Chapter 1 Unexpected

"Really... I didn't expect this."

Ji Xiang was stunned!

Previously, the ghosts of the Song court had seen the Vajrakilaya Mudra (A type of hand gesture, also the name of a wrathful deity) mark on his palm, and at that time, they shouted the name of the Prince Lu. Furthermore, the Wenxiang Sect (Sect of Incense) that he encountered at the very beginning also had the Vajrakilaya grimace appear underground.

The Milong Casino and the Dongdacheng Temple of the Wenxiang Sect were both Prince Lu's banks and were interconnected with each other. He never would have thought that Vajrakilaya was actually Prince Lu's enemy.

However, some things didn't need to be said, and what Mr. Yao was describing at this time also confirmed Ji Xiang's conjecture.

Although he didn't know why.

But it seemed that Prince Lu's subordinates, as well as Prince Lu himself, didn't know that the destruction of the Dongdacheng Temple and the Milong Casino were related to him.

This was truly strange. Milong should have sent some kind of message before his death, or was it just a test?

"...I know you must be very surprised. You are an immortal, so you naturally have heard of the four Tianxin realm (Realm of cultivation) experts closest to the human world today. Vajrakilaya is one of the four Tianxin experts."

"A long time ago, during the era of Emperor Zhengde, there was a leopard spirit in the Leopard Chamber that cultivated with the help of dragon energy. After Emperor Zhengde's sudden death, this leopard spirit, under the false name of a Zhu clan imperial family member, was mistakenly sent to Fengyang as one of the 127 adopted sons. Not long after entering Fengyang, an immortal found this leopard spirit and asked him to return to the Forbidden City to teach the two-year-old Prince Lu the practice of magic."

"When the prince was born, his innate aptitude was not the best. He and Emperor Wanli both inherited the inferior bloodline of Emperor Jiajing, making it difficult for them to achieve success in cultivation in this life. However, the imperial family should not think about such things."

"However, the achievements of the imperial family's descendants are not judged by whether they have the immortal bones for cultivation, but by their destiny."

Ji Xiang: "Prince Lu's destiny also qualifies him to sit on the dragon throne, a hidden dragon?"

Mr. Yao: "When the prince was born, the five imperial seats in the sky among the stars shone brightly. In the celestial phenomena, the five imperial seats are a combination of five cross-shaped stars, representing the position where the Heavenly Emperor resides in the four seasons."

"With the destiny of an imperial seat, even if the innate aptitude is inferior, someone will come to help."

Ji Xiang understood that the so-called someone coming to help referred to those cultivators from Li Shanhe (Hidden World). They couldn't manifest in the human world and could only communicate with the cultivators of Biao Shanhe (Surface World) through dreams, illusions, or a glimpse of their form, across a world. If they wanted to descend, they had to rely on special methods and some special formations and rituals.

"The prince cultivated in the Forbidden City for more than ten years, took the Moon Essence Heavenly Marrow, and completed a transformation like rebirth, finally possessing the innate aptitude worthy of this destiny. However, someone didn't want to see the prince rise..."

"That Buddha personally took action, using incredible Buddhist magic, to incarnate a thought into the mortal world. In just three months, it grew into an adult, possessing unparalleled Buddhist power. It manifested in the Forbidden City and found the prince... and planted a curse."

"This curse prevents the prince from completing the Solar Transformation in this lifetime."

"And that monk who became an adult in three months immediately withered and dried up after planting the curse, as if he had exhausted a hundred years of essence, just to appear in this brief moment."

"This is the great Buddhist power 'One Thought Enlightenment'."

"This 'One Thought Enlightenment' is used to create a son. This son is born knowing the past and future, the true self, and goes to the world to complete the things destined in this thought. And after death, this Buddha-son will achieve a lotus throne and enter the Pure Land of Buddhism."

"Coming into the world for three months, doing one thing, and dying to become a Buddha on the spot, this is the Buddhist promise of karma."

"However, damaging this one thought makes Vajrakilaya an inch further away from the world. With just an inch of land, his influence on the world is much weaker. The limit for a Tianxin realm expert to take action is only up to this point. At the same time, it means that the living person created by the Tianxin realm expert can only take action once in the human world, and cannot directly kill. However, the power displayed in this one action, its level of spells, is already on par with immortals and Buddhas."

"And the immortal behind the prince put in a lot of effort to suppress this curse..."

Mr. Yao's tone was filled with emotion, seeming to feel sorry for the past fate of Prince Lu, but at the same time, there was also a hint of arrogance. After all, being able to make a Tianxin realm expert use forbidden means to entrust his heart to the world and incarnate as a human, even at the cost of weakening his own realm, was enough to show how terrifying his own prince's destiny was.

