Xu Chong removed Fang Leshan's false appearance and revealed his true face.
After activating immortality, his three bodies simultaneously returned to the state they were in when he first crossed over, which was around the age of twenty.
For Fang Lezhong, this face was not unfamiliar to him.
Duke Chengguo told him the name "Xu Chong" and he collected the portrait himself.
Although the face in front of him looked younger than the portrait, it was undoubtedly Xu Chong.
Fang Lezhong finally realized that his original direction was correct.
Xu Chong really possesses the formless robe.
As for when Fang Leshan was killed...
There is no doubt that it was the time when he was suddenly attacked by Dou Tianyuan and lost consciousness.
After he woke up again, Fang Leshan, who had been soaking in the tank with him, had been replaced.
"Okay, okay, okay."
Fang Lezhong said three good words in a row.
A strong wind suddenly blew inside the room with the doors and windows closed.
The strong wind swirled around the two of them, without damaging the doors and windows farther away, nor causing any interference to the two of them.
Only the furniture that happened to be in the wind was turned into powder.
Xu Chong had a blank expression on his face and reached behind him.
--squeak!
An extremely harsh sound, like the sound of metal scraping, was heard.
Fang Shuyue's pupils suddenly shrank into the size of needles.
"I became an immortal in front of you, and revealed my true appearance in front of you. Why do you think you can be my opponent?"
Xu Chong said lightly, and then squeezed it hard.
Boom!!!
The air exploded.
First, the strong wind swirling around the two of them suddenly dissipated.
Then, all the doors, windows, tables and chairs were reduced to dust.
If this wasn't a secret room underground with rocks on the top and bottom, I'm afraid the room would collapse.
"Golden Body Nine Transformations..."
Fang Lezhong's face was pale and his tone was extremely difficult.
Although he used airflow to protect his body in time and did not suffer any harm, the force of his fist just now was undoubtedly the Nine Revolutions of the Golden Body.
The Golden Body Nine Transformations...
Even the Fang family, which is most conducive to the cultivation of the Jade Pool, is missing!
Is this young man in front of me who has just mastered the rules of immortality really Xu Chong?
That Xu Chong who is not even thirty years old?
"You are the first direct descendant of the Fang family that I have come into contact with."
Xu Chong stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Fang Lezhong quietly, "Although I have no good feelings towards the Fang family or you, but considering that the Fang family is gone, I will allow you to spend the rest of your life in the Imperial Prison."
"The Fang family didn't...what do you mean?!"
Fang Lezhong's eyes suddenly widened.
"Literally."
Two gray characters appeared on Xu Chong's forehead.
——'Spring and Autumn Period'.
"!!!"
Fang Le's heart was shaken.
He remembered these two words.
Last time at the Spring and Autumn Tomb, Fang Shuyue showed it to him once in order to prove that the cave was about to collapse.
The flickering gray is full of fine cracks...
Isn’t this the control hub of the Spring and Autumn Tomb?
"No, no, no..."
Fang Lezhong's eyes were red with anger. "No way. You have been here all along. How could you have traveled thousands of miles to get to know the key to the Spring and Autumn Tomb?"
"I must have seen it wrong, it must be..."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"There are so many people from the Fang family in the Spring and Autumn Tomb, who can deal with them?"
"You're lying to me, you're lying to me..."
Fang Shuyue's eyes were filled with confusion, and his vigilance was completely relaxed.
"never mind."
Xu Chong shook his head and threw a punch.
Bang.
The defenseless Fang Shuyue flew backwards and disappeared into the void.
The headquarters of the Blood-Clothed Guards.
Dou Tianyuan was standing by the pond with an extremely solemn expression.
Naturally, he also noticed the strange phenomenon in heaven and earth before.
Compared to other people, he didn't even need to think about it to know that the immortal was Xu Chong.
After all, he already had the answer to the whereabouts of the rules of immortality in his heart.
But he couldn't figure out, how long had Xu Chong only known the rules of immortality?
How did they restore the rules of longevity in such a short time?
Okay, let’s not worry about that for now.
What is more important now is how to protect Xu Chong.
"This kid, how long has he been quiet? He's starting to cause trouble for me again."
"And this trouble is much bigger than the previous ones."
"The immortals, heaven and earth celebrate together, all living beings look up to them?"
