Chapter 152 The Whirlpool of Calculation

[“Zu Long!”]

[This answer is somewhat unexpected, but also reasonable, because the Qilin tribe would not appear out of thin air. When the ancestor Qilin was dead, they were able to appear on a large scale and in a planned manner and slaughter the dragon tribe. This was obviously the result of someone manipulating it behind the scenes.]

[And slaughtering the dragon clan is only beneficial to Zulong alone. Moreover, Zulong wanted to prove his truth from the beginning, but you gathered Hongjun and Zufeng to suppress him. Therefore, he has enough motive to commit the crime! ]

[Now that it has broken through the peak of Daluo, there has been a major imbalance in the strength of both sides. If we don’t take it down immediately, I’m afraid...]

[“Fellow Daoist, don’t hesitate any longer!”]

[Hongjun said solemnly: Now is the last chance, we must kill Zulong immediately. Even a peak Daluo can only fight one against three. As long as the three of us go all out, Zulong is not invincible, but if we wait for it to break through again... it will be too late!]

[You are naturally angry about the tragic deaths of countless lives, and you also want to go to the East China Sea immediately to kill the two-faced old dragon, but now you must obtain the consent of another person on your side in advance.]

【You look at Zu Feng solemnly: "It has breached the contract."】

[Zu Feng was also shocked and angry. She didn't understand why the old worm was so stubborn. She had already lost a friend in order to achieve enlightenment, and she didn't want to lose a second one.]

[But the huge aura of Zulong's breakthrough was like a warning bell: if it is not killed, everyone's life will be in danger...]

[After a difficult ideological struggle, Zu Feng finally showed the decisiveness that a patriarch should have: Kill it! ]

[So you stop talking nonsense, and while Zulong's energy is still unstable, the two of them, led by you, head straight for the East China Sea.]

【…】

East China Sea, in the Crystal Palace.

The broken Zulong walked out of the palace, his eyes were deep, as if he had seen through his own destiny...

"Congratulations, Father! Congratulations, Father!"

A little green dragon that looked almost exactly like it came over and congratulated his father:
"My father is a mighty dragon. He will definitely unify the world and achieve enlightenment..."

Zulong's gaze stopped on it. Qinglong, who was originally congratulating him, was suddenly stunned, because not only did he not see the joy of his father's improvement in cultivation on his face, but he saw a look of emptiness and lack of spirit...

"Father?"

Qinglong was a little confused. Why was his father unhappy when good things were happening?

"My son Qinglong obeys my orders."

Zulong suddenly spoke, his tone melancholy.

Qinglong was startled and immediately bowed his head to obey the order.

"From now on, you are the leader of the dragon clan. Your father does not expect you to lead the dragon clan to prosperity, but only hopes that you can protect the lives of the three red dragons."

"As long as my four dragon veins are intact, the rest of the branches can be abandoned..."

"Father?!"

Qinglong was horrified, not understanding why his father suddenly seemed to be leaving a will. Obviously, the situation of the dragon clan was very good now, and he was the undisputed overlord of the prehistoric world. His father's own cultivation had also made progress...

"Go back."

Zulong sighed and looked up at the sky.

It could feel that the three familiar auras were approaching quickly and were about to end its life. Even if it had already made a breakthrough, it had no chance of winning.

This is not because it lacks confidence in its own strength, but because it knows that since the mysterious behind-the-scenes schemer dared to let it break through, he must have the confidence to kill it...

In the last moments of his life, Zulong made a simple summary of his life:

All failures were doomed from the moment he decided to kill the old ox and horse.

The old self scoffed at what the old ox and horse said about "none of the three people can achieve enlightenment"!

But in the end, I found out that what the old ox and horse said was true. Even if there is only one position to achieve enlightenment, the best way to deal with it is that no one can achieve enlightenment.

This is not an unrealistic saintly mentality, but the only way to maintain the unity of the three people. For the three ancestors, it is not important whether they can achieve enlightenment or not. What is important is the existence of a small group of three people, which can balance interests and resist foreign enemies together.

Compared to other born divine beings, the biggest advantage of the Three Ancestors has never been their ability to awaken their spirits and achieve enlightenment, but the fact that the three of them form a unified interest group that is enough to make all ambitious people give up!
However, he listened to the instigation of outsiders and killed the old ox and horse in order to achieve enlightenment. He thought that he could continue to work together with the mixed-haired bird to resist the enemy and control the threat from Jiao Ming and others.

Little did they know that this would destroy the foundation of the three ancestors' cooperation:

As soon as the old ox and horse died, the mixed-haired bird immediately gave up. Not only did it not help it to kill each other and achieve enlightenment, but it also mixed with Jiao Ming and then worked together to suppress its own plan to achieve enlightenment...

Everything is found by myself.

"But I don't regret it."

If he could go back to the past and do it again, Zulong knew that he would still choose to be an enemy of the old ox and horse. It was simply the temptation of becoming a god.

Regardless of whether the news that "there is only one person who can achieve enlightenment" is true or false, Zulong does not dare to gamble. He would rather believe it is true than gamble on the possibility that it is false news...

This is what it means to be born sacred, to not believe in your own morality or the morality of others.

Being able to achieve win-win cooperation is just a coincidence among coincidences, and the most normal result is that a spark will ignite at any time.

The only person Zulong can blame is probably the guy who fanned the flames. If he hadn't instigated him, everything would have been different...

