Zhang Zixing sighed: "Daoyou is bad! Daoyou is a mixed Yuan saint, if you can worship under the gate of Bajing Palace, it will be a great opportunity, how can I refuse? It's a pity that even if I stay in the Eight Views Palace, it will be impossible to avoid the killing and robbery, but it will affect the inaction of the Taoist friends. ”

Lao Tzu was a little surprised by his attitude, and said: "Although you are a body outside of fate, you are not the one who responds to the calamity. The Eight Views Palace is a place thirty-three days away, and I rarely leave it, so that I can stay away from the hustle and bustle of the world and not be stained with misfortune. ”

Zhang Zixing thought of the reason for coming to the Eight Views Palace today, and his heart moved, and he said: "Can Daoist friends gamble with me on this matter?" If I lose, I should immediately worship under the door of Daoist friends and obey the order to stay in Bajing Palace. If I am lucky enough to win, promise me three things that I can do. At that time, as long as the Taoist friends are willing, they can also take me under the door, but I cannot be restricted from acting. ”

As soon as Yu Yixian heard that "Xiaoyaozi" was going to bet with the saint, he couldn't help but roll his eyes: although he had not been in contact with Xiaoyaozi for a long time, he also saw that this person's insight and mind were extremely extraordinary, especially the bet with him, a few simple words, let him fall into the trap.

From the song of the court to the thirty-three days, and then to the Eight Views Palace, he spent a lot of effort, but the result was voluntary labor, and he ran an errand for others in vain, and carried Xiaoyaozi to the Eight Views Palace to "do things". Not to mention these things, according to the gambling contract, in the end, he still has to be driven by Xiaoyaozi for life.

Now Xiaoyaozi takes the initiative to gamble with the saint, but I'm afraid that he will play some scheming again, can it be said that this person is so bold that even the saint dares to calculate?

When Lao Tzu heard Zhang Zixing's proposal, especially "no matter whether you win or lose, you can worship under the gate of Bajing Palace", he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and smiled slightly: "Daoyou is a good gambling surname! That is when he was in the East China Sea, Daoyou once gambled with Western saints, and as a result, even the would-be Taoist did not know the words of the Book of Heaven, and Daoyou won." Now you want to bet with me again, but I'm afraid the odds are already in hand. ”

"If there is an absolute chance of winning, it is not called a gambling competition, I don't know what to do with friendship?" Zhang Zixing said, but he thought in his heart: Actually, not only did he gamble with Zhun Ti, as early as in Nuwa Temple, he had made a big bet with the sage Niangniang of Wa Palace, and then had a gambling fight with Lu Jian and others, and he was undefeated, which can be called a "gambling saint".

When the Winged Immortal heard that this Xiaoyaozi had even won a bet against the Zhun Ti Saint, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Xuandu ** Master was also secretly surprised, Lao Tzu pondered for a while, and had already agreed to Zhang Zixing's bet.

Zhang Zixing glanced at the Xuandu ** Master and the Feather Wing Immortal: "Due to the secrets of the matter, you can't pass on the six ears, and ask the Taoist friends to use their magical powers, so as not to leak the heavenly secrets." ”

Lao Tzu understood, and with a slight wave, the Xuandu ** master and the winged fairy only felt a dazzle, and they were already outside the Xuandu Cave. After Lao Tzu sent the two away, Zhang Zixing said: "Before the results are announced, I have a few questions, I want to ask Daoists, and I hope that Daoists will answer me truthfully - I know that you have no way to do anything, and this time I am afraid that even the saints will inevitably be involved in the fight." The two saints of Daoyou, Yuan Shi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master are all passed down by the same teacher, and as senior brothers, if they explain the conflict between the two sects, who will Daoyou help?"

Lao Tzu frowned and said: "You have also mentioned this question in the East China Sea, and I have already said the answer, and I can only follow the sky." ”

Zhang Zixing shook his head: "Fellow Daoist, this answer is related to the bet between you and me today, don't deal with me so vaguely." I boldly say it, I'm afraid that Daoist friends have already made a choice in their hearts. ”

Lao Tzu's eyes flashed, he looked at him for a while, and said, "Why did Daoyou say this?"

In the original work, Yuan Shi Tianzun and Lao Tzu broke the Yellow River Array of the Three Heavens, broke the Zhuxian Array of the Tongtian Sect Master, and finally broke the Ten Thousand Immortal Array, resulting in the complete collapse of the Interception Sect, and Lao Tzu's "merit" is indispensable.

