Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 617 Am I, Luo Fu, the Protagonist? An NPC Who Brings Opportunities to the Protagonist!

Yan Chixia is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding martial arts masters in the world.

Even the thousand-year-old centipede demon in the capital who attempted to devour the dynasty's destiny and transform into a dragon, was defeated by him with the help of a half-baked Zhi Qiu Yi Ye.

But now, his death is not so simple.

Or rather, Yan Chixia's death was not of his own volition.

He was like a character on a stage, rehearsing according to a script, dying in front of Luofu in a way that subverted logic and normal thinking.

Luo Fu harbored no hatred towards Yan Chixia; in fact, due to his impressions from his past life, he felt quite favorably towards him.

But he could only watch Yan Chixia's death with indifference.

Because when Yan Chixia was fighting desperately, he had already realized that what truly led Yan Chixia to do this was not his own subjective will, but the driving force of the Heavenly Dao.

Just like under a great calamity, amidst the entanglements of cause and effect, even a great immortal would be blinded by the calamity's aura and make all sorts of irrational decisions.

Yan Chixia followed the same principle, but his resolute actions were not caused by the aura of calamity.

Rather, it was the last struggle that occurred after a long period of a hundred years, following a great change in the natural order, that ultimately manifested in Yan Chixia.

To be precise, it should be placed on the sword case.

To paraphrase a novel, Yan Chixia received the sword box and the sword immortal's inheritance, so he had his own karma and destiny.

This is a tightly woven web of cause and effect, where a single action can have far-reaching consequences, and the logic of cause and effect is as subtle as a hidden thread.

Without Luofu, Yan Chixia, having obtained the sword box, would have secluded himself at Lanruo Temple to cultivate, first dealing with the Tree Demon Granny, and then, at Ning Caichen's invitation, going to the capital to resolve the Pudu Cihang issue.

Thus, Yan Chixia's fate came to an end, and the sword box would fall into the hands of the reincarnation of Zhi Qiu Yi Ye many years later, who would also inherit the name of Yan Chixia.

To become the second Yan Chixia.

Whether it's Yan Chixia, Zhi Qiu Yiye, or even Zen Master Baiyun, Fahai, and so on, they are all examples of the great Dao of Heaven and Earth struggling almost instinctively after a sudden and tremendous change a hundred years ago.

This is not a reaction based on rational thinking, but a kind of Tao and principle from the origin of the universe, just like the interaction of forces.

If the universe is a constantly moving object, then any force applied to this object will be met with a reaction force.

The Three Realms are undoubtedly heading in the direction of the decline of Tao and the rise of Demons, but this does not mean that Tao will disappear into thin air in an instant.

Reversal is the movement of the Tao, weakness is the function of the Tao!

The greatest truths are the simplest, and the easiest things are the hardest to grasp.

Amidst the changes in the laws of the universe, Luo Fu's sudden emergence, whether due to his own subjective will or that of figures like Yan Chixia and Zen Master Baiyun, even without any subjective intention, led to his appearance.

However, within the workings of the laws of Heaven and the web of cause and effect, Luo Fu will also passively become a huge variable between good and evil.

Having shared the abilities of fifteen different worlds, Luofu itself is like a giant magnet, exerting a strong magnetic force on this world.

The forces of good and evil, like iron filings with a certain magnetism, are passively and uncontrollably attracted to Luofu.

Yan Chixia was merely a victim in this process of attraction.

The iron filings that truly attracted Luofu were not him, but the sword case that symbolized the righteous path of heaven and earth that he obtained.

Yes.

At this moment, Yan Chixia's death is like an NPC in a story script actively offering an opportunity to the protagonist.

In some stories, the NPCs who provide the opportunity live; in others, they die.

Yan Chixia is the latter.

Regardless of the fate of the NPC Yan Chixia.

In this intersection of fate and cause and effect, the sword box once again became ownerless and fell into Luo Fu's hands. This was the inevitable result of the turmoil in the Heavenly Dao that lasted for a hundred years. Yan Chixia's death was not even a cause.

Luo Fu knew that his appearance would inevitably have a huge impact on the world.

But the fact that Yan Chixia died in front of him in this way, driven by the laws of nature and destiny, was still somewhat unexpected for Luo Fu.

With a soft sigh, Luo Fu conjured planks in the air, wrapping Yan Chixia's corpse in them. The planks quickly grew into a coffin.

As the earth trembled, the coffin containing Yan Chixia's body was quickly buried deep underground.

At least in Luo Fu's mind, there was still some lingering impression of Yan Chixia from his previous life.

