After the court meeting, Lin Ze left Chengtian Hall and walked to the side hall of Qiming Palace where Zhuang Zhou was.
After the completion of the Western Qin Palace, there were countless palaces with better conditions than the side halls of Qiming Palace, but for some unknown reason, Zhuang Zhou insisted on staying in the side halls of Qiming Palace and refused to move.
At first, Lin Ze would persuade Zhuang Zhou to move, but he gave up the idea after trying several times to no avail.
Since Zhuang Zhou "settled" in the side hall of Qiming Palace, the three Liekou Maitreya Ksitigarbha, centered on Zhuang Zhou, have always lived in Qiming Palace.
When Lin Ze walked into the side hall, he saw Zhuang Zhou discussing with the bandits as usual.
Lin Ze sometimes couldn't help but wonder what Zhuang Zhou and Lie Kou were talking about. They had been talking about this for more than a year, and he didn't know if the two had ever had the idea of coveting each other's body.
However, one thing Lin Ze can confirm is that Lie Kou clinging to Zhuang Zhou with all his face must have an ulterior motive.
Zhuang Zhou's behavior made Lin Ze a little confused. He looked like he couldn't bear to refuse because of his old feelings, but he also seemed to enjoy it.
For some reason, Lin Ze's visits to Qiming Palace have been decreasing over the past year, for fear of being misunderstood by the two as a third party.
So as soon as Lin Ze came, Zhuang Zhou asked: "Junior brother, why are you free to come here today?"
Lie Kou, who was sitting opposite Zhuang Zhou, chatting and laughing, suddenly changed his expression, glanced at Lin Ze expressionlessly, stood up and left silently.
Ever since Lin Ze scolded Li Kou for not being qualified to interfere in Taoist palace affairs a year ago, the relationship between the two had deteriorated sharply.
Lin Ze didn't know what Lie Kou was thinking. Anyway, he didn't have the slightest fondness for Lie Kou and didn't even bother to say hello when he met him.
Lie Kou had the same attitude and would leave automatically when he saw Lin Ze coming to see Zhuang Zhou.
It is worth mentioning that even though the relationship between the two was very tense, Lin Ze never took the initiative to drive Li Kou away, and Lie Kou shamelessly stayed in the Western Qin Palace.
When Lie Kou's footsteps were far away, Lin Ze chuckled and said, "Junior brother came uninvited, didn't he disturb him?"
Zhuang Zhou waved his hand to stir up a gust of wind, sent aside the teapot and cups used by Lie Kou, summoned another tea set, pointed to the seat where Lie Kou had been sitting, and said, "Junior brother, please sit down."
Lin Ze nodded slightly, and a breath of Taoism that belonged to him surged out of his body, dispelling the remaining aura of Lieutenant Commanders on the seat, and sat down with a calm expression.
Zhuang Zhou looked at this scene, shook his head slightly, and asked: "Junior brother, why do you come to me here?"
Lin Ze said with a smile on his face: "I would like to ask my senior brother a few things."
Zhuang Zhou seemed to have expected it, and said calmly: "Junior brother, if you want to ask anything, feel free to speak freely, brother will definitely know everything."
Lin Ze took a deep breath and said, "I dare to ask, senior brother, what is destiny and how can one obtain it?"
Zhuang Zhou frowned slightly when he heard this and said: "Junior brother was once the person who was destined to be destined by fate. Logically speaking, he should understand the destiny better than me, senior brother. Why do you have such doubts?"
Lin Ze sighed slightly and said with a melancholy look on his face: "To be honest with you, senior brother, I thought that as long as you rule the world and gather enough luck, you will naturally be favored by heaven and receive destiny."
"But now that my junior brother is known as the Human Emperor, he has unified the world for more than a year, and his luck is better than before, but there is no trace of destiny, so I have this question."
Zhuang Zhou looked thoughtful and said in an uncertain tone: "Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case."
Lin Ze looked at Zhuang Zhou quietly, waiting for his next answer.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhuang Zhou to say solemnly: "Junior brother, don't be impatient, let me make some calculations."
After Zhuang Zhou finished speaking, he took out three pieces of tortoise shell from his arms, threw them gently on the ground, closed his eyes and muttered something in his mouth.
After a while, Zhuang Zhou seemed to feel something. He suddenly opened his eyes and used the technique of looking at Lin Ze.
In an instant, a dazzling purple came into Zhuang Zhou's eyes.
Zhuang Zhou subconsciously rubbed his eyes to confirm that the rippling purple scene in front of him was not an illusion. He couldn't help but take a breath and look surprised. There could be a heavenly being with such strong luck?
