Sometimes There Is Something, Sometimes There Is Nothing

Chapter 905: Inaction, Sometimes There is Something, Sometimes There is Nothing

He seemed to have gone crazy all of a sudden, laughing and crying. Many prison guards quickly put down their work and ran over to support Yan Shaoqing.

Yan Shaoqing yelled, broke free from the crowd, and said shrilly: "Fake, you are all fake!"

He injured several prison guards and killed several people. Suddenly, his body became stiff like a puppet. He stood there woodenly, staring blankly at his hands, which were covered in blood.

After a long time, he turned around with difficulty and said to Qin Mu: "Mu Tianzun, is this true or false now?"

Qin Mu sighed and said, "Zuo Shaobi, I'm going to leave. Won't you see me off?"

The muscles on Yan Shaoqing's face were twitching and his expression was distorted.

He followed Qin Mu and walked out.

Not long after, he escorted Qin Mu and others out of the prison. Qin Mu turned around and said with a smile, "Zuo Shaobi, please stay. You don't have to escort us anymore."

Yan Shaoqing bowed and said woodenly, "Farewell, Heavenly Lord."

Qin Mu sat down slowly with a smile on his face. Fire clouds rose from under the dragon unicorn's feet, carrying him away.

"Lord Mu Tianzun, is this true or false?" Yan Shaoqing's voice came from behind.

Qin Mu patted Long Qilin's head, and Long Qilin hurriedly stopped.

Qin Mu smiled and said, "When truth becomes false, falsehood becomes true; when inaction becomes existence, existence becomes non-existence. Zuo Shaobi, you are the number one person in the heavenly court with divine consciousness and supernatural powers. Is it really that important whether it is true or false, existence or non-existence? Please go back."

Yan Shaoqing's body trembled slightly and he looked up at him.

The dragon unicorn carried Qin Mu away.

The corner of Yan Shaoqing's eyes twitched, and he saw Qin Mu's shadow on Long Qilin's head wriggling, and it split from one shadow into three shadows!

His head buzzed and he immediately ran back, rushed into the prison, and flew to the cage where Master Yankang and Emperor Yanfeng were imprisoned.

He stood there motionless. The two cages were empty. Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Master Yankang were not in the cages!

"I see, I see..."

Yan Shaoqing laughed softly: "So it was me who taught you how to unlock the seal of the cage. It turns out that this is not a dream, not an illusion of divine consciousness... When truth becomes false, falsehood becomes true, and inaction sometimes becomes existence and sometimes nothingness. What a good method, what a good method..."

Suddenly, a prison guard passed by and saw that the cage was empty. He screamed and shouted, "The thief has escaped from prison!"

Yan Shaoqing turned to look at him and smiled, "The thief is still in the cage, how could he have escaped?"

The jailer was startled for a moment, then looked at the cage and saw that Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Master Yankang were indeed inside.

The prison guard looked confused, and Yan Shaoqing said, "What a fuss, just do your job... Wait a minute, how long did it take Mu Tianzun to visit the prison?"

The prison guard said, "Less than a quarter of an hour."

"Less than a quarter of an hour?"

Yan Shaoqing's heart sank. He felt as if several months had passed. He waved his hand and asked the prison guard to leave.

Yan Shaoqing walked out slowly, his hands and feet were cold, and he said silently in his heart: "You kidnapped Emperor Yanfeng and Jiang Baigui, but I had to help you cover it up. With my divine sense and magical powers, even if the Heavenly Court sent people to check, as long as they are not beings at the Emperor Throne Realm, they will not be able to see that Jiang Baigui and Emperor Yanfeng in the cage are my mental illusions. You know I will not catch up with you to get Emperor Yanfeng and Jiang Baigui back, because you know I can't break your magical powers. Even if I catch up with you, I will fall into your illusions and dreams again."

"You also know that I will help you cover it up, because I have been taken to the God-Slaying Platform once. In order to save my life, I must help you cover it up. You even deliberately exposed your feet and made your shadow turn into three. Those two shadows are Emperor Yanfeng and Jiang Baigui, right?"

"Mu Tianzun, ah Mu Tianzun, you have become so terrifying..."

He came to the Judge's Temple, opened the official document, picked up the pen and wrote the words "Everything is normal during Lord Mu's visit to the prison", put down the pen, and fell into a trance.

Suddenly, he clenched his fists so hard that his nails pierced his palms, causing them to bleed, but he loosened his fists weakly, gave a bitter smile, and continued to handle his official business.

