Bihua Lingjun gently stroked the sleeping little Qilin in his arms and said to Fu Li, "I have been ordered to go down to the mortal world to investigate until today. I have looked around the capital, but I still can't figure out the reason why that mortal is crazy. I don't know if there is any conspiracy behind it. However, this matter must not escape the eyes of the emperor. I wonder if the emperor can give me some advice?"
Fu Li squinted his eyes and said: "Well, you little fairy, your words sound very pleasant to the ear. Based on your humble attitude, I think you are very good.wWw, Qunaben, Com"
Bihua Lingjun immediately smiled, and Danyu said with his hands behind his back, "Of course, my vision has never been wrong."
Bihua Lingjun coughed and said, "Um, the imperial throne..."
Fu Li's huge gecko head shook slightly: "Dan Yu, you are so old, but you still speak shamelessly. I didn't want to expose your past in front of this junior. What else have you seen with your eyes besides the faces of little gods?"
Dan Yu smiled generously: "Fu Li, today we finally meet, no matter what, I will not argue with you, I have never cared about other people's opinions, unlike you back then, who often fussed over trivial matters, resulting in superficiality and ignorance of the inner meaning, so all these years, your understanding of me is still so superficial."
Fu Li shook his head again and said, "Well, I was superficial when I said that you only care about the faces of the little gods. You really care about more than just the face, you also care about the body."
Bihua Lingjun coughed again: "That... the second emperor..."
Fu Li shook his head and chuckled twice, then looked at Bihua Lingjun with his gecko eyes: "Little Immortal, has the old pheasant ever given you his fur? If he has, you should be careful. If he has even given you the fur on his tail, you should be extra careful. Hmm, could he have mentioned the words "dual cultivation" to you..."
Dan Yu's face finally changed color suddenly. Bihua Lingjun coughed again: "That..." Dan Yu glanced at Bihua, and then still with his hands behind his back, he smiled calmly: "Oh, I did do absurd things when I was young, and I never concealed them. Now when I think back, I just think it was ridiculous. Today, I know the meaning of single-mindedness. Those past events have long been like clouds and smoke..."
As he spoke, he walked to the side of Bihua Lingjun, stretched out his finger, gently touched the beard of the sleeping little Qilin, and said in a gentle voice: "Qingxi, if you want to ask Fu Li something, it's not convenient to hold it. I will hold it for you first."
Bihua Lingjun said nothing, and let Danyu take the little Qilin in his arms. Danyu held the little Qilin in his arms with a loving smile on his face, looked at Fuli intentionally or unintentionally, then walked to the side and gently stroked him like Bihua Lingjun. The little Qilin was moved to another embrace, squirmed a little, woke up, and realized that the smell of the person holding him this time was different from before, and cooed twice in panic and struggled a few times.
Dan Yu still smiled lovingly and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, be good." He pulled the little Qilin's beard, and the little Qilin let out a cry, grunted, and bit Dan Yu's finger.
Danxu watched it chewing with a smile. His old man's chicken feet were certainly not easy to chew. The little Qilin bit and chewed desperately until his teeth were sore. There was not even a red mark on Danxu's fingers. It just felt a little itchy as if ants had crawled on them.
On the other side, Bihua Lingjun finally got back to the point and said to Fu Li, "Why did this king suddenly go crazy? I am too stupid to find out the inside story. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."
Fu Li said: "This matter is not strange at all, because the emperor was not possessed by a demon, but the dragon god who protected the meridians was causing trouble. There is no demonic energy, so it is difficult for the heavenly court to find out the reason for a while. Little immortal, the dragon god who protected the meridians, you should know it very well."
Bihua Lingjun nodded.
The guardian spirits are the spirits that protect the monarchs and royal families in the mortal world. They belong to the Nanming Emperor who is in charge of the national destiny and the Tianshu Star Lord of Beidou Palace. There are five types of guardian spirits: the dragon god, the Jiao god, the phoenix god, the unicorn, and the black tortoise. The dragon god protects the monarch of a dynasty, the Jiao god protects the princes and the royal family of the monarch, and these two spirits belong to the Beidou Palace. The phoenix god protects the royal women and queens or concubines related to the national destiny, the unicorn protects the princes of other surnames, and the black tortoise protects the civil and military officials related to the national destiny. These three spirits belong to the Nanming Emperor.
As the kings change, the dragon gods also change. When the king they protect gives up the throne, the dragon gods return to heaven and turn into a ball of spiritual energy in the Dragon Transformation Pool, washing away the past and choosing a new master. If a prince ascends the throne or the royal family seizes power, the dragon god that protects them can turn into a dragon god. If the dynasty is about to change, a unicorn or a black tortoise will turn into a dragon. Occasionally, there are people with supernatural powers in the mortal world who can predict the fate of a country because they can sense the qi of the spiritual gods that protect the veins. If the qi of two dragons appears at the same time, the throne and the country will soon change hands.