In order to seize the dominant power of the dynasty's Great Dao (Great Principle), all means must be used.

However, once the trapped dragon ascends to the sky, then everything that should be killed and avenged must be avenged!

"Fortunately, the curse is not impossible to resolve."

"In the ancient books of the past, there was such a passage."

"Emperor Wuzong of Tang used the hearts of young boys and girls to refine pills for consumption, eating eighty human hearts in his lifetime."

"It is said that the pills refined from the hearts of young boys and girls are as effective as the Solar Transformation!"

"Have you read the folk tale *Journey to the West*? The king of the Kingdom of Biyou, under the guidance of the White Deer spirit, eats the hearts and livers of children as medicine. The prototype of this story is actually Emperor Wuzong of Tang eating the hearts of young boys."

"However, it requires a massive amount of wish power to assist, and the timing of ascension must also be grasped properly. It cannot be done during the day, but when the full moon is high in the sky, using the moonlight to neutralize the curse in the body, only then will there be a chance to become an immortal!"

"The use of wish power also requires a kind of magic..."

Mr. Yao briefly introduced this magic, and Ji Xiang's eyes suddenly moved.

When everyone thinks it's possible, doing something can succeed?

This magic... is not local!

Isn't this... the wish fulfillment technique of the Celestial Adam!

When a problem is discovered, use "I don't think it's possible" to counter it.

When a good thing is discovered, use "I think it's possible" to freeload.

No wonder they only started operating here in the South recently. In the past, Prince Lu's banks were all in the North. It turns out that it was because the Christian methods had not yet been completely introduced here!

But this is perfect.

He also has the wish fulfillment technique, and as everyone knows, the wish power of a Flying Ascension realm expert is the strength of the wishes of the people.

It may not be possible to kill a group of people with a counterattack.

But it is possible to kill one person.

Isn't this... a coincidence!

"Truly... wonderful."

Ji Xiang said something incomprehensible, and Mr. Yao followed up with the words:

"Of course, it's extremely wonderful."

Although the two people's brainwaves were not aligned at all, and what they were saying was completely on different wavelengths.

But it doesn't matter, I think I understand you, so I already understand you.

.......

The night fades away, and dawn arrives in the east.

The abbot's room in the Great Bao'en Temple, located in the deepest part of the great temple, is surrounded by barriers. Prince Lu is inside, his appearance alternating between a hideous state and a mortal state.

The layout of the abbot's room is exactly the same as the layout of the Great Treasure Hall in front, except that the statues have become much smaller. The power of the Six Paths Ksitigarbha and the Achala Vidyaraja covers Prince Lu, and behind Prince Lu is a Flaming Bodhi Tree mark, like a scar, starting from the hip bone and running through to the back of the neck.

And around the Flaming Bodhi Tree are the mantras of the Achala Vidyaraja, used to curb the expansion of this Flaming Bodhi Tree.

After an unknown amount of time, the Flaming Bodhi Tree began to shrink inward, and Prince Lu also began to cast a spell.

In front of him was a small pill furnace, and the heart of the young boy inside had already been refined into a pill. He opened his mouth and swallowed it, then activated the spell.

"One thousand characteristics, scatter!"

One thousand characteristics originate from Buddhist spells. There are three worlds, and each world has one thousand Buddha-natures. The three worlds have three thousand Buddha-natures, and three thousand Buddha-characteristics, which together are called three thousand characteristics.

Prince Lu's divine position began to operate, and the blue-faced, fanged appearance of the Achala Vidyaraja was fully revealed. From the six statues of the Six Paths Ksitigarbha, six golden wheels flew out, drawing on the great power of the Buddhist Dharma realm, and drawing on Buddhist power from the "Sentient Beings World" among the three worlds to appease the Fire Bodhi Curse.

And the Vajrakilaya Buddha Fire caused by the Fire Bodhi Curse was scattered for the most part after the one thousand characteristics were scattered.

"Using the incense of Buddhism to resolve the Fire Bodhi Curse is very effective. Mortals believe in Buddhism, always hoping to obtain a future life free from illness and disaster. It's a pity they don't know that whether or not there is reincarnation in this world is not up to them to decide. The so-called Underworld is not a good place at all."

"The Song court frequently invites me to help, but I have important things to do now. Besides, even if I get the world of mortals, it will be my own world. I would rather divide the sun and moon and the mountains and rivers than give these dead people half a piece of land. They are already sleeping guests, still thinking about restoring their dynasty, and for this reason, they don't hesitate to fall into the underworld and become the masters of the Ghost Immortal path."

