Myriad Paths

Li Qi didn't force Beijia in the end.

There was no need.

He quickly left the North Pole and returned to Wushen Mountain.

Near Wushen Mountain, at Wuxian's residence, Li Qi visited Wuxian again.

At this moment, Wuxian was sitting on the bow of a small boat, floating down a river, with a young girl standing beside him. She had just reached the seventh rank, and looked lively, cute, and full of vitality.

How to say it, this kind of vitality is something Li Qi has never had in his life.

According to Zhu Fengdan, Li Qi was already old when he was at the eighth rank, and he didn't look like a young man at all.

But this girl was different.

She wore silk shoes and silk skirts, laughed lightly in the wind, and was not afraid of traveling. She showed off her water skills next to Wuxian, making the bow wet, but the boat moved, breaking the water surface and crushing the green clouds.

At this moment, she was talking to Wuxian, as if asking Wuxian to agree to something.

Li Qi took a step and landed on Wuxian's boat.

The moment he landed, the boat shook because of the change in weight. The little girl was originally concentrating on the water in her hands. She lost her balance and fell down with a groan.

But she was a seventh-grade after all, so how could she fall down because of such a thing? But she twisted her body gently, and clouds appeared under her feet. She flew over lightly and said unhappily: "Where are you from? Do you have any etiquette for suddenly appearing?"

"The matter is quite serious, so please forgive me." Li Qi answered casually, and then walked towards Wu Xian.

Wu Xian smiled: "From your appearance, have you been to the North Pole and seen the spirit path?"

Li Qi nodded: "Yes, I have already seen it. It's a bit difficult. You really gave me a problem."

When the little girl saw that Li Qi dared to talk to Wu Xian in this tone, she immediately shrank her head obediently, found a place next to her, and sat waiting for the two to finish talking.

But Li Qi ignored her and said to Wu Xian: "It's very difficult to deal with Lingdao as it is."

"If it's not difficult, I'll go there by myself. Why bother looking for someone? By the way, let me say that there is only one chance to contact Lingdao. If it doesn't work once, even I can't find a second chance to get in. Did you get in?" Wu Xian asked.

Li Qi's expression froze.

"So this is why you want to find us, the suckers?" Li Qi's tone was a little stiff.

"What do you mean by being a sucker? I can't get in, so I need help from others. You come to help me, and I'm not not paying you, so how can you be a sucker?" Wu Xian replied: "So, by the way, have you been rejected?"

"Well... I saw what you said, the equivalent of the Desire Realm, the 'unfolding concept'. Just when I wanted to do it, it was bounced away by the concept, and I couldn't find it after that." Li Qi sighed and shook his head: "Can't go there in the future?"

"Yes, I can't go there in the future. This is the spiritual path. It seems that you have to be the same as me. Do you need to find an agent?" Wu Xian asked.

Li Qi was speechless.

He sighed for a long time, then looked up at the sky: "Why didn't you tell me when I set out?"

Wu Xian laughed: "I also want to tell you, but if I tell you, you will definitely be timid, and I don't know when it will be delayed. It's better to let you give it a try."

"Is this called giving it a try? Isn't this a waste of opportunity!?" Li Qi frowned.

"Did you waste your opportunity?" Wu Xian asked back.

"Of course it's a waste. If I had prepared in advance, the ending would not be like this." Li Qi was somewhat helpless: "Why do you have to rush? Don't you really want to give me the Desire Realm?"

"Prepare in advance, what can you prepare?" Wu Xian shook his head: "It's nothing more than deliberating and procrastinating for a long time. If it doesn't work once, it means it's basically impossible."

Li Qi was furious. Wu Xian was obviously talking nonsense. He always did things by finding out the bottom before working. If he was given a chance to investigate it carefully, things would never have come to this.

But things have come to this point, and he had no choice but to sigh.

"Okay, so, this is the next person you are going to throw over?" Li Qi glanced at the little girl sitting next to him.

"Well, I guess so." Wu Xian's attitude was still indifferent, with an annoying calmness.

Li Qi was so angry, but he couldn't do anything. He just stood up, sighed, and left.

Wu Xian still sat quietly in the same place with a calm expression.