Fu Li said: "The emperor of this dynasty is born with supernatural powers and can see the spirits that protect the meridians."
Bihua Lingjun said: "Oh, I guess this is the source. But it stands to reason that mortals who are protected by spirit gods can never see spirit gods. This is the rule of heaven, and there has never been any omission. This matter is still strange."
Fu Li said, "I once hid in the pool of the imperial palace because the spiritual energy in the emperor's place is stronger than other places, especially the dragon energy, which is suitable for me to recuperate. When the emperor was still a child, I was still in the palace and often saw him and the little dragon that always followed him. Later, I saw him chatting with the little dragon, and then I knew he had this ability. I was afraid that he would see my Dharma body, so I immediately moved here."
Dan Yu, who was standing aside holding the little Qilin, suddenly spoke from a distance: "Fu Li, don't act like you are not involved. The fact that the emperor can see the guardian spirit must be related to you."
Fu Li raised his head and said, "Dan Yu, even if I just exposed your past in front of the little immortal, you don't have to put the blame on me."
Dan Yu sneered and said slowly, "There has always been a rule in the Heavenly Court that mortals who are blessed by spirit gods can never see spirit gods. This has never gone wrong before. If this mortal can still see spirit gods, it must be some kind of adventure. Fu Li, you have lived for a long time, why are you still so impetuous in doing things? Although you have turned into a gecko, the fairy spirit on you is not ordinary. You are lying in the pool of the palace, and the water must be stained with your fairy spirit. If this emperor drinks a few sips, he must have the ability to see those insignificant gods. This matter is definitely related to you."
Bihua Lingjun said: "Emperor, this cannot be said too absolutely. Although the water in the pool will definitely be stained with the fairy spirit of Fuli Emperor, those who are born in the royal family in the mortal world are particular about food and clothing, and will not drink the water in the pool casually..."
Fu Li lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, then said in a muffled voice: "Little Immortal, you don't have to make excuses for me. If I did it, I would definitely take responsibility. What Dan Yu said makes sense. And that emperor... once slipped and fell into the pool where I rested when he was a child... After hearing that, I recalled that it was indeed after he fell into the pool that I saw him chatting with the dragon..."
Bihua Lingjun stood there in silence, and Danyu said earnestly: "Fuli, although you may be the culprit, you must not blame yourself too much."
Fu Li remained silent. Bihua Lingjun coughed again and said, "Now, how he saw it is no longer important. The most urgent task is to understand the key to the matter and find a solution. Please continue to tell me the inside story."
Fu Li just continued, "This emperor has been able to see the spirit dragon that protects him since he was a child. He often chatted with the dragon. Later, I moved to another place, and I don't know much about what happened in the past ten years. After that, he ascended the throne and became the emperor, and the little dragon also transformed into a dragon. He has been very peaceful in these years, until some time ago, when something happened. Because of his supernatural powers, this emperor has always attached great importance to sacrifices and offerings, and specially invited several mortals to manage this matter. One of them was named the national teacher. Who knew that his queen actually had an affair with the national teacher and got pregnant. The spirit god that protected the fetus was formed during pregnancy. Because she was not of royal origin but had to be born in an imperial family, it was not a dragon but a snake. The emperor saw through it, and he felt that killing the queen and the national teacher was not enough to satisfy his anger. His dragon god should have told him how to capture the spirit god. He actually captured the queen's phoenix god and the fetus's snake god, and crushed them and ate them."
Bihua Lingjun nodded in understanding: "For a mortal to kill a god is against heaven. Kill and eat him. He is no longer a mortal, but he is not a demon either. His meridians must have changed, and the dragon god who protects his meridians has also changed."
Fu Li continued, "The concubines and several princes saw him killing and eating spirits, so rumors spread that he was possessed by a demon. He killed them to silence them, and every time he killed one, he would capture his spirit and eat it."
Bihua Lingjun added: "It's no wonder that they are getting stronger and stronger just by killing one and swallowing one... There is something wrong with the Guardian Spirit God, and the Heavenly Court should have noticed it, but because Tianshu Star Lord just went into seclusion to cultivate, Nanming Emperor is still in prison for violating the Heavenly Law, Tianshu Star Lord once shattered his immortal essence to reshape his immortal body, and the other six stars of Beidou Palace consumed most of their immortal energy to pass it on to Tianshu in order to make him return to the master position, and he is still recuperating. The Guardian Spirit Gods are temporarily without a master, and are temporarily in charge of Mingge Star Lord. Alas, Mingge... There are too many things to do, so it is inevitable that there are some omissions..."
Fu Li shook his head and sighed, "Because I was hiding in this mountain stream, I didn't pay much attention to it at first. When I noticed it later, it was already impossible to suppress it. The land gods and mountain gods in the capital couldn't resist and fainted. My magic power is not much, so I can only save this Qilin cub and use my magic power to balance the capital's energy to prevent innocent mortals from suffering."
