Chapter 869 A Dream of Ten Thousand Miles, Slaying the Grand Duke

So, stepping out that step wasn't despair, nor loneliness.

Standing in the dim darkness, Hu Ma could no longer see the human world behind him, nor the Grand Duke in front. That was because he had left the human world but was still too far from the Grand Duke.

However, those lamps, those familiar or unfamiliar smiling faces, those hands reaching out to him, filled Hu Ma's heart with inexplicable emotions, instantly softening him.

That's right, he wouldn't be a living immortal of the human world, he only wanted to be someone who could give people hope…

How could such a path be lonely?

Immortals were the ones who were solitary and lonely, but the path he had chosen wouldn't be like that…

His heart was filled with unprecedented peace of mind as he strode forward, even though this was a path no one had ever imagined.

Holding the Eight Scenery Authority, becoming the "Old Heaven" of the highest realm in the Da Luo Dharma teachings, was already the highest path in this world, but Hu Ma used the step of moving towards this highest realm to stride towards the Grand Duke.

Originally, this step might not have reached the Grand Duke, and he might have fallen into eternal solitude, but the appearance of the transmigrators had helped him make up for this part of the road.

They all came!

Knowing that he was about to take this step, they all came.

To accompany him on this final journey.

The transmigrators couldn't walk out of the human world and rush towards the Grand Duke on their own, like he could, but the transmigrators had their own innate extraordinary qualities.

After they crossed the bridge, they were supposed to avoid the Grand Duke, so their realm couldn't reach the highest level, but now, they no longer hid, but instead, using the connection with the Grand Duke, they simultaneously left the human world and came to this lonely place between the human world and the Grand Duke.

Originally, they would have been swallowed by the Grand Duke upon arriving here, but the golden light transformed from their natal spirit temples protected them.

This was the temple that the Da Luo Dharma teachings had given them, or rather, the blessing given to them by the world behind them.

The only thing that could fight the Grand Duke!

"The future is uncertain, only the brave can break through it."

"The Grand Duke isn't scary, at least, we were all people whom the Grand Duke wanted to defeat but couldn't…"

"…"

The first one to grab Hu Ma's hand was Tie Guanyin.

As if in the vast universe, in the vacuum, the most dangerous thing for Hu Ma was that after leaving the human world, he couldn't accurately find the location of the Grand Duke and became lost in eternal solitude.

The appearance of Tie Guanyin and the others solved this problem, grabbing Hu Ma's hand and pulling him forward, rushing forward quickly.

"Now, you are too!"

"…"

A void voice appeared in Hu Ma's mind. Tie Guanyin pinched a Dharma seal, and ghost altars floated in front of her, lined up in a row, one after another. Hu Ma stepped on the ghost altars and ran madly towards the dark depths ahead.

And Tie Guanyin, looking at Hu Ma's unwavering back, had a satisfied smile on her lips.

She fell into the deep solitude, surrounded by endless tentacles in the darkness, all coiling towards her.

And she did her best to slay the endless tentacles, seemingly without any regrets.

This final human killing tribulation was the most lively, sweeping the world, but in this killing tribulation, Tie Guanyin was almost invisible. She didn't participate in any battles against the Ten Surnames or the local warlords, as if she had been sleeping in Shangjing all along.

But only Hu Ma and Miss Red Wine, Erguotou, and a few others knew that she had been doing some things, solving many problems.

She used the most ruthless thunderous methods to push the general trend of this human world towards the most perfect result.

And now, Hu Ma's back as he rushed towards the Grand Duke was her final satisfaction.

Hu Ma could feel Tie Guanyin fighting the Grand Duke with her last strength, slashing the countless tentacles that surged towards him on the altar, but he had no time to look back.

And as he strode on the ghost altar, rushing to the deepest part of the Grand Duke, countless tentacles emerged from the strange and empty space around him, coiling towards him, but they were completely blocked by a huge oiled paper umbrella.

Diao Jiu appeared beside him, raised his hand, and placed it on Hu Ma's back, using all his strength to send him on his way.

