Mortal Bones

"Sister Lingyue, is there anything wrong with this?"

Seeing Fairy Lingyue being so surprised, Xu Taiping felt a little uneasy for a moment and slowly rolled up the portrait of the Snow Land Ghost Lord.

After returning from Xuanhuang Tower, because time was too short, Xu Taiping had not yet had time to inform Fairy Lingyue of the treasures given by Xuanhuang Tower.

"More than just inappropriate? If I hadn't known about your life experience, I would have doubted whether you were the reincarnation of the illegitimate son left by Emperor Xuanhuang in the human world."

Fairy Lingyue looked at Xu Taiping suspiciously.

"ha?"

Xu Taiping looked confused.

"You first open the portrait of the Snow Land Ghost Lord."

Fairy Lingyue pointed at the painting on the table.

Xu Taiping then unfolded the portrait of the Snow Land Ghost Lord again.

"Although most of the ghosts in Xuanhuang Tower are transformed by Xuanhuang Tower using the fear of the dead souls in the tower, most of the ghosts at the level of ghost kings are Jiuyuan monsters sealed in the tower by Emperor Xuanhuang ”

When explaining this, Fairy Lingyue paused for a moment, then tapped her fingers on the portrait, and then continued to explain:

"And this Snow Land Ghost Lord, according to our speculation at the time, should be Yang Ling, the most powerful demon emperor in Jiuyuan during the Five Emperors period. We call him Di Yang."

"When the Five Emperors conquered Jiuyuan, Di Yang was the last demon emperor who resisted in Jiuyuan. In the end, if he hadn't insisted on having a sword fight with Emperor Zhenwu, with the power of his original demon species, even Emperor Xuanhuang wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. Seal him in Xuanhuang Tower."

"For so many years, Jiuyuan has tried every means to attack Xuanhuangtian. One of the reasons is to save Diyang."

When she said this, Fairy Lingyue looked at Xu Taiping with an extremely solemn expression and said: "Xuanhuang Tower can hand him over to you, and you can imagine the trust and attention it places on you."

After hearing Fairy Lingyue's explanation, Xu Taiping's heart sank.

"Sister Lingyue, after hearing what you said, why do I feel that Emperor Xuanhuang threw a hot potato over me?"

Xu Taiping smiled bitterly.

"It's not wrong to say that it's a hot potato. Nowadays, Xuanhuang is full of waste, and it's true that we don't have that much energy to look after this Demon Seed of Emperor Yang."

"Fairy Lingyue smiled at first, and then said seriously:

"But with the restriction imposed by Emperor Xuanhuang, Jiuyuan will never be able to suspect you for at least ten years. This means that within these ten years, you can borrow the power of Emperor Yang."

Xu Taiping nodded after hearing this.

He temporarily helped Xuanhuangtian take over this hot potato, and Xuanhuang Tower gave him the qualification to use the power of Emperor Yang. Overall, the deal was fair.

"However, the tower spirit said when he gave me these three portraits that if you want to use the power of the demon species in the portraits, you have to pay the corresponding amount of gold and essence."

Xu Taiping murmured as he looked at the portrait of Di Yang in front of him.

As he spoke, he tried to tap on the portrait with his finger.

The next moment, Di Yang, who was motionless and looking down at a book in the portrait, suddenly raised his head, looked at Xu Taiping through the scroll and said:

"Are you the young monk Xu Taiping that Ta Ling mentioned?"

Xu Taiping's heart moved, and then he tentatively asked Di Yang in the scroll: "You don't know me?"

When Di Yang in the scroll heard this, he looked deeply at Xu Taiping. His gaze seemed to be able to see through everything in Xu Taiping's heart.

Xu Taiping's heart trembled when he saw this look, and he had to concentrate all his attention before he could look at him.

"I understand. Xuanhuang has sealed part of my memory. You and I should know each other, and we met in Xuanhuang Tower."

"And the reason why Emperor Xuanhuang did this is to protect you."

After a moment, Di Yang looked at Xu Taiping with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, the hairs all over Xu Taiping stood up.

He didn't expect that Di Yang could guess so much just based on his previous question.

What shocked Xu Taiping even more was what Di Yang said next -

"There is someone standing next to you, right? This person's aura is not weak, but his body was destroyed and suffered a lot of damage. Now that he has recovered to this extent, it is no surprise that he has obtained the Ksitigarbha fruit, right?"

Xu Taiping never expected that Di Yang not only sensed the existence of Fairy Lingyue, but also guessed that he possessed the Earth Fruit.

You know, this Ksitigarbha fruit is Xu Taiping’s biggest secret.

"I never thought that when the Yangling Demon Emperor, who once dominated the upper Qing world, would be reduced to the position of trying to scare a junior like me with his words?"

After suppressing the panic in his heart, Xu Taiping raised his head and looked at Di Yang's gaze.

"Is it uncomfortable that the biggest secret that I rely on for my spiritual practice was discovered by me?"

Di Yang asked with a smile across the scroll.

"The road is at your feet. Take a boat when you see the water, clear the way across the mountains, and draw your sword when encountering evil. There is no eternal reliance, and there are no secrets that no one knows."

Xu Taiping's eyes became clear and clear again.

Seeing this, Fairy Lingyue on the side secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself:

"That's right Taiping, there is never anything you can rely on forever, and there is no secret that no one knows."

Di Yang's question to Xu Taiping today was actually a question that Fairy Lingyue had been worrying about.

The reason why she is worried is because she knows better than anyone else that as Xu Taiping's cultivation level improves, one day she will come into contact with the existences that once almost caused her to fall.

In front of those people, she and Di Guo's aura could not be hidden at all.

Just like when they faced Di Yang today.

And this is why Chu Lingyue is eager to improve herself.

"What a good way to ride a boat when you see water, open a path when you encounter mountains, and draw a sword when you encounter evil."

After watching Xu Taiping quietly for a long time, the Emperor Yang in the scroll suddenly laughed heartily.

"Although I don't know what Xuan Huang has bet on you, and why he wants to erase the memory of my contact with you, but you are an interesting person, little monk, and the next ten years should not be too boring."

The Emperor Yang in the scroll put away the book in his hand, stood up from the chair, and then raised his arms and stretched.

"Ten years?"

Xu Taiping heard that there was something behind Emperor Yang's words.

"I promised Xuan Huang to protect you, but the condition is that I can go out with you for a period of ten years. After ten years, my demon seed and soul will be completely sealed in this scroll, and you will have to send me back to Xuan Huang Tower at that time."

While explaining to Xu Taiping, Emperor Yang picked a leaf from the tree in the painting and put it in his mouth, chewing it with relish.

"Senior Di Yang, why are you telling me this? If I hadn't sent this painting back to Xuan Huang Tower in time, the monsters in Jiu Yuan might have been able to rescue you from the painting."

Xu Taiping pointed out the contradiction in Di Yang's words.

"Xuan Huang didn't even tell you this?"

Di Yang looked at Xu Taiping from the painting, looking surprised.

"What?"

Xu Taiping was also puzzled.