HLnovel Chapter 471 Confrontation
Chapter 471 Confrontation
"Gentlemen, you have come to my Northern Region River uninvited. Do you think Xue Lan's lifespan is too long and that he is blocking your path of reincarnation?"
The rare clear sky over the northern region was obscured by dark clouds today.
The woman turned around amidst the heavy snow, looking at the dark figures, her tone full of nonchalant laughter.
The smile was genuine, but the words were extremely cutting.
"What are you saying, Lord Changjun? We just came to see if you are about to break through to the Demon Lord level, so we can make preparations in advance."
The figure closest to Xue Lan spoke up. He sounded like a lively and cheerful young man, speaking casually as if it were a casual chat.
"Prepare in advance?" Jin Guang looked at the dark figure who had spoken, his tone tinged with doubt:
"His Highness said to make preparations as soon as possible. Is this the intention of the Pure Water Palace?"
The dark figure was choked up and couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
Just because he can't speak doesn't mean that Jin Guang can't speak.
The woman's beautiful eyes swept over the circle of dark figures, and she spoke again:
"Qilin, Dragon Clan, Wu Family, Illusion Moon Platform, Golden Jade Alliance... and those fellow Daoists whose origins are unknown!"
"Could it be that they're here to prepare early as well?"
No one answered.
The uninvited guests, hidden behind the wind and snow, peered at Jinguang like ghosts, but no one dared to step forward to answer Jinguang's questions.
Jin Guang found it amusing that this motley crew, who came with lofty ambitions, were all thinking of reaping the benefits without lifting a finger.
Fear, but unable to conceal greed.
"Lord Changjun!"
An aged voice rang out, and Jin Guang saw an old man in a white robe, holding a wine gourd in his hand, riding a snow-white fairy deer on the street not far away.
"Lord Changjun should know about the calamity of the boundary breaking ten thousand years ago!"
"When any living being in the Yuanming Realm cultivates to the highest level, it will inevitably lead to a great war!"
"For the sake of the stability of this Yuanming Realm, I urge Your Majesty to reconsider!"
Jin Guang looked at the old man before him, whose origins were unknown, and smiled gently:
"Think it over?" the woman asked, puzzled.
"According to what the senior said, how should I, Xue, think carefully and contribute to the stability of this Yuanming Realm?"
"Should I stop cultivating from now on and stop at the peak of the fifteenth realm of the Demon Lord, or..."
The woman abruptly changed the subject, the killing intent in her voice materializing as a chilling sword aura slashed out in an instant.
Before the old man's immortal deer could even scream, it was shredded into a bloody mist by the sword energy carrying icy power.
"Should I abandon my cultivation and cut off my path forward?"
"Xue Lan!"
The old man, who had just narrowly escaped death thanks to his mount blocking the sword, now had specks of deer blood on his clean white skin, and his gaze toward Jinguang was particularly vicious.
But Jinguang was too lazy to look at him.
The woman glanced at the remaining dark figures not far away and spoke again:
"As that senior just said."
"Is that what you all think too?"
Silence fell once again.
Just when Jin Guang thought that these people would never dare to speak until their dying breath, a middle-aged man who looked somewhat fat walked out from the wind and snow.
"My lord! This matter is not unfounded. The Heavenly Dao of the Yuanming Realm is currently too weak to withstand the descent of the Demon Lord!"
Jin Guang smiled gently at the middle-aged man, then clapped his hands and said:
"What you say is true. For ten thousand years, none of us cultivators have reached the level of a Great Ascension cultivator or a Demon Lord. We truly don't know if the Heavenly Dao of the Yuanming Realm can withstand it!"
"But what does this have to do with me?"
"I am just an honest and law-abiding practitioner!"
"Ten thousand years ago, a cultivator broke through the barrier of the Yuanming Realm, and it is true that the demon race invaded. But how can you prove that Xue Lan would do the same?"
The middle-aged man from the Qilin clan glared at Jinguang and gritted his teeth, saying:
"How can Changjun prove that he will not follow in the footsteps of his predecessors?"
Jin Guang glanced at him coldly, his expression as if he were looking at an ant, utterly icy, but what he was thinking was:
"How would I know? I'm not Xue Lan!"
The moment the woman had this thought, someone in the Xuanhuang Sect in the lower realm felt a chill run down their spine, and the spiritual fruit they were holding fell to the ground.
"Senior Sister Xue!"
A young man's angry shout came from behind. Xue Lan turned around, trembling, and saw Du Tao's resolute face.
"I already told you these are offerings for worshipping Heaven and Earth. It's one thing for you to eat them and take them, but now you're even throwing them on the ground!"
Elder Du, the current head of the Enforcement Hall, has been holding back for a long time, and this time he is determined to drive out those who have nothing better to do than the weasel from the main venue.
"I didn't! I didn't!" The woman quickly bent down and groped around on the ground.
"You know your senior sister has bad eyesight, it just fell out by accident!"
Du Tao was almost amused by her clumsy performance when the young man coldly spoke:
"Your eyesight is bad?"
"You have bad eyesight, so you only pick the red and sweet ones to eat?" the young man cursed as he squatted down to pick up the fruit from the ground and then placed it on a fruit plate.
"Hey! That's what I ate..." Xue Lan reached out to say that she had eaten it, but a fruit plate was stuffed directly into her arms.
Du Tao's expression was resolute as he raised his hand and pointed towards Jiyuan Peak:
"Go back! Go back to your own mountain! Go eat properly, I beg you, don't come back again!"
Xue Lan held the fruit platter, her eyes reddening:
“Junior Brother Du, you weren’t like this before. You were the junior brother who asked me why I couldn’t go to the battlefield back then.”
"Spit him out!"
Du Tao had reached his limit and could no longer tolerate it. A talisman appeared in the young man's hand:
"Senior Brother Xu, you've arrived in Ruoshui City, right? I'm here..."
Before he could finish speaking, the person beside him had already turned into a blur and disappeared from the main venue.
Du Tao put away the talisman that had not yet been activated:
"Quiet down, get to work!"
The young man stepped down from the altar and continued to direct the preliminary arrangements for the main venue, unaware of the person hiding behind the incense burner eating a fruit plate.
Xue Lan swallowed a few grapes and tapped into her inner demons within her mind:
"Did you feel it just now?"
The inner demon within the sea of consciousness remained silent, but instead reached out its hand towards the void before it:
Give me some!
A moment later, half a fruit plate appeared in the inner demon's hand.
This person still retained the habits of the wolf-like lord from his previous life; he ate much more elegantly than Xue Lan. Even peeling an orange was more graceful than Xue Lan's.
The inner demon's voice was faint:
"It's Ember!"
Xue Lan nodded slowly:
"I wonder if the time to break through to the Demon Lord level is approaching, because my connection with her has been deepening recently."
"Has something happened to her?"
The inner demon put a segment of orange, its white pith completely torn off, into its mouth:
"There's nothing you can do to help her with the crisis she's facing now."
"I know, I know, but I just want to see."
Even if she can't do anything right now, she can at least keep a little notebook to record who is bullying her little Jinguang.
We'll get everything sorted out when she gets back!
"Suit yourself!" The inner demon's expression was somewhat strange.
"But how do you plan to spy on her? If you use your divine sense, you might be discovered."
Xue Lan revealed a strange smile:
"Don't I have that?"
The inner demon was somewhat puzzled and was about to ask which one when he heard Xue Lan clear her throat and speak:
"Xiao Tong, Xiao Tong!"