After saying that, Zhang Taihua gave up the seat as a matter of course.

Just like that, the empty throne of the First Emperor appeared in front of Lu Sheng.

He looked at what was happening in front of him in disbelief, unable to believe that the First Emperor really gave the throne to him.

Lu Sheng carefully sat on the throne of the First Emperor, with a mixture of fear and disbelief. Only after he sat down completely did he make a comfortable sound. The sound was like wild boars mating in the field, unpleasant but full of the joy of satisfying desire.

I am the emperor, I am the emperor!

Lu Sheng was seriously injured and his mind was completely confused at this moment.

The terracotta warriors and horses of the civil and military officials below seemed to come alive at this moment. Under the guidance of the officials, they bowed to Lu Sheng like a tsunami:

"Your Majesty, may the Emperor live forever! Your Majesty, may the Emperor live forever!"

At this moment, he was so happy.

Even after Shinobu Kocho beheaded him with her Nichirin Sword, his disgusting face was still full of smiles.

Chapter 154: The Priory of Sion

One week after the incident at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, in a hotel in Guanzhong area.

Shinobu Kocho and the others had recovered from their injuries and were ready to leave Guanzhong. But when Shinobu Kocho walked out of the guest room and prepared to stretch her body, she saw Master Zhao spreading a large piece of talisman paper in the hotel yard, writing something on the paper with cinnabar mixed with blood ink.

While writing, Master Zhao frowned, his eyes were full of energy, and golden light seemed to flow from the tip of his pen. Obviously, Master Zhao had spent all his energy on the talisman paper he was writing, and would not allow anyone to disturb him.

What is Master Zhao going to do?

Obviously, the matter of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor had been resolved, but Master Zhao was still writing such powerful talismans.

Are there any other enemies to deal with?

While Shinobu Kocho was puzzled, Arisugawa Shusui came out. Of course, it was Tamamonomae who was controlling Arisugawa Shusui's body at this time. After leaving the Emperor's Mausoleum, Tamamonomae used the magic of beheading three corpses to separate from Shinobu Kocho. Although the two were mentally connected at this moment, their memories and consciousness had been completely divided into two.

However, although the souls are separated, the influence of the previous soul fusion still exists.

For example, Shinobu Kocho obviously feels that her temperament has become much softer than before. You know, Shinobu Kocho's personality was more like a stubborn tomboy, not as pretty and lovely as in the original work. But now, because of the influence of Tamamonomae's soul, Shinobu Kocho's temperament has finally become much more similar to her in the original work.

Compared to the gentleness of Kocho Shinobu, Tamamonomae gives people a more upright feeling. It is obvious that the sunny part of Kocho Shinobu's personality has influenced Tamamonomae, making her temperament no longer as gloomy and strange as a thousand-year-old evil ghost.

The two of them watched Master Zhao writing the talisman in the courtyard. After seven or eight minutes, Master Zhao finally wiped the sweat from his forehead and finished writing the talisman.

Just when Shinobu Kocho wanted to ask Master Zhao why he wrote the talisman, Liu Yuxuan came out of the room. Looking at the talisman written by Master Zhao, Liu Yuxuan said:

"Thank you, Brother Zhao."

"No problem." Zhao Shixia waved his hand and said with a smile:

"It's just a talisman. It's nothing more than a piece of cake."

Then, Master Zhao sighed and said:

"In the end, it's my fault as a senior brother. I should have been on this trip to Kunlun. It's a pity that something like this happened in the southeast... Alas, in the end, it's because the country is weak, so there are evil spirits everywhere!"

Shinobu Kocho listened to the conversation between the two and felt confused. At this time, Master Zhao explained:

"Miss Shinobu was born in Japan, a country that is very powerful. I think there are some things that you, the Demon Slayer Corps, don't know. Over the years, as Western forces have grown stronger, Western churches have also blossomed everywhere. Originally, our Shenzhou is open to all, so we just let the missionary work go."

"But I didn't expect that these Western priests, though they sounded noble on the surface, were actually evil demons that eat people. They bought many children in Shenzhou under the pretext of taking care of the orphans and widows. On the surface, they were doing good deeds, but in reality, they were using the children's flesh and blood to feed vampires."

