Chapter 81 Anchor Point

A linchpin to a great calamity.

Regarding his experiences.

Wei Yuan had vaguely sensed something was off before. The first point was that as the leader of the Path of Cognition, whose abilities were theoretically even broader than Bai Ze's, Kai Ming hadn't noticed Jue going to pluck the undying flower? Moreover, Kai Ming's authority allowed him to see in all directions, encompassing the past, future, and even life and death.

Before Jue went to Lu Wu's Heavenly Garden, Kai Ming should have had some premonition.

Even a clone like this one could foresee the attacks of the Yuanshi Tianzun.

Then, the fully-fledged Kai Ming at that time should have had no difficulty observing Jue's actions in her youth.

Such doubts had always existed, as well as the existence of Li Chunfeng, and during the Tang Dynasty, the number one martial god of Kunlun, when searching for an anchor point that would allow him to successfully reincarnate in the human world during the great calamity, had found Wei Yuan, who possessed the aura of the Kunlun undying flower, without hesitation.

All of these things had always left some doubts in Wei Yuan's mind, making him feel vaguely strange. Although it wasn't entirely unreasonable, his intuition told him that something was off. There was no problem with the logic, but his intuition just felt wrong.

And this wrongness became clear when he saw the aura behind the three ghosts of the museum. Kai Ming allowed Jue to pluck the undying flower.

His power to see in all directions was enough to observe the future.

The number one martial god of Kunlun directly sought out Wei Yuan as an anchor point during the Tang Dynasty.

Coupled with the fact that the museum had practically become a mini-Kunlun, these thousands of years of doubt finally connected, turning into a hidden thread that had existed since six thousand years ago—

An anchor point!

The combination of the undying flower and a mortal caused this person's true spirit to reincarnate every time a great calamity occurred in the human world.

In other words—

Once there was a great calamity involving the entire world of pure Qi.

Then the human world would inevitably be unable to escape. And when the human world was drawn into the great calamity, Wei Yuan, who had eaten the undying flower, would definitely reincarnate. At that time, as long as Kai Ming bound his own preparations to Wei Yuan himself, then when the great calamity arrived, all preparations and anchor points would converge here.

And at this time, Wei Yuan, the anchor point of the "great calamity," would lose his value.

Perhaps when Kai Ming observed the future calamities, the choice of a great calamity anchor point wasn't necessarily Wei Yuan.

It was just that Jue went to pluck the undying flower, and Kai Ming went along with it.

Even without Jue, without Wei Yuan eating the undying flower, there would be others who would become Kai Ming's pawns and anchor points.

To provide Him with the role of anchoring the great calamity.

Therefore, Kai Ming didn't put too much effort into Wei Yuan, this idle piece. As long as he could ensure that he could reincarnate normally in each life, he wouldn't care at all, and didn't have the time to bother. But the ghost didn't expect that this idle piece that he had regarded as an "anchor point" would actually struggle and climb out step by step in these thousands of years of reincarnation?!

Struggling step by step to reach his current strength.

Even possessing the position of the "Jade Void Yuanshi Tianzun."

Human perseverance is strong in this.

Kai Ming looked at Wei Yuan, whose eyes were deep and who was calmly watching him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

This was certainly not his intention!

A pawn should have the awareness of a pawn. What kind of thing is a pawn that is so strong that it can directly pick up the chess player and smash him against the wall at the speed of light a hundred times?! Huh?!

Look at this, is this a pawn?

If this is a pawn, then wouldn't I become a laughingstock?

In fact, starting from the Han and Tang Dynasties, it had already exceeded Kai Ming's expectations, and now looking back at the beginning, the beginning of the variables was in the pre-Qin era, when two old men successively took the young man by their side, taught him the ways of the ancient Confucianists, and received the judgment of Confucius, calling him the Bamboo of Nanshan.

The Bamboo of Nanshan was already like an arrow.

After pruning and adding feathers, its momentum became even more swift and fierce, never turning back.

Although he didn't learn any remarkable methods in that life, he laid the foundation for his character and the foundation for Daoism at the same time.

