Even though Zhao Shu regards Qianxun Orochi as an evil spirit, it does not prevent him from dealing with it carefully and making more preparations.
Zhao Shu stayed in Baihua Valley for a period of time. In addition to sending Dongtian generals to patrol the surrounding areas to guard against evil spirits, he also surveyed the mountains and rivers. In order to be able to complete his work in one battle, Zhao Shu naturally would not let the demon god escape and seek another chance to make a comeback.
At the same time, Zhao Shui was also following the example of his distant ancestor Zhao Daoxiang, trying to refine the God-killing Nail that specifically restrained ghosts and gods.
The God-killing Nail can be regarded as the highest achievement in the refining of the ritual artifacts of the Tianxia Dynasty. This object not only borrows the power of heaven and earth, but also causes heavenly catastrophes, breaks all laws, shakes the foundation of Taoism, and destroys the true form. All kinds of power.
If you are dealing with ordinary obscene ghosts and spirits, there is no need to use the God-killing Nail at all. Only those with long lifespans and profound magical powers like the Nantu Demon God are the targets of the God-Killing Nail.
In addition, the God-killing Nail was also a method used by the praise officers of the Tianxia Dynasty to target the masters of the Xian family. Although the God-killing Nail was never used on any Xian family master during the Tianxia Dynasty.
The Divine Sword of Silence, which also has the magical function of instigating disasters in the world, was forged by teacher Zhang Duanjing through rituals and rituals. However, in order to exert its invincible edge, it requires a very high mental state. Although Zhao Shu knew the teacher's wish, he did not know how to do it. How to kill the demon god without being hurt by the sharp edge of the divine sword.
Zhao Shu's current level of cultivation is actually higher than that of his mother and teacher back then, but he does not dare to boast that he can use the Silence Sword better than them.
Although it can be deduced that in order to exert the edge of the divine sword, they used the "Jade Cauldron Flowing Clouds Chapter" to reshape the meridians and change the Dao foundation, but this move is irreversible, and even requires abandoning the achievements of the immortal path, which is by no means a long-term solution.
Now Zhao Shu has a vague desire to become the Emperor of Heaven. He does not intend to give up the immortal way, but he can't find a way to get the best of both worlds for a while.
Although Zhao Shui can also rely on the fairy magic weapon passed down by Liang Tao to go head-to-head with Qianxun Orochi, such a risk is unnecessary. Moreover, Zhao Shui also needs to consider the future battle with King Baixiang, and cannot sacrifice his life to deal with Qianxun Orochi. Too much price.
"Aren't there four immortals in the Bear Country? Why don't you ask them to help?"
Seeing Zhao Miao hammering in more than a dozen iron nails like an ordinary craftsman, Miao Saluo asked in confusion.
"They are hunting down the evil cultivators of the Corpse Cult, and everyone is busy with their own business." Zhao Shu said: "And the grudge between me and the Nantu Demon God can be said to have continued from our distant ancestor Zhao Daoxiang to this day. To relieve the burden, it should be I will finish it with my own hands..."
Halfway through his words, Zhao Shu suddenly stopped and looked into the distance as if he had something to say.
"What's wrong?" Miaosaluo asked.
"Something is approaching the new barrier I set up." Zhao Shu frowned and said, "It is also a demon god scroll, but it doesn't look like the Snake Luo clan."
Zhao Shu raised his hand and made a false gesture, and the Ming mirror flew out on its own. A strange beast appeared in the mirror, which looked like a wild boar. It was fat and stocky, with short tusks, but its mouth was as big as a basin, and its lower jaw and abdomen were like a big bag, almost hanging to the ground. , looks weird.
"Yanxi?" Miaosaluo recognized this strange beast at a glance.
Hearing this, Zhao Shu remembered that the name of Yanxi was also found in the manuscripts of his predecessors: "So this is Yanxi? I heard that they like to eat iron and stone, and the excrement they excrete is a treasure of heaven and earth, which is used by Nantu Wuzhu to smelt Weapon."
