The years I was in the human world

In the mountain palace, beautiful and slender dancers and attendants knelt down in a crowd, all of them with their heads on the ground, curled up and trembling.

The man sitting on the high seat smashed a wine glass, porcelain fragments flew everywhere, the people kneeling on the ground trembled and became even more silent, but they were not the protagonists who were being held accountable today. In the middle of the palace, a half-demon whose original face could no longer be seen was lying in a bloody mess, and several people dressed as subordinates were quietly holding weapons and ferociously blocking the entire palace.

The leading guard half-knelt in the hall, with his forearms on his knees, and reported something to the man in the high position with a low head and a compliant look: "Commander, I have already found out that the Demon King is indeed planning to join hands with the Wuxiang people to create a god. The divine bone in Zhu Huang Yuzhao's body and the accident you had in Wuxiang Country a hundred years ago are all part of the plan."

"What about Ke Rou? Is she involved too?" Xiao Fengzhuo was playing with his fingers out of boredom. His tone was a little nonchalant. Only the coldness in his eyes that was not completely hidden revealed some of his true emotions. He was extremely unhappy now.

"There is currently no direct evidence pointing to Princess Ke Rou." The subordinate used a relatively roundabout way of saying, "But Princess Ke Rou must have known about it."

"Humph." Xiao Fengzhuo sneered. He stood up from his high seat and walked to the bloody man. He pulled his hair to force him to look up. He said in a veiled way, "It seems that I have raised a group of ungrateful people, don't you think? Each one of them has their own ideas behind my back."

The man's scalp was painful from being pulled by him. He barely opened his swollen eyes and looked at Xiao Fengzhuo with fear and regret, while begging for mercy incoherently: "... Commander, Commander, please spare my life... I, I will never again-"

"I dare not." Before he could finish begging for mercy, the subordinate who had reported earlier immediately bowed his head and showed his loyalty to Xiao Fengzhuo without any hesitation.

"Of course you don't dare." Xiao Fengzhuo threw away the head of the person in his hand with disgust, wiped the fingers that had just grabbed the person's hair with a handkerchief, stood up and walked back to his seat and sat down, "The brave ones are those two ruthless cubs."

The people kneeling on the ground pretended not to hear Xiao Fengzhuo's words. He was the uncle of the Demon King, and Qi Nankuo would not take him seriously no matter what he said. However, if their subordinates, whose lives were worthless, did not have good eyesight, who knows how many more corpses there would be in the Demon Burial Valley.

"Commander, what are you going to do with this traitor?"

"Send his head to Ke Rou." Xiao Fengzhuo said nonchalantly. If he didn't give some response, would his two good nephews and nieces really think he was old and blind? "Deal with these girls, and also pass on a message to Qi Nankuo."

Xiao Fengzhuo said, his eyes were ruthless and cruel, with the unquestionable majesty of a superior: "Go ask him if the position of the demon king is too secure, and he wants to cause some trouble, and he doesn't think my uncle is useful anymore."

"Yes." The subordinate took the order and retreated with his men.

Xiao Fengzhuo looked at the fearful and daunting looks from the attendant dancers when they were being taken away. After the palace was cleared, he sighed softly. He slowly sat down in his seat, looking up at the dome painted with celestial maidens scattering flowers, appearing a little tired.

He doesn't like to see blood, nor does he like to use brutal means to emphasize his bottom line. However, after being tolerant for too long, some people will always forget what kind of person he once was, even if he has lost his demon pill, his cultivation has stagnated and he will eventually turn into dry bones and yellow earth.

The seat on the high seat was uncomfortable and hard. Xiao Fengzhuo sat for a while before standing up uncomfortably. He stood up and walked out of the palace, muttering as he walked: "It's lonely up there. This supreme position is not that good..."

Why is it worth so many people's efforts? Perhaps many years ago when he had not yet reached that position, he understood it, but later he got tired of it and did not understand it anymore, so he chose to push Qi Nankuo to that position, trying to find an answer, but Qi Nankuo and Ke Rou, their ambitions were like wild grass, and they could not give an answer.

Lu Zhouxue is different from all of them, he does not have those complicated ambitions, he is pretty and clean, like a handful of snow on the top of a mountain. He once asked Xiao Fengzhuo about his position in the demon clan, and the latter joked to tease him that he was just an unknown person who worked for others.

How could Xiao Fengzhuo be an unknown person? He was not a genius in any sense, but he had taught all the geniuses in the world a lesson when they were still not fully grown up, so he could be considered to have quite a rich resume.

