All races revere me as the Heavenly Emperor, solely because of my nine disciples!

Chapter 1176 Zhou Baoyu and Zhou Lin!

"Hehehe... Zhou Cheng, it seems your son has no intention of letting you off the hook!"

Xu Zifu looked at Zhou Cheng with amusement. She had long since experienced the fickleness of human relationships and various betrayals. She was not surprised by Zhou Lin's attitude.

At this moment, she was completely watching Zhou Cheng from the perspective of a spectator.

Zhou Cheng didn't speak, he just kept his head down, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Zhou Baoyu didn't say anything. He was quietly brewing tea while looking at the model of the Xuanhuang Great World on the table!

"Daddy, they're so fierce!"

However, Zhou Shuyu, who had once been in Dehuai, felt a deep sense of malice and couldn't help but speak up.

"Is Shu Yu scared?"

Zhou Baoyu smiled slightly, reached out and took the little girl from Zeng Youde's arms, and rubbed her little nose with his big hand.

"Don't be afraid, with Daddy here, Xiaoyu isn't afraid at all!"

The little girl shook her head.

She was born of the spirit of the underworld, and was born with supernatural powers, knowing all things and understanding life and death!

She could sense their ill intentions, but she didn't feel any danger, so she wasn't afraid at all!

As for Zhou Yuanzun, from beginning to end, he only had curiosity in his eyes and no fear whatsoever.

He was also born of the spirit of the Nether Sea, and not only was he spiritually aware of all things and understood life and death, but he was also versed in Yin and Yang, possessing innate Daoist bones and being one with the Dao!

From childhood to adulthood, he rarely spoke; he spent his days either resting or thinking.

He would stare blankly at anything he saw. He seemed a bit silly, but in reality, he was learning all the time.

At that moment, he was learning and understanding everything in this world.

For example, the human realm before us, to be precise, should be called spirituality.

"It's good that you're not scared. Would you like some tea?"

Zhou Baoyu nodded and smiled, then brought the tea to Zhou Shuyu's lips.

"drink!"

Zhou Shuyu nodded quickly, smacked her lips, and finished the entire small cup of tea.

"Hehehe... It seems that the eldest brother was prepared all along!"

"I've long heard that my eldest brother is indifferent to worldly affairs and doesn't even care about life and death. What a fine state of mind!"

"Could you please do me a favor, Your Majesty, so that I may not bear the blame?"

Zhou Lin's face darkened as he watched this scene.

"This week, Baoyu is far too arrogant," he said with a cold laugh after a long while.

"Hehehe... Zhou Lin, do you know that you can't kill me!"

"Although you were born of the Empress Dowager, I gave you your life. You are me, and I am you!"

"If you die, I can live. But if I die, you absolutely cannot live!"

"So if you really want me to help you, you should let me live, not make me kill myself!"

Zhou Baoyu shook his head and smiled, looking at Zhou Lin with an air of confidence.

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

Zhou Lin's face darkened. He never expected that Zhou Baoyu would say such absurd things.

Not only him, but even Xu Zifu, Zhou Cheng and Zeng Youde were surprised to see that they all looked up at Zhou Baoyu at the same time, their eyes full of confusion.

As for Zhou Cheng and Zeng Youde, they had no objection whatsoever to the claim that Zhou Lin'er's life was given to him by Zhou Baoyu.

After all, when Xu Zifu gave birth to Zhou Baoyu, she had health problems due to a difficult childbirth, and there was no possibility of her getting pregnant again.

Therefore, Zhou Lin should never have been born.

It was Zhou Baoyu who gave Xu Zifu the best body, even a divine body, which led to the birth of Zhou Lin.

In this respect, Zhou Lin's life was indeed given to him by Zhou Baoyu.

But what did he say?

If he dies, Zhou Lin will not survive either.

This statement makes no sense at all!

"Nonsense?"

"It seems you rarely read Buddhist scriptures, Lin'er!"

There's a saying in Buddhist scriptures that describes the myriad forms of sentient beings!

"The so-called myriad forms of sentient beings are not truly just myriad forms. It's just that Buddhism uses the word 'myriad' to encompass infinity!"

"Ordinary people may not understand these words, nor can they experience them firsthand. But in fact, I possess all forms!"

"You are one of my myriad forms; we brothers are two sides of the same coin!"

"You were born because of me, and you will die because of me!"

"My natural lifespan is eighty, but due to my parents' circumstances, my lifespan has already passed away and has been transferred to you. You will surely die at eighty!"

"For the past eighty years, you have lived in my place. If you have complied, you can die a natural death. If you have defied the will of Heaven, you must die now!"

"Are you sure you really want to die for your brother?"

Zhou Baoyu shook his head, and what he said made Zhou Cheng, Xu Zifu, and the others widen their eyes in surprise.

If these words had come from anyone else, they would have just laughed at them, but since they came from Zhou Baoyu, they didn't question them at all.

This explanation is reasonable enough: Zhou Lin never existed. The so-called Zhou Lin was simply another Zhou Baoyu!

"Is that so? Then I'll see if I'll get hurt too, since my brother is injured!"

Zhou Lin did not believe it. Zhou Baoyu's words humiliated him. Enraged, he suddenly grabbed the sword from the waist of the young general next to him and stabbed it directly into Zhou Baoyu's shoulder.

