I inherited my husband's divine position

Chapter 936 Side Story: Eternal Dream Continent
Dianlingzhou.

In a secret underground chamber of a manor, there was only a stone coffin.

A clicking, grinding sound slowly emanated from the opening and closing of the stone coffin.

After a brief friction, it was suddenly thrown away.

An elderly man with white hair, clearly a sorcerer, sat up from inside.

The reason was that the right half of his face was covered with layers of bluish-black scabs, with fine green hairs like moss on the scabs. Occasionally, a strange aura would drift out from the gaps in the scabs, making people feel physically uncomfortable. It was clearly a strange aftereffect of infection by the strange poison.

"Ten years have passed?" The old man sighed, his voice dry, clearly having not spoken for a long time.

He sluggishly looked around, exactly as he had before his seclusion, a hint of relief in his eyes, and murmured, "His Yin meridians are unharmed?"

Everything is still uncertain and needs to be confirmed further.

The old man emerged from the stone coffin and took out a communication talisman to send a message to his son.

The fact that the sound transmission talisman was successfully used means that the son is still alive.

The replies came very quickly.

"Father? So you're not dead? Then where have you been all these years? Why haven't you come back to visit? Wait a minute! Who are you to impersonate my father's communication spirit pattern? Are you after my family fortune and trying to cheat me? Let me tell you, that's absolutely impossible. Be careful, or I'll report you to the Siye Manor!"

Old man: "..."

This son would be better off dead.

Or perhaps he's lost his mind and is just spouting nonsense.

What assets does his family possess that could be coveted? A few dilapidated houses, or a complete spirit crystal that can't be found even after searching high and low?

Once the old man was certain that his son was still alive, and even more certain that his Yin meridians had not been breached by his Yang meridians and that the outside world was still safe, he stopped using the transmission talisman to communicate with his son remotely and came out of the underground chamber.

The old man was confused after coming out.

Where is this?

The newly renovated manor is picturesque at every turn; the tables, chairs, lamps, and decorations are all of high quality, and the spiritual energy in the air clearly indicates the presence of a spirit crystal array.

The old man felt a shiver run through his body, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

Could it be that I accidentally stumbled into the home of a powerful person?

If discovered by the other party, regardless of whether it was unintentional or not, they will be eliminated immediately.

The old man disregarded everything else and, with a heart pounding with fear, used his strongest escape technique to flee.

As he escaped outside the manor, the grotesque scabs on his face seemed to come alive and writhe, causing the old man to groan in pain.

Ten years of seclusion only temporarily halted the worsening of his demonic transformation; even a slight overuse of his magic would cause it to relapse.

The old man scratched his right cheek in agony, until it was bloody and mangled in a short time.

"Ah!" came a gasp from the side.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes and looked around.

The grotesque, distorted eyeball on the right, hidden behind the gap between the fingers, looked particularly terrifying.

The middle-aged woman who happened to witness this scene hesitated and stood there, not in a hurry to leave.

The old man hadn't lost his mind, nor had he made any aggressive moves. He stared at the woman's face and vaguely felt that she looked familiar.

The woman was also sizing him up. After a few seconds, she suddenly realized and tentatively asked, "Lü Wuyong?"

Lü Wuyong: "You..."

His act of not recognizing the woman actually pleased her.

“I am Liu Changcui,” the woman said.

Lü Wuyong was taken aback.

In her memory, Liu Changcui was a spirit child who looked even older than herself.

The woman in front of him not only looked to be only around thirty years old, but also had clear and rosy skin, and was at the second level of cultivation.

"Liu Changcui?"

Lu Wuyong stared cautiously at the woman, his spiritual sense sweeping around him, searching for traces of illusion or the power of rules.

“Yes,” Liu Changcui said casually, “We haven’t seen you in so long, we all thought you were dead.”

These words didn't anger Lü Wuyong; instead, they felt strangely familiar. This was the normal way things were in Lingzhou—people teasing and cursing each other was commonplace, and friendly greetings were often a harbinger of danger.

"But your poisonous invasion has already taken a turn for the worse, why haven't you taken any pills yet?" Liu Changcui asked in confusion.

Lu Wuyong took this as sarcasm and sneered, "Can you produce a pill to remove the evil poison?"

Liu Changcui was also furious, thinking that Lü Wuyong was looking down on her. "Although your son has become quite successful lately, I, Liu Changcui, am not inferior to him!" As she spoke, she took out a bottle of elixirs from her purse. "Look! Can I produce this?"

Seeing Lü Wuyong's astonished expression, Liu Changcui said smugly, "I'm not as stingy as you."

Lu Wuyong once again doubted the authenticity of what was around him.

How could Liu Changcui possibly produce a real elixir? And how dare she so blatantly flaunt her wealth?

A fierce glint flashed in Lü Wuyong's eyes.

He did need to remove the poisonous elixir, but he also wanted to break free from the illusion before him.

Therefore, Lü Wuyong suddenly took action.