Otherwise, how could a wandering orphan during the Three Kingdoms period, even with the teachings of the Great Virtuous Teacher Zhang Jiao,

Have become increasingly profound in Daoist arts, reaching the position of sub-Celestial Master.

The root cause was naturally that he had been by the side of the Dao Ancestor and Confucius. Although there were no such mysterious cultivation methods as in later generations, he had also laid the purest foundation of the Great Dao. A nine-story platform begins with accumulated soil, it's as simple as that.

Kai Ming looked at the Daoist priest staring at him, silent, pondering.

Finally, he sighed, covered his face with his hands, and said in a crying tone, "Hit me."

"Just don't hit my face."

"This face is my means of survival. If you break it, what will I do?"

To use one of the top ten peaks, the ability to see in all directions, to plot against a mere mortal, to use a mere mortal as a pawn, of course, would not be noticed. But when this mortal was replaced by Yuanshi Tianzun, then it meant that one of the three gods of Kunlun had designed and plotted against this currently somewhat unfathomable peak existence.

If he replaced it, Kai Ming felt that he would never let go of the person who plotted against him.

Sure enough, a sharp and unpredictable sword Qi emerged from Yuanshi Tianzun, using cause and effect as the sword, using all things as the sword. His eyes were deep, and Kai Ming's pupils contracted. Suddenly, a stream of changing silver sword Qi flashed before his eyes. Even though his own authority had already observed that Yuanshi Tianzun was about to attack, he couldn't avoid it!

The beginning and the end overlapped.

Representing that the "middle stream" was erased.

When the Daoist had the thought of attacking, the beginning was equal to the result. As soon as the thought arose, the move had already hit. Fate could be broken, but cause and effect were inescapable!

If he were at his peak, he might not have been unable to try to avoid cause and effect, but at this level, he shouldn't even think about it. Just at this moment, he saw the Daoist priest pause, his sword finger against Kai Ming's own brow. The fierce sword Qi just now actually came from the sword finger.

Kai Ming's pupils contracted slightly.

Wei Yuan's sword finger was against Kai Ming's brow.

The atmosphere seemed to be a little stagnant. Suddenly, his arm swept out.

His finger only cut off a strand of black hair from Kai Ming's temple, saying, "I will use this to atone for your sins."

Wei Yuan rolled up his sleeves and retracted his hand, saying, "I can forgive the past."

"However, in return, I need you to do me a favor."

Kai Ming touched the cut hair at his temple: "What?"

The Daoist said: "I can help you restore your full power, but in return, you must do three things for me."

"Of course, you can choose to refuse."

Wei Yuan's tone was gentle, but Kai Ming inexplicably felt a sense of being threatened.

However, he was already in the wrong to begin with, and now the other party had offered to help him restore his cultivation first, and all he had to do was help him with three things, which wasn't a loss. He coughed and said, "Of course, no problem..."

"But can I ask what will happen if I disagree?"

"It won't be anything."

Wei Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I'll just have you eat the food I make every day."

Kai Ming asked in confusion: "Eat the food you make every day? Are you sure that's it?"

The Daoist raised his eyebrows: "What, do you want to try it?"

The number one chef in the world of mountains and seas, of course, could give it a try. Kai Ming was about to open his mouth when he suddenly felt a flash of a picture before his eyes. The ability to see in all directions instinctively activated, and he "saw" the dishes on the table, saw himself take a bite, and then clutch his heart, spitting white foam and falling down.

He saw that even the Qi Luck True Spirit behind him was affected.

All nine heads spat white foam together, fell down with a thud, and twitched.

??!

Kai Ming was stunned.

Wait, what is this?

Yuanshi Tianzun, are you putting poison in the food?!

No, are you putting vegetables in the poison?!!

He raised his head and saw the Daoist smiling kindly.

Kai Ming shook his head decisively and said with a dry laugh, "Ahahaha, I'm already full. Alas, what a pity."

"I'm afraid I don't have the life to enjoy Yuanshi Tianzun's cooking, haha."

"I'd rather choose the three things."

"Good."

Wei Yuan stretched out his hand, slightly clenched his five fingers, and then directly condensed cause and effect, gathered it here, and weaved an edict, allowing Kai Ming to leave his True Spirit aura on it. This meant that it was completely impossible to violate this point. The corners of Kai Ming's mouth twitched, and he said, "So, you haven't said yet, what are these three things?"

