Chapter 192: I want these myriad gods and Buddhas to vanish into smoke

Facing Wu Xian's slightly provocative inquiry, Zhang Fuyao did not answer directly. Instead, he looked at him with a profound gaze for a long while before finally speaking.

"It is indeed only the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm, and you have only just stepped into the Great Heavenly Phenomenon, yet your combat power is enough to rival the Heavenly Human Great Eternal Life. This is so contrary to reason—are you truly not the reincarnation of some Emperor?"

"An Emperor descending to the mortal world?"

Wu Xian raised an eyebrow and said with great interest, "Legend has it that there are Five Emperors of the Five Directions in the heavens. The reincarnation of the Eastern Azure Emperor is currently the head of Xu Xiao's adopted sons, Chen Zhibao, known as the Little Human Butcher. The reincarnation of the Western White Emperor is Wang Xianzhi, who has been invincible in the Jianghu for half a century in the Eastern Sea Martial Emperor City."

"As for the Northern Black Emperor you are most familiar with, he is currently in one of the side halls of this inner palace, and it will be at least another three months before he can be born."

"So the question arises: only the Southern Red Emperor and the Central Yellow Emperor remain. Old sir, which Emperor do you think I might be?"

Listening to Wu Xian list the origins of three of the Five Emperors' reincarnations as if he were counting his own family treasures, Zhang Fuyao's aged face underwent a series of changes. The gaze he directed at Wu Xian became increasingly wary, as if he saw the shadow of his own disciple in the other, and even more mysterious.

"Enough, old sir, stop pretending to be profound."

Wu Xian rose from the dragon throne, his figure flashed, and he appeared directly behind Zhang Fuyao. Then, he walked to the entrance of the great hall as if nothing had happened, looking at the devastated scene outside—all caused by his previous battle with the young eunuch.

Sweeping his gaze over the ruins, he said in a leisurely manner:

"I know that as the ancestor of all scholars in the world and the first Confucian Sage, you alone occupy the luck of the world's Confucianism, allowing you to live for eight hundred years."

"But unlike that eunuch who only cares about himself, the reason you have survived until now is not for eternal life, but to sit in the mortal world and block those from the heavens from interfering in human affairs. This is also the reason you allowed Huang Longshi to wreak havoc during the Spring and Autumn period—simply because you both want to sever the connection between the heavens and the mortal world."

Having said this, Wu Xian turned his head and fixed his gaze on Zhang Fuyao.

"Eight hundred years of persistence and waiting, such a huge sunk cost—the future direction of this mortal world has become your greatest obsession and weakness. Therefore, you will not allow anyone or anything to destroy your ideal."

"So, after seeing what I have done, you felt that the pattern of the Liyang Dynasty unifying the world became uncertain, and things gradually slipped out of your control. Thus, you thought about eliminating me, the greatest variable, to let everything return to the right track."

Having said this, Wu Xian couldn't help but ask curiously:

"But until now, old sir, you have never made a move. Is it because you heard my conversation with Huang Longshi back then and knew that I also intended to deal with those self-righteous people from the heavens, so you didn't want to easily discard such a powerful collaborator?"

"But the question arises again: how did you know I wasn't lying at the time? Could it be that through your observations during this period, you saw something, which is why you chose to trust this junior?"

Zhang Fuyao looked deeply at Wu Xian and suddenly shook his head with a laugh:

"Alone, ruthless, acting without scruples, not following common sense, and possessing unparalleled talent in the Martial Dao."

"Someone like you, if you truly want to deal with those fellows in the heavens, would certainly find it much easier than others. I am naturally willing to take a gamble, just like Huang Longshi did back then."

"However, compared to him, although you are more excellent, you are also more dangerous. So there is one thing I must verify before I can make a final decision."

"What is it?"

Wu Xian asked indifferently.

"You actually do not intend to hold the power of the Liyang Dynasty. Letting Xu Xiao leave before was also intentional, because you know he will never compromise. The most likely outcome is that he will lead thirty thousand iron cavalry to crusade against you, the great enemy who framed him as a traitor and detained his wife and children."

