book of troubled times

Chapter 915 This is Chaos and Nirvana
In Liuke Peak, Zhao Changhe stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the mist around him that was spreading over his legs. He felt the rich spiritual energy of this place, which seemed to be even stronger than Ye Wuming's Night Palace.

Including the Jade Dew Wine he just drank, it was also very beneficial to his cultivation, making his other side more consolidated by three points.

It is worthy of being the top "forbidden land" in the main universe, where the Emperor of the other shore practices.

His divine sense vaguely sensed that although the mountain protection formation was temporarily destroyed, there was still endless murderous intent lurking everywhere. There were quite a few places that gave people a sense of fear when they glanced at them. It was definitely not as peaceful as it looked on the surface.

Emperor Kurumu is not the simple guy who can be defeated by one move as he looks... He has a different practice, so he didn't take out his magic weapon at the first moment. If he took the initiative, it would be hard to say who would win.

"Do you really think this emperor can cooperate?" Ye Jiuyou stood beside him and observed him for a long time, and asked softly.

"There is a basis for cooperation, but the foundation of trust still needs to be worked out." Zhao Changhe whispered, "We have done everything we should do today, including demonstration, gift giving, and reasoning. It all depends on what kind of person he is."

Ye Jiuyou said, "If it were me, I would not choose to cooperate. No matter what kind of person he is, he is an emperor who controls the galaxy, not a hermit who lives in a fairy mountain. The heart of an emperor is unpredictable, and there are many evil spirits hidden in him. He is not a good partner... In my opinion, we can leave now that we have clarified the situation here through the conversation just now. There is no point in staying overnight."

Zhao Changhe said, "Even if he was a hermit, you wouldn't choose to cooperate. Although your temperament is different from before, your roots haven't changed. How can you trust outsiders... I think you are already giving face by being willing to sit here and talk and drink with others."

Ye Jiuyou said with a smile: "I am willing to talk and drink, not to give him face. Firstly, I also want to understand the situation here, and secondly, I like to hear him talk about virtuous couples."

Zhao Changhe laughed and didn't answer.

Ye Jiuyou asked: "Do you still want to cooperate?"

"The Wanxiang Star Region is someone else's home turf. If we rashly fight a life-and-death battle with a strong man of the other shore level without the help of the local snakes, there will be too many variables, so many that it is difficult to deduce the outcome." Zhao Changhe said: "Originally, Ye Wuming should have done this a long time ago, but she has concerns and is unwilling to easily introduce outsiders. I understand... She doesn't even trust me, so how can she be willing to cooperate with outsiders? But I think I can give it a try."

Ye Jiuyou was the same as Ye Wuming in this regard. They did not want to have anything to do with outsiders, fearing that it would bring more trouble and covetousness to their own world. But she also knew that Luochuan did not come out of nowhere, and he already had a foundation. Having a foundation meant that as long as you step out of the well, there will always be outsiders. It was wishful thinking to want both parties to resolve their grievances behind closed doors.

If we want to eliminate future troubles, we must consider the overall situation. Zhao Changhe’s idea is correct.

"The Emperor Ku Mu's stay with you and me is the first wait-and-see game that builds trust between the two sides." Zhao Changhe smiled and said, "As long as we are willing and dare to stay, this itself is a start."

Ye Jiuyou knew this truth: "This is his wait-and-see approach. What about you and me? Just by staying here for one night, can we tell whether something unexpected will happen to him during the cooperation?"

Zhao Changhe smiled and pinched her face: "This is just the beginning, why rush? I now wonder how you survived for thousands of years."

"I don't know how I got here now." Ye Jiuyou pouted slightly: "You have destroyed my Dao heart, you must compensate me."

"Okay, okay, how do I compensate you?"

Ye Jiuyou's eyes rolled around, and he sighed, "It's so uncomfortable not being able to be intimate with others watching."

"..." Zhao Changhe was speechless: "Now you are more lustful than me."

Ye Jiuyou smiled and took his arm: "My man won't get tired, what are you afraid of?"

"Madam, please sit down. I'll give you some entertainment." Zhao Changhe picked her up and put her down in the pavilion on the mountainside. Then he flipped his palm and a guqin appeared on the stone table in the pavilion.

