Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

Even when he was in a desperate situation, Yuanshi Tianzun had no intention of compromising.

He left no way out for Jiang Lu, nor did he leave any way out for himself.

He put everything on the table and stated bluntly that even if Jiang Lu stopped suppressing him for the sake of Queen Mother of the West, he would not change his mind.

His purpose from the beginning to the end was to open the door and go to the forbidden land.

In other words, he was negotiating terms with Jiang Lu.

Either he is prevented from opening the door, but the price is that Queen Mother of the West will never be able to be resurrected; or he is given freedom and time to study how to resurrect Queen Mother of the West, but at the same time he will continue to try to open the door. Then everything Jiang Lu has done before, including the sacrifice of Queen Mother of the West, will be in vain.

If you give in once, you are at a disadvantage. This sets a precedent, and the same thing will be repeated over and over again.

First, he gained freedom, then he resurrected a puppet, opened the door, and then found a way to resurrect the real Queen Mother of the West.

That means the initiative is in the hands of the other party. Coupled with the sunk cost effect and the idea of ​​"since it's already happened, why not?", Jiang Lu can almost foresee such an endless and tedious tug of war.

No matter what choice he made, the result would be unacceptable to him.

From a rational point of view, the first option is of course the safest. After all, even if he lets Yuanshi Tianzun go, he may not be able to perfectly resurrect the Queen Mother of the West. So far, all he has written are just blank checks. Who knows if he can really find a way to resurrect her?
But Jiang Lu just couldn't be rational.

The Queen Mother of the West must be resurrected, but there must be no contact between the Three Pure Realms and the outside world.

So, this became a train dilemma for him.

On one side is the Queen Mother of the West, and on the other side is the Three Pure Ones. One of them will always become the victim, so what should be chosen?
If Jiang Lu was strong enough, he would certainly be able to give Yuanshi Tianzun freedom without any scruples and let him play on his own with confidence and boldness. Anyway, no matter what conspiracies and tricks there were, they would be futile in the face of absolute power.

But the problem is that Jiang Lu is not that powerful. He was only able to defeat Yuanshi Tianzun by chance thanks to the legacy of Queen Mother of the West and the surprise attack. The same situation might not have such an effect if it happened again. Not to mention that Yuanshi Tianzun would be more cautious after suffering a great loss, and might even abandon the few principles he had.

He could even make the Queen Mother of the West step back a little, not to mention those moral principles that seemed even more insignificant in comparison. He had gone mad and there was nothing he could not do.

By that time, Yuanshi Tianzun will be more difficult to deal with than he is now.

There is no need to think too much. When they fight again, he will definitely have more means and get rid of more weaknesses until he is impeccable and Jiang Lu will not be able to find an opportunity to take advantage of.

If it were someone else, Jiang Lu would be confident. He would feel at ease and take it for granted: As the saying goes, if I can beat you once, I can beat you a second time, because my progress will be faster than yours.

But facing Yuanshi Tianzun, he did not have such confidence.

He is different from everyone Jiang Lu has ever met, and is the only genius recognized by Jiang Lu besides himself. As for the other one, it is Nyarlathotep.

The two are equally unpredictable, and one can never tell their true thoughts. However, they have immeasurable strength, just like an abyss with no bottom. They both put Jiang Lu under tremendous pressure during the confrontation.

Just like now that Yuanshi Tianzun's fate is in the hands of others, he can quickly find ways to try to take the initiative back into his hands, causing great trouble to Jiang Lu.

Jiang Lu was not sure he could defeat such an opponent a second time.

Just as he said to the Queen Mother of the West, in terms of strength, he might be able to fight Yuanshi Tianzun on equal terms, but if other factors were taken into account, that might not be the case.

This is a terrifying opponent who is good at using everything to achieve his own goals. He is completely different from Jiang Lu, a man with no bottom line who can't walk when he sees a woman. If the opponent is a beautiful woman, it is not impossible for him to defect and join the opponent after weighing the pros and cons.

Looking at Yuanshi Tianzun's calm eyes, Jiang Lu was not surprised at all. He was now thinking about how to quickly regroup if he let him go, and how to master more means and eliminate more weaknesses in the next confrontation.

"You really are not sure, right?" Yuanshi Tianzun saw that Jiang Lu had not made a decision for a long time, and smiled and pointed out: "If you are confident enough, you should not mind taking a gamble."

