Chapter 311: Love is Letting Go

Flames were raging, and the scorching heat distorted the atmosphere.

Magma boiled, and suddenly a hill-like red flame monster—a Fang Yuan Ying-level Flame-Treading Lizard—crashed out from it!

It launched a surprise attack from the south, crashing fiercely into the Lava Xian Gong.

And on the north side directly opposite, a Fang Yuan Ying-level Fire-Walking Snake was wrapped in scorching flames, opening its mouth to spray a torrent of flames.

The scorching flames roasted the spherical light shield of the Lava Xian Gong. The light shield was already damaged, and under the pincer attack of the two Fang Yuan Ying-level monsters, cracks appeared, and the situation was extremely bad.

"Vicious beast." Lord Meng Kui issued a cold shout.

Magic—Mysteries in the Palm!

Four large handprints condensed, two in each group, rushing toward the Fang Yuan Ying-level monsters in the north and south positions respectively.

The Fire-Walking Snake hissed, twisted its huge snake body, and dodged.

The Flame-Treading Lizard did not dodge or evade, hard-taking the slap of the handprint, and still attacked the spherical light shield unceasingly.

The Xian Gong shook!

Under the fierce attack of the Flame-Treading Lizard, the nearest mechanism buildings collapsed one after another. The ground cracked, and then another corner of the Xian Gong separated from the main body and collapsed into the magma.

Because of the fall of the corner of the Xian Gong, the magma was stirred up into surging giant waves, rushing toward the broken walls outside the Xian Gong.

A large amount of magma took advantage of the spherical light shield not yet closing, spreading into the Lava Xian Gong, burning more buildings and creating a scene of devastation.

Deep in the clouds and mist, Lord Meng Kui's gaze was deep, his face expressionless.

Boom boom boom!

In the inner circle of the Lava Xian Gong, a battle suddenly erupted.

The Shadow Demon cultivator appeared again, chasing and killing Yang Chanyu!

Because of the impact of the Fang Yuan Ying monster beast, the Lava Xian Gong had already awakened almost all the cultivators who entered the palace.

The battle between the Shadow Demon cultivator and Yang Chanyu immediately attracted the widespread attention of the cultivators.

A golden light, like a long rainbow, broke through the air and quickly approached the battle group of Yang Chanyu and the Shadow Demon cultivator.

Looking at this familiar escape light, everyone knew that it was undoubtedly Zhu Xuanji!

The Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment-level red flame monster beasts again formed waves, rushing toward the inner circle of the Lava Xian Gong.

"The opportunity has come." Zhu Xuanji gave a secret order.

Consequently, the members of the three-family renovation team, who held positions at the Pointing Platform and the Five Elements Artillery Towers, collaborated to execute the orders.

Under their influence, only a few mechanism creations intercepted in front, blocking the monster beasts from approaching the Gourd Fire Furnace Forest.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was anxious and hurriedly contacted Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's second-grade position still remained, and his order suppressed everyone in the reformed team of the three families.

Thus, a large number of mechanism creations gathered toward the direction of the Fire Furnace Forest, and the Five Elements cannonballs were as dense as rain, constantly covering the monster beast tide.

However, under Unlike Ning Zhuo's intentional release of water, red flame monster beasts still rushed into the Golden Furnace ruins.

The real Zhu Xuanji suddenly appeared, and amidst the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit's scream, he followed into the Golden Furnace ruins!

The previous Zhu Xuanji was not the real person, but disguised by Zhu Zhen.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit could not watch Zhu Xuanji at all times; it itself had to be responsible for the huge defense of the Xian Gong, fighting against the endless monster beast attacks.

Therefore, it did not perceive in advance that Zhu Zhen and Zhu Xuanji had secretly swapped identities.

"Little Master, Little Master!"

"Hurry up, hurry, hurry!"

"Must not let Zhu Xuanji find any clues!"