What Zhuang Zhou didn't know was how much luck Lin Ze had harvested for him through his series of new policies.
Forced to suppress his inner wonder, Zhuang Zhou carefully looked at the luck cloud above Lin Ze's head, and then discovered something unusual.
At the core of the luck cloud above Lin Ze's head, an undetectable wisp of black energy loomed, showing no sign of dissipating.
"Is this the culprit? It seems somewhat similar to being possessed by a demon," this thought suddenly came to Zhuang Zhou's mind.
Zhuang Zhou hid his doubts in his heart and asked as if nothing had happened: "Junior brother, do you have any abnormal feelings on weekdays, such as being upset and having the urge to kill and destroy?"
Lin Ze thought for a while and said calmly: "No."
Zhuang Zhou saw that Lin Ze didn't look like he was lying, so he immediately dismissed the speculation that he was crazy and said, "Junior brother, stay still. I'm going to cast a spell to test."
"Um"
Lin Ze responded, holding his breath and concentrating, his heart still.
Upon seeing this, Zhuang Zhou's expression became solemn, and a saintly aura of great freedom and ease emerged from his body. Then he stretched out his right hand, pointed it into a sword, and inserted it into the cloud of luck above Lin Ze's head.
Luck is an illusory thing. If you are an ordinary saint, even if you can see the black energy, you may not be able to do anything about it.
Zhuang Zhou was different. He was good at transforming reality into reality, and almost instantly, he came into contact with that wisp of black energy.
This black energy was touched by Zhuang Zhou, and it immediately dissipated invisible, as if it had never appeared before.
But for a saint like Zhuang Zhou who stood at the pinnacle of the world, just touching him was enough.
Under Lin Ze's expectant eyes, Zhuang Zhou said solemnly: "Junior brother, there is still a hint of heaven's backlash in the cloud of luck."
Heaven's will strikes back?
Lin Ze thought for a moment and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Senior Brother should know that as early as a year ago, Junior Brother stole a large amount of luck in the Heavenly Realm through the Golden Register, eliminated the backlash of Heavenly Dao in one fell swoop, and successfully restored his cultivation.
, how could there still be remnants of Heaven’s backlash?”
"Furthermore, even if it was not completely eliminated at the beginning, junior brother's luck has increased greatly this year, why shouldn't there be any trace left?"
Zhuang Zhou said calmly: "Junior brother, don't panic, let me explain a thing or two."
Lin Ze looked calmly and said, "Senior brother, please clarify my doubts."
Zhuang Zhou leisurely said: "One year ago, junior brother did two major things. One was to use his destiny and unparalleled combat power to cause the fall of four heavenly beings in the third realm."
"Second, Wei and Emperor Qin teamed up to plot against the Confucian Sage Buddha and Uncle Tongtian, causing the three saints to lose their holy status and fall into the realm of gods and humans."
"Because four heavenly beings in the third realm fell, my junior brother's destiny was shattered and his luck was emptied. He almost died from the backlash of heaven. It was not until he stole many heavenly realm fortunes that he was able to escape from the desperate situation."
"Junior brother, you missed one point. Saints are the existences that are tacitly approved by Heaven. You calculated against the Buddhist Confucian Sage and Uncle Tongtian, causing them to lose their holy status. How could they not be counterattacked by Heaven?"
"Now, junior brother is unable to obtain destiny naturally because of this. By the way, junior brother's current state is more appropriate to be called a saint's curse than a backlash from heaven."
Lin Ze pondered for a moment and did not worry about whether Zhuang Zhou's words were true or false. Instead, he asked, "Senior Brother, how can I break this saint's curse?"
Zhuang Zhou thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, there are only three methods. One is that the junior brother sets up an altar to worship heaven and prays to heaven to eliminate the curse. The method of worshiping heaven seems simple, but in fact it is difficult to satisfy people.
As one wishes."
"Second, when the Confucian Sage Buddha and Uncle Tongtian ascend to the holy throne again, the curse will naturally dissipate. This method is equally simple, but if the Confucian Sage Buddha returns to the saint realm, it will be difficult not to take revenge on the junior brother."
After talking about the two methods, Zhuang Zhou seemed to have some scruples and suddenly became silent, not wanting to say the third method.
Lin Zeke couldn't care less and quickly asked: "What is the third method?"
Zhuang Zhou looked at Lin Ze's somewhat complicated expression, sighed slightly and said: "Third, if you don't do one thing or the other, don't stop, eradicate the roots of the Buddhist Confucian sage and Master Tongtian."
"At that time, the curse will suddenly break out, causing the junior brother to lose a lot of luck, but it will not be as incurable as it is now."