Chapter 10: The Uneasy Heart (Seeking a Monthly Pass)
Su Zhou did not reply, he just listened calmly.
Zhou Buyi narrowed his eyes, lowered his head and stared at his hands.
"At first, I gave up the rights of the chairman of the Tianzheng Alliance and did not receive any offerings. I had no interest in enjoying rights and wealth. I just slayed demons and slaughtered demons in the Demon Subduing Bureau. But later I found out, how long can I do this? As long as there are warriors of the same level as me in the future, can the alliance really continue? Everyone wants to never die. If someone regained power from the divine wood, can I defeat a demon emperor who has no Blade of Destruction than that? Even Blade of Destruction is not enough. I need a stronger divine weapon... After all, you have not appeared once in a century, and I cannot take your actions into consideration."
"So, I want to study it, even if I don't use it, I have to think about how to target it... But the more I study it, the more I am, the more I am, although the divine wood is sealed, the world has been changed by it. In the future, only those who practice the power of the divine wood can become the strongest. If I don't work in this regard, it will be a matter of time before I will be surpassed by those who practice the internal energy of the wood system in the future - I am not ashamed of someone who surpasses me, but how can I guarantee that that person is a kind person and wants to maintain peace like me?"
"What's more, until the end, I realized that only the system brought by the power of the divine wood can truly last forever and reach the realm of "eternal life".
While talking, Zhou Buyi's aura gradually climbed, and the light blue spiritual power began to appear substantially around him.
Even with the light of inspiration, the wooden doors in front and the desks and chairs in the office began to revitalize because of this power, and even gradually became active, giving birth to green branches, leaves and flowers.
The overflowing vitality of life boils like a tide, as if the small sky fortress office was about to turn it into a primitive jungle!
This scene is just like, even better than the Demon Emperor who was in the Shenmu Heavenly Palace in the past!
"This guy is pretty awesome."
At this time, Yara, who turned into a hat, said to Su Zhou for the first time in the world of divine wood. It spoke with interest: "This guy, by studying the power of the deteriorated divine wood, found another brand new divine wood path different from the Panlong Immortal Tree - if he was allowed to continue, he could fully cultivate into another real divine wood with human body!"
"I also saw that his power was completely different from that of the Panrong Immortal Tree, so I found it strange at first and didn't ask directly."
Su Zhou was not surprised at all: "After all, it was Zhou Buyi. I could see at the beginning that he was indeed very talented, but he had no time to settle at that time, and he had not fully grown up - now more than a hundred years have passed, and the young guy has become a complete body, and he is completely different from the young man who was still a little bit immature at the time."
"I understand you."
In his mind, he communicated with Yala. In reality, Su Zhou said this. He raised his hand and sighed helplessly: "You may not believe it. I really didn't come here because of your cultivation of the power of the divine tree - although there are other purposes, such as becoming stronger, in general, it is mainly vacationing and seeing what the world has developed now."
"To be honest, you did a really good job. The museum was well established. The patriotic education was not rigid. The quality of warriors was also very good. You did much better than I thought. You should know that I have been ready to recover the power of the divine wood again, and I have to raise my knife to clean up the world. But the world is not stable. If you can continue to do so well, I will not care about these things."
"but……"
"But it's not to the perfect level, right?"
Zhou Buyi, who had already shown his momentum and began to detect Su Zhou's power, snatched the other party's head. He smiled and said, "So, are you planning to take action now?"
"A person who is almost two hundred years old still likes to rob words. You are even worse than me!" Su Zhou, who was robbed, frowned. He looked at Zhou Buyi with some dissatisfaction: "Of course it is not perfect. Although I just pick the bones from the eggs, because of your choice, there are always innocent people who die because of your choice. Yes, I know that their death will definitely allow more people to live. You suppress the development of the world and also for a better order in the future."
"But this is evil, and I can't sit idly by."
The expression on Zhou Buyi's face gradually disappeared. He was silent for a while, then nodded slowly and admitted: "This is indeed evil, it is me who was wrong. At the beginning, I wanted to be a leader who could save anyone, feel at ease, and enjoy a peaceful life, but later, I found that this was so difficult that in the end, I took the shortcut."
Step by step, eradicate the source of all evil and make it impossible for all suffering to happen - this is a grand and righteous way, but in reality, whether it is to raise enemies and to drive away tigers and swallow people, it can reduce the occurrence of greater evil in a faster and more convenient way. It is too difficult to not take such a shortcut.
Zhou Buyi, who looked at his heart, said lightly: "When Master called me 'not easy', I hope my original heart is not easy. I can still say that my original heart has not changed. It is just that I, as a human being, cannot withstand the erosion of time - I admit that this is a mistake and am willing to accept your criticism, even if, as you said, your criticism is just a picking bone from the egg."