"Yes, Yanxi is the descendant of Yanyan Lord, one of the nine gods." Miaosuluo said: "I heard that Yanyan Lord was seriously injured when the star fell to the ground, and he has already fallen into a deep sleep. These Yanxi have also fallen into a deep sleep because of His own habits were captured and domesticated by various tribes."
"This rockhopper did not come here by chance." Zhao Shu said while looking at the Ming Dynasty treasure mirror.
Miaosaluo smiled and said: "Just a rock worm like this can't break into the barrier you set."
In order to protect Baihua Valley and allow Miaosaluo to rest for a while, Zhao Shui set up a barrier formation in the surrounding area and taught her some spells in his spare time so that ordinary evil spirits would not be able to attack.
"It's not trying to break in, but it wants to invite me for a meeting." Zhao Shu seemed to have a subtle reaction.
Miaosaluo dissuaded: "Don't be fooled! These demon gods are the most cunning, and they have a deep hatred for you. They may have already set up traps to deal with you!"
"Of course I know it." Zhao Miao made an outline with his sword finger, made a virtual calligraphy calligraphy, and then turned into a clone: "So I plan to let the clone go."
After saying this, Zhao Shu handed the jade tree staff to the clone. At the same time, the Great Ming Treasure Mirror bloomed a round light, connecting the two ends inside and outside the boundary. The clone held the staff and stepped into the circular light, moved directly through it, and reached outside the barrier of the barrier.
Come to the front of the rock duck.
"It's really the magic power of the immortal family." Miao Saluo was amazed when he saw this, and looked at Zhao Mi with a little more eagerness.
"I also follow the example of others." Whether it's the transformation of avatars or the movement of time and space, Zhao Shui imitates Liang Tao.
The clone looked at Yan Xun and said, "Why did you come here?"
Yan Ku didn't have the ability to speak words, but he was quite humane. He turned around and shrugged, obviously asking Zhao Shu to ride on him.
"You want to take me somewhere else?" Since Zhao Shu had transformed into a clone, he was definitely not afraid of taking risks. He simply rode on the rock duck and let the other party carry him and gallop away.
Although Yan Kui, who looks fat and stocky with stubby limbs, is not capable of flying into the sky, it can move as fast as a galloping horse in the mountains and fields. Zhao Miao sensed that Yan Kui's Qi was connected with the earth and rocks, and it did not look like it was running at a gallop.
, more like "swimming" on the ground.
Zhao Shu secretly understood that the Yanxi and the Yanyan Lord must also be alien species from the ancient times. It seems that the depths of the southern soil are barren mountains and harsh waters for mortals, but for these alien species from the ancient times, it is more suitable.
However, if humanity wants to develop and multiply, it will inevitably compete with all things in the world. There is no difference between good and evil in this kind of thing, only the interests and harms of each.
Looking at the wild vegetation and mountains and rivers passing by on both sides, Zhao Shu couldn't help but think about Mother Yuqing's act of mending the sky.
In terms of immortal cultivation, Goddess Yuqing was the first immortal family to open up the cave in ancient times. However, her move was not for her own transcendence. Instead, she left the cave in the world to protect her people and carefully protect the newborns who were like faint sparks.
humane.
There is a saying from the sages - "I only wish for immortality to be achieved, and I don't want humanity to be poor." This is what I think it is.
As for Goddess Yuqing’s feat of mending the sky with her own body, would Zhao Shui really have the courage to give up everything? Even Goddess Yuqing still had to cut off suspicion, greed, and eventually become a spirit.
Xiao.
Whether as a living being under the protection of the Heaven-Building Plan or as a disciple of Lingxiao, Zhao Shu himself owes too much. In the past, he had not reached his realm and could not do many things he wanted to do. Now, Zhao Shu can expect to achieve immortality, and it should be
It's your turn to take responsibility.
