Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 249 - 246: A Hint of Green All Over

Chapter 249: Chapter 246: A Hint of Green All Over

Accompanied by a torrential downpour, the rain poured down.

Zhou Jinhuan had already dissolved his "Military Dao Dharma Image·Sea-Covering Dragon King" and reverted to human form, walking over to Wang Yuan’s side.

Huang Wu also stepped on a wisp of Yin wind and drifted down slowly from the sky.

They looked at Wang Yuan, whose expression was perhaps a tad too animated, and couldn’t help but ask curiously,

"What’s the matter? What’s up with that old eunuch?"

What the two of them didn’t know was,

that after Wang Yuan activated "Eating Ghost" and devoured Inner Official Lv’s soul, he immediately discovered that the deepest memories in his mind were not about any fabricated Imperial Decree to harm the Prince.

Instead, they were a series of blush-inducing secret affairs of the palace.

All sorts of exotic tricks and ingenious devices had truly opened Wang Yuan’s eyes—things like meat floss, Burma bell, binding jade rack, leisure chair... He hadn’t even heard of them before.

And the first-person perspective scenes were innumerable, no wonder they tasted so astringent.

Among them, the female lead who left the deepest impression on the old eunuch was not any gorgeously "paired" palace maid, but rather a Noble Consort from Emperor Jianming’s Zhou Wenrui’s harem!

This made Wang Yuan, a bumpkin who had never even been to the capital, exclaim in admiration. It seemed when it came to having fun, no one could beat those in the palace.

Under the incessant prompting of Huang Wu and the others,

Wang Yuan finally waved away those persistent white, round things that lingered in his mind.

He looked up and down at Zhou Jinhuan with a puzzled face and asked eerily,

"By the way, cousin, do you know about your third brother Zhou Jingliang’s biological mother,

the Noble Consort, who entered the Prince Mansion at the age of fourteen and is just over thirty years old now, and the red mole she has at the root of her left thigh?"

Zhou Jinhuan had not immediately grasped why he suddenly asked such a question and quickly waved his hands in denial,

"How would I know that? Although Consort Shu is only five or six years older than me, I have never spied on her. Do not falsely accuse someone without evidence!"

Huang Wu reacted faster, immediately realizing that their clear-minded and simple younger brother must have seen something shocking from Inner Official Lv’s memories.

She quickly grabbed Ghost Baby Wang Yuan by the neck, lifted him up, and swung him back and forth in mid-air.

"Oh, Wang Xiaoyuan, you can’t just eat dirty things. Hurry up and spit it out!"

After being eaten by Wang Yuan, Inner Official Lv’s ghost soul had already begun to crumble, where could he spit it out now?

Fortunately, the memories that followed were more decent,

and they learned about Inner Official Lv’s primary motive for risking an attack on Zhou Jinhuan—to become a real man and steal the Emperor’s woman.

The secret trade was conducted through an absolutely reliable intermediary in the Yunjing Ghost Market, and the transaction left no evidence behind.

Even the old eunuch himself was not quite certain of the identity of the other party.

It was only after verifying the authenticity of the "Snake Doctor Regeneration Pill" that could regenerate limbs were true that they both established a Dharma Contract, promising to cripple Zhou Jinhuan in exchange for the pill.

In fact, Inner Official Lv did not care who he was dealing with. As the lover of Consort Shu, the mother of the third Prince, he had other ideas in his heart.

If one day he could help the third Prince ascend the throne, relying on his relationship with the "Empress Dowager," wouldn’t that be far better than being just an Imperial Eunuch?

Therefore, both sides hit it off right away, and the pill was just the last straw that bolstered his determination.

Being the "godfather" of the future Emperor was certainly thrilling to think about.

For an eunuch who had been a servant all his life, the opportunity to turn over a new leaf and become the master was an irresistible temptation.

"Perhaps he chose to practice ’Red Eyebrow Military Art’ in his youth because he already harbored different intents, huh?

His ’Bone Melting and Blood Condensing’ is probably the strongest in all of Great Yan."

"Eating Ghost" not only granted him the memories but also the nearly fully developed "Innate Divine Ability·Bone Melting and Blood Condensing" of a Military Leader!

Logically, when a martial artist is at the peak of the "Bone and Flesh Outer Appearance" in the first realm ’Integrated Force,’ they should already be able to control their body entirely.

With power infused in hair, a sharp spirit, and responsive reflexes,

flesh, fascia, bones, internal organs... Every part of their body heeds the ’self,’ and their consciousness has completely mastered the body.

Most inheritances of "Taoist Military Skill" generally stop there.

Then they proceed with their practice without putting more effort into the body.

However, "Red Eyebrow Military Art," along with its "Bone Melting and Blood Condensing" technique, is different.

It allows practitioners to further control their body, Qi-Blood, and power.

Moving beyond the macro level of organs, bones, muscles... it delves deeper, achieving 200 percent, even 300 percent control over the body.

Using Wang Yuan’s knowledge base to understand it means being able to go from the macro level of the human body, systems, organs, tissues, and cells to the micro level to control it finely.

Freely adjusting gland secretion, organ work efficiency, condensing Qi into needles, condensing blood into weapons... and so on.

It can even instantly burn up all the Qi, Blood, and Spirit in the body, unleashing a frightfully powerful deathblow.

If only the old eunuch hadn’t lost his nerve at the end, using this move to flee rather than fight to the death.

He might have at least taken Zhou Jinhuan down with him.

However, Wang Yuan knew that Inner Official Lv’s initial choice of this military art was not for strength, but just to become a real man once more.

Unfortunately, this divine ability enhanced control over the physical body and Qi-Blood, which was far from the "Limb Regeneration" effect he desired.

