Gou Zai Liang Jie as a Human Gu

On the throne room.

The golden goblet slammed into Wang Zhi's forehead, startling him so much that his face almost pressed against the floor tiles: "Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty. Please forgive me."

"You scoundrel, how dare you beg for my forgiveness?" Emperor Chengping grabbed the white jade paperweight from the dragon desk and smashed it down hard.

The flawless white jade paperweight fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Wang Zhi lay prostrate on the ground, trembling like a leaf, not daring to breathe.

The emperor's heart is unfathomable; serving him is like serving a tiger.

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Consort Xiao, who was standing next to the Emperor, quickly soothed Emperor Chengping with her delicate hand and comforted him, "It's just Lin Mo. Just send someone to kill him. Why get so angry?"

Upon seeing Consort Xiao's stunningly beautiful face, Emperor Chengping's anger subsided considerably. He embraced her slender waist and asked, "My beloved consort, in your opinion, who would be the best choice to send?"

Consort Xiao glanced at the king on the ground.

Emperor Chengping scoffed, "Send this fool? Even the Free and Unfettered Heavenly Realm cultivators have been killed; what can a mere Free and Unfettered Earthly Realm cultivator do?"

Consort Xiao recommended, "Lord Wang is certainly not suitable, but we have experts readily available in our palace, so why make things difficult for Lord Wang?"

"Are there already skilled experts in the palace?"

Emperor Chengping was slightly taken aback, then suddenly realized something: "My beloved concubine, are you perhaps referring to the Four Great Observatories of Formation, Existence, Decrease, and Emptiness?"

"Indeed." Consort Xiao said softly, "Ji Chengyuan, Gu Zhuheng, Chu Huaifeng, and Yan Kongji are all peerless masters at the half-step Divine Travel realm. However, due to the rules of the ancestors, they are not allowed to step out of the Imperial Mausoleum without His Majesty's special decree. If His Majesty issues an order, the four of them can join forces to besiege and kill Lin Mo. It would be a piece of cake for them."

"My beloved consort's words have awakened me from my dream." Emperor Chengping happily kissed her almond cheek and immediately issued an edict, ordering the four chief eunuchs of Cheng, Zhu, Huai, and Kong to return to the capital immediately to eliminate the traitor and join forces to kill Lin Mo.

……

Imperial Mausoleum.

The eunuch Jing, who was delivering the imperial decree, rode his horse at breakneck speed all the way. When he saw the four old eunuchs, Ji Chengyuan, Gu Zhuheng, Chu Huaifeng, and Yan Kongji, he read out the decree. Looking at the four white-haired old men who were helping each other to their feet and trembling, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"With all four ancestors so old, how could they still kill anyone?"

Unexpectedly, the moment the thought crossed his mind, the four men's cloudy old eyes suddenly lit up, as if they had become different people. They stared at him with sharp eyes, as if they had just been dozing tigers.

A powerful deterrent swept in like a tsunami.

Pfft!

Grandpa Jing was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a thud, his body covered in cold sweat and his face turned deathly pale.

"Little Jingzi, it's been twenty years, and you're still as useless as ever, hmph!"

Gu Zhuheng glanced at the eunuch on the ground with a look of disappointment and frustration.

Little Jingzi.

Grandpa Jing's face immediately turned red. Only in front of these four ancestors would his seniority be so low.

In the palace, everyone had to defer to his mood and respectfully addressed him as "godfather" or "godfather."

Ji Chengyuan squinted, his sharp voice low and menacing, "Three Grand Eunuchs, the imperial decree is of utmost importance. Act swiftly and return immediately; do not delay our cultivation."

"That's only right," the three chief eunuchs echoed in unison.

The four immediately took action, positioning themselves in four directions: East Jia, Geng Metal, Ren Water, and Bing Fire.

"Communicating with the divine and manifesting holiness, harmonizing the four elements, transforming into the Vermilion Bird, and traveling a thousand miles in spirit!"

boom!

With a deafening roar, the ground around the four people exploded instantly, violently caved in, and formed a deep crater.

The immense energy surge generated a huge shockwave.

The old man on the ground was so frightened that he turned pale and rolled on the ground, disregarding his disheveled state.

Even so, the massive shockwave still lifted him off the ground, as if he were being swept up by a tsunami. His body was lifted into the air for a moment, then slammed back down to the ground, leaving spiderweb-like cracks. His body bounced up again, then crashed down again...

