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

Chapter 640: From the Azure Sea in the Morning to Cangwu in the Evening! A mind-blowing experience that will shatter your worldview!
Zhi Qiu Yi Ye was indeed no match for the disguised Great Sun Tathagata, but that was not due to a lack of skill.

It should be noted that Zhi Qiu Yi Ye saw through the disguise of Pu Du Ci Hang as the Great Sun Tathagata; what he truly could not overcome was his own faith in gods and Buddhas.

However, this is also related to the great changes in the world where the Tao is declining and the demons are rising.

The vast majority of orthodox Xuanmen lineages rely on the method of defeating the younger generation to eliminate the older ones.

There are countless ancestral masters from major Xuanmen sects such as Kunlun, Maoshan, and Zhengyi who have become righteous gods in the Three Realms.

But precisely because of this, reverence for gods and Buddhas has become an insurmountable taboo for orthodox disciples of the Xuanmen sect.

Even though Zhi Qiu Yi Ye clearly knew that the Great Sun Tathagata incarnate as Pu Du Ci Hang was fake, his faith in gods and Buddhas prevented him from taking action, which ultimately led to his capture by Pu Du Ci Hang.

Even so, Pudu Cihang, whose strength had greatly diminished, was unable to defeat Zhi Qiu Yiye, and in the end, he still managed to live until Yan Chixia arrived.

In Luo Fu's eyes, the greatest value of Zhi Qiu Yi Ye was not his half-baked Kunlun Sect inheritance, but his understanding of the world behind it.

From the moment Luo Fu obtained the jade slip from the White and Green Serpents, this world no longer held much value for him.

He had already obtained the sword cultivation inheritance through Yan Chixia, and with the transmission of the Dao through the jade slip, it was only because of the great changes in the world, the decline of the Dao and the rise of the demons that he was able to do so. Otherwise, if it were a hundred years ago, the foundation that Luo Fu had now would have been enough for him to open up a powerful and orthodox lineage of the Xuanmen.

In this situation, the Kunlun Sect's inheritance in Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's hands is at best an added bonus.

Zhi Qiu Yi Ye had no idea that in just one glance, Luo Fu had seen through all of her secrets.

At this moment, he was secretly thrilled that he had been favored by a senior like Luo Fu.

After regaining his composure, he hurriedly bowed to Luo Fu and said, "Greetings, senior. I am a cultivator from the Kunlun Sect named Zhi Qiu Yi Ye. Senior has cultivated the sword cultivation lineage to such a level that you are probably only one step away from becoming an immortal."

To become an immortal and attain enlightenment?

Luo Fu raised an eyebrow.

Right now is the time when the Tao is declining and the demons are rising. At this time, if you try to become an immortal, aren't you just waiting to be besieged by all kinds of demons and monsters?

You must know that when the world undergoes a great change, even gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms have no choice but to reincarnate.

The current state of chaos in this world is such that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that demons are running rampant.

Despite being a disciple of the Kunlun Sect, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye possesses an optimistic personality.

This made Luo Fu wonder if he could really learn some secrets from this guy.

"Become an immortal?" Luo Fu scoffed, "As a disciple of the Kunlun Sect, don't you know that the world is currently in a time of decline for the righteous and rise for the demonic?"

Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, seemingly unconcerned, said, "Of course I know, but senior's cultivation and the sharpness of your sword energy, even from that distance, gave me the illusion that my entire body was chilled and my primordial spirit was almost injured by the sword energy. With your cultivation and strength, even if the Dao declines and the Demon rises, the Dao is still one foot higher than the Demon!"

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, Luo Fu thought to himself, "Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's death was truly not unjust."

Even without mentioning him, just considering his mentality, in today's world, he probably wouldn't have lived long even without encountering a compassionate guide.

Luo Fu asked curiously, "You have no idea what the decline of the Dao and the rise of the Demon really means. Didn't your Kunlun Sect predecessors warn you before you left the mountain?"

Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's expression instantly darkened, and he shook his head, saying, "Senior, you may not know this, but I am now the only successor left in my Kunlun Sect."

The once-powerful and orthodox sect of Xuanmen, Kunlun, is now reduced to a half-baked Zhi Qiu Yi Ye. While this may seem unexpected at first glance, it is also quite reasonable.

After all, in this era of declining Tao and rising demons, the more prestigious and righteous a sect is, the more likely it is to be targeted by all sorts of demons and monsters.

On the contrary, rogue cultivators like Yan Chixia, as long as they obediently hide in some deep mountain forest, live a more comfortable life than those from prestigious sects.

"So, you know nothing about the world today?" Luo Fu said with some disappointment.

“That’s not it?” Zhi Qiu Yi Ye shook his head frankly and said, “I only chose to go down the mountain after burying my master. Before he died, my master warned me that the Heavenly Dao has changed drastically, and it is time for our Xuanmen Sect to remain hidden and not use its power.”

