Chapter 144 Misunderstanding

Dingling danglang…

The museum door opened. Wei Yuan walked back inside, followed by Zhuzhao Jiuyou, whose complexion was slightly pale from his injuries. Wei Yuan’s expression was calm. After directly seizing the Nantian Gate, he immediately brought Zhuzhao Jiuyou, who had been blockading Kai Ming for months, back to the human world. After all, Nü Jiao, who wielded the Shennong Whip, was in the human world.

The Shennong Whip possessed a considerable degree of uniqueness in the realm of healing.

As for Kai Ming, outside the remaining Tianmen, not only was there the power of Zhuzhao Jiuyou’s time and years, but Wei Yuan had also laid down layers upon layers of the Zhuxian Sword Formation with countless sword qi. As long as he stepped out, he would be beaten. The key point was that Wei Yuan's sword qi had a self-contained marking characteristic. As long as it touched him even a little, it was equivalent to being unilaterally and specially watched in the causal induction.

Conspicuously out of line.

Yuanshi Tianzun passive...

Get beaten, get marked; get marked, and the critical hit rate is 100%, the dodge rate is zero.

Invisible, unspeakable, unthinkable, untouchable.

When Wei Yuan pushed open the door, he suddenly thought of the special nature of his museum.

He froze slightly, thinking of Zhuzhao Jiuyou, who was still blocking the door in front of Kai Ming's Jiutian Gate a second ago, and the next second, he directly saw Kai Ming again. Just thinking about it was a bit too outrageous, too stimulating.

Hopefully, there wouldn't be any over-the-top instinctive reactions.

If you tear down my museum, are you going to fix it for me?

The gray-robed celestial god walked in with a calm expression. His eyes swept over, but he naturally retracted his gaze, not feeling that there was anything different about this place. Then, in a calm tone, he greeted Jue and the others, and the female painter naturally replied with a sentence, "Hello, gray-robed uncle."

The water ghost, whose true spirit aura was contained within, and who had returned to the joyful state of a museum (employee), served the gray-robed celestial god a cup of special after-rain Longjing-flavored soda, a smug smile on his face.

Wei Yuan: "..."

He looked at the Kai Ming true spirit aura behind the water ghost.

Then he looked at the meticulously dignified and quiet nine-tailed tiger behind the weapon spirit, and the faceless goddess behind Vodka-niangniang.

Then he glanced at Zhuzhao Jiuyou over there.

Then he grasped the cause and effect and silently calculated in his heart, and Wei Yuan came to a conclusion and was lost in thought.

Zhuzhao Jiuyou... can't see the appearances behind the three of them?

Indeed, the auras behind the three of them were actually golden causes and effects. It was these causes and effects that intertwined and converged to finally transform into the appearances of Kai Ming, Lu Wu, and the Faceless Goddess. In other words, even as one of the Ten Great Peaks, only cause and effect could see the three of them.

And the Turbid World cause and effect had already been sent on its way by Curator Wei.

Currently, it seemed that only Wei Yuan himself could see the special nature of the museum's three veteran employees.

The special nature of cause and effect authority…

Was this a coincidence, or was it an arrangement in the dark?

Wei Yuan casually asked, "Would you like something to eat?"

He said with a calm and sincere expression, "I can make it for you."

Zhuzhao Jiuyou said peacefully, "No need."

"Huh? Why?"

Zhuzhao Jiuyou glanced at the green-shirted Daoist and said peacefully, "Giving unsolicited kindness is not a good thing."

"Being so proactive, there must be a trick."

Wei Yuan's expression froze.

Zhuzhao Jiuyou added lightly, "You've been spending too much time with that scumbag Fuxi. I have to be wary."

Wei Yuan said, "Fuxi does need to be wary, but I'm not him."

"I've been tricked by him miserably."

How to resolve the awkwardness and maintain friendly social pleasantries with the Ten Great Peak Dao Fruit Realms of the Pure Qi World?

Answer: Bash Fuxi, praise Nüwa.

As long as you bash that scumbag or praise Nüwa, we're good brothers on the same side.

