NOVPUB"But there is one thing I can’t guarantee, I have been locked up here for over five hundred years."
"The locations I knew back then, I’m not sure if the Blood Clan still resides there," the man said.
After hearing the man’s words, Xu Zimei pondered for a moment and spoke, "You just need to lead the way, I can judge for myself whether they are there or not."
"Another thing, can you take me out without signing a contract with the Good and Evil clause?" the man asked doubtfully.
"If he doesn’t agree, then we fight until he agrees," Xu Zimei said indifferently.
The Blood Clan man was slightly taken aback and it was a long while before he said, "My name is Ye Feiyang."
Xu Zimei nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on the mist shrouding the world outside the cage.
The white mist began to slowly dissipate, and the old gentleman’s figure appeared here again.
"How is it?" he asked Xu Zimei with a smile.
"He agreed," Xu Zimei nodded and said.
"You really didn’t disappoint me," the old gentleman smiled.
With a wave of his right hand, boundless Spiritual Energy gathered around.
In the midst of the vast emptiness, a large rift tore open, followed by storm, rain, thunder, and lightning. Suddenly, a paper floated down amidst the flashes and roars.
This paper possessed an ancient and boundless might, appearing very old.
At this moment, the old gentleman held the paper in his hand and smiled at both Xu Zimei, "Representing the good and evil sides, all you need to do is sign your names, and that’s it."
"You might not have understood what I meant," Xu Zimei said, shaking his head slightly.
He continued, "I’m really sorry, but I’m going to have to disappoint you."
"What do you mean?" the old gentleman asked puzzledly.
"I will take him with me, but I won’t sign this," Xu Zimei shook his head.
After hearing Xu Zimei’s words, the old gentleman was taken aback for a moment, then came to an understanding.
He scrutinized Xu Zimei, then laughed lightly, "Young man, do you not know the principle of reciprocity?
The Good and Evil Inn has given you so many benefits; shouldn’t you repay me?"
"The legends I’ve heard tell me that the Good and Evil Beast likes virtue and despises evil,
But as far as I know, the cultivation of the Good and Evil Beast must consume fruits of virtue and fruits of evil."
Xu Zimei laughed, "Rather than saying the Good and Evil Inn is to help others, it’s more accurate to say that everyone else is just your puppet, a puppet you use for cultivation."
Upon hearing Xu Zimei’s words, the old gentleman suddenly changed his refined demeanor. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝙗.𝒄𝒐𝒎
His facial expressions congealed together, and he stared at Xu Zimei with a grim look in his eyes.
"Do you want to die?" the old gentleman looked at Xu Zimei and asked, word by word.
Xu Zimei made a slight gesture with his hand, and the Space in front of him tore, a massive body of Chaos slowly emerged.
The mighty aura of the Immortal Ascension Boundary surged as Chaos made its appearance. At that moment, the creatures still struggling in their cages all came to a halt,
Seemingly fearful.
The old gentleman glanced at Chaos, but said nothing, only a series of grotesque "creaking" sounds came from within his body.
The old gentleman raised his head, and his skin began to fall off piece by piece.
His body surface became covered with lifelike scales, resembling Dragon Scale in vivid detail. His nose whiskers began to grow long.
Especially his mouth, which grew wider and wider, with thick, scarlet lips.
Most eye-catching were his eyes, the left eye crystal clear like transparent amber, very beautiful.
The right eye, however, was a bloody red and murky, looking full of malevolence and sin.
"Young man, you are sinful," the old gentleman spoke up, his tone deeply somber.
His arms and legs became like a spider’s, transformed into more than a dozen claws, all of which clutched the ground as the old man sinisterly watched Xu Zimei.
"So this is the Good and Evil Beast," Xu Zimei muttered softly to himself, feeling that it was much weaker than he had imagined.
"Chaos, hold it off for now. I’ll try and see if I can open the cage," Xu Zimei said.
Chaos roared up at the sky and charged directly at the old man.
It opened its huge maw and clashed with the monster the old man had become, who was also very powerful.
They were evenly matched with Chaos, and neither seemed likely to come out on top in a short amount of time.
The entire space became silent due to the fight, with the creatures inside the cages numbly watching the battle outside.
In the depths of their eyes lay thick sorrow and despair.
Roars erupted around them, accompanied by the "boom" of explosions.
Only then did Xu Zimei approach the front of the purple cage, his gaze upon the cage’s lock.
This was a seal, one unlike any Xu Zimei had seen before.
He tried striking the cage with his palm, but the cage remained unscathed, instead, a rebound force of the same magnitude bounced back towards Xu Zimei.
"This is the power of good and evil," Ye Feiyang said with a bitter smile from inside the cage.
"Unless the Good and Evil Beast touches the seal itself, it’s very difficult for others to break. Not to mention forcefully breaking it."
"The power of good and evil, you believe in this stuff?" Xu Zimei laughed lightly.
Beings have Seven Emotions and Six Desires; he himself did not believe in so-called good and evil.
Xu Zimei placed his hand gently on the seal to feel this power.
And tried to channel this power into his own world to dissolve it.
After a long while, Xu Zimei finally opened his eyes.
"As expected," he murmured, looking at the power within the seal.
"It’s faith!"
"Faith?" Ye Feiyang looked at Xu Zimei with some confusion.
"Anyone who signs the good and evil contract with the Good and Evil Beast is seen as conceding their soul to it,
ultimately believing in it, forever and ever," Xu Zimei said with a light laugh.
In his mind, the people of the Supreme Buddha Land cultivated through the power of faith.
He just hadn’t expected that the Good and Evil Beast’s method of cultivation would also be faith, and so extreme at that.
To corral all these people and ultimately consolidate faith for itself.
To dispel the Power of Faith isn’t hard; as long as your heart is strong enough, not believing in anyone but yourself will do.
Xu Zimei looked up to see hundreds, perhaps thousands, of cages within this space.
The creatures inside were bound not so much by the seals and cages, but rather by their own hearts.
"Can you resolve it?" Ye Feiyang asked Xu Zimei with hope in his voice.
"If your heart is strong enough, you can leave by yourself, and don’t need my help," Xu Zimei said with a light laugh.
"Big brother has indeed figured it out," as Xu Zimei’s voice fell, suddenly another voice sounded from nearby.
Xu Zimei turned to look and saw a little girl sitting on a nearby cage, swinging her legs and smiling mirthfully at Xu Zimei.
Xu Zimei had seen this little girl before; she was the one who had been asleep on the table when he first entered the Good and Evil Inn.
She was also the one who had called the old man to him.
Xu Zimei looked at her intently for a moment before finally asking softly, "Good and Evil Beast?"
