"After all, we are in the same profession." King Chunlan bowed to Lu Yi and said, "Come in, have a cup of tea?"
He looked at King Chunlan, then at the groups of Chinese warriors behind him who were wearing gorgeous armor, shining with dazzling colorful lights, each one of them handsome and beautiful, but giving people a sense of gaudyness, and then looked at the huge army behind him, and nodded slowly.
In terms of numbers alone, the army brought by Lu Yi was more than a thousand times the number of Chinese warriors under King Chunlan.
In terms of strength, Taiyutian has a large army of elite warriors sent by major clans and wealthy sects, plus the four tribes of Xiaoyao, Yaksha, Rakshasas, and Asuras, whose population has expanded exponentially with sufficient living resources in recent years...
In terms of quantity and quality, they completely crushed the Chinese army under King Chunlan.
The three girls of Qingyou were surrounded by swords flashing, and behind them there were a large number of sword cultivators forming a sword formation, ready to be mobilized for them at any time... Lu Yi smiled and nodded: "Okay, I can still afford to delay for a cup of tea. Your Majesty invited me to have tea, right? You don't want to start a war?"
King Chunlan's expression changed slightly, he smiled bitterly, and subconsciously touched his nose.
He was a little embarrassed, and looked at Lu Yi with a bit of resentment - it seemed that he was blaming Lu Yi for not saving face for him in front of so many people.
He shook his head and waved his hand, and the large group of Chinese warriors behind him quietly dispersed and retreated far away in an instant. King Chunlan stretched out his hand to invite him, and Lu Yi strode over and followed King Chunlan into Taiyitian.
This was Lu Yi's first time to step into Taiyu Heaven. This was the home of one of the three giants who controlled the entire Supreme Taichu Heaven, as famous as the Heavenly Court. There were endless beautiful scenery and countless extravagant scenes. Emperor Taiyu liked life and loved life. He was used to living an extremely extravagant and licentious life. In short, with Lu Yi's limited literary skills, he could only exclaim "ah, ah, ah" a few times. He could not accurately describe everything he saw before his eyes.
In short... there was only one thought in Lu Yi's mind - Emperor Taiyu, this old bastard, really knows how to enjoy himself.
In the sea of ​​flowers, there was a rich fragrance, and countless pretty girls stood by, quietly waiting for the call of King Chunlan. In an exquisite little pavilion, tea sets, wine vessels, and various fruits and snacks were displayed. There were beautiful girls in gauze with strange fragrance all over their bodies, busy making tea and pouring wine.
Lu Yi and King Chunlan sat opposite each other, and King Chunlan began to tell the story of how he and Lu Yi went to Yuncha Ridge together.
"I never expected it. I really never expected it. The fall of an ordinary frontier town under the rule of the Linghu clan actually led to so many things... I accompanied you to Yuncha Ridge just to observe the Heavenly Court's pursuit of Yuan Fu and see if I could gain some benefits from it... I never expected that you would be involved in such a big thing. You even condensed the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit, and it was the Speed ​​Dao Fruit, one of the most difficult Daos that those three publicly declared that no one could successfully achieve."
King Chunlan held the exquisite teacup, and did not drink the tea, but just rubbed his hands and played with it gently. Strands of mysterious light flowed out from his hands, seeping into the tea in the teacup, and evolving overlapping sword pools and sword forests in the tea.
It can be seen that King Chunlan actually specialized in kendo and had extremely profound attainments in kendo.
However, the sword art of this world is mysterious, and even if King Chunlan studies the sword art with the cultivation of the Great Emperor, he is destined to have no great achievements. The three Qingyou girls had already mobilized the sword art to destroy and expel all the spiritual power of the powerful people on the sword art. Therefore, the Xuanqing sword energy released by King Chunlan at this moment has only the form, but no inner essence and soul, giving people a sense of emptiness and exaggeration.
"The way of the sword is not something I am destined to master." King Chunlan looked at Lu Yi and sighed. A sharp sound of a sword breaking came from his body. He decisively cut himself with a sword, completely destroying all his efforts and foundation in the way of the sword.
"Once the Avenue of Speed ​​is released, this world will undergo a huge change." King Chunlan looked at Lu Yi seriously: "Can you give me a clear answer to resolve my doubts? Are you the reincarnation of the great Buddhist master from the Holy Land of Nalanda?"
Lu Yi thought back to his past life and shook his head.
He smiled and said, "I do remember things from my previous life, but I was just a poor wretch lingering on a sickbed. I am not the reincarnation of some great Buddhist master."