[With a roar, an endless blue dragon rushed out of the blue waves of the East China Sea, and the vast dragon power dominated the world! ]

[You, Hongjun, Zufeng and the other two looked at it coldly...]

[Under the gazes of the three of you, Zulong was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: What if I say that all this has nothing to do with me? ]

[“Do you think I will believe it?”]

[Zu Feng said coldly: Ever since you killed the old cow and horse, I knew that this day would come sooner or later. You have never been willing to be inferior to others! ]

[Zulong hesitated to speak...]

[Hongjun also angrily rebuked it for its betrayal. It had clearly said that it would not care about worldly affairs, but it was secretly plotting such a thing! ]

[Zulong ignored him and just stared at you. It knew you were the one in charge.]

[“Although it’s hard for you to believe what I say, I am willing to swear that those Qilin people have nothing to do with me…”]

[Zu Long’s words made you feel ridiculous: “You are the only beneficiary of slaughtering the dragon clan. Are you trying to tell me that there is a kind person who wants to help you achieve enlightenment?”]

Zulong pondered for a moment and asked, "What if that person wanted you to kill me?"

【you:……】

[You feel more and more that Zulong has lost his mind. He can even say such nonsense! ]

[But Zulong slowly asked you a question: Do you know why we have to let others slaughter the blood descendants instead of doing it ourselves? ]

[You do not hesitate: because the true spirit will hate the person who killed it. ]

[Zu Long was surprised that you knew the answer, but this was obviously not the time to be surprised, so he asked again: Since you know this, let me ask you, if I want to slaughter my own descendants, can I make them die in confusion with my methods?]

[You were stunned for a moment, because you had never thought about this before, but now that it said it, you suddenly understood: If the Golden Immortal wanted to make ordinary creatures behave like fools, it would be too easy! ]

[Just by thinking about it casually, you can come up with many good methods: disguising your identity to start the massacre, poisoning people on a large scale, using great magical powers to create natural disasters to kill people... and so on and so forth! ]

[Could it be that in this case, sentient beings with low cultivation levels still know who the person who did it is? ]

[You were stunned, because if this good method was even half feasible, then the wars in the previous two lives would not have happened at all, and the ancestor could have slaughtered all the blood descendants by himself. Don't overestimate the moral level of these three people...]

[Seeing you in a daze, Zulong smiled: As the continuation of the giant god's will, the true spirit is born with all kinds of incredible magical powers. Immortality is only one of them, and the ability to practice is only the second.]

[Third, even if they died in confusion, they could naturally tell whether they died at the hands of the ancestor. If it was the ancestor's handiwork, they would still hate the ancestor!]

[After listening to this, you can't help but look towards Zu Feng inquiringly, hoping to get reliable proof.]

[Zu Feng was also reminded by its words. Seeing you looking at her, she nodded hesitantly: That’s right, that’s right…]

[Zulong laughed: Do you understand now? If those Qilin people were assigned by me, then I would never have been able to break through, and my true spirit would have escaped long ago... Jiao Ming, you have fallen into a trap without even realizing it! ]

[Zulong's self-defense made you feel confused, because you originally felt that there were some logical problems with its inexplicable slaughter, and now Zulong has completely pointed it out, you immediately realized that there is a big problem with this whole incident. ]

[I felt as if I was in the midst of someone's invisible plot, and what the instigator wanted was for me to lead others to kill Zulong...]

[Who is that person? What is his purpose? ]

[A series of questions make you more indecisive, and your indecision takes effect again...]

[Ding! Facing Zulong's explanation, you realize that you might be being plotted against without knowing it. It is difficult to make a decision on Zulong's life or death. You choose: (?)]

[A: No, you want me to kill him, but I won’t let you do that! The main point is a rebellion! B: Kill him, no matter what, Zulong must die! ]

"There are still experts?!"

Seeing Jiao Ming becoming someone's pawn without knowing it, Zhao Si couldn't help but frown:
"In the prehistoric times, there are still such masters?"

To be honest, Zhao Si would rather believe that this was all a scam carefully designed by Zulong than that there was a mastermind behind the scenes calculating the overall situation!

After all, the beneficiary of the massacre can only be Zulong. Why do others come here to make so many calculations? Could it be that they are kind-hearted and come to help Zulong achieve enlightenment so that he can raise a saint father?
This is obviously wrong. All the most powerful masters in the prehistoric world are gathered around Jiao Ming:

Jiao Ming himself is the Taoist Hongjun, the ancestor of the Phoenix clan, and the ancestor of the Dragon clan.

The remaining masters can only be the Tiansheng Shen of "Qiankun" and "Yinyang" who originally died in the Zhuxian Formation. However, Tiansheng Shen is famous for his questionable moral quality. How could he help Zulong achieve enlightenment?
Not to mention using this to plot against Jiao Ming!
Moreover, judging from the established plot that Qiankun and Yinyang were originally killed in the Zhuxian Formation, they obviously did not have the heart and brains to do so...

"Who could it be?"

Zhao Si murmured:

If this is really a shocking plot, then the plotter is most likely among the people present.

It's possible that Zulong is pretending to be loyal!
There is no need to say much about the precious things that Zu Feng had in her previous life. It is also possible that they were affectionate with each other in public, but were plotting against Jiao Ming in secret!

Old Yin is more likely to be like that... Old Man Hongjun!
In short, Jiao Ming is in a vortex of calculations where it is difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends. Apart from Zhao Si outside the game, he has no one he can fully trust...

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(End of this chapter)