the third scene, Gu Fangchen walked out from the dissipating lotus.
Three pictures, absolutely no fakery!
Very true!
Thus, everyone finally knew what the huge lotus they had seen in the past few days was.
It turned out that it was the sound of the "god" messenger in front of him coming back to life.
This is exactly the effect presented by these three pictures.
It seemed as if Prajna Lianyue had to kill Gu Fangchen once in order to make Garuda reappear, and then the "miracle" on his body allowed him to come back to life while generating a huge amount of time power, and by the way brought Garuda back as well.
These pictures couldn't be more real, except that the angle and time of shooting were a little wrong.
Prajna Lianyue had never revealed to anyone that she was going to hold a resurrection ceremony, so naturally no one knew that the resurrection method was actually performed by her.
And the relationship between her and Gu Fangchen is... nothing at all.
Outsiders could never imagine that Gu Fangchen could be Prajna Lianyue’s father, and of course they could not imagine that Prajna Lianyue had been running around for five hundred years just to resurrect him.
After all the reasons that outsiders couldn't even think of were omitted, this is the result.
"Resurrection from the dead" became the "miracle" bestowed upon Gu Fangchen by the "God".
After Gu Fangchen’s performance just now, his “divine body” that was immune to all poisons further confirmed the image shown in the photo stone.
Everyone opened their eyes wide, shocked beyond words.
Even King Mori was stunned for a moment, his face full of astonishment. He looked at Gu Fangchen, then at the completely real image on the photo stone, and was completely fooled.
Could it be that... what he said was true?
Is he really the messenger of "God"?
The big white bones that had been silent for thousands of years finally opened their eyes one day and brought down a true "miracle"?
King Mori took a deep breath, met Gu Fangchen's eyes, and immediately understood what was going on. He said:
"Sir Messenger, such a 'miracle' must have its price. I wonder what oracle the 'God' has given me?"
Gu Fangchen said slowly:
"The 'God' once shot the arrow of time, which traversed thousands of years. Now, this arrow is finally about to fall."
"Garuda's reappearance is but the wind that blew past."
King Mori immediately saluted and said in a deep voice:
"Vatuma wishes to follow Garuda and be the wind beneath the arrow!"
When the people behind him saw that the king had expressed his loyalty, they thought to themselves, "What are you waiting for?" and followed immediately.
"I wish to be the wind beneath the arrow!"
"I wish to be the wind beneath the arrow!"
"I wish to be the wind beneath the arrow!..."
The atmosphere created by Gu Fangchen was already enough, and they had seen the lotus "miracle" with their own eyes, so naturally they were all convinced.
Behind them, a group of people knelt down.
Gu Fangchen stood with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes amid the roaring roars, and felt an invisible smoke rising with the kneeling crowd.
That is... the power of the will of all living beings.
He took a deep breath.
When his deeds today spread, such power of wishes will increase until he is pushed to the pseudo-third rank...
Even higher!
Today's incense monks can only reach the third level at most, which is limited by the number of sentient beings' wishes and the form in which they are generated.
During the ancient Zhou Dynasty, obscene sacrifices were rampant, and could push people directly to the second rank.
If it were placed in an even more ancient era, perhaps it would be possible to be a first-grade rank.
Gu Fangchen exhaled the foul air.
After taking Fatuma, the next step will be the Sea Kingdom.
Zhixiao can contact the "Mie" Dao through Yier and find the leader of the Wu clan who is accumulating strength to seize power, so that the master of the Sea Kingdom can be changed.
…
When Prajna Lianyue woke up, she saw a familiar ceiling.
The cracks in the wooden house were filled with yellow sand, and the familiar smell of dry dust in the afternoon blew in the air.
In a trance, she even had an illusion that everything in the past was just a long nightmare, and she was still the willful little girl who could snuggle in her father's arms.
Nothing had happened, Daddy was not dead, and Gu Fangchen was just a hateful and annoying guy in her dream.
But the next moment, she heard a familiar voice sounding beside her, with a smile on her face.
"Lady Saint, you are finally awake."
Gu Fangchen sighed, stretched out his hand to help Prajna Lianyue up, and used his spiritual power to check her body again, confirming that her injuries had healed completely, and her spiritual power was even more abundant and active than before.
Prajna Lianyue came to her senses and subconsciously grabbed his hand.
He shook hands back and said helplessly:
"I've been guarding you for three days. Your injuries have long been healed, but you haven't woken up yet."
Gu Fangchen blinked and joked casually:
"If you don't wake up, I'll think you can't accept my identity, so you'd rather lie unconscious than face reality."
"Lady Saint, am I really that annoying?"
Prajna Lianyue's eyes suddenly felt sore. She half sat up, stared at him in silence for a long time, pursed her lips, and suddenly spoke softly:
"Little Pearl."
"Um?"
"Call me Little Pearl."
Prajna Lianyue held his hand tightly, her eyes showing a bit of stubbornness as she whispered:
"Daddy."
Gu Fangchen was stunned. He originally thought that with the Saint Lady's arrogance and the way she treated him in the past, it would be difficult for her to say these two words after she came to her senses.
After all, the Saint Lady is thin-skinned and would probably feel embarrassed when she thinks back on her previous experiences.
He was still thinking that he had to lie to her before she would say that...
But unexpectedly, she actually took the initiative to speak.
Gu Fangchen looked at Prajna Lianyue's beautiful and clear blue eyes, and actually saw a bit of panic and uneasiness in them, and his heart moved slightly.
She was afraid... afraid that Gu Fangchen would leave her again.
After five hundred years of loss and recovery, we can no longer afford to lose it again.
So, no matter whether it was intentional exploitation or not, it didn't matter. She couldn't accept Gu Fangchen's estrangement, and continued to call her "Lady Saint" and treat her like a stranger.
Even if... it's just to lie to her.
For this, Prajna Lianyue can give up everything she has now, including that insignificant sense of shame.
Gu Fangchen knew this very well.
In the original plot, because of the failure of resurrection, Prajna Lianyue would rather burn herself to death.
Even if I had given it a try at that time, there would have been a glimmer of hope.
But because there was no hope of resurrection, she no longer cared to distinguish right from wrong, and simply turned into flames along with her five hundred years of persistence.
This is the side quest of Prajna Lianyue, why is it called [Red Dust Fire].
The world is like fire, burning my heart.
Gu Fangchen's eyes softened, he raised his hand to hug the anxious woman in front of him, and said softly:
"Little Pearl."
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ps: It should be possible to resume normal updates, probably
I am a fan of happy endings, I don’t give out knives (laughs)
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