Chapter 149 Good Deeds

The mountain gate was breached, and Ji Xiang emerged from within. Miyamoto Musashi retreated to the side, while the old abbot, looking at Ji Xiang whose demonic aura had completely dissipated, had an unbelievable thought in his mind, and couldn't help but ask:

"The Great Demon... then... Lord Nobunaga's demon god corpse..."

He could no longer sense the existence of the Sixth Heaven Demon King.

Then, there might only be one answer.

"Ate it. It was refined by me."

Ji Xiang responded matter-of-factly, and the old abbot's thoughts were confirmed, his face becoming even more respectful.

"Let's go, we need to leave this place. Staying in Japan, my newly recovered magic power is slowly dissipating."

Ji Xiang decided to leave Japan, because the national power of this land was exerting an increasingly obvious suppression on him. He hadn't felt the problem some time ago, but now...

This was the consequence of entering the territory of another country. The sanctions suffered by cultivators entering land not belonging to their own country were extremely obvious.

"Go... If we're leaving, what method should we use?"

Miyamoto Musashi actually didn't want to leave here, after all, this was his homeland, but since he had betrayed Kanpaku (chief advisor to the Emperor), continuing to stay here would only lead to death. So, from the moment he surrendered to Ji Xiang, he had no way to turn back.

The old abbot then let out a long sigh, "There is no need to think too much about the choice between life and death. Thank you, Great Demon, for not killing me."

He thanked him at this moment.

Ji Xiang looked at him, "Dying for one's country can also be considered a noble act, but you were deceived by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others. If you continue to cultivate in Honnō-ji Temple, big problems will arise sooner or later. Since you are determined to leave, I naturally don't mind giving you a hand. No need to thank me."

"Although I kill people without batting an eye, and often go around borrowing incense, and am very disrespectful, I am still a good person at heart."

The old abbot and Miyamoto Musashi: "..."

Ji Xiang was very dissatisfied with the two people's reactions.

Was there anything to question about this?

As a pure Yuqing Heavenly Demon, of course I do things in accordance with the will of Heaven. We Heavenly Demons are here to carry out demonic trials for the human world, and the places where we borrow incense are all evil god temples. This is at most black eats black, so how can it be considered doing bad things? Moreover, if it is black eats black, rounding it up, isn't it eliminating demons and defending the Dao, doing good deeds?

I am a great good person!

"Did you think that the demonic path is just killing people everywhere?"

Ji Xiang righteously reprimanded the two:

"Too superficial! That's a one-sided impression! The true Heavenly Demon path is thinking about the common people. The existence of the so-called demonic tribulation is precisely to screen out those unqualified villains."

"In this day and age, the cultivation world is mixed with dragons and fish. If there were no Heavenly Demons like us acting on behalf of Heaven, who knows how many people in the world would call themselves immortals, and how many would call themselves ancestors!"

"Killing people also has rules. Look at the Heian Shrine, I didn't kill them all, did I? Before killing that shrine maiden, I still asked her some thoughts. Little monk, you heard it, she said she would not disobey Xu Fu's orders, so I must kill her. She is obviously an unqualified villain!"

"How can you have a good cultivation environment or cultivate properly by being with such a person!"

"Look, you two also started to attack me, and I only gave you a slight punishment. As long as you surrender and join my Heavenly Demon path, that is repentance. I will give you a chance to turn over a new leaf, not take your lives, and give you this opportunity to be a new person."

The old abbot and the young warrior both lowered their heads, looking like they agreed with everything he said, not daring to breathe loudly, let alone refute.

Especially the old abbot, he really wanted to say at this moment that he was just running away with you, so how did he enter the Heavenly Demon path!

So, staying in Honnō-ji Temple is also entering the demonic path, and running away also means entering the demonic path? Then wasn't this escape a waste?

The thoughts in his heart must not be known by Ji Xiang. The two followed Ji Xiang to escape from this place, but the old abbot found that Ji Xiang did not use any escape techniques, but flew all the way on a cloud, and couldn't help but ask:

"Great Demon, didn't you have a trick similar to an escape technique before? Why can't you use it?"

A golden light flashed from Heian Shrine, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Although the old abbot didn't have much experience, it was definitely a kind of escape technique, and it was extremely profound.

But he didn't expect Ji Xiang to respond:

"That's just the lowest grade of the Thirteen Great Escapes, the Metal Escape. Do you think it's so easy to use?"

"The Thirteen Great Escapes!"

The old abbot was quite surprised. Looking at the monk's surprised expression, Ji Xiang asked strangely, "The Thirteen Great Escapes, that surprises you so much?"

