Turbid World: Martial Arts Master of the Republic of China Era, I Cultivate Immortality!

Chapter 92 Chastity Loan, Foot Binding Installment Plan, and Women's Admonitions App! (Please Subscribe!)

who am I?

where am i from?

Where should I go?

The standard three questions about life came to Zhao Zheng's mind as he woke up, but soon, as he stood up from the ground, he was attracted by his slightly exaggerated pectoral muscles, and he reached out and pinched them in surprise.

"My muscles have gotten this big?"

As Zhao Zheng squeezed, Chu Ruoxi's scream rose from the depths of his heart, or rather, resounded from within his dantian.

"Ah! Stop! Stop right now—"

However, Chu Ruoxi was even faster when she lost control of her body. She watched in alarm as she saw herself uncontrollably making the motion of examining her own hands.

"You, surnamed Zhao, what did you do to me?!"

"I was about to ask you the same thing. Alright, stop pretending, you remnant of the Chen dynasty!" Zhao Zheng, who probably realized that he had possessed Chu Ruoxi's body, responded to Chu Ruoxi in his mind.

He said the remnants of the Great Chen Dynasty were referring to the three broken shackles that appeared when Chu Ruoxi bumped into them. But to be fair, this woman's pectoral muscles are really too exaggerated!

Pshaw, that's not the point!

"???"

A series of questions arose in Chu Ruoxi's mind. Just as she was about to explain, her gaze was drawn to Zhao Zheng looking up ahead, which made her pause in surprise.

What comes into view is a gray sky, and ahead is a street that resembles a concession area, with the bluestone pavement polished smooth by the passing trams.

The streets were surrounded by Western-style buildings, or rather, the area Chu Ruoxi saw was filled with Western-style shutters and old-fashioned wooden signs, and neon lights still glowed faintly in the daytime.

The soft melodies from the gramophone mingled with the shouts of street vendors, along with the jingling of rickshaw bells and the crisp sounds of abacuses from money shops, drifting on the breeze.

The shop assistants at the entrance of the silk shop held bright fabrics, and the female owner of the pastry shop steamed sweet-smelling cakes, creating a lively atmosphere even on the wind.

Everything exuded a noisy and extravagant vitality!

However, Chu Ruoxi's gaze did not linger on the street; instead, her gaze suddenly and strangely shifted.

Her gaze, as if brought to life, turned a corner and settled on a very grand bank on the street corner.

The bank, with its gilded signboard bearing the eight characters "Chastity Credit - Life for Name," looks very upright and solemn. At the entrance of the bank, there is an excerpt from "Biographies of Virtuous Women" written on yellowed paper.

The neat handwriting on the paper attracted several women in long gowns who stopped and nodded, their stiff smiles now showing admiration.

"Chastity—a loan?"

Chu Ruoxi was puzzled, but her gaze was unconsciously drawn to the woman with a stiff, numb smile on her face.

The woman's face was not clearly visible, but upon closer inspection, she discovered something incredibly strange.

That's what catches the eye—no, it should be said that this street is full of women. Chu Ruoxi subconsciously ignored the female shopkeepers and female assistants in the shops and stalls.

Looking at the pedestrians on this bustling street, they were dressed in modern cheongsams or traditional jackets and skirts, each one looking radiant.

However, they all walked with small, heavy steps. Upon closer inspection, Chu Ruoxi discovered that all of these women's feet were deformed.

They are even more deformed than the female students at the girls' school!

Every step was difficult, as if there were invisible chains binding their feet, and almost all of these women had their heads down.

He lowered his head, his sideburns neatly combed!

Their gazes seemed fixed only on the area within three feet of their toes. Their smiles were faint, but their eyes held no joy, sorrow, fear, or surprise, as if only a deep-seated numbness remained.

Gudong!

Chu Ruoxi subconsciously swallowed saliva that she couldn't tell if it was fear or dread, even though she had no saliva to swallow at the moment.

She kept shouting.

"Zhao Zheng, something's wrong here. This street doesn't look right. We need to get out of here quickly!"

But Zhao Zheng ignored her, because he was staring blankly at the futuristic street in front of him.