Zhuzhao Jiuyou took a sip of tea and asked, "However, you've taken back the Nantian Gate and trapped Kai Ming. How do you plan to resolve this matter? The Turbid World isn't without people. If they act at all costs to take Kai Ming away and hide him in the deepest parts of the Turbid World, how will you resolve it then?"

"The Turbid World Great Lord's combat power combined with Kai Ming's ability to see the ten directions…"

"Like a tiger with wings, not to be underestimated."

Wei Yuan recalled the battle in the Turbid World before.

The causal clone that possessed about 90% of his combat power only managed to exchange for one of the Great Lord's arms, which was damaged.

And the causal clone died.

This meant that even if Wei Yuan's main body entered the Turbid World.

The result of the battle with the Great Lord would most likely be that the Great Lord would suffer serious injuries, while Wei Yuan himself would be destroyed in body and soul.

Not worth it.

Too much of a loss.

This thought subconsciously surfaced in Wei Yuan's mind. Then he felt that if he could team up with the Heavenly Emperor, Buzhou Mountain, and Zhuzhao Jiuyou to kill their way in, this outcome might be reversed.

They would definitely be injured, perhaps even seriously.

But the Turbid World Great Lord would be wiped out by them.

However, if they all went together, it would also mean that the Pure Qi World would instantly lose most of its combat power. The first echelon of the Ten Great Peaks would be wiped out. If the Turbid World Great Lord was ruthless enough to exchange one for one with the Pure World, even if they could defeat the Turbid World Great Lord, the overall strategy of the Turbid and Pure Worlds would fail.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Great Lord from setting up this kind of "since I can't beat you, let's all go down together" plan, Kai Ming's ability to see the ten directions had to be in his own hands.

But a thought suddenly arose in his mind.

Kai Ming's ability, is it the most troublesome 'eye'?

Wei Yuan rubbed his forehead.

He suddenly thought of the Destiny he had seen before.

He held his teacup and said, "Speaking of which, Zhuzhao Jiuyou, how much do you know about Destiny?"

Zhuzhao Jiuyou was slightly stunned, raised his eyes, and said lightly, "You met him?"

Wei Yuan nodded, and then recounted what he had encountered in the South Sea before, including the Pure World Thunder Venerable being plotted against, the Turbid World Thunder Venerable seeing the consciousness of Destiny, and ultimately, errors appearing in the fusion of the Pure and Turbid World Thunder Dao Fruits, as well as Destiny using the Turbid World Thunder to say that sentence to Wei Yuan, 'Let's form a good relationship'.

Zhuzhao Jiuyou listened with slight absentmindedness, his expression沉凝 (chén níng, grave), and said, "...As expected, it's his style."

"This 'good relationship' is what he said to you."

"He already窥见 (kuī jiàn, glimpsed) the future thousands of years ago, and the Turbid World Thunder at that time was just a chess piece used by him. His actions and dealings are always thousands of years in advance. But come to think of it, when all of us joined forces to beat him until his soul was scattered, I'm afraid there were some problems."

"His good relationships are not easy to accept. One careless move, and the Turbid World Thunder will be a lesson for you."

"So, how did you handle that 'good relationship'?"

Wei Yuan pondered and said, "I wiped it out."

A look of凝 (níng, focused) appeared on Zhuzhao Jiuyou's face.

The Daoist coughed and said, "If I didn't wipe it out, was I supposed to keep it around for New Year's dinner?"

Zhuzhao Jiuyou helplessly shook his head. Beneath the gray mist, his eyes were large and peaceful.

The facial features, which were too soft for a man, still revealed a hint of wry smile, making Wei Yuan feel that the dragon god, who was broad-minded and never held grudges, had to conceal these mists on his face because he didn't want others to see his true expression.

That would cause him to lose his unfathomable sense of majesty.

Wei Yuan said with a smile, "As for Kai Ming, I don't have too many ideas for the time being, but you definitely have a way."

Zhuzhao Jiuyou said lightly, "So sure?"

"If you didn't have a way, you definitely wouldn't be blocking his door right now."

"You've been competing with Kai Ming in the human world for so long. If you hadn't encountered an excellent opportunity, you wouldn't be so reckless."

Zhuzhao Jiuyou glanced at Wei Yuan and said peacefully, "Yes."