His figure was submerged in the boundless solitude, but his voice entered Hu Ma's ears: "Everything we do in this world is only for our original intention, so there is no such thing as who owes whom. Whether you are here or not, we will do these things for the people of the world…"

"Because we are born to be this kind of people!"

"But…"

At the moment of disappearing, his figure had become dim, the golden light was fading, but the paper umbrella in his hand was still helping Hu Ma block the attacks:

"If I could see West Lake again and taste West Lake Fish in Vinegar Gravy, it wouldn't be bad…"

"…"

"Facing the Grand Duke, don't be afraid. All the weirdness and changes are just appearances. Just remember who you are!"

A fluffy white cat jumped onto his shoulder, and Miss White Wine's voice rang beside him. She waved red threads, binding the tentacles that were wrapped around Hu Ma.

She accompanied Hu Ma for a long distance, and when the golden light on her body was exhausted, the white cat transformed into a human form, gently pressing Hu Ma's shoulders forward with both hands.

Her voice still seemed very calm, very rational, with a gentleness that could only be perceived with the heart: "Of course, maybe I'm overthinking it."

"When you came out of the mountain, you were already a pure person."

"If one day, you can see me again, you must come over and say hello… Although, I might not pay attention to you."

"If we can become friends, remember to persuade me not to pay attention to what others say and study medicine."

"…"

"Miss White Wine…"

Hu Ma listened to Miss White Wine's voice, getting farther and farther away behind him, until it disappeared.

His heart trembled for a moment, almost wanting to turn back, but he held back.

This road, once started, could not be turned back.

"Kid, good luck…"

A large hand grabbed his arm and pushed him forward. It was Lao Gaoliang, a transmigrator from Anzhou.

"The Hu family of Zhen Sui is worthy of our respect…"

Someone waved a brocade robe, inlaid with gold and jade. It was Wujiapi from Mengzhou.

"So there really is someone who dares to draw a sword against the Grand Duke. Little brother, I believe you will be the fiercest man…"

A coquettish laugh rang out. It was Yubing Shao.

"Senior, senior…"

An anxious voice rang out, and someone hugged Hu Ma, pushing him forward quickly. Diguashao's small head poked out from under his arm.

In this deep and strange place, there was no trace of fear on her face, only anxiously saying: "Senior, remember clearly, you must remember clearly, my home is in the Beilao Street area of QD city… Remember to come and play…"

"I'll treat you to a wild dance and introduce you to a few little sisters…"

"…"

One hand after another helped Hu Ma rush towards the dark front, one halo after another surrounded Hu Ma, and one after another went out.

One person after another did their best to help him get closer to the Grand Duke, and then quickly disappeared.

Hu Ma had no time to be sad, but the farther he went, the closer he got to the Grand Duke, and the more determined he was in his heart:

"I will, I definitely will…"

"…"

"…"

"Gone far…"

At the junction of the collapsed Underworld Palace and the Yin Mansion, on the Naihe Bridge, the National Preceptor and others were already standing at the farthest point that this world could reach.

But they still saw Hu Ma taking a step, far away from the human world, until he went to the deepest place that thought could reach, far away and unattainable. The National Preceptor was indignant, angry, scolded, and finally, could only smile bitterly:

"Damn it, he really is a descendant of the Iron Head Hu family…"

"We have always aimed to drive out the Grand Duke, and have always felt that driving out the Grand Duke is the most difficult thing to do…"

"So you, you have been planning to slaughter the Grand Duke from the beginning…"

"…"

"So, now… how should we put it now?"

And on Mount Da'ai, hearing the National Preceptor scolding and opening his eyes, the Wang family members were already covered in sweat.

Just now, they understood some things, and even felt that a will that would run through the heavens and the earth and suppress all things was about to appear in this world, but they didn't expect that everything was just like a dream. On Mount Da'ai, purple energy was rolling, but in the end, it was still a faint vitality.

"What else can we do?"

The National Preceptor stood up, and under the gaze of the Old Abacus and the Wang family members, his expression was both angry and excited.