After doing this, see how I repay you.

Hmph, a mere three things.

The Daoist put away the edict of cause and effect in his hand, a smile appeared on his face, and he said leisurely, "Three things."

"The first thing, let the clear and turbid be pacified."

"The second thing, let the great calamity be eliminated."

"As for the third thing, let me think about it for now." The expression on Kai Ming's face gradually solidified.

Pacify the clear and turbid? Eliminate the great calamity?

Aren't you just asking me to work for you for the rest of my life?

Although I have tricked you before, you don't have to trick me so badly in return, do you?!

Kai Ming's handsome face twisted slightly, saying, "This, you, you this... what three things?"

He took a deep breath and barely maintained his expression, saying, "May I ask where you learned this from?"

The Daoist replied, "Before, there was a god with a broad mind, a very big heart, and not at all petty, who made an agreement with me."

"He asked me to cook three meals."

"Three meals?"

"Yes, past life, present life, future life, three meals."

The corners of Kai Ming Beast's mouth twitched, saying, "May I ask?"

"Is this god with a broad mind, a very big heart, and not at all petty, called Zhu Jiuyin?"

Yuanshi Tianzun said, "I didn't say..."

Kai Ming helplessly said, "Forget it, I was going to do it anyway. Speaking of which, Zhu Jiuyin should be staring at that 'me' right now..."

Wei Yuan said, "Staring at you?"

Kai Ming nodded, saying, "In your battle in the South Sea, the reason why the Turbid World's reaction was a step slower was because that me was directly blocked at the door, which was equivalent to the Turbid World directly losing its source of information. But I didn't expect that Zhu Jiuyin, that calm fellow, would actually choose to directly block the guy with my authority and body inside the Nine Heavens Gate this time."

"Hit them as soon as they show their heads."

"It's just a pity that the Nine Heavens Gate is considered a top-notch magic weapon. Although Zhu Jiuyin controls the years and is extremely mysterious, he can't break the seal of the Nine Heavens Gate in a short time when it comes to strong attacks. What a pity, what a pity, the Dragon of Illuminating the Nine Netherworlds is always resourceful, but he is so reckless this time, and instead has put himself in this kind of predicament."

"At the beginning, during the battle of Zhurong, he had the advantage, but now he's been dragged down instead."

"Huh? What are you thinking about?"

Kai Ming looked at Wei Yuan over there, who smiled and replied, "Guess?" The Daoist didn't really let Kai Ming guess, but said calmly:

"Perhaps, it's time for me to fulfill the causal agreement just now."

"??? You?"

Wei Yuan said: "You said just now that Zhu Jiuyin made a wrong move, but you're wrong."

Kai Ming was stunned: "Huh? What do you mean?"

Wei Yuan said: "It is unwise for Zhu Jiuyin to be so reckless, but what if this plan is not the whole plan?"

"If it's not the entire plan, you've only seen a part, so you think it's reckless, because Zhu Jiuyin lacks sufficient killing power, but you and I know now, so, what he knows, I will definitely ask him about the situation, and I will definitely go to help him myself."

"What a cunning dragon and snake."

The white-haired Daoist sighed, glanced at Kai Ming, and said calmly:

"Because, the last link in Zhu Jiuyin's plan, [killing], is precisely me."

"You, can you find the Nine Heavens Gate?"

"That place is hidden very deep!" Kai Ming's fur stood on end like a cat whose secret base had been guessed.

"That moment was when I spent a lot of effort to find it back then. The one on Kunlun is just fake, the real one is very difficult to find!"

"Big Sister and Lu Wu can't find it!"

"How could you possibly find it?!"

"Of course I can't find the Nine Heavens Gate, but Zhu Jiuyin is too easy to find."

Wei Yuan said calmly: "The karma between him and me is too heavy. Of course, I can find the way to where he is."

The white-haired Daoist glanced at the dazed Kai Ming, smiled and knocked on the divine weapon at his waist, and said leisurely: "I am Yuanshi. This sword is Qingping."

"Can it break your Nine Heavens Gate?"

ps: Today's first update... 3800 words.