Liu Changcui never expected that Lü Wuyong would rob someone in the street.

Fortunately, she had a magical artifact protecting her, which withstood Lü Wuyong's first attack. After recovering, she immediately shouted, "Help! Someone is robbing people in the street!"

Lü Wuyong laughed.

I am now completely certain that everything before my eyes is an illusion.

Or perhaps it's a conspiracy against themselves.

However, when creating illusions, they don't even try to make them realistic; such illusions are more like a prank.

Why are you shouting "robbery"?
Attracting others won't save her; it will only make them join the robbery.

This area is home to most of the locals of Lingzhou, and there are many houses here.

Liu Changcui's drawn-out shout immediately drew the attention of many people who came over.

Everyone looked surprised when they saw Lü Wuyong attacking Liu Changcui.

Lu Wuyong saw some familiar faces again, yet they were inexplicably unfamiliar—their appearance and clothing were completely different from what he remembered.

"She has a detoxifying elixir and a protective magic weapon, and there will only be more good things in her lucky bag." Lü Wuyong raised his voice to the crowd, "I only want the detoxifying elixir. You can fight for the other things according to your own abilities. I will not participate in any of them. How about it?" As soon as he said this, the atmosphere at the scene became strange.

Everyone who came looked at Lü Wuyong as if he were a lunatic.

One person remarked, "It's been a long time since I've seen someone with such audacity. Did the poison damage their brain?"

"Isn't this Lü Wuyong? What's he doing? Why didn't he go to the Lingxi Gathering with Lü Bufan?"

"Oh no. Could it be that Lü Wuyong has fallen out with Lü Bufan and is deliberately trying to cause trouble for them? If he gets caught by the patrol team and has a record, it will have a huge impact on Lü Xiaocong's future."

The people's chatter was not concealed, and Lü Wuyong heard it all, but the more he listened, the more confused he became: he understood every word and phrase, but the meaning of the combination was so incongruous.

He had a strange premonition and became increasingly impatient, so he wanted to win over Liu Changcui as soon as possible.

Liu Changcui cursed, "Lu Wuyong, I used to be afraid of you, but I'm not anymore! Do you really think I can't beat you? If it weren't for Xiao Cong's sake... I would fight you to the death!"

She took out the Boiling Blood Pill and swallowed it. Her spiritual energy and blood energy surged, and she punched Lü Wuyong, sending him flying.

Then he turned the tables and engaged in a brutal close-quarters fight with Lü Wuyong.

None of the onlookers stepped forward.

"Stop, stop!"

When Lü Bufan arrived after receiving the news, he felt as if the sky was about to fall when he saw this scene.

"Aunt Liu, calm down, please..."

Lacha—

Suddenly, the Impermanent Iron Chains fell to the ground, imprisoning Liu Changcui and Lü Wuyong respectively.

Before he could finish speaking, Lü Bufan's face turned pale instantly, and he muttered, "It's over."

Of all things to do, it had to be the Night Impermanence.

A girl with half of her face covered by a black iron mask landed on the ground.

Before she could speak, Liu Changcui quickly shouted, "It was him! He robbed me in the street, trying to steal my belongings. I was only acting in self-defense, and everyone present can testify to that. I'm willing to go to the interrogation room and fully cooperate with the investigation to prove my innocence!"

“No need,” said the impermanent girl. “What you said is true.”

Liu Changcui exclaimed, "Wow! No wonder it's called Ye Wuchang, its efficiency is really high."

The chains binding her were loosened.

The fickle maiden looked at Lü Wuyong and immediately began to punish him.

"Ah—!" Lü Wuyong screamed in agony.

Lu Bufan was startled awake. "Wait! There's a misunderstanding here. My father had been in seclusion for a while, and he probably just came out today and doesn't know about the changes in the outside world, which is why he broke the rules."

The impermanent girl said, "Whether he knows it or not, it doesn't change the fact that he committed the crime of murder and robbery."

Lü Bufan said, "I understand. I am willing to pay compensation and cooperate with the interrogation team for investigation."

The impermanent girl nodded and led Lü Wuyong and Lü Bufan to the interrogation room.

Next, Lü Bufan compensated Liu Changcui for her crimes, asked Liu Changcui to reconcile with him, and confirmed that Lü Wuyong had indeed been in seclusion for ten years and was unaware of current events after emerging from seclusion. He was temporarily released by Lü Bufan and would have to go back to labor reform afterward.

Lu Wuyong was in a daze the whole time. After being released on bail, he was given a detoxifying pill by Lu Bufan, along with other elixirs, which eliminated the tormenting poison that had plagued him for more than ten years.

I listened to Lü Bufan complain the whole way.

"If I hadn't remembered that you might have gone into seclusion for cultivation, and if someone hadn't told me what just happened, you might be dead right there, you know? Xiao Cong's chances of entering the Siye Mansion in the future would be even smaller!"

"You said you came out of seclusion, but why didn't you send me a telepathic message if there was anything you didn't understand? Why didn't you explain it to me in more detail?"