After seeing Li Qi leave, the little girl immediately stood up and ran to Wu Xian: "Teacher, who was that person just now?"

"His name is Li Qi, a very powerful person, a descendant of Zhu Rong, and now a second-rank official." Wu Xian replied: "But don't worry too much, he has a good temper and won't bother with you."

"Second-rank official..." The little girl looked in the direction where Li Qi left: "Then teacher, do you want him to work for you?"

Wu Xian shook his head: "Before, it was, but not now. Li Qi can't work now, but his master can."

"His master?" The little girl tilted her head.

"His master is very powerful. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is the best thief in the universe, but I can't invite him, so I can only let Li Qi invite him." Wu Xian sat at the bow, contented.

The little girl's heart was obviously not on this matter, so she chattered about other things.

Obviously, the intrigues of the old men would not fall on her head. The young people enjoyed a happy childhood. As for the things outside, there were people to help them shelter from the wind and rain.

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Soon, in Zhu Fengdan's cave.

It was obviously much better here than before.

In the past, this place was simply a garbage dump, and it was piled with things of high rank. Various magic weapons that were fished from nowhere were thrown everywhere like garbage.

Moreover, in a sense, these garbage are essentially radioactive.

The aura of high-level items, without convergence and prohibition, is almost a devastating destruction to the outside world. So many high-level strange objects are piled together, the aura is mixed, and the sense of oppression is full, which directly led to Zhu Fengdan's cave being barren. You can't survive here without two brushes.

This is why his cave is so desolate.

Almost no monsters can be born here, and basically no ordinary creatures can survive here. If something is born here, it must be a very powerful natural species, or it might be a small monster, which will disrupt many worlds if it is taken out.

However, no such small monster can survive in this place for the time being, after all, the difficulty is still too high.

At this time, a person came here, breaking the tranquility of the desolate.

Without a doubt, it was Li Qi.

Li Qi walked to this place lightly, covering his nose.

Wow, I haven't been here for these years. I feel that all the high-level wonders in it have fermented. If I keep it for a while, I always feel that a big monster will jump out of it.

What level is this...

When thinking about this, Zhu Fengdan's voice came from inside: "Hey, apprentice, why did you suddenly come to me? I haven't seen you for a while."

"Teacher, if I wasn't also a second-grade, I would really have to apologize in fear. It's only been two or three hundred million years, millions of epochs. If I really came to see you every epoch, you would probably hit me out with a stick." Li Qi was certainly not intimidated by Zhu Fengdan's words at this moment, and just walked in casually.

Then, he held some local specialties brought back from the spiritual path in his hand. It was a form of "concept". It couldn't be seen in this material world, but Zhu Fengdan could sense it.

"I'll put it here for you. By the way, when will you clean up this place? If you don't want to move it yourself, find someone to clean it up..." Li Qi put the things in Zhu Fengdan's garbage pile.

Next to him, a big peng bird saluted Li Qi respectfully.

Li Qi returned the greeting. He was quite familiar with this Dapeng. This fourth-grade Dapeng was the one who had carried Li Qi to Luofu Mountain to propose marriage, and he had also carried Li Qi to the Tang Kingdom.

Now this Dapeng is still fourth-grade, but this is also normal. Not everyone can move as fast as Li Qi. Not to mention Li Qi, even the speed of cultivation of the little Tianshi is almost beyond the reach of everyone.

"What are you cleaning? Isn't it nice to put it here? Look, this is called art! I named it "Baoshan"!" Zhu Fengdan came out wearing a loose robe, looking at the pile of things in his yard with satisfaction.

Li Qi took a look.

Okay.

The word Baoshan really can't find fault with him.

If this is not Baoshan, then what is it?

"So, what do you want to see me for? I heard that you have been doing a lot of work in exterminating demons recently, which is pretty good. Many people have heard of your reputation and come to you." Zhu Fengdan said so.

"What are you talking about? I came to you because I have something to do?" Li Qi curled his lips: "Can't I come to honor you?"

"Come on, with your personality, why would you come to me if you don't have anything to do? Just tell me the truth, otherwise I'm going to sleep." Zhu Fengdan looked disdainful.

Li Qi laughed, the teacher really understood.

So, he didn't pretend and told Zhu Fengdan the truth directly.

