Daoist priest, stop fighting. The avenue is almost gone.

Chapter 528: Stories from the Lord of Arms, the Emperor of Man and the Underworld, and Explanations over Tea (First Update)
"Please, Master Bing, help me solve my doubts!"

In the small courtyard, the teapot on the clay stove had begun to bubble. Hearing the sigh of the Lord of Arms, Yi Chen also began to ask for advice with a solemn expression.

Although he had some guesses in his mind, he was still curious about the Lord of Arms' explanation.

"Well, let me think about where to start."

"Let's start from the underworld."

"Yichengzi, do you know the origin of the underworld?" At this moment, a look of reminiscence suddenly appeared on the face of the Lord of Arms on the silver-white mask.

"I have heard some stories and have some guesses in my mind. Looking at the history of the Five Realms, the only person who can be connected to this red house is probably the Human Emperor, who has unparalleled talent."

“Although the Daozun, Tianfozun, Mozun and others who came after the Human Emperor are also first-class heroes, there is still a big gap compared to His Majesty the Human Emperor.”

"What I don't understand is that His Majesty the Human Emperor has already sacrificed himself to achieve the Dao in order to reverse the will of heaven and allow the human race to prosper forever, isn't it rumored?"

"Also, in the major inheritances of Dao Zun, Tianfo Zun, and Mo Zun, why did these seniors never mention anything about the underworld?" Yi Chen asked curiously.

Yi Chen has had a question for a long time, that is, in the timeline of Dao Zun, Tianfo Zun, and Mo Zun, whether they have ever investigated the affairs of the underworld.

If so, then why is there basically no mention of the underworld in the traditions they left behind? It's as if this word is some kind of taboo, making them all tacitly conceal the news of the underworld.

"My friend is indeed very intelligent. Before I met you, I always believed that His Majesty the Human Emperor's talent and understanding were unprecedented and unparalleled. After meeting you today, I have to question the latter part of that sentence."

The soldier looked at Yi Chen with appreciation, then picked up the teacup and began to wash it and pour water into it. The teacup was shaken, and the clear boiling water formed a small vortex in the cup, which began to rotate softly along the highest edge of the teacup.
Looking at the small vortex in the cup, the man in the silver mask continued talking to himself without pausing.

"My friend, your guess is correct. The underworld is indeed inextricably linked to His Majesty the Human Emperor."

"But this underworld was not built by His Majesty the Human Emperor himself. It was a strange red house that His Majesty the Human Emperor accidentally discovered when he came to the underworld."

"Even His Majesty the Human Emperor does not know who the previous owner of this strange red house was, but this house possesses incredible supernatural powers. Do you know what ability of the underworld the monsters on the Yin Land covet the most?" The Lord of Soldiers moved his gaze away from the center of the vortex in the water cup and chuckled at Yi Chen.

"Is it the ability to travel back and forth between Yinlu and the so-called Yangshi world mentioned by Heizang Buddha, that is, the Lingxia world?"

"Spiritual, yes, that's it, but this is only the most powerful ability of the underworld."

"The place where all worlds finally fall is the Yinlu, a rotten and smelly area, a place of despair for spiritual practitioners."

"We are the little bugs that live on the fruit of the world. One day, as the spiritual power in the fruit faded, we suddenly fell to the ground in the dark land with a snap. What kind of hell is this for the creatures on the fruit like us?"

The soldier nodded in appreciation and continued to tell his story.
"The underworld is like a red spider lying in the underworld, connected to a fruit called Lingxia Realm. Following this spider silk passage, we can travel back and forth freely after paying a certain price."

"At this time, if someone knew that there was a strange building in Yinlu that could return to another fruit, my friend, do you think the monsters outside would go crazy because of this?"

"The underworld is indeed extremely mysterious, but what is the truth behind the disappearance of His Majesty the Human Emperor?"

"Let's put aside the mysteries of the underworld for now. Lord Bing, why don't you talk about His Majesty the Human Emperor?"

Although the truth told by the Lord of Arms caused ripples in Yi Chen's heart, he still did not forget the one point that all these mysteries ultimately pointed to, the Human Emperor, the most powerful person in Lingxia Realm since ancient times. He immediately asked.

"Look at you, you're in a hurry."

The soldier sighed softly, poured out the water used to wash the tea in the cup, and then began to pour water, scrape the foam, grind the tea leaves, and shake the fragrance.
"Since you are so concerned about the story of His Majesty the Human Emperor, I will start with His Majesty the Human Emperor."

"Yichengzi, do you know the origin of His Majesty the Human Emperor?"

"Of course I don't know."

"Hehe, since I like you, I won't mind telling you this secret I discovered in the underworld."

At this moment, a hint of gossip began to appear on the lifelike silver-white masked face of the Lord of Arms, and he immediately continued to tell the story in a vivid and colorful voice.

"There is no such thing as a genius that pops out from the cracks of a rock in this world!"

"Back then, the demons ruled the world of Lingxia Realm, with unparalleled power. We humans were just slaves and vegetables."

