Chapter 307 The Great Liar King

Three years after his death, he was resurrected; a wise man from the East; a giant stone at the entrance of the tomb… Looking at these roadside figures, one might think they are talking about Jesus, but they are actually referring to the ruler of Wuji Kingdom.

Jesus and the King of Wuji had completely different experiences, but the key elements were quite similar.

Listening to the Dragon King of the Well recount some of the deeds of the King of Wuji Kingdom, I discovered that the King of Wuji Kingdom held a position in the hearts of the people of Wuji Kingdom that was like Jesus, a true god or Buddha living among them.

The people of Wuji Kingdom do not worship Heaven or Buddha, but rather the immortal ruler of Wuji Kingdom.

The King of Wuji Kingdom said that he was not immortal, but that his lifespan was a thousand years, which was still a very long time for mortals.

"It's enough that the King of Wuji Kingdom died by using his substitute. Don't even think about killing him anymore," the Well Dragon King said to the roadside.

"It's not that I want to kill him, it's that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva wants to kill him," the roadside explained.

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? Didn't Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva reincarnate?" asked the Well Dragon King.

"He is the reincarnation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. When he heard that the ruler of Wuji Kingdom was an immortal emperor, he immediately became obsessed and insisted that there should be no immortal emperor in the human world," the roadside said.

"Then it'll be fine."

"You can wait and see."

"This is the destiny of every drink and every bite, as it was said long ago by Manjushri Bodhisattva," said the Well Dragon King.

"The King of Wuji Kingdom should have been a golden-bodied Arhat in the Western Paradise, but he gave up this opportunity and stayed in the human world to be an immortal emperor."

"Buddha neither agreed nor refused; perhaps he was waiting for him here."

"Do you know why Wuji Kingdom is called Wuji Kingdom?" King Jinglong smiled.

"Because of the local specialty, black-boned chicken?" someone on the roadside tentatively replied.

"No, that's not it."

"It originates from a hexagram, Ze Shui Kun (困, meaning 'trapped' or 'difficult' in

"The upper trigram is Dui (☱) metal, which represents the Rooster (酉), and the lower trigram is Kan (☵) water, which represents black."

"When the upper and lower trigrams are combined, it becomes the Kingdom of Wuji, and the hexagram is named Kun, which means that the ruler of Wuji is trapped."

"He was trapped at the bottom of the well by the Green-haired Lion Demon, which was a form of 'trapping'; after he came out of the well, he ate a golden elixir and gained a thousand-year lifespan, which was also a form of 'trapping'."

"Only when the Kingdom of Wuji is destroyed will the King of Wuji be free from being trapped."

"Do you know the origin of the Wuji Kingdom?" asked the Well Dragon King.

Lu Bian, the Fourth Princess, and Chen Xiang all shook their heads at this question.

"The original queen of the Wuji Kingdom was a princess of the previous dynasty. He married into the royal family and then established the Wuji Kingdom after the dynasty was overthrown."

The Well Dragon King was the top historian of Wuji Kingdom. He knew everything about the affairs of the Wuji Kingdom's ruler. Once he started chatting with the Fourth Princess, they would talk endlessly until dawn broke.

"We've been talking for too long. If you want to hear more, come back tomorrow night. I need to go and rest."

The Dragon King of the Well thanked his guests, and the Fourth Princess led Lu Bian and Chen Xiang out of the well.

There was no need to visit the Well Dragon King again. Having decided not to interfere with the monk's attempt to kill the King of Wuji Kingdom, Lu Bian pulled Chen Xiang aside to watch.

The three returned to Baolin Temple. It was already dawn, but the monk Dayuan was no longer there.

"Why did you go up the mountain again?"

Lu Bian and Chen Xiang went to the back mountain to find the monk. The monk was deep in thought, looking at the bloodstains on the ground in front of the pagoda.

"Where is the body of the King of Wuji? Did you move it and bury it?" someone asked curiously by the roadside.