"It's just a detoxification pill. I'll give you as many as you want. How could you try to take it from Aunt Liu? Luckily, Aunt Liu has been in a good mood lately and just made contact with Cuixia Valley, so she doesn't want to make a big fuss."

Lu Wuyong opened his mouth several times, then closed it weakly again.

Why not use telepathy to say more?
A sound transmission talisman doesn't cost spirit crystals? What are our family's conditions?
Detoxifying pills...that's all? Give me as many as you need!

If Lü Wuyong had heard these words an hour earlier, he would have been furious and argued with Lü Bufan.

Now, all I have left are questions in my mind.

"How did you, and Liu Changcui and the others, become like this..."

Lu Wuyong couldn't finish the sentence for a long time.

Lu Bufan glanced at him and bluntly asked, "Wealthy?"

“It’s not just about being wealthy, but that’s not entirely wrong,” said Lü Wuyong.

Lu Bufan looked at Lu Wuyong with a complex expression of sympathy and smugness, and sighed, "Father, times have changed."

"..." Lu Wuyong restrained the urge to beat his own son.

Just then, the two walked out of a road, and Lü Wuyong was stunned by the bustling scene before him.

The words that Lü Bufan spoke next to him were right beside him, yet they seemed distorted as if separated by a barrier.

"Ten years ago, the Yin and Yang lineages re-signed the peace treaty at the Dao Proving Conference. The Holy King's investiture ceremony and the Spirit Awakening Ceremony on the Cloud Ink Continent were held simultaneously, with the Nine Kings offering their congratulations to the Holy King. Three years later, the first successful domain of the Yang lineage's Spirit Awakening Project appeared. In the following two years, other regions succeeded one after another. In the fifth year, earthquakes occurred simultaneously on the Cloud Ink Continent and the Azure Blue Continent. On that day, the world was dark and all things were silent, as if a catastrophe had come."

"According to the Night Traveler's report, a miracle suddenly occurred at the Night Traveler's Temple. A pillar of light connected heaven and earth and averted the catastrophe. Then, the land and spiritual energy of the two continents merged together. By unanimous decision of the people, the new continent was named the Eternal Dream Continent."

"I still don't quite understand why the Yangmai so easily recognized the name of this continent five years ago. Wasn't that just giving Yongmengxiang a boost?"

"Hehe, but this is naturally a great thing for the Yin Meridian. Especially after the Yongmeng Continent and Jiuzhou started trading, oh, Jiuzhou is our nickname for Lingzhou. As the first port to the Yongmeng Continent, Lingzhou has become a transportation hub between the two places and has become very lively. In just five years, it has surpassed the passenger flow of the Cuixia Valley Trading Market."

“In Dianling Prefecture now, land is incredibly valuable. Even buying and selling land can make locals a fortune. Moreover, they can also make a living by connecting with visitors from various regions and doing business with them, and they have priority in joining the prefecture’s administrative departments.”

At this moment, Lü Wuyong's mind was a little slow, and after a long pause, he asked, "No one's going to steal it?"

The mere mention of this word reminded Lü Bufan of what had just happened, and he raised his voice, shouting, "This is what I'm about to say, Father. You must remember this clearly, and you must never do such a thing again! Since Dianling Prefecture and Yongmeng Continent began trading, the security of Dianling Prefecture has been jointly managed by Yinhuan Prefecture and Siye Prefecture, and laws have been established. Anyone who dares to commit murder and robbery here, or violate the law, will be hunted down to death by both forces."

Lu Wuyong froze.

Lu Bufan said, "So far, every daring person who didn't believe in evil has been arrested within the next day after committing the crime, and punished according to the severity of the crime. Some of them have even been exposed to the public."

Lu Wuyong's face turned pale.

As if he hadn't dealt him a blow enough, Lü Bufan said indifferently, "If you had gone into seclusion a few days or half a month later, and waited until the news of the Holy King's investiture reached Dianling Prefecture, or if you had come out of seclusion a few years earlier, in time for the opening of trade between Yong and Liang, your problem with this strange poison wouldn't have been a problem, and you wouldn't have had to commit crimes and rob."

Lu Wuyong's face twisted in disgust. This unfilial son had gotten the benefit and was still acting innocent!
At this moment, Lü Bufan took out a communication talisman. After receiving some information, his expression changed drastically. He turned to urge Lü Wuyong, "This is bad. It's already this late. We need to hurry."

Lu Wuyong was then urged by him to rush to a funeral boat at the dock.

Seeing the amount of spirit crystals that Lü Bufan handed over to the dock manager, Lü Wuyong felt a pang of pain and disorientation.

Although he had understood what Lu Bufan had just said and knew that they had become rich overnight, Lu Wuyong, who was not involved, still could not adapt immediately. The most important thing was that he did not have many spirit crystals on him. Even if the rich one was Lu Bufan who had experienced five years of the Eternal Dream Era, it was not him!