Once cut off, it was gone—hardware missing, no matter how strong the software, it was of no use.

"’A blade hangs over the lustful,’ the ancients did not deceive me after all. Even an eunuch who’d been castrated ended up succumbing to this, truly sigh-worthy."

Immediately, Wang Yuan found the perfectly preserved "Snake Doctor Regeneration Pill" on the withered corpse of Inner Official Lv.

Due to the long-term limb loss, recovery was not so simple.

One must abstain from food and water, and particularly refrain from any excretion. Only by lying down quietly for three days could a complete recovery be achieved.

It was only then that Lv Jingde planned to take it after he had delivered the imperial edict and returned to the palace. Little did he expect that he, the Imperial Eunuch, would actually become a "Treasure Delivery Boy."

"Now the question is, which power sent him this pill?"

Lady Peach Fairy raised her little hand and eagerly answered:

"Dharma Master! I know.

During the cultivation of the ’Undying Martial Art’ by the ’Peach God Tao’s’ Daoist Soldiers, the prototype of their military skill is this very ’Snake Doctor.’

When they undergo ’Refining Marrow and Changing Blood,’ they need to drink snake wine. Only when they achieve Great Success as Daoist Soldiers can they awaken their ’Innate Divine Ability: Limb Regeneration’..."

The Alchemy Scripture says that in the south there is an insect called a snake doctor, also known as the ’Twelve Zodiac Insect,’ with long feet, blue and red in color, meaty combs.

In the heat of summer, it can be seen between fences and walls, commonly believed by folks that its sighting brings fulfillment of one’s desires; its head can suddenly transform, taking on the appearances of the twelve zodiac animals.

The snake doctor is not a snake, but another name for a salamander. It’s not strange at all that it has the ability for limb regeneration.

Once the source was confirmed, there was naturally no need for further speculation.

Very few in the sect could have such a precious elixir, but only the ’No-Life Dao’ would act at this critical moment.

In other words, it was the recently deceased family patriarch, who also lost his son, Prime Minister Xue Xue Jiexi who made the move!

One pill casually placed on the board, almost causing Wang Yuan and his party a great stumble.

"Apart from that, the old eunuch’s memory also contained two other imperial decrees he had sent out.

One of them was given to Lingxiao, Marquis Guangyang, from the Noble Group—a newly appointed ’Military Leader’ and the new Commander of Long Water Camp.

It is said that this man comes from a line of loyalties and is one of the young talents most favored by Emperor Jianming. He should be arriving in Ninghai State soon.

Now that we’ve killed the eunuch who carried the imperial decree, what do we do next? Take out Marquis Guangyang as well and revolt against that dog Emperor?"

Both Wang Yuan and Huang Wu involuntarily looked towards Zhou Jinghuan.

The words of Inner Official Lv were, to a certain extent, indeed the truth. Killing the Grand Eunuch, who bore the Emperor’s orders, was almost no different than raising a rebellion.

Surprisingly, they saw Zhou Jinghuan respond with a calm smile:

"Since that imperial decree was just a middle decree unknown to the central government and the court officials.

Plus, the old eunuch had his own selfish motives and didn’t even bring the formal escort that such an envoy should have. Aside from the Emperor, Lv Jingde, and ourselves, no one knows what was written on that decree.

Now that the eunuch dog is already dead, it’s as if... we never received any imperial decree from the start!

The question of handing over military authority and being confined at home naturally doesn’t arise."

But it didn’t end there.

They heard Zhou Jinghuan continue with a cold laugh:

"Those two old things in the capital stretch their hands so long, probably because they have too much idle time. We’ll give them something to keep busy.

In a moment, I will write a memorial, not claiming Xue Donglou to be thoroughly wicked, but stating that he is a ’Water Virtue Flood Dragon’ hiding deeply and also the ’Little Ming King’ put forth by ’No-Life Dao.’

I will also attach the conversation your disciple overheard between him and ’No-Life Dao’s’ demon, Monk Liaoxing.

Especially the part where Liaoxing himself admitted his old friendship with Xue Jiexi and involvement in the plot against my mother.

Let the old thing see for himself how he managed to ascend to the throne in the past.

Oh yes, the unsightly deeds of Inner Official Lv must also be mentioned. All my brothers have to get moving, to stir up a proper commotion throughout the Imperial City.

The old thing’s Dragon Scale Armor is green, his throne beneath his buttocks is green, and even the hat on his head is green.

Tsk tsk, if several heads don’t roll in the capital over this, the matter won’t pass."

Wang Yuan and Huang Wu were both astounded.

"That works?"

Zhou Jinghuan patted Wang Yuan on the shoulder.

"Little brother, learn this well, killing someone doesn’t necessarily require a sword or Daoist Skill.

Even in such a world overrun by demons, the darkest places aren’t necessarily demon caves or demon lairs."

On the court, pull down their trousers, and nobody’s backside is clean.

The so-called corruption and perversion of the law in officialdom are only excuses for murder, but the root cause is actually because they touched the supreme power.

The dragon has a reverse scale, and touching it means death!

"By the way, what about the second imperial decree?"

"Oh, the second was given to an old acquaintance, Nie..."

Before Wang Yuan could finish, a lamp suddenly jumped out of thin air. The "Black Law Judge," Zeng Wentai, said anxiously:

"Master, while we were settling wrongful cases overnight and unraveling the ’Yunhe Bridge,’ an ’Inner Judge’ Magician claiming to be the new City God suddenly attacked.

The ’Judge of Karma’ Li Wenzhong has already been captured by him!"

However, Wang Yuan was not flustered. He waved his hand and commanded:

"Hongying, go and take a trip there, will you?"

"Yes, Dharma Master!"