"Then..." Luo Fu paused abruptly, a flash of inspiration striking his mind, and he instantly realized what was going on.

It's obvious that Zhi Qiu Yi Ye is disobedient.

It's a pity. Although we don't know what level his master was in the Kunlun Sect, we can be sure that since Zhi Qiu Yi Ye himself said that he was the only one left in the Kunlun Sect, it means that his master entrusted him with the responsibility of passing on the Kunlun Sect's lineage.

As for Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, his travels around the world clearly show that he has not taken the Kunlun Sect's legacy to heart.

His master chose the wrong person.

If Luo Fu had not appeared, and if Zhi Qiu Yi Ye had encountered Pu Du Ci Hang, the Kunlun Sect would have been completely severed from its lineage with his death. Even if someone else appeared in the future bearing the name of Yan Chi Xia and obtaining the Kunlun Sect's legacy left by Yan Chi Xia and Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, the Kunlun Sect would still not be able to resume its lineage.

A pity flashed through his mind for Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's master and the Kunlun Sect.

Zhi Qiu Yi Ye bumped into Luofu, but his luck wasn't much better.

If he were to encounter demons and monsters, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, as a disciple of the Xuanmen sect, would surely die. But if he were to encounter Luo Fu, he would not fare any better.

Even if Luo Fu doesn't target Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, as someone who inherits the Kunlun Sect's lineage, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye must also possess the righteous path's fortune. He's run into Luo Fu, this black hole of righteous fortune, and under the influence of fate, he'll naturally be pushed along. He'll either die at Luo Fu's hands, or, if he's with Luo Fu, he'll die at the hands of other demons and monsters. There's no way he'll survive.

Unless Luo Fu takes them into the Divine Might Space, there might be a glimmer of hope for them.

But just by looking at Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, who couldn't wait to go down the mountain and travel the world even though his master had been dead for an unknown but certainly not long time, you can tell that he was also an unruly fellow.

Expecting him to have any sense of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune is pointless; it's better to just wash up and go to sleep.

"Senior is really worried, will I encounter any demons or monsters?" Zhi Qiu Yi Ye said with a smug look on his face, "Thank you for your concern, senior, but I am the one who inherited the Kunlun Sect's lineage. Evil cannot prevail over good. Even if the righteous path is declining and the demonic path is rising, I do not believe that anyone can kill me."

All I can say is that Zhi Qiu Yi Ye is a typical example of someone who's just starting out, a complete naive newcomer.

Only when he truly witnesses that even the Buddha dares to impersonate the Universal Salvation Bodhisattva will he understand what the decline of the Way and the rise of the Demonic Path truly means.

A young man who is fearless like a newborn calf.

It's simply not something that Luo Fu could persuade in a few words.

If Zhi Qiu Yi Ye hadn't been facing Pu Du Ci Hang, a centipede demon who dared to impersonate the Great Sun Tathagata, she wouldn't have nearly lost her Dao heart.

What he needs now is not persuasion, but a shock that overturns his understanding and shatters his worldview.

But this is clearly not something that Luofu can provide at present.

In Luo Fu's mind, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye was probably someone with very little value.

Aside from possessing the secret techniques of the Kunlun Sect, he had virtually no value to Luo Fu. Even the Kunlun Sect's legacy he held was of little value to him.

Luo Fu glanced at Zhi Qiu Yi Ye with pity and said, "You'd better watch yourself."

The moment the words fell, sword light flickered around Luo Fu, and in the blink of an eye, his figure rose from the ground and flew towards the Western Regions.

Upon seeing this, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye couldn't help but gasp for breath and said, "Senior, senior, wait for me!"

"Ma li ma li hong, feng huo lei dian ling, zhui."

Her figure once again transformed into an illusion, perhaps because her recent exchange with Luo Fu had allowed Zhi Qiu Yi Ye to regain some of her magical power.

But Luo Fu's speed was far beyond his reach.

In just a few minutes, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye stumbled and fell straight to the ground.

Looking helplessly toward the Western Regions, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye said unwillingly, "As expected of a senior, traveling to the Azure Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening. With my current magic power, I simply cannot catch up."

He casually picked up a leather scroll map that seemed to be of unknown age.

After opening and looking at the map, and determining her location, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's eyes suddenly lit up. She pointed at the map for a moment, then quickly put it away and said confidently, "This direction leads to the Western Regions. Senior must have gone to the Western Regions. For someone as skilled as Senior to go there, could it be that some powerful demon is about to appear in the Western Regions? No, I have to go and see too."

Although he couldn't catch up with Luofu, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye cleverly used the map to figure out Luofu's purpose.

Furthermore, after leaving the mountain gate, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye had no particular purpose and was instead traveling the world.