At this moment, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit felt its heart jump to its throat, although it didn't have a heart.

Unlike Ning Zhuo gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Zhu Xuanji, you forced me!"

In cooperation with the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit, he exerted the attack power of the Five Elements Cannon Tower with all his might, and the Five Elements cannonballs were like a rainstorm, setting off a shocking offensive, covering the Golden Furnace ruins comprehensively.

Boom boom boom...

In the intense bombardment, Zhu Xuanji forcibly held on for a while.

He knew that at this moment, he had to race against time. Time was extremely limited, and he could only choose one to survey.

The No. 2 Golden Furnace, No. 3 Golden Furnace, and No. 4 Golden Furnace had all been destroyed; they contained clues of great value!

Zhu Xuanji hesitated for a moment, and finally chose the No. 2 Golden Furnace.

The reason was precisely the riddle poem Unlike Ning Zhuo gave him.

Zhu Xuanji only looked at it once at that time, and knew the answer was "two."

Zhu Xuanji concluded that what Unlike Ning Zhuo was referring to was the No. 2 Golden Furnace!

He pounced on the No. 2 Golden Furnace ruins, his palm touched it, and he used the technique of tracing the source quite arduously.

Under the Heavenly Eye, he saw such a scene.

The door of the No. 2 Golden Furnace opened, and the teleportation aperture spat out countless materials.

These materials were of excellent quality, the lowest being Golden Core level, and the highest quality reaching Fang Yuan Ying level.

Among them, what made people look at it and couldn't move their eyes was a dragon body. It was extremely gorgeous and brilliant, the whole body was like crystal carving, red and orange-red firelight shone in the crystal, burning silently, revealing incredible beauty in danger.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Xuanji's pupils shrank fiercely.

Then, he saw these materials all thrown into the Golden Furnace.

The Golden Furnace door closed, ignited and melted, and the dragon's hissing sound came from the furnace.

The forging process was not long.

The cracks on the surface of the Golden Furnace increased rapidly, and after the refining was finished and the fire went out, it fell apart directly, broken into a pile of fragments.

From the Golden Furnace ruins, a small mechanism rose slowly.

The mechanism was like a dragon, and the length was only the length of an adult's forearm.

The dragon head was fierce, the dragon horns were forked, the dragon whiskers floated naturally, the dragon eyes were like red crystals, red with gold.

The dragon scales of its whole body presented silver-white, shrouded in a faint golden halo.

The dragon claws were sharp and could be completely retracted into the dragon body through a certain degree of mechanism deformation.

The dragon tail swung flexibly, and the floating tail whiskers contained flames, often leaving a flame tail in mid-air between the swings.

Mechanism—Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon!

Zhu Xuanji identified it quickly.

This was a very classic mechanism creation.

From the mortal-level One-Li Earthworm, to the Qi Condensation-level Ten-Inch Startling Snake, Foundation Establishment-level Hundred-Foot Rolling Python, Golden Core-level Thousand-Zhang Coiling Dragon, and then to the Fang Yuan Ying-level Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

The Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon could be big or small, moved very fast, and was continuous and powerful; it was a very excellent mechanism treasure for carrying.

The past images stopped abruptly.

Zhu Xuanji suddenly realized!

"The hint Unlike Ning Zhuo gave is of great value."

"I understand!"

"It's the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit that has a problem!!"

Zhu Xuanji regretfully glanced at the No. 3 and No. 4 Golden Furnace ruins; they were already miserable under the bombardment of artillery fire.

Zhu Xuanji could not support it any longer, and could only retreat first.

"Did he discover anything?" The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was nervous.

The artillery fire was too dense, making it unable to observe the situation inside at all.

It knew nothing about Zhu Xuanji's actions inside!

The artillery fire continued to bombard for a while before it stopped.

The original Golden Furnace ruins had become a deep pit, and the bottom and outside of the pit were a mess.

As Zhu Xuanji expected, Zhu Zhen returned without success.