Unlike the Republican-era street scene that Chu Ruoxi saw, Zhao Zheng saw raindrops tinged with pale pink and indigo by neon lights.

Raindrops of various colors slanted down between the skyscrapers, while towering neon lights pierced the gray fog in the air.

The glass curtain walls of skyscrapers are constantly updated with streams of colorful data, and shuttle cars silently shuttle along suspended tracks, their exhaust trails leaving long, cold streaks of light.

Holographic GGs, like fireworks, exploded in mid-air, revealing a three-dimensional projection of a naked android woman who smiled with a human-like quality.

Chastity Loan: Preserve your virginity like jade, lend your future time bank, exchange your life for fame.

Signing the contract today, we can look forward to the next life.

"Where did I put this now?"

Where is my Great Qin Dynasty?

Where is my Great Qin Interstellar Empire?

Is the Qin Immortal Court truly infinitely diverse?

As Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, his gaze fell upon the women on the street, their bodies intertwined with flesh and blood. Some had cold, electronic screens in their eyes, while others had data interfaces on the back of their necks.

They were wearing anti-gravity shoes that supposedly made their feet not touch the ground, yet their steps were thin and stiff, as if they were bound by invisible shackles, their heads bowed, their numb gazes fixed on the glowing ground three feet below them.

Even as the flying shuttles whizzed past them, cutting through the air, the women showed no emotion whatsoever, as if they were machines.

"Did you get a virus?"

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, and as he listened to Chu Ruoxi's incessant talking, he roughly understood that what she saw was different from what he had imagined.

And, it seems he's just overthinking things; this brainless woman isn't a remnant of the so-called Great Chen at all.

Come to think of it, big breasts and no brains!

The other party couldn't possibly be hiding that well!

Upon further reflection, Zhao Zheng concluded that the other party's last-minute rush into the school was likely just to rescue him.

Although he was a little confused about how the other party had withstood his Five Qi Rejuvenation Technique, and why the other party would risk their life to save him.

"Hey, you surnamed Zhao, are you even listening to me? We need to get out of here! Something's wrong, we need to get out of here—"

Chu Ruoxi said anxiously, her intuition telling her that if she didn't leave this place soon, death would be her only fate.

No, not death, but—a living death!

Do you think we can get away?

Zhao Zheng thought to himself, although he didn't know where he was, he knew one thing: he couldn't get out for the time being.

"How will you know if you don't try!"

Chu Ruo responded quickly, and the next second, a voice that sounded like a Tianjin accent and an AI female voice suddenly rang out in their ears.

"Looking for a loan?"

Zhao Zheng really wanted to reply, "I'll complain if you hit me again," but his mouth inexplicably betrayed him, saying, "Let me see first!"

Swah—

Chu Ruoxi only found that the body controlled by Zhao Zheng suddenly appeared in the bank and sat in the chair in front of the counter.

She also saw a female employee in a cheongsam sitting behind the counter behind the wooden railing. Her face was very blurry, so blurry that she had no face at all!

Or rather—a faceless woman!

But in Zhao Zheng's eyes, what he saw was a bank counter full of science fiction, behind which was a android woman with a charging port vaguely visible on the back of her neck.

The android woman gave him a standardized smile generated by an algorithm, an eight-tooth smile.

Please take a look!

The female employee behind the counter handed over a contract document that Chu Ruoxi saw as Xuan paper with ink still wet.

But in Zhao Zheng's eyes, it was a light screen the size of an A4 sheet of paper, with clauses scrolling on it.

—The lender promises: From this day forward, to remain unmarried for life. Any breach of this promise will incur daily interest. Interest will be repaid with the lender's life.

The longer the period of surveillance, the more time the borrower is charged.

Interest Rate Calculation: Hold on for one day, receive two hours' worth of time. Hold on for one year, receive fifteen days' worth of time. Hold on for a lifetime, receive twenty years' worth of time, and receive an NFT "Chastity Arch" as a gift, which can be stored on the blockchain for evidence.

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Zhao Zheng wanted to honestly vent his frustration, but he held back and said...

"Can you get a loan for chastity?"

