From the end of the world

Chapter 622 The Man Who Saves the World
After returning to my residence at Luoshan headquarters, I saw Xiaowan waiting there as if he had predicted the future.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng, you must be injured." She said in a soft voice, "I will treat you."

The previous battle with the three demons was probably known to the whole world. Xiaowan could easily guess that I was involved in it and knew that I had experienced a world-shaking battle.

Besides her, Ma Zao and Lu Chan were also waiting here. Ma Zao was probably following Xiao Wan, while Lu Chan probably made the same guess as Xiao Wan, wanting to know the whole story from me.

I briefly explained what had happened before. Lu Chan showed a shocked expression and murmured, "I knew... I knew something very serious must have happened, but... I didn't expect that the world almost entered the doomsday era just now, and human civilization narrowly escaped destruction..."

Then, he looked at me again and again, and then said, "In other words... you and Fa Zheng saved the world together?"

"—save the world?"

Hearing this key word, Ma Zao perked up.

"It is also thanks to Master Gua Tianshi and Jian Feixian. Otherwise, even if Fa Zheng and I destroyed the three big demons, we would not be able to save anything." I said.

“But if you and Fa Zheng were not there, the three-headed demon would definitely bring the world to doomsday.” Lu Chan sighed.

Whether it will really turn out like that is, after all, a hypothetical question and cannot be said with absolute certainty, but at least the Gospel House is likely to be intending in this way.

Lu Chan planned to leave soon. The battle that destroyed the second-tier city on the east coast must have caused great turmoil in Luoshan. He quickly grasped the truth and had some work to deal with as soon as possible. Our own gods saved the world - this alone has a huge propaganda value. I don't care much about this, but he is quite enthusiastic.

Before leaving, he also reported some additional news that was of concern.

"Regarding the flesh and blood of the Great Demon Xuanwu," he said, "I have consulted some experts who are good at refining elixirs. Sorry, they all said that they could not process that material, and they all agreed that only the Water Master Xuanwu could refine it into an effective elixir."

This result was expected, and I was not surprised. He continued, "I am currently searching for his whereabouts, but there are not many useful clues. There are many possibilities, but none of them can be confirmed. After all, this is a man that countless Xuanming believers have been unable to track down in the past. It is a nearly impossible task to rely on our intelligence network to find him in a short period of time. However..."

"But?" I asked.

"Among those clues and possibilities, there is a group of clues that point to the fact that he may have recently gone to the southern city surrounded by barriers and sea of ​​fire where Xuanming and the Taoyuan Township Lord had a conflict." Lu Chan looked at me, "You had a conflict with Xuanming not long ago, so you should be planning to go to that conflict zone in the near future, right?"

"That's right." I responded frankly.

"Combined with the force of fate that is entangled with you and always attracts dangerous events, I think it is very likely that the Water Master Xuanwu is currently in that conflict zone." Lu Chan said.

Although it was still at the "possibility" stage, I immediately accepted this logic.

Why did the Navy Xuanwu appear on the battlefield between Xuanming and Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang? The only possible connection is that "the Navy Xuanwu and Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang are both descendants of Liangyi".

However, the level difference between these two people is huge. To put it bluntly, if the navy Xuanwu happened to be standing nearby when Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang and Xuan Ming were fighting, it would be very remarkable that he could protect himself and not die. What could he accomplish by appearing in such a place at the Great Perfection level?

After Lu Chan left, Xiao Wan and I went into the house together to get treatment. Ma Zao followed closely, looking at me with a strange smile. She had a difficult time hiding her thoughts, and maybe she didn't even notice the smile on her face.

"Did something good happen to you?" I asked deliberately.

Ma Zao sighed: "Zhuang Cheng, you prevented the end of the world."

"Well, so what's going on...ah." Only then did I react.

I claimed not long ago that my wish was completely opposite to her intention to stop the apocalypse. I wanted to promote the coming of the apocalypse. And if I deliberately showed mercy in the battle with the Great Demon Kirin, or even deliberately opposed Fa Zheng and caused sabotage, then the whole world would inevitably fall into the apocalypse era. From Ma Zao's point of view, if she knew from the beginning that I and Fa Zheng were fighting that kind of battle, she would probably have such concerns. It was only after she reminded me that I finally remembered that there might have been a great opportunity to push the world into chaos. But at that time, I focused all my attention on the Great Demon Kirin, and my mind was full of the desire to win. Everything else was completely out of my consciousness.