The two calculated privately, Zhu Xuanji transmitted to Zhu Zhen, informing the latter of the results of this survey, as well as his own inference about the Palace Spirit.

Zhu Zhen felt puzzled and directly asked Zhu Xuanji how he inferred this point.

Zhu Xuanji sighed: "That's because you don't know the past reasons of the Lava Xian Gong, and don't know the situation of the No. 1 Golden Furnace."

He explained to Zhu Zhen, telling the latter that he had seen royal secrets in the capital...

Hundreds of years ago.

The Fire Persimmon Mountain had just erupted, magma covered the ground, poisonous smoke covered the sky, living beings were charred, and it was miserable.

The Three Sects Superior was in a white monk robe, clean as snow, his sleeves dancing lightly with the wind, slowly drifting down from high altitude.

His face was as steady as an ancient pine, his eyebrows full of compassion and pain, and his bearing was extraordinary.

Another gorgeous golden rainbow broke through the air, fell to the front, and turned into a graceful beauty.

She was wearing a luxurious gold-embroidered phoenix robe, flowing with light and color, the edges of the lapels dotted with brilliant pearls and jade, her temperament dignified and revealing majesty.

The beauty's phoenix eyes contained evil, staring at the Three Sects Superior, her voice full of resentment and reprimand: "You heartless man, you finally came back! Since you came to my kingdom, why didn't you come to the capital to see me? Do you know how hard I waited for you?"

The Three Sects Superior didn't look back, only looked down at the scorching mountain land under his feet, his tone extremely flat: "South Emperor, many years ago, I already explained to you: the love between you and me is over, it is better to forget each other in the world than to be together."

The beauty was the founding empress of the South Bean Kingdom, and she shouted: "You said it's over, so it's over? I don't agree!"

"For so many years, do you know how bitterly I missed you?"

"Red beans grow in the southern country, how many branches will sprout in spring? I wish you would pick more, this thing is the most lovesick..."

"Sanlang, I don't believe you haven't missed me all these years!"

When the South Bean Empress said this, her voice trembled and her eyes turned red.

The Three Sects Superior shook his head, sighed deeply, and took out a mechanism model from his bosom.

He threw it lightly, the model flew into the air, and quickly turned into a huge Xian Gong, blocking the sunlight and casting a huge shadow on the earth.

The Xian Gong had red bricks and golden pillars, buildings standing tall, majestic and beautiful; it was the Lava Xian Gong!

Seeing this, the South Bean Empress immediately revealed joy, her voice becoming softer: "Sanlang, you really still remember our past."

"At the beginning, you and I were harmonious, together day and night, and built this mechanism palace together."

"You laid out the buildings and laid the foundation. And I shaped the statues, carving them carefully."

"We spent such a wonderful time in this palace."

"We can continue."

"Sanlang, I have already established the country, my wish has been achieved. Come back, let's live together, just like before!"

The Three Sects Superior always had his back to the South Bean Empress, did not answer, only used his magic eyes to observe the Fire Persimmon Mountain below.

The South Bean Empress floated and flew slowly, wanting to approach, but was blocked by an invisible wall of air.

"Sanlang." The Empress called, sincere and true.

The Three Sects Superior turned a deaf ear, his eyes suddenly fixed, his heart stirred.

Immediately, the Lava Xian Gong shot out a treasure light, piercing through the mountain body and sinking into the depths of the magma.

The dragon's hissing sound suddenly rose, and a Fang Yuan Ying-level Fire-Walking Dragon rushed out of the Fire Persimmon Mountain in a rage.

In the compassionate gaze of the South Bean Empress, the Fire-Walking Dragon rushed toward the Lava Xian Gong with great courage.

It wanted to crash the Xian Gong down!

The Three Sects Superior spread his hands lightly.

The body of the Fire-Walking Dragon flying in the air shrank rapidly, and when it was thrown into the hands of the Three Sects Superior, it had already shrunk into a small snake, less than three inches long.