King Chunlan nodded thoughtfully: "So, you are the backer of Buddhism? Some great power of Buddhism enlightened you, gave you some instructions and guidance, so that you could take the opportunity to start a rebellion and stir up the storm?"
King Chunlan looked at Lu Yi excitedly, his eyes sparkling, as if he was expecting an answer.
Lu Yi carefully reviewed his entire life from his past life to this life, from an ordinary person to a powerful master who could be considered a person of some importance in the cultivation world. His life was not long, just a few thousand years, but with his current thinking ability of trillions of thoughts arising and disappearing in the blink of an eye, he could review all of this life scene by scene in just a blink of an eye.
He replied to King Chunlan very seriously and cautiously: "Looking back on the past, from my previous life to this life, I may be a lucky person, but I can be sure that I may have been chosen by some old Buddhist guys halfway through, and some tricks were used on me... But my achievements today have little to do with the tricks of those old Buddhist guys that I know of."
"And if my achievements today were really arranged by a great Buddhist behind the scenes, then his methods were so advanced that I didn't even find a single clue... Then, the methods of such a great power are definitely not something you and I can comment on."
"So, after comprehensive consideration, I feel that my current level of cultivation and strength may be due to my luck!"
Lu Yu thought of the picture of the three-eyed god and the Taichu Huntong Pearl that matched it.
He had already guessed the true identity of these two treasures. Although he didn't know why they chose him... but it probably had nothing to do with the Buddhas and great powers of the destroyed Nalanda Holy Land.
If they had the ability to transport these two treasures across the long river of time and merge them with themselves countless years after the destruction of the Holy Land of Nalanda, then why didn't they activate the power of these two treasures to turn the tide at the beginning of the destruction of the Holy Land of Nalanda?
Therefore, these two treasures probably have nothing to do with the holy land of Nalanda.
Lu Yu did gain great benefits from the Nalanda Holy Land. The Nalanda Buddha Fruit was passed down to him by his biological father, Lu Yu, in this life... However, although the transcendental power in the Nalanda Buddha Fruit was indeed powerful, Lu Yu had not yet truly integrated and mastered it thoroughly, and had not truly inherited the supreme power of the Nalanda Buddha Fruit.
To sum up, Lu Yi’s response to King Chunlan was standard and correct until this moment.
King Chunlan looked at Lu Yi in disbelief: "So, you are really, an ordinary ant from the lower realm... Forgive me for using the word 'ant'... But, a mortal from the lower realm is actually not as good as an ant from the Supreme Primordial Heaven. This is a fact... A slightly stronger ant from the Supreme Primordial Heaven, if released into the lower realm, can cause harm to the people and run rampant without restraint."
Lu Yi nodded, agreeing with King Chunlan's statement.
King Chunlan said with emotion: "You, a mortal from the lower realm, have achieved the status of Great Emperor in such a short period of time... and at a speed that is absolutely impossible for you to achieve success!"
He looked at Lu Yi: "How could a mortal do this? A mortal! Moreover, a mortal from the lower world!"
He stood up and pointed at his heart. "I am the eldest son of Emperor Taiyu. Moreover, I am his refined bloodline. When I was still in my mother's womb, he used countless rare treasures to nourish me. He cultivated me with all his heart and soul. I am a son with extraordinary talent... I used the method of 'secret fragrance into dreams' to condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit. Do you know how many years it took me?"
Lu Yi gave a polite smile.
He was still young, having lived only a few thousand years. He was not very familiar with the time scale and concept of time of King Chunlan and others.
Sure enough, King Chunlan said a number that made Lu Yi roll his eyes. Sure enough, it took him a long time to become an emperor.
"In order to allow me to condense the Dao Fruit of the Emperor's Seal with the Dao of 'Fragrance in Dreams', Emperor Taiyu mobilized his army and slaughtered seventeen celestial realms and three hundred and seventy-five ethnic groups that were involved with this great Dao. This allowed me to occupy a sufficient share of the Great Dao." King Chunlan murmured, "In this world, proving the Dao and condensing the Dao Fruit of the Emperor's Seal is by no means a 'friendly' thing."
"Whether it's my Avenue of Dreaming with Fragrant Fragrance or King Qiu Gui's Avenue of Swamp Miasma, they are both insignificant avenues... Among all the avenues, they are ranked at the bottom. Because the avenue itself is small and insignificant, if you want to occupy enough avenue power and have enough avenue authority to condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit, you must kill all the people related to this avenue!"
"I did so. It was Emperor Taiyu who helped me kill those unlucky tribes who competed with me for a share of the avenue."