"Young Master!"

Zeng Youde's eyes flashed with a sharp look, and he instinctively wanted to step forward to protect Zhou Baoyu, but Zhou Baoyu pushed him to the back.

Zhou Baoyu offered no resistance, allowing Zhou Lin to thrust his sword into his right arm and shoulder.

In an instant, bright red blood flowed endlessly.

However, in the blink of an eye, the blood seemed to flow backward, all flowing back.

When Zhou Lin drew his sword, Zhou Baoyu's clothes were not stained red, except for a bloody gash.

"Well!"

Instead, Zhou Lin suddenly groaned, his face turned pale, and he staggered backward.

"Clang clang..."

The sword fell to the ground, and his right hand, which had been holding the sword, lost all strength.

Looking at his shoulder again, blood was instantly gushing out, staining the Ming Emperor's robes red.

"His Majesty!"

Everyone was shocked. Zhou Lin's personal eunuch and the young general rushed forward to support him, their expressions changing.

"How could this be?"

Even the soldiers around him were horrified, looking up at Zhou Baoyu in disbelief, just like Zhou Lin.

They were certain that no one had attacked Zhou Lin just now.

The injuries on Zhou Lin's body appeared out of nowhere.

Moreover, it appeared after that sword was thrust out.

But why is it that the person who was stabbed is fine, while the person who did the stabbing is seriously injured?

That's so unreasonable! Absolutely unreasonable!

Only Xu Zifu, in a daze, saw something.

In the instant that sword was thrust out, he saw a line, which seemed to be the legendary line of cause and effect, but it was not quite right.

To be precise, it was a lifeline.

This lifeline connects Zhou Baoyu and Zhou Lin. At the moment Zhou Lin thrust out, it wasn't Zhou Baoyu who was injured, but himself.

Now she was completely convinced that Zhou Lin had never existed, and that the so-called Zhou Lin was just another Zhou Baoyu.

Why is this happening?

"why?"

Zhou Lin found it hard to accept; his face turned pale, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Zhou Baoyu, why did you do this!"

At this moment, Xu Zifu couldn't help but ask the same question.

She didn't understand why Zhou Baoyu would create another version of himself!

"Therefore, Lin'er is Baoyu, and Baoyu is Lin'er!"

"I understand now, Lin'er's life is Bao Yu's original life!"

Zhou Cheng, though he couldn't see many things clearly, instantly understood something with his clear mind. With pity in his eyes, he shifted his gaze from Zhou Baoyu to Xu Zifu.

"What do you understand?"

Xu Zifu frowned. Even she, a goddess, couldn't understand why Zhou Cheng always seemed to understand everything.

He seemed to understand everything, which made Xu Zifu unconvinced.

In her eyes, Zhou Cheng was just an ordinary person now, and had no right to speak to her.

But everything he showed made even himself, a god, feel ashamed. Why?

"I understand, you've wasted your life!"

"You keep pursuing things that don't belong to you, while ignoring everything that is rightfully yours!"

"You're going further and further down the wrong path, and you're seeing things less and less clearly!"

"Baoyu is not Baoyu, and Lin'er is not Lin'er!"

"I was wrong too, and I only realized it now, but the mistake has been made, and it's too late!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head. As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Lin with regret and deep pain in his eyes.

"What's the meaning!"

What exactly do you mean?

Xu Zifu's face darkened; she was growing increasingly disgusted with this cryptic way of speaking.

Zhou Baoyu was like this, and so was Zhou Cheng.

At this moment, she really wanted to tear Zhou Cheng's mouth apart!

"That's right, what exactly do you mean!"

At this moment, someone helped Zhou Lin'er sit down and bandaged his wounds.

His face turned pale, and he was completely confused by Zhou Cheng's words. He couldn't help but fly into a rage!

"Hehehe... One was blinded by greed, and the other lost his integrity; in the end, they couldn't understand anything they were saying!"

"Is what I'm saying so convoluted that it's hard to understand?"

"Young general, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Cheng smiled wryly and looked at the young general.

The young general looked up and couldn't help but frown.

"I think I understand!"

After a moment's hesitation, the young general said with some uncertainty.

"What do you know?"

Zhou Lin turned around and looked at the young general with displeasure.

If he didn't even understand it himself, what could he possibly understand?

He's just a brute; what could he possibly know?

"What do you think he meant?"

Xu Zifu also looked at the young general and couldn't help but scold him.

"It seems the Emperor Emeritus is saying that the Crown Prince of today is no longer the Crown Prince of the past. And Your Majesty has never been Your Majesty, but has always been the Crown Prince!"

"Is that what the Emperor Emeritus meant?"

The young general scratched his head and hesitated before speaking.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lin and Xu Zifu were almost amused by their anger.

However, out of the corner of their eyes, they saw Zhou Cheng nodding, with an expression of agreement and seriousness.

For a moment, both of them were stunned.

"how is this possible?"

"If Lin'er is Baoyu, then who is Zhou Baoyu?"

Xu Zifu's eyes sharpened; she felt herself getting confused.

"That's right, how could I be him? Then who is he?"

Zhou Lin couldn't hold back any longer and shouted loudly.

In an instant, everyone looked at Zhou Baoyu.

Even Zeng Youde was no exception.