Bihua Lingjun said: "The weather in the capital has been different recently. I think it was the Dragon God and the Emperor who caused the capital's qi and veins to be in chaos, and then the Emperor used his own magic power to resist and resolve it with rain."
Fu Li nodded.
Dan Yu said from a distance: "No wonder the Heavenly Court can't find out. Fu Li has resolved it here. The ordinary little gods and immortals can see that it is indeed peaceful."
Fu Li lay down again and said nothing more.
Bihua Lingjun raised his sleeves and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for telling me the reason. Now that I understand, I will settle the matter immediately."
Dan Yu walked over and said, "Fu Li, you should keep this young unicorn here for now. Qing Xi and I are going to the palace, and it will be in the way if we bring it with us."
Bihua Lingjun said: "There is no need to trouble Emperor Danjing with this matter. I can go alone."
Dan Yu said, "If you let me come down to help you, I will take care of this matter to the end." He smiled slightly and said, "Qing Xi, do you think that mortal and Xiao Long can hurt me?"
Bihua Lingjun hesitated for a moment, and Fu Li said in a deep voice, "He is afraid that if you go, you will not be able to control your strength, and you will accidentally beat those two to ashes, and you can't take them back to report to the Jade Emperor."
Dan Yu stared into Bihua Lingjun's eyes, smiled and said softly: "Qingxi, don't worry, I will be gentler and gentler."
A colorful halo of light appeared around Dan Yu again, shining brightly. Bihua Lingjun hesitated for a moment, sighed softly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Please go with me, then."
Dan Yu smiled happily, and the little Qilin in her arms was wrapped in a ball of colorful light, and landed lightly in front of Fu Li. Dan Yu was already standing beside Bi Hua, and said in a gentle voice: "Qing Xi, I have said many times that you and I do not need to say thank you."
The little Qilin burrowed into Fu Li's belly. Fu Li raised his eyelids to look at Dan Yu and Bihua Lingjun, and shook his head.
Bihua Lingjun and Danyu rode on a cloud to the top of the palace. Danyu stood on the cloud and looked down: "The palace in the mortal world is not small and quite impressive." Bihua Lingjun said: "Of course, the emperor is the most powerful person among mortals, so the place he lives in is naturally the best in the mortal world."
Bihua Lingjun looked down intently. Fuli Xiandi had just had a rain not long ago, which washed away all the yin energy in the palace. Bihua Lingjun could only search carefully. Dan Yu raised his sleeve and pointed to a certain place: "There seems to be something unusual there."
Bihua Lingjun descended from the clouds, and Dan Yu followed behind him. They approached the palace that Dan Yu pointed out, and indeed detected a faint dragon energy. It seemed that this was the emperor's bedroom. The dragon energy was floating and restless, so the emperor should be in the palace.
Just as Bihua Lingjun landed in front of the palace, a strange, long black shadow suddenly jumped out from the palace.
Before Bihua Lingjun could see the black shadow's appearance clearly, Dan Yu raised his hand beside him and flicked his fingers lightly, and the black shadow flew to the distant horizon like a small stone thrown with great force...
Dan Xie coughed and said apologetically: "Qing Xi, it's my fault. I thought the force was small enough."
Bihua Lingjun stood there silently. Dan Yu moved his fingers again and said the word "return". The black shadow flying towards the horizon suddenly stopped in mid-air and then dived back at the speed of a meteor. Bihua Lingjun hurriedly waved his sleeves and used magic to block the black shadow before it landed on the ground. The black shadow finally landed safely.
The moment the black shadow landed on the ground, Bihua Lingjun saw its appearance clearly: an ugly and weird dragon.
It is called a dragon, but in fact it doesn't look like a dragon. There is not a single dragon scale on its body. Instead, it is covered with large and small bumps like a toad. The dragon horns on its head are like two old tree branches, and its eyes are actually emerald green. Only from its body shape, you can still tell that it is a dragon.
When it fell back to the ground, although it was caught by Bihua Lingjun with magic and kept safe, it seemed that Dan Yu's snap of fingers still caused it to be seriously injured. It lay on the ground weakly, half dead and dying, struggling to nod to Bihua Lingjun three times, as a substitute for kowtow three times, looking at Bihua Lingjun with green eyes, silently shedding tears.
Dan Yu frowned and asked, "Why is this little dragon so ugly? Is it because Fu Li turned into a gecko that the dragons in the mortal world have also become more and more ugly?"
The ugly dragon looked at Bihua Lingjun, still crying silently. Bihua Lingjun said: "You are the emperor's guardian dragon god, why did you become like this?"
Ugly Dragon shed tears and said, "Is the Immortal Lord an envoy sent by the Heavenly Court? To answer the Immortal Lord, I... am the Dragon God who protects the emperor of this dynasty, but now, my immortality is completely destroyed and I dare not call myself a god anymore. I just sensed the approach of immortal energy, so I guessed that the Immortal Lord from the Heavenly Court had arrived, and I wanted to come out to greet him..."