Now that the divine bone has been born and Lu Zhouxue has been convicted of possessing a treasure, Xiao Fengzhuo has suddenly regained some of the enthusiasm he had when he was pursuing power. Zhongting, Guichu, and the Demon King's Court want him, and he wants him too. He has desires, but he is just an ordinary man like his unscrupulous nephew, and he is not necessarily nobler than them.

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Lu Zhouxue sneezed softly, and Kong Que, who was eating noodles with his head down, immediately raised his head and looked at him with a puzzled look: "Brother Lu, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Zhouxue frowned slightly and shook her head, saying vaguely: "It's okay, you eat yours, if it's not enough, ask the store to make more."

The young man silently ate noodles beside him. While the adult and the child were talking, he finished another bowl. The pile of bowls and plates formed a small mountain beside him. The boss of the noodle stall looked at the boy who was like a glutton, put down the bowl he was about to serve noodles, and said helplessly: "Why don't you just take the pot over and eat?"

As the stall owner spoke, he secretly glanced at Lu Zhouxue who was watching the peacock but not eating. With such a banished immortal sitting here, his simple stall seemed a lot more fairy-like. But you could tell that such a person was unkind just by looking at him. From the beginning to now, he hadn't said a few words, and even when he spoke, he was cold and standoffish. He was only gentle to the girl.

"That's not the case." The young man finally put down his bowl and chopsticks after finishing thirteen bowls. He wiped his mouth, propped his cheek up and looked at the stall owner and said, "The boss looks like a cultivator. How can he make a living as a mortal in the demon tribe's territory? Can he have business?"

"Most of the demons drink dew and wind, and eat the creations of heaven and earth. However, this is a southern fortress, and many people come and go. Most of them have appetites, and they can't find proper food. How can my small noodle stall have no business?" The stall owner explained with a smile, and made a bowl of sweet soup for Kong Que and brought it to the table. "Isn't that the case with the three of you?"

"That's true." The young man nodded, agreeing with it.

But before the three of them could stay at the noodle stall for long, a group of uninvited guests came. The stall owner thought that there was more business and was about to invite them to sit down, but the leader drew his sword three-quarters and said in a rude tone: "Personal grudges, none of your business, get out."

The stall owner was a monk. He dared to do business on the main road, so he was no ordinary person. Since the other party was so rude, he naturally frowned and said unceremoniously: "You guys don't look like you are here to eat, but to cause trouble."

The man turned around and said impatiently, unsheathing his long sword and putting it on the stall owner's neck: "It has nothing to do with you, I'll say it again, get out!"

The stall owner also got angry and was about to use his magic weapon to fight the man in front of him, but Lu Zhouxue, who seemed distant and indifferent, spoke up: "Boss, please move aside, be careful not to get hurt."

The stall owner was stunned. He thought that based on Lu Zhouxue's personality, she would never say a word. Unexpectedly, she not only took the initiative to speak, but also was so gentle, which was completely opposite to her cold appearance. He was about to say that he was not afraid of them, but the boy who had just talked to him also moved.

"Yes, swords have no eyes, boss, take a rest." The young man was close, he stretched out his hand to push away the sword that the other person had placed on the stall owner's neck, and said to the man, "Personal grudges, don't drag others into it, what do you think?"

The young man thought that the person was looking for trouble after the divine bone on Lu Zhouxue's body, but he didn't expect that the other party looked at his face and said in surprise: "Wei Ruge, the Supreme Elder is in seclusion, and you are not accompanying him. Why are you here and are you involved with this evil?"

The young man paused, wondering how someone could recognize his face? Who was this kid named Wei and why did he become so famous?

Lu Zhouxue sneered in his heart when he heard the man pointing at him and calling him an evil creature. He immediately retorted, "Master Jiang, you brought such a large force to arrest me, but have you taken care of the funeral of your disciples?"

The one who came with his men in a menacing manner was naturally none other than Jiang Ling, who had left Dangdong Mountain in a panic that day.

Lu Zhouxue's words were really irrelevant. Jiang Ling's face immediately turned bad. The people behind him didn't dare to say a word, for fear of accidentally bringing bad luck. Everyone in Zhongting knew that the deputy leader of the Seventh Gate personally took his disciples to Dongshan for training. Not only was he seriously injured, but all his disciples were killed or injured. He became the laughing stock of the entire Zhongting. Now that Lu Zhouxue brought up this matter blatantly, wasn't it a face-to-face humiliation?

Jiang Ling was really angry and ready to fight. The young man in red stood in front of Lu Zhouxue steadily. He didn't know what kind of grudge there was between the two of them, but this didn't stop him from standing on Lu Zhouxue's side and acting as a peacemaker: "Don't be angry, let's talk it over nicely."