If we can't catch up with Luofu, we'll head to the Western Regions.

Little did he know that Zhi Qiu Yi Ye would guess his purpose.

Riding the sword light, Luo Fu traversed the sky and soon landed outside a city in the Western Regions.

Looking at the weathered city walls, Luo Fu mingled directly with the passing merchants and entered the city.

Previously, he had sensed that the several reincarnated deities of the Three Realms who had suddenly disappeared one after another were located in the area of ​​this city.

Upon entering the city, Luo Fu sensed a faint, almost imperceptible, demonic aura.

Clearly, he's come to the right place.

His gaze swept around as he searched for demonic energy in Luofu, hoping to dig out the monster that had mingled with the city.

A girl wearing a felt hat approached Luo Fu from behind and asked, "Are you also a demon slayer?"

Following the sound, a sudden inspiration struck Luo Fu.

The faint, eerie aura emanating from the Western Regions, coupled with the girl in the felt hat before him, made Luo Fu immediately realize that he had stumbled into the world of Painted Skin.

But... in the story of Painted Skin, what kind of monster could find the reincarnation of a god from the Three Realms?
Could it be that beautiful nine-tailed fox?

"What are you standing there for?" The girl wearing the felt hat was Xia Bing, who came from a family of demon hunters.

When he saw that Luo Fu was silent and staring at him, he even showed a look of sudden realization.

Xia Bing asked with a puzzled look, "Are you a demon slayer?"

Coming to his senses, Luo Fu nodded vaguely and said, "I guess so."

Xia Bing's eyes lit up immediately, and she said, "Great! Let's cooperate then. Let me tell you, there's a monster in Jiangdu City that can rip out hearts. It's incredibly brutal, and eight people have already been killed in the city."

Seeing Xia Bing's solemn expression, Luo Fu couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Eight people?
Even if we include the five reincarnations of gods and Buddhas, there are only three victims in total.

Putting aside everything else, the tree demon Granny of Lanruo Temple is known for frequently sending her female ghosts to devour travelers who seek shelter at night.

Not to mention the Black Mountain Demon who occupies the City of the Wrongfully Dead in the Underworld. Just based on the brutality of his attacks, Luo Fu could not regard the demon who had only killed eight people as an opponent that needed to be taken seriously.

Sensing Luo Fu's attitude keenly, Xia Bing said unhappily, "You don't think I'm lying, do you? I'm telling the truth. This monster really has dug out the hearts of eight people in a row."

After a slight pause, Xia Bing pointed to the side towards the city gate and said, "Look for yourself, this is a notice posted by the Jiangdu Prince's Mansion."

That's right. In this world, Jiangdu City is not in Jiangnan, but in the western border region. It is an important town in the western region of the Great Zhou Dynasty and a necessary route for merchants.

Following the direction Xia Bing pointed, sure enough, there was a notice stamped with the official seal of the Jiangdu Prince's Mansion on the notice wall on one side of the city gate.

The notice was extremely simple and clear: it was about recruiting extraordinary people to solve the problem of the eight people who had been murdered in Jiangdu City.

Unexpectedly, in a remote and important border town, the deaths of only eight people required the royal palace to issue a public notice.

It's not that Luo Fu is cold-blooded; eight people are eight lives. But compared to the monsters Luo Fu had encountered before, what he was facing now was insignificant.

His gaze fell on Xia Bing, and Luo Fu asked, "Could it be that you've found some clues?"

Thinking that Luo Fu believed her, Xia Bing smiled awkwardly and said, "No, not at all."

Xia Bing's expression suddenly changed, and she said, "But I can tell you that this monster is no ordinary creature."

"Since there are no clues, why do you think this monster is powerful?"

Patting his baggage, Xia Bing said solemnly, "My ancestors were also demon slayers. They once encountered a demon fox and, with all their might, cut off one of its tails. This tail will keep twitching whenever it gets close to the demon fox."

Luo Fu knew a little about Xia Bing's situation.

But in his eyes, that mere fox demon, who needed human hearts to nurture her disguise, was not worth paying too much attention to.

"You mean, the fox demon's tail is in your baggage right now?"

“That’s right.” Xia Bing said proudly, “According to my ancestors’ records, that fox demon was a Nine-Tailed Fox, who was most skilled at bewitching people’s hearts. I suspect that the culprits who had their hearts ripped out in Jiangdu City were this Nine-Tailed Fox.”

Luo Fu had already given up on Xia Bing.

His purpose in coming to the Western Regions was not to get involved in the love-hate relationship between the fox demon and the King of Jiangdu.

From beginning to end, Luofu's purpose was very clear: to find clues about the death of the reincarnation of gods and Buddhas, to determine whether there were demons and monsters, and to find a way to find the reincarnation of gods and Buddhas.

(End of this chapter)