"King Qiu Gui did the same thing. He secretly built up military strength and did it himself."
"There are advantages to being a minor path... that is, the 'Dao consciousness' of the Dao is extremely weak. As long as you have enough Dao power and control enough Dao shares and authority, you can easily condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit. The resistance of the Dao consciousness is extremely negligible."
“As for those more powerful avenues, such as the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, life and death, light and darkness… the more powerful the avenue, the stronger the avenue consciousness… among them, there are also the means set up by those thieves in the Nalanda Holy Land. It is difficult, very difficult, extremely difficult to rely on these avenues to condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit!”
"Therefore, there are very few emperors in this world. There are only a few powerful emperors. The truth is, today, in this world, there are strong resistance and rebellion, and not too many people can condense the Emperor Seal Dao Fruit... The world itself does not allow it... plus the set of strict rules and regulations of the Heavenly Court, hehe! It is even more difficult!"
King Chunlan said with emotion: "Under such circumstances, you, a mortal, can actually do such an incredible thing... You can actually condense the speed fruit with the body of a mortal in the lower realm that is not even as strong as an ant!"
Lu Yi picked up the teacup and carefully observed the tea inside.
Clear, fragrant, with a hint of golden green light flickering... This is a cup of excellent tea, but unfortunately Lu Yi didn't dare to drink it - no matter how fast you drink, if you drink a poison that can kill you instantly, it's your own fault...
He looked at King Chunlan and smiled, "So, what exactly does the king want to say?"
King Chunlan put down the teacup, put his hands behind his back, and stared at Lu Yi: "You can do this... then, what about me?"
Lu Yi's eyes sparkled as he looked at King Chunlan.
"What about me?" King Chunlan said in a deep voice: "Will there be a day when I can... can... can I crush some of the sins that I am unwilling to bear but have been bestowed upon me, making me panic, confusing, and worrying... making me toss and turn and unable to sleep at night... original sins?"
Lu Yi looked at King Chunlan in shock: "Why do you say that, Your Majesty? Original sin?"
King Chunlan exhaled heavily, and waved his hand vigorously. All the enchanting beauties in all directions dispersed, and in an instant, only King Chunlan and Lu Yi were left. King Chunlan came in front of Lu Yi and whispered, "I am not a human being born by heaven and earth. I am the offspring of a man-made freak. I... am burdened with original sin... Can I, can I..."
King Chunlan pointed to his head and said, "In my mind, there is always a subtle voice whispering, telling me that I should obey a certain supreme will, and I should absolutely obey this will... Once that will calls upon me, then I will be its most loyal lackey, the most devout slave, and I will dedicate my blood, my flesh, my soul, and everything I have to it!"
King Chunlan said nervously, "I am an alien... Emperor Taiyu is not a toy. He is not a natural creature born by heaven and earth. He is an artificial product created by the Green Emperor using a strand of White Lady's blood essence... And I am a freak born from the mother's womb by that artificial... artificial... ghost thing!"
"Original sin, this is my original sin."
"In my mind, there are even remnants... remnants... not remnants, but means from certain people that are 'remaining' all the time... I may lose myself at any time, forget my true self, and become..." King Chunlan's body was shaking violently. He gritted his teeth, and suddenly a ray of Buddha's light quietly rippled around him.
"It is said that Buddhism places the greatest emphasis on spiritual cultivation. The power of the souls and thoughts of the great Buddhists is unrivaled in the heavens."
"So, do you believe it? As the eldest son of Emperor Taiyu who destroyed the holy land of Nalanda, I actually secretly practiced the Buddhist canon... Moreover, I used the Buddhist teachings to condense the fruit of the Bodhisattva. I have already stepped half a foot into the threshold of the Buddha. As long as I want, I can become a Buddha right away!"
"It's just that I didn't dare to do it before."
King Chunlan murmured, "How could they, Taichu, Taimi, and Taiyi, tolerate the appearance of another Buddha in this world? The rules of heaven would not allow it, and this world that they have transformed would not allow it either."
"So, I dare not take that step. If I do, I will die, without a doubt!"
“But I know that if I want to fight against my original sin, if I want to escape the tragic fate of being destroyed, annihilated, replaced, and turned into a puppet at any time, I must cultivate to become a Buddha. I must make my thoughts smooth and consistent. I must cultivate to become a Buddha relic. Only then will I have a chance to fight against my original sin…”
"So, Lu Yu, a mortal who once was a mortal but has become the emperor of this world... Tell me, is it possible for me to resist?" King Chunlan looked at Lu Yu with a smile: "Are you willing to help me resist?"
