The Book of Troubled Times

This is not the first time Piaomiao has focused on Zhao Changhe's appearance... but it has always been pleasing to the eye, probably because of Cui Yuanyang's memory.

But it's especially beautiful at this moment. I don't know why my heart is beating faster. No matter how hard I practice, I can't control it.

Maybe it was the first time I felt tenderness, exactly the same as when I saw him treat Cui Yuanyang before. This moment was not for Cui Yuanyang, but for Piaomiao.

Although Zhao Changhe was sincere, she still felt very vain and unsteady. She felt that Zhao Changhe had no reason to like Piaomiao, and it would be nice if he didn't dislike his temper and unreasonable troubles. The best explanation of lust seems to be unexplainable. Zhao Changhe is really not familiar with her appearance, so why would he want her?

Piaomiao couldn't understand why.

On the other hand, she herself had even more reasons to be emotional.

All the hatred towards him is nothing more than undeserved debts, but once he admits that he is in love, those things become voluntary, and there is no hatred at all... At least at this moment, Piaomiao really can't feel any hatred.

Maybe Zhao Changhe just wants this result?

Piaomiao didn't know that her mind was very messy at the moment, so messy that even after he wiped it and put on her clothes, she was still a little confused and distracted.

Zhao Changhe helped her get up and get off the ground, and whispered: "Let's go, don't think about that now. He claims to be rational, but it's impossible to be as rational as before in the possessed state, and it's useless to think about it. Let's deal with Bo Xun, and then we'll be dealt with Your own problem."

Piaomiao said "hmm" and silently followed him out.

…………

The place where Buddhism suppressed Bo Xun is a tower.

The two arrived outside the tower. Yuan Cheng was guarding outside. When he saw the two coming, he put his hands together and saluted: "King Zhao's evil spirit has been relieved. I am very happy to congratulate you."

As he spoke, his eyes wandered around Piaomiao, his meaning unclear.

There really is someone in the world called Rishanhe Sheji... or a demonized version.

Of course, I didn't dare to show it too obviously, so I still said politely: "I've met the princess."

Piaomiao said: "Who said I am a princess?"

Yuan Cheng smiled honestly and did not argue. I yelled several times last night but I didn’t get any rebuttal from you, but now I’m doing the reverse...

Seeing that ethereal smile, you knew what he was thinking... He really didn't refute last night. Wasn't it because the situation was urgent and there was no time to dwell on such words?

Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Changhe had already cut off: "Okay, let's stop chatting. What's going on with Bo Xun? Are you sure you can really suppress it without the soul chain?"

Piaomiao glanced at him, he was always willing to change the subject...forget it.

Yuan Cheng replied: "The effect of our pagoda should be better than the chains... After all, the chains are just restraints, and our pagoda is the whole one. Of course, it will be best if we work together. But the chains belong to King Zhao after all, and we are not good If you make the decision without permission, you should return it to King Zhao first."

Zhao Changhe nodded and said to himself that it's a good thing you guys are sensible, otherwise I would have died in Piaomiao's hands this morning. It’s so difficult to soak up this kind of ancient demon with your head hanging from the waist of your pants...

Everyone entered the pagoda together and Zhao Changhe asked casually: "If I'm not mistaken, Bo Xun itself belongs to your concept of Buddhism, and I believe you are the most suitable. I'm a little curious, Bo Xun has it, what about your Buddha Sect and so on? Is it still there?"

"It's gone... Our ancient Buddha is just a Vajra left from ancient times. King Zhao also knew him. Bo Xun once tried to demonize him, but King Zhao and Miss Yue helped to stop this."

"Well, remember this, I came to you this time for the same reason... So Bo Xun can survive, but Buddha can't?"

Yuan Cheng was a little embarrassed: "Actually, he was still alive, but he was destroyed by the late emperor not long after."

Zhao Changhe knocked his head and remembered that Xia Longyuan once tried to destroy the Buddha. It turned out that his opponent that time was the Buddha. I don't know if Xia Longyuan hates Buddhism or because he is guided by Ye Wuming. This is really a long-term project for two generations to help her get rid of all kinds of ancient demons.

Now this project seems to be coming to an end. If Bo Xun is solved, there will really be very few ancient demon gods left... The new version of the demon god list actually allows you to follow the map to determine how many targets are left...

As he spoke, he had reached the top of the pagoda. The so-called suppression was not at the bottom, but at the top, which surprised Zhao Changhe. But when you get to the location, you can feel the meaning of a bright sun shining all-pervasively on this small space. The evil spirits inside are gradually consumed by this scorching sun and turned into mist.