"Don't you really have no other choice?
AIDS attacks your immune system, and the rejection effect is almost ineffective, so I easily took over your body. You can't take it back, and you can't fight these poisons. You want to gamble with me because you really have no other choice.

It's good to be cornered, you only need to think about how to overturn the gambling table, but for someone like me who has no need to gamble with you, I have to think about a lot more."

Jiang Lu retorted, then shook his head and added:
"Besides, I don't usually gamble or take drugs."

"Haha, just don't mention Huang?"

Yuanshi Tianzun did not refute, but just complained lightly, then closed his eyes and left the time to Jiang Lu.

Jiang Lu was struggling internally.

As a winner, even if he paid a huge price, there was really no need for him to increase the bet.

If you raise the stakes again, not only will everything you have on hand be lost, you may even have to pay a higher price.

He turned around, looked at the people in the distance, waved, and called them over.

Dong Wanggong's expression became a little distressed: "You are still young and can't make up your mind about many things? It doesn't matter, uncle is here to help you."

After saying that, he was the first to fly over.

The others looked around and followed him.

As soon as he arrived in front of Jiang Lu, Dong Wanggong squatted down and stretched out his hand.

He wanted to shake hands with Jiang Lu at first, but seeing that Jiang Lu had no intention of doing so, he thought that Jiang Lu was shy, so he shook the hand of the Queen Mother of the West behind Jiang Lu instead.

"Don't be afraid, your uncle is here. If you have any questions, you can ask me. Your uncle will be your strongest support."

He smiled and nodded to Jiang Lu, then glanced at Yuanshi Tianzun and spat:
"Scumbag!"

Jiang Lu felt complicated and couldn't help but ask in his heart: What idiot?
Yuanshi Tianzun laughed mercilessly.

Duke Dong Wanggong was so worried about his sister's death that he had no place to vent his anger. Seeing that Yuanshi Tianzun was in a desperate situation and had no ability to resist, he did not know how to restrain himself. He immediately ignored the brotherhood and rushed forward with a roar, fighting with Yuanshi Tianzun's head.

"Jiang Jianglu?" Hong Yi called softly.

Although she was the first person to discover that this monstrous baby was Jiang Lu, when she really got in front of him, she was a little hesitant to recognize him.

Fortunately, Jiang Lu nodded: "It's me."

He looks the same as the old Jiang Lu, not much has changed, except that he is less cynical and more serious.

Hong Yi finally couldn't bear it anymore, she knelt on the ground and started crying while hugging Jiang Lu who was less than half a meter away.

"I thought."

"It's okay. It's okay." Jiang Lu stretched out his hand to touch Hong Yi's head, but found that his arm was not long enough. No matter how hard he stretched it, he could only reach his ears. He had no choice but to use the hand of Queen Mother of the West behind him to do it.

The scene was really weird. What should have been a warm and happy scene turned out to be like some evil ritual.

But those who truly love Jiang Lu will not care what he uses to touch his head and face.

Xuannv, who had lost her master, now regarded him as her only support. Lu Qing, who had recovered his lost master, could not help herself and they also rushed up to him.

Even though they all took Jiang Lu's height into consideration and knelt on the ground to hug him, after all, the shortest of the three was 1.7 meters tall, and half of her body was still much taller than Jiang Lu, which caused Jiang Lu to be squeezed by the three pairs of surging waves and it was a bit hard to breathe.

"It's a bit curious." After watching for a while, Ah Yin commented: "It feels like Xiao Ma drove a big car and accidentally entered Cthulhu's channel."

In his opinion, if Jiang Lu with an exoskeleton was smaller, he would really look a bit like a facehugger.

The Lord of Morality stepped forward and asked, "Is it over?"

"It's not completely over yet." Jiang Lu shook his head: "There is still a big problem. The Queen Mother of the West has not been resurrected yet."

Hearing this, Xuannv's body trembled violently, and Jiang Lu felt something pinching his right cheek.

"Master, can she be resurrected?"

She looked at Jiang Lu ecstatically: "Do you have a solution?"

"It's not me who has it, it's Yuanshi Tianzun who has it." Jiang Lu sighed.

After hearing this, everyone looked at Yuanshi Tianzun at the same time, and then frowned.

I saw that Dong Wanggong's body was covered with Yuanshi Tianzun's hair, and he was tied up with his hands behind his back, unable to move. The more he struggled, the tighter the restraints became, making him breathe heavily, and occasionally he could not help but groan in pain.

"Even if you are like this now, it will be easy for me to deal with you." Yuanshi Tianzun had a blank expression on his face.