About the matter of the Desire Realm, about the plan with the Demon Prince, about the transaction between Lingdao and Wuxian.

All of these were said at once.

Then, Li Qi looked at Zhu Fengdan and said: "So, teacher, what do you say?"

Zhu Fengdan also looked at Li Qi: "Hmm, do you want me to help you steal things?"

Li Qi smiled and said nothing.

The master and the apprentice looked at each other, and then laughed together.

As expected, the master and the apprentice have a tacit understanding.

Why steal Lingdao? Why not just steal the Desire Realm?

Wu Xian, the old man, wants to plot against someone, so why should he be polite? This is not the first time that Zhu Fengdan has done this. If he steals the spirit path, he may be chased and beaten by the opponent, but if he steals Wu Xian, what else can he do?

Kill Li Qi and Zhu Fengdan?

Forget it, Wu Xian is likely to suffer a loss.

As for whether Wu Xian arranged this himself to induce Zhu Fengdan to do this?

No matter, let's do it first.

The lawless madman does not consider those things, and he wins if he gets the Desire Realm.

We will talk about it later if there are any problems.

Anyway, for the second-grade, as long as you don't want to win, you won't lose.

Who doesn't know how to play badly? It is quite difficult to eliminate the possibility of the second-grade when the second-grade hides its head and acts like a turtle.

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Just when Li Qi and Zhu Fengdan, the master and apprentice, were planning how to find Wu Xian——

The Demon Prince was facing an uninvited guest.

This uninvited guest was called "Kasyapa".

Kasyapa, one of the Buddha's sons, is the most gifted among all the Buddha's sons. After becoming a Buddha's son, he attained the state of Arhat eight days later, which is the fourth grade, and was known as the "first ascetic".

The so-called ascetic means asceticism. Kasyapa is the most able to endure hardships among all the Buddha's sons, and the one with the strongest faith.

Today, Kasyapa is the third grade.

Now that Buddhism has disappeared, Sariputra has passed away, Rahula has gone crazy and turned into a star that disturbs the sky, and Maudgalyayana is focused on destroying demons. Only two Buddha's sons are still running for their former religious groups, one is Ananda and the other is Kasyapa.

Kasyapa has been sorting out the manuscripts after the Buddha. He has always claimed that he has inherited the responsibility of the Tathagata to spread the Dharma, so he will never retreat.

And now, Kasyapa suddenly visits the Demon Prince, and even the Demon Prince himself is a little surprised.

"Mahakasyapa, why don't you take care of your religious group, but come to care about me?" The Demon Prince looked at Kasyapa in front of him and asked.

Although Buddhism was destroyed, it was divided into many small sects, some of which joined the human world, and some formed their own sects. Among them, one sect that claimed to be "orthodox" was the one founded by Kasyapa.

Many people said that after the Buddha passed away, only people like Kasyapa who were as perseverant as a rock could manage the remaining monks and avoid division.

After the Buddha's Nirvana, the current Buddhism can only be supported by the current Kasyapa.

Now, Kasyapa said to the demon prince: "Before the Buddha passed away, he once said that I would achieve the fruit of Bodhisattva in the future and become Kasyapa Bodhisattva."

"Yes." The demon prince nodded.

What does it have to do with him?

The demon prince didn't care about these at all.

Just like many years ago, the demon prince was a stubborn person. Even if there were thousands of roads in front of him, he would only see one.

Kasyapa was not in a hurry, but just said: "But before the Buddha passed away, he told you...you will become a Buddha in the future."

"Yes." The demon prince continued to nod, and his eyes were also full of doubts.

Is Kasyapa here to seek revenge?

If you can't solve your own problems, you find someone outside to solve as a problem?

Not really, is it the devil's thoughts?

"The Buddha also said that another person will become a Buddha. In the future, Shariputra will become Huaguang Tathagata." Kasyapa said again.

The demon prince was a little annoyed.

Then Kasyapa said: "Maudgalyayana is dead."

This made the demon prince serious: "Oh? Did the devil do it?"

"Yes, it was the devil. Maudgalyayana slaughtered hundreds of thousands of billions of people in the Dream City. His karma is too deep. After all, supernatural powers cannot escape karma, so I came to find you."