Actually, there is nothing to regret. If I was facing the "apocalypse" like the afterlife, I would have almost recovered. Besides, such an approach would not accelerate the real apocalypse process. Letting the apocalypse spread all over the world would help the human genocide plan of the Gospel Institute. Thinking calmly, it is indeed in my "long-term interests" to eliminate the three big demons.

But at least on the surface, I still seemed to have done something that didn't fit my "evil image". Especially when Ma Zao pointed it out to me in person, I felt awkward and embarrassed.

"Not really. The previous one doesn't count," I said.

Ma Zao just laughed happily.

The desire to refute and the feeling that her smiling face was very cute conflicted with each other, so I finally decided not to engage in a nonsensical debate on this occasion. Laugh if you want to, there is still a long way to go, and there will definitely be a chance for Ma Zao to see my evil nature.

Xiaowan looked at me and Ma Zao and also gave a strange smile.

After entering my bedroom, Xiaowan began to heal my true spirit.

This time, there was no lap pillow, nor did she hug me intimately from behind like she did last time when No. 7 was present. She just let me lie down and relax on the bed. She moved a stool and sat next to me. She held my hands with both hands as if she was visiting the relative of a seriously ill patient, releasing her healing power in a prayerful posture.

In this focused treatment situation, Ma Zao became quieter than usual, looking at Xiao Wan and me as if holding his breath. Xiao Wan didn't take an intimate posture, probably because Ma Zao was watching, and wanted to avoid suspicion.

By the way, isn't that kind of intimate contact actually necessary during treatment? Obviously, they would do that when they were alone, but not when Ma Zao was watching. Thinking about it this way, it's hard not to feel like a secret affair. However, hiding it from a 13-year-old lover and having an affair with a 10-year-old girl... This statement sounds strange no matter how you look at it.

It's better not to think too deeply about it. Xiao Wan and I are in physical contact now, and Xiao Wan can easily sense what I'm thinking. Let's find something else to talk about first.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't kill Mingzhu this time." I said to Ma Zao.

"There's no need to apologize to me. Mingzhu was the enemy I attracted. Besides, there's nothing we can do about it. Mingzhu is not in that place at all now." Ma Zao said.

"Mingzhu can only escape from Brother Zhuangcheng this time. We will definitely have a chance to meet him again when we go to war with the Gospel Institute. Even if he manages to escape again, it will be useless. Even the Great Impermanence cannot get rid of Sister Mazao's power of the unlucky star." Xiaowan said, "However, since the place where Mingzhu disappeared is also the place where the three-headed demon appeared, it means that Mingzhu really entered the afterlife. That means that we don't need to guard against Mingzhu's possible sudden attack recently.

"Because Mingzhu wanted to capture Sister Mazao in order to enter the afterlife, he no longer has any motivation to attack again. And the reason why Brother Zhuangcheng and Mingzhu are fighting to the death no longer exists..."

"I will not let Mingzhu go." I said in an irrefutable tone, "He dared to attack Mazao again without learning his lesson. I must make him pay with his life. And I have already mastered the power necessary to achieve this."

Xiaowan nodded as expected.

"The power of the true spirit..."

Ma Zao recited this word, looked at the small bowl that was repairing my true spirit, and suddenly asked: "Speaking of which, I have a question that I don't quite understand... Most of the Great Impermanence should be able to attack the opponent's true spirit, and before the conflict with Zhuang Cheng, Mingzhuo should not be the first time to have friction with other Great Impermanence.

"Hasn't the Great Impermanence ever managed to break Naraku's immortal body by attacking his true spirit? Or does the immortality of Naraku's immortal body even cover the damage to his true spirit?"

Xiaowan said as if she was summarizing for Mazao: "If even the killing of the true spirit level cannot break Naraku's immortal body, then the view that 'as long as you have the power of the true spirit, you can kill the life turbidity' may become somewhat untenable... Is this what Mazao-sister means?"

"That's it." Ma Zao nodded vigorously.

"No, as long as we use the power of the true spirit, we will be able to break the immortal body of Mingzhu. This conclusion cannot be wrong." I said with full confidence.

(End of this chapter)