The ancestor of all monsters in Shushan

In those days, Ruan Zheng, along with Laughing Monk, Shentu Hong and others, acted impulsively and accidentally killed a wandering immortal from overseas. They were spotted by Master Tulong, who put the immortal in a bag and sent him to Diaoaoji in the East China Sea to be given to Qi Shuming.

The dragon-slaying nun Shen Xiu was once arrested by Zen Master Xiaoyue based on the religious rules because of her excessive murderous nature. Immortal Changmei then expelled her from the sect and sent her to become a nun under the tutelage of Nun Xin Ru Shen.

This time Qi Shuming could not protect them and expelled them from the sect. They had to endure hardships outside for more than 80 years, especially Ruan Zheng, who had to reincarnate three times before he could return to the sect.

During these three lives, he sometimes recovered his memories, sometimes he did not, sometimes he and Mingshu loved each other, and sometimes he wanted to stay away from each other.

The vows of love that Sibi mentioned were from his previous life, or even the life before that. Now that he has fully recovered his memory, he is only thinking about his career as an immortal, and not about love affairs. Sibi was furious and locked him up here in a rage, intending to torture him to death.

When he saw Shi Zhu, he knew that he was the reincarnation of old man Kuzhu. He had great magical powers and was likely able to escape. However, the relationship between Emei Sect and Shi Feiyang was complicated, so he didn't dare to ask for help.

In fact, he was quite grateful to Old Man Kuzhu, because in his previous life, he helped Zhuge Jingwo go to the Tianwai Divine Mountain to kill Shi Feiyang, and Old Man Kuzhu personally helped him.

But now he has sealed his memories of his past life and does not acknowledge himself as Old Man Kuzhu, so I can’t go on with the discussion.

Shi Zhu looked at him and suddenly smiled. He looked around the various arrangements of the magic prison, looking for the key points of the formation, and said, "The torture you are suffering now is the most severe in the Ashura Sect. It is extremely difficult to endure. Ordinary people can't stand it. It's amazing that you can endure it until now. Why don't you ask me for help and cast a spell to relieve your pain?"

Ruan Zheng smiled bitterly: "I would like to ask for help from you, senior, but I am afraid that you would remember that I offended Master Yuanyang in the past. The matter is too complicated, I..."

Shi Zhu laughed: "You are worried that my master will remember the hatred, and I remember it on my behalf, so he won't save you, right? You really underestimate my current mentor!"

He held six pure bamboos in his hand, tapping them on the ground while saying, "Although I haven't fully recovered my memory, I also remembered a lot of things from my past life after being attacked by those two demons. Back then, we took advantage of Master's tribulation to go to the Heavenly Mountain to harm him. In terms of the severity of our attacks, I was more ruthless than you. But Master has never held a grudge against me? In this life, he has led me to the right path of Xuanmen.
He taught me the true teachings of Xuanmen, and not only patiently protected me in my reincarnation, but also saved me from many disasters and calamities, and even bestowed upon me such a precious treasure as the Xuanyuan Sword. On the one hand, my master's kindness was profound, and on the other hand, my master was broad-minded and not controlled by hatred. Although I am narrow-minded and was called "one of the two old monsters of the Great Wilderness Mountain" in my previous life, I have been taught by my master in this life, and it has changed..."

He saw the key to the formation clearly, suddenly stopped, turned around, raised the green bamboo and tapped Ruan Zhen several times, shooting out six green airs, breaking the magic that imprisoned Ruan Zheng, as well as the hook knife, golden spear and other objects that pierced Ruan Zheng's body.

"Plop!" Ruan Zheng fell from the wall and landed on the ground. There were several bloody holes on his body. He was sweating all over from the pain and couldn't get up for a while.

Although Shi Zhu was trapped in the magic prison, he was in a good mood: "I finally know why Master asked me to come to Divine Sword Peak. It turns out it was to save you!"

Ruan Zheng reluctantly sat up against the wall, his face full of surprise: "Why... to save me?"

Shi Zhu smiled and said, "Master, you have great magical powers. You must know that the matter with the old demon Shibi is irreversible. It is impossible that he asked me to come here from afar to deliver a letter just to let me fall into his trap. The old demon Shibi also had a purpose. He sent me here on purpose. He wanted to use me to take you away, and take his daughter away as well, so that she would have a way out in the future."

Ruan Zheng was even more puzzled: "Old Man Sibi asked you to take his daughter away as well?"

Shi Zhu nodded, but did not continue speaking.

Ruan Zheng looked at Shi Zhu with mixed feelings. He was one of the most respected seniors in his previous life, especially the one who helped him and Zhuge Jingwo go to the Tianwai Divine Mountain to slay the dragon and take revenge. Although they failed miserably in the end, he always remembered the other party's kindness.

Shi Zhu only had some memory fragments. After walking around the magic prison for a few times, he sat cross-legged in the middle of the prison. He did not enter into meditation to practice, but chatted with Ruan Zheng.

Ruan Zheng discovered that Shi Zhu's personality was really different. He became particularly sunny and cheerful, very friendly, talkative, and broad-minded. He was not like he was in the past. At that time, although the old man Kuzhu was approachable, he was condescending and always gave people a kind of invisible pressure, making people speak carefully, for fear that any words would offend the other party.