"We have found the remains of children in more than one church in Shenzhou. As a result, many religious incidents have occurred. Even the Boxer Rebellion was caused by this. The church does not regard the people of Shenzhou as human beings. We, the practitioners of Shenzhou, naturally cannot leave it alone. For this reason, we, the Taoist sect of Shenzhou, have repeatedly clashed with the masters of the church."

"It's a pity that our Shenzhou is in decline, while the church has the powerful ships and cannons of the Western powers. So even though the common people of Shenzhou hate the church, our Shenzhou Taoist sects will fight bloody battles with the church. But the country is not strong enough, and no matter how hard the common people and the sects try, they can't stop the church from slaughtering our Shenzhou children."

Speaking of this, Liu Yuxuan said:

"The church's purpose is very clear. They want to kill all of us Chinese just like they massacred the indigenous people of the New World. They want to plunder our land, destroy our civilization, and then, under the pretext of taking everything in China for themselves."

Zhao Shixia nodded upon hearing this, and then said:

"Although Shenzhou has overthrown the monarchy in recent years, it has fallen into a warlord melee. Without the suppression of the imperial court, the evil ghosts in the church are naturally more unscrupulous. In addition, the vampires that the church feeds with the flesh and blood of tens of millions of people in the New World are extremely powerful. Naturally, the situation of our Shenzhou Taoist sect has become more and more dangerous in recent years."

Hearing Master Zhao say that tens of millions of people in the New World have become food for vampires, Shinobu Kocho was shocked and said:

"Tens of millions of people, how is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible. The Priory of Sion under the church has vampires called the Twelve Apostles. Each of these twelve apostles is as powerful as me. Especially the twelfth apostle Judas, whose strength is almost god-like. Such a powerful evil ghost must need a lot of flesh and blood to feed."

Hearing this, not only Kocho Shinobu, but also Tamamonomae beside him was briefly surprised. The number of tens of millions of people is really too large! You have to know that Muzan Kibutsuji has been a scourge for hundreds of years, and the number of people he has eaten may not be tens of thousands. If there really is a ghost who has eaten tens of millions of people, then the power he possesses is simply unimaginable.

After Kocho Shinobu recovered from her surprise, she asked again:

"What is the Priory of Sion? And what about the Twelve Apostles? The church is the seat of Western faith, so are all the people inside it vampires?"

Zhao Shixia shook his head and said:

"The church is a prestigious organization after all, so it's impossible for it to rely entirely on ghosts to preach. In fact, the church's public power is called the Holy Knights, which are mainly distributed in three places. They are the Knights of St. Peter stationed at the headquarters of St. Peter's Cathedral, the Knights of the Holy Land stationed in the Holy Land of Canaan, and the Knights of the Hospitaller stationed in the New World."

"Among the three major knight orders, the Holy Land Knights are mainly responsible for fighting against the pagans in the desert, the Hospital Knights are mainly responsible for fighting against the voodoo cult in the New World, and the Knights of St. Peter, who are directly under the church headquarters, are mainly responsible for preaching in Shenzhou. The leader of their knight order once fought with Brother Zhang Taiyue from Longhu Mountain, and the two were evenly matched."

"However, as the church's visible power, the Knights of St. Peter are relatively well-behaved in Shenzhou. In addition, there are many factions within the church, such as Protestantism and Orthodoxy, so the major knight orders do not have much intersection with our Shenzhou Taoism. What we really have to face are the vampires called the Twelve Apostles."

As he spoke, Master Zhao introduced the Xunshan Hermitage to Shinobu Kocho:

"Legend has it that it happened almost two thousand years ago. At that time, the Son of God was preaching in the West, and he had twelve apostles under him. These twelve apostles were the founders of the church. For example, the first apostle, Saint Peter, was the first pope, symbolizing the foundation of the church. Among these twelve apostles, there was one who was the most special. Because he betrayed the Son of God at a critical moment!"

At this point, Kocho Shinobu said:

"The man you are talking about is, Judas?"

"That's right." Master Zhao nodded.

"Legend has it that after betraying the Son of God, Judas committed suicide out of guilt, but in fact that is not the case. At that time, the Son of God had just died, and the church was also torn apart. The church leaders at that time urgently needed special forces to maintain the survival of the church. So as a believer who made a mistake, Judas, the twelfth apostle, took the initiative to bear the sins of the church and became the church's first vampire."

