RNP Chapter 1500 Tribulation
Chapter 1500 Tribulation
The atmosphere at the scene became increasingly tense.
Haotian glanced at the Heavenly Demon Fruit that was being transformed in Chi You's hand. Her little red tongue kept licking her lips. She could sense that the way the other party condensed the fruit could completely eliminate the will of the powerful beings within it.
This is also the most troubling thing for her, who has always been extremely greedy for food.
Because any martial artist who comprehends the true meaning of martial arts will leave behind fragments of their consciousness even after death. These fragments of consciousness, after merging into her body, will cause subtle effects. Over time, these fragments will accumulate and cause a condition similar to indigestion.
However, if it were a powerful being like Confucius or the Great Sun Tathagata, even if they offered themselves up for her to devour, she wouldn't dare to, because the impact of their consciousness might severely injure her.
This is more than just indigestion; if not handled carefully, the will of Haotian might be corrupted by other ideologies, thus giving birth to a completely new individual.
Haotian values her current ideology highly because only by setting aside her identity as the Heavenly Dao can she feel that she is truly living.
And now, it seems that its most troubling problem has been solved.
This made her eager to try those two lavish meals that she had always been too afraid to eat.
Her change in attitude was also clearly conveyed to the Master and the Great Sun Buddha.
"Your Excellency, do you truly wish to fight us to the death?" The Master stepped forward, looking at Qin Fan with a serious expression.
Qin Fan took the second fruit from Chi You and then gestured for him to leave.
Chi You shrugged, and before leaving, he gave the Great Sun Tathagata and the Master who had driven him away a malicious smile. Then, his figure disappeared into the spatial passage that Wugou had opened up again.
At this moment, the tense atmosphere eased slightly.
Qin Fan then spoke.
"You two have seen the situation. He's just a fruit farmer. I won't let him stay long, but when we need fruit, we'll still have to rely on his methods to cultivate it. As for this demonic energy..."
With a casual wave of his hand, Qin Fan caused the gas to vanish without a trace.
"So, there shouldn't be any problems from now on, right?"
After reciting a Buddhist mantra, the Great Sun Buddha clasped his hands together and fled, clearly acknowledging that Chi You could appear from time to time in the future.
The Master, however, still looked at Qin Fan with a solemn expression.
"Your true target is probably her. Although I dislike the way the Great Sun Tathagata does things, if this continues, you will force me to join forces with him."
The Master spoke frankly about all the issues.
This was somewhat unexpected for Qin Fan, but after thinking about it again, he felt that the other party's approach might also be a way to break the deadlock.
So he decided to be honest.
"My current goal is indeed her, and I am trying my best to find a peaceful solution. However, I am not very patient, and I am willing to pay any price if necessary."
What is your ultimate goal?
"This world."
Upon hearing this, Haotian, who had been staring intently at the Heavenly Demon Fruit, began to grin, revealing his white teeth.
Qin Fan said dismissively.
"If you want to transcend the Heavenly Dao, then this world is just a feast for you. There are many more feasts available for you outside this world. If you join forces with me, I can make sure you eat with peace of mind and comfort."
Or are you saying that for just a few pieces of meat, you're willing to give up an entire mountain of meat and completely antagonize me, the chef?
Qin Fan disregarded the fact that Master was present and directly tried to persuade Haotian to surrender.
It was only during these past two days, when he had some free time to reflect, that he truly realized that in this world of Haotian, the one who could truly stand with him on the same side was actually Haotian.
When reading a novel, everyone is influenced by the main perspective. When reading about the story of the destined body in "Ever Night", Qin Fan also made this mistake unintentionally.
This also led to him initially being most wary of Haotian and most favoring the Master.
In reality, it was Master who was the one most likely to cause him trouble. It was true that he had great love for humanity, but he also had deep feelings for the Tang Dynasty. This would mean that when he and Qin Fan had conflicts on certain issues, he would decisively choose to oppose Qin Fan.
On the contrary, Haotian is easily satisfied as long as she has something to eat.
Looking across the myriad realms, Qin Fan still has quite a few enemies in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and they even let her go out to forage for food at will, which is very beneficial to Qin Fan's current situation.
As for Confucius, he could not possibly abandon the people of the Tang Dynasty.
While there are opportunities to win them over, there are also some uncontrollable factors involved, making it far less manageable than Haotian.
As for his cannibalistic tendencies, it can only be said that Qin Fan is the ancestor of this kind of thing. From the Heavenly Owl Earth-Desert Great Meteor Soul Thought to the Heavenly Demon Secret, and now to the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, he has been eating his way up to the Immortal Realm.