“Shit!”
"Heaven and earth will punish me together, and all living beings will covet me..."
Dou Tianyuan was a little depressed.
Just as he was thinking about it, there was a plop and a figure suddenly fell out from the void, which scared him.
"Breaking the sky with one hand? Was this done by Xu Chong?"
Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows and looked over, recognizing the unconscious Fang Lezhong at a glance: "This person is from the Fang family... Huh?!"
"That's right, he is."
The voice rang out, and Xu Chong followed closely and stepped out, "It's no longer of any use, you can do with it as you please."
"you……"
Dou Tianyuan appeared beside Xu Chong and looked him up and down with suspicion. "If I remember correctly, although this person has been soaking in the Huadao Decoction for a few days, he is at least at the first level of the Dharma Realm... What realm are you in?"
"Same as you."
Xu Chong smiled.
"Just blow it, I..."
Dou Tianyuan twitched the corner of his mouth.
However, before he could finish his words, an extremely strong gust of wind suddenly blew over.
It’s Xu Chong’s fist.
"Good boy!"
Dou Tianyuan met his attack with a punch.
result……
——clang!
Bang, bang, bang.
After the sound of metal collision, Dou Tianyuan took three steps back and stepped out three big holes in the backyard.
The air is so quiet.
Dou Tianyuan's gaze moved back and forth between Xu Chong's face and his own fist, and he always felt like he was in a dream.
In that punch just now, he hardly used any strength. He simply used the strength of the Nine Revolutions of Golden Body to block Xu Chong's punch.
After all, he didn't believe that Xu Chong was that strong. He already had the physical advantage, and if he used more force, what if he ended up crippling Xu Chong?
pity.
The result told him that he was overthinking.
Xu Chong's punch also didn't use much strength. To a large extent, it was just the same as his, relying on the strength of the physical body.
And it was in this situation that he was knocked back three steps.
"Golden Body Nine Transformations, it really is the Golden Body Nine Transformations..."
Dou Tianyuan gradually calmed down and looked at Xu Chong as if he were a monster. "I won't ask you how you did it. You won't tell me anyway."
“It’s not a question of whether to say it or not.”
Xu Chong shrugged, "If you can use it, I'd be happy to tell you. Unfortunately, I'm the only one who can use this method."
"I guess so."
Dou Tianyuan nodded and glanced at Fang Lezhong on the ground, "Why don't you kill him?"
“That’s not necessary.”
Xu Chong said indifferently, "The entire Fang family's bloodline has been completely destroyed by Ji Qingzhi. He is the only one left. It doesn't matter whether he lives or dies."
"destroy……"
Dou Tianyuan's pupils suddenly shrank and his expression became solemn.
He did not question Xu Chong.
Because he had long guessed that Xu Chong had cultivated an incarnation, and one of them went to the Fang family.
Since Xu Chong said that the Fang family is gone, then the Fang family is definitely gone.
In addition...Xu Chong's sudden transformation into such a strong person should be related to this matter.
After a pause, Dou Tianyuan asked, "Is it the devil in the heart of Tao?"
"Yes."
Xu Chong nodded and said, "I almost fell for it, but luckily I found a way to crack it at the critical moment."
"How to crack it?"
Dou Tianyuan's eyes lit up.
You have to know that Ji Qingzhi and Emperor Yongtai are the same person. Ji Qingzhi can plant demons in his heart, and so can Emperor Yongtai.
If we know how to break the demon in the heart of Taoism, then the capital will be safe again.
even……
"To cultivate the devil in one's heart, there are two steps: exerting magical power and inducing magical power."
Xu Chong said to himself, "If you just use your magical powers, you won't be affected even if you get hit."
"Once their magical powers are activated, they will instantly lose their sanity and turn into wild beasts with only instincts left."
"The means by which Ji Qingzhi displayed his magical powers were the words of the Taiping Dao: When there is peace and the Dao, there is no suffering in heaven and earth."
"And the means of removing the supernatural power, I call it the words against the way - when there is peace and no way, the world is full of suffering."
When there is peace and no justice, the world is full of suffering?
Dou Tianyuan was a little puzzled: "Is it that simple?"
“It’s not particularly simple.”
Xu Chong shook his head, "If you want to remove the magical power, there is a prerequisite."
