After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Zhou Yan: "..."

"All right……"

Zhu Jiuyin finished smoking the last bit of the lady's cigarette, put it aside, and had it extinguished in an ashtray held by his bodyguard.

"I know you're a proud and arrogant guy, Bai Ze, and you won't agree to things so easily."

Zhu Jiuyin threw a cell phone at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan caught it.

Zhu Jiuyin made a phone call gesture with one hand next to his ear.

"My phone number and WeChat are in your phone. Call me whenever you've figured things out. Remember, since the collapse of Mount Tai's pillar at Beitianmen, it's not surprising that it will collapse at any time. If you keep dragging your feet, the people who die in the future will all be your responsibility."

Zhou Yan retorted sarcastically.

"You're good at shirking responsibility."

Zhou Yan had once seen a movie where a serial killer kidnapped dozens of people, gave a young man a gun, and told him to choose who to kill.

Every five seconds, the killer would kill one person. The young man wouldn't kill anyone, but the killer would kill one of the young man's relatives.

When the first five seconds had passed, the young and kind man still didn't dare to kill anyone, so his father was killed by the killer with a blow to the head.

The young man immediately collapsed to the ground, weeping and embracing his father's body. The serial killer, meanwhile, was gloating, saying that the young man was the one who killed his father, and that it was because he refused to kill that his father died.

The young man is the murderer.

This sounds logical, but Zhou Yan thought about it for a moment. The killer is a serial killer, and the one who kidnapped the person is also a serial killer. How come the one who killed is the young man?

This serial killer is really good at shirking responsibility.

The current strategy used by Zhujiuyin is roughly the same.

Zhu Jiuyin smiled and walked back to his luxury car. The other bodyguards got back into their seats, and the car turned around and drove away from Dahuang Village.

Chapter Sixteen Optimus Prime

Did he give his wife's sword to Zhu Jiuyin?

What do you mean?

Zhou Yan's mind went through many possibilities related to the word "wife," but he forcibly filtered them out, placing a few less unacceptable possibilities in a position where he could consider them.

Zhu Jiuyin, who was leaning against the luxury car, put his wife's sword back into its case. A bodyguard next to him walked up to Zhu Jiuyin with a blank expression and took out a palm-sized wooden box from his pocket. Inside the box was a cigarette with a soy sauce flavor.

Zhu Jiuyin took it and held it in his mouth.

The second bodyguard came up, took out a lighter with one hand, lit it, and used the other hand to shield the lower half of Zhu Jiuyin's face.

The bodyguard who lit the cigarette left, and Zhu Jiuyin, with a cigarette in his mouth, took a breath. Two puffs of white smoke quickly blew out of Zhu Jiuyin's nostrils, and the white mist lingered on Zhu Jiuyin's fair cheeks, giving it a filter-like quality reminiscent of a movie PV.

"I don't want to concern myself with matters of the past life."

After a long silence, Zhou Yan shook his head and spoke.

Bai Ze caused too much trouble in his previous life. If Zhou Yan were to take on all of these consequences, even if he could be like Sun Wukong, creating clones with every single hair, he might not be able to erase all the karma even if he plucked all the hairs off.

Therefore, regardless of the relationship between Bai Ze and Zhu Jiuyin in the past, and regardless of what Bai Ze did back then, it has nothing to do with me.

Zhou Yan began to retreat, preparing to run away.

Zhu Jiuyin reached his hand to his mouth, pinched the woman's cigarette, which was emitting smoke, between his left index and middle fingers, and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth.

"Bai Ze, do you know how much suffering the people endured after Mount Buzhou shattered and the pillar of heaven collapsed?"

Zhou Yan, who was preparing to flee, stopped in his tracks.

"Zhu Jiuyin, what do you mean?"

Zhu Jiuyin reached one hand to his ear, brushed the hair from his temple, and placed it behind his ear.

That gesture is a bit alluring.

Zhou Yan had seen some international media outlets' lists of the ten most charming moments for women, including the moment after taking a shower, wearing a bathrobe, with messy hair, when she turns around and flicks her hair back, and now, like Zhu Jiuyin, when she reaches out and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Did you know that the North Heavenly Gate also fell?"