"Stop pretending."
He tskated, and Su Zhou just shook his head and said, "Okay, I haven't seen a trace of fear from you from beginning to end. You even have a little expectation - you wanted to compete with me, so you came so soon, right?"
"Who knows."
He whispered, Zhou Buyi slowly grabbed the hilt of his waist, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a happy smile.
Zhou Buyi smiled, and Su Zhou also laughed.
"Your confidence is burning like a flame. Zhou Buyi, when you start practicing the power of the divine wood and walk out of your own path, you must feel that you have become the strongest."
As he said this, the young man's aura began to rise step by step, and even the rich and shiny spiritual light at the ends of his hair was faintly flashing with spiritual power that was enough to distort the air: "I think so too."
"Will you kill me with all your might?"
Zhou Buyi, who looked expectant, said this, and Su Zhou shook his head: "Of course not, your evil has not reached that point, let alone killing you, wouldn't it ruin this peaceful and prosperous era? But even so, don't think I will hold back. Whether you can live depends on whether you are strong enough."
"After all, no one has ever said that without the aura of killing people, there is no way to kill people."
Said this, but Su Zhou made a shocking move that Zhou Buyi and Shao Qiming, who were about to activate the airbag and risked to watch the two commander-level masters fight up close.
He turned his head and walked out of the fortress in the air. Before leaving, he grabbed Shao Qiming's opponent and half-draged him away.
"No, Ah Zhou, aren't you going to start a fight? Why did you suddenly turn around?"
In the corridor, a gentle young man was quite puzzled, and Su Zhou replied without any anger: "Is there any need to say? His body is not here - I just talked with him for so long, but I found the place with the strongest wood energy in the whole world."
"This guy's body is still in Nantianjing, which is around the Panrong Immortal Tree!"
Bang - whistle! You can hear that the armor of the fortress in the air was directly penetrated by violence. Su Zhou, who had basically never walked through the door, left the fortress in Liaozhou directly, and then turned into a stream of light in the air and flew towards the south.
Zhou Buyi, who was quite shocked, quickly chased out. He looked at the huge hole and the sky behind him. The man raised his hand and signaled that the members of the Demon Subduing Bureau who were gathering urgently and were planning to chase him in an airship. He then smiled and shook his head and returned to his office.
"Oh, it's Su Zhou, I didn't expect to see through this so quickly."
He took out a bottle of wine from the drawer of his office. The bottle of wine was very simple, and the brewing time on it was the first year of the New Year.
[Baicaomen - Commemorative Edition of the Demon Dynasty - Brewed in the First Year of the New Year]
After opening the wine cover sealed by spiritual magic, Zhou Buyi poured a glass for himself and took a sip. It was a nostalgic taste.
"If he found out later, he might have a chance to have a drink... But Su Zhou shouldn't drink, right? I remember he did not drink, but more than a hundred years have passed, who knows?"
Sitting back on his office chair, Zhou Buyi, or Zhou Buyi's wooden clone, slowly closed his eyes.
In the darkness, he felt the kindness of this hundred and forty-seven years ago. At this moment, it seemed that all the familiar things and people were back to their side. At that carnival and celebration banquet, everyone cheered for the establishment of peace, and laughter echoed in their ears.
But the reality is that a man sat alone at the table, one person, one cup, and drank alone.
"Everyone...I waited until Su Zhou came back and I saw him... Even he recognized my achievements. Although he didn't like some things very much, I had thought about this when I made the decision. I think you would definitely scold me - but this is my choice, and I hope you don't mind too much."
He murmured to himself in such a low voice, Zhou Buyi smiled freely and easily. He opened his eyes and his eyes were bright: "Forget it. No matter you, don't care about him, after all, you have died long ago, and he is also a strange man who is wandering outside this world."
"—I don't go to maintain peace in this world, who else can go?"
At the end of the speech, this seemingly fresh flesh and blood body began to change gradually. Starting from the ends of the limbs, the light blue jade-colored wood grain began to spread. Soon, Zhou Buyi's whole body turned into a blue wood statue.
And the same wooden statue is in each state of the 144 states of the Tianzheng Alliance.
In the new south Tianjing, the original site of the Demon Dynasty's Genting Heavenly Palace is now in the "Victory Memorial Hall". The huge wooden statue located in the center of the statue garden slowly raised its head, looked at the distant north, and smiled.
At this moment, all the residents along the way from Liaozhou to the south saw it.
There was a blue-purple streamer, like a meteorite, passing over the clouds and galloping towards the south.
Chapter completed!