"It can be said that before the Human Emperor, this place was a barren land. It was the Human Emperor who completed the path of cultivation, brought forth new ideas, and even opened up many paths."

"There is no such thing as someone who is born with knowledge in this world. After years of searching, I finally found the answer deep in the tomb of His Majesty the Human Emperor in the underworld."

"It turns out that His Majesty the Human Emperor was not born and raised in our Lingxia Realm, but was a powerful person from the main world who was defeated in a battle with a powerful enemy and had no choice but to reincarnate into the Lingxia Realm through secret methods. This is why His Majesty the Human Emperor has the wisdom of practicing."

"His Majesty the Human Emperor rose from the darkness. Over time, although he could not remember his memories before his soul was reincarnated, he was compassionate by nature and pitied the human race. He was worried about many problems, so he led the human race's predecessors to change the world step by step and overthrow the rule of the demons."

At this moment, the military leader put down the teacup, leaned forward slightly, and stared at Yi Chen's face without moving.
"My friend, after hearing this, don't you have anything to say?"

"Ah...ah?"

Yi Chen was stunned at first. Wasn't he talking about the Human Emperor? How did the topic turn to his Yi Chengzi?
However, after seeing the inquiring look on the Lord of Arms' face, he immediately reacted.

My goodness, this is treating him as the reincarnation of the residual soul of the world like the Human Emperor, born with innate wisdom, and integrated into a cultivator with a completely new personality.

"Hey, young friend, you are not honest, not honest!" The leader of soldiers saw Yi Chen's lips slightly open, but did not continue to speak, and immediately revealed an expression of 'I have seen through it' on his face.

[Lao Deng, I said I came from the M78 Nebula. Do you believe me? I said I came from the Flower-Fruit Mountain and my previous life was a stone. Do you believe me?]

Looking at the expression on the Lord of Arms' face, Yi Chen complained in his heart, but in the end he did not complain out loud.

Because in a sense, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with saying that he is the reincarnation of a demon from outer space.

However, in Bingzhu's version, the Human Emperor was injured in the battle, his three souls were damaged, and only the deep-rooted memories of his cultivation were firmly preserved. He had no choice but to merge with the soul of an infant from the Lingxia Realm and reincarnate.

Yichengzi was different. He clearly remembered that the brand of the dump truck that brought him here was Dayun.

If he guessed correctly, it would most likely be full risk!

"Hey, it seems that you still don't trust me for the time being. Well, since you have entered this underworld, time will eventually make you believe in my good intentions."

Seeing that Yi Chen seemed to be hesitant to speak, the Lord of Arms did not get angry. He immediately picked up the teacup that had been placed on the stone table and began the songs "Enter the Sea, Dance of Butterflies, Spread the Tea, Falling Butterflies, Return to Oneness", and "Serve Tea".

His movements were natural and relaxed, and compared to Yuan Jun's tea-drinking movements, they were a far cry from each other. After taking a sip of tea, the military leader continued:

"Let's not talk about the twists and turns during his rise. In short, it was in this dangerous environment that His Majesty the Human Emperor climbed to the top step by step and created various extraordinary achievements and skills."

"Finally, I succeeded in condensing the Dao Fruit in that ancient world full of spirituality."

"At this moment, when all the people of Lingxia Realm submitted, a city called Huaxu City fell."

"His Majesty the Human Emperor has a compassionate heart and unparalleled magical powers. After some deduction, he finally understood the secret."

"The world is falling."

"This world is not just Lingxia World, but all worlds. No one has a way out. At this moment, if you were Yichengzi, what would you choose?"

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"Ah I?"

Yi Chen thought about it for a moment, and then said modestly,
"I will go to the seven major worlds. I believe in the wisdom of those masters and they will definitely have good plans."

Of course, given Yichengzi's moral level, he would take as many people as possible with him before leaving.

"The world is falling, and spirituality is fading. This is the general trend. When the nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact. Your Majesty the Human Emperor certainly knows that with his cultivation, he can take over the world. But if he leaves, what will happen to the billions of lives in the Lingxia World?"

"Your Majesty the Human Emperor can leave, but these countless living beings cannot."

The Lord of Arms did not comment on Yi Chen's choice, he just sighed.

"For the future of Lingxia Realm, for the sake of his subordinates, friends, and fellow Taoists who provided him with food and drink, and who were willing to sacrifice their lives for him, and for the sake of the people who respectfully called him 'Human Emperor', His Majesty the Human Emperor chose to - fall from grace!"

"Knowing nothing about Yinlu, he chose to track down the whereabouts of Huaxu Country and came to Yinlu."

"What happened in the meantime?"

"I don't know. Even His Majesty the Human Emperor didn't leave any records. I only know that His Majesty the Human Emperor discovered this Yin Palace in the Yin Land, where the Lingxia Realm fruit was projected in the Yin Land."

"When His Majesty the Human Emperor came out, he became the new owner of this red house. He left for a short time and obtained many Tongtian Jianmu spiritual materials, assisted by many natural materials and treasures, to repair and expand this red house."