Zhu Jiuyin looked up at the sky.

Zhou Yan sighed.

How could I not know?

He even knew where the North Heavenly Gate came from, how it flew from outside the solar system to Earth, and then fell.

Of course, there's also the most terrifying thing: the remains of Zhenwu the Great, which rotted to the point of being nothing but bones after his death.

Zhu Jiuyin said to himself.

"The South Heavenly Gate fell, and the North Heavenly Gate also shattered, falling into the clouds. Mount Tai is a sacred mountain that 'directly leads to the Emperor's throne.'"

Zhu Jiuyin lowered his head and met Zhou Yan's gaze, whose face was pale.

"Take a guess. With such a huge commotion caused by the fall of the North Heavenly Gate, has the Tongtian Road on Mount Tai been affected? Now that the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak is dead, will this Tongtian Road end up like Mount Buzhou in the past...?"

"...The pillar of heaven has broken, and the world is tilting?"

Zhou Yan countered with a question.

"Is this your reason for wanting me to help you become the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak?"

Zhu Jiuyin shrugged.

"You can pretend you don't know, but have you ever considered that when the Western Heavenly Gate, or even the Eastern Heavenly Gate, collapses in the future, the pillar supporting the heavens of Mount Tai will be affected, and then..."

At the very end of Zhu Jiuyin's words, a long note was left.

Zhou Yan was taken aback.

"Are the East Heavenly Gate and West Heavenly Gate also going to fall?"

Zhu Jiuyin raised the hand holding the cigarette, took a puff, exhaled, and said.

"The Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun at the East Heavenly Gate isn't in good condition, but he should still be able to manage. As for the Tathagata at the West Heavenly Gate..."

Zhu Jiuyin beamed with joy.

"Little Bai Ze, don't tell me you don't know what Mount Ling looks like. If He still had any strength, would Mount Ling be in such a state?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

Lingshan is where the Buddha preached, and many Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats still reside there. It is considered an important place for the transmission of the Buddha's teachings, but Lingshan is now in such a state...

If we don't say the Buddha Tathagata's condition is 100%, then the probability is at least 99.99999%, so bad that even his own little brother "－u：揪捌≌二》私⊙℃○″>∪啎小弟 can't protect him, and he himself, Bai Ze, has to go and rescue Bixia Yuanjun and Huanxi Bodhisattva.

Zhu Jiuyin pointed to the top of his head.

"The Western Heavenly Gate will fall from the Heavenly Court in three years at most. Although that fat Buddha is not small in weight and has a large Dharma body, and it could destroy the human world if it falls, he is still reliable in doing things. If it really falls, Buddha will definitely make preparations in advance and will not let the Western Heavenly Gate have any impact on the human world."

"but……"

"The same might be true for the pillar of Mount Tai..."

Zhu Jiuyin gave a look to the bodyguard beside him, who then walked up to Zhou Yan and took out a palm-sized wooden box from his pocket, which was completely different in shape from the previous Zhu Jiuyin wooden box.

Upon opening, there was a dark brown cigar inside. Even though Zhou Yan didn't smoke, he could smell the rich aroma emanating from the cigar after it was opened.

You can tell it's no ordinary product just by smelling it.

Another bodyguard came up, took out a lighter, and bowed.

"Master Bai, let me light the fire for you."

Both bodyguards were tough guys, judging from their clothes and hairstyles, but their actions of offering and lighting cigarettes for Zhou Yan were very respectful and standard, clearly indicating that they were well-trained service personnel.

It seems that Zhu Jiuyin has been rooted in the human world for a long time, otherwise there wouldn't be such a professional team.

Zhou Yan pushed open the box containing the cigars.

"No, I don't smoke."

The two bodyguards glanced at Zhu Jiuyin, who was smoking behind them. Zhu Jiuyin nodded, and the two bodyguards left.

Zhou Yan used his omniscience to see the regretful thoughts in the hearts of the two bodyguards.

This cigar was made from immortal plants, something that normal people couldn't smoke. It was a luxury item that Zhu Jiuyin specially selected for Zhou Yan as a gesture of respect, but Zhou Yan refused it.

Zhu Jiuyin, on the other side, asked again.