Since Zhang Zixing was reborn as the King of the Emperor, the whole world has also undergone a lot of changes. But on the whole, most of the strength he worked hard to recruit and win over before was originally "belonged" to his own side, and there was not much change. What Zhang Zixing is most afraid of is that after the "plot" has come full circle, it has returned to the original key point. Therefore, today he came to the Eight Scenery Palace, in order to try his best to change the key "plot" that may appear in the future, and truly give birth to the butterfly effect, which will affect or even completely change the ending.

Zhang Zixing did not answer Lao Tzu's question, but sighed and said: "That being the case, the first thing I want Daoist friends to agree to is that if it is a killing and robbery, the saints of the two sects will fight in person, and ask Daoists to help Tongtian Sect Master!"

Lao Tzu's expression moved, and he said indifferently: "It turns out that you are actually a disciple of the sect and entrusted by the junior disciple of Tongtian!"

"I am not part of the three religions, nor am I entrusted by the sect. The position of me, an outsider, is on the side of the big business. ”

"Dashang, although you have a false reputation as a national teacher, but your cultivation mood is extraordinary and vulgar, how can you covet the wealth and power of the world and help Dashang?"

"Daoist friends are in a hurry, and after I ask, I will solve the doubts in Daoyou's hearts. ”

"Fellow Daoist, in fact, although the luck of the big merchant is a little unlucky, it is not doomed...... Zhang Zixing said, taking out an object from the magic weapon bag, which seemed to be a round ball, and the round ball came out of his hand and slowly fell in front of Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu gently held the ball in his hand, only to feel that this ball was made of strange metal, very delicate, as if it was some kind of magic weapon, but there was no fluctuation of half a magic weapon.

"Fellow Daoist, this thing is in the way, please be careful. ”

As soon as Zhang Zixing's words fell, the ball suddenly burst open. Although the volume of the sphere was not large, the explosive power was not trivial, and it lasted for an extremely long time, and the powerful air flow shook the ground of the Eight Views Palace slightly.

Lao Tzu's hand was not abnormal, and he didn't even move his clothes, but he was also a little surprised by the extent of the explosive force, and he didn't see any movement in his hand, so he glanced at the palm, and the aftermath of the explosion stopped abruptly and silently.

Zhang Zixing saw that the small super-nuclear bomb was so effortlessly eliminated and invisible, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised by the power of the Mixed Yuan Sage, but his face was calm, he withdrew his defensive strength, and asked, "Fellow Daoist, how is this thing?"

Originally, Zhang Zixing was very disrespectful to the saint like this, but because he reminded him first, Lao Tzu had a very good impression of him, and he had a gambling contract with him, so he was not surprised, and said: "This thing is mysterious, there is no mana fluctuation, and its power can be collapsed and cracked." ”

When Zhang Zixing heard Lao Tzu say that the power was enough to "collapse and crack", he didn't seem to care, knowing that this level of destructive power was not at all in the eyes of this Mixed Yuan Sage. But his subsequent words made Lao Tzu's usually calm and waveless face change color.

"In the midst of slaughter, victory and defeat are impermanent. What if the Great Shang is defeated in the end, and I cause thousands of these things to attack together in the land where the humans of the Nether Realm live?"

"Bold!" Lao Tzu snorted angrily, his eyes were bright, and his body was full of momentum, and he suddenly forced Zhang Zixing to almost breathless, "I originally saw you preaching and preaching, and you had the world in mind, but I didn't expect you to be such a person! Could it be that for the sake of that wealth and fame, or the king's foolishness, you dare to ignore the common people in the world, and intend to create such a great evil?"

"Haha!" Although Zhang Zixing felt uncomfortable, he laughed loudly, and a force was born in his heart for no reason, and he got up suddenly and looked directly at Lao Tzu: "Since the widow ascended the throne, he has worked hard to make the country happy, and the country and the people are safe." However, you saints and immortals, who do not hesitate to subvert the human world, cause wars in the world, and plunge the people into fire and water for the sake of that killing and robbery, what qualifications do you have to say that the widows are evil! Instead of letting all the people be at the mercy of your life and death like playthings, why don't you come to a complete destruction of the world and die a clean death!

"It turns out that you are the ......" Lao Tzu was moved again when he heard this, and he understood many things in an instant: "What a son of heaven! What a free son! What a person who is outside his life!"

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and on the shore of the land, it is not the king's ministers. This is the concept of this era. The subjects of the world, to a certain extent, can be regarded as the private property of the Son of Heaven. Just as slaves are the property of slave owners, it is justifiable and even reasonable for slaves to kill slaves, and no one else is allowed to interfere. Moreover, Zhang Zixing has long preached the concept of "the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die" in the world, so now he shows his identity as the Son of Heaven and says the words of destroying the world, which makes Lao Tzu's momentum weaken all of a sudden.