"If you are willing, then I and my people will immediately join Shen Yin and fight for him until our death!" King Chunlan exhaled, "But if you can't, you don't want to, or you don't dare... then..."
There was a hint of madness in King Chunlan's eyes.
Lu Yi looked at King Chunlan and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty has really given me a difficult problem... In your situation, you should join the Lingshan Leiyin Temple... You want to get rid of original sin, you want to live, you want to live freely and unrestrainedly, you want to break the confinement and restraints that shroud you... You should be born to be an ally of Qingsha, Ming Sanqi, Ming Jiudan and others!"
King Chunlan smiled and waved his hand with a complicated expression.
"Hey, dragons and snakes don't live together... Humans and ghosts don't walk together!" He pointed at his nose and whispered, "They are dragons, and I, hey, what the hell am I?"
Lu Yi looked at King Chunlan and nodded slowly.
No one knew how King Chunlan knew his true origins - especially the true roots of Emperor Taiyao. He was a strand of White Snake's essence and blood, and was created by the Green Emperor using a secret method to create an 'avatar' or 'substitute'... He was an 'artificial creation', and King Chunlan was the direct descendant of such an artificial creation's bloodline.
He does not acknowledge his own identity.
He questioned the "rationality" and "legitimacy" of his own existence... Perhaps, King Chunlan, who also practiced Buddhism, had asked himself similar questions countless times - where did you come from? Where are you going? What are you going to do?
Questions like these, similar philosophical questions, the more you think about them, the deeper you think about them, the more likely you are to go crazy!
Look at King Chunlan's appearance. He's not far from going crazy.
Lu Yi shook his head again: "Since you don't want to hang out with the Lingshan Great Leiyin Temple... then I, a lucky little ant from the lower world, and you, a junker who is not human and who knows what, are just the right partners. Be my subordinate, charge into battle for Shen Yin, use the sword in your hand, use your clenched fists, and ask yourself about the origin of this world!"
King Chunlan lowered his head and looked at his fists. The sword on his waist made a clang and flew out by itself, turning into a stream of autumn water that quickly spun around him three times, bringing with it a sparkling cold light.
Use your sword and your fist to ask this world for a clear and thorough understanding.
"One day, I will understand what I am and why I am who I am!" King Chunlan stood up and bowed to Lu Yi solemnly: "Your subordinate, I pay my respects to His Highness Lu Yi, the King of Shen Yin!"
In Shen Yin, Lu Yi was given the title of "The King with One Word on Side with Another".
This title, placed in the secular world and in the Red Dust Dynasty, is simply a joke - any secular official with this title will either be executed along with his entire family, or the emperor's entire clan will be exterminated. There can be no other outcome.
But as for Yinyuan and Lu Yi...they are the kings on equal terms, for sure!
Not only is he the King of One Word, he can also act as the Emperor at certain times... In fact, Lu Yi is also the Grand Marshal of the Army of Shen Yin! Lu Yi holds the power of the court administration and the power of mobilizing troops... How can you reason with this outrageous thing?
Lu Yi put down the teacup, stood up, and with his right hand, he gathered the energy of Gengjin out of thin air, forming a talisman for the mobilization of troops. He threw it to King Chunlan: "In this case, Your Majesty, please act as the vanguard for us, the Divine Yin, and clear out the territories of the princes and princesses first!"
King Chunlan took the token, smiled slightly, and nodded sarcastically: "Just them? They can be destroyed in a snap... Haha, originally, I just let them split up the territory of Taiyutian because we are brothers and sisters... But now, I seem to have figured out one thing."
He looked at Lu Yu and laughed strangely: "Bastards like us are not human beings. How can we be qualified to think about the feelings of compatriots? Brothers and sisters?"
Shen Yin's huge army, with King Chunlan as the vanguard, began to sweep across Tai'etian's direct territory.
Among the Hua people cultivated by Emperor Taiyao, there are of course emperor-level existences - once in Linghu Yunlu, Emperor Taiyao dispatched twelve emperor-level Hua warriors to fight a fierce battle with Emperor Taiyao's twelve emperor-level followers of the Holy Spirit clan.
But Emperor Taiyu is not in Taiyu Heaven now, and is fighting with White Snake somewhere unknown.
As the only authentic 'Emperor' of the Great Emperor level under the throne of Emperor Taizuo, King Chunlan has a status almost like that of a 'Crown Prince'... Therefore, he naturally controls the command of the most elite core forces of the Chinese.