But now, he is like a big brother next door, as if he can say anything, no taboos, no big deal if he says something wrong, the other party will not be angry. He is especially proud of his master, and he will mention him at least once in ten sentences, and his tone is very proud.

The Emei sect is relatively reserved. Even though they are proud of their sect and their teachers, they do not always express their gratitude to their teachers.

It can be seen that he is truly grateful to Master Yuanyang from the bottom of his heart.

If the old man withered bamboo in the previous life looked like a young man with a gentle temperament, but he was already old and dry in his bones, and his heart was as dead as ashes. He was a real dead bamboo.

The bamboo in this life is a real new bamboo that has just grown, and it even has a tender bamboo shoot smell...

People are weak when they are alive, but strong when they die. Shi Zhu opened up and chatted with Ruan Zheng about what he had seen and heard around the world, about the cultivation of martial arts, and also asked him about the future world structure, what Qi Shuming and Li Yingqiong thought, and what the Emei Sect was planning.

Ruan Zheng answered all the questions he could.

After chatting for most of the day, Shi Zhu suddenly said, "What do you think I am doing here chatting with you?"

Ruan Zheng shook his head: "I don't know."

Shi Zhu tapped him with his bamboo stick: "Just waiting for your little lover."

Ruan Zheng didn't know what it meant, but soon, one wall of the magic prison began to fade, and the metal wall cracked in the middle, but the runes on it were flashing red, like hollow patterns with blood flames burning on them.

A young girl in red, with loose hair and bare feet, appeared outside. Six golden swords were nailed on her chest, three golden knives were nailed on her forehead, and she held a bloody bead in her hand. She cried outside, "Brother Ruan...Brother Ruan..."

Ruan Zheng was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly struggled to crawl over: "Ming...Princess, what are you doing?"

Ming Shu squatted down and stared at him across the burning blood-flame magic talisman: "I went to beg Daddy to let you go, but he refused and insisted on taking you as his son-in-law. I knew you would definitely not agree. He said that if you still don't agree, he would use the Shura Blood Flame to completely refine you, destroying you both physically and spiritually, woo woo..."

She looked at Ruan Zhen's body covered with bruises and bloody holes. She wanted to reach out her hand out of pain, but her fingers were burned by the blood flames and she pulled her hand back in pain.

Ruan Zheng sighed: "I have gone through several lifetimes and bravely pursued the path to immortality. This heart and this ambition have never changed. I have cultivated the Yang God with the authentic Xuanmen mental method. Your father's magic fire can only hurt me, but it cannot destroy my Yuan Shen..."

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"My father said that you are still one step away. Your soul has not yet achieved the Pure Yang state. You will definitely not survive for three years. After three years, you will turn into ashes."

Ruan Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "This is my calamity. As a disciple of the Emei Sect, I may have had it too easy in the past. Even if I were reincarnated, I would have been protected by my master... Now that I have reached this situation, it is time for me to suffer this calamity. In these three years, I will refine the last bit of Yin residue and attain Pure Yang, so that your father cannot kill me."

"But what if I can't? How can I practice while being tortured by the Shura Dharma day and night?"

"If I can't, I will be ashamed of my teacher's kindness in teaching me. Just let me turn into ashes!"

"Wuwu..." Ming Shu burst into tears again, "I don't want it. I want you to live well. Even if you don't want to be with me, you have to be well... Wuwu... Brother Ruan, I begged my father to let you go. He didn't listen. I swore to my natal god and devil that if he killed me, I would not live either! I would perish with you in body and soul! And I would never forgive him...

I risked my life to come here to see you for the last time. I will have to endure the three years of hardship when I go back to the sacrifice ceremony to the gods and demons. When you are free, I will be free. When you turn into ashes, I will turn into ashes at the same time. I want to open the magic prison and rescue you, but my father's magic power is too high, and my natal gods and demons can't open this magic prison..."

She was crying as she spoke, and she was very emotional. The blood on her forehead mixed with tears and flowed down, making her look extremely miserable.

"Why are you doing this!" Ruan Zheng did have feelings for her. After all, they were connected by fate for several lifetimes. However, he wanted to become a celestial being, and celestial beings cannot have lust, otherwise it would be difficult to cultivate the Yang Spirit.

Those lusts are the dark dregs in one’s heart.

Seeing Mingshu crying pitifully and thinking only of him, he felt heartbroken. He wanted to reach out and touch her, but was blocked by the magic blood flame.

Suddenly, he remembered what Shi Zhu had said before and turned to look at Shi Zhu. Shi Zhu was already meditating with his eyes closed, as if he had entered a state of concentration.

Ruan Zheng turned around, knelt down on both knees in front of Shi Zhu, and begged in pain: "Senior, you said before that you would save me and take her with you? Although I don't understand your deep meaning, I only ask you to help her and remove the gods and demons from her body..."

Shi Zhu opened his eyes. "He was willing to swear an oath to the gods and demons and sacrifice himself. What can I do? Even his father, as the leader of the Ashura Sect, who is ten times more skilled than me in magic, is helpless when faced with such a thing. In the whole world, the only one who can forcibly strip away the gods and demons is probably my master. There is no second one."

He asked Ming Shu: "What is your father doing now? I did a quick calculation in my mind, and it seems like he is fighting with someone?"

Ming Shu said: "My father had a dispute with his uncle, the Fire Spirit God. I don't know the details." (End of this chapter)