"After becoming a vampire, Judas formed a secret organization composed of vampires to protect the church through various dark means. This is the origin of the Priory of Sion. This organization was created together with the church. It is the dark side of the church. While constantly eating people, it also constantly spreads the church's teachings. The Priory of Sion has made an indelible contribution to the church becoming the world's number one organization."

After hearing this, Shinobu Kocho finally understood the church in Demon Slayer World. Then she asked:

"By the way, Senior Master Zhao, you just said that something happened in the southeast of Shenzhou. Is this related to the Xunshan Hermitage?"

Zhao Shixia nodded and said:

"According to Master Lin from Tiannan, in order to completely defeat the Taoist sect and rule Shenzhou in terms of faith, the church sent out five of the twelve apostles at once to sweep across Shenzhou. As a disciple of the Shangqing sect, I naturally cannot sit idly by and watch the church suppress the Taoist sect in Shenzhou. So after today, I will immediately rush to Shenzhou to fight to the death with the masters of the church."

At this time, Liu Yuxuan also said:

"Not only Brother Zhao Shixia, but also Brother Ye Xizhen from Wudang and Brother Zhang Taiyue from Longhu Mountain are all going to Tiannan. Almost all of our Taoist masters have gathered in Tiannan, Shenzhou this time. But even so, our Shenzhou Taoist has only a 50% chance of winning. After all, even if there are not tens of millions of people eaten by those five apostles, there are still five or six million."

Liu Yuxuan had just finished speaking when Master Zhao said:

"In fact, it's better to just compete with strength. What we are most afraid of is that the church uses the power of the great powers. After all, no matter how mysterious our Shenzhou Taoism is, it is no match for their foreign guns and cannons."

At this point, both Shinobu Kocho and Tamamonomae felt the resentment and unwillingness of Master Zhao and Liu Yuxuan. With the country in decline, even if these Taoist masters were strong, they could only fight in despair. In contrast, the Demon Slayer Corps, to which Shinobu Kocho belonged, only had to deal with Muzan Kibutsuji.

The swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps are so much happier than the masters of Shenzhou Daomen.

Especially when you look at Zhao Shixia and Liu Yuxuan, their clothes are full of patches. They are masters comparable to Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, but they have a big problem surviving in Shenzhou. When you think about the fact that every swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps has a considerable allowance, Shinobu Kocho feels more and more that the influence of national strength on individuals is too important.

After sighing in her heart, Shinobu Kocho looked at Liu Yuxuan beside her and asked in confusion:

"Since the Shenzhou Dao Sect is going to fight the church in Tiannan, why doesn't Senior Liu Yuxuan go to Tiannan, but instead go to Kunlun? I think with Senior Liu Yuxuan's strength, he can at least make a contribution in Tiannan, right?"

Liu Yuxuan heard this and said solemnly:

"Because I have more important things to deal with."

"Something more important?"

As soon as Shinobu Kocho finished speaking, Tamamonomae said:

"Master Liu Yuxuan, let me guess, is your purpose for going to Kunlun the same as mine?"

"Are you going to Kunlun too?" Liu Yuxuan asked puzzledly.

"Of course." Tamamonomae said calmly:

"More than a thousand years ago, I was forced out of Shenzhou by that guy. Now that a thousand years have passed, I have to get my revenge!"

"More than a thousand years ago?" Liu Yuxuan muttered a few words after hearing this, and then said:

"As expected, you want to find him too."

"right."

Listening to the two people talking in riddles, Shinobu Kocho asked in confusion:

"Who is that person you are talking about?"

Zhao Shixia, who was standing by, heard what Kocho Ren said, but did not explain directly. Instead, he asked:

"Ms. Shinobu, have you noticed something? Our actions at the Mausoleum of the First Emperor are full of strangeness."

"Weird?"

"Yes. For example, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is of great importance, but no matter how important it is, it has nothing to do with your Demon Slayer Corps, right? But why did your Demon Slayer Corps come together with our Shenzhou Dao Sect to solve the zombies in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor together? Don't you think this is very strange?" Master Zhao said:

"There is also Senior Brother Zhang Taiyue from Mount Longhu, who is well-known and has a higher level of cultivation than me. Logically, Mount Longhu should have sent him to explore the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, but why did it happen that it was Junior Sister Zhang Taihua who came from Mount Longhu? Did Mount Longhu know that Junior Sister Zhang Taihua was the reincarnation of the First Emperor?"