He shouted loudly: "The Mandate of Heaven has arrived, the time for the Great Luo Heaven Sacrifice has come…"

"The possibility of us making this great sacrifice is unprecedentedly high, so high that no one dares to imagine…"

"Because the Grand Duke has been surrounded by us!"

"…"

"Ah?"

The Wang family members found it difficult to understand what the so-called "surrounding the Grand Duke" meant, but they could also feel that this world was different.

The most different thing was the corpse of the Hu family descendant in front of them. They couldn't see whether he was alive or dead now. They only felt that where he was, was the center of the world, the source of all vitality, but he himself…

…had his vitality cut off.

However, when the National Preceptor stretched out his hand, they still unhesitatingly took out the pill they had refined with the purple energy of Mount Da'ai and handed it to the National Preceptor to put it into Hu Ma's mouth.

"He left the human world and went too far, so far that we can't reach him or help him."

"Because the place he went to is too deep, and we don't know how long a breath there is equal to in the human world…"

"But we must protect his body. Is the pill you Wang family refined enough?"

"…"

"Enough!"

The Wang family didn't dare to guarantee anything else, but when it came to pills, they were extremely confident: "One pill is enough to keep him alive for a year."

The National Preceptor only sighed: "One year?"

"Hopefully it's enough!"

"…"

"…"

"They're all gone, they're all gone…"

And at this time in the human world, Erguotou was rushing to Mount Da'ai, but on the way, he heard Tie Guanyin's voice, knew where they had all gone, and heard the National Preceptor's order to the Ten Surnames in the Yin Mansion. He also knew what had happened to Hu Ma. Those guys, they just left like that? They were so relieved, putting all the final burden on him?

"Isn't this damn unreasonable? They all left after saying a word…"

"I haven't gotten in the car yet…"

"Did I usually act too high-profile? Did I seem too reliable? How dare you leave me alone?"

"…"

He cursed fiercely, very fiercely, and was really very sad.

No transmigrator could understand how he felt at this time. Although this vast world was a foreign land, he still knew that there were many people like him.

If nothing else, there were also friends who had been close to him for many years.

But in the blink of an eye, everyone had left. In the vast sea, in the dark world, there were no more similar people, leaving only himself…

He wasn't just cursing, he couldn't wait to cry out loud, no, he had already cried out…

Only in this endless loneliness and coldness, a warm breeze floated by him. The Red Lantern Niangniang looked at the right protector crying like this and couldn't bear to disturb him, but quietly put a cloak on Erguotou…

"Don't catch a cold…"

"…"

Erguotou was so moved by this sudden concern that his mood was different, and it took him a while to recover.

He gently held the Red Lantern Niangniang's hand, nodded hard, and then wiped the tears from his face, and slowly got up.

He looked at the world and said fiercely: "Since it has been given to me, then I will do it!"

"The general trend of the world has been achieved, it's time to do business!"

"…"

"…"

At this time in the world, a human killing tribulation had come to an end, and the competition for the warlords had also come to the final stage.

Yang Gong, the King of Mingzhou, swept the southwest, and then returned to Mingzhou, and converged with General Beggar, who led 800 soldiers alone and swept the 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang, destroying Guangtou Zhang, Zhang Yanbei, the local emperor, and the redundant troops who came to join him from all over the world.

His momentum was so great that he could swallow the world.

And in the north, facing him, was Zhou Datong, the Iron Threshold King, who swept the north.

The two now had hundreds of thousands of soldiers each, sitting in several states, and countless people supporting them.

If it came to reputation, even the Iron Threshold King Zhou Datong was even greater, after all, Yang Gong, the King of Mingzhou, was the first to start killing those aristocratic families and creating boundless killing.

Until now, there were countless people in this world who regarded him as a thief and hated and cursed him.

The real emperor would only appear between the two of them.

The two confronted each other, sweeping across each other, and had already beheaded countless warlords in the world, and their troops were all incorporated into their command.

So, it was time to fight for the world.

……

……

On both sides of the Cangjiang River, hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed, and the battle for the world was about to break out.

Everyone said that the Iron Threshold King and the King of Mingzhou were once allies, but when it came to fighting for the world, who cared about your alliance? Tearing off the face, fighting for the world, was a matter of course.

