"I'm a reasonable person. You will apologize to my kid."

Ji Xiang picked up the little fox. Fox Dragon blinked, not daring to disobey in the slightest, his voice loud and clear:

"Little Lord! This lowly demon was reckless with his words, hurting Little Lord's heart!"

He was a straightforward great demon, not caring about face or anything like that. He knelt when he needed to, even kowtowing to Ji Xiang!

In fact, once an ascended master appeared, these Yuanshen experts would be willing to lick their boots, let alone kneel!

The little fox's face was pale, and he nodded stiffly, not daring to say a word. Ji Xiang threw him aside, sighing. At this moment, Old Shen in the prison cell, his eyes lit up, like light bulbs!

"An, an ascended master! You're ascended?!"

Ji Xiang turned his head. "Does it not seem like it?"

Old Shen really wanted to say what part of you seems like that? You're so young, how could you be an ascended master? But then he thought again, who knows what an ascended master looks like? Where in the mortal realm would you find one?

If someone wanted to look like that, it wasn't his place, this ugly monster, to say anything about it.

Old Shen hurriedly combed his hair, trying to create a style. Now he just wanted to rush out of the cell, kneel down, lick his face, and beg to be taken as a disciple.

This was a living ascended being!

After the Yuan Dynasty, where in the mortal realm could you find ascended masters!

Of course, that excludes the elusive Zhang Sanfeng.

Seeing the mental states of the great demon and Old Shen, the Wanli Emperor was a little dazed, and couldn't help but laugh:

"Just an ascended master, why are they so excited? There's one in my house too."

Look at these country bumpkins!

It's still me who has seen the big world, calm in the face of danger, lying down when things happen, letting my teammates carry me through the whole process, now that's real strength.

Ji Xiang no longer intimidated him. "Tell me your question."

"I'm curious. You are the son of the old fox dragon of the Tang Dynasty, your name is recorded in ancient books, and you were once a Yuanshen realm giant dragon. In your eyes, I am just a Jindan, a lower level than you. What matter could you have that requires you to ask someone of a higher status?"

Fox Dragon respectfully said, "This question was asked by the Zhengde Emperor back then. I have also asked the Jiajing Emperor this question many times, but that old emperor only told me to constantly recite a scripture, saying that it could redeem my sins. I could ask any other question about the scriptures, but the Jiajing Emperor would never answer the Zhengde Emperor's question."

"Today I see an immortal... Jindan realm, and you are the strongest person I have seen since the Jiajing Emperor. The Ming Dynasty's national fortune is declining, and the divine generals here are also weakening. Thirty years ago, there were only three Yuanshen left. Twenty years ago, there was not a single Yuanshen to be seen."

"Moreover, most of the Ming Dynasty's divine generals' cultivation comes from their divine positions. They rely on the prosperity of the national fortune to exert powerful strength. They themselves are just mortals, without any understanding of cultivation. I cannot get an answer here."

Fox Dragon spoke of the events of that year.

....

Back then, he was detained by the divine generals, but he still refused to repent, angrily cursing the injustice. The black dragon escaped and was not pursued, why did they come to arrest him?

The Zhengde Emperor asked, did this matter originate from the black dragon, or the white dragon?

The answer was, the white dragon.

Asked, were these three hundred lives killed by the black dragon, or the white dragon?

The answer was, both black and white were involved.

Asked, if the white dragon had not been greedy, and the black dragon had cultivated quietly, would this disaster have occurred?

The white dragon no longer answered.

The Zhengde Emperor then posed a question:

....

"It's a pity. Did you know that your sin is not killing people?"

Fox Dragon: "I only know that I killed people, harmed the people, and destroyed the fields. Besides that, is it also a sin for me to fight for heaven and transform into a dragon?"

The cultivators in the world fight each other for small profits, and the people in the court scheme against each other and launch wars. Aren't their actions the same as mine!

If that's the case, then what great sin do I have?

Is it because I wasn't born a human!

He looked at Ji Xiang, hoping that Ji Xiang could give him an answer, or at least, give him some feedback.

