Chapter 16: A single dot of vermilion-like crimson caused the faces of all the immortals to suddenly change...
Zhu Ming wanted to be like those stubborn old immortals, poking her head and calling her a pig, just like the "big fool" Bi Tao.
But as I watched, I saw the Earthly Fiend King appear...
The Heavenly Silver Net can record everything in the mortal realm, including the spirits of the dead.
It can be said that once the competition begins, all things in the lower realm will be caught by the Milky Way's net of eyes, ears, feet, and limbs, and nothing, no matter how small, can escape its capture.
When Zhu Ming saw the Earthly Fiend King, he was so moved by Bi Tao that he shed tears of blood.
Zhu Ming's eyelids twitched violently a few times. Then, he glanced around subtly and quickly shifted the recording of Bi Tao's competition to the front.
Then his expression changed from one of disappointment to a strange look.
"Uh... this little fairy is quite something, no wonder you're so attentive to her."
"The Earthly Fiend Ghost King is born from evil spirits. The higher its cultivation, the more chaotic and violent it becomes, and few can retain any humanity. To be able to gain even a bit of the Earthly Fiend Ghost King's true affection is truly her good fortune."
Zhu Ming turned around abruptly and saw a human face gradually solidifying from spiritual energy on his left shoulder.
This person had a handsome face and looked even younger than Zhu Ming, with a small dimple at the corner of his mouth when he smiled. Yet, no one who saw him would mistake him for a young man or a teenager.
It was simply because his eyes, though not cloudy, had truly witnessed the vicissitudes of life.
Even when he smiles, his eyes are filled with a vast emptiness.
"Greetings, Immortal..."
"Hey, don't be so polite. Why did you put it away? Let me take another look! This is the first time I've ever seen a fierce ghost shed tears..."
Zhu Ming was about to get up to greet him, but upon hearing this, he sat back down after only halfway up his buttocks.
The head that leaned in was none other than the Eastern King Duke himself, Zhu Mingxiandu's mentor and the head of Penglai.
He has already entered the realm of the Supreme Immortal, and the power of the Five Elements that he can draw upon under the Heavenly Rules is already immeasurable.
Mortals envy immortals who can control the weather and move mountains and fill seas.
Upon reaching the realm of the Supreme Immortal, all the rules of the world are at his disposal; if he so desires, he can destroy a star realm with a flick of his finger in the blink of an eye.
But he didn't act like an "ancient immortal" at all.
They appear and disappear mysteriously all day long, and they love to pop their heads out from behind you.
But when you look back, you find that he is too lazy to even solidify his physical body. If it weren't for his overwhelming aura of righteousness, he would be more like a ghost than the Earthly Fiend Ghost King.
The Eastern King Duke had a penchant for spying on the private affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
You never know when it might suddenly pop up and startle him like this.
To be honest, Zhu Ming had been working on Penglai Immortal Island for hundreds of years, and it was only a couple of days ago, when he was beating the drum next to the Immortal Emperor, that he saw the complete body of the Eastern King Duke.
After all, he dared not just show off a "dead man's head" when both the Immortal Emperor and the Eastern Azure Flower Emperor were present.
This old guy actually looks like a handsome young man.
Now that the competition has been going on for nearly two days, the Immortal Emperor has already closed his eyes and entered meditation, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Pole Azure Flower has no idea where his soul has left his body.
The remaining three officials—Heaven, Earth, and Water—had gradually shifted from sitting upright to becoming more relaxed...
The Eastern King Duke started carrying his head and running around the Six Imperial Platforms of Chongxiao again.
The Eastern King Duke asked cheerfully, "What trouble are you up to this time?"
Zhu Ming: "...No."
He quickly shut down Bitao's silver net, fearing that the Eastern King Duke would really start paying attention to Bitao.
Dongwanggong clicked his tongue and looked at Zhu Ming with a smile: "I see that You Tian's performance in the Immortal Rank is not bad. Now that you've returned to heaven, how many allies will you get? So, are you going to officially start a war with the Ancient Immortal Clan?"