"The temples on these Yinlu nodes were built by His Majesty the Human Emperor. He used the Yinfu as the center and completely blocked and hid the projection of the Lingxia Realm in the Yinlu."

"Otherwise, my friend, you have been to Huaxu City before. With the decadent and rotten aura of Yinlu, how could it have developed to this extent? They have long been twisted and degenerated into those disgusting monsters."

"It was the underworld that blocked most of the corrupt aura, which protected them and slowed down the process."

Thinking of the little girl selling chicken skewers in Huaxu City, Yi Chen couldn't help but nodded.

It seemed to be true. Compared with the group of donkeys, horses, and rotten things he saw outside the Yellow Sand Temple, the monsters in the Huaxu Kingdom were actually anthropomorphic.

There are even some "pearls in the ocean" that have survived and are still considered normal people.

"No one knows what His Majesty the Human Emperor is thinking. All everyone knows is that His Majesty the Human Emperor was in a very bad mood after returning from Yinlu. He locked himself in the Human Emperor Palace for three years before he came out again and held a secret talk with two or three people who were very close to him."

"In order to protect the billions of lives in Lingxia Realm, His Majesty the Human Emperor has decided to give up his life span of millions of years."

"The great formation with the Netherworld as its core requires a precious treasure to suppress it."

"In this world, is there any treasure more precious than the body of a powerful person and the Dao Fruit he voluntarily left behind?"

"Haha, Taoist priest, you should have heard the news released by our immortal monks in the outside world. His Majesty the Human Emperor merged with the Dao because he calculated that the will of heaven would change and the demons would prosper, so he sacrificed himself to merge with the Dao."

"In fact, how can a small Lingxia World's will cause any trouble in front of His Majesty the Human Emperor in Dao Fruit Realm? He needs to sacrifice himself to suppress it. Lingxia World is just a small or medium-sized world, far from being comparable to the vast will of the main worlds in Qinglian Zundao Realm."

"The greatness of Dao Fruit is beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators. Only an anomaly like His Majesty the Human Emperor can condense Dao Fruit against all odds in the Lingxia Realm."

"To put it bluntly, if this is the reason, then the group of arrogant and brave generals under His Majesty the Human Emperor would have been ruthless and completely wiped out all the aliens. How could His Majesty the Human Emperor sacrifice himself?"

The soldier put down the teacup and sneered,
"Only a calamity like this one can convince His Majesty the Emperor to follow him."

"I still have a few questions, please help me, Master Bing."

Although the story of the Lord of Soldiers helped Yi Chen solve many of his doubts, he still had more doubts that he wanted to find answers to from the Lord of Soldiers.

"First, why did His Majesty the Human Emperor and others block all news about the Huaxu Kingdom?"

"Every thought in the human mind is known to the heaven and earth. The thoughts of living beings will affect the effect of the formation with the underworld as the core. We must do our best to block all information related to the underworld and the fall."

"This disaster is not the result of your investigation after you were promoted to the Immortal Stage. His Majesty Asuna has great knowledge. If the real body of the underworld was not hidden in the underworld, he would not have noticed anything. Otherwise, it would have been a disaster of a huge magnitude."

Having said that, the Lord of Arms couldn't help but roll his eyes at Yi Chen.

Yi Chen couldn't help but sneered: "You can't blame me for this. After I was promoted to the highest level of true power, my body was flawless and my body was a world of its own. I didn't know there would be such a reason, so I was careless. When I came to the underworld before, you didn't show your divine power or hint at me about this!"

“The highest you reached last time was only the Jie Dao realm, which is still a long way from the Immortal Platform. My friend, are you blaming me?” Upon hearing this, the Lord of Soldiers could not help but said with a gloomy face.

He was in deep seclusion and sleeping in the depths of the underworld at the time, and had no idea that such a bizarre thing would happen. It had only been a short time, and the strength of the Taoist in front of him had risen to such a level.

A cultivator in the Xiantai realm who is over twenty years old is even more exaggerated than the Human Emperor.

When he thought of this, the Lord of Arms' eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but guess Yi Chen's whereabouts again.

"The second question is, why was there no limit to the heaven and earth during the time of Dao Zun, Tianfo Zun, and Mo Zun? Since you, the Lord of Arms, why do cultivators in the human realm who want to break through the realm of Dao Master have to suffer heavenly punishment?"

Seeing that the Lord of Arms had a bad look on his face, Yi Chen, who felt a little guilty, immediately asked the next question, not daring to dwell on this issue any further.

"The decline of spirituality is a general trend. Even with His Majesty the Human Emperor's soul merging with the will of heaven to seal off the heaven and earth, slowing down the loss of spiritual power, and hiding his body deep in the netherworld, using his own Dao fruit to pay for the loss of spirituality, the heaven and earth responded, which allowed the Lingxia Realm to linger for a long time."

"Boy, do you know what a great feat this is? Do you know how many worlds there are around Lingxia Realm that have not fallen yet?"

(End of this chapter)