Fu Shenzhi tapped his fingers lightly on the sofa handle. "My patience has its limits. Get out of here right now. If you don't have enough money, go ask Mu Chuan for it. I'll just give you another card. Don't stand here and get in my way."
Bodhi didn't leave, his expression serious for a moment: "My dear friend, I am actually very tempted by the conditions you offer. But if I have any conscience, I will get out of your sight right now."
Fu Shenzhi frowned, his voice filled with murderous intent: "What do you mean by that?"
Bodhi sighed again, and this time, he didn't deliberately drawl out his words. "Fellow Daoist, this girl was doomed to die. Her survival is against the will of heaven. Heaven cannot tolerate her."
Bodhi's eyes flickered slightly, his expression becoming serious. "Within a year, if something unexpected happens, I must stay by her side. If nothing happens to her within a year, it means her name has been removed from the Hell Book, and there's no need to worry too much about her in the future."
With every word Bodhi spoke, Fu Shenzhi's face turned paler.
Zuo You could feel that Fu Shenzhi's hand covering the back of her hand was holding her very tightly, as if he was afraid that she would disappear in the next second.
Fu Shenzhi spoke, his voice slightly hoarse: "What if something happens within a year..."
Bodhi waved his hand and resumed his nonchalant demeanor. "Don't worry, I'm here. I'm very powerful, the greatest martial god in the world. It doesn't matter if they're the Black and White Impermanence ghosts or the King of Hell himself, as long as I'm here, they can't take this girl away."
The more Bodhi said this, the more worried Fu Shenzhi became.
Bodhi is a man with five big words written on him from head to toe: I am unreliable.
Fu Shenzhi said in a deep voice: "Why help us?"
Bodhi was startled for a moment, then sighed, "My fellow Daoist, you are indeed worthy of being the reincarnation of the Seven Killers. You are quite perceptive."
Bodhi smoothed his long hair, pushing the hair that fell on his shoulders back. His gaze became far-sighted. "Because someone once told me that he doesn't believe in heaven or fate. If heaven doesn't tolerate him, he will destroy heaven. If the gods don't tolerate him, he will kill the gods."
Fu Shenzhi said: "That friend seems to have the same idea as me."
Bodhi turned his head to look at him, his eyes flickering. Fu Shenzhi frowned even deeper. The Taoist looked at him with a meaningful look, as if he was looking through him at another person.
Bodhi looked at him silently, then suddenly said something without context: "Let's watch the show. Today's topic is very interesting."
Because of Bodhi's words, Zuo You's heart was also in turmoil, but in order to divert attention and to comfort Mr. Fu's mood, Zuo You forced a smile: "Uncle, let's watch TV together. Don't be so serious."
Fu Shenzhi didn't say anything and held her hand even tighter.
Zuo You was not paying much attention to the show. The old man on TV was talking about a dynasty he had never heard of, the Bai Dynasty.
Fu Shenzhi sneered: "What kind of unofficial history do you dare to bring to the table and talk nonsense?"
Bodhi said, "It's not unofficial history. The Bai Dynasty did exist in history."
Zuo You became interested and asked, "How could that be? This person said that the Bai Dynasty once dominated the Central Plains and attracted tributes from all nations. It was a centralized and unified dynasty. If such a dynasty really existed, why is there no record of it in history?"
Bodhi was silent for a moment, then said, "Because the Bai Dynasty was erased from history."
"The founding emperor of the Bai Dynasty conquered the six kingdoms and established a unified empire, the scale of which was unprecedented and unparalleled. 'All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects.' This phrase perfectly describes his rule."
Zuo You's mind moved, and he suddenly felt as if he had heard the name "Bai Chao" somewhere.
She shook her head and couldn't remember where it was.
Bodhi's voice overlapped with the old man's voice on TV: "The Bai Dynasty only had one monarch, and the founding emperor was also the emperor who destroyed the country."
"The White Emperor was a hero in troubled times, a great emperor, but at the same time, he was also a tyrant."
The old man on the TV continued to chatter away, "Next, I'm going to talk about the love life of the White Emperor. As I've said before, when the White Emperor was young, the country was divided and at war. The White Dynasty was just a small vassal state surviving in the cracks among these many powers."
"At that time, the young White Emperor was sent to the Qi Dynasty, the most powerful and prosperous nation of the time. He served as a hostage there for five years, enduring humiliation and bullying from the Qi nobles."
Fu Shenzhi suddenly said, "So he executed the entire royal family of Qi."
Zuo You asked curiously, "Uncle, how did you know?"
Fu Shenzhi pursed his lips: "I don't know, I have a strange feeling that he will do this."
It seemed as if there was some strange connection and bond between him and the White Emperor. Through the TV, he seemed to be seeing another self thousands of years away in time and space.
A voice came from the TV: "When the White Emperor was eighteen years old, he returned to his country. In just two years, he killed his brother and father, slaughtered the court, and became the new monarch of the White Kingdom, stepping on the blood on the ground."
"Legend has it that on the day he ascended the throne, the blood that the old monarch had spilled on the steps had not yet been wiped clean."
Zuo You sighed, "How cruel."
Fu Shenzhi said: "In troubled times, if you are not the butcher, you will be the meat."
Zuo You said, "Um... maybe he's gone off topic."
Fu Shenzhi said: "Yes."
At this moment, the old man on the TV screen realized he had strayed from the topic and quickly tried to get the subject back on track: "Oh, I want to talk about his love history. Emperor Bai only married one queen in his life, the youngest of the Seventh Princess of the Qi Dynasty, also known as the Seventh Prince."
Zuo You's temples began to throb with pain, as if someone in her mind kept calling her "Your Highness", "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness", but Zuo You couldn't remember who that person was.
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