Zhu Ming: "..." He took a deep breath.
Then, he keenly sensed several powerful divine senses sweeping past him and glared disrespectfully at his good mentor.
"Speak softly..." Can't you just use telepathy?
We have to make him hate us.
For a long time after Zhu Ming entered Penglai Immortal Island, he remained wary and on guard against the Eastern King Duke, the head of the male immortals.
After all, his Penglai is one of the ancient immortal clans. Although it is not listed among the six departments of the Heavenly Realm, it has the power to supervise the male immortals of the six departments.
Zhu Ming held a position of meritorious immortality, but in his view, the ancient immortal clans were in cahoots and colluded with each other.
When the Eastern King Duke approached him to recruit him, he probably wanted to find fault with him, seize on his weaknesses, and make him fall from grace so that he could be controlled and manipulated.
Zhu Ming had only recently ascended to immortality and discovered that the celestial realm, just like the royal families of the mortal world, was rife with undercurrents of power struggles and vying for profit—a "battlefield" he was familiar with.
He was truly afraid that if he went to the heavenly realm, everyone would be so calm and courteous, like a living Buddha, which would make him seem so eager and despicable.
Despite the excitement, I found myself isolated and helpless.
At that time, the ranks of the Immortals were not united. They were either absorbed into the ancient Immortal Clan or ostracized and exiled to desolate and insignificant Immortal positions.
When Dongwanggong extended an olive branch to Zhu Ming, Zhu Ming was "knowing there were tigers in the mountains, yet still heading towards the tiger's den."
After all, if one were to become an immortal and remain unknown, he might as well be dead!
At first, he was very cautious and apprehensive around the Eastern King.
The tasks assigned to him by the Eastern King were all things that would offend the ancient immortals.
All day long, he's either supervising this or questioning and reprimanding that on the Silver River.
Whenever he was worried about the bleak future, he couldn't help but take advantage of the situation to gain merit and a higher position.
He rose to power as a mere "merit dog," and his abuse of power made him very hated, especially by the ancient immortal clan.
Even the most cautious person can make mistakes. After several clashes with the ancient immortal clan, Zhu Ming was caught for his mistakes, and his heart sank.
But in the end, it was Dongwanggong who stepped in and protected him without any explanation.
As time went by, once he had truly secured his position as the Immortal Supervisor and reached the rank of Mysterious Immortal, with his virtue and ability matching his position, Zhu Ming finally came to understand the true nature of the Eastern King Duke.
His innocent brain is full of bubbles!
Big bubble!
Back then, I gathered myself together just to watch him scheme and form cliques, secretly plotting and opposing the ancient immortal clan, finding it amusing.
The Eastern King Duke appears respectable to the Immortal Emperor, holding a high-ranking immortal position and being revered by all immortals, but in reality, he seems to be a member of a cult.
He spends his days looking for fun, having had enough of life but not wanting to fill the void left by the celestial bodies and the yin-yang sundial. He wishes the entire heavens would collapse.
Whenever something happens in Jiutian, he's the first to rush off to watch the spectacle.
He often bursts into laughter in front of people who are "suffering victims." If he didn't just change his head each time, you could see his anus through his throat when he laughs.
Later, the order between the two was reversed, and it was often Zhu Ming, the shrewd and resourceful Immortal Supervisor, who cleaned up his messes and maintained his dignity as the head of the Penglai Immortals.
Last time, when Zhu Ming secretly provoked the Ancient Immortal Clan to fight for their competition rights, the Eastern King Duke was so happy he almost had his head blown off.
He spends all day lying on the Silver River Net watching the progress of things, and openly helps Zhu Ming argue with those "old relics" who rely on their high immortal rank and position to speak arrogantly and rudely.
He was still unhappy when he saw Zhu Ming turn off the Silver Net that was tracking Bi Tao.
"Hey, why is it closed? I think she's unlikely to be able to come back this time."
"The ancient immortal clan is furious about her many actions. Even if you stop the Thunder Department from doing anything, you can't stop the other tribes from descending to the mortal realm... Tsk, you'll have to find another servant!"