Even if it were under the dictates of Heaven's will, and he died in such an absurd way before his eyes, Luo Fu would not allow Yan Chixia's body to be left to rot in a desolate temple.

It's one thing to not be able to hold a funeral for the other person, but they should at least be laid to rest.

In the blink of an eye, the burial of Yan Chixia was completed.

Luo Fu strolled over to the sword box.

The instant his hand touched the sword case.

A sudden realization flooded into Luo Fu's consciousness.

A sword cultivation method that blends Taoism and Buddhism appeared before Luofu's eyes.

This includes Yan Chixia's inheritance of techniques such as borrowing the universe, sword control, and the Qimen flying armor.

In the hands of the future man who inherited Yan Chixia's name, the valve armor was used in all sorts of amazing ways.

The sword case can be transformed into various types of armor, each with its own unique function.

The only thing missing is the ability to control the wind and fire divine weapons as if they were laws, which is the legacy of the future Yan Chixia and the present Kunlun Sect's Zhi Qiu Yi Ye.

Just as Luo Fu had received the inheritance of the sword box.

Suddenly, a strange, male-female, and extremely eerie laugh came from the back mountain.

"Hahaha... Yan Chixia, you old Taoist priest, today you are dead and gone, and no one can stop Grandma anymore."

Accompanied by a frenzied roar, the earth suddenly trembled.

The coffin, which had been buried underground in Luofu, suddenly burst out of the ground, driven by tree roots. The tree roots nimbly supported the coffin and carried it towards the back mountain.

Luo Fu's face immediately darkened.

Yan Chixia's death can only be described as a matter of fate and serendipity.

But now, right in front of Luo Fu, the Tree Demon Granny has dug up the coffin that Luo Fu himself had just used to bury Yan Chixia. This is somewhat provoking Luo Fu.

With a leap, Luo Fu gracefully headed towards the back mountain.

The sword box that originally belonged to Yan Chixia now seemed to be attached to Luo Fu's back like a divine weapon.

Arriving first, they snatched Yan Chixia's coffin back from the tree roots, ahead of the Tree Demon Granny.

Luo Fu gazed at the lush green mountains behind the mountain and said, "Tree demon, come out."

A human face suddenly appeared on an ancient tree of unknown age.

"Sir, we have no enmity between us. Now that Yan Chixia is dead, I just want to vent my anger. I didn't betray you to Master Heishan. If you do me this favor, we'll go our separate ways from now on. How about it?"

The Tree Demon Granny was indeed someone who had sided with the Black Mountain Demon. In fact, she could be considered the Black Mountain Demon's representative on Earth.

But this does not mean that the Tree Demon Granny was truly loyal to the Black Mountain Demon.

To some extent, the relationship between the Tree Demon Granny and the Black Mountain Demon is a typical example of outward harmony but inner discord.

The Tree Demon Granny needs to rely on the Black Mountain Demon's power to intimidate her. Although he is strong, he needs a powerful backer to intimidate her because of his true form.

The same goes for the Black Mountain Demon. They complement each other, but to say that they are truly loyal to each other would be to overestimate the limits of these demons and monsters.

To please the Black Mountain Demon, the Tree Demon Granny had to provide him with one of her concubines every so often.

These so-called concubines were in fact nothing more than tributes.

As a powerful figure in the underworld who occupies the City of the Wrongfully Dead, how could the Black Mountain Demon lack a mere female ghost?
This offering served as a channel for communication between the Black Mountain Demon and the Tree Demon Granny.

The symbolic meaning far outweighs the event itself.

This may also be due to the inherent flaws in the Black Mountain Demon's physical form.

As a powerful figure in the underworld, the Black Mountain Demon's strength is severely affected in the mortal realm. It's manageable at night, but once the sun shines brightly during the day, the weakening of the Black Mountain Demon can reach its extreme.

This mutual complementarity, despite their significant flaws, is the reason why the Black Mountain Demon and the Tree Demon Granny have been able to avoid conflict for so many years.

But now, the methods that Luo Fu has shown are something that the Tree Demon Granny has to be wary of.

The stalemate between Yan Chixia and the Tree Demon Granny can be attributed to two factors: firstly, Yan Chixia is indeed difficult to deal with; secondly, it is also possible that Yan Chixia possesses the ability to communicate between Yin and Yang.

As for Luo Fu, he was practically a Yan Chixia enhanced to an unknown degree.

He was able to personally travel to the underworld and escape from the Black Mountain Demon.

This alone is enough to make the Tree Demon Granny wary, not to mention that Luo Fu also possesses the Wood Escape Technique, which has the essence of warding off evil and masculinity.