The Fire-Walking Dragon struggled with all its might, but could never escape the hands of the Three Sects Superior.

The Lava Xian Gong descended slowly, like a mountain collapsing, pressing the atmosphere, bringing out a rumbling sound.

The Three Sects Superior sat cross-legged in the high sky, beginning to look down at the Lava Xian Gong.

He pinched the neck of the Fire-Walking Dragon lightly with his fingers, and pinched the soul of the Fire-Walking Dragon out.

"Go." The Three Sects Superior flicked his finger lightly.

The Fang Yuan Ying-level Fire-Walking Dragon soul, like a shooting star chasing the moon, directly sank into the No. 1 Golden Furnace.

Fire Burial Prajna Resolving Spirit Sutra!

The raging flames burned rapidly, and after a few breaths, the Golden Furnace collapsed, refining a Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit.

The South Bean Empress had been watching, and seeing the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned: "It's clearly a dragon snake, why is its spirituality like a dragon turtle?"

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was ignorant at first, and after reacting, it roared angrily at the Three Sects Superior.

The Three Sects Superior reached out and grabbed again, taking the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit into his palm.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was compressed extremely small, looking up at the Three Sects Superior, like a mortal ant looking up at a heavenly pillar and a Buddha.

The Three Sects Superior spoke slowly: "Eight hundred years later, the killing calamity of heaven and earth will sweep through the universe, blood will drift, corpses will lie everywhere."

"Dragons and snakes rise to the land, kings appear frequently. Saints descend to the world, clearing the universe again."

"Fire-Walking Dragon Snake, you are formed by the essence of thousands of soul powers buried in the volcano, combined with the endless fire poison and geothermal heat of the mountain body."

"You are born with heavy sins."

"If you are allowed to develop naturally, you will be killed by a newborn king, your whole foundation will be turned into his material, contributing to the king's hegemony."

"Today, I will save you once."

"From now on, you will act as the Palace Spirit, control the Xian Gong, and guard the Fire Persimmon Mountain."

"As long as the Fire Persimmon Mountain is favorable in weather, there will be no more killing, no more innocent suffering. Just seven hundred and twenty years, you will be able to pay off your innate sins, get rid of the turtle shell, and truly possess the spirit of a dragon."

"Look."

The Three Sects Superior raised his palm slightly, signaling the Dragon Spirit to pay attention to its snake body before death.

Although it is a Fire-Walking Dragon, it has immortal potential!

When its life reaches the Fang Yuan Ying level, the immortal potential naturally transforms into a supernatural power—Gathering Spirit and Condensing Crystal.

This supernatural power can gather spirit energy, constantly compress and compress again, until it is compressed to the extreme, turning into solid crystals, which are spirit crystals.

The Fire-Walking Snake's body was originally composed of qualityless flames, but it was extraordinary by birth, constantly compressing its own fire-attribute spirit energy, gathering spirit and condensing crystal, transforming into a solid dragon snake body.

The Three Sects Superior continued: "Your body is reserved for you, only you can use it."

"Wait until the seven hundred and twenty years are full, you will use the Lava Xian Gong to build a mechanism body, escape from the cage, and swim in the world."

After saying this, the Three Sects Superior threw it lightly, threw the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit into the main hall of the Xian Gong, and put the fire crystal dragon body into the treasury of the Xian Gong.

The Three Sects Superior pointed his index finger at the Fire Persimmon Mountain.

The Lava Xian Gong accelerated its descent because of this.

Watching the witness of his and the Three Sects Superior's past love sink into the mountain, suppressing the volcano, the South Bean Empress couldn't help but shout: "Sanlang, do you really want to do this? What a cruel heart you have!"

"Where is your love?"

"You once said that even if you enter the Buddhist gate, you still have love!!"

