Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 362 Taking advantage of the situation
Gu Jingnian looked inward and felt very strange.

No matter what he thought or felt, once it came to matters concerning Gu Beiming, he couldn't help but feel an urge to protect Gu Beiming.

He then temporarily set aside the matter and only told Zi Cang what Gu Beiming had told him.

"There is an even larger furnace in Zhuojing, capable of refining all the extraordinary beings in the world. Once the Divine Venerable sets foot in Zhongzhou, and Emperor Rui activates the furnace, even if the Divine Venerable is unparalleled in the world, he will probably find it difficult to cope..."

Upon hearing this, Zi Cang's narrow eyes revealed a thoughtful expression. He said, "So that's how it is. No wonder the people of this realm have always preferred to stay here."

Liu Yuchuan then respectfully reminded him, "Your Majesty, in that case, shouldn't we reconsider the matter of ruling the Central Plains?"

Zi Cang raised her hand to stop him from speaking, paced back and forth in thought, and finally muttered to herself.

"So that's how it's used."

Having said that, a look of understanding appeared on his face, and he said, "I said before that if people from this realm want to leave, they need one thing. Do you still remember it?"

"Yes."

"This item is called the Broken Furnace Stone. It was brought by the old Realm Lord from the Yihai Sea hundreds of years ago. Anyone leaving the Realm must take this stone with them, otherwise their strength will be greatly reduced and they will be in danger at any time. It seems that this is due to the furnace in Zhuojing."

Zi Cang turned to Ying Yao and said, "You are the most trusted by the Realm Lord, so how about you go and retrieve the Broken Furnace Stone for me?"

Yingyao hesitated for a moment and looked at Gu Jingnian.

Gu Jingnian then said, "Remember? We promised the Divine Lord before."

Yingyao nodded obediently and replied, "Okay."

Then, she asked in confusion, "But what should I do?"

Zi Cang said, "It's simple. Just make her have no choice but to trust you and rely on you."

It sounds simple, but Yingyao was even more confused and asked, "How can I gain the trust of the Realm Lord?"

"Come with me."

Zi Cang took a few steps, and Gu Jingnian and the others followed, entering a void with him.

Zi Cang stood with his hands behind his back and said, "We came to kill the Realm People. Once the Realm People are dead, the Realm Lord will be unable to maintain this Realm. The only way to give Ying Yao is to let the Phoenix Descendant sit on the Divine Platform."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingnian couldn't help but think of the four pillars on the altar in the cave, one of which was carved with a phoenix.

Liu Yuchuan didn't think about anything and immediately replied, "I will obey the divine deity's command."

“Killing them seems difficult, but it’s actually quite simple,” Zi Cang said. “We just need to lure them outside the boundary. I will create a false boundary that will draw them to you. Once they are in the false boundary, we can turn against them and refine them.”

"Yes."

After Liu Yuchuan agreed, he looked up and met Gu Jingnian's gaze, a hint of smugness flashing in his eyes.

Even the strongest beings of the realm are not without ways to deal with them; all we need to do is make them fight amongst themselves.

"As for you, just go and wait."

"Yes."

Gu Jingnian had just agreed when Yingyao grabbed his arm and took a step forward.

In a flash, the two found themselves back in Yingyao's lush and verdant territory.

"Young Master, shall we tell the Realm Lord everything?" Yingyao asked.

"Listen to my father," Gu Jingnian said.

"it is good."

Yingyao readily agreed.

The two made the decision in this unusually smooth and strange way.

That night, Gu Jingnian lay on his back in the comfortable bedding, his eyes wide open, lost in deep thought, though it was unclear what he was thinking.

His life was like a floating duckweed, with few opportunities to control his own destiny.

Looking back, he did so much, yet in the end, it seems he never truly controlled his own destiny even once.

Suddenly, the light and shadow in front of me began to sway.

The once clear main room became blurry.

Not only the main room, but the entire world was shaking, as if the world they were in was about to dissipate.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Yingyao arrived immediately and asked Gu Jingnian with concern.

But Gu Jingnian's gaze had already fallen behind her, where a figure dressed in a black robe stood—the Realm Lord.

"what happened?"

Gu Jingnian said, "Does the Realm Lord not know?"

The Realm Lord said in a calm tone, "This happened outside the Realm."