"Of course, if you don't do chastity loans, how will you get a chastity badge? With it, you can rent a house, get a loan, and..."

Taking public transportation and getting a more decent job —

Behind the glass counter, an android woman spoke slowly and carefully in an AI female voice about the various advantages of applying for a chastity loan.

After all, in its eyes, Zhao Zheng, who was controlling Chu Ruoxi's body, was a woman, a woman who hadn't obtained a chastity loan.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zheng turned his head expressionlessly and looked around the bank lobby, frowning as he stared at the women whose faces were blurred.

To be honest, he wanted to know exactly what kind of place this was.

Also, if this is the future, what kind of world is this? He wants a place here so he can pay a proper visit later!

"Look, if you guard it for one day, we'll only charge you two hours. If you guard it for a year, we'll only charge you fifteen days. If you guard it for a lifetime, we'll only charge you twenty years, and then we'll give you a chastity arch that can be NFTed, which is a chastity emblem—"

The android woman continued, "The chastity emblem supports display in the metaverse and can be shared to WeChat Moments. If you collect three hundred likes—"

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The gameplay was too advanced for Zhao Zheng to comment on, and he was even less inclined to comment on it since the other party wasn't offering rice, noodles, or oil.

Besides, there seems to be something wrong with this interest rate!

"If you have no objections, please sign the contract—" the android woman said with a smile.

Zhao Zheng instinctively said no, but her body, without his and Chu Ruoxi's permission, subconsciously nodded and said "okay."

The female employee took out what appeared to Chu Ruoxi as a piece of vermilion inkpad, but to Zhao Zheng it was a biometric data collector, and handed it over from the counter.

"Please leave your fingerprint!"

Chu Ruoxi's body once again reached out uncontrollably, dipping her fingers into the inkpad, and Zhao Zheng desperately pulled them back.

But he found that he couldn't pull it at all, and he also discovered that the body not only didn't listen to him, but also didn't listen to Chu Ruoxi.

"Zhao Zheng, move! Move now!"

Feeling that taking out this "chastity loan" would most likely lead to a life worse than death, Chu Ruoxi's expression changed drastically as she urged him on.

Just as she watched her fingers getting closer and closer to the contract, Zhao Zheng suddenly regained control of Chu Ruoxi's body.

His finger stopped precisely in front of the biometric sensor, then he quickly withdrew it, saying, "Wait, I need to ask how the interest is calculated first. Your interest rate calculation is incorrect, isn't it?"

Chu Ruoxi noticed that the smile of the cheongsam-clad female employee froze for a moment, while in Zhao Zheng's eyes, the android's body suddenly froze.

It suddenly froze, as if the computer had crashed!

However, after only a second's pause, the android woman behind the counter once again revealed a slightly stiff, artificial smile.

It's written all over there.

"I'm illiterate, I can't understand it."

These words were not spoken by Zhao Zheng, but by Chu Ruoxi's body, prompting Chu Ruoxi to quickly retort.

"Bullshit! I started my own private school when I was seven and hired a tutor to teach me to read and write! You, Zhao, have gone too far!"

"Keep talking and I'll crush your woman—"

Having no interest in listening to Chu Ruoxi's nonsense, Zhao Zheng reached out and threatened her. Chu Ruoxi's words came to an abrupt halt, and he saw the android woman behind the counter glass pause for a second as if she had crashed again.

"If you stay for one day, we'll charge you two hours. If you stay for one year, we'll charge you fifteen days. If you stay for ten years, we'll charge you one hundred and fifty days—"

Are you sure this interest calculation method is correct?

Zhao Zheng suddenly interrupted, but the android woman behind the counter glass looked puzzled and spoke in an AI female voice.

"Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean. If you want to inquire about installment payments for foot binding and the application and download of the 'Women's Admonitions' app—"

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Zhao Zheng, expressionless, observed the android woman's usual AI demeanor and said directly, "—Please answer my question about why the interest rate difference in the chastity loan interest rate algorithm is so large—"

"The interest rate calculation for chastity loans clearly states that two hours will be deducted for each day of chastity protection. There are 24 hours in a day, so two hours will be deducted for each day of chastity protection, which is equivalent to deducting one-twelfth of a day's worth of interest."