"Although the spells of your country are somewhat different from those of Middle Earth, the origins of the inheritance are all from the spells of the Tang Dynasty. Tracing back further, it is roughly the sorcery of Himiko during the Yamatai period. Xu Fu's spells are also the methods of the Pre-Qin Qi Refiners. Moreover, there were many people who came west during the Tang Dynasty, or those who came east from Middle Earth, and there were also peerless immortals like Boddhidharma, so there should be some inheritance of escape techniques."

The old abbot hurriedly replied, "Escape techniques do exist, but they are all ordinary methods, unable to reach the level of the Great Demon, where the body disappears without a trace with a single thought."

He said that Japan's escape techniques were indeed passed down from the Tang Dynasty, and there were also the Five Elements escapes, but they were not profound techniques, because the Five Elements escapes were the most complex, with methods of varying levels. Great escapes were rare, while small escapes were common. They had only heard of, but never seen with their own eyes, the abilities in Middle Earth legends where one could escape and disappear thousands of miles away with a drop of water or a grain of dust.

Therefore, even the lowest grade of great escapes like the Metal Escape was an eye-opener for the old monk here.

As for a group of ninjas who specialize in studying the Five Elements escape techniques, those were all mortal tricks. After all, Japan's cultivators were controlled by Xu Fu, and large-scale conflicts between high-level cultivators were absolutely not allowed.

"The Great Metal Escape requires the use of golden objects stained with one's own aura to be used, but there are also distance restrictions. Especially with the collision of the fortunes of three countries, it is impossible to directly transfer from here to the Korean battlefield."

Ji Xiang simply explained the principle of the Metal Escape. The reason why the Metal Escape was the lowest grade of the Thirteen Great Escapes was because of this troublesome matter. Although his shadow soldiers had their own golden objects, Japan's national power blocked all spells outside the country. This was a false immortal's divine kingdom, not allowing external spells to enter, and naturally not allowing external spells to leave.

If he wanted to use the Metal Escape, he had to leave Japan's borders first.

"Won't Lord Kanpaku send someone to hunt us down?"

Musashi suddenly asked at this time. He was a little suspicious, always feeling that there were some powerful beings lurking between heaven and earth, including the ancient ghosts and gods that were worshiped and nurtured within the country. This was the method of the Ghost God Path, entering and exiting invisibly, and being able to find your tracks no matter where you go.

"Even a cultivator of your level can be sent by Xu Fu to stop me. Do you think he still has the strength to summon even stronger people?"

"As for ghosts and gods, where does he have the guts?"

When talking about the methods of the Ghost God Path, Ji Xiang couldn't help but sneer.

The foundation of the Ghost God Path in this country has been destroyed by him, and it is almost impossible to rebuild it. The Ghost God Path will only continue to weaken and cannot rise again, unless Xu Fu, this false immortal, voluntarily enters the Yellow Springs, and then never comes out, using the power of his immortal realm as the source of power for the Ghost God Path. Otherwise, the Ghost God Path has no chance to rise again.

Twenty years later, the Reverse Mountain and River will descend, and all the order of the Primary Mountain and River will be crushed to pieces.

However, his other goal has not been achieved. This rash entry was just a test, but it was a pity that he didn't see the *Golden Crow Jade Rabbit Collection*.

The godhood of Mount Tai's Prefect (Taishan Fujun) has also not been recovered.

He only took back an unimportant Buddhist artifact, the Five Peaks Light.

The sea of clouds surrounded them, and the night gradually faded away. The sun began to rise, spreading from the side of the sea to the land and mountains. The whole of Japan ushered in new light.

As the day dawned, an immense immortal aura could be sensed more clearly, and this land was cut off from the world. From the mountains and rivers to the sea, from the rivers to the temples, everything was completely separated from the outside world.

Sensing all this, for some reason, four words popped into Ji Xiang's mind.

Closed-door policy. (*bì guān suǒ guó*)

This was truly a repulsive term.

However, in this space-time, Middle Earth was probably too late to do such a thing as closing its doors to the outside world. Twenty years was not enough to clean up the mess left by the previous generation, nor was it enough to deal with the immortals who were descending into the world.

The ancient immortals in mythology would appear one by one, and the people who were once thought to have passed away would also return.

It was both a great opportunity and a great catastrophe.

Moving southwest from Kyoto, the mountains and land suddenly became bright.

"We have arrived in the land of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni."