"It was Zi Cang who colluded with Liu Yuchuan; they wanted to kill the Jieren." Gu Jingnian didn't hide anything and immediately revealed the information.

He was actually quite puzzled. He felt that the Realm Lord was exceptionally capable, so why did Wei Huang, Zi Cang, Liu Yuchuan, and others think that the matter could be kept from the Realm Lord? However, the Realm Lord did not press him further, but instead said, "You have become much stronger... Come with me."

After saying that, she turned around and took a step, with Gu Jingnian and Ying Yao following behind. In a short while, they appeared on a huge stone platform.

The Lord of the Realm pointed and said, "There used to be a phoenix lying there, but it flew back to the fertile land hundreds of years ago... Go over there and sit down cross-legged."

Yingyao was taken aback, but did as she was told and went over to sit down.

The Realm Lord glanced at Gu Jingnian, a faint smile seemingly appearing on his face hidden behind the black mask.

“I don’t have time. Phoenix is ​​the only way, so I won’t waste my energy investigating your motives. I trust you.”

After saying that, the Realm Lord sat down cross-legged behind Ying Yao and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"I'll take you to see the past and the present."

Before Yingyao could react, a flash of light appeared before her eyes, and she saw many different worlds within this realm.

She also saw the strange people from the Yihai gathered together, like an ocean, with spiritual energy rising from their heads like ocean waves.

The waves crashed over countless corpses, the remains of countless lives lost during the conquest of the Central Plains by the barbarian sea people, both common and strange.

Then, a huge phoenix flew across the sky, emitting a clear cry that soared straight to the heavens.

Yingyao instantly understood its meaning.

This realm protected the few remaining barbarian people from the Yihai region, ensuring that even after they were forced to leave their homes and faced devastating defeats, they still had a place to return to, preventing them from being refined by the furnaces of the Central Plains. As a result, their descendants continued to exist thousands of years later.

At the same time, this realm also protects Zhongzhou, absorbing all the spiritual energy refined back then, so that Zhongzhou does not have too many powerful supernatural beings and remains a paradise for mortals.

And she, as a descendant of the phoenix, will continue to protect this realm.

……

Behind Yingyao, a continuous stream of light mist flowed from the Realm Lord's hand, swirling around her.

This caused the Realm Lord's body to become increasingly weak.

After an unknown amount of time, the light and shadow in this space became clear again.

The Realm Lord's body swayed a few times.

She seemed to have been protecting Yingyao, and this matter had exhausted all her energy, making her increasingly weak.

Suddenly, a dagger was pressed against the back of her neck.

"Give me the broken hearthstone," Gu Jingnian said.

The Realm Lord said, "Do you think you can kill me like this?"

"I can try."

"Do you know why I brought you here? Do you know what the broken Hearthstone is for?" the Realm Lord asked two more questions.

Gu Jingnian said, "I don't need to know. I'm just a pawn, and I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do."

"This time, this is what you're thinking," the Realm Lord sighed. "The last time I saw you, although you were weak, you still had a backbone. In the end, it was still broken?"

“I’m too arrogant. No matter how much I struggle, I will always encounter stronger enemies and I will always be defeated… I might as well listen to my father.”

Gu Jingnian uttered this sentence out of nowhere.

The Realm Lord gave a slight bitter smile and sighed, "After the Yue Kingdom was destroyed, I had a premonition that Wei Huang would one day break through my realm. I guarded against it with all my might, but in the end, I still fell into his trap. But do you know why I trusted you?"

"Enough with the nonsense, give me that damn Hearthstone."

"can."

The Realm Lord appeared somewhat dejected. He reached into his robes, pulled out a stone that resembled a mirror, and gestured as if to hand it to Gu Jingnian.

Gu Jingnian reached out to take it, but the Realm Lord took it back.

"Give me."

“Actually, you are not a pawn,” the Realm Lord murmured. “I can give you to me, but there’s something I need to tell you.”

"explain."

"Come here."

Gu Jingnian didn't move, but pressed the dagger in his hand down forcefully and said, "This is the dagger my father gave me, specifically to kill you."

"Then..." the Realm Lord said, "you're not listening to what your mother wanted to tell you?"

Gu Jingnian was taken aback.

He stood there for a long time, trying to bend down.

This movement was very difficult for him; every inch forward required all his strength, causing his body to tremble slightly.

But he finally put his ear close to the world lord's black mask...

(End of this chapter)