Chapter 348: Exposing the Butterfly Demon
"Hit!" Fusu raised his hand and fished a fish out of the river.

Looking at the plump fish, Fusu asked Ma Wencai directly, "From what you said, it seems that you don't want to sell your art to the emperor."

"." Ma Wencai didn't say anything. Silence was his answer.

Fusu continued with a smile, "You said that you are insignificant and your power is limited, so it may be difficult to succeed, but you will try your best. You want me to support you!"

"." Ma Wencai remained silent for a while before he said, "Compared to demons, humans are still too weak. Although humans have cultivators, they are still no match for demons."

Fusu thought for a moment and retorted, "Who says humans can't compare to demons? The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors led the human race to dominate the Central Plains, and there were also the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. Even during the chaotic Spring and Autumn Period, demons didn't grow bigger and stronger! On the contrary, the human race's territory is constantly expanding. It is now dozens of times larger than during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period. This was not given by demons, but was conquered by our ancestors with force."

"Compared to demons, humans are blessed with unique advantages. Humans have more flexible joints, higher intelligence and creativity than demons. Refining equipment was invented by humans. Also, humans cultivate faster than demons."

"This~" Ma Wencai was stunned when he heard Fusu say this.

Because he was born in this era, in his opinion, demons have always been stronger than humans. This is almost common sense for people of this era, so Ma Wen has never thought about these things in detail.

But now after hearing what Fusu said, it really is true. Otherwise, how could our ancestors occupy the vast Central Plains and continue to expand their territory?

After realizing it, Ma Wencai quickly asked Fusu: "How did our ancestors defeat the demons back then?"

"Unity, creation, development, and mutual assistance!" Fusu simply answered with four words and then said.

Hearing this, Ma Wencai fell into deep thought again. After a while, his eyes lit up, and then dimmed again. "But now the demons are too powerful, and they have also learned how to refine weapons."

"Refining equipment is not the greatest advantage of the human race, creation is!" Fusu corrected, and then said: "With the undead in Yinshan and Wei, no country in the north dares to act rashly. Just do your thing, these are not the problems you need to worry about at the moment."

Hearing this, Ma Wencai suddenly understood, stood up, bowed to Fusu, and said, "I understand! Thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty."

After saying that, Ma Wencai said goodbye and left.
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As soon as Ma Wen left, Liang Shanbo came out from the bushes behind him, bowed respectfully behind Fusu, and called out respectfully, "Your Majesty!"

"Come and sit down!" Fusu patted the place where Ma Wencai had just sat and said to Liang Shanbo.

"Okay!" Liang Shanbo responded and carefully sat down next to Fusu. Then he said nothing.

Seeing that Liang Shanbo didn't say anything, Fusu simply continued to concentrate on fishing.

Perhaps he could not stand the silence, so Liang Shanbo spoke up: "My lord, what should a scholar do?"

Fusu turned to look at Liang Shanbo and asked seriously, "Haven't you figured it out?"

"Yeah!" Liang Shanbo nodded slightly.

"Other people's understanding is different from your own." Fusu shook his head and did not intend to help Liang Shanbo answer this question.

Seeing that Fusu didn't want to teach, Liang Shanbo hesitated and said, "I think scholars should spread knowledge, teach the people, and enlighten the people like Confucius did!" Fusu nodded gently and said, "Since you have your own understanding, then do it. Maybe in the process of action and practice, you will have a new understanding. As Confucius said in the Analects, when three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher. I will choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones."

"Go! Go and find your own answer! Like Confucius, walk more and see more, and you may have a different understanding!" After saying that, Fusu waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, Liang Shanbo is leaving!" Seeing that Fusu didn't seem to want to talk to him anymore, Liang Shanbo had to get up and leave. He planned to walk around and see more as Fusu said.

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"Your Majesty!"

After Liang Shanbo left, Zhu Yingtai also came!

"I thought you wouldn't come!" Fusu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Zhu Yingtai coming.

Zhu Yingtai said with a smile, walked straight to the bluestone next to Fusu and sat down, and asked with a smile: "Brother Fusu, Ma Wencai and Liang Shanbo both came to see you, why do you think I won't come to see you?"

Fusu looked at Zhu Yingtai who was sitting next to him and said calmly: "Because I will kill you!"

"Uh~" Upon hearing this, Zhu Yingtai was stunned for a moment, then trembled unconsciously, looking around imperceptibly, and said: "Why? We came here together! You even saved me."

Fusu said calmly, "The one traveling with me is Zhu Yingtai, not you. Do you think your poor planning and acting skills can deceive me? Do you think your insignificant strength can be hidden from my eyes, butterfly demon?"

"." Zhu Yingtai was silent upon hearing this. "Since you already knew that I was a butterfly demon, why didn't you kill me earlier instead of waiting for me to devour this woman's soul."

Fusu said coldly: "Because I want to know what your purpose is? But I already know, you naturally have no need for the village. As for you devouring Zhu Yingtai's soul, do you think it will be difficult for me to restore a soul?"

At first, Fusu was indeed very curious about the purpose of the butterfly demon occupying Zhu Yingtai's body. After all, the story of Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo was too familiar, but there were many strange things in it.

But gradually, as he discovered more and more, Fusu gradually lost interest.

After the butterfly demon took over Zhu Yingtai, its initial target was herself, trying to establish a closer relationship with her. However, as Fusu's identity as the Lich King was exposed, the butterfly demon was afraid of being discovered, so it immediately became cold to herself, and changed its target to start getting closer to Liang Shanbo and Ma Wencai, and even made them colleagues.

"What is my purpose?" Hearing Fusu's words, the butterfly demon's voice trembled a little.

"You planted a Gu, or egg, in Liang Shanbo's body last night!" Fusu said calmly. He opened his palm and found a thumb-sized, crystal clear bead in his hand.

It turns out that it is not a love story, but a butterfly demon raising poisonous insects.

Last night, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai had a secret meeting in the mountains, and the butterfly demon planted a Gu on Liang Shanbo. After the two separated, the ghost took the Gu from Liang Shanbo and gave it to herself.

Fusu looked at it carefully and found that the butterfly demon's poison could absorb a person's energy and spirit, and then break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly. He analyzed that this was the butterfly demon's way of cultivation and reproduction.

Now that his curiosity was gone, Fusu naturally no longer paid attention to or allowed the butterfly demon to exist.

(End of this chapter)