Zhang Zixing felt that the coercion was slowly withdrawn, and he no longer sat down, but just put away his excitement and looked at Lao Tzu lightly. Lao Tzu recalled the enlightenment and wisdom that the Son of Heaven had shown when he had discussed with himself in the past, and he sighed with emotion in his heart: "Your Majesty, your surname is unparalleled, your intelligence is outstanding, and you have the cultivation of golden immortals, when you know that the killing is inevitable, why bother to be so extreme?"

Zhang Zixing, a partial student, also saw the killing and robbery more thoroughly, and said: "If you want to relist the Heavenly Dao, why don't you let the expounding teachings, intercepting the teachings, and the Western teachings plus those cultivators fight hard, and choose the deceased with deep roots and surnames to seal the three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods, why do you involve the innocent human realm? You are a saint of the human sect, and you should protect my human realm, why did you contribute to this matter instead?"

Lao Tzu didn't expect this Son of Heaven to have such an opinion, and said: "Your Majesty, even if you are a mixed Yuan sage, you are also in the Heavenly Dao, not to mention the immortals and mortals?

Zhang Zixing was silent for a long time, and said: "Don't hide it from the saint, the widow has a special life, and he is the body of an emperor, relying on some abilities, he calculated that in this killing and robbery, there will be a great danger of destroying the country and the clan due to the hindrance of the saint." What a saint is, how can I match it? Under the ashes of all thoughts, I moved the idea of burning jade. But the widow is also a wise man, and he does not want to create such a great evil, as long as the saint agrees to the first thing of the widow, the widow is willing to give up the act of destroying the world, regardless of the ultimate success or failure, only fight with common sense, and go with the word. ”

"Your Majesty really has no last resort, but this gamble is lost by the poor road," Lao Tzu sighed: "With Your Majesty's body as the Son of Heaven, you must be killed, even in my Bajing Palace, it is difficult to avoid luck, and the poor road will be contaminated with great cause and effect." That being the case, the poor should fulfill the promise of those three things. It's just that Poor Dao had a word with his second junior brother in the early years and helped him, and now if he agrees to His Majesty, wouldn't he be even more untrustworthy?"

Zhang Zixing heard that he stopped mentioning the matter of accepting apprentices, and knew that Lao Tzu didn't want to be involved in this cause and effect, so he didn't talk about it in this regard, and said: "Even so, the widow doesn't want to embarrass the saint, doesn't the saint advocate quiet and inaction? ”

Lao Tzu pondered for a moment and said, "Please tell Your Majesty about the other two things first." ”

"The second thing is to ask the saint to keep the identity of the widow a secret and not to reveal it to anyone, and the third thing is ...... When the war was approaching, his wife and relatives were affected, and the widow had transferred her to a secret place, so he asked the saint to give him a treasure to protect the house. ”

"These two things are easy to hear," Lao Tzu nodded, took out the small flags connected on all sides and handed them to him, "Your Majesty rest assured, the matter of identity should be kept a secret, and will never be mentioned to anyone; ”

When Zhang Zixing heard this, he hurriedly thanked Lao Tzu, took the Taiqing Banner Gate, and asked: "Dare to ask the sage, what about helping to intercept the teaching......

Lao Tzu's white eyebrows furrowed, and finally sighed: "In this matter, Poor Dao has already made a promise with the second junior brother, but I am afraid that he will not be able to break his word, but Poor Dao can promise His Majesty that if the two junior brothers fight, Poor Dao should stand by and watch once, and never make a move." But after this time, the poor road should not be bound by the promise. In addition, Poor Dao recently happened to refine a piece of jade talisman, and gave it to His Majesty, if His Majesty was in danger, he could crush the jade talisman, and Poor Dao should immediately appear to help. What does Your Majesty think?"

Zhang Zixing unexpectedly Lao Tzu still refused to agree to the most important thing, recalling the two classic battles of "Four Saints Breaking the Immortals" and "Ten Thousand Immortals Array and Four Saints Defeating the Heavens" in the original work, he immediately shook his head and said: "The widow doesn't want to embarrass the saints, you and I each take a step back." I will give up the strategy of destroying the world, but the saint should agree to the widow, give up the two opportunities to help and teach, except for the matter of the jade talisman, and ask the saint to take the Dapeng bird under his door. ”

Lao Tzu thought for a while, agreed, looked directly into Zhang Zixing's eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, how can you confirm that you have given up the idea of destroying the world?"

(To be continued)