The ugly dragon's voice was also weak and very faint. Bihua Lingjun said, "I am the Bihua Lingjun, following the order of the Jade Emperor, to thoroughly investigate the madness of the emperor of the mortal world. I probably already know the cause and effect."
The ugly dragon struggled to crawl forward, bowed his head again and said: "I know I have violated the heavenly law, and my crime is unforgivable. Spiritual Lord, please take me back to heaven. Whether you pull out my tendons and bones or chop me into dust, it is what I deserve. But, Spiritual Lord, can you be merciful and agree to my request..."
Chou Long prostrated himself on the ground, tears streaming down his face: "Please, Lord Ling, save Shang Tang..."
Shang Tang, I think that is the emperor's name. Bihua Lingjun looked at the half-dead dragon and sighed: "Are you asking me to save the emperor? You should know that he defied the heaven and devoured the gods, which is a great sin that cannot be forgiven. The souls of the innocent mortals he killed are still in the underworld, and their resentment is rising to the sky. The resentment has reached the heaven. I came here to capture him this time, how can I save him?"
Chou Long just kept begging with tears: "Please show mercy, Lord Ling. He defied the will of heaven and devoured spirits. The fault is all mine~~~"
Bihua Lingjun wanted to enter the palace to capture the emperor, but was tripped by the dragon. The ugly dragon sobbed and begged, and Bihua Lingjun didn't know what to do with it for a moment. He was also afraid that it would annoy the Danjing Emperor's throne behind him with its crying. If he got angry, the dragon might not even have to go to the Duanlongtai.
After a while, Dan Yu, who was beside Bihua, spoke up, but his tone was very gentle: "Qingxi, in my opinion, this dragon is a little ugly, but it is quite honest. It keeps taking the blame on itself and begging for mercy. This affection alone is very precious. Why don't you make some adjustments after considering the situation?"
The ugly dragon finally looked at Dan Jing with tearful eyes. When Bihua Lingjun and Dan Jing arrived in front of the palace, it sensed an extremely strong immortal energy, but because its immortal essence was greatly damaged, it could only feel that the strong immortal energy covered the two immortals in front of it, and it could not tell who it came from. Dan Jing had been standing behind Bihua Lingjun, so this ignorant dragon thought that Dan Jing was the attendant of Bihua Lingjun and just pleaded with Bihua Lingjun. At this moment, Dan Jing spoke well for it, and the ugly dragon just looked at Dan Jing with gratitude and bowed his head.
Dan Yu smiled at Bihua Lingjun and said, "What Fu Li said is still a little unclear. Why don't we wait until we go in and see the emperor's condition before making a decision?" He then said to Choulong, "Please make way for now. You are blocking Lingjun and me. Even if we can make an exception, Lingjun and I can't see the emperor and we can't make a decision."
Before Bihua Lingjun could reply, the dragon had already struggled desperately to move aside and bowed its head: "Thank you, the fairy messenger, for pleading for me in front of Lingjun." Dan Yu moved closer to Bihua Lingjun intentionally or unintentionally, staring at him with a smile. The ugly dragon continued with tears in his eyes: "This fairy messenger is from the Phoenix Clan, right?" Dan Yu smiled with his hands behind his back: "You little dragon has good eyesight." The ugly dragon said: "Among the spirit gods swallowed by Shang Tang, there are several Phoenix gods. I think the fairy messenger is the fairy who is in charge of the Phoenix Clan beside Lingjun. He is willing to plead for me. I am very grateful."
Bihua Lingjun opened his mouth and was about to explain Danjing Immortal Emperor's identity, but Danjing had already nodded with a smile and said, "Your eyesight is really good. You can tell that I am the Phoenix of Qingxi. Very good, very good." He glowed with immortal light and looked at Bihua Lingjun with a smile. Bihua Lingjun paused, but said nothing and went into the hall. Danjing followed with a smile and moved closer.
After entering the hall, Bihua Lingjun understood why the ugly dragon was begging for mercy so desperately.
In the dragon's nest of the bedroom, there was a person lying, wearing a bright yellow robe, with Yin energy wrapped around him and a weak breath.
Bihua Lingjun sighed and said, "It seems that even if the Jade Emperor didn't send me to the lower world, this emperor would not be able to hold on for long and would be destroyed. He devoured the spirit god with his mortal body. The power of the spirit god is heavy, and his mortal soul can't bear it at all. If he hadn't obtained some immortal energy from Emperor Fuli in his early years, and if the emperor often sent rain to dispel the evil spirit, he might have died long ago."
Dan Yu said, "The dragon must have absorbed the evil spirit from him to become like that." The ugly dragon had already struggled to crawl into the hall. Just as he climbed over the threshold, he shed tears and bowed his head desperately, saying, "Please, Lingjun, save him."