Otherwise, relying solely on cultivation to slowly accumulate foundations, it's unknown how long it would take to reach this level.
We're all doing the same thing, so why be hostile to each other?
Qin Fan stated that he would not apply double standards in this matter and genuinely wouldn't mind raising another little foodie.
Qin Fan's words did indeed make Haotian fall into deep thought.
While he remained silent for a long time, the Master had already left the place.
He found that he could no longer communicate with Qin Fan. The other party's act of turning the butcher and the drunkard into fruit and eating them directly was a challenge to his long-standing moral principles.
He originally thought there was a possibility of joining forces with the other party, but now it seems that he is the second Mahavairocana.
"What a kind person."
Qin Fan felt a pang of emotion, for Confucius was indeed a model of self-cultivation in poverty and helping others in prosperity.
Unfortunately, Qin Fan has gradually lost patience with playing house with the other party.
He then looked at Haotian, who was still thinking, and said directly.
“We can cooperate for now. For example, you go and capture two Immortal Realm cultivators, and I will process a fruit for you. You can make a decision after you taste it.”
Haotian then nodded.
She cannot provoke the Master and the Great Sun Tathagata, but there are still several neutral immortal powerhouses in this world.
The butcher and the drunkard are two examples.
However, the immortal goddess of the Search for Gods Palace and Bu Bai Suzhen are two different people.
The positions of these two are rather delicate, because in a sense they are side quests. They are somewhat useful in advancing the Great Calamity, but not much, and certainly not as important as the three members of the Xiao family.
This also indicates that if Haotian were to take action against them, at this critical juncture, the Great Sun Tathagata, who intends to instigate the Great Calamity of a Thousand Autumns, is unlikely to intervene, and his situation is closely related to whether or not the Master will intervene.
The situation is no longer a four-way battle; under Qin Fan's forceful intervention, it has become a two-on-two situation.
Haotian's figure then disappeared.
After thinking it over, Qin Fan appeared in the capital of the Tang Dynasty with Feng Mo, while Liu Bai returned to the Southern Jin Sword Pavilion to go into seclusion.
At midnight, Chang'an was still bathed in a golden sea of light.
The 365 bronze star lamps on both sides of Zhuque Avenue lit up one after another, their wicks burning with oil from the South China Sea mermaids, illuminating the bluestone pavement as if it were flowing molten gold.
The armor of the Imperial Guards on night patrol gleamed in the lamplight, their long swords vibrating rhythmically with each step, the sound of the scabbards clashing against their armor surprisingly matching the rhythm of the Qin King's battle music.
Cheers frequently erupted from the second floor of the taverns along the street, where swordsmen were practicing their moves using chopsticks as swords, with drops of wine lifted by the tips of the chopsticks condensing into tiny sword formations in mid-air.
Qin Fan and Feng Mo came to visit, but more importantly, they were there to prevent Master from causing trouble for Haotian.
As long as Master remains still, given the personality of Mahavairocana Buddha, he probably won't confront Haotian alone.
After all, what Haotian needed to deal with was the Search for Gods Palace, which was outside of these two behemoths.
As the two headed southwest, the Master's figure appeared from the crowd, accompanied by Ke Haoran and Li Manman.
"It's coming!"
Qin Fan greeted the three of them warmly and took a bite of the second fruit.
The rich aura of immortality was rapidly refining his entire skeleton. He estimated that after eating about three more fruits of the same level, he would be able to break through to the third level of immortality.
It's worth mentioning that the Butcher and the Drunkard are among the weakest Immortals at the first level. The immortal substances they extracted were not even as good as those Heavenly Court envoys that Qin Fan killed back in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
The two from the Search God Palace are slightly stronger than the Butcher and the Drunkard, and are almost at the second level.
When the Master saw Qin Fan greet him, he nodded but remained unusually indifferent. He naturally knew why the other party was here. Just now, when he noticed Haotian heading straight for the Search God Palace, he did have the thought of stopping him.
But now he can't move.
If he makes a move, there is no doubt that the other party will smash Chang'an City to pieces with a single slap.
This made it difficult for the genuine-natured Ke Haoran to show a friendly face to Qin Fan, while Ke Haoran was very enthusiastic. He was actually disgusted by cannibalism, but it was a different story if he was eating a butcher and a drunkard, two guys he disliked.
Moreover, it seems that the opponent is not targeting the weak, but only the strong who have reached the Immortal Realm. In that case, we can only say that life and death are predestined.
Walking the path of martial arts often means facing various ways to die, such as being eaten in a few bites. Although some people are naturally inclined to do so, it's not so bad. Perhaps this is just the prevailing custom outside of this world.