Zhu Ming: ...Tone it down a bit. Have you forgotten that you are also an ancient immortal?
Didn't you see the gazes from the other ancient immortal clans? Just shoot those two dead on the spot!
The ancient immortals did not distinguish their origins by surnames; their names were derived from the names of all things in the universe, including the sun, moon, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.
They are categorized by their celestial origins.
Besides the six immortal clans of Thunder, Fighting, Soldiers, Supervisors, Doctors, and Underworld, there are also Penglai and Kunlun, plus the Mountain and Water Clan, which does not hold a position in the Heavenly Realm.
The Eastern King Duke rules over Penglai Immortal Island and is one of the ancient immortal clans, but he is now a blatant traitor to the ancient immortal clans.
If it weren't for his high celestial rank and the fact that he was only a servant of a Celestial Emperor, he would have been dealt with long ago.
Zhu Ming wanted to keep a low profile, at least not to continue to provoke hatred in front of hostile forces, but the Eastern Prince obviously wouldn't allow him to keep a low profile.
Zhu Ming ignored him and muttered to himself, "What a pity, what a pity! How many years has it been since the Heavenly Realm has produced such a remarkable person?"
"I heard that this little fairy, who dares to love and hate, was so busy flirting with the Celestial Immortal Mingguang before descending to the mortal realm that her immortal essence was too weak to withstand the teleportation and spirit release, and she got completely dumbfounded, hahahaha..."
Zhu Ming stared expressionlessly at the Eastern King's throat, wishing he could stab it with a sword and turn it into a roasted pig's head.
His annoyance was undisguised.
He had already noticed that some high-ranking immortals were secretly tracking Bitao.
This time, Bitao is truly... the center of attention.
Seeing that he was unhappy, Dongwanggong finally stopped laughing.
She gently bumped her head against Zhu Ming's shoulder and said, "However, she does have some luck. She can't participate in the competition, but after the competition ends and her immortal spirit is deducted, she can still have a better time in the underworld thanks to her eighteen years of touching father-son relationship with this Earthly Fiend Ghost King."
"If I'm lucky, I can get a government job in the underworld, start over, and slowly climb up the ranks."
That's true, and that's what Zhu Ming planned to do too.
However, if she were to announce it so openly, and if she were to fall from her immortal rank like Bitao but not have this opportunity, it would be difficult for those ancient immortal clans who had old grudges against her not to interfere.
For some unknown reason, the Eastern King Duke started laughing again.
Zhu Ming wanted to kick the head of the Eastern King Duke like a ball.
Because the Eastern King Duke laughed so exaggeratedly, some "old-fashioned" people who dared not speak out were so angry that their faces turned as long as donkeys.
Meanwhile, the other female immortal leader, who was often discussed alongside the Eastern King Duke, had her eyebrows twitching wildly.
As a goddess atop Mount Kunlun, the Queen Mother of the West was born amidst wind and snow, and was known for her austere, strict, and rule-abiding nature.
The person he despised most in his life was the "mischievous devil" Dong Wanggong.
Before the ancient immortal realm was established, Kunlun Immortal Mountain was located in the mortal world, and Penglai Immortal Island was naturally also in the lower realm.
The cultivators from both realms belong to the righteous path. They claim to help each other and fight against demons together, but in reality, the disciples compare their strengths and weaknesses, making them old enemies!
Later, although they both ascended to immortality and took on the same position of assisting the Immortal Emperor, they often went in and out together, and reluctantly handled public duties in all realms together.
Even if the seas changed into mulberry fields eighteen million times, the Queen Mother of the West would never look down on the mad and demonic state of the King Father of the East.
The Eastern King Duke once declared that "Penglai Immortal Island is not comparable to Kunlun's 'Peidu' (a type of hill)."
Is Peilun a small mound? Her Kunlun Mountains, a sacred mountain, stand tall and proud, reaching for the heavens!
The Queen Mother of the West was so angry that she almost stormed Penglai Island and destroyed it.