Bihua Lingjun said, "This is what you sow." Devouring a spirit god will eventually devour itself. This is the inevitable outcome. Bihua Lingjun looked at the crying dragon, which was indeed very pitiful. Then he looked at the emperor and could only shake his head. "The innocent people he killed and the spirit gods he devoured are truly pitiful. If I save him, I will be going against the will of heaven. Even if you want to take the blame for the great sin he committed, you cannot do it yourself."
Ugly Dragon cried, "I know, but please listen to me, Lord Ling, in the end. In fact, the culprit is indeed Xiaolong. In fact, I should have been Jiao. In fact, he should not have been on the throne."
Bihua Lingjun stood in front of the bed and listened to the dragon crying and talking.
"I was ordered by Lord Mingge to be Shang Tang's guardian spirit in this life. Originally, he should have been a prince in this life, and I was a dragon, so I couldn't become one. But when he was seven years old, for some reason, he could suddenly see me, and he... he was not afraid of me, and even talked to me. As a guardian spirit, I am destined to be like a mortal, reincarnating from generation to generation. The mortals I protect have never known my existence, and no one has ever spoken to me..."
Bihua Lingjun listened in silence.
The guardian spirit god is indeed a very lonely existence, destined to reincarnate from generation to generation. If one day, the mortal it protects can actually see it and talk to it, the lonely spirit god will inevitably forget his duties and reveal secrets that should not be revealed.
The little dragon couldn't help but reveal the secret. It told the child the secret of the protective spirit and the transformation.
"Later, he gradually grew up. Suddenly one day, he asked me, since human fate is determined by heaven, why do we need humans? Since the guardian spirit god is already a spirit god, why is he still bound by fate? Is it determined by heaven and cannot be changed? I couldn't answer these questions. Then he asked me if fate is really unbreakable and whether I am willing to be a dragon."
The ugly dragon closed his eyes and burst into tears: "I, I said the wrong thing at that time, I shouldn't have said it. Of course I want to be a dragon, but it's destiny, how can I change it?"
Bihua Lingjun asked: "So he changed the destiny and let you turn into a dragon?"
Ugly Dragon cried and nodded: "The emperor destined by heaven was originally his elder brother. He designed to expose the affair between the prince's mother and the guard. The emperor at that time killed the imperial concubine and suspected that the prince was not his biological son. So he found a reason to expel the prince from the royal family and made him a king of a different surname. The prince's protective dragon spirit turned into a Qilin. He also told me that even those who are destined to turn into dragons can turn into Qilin. It shows that destiny is not inviolable. He is not unable to become the emperor, and I am not unable to turn into a dragon. Later... Later, he actually became the emperor, and I really turned into a dragon..."
Bihua Lingjun was still listening silently. Dan Yu had been standing beside him. Suddenly, he said to him in a secret voice: "Qingxi, why do I feel that this clown dragon is a little silly?"
Bihua Lingjun silently replied with a single word using a secret voice: "Yes."
Dan Yu used the secret voice to say: "I thought it was so pitiful that it was protecting that mortal, so I thought if I could show some mercy to it, but the more I listened to it, the more I felt that this mortal..."
Bihua Lingjun used the secret voice to interject, "The more I feel, the more I feel that this mortal has never been a good person since he was young. He deserves what he has done to this point."
Chou Long was still crying sadly as he recalled the past. Bihua Lingjun and Dan Yu looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.
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The ugly dragon sobbed and continued to narrate: "After I became a dragon, I thought I would be punished by heaven, but after a long time, there was no punishment. Shang Tang said that in fact, there is no reason for heaven. As long as you win, you are in accordance with heaven, and if you lose, you are against heaven. I couldn't persuade him, it was all my fault. Later, he asked why people have to reincarnate, isn't there a way to escape reincarnation without any constraints? Later... his concubine had an affair with someone else, he devoured the spirit god, and I, I also..."
Bihua Lingjun looked down at the naked emperor and said, "It turns out that he devoured gods and souls in order to transcend reincarnation."
Dan Yu smiled and said, "It's not surprising that ordinary people have such thoughts, but they are using the wrong method."
The emperor lay motionless in the dragon's bed, probably being held in place by the dragon god's spell and in a coma. A dark grey murderous aura was floating around him, and he looked to be no more than thirty years old, with a pale and thin face and long black eyebrows, but he had a good appearance.
Bihua Lingjun shook his head: "It's a pity that he was able to be reborn into the royal family in this life, which is already a great blessing. Unfortunately, he was unwilling to cherish his blessings and wanted to escape reincarnation and seek immortality. He even strayed into the devil's way, harmed innocent people, and finally harmed himself."
The ugly dragon fell to the ground and kowtowed again: "It is all my fault that he is here today. If I had not told him about the spirit god, he would not be here today. Although he has made mistakes, please have mercy on him, Spirit Lord, and don't let him turn to ashes. If he keeps a little bit of his soul, the Heavenly Court can also punish him."