"The turmoil caused by the consecutive fall of two Heavenly Gates could not possibly be less than the force of Gonggong's impact on Buzhou Mountain. I dare not say that the pillar supporting Mount Tai will definitely fall; that would be a complete lie. But after it falls, Bai Ze, do you know how many people will die?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

Last time Buzhou Mountain collapsed, Nuwa had to mend the sky, saying that if she didn't, all living beings would be drowned by torrential rain and floods.

The devastation caused by the collapse of the Heavenly Pillar is evident.

The situation is somewhat delicate right now.

Zhou Yan felt like a police officer on duty who suddenly received a phone call saying that someone had planted a bomb on a certain train.

Whether this is true or false, police officers who hear of a bomb in a public place will definitely need to be dispatched immediately to deal with the crisis as quickly as possible.

After being reminded by Zhu Jiuyin about Mount Tai, even if Zhou Yan was unwilling to cooperate with Zhu Jiuyin, he still had to take the others to Mount Tai to see what the pillar supporting the sky was like, to confirm whether it was really shaky and would collapse with the slightest stimulation.

"What you said makes sense, but you're not trustworthy. (仲＄n：』★>←♀〉}∷｛「≈)"

It's okay to cooperate with Zhujiuyin in front of you, but you can't let Zhujiuyin take the initiative.

This old bastard was indeed someone Lu Wu had warned him to be careful of, and Zhou Yan was still very wary of him.

Zhou Yan countered with a question.

"Compared to Zhu Jiuyin, I think Lu Wu is more trustworthy. What do you think?"

Having already brought up Lu Wu, Zhou Yan felt that Zhu Jiuyin could now offer his terms of cooperation. He believed he could take this opportunity to persuade Zhu Jiuyin to back down further, and even gain the upper hand in this cooperation.

Zhu Jiuyin chuckled.

"Lu Wu? Lu Wu doesn't have time to deal with me right now..."

After a pause, Zhu Jiuyin asked, puzzled.

"Little guy, you don't actually think Lu Wu wants to take the throne of the Eastern Peak Emperor from me, do you?"

Zhu Jiuyin, being of such an advanced age, knew exactly what Zhou Yan was thinking when he heard Zhou Yan mention Lu Wu.

Zhou Yan's expression remained unchanged, but his heart skipped a beat.

Is not it?

Zhu Jiuyin countered with a question.

"Do you know what Lu Wu is going to do now?"

Although asking this question was embarrassing, Zhou Yan couldn't help but ask it anyway.

"Going to do what?"

If Lu Wu wasn't vying with Zhu Jiuyin for the position of Lord of Mount Tai, then why did he warn himself to be careful of Zhu Jiuyin?

Zhu Jiuyin scoffed, his tone rather frivolous.

"Lu Wu went to Yaochi."

Before meeting Zhou Yan, Lu Wu went to Zhangwei Mountain to see Zhu Jiuyin's remains. At that time, Zhu Jiuyin wanted to shift the blame and warned Zhou Yan to be careful of Lu Wu. However, when Lu Wu arrived at Zhu Jiuyin's remains, he did not do what Zhu Jiuyin thought Lu Wu would do.

Lu Wu simply told Zhu Jiuyin that He was going to Yaochi.

The kind of place where I might not be able to come back for a very long time.

Upon hearing that Lu Wu's goal was Yaochi, Zhou Yan was shocked, and countless hairs on his back stood on end.

Yaochi...

"Lu Wu was resurrected by the goddess Nuwa!?"

Zhou Yan made speaking gestures with his mouth, but no sound came out.

Previously, in order to save Arona, Zhou Yan went to the world a thousand years before the legend of the White Snake. At that time, Zhou Yan still had the plain-colored cloud banner that the Queen Mother of the West used to protect Yaochi in his spiritual platform.

However, after meeting Nuwa, Nuwa disliked that Zhou Yan had been tainted by Houtu Niangniang and west Wangmu, so she washed away Zhou Yan's earth spirit talent and put away the plain-colored cloud banner.

At that time, Zhou Yan was still thinking that this plain-colored cloud banner was the treasure of the Queen Mother of the West. Nuwa took it away like that. Would she return it when they met again?

Zhou Yan now knows.