After a while, the sound of piano began to sound.

Ye Jiuyou sat aside with his chin in his hand, watching Zhao Changhe playing the piano for him specially for entertainment, his eyes becoming more and more gentle.

With Ye Jiuyou's personality, she was always a little cautious and uneasy when it came to outsiders. In the leisurely sound of the piano, that uneasiness gradually faded away, and her heart gradually became peaceful.

He was both soothing her mood with fresh music and providing her with entertainment during this long night when she couldn't do anything.

I once wondered if he would no longer cherish her after getting her, and if he would not dote on her as much as he did when he wanted to seduce her... As it turned out, apart from the fact that there were too many people and it was difficult to divide his time, everything else was still impeccable, and he was even more gentle.

Because the older a man gets, the more he knows how to care for others...

He is no longer a little man now... He is a top-notch warrior who has even surpassed them in cultivation.

Unconsciously, Ye Jiuyou even forgot the environment he was in, and his heart and eyes were filled with his lover.

On the distant mountain peak, the withered tree emperor stood quietly with his hands behind his back, looking at the mountaintops in the distance. He listened to the piano for as long as Zhao Changhe played it.

When the sound of the piano stopped, Emperor Ku Mu sighed softly, "It's been a long time since I heard anyone playing the piano... What do you think of his piano skills?"

A subordinate stood quietly behind him all the time. After hearing the question from the Deadwood Emperor, he answered in a low voice: "It is a mortal piano art, without the blessing of the immortal way... But after practicing to this point, there is no possibility of any flaws in the technique. It is perfect."

"You know that's not what I asked."

"In terms of meaning, he is open-minded, but has many ties. He is a man of affection and righteousness. There are many sounds of killing among them, and there is a lot of blood on his hands."

"Is it contradictory?"

"There is no contradiction. How can a man who loves his children not be a man?"

"Can it be faked?"

"This is not a skill of the immortal way. I'm afraid it would be difficult to fake it in front of you and me."

"What about ambition?"

“Somewhat.”

Emperor Kurumu stared at the hill over there. Zhao Changhe had stopped playing the piano and was playing chess with Ye Jiuyou to pass the time... and then he saw two bad chess players.

Emperor Ku Mu watched for a while and laughed: "The planners, judging from the chess skills of this kid, both the husband and wife are good at it. People from the same family are like one another."

The subordinates were also laughing.

In their long lives, even if they did not specialize in this aspect of immortality, just as a small skill for entertainment, their level has reached the pinnacle. After all, the computing power is different. It is rare to see such a poor level of practice for people.

All I can say is that these two are just having fun and don't take it seriously at all.

The Deadwood Emperor turned and left: "Okay, stop staring at the guests, it's too rude. Those beauties you prepared before, please remove them, I don't think it's necessary."

The subordinate followed behind and laughed: "I think if I give him a few in private, he might like them."

"His wife is not weaker than him at all, and may even be more mature. Don't provoke the Hedong Lion Roar in the family of your allies, it will be a great sin."

"ally?"

"As long as you are not here for conspiracy, then that's fine. As for what happens after that... who knows?"

…………

The next day, Emperor Kurumu came on a cloud and hovered beside Zhao Changhe's pavilion with a strange look on his face.

Zhao Changhe was leaning against the pavilion pillar, drinking leisurely, while his wife was lazily resting her head on his thighs, with his coat covering her, sleeping soundly like a beautiful woman in spring.

After practicing to this level, it would be fine if he was just bad at chess, but he actually had to sleep...Emperor Kurumu was too tired to complain.

The Sleeping Emperor Kurumu didn't know whether he should speak or not. Wouldn't it be rude to wake him up if he spoke?
But Zhao Changhe made a "hush" gesture to him and said in a telepathic voice: "Emperor, please chat in a telepathic voice."

Are you really afraid of waking up your wife... Emperor Ku Mu was full of complaints, and he actually used telepathy to ask, "Madam, do you need sleep?"

Zhao Changhe said: "She just likes the feeling of sleeping on me."