"—To guard for a year, that is, 365 days, should deduct 700 hours. 700 divided by 24 equals 29.166——How did you calculate 15 days?"

Zhao Zheng kept talking, and as he spoke, he saw that the android woman behind the glass counter seemed to have completely crashed, her entire body frozen in a state of open mouth.

Immediately afterwards, alarms, as if reporting system errors, rang out incessantly, causing all the other women in the bank who were processing chastity loans and other transactions to look up.

In Zhao Zheng's eyes, these women were covered in bionic limbs, some with countdown timers embedded in their arms and faces.

The monitor displayed a flashing, scrolling message: "The chastity loan has been processed and the period of chastity has now reached seventeen years."

But in Chu Ruoxi's eyes, these women were all dressed like women from the Republican era, with pale, numb faces, clutching handkerchiefs in their hands, and their eyes showing doubt and confusion.

Zhao Zheng withdrew his gaze, glanced at the surveillance cameras projected around the bank, and continued speaking to the android woman behind the counter glass, whose true or feigned malfunction was unclear.

"You said you'd take twenty years of my time to protect me for a lifetime. Even if a person's life is sixty years, sixty years multiplied by three hundred and sixty-five days is only twenty-one thousand nine hundred days."

"—According to the calculation that you charge me two hours for each day I guard, guarding for sixty years would be 21,900 multiplied by two, which is 43,800 hours, or 1,825 days, or five years. How did you calculate twenty years?"

The bank was quiet!

Everything on the cyber street outside the bank seemed to be paused. The holographic GG signs suddenly flashed, and the naked woman projection instantly distorted into snowflakes.

The android woman's face behind the counter glass began to twitch, revealing a metal skeleton underneath. The women queuing and conducting business in the bank all looked stunned and shocked.

In Chu Ruoxi's eyes, the face of the woman in the cheongsam behind the strange figure was also changing. She saw that the woman's face seemed to melt like a candle, and only her mouth remained to breathe, but she could hear incredulous sounds coming from it.

"You—how do you know how to do accounts?"

"Because I can read! If I can read, I can do accounting too!" Chu Ruoxi blurted out instinctively.

The body that was supposed to be controlled by Zhao Zheng unexpectedly produced her own voice, which delighted her.

"I can control it—"

"Women shouldn't be good at accounting."

The faceless female employee interrupted Chu Ruoxi, speaking in a voice that blended AI female voice with a Republican-era accent.

"A woman who's good at accounting can't predict her own fate!"

"It's actually better to calculate it more clearly —"

A woman who was handling business at the counter not far away suddenly spoke up, and Chu Ruoxi subconsciously looked over upon hearing the familiar voice.

The first thing I saw was Instructor Zhou!

Still dressed as a noblewoman from the previous dynasty, wearing an old-fashioned jacket and skirt, and with her hair in a round bun, Zhou Huizhen, the instructor, appeared to Zhao Zheng, who had just gotten up from his chair, to be a cyberpunk-style cyborg woman.

Instructor Zhou's left eye was a flashing red electronic prosthetic eye, and an electronic screen was embedded in his arm, displaying: "Chastity loan processed, eighteen years of chastity reserved."

"I remember you can do math, right?"

Ignoring why Instructor Zhou was there, Zhao Zheng spoke up, and in an instant, he took control of Chu Ruoxi's body.

He ignored Chu Ruoxi's voice and simply watched as Zhou Xundao, dressed in a cyberpunk style, walked over.

"It has to be done, even if it means it's done."

Instructor Zhou approached Zhao Zheng and spoke, as if she could tell that the person speaking to her was not Chu Ruoxi: "Eighteen years. My husband has been dead for eighteen years, and I have been guarding him ever since—"

"Hmm? How much of your time did they charge you?"

Zhao Zheng frowned as he looked at the electronic screen on Zhou Xundao's arm, which scrolled to the message that the time had been collected and then stopped abruptly.

Zhou Xundao said, "They said they'd collect for twenty years, but it seems I don't have enough time left to deduct. I'll soon owe them five years—"

"—What about the debt?"