Compared to other methods, this method, which is similar to the Tree Demon Granny's true form, is what the Tree Demon Granny is most wary of and fears.

Unfortunately, Luo Fu showed no mercy to the tree demon.

Now that Yan Chixia is dead, although on the surface Luofu is the culprit behind Yan Chixia's death.

But now that Yan Chixia is dead, Luofu no longer needs to distinguish between good and evil. The Tree Demon Granny, who has been locked in a stalemate with Yan Chixia for so long, should naturally come to an end.

His gaze locked onto the human face on the tree trunk.

Luo Fu suddenly sprang up and slammed his palm into the tree trunk.

Accompanied by the eerie screams of the Tree Demon Granny, which were neither male nor female, neither old nor young, came the sound of death.

The ancient tree, whose age was unknown, suddenly appeared as if it had burned out from within.

In just a few breaths, a towering tree turned into dust.

However, such an attack was clearly insufficient to completely kill the Tree Demon Granny.

After her screams, the tree demon grandmother clearly hid even deeper.

The sound seemed to come from all directions, making it impossible to tell where he was.

This is normal, after all, the foundation of the Tree Demon Granny lies in the underground roots that have grown to an unknown extent. As long as these roots remain, even if the tree trunk above ground is burned to a crisp, it can still rise again.

Now that Luo Fu has taken over, he certainly won't leave any hidden dangers behind.

“Boy, do you really want to fight me to the death? You offended the Black Mountain Demon, but I’ve already shown you leniency by not reporting you to Lord Black Mountain. Don’t be ungrateful.”

Luo Fu was too lazy to waste words.

To deal with a troublesome monster like the Tree Demon Granny, the only way is to uproot her completely.

But the Tree Demon Granny has grown for a thousand years, and although her lair seems to be only in this Lanruo Temple, in reality, her roots probably fill the entire underground of Jinhua.

Such a monster is not so easy to eradicate completely.

His eyes instantly turned crimson, and a crack appeared between his brows.

From Luofu's unique perspective, with its three eyes open, the seven emotions and six desires of the world seem to have transformed into directly observable entities.

In his line of sight, the entire Lanruo Temple, and the surrounding area for an unknown distance, was a crimson color symbolizing anger.

This is clearly not something that the anger of ordinary living beings could accomplish.

Only the Tree Demon Granny.

Look at the area covered by this crimson, angry color. It's not just Jinhua; it probably extends far beyond Jinhua, having been completely eroded by the Tree Demon Granny over the course of thousands of years.

Above ground lies the Jiangnan region, but beneath, roots and tendrils crisscross.

Even Luo Fu felt a sinking feeling in his heart upon seeing such a scene.

It's not that the Tree Demon Granny's roots grew so extensively that Luofu couldn't do anything about her.

Rather, the roots of the Tree Demon Granny grow within a vast area on the ground where an extremely large number of living beings reside.

If the Tree Demon Granny is truly pushed to the brink, she might threaten all living beings in the entire Jinhua region and even the entire area within her roots when faced with a life-or-death crisis.

After a moment of hesitation, a sudden flash of inspiration struck Luo Fu, and he came up with a solution.

A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Luo Fu quickly located a root of the tree demon.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to burrow underground to deal with the tree demon's roots.

Instead, they chose the portion that originated from the ground.

Although the area around Lanruo Temple appears to be lush and verdant, over 90% of the underground vegetation has been invaded by the Tree Demon Granny, a manifestation of the Tree Demon Granny's substitution of one thing for another.

To outsiders, this approach certainly made it more difficult to deal with him.

But it's different for Luofu.

In particular, Luo Fu came up with an excellent way to deal with the Tree Demon Granny.

The moment Luo Fu arrived in front of this big tree.

The Tree Demon Granny also retaliated by revealing a ferocious face emerging from the tree bark.

Her facial features contorted, and her mouth opened and closed as she said, "Boy, I don't know your background, but I'm not just a name without substance. If you hand over Yan Chixia's corpse now, I might let you go. Otherwise, once I report you to Lord Black Mountain, I don't believe you can withstand the combined efforts of me and Lord Black Mountain!"

"Do you think I'm afraid of the Black Mountain Demon?" Luo Fu said with a strange expression. "I can come and go freely in the underworld, so what can the Black Mountain Demon do to me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Fu suddenly radiated a light as bright as the sun.

At first, the tree spirit was quite startled.

But soon she discovered that the light emanating from Luo Fu not only did not harm him in the slightest, but actually caused his strength to increase out of thin air.

This light was more nourishing to her vegetation than sunlight.

(End of this chapter)