Bihua Lingjun frowned slightly, turned his head and glanced at Danyu again. Danyu looked back at Bihua Lingjun, smiled again, and said, "What this little dragon said makes sense." Turning his eyes to the ugly dragon on the ground, he said, "This mortal has been devoured by the evil spirit, and his soul is about to dissipate. Now he is being held down by your magic. You asked Lingjun to save him. Do you want Lingjun to eliminate the evil spirit and give him some immortal energy?"
Chou Long bowed his head desperately. Dan Yu looked at Bihua Lingjun again, raised his eyebrows and said, "Qing Xi, what are you going to do?"
Bihua Lingjun put his hands behind his back, thought for a moment and said, "Since you are begging so hard, considering your desire to protect him, I can make an exception and make an exception once..."
The ugly dragon raised his head with surprise in his eyes. Bihua Lingjun walked to the bedside, raised his right hand, and gathered fairy light in his palm, which instantly enveloped the naked emperor.
Dan Yu just stood aside and watched as the ugly dragon lying on the ground raised its head little by little.
After a while, the fairy light gradually faded, and joy flashed in Chou Long's eyes. Bihua Lingjun withdrew his hand, and the fairy light dissipated. The ** emperor suddenly opened his eyes, but the dark and murderous aura surrounding him was still floating, without diminishing at all.
The joy in Chou Long's eyes turned into suspicion, and he stammered, "Ling Jun... this... didn't you promise to help him resolve it..."
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Bihua Lingjun smiled and said, "Although I have agreed to consider leniency, you have been the one who has been begging for mercy from the beginning to the end. Since I want to be lenient, I should first ask the person who needs leniency whether he wants it or not." He said to the emperor, "Although you were immobilized by magic just now, you have swallowed the gods and have magical powers. The magic of this dragon cannot seal your five senses. You should have heard everything just now. Do you have anything to say now?"
The emperor slowly sat up. His every move was very slow and he looked extremely weak. The dragon on the ground lay stiffly. The emperor closed his eyes and whispered, "You all know what I did. I really went against the will of heaven. What else can I say in front of the gods? This time, I already knew I would lose and I had anticipated the consequences. You gods, do whatever you want."
Bihua Lingjun said: "You heard what the dragon said just now, so you have nothing to say?"
The emperor didn't even look at the ugly dragon on the ground, and said coldly: "No, it said the truth. It is a good spirit, but it's a pity that it protected me."
Chou Long said in a trembling voice, "Shang Tang... Shang Tang..." His green eyes were filled with tears.
Bihua Lingjun sighed and said, "This is a very touching scene." Then he looked at the emperor again and said, "This little guardian spirit tempted you to go against the will of heaven for its own desires, usurp the throne, and even devour souls and become a demon. Now it is blaming all the sins on you. Why are you still protecting it?"
The emperor looked at Bihua Lingjun in surprise and suspicion, his expression stiff.
The ugly dragon on the ground suddenly trembled all over, and suddenly jumped up like lightning, turning into a black light, and rushed over like an arrow. Dan Yu slowly raised his sleeves and flicked his fingers. The black shadow fell to the ground in mid-air, struggled and twisted twice, and then lay motionless on the ground.
The ugly dragon raised its head. It was tied tightly with a colorful rope. It stared at Dan Yu and said angrily, "Who are you? If you are a fairy messenger under the seat of this spiritual master, you can't have such magical power."
Dan Yu laughed and said, "You little spirit god, do you think you can enter the devil's way just by swallowing a few little spirit gods like you? Even if you swallowed half of the little gods in the heaven, it would be difficult for you to show off in front of me. However, at the beginning, I was really fooled by you."
Bihua Lingjun sighed and continued, "Not only was the Emperor fooled by you, I was fooled by you too. But what you said later had too many loopholes. This lie cannot be justified no matter what."
Chou Long raised his head and said, "Ling Jun said I was lying. Ling Jun, what do you think I said is wrong?"
Bihua Lingjun said, "That's what you said, when he devoured the spirit god in order to transcend reincarnation. In this mortal world, mortals are real and spirits are virtual. If he wants to devour spirits, he must first practice the art of capturing and transforming spirits. When he can devour spirits, he has already entered the halfway stage of the devil's way, and he no longer has to worry about birth, aging, sickness and death."
Bihua Lingjun looked at the emperor again, "I heard before that the emperor killed his concubine and devoured her spirit because she had an affair and the child she was carrying was not of his blood. However, the two spirit gods he devoured were a snake spirit and a phoenix spirit. He then devoured countless spirit gods of the royal family. If he wanted to practice magic, he would definitely transform the power of the spirit gods into magic power for his own use. I just checked again and found that although he has magic power, it was forced upon him. Until now, he is still a mortal."
