Xuanjian: I am the tenth son of Zhenchi, and I plot to seize the throne from Zhenlong.

"finally found you!"

On the shore of Wangyue Lake, the water shimmered. Si Luo's face was injured, and there were cracks on his bald head that revealed some golden light. He was quite disheveled at the moment, but his eyes were shining with excitement.

This person's fate is sometimes uncertain and sometimes uncertain. He followed the trail along the way, but took many wrong turns.

Later, he did run into the Purple Mansion in the south and was struck by several swords. It was already a favor to [Great Desire Path] that he was not killed on the spot.

As for his newly accepted disciple, he was not so lucky. He failed to keep an eye on him during the escape and the disciple was struck and turned into a pile of gold dust on the spot.

It's just one less ox or horse to suffer, and Si Luo doesn't care. As long as he can convert that person back to the right path, his status might even rise a bit.

At that moment, however, he dared not raise the wind and simply walked along the lakeside. When he was still a young monk, he had heard from an old monk about this lake in Jiangnan, and that a very powerful figure had emerged from there, who could rival the people on the mountain.

What he was about to do was disliked by these Taoist practitioners, so he had to be more discreet. If he acted too ostentatiously, he might get beaten to death on this lake.

Following the faint path of destiny, Si Luo gradually found a pavilion where two figures were sitting and laughing.

Once he saw the man, he couldn't take his eyes off him. He quickly took out a few gold pills from his pocket, crushed them, and used them to cover the crack on his head.

Su Ming looked warily at the standing monk, and was about to draw his sword when he heard the monk speak.

"My friend, you are burdened by karmic debts and consumed by lust; it is... your time has come!"

The next instant, the chanting of scriptures and the dense sound of wooden fish, along with the fragrance of incense, crashed into the pavilion. In just a moment, he was suppressed, and Yu Yuxi next to him coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and collapsed to the ground.

A golden ray of light appeared on the horizon, and the pavilion made of blue bricks instantly transformed into glass and pink petals scattered all over the ground. Si Luo wore a kind smile, and the golden bowl in his hand turned into a wooden fish.

"Tap, tap tap."

Amidst a petal of crystal, Su Ming seemed to see countless monks chanting sutras in unison, and people kneeling in worship, all bathed in golden light. He then ascended to the Buddhist kingdom, accompanied by naked fairies, enjoying boundless glory.

Then, in another glance, he became a highly accomplished monk on auspicious clouds and a lotus throne, preaching scriptures and receiving worship from people. Thus, he achieved enlightenment and attained immortality.

"Tap, tap tap."

The next instant, the wooden fish rang out, and a cold, slippery water snake coiled around his body, pulling him down from the clouds. The snake absorbed his essence and spiritual power, and then transformed into a human body. He was bewitched and became entangled with it.

Su Ming's eyes were a mixture of clarity and confusion. He succumbed to the sensation and merged with it. Then, with a loud "clang," a golden bell rang out!

Qin Yue charged forward with a roar, wielding his golden mace. In an instant, he transformed into a group of blood-stained children who desperately clung to his body, their blood engulfing his mouth and nose.

In the hazy, blood-red light, the water snake twisted and appeared, transforming into Yu Yuxi's flushed face and naked body under the dim light.

When he came to his senses, the monk was already in front of him, the wooden fish in his hand transforming into a razor, and he said kindly, "Have you seen through it?"

Su Ming then realized that he had already picked up a sword. Yu Yuxi, who was lying on the ground beside him, was writhing, and her clothes were gradually becoming ill-fitting.

Scales began to grow on her pretty face and neck, and venomous fangs sprouted from her mouth. Finally, a monstrous creature with a human head and a snake's body, its face full of resentment, darted out from her clothes. It tried to escape, but was suppressed to the ground by the golden light, and could only hiss in vain.

Seeing Su Ming standing there dumbfounded and motionless, the monk angrily shouted, "Hurry up and kill the demon, sever your worldly ties and karmic roots, and retrieve the spiritual karma she swallowed!"

Having received the insight, flames began to surge from Su Ming's longsword. He coughed up two mouthfuls of golden dust, moved his feet, and murmured, "Extremely!"

So he placed the longsword against the monster's head, flames scorching its flesh. Su Ming stared blankly, the monk's urging growing more urgent, the sound of the wooden fish growing louder, and the golden light in the sky growing brighter.

The sound of the sword ringing in his ears filled his ears. He exerted force in his hand, and the longsword began to embed itself into the monster's flesh until he met the snake demon's eyes.

"I've figured out your mother!"

Before his longsword could even reach the monk, it was broken by the golden bowl, the blade fell to the ground, and Su Ming coughed up blood before being forced to his knees by the golden light.

"You've been blinded by demonic influence; you've become attached to appearances!"

The monk, with a look of pity on his face, sighed and said, "Very well, then I will help you along the way."

Si Luo felt a little regretful. The time was too short, and such forced conversion would inevitably cause a lot of trouble after returning to the temple. In the end, his ability was not enough. This person had a strong destiny and actually managed to break free from his karmic obstacles.

So he took Su Ming's sword-wielding hand, cut off the snake demon's head, then cut open the snake's body and pulled out a piece of gold powder from its belly, placing it on Su Ming's forehead.

"Have you figured it out?"

Su Ming's eyes were bloodshot, and he tried his best not to clasp his hands together. He didn't understand why the voice in his head didn't give him any hints.

Si Luo didn't care, and his face relaxed. But after a few breaths, his expression stiffened. What was going on? Such a powerful destiny should have caused a great golden light to shine brightly, directly guiding them back to the Land of Release.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that the snake demon he had just killed had already returned to human form, and a figure had entered the glass petals at some point.

"Back then, Susikorn lured the peacock to sever its karmic roots and enter into liberation, and then took away its other two desires. I'm curious, what if this inducement were thwarted, and the peacock were allowed to regain its desires after severing them?"

The figure, smiling and shrouded in a misty haze, had somehow reached Si Luo's side. With a sudden burst of watery light, the figure grabbed Si Luo's neck.

Under the influence of [Jie Zichen], Si Luo was unable to resist at all. Her body twisted into a ball and was grabbed into Jiang Shi's palm.

He said with great interest, "So I lured that monk out, but luckily you were greedy enough not to let others steal your credit, and then you came to this lake alone. So even if I kill you, the Great Desire Path won't be able to find you. You've had a hard time."

"Click~"

The twisting golden figure in his hand was crushed by him, and the gold dust drifted into the lake with the wind.

He had orchestrated everything, but he couldn't let Yu Yuxi die. Su Ming was released, so he woke Su Ming up at the crucial moment.

As for the matter of pitying his death, he used [Hidden Spirit] to cover up the strange phenomenon of his fall and the key to it, and used Green Water [Hidden Sunflower] to carry out his actions. With the two methods combined, and on this lake, the unclear matter was naturally taken care of by Xuan An.

The North and South are relatively peaceful now, and the Great Desire Path will not make a big fuss over such a small matter of pity.

However, Lu Jiangxian must have seen all of this clearly, and perhaps Xuan An also noticed it. Jiang Shi didn't care; this was the limit of what he could do at the moment.

He needs to take full control of his power as soon as possible, and some risks are unavoidable.