However, Ji Xiang didn't even think about it. After listening, he laughed three times and only said one sentence:

"No disaster is greater than not knowing contentment, and no sin is greater than desire."

Fox Dragon was struck by a bolt from the blue, stunned for a long time before letting out a sigh!

Fox Dragon almost smashed his head on the ground: "I am so stupid! I have not shed my bestial nature, and yet I妄想 (wàngxiǎng, vainly hoped) to become a dragon."

"So that's how it is, destined to fail! Dragons are inherently illusory. I gained a little of the dragon's appearance, and then became brave and fierce, harming and killing, so in the end, I could not transform into a divine dragon. My path ends here."

Ji Xiang shook his head: "It's not too late to mend the fold even after the sheep is lost!"

"However, reciting scriptures and doing good deeds every day can indeed cleanse sins, but if you kill one person, you must repay it with ten good deeds... So, what scripture did the Jiajing Emperor ask you to recite?"

The Zhengde Emperor's question was actually a very straightforward inquiry about cultivation. Ji Xiang also knew that the Zhengde Emperor must have been cultivating, but he did not leave any descendants, and the Jiajing Emperor was not the Zhengde Emperor's son, but an outsider, a prince of a different lineage.

That bronze Zhengde coin, placed in the divine palace treasury, could destroy all the evil spirits in the world. Although it has been completely destroyed, that coin is enough to show some clues.

And the Jiajing Emperor's behavior was what interested Ji Xiang.

Taking pills, reciting scriptures, and not answering the question, is it because if the question is answered, the Fox Dragon's wish will dissipate?

It must be related to願念 (yuànniàn, wishes)!

Old man Lei Xuan's Yang God incarnation opened a shop in Shuntian Prefecture, collecting the wishes of the people from all over the country, and refining them into his own body, turning them into a great elixir...

The Jiajing Emperor seems to be nurturing a powerful body? He also once said that he had done some experiments to find a way to break through the bottleneck. He had a great wish, which the people could not bear, so he borrowed a wish from himself.

It's just that the wish I gave him has a backup that can be destroyed.

At this time, just as the Fox Dragon was about to say something, his flesh and blood suddenly twisted, and streams of dragon essence blood spurted out. He suddenly bled from all seven orifices, and with a loud bang, fell to the ground, howling while holding his head.

This sudden change caused the Wanli Emperor in the distance to grip the sword in his hand tightly.

The people of the Northern Garrison Division were on guard in the distance. In Ji Xiang's inner vision divine card, the current state of the Fox Dragon was reflected:

[Fox Dragon (Jiajing Taoist Child): This fox, born of the righteous Qi of the West, is white, does not mingle with the crowd, and does not stay close to others. The fox sheltered under Mount Li for more than a thousand years, and then accidentally mated with a female dragon. Heaven knew of this, and ordered it to become a dragon, just as a mortal becomes a saint!]

[Cultivation: Yuanshen Realm (lost mana).]

[Because of reciting scriptures for thirty-six years, his wishes continuously supply the Jiajing Emperor, as one of the great human medicine for the Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill!]

[The Jiajing Emperor can transmit messages to the mortal realm through the reciter of the scriptures!]

[Mouth chanting "Ling Yao flies high, calamities disappear; Heavenly compassion opens pardon, boundless in all directions!", while running his own mana, he can拔除 (báchú, uproot) the roots of heaven and earth planted by the Jiajing Emperor in him. This text is the Jiajing Emperor's unique spell-breaking divine method, which can解 (jiě, break) all wish-based divine spells; at the same time, mouth chanting "Forget oneself and be selfless, false thoughts do not arise," wishes will be destroyed in the body of the great medicine, becoming waste medicine.]

Ji Xiang acted as he was told, and the Fox Dragon's consciousness gradually cleared up, but a look of horror appeared in his eyes:

"It's Jiajing, the Jiajing Emperor, isn't he dead, isn't that person your emperor! He's talking in my head!"

"Yes, I know. What did he say?"

Ji Xiang glanced at the Wanli Emperor, who was also a little confused.

The Fox Dragon spat out a mouthful of pus and blood, and exhaled violently:

"He, he asked me to bring two sentences to you, and also to that emperor."