"I was defeated, but your spiritual power is not invincible. Your cultivation is low, and it is too easy to break your power. As long as an outsider intervenes, your power will disintegrate on its own. Your power can only last for less than a quarter of an hour."

"Aren't you going to heaven? If you use this magical power in heaven, you will definitely die! But..."

He stopped writing, fear on his face, and shuddered several times: "But if you cultivate to the Emperor Throne realm, and combine your spiritual consciousness, magical powers, the Infinite Tribulation Sutra, and the Netherworld Avenue, it will be too terrifying!"

He couldn't imagine what a horrible scene that would be!

He continued writing official documents, when suddenly the tip of his pen stopped and the corners of his eyes trembled.

"How do I know that I am truly free from his dream and illusion now?"

Yan Shaoqing's pupils shrank suddenly: "What if I am in an illusion now? Am I in a dream or in reality?"

Despair flashed in his eyes: "Is it really as he said, that I must abolish the Shenqiao Shenzang and accept the Yankang Reforms in order to completely get rid of his dream? If that's the case, what's the difference between me and those traitors in Yankang..."

The fear on his face grew stronger.

Although Qin Mu left and his magical powers stopped, the influence of his spiritual consciousness and magical powers was like a seed of evil that took root and sprouted in his heart.

Yan Shaoqing knew that he had to get out, he had to abolish the Shenqiao Shenzang, accept the Yankang Reform, and practice the Tianhe Shenzang, otherwise he would be troubled forever, unable to distinguish between dreams, reality, and illusions. The flaws in his Tao heart made it impossible for him to cultivate to the throne of the emperor!

However, the Heavenly Court strictly prohibited reforms. If he accepted the Tianhe Divine Treasure, he would be one of the traitors to the reform.

"If you destroy the Shenqiao Shenzang, my Tiangong will crush me and I will die... Jiang Baigui told me that he created a method that can close the Nantianmen, so that the Shenqiao Shenzang can be destroyed without dying... Why did he tell me this?"

Yan Shaoqing suddenly realized: "They, the brothers, teamed up to set a big trap for me! A big trap that is linked together... I need to learn about the Yankang Reform, secretly. I will not participate in the Yankang Reform, I just want to learn about it secretly..."

Qin Mu walked away from the prison, asked Long Qilin to stop, and said with a smile: "Yan Shaoqing didn't catch up, the prison break has been decided. You can come out now. Yan Shaoqing is a smart man, he will use his spiritual sense and magical powers to help us cover it up, and no one will know that you have escaped from prison."

There were three shadows under his feet, two of which squirmed, stood up, and then slowly turned into Imperial Master Yankang and Emperor Yanfeng.

Emperor Yanfeng breathed in the air outside greedily, still a little bit unbelievable, muttering: "I can actually get out alive, I thought I would die in there..."

Imperial Master Yankang bowed to Qin Mu: "Thank you for your help, Senior Brother!"

Qin Mu quickly returned the greeting and said with a smile, "If you hadn't taught him the Three Primordial Gods' Indestructible Consciousness, I wouldn't have been able to find the flaws in his technique so easily and plant the devil seed in his heart. In order to make the Three Primordial Gods' Indestructible Consciousness, the Emperor's Throne Technique, keep up with the times, we have spent countless manpower and intelligence studying the flaws in this technique."

Imperial Master Yankang said solemnly: "But it is not so easy to control him completely."

"I used the Infinite Tribulations Sutra of the Great Brahma King Buddha to enter his dream. In a short period of time, I speculated on countless possibilities and found the simplest way to restrain him. Then I used the Dao Heart of the Netherworld to plant the devil, and the devil flower in his Dao Heart blossomed, causing him to fall into dreams and illusions."

Qin Mu said: "My magical power penetrated his divine treasure from his Dao heart and was planted in his divine treasure. It was too difficult for him to jump out of the dream and illusion I created for him. Every time he forcibly broke through the illusion, he actually fell deeper into the dream. Time and time again, he broke my divine consciousness and magical power, which made him fall deeply into the immeasurable calamity and experience one calamity after another."

Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Master Yankang were amazed.

The Sutra of Infinite Tribulations is the true scripture of the throne of Lord Brahma Buddha, the Immortal Divine Consciousness is the throne practice of the Scarlet Emperor, and the Demon Planting in the Heart of Tao is a method in the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra of the Woodcutter Saint.