However, unexpectedly, in the south of the Cangjiang River, in a small wine shop with a thatched shed, the Iron Threshold King Zhou Datong, wrapped in a black cloak, only brought two confidants, rowed a boat, and strode to the door of the small wine shop.

"Hu…"

The lame little ghost in the wine shop felt a bit of familiar energy and ran out happily.

When he saw that it was Zhou Datong, his small face collapsed again, he made a bow listlessly, and then went back dejectedly.

Even the blood food that the Iron Threshold King Zhou Datong held in his hand was not wanted.

Yang Gong was in the wine shop, and when he saw Zhou Datong coming over, he said: "I can't sit in the emperor's seat, it should be taken by you."

"We said this at Menghu Pass."

"…"

"Hehe…"

The Iron Threshold King Zhou Datong was no longer what he used to be. He was wearing a brocade robe and gold-inlaid boots, and sat down carelessly. He sneered and said: "You only think that you have committed killing and will be hated by the people of the world, so you think you are destined not to be able to become an emperor?"

"I don't believe that."

He looked at Yang Gong coldly and said: "If it was before, those noble masters were sitting high in the hall, they would indeed hate you, and you would indeed not be able to become an emperor, but now it is a new look."

"They have long been beaten into submission, and those who are not convinced have also been killed, and even those who are still not convinced in their hearts only dare to continue to hold back in their hearts, and I am also convinced by you for daring to shout this slogan at the beginning."

"So, I want to let you sit in the emperor's seat."

"…"

Yang Gong heard this, but just smiled and said: "Even if you agree, the people under your command will not agree."

"They are persuading you to ascend the throne as the new emperor, I am afraid that their tongues have been worn out."

"…"

"More than that?"

Zhou Datong smiled and said: "The empress has been chosen for me, but she is too young, not even thirty years old, I don't like it…"

"Besides…"

He smiled triumphantly and said: "I am a person who dares to kowtow to the enemy general in front of the battle, am I still afraid of them agreeing?"

Yang Gong hesitated a little: "Are you telling the truth?"

"It's true!"

Zhou Datong smiled heartily, squeezed his eyes, and said: "You don't know, I understood a truth when I came out of Laoyin Mountain, you will be beaten if you grab meat, it is most comfortable to drink soup."

"We brothers learned the skills from Brother Ma Zi, and the principles of being a human being were taught by Second Master, I know how much credit I have made in this vastness, so I will not sit in that hot seat."

"The people of this world owe you, and you should be the emperor!"

"And me…"

He paused, and suddenly stood up, respectfully saying: "I am willing to be brothers with you of different surnames, in this case, after you become the emperor, I will be a prince of a different surname, I have something to eat, something to drink, and my fellow villagers in the village will be rich, and that's it."

Yang Gong, the King of Mingzhou, obviously did not expect that his attitude would be so upright, and he also fell into silence slightly.

"Besides…"

Zhou Datong was silent for a while before patting him on the shoulder and said: "Not only you have learned the principles of the Heavenly Book from Brother Ma Zi."

"I listened to it next to me, and I also learned a lot."

"There will be no emperors in this world soon, I think you should do this job…"

"…"

It was not until he heard these words that Yang Gong suddenly laughed, not only him, but also several other voices laughed outside the wine shop, Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu both appeared at the door.

Especially Zhao Zhu, there were dozens of subordinates holding earthenware pots, smiling and patting Zhou Datong on the shoulder and said: "Fortunately, you kid was not blinded by ghosts, otherwise, I will pour this gold juice on your face to make you sober…"

"…"

"…"

The most unpromising warlord in history appeared!

It is said that other warlords are decisive in killing, leading people to compete for the mandate of heaven, not hesitating to put in their wealth, but only the Iron Threshold King, who clearly has the mandate of heaven, countless capable people under his command, and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers are loyal to him to the death.

Just when I don't know how many capable people and strangers in the world thought that this battle for the mandate of heaven would be fought bloody on the Cangjiang River, with floating corpses filling the river, I heard that the Iron Threshold King had already…

…Surrendered!