Yan Xun ran for two full days, and finally came to the vicinity of the place where the star fell. Zhao Shu saw a majestic mountain peak. The rock facing the place where the star fell was scorched black, and there was no grass growing on it. It was very strange.
"Is this where Lord Swallowing Rock sleeps?" Zhao Shu lowered his head and asked.
The Yanxi hummed twice, then carried Zhao Miao to the side of Shanyin, passed through a forest of dead trees, and arrived outside a cave.
Yan Xun stopped walking. With his fat body, he couldn't get in. Zhao Shu didn't ask any questions, turned over and landed on the ground, and walked into the cave with his stick.
There was no moisture in the cave, and there was no fishy smell from the beast's nest. After walking through the narrow and long corridor, Zhao Shu came to a slightly empty place. He stood on the ground with his staff, and the top of the staff lit up, illuminating the wall. Lifelike reliefs on it.
What the stone wall relief shows is a huge rock duck with a mountain on its back. It's just that this relief is not like ordinary carvings, but more like it has been cast by flames, revealing a trace of gold and iron matte, and the rock Xi also showed a vague expression of pain.
"So this is the so-called deep sleep." Zhao Shu was not surprised and said calmly: "Integrating one's body and soul with the mountains and earth's veins to preserve the remaining vitality. But this can only protect oneself for a while, and it will last for a long time. The gods will be wiped away by the mountains and rivers, leaving only a little bit of true spirit. If you are lucky, you may become a mountain god, but if you are unlucky, they will disappear into thin air."
He said nothing, but in the silence, Zhao Shu felt a mysterious aura coming from afar. It was not like a sound transmission, but he could understand it naturally.
"I beg the Immortal to save my life. I am willing to serve the Immortal from now on." Lord Yanyan said straight to the point.
Zhao Shu concentrated his attention on the feeling, and at the same time, he lightly tapped the jade tree staff in front of him to float the stone, and the original iron and stone wall became a little more alive.
"Help?" Zhao Shu sneered and said, "Isn't this too wishful thinking? A demon god like you can never atone for your sins by dying, but now you are in danger, but you know how to beg for mercy?"
Master Tunyan asked in confusion: "Did the sins mentioned by the Immortal require believers to offer sacrifices?"
"It's not right for you to claim to be a god and extort tributes." Zhao Shu said: "But seeing that you are in a wild and uncivilized place, there are some things that I can't force too much. They are just human blood sacrifices and the like. , will never be spared.”
"I promise to the Immortal that in the past thousands of years, I have never asked believers to perform blood sacrifices." Lord Yanyan said.
"It's empty talk." Zhao Shu said bluntly.
Lord Swallowing Rock's attitude was resolute: "I am willing to prove my innocence, and the immortal can use the soul-searching method."
Zhao Shu frowned slightly, and instead of rushing to cast the spell, he asked, "You seem to know a lot about the Immortal family's spells?"
"I am not from the southern land, but I lived in the middle land a long time ago." Lord Tunyan said, "But the mortals burned the forest to plow the land, dug the mountains for mining, and we, the rock-weeds, could not bear the disturbance. Later, under the guidance of the Immortal Family, we moved to Deep in the southern soil, in order to seek peace and quiet."
"Which immortal family is it?" Zhao Shu didn't quite believe it. He had just shown off his tricks outside Baihua Valley, and Lord Swallowing Rock sent his descendant to ask for help. It was obvious that he had deliberate intentions.
"The Lieshan clan is also known as the Farmer God Ji Lord among the people of China." Lord Tunyan said.
Zhao Miao was half convinced. He immediately felt Ruomu and sent a message to ask if she knew about this matter. Ruomu replied:
"I have never heard Lord Ji mention that before I came to this world, there were many powerful beings deep in the southern soil. I had no contact with them in the past, but they would not offend me."
"How much do you know about Lord Tunyan?" Zhao Shu asked again.
