"How could there be such a sword ghost? This is really strange. "
The King Of The Underworld said, "Call out your sword ghost and let me have a look."
Jing Jiu said, "I haven't trained my sword ghost yet."
The King Of The Underworld said to him with a seeming smile, "If you haven't trained your sword ghost, how can you know that your sword ghost is different from others and can only practice on its own?"
Jing Jiu said, "I won't use such a ridiculous excuse to obtain the Control of Soul-Fire."
Yet, he had no intention of telling the truth.
The King Of The Underworld said, "If you don't tell me, I won't help you."
Jing Jiu said, "If Your Majesty is willing to help me, it won't be because of the secret I told you. It must be because of something else."
"Something else? Is it because of the old friendship with your Master? "
The King Of The Underworld laughed out loud, the light flowing in his body spinning even faster.
Jing Jiu knew that it meant anger.
The laughter stopped abruptly.
The King Of The Underworld lifted his head and stared into Jing Jiu's eyes, saying, "Don't you know that it's all because of your treacherous Master that I've ended up like this?"
Two thousand years ago, the Immortal Chunyang of the Aoyama Sect joined hands with the Emperor and defeated the army of the Underworld in Ōzawa. Since then, there had been no more wars between the two sides. Yet, the absence of wars didn't mean that the world was at peace. The conflicts between the human world and the Underworld continued, especially hundreds of years ago, when the swordsmen of the Underworld often came to the human world, causing a great disturbance.
It was then that a peak master of Aoyama betrayed his sect and came to the Underworld, winning the trust of the King Of The Underworld.
That peak master of Aoyama didn't ask the Underworld to avenge him, nor did he make any excessive demands. All he did was become a good friend of the King Of The Underworld when he was still young.
After the death of the King Of The Underworld, the King Of The Underworld should have ascended to the throne, but he was persuaded by the peak master of Aoyama to come to the human world for the sake of eternal peace and for the swordsmen of the Underworld.
They had traveled together for twenty years, and the negotiation had been intermittent. As they were about to achieve something, the human race suddenly changed their attitude toward him and locked him in the Fiend Prison by some means.
That Peak Master of Aoyama was naturally Taiping Zhenren, who sought eternal peace.
…
…
Jing Jiu knew about this.
Capturing the King Of The Underworld alive was one of the great achievements that Senior Brother had made back then. Compared to that, what Liu Shisui had done was really nothing.
Back then, it was the Cloud-Dream Mountain and Yimaozhai who had taken action, and it was even possible that there were existences at a higher level.
The King Of The Underworld was locked in the Fiend Prison. The Underworld kept it a secret, but they couldn't do anything about it. The two sides had achieved true peace.
Except for the time when the Underworld Master entered Aoyama, no more bloody scenes had occurred.
No matter how one looked at it, the human race was in the wrong in this matter, and she was nonetheless the King Of The Underworld, so the human race should show her the appropriate respect. As a result, Jing Jiu could live such a good life in the Fiend Prison.
This good life had to be put in quotation marks.
As far as the human race was concerned, Taiping Zhenren had indeed made an unimaginable contribution; but as far as the King Of The Underworld was concerned, it was the most terrible betrayal.
The King Of The Underworld demanded while staring into Jing Jiu's eyes, "You are the personal disciple of Taiping. Do you think I will help you?"
Jing Jiu said, "He didn't have the intention of capturing you back then; but the situation had changed abruptly, so he had no choice but to go with the flow."
Back when his Big Brother was locked in the Sword Jail for the first time, Jing Jiu and Dead Dog went to visit him and heard his Big Brother say so.
What Jing Jiu said at that moment was the truth.
The flowing light in the King Of The Underworld's body circulated more and more rapidly, and his face grew paler. "… Going with the flow is truly remarkable," he remarked.
Jing Jiu said, "If you knew how he had lived over the years, you might feel a bit calmer."
The King Of The Underworld said in a mocking tone, "I think he has become the Sect Master of Aoyama and the true emperor of the human race, and is living a happy life, showing a regretful expression once in a while."
Jing Jiu shook his head.
The expression on the King Of The Underworld's face suddenly changed, as he asked, "Has he ascended?"
"No, he is like you, imprisoned in the Sword Jail, never seeing the sunlight all year round."
Looking around at the green valley, Jing Jiu continued, "Though he has been imprisoned for three hundred years less than you, he has had a worse experience than you."
Upon hearing this, the King Of The Underworld was taken aback, as he asked, "Who could have imprisoned him for so many years?"
Based on his understanding of Taiping Zhenren, he might be killed if the Cultivation practitioners of the upper worlds joined hands and made preparations beforehand, then employed those formidable human magic treasures.
But to capture Taiping Zhenren and imprison him for so many years was basically impossible.
With his intelligence and tenacity, no matter how strict the Sword Jail was, he would definitely be able to find a way to escape.
Jing Jiu said, "He was captured because he was betrayed, just like you."
The King Of The Underworld was even more interested, as he asked, "Who betrayed him?"
"Me," Jing Jiu answered calmly.
The King Of The Underworld looked at him, asking in confusion, "You?"
Jing Jiu did not explain, remaining calm.
The King Of The Underworld confirmed that he was not lying, and after a long moment of silence, he suddenly burst out laughing.
"Taiping, oh Taiping, to think that even you would have such a day!"
His laughter gradually stopped.
The King Of The Underworld looked at Jing Jiu and said, "So you think that the hatred between him and me should not fall on your head?"
"That's right," Jing Jiu answered.
The King Of The Underworld said, "But you did not betray your own master to avenge me. So while I do not hate you, I have no reason to help you."
"As I said, if you were willing to teach me the Control of Soul-Fire, it would not be because of what I said, but because of something else."
Jing Jiu said, "I am telling you all this in the hope that you will not lose your mind because of hatred and affect our next negotiation."
The King Of The Underworld's eyes grew colder, like a bottomless abyss, "The word negotiation makes me lose my mind."
Back then, he had come to the human world to negotiate because he was invited by Taiping Zhenren, which was why he ended up like this.
Jing Jiu said, "Maybe you will like the conditions I offer."
The King Of The Underworld spoke of freedom.
Jing Jiu shook his head again.
The King Of The Underworld stared into his eyes and said, "You betrayed your own master. You knew that coming to see me would only bring harm and no benefit to the human race, but you still came. This shows that you are a heartless person. As long as you can get enough benefits, you can do anything. What does it matter if you take me out?"
Jing Jiu said, "Your view of me is reasonable, but everything needs to be calculated, and any benefits are not enough for me."
The meaning of this sentence was very clear. His goal was too high, and the help from others was limited.
The King Of The Underworld said, "Apart from that, I will not agree even if you offer me the One of All Things."
Jing Jiu said, "I can promise you that I will capture Taiping again or kill him."
The King Of The Underworld was not surprised to hear this. Instead, he felt somewhat relieved, saying, "As expected, no one can lock him up for life."
Then he said with a smile, "But what does this have to do with me?"
Jing Jiu said, "Do you hope that the inheritance of the King Of The Underworld will end in your generation?"
The King Of The Underworld said, "I don't understand what you mean."
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