"Wei Ruge, if you have any conscience, don't stop me and work with me to capture this evil beast and bring it back to the court." The young man was trying to be a peacemaker, but Jiang Ling suddenly turned the subject and pointed the finger at him, "Your master is now seriously injured and in seclusion, but you are standing outside and not paying any attention. Is this how you show filial piety?"

Baili Changqing was seriously injured and in seclusion? Lu Zhouxue keenly caught this detail. It seemed that Xiao Fengzhuo's previous speculation was correct. Baili Changqing was seriously injured and came out of seclusion early. No wonder these people dared to come out and cause trouble for him before the limelight of the Dongshan old case had passed.

It turns out that he was relying on Baili Changqing's old wound, which had not yet healed, so he had nothing to fear.

"Aha." The young man laughed softly, and his eyes turned cold when he looked at Jiang Ling. He was not the real Wei Ruge. After being scolded for so long, even a clay man would be angry. But he did not get angry immediately, but said quietly, "You keep calling me an evil creature. May I ask what evil deeds did Lu Zhouxue do that made you so indignant?"

"The Snow Phoenix Road and the Snow Boat were actually fabricated by Zhu Huang Yuzhao, who wanted to avenge what happened that year. He used the excuse of being wronged to ask the Supreme Elder to reopen the old case, but in fact he used it to trick the monks involved in the case to Dongshan and killed them. It was extremely cruel." Jiang Ling said word by word.

If Lu Zhouxue himself had not been the person involved, he would have believed that every word he said was credible and reasonable. After all, the cultivators who followed Baili Changqing to Dongshan happened to be the ones who were taken by Yaoguang to cause the disaster in Dongshan.

"Nirvana and reincarnation are fake, and being wronged is also fake. What's real is that you are colluding with evil spirits and causing trouble to others, and you want revenge!" Jiang Ling said this with gritted teeth, as if he was blaming Lu Zhouxue for the death of his apprentice. "You are a sinner, you deserve to die!"

"Brother Lu, when Mother was convicted, Empress Pojun also said the same thing." Kong Que, who was eating noodles, put down her bowl and chopsticks and said in a calm and sarcastic tone, with a kind of terrifying anger in her eyes. She stared at Jiang Ling across from her fiercely, "Are you going to use the same method and the same crime to kill my 'mother' again?"

"You don't even want to change your excuse." Peacock said, but she seemed to be about to cry. She didn't have much, why did these people take away her "mother" once, not enough, but they came a second time, "What did he do wrong that you are so persistent?!"

Kong Que had just been helped by Lu Zhouxue's trickery, and her realm had improved, but her state of mind had not. Now, because of Jiang Ling's arrival, her mind was shaken, and she even had the signs of being possessed. Lu Zhouxue quickly noticed her abnormality and said in a lost voice: "Kong Qing?!"

"The daughter of an evildoer is indeed an evildoer." Jiang Ling did not feel ashamed after hearing the girl's words. Instead, he looked at the girl who was about to become a demon and seemed to remember something. He said with disgust, "You who practice the Way of All Living Things are all scums who take the side path. You are really not worthy of the genius treasures you have eaten."

There are actually only two people in the world of cultivation who follow the path of all living beings, Chunhuijun Lin Xiyang and Zhuhuang Yuzhao. Kong Que is not cultivating the path of all living beings. She was raised by Baili Changqing and follows the path of ruthlessness. Jiang Ling's scolding was not accurate, but that did not prevent him from angering the young man and Lu Zhouxue at the same time.

The techniques used by mortals to cultivate Taoism originally came from the realm of gods. Nowadays, the mainstream in the world of cultivation is the ruthless Tao. That's because everyone in the entire Buzhou Mountain is a ruthless Taoist, including the Heavenly Tao, who is also heartless and merciless.

The reason why the Way of All Living Beings is declining is that those who have practiced the Way of All Living Beings throughout the ages cannot escape the fate of becoming ordinary living beings. Even Lin Xiyang, who has achieved the most accomplishments in the Way of All Living Beings over tens of millions of years, has now trained himself to be neither human nor ghost. Therefore, the Way of All Living Beings is regarded as an evil and crooked path.

But others don't know that Lu Zhouxue is very clear about the reason for the decline of the Way of All Living Beings. Xiao Yueheng is the only god of the Way of All Living Beings. He died ten thousand years ago because of the ambition of the Wuxiang people to climb Mount Buzhou. The love of gods for the world was extinguished, and the inheritance of the Way of All Living Beings was naturally cut off.