"I'll repay you in my next life—"

As Instructor Zhou spoke, the mechanical joints clicked. Chu Ruoxi saw Instructor Zhou looking at her with a bloodless face, and he continued, "They said I will be a woman again in my next life, and then I will continue to guard and repay—"

Chu Ruoxi only saw all the women in the bank nod in a strange unison, and then murmur in unison.

"Keep guarding, keep returning—"

In Zhao Zheng's view, the mechanical necks of these women slowly turned, making a synchronized creaking sound before looking at her.

"Keep guarding, keep returning—"

"then----"

Chu Ruoxi subconsciously responded, but was interrupted by Zhao Zheng's "conscience-testing" technique. Instructor Zhou looked at Zhao Zheng and said...

"Chairman Zhao, please take her and leave this place!"

"You can't leave?"

Zhao Zheng countered with a question, and Instructor Zhou turned and walked towards the counter she had left, saying, "This is fate, this is our fate—"

Zhao Zheng was about to speak when the android woman behind the glass counter spoke up: "Hello, if you're not going to apply for a chastity loan, please leave here—"

"Zhao Zheng, quick, kill them—"

Chu Ruoxi screamed inwardly, her heart filled with rage as she roughly understood what was going on. Zhao Zheng felt the weak and powerless body and thought to himself, "You need to have the ability to kill too."

He looked quietly at the bank in front of him, thought for a moment, and instead of leaving immediately, he went to the front of the holographic service counter.

Zhao Zheng looked at the very center of the luminous alloy wall behind the bionic receptionist at the service desk.

Or rather, it's a holographic screen embedded with lines of text that constantly change color, resembling a business license.

"Institution Name: Chastity Loan · Time Bank Registered Address: No. 79, Gudu Neon Corridor, Anping County, Tianjin City, Dachen Federal District"

Scope of practice: chastity pledge, lifespan pawning, social reputation quantification, afterlife fulfillment contracts.

Issuing Authority: Dachen Federal Tianjin Financial Regulatory Center.

Date of issuance: July 7, 2100.

"2100 — Great Chen Federation —"

Zhao Zheng withdrew his gaze expressionlessly, and turned to leave the Chastity Loan Time Bank under the watchful eyes of the group of android security guards.

As soon as Zhao Zheng stepped out of the gate, he saw a group of homeless android women huddled in front of a bank across the street.

Above their heads floated a credit score of 0, followed by the words "No loans, no medical treatment, no survival."

Behind them, however, was a bank that looked even more futuristic and luxurious than the Chastity Loan Time Bank behind him.

"No Virtue Loan - Time Bank" Just as Zhao Zheng took a step, he saw someone say something as they passed by these homeless women.

A clear voice rang in his ears!

"Pah, a bunch of sluts!"

Zhao Zheng suddenly stopped and looked at the women wearing tiny shoes who walked into a bank called "Bound Feet Installment Bank".

"Let's go, I'll take you away from here—"

Instructor Zhou's voice sounded from behind. Zhao Zheng turned around, frowning as he looked at Instructor Zhou's face, which was now partially blurred, and—his shoes, which were stained red with blood.

"And you?"

Zhao Zheng asked, and Zhou Xundao's pale face showed numbness as he replied, "We are different. When she took my face, I was already unable to leave this place—"

Zhao Zheng didn't speak, but just looked at the cyberpunk-style street scene in front of him, where the holographic GG card was still looping.

Chastity Loan

"Keep your chastity pure, and I'll lend you my future."

"Signing today, may the next life hold promise."

"Bound feet installment plan: today it's pure gold, tomorrow it's lotus."

"One painful experience, a lifetime of beauty."

"Take it slow, make your feet smaller."

The first period is free, and subsequent periods are doubled.

Women's Admonitions APP

Today's task is complete; let's try again tomorrow.

Just a little bit more, almost there.

"A single step can be a lifetime away."

"Check in for 10,000 days, and you'll achieve fulfillment in your next life."

One after another, holographic projections of GGs bloomed like dazzling fireworks in the hazy sky, creating an incredibly beautiful scene.