At that moment, he went directly to Feng Mo and asked him what was on his mind.
Feng Mo's demeanor was indifferent, or rather, that's always been his personality. But even when he only said "hmm," it was still a response to every question.
Qin Fan, on the other hand, focused on appreciating the unique scenery of this city that never sleeps.
The Tian Shu Pavilion, located in the southwest of the imperial city, was exhaling a powerful aura. Each of the seven-story pavilions had an identity plaque for a Tianyan Realm expert hanging on the eaves of each floor. Once touched, it would trigger the consciousness within.
Tonight, the academy's disciples are practicing martial arts, and the jade plaque belonging to the master on the pavilion's roof emits a bluish light, resonating with the sword-testing stones in front of the three hundred martial arts schools in the city.
The sound of a pipa drifting from Pingkangfang was suddenly mixed with the clear and melodious sound of swords. It turned out that the girls of Hongxiuzhao were performing a new chapter of "Rainbow Skirt Dance" with swords. The sword energy stirred up the red sleeves in the building and startled the night crows that were guarding the eaves.
"What a prosperous place!" Qin Fan had to admit how difficult it was to preserve such a pure land in this dangerous Haotian world.
"But why would someone want to destroy everything here?"
The master couldn't resist and took the initiative to speak to Qin Fan.
But this time Qin Fan ignored him, his gaze fixed on the west.
Above the Taoist temple where a delegation from the Western Mausoleum Temple was temporarily staying in the night sky in the direction of the western city, thousands of stars were slowly rotating, drawn by some force.
Occasionally, a meteor breaks free of its restraints and falls to earth, only to be shredded by a sudden flash of sword light before it touches the roof tiles.
Scattered stars fell like rain across the market, but the vendors didn't even look up, continuing to hawk their sesame cakes mixed with stardust. This snack, which could help martial artists refine their true energy, had already sold eight hundred cakes tonight.
Qin Fan's figure vanished in an instant, and he reappeared in front of the stall. He casually tossed out a piece of silver to buy a sesame cake, but after tasting it, he didn't find it particularly delicious. However, it could still serve as a great aid to cultivation for martial artists below the Sky Soaring Realm.
This is enough to show that the martial arts style is exceptionally prosperous in the entire Haotian world.
"What is your ultimate goal?" Confucius was the kind of person who would stick closer to others the more they ignored him.
This time, Qin Fan gave him a more accurate answer.
"This world is a fragment of the Mountain and Sea Realm. What I need to do is to re-integrate it into the Mountain and Sea Realm."
"Then?"
"There was no afterward."
"How could there be no later? Incorporating it into the Mountain and Sea Realm doesn't mean we've conquered the entire world. There are still so many forces on this continent. They aren't the kind of people who willingly submit just because they've discovered that the land beneath their feet has expanded."
Qin Fan gave the teacher a deep look and said earnestly.
"Once it is incorporated into the Mountain and Sea Realm, everything will naturally return to a unified whole. What I can tell you is that my will is the will of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm. Those who are unwilling to submit will either be thrown out or killed."
I will not tolerate parasites swaggering around in their own world. In a sense, Haotian is not the true Heavenly Dao. You wouldn't understand how easy it is for the Heavenly Dao of a world to expel a parasite.
The Master fell silent, having gleaned much information from Qin Fan's words.
He even believed that Qin Fan was another Haotian, not only because they both ate people, but also because their essence was probably exactly the same.
"So the whole world is just food you raise in captivity?"
Qin Fan looked at the Master as if he were a lunatic, and then said.
"Do you know how vast the myriad worlds are? Countless worlds are born every day, and countless worlds are destroyed. Since I have taken on the responsibility of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm, I will not let the Mountain and Sea Realm become one of those destroyed worlds."
Therefore, I would naturally not do anything foolish like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Moreover, the destined body is special.
By the way, has Ning Que shown up yet?
"You know Ning Que?"
"I not only know Ning Que, but I also know that your tribulation is the transformation of the moon, and his death tribulation is the heavenly punishment. Given your situation, the transformation of the moon and such can be completely avoided, but I can see that you have such strong hostility towards me."
If you ultimately lose, but still desire the Tang Dynasty to leave this world, then it is very likely that you will merge into the Dharma Realm with your immortal body and establish a completely new dwelling place for it.
Therefore, the Transformation Realm is your tribulation. Are you prepared?
The Master looked into Qin Fan's eyes, and the reflection in his pupils seemed to be the very future scene he had just prophesied. (End of Chapter)