"And the purpose of all this is for the Chu State, right?"

A flash of brilliance crossed Zhang Fuyao's somewhat cloudy eyes: "Are you trying to let the Chu State replace Liyang and become the next master of the world, unifying the Central Plains?"

"Yes and no."

Wu Xian smiled and answered frankly: "Old sir should know that, like Huang Longshi, I am a book-flipper, except the book I flipped also includes the future that Huang Longshi changed."

"So I am very clear that because of Long Hushan, Liyang is destined to become a pawn for the people of the heavens to lay out their plans in the mortal world. Since I want to oppose those people from the heavens, I naturally have to do the opposite of them."

"As long as it is not Liyang, I have no opinion on which country becomes the master of the world. It just so happens that the current Chu State is the most suitable one."

"In addition, I deliberately let Xu Xiao leave not only for the Chu State, but also for his thirty thousand iron cavalry?"

"Oh?"

Zhang Fuyao was slightly stunned upon hearing this: "Why is that? Could it be that you have a way to persuade Xu Xiao to surrender and let him be used by you?"

"No, no, no, I have no such intention."

Wu Xian waved his hand and laughed: "It is just out of personal grievances. Many people in his army deserve to die, and I am too lazy to run around, so I simply let him bring them here to be dealt with together, saving the trouble."

"As for that thirty-thousand-strong army... to tell you the truth, I have a method to absorb the soul power of the dead to improve my foundation and cultivation. The fifty thousand imperial guards of the imperial city earlier allowed my cultivation to directly rise to the Great Heavenly Phenomenon Realm."

"And if I want to step into the Land Immortal Realm next, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through without a base of two hundred thousand people. I might as well borrow these thirty thousand iron cavalry. In the future, when I strike up to the heavens, it can be considered their contribution."

"Strike up to the heavens?!"

Zhang Fuyao was first surprised that Wu Xian actually knew such an evil method to improve his cultivation, and when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Why, old sir, since you want to protect this mortal world, have you never thought about cleaning up the myriad gods and Buddhas once and for all, making them vanish into smoke?"

Wu Xian looked at Zhang Fuyao with deep meaning and asked.

Zhang Fuyao's heart was shaken violently; he never expected that this monstrous young man in front of him would be even more audacious than he had imagined.

To make the myriad gods and Buddhas vanish into smoke... what kind of arrogance is required to even have such a thought!

"Old sir, no need to look at me like that. I am not an arrogant and ignorant person; I will naturally make full preparations before taking action."

Wu Xian's expression became serious, and his look toward Zhang Fuyao was exceptionally sincere: "I once asked Huang Longshi a few questions about the people of the heavens. Now I ask you, old sir, can you give me an answer?"

"Are you trying to ask about the specific strength of the people of the heavens?"

Zhang Fuyao frowned and pondered. After a long while, he slowly shook his head.

"If a martial artist in the mortal world wants to ascend, they can only take the path of proving the Dao with strength, but this method is too difficult. At least in the eight hundred years I have lived, except for those as stunning as the First Emperor, few have been able to walk through it."

"Therefore, most of the immortals in the heavens today are Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist sages who ascended to the Immortal Realm with the help of luck. After crossing the Heavenly Gate, they can achieve the fruit of a Heavenly Immortal."

"However, those immortals piled up by luck do not have outstanding combat power; they are equivalent to some land immortals who are good at fighting, just like Zhao Xuansu of Long Hushan."

"But the Immortal Realm is not without true powerhouses. For example, there are at least ten people in the Great Eternal Life Realm equivalent to me, each of whom is a battle-hardened powerhouse, acting as the right-hand men of the Five Emperors."

"As for the cultivation realm of the Five Emperors, it is even above the Great Eternal Life Realm. It is the Mystical Life-Death Realm, which can avoid reincarnation and keep the soul from being destroyed. This is also the main reason why they can reincarnate multiple times."

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