These emperor-level masters of the Chinese race all seemed a little dazed.
They lack independent thinking. When Emperor Taiyu is not around, they will obediently do whatever King Chunlan tells them to do... With such a group of powerful emperor-level fighters acting as vanguard generals, even if these Chinese do not master any powerful avenues, they are still enough to easily sweep away the group of Emperor Taiyu's sons and daughters!
Taiyutian's territory was rapidly swallowed up by Shen Yin.
King Chunlan, who was sitting on the flagship with Lu Yi and looking at the battlefield from afar, raised his extremely puzzled question: "I really don't understand, these mixed-blood bastards can raise a lot of emperors, why are my brothers and sisters more useless than each other? Among so many brothers and sisters, I am the only one who has achieved the status of an emperor under his training."
Shaking his head, King Chunlan said softly: "I really don't understand."
Lu Yi looked at King Chunlan and whispered his opinion: "Perhaps, it is his instinctive kindness? Don't you think that if your cultivation is too high and too strong, if something happens, all of you, the direct descendants of the emperor, will be thrown into the battlefield? On the contrary, if your strength is weak enough..."
King Chunlan's face suddenly froze.
He was silent for a long time, then waved his hand vigorously: "It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense... If that's the case, if he really has this kindness, and deliberately suppresses our cultivation in order to protect us, then wouldn't I be his least valued son? Does he wish I were dead?"
Lu Yi said calmly: "Or maybe, he just wants you, as the eldest brother, to have the ability to protect your brothers and sisters at certain special moments? An emperor-level combat power to protect a group of weak children with no combat power... sometimes..."
King Chunlan froze.
For a long, long time, he looked at the brothers and sisters who were escorted here and were cursing angrily, and muttered in a low voice: "He... a non-human, man-made thing, would he think so much? Damn, he is not a human! He is just, a man-made creation... How could he..."
Lu Yi said nothing.
This kind of question is too complicated. Lu Yi himself has not yet married, let alone the experience of being a father. He just guessed that perhaps King Chunlan and his children had misunderstood Emperor Taiyi in some way.
No matter what, Emperor Taiyu, a great emperor, would not be as...simple and shallow as he seems!
However, no matter what, with the joining of King Chunlan, it only took three short years, with the blessing of Lu Yi's Speed ​​Avenue, the increasingly expanding Shen Yin army has successfully swallowed up the entire direct territory of Emperor Taiyu.
Moreover, under the efforts of working day and night at all costs, the entire territory directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Taiyu, now the territory of Shenyin, has destroyed all the star gates connecting with the surrounding celestial realms and star fields.
In other words, except for a very small number of emperor-level beings who can tear through the void to travel, the other armies, caravans, or any miscellaneous forces in other star fields and the universe of the Supreme Taichu Heaven, if they want to reach the territory of Shen Yin from their own territories, relying on normal warship voyages, it will take at least hundreds or even thousands of years.
However, with the help of Lu Yi's speed, Shen Yin's army can appear at will in any territory of forces "adjacent" to Shen Yin in a very short period of time... This is unreasonable, shameless, and unsolvable.
In the Supreme Primordial Heaven, all the forces have turned their attention to this new force that has swallowed up the entire Taiyu Heaven and Earth like a vicious wolf...
Almost everyone, including the Great Emperor Taichu, who presides over the Supreme Heaven and is nominally the most supreme being in the entire Supreme Taichu Heaven, has most of his attention drawn to Shen Yin - either he is gloating, or he has more complicated thoughts, the Great Emperor Taichu is happy to see such chaos happening on the territory of the Great Emperor Taiyu.
As a result, Shen Yin grew rapidly at a snowball-like speed, and the Heavenly Court did not mobilize a single soldier to interfere.
In this weird situation.
In a confidential chamber in the Heavenly Palace, a middle-level celestial official of a relatively low rank, who was only responsible for receiving and sending confidential intelligence, expressionlessly crushed a jade talisman that was just sent back through a micro emergency void teleportation array and was still covered in blood.
That was the last warning sent by the Heavenly Guards who were in charge of guarding the 'Lanta Demon Realm' when their entire army was annihilated.
In the warning message, there were only three bloody words "devil"!
In the vast Nalanda Demon Realm and with countless guards stationed there, only this one piece of information was barely transmitted back. Moreover, this piece of information was destroyed by the Heavenly Official, without leaving any residue.
So no one knew about the arrival of Monk Sanzang.
No one knew that the monk Sanzang was walking out of the ruins of the former holy land of Nalanda with a smiling face full of compassion.