Dan Yu nodded and smiled: "Qing Xi, you said it very well."
Bihua Lingjun said: "No need to praise me, you must have figured it out earlier than me."
Dan Yu said, "Well, the hostility surrounding this mortal was spit out by the dragon spirit, not from him. I saw it early on, but you also know that I have been in the shell for many years, and the world has changed a lot. I thought it was some new way to save its life. Later, when it said it was worried about heaven's punishment but could do nothing about it, it was really fake." Looking at the ugly dragon on the ground, he shook his head, "Originally, you pretended to be affectionate, and I was very moved, but if you really were so affectionate, when you were worried that he would go against the will of heaven and be punished by heaven, you would have shed your dragon bones and become a dragon, or go to the Dragon Transformation Pool in the Heavenly Palace to transform yourself. You can stop this. And he swallowed spirits later, without your help, he couldn't swallow so many. If you want to take the blame for him, you can just say that you swallowed them all. You became like this, looking like you were counterattacked for helping this mortal to dissipate the evil spirit, but you keep saying that it has nothing to do with you. Even if I am confused, I can see that you are talking nonsense. In fact, you swallowed all those little spirits, and your magic power was unable to resist, so you became like this. You used your magic power to freeze this mortal, and then released the fuse of evil spirits on him, in fact, you led Qingxi to help you dissolve these backlashes. You are the mastermind, and he is the accomplice."
The ugly dragon struggled twice more, grinding his teeth.
Dan Yu said, "In fact, I am not a deity who judges people by appearance. Being ugly is not a sin, but being ugly and not following the right path is a sin upon sin and is unforgivable." He turned his head and looked at Bihua Lingjun again, smiling, "Qing Xi, am I right?"
Bihua Lingjun did not respond, but only said to the emperor: "Although it is the mastermind, you have also assisted in the matter. Why did you do it? Can you tell me the cause and effect?"
The emperor looked a little dazed. He looked straight at Bihua Lingjun and Dan Yu and asked, "Are you two really immortals?"
Bihua Lingjun nodded: "I am Bihua Lingjun of the Heavenly Court, this..." He looked at Dan Yu and said vaguely, "This person's rank is even higher than mine.
The emperor had no reaction to this statement, but there was a hint of urgency in his eyes as he looked at Bihua Lingjun: "Well, I have something to ask the two gods. I wonder if there is a god whose true form is a dragon who has ever been to the mortal world?" A trance smile appeared on the emperor's face. "When I was young, I once saw a dragon. He must be a god. He was a green dragon, very beautiful, and I will never forget it..."
40
Bihua Lingjun slowly frowned and whispered to Danyu with a secret voice: "Emperor, could it be that this emperor..."
Dan Yu said slowly in a secret voice: "This mortal must have seen Fu Li's damn dragon."
The captured ugly dragon on the ground suddenly sneered: "The blue dragon, haha, did you hear me? Until now, this mortal is still obsessed with that dragon. It is said that it is the dragon in the pond in the imperial garden. Haha, there really is a dragon, how could I not notice it? He took this dream seriously and asked me if it was true. I said yes, but my magic power is exhausted and I can't become a dragon. As long as you become the emperor, I can become a dragon again. He actually became the emperor. I told him that if I devour other spirits, I can become the appearance he saw, and he actually believed it! Mortals are such foolish and wishful thinking. The Heavenly Court even sent us to protect them. Haha, it's really ridiculous!"
The emperor still looked dazed, as if he didn't hear the ridicule of the dragon god on the ground, and he muttered to himself.
He said that when he was a child, although he was a prince, his mother's family had no power and he suffered a lot of grievances. Later, on a cold winter day, he was pushed into the pond in the imperial garden by his brother.
The water was freezing and no one came to save him, so he slowly sank. At that moment, he saw a brilliant light and a green dragon.
The dragon's scales were sparkling, the color was like emerald green jade, and he was wrapped in the green light. Then, the dragon disappeared, and a man in a green robe held him in his arms. He already remembered the man's appearance very vaguely, but he thought that he was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. He also remembered that the man's green robe had golden patterns on it, which seemed to swim like water plants. He also remembered that man's long hair as black as ink jade. He would never forget the faint green light that had been wrapping him.
He fell into a deep sleep, feeling only the light wrapping him warmly. When he woke up, he was already on the shore, and he saw a small, translucent dragon following him.
He asked the dragon, "Are you the blue dragon?" The dragon seemed very surprised and did not answer him.
He returned to his bedroom without telling anyone. From that day on, he discovered that he could see other things. He could see that other people in the palace also had things similar to the little dragon around them.
My father’s is a golden dragon. Like my father, it is very fierce and likes to spit at him.
The queen's is a golden phoenix, and she doesn't like to talk to people.
My mother's is a phoenix with sparse fur. She always looks listless and likes to cry.