But now the world has changed, countless years have passed, and those past events have all become nothing but smoke and clouds.
Queen Mother Xi, seated on her lotus throne, watched her nemesis's head leaping about, and secretly clenched her teeth.
What a disgraceful piece of trash! Ugh!
Unfortunately, at that moment, her attendant saw her enter a meditative state and whispered something to her.
"The other day I was reading ancient books, and one of them was about the old story of our Queen Mother of the West and the King Father of the East..."
The Queen Mother of the West formed a lotus mudra with her hands, thinking to herself that this must be a true reflection of their life-or-death struggle in the mortal realm.
And Kunlun is definitely superior.
Kunlun sword cultivators are unparalleled in the world, while Penglai Immortal Island has always been home to a bunch of filthy, mixed-race bastards, neither birds, chickens, dogs, pigs, foxes, nor demons, a den of iniquity, bah!
But then they heard the two waiters say, "It is said that these two...cultivated together...ascended to a higher realm...and fell in love...and have been entangled for ten thousand years..."
"It is said that in the ancient war between immortals and demons... the Eastern King Duke destroyed his immortal body to save the Western Queen Mother, which is why he usually only manifests as a head... Waaaaah, so touching... Then why are lovers unable to be together nowadays..."
"Well, of course it's because the Eastern King Duke only has one head left... What can a man do with just one head left? He couldn't bear to delay the Western Queen Mother."
Those who reach the level of the Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother are high-ranking immortals, whose five senses are connected to the five elements. No matter how quietly they whisper or how secretly they transmit their voices, they cannot escape their notice.
However, they naturally wouldn't bother with trivial matters of gossip or amusement for any little fairy.
but:……
Dongwanggong: "Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Oh my goodness, haha ...
Queen Mother of the West: "..."
The laughter of the Eastern King Duke was like a demonic sound, and the Western Queen Mother could no longer bear it, so she transformed into a spirit and flew away.
She can't argue with Xiao Xian, but can't she argue with him?!
The Queen Mother of the West suddenly materialized in mid-air, right behind the laughing King Father of the East!
With a swift, fluttering motion, he kicked the Eastern King's head off.
Zhu Ming: "..." Good shot!
The Nine Immortals: "..."
Some people couldn't help but look in the direction of the Immortal Emperor, but saw that the Immortal Emperor remained unmoved, seemingly unaware of anything.
The three officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water heard a clear sound and closed their eyes to hide their emotions.
He deserved to be so disrespectful; he'd completely disgraced the high-ranking immortals!
The Eastern King's head, accompanied by icy winds, crashed into the vast Milky Way in the sky.
Finally, he stopped laughing.
The Queen Mother of the West harbored pure hatred for him, and that kick was quite severe. His head rolled on the ground, his mind was in a daze, and his eyes rolled back.
At this moment, however, the attention of all the immortals had already shifted away from him.
The silver net trembled violently from the impact, and just then the scene shifted, briefly pausing in a dark place.
It was a cellar in the mortal realm, and on a dilapidated wooden bed lay a person bound hand and foot, their clothes disheveled.
His head was covered by a white cloth, and his heavy breathing could be seen as the cloth billowed around.
The man's limbs were unnaturally twisted, and even his face was not visible; only his vigorous and healthy body was displayed in a striking way.
His robes were made of dark fabric, yet under the dim lamplight, dark patterns danced, clearly indicating their considerable value.
But at this moment, it was deliberately cut in several places, and the skin under the clothes was also injured.
But the congealed blood did not detract from the beauty of the body; rather, because her skin was like the finest jade, it subtly added an indescribable desire for cruelty.
Despite his severe injuries, he showed no signs of weakness. His long, slender body pulsated with vitality as he breathed, as if he could burst forth at any moment, making it impossible to look away.
Although the person's head and face were covered by a messy white cloth, a corner of his chin was accidentally exposed, a bright red spot like vermilion, which trembled with his rapid breathing, causing the expressions of all the immortals to change abruptly!
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