"How should I put it? Probably he denied the words of the Taiping Dao from the bottom of his heart and was more inclined to the words that went against the Dao."
"Also, if you want to remove your own magical power, you must do it before the magical power is activated. You should understand this."
After saying that, Xu Chong paused, and then said: "If you were infected before, I have cured you now."
"All right."
Dou Tianyuan nodded, thinking, "It seems that the more powerful the magical power is, the simpler the things that restrict it are."
"Um?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows slightly, "What do you mean?"
"Just like an incarnation."
Dou Tianyuan looked at Xu Chong and said meaningfully: "If you don't cultivate the Dao in the Purple Mansion, the Purple Mansion will not cultivate the Yang God. If you separate your body, your emotions will be severed... This is what you said when you came out of the Imperial Prison."
"This restriction alone stops the vast majority of people."
"If even your emotions are severed, are you still yourself?"
"People who truly possess the heart of a strong person are all quite self-centered, like me and Dou Tianyuan. Even if we obtain an external incarnation, we probably won't practice... Uh, what's wrong with you?"
As Dou Tianyuan was speaking, he noticed that Xu Chong's expression was a little strange.
The pupils are dilated and the face is stiff.
"…Nothing, I just thought of something."
Xu Chong forced a smile and waved his hand, "Anyway, you will be much safer now that you know this. Emperor Yongtai, give me another year."
One year?
Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows and was about to ask for clarification when the pond started to hum.
A vortex appeared and a person floated out of it.
It’s still Xu Chong.
“…”
Dou Tianyuan's old face was a little distorted.
Is this an incarnation?
This is an incarnation...
"What are you doing in the prison?"
Dou Tianyuan asked depressedly.
Xu Chong did not answer, but just walked towards himself in front of Dou Tianyuan.
Although both bodies were made of the same flesh and blood, they merged together without any hindrance.
"In a year, all the truth will come out and all the problems can be solved."
Xu Chong smiled at Dou Tianyuan and took a step forward.
When he reappeared, he was already on the empty Fang family ship.
The three Xu Chongs merged into one here, standing facing the wind on the tower ship's observatory.
However, the look in his eyes was extremely complicated.
There is vigilance, hesitation, and helplessness...
Originally, after handing Fang Lezhong over to Dou Tianyuan, Xu Chong thought about going directly to Emperor Yongtai.
With the autonomy and immunity of the immortal god's soul , the peak of the golden body that has transformed into the Nine-Revolution Immortal Essence, and the three supreme skills, he believes that he is no longer afraid of Emperor Yongtai.
Even if we are not opponents, retreating should be no problem.
However, just as he came up with this idea and was about to implement it, a warning from his soul appeared.
After breaking through to the Immortal God, he could clearly sense the extent of the crisis through warnings.
This crisis is a warning, meaning that if he really goes to see Emperor Yongtai, he will not die, but he will lose something very important.
Why?
What means did Emperor Yongtai have to achieve this?
It’s not enough to have two magical powers, nor is it enough to have two peaks.
Naturally, Xu Chong thought of the unknown cave in the back hall.
In other words, the rules of this unknown cave are not something he can deal with at the moment.
The best outcome would be to sacrifice the rook to save the king and escape in embarrassment.
So Xu Chong decisively gave up his plan to find Emperor Yongtai right away.
The subsequent conversation with Dou Tianyuan suddenly woke him up.
He recalled the scene after Jixiangtian presided over the examination of the royal heir.
After separating from King Qian, he always felt that he had missed something.
Now he knows!
King Qian said that the royal family’s innate purple palace was incomplete and they could not cultivate the Tao.
The only two exceptions were Taizu Jiang Wang and Xu Chong.
At that time, Xu Chong was completely attracted by the "reincarnation of Taizu" and overlooked an extremely important piece of information.
Emperor Yongtai is also unable to cultivate the Purple Palace!
This alone is nothing, but if you add the incarnation...
'I only have one Yang Shen left. After using my magical powers to split it, this incarnation inherited all my evil thoughts. Although the memories are the same, the result of doing this is a certain degree of self-loss.'
This is what Lin Kuang said to Xu Chong when he demonstrated his magical powers on the seventh floor of the Imperial Prison.
