Chapter Fifty-two

  The Eight Immortals are now seven, with Hong Jun being the highest and most different from the others. The remaining six "immortals" have achieved their status through merit and virtue, but none can compare to Hong Jun. Among them, the Three Pure Ones have the highest moral character and heart-nature, especially Laozi. The other two have their own obsessions and are not as detached as Laozi. The two from the Western Pure Land have different moral characters, but their hearts are straightforward and similar to Laozi's, with a detached and desireless attitude; their magical powers are only below those of the Three Pure Ones. Zhuangzi awakened to the Tao in his dreams, broke through the seven emotions and six desires, and has an extremely steadfast heart-nature, ranking first among the six. However, his obsessions are too heavy, and his magical powers are actually the lowest among the six. Nüwa's vital energy is excellent, and her path to sainthood is the most pure; she became a saint solely through her immense merit in creating humanity, without any cultivation whatsoever. Her heart-nature is naturally the lowest, but as a woman, she has all the thoughts and feelings she should have, only becoming slightly more detached after becoming an immortal.

  Now Junzi Sword is about to take this step, and Bo Fu has seen Junzi Sword grow up for thousands of years, accumulating a lot of merits and also getting the Hongmeng Purple Qi through unorthodox means. Now he is even more mature in his actions, having shed the impulsiveness and randomness of his youth. It seems that he has "matured". Bo Fu had already predicted what Junzi Sword would be like after becoming a saint: he would definitely weaken the Jue Jiao sect and establish a new sect - or whatever he wants to call it, anyway, it's just a sect for cultivators from the Yao tribe. His temperament is definitely not as good as that of the Three Pure Ones, and not even as good as that of the Western Double Light Heads, so it's similar to that of Nüwa. As for his cultivation, due to the countless merits he accumulated in the past and having a pre-heavenly treasure with him, it's estimated that he is only below the Three Pure Ones, suppressing Nüwa and the two saints from the West. "That's all, nothing more. Hong Jun has gained another stabilizer and plaything, making this chess game even more complicated and interesting." Bo Fu thought to himself.

  Bo Yu quietly hid in the cave, seeing and hearing that the kind dragon had returned to heaven, and Deng Jiugong was attacking Xiqi. Occasionally, Bo Yu went out once and directly rushed into the Yin Shang army camp, straight into Deng Chan Yu's camp. The female general saw a man rushing into her own camp, feeling ashamed and angry, she threw five-colored stones at him and took out a phoenix-mouthed knife to kill him. Bo Yu let her throw the five-colored stones at him, but saw that the stones had no effect on him, and the phoenix-mouthed knife also naturally broke into pieces when it cut his body. Even Deng Chan Yu's tiger mouth was opened and bleeding. Deng Jiugong heard the noise and hurried over with a big knife, just about to take action, but was pulled back by Shen Gongbao. Bo Yu didn't bother to listen to Shen Gongbao introduce himself to Deng Jiugong and his daughter, he just looked at Deng Chan Yu for a few moments, "In the legend of the gods, it's a pity that this girl is the most pitiful. Now I will eliminate this regret!"

  Ba Fu disregarded Deng Jiugong's father-daughter duo's astonished expressions, and ignored Shen Gongbao's flattering words, directly transforming into a long rainbow and charging into the Western Qi army. At this moment, the Western Qi army had already set up traps, and Jiang Ziya had long since laid out a plan to capture Deng Jiugong.

  Now, seeing Bo Yu rush in alone, Jiang Ziya and the Western Qi generals were greatly shocked and completely at a loss. Bo Yu smiled at the panicked Western Qi crowd, grabbed his hand and pulled out a three-inch-tall dwarf from the door. The camp's Qiu Sun hastily shouted: "Put down my disciple!"

  Bo Yu filled his ears and didn't hear, anyway, both of them left Sun Wukong without the courage to come up and save people. He just held onto the dwarf Tuhai with both hands, and with one twist, he strangled Tuhai into a twisted shape like a doughnut, blood flowing all over the ground. Then, with another split of his hands, he tore Tuhai's towel into two pieces. It was clear that a true spirit had gone to seal the gods' list. The people of Xiqi and Yinshang were all shocked by Bo Yu's cruel and ruthless killing method, and for a while, no one dared to ask Bo Yu why he killed Tuhai. Without waiting for them to come to their senses, Bo Yu threw the two pieces of the corpse on the ground and transformed into a rainbow, leaving directly.