Zhao Zheng withdrew his gaze and looked at Instructor Zhou beside him, saying, "Do you know why I became that old man's disciple?"

A look of confusion appeared on Instructor Zhou's face. Zhao Zheng made a hand seal and pointed at the center of Chu Ruoxi's forehead. A primordial spirit, which went from illusory to solid in just a moment, escaped from the center of Chu Ruoxi's forehead.

Or rather, Zhao Zheng's primordial spirit, currently only at the Yin Spirit realm, left Chu Ruoxi's body under the Primordial Spirit Astral Projection Technique.

Zhao Zheng looked at the jet-black Azure Sky Gloves on his hands, which appeared with his thoughts, and said to Chu Ruoxi and the other person.

"I became an apprentice because my master gave me a very generous gift for accepting me as an apprentice—for example, the gift included a relic left behind by the former abbot of Shaolin Temple when he passed away."

A golden relic flew out from between Zhao Zheng's eyebrows. As soon as the relic materialized, a brilliant Buddhist light, radiating great purity and compassion, instantly illuminated most of the sky.

The gray sky turned golden!

[Item: Relic]

[Introduction: This is one of the gifts that the Celestial Daoist carefully prepared for his disciple Zhao Zheng to accept him as a disciple. Due to the Celestial Daoist's deliberate targeting, it contains all the Buddhist cultivation of the former abbot of Shaolin Temple. By using the method left behind by the Celestial Daoist, one can temporarily gain the strength of a terrestrial immortal. ————]

[Note: This should not be used by those who do not possess great compassion.]

"My heart certainly possesses great compassion—"

Zhao Zheng was certain in his heart that as the relic flew into his middle dantian, the refining method began to operate.

The relic was refined! Brilliant Buddhist light began to appear on his body, and a halo appeared behind his head.

His realm was skyrocketing, his magical power was increasing exponentially, and his cultivation was soaring—

Even though it was all temporary, it gave Zhao Zheng the strength of a so-called terrestrial immortal in an instant.

"Mirror — Gate — No —"

A brilliant golden light shone in Zhao Zheng's eyes. His extraordinary strength, coupled with his passively enhanced innate insight, allowed him to see many things.

For example, what he is in cannot be considered the future in the true sense, but rather a projection, a projection brought forth through Xiulian's power.

A projection that can be described as real!

Zhao Zheng was watching, and Chu Ruoxi and the other woman were also watching. They stared wide-eyed at the sixteen-foot-tall phantom with four heads and nine arms that slowly emerged behind Zhao Zheng, a phantom of a Buddha.

Its golden body was as red as crystal, and it was surrounded by a faint golden light. Its appearance was extremely solemn.

The face of the Buddha's golden statue was exactly the same as Zhao Zheng's, except that it had four heads, which faced the four directions.

The face of Zhao Zheng, the Buddha, was filled with compassion, radiating a gentle light that revealed his compassion for all beings. His left side was clear and bright, his eyes revealing the wisdom to see through all phenomena.

The one on the right has a sorrowful and compassionate expression, revealing a profound understanding of the world's suffering. The one behind is serene and clear, presenting a detached view of worldly affairs and the dispelling of illusions.

All four heads were adorned with spiral-shaped hair buns and jeweled crowns, with white hairs between their eyebrows radiating a gentle light. They exuded an aura of authority without anger, and a compassionate and holy countenance.

Zhao Zheng's Buddha image features nine arms that are outstretched like lotus branches, with each hand slender and rounded, holding various Buddhist treasures.

Examples include the lotus platform that purifies the world, the prayer beads that exhaust worldly attachments, and the vase with dew-laden willow branches that helps people overcome difficulties.

"I knew I possessed great compassion within me—"

Zhao Zheng glanced at the temporary terrestrial immortal realm that appeared on the panel depicting the myriad aspects of life, and then looked at Chu Ruoxi and the others.

"Alright, it's time to go back!"

Words become law, voices fade and people vanish. Apart from Chu Ruoxi and her companion disappearing, the once bustling cyberpunk street scene instantly became mostly empty, especially the women inside the banks.

