Chapter 120: Heart Fire Rises

Li Yunbo, a direct descendant of the Muxiangchuan Li family, an ambitious youth sixty years ago.

Once raised a 'Green Elephant' to achieve 'Upper Bing', that is, a Fourth Rank cultivator.

Was given the comment 'Fate Presents Deep Blue' by the Great Fate Master of the 'Hall of Merit' in Siyang Commandery, and for a time, his reputation was 'Commandery-wide'.

Later, he suddenly fell silent.

Reduced to a deputy governor of a military camp in the wild mountains and seas.

Muddled along for several decades.

During this period, his blood relatives all died, and he was extremely desolate.

But he always lived strongly, doing good and accumulating virtue, helping others save themselves from disasters.

It is said that it was for the blessings of the next life, but Zhang Gui had never heard him chant Buddha or pray to gods once; he truly followed his heart in everything.

And regarding the life of this 'truly good person' beside him, because they had been together for several months, Zhang Gui knew a little bit about everything.

But it was only a brief outline of his life.

As for why Li Yunbo fell into ruin when he was young, Li Yunbo never mentioned it, and Zhang Gui didn't have the habit of actively asking about other people's sad things.

Now that the person is dead, everything is even more of a mystery.

Three days of guarding the spirit.

The day of the funeral arrived.

Eight or nine out of ten old people in Zhihai Town wore hemp and mourning, sending Old Li to the earth for peace.

The procession that turned out of the mourning hall was a full hundred zhang long.

The coffin at the front was carried by sixteen people on eight poles.

The first pole was surprisingly Zhang Gui.

This scene, even for those who are extremely familiar with him and have an extremely good impression of him, would feel that he is buying people's hearts.

Because people in this supernatural world find it hard to imagine that a person born and raised in another truly civilized world, who has constructed a worldview, has such empathy for 'kindness'.

In addition, the object of Li Yunbo's last act of kindness before his death was Zhang Gui, who seemed approachable but was actually extremely self-respecting and arrogant, thinking that his future becoming a god or ancestor was just a matter of course.

This kind of feeling is something that those who have never experienced it cannot imagine.

There is a saying, ten miles have different winds, three miles have different customs.

According to the customs of Muxiangchuan, the coffin is lifted at the hour of You, which is 5:00 PM.

At this time, the summer heat is still intense, and the outdoors is like a steamer.

Others are sweating profusely.

Only Zhang Gui is carrying the thick wooden pole as if it were weightless.

Walking slowly step by step with an expressionless face.

He doesn't take the discussions of the onlookers around him to heart at all.

Because he thought that Li Yunbo would eventually have to enter the ancestral grave of the Muxiangchuan Li family, so this burial monument was not inscribed, and the grave was not in the forest.

It was buried in the southeast corner of Zhihai Town, near the mountains and far from the sea.

Seeing that the grave site was about to arrive.

Suddenly, four spotted fast horses galloped from the port.

They were about to hit the pedestrians, causing a series of shocked shouts, but suddenly their hooves stepped on the clear wind and flew up.

Walking in the air, they landed in front of Zhang Gui and blocked the road for Li Yunbo's funeral procession.

Looking closely, everyone discovered that the fat buttocks of the horses were snake tails, and the heads were in the shape of single-horned dragon heads.

"Flower Dragon Cavalry, it's the Flower Dragon Cavalry!

The peak of our Ming Song's strong soldiers, the Flower Dragon Cavalry, I have seen them in New Year pictures, exactly the same.

It must be brought by Prince Zhen."

"Why haven't we seen such big strange beasts before? Could it be that they have been hiding in the belly of the Dragon Fish giant ship all along."

"Don't worry about where they are, today they are showing off to block the road, this matter, tsk tsk tsk, it's hard to say."...

Amidst the discussions that made people's heads dizzy, the four Flower Dragon Cavalrymen dismounted together, bowed and saluted Zhang Gui,

"We subjects pay respects to Dragon Tiger General Caiyang.

By the order of the 'Imperial Envoy Eastern Yue Sea Inspection Commissioner' Prince Zhen, we urgently summon the General to see him."

Zhang Gui didn't make a sound when he heard this, just stood there silently.

A breeze suddenly blew around, stirring up a few points of Zhihai Town's scorching heat.