Piao Miao felt pain all over her body, groaned, and backed out of the range uncomfortably.

Zhao Changhe reached out and held her hand. The isolation of space enveloped Piaomiao's body, temporarily blocking her from this strong restraint.

Piao Miao glanced at him again, then moved her gaze away, landing on a ball of black air in the center of the tower.

This is Bo Xun's true form, which is a bit dying at the moment, but it still can't hide its ferocious demonic intent.

The sound transmission from the soul Jie Jie sounded: "You...can't kill me...I am just the protrusion of the human heart, inside but not outside. Apart from the demonic energy that appears on the outside, it is still born in your heart. Who do you compare with yourselves?" You all know that those things are not imposed on you by me, but are your own."

Zhao Changhe touched his chin: "Are you afraid when you fart for such a long time?"

Bo Xun sneered: "Don't think that you, Zhao Changhe, have the ability to kill gods. You just can't do it facing me!"

Zhao Changhe said: "So you thought I might kill you, so you said you wanted to strengthen your confidence?"

Bo Xun: "..."

Zhao Changhe took out the golden arrow that was once stained with the blood of the demon god and approached Bo Xun: "It's useless to say more, we'll find out after we try... I can't guarantee whether I can kill you, but I can at least make you like the last one." I am very confident that I am so deep in sleep that I don’t know when I will wake up. What do you think?”

Bo Xun's black energy began to fluctuate, and he obviously had the same judgment: "You, Zhao Changhe, are not a person who talks nonsense. The reason why you talk so much is because you want something. Just tell me."

"Tsk... As expected, you are the devil of the human heart, and you have a good ability to see into the human heart." Zhao Changhe said: "I'll ask you a few questions. If you can answer them, I won't kill you, and I can even let you go."

Bo Xun didn't believe it: "Are you willing to let me go? Are you kidding me?"

Even Piaomiao didn't believe it. He had previously discussed killing Bo Xun to eliminate her possessed state, but now he said he wouldn't kill her... Could it be that he really thought the possessed Piaomiao was cuter?

Zhao Changhe sneered: "I just praised you for your insight into people's hearts, but now you can't tell if I'm joking?"

Bo Xun said: "Because it's too unbelievable."

"What's so unbelievable?" Zhao Changhe said: "At least so far you don't have any inextricable hatred from me. Instead, you kind of become a matchmaker between me and Piaomiao... It's not that I have to kill you."

Bo Xun: "?"

Piaomiao: "..."

"Secondly, Ye Jiuyou told me before that if she kills you, she will absorb your will and become the new Bo Xun... Your nature is too special. If I kill you, you may have a new incarnation. It's most likely Snow Owl. Killing you means giving him a divine blessing. I've already given him a annihilation, do you think I'm like a boy giving away treasures?"

Bo Xun said "Huh" and remained silent.

"Of course, even if you are swallowed by the snow owl, at least he is an entity, and it will be much easier to solve in the future. So it depends entirely on whether your answer is useful to me. If you are unwilling to cooperate, I will poke it with this arrow..." Zhao As Changhe said, the golden arrow had already touched the edge of the black mist.

Bo Xun finally said: "What do you want to know?"

Zhao Changhe said: "The first thing is, the thing suppressed by Han Chi in the Ice Abyss belongs to the same spiritual system as you. Do you know what it is?"

Bo Xun asked back: "Han Chi suppressed something? I've never heard of it."

Zhao Changhe didn't hold out much hope either. He didn't even know that Han Chi had suppressed anything, let alone anything else... He asked the next question directly: "Second thing, you gave Ye Jiuyou the True Illusion..." Mirror, is it real or fake? If it is fake, where is the real thing?"

Bo Xun laughed loudly: "There is a book of true illusions, but there is no mirror of true illusions. This has always been fake. In fact, there is only a soul-capturing mirror. You have all tasted that thing. What it glimpses is not the deepest thing in your heart." The fragility of reality? It’s not a big problem if it’s called the Mirror of True Illusion.”

"Is that the mountain wall?"

"That's right, it was only part of it that was given to Ye Jiuyou. Thanks to this girl's strength, being reflected in the soul-capturing mirror every day, nothing happened... No, she didn't feel any harm at all, she really acted like a mirror Just play with it, this is the most terrifying thing... If you change it to a weaker one, you can at least detect the harm of absorbing the soul and give up decisively. If you are any weaker, you will die long ago..."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

This meant that Ye Jiuyou was using poison as a jelly bean to eat, but nothing happened to him. He didn't even think it was poisonous. He only suspected that the jelly beans were fake.

