Chapter 1420

"Master!"

After seeing Guiguzi, Kou Zhong called out.

"It seems you have made a decision."

Although Guiguzi had not reached the realm where Su Xuan could perceive what others were thinking, some of Kou Zhong's emotional fluctuations were still grasped by him.

Kou Zhong nodded, "I have indeed thought it through. I want to meet that Dao Lord!"

Through Master's explanation, Kou Zhong understood a few more jianghu secrets, knowing that Grandmaster didn't count for much, and above Grandmaster was the Heaven-Man realm, and then the Shattering the Void realm.

If it was true as Master said, that the Dao Lord's strength had already surpassed Shattering the Void and reached an unimaginable realm, then the other party didn't belong to this world at all. The other party's existence could already threaten the world itself.

Such an expert, as Master said, wanting to manipulate the rise and fall of dynasties and the fate of all living beings, was indeed not difficult.

Although he still didn't understand why the other party took a fancy to him, for Kou Zhong, this was indeed an honor.

As Master said, not everyone's kindness could be refused.

If he refused the other party's kindness, with the energy the other party was showing now, no one knew if it would cause evil. More seriously, the other party might take action personally to kill him and Ziling.

And even if the other party didn't do that, the other party could completely support another force to seize the world.

As long as it wasn't Li Shimin, Kou Zhong didn't care too much about who seized the world.

His contending for the world was itself a battle of spirit, to prove to Li Xiuning that she had misjudged him. The more Li Xiuning revered her father and brother, the more Kou Zhong refused to be convinced.

But what Kou Zhong feared was the other party turning around to support Li Shimin; this was something he could not accept.

Although this guess was inexplicable, Kou Zhong just had this feeling.

Some things, when you first know them, you will subconsciously develop a rebellious psychology—after all, my fate is up to me, not heaven. But if you find that the one who wants to interfere with your fate is truly heaven, and you have no ability to resist heaven's will, then it is better to accept everything frankly.

In the end, although Kou Zhong had a rebellious spirit, he was a commoner from the lowest level of the Yangzhou markets. When he found that the one who wanted to manipulate his fate was a powerful existence that could not be refused, he chose to let heaven decide.

However, before that, he was still prepared to meet that Dao Lord.

……

After Kou Zhong, with Guiguzi's help, used various strange strategies to occupy the Bashu region.

The situation in the world changed suddenly.

At the same time, the forces of the righteous Buddhist sects also suffered a serious blow.

The Four Great Holy Monks, who had been invited out by Fan Qinghui in the past, returned to their respective temples after the failure of the battle to surround and kill Su Xuan and never asked about worldly affairs again. Even if Fan Qinghui repeatedly wanted to invite them out of the mountains, they ignored her.

In the end, they couldn't stand the harassment of the old nun Fan Qinghui.

Venerable Dixin met Fan Qinghui once and said bluntly that the power of the four of them had been abolished by that Holy Emperor of the Demonic Sect, and she should not come to find them again in the future. He was prepared to devote the rest of his energy to Buddhist law. In the past, he had lost himself because of martial arts, but now, after losing his martial arts, he realized that his Buddhist heart was already covered in dust.

He also advised Fan Qinghui.

As a monk who was untainted by the six dusts, it was best to interfere less in the major affairs of the world. It was not a good thing for the Cihang Jingzhai to be so eager to control the world's situation.

This was his heartfelt advice. It was precisely because he had fought with that Holy Emperor that he knew the other party's power.

The Demonic Sect had produced such a powerful figure. If Fan Qinghui remained obsessed with manipulating the mandate of heaven, it would only bring destruction to the Cihang Jingzhai.

Unfortunately, Fan Qinghui didn't take Venerable Dixin's words to heart; she only knew that the Four Great Holy Monks could no longer be relied upon.

Ning Daoqi, the loose practitioner, had been abolished by Beimingzi earlier. Now the power of the Four Great Holy Monks had also been abolished. Although these people were still alive, they were essentially the same as dead.

For Fan Qinghui, this was terrible news.

"Could it be that the demonic is really rising and the righteous is waning?"

Fan Qinghui could not accept this fact.

When she was young, she ran around the world, which led to the current situation where the Cihang Jingzhai was the leader of the righteous path and the prosperity of the Buddhist sects. After the Sui Dynasty perished, to continue this pattern, they could only support an emperor who revered Buddhism.

Fan Qinghui absolutely would not allow anyone to destroy the pattern of the Cihang Jingzhai as the leader of the righteous path.

While lamenting the rise of the demonic and the waning of the righteous, Fan Qinghui also pondered countermeasures.

Shi Feixuan followed the Four Great Holy Monks to besiege Su Xuan. Now the power of the Four Great Holy Monks had been abolished, and Shi Feixuan had also disappeared. Obviously, her fate was not very good.

The Cihang Jingzhai could start considering cultivating new successors.

At the same time, that Holy Emperor of the Demonic Sect was so powerful that they must find a way to contain him.

Ning Daoqi, the loose practitioner, had already been abolished.

The Four Great Holy Monks were not the other party's match either.

Fan Qinghui thought about it and felt that only one person had hope of defeating the other party.

Although that person's reputation was not as good as the three great masters, he was younger than the three great masters, and his strength was even better.

"It seems I must go to Lingnan!"

Fan Qinghui said so.

……

Not long after unifying the Demonic Sect, Su Xuan received a message from Guiguzi.

Guiguzi informed Su Xuan that Kou Zhong was prepared to meet him.

Su Xuan had long expected this, and he had no intention of refusing. Since he had chosen Kou Zhong after coming to this world and even sent Guiguzi to Kou Zhong's side to help him, this meeting would happen sooner or later.

Of course, Guiguzi did surprise Su Xuan by helping Kou Zhong capture the Bashu region in such a short time.

The Bashu region was different from the Central Plains.

After the disintegration of the Sui government, the leaders of the three major forces in Bashu—Xie Hui of the Duzun Fort, Fan Zhuo of the Chuan Gang known as the "Gun Overlord" and "Gun King," and Feng Zhen of the Ba Alliance known as the "Monkey King"—held a meeting to decide the fate of the people of Shu. They decided to retain the officials and political system left over from the old Sui, changed Shu County to Yizhou to show the difference between the new and the old, and had the three major forces support the new government, not claiming to be kings or hegemons, waiting for the appearance of a wise ruler.

Although no rebel kings appeared here, the three forces joined hands, and they were not weaker than ordinary rebel kings. It was extremely difficult for outsiders to insert their hands into the Bashu region. Yet Guiguzi managed to do such a thing and occupied the Bashu region.

One can only say that there are no incompetent people under a famous name.