"But you should use your own brain."

The Daoist held his teacup and smiled, "But the essence of military strategy is to form alliances to resist the enemy, to borrow the opportunities of heaven, earth, and people, to use everything that can be used, and then to gain an advantage for oneself. So, isn't my asking you for your ideas right now exactly in line with the essence of military strategy?"

Zhuzhao Jiuyou said lightly, "As expected of a disciple of Confucius, you are indeed eloquent."

"But Confucius speaks of reason."

"You speak of nothing but heresy."

He took a sip of tea and said, "However, you're not wrong. I do have a way for you to deal with Kai Ming."

"Kai Ming's power is 分身 (fēn shēn, clone), to transform one into a hundred, a hundred into a thousand, a thousand into ten thousand."

"And Kai Ming's power represents that his consciousness can control those clones, and those clones also possess their own consciousnesses. This is a very crucial point: what exactly determines who is the main body and who is the clone?"

Wei Yuan was thoughtful: "You mean?"

Zhuzhao Jiuyou replied, "If the concept of the clone and the main body can be reversed, so that the Kai Ming who is currently having problems is demoted from the status of the main body to a clone, then the clone can be eliminated while retaining Kai Ming's power on the side of the Pure World. Then this matter naturally doesn't need to be entangled."

Wei Yuan pondered.

In fact, the method Zhuzhao Jiuyou described, in modern terms, would be:

"Damn it, I've become a stand-in!"

However, it was obvious that achieving this was not simple.

Zhuzhao Jiuyou put down his teacup and said, "I naturally have a way. You only need to force Kai Ming to create thousands of clones, and his own status and foundation as the main body will be greatly weakened. Then, I will have a follow-up move to complete this most crucial strike, turning Kai Ming's main body into a clone and the clone into the main body, resolving this Kai Ming who is unwilling to cooperate."/

Wei Yuan nodded and said, "What follow-up move?"

Zhuzhao Jiuyou said slowly, "A person."

Wei Yuan sighed, "You're really amazing. You actually have such a follow-up move to complete the crucial strike."

"Who is this follow-up move? I'd really like to meet him."

Zhuzhao Jiuyou lowered his eyes, recalling what the masked, white-haired teenager had said to him.

Finally, he lowered his eyes, and those golden eyes closed, and he said lightly, "When this matter is over, I will introduce you to him. Right now, he naturally has a mission, and it's not appropriate for you to meet."

"Is that so?"

The Daoist lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea, and twirled the white hair at his temples with his right hand, and said:

"Qi told you that, huh?"

Zhuzhao Jiuyou's pupils constricted slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.

"What are you talking about?"

Wei Yuan lowered his eyes and said:

"I just didn't sense the cause and effect of your 'follow-up move'. There's only one person under heaven who can do this."

"Ah, don't think I'm going to get angry or anything."

"I won't."

"I'll just feel proud, and if this is Qi's goal, I'll help him."

The white-haired Daoist said peacefully, "My friend is much more powerful than me. He is about to cut down the Dao Fruit Realm with the heart of a mortal for the second time, and this time, it's not like the last time with a clone. As his friend, I should naturally proudly watch him and respect his choices. Friends should respect each other, right?"

"And retain the qualification to pull him back when he fails."

"But, unfortunately, it's still a bit of a risk." Wei Yuan frowned, "Even if Qi plans to take advantage of us putting pressure on Kai Ming to demote Kai Ming's main body, it's still a risk."

"Kai Ming is not a straw man. He will also fight back, and will want to maintain his position... If there is another piece that can strike next to Kai Ming when the two of them are fighting each other's minds the most crucially, disrupting his mind, and making it easier for him to change from the main body to the clone, that would be great."

A strange look flashed in the water ghost's eyes.

The eavesdropping true Kai Ming coughed, about to speak.

Suddenly, a cheerful sword cry came from the sky, and it broke through the window and flew to the Daoist's side, spinning and鳴嘯 (míng xiào, whistling).

It was the Chang'an Sword.

The door was pushed open, and the two-meter-eight war general strode in, laughing loudly:

"Lü Fengxian is here."

"Little Daoist of the Yellow Turban Army, do you still remember me?"