The Flower Dragon Cavalry waited for a few breaths, didn't hear Zhang Gui's response, and said the words again,

"We subjects pay respects to... urgently summon the General to see him."

Zhang Gui still didn't make a sound or express anything.

But the wind around him became stronger and stronger, and clouds and rain were vaguely gathering in the air.

The Flower Dragon Cavalry brought by Prince Zhen were not his subordinates in the Prince's Mansion.

They were one of the Nine Bestowments of the Imperial Envoy inspecting on behalf of Heaven, the 'Huben'.

There is an ancient saying, 'those who can retreat the evil are Huben', they are the bodyguards of the Imperial Envoy inspecting on behalf of Heaven.

According to the ritual law, the total number is three hundred, led by the Black Dragon General of the Center.

They are the establishment of the Imperial Forest Army, temporarily listening to Prince Zhen's dispatch.

Such figures naturally wouldn't put a local official in their eyes.

You are favored by the Emperor, can you be closer to the 'current Emperor' than us?

Therefore, although they felt that something was a bit wrong, they still said for the third time without caring at all,

"We subjects pay respects to... urgently summon the General to see him."

This is the rule, things don't happen more than three times.

After passing, even if you play crazy and stupid, it is a crime of disobedience, and there is no room for sophistry.

Unexpectedly, just after they finished speaking, a gale suddenly blew.

In an instant, heavy rain poured down.

Immediately afterward, countless fire lines shot out from the sea in the distance, rushing toward the Zhihai Town dock.

Before they arrived, they exploded inexplicably.

The wanton firelight expanded in the sea and rain, and then vanished.

Only a chill spread out, and in a short while, it actually covered the whole Zhihai Town, making people feel that the gaps in their bones were frozen together.

Everyone wailed, unable to care about watching the excitement, and ran away to avoid the rain.

Those four Flower Dragon Cavalrymen who were Imperial Envoys couldn't care about making things difficult for Zhang Gui, and hurriedly mounted their horses to fly, rushing toward the residence.

With their status and duties, if they saw criminals assassinating the Prince, not rushing to protect the Prince would be a crime of beheading.

Having more reasons would be useless.

Just like this, after a while, only Zhang Gui and a group of subordinates at the funeral were left on the training ground.

"You all go to avoid the rain too.

The dead are not as important as the living."

Zhang Gui then put down the big pole and shouted loudly to his subordinates.

"General, then you..."

"Don't talk nonsense, can you compare with me? Hurry up and go, quick, quick, quick, quick."

After urging them to finish, Zhang Gui wiped the rain off his face, urged the main divine cong 'Water-Fire Harmony' in his body, and the divine cong 'Chief Breaks Heaven'.

Transforming into a three-zhang giant, he forcibly hugged the huge coffin containing Li Yunbo.

Sent it into the dug grave alone.

Afterward, he looked at his former government office, now Prince Zhen's residence, and smiled ferociously.

First, the main divine cong 'Tai Sui Enter Spirit' in his head operated spontaneously.

Then the remaining six major main divine cong in his body, Swallow Crow, Drink River, Water-Fire Harmony, Hundred Herbs Life Mandate, Burning Metal, Great Growth, responded in turn.

The primary ability formed by the mixture, 'Black God Explosive Warlord All Methods', was automatically displayed in a complete state.

He commanded Zhang Gui to manifest as a demon god giant, nine zhang tall, with a three-armed golden body, black slurry gushing from his fontanelle, and surrounded by black rain tearing through the sky.

Under the burning of that seemingly plain but actually surging anger.

It was already because of the qualitative change of the True Dragon Kingdom's divine authority and elemental power, leading to the overall sublimation of the material level, just missing the final kick of the transcendent ascension, or rather, the crossing finally began.

The fourteen-character divine text 'Three Perfections Fully Cultivated to Reach the Supreme Transformation Great Saint Seat Mandate' that penetrated all divine congs turned from golden yellow to red gold.

Immediately afterward, the color of the divine congs also began to change.

The grade of the primary ability 'Black God Explosive Warlord All Methods' was gradually upgraded from 'Lesser Divine Ability' to 'Divine Ability Power'.

The giant's body began to continue to expand.

Three arms turned into four arms.

Another head grew out of the left neck, and it no longer had any human form.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 121 =====