The Three Sects Superior put his palms together and chanted: "Thus I have heard: Tathagata is compassionate, universally bestowing great love, spreading to the boundless world. Great love is the source of Buddha's heart, the welfare of all living beings... If a Bodhisattva has great love in his heart, the four seas and eight wildernesses are all relatives. Without distinction between high and low, all are living beings, equal care, selfless dedication... Therefore, a Bodhisattva watches the suffering of living beings, just like suffering in his own body, his heart is like the ocean, with endless compassion..."

The South Bean Empress was full of anger and interrupted: "Sanlang, don't recite it!!"

The Three Sects Superior sighed: "This is the great love of the Buddhist gate, not love and desire."

The South Bean Empress was extremely angry: "I don't understand!"

The Three Sects Superior was silent for a moment: "Love is compassion."

After a pause, he said again: "Love is letting go."

Along with his words, the Lava Xian Gong had sunk to the top of the Fire Persimmon Mountain.

"Sanlang!" The South Bean Empress stared at the Three Sects Superior sorrowfully, shouting bitterly, "I can't let go!"

The Three Sects Superior put his palms together, and under his lowered eyelids, his gaze seemed to penetrate a thousand years.

He whispered:

"Golden furnace red fire refines the soul spirit, Xian Gong buries the mountain to help all living beings."

"I advise the South Emperor not to be obsessed, old feelings are like smoke scattered in the past."

"All living beings are suffering from obsession and desire, thinking they are the masters of wooden puppet bodies."

"My Buddha is compassionate for great love, letting go of the heart barrier, the Dao is self-accomplished."

The South Bean Empress was full of desolation and wept in despair. But the pride of being an empress did not let her turn around and flee.

She gritted her teeth fiercely, sprayed magic power, and forcibly took a treasure from the Xian Gong.

The treasure fell into her hand, revealing its original form, which was a mirror.

The whole mirror was surrounded by a lifelike golden phoenix, exquisite and beautiful to the extreme. It was the Jin Fengjing!

The Three Sects Superior was touched, turned his head slightly for the first time, and looked at the South Bean Empress.

The South Bean Empress gritted her teeth: "This is my thing, I don't want to cooperate with you and make a contribution to your compassion."

The Three Sects Superior shook his head slightly: "South Emperor, you didn't have the king's mandate, but you were able to establish a country, relying on my human life hanging thread supernatural power."

"If you keep the Jin Fengjing, you are repaying the cause and effect. This is a good thing for you."

The South Bean Empress was slightly stunned, and then moved: "Sure enough, Sanlang, you really miss me in your heart!"

The Three Sects Superior was suddenly touched, his gaze flickering: "So it is, so it is."

Saying this, he took out a treasure seal from his bosom.

This magic treasure seal was like gold and jade, with both Buddha and demon sides. The Buddha side was compassionate, the demon head was ferocious, it was quite strange.

My Buddha Heart Demon Seal!

The Three Sects Superior threw the treasure seal directly into the Xian Gong.

The South Bean Empress was shocked: "Sanlang, how can you abandon such a heavy treasure? How will you protect yourself in the future?"

"I shouldn't have gotten angry, I will return the Jin Fengjing, you take back the treasure seal quickly."

The Three Sects Superior changed his cross-legged posture, stood up, and before leaving, he turned slightly: "The cause and effect are set. Since you took this Jin Fengjing, you will protect the inheritance of the Xian Gong for me in the future."

After saying this, his figure was like a wild goose feather, his figure seemed light and slow, but in fact, it was as fast as lightning, and in a blink of an eye, he was gone, like a wisp of blue smoke dissipating in the nine heavens.

The South Bean Empress was suppressed by invisible power and could not move, and could only watch in despair as the back of the Three Sects Superior disappeared into the horizon.

Her heart was desolate, and she shouted bitterly: "Sanlang—!"

The voice was sorrowful, like a cuckoo crying blood, echoing between heaven and earth, making people heartbroken. ===== CHAPTER 312 =====