It seems that being too strong can lead to misjudgment, right...

Bo Xun lazily said: "This kind of problem shouldn't be enough for you to let me go. Tell me, what other key issues are there?"

"The third thing...can you directly lift Piao Miao's possessed state?"

Piao Miao was startled, indeed... Compared to killing Bo Xun, I don't know if it can be solved. Of course, letting Bo Xun solve it himself is the most appropriate.

Bo Xun sneered: "Aren't you just looking for a donkey? The best solution is to let Piao Miao stay in this tower and let the pagoda purify her demonic energy. It's just more painful."

Zhao Changhe frowned: "How long will the pain... last?"

Bo Xun said: "Then it depends on the abilities of these bald donkeys. It could take a few years at a slower time or a few months at a faster time."

"That won't work!" Zhao Changhe said flatly: "Is there any other solution?"

Bo Xun was very surprised: "What's wrong? For our long life, years and months are just a snap of the fingers."

"Because it will be painful. Months or even years of torture? Are you kidding me? It was you who caused this. If she has to suffer for this, I will repay you a hundredfold!"

Piaomiao pursed her lips and said nothing.

Bo Xun also thought about it speechlessly for a while, and then said: "There are other ways, but it is more difficult... There is a cause and an effect. Ask these bald donkeys who is good at cause and effect, and see if you can break it. The root of cause and effect. Don’t consider other methods. She has to fulfill her inner demon’s desires, otherwise it will be useless to kill me.”

Zhao Changhe's heart moved slightly. This may indeed be possible, but it is impossible to count on this group of monks who are the strongest and only have the first-level ancient Buddha. The only one they can count on is himself. It's a pity that my own law of cause and effect is not strong enough. There may be some Buddhist methods that I can learn from...

"Then let me try this before we talk about it..." Zhao Changhe said: "The last question... You have incarnated thousands of times. Is there any way to separate the reincarnation body from the soul of the previous life?"

"If you can completely distinguish the two and achieve perfect cutting, then I do know a way to create independent clones later."

"How to do it?"

Bo Xun's tone was a bit malicious and gloating: "It's the same as riding a donkey to find a donkey. Do you have no idea about the ability of the Buddhist lotus platform to evolve the body?"

Zhao Changhe: "..."

It seems so, that's how Nezha played... The lotus platform obtained in the Maitreya Secret Realm a long time ago was said to have great life-giving power. At that time, everyone divided a few petals and used them to exercise themselves. Indeed, The effect is overwhelming.

That's just a lotus grown in the backyard of an ancient Buddhist temple. This is the headquarters of Buddhism, so there are definitely better ones. If there are enough appropriate treasures, Piao Miao might be able to condense the body. She also has the Book of Life here to assist her, so she is still a little bit sure.

It's just that this may be the lifeblood of Buddhism. No wonder Bo Xun's words are full of malice and gloating about others' misfortune.

Zhao Changhe was silent for a moment, then said to Yuan Cheng: "Suppress him here for now, wait until I try these things."

Bo Xun sneered: "I've answered all the questions that need to be answered... I heard that Zhao Changhe will keep his word, but I want to see if he breaks his promise."

Zhao Changhe turned around and left: "I'm not you."

Yuan Cheng hesitated for a while, until he followed Zhao Changhe out of the tower, and then asked in a low voice: "King Zhao really intends to let Bo Xun go? This is a demon, and you should not let it go lightly..."

Zhao Changhe lowered his voice: "Suppress him for a period of time to make him weak... After he is weak, there will be a dog-eat-dog drama. We will see when the time comes. Let him go, and maybe his real death will be .”

Yuan Cheng's expression brightened slightly: "In all these years of King Zhao's campaigns in the north and south, there has never been a mistake in his plans. I can trust him."

Zhao Changhe smiled and said: "I thought you would worry about Lotus with me first, but you actually care about Zonghu first. The old monk is really good."

Yuancheng rolled his eyes: "Because we don't have any good lotus stands at all... Back then, for Maitreya, I went to Tang Buqi through the back door to get a petal. Did King Zhao forget? We used that petal. I replanted a lotus stand, but it hasn’t bloomed yet..."

Zhao Changhe: "...then do you know where it is?"

The ancient Buddha who had been silent all this time put his hands together and said: "The Ancient Spirit Mountain has been destroyed. If there are still such treasures, it is only possible that the Emperor Ye still has them in his collection."