"It's a pity that Emperor Taizu of Song was also a hero for half his life, but his descendants are so unbearable. The three emperors want to return to the world and reshape the world of singing and dancing, but they have already lost the face of the ten thousand who jumped into the sea at Yueshan."

"If the dead of the past are all unwilling, then Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han, in ancient times, have records of transforming into immortals after death, or splitting their bodies into immortals. I'm afraid that they will jump out from somewhere someday to restore Qin and Han. How can we live in peace?"

Prince Lu recovered his breath and saw that some of the spirit talismans had turned black. That was the underworld contacting him through the Dharma realm, but the Buddhist Dharma suppressed and eliminated all the Yin energy here, so he couldn't receive any news.

Don't talk about reading and not replying, under the effect of the Buddhist Dharma, the message was simply sent but rejected, and if you try to continue sending messages, you will find that you have been blacklisted.

"However, these guys are no longer important in the future, and perhaps I no longer need them."

"The achievements of these Ghost Immortals will never reach the realm that I am about to reach in their entire lives. The sun, moon, mountains, and rivers will be split into two halves tonight."

It was still daytime, but the time had already reached the fifteenth day of the eighth month. At this time, two hours had passed since the dawn rose, and it was already Chen time (7-9 AM).

Gently shaking a bell, a monk soon appeared. Prince Lu said that the students of the Imperial Academy who were living in the pleasure boat could be called now, and he wanted to encourage them well. Then he walked out of the abbot's room, and with a thought, he used his movement technique and arrived at the Great Treasure Hall in an instant.

Inside the Great Treasure Hall, Ji Xiang and Mr. Yao were talking happily. Prince Lu revealed his figure and let out a hearty laugh:

"This Prince has long wanted to meet the Arctic True Man!"

.......

On the Qinhuai River pleasure boat, when Prince Lie Jie returned, he heard some rumors. The fox demon and the snake demon appeared last night, saying that they had previously seen Ji Xiang appear on another street, but they had not caught up with him, and they were very sorry that they had not been able to help.

Prince Lie Jie laughed.

Ji Xiang's whereabouts were indeed difficult to find before, and even if they found him, they couldn't catch up with him. The reason why he disappeared later was because he had taken Ji Xiang away.

There was nothing inappropriate in what they said, and everything was reasonable.

The pleasure boat sailed in the direction of the Great Bao'en Temple. The students of the Imperial Academy woke up from their drunken stupor and were overjoyed to hear that Prince Lu was going to summon them. Fire Lord was responsible for receiving them, but the feeling of unease in her heart was growing stronger and stronger.

When the pleasure boat docked on a riverbank, they could see the magnificent Great Bao'en Temple. At the same time, three people were walking in the distance. Fire Lord blinked, and a chill rose all over her body. A murderous intent appeared in her mind, but it was forcibly suppressed by her in an instant. She and the students forced a smile and dared not send them off, because she saw Ji Xiang appear next to Prince Lu.

"Why don't you dare to go out?"

Prince Lie Jie glanced at her, and Fire Lord gritted her teeth: "If I go out, how can I be his opponent?"

"Now he is also one of us, and he will be your superior in the future. What are you afraid of?"

"Now we are on the same path, and besides, you have changed your appearance and dressed up. He may not recognize you."

Fire Lord considered her thoughts and said to Prince Lie Jie, "Do you remember what I told you before?"

Prince Lie Jie thought for a moment and recalled, "You said that this person once claimed to have descended from the Azure Sky?"

Fire Lord was terrified when she heard about the descent of the Heavenly Devil from the Azure Sky, so she revealed this matter to Prince Lie Jie. Prince Lie Jie still didn't care when he heard it at this time, after all, he had never seen a real Heavenly Devil descend from the Azure Sky.

He was just bragging to scare you, why are you taking it seriously?

"Pu Zhao, you really don't look like a demoness who dared to burn down the Forbidden City in this state. You dared to break into the imperial palace. You were only at the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top realm back then, but now you have entered the Earth Immortal realm. Instead, you are acting timidly and scared out of your wits when you see him. If you don't overcome this fear, how will you work with him in the future?"

"As for the Azure Sky, that's just a figure of speech. You wouldn't say that he is a demon king incarnating and descending, would you?"

Fire Lord was stunned and adjusted her mentality: "That...that's not possible."

There are many outrageous things, and the demon king descending is an extremely outrageous thing. Even if an old sow in the village suddenly learns to cultivate and sits on the Bodhisattva's lotus platform, that is still possible, after all, the old sow may be a pig demon, but a demon king incarnating will never happen.