The soaring energy lifted the four chief eunuchs into the air, and crimson flames appeared, enveloping them completely.

"Chirp...!"

A fiery Vermilion Bird soared into the sky, like a fireball, piercing through heaven and earth, instantly turning the clouds in the sky a brilliant red, as beautiful as the sunset glow.

When Eunuch Jing landed, he was covered in bruises and swelling, and his embroidered eunuch robes were tattered and hung on the ground in strips.

He lay on the ground, and when he saw the huge fireball streaking across the sky, he was completely stunned.

Unable to believe what he was seeing, his expression froze, his mouth gaped open, oblivious to the sand and gravel falling into it.

Is this even human?

To be able to travel halfway through a divine journey—truly a divine being!

……

Dafosi Temple.

In the courtyard of the meditation room, Lin Mo lay contentedly on a rocking chair, surrounded by a variety of beautiful courtesans, some dancing, some playing the zither to entertain him, and others serving him wine.

He was not a lecherous man, but being in the blessed land of Dream Ruins and cultivating the [Great Ceremony of the Golden Body of the Arhat of Desire and Bone of Asura], he had no choice but to let himself go.

The more beauties he used to replenish his energy, the stronger he felt his cultivation level became.

Suddenly, an immense pressure descended.

The roof tiles were vibrating incessantly, and years of accumulated ash fell down, followed by large pieces of tiles falling off.

Clang! Clang!

Immediately afterwards, the beauties in the courtyard began to succumb one by one, becoming dizzy, feeling the world spinning, and collapsing to the ground with muffled groans, bleeding from their seven orifices.

Its immense martial power is something that ordinary people cannot resist.

quack!

The rocking chair beneath Lin Mo could not withstand the weight and shattered instantly into splinters of wood, collapsing with a deafening roar.

"Ha!"

Lin Mo let out a soft shout, and powerful spiritual energy surged from his body, enveloping his entire body. The next moment, he stood up straight.

He looked up and gazed southwest.

A surge of oppressive force, carrying intense heat, rushed towards us.

Lin Mo's spiritual sense simultaneously felt a pressure, as if a towering mountain was pressing down, determined to crush and explode his sea of ​​consciousness!

Above the sky, the sea of ​​clouds was forcibly parted, dividing into two sides, and a huge fireball roared in, sweeping across the sky above the capital. All the merchants, commoners, soldiers, and even the imperial palace in the capital witnessed this extraordinary sight.

The atmosphere seemed to be ignited, and then a huge fireball, with the force of thunder, rushed towards the Great Buddha Temple.

Inside the Great Buddha Temple, the monks and pilgrims who were worshipping Buddha all collapsed on the ground, blood gushing from their seven orifices. As the fireball approached, their bodies disintegrated, blood splattering everywhere, and they were instantly crushed into meat patties.

The solemn temple was instantly turned into a river of blood.

Only two people survived.

Lin Mo and Abbot Jueyuan.

Jueyuan was in no better shape. He was lying face down on the ground, blood gushing from his mouth and nose. His vision was filled with a bloody scene. He tried to resist and tried to stand up, but he was too weak to get up.

Lin Mo stood in the Zen temple, looking up at the fireball rushing towards him. The strong wind was like a knife, making his monk's robe cling to his body and flutter loudly.

"Chirp...!"

A thunderous phoenix cry pierced the sky, and the flames on the fireball dissipated, revealing its true form—a divine beast, the Vermilion Bird.

Seeing Lin Mo standing arrogantly, the Vermilion Bird was very dissatisfied. It immediately swooped down, unleashing a torrent of fire that burned everything and destroyed all things.

"You beast, how dare you be so rude!"

Lin Mo shouted loudly, raised his right hand, and swept out a flying blade.

The flying blade left his hand, instantly gathering the icy chill of heaven and earth, and in a flash, it condensed into a giant blade ten feet long.

With a single stroke, heaven and earth are cleaved, twilight and dawn are severed, and yin and yang are separated!

[One Slash Splits the Heavens]

Boom!

The blade's light converged into a single line, slashing towards the Vermilion Bird that was swooping down into the sky.

Is it the unparalleled sharpness and unstoppable force of the blade, or the invincible Vermilion Bird divine beast?

The next moment, the two collided.

In front of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, the blade sliced ​​through the Vermilion Bird's beak, and with the skill of a master butcher, he cut the Vermilion Bird down from his horse.

In their first encounter, Lin Mo emerged victorious by a narrow margin!