The withered tree emperor said with a hint of meaning: "Because you are by my side, I can sleep peacefully no matter where I am?" Zhao Changhe smiled: "The emperor is quite knowledgeable, it seems there is a story... Well, if you have nothing to do, how about playing chess?"

Emperor Ku Mu said expressionlessly: "I believe you will not like to compete with a child."

"That's wrong. I even bully my own children."

Emperor Ku Mu really thought this guy was a wonderful person, and laughed, "If you don't like chess, why do you carry chess with you?"

Zhao Changhe said: "There is no way, there are many wives, and some people like them."

Emperor Ku Mu: “…”

It's not like carrying chess with you, it's just like carrying a world with you, you can take out whatever you want. You can also take out a daughter to call you uncle, do you want it?
Speaking of which, I accompanied Ye Jiuyou in playing the piano and chess last night, and the women were all watching me with their arms around me. Their lips were all pouty, especially those who were wearing evening makeup, whose faces were all dark.

Her favorite life was experienced by Ye Jiuyou, who didn't like it at all. She felt as resentful as if the flowers she grew at home were stuck in cow dung.

In fact, although they don't have the strength to break through the realm, they can be brought out to play as long as someone leads them. It's just that it's difficult to determine the enemy in a foreign land, and Zhao Changhe is not easy to lead. Bringing Ye Jiuyou is more of a deterrent. The deterrent power of the couple on the other side is not a joke. If Ye Wuming hadn't been subdued yet, Zhao Changhe would have preferred to bring the sisters on the other side, that would be a show...

But now Tang Wanzhuang suspects that Ye Jiuyou did not allow her to bring him away maliciously in order to monopolize the man. She has a history of this.

Zhao Changhe was thinking about when to take Wanzhuang and the others out to play, and asked, "What does the Emperor think today?"

The Dead Wood Emperor calmed down and said with a smile, "Yesterday I said that I would like to travel with you, Taoist friend. How about that?"

Zhao Changhe said: "The star field is known as the myriad things, so there must be many kinds of universes... If it were a normal day, I would be interested in sightseeing, but now I am not very interested."

Emperor Ku Mu smiled and said, "What if understanding every part of the star field is a prerequisite for our cooperation?"

Zhao Changhe was stunned: "What does this mean?"

"Because if you don't understand the peculiarities of the star field, you may suffer a loss when facing Luochuan's home advantage."

Having said that, the cooperation has basically been established.

This time Zhao Changhe was puzzled: "The Emperor made a decision in just one night?"

Emperor Ku Mu smiled slightly: "Sometimes, you only need one glance to see someone."

As he spoke, Ye Jiuyou opened his eyes sleepily, and immediately noticed that there seemed to be a stranger around. His eyes suddenly became sharp, and a terrifying murderous intent flashed across them, and the world suddenly became cold.

Soon I found myself still lying on my husband's lap, and my husband was talking to someone. The murderous intent quickly disappeared, and I turned into a lazy little cat again, leaning on his lap and not wanting to get up.

Emperor Ku Mu was lucky enough to witness how a peerless demon turned into a kitten. Even with his cultivation, he still felt a little scared by the coldness just now. Zhao Changhe asked helplessly, "How about this one?"

Emperor Ku Mu laughed dumbly: "At least it is more certain that you two do have the confidence to deal with Luo Chuan."

Zhao Changhe picked up his wife and rubbed her face as if to help her wake up. He smiled and said, "Wake up. It's not often that we get a Beyonder-level Emperor to be our tour guide."

Speaking of space travel, Zhao Changhe used to think that one step was only tens of thousands of miles, and he would be caught up with others at every step. In addition to the fact that his physical strength was indeed not enough at that time, it was mainly because he was not used to the environment of the universe. If he really got used to it, when he escaped from the planet later, his speed was much faster than the initial speed.

And at that time, he was afraid that the space would be shattered, so he didn't dare to use the space folding to shuttle, and he relied purely on speed to escape. If he used the space folding to escape, then Ye Wuming could have reached the earth long ago... Distance has long lost its meaning, what is needed is the positioning ability.

Zhao Changhe was already used to the space environment. Even without relying on his spatial ability, he could fly behind the Deadwood Emperor without falling behind at all, and it was very easy for him to follow.