This means that when there are less than two souls, splitting the body into two bodies will lead to the separation of emotions.
Emperor Yongtai is unable to cultivate the Purple Palace, so he only has one soul.
When an incarnation is created, good and evil will inevitably be separated, just as Lin Kuang demonstrated.
So here comes the question.
Emperor Yongtai, how many incarnations did he have?
If we only distinguish Ji Qingzhi, then which one is good and which one is evil?
Combining his understanding of what Emperor Yongtai and Ji Qingzhi said and did, Xu Chong believed that at least these two were not good.
In other words, it is not pure goodness.
Don't forget that Emperor Yongtai and Ji Qingzhi jointly led the tragedy in Yongzhou.
So where did the kindness of Emperor Yongtai go?
Xu Chong didn't want to think about the answer to this question.
But it stubbornly appeared in Xu Chong's mind.
Xu Chong has seen many kind people.
But he has only seen one person who is truly good without any evil.
Oh no, I can’t say see you.
Because he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
That’s the Third Master, Xu Youan.
He single-handedly protected the people of one area, and never wavered even when he was cursed by the people and misunderstood by his son.
Later, after realizing his son's determination to die, he resolutely chose to die in order to fulfill, or protect, his son.
to be honest.
Xu Chong once couldn’t figure it out.
Where in the world can there be such stupid and saintly people?
Isn’t this ridiculous?
Not only did Xu Chong not understand, he also repeatedly suspected that the Third Master was not dead at all, but had faked his death for some deeper purpose and was hiding in the dark.
Even if there was more evidence to prove that the Third Master was dead, Xu Chong still had some doubts.
But now, he believed it.
If the Third Master was the body of goodwill separated by Emperor Yongtai's magical powers, then everything would have a reasonable explanation.
'If a clone with a severed soul like this leaves the original body for too long or too far away, it may escape the control of the original body and become a separate individual.'
This is what Lin Kuang said before teaching his supernatural powers.
After teaching the magical powers and before his lifespan expired, Lin Kuang also added a lot of details about his incarnation.
'The clone that has been separated from the soul will carry all the good or evil thoughts.'
'If it is split twice, then there will be a good body and an evil body.'
'The good body is the best, the evil body is the worst, and it is inherently heartless.'
'In the short term, the three bodies have different personalities, but they share the same memories.'
'Over time, the body of good and evil will become separate entities.'
'It is interesting that if the good body and the evil body are out of the control of the main body, and one of the bodies dies first, then the emotions of this body will be shared and the memories will be passed on to the remaining two bodies.'
"And the remaining two bodies will become one again due to this change..."
There are many more details like this.
These were the conclusions that Lin Kuang had reached after repeated attempts during his extremely boring life in the imperial prison, and they were brought up in casual conversation with Xu Chong.
Just as Dou Tianyuan said, a person with the heart of a strong person will not choose to lose himself.
So is Xu Chong.
Therefore, he never took the details that Lin Kuang mentioned seriously.
Until now…
Combining all of this, a complete context that could correspond to time appeared before his eyes.
Back then, Emperor Yongtai used the power of the devil in his heart to obtain an incarnation, and then used the incarnation to separate the two identities of Xu Youan and Ji Qingzhi.
The kind-hearted Xu Youan went among the people.
The evil Ji Qingzhi went to Taiping Road.
The emotionless Emperor Yongtai, not long after ascending the throne, voluntarily handed over most of the power to Lou Youzhi, a man of outstanding ability and simple background. He himself retreated behind the scenes and looked down on the world indifferently.
Emperor Yongtai did not have the leisure time like Lin Kuang, so naturally he did not know the details that were later discovered by Lin Kuang.
In other words, Emperor Yongtai did not know that the external incarnation formed by the separation of the soul would be completely out of control and become an independent individual.
So Xu Youan and Ji Qingzhi both became independent people.
A person who has the memories of his previous life as Emperor Yongtai, but has an independent personality.
Why can Xu Chong feel a sense of unity of knowledge and action in Wang Hezhi, the water ghost?
Because the water ghost has been imitating Xu Youan.
Xu Youan's unity of knowledge and action is achieved because good and evil are separated, and he fundamentally achieves "doing good and eliminating evil."
Later, Xu Youan died, and the connection between Emperor Yongtai and Ji Qingzhi was rebuilt and they became one again.