As Zhao Zheng looked at the powerful auras appearing around him, he grasped the Tai'a Sword in his left hand and took a step forward.

"Fly!"

As Zhao Zheng's figure soared into the sky, reaching an altitude of ten thousand meters, he began to continuously comprehend the chanting of Buddhist hymns that echoed in his ears after he used the relic.

One after another, Buddhist teachings from the life of the former abbot of Shaolin emerged from the chanting. He ignored the somewhat noisy sounds of salvation and quickly comprehended that they were roughly the main practices of the former abbot of Shaolin.

The three realms are without peace, like a burning house, tormented by suffering; who can offer refuge? I heard the Lotus Sutra, which reveals the true nature of reality through expedient means, uniting the three realms into one, and universally receiving predictions of Buddhahood. Holding a lotus flower, I enter into all realms of suffering; with one utterance of "Namo," all are liberated. May this lamp of the mind illuminate the darkness of ignorance, leading all beings through the three evil realms and nine realms to the other shore. Only when all sentient beings are liberated will I attain Bodhi; may the burning house of the three realms be transformed into coolness.

The practice is called the Lotus Sutra of Salvation, a compassionate teaching that saves all sentient beings!

"No wonder it is said that only those with great compassion can use this relic, but it's not a big problem, I have always had great compassion in my heart —"

Ignoring the people who appeared one after another in front of him, Zhao Zheng continued speaking, even though the people from the Great Chen Federation were quite ugly.

"For example—I am so compassionate—"

"—I want to start this world anew—"

Swah—

The Lotus Sutra for Salvation of the World—Revised!

The Sutra of Salvation is Proven to Be Unfounded!

All realms are filled with suffering, a blazing inferno, bound by countless afflictions; birth itself is a calamity. I wield the demonic seal, four heads piercing through delusion, nine arms severing all illusions, for all forms are fundamentally nonexistent. The suffering of all beings can only be alleviated through annihilation—holding a bone lotus, I extinguish the cycle of suffering, reciting the demonic mantra once, all returning to nothingness—severing all cause and effect. May this demonic lamp shatter the mortal world, transforming the three evil paths and nine realms into mere illusion. When all beings are annihilated—without a single being, without a single thought of suffering, all dharmas return to emptiness, and the heavenly demon begins to appear.

His terrifying talent was on full display. With the support of the terrifying ability of the innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo that was being forged, the golden Buddhist light around Zhao Zheng transformed into a sky-covering demonic light.

As the golden light of the sixteen-foot-tall golden body behind him faded, a surge of demonic energy surged forth, and an unparalleled demonic might, capable of overturning the heavens and annihilating all laws, emerged along with the celestial demonic aura that intertwined pale gold and dark purple around his body.

The Buddha's image transformed into the form of a world-destroying demon. Although the image still closely resembled the Tathagata, there was no trace of great compassion or purity in his eyes; only the destructive annihilation of everything.

The lotus platform in the nine-armed form of Buddha is not a golden, seven-jeweled lotus platform, but a lotus platform made of bones and flesh!

It fully reveals falsehood and delusion, as well as destruction and emptiness!

The method of saving all sentient beings in the Lotus Sutra is too troublesome. Zhao Zheng chooses to kill all sentient beings so that there will be no more troubles!

After all, in his view, the Lotus Sutra, which is based on the eight characters "the suffering of all beings is inherently without form," can actually be understood as "if everything in the world is gone, then there will be no more suffering." That's what he thought!

"Amitabha Buddha—Kill!"

Zhao Zheng placed his right hand on the sword hilt, and the surging demonic light grew larger and larger as his body expanded, transforming into a sword aura that ranged from a hundred meters to a thousand meters in length, slashing down towards the city below!

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

If everything is gone, there will be no more suffering!

Zhao Zheng was too lazy to follow the normal process of deciphering the mystery step by step until he found Xiulian. He decided to destroy everything!

Boom! Boom! Boom---" ×N

No, where did you get such a murderous urge?

We only want to enslave you!

This was the thought that arose in the minds of these people of the Great Chen Federation; they felt that Zhao Zheng was going too far.

They simply want to restore the normal timeline using the "Qingzuo Town Time Reversal Invasion Array".