Not only did the King of Mingzhou issue an edict, but he also lowered his status and worshiped him as an adoptive brother, and handed over all the military power in his hands. Even those under his command who were dissatisfied and wanted to raise troops to rebel, he personally brought his confidants and took down and killed those who did not obey the King of Mingzhou.

After the change of the Cangjiang River, the Mingzhou King's iron cavalry pointed directly at Shangjing, and no one could resist it anymore.

A few days later, I heard the Ming King's edict, which was passed on to the world:

I, the ruler of Zhonghua, since the barbarian dynasty has come to an end, the world is evil and strange, and disasters and objects are connected to the sky. The land does not produce seedlings, and the heroes in the sea are fighting for life for the sake of the people, driving away disasters and seizing luck, in order to respond to the heavenly time.

I was originally a commoner in Mingzhou, and I have the favor of the heavens and the spirit of my ancestors, so I took advantage of the autumn of chasing deer to bring the heroes to my side.

I once killed hungry ghosts, and also killed dragons, and even killed gods to give human demons, and finally fought with the generals to show their power and pacify the world. Now, the civil and military ministers, the officials, and the common people jointly persuaded me to advance and respect me as the emperor, in order to dominate the people of Qian.

Tell the world to make them hear and know, that is, summon the world's different people to enter Shangjing, and respectfully invite the Supreme Sacred Master Hu Shanchuan to be the chief sacrifice, and offer the Five Sacrifices to Suppress the Heavens, in order to comply with the hearts of the people of the world, and to cut off all evil and protect the common people of the world as the most important thing, and make the Great Luo Heavenly Sacrifice, in order to inform the world, in order to be the right law!

……

And hearing this edict, all the people in the world also flocked into Shangjing.

First, the current master of walking ghosts, Hu Shanchuan, who once came from the Red Lantern Society of Mingzhou, entered Beijing to refine the Seal of Suppressing the Heavens, which was engraved with the eight characters "Entrusted by Heaven, both longevity and Yongchang".

This seal is full of purple energy and is about to replace the Twelve Ghost Altars and become the ancestor altar that has been destroyed for two hundred years to suppress the luck of the world. There are also different people from all over the place who brought the skin of the stone pavilion, the Yin General, and other strange objects and sent them into Shangjing City.

At this time when the luck of the world gathered, the last thing sent into Shangjing was a carriage with thirty-two horses, a green tent covering the sun, and golden armored warriors guarding the four directions, escorted by the former chief priest of the Da Luo Dharma teachings, the Dongxuan National Preceptor himself, and entered Shangjing from the main gate of Shangjing City.

It was directly transported to the ancestral temple of Shangjing City, which is now the Hu family ancestral temple, where it enjoys incense.

In the ancestral temple, Granny felt the energy in the carriage, which was faint, and her figure slowly appeared at the door of the ancestral hall.

Hu Ma was in the car, because he had no vitality, but it had not been completely cut off, so he could not directly enter the ancestral temple, and could only be enshrined here first.

The green curtain covers the sun, and the incense protects the body.

Outsiders did not know about the entry of the Town Demon Palace Lord into Beijing, but when he came here, he was led by Yang Gong, the King of Ming, who was about to ascend the throne to offer sacrifices to the heavens, with the adoptive brother Zhou Datong and a group of generals who had made great achievements, and a group of people from the various sects.

In short, I don't know how many people, either like-minded, or had a friendship, or never knew each other, but at this time, they were arranged in layers, with expressions of emotion, and bowed to him under the green curtain.

Lord Hu of Zhen Sui made great contributions to the world, not for profit, not for fame, a little aura of dreams cut the Grand Duke's legacy in the world to suppress the world's evil.

This should be bowed to!

Only Granny stood, she transformed into a phantom with the body of a ghost, trembling her palms, gently stroking Hu Ma's face, her voice seemed to have sorrow, but more pride:

"My grandson is a good one…"

"Not disappointing the world, not disappointing the walking ghosts, not disappointing the reincarnated people…"

"Just remember Granny's words, no matter what, don't wrong yourself…"