Ruins of the past

Deep underground in Night City.

A Chu Qiguang slowly walked up to the Demon Buddha Hercules.

I saw Hercules sitting cross-legged at this moment, with his huge hands placed on his legs like a bed.

A petite girl lay in the palm of Hercules, with water-colored silk and satin rippling under her body.

The girl's eyes were closed tightly and her hair was spread out, looking extremely soft and tranquil.

The girl sleeping in the palm of the demon Buddha Hercules is Zhou Yujiao.

After the battle in Shengjing City ended, Jiaojiao kept complaining that she was getting sleepy.

It seemed that because of the effect of the knowledge absorbed in Xuan Xuzi's golden body, she felt an increasingly serious lethargy.

She knew she would have to sleep to absorb its knowledge.

Of course, before falling asleep completely, she told Chu Qiguang what happened.

So in order to maintain the normal operation of the force, Chu Qiguang used the technique of human and cat complementation before Jiaojiao fell asleep.

This allowed Jiaojiao to summon various monsters divided by Hercules while she was sleeping.

From that moment on, Chu Qiguang's will was spread in different corners, which allowed him to manage different territories at the same time and do many different things.

The biggest side effect was the constant drowsiness in his brain, which was the feeling Jiaojiao gave him.

"Is it the knowledge in Xuan Xuzi's golden body? I don't know how long it will take me to sleep to digest it."

…

Outside Shengjing City, Ji Haoran turned around and looked at the 'sun' that was shining all over the sky, and said, "Do you believe Chu Qiguang?"

"This is not a question of whether we believe it or not." An Yiyun said at the side: "You don't know Chu Qiguang."

"Although he seems very kind, this person will do anything he wants once he gets started."

"If we oppose him, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave Shengjing City at all."

Ji Haoran frowned and said: "Then what are you going to do? With his current strength and power, if he really becomes an enemy of the human race, then the overall situation of the fight against demons will take a turn for the worse, and a catastrophe of heaven and earth may really not be possible. Far."

"He knew we were smart people, so he let us go."

"He knows we won't do anything that doesn't consider the greater good."

An Yiyun said: "Then go to the southeast as he said. If there is really no one in the human race who can match him, what if we let him lead the heroes?"

As she said that, she turned her head and looked at Ji Haoran: "You have to work harder. If you can have the support of Tiansheng Emperor, there will be more room for things."

"With him here, Chu Qiguang won't be able to act arrogantly."

Ji Haoran felt the power of the two divine swords in his body and nodded silently.

…

On the other side, in the Gobi desert thousands of miles away from Shengjing.

Jiang Hongyun's head slowly emerged from the ground.

"Tian Sheng Emperor...who allowed you to live so casually...and die so casually..."

"But it doesn't matter. You must have a backup plan."

"Haha, I'm going to find Tianzun right now. I'll break your back first, then pull you up from the ground, and make you kowtow to me and admit your mistake."

Jiang Hongyun turned into a giant eagle and flew towards the East China Sea at high speed. The target was the sacrificial vessel he had left in the East China Sea to worship the Supreme Heavenly Lord.

…

On the other side, in order to improve his strength and survive the catastrophe in the future, Chu Qiguang has begun to try his best to catch up.

The first thing he did was to harvest the fruits of this victory in all aspects.

At the palace of Prince Baoen.

Boxes of ancient books were transported to the study room.

After all, Daqian is a demon kingdom that has ruled the entire grassland for many years, and the old demon of Blood River has been hiding behind the scenes and controlling it for hundreds of years.

Over the years, they have naturally collected a lot of ancient books.

Much of the knowledge contained within it is the target of the Circle of Fools and can provide him with gifts.

In the study room at this moment, more than a dozen Chu Qiguang were sitting in different positions, quickly flipping through these ancient books and trying hard to absorb the knowledge in them.

"Blood Nerve Annotation", "Yongri Biography", "Ancient True Wolf Picture", "Sky Demon Annotation"...

Among the ancient books, some contain the history of the grassland monster clan, some contain martial arts secrets collected by various tribes, and there are also some ancient secret myths and legends passed down by various grassland tribes.

As more than a dozen Chu Qiguang continued to read, Chu Qiguang's body could feel that he received a gift from time to time in the Ring of Foolishness.

It felt like there were profound gifts +1, dark gifts +1, and cursed gifts +1 popping up on his head from time to time.

‘The profound gift has exceeded 700. It is enough to comprehend the dharma of entering the Tao, but it is not enough to comprehend the dharma of manifesting the gods. ’

‘On the contrary, the gift of darkness is about to exceed 1,000, and then it will be possible to reform the Divine Dharma. ’

‘There are only 300 cursed gifts, so keep accumulating more before using them. ’

…

In Night City.

Qiao Zhi has returned to the engineering team's desk.

‘Hey, Shoujiao actually fell asleep. ’

‘Then the next step will be a good opportunity for our Cat Party to expand and cannibalize the Dog Party. ’

At this moment, I saw a man walking in holding a ledger and saying as he walked: "Master Qiao, I see why there is an account here that is inconsistent?"

After hearing this, Qiao Zhi was thinking about who was so bold as to check the engineering team's accounts, and then he realized that the person coming was Chu Qiguang.

‘No…it’s not the main body, it’s the clone. ’

Feeling this, Qiao Zhi felt uncomfortable all over: 'This guy... has become more and more elusive after having a clone. ’

‘It feels like he is everywhere, but I just don’t know where his body is. ’

…

Same with Night City.

Li Yaofeng also returned to his workshop, and this time he and Chu Qiguang brought back the severed arm of Xuan Xuzi's golden body.

Looking at the severed arm floating slowly in the blood pool, Li Yaofeng's eyes shone with excitement.

How much knowledge and how many mysteries does the remains of an ascended person contain?

Just thinking about it made him impatient.

Chu Qiguang on the side watched Li Yaofeng busy here and there, but he didn't have too many expectations in his heart.

‘The realms of Li Yaofeng and Xuan Xuzi are still too different, and what they can study is limited. ’

And Chu Qiguang wanted to get more value from this severed arm.

So without knowing how far away from the City of Night, Chu Qiguang's body silently took out the Book of Emptiness transformed by the hair of God.

‘It’s not just those demon clans from outside the territory who have foreign aid. ’

He used the Book of Emptiness to speak: I found an arm of the person whose soul ascended. Is it of any use?

Chu Qiguang's words seemed to break the calmness of the water in an instant, and lines of text immediately jumped out.

Emperor: The soul ascended? Are you still doing this now? Isn't he deformed?

Gourmet of the Stars: Those are the best ingredients. I can teach you how to ascend to a feast. After eating it, you can gain the distortion power of heaven.

Xingyunzi: Senior, are you also in the realm of immortality? He actually caught the remains of the person whose soul had ascended.

Future Demon: You can consider grafting a broken arm onto your body to make a biological weapon containing super-sensory power.

At this moment, another unfamiliar name appeared in Chu Qiguang's eyes.

Kuang Yeqiong: None of your methods work, and you cannot bring out the maximum effect of the legacy. In my opinion, it’s better to offer sacrifices to Yuanshi Tianzun in exchange for blessings. By the way, do you have a temple of Yuanshi Tianzun there?

Following this loud speaker's speech, everyone seemed to fall into a moment of silence.

But the next moment, countless objections poured out.