"Those magical creatures that eat ores?" Ruomu said with a hint of smile: "They are quite interesting. Although believers also worship them as gods, they actually use unrefined ores as offerings and excrete them from them. The refined metals are obtained from the excrement produced. I think they are more like special livestock raised by believers than gods."
Zhao Shu was slightly startled. This result was a bit unexpected, and then asked: "Did Lord Tunyan and Yanxi do any evil deeds that harmed innocent people? For example, they extorted offerings, demanded blood sacrifices, kidnapped young children and women, and caused natural disasters.
kind."
"I've never heard of what you're saying. At best, it's just crazy rock hoppers breaking into fields and villages to cause destruction, or rushing into mines to swallow minerals," Ruomu said.
Zhao Shu was speechless for a moment. The Rock Swallowing Lord and his heirs felt like a group of supernatural beasts. Their greatest harm was similar to that of ordinary beasts, and they had nothing to do with the likes of demons and gods.
Moreover, Ruomu had been rooted in the southern soil for thousands of years together with the Evergreen Sacred Tree, and he knew about the past of this place, which is quite credible circumstantial evidence.
"When you went to defeat the false gods, did you find that Lord Swallowing Rock was not evil?" Ruomu noticed Zhao Shu's doubts.
"Indeed, this makes me a little surprised." Zhao Shu said: "It's just that this group of demon gods originally lowered the star. If I hadn't been lucky enough to use the remaining laws and regulations to make the star return, I'm afraid that not only me, but millions of people would have died.
All living things will be wiped out."
"I vaguely know that the meteorite was originally going to fall deep in the southern soil. It was the punishment of the false gods for their evil deeds by the laws of this world. It's just that the false gods used some means to make the meteorite stay in the void for a long time.
Time, when it falls again, deviates from its original direction." Ruo Mu said.
"A natural disaster?" Zhao Shu actually knew this situation a long time ago, but now that he thinks about it, he understands it a little more.
According to what Jiang Yingke said, after Goddess Yuqing used her body to mend the sky, the laws of creation in this area also changed. The spirit of the Nantu Demon God conflicted with the creation of heaven and earth, thus causing disaster. But the problem is that they
He can actually delay the catastrophe that should have fallen on him, and even divert the direction of the catastrophe.
And Zhao Shui's ability to reverse the Buxing came from the remaining laws and regulations of the Tianxia Dynasty. And the laws and regulations set by the Zanli Official happened to be the perfection of the work of Goddess Yuqing to mend the sky, so Zhao Shui was the real one at the beginning.
In the sense of marching on behalf of heaven.
Perhaps the situation when he went to the altar to practice Dharma at Jianjiaguan and almost lost his soul was the moment when Zhao Shuli was closest to Goddess Yuqing to mend the sky with his body. No wonder Lingxiao had such a strong reaction and even dismissed the inheritance of the Praise Officer as a fallacy.
heresy.
Now the question is, which demon god caused that star? Zhao Mian asked Ruo Mu, but she didn't know.
Returning his mind to the relief stone wall again, Zhao Shu said to Lord Tunyan: "You claim to dare to face the method of searching for souls, aren't you afraid that I will take the opportunity to destroy the soul and destroy you physically and mentally?"
"Even if the Immortal doesn't take action, with my current appearance, how far away will I be from the physical and spiritual destruction?" Master Yan Yan said in a depressed tone: "The Immortal is willing to come, which is my only way to survive."
Zhao Shu could see that the current Rock Swallowing Lord really had no other way out. He came to beg for help, and perhaps it was also a last-ditch effort. If Zhao Shu wanted to kill him, he only had to use his great magic power to shatter the floating rocks in front of him, and then
By using the method to channelize the energy of the earth's veins, the rock-swallowing master can be completely wiped out.
"Okay, then you should accept it carefully." Zhao Shu pondered for a moment, then activated his magic power, and his whole body shone brightly, illuminating the relief stone wall with a dazzling aura.