But Zhao Zheng, he can become a demon just like that, and he can kill just like that. They just want to enslave Zhao Zheng!

This is no big deal!

At the same time, this was also their final thought, because Zhao Zheng didn't give anyone a chance to speak at all!

Destroy all buildings in 0.0000001 seconds, kill all living beings in 0.000001 seconds, achieve the state of nothingness in all phenomena in 0.0001 seconds, and end the suffering of all beings in 0.00001 seconds —

"Phew, this is the world I wanted. Finally, no one is bothering me anymore. I'm so compassionate—"

Zhao Zheng stood in the void, holding the Tai'a sword, and muttered to himself. As he spoke, he revealed his mouth full of teeth that were so dense they resembled serrated edges.

He looked down at the town that had turned into dust, a town devoid of any life, not even a single cell.

It's a pity that he can only destroy the current Tianjin area. There's nothing he can do about it; Xiulian wasn't powerful enough and failed to successfully bring over the entire Great Chen Federation of 2100.

"Kill, keep killing, destroy them—"

"Let everything return to nothingness—"

"May all suffering cease—"

"Let all phenomena be originally nonexistent—"

A voice sounded from behind, and Zhao Zheng turned his head to look at the Mahakala Tathagata Dharma image behind him that was emitting the voice of the demonic heretics.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Zhao Zheng spoke, his left hand gripping the neck of the sixteen-foot-tall Black Heaven Dharma Image like an iron clamp, his mouth opening and closing as he inhaled.

As the Dharma image entered his mouth, screams of agony rang out with the sound of chewing. A few seconds later, Zhao Zheng spat out a mouthful of turbid air and demonic energy.

"What the hell? You think you can teach me how to do things with your mere thoughts? Do you even know that I killed them for their own good? I just didn't want them to suffer any more pain—"

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The newly born Mahakala Buddha silently nodded, meaning nothing more than that Zhao Zheng was right!

In addition, it doesn't think it's the Great Darkness!

Zhao Zhengcai is the one!

"Alright, let's go, I've found her!"

Zhao Zheng swung his sword and took a step forward. The void was like a shattered mirror, which he cut open and then transformed into a rainbow and entered.

A few seconds later!

Reality: Anping County, West of the City, Northwest.

Zhao Zheng suddenly appeared in a seemingly dilapidated and abandoned courtyard. He looked at the courtyard in front of him, which was made up of mirrors, and then looked at the room door that creaked open in front of him.

"You've come—"

An old woman, whose face was not clearly visible, sat on a bamboo recliner and spoke, or rather, Xiulian spoke.

"Yes, I'm here!"

"I just want to find my own face—"

Xiulian's voice stopped abruptly, and she looked at the five colors of green, yellow, red, black and white that suddenly flashed before her eyes with a puzzled expression.

With her life force destroyed, her primordial spirit shattered, and even her last shred of will swept away by the destructive light of the Five Elements, Xiu Lian looked at Zhao Zheng in bewilderment: "Why—why won't you let me speak—"

"This is not your confession!"

Zhao Zheng spoke expressionlessly, calculating with his left hand, "I don't want to hear your story anymore. All I know is that the number of people you've harmed tonight is enough to warrant the extermination of ten generations of your family—"

He paused, then looked at Xiulian, who was staring at him with a bewildered expression, and said, "Oh, right, I just figured out about that farmhand, but I won't kill him. After all, this has nothing to do with him, so you won't see him even if you die—"

"you----"

"Oh, I forgot to mention, your ten clans probably can't stand anyone anymore. I'll slaughter them all and send them to the barbarian border! Do you understand the barbarian border? It's where I'll kill them three more times after they're already dead!"

"you----"

Xiulian glared at Zhao Zheng, but ultimately did not continue speaking. Instead, she was instantly reduced to ashes under the illumination of Zhao Zheng's powerful Five Elements Destruction Divine Light.

However, when Zhao Zheng spoke, the Taoist Master Tianyi, who had finally stormed in from outside the door, was stunned, and then looked at the demonic energy on Zhao Zheng's body.

Oh no, his nephew has gone mad!