Miyamoto Musashi spoke in a timely manner, and Ji Xiang also sensed a vast divine power appearing in front of him. This divine power enveloped the land below, stretching out for thousands of miles, blocking Ji Xiang and the others. This divine power was like a heavenly wall, separating the two worlds, insurmountable unless the national fortune of the divine kingdom was destroyed along with it.

"In mythology, this place is called Izumo, and it is also Japan's first territory. Amaterasu Omikami (sun goddess) reigns here, so the mountains and veins here are more spiritually rich than other places."

"In ancient times, the Yamatai Kingdom was here. And the legendary giant vengeful spirits also manifested in the world from here."

"This place is protected by divine power, which shares its fate with the divine kingdom, and cannot be easily entered..."

Ji Xiang asked him, "Is this divine power permeating the heavens and earth caused by the existence of the godhood of Amaterasu?"

But before Miyamoto Musashi could respond, Ji Xiang looked down from the clouds.

There was no one.

Demons, groups of demons, were born from this land surging with divine power, just like what the Japanese generals on the Korean battlefield thought. When one day, everyone in the country enters the battlefield, leaving only a group of demons constructed from desires in their homeland, they fill this world without life or death, and live like ordinary people. The former country of people becomes a country of demons, roughly like this.

Ji Xiang scanned this world and suddenly felt a sense of premonition.

This was more accurate than a whim, and a future illusion actually arose in his eyes!

The art of reversing heaven and earth had begun to take effect, and he would feel something about what was about to happen.

"So that's it, like the Buddhist Ālaya-vijñāna, like future sight!"

This was a passive divine power that could see partial future illusions!

That feeling told him that if he were to destroy these demons at this time, it might have a certain connection with the *Golden Crow Jade Rabbit Collection* and help him obtain this book in the future.

In the future illusion, Ji Xiang saw a thread, this thread extended forward, this was the thread of karma.

If these demons were not destroyed, Japan would accumulate strength based on these demons in the future, transforming them from creatures created by desire into real beings, and the *Golden Crow Jade Rabbit Collection* also flashed by in the illusion. These future illusions were intermittent, just some fragments, not coherent, but they had a strong connection.

The existence of these demons, their gradual growth, was closely related to the rise of the divine kingdom, and would cause the *Golden Crow Jade Rabbit Collection* to be promoted to a higher level of immortal scripture!

Then....

Even more chaotic fragments flickered, Mount Tai's Prefect stood on the land of Japan, and then an immortal was found lying dead here, followed by Middle Earth turning into ruins, and the spies that he had arranged, Tokugawa Ieyasu, were refined into vengeful spirits, Xu Fu created two new beings born as gods, all of this was related to the upgrading of the *Golden Crow Jade Rabbit Collection*.

Then, Ji Xiang saw, several black shadows appeared beside Xu Fu, and the heavenly palace was sinking in the clouds. The place where they appeared was on the land of Middle Earth.

"Calamity..."

"Alright."

"As I'm about to leave, I'll also do a good deed for your country."

Ji Xiang suddenly spoke, and Miyamoto Musashi knew what Ji Xiang was going to do as soon as he heard it, but he quickly stopped him:

"Even those false immortals can hardly enter here. You have also sensed the vast divine power here. For a country, this place is like a blessed immortal mountain, even in Middle Earth it cannot be easily entered."

"Although I am young, it is known throughout the world that the land of Izumo cannot be easily entered. You are about to leave here, and the divine martial... Xu Fu has not chased after you, isn't this a good thing?"

Musashi was a little scared.

It wasn't that he doubted Ji Xiang's ability to break through the divine power barrier, on the contrary, it was because he knew that Ji Xiang might really have this ability that he was afraid!

This was equivalent to openly provoking the Divine Martial Emperor. This behavior was likely to provoke the other party's pursuit!

At that time, Ji Xiang, a strongman in the immortal realm, was not afraid of Xu Fu, but what about himself? After recognizing the huge gap between the human realm and the immortal realm, Musashi no longer felt that he could avoid being affected in the fight between immortal realm powerhouses, and might die without even leaving a trace, directly dissipating his soul!

"No, I must destroy these demons. As for provoking Xu Fu, what if I provoke him?"

Ji Xiang glanced at Miyamoto Musashi, "You have already entered the Heavenly Demon path, are you still going to follow the rules of Japan?"

"I....."

Musashi stopped speaking.

Ji Xiang said to him, "I have a reason why I must do this."

"Come."

As he spoke.

The crimson divine banner had already appeared, accompanied by the aura of the ancient Heavenly Demon, soaring into the sky, unrestricted by all laws!