The imperial brothers also had dragons around them, but they were bigger than the one next to him and didn't pay much attention to people. He tried to tease his eldest brother's dragon and was scratched by it.
He kept talking to his little dragon, and finally, the little dragon told him that they were the guardian spirits who were always by everyone's side, but it was strange that he could suddenly see them. No one had ever been able to see them before.
He continued to ask the little dragon if it was the blue dragon, why it became like this, and whether it could become a dragon again. The dragon seemed unhappy every time he asked. Finally one day, it replied in a rough voice: "Yes, I am, but this is a secret, I should not have revealed it. I became like this because I saved you. If you become the emperor, I can become a dragon."
Then he betrayed his brother and became the emperor. The Jiao really turned into a dragon, but it was not a green dragon, but a golden one, and looked completely different from the one before.
He asked why, but the dragon didn't answer.
Later, he was found talking to himself by his concubine, who thought he was possessed by evil spirits. She found a wizard to enter the palace, slept with the wizard, and became pregnant with a child. He felt annoyed when he saw the little snake floating beside the concubine. The dragon god swallowed the snake in one gulp and said, "You don't have to worry about it now."
Then, he killed his concubine and the wizard, he became a tyrant, and he suddenly discovered that the dragon had changed color.
The dragon said that if he could devour more spirit gods, he might be able to return to his previous color and even transform into a human form. He knew this was not true, but he seemed to be unable to stop, killing one after another and watching his dragon god swallow one after another.
The emperor smiled dreamily and said to Bihua Lingjun: "Goddess, I really can't tell whether this matter is my fault or its fault. Maybe I don't know it in the first place, and it doesn't know it either."
At dusk, Fu Li lay on a rock beside the pond to bask in the sun. After so many years in the mortal world, he had developed a habit of basking in the sun. The little Qilin was still sleeping under his belly, snore loudly. Fu Li yawned and felt a little sleepy.
At this moment, a breeze started to blow.
Fu Li raised his eyelids, looked at Bihua Lingjun and Dan Yu who were beside him, and said slowly: "It's pretty fast."
Dan Yu didn't say anything, and Bihua Lingjun said, "Not bad."
Fu Li asked slowly again: "Is it done?"
Bihua Lingjun said: "Yes, it was the Dragon God who attempted to transform into a demon, bewitching the emperor and devouring the spirit god. The Dragon God has been captured and sent back to Heaven for punishment. Although the emperor was bewitched, he killed innocent people indiscriminately and his crime cannot be escaped. He was subdued by the Dragon God's magic, and his evil spirit backfired, and he almost died. Now he only has a weak soul. I have also captured him and sent him back to Heaven to judge his crime."
In Bihua Lingjun's hand was a glass bottle, with a faint soul light in the bottle, which seemed to light up slightly. However, Fu Li didn't care, didn't even look at it, hummed, and continued to squint his eyes and prepare to doze off.
The little Qilin squirmed under its belly, patted the ground with its short tail, and fell asleep again with a snoring sound.
Dan Yu suddenly asked, "Fu Li, you have been a gecko for so many years, can you still be a dragon?"
Fu Li said, "I don't have the ability of an old pheasant like you to turn into an egg and start over. My current form consumes the least amount of energy. You may not understand the profound things like shedding your form and nourishing your energy."
Dan Yu nodded: "Well, I don't understand. I'm afraid that you've been a gecko for too long and you really think you are a gecko. You even forget that you were once a dragon. Not to mention, I really forgot what you looked like when you were a dragon."
Fu Li snorted, and suddenly a brilliant green light appeared all over his body.
In the light, a green dragon appeared hovering, its scales shining brightly, and its body surrounded by auspicious aura looked like the most transparent emerald green jade.
It’s just because Immortal Emperor Fu Li is not strong enough now, so the dragon is not very big.
The green dragon circled and tumbled above the lake. After a moment, the light became brighter and it transformed into a human form.
Dan Xie is very flamboyant and eye-catching. Although Fu Li is not as flamboyant as him, he is almost as eye-catching.
Fu Li landed lightly not far from Dan Wei, the sleeves of his green robe fluttering slightly like flowing clouds, and the golden cloud patterns on the robe also seemed to be floating, extremely gorgeous.
Fu Li narrowed his eyes and looked at Dan Yu: "I have been reluctant to show my true self because I am afraid that you will look even more unrefined in front of this little god. After all, we are old friends for so many years, and I want to help you appropriately." Dan Yu smiled and said: "Thank you, thank you. You have used up all your magic power accumulated over the years. I don't know how many more years you will have to be a gecko." He reached out and patted Fu Li's shoulder, "Do you want me to pass on some of my magic power to you?"
The little Qilin had woken up a long time ago and was lying on the stone, staring blankly at the scene in front of him.
Bihua Lingjun stood aside holding the glass bottle with a smile on his face. The faint soul in the bottle lit up for a moment, then gradually dimmed.
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