Ask with the devil [Xiu Xian]

The palace of the Demon Emperor is magnificent and continuous.

Looking up, you can't see the sky, only a thick layer of black clouds.

The gate was open, the guards were gone, and the thick flames were burning on the cast iron.

Ji Linchuan walked in, and the door slowly closed behind him.

It was as if his arrival had been predicted.

There was also silence in the palace.

This is unusual.

But for thousands of years, Ji Linchuan traveled through the heavens and regions, and saw countless strange places.

Not intimidated by these things.

The breath on his body is also very different from that of a thousand years ago.

Although the appearance is immortal, there are white lights shining in the pupils of the eyes, as if there is Tao flowing, and it seems that the fire of chaos is burning inside.

His breath became more alienated and indifferent, and when he raised his sword and walked over, even the invisible rules in nothingness made way for him.

Already when he absorbed the third swimming fish, he had already reached the "half step on the shore", which is the so-called realm of immortals.

Now it is infinitely close to "stepping on the shore", that is, the realm of the devil.

However, the demon lord left behind his spirit body in the endless abyss, and his strength was damaged. With his current body alone, the outcome of the battle with Ji Linchuan is unknown.

Ji Linchuan's strength developed too fast.

The demon lord stepped into this palace, looking at the dark and gloomy road ahead, some secret worries finally melted away in the bottom of his heart.

This is the last opponent.

He didn't doubt that Ji Linchuan was no match for his opponent.

He's just worried afterward.

Worried about the unknown future at the end of the long river.

The passage has come to an end.

The front suddenly became brighter. On the high seat, the Demon Emperor sat quietly there.

But Ji Linchuan didn't expect that the current Lord of the Demon Realm actually looks like a child.

——but seven or eight years old, with a pair of big blood-red eyes, staring at him like a cat.

Like staring at something rare.

"You're here." The Demon Emperor said.

Before Ji Linchuan could speak, the other party said, "I haven't touched your friends or relatives."

Ji Linchuan: "..."

The Demon Emperor added: "I haven't hunted you down either."

Ji Linchuan said: "Yes. That's why I came to you last."

The Demon Emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't you ask why?"

Still without waiting for an answer, he said to himself: "Because I don't want to fight for the inheritance of Taoism at all. I was born in the blood pool of the demon world, and I have the power to become the master of the demon realm. Why should I follow the path of others? I want a demon to learn Taoism." Isn't it extremely ridiculous?"

"But as a fish, I have to fight. Otherwise, I will end up where I am today."

"Don't you want to know why I am in the body of a child now?"

The Demon Emperor laughed.

"I don't want to inherit his way, and I don't want to be anyone's fish, so I am getting weaker and weaker until now."

"—Until now, only you and I are left. Today, it seems to be a life and death battle between you and me."

Ji Linchuan clenched the sword in his hand, but did not move.

The Demon Emperor smiled again, like a child playing a prank.

"actually not."

"What if I say that I can give my life to you completely?"

Ji Linchuan said, "Why?"

The Demon Emperor said: "I want you to swear by the law of heaven and promise me one request."

Ji Linchuan: "What request."

The Demon Emperor said: "If one day I surpass the land of stepping on the shore, I will be fished out of the long river. I don't want to be a "fish" projected by anyone, so I want you to allow me to exist as an independent individual in the In this world, of course, it is best to be reborn as a demon. How, can you do it?"

To detach from the world and overlook the world, without being disturbed by rules, is "stepping on the shore".

Stretching into the long river to stir the water, intervening to reverse the fate, is the realm above "stepping on the shore".

The Demon Emperor gave his life for such a promise.

Why does he believe that he can reach the realm beyond stepping on the shore?

But Ji Linchuan had no reason to refuse.

Seeing that Ji Linchuan agreed and made an oath, the Demon Emperor showed some joy on his face.

He took off the crown on his head, threw it on the seat, and walked down the steps.

"The Taoism I have inherited is called 'Fortune'. Even if I don't want to master it, the fate of many people has already been doomed before my eyes."

"As a reward for your willingness to agree so readily, I think I should remind you."

The Demon Emperor said: "In the long river, fish fight each other, but your real enemy has never been us."

"We are the projection, the fish, the bait, and the paving stones to the infinite heights, although I don't want to admit it."

"And you, your real enemy, are yourself."

He glanced sideways at the demon lord wrapped in a black robe, smiled, and said: "Since I became the demon emperor, this is the first time I have seen the legendary demon lord. Before dying, I was lucky. "

He squatted down and put his neck close to Ji Linchuan's sword, his pupils reflected the bright blade.