  Bo Yu killed Tu Xingsun, but Deng Jiugong was still defeated by Jiang Ziya and fled to the west with his daughter.

  Afterwards, the story went as written in the book. Bó Fú didn't make an appearance. During this time, Shēn Gōng Piāo had tried to persuade Bó Fú to come out of retirement and help Yin Shang. He even drew a picture of Bó Fú's true form and sent it to King Zhòu Wáng. Bó Fú's true form was quite similar to the guardian bird deity of Yin Shang, so they used this as an excuse. Several high-ranking officials from Yin Shang came to Bó Fú's cave with a decree from King Zhòu Wáng asking for help. Bó Fú refused to see them and even hung up a sign that said "Master is out" in order to avoid trouble, hiding himself on the Three Immortals Island instead.

  Just as the Western Expedition Army was about to arrive at Golden Rooster Ridge, Bo Fu couldn't help but rush straight to Golden Rooster Ridge. Sure enough, Kong Xuan was there preparing to battle the Western Expedition Army, and behind him stood a Gentleman Sword...

  Bo Fu shook his head and sighed, knowing that there was indeed a cat in the mouse hole. Kong Xuan had followed Bo Fu to learn the arts, although Bo Fu firmly refused to admit it, but in the vast wilderness, no one did not think that Bo Fu was Kong Xuan's old master... ... Bo Fu had explained countless times back then, but no one believed him. Later, Bo Fu also resigned himself to his fate, blaming himself for having too many things on his mind back then.

  Kong Xuan's skills had long been at the level of Da Luo Jinxian, and he had obtained the true transmission of Bo Fu's five-colored divine light. His cultivation was also among the best in the world of immortals who practiced the teachings of Jian Jiao and Chan Jiao. For many years, he had been mixed up with Junzi Sword, but now it seemed that Junzi Sword must have had some plan to get Kong Xuan to do something. Bo Fu knew about it, and it was likely that they wanted to plant a nail in the Western Sect.

  Bo Yu had nothing to say, so he asked Kong Xuan for a tent and stayed overnight.

  The Western Qi army arrived, and the gentleman's sword took a step forward. He was full of merit and virtue, and except for Hong Jun, no one could calculate his movements. Kong Xuan continued to exert his divine power, and the five-colored divine light collected treasures and captured people with ease. The people of Western Qi were all sighing in distress, knowing that this was the Five-Colored Divine Light that had been famous since the Battle of the Yellow River Formation, and behind it must be a huge black shadow.

  In the Western Qi army, no one can match Kong Xuan. Even Deng Chan Yu, who was supposed to be able to injure Kong Xuan according to the original book, is now unable to do so because Kong Xuan's cultivation has surpassed that of the original book, and the Five-Colored Stone also returns without success.

  On this day, Kong Xuan came out of the formation and saw that the Western Qi had hung up a surrender flag. At the gate, he met Reng Deng, and in just a few moves, he took away the magical treasure in Reng Deng's hand. Reng Deng hastily retreated into the military camp. Kong Xuan laughed a few times before returning to his army. Bo Fu could sense that "this little devil has arrived" in Kong Xuan's camp.

  As expected, the next day Kong Xuan came out of the array and faced a dirty Taoist - Zhun Ti. Kong Xuan used the five-color divine light to brush back and forth as usual, but Zhun Ti did not respond as easily as in the original book, and was even brushed into the divine light by Kong Xuan. A loud noise sounded, Kong Xuan's divine light collapsed, and Zhun Ti revealed his golden body, completely suppressing Kong Xuan. Just as Zhun Ti was about to use a seal to trap Kong Xuan's primordial spirit, he suddenly stopped with a cold hum...

  Zhun Ti thought for a long time, but ultimately didn't dare to suppress Kong Xuan's spirit. However, he also couldn't bear to let go of this "person with great affinity for the Western teachings". Just as he was about to speak, he discovered that Bo Fu had already quietly left. Zhun Ti was overjoyed and opened his mouth to speak, using his eloquent words to finally "persuade" Kong Xuan to join the Western teachings.