That's why the Yongzhou Massacre happened under the joint efforts of all parties.
The only doubt in the whole inference is the purpose of Xu Youan's personal visit to the people when he was still Emperor Yongtai.
You must know that even if the soul is separated, the clone can still be regarded as the same person as the original body for a period of time after being separated.
It is understandable that Ji Qingzhi went to Taiping Dao in order to become the leader of the Dao and control the rebel forces... and he did it later.
But when Xu Youan was still Emperor Yongtai, why did he go among the people?
Considering the last dream, Xu Chong could only think of one.
In order to find the rules of immortality.
But the question is, wasn’t Changshengtian destroyed by Emperor Yongtai himself?
Why would he go out in person to retrieve it?
What use is the rule of immortality to Emperor Yongtai?
It is no wonder that Xu Chong cares so much, because there is an important issue here.
According to previous inferences, Emperor Yongtai obtained all of Xu Youan's memories from the day he died.
If Xu Youan knew that the rules of immortality were in his body, it meant that Emperor Yongtai also knew it.
"The Third Master is the Third Master, and Emperor Yongtai is Emperor Yongtai. Think of the worst first."
Xu Chong rubbed his brows, "Emperor Yongtai knows that the rules of immortality are with me, and at the same time, he needs the rules of immortality very much."
"The reason why he hasn't taken any action against me until now is not because he doesn't want to target me, but because his search for the rules of immortality cannot be known to others."
"With power falling into someone else's hands and unable to leave Tianji Palace, you can only let me grow."
"And once I enter the back hall of Tianji Palace, he will attack me with all his strength..."
“Combined with the Immortal God’s warning, it is obvious what I will lose if I enter the back hall at this time.”
"——Longevity Rules!"
Therefore, the unknown cave in the back hall cannot hurt Xu Chong, but it can strip away the rules of immortality from him.
So Xu Chong thought about it again and again and decided to wait until all three paths reached their peak.
As for how to achieve it...
"Although the Spring and Autumn Hall can only provide thirty years of life, if three bodies enter at the same time, it will be close to a hundred years."
"A hundred years of pure strength to cultivate the Dao Seed is almost enough for me to achieve the Ninth Transformation of the Indestructible God and the Ninth Rank of Indestructible Qi."
Xu Chong looked at the boundless ocean and thought silently.
The consumption of spiritual energy in the third realm and the infinite life span after activating immortality make the cost-effectiveness of Chunqiu Tomb surpass all other cultivation methods.
Whether hiding in the cave to absorb spiritual energy, or practicing in the outside world with the power of heaven and earth, it is far inferior to the hundred times of years in Chunqiu Hall.
"But before that, let's go to the Hua family first... to see what happened."
Xu Chong made a decision and began to control the ship.
In fact, the last time he disguised himself as Lin Kuang and accidentally came across the Hua family's ship, it had already exceeded the three-year agreement between him and Hua Nong Yue.
For some unknown reason, Hua Nong Yue was still frozen at that time, and his Yang Shen couldn't see through it at all.
This time he will investigate a bit and if there are any problems he will solve them. If there are no problems he can concentrate on his practice.
However, there is a saying that goes, plans can never keep up with changes.
Just as Xu Chong was maneuvering the ship towards farther seas, Li Xiangxue encountered the fleeing branches of the Fang family on a deserted coast.
…
…
"impossible!!!"
Li Xiangxue kicked a man in the chest, his eyes red.
This was the last survivor among the Fang family's branch members he had met.
The remaining dozens of people had turned into corpses at his hands and were scattered around.
“Mercy, mercy…”
The man coughed up blood and begged for mercy, "I didn't lie to you, really!"
"Everyone has died in Chunqiu Tomb. All the Fang family members were killed by the Taoist master using a method called planting demons in the heart of Taoism!"
"Before his death, the clan leader informed Lord Fang Ren to let the branch clans on the ship flee."
"We are just one of the teams..."
Click.
Before he could finish his words, the man's sternum was stepped on and collapsed completely, and he was silent in an instant.
"Kill them all..."
"The devil grows in the heart of Tao..."
Li Xiangxue murmured these words over and over again.
The next moment, three words filled with endless hatred were roared out.
"——Ji! Qing! Zhi!!!"