The one who is more relaxed is Ye Jiuyou.

Emperor Kurumu was shocked to find that he could not even sense the woman's flying trajectory. It seemed that she would naturally go wherever the darkness ahead was.

Emperor Kurumu sometimes feels that Fellow Daoist Zhao’s wife does not exist, and he has an illusion that the entire universe is just her.

He also had some judgment in his mind... This couple might have come from a secondary plane. This kind of chaotic and dark initial taste of a world cannot be obtained in the main world... Just like it is difficult for mortals to get the experience of training from the grassroots level by staying in the temple for a lifetime, experiencing the birth and death of a world and breaking out of the cocoon is often an important part of the road.

But it is not easy to find a plane that can be a world of its own. Either it is too small or too low-ranking. Just like the experience of being a township chief is not very valuable for being a prime minister. After all, you have to have been a prefecture-level official... A secondary plane with the right status is really hard to come by. So many people want to search for the lost cave, which is said to be a world of high status.

Thinking of this, the Dead Wood Emperor suddenly stopped and said, "Daoyou, please wait. It's dangerous to go forward."

Zhao Changhe and Ye Jiuyou stopped together, and their minds spread out. There seemed to be a terrible black hole far ahead, and the surrounding area was annihilated for countless light years, with chaos and dead silence.

The place where the three of them were standing was the edge of the black hole's suction. If they moved a little further, they would touch it. If they entered this environment without careful inspection, they would probably get into big trouble without anyone having to stop them.

"This is one of the countless dangerous places in the star field. Although we can resist it, it is still very dangerous if we enter without knowing it. It is best to be prepared." Emperor Ku Mu glanced at Ye Jiuyou and said with a hint of meaning: "In addition, for the relevant practitioners, dangerous places are also good fortune."

Ye Jiuyou stared ahead in a trance. Although he had seen similar things in the universe scene simulated by Zhao Changhe, and his own magical powers had been intentionally or unintentionally moving towards this direction, this was the first time he had witnessed and experienced such power with his own eyes.

The nirvana here is a nirvana within the scope of a certain realm.

No wonder Zhao Changhe used to laugh at his own chaos and extinction as not worth mentioning, and the chaos in China was nothing more than a trick of playing house.

"How is this place?" asked Emperor Kurumu with a smile.

Zhao Changhe answered for his wife: "The scenery is unique."

Emperor Ku Mu said, "When we talked about cooperation, we had never established trust, and there was nothing we could do to constrain or guarantee it. Although this is not mine, if you consider it as a token of my sincerity, does it count?"

Zhao Changhe said, "Forget it. What does the Emperor want?"

The Dead Wood Emperor said: "I will take you to see its destruction. If you can take me to see its resurrection, then our cooperation will be complete."

This means that he clearly wants to see the world where this couple lives.

Zhao Changhe smiled slightly: "Maybe we can try another plan."

"Fellow Taoist, please tell me."

"The Emperor said before that there was a lost cave, but you couldn't find it?"

"good."

"If the Emperor can help us accomplish what we need, then I will take the Emperor to see that cave. Will we see its life?"

The eyes of the Dead Tree Emperor gleamed brightly: "Deal."

Zhao Changhe smiled and nodded: "Then please go back first, I will come back to find you later."

The Deadwood Emperor was stunned: "You guys won't come back with me?"

Zhao Changhe looked at Ye Jiuyou who was lost in thought beside him and said with a smile, "Because we want to go in and take a look."

Emperor Ku Mu: "...For cultivation?"

"Yes, for cultivation." Zhao Changhe smiled brightly: "The Emperor himself said that dangerous places are also good fortune."

I mean the edge perception, I think you want to break into the core... Emperor Ku Mu thought to himself that they might be a pair of lunatics, but for the sake of the cave he was about to obtain, he still advised: "If it was normal times, it might be okay... Now that the war is imminent, you two should not venture into dangerous places lightly."

"I can't help it. My wife has become obsessed with it." Zhao Changhe smiled and said, "As long as she wants to go, I will accompany her through fire and water."

(End of this chapter)