"Besides, Tamamonomae was the empress of the First Emperor, and Xu Fu was Lu Sheng's junior. They both had close ties with the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, but in the past they were like water and fire. Why did they end up together by accident during this trip to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor?"

"Ms. Shinobu, don't you think this is all too weird and too coincidental?"

"It's as if someone knew that the zombies in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor would be resurrected, so they gathered us together to deal with the zombies in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor together!"

Hearing what Master Zhao said, Shinobu Kocho was also shocked.

Thinking about it carefully, she did find that something was wrong. The people who came to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor had different purposes, different factions, and different countries. Many of them should have been enemies with each other. But they came together by accident and killed the zombies in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor together.

This is all too coincidental and too weird!

What exactly is going on?

"It's very simple, because someone arranged all this in secret." Tamamonomae said:

"Someone had already calculated that the zombie in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor might be resurrected, so they gathered us together through various means in order to use us to kill the zombie."

"How is this possible? Can anyone really do something like this?" Shinobu Kocho exclaimed.

"Of course humans can't do it. Even ghosts and zombies may not be able to do it." Master Zhao said:

"But if it were a fairy, it would be easy to do this!"

Immortal?

"Senior Zhao Shixia, are you saying that someone in Shenzhou was reborn after death and became an immortal?"

"Not bad." Zhao Shixia nodded, and Liu Yuxuan on the side continued:

"We have had an imperial system in Shenzhou for thousands of years, and there have been hundreds of emperors, many of whom wanted to transform their corpses into immortals after death. The failure of the First Emperor does not mean that other emperors cannot succeed. In fact, the immortal who succeeded in transforming his corpse into an immortal after death and secretly arranged everything in Shenzhou was another emperor who was no less outstanding than the First Emperor."

"What are you talking about?"

"Tang Taizong, Li Shimin!"

Chapter 155 Tang Taizong Li Shimin

If we rank all the emperors of China, the one with the highest achievements would undoubtedly be the First Emperor.

But if we only consider the emperor's own abilities, he is undoubtedly the strongest emperor among all the emperors in Shenzhou.

That is Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin!

The actual founder of the Tang Dynasty and the creator of the Zhenguan Administration, he was the best among all the emperors of China in terms of both civil and military achievements. His overall ability was undoubtedly the best!

"In the past, the Taiqing Sect's Louguan Dao was chosen by heaven to be a wise leader. The head of the Louguan Dao calculated that Li Shimin, the son of the Duke of Tang, was a great leader, so he went down the mountain to personally accept him as a disciple and taught him all the unique skills of the Taiqing Sect. So, not to mention the emperor's civil and military achievements, just talking about the Taoist cultivation, Li Shimin was also the top Taoist master at that time."

As an eyewitness of that era, Tamamonomae slowly recounted the events of the past:

"It was also due to this cultivation that Li Shimin made arrangements in his mausoleum when he sensed that his life was coming to an end. After his death, he relied on the Feng Shui of the tomb to connect with the power of the stars in the sky, and within a hundred years, his corpse would transform into an immortal."

When Shinobu Kocho heard Tamamonomae say that Li Shimin would transform his corpse into an immortal in just a hundred years, she was shocked again.

It should be noted that the zombie Lu Sheng was also a genius, and the Mausoleum of the First Emperor he occupied was a top-notch Feng Shui site in the world. However, Lu Sheng spent more than 2,000 years without becoming an immortal. In contrast, Li Shimin became an immortal within a hundred years and became a nearly immortal immortal. It is not an exaggeration to say that the difference between the two is as great as heaven and earth.

At this point, Tamamonomae said sadly:

"In the past, I possessed Yang Yuhuan, hoping to use this concubine's identity to reverse the decline of the Tang Dynasty. But I didn't expect that just as the plan began, Li Shimin, who had transformed his corpse into an immortal, suddenly attacked. He said that people who practice cultivation cannot interfere in the rise and fall of the world, and beat me severely. If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet the Tang envoy, I might have died in China at that time!"

Shinobu Kocho said thoughtfully:

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