The confidence that was almost overflowing was not like that of a man with only a head left. Jiang Lu had no doubt that, not to mention his hair, even his nose hair or armpit hair could beat Dong Wanggong.

"It's not fair! I was careless and didn't dodge! I want a rematch!" Dong Wanggong's face was almost purple from being strangled, but he still refused to admit defeat: "Old man, do you dare to try again?"

But unexpectedly, Yuanshi Tianzun sneered and actually let Dong Wanggong go.

Just when Dong Wanggong had just escaped from the trap, a towering tree emitting an ancient and wild aura suddenly appeared behind him.

He looked down from a high place, and his temperament seemed to have suddenly changed into that of a different person, as if he himself was a sacred tree that had survived from ancient times to the present and had witnessed many changes in the world.

"This child can only have one uncle! That's me, the King of the East! I will make him the greatest King of the West!" he said righteously.

The corners of Jiang Lu's mouth twitched as he muttered, "I'm really going to fuck you to death."

Dong Wanggong didn't hear it. He just looked at himself, glaring at Yuanshi Tianzun and pointing at Jiang Lu:
"Watch out, nephew, because what's coming next is going to be awesome!"

Subsequently.

Boom!
Yuanshi Tianzun smashed Dong Wanggong and his proud image to pieces with a headbutt.

Dong Wanggong was knocked unconscious on the spot and fell to the ground, sprawled out like a dead dog on the side of the road, just like his humorous life as a god.

After doing all this, Yuanshi Tianzun closed his eyes again, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

"Well, are you sure you have completely suppressed him?" Daode Tianzun looked at Jiang Lu: "It was not so easy for me to subdue Dong Wanggong."

"I can only say that he is no longer a threat to me and cannot escape from my grasp. But as for you, I can only say that even though he only has a head left, he is still the second strongest person after me."

Jiang Lu explained, then paused and asked, "Did you just use the word 'subdue'?"

“Ah, um.” The Lord of Morality avoided his gaze.

He accidentally spoke the truth.

"Anyway."

Jiang Lu brought the topic back again:
“Although he can revive the Queen Mother of the West, he can only revive her physical body. She is just a tool for opening doors with an empty shell but no soul. If he wants to revive her with her heart, he can’t do it now.

So there are two choices before us. First, give up the Queen Mother of the West."

“No!” Before the words were finished, Xuannv was the first to stand up and deny: “Master must be resurrected!”

"Even if she comes out, will it be difficult for you to have the opportunity to hug me again?" Jiang Lu asked.

"That's right!" Xuannv said without hesitation: "Even if I'm just a dowry maid, I want Master to be resurrected!"

The Lord of Morality frowned and said, "Isn't this incest?"

"Then it's the second option." Jiang Lu's voice suddenly became serious: "That is, we need to give him freedom and give him enough time to find a way to revive both the body and the heart. But he also said that he will never give up opening the door."

"That's not right." Daode Tianzun shook his head. "Even with only his head left, he still has such power. If he is allowed to go free, he will definitely become an even more terrifying enemy than he is now. Are you sure you can defeat him next time without Queen Mother Xi?"

"I'm not sure." Jiang Lu said bluntly, "I'm even getting weaker now. When the remains of Queen Mother of the West completely dissipate and all her divine power is lost, I may only be able to suppress him with difficulty. I can't guarantee that I will improve faster than him."

"That's it."

The Lord of Morality pursed his lips and said seriously:
"Now, for the Three Pure Ones, this is already the best ending. Even if the Queen Mother of the West cannot be resurrected, she has already gained a good reputation that will last forever. Perhaps we here will feel sad because we have lost such a friend or lover, but
But the Three Pure Realms really can’t stand any more trouble.”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone fell silent.

What the Lord of Morality said is very objective and realistic. Even if everyone has very strong personal emotional intentions now, is it really worth it to gamble everything for an illusory blank check?
Who knows whether what Yuanshi Tianzun said is true or false?
But if it ends here, I would really be unwilling to accept it.

At this moment, Dong Wanggong, who was like a dead dog, shook a little, and suddenly jumped up from the ground with a somersault.

"That was a good move just now. It actually made me black out and faint for a moment. But if you think that this will make me willingly give up my position as uncle, you are wrong. Come on, let's start the second round!"

He charged at Yuanshi Tianzun again.

Jiang Lu couldn't help but ask: "He didn't think he was just knocked unconscious for a moment, did he?" (End of this chapter)