"No. I didn't do anything, the body just disappeared on its own."

The monk shook his head in denial.

“I suspect that the King of Wuji Kingdom didn’t actually die; he faked his death,” the monk said.

"He gained immortality by consuming the Golden Elixir, and his life is sustained by the Golden Elixir. Ordinary injuries will not kill him."

"Is this God giving you a chance to kill him?" The man by the roadside looked at the monk. "...If you can find an opportunity, do it." The monk's words were filled with murderous intent.

"Yesterday we visited the local Well Dragon King in the Imperial Garden of the palace. The Well Dragon King said that the King of Wuji Kingdom has a double, and when trouble comes, he will send the double out to take the blame," the roadside said.

"The King of Wuji has been king for hundreds of years, so he must be shrewd. I think you're not the only one who wants to kill him."

"..."

"Could it be a scam?" the monk suddenly asked.

"What scam?" asked someone on the roadside, puzzled.

"The immortality of the King of Wuji Kingdom is a hoax."

"In fact, the king has been replaced all the time, but they all act in the same way as the original king of Wuji Kingdom."

"The purpose was to create an image of the King of Wuji as supreme among the people, and at the same time to deter foreign enemies."

The monk spoke his suspicions, his brow furrowed.

"Emperors on earth are not allowed to live forever, as this violates the rules of heaven."

"Even if the King of Wuji Kingdom only has a lifespan of a thousand years, it is still unreasonable."

"I've heard that people in ancient times lived for thousands of years. It's not a big deal that the King of Wuji Kingdom only lived for a thousand years, is it?" asked the roadside.

"That's different."

“In ancient times, people could live for thousands of years, but now people can only live to be a hundred years old.”

"If the ruler of Wuji Kingdom could truly live a thousand years without aging, Wuji Kingdom would have been struck by disaster long ago."

"..." The monk reasoned and deduced repeatedly in his mind, and finally he determined that the current ruler of Wuji Kingdom was not the same ruler who had eaten the golden elixir back then.

"The Dragon King of the Well did not say anything..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly realized that this was a secret of the Wuji Kingdom's court. If the Well Dragon King told these outsiders, wouldn't he offend everyone in the Wuji Kingdom? He was the local Well Dragon King, so dealing with him would be relatively easy.

A clever lie is a mixture of truth and falsehood.

They were trapped by the centuries-old lie as soon as they entered the Kingdom of Wuji.

Trying to dispel the rumors among the people of Wuji Kingdom that their ruler is not immortal will only invite ridicule from them. Trying to kill the ruler will only reinforce his image as an immortal.

After killing the King of Wuji, someone with the same appearance will immediately take his place. Even though the person is killed, he is still alive, which means he cannot be killed. It is as if the King of Wuji has been resurrected once again.

The monk discovered that this was an alternative form of immortality.

The King of Wuji Kingdom has lived on forever in the minds of the people of Wuji Kingdom.

It would be incredibly difficult for the monk to overthrow the image of the King of Wuji, unless there were no more people from Wuji in the world.

"This means they've attained the Golden Body," someone by the roadside remarked.

The monk laughed when he heard what the people by the roadside said.

"So this is what a golden-bodied Arhat is? This humble monk has learned something."

The monk Dayuan looked westward, put his hands together, and bowed his head in respect.

They stopped by the roadside in Wuji Kingdom until the Nirvana Festival was over before continuing their journey.

A month later, the group left the Kingdom of Wuji.

Inside the royal palace of the Kingdom of Wuji, the King of Wuji held a grand banquet, but the reason for the celebration remained unknown to others.

It's true that the King of Wuji is immortal, it's true that he has a body double, it's true that he's not prone to suicide, and it's true that he will have a body double take his place as the King of Wuji...

The King of Wuji Kingdom is very truthful in everything he does; he's just very good at using the truth to deceive people.

He tricked his father-in-law and wife into giving him the entire kingdom of Wuji.

(End of this chapter)

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