Zhao Changhe couldn't help but look at Piaomiao, who clenched his fists.

Judging from the small medicine pool that Ying Wu obtained before, Wuming Ye may really have these... If nothing else happens, Wuming Ye may have a palace, and inside it is the real rich world.

Could it be that if he wants to separate his body, he still has to go to Wuming Ye?

Zhao Changhe sighed and asked Yuan Cheng: "I wonder if your temple has any classics on cause and effect. Zhao would like to borrow one or two. Master, please ask for any compensation you need."

Yuan Cheng smiled and said: "Does King Zhao not know that Bo Xun is our biggest enemy? King Zhao's ability to capture Bo Xun alone is a huge favor. All the classics in our temple are at King Zhao's disposal. The correlation between cause and effect is quite real. Quite a few, we are so ignorant that no one can learn from us.”

Zhao Changhe folded his hands and saluted: "Thank you very much, Master. I used to have many misunderstandings about Buddhism, and the existence of your temple has made me understand a lot again."

"You're welcome." Yuan Cheng blinked: "I still believe that King Zhao is very close to Buddhism. The Buddhist Scripture Pavilion is not far from here, so King Zhao will come with me."

After following Yuan Cheng to get the classics, Zhao Changhe and Piaomiao returned to the backyard with their own concerns.

Zhao Changhe flipped through the classics casually, feeling the rare silence around him. He couldn't help but feel a little strange, and asked casually: "Why have you been silent this time? If it weren't for the fact that your demonic aura is still strong, I would have suspected that you have recovered."

Piao Miao raised her head and glanced at him: "Since they are all people who cannot be killed, they can't do anything, and being playful is just annoying. The so-called evil intention, as long as there is no stimulation, it is not impossible to suppress."

"Are you afraid of annoying people?"

"..." Piaomiao stopped talking.

What do those monks have to do with me? I'm just afraid of annoying you.

He knew that everything he did before was very naughty. We didn't have any relationship at first, so what if he acted naughtyly, but now... I don't want to be bored by him.

Zhao Changhe asked Bo Xun four questions. Han Chi suppressed things and had no hope of getting answers. The Mirror of True Illusion was a project in cooperation with Ye Jiuyou... The other two questions were all for her Piaomiao, and he did not hesitate to do so. Zongtiger.

Regardless of whether what Zhao Changhe said before made people feel unrealistic, in short, what he did made people feel at ease, and there was nothing to criticize.

Cui Yuanyang's voice suddenly came from the sea of ​​consciousness: "Sister."

Little Green Tea woke up... Piaomiao really didn't want to talk to her, she was fooled by this Little Green Tea.

Cui Yuanyang apologized and smiled: "Sister, don't be angry. I did it with good intentions. Let him think that he got it, and the demons will disappear, and my sister won't need to make an antidote... But I really didn't expect that my sister would wake up..."

Piaomiao said coldly: "It doesn't make any difference whether he's awake or not... Anyway, the body is yours. Now that his inner demons have been eliminated, he is much more lovable when he can do things seriously than before when he could only speak glibly."

Cui Yuanyang said: "Sister really likes him."

Piaomiao was silent for a moment: "I don't know."

Cui Yuanyang said: "Do you want to try your heart?"

"What other evil ideas do you have to trick me?"

"It's really not..." Cui Yuanyang said: "Sister, look at the table."

The two of them sat across from each other at a stone table with a tea set on it. Zhao Changhe sat at the table and read a book. Piaomiao glanced at it: "What's wrong with the tea set?"

"He is reading the classics, helping my sister find the solution to the obsession and the way to separate you and me... Would you like to make him a cup of tea? If not, then I will do it. Although his inner demon has faded, his spirit has not recovered. Still working so hard... My sister doesn’t feel sorry for me, but I do.”

Piao Miao was silent for a long time, and finally whispered: "I'll do it. He is working hard for me and what I should do."

The fragrance of tea gradually filled the backyard of the Buddhist temple. The bamboo forest was quiet and the fragrance of tea was lingering. Zhao Changhe was so startled from reading the book that he almost thought that this atmosphere was around Tang Wanzhuang.

But when he looked up, he still had the round face that belonged to Cui Yuanyang, but his eyes were hidden in the steaming mist of the tea, making them difficult to see.

Su held the teacup in his hand and said in a calm voice: "You haven't recovered your energy yet, so you don't have to work too hard... take a rest and don't be in a hurry."

Zhao Changhe was in a daze for a moment. Is this tone and demeanor Yangyang or Misty?