Qin Mu integrated these three skills and magical powers, and after experiencing the catalysis of the Yankang Reform, he was able to trap even the terrifying existence of the Lingxiao realm. It was truly an amazing skill.

Imperial Master Yankang's eyes flickered as he said, "Yan Shaoqing may become our Taoist friend in the future. I have pointed out a path for him. Now it depends on whether he will follow this path."

"Although you two are free now, you cannot show your true appearance to others. You must change your appearance," Qin Mu reminded.

Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Master Yankang nodded. They had practiced the pinnacle works of the two creation arts, the Immortal Consciousness of the Three Primordial Spirits and the Incorruptible Creation Scripture. It was very easy for them to change their appearance or even the structure of their primordial spirits.

Qin Mu took out a mirror and handed it to Master Yan Kang, saying, "This mirror contains the results of the Heavenly Court's research on ancient gods over the past million years. Daozu gave it to me. The Heavenly Court also used the knowledge in it to recreate weapons like Yu Tianzun. You should study it carefully."

Master Yankang took a closer look and found a world hidden in the mirror, which contained countless jade slips with various runes imprinted on them.

"You give this thing to us, what about you?" asked Master Yankang.

"I made the mirrors. It's no problem to make as many as you want."

Qin Mu took out another mirror and said with a smile, "By comparing two identical mirrors, the jade slip can be imprinted on the other mirror. I have a few more mirrors here, so don't worry about me. Goodbye, both of you!"

He bowed and said, "I will go to the Heavenly Palace. I don't know when I will return. I have an agreement with Emperor Yanxiu to go back to see her within a year. If you two meet Yankang, please let him know that he is safe!"

Imperial Master Yankang asked, "You're not going back? Are you really going to heaven?"

Qin Mu smiled and said, "I want to see if the Heavenly Court has any weaknesses. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. If you don't go to the Heavenly Court, you won't know its strengths and weaknesses! So you must go!"

Emperor Yanfeng suddenly asked, "You married Yuxiu? You became her queen?"

Qin Mu's face flushed, and he waved his hands quickly, "Why do you say that, Your Majesty? We are innocent!"

Emperor Yanfeng spitted and sneered, "I... As the father of Emperor Yanxiu, I don't want you to be innocent. You bastard, I'm worried that you can't get a wife, not that I want to sell my daughter to you. Are you so scared? I won't kill you! You are the same as the Imperial Master. You can't get a wife by your own strength. If I hadn't given the Imperial Master a wife, you see, he would still be a lonely old man now..."

Imperial Master Yankang coughed and reminded, "Your Majesty, it's time to go."

Emperor Yanfeng sighed and said, "I am no longer the emperor. Yuxiu is the emperor. You are no longer the imperial preceptor. I don't know which bastard is the imperial preceptor of Yankang."

Qin Mu reminded: "That bastard is right in front of you, and that bastard just saved you."

Emperor Yanfeng laughed heartily and waved goodbye.

Qin Mu was full of vigor and said, "Fat Long, let's go——"

Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Preceptor Yankang watched him go away. After a long while, Emperor Yanfeng changed his face and said, "Yuxiu became the emperor and he became the Imperial Preceptor. It's really fate. I originally hoped that they would be together."

"In fact, Your Majesty, hasn't you already thought about this future?"

Imperial Preceptor Yankang also changed his expression, walked towards the east, and said calmly: "We have already made a plan. If the reform fails and we die, we need someone to inherit our legacy. The people chosen by Your Majesty are Emperor Yanxiu and Patriarch Qin."

Emperor Yanfeng followed him, was silent for a moment, and said: "At that time, I was the emperor, and I didn't care about Yuxiu's happiness. I just wanted her to inherit our business. Now I am not the emperor, but a father, and I don't want her to shoulder this burden. I just hope that she can find a husband of her dreams and live a safe and happy life. If she becomes the emperor, the possibility of her being with Qin Mu will be very small. This guy can't be her queen, and the emperor can't marry. The two of them..."

He shook his head and said nothing more.

Imperial Master Yankang understood what he meant.

Ling Yuxiu inherited the throne and became Emperor Yanxiu, and Qin Mu became the new Yankang Imperial Master, and there was no possibility for the two of them to be together anymore.

Ling Yuxiu should have been aware of this result when she inherited the throne, but she still took over the throne.

When Qin Mu agreed to become her Yankang Imperial Master, he was aware of this result, but he still became her Yankang Imperial Master.

Both of them silently gave up some of their inner feelings, but neither of them said it to each other.