"No...but it seems like it is again."
Fang Zhiyi didn't look at Xiao Hei. He knew that Xiao Hei was more cautious in the world of Journey to the West, and naturally wouldn't dare to wander around as recklessly as it would in other worlds.
How did you know?
"Just guessing." Fang Zhiyi took out a talisman. "This talisman says it's the righteous law of heaven and earth, borrowing the power of heaven and earth. But in this world, it has no effect if you don't believe in gods and immortals. This proves that... the breath of heaven has long been monopolized by these gods and Buddhas."
"So what?" Xiao Hei asked, puzzled. "Aren't you still just a mortal, and a mortal who's about to die?"
Fang Zhiyi shook her head: "The fact that evil spirits roam freely and demons can still cultivate chains is enough to prove that their system has loopholes. Of course, maybe it can't be called a loophole, but... this is my only way."
Xiao Hei looked at him without saying a word.
Fang Zhiyi's pupils were so red they looked like they were about to overflow with blood. The demonic energy he forcibly absorbed gradually became violent within his body, constantly impacting his mind. Even though Fang Zhiyi's mental strength was extremely strong, he was still somewhat unsteady at this moment. However, he smiled, placing one hand on the offering table and the other on the jar that sealed He Yuling.
"What the hell? Are you crazy? You're absorbing both ghostly and immortal energy?"
Fang Zhiyi did not answer; he could clearly feel the cracking sounds coming from the meridians and bones within his body.
Suddenly, a tentacle pierced straight into his consciousness, bringing Fang Zhiyi back to his senses somewhat.
"Fine, I'll take the plunge! I'm going all in!" Xiao Hei shouted.
Fang Zhiyi felt her consciousness gradually floating up, watching her body sitting there, while she was uncontrollably drifting further and further away from her body.
Humans, monsters, vengeful ghosts, gods... one absurd scene after another gradually entered his mind.
He saw how the gods firmly grasped the Heavenly Way in their own hands, how they formulated those complex "human destiny," and even saw the monk who set off from the East to seek scriptures in the West, along with his three disciples.
Time, which did not exist in the mouth of the Heavenly Dao, was now presented before him.
Until a tentacle wrapped tightly around his body.
"Found it, there's a vulnerability."
Fang Zhiyi turned her head and saw some faint aura of the Heavenly Dao seeping through the great net constructed by the gods and scattering it towards the mortal world.
Birds and beasts can gain wisdom from it, and humans can gain fortune from it.
Xiao Hei dragged Fang Zhiyi towards one of the cracks.
The black bear was pacing back and forth in front of his hut. Today was the seventh day, but Fang Zhiyi still hadn't come out. He hadn't offered incense to the ancestral master for seven days.
Just as it was getting a little anxious, it heard shouts and curses coming from a Taoist temple not far away.
"I've been annoyed with you guys since last time. Tribulation? Using mortal lives as a form of tribulation? Go to hell! Have you been up there too long and forgotten what you even mean? Mortals don't ask anything of the gods, they just want peace and quiet, is that so hard?"
The black bear spirit instinctively shrank his neck. Should he wait until he was in a better mood before asking?
Fang Zhiyi turned and rushed into the main hall, sweeping the incense burner that the black bear spirit had been offering to on the ground: "You've been receiving incense offerings all these years, and what's the result? You all pretend not to see the evil spirits causing havoc on the human world, and even call it a calamity. Bah! You've had your fill!"
The statue of the patriarch stood there quietly, without sorrow or joy.
"I'm going to ruin your plans today, so what!" Fang Zhiyi was like a madwoman, smashing things from the inside to the outside, but there was no sound from the surroundings.
"You dare call yourselves gods? Let me tell you, I'll break the rules you dare not break, and I'll protect the people you dare not protect! I'll protect the lives of over 1,320 people in Jiangzhen!"
The sky remained clear.
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