He said calmly: "I am going here only for the rebirth in the distant future."

The long sword pierced his neck, blood spattered, and the demon emperor's soul burst.

A little light flew to Ji Linchuan's palm.

Before he fell, the devil suddenly grabbed his hand.

"This is the last one," said the devil.

Ji Linchuan turned around and said, "Yes."

The devil stared at him for a while, and said, "Are you sure you want to continue?"

Ji Linchuan said: "Since I have chosen the fastest path, I have already anticipated the consequences."

The demon master said: "Through these years, although I haven't made it clear, you have already guessed it. Linchuan, you are really sharp."

Ji Linchuan: "It was just a guess. But what the Demon Emperor and you said just now have given me the answer."

"Since I was in the upper world, although I have encountered many hardships, I have repeatedly saved myself from danger. I was in Renxian County for the first time, and I fell into the endless abyss but did not die. Instead, I can understand the way left by the fate and find the way out; until I challenge the immortal, see through The seven forms of Taoism are self-evident, and I have long doubted myself."

"As the Demon Emperor said, I met many opponents in the upper realm. Although it caused tragedy around me..." Ji Linchuan paused, clenched his fingers slightly, and continued, "But. After all, I am achieving myself. They Like the cornerstone of a road, little by little, it completes a road. It is clear that it is strong, but it is no match for me...a person who came from the lower world and has practiced for thousands of years."

"I once thought about throwing myself into the river, can I turn into a fish alone, or do I need to merge with one of his billions of projections to return to the long river?"

"I didn't understand it before. But it wasn't until I was halfway on the shore that I realized that people on the shore can never return to the water. Unless they go one step further, or the method I just said."

"And I am the fish he chose."

"That's why the Demon Emperor said, my real enemy is myself."

The devil said: "So you should also know that when you step on the shore, it is also when he wakes up."

Ji Linchuan said: "Then do you think the me at that time is still me?"

The devil said: "I have already said that you are you, not anyone else. I only recognize your will, not his. I will always recognize you."

He approached, raised Ji Linchuan's chin, and said, "If you were no longer you at that time, I would kill you with my own hands."

The devil's tone is low, and the ending is rare and gentle.

"I thought you would stop me." Ji Linchuan said, "It is not a good thing to train someone who may become an enemy who will trap you for thousands of years."

"If I stopped, I would have done it from the very beginning." The devil said, "Whoever told me to like you, I want to watch you all the time, stay with you, and learn... to respect you, respect you All wills and choices."

This is the first time that the demon lord has said that he likes it so bluntly.

Ji Linchuan froze for a moment, the tips of his ears turned slightly red.

In fact, it's not that he can't feel it during these years of getting along.

Why does a strong man like the Demon Lord always stay by his side? Although he maintains an appropriate distance, it is not worth the love and protection in his words and actions.

Just don't want to think about it.

Only now do I know...that's how it is.

It's just that he can't give an answer now.

The white spot of light left by the Demon Emperor floats in the air.

He took a step back.

"You go first." Ji Linchuan said.

"I don't know if it's me or him that's left behind after stepping on the shore. Part of your soul body is still in the endless abyss, and your strength has not recovered. If you stay here, you will be injured."

The devil said: "I said, I will accompany you."

Ji Linchuan pursed his lips, but then smiled slightly.

He seldom smiles, and when he smiles, everything turns pale.

He sighed helplessly, "You."

But he didn't stop him any more, just caught the floating light in the void and pressed it between his eyebrows.

It was quiet in the Demon Emperor's Palace.

After an unknown amount of time, Ji Linchuan opened his eyes.

The pupil has turned into pure white, blending with the white of the eye.

Thunder roared across the sky.

It's a catastrophe.

The energy seemed to have been successfully absorbed, but the devil's heart sank.

——Because of those pure white pupils looking straight at him, there is no trace of familiarity anymore.

There are seven steps in the catastrophe of stepping on the shore, and each step has the power to open up the world.

This is why, since the birth of heaven and earth, the only monks who can reach the stage of stepping on the shore are the fate-hunting and demon masters who are condensed with the immortal energy of the beginning and the devil energy of the beginning.

The blood-red thunder split the entire upper sky into two, extending to an endless distance. The huge thunder and lightning had not yet fallen, but every observer had no doubt that the sky thunder had the power to destroy the world.

The upper realm shook.

Panic spread, especially in the Demon Realm at the center of the Thunder Tribulation.

And all of this, Ji Linchuan was ignorant.

He is in a pure white space.

There are only two people in the space.

One is him.

The other one is dressed in a white fairy robe, and he lives up to the gods.