I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 86 Taking Yujiang
seaside.

Zhao Nange stood on the beach, looking at the sea where Yuanlong Daoist's body had sunk.

Nearby, Zheng Shiliang was on the phone, talking to Lu Gang about his meeting with Li Jun.

"Success?"

"Great."

“I’m fine here. Li Jun has agreed to teach us more advanced secret techniques and even allowed us to use the altar.”

“We are waiting for you to come back, team leader. After all, you are the one Li Jun chose and have entered the second stage, so you are naturally the most suitable candidate.”

However, Zheng Shiliang overheard what Lu Gang said.

"No, I am not the candidate. I have already submitted a report to my superiors. The candidate will be chosen from the two of you."

Zheng Shiliang: "We..."

Lu Gang was very direct: "Stop talking nonsense. This isn't some kind of 'sitting in a row and dividing the spoils.' You are involved in the Jedi-Sky-Connection Plan. Zhao Nange's talent is stronger than mine, so naturally it should be you."

Then Lu Gang added, "Of course, you've become stronger than me, so if the sky falls, you'll be the first to hold it up."

These words made Zheng Shiliang's heart tighten. These words are no longer just an adjective; the situations they encounter are often no different from the sky falling down.

Zheng Shiliang nodded: "I understand."

After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Zhao Nange had already walked back from the beach and was heading in the other direction.

"Let's go see Li Jun."

She had overheard the entire phone call and seemed completely unsurprised by Lu Gang's choice.

Or perhaps, after experiencing so much, they already know what they should do and where their path lies.

Zheng Shiliang followed and asked in a low voice, "Shouldn't we add some honorific title? Calling him God is too much. How about we call him Mr. Li Jun?"

Zhao Nange asked, "Do you think Li Jun is really his name?"

Zheng Shiliang: "This?"

Zhao Nange: "It's just a title, he doesn't care, just like he never mentions his real name."

Zheng Shiliang didn't know Li Jun's real name, but he felt that the name must be from mythology.

The entrance to a cave leading deep into the earth.

A building resembling a city or palace loomed at the entrance of the cave. Deep inside, an altar stood tall. The two passed through a series of ghostly figures and climbed the altar to see Li Jun sitting cross-legged.

Li Jun looked at the peach wood dagger stuck in the altar and said to the two of them.

"You two were chosen?"

"That's true, Lu Gang's foundation is a bit weak."

Zheng Shiliang quickly said, "Team Leader Lu has also entered the second stage."

Li Jun: "I understand."

After saying that, Li Jun reached for the sacrificial dagger in front of him.

The entire Mountain and Sea Kingdom trembled when the dagger was drawn, and the shadows in the city began to cry out. Zheng Shiliang and Zhao Nange closed their eyes and turned their heads away to avoid being eroded by too much supernatural power.

When he opened his eyes, Li Jun had already drawn his dagger.

this moment.

They saw the peach demon clinging to Li Jun's back, the golden peach tree slowly solidifying with each ray of light.

Upon seeing the hazy phantom of the peach demon, Zheng Shiliang couldn't help but take a step back, while Zhao Nange remained still.

Li Jun's gaze fell on Zhao Nange, then he raised his hand and handed her the scabbard of the dagger.

"Take it."

Zhao Nange didn't ask why, and simply reached out to take it.

The instant I grasped that sheath.

Zhao Nange suddenly felt a jolt in her body.

Her pupils instantly turned red, and then blood flowed down her eyes.

She looked up.

She saw countless corpses piled up into a towering mountain, with a torrent of blood flowing down from above, engulfing her in it.

She floated on the blood like a floating corpse, but even as she lay on the surface, she still looked up at the sky.

On that mountain of corpses, the hazy peach demon from before reappeared, looking down at her.

This time she saw the other person's appearance clearly; she was beautiful and charming, not the ugly witch she had seen before.

That is an even more ancient existence.

It can be traced back to the beginning of all mythology.

"Who is that?"

Zhao Nange looked at the other person and couldn't help but ask this question.

Zheng Shiliang, who was standing nearby, also noticed the unusual condition on Zhao Nange and quickly looked at Li Jun.

"what is this?"

"what happened?"

"Something's wrong with her, what's wrong?"

Li Jun: "She touched a part of this ritual artifact and is familiarizing herself with its power."

“She saw ghosts and spirits, and the ghosts and spirits naturally saw her as well.”

Zheng Shiliang asked, "What is this thing?"

Li Jun walked step by step to Zhao Nange: "I don't know what it's called either, let's call it the fourth-stage sacrificial artifact for now. It belongs to one of the two oldest peach spirits from ancient times." Zheng Shiliang: "Is it even older than Shen Tu and Yu Lei?"

Li Jun said, "It's much older."

Zheng Shiliang looked at Zhao Nange, wondering what she had seen and what kind of impact she had suffered.

His eyes held a hint of shame: "Is it because I backed down that you chose her?"

Li Jun: "It has nothing to do with that."

Zheng Shiliang: "Is it because she has stronger talent?"

Li Jun said, "Because you will stay here and become a key link in the spread of the Jedi Sky-Connect Project to the whole world."

Zheng Shiliang immediately turned around and looked at Li Jun.

"Shouldn't it be Zhao Nange?"

"She has the highest talent, is the best at fighting, and has the strongest will."

He could give countless reasons why Zhao Nange was indeed outstanding in every aspect, so outstanding that he and others could hardly catch up with her.

What impressed Zheng Shiliang the most was the other person's strength and courage. He would never forget the figure in Dushuo City who fought against numerous enemies in the darkness and was willing to do anything to achieve his goal.

Li Jun: "The Juedi Tiantong Project is more important, and she has her own opportunities. More importantly, I have something else for her to do."

In Zheng Shiliang's eyes, Li Jun walked past Zhao Nange and looked outside.

Li Jun suddenly brought up the matter outside: "Do you know why I insisted that you come here? Even if people see us, even if they know that I gave you something."

Zheng Shiliang realized what was happening and quickly said...

"You want to use Zhao Nange as bait?"

Li Jun did not deny it: "I want her to take this sacrificial artifact out. It contains a space that can hold people. When she appears in the outside world, all the extraordinary beings will flock to her, and she will use this sacrificial artifact to hold them all inside."

Zheng Shiliang quickly said, "So this is a plan, the goal of which is to eliminate those superhumans who are spreading widely in the present world, as well as the demon gods who are constantly invading the present world?"

"Is it so that these people can eventually be sent to the lower world, to prevent or delay the further ascension of the demon gods there?"

Zheng Shiliang seemed to understand something, but he lowered his head and said something after a long while.

"But this is also very dangerous. It could lead to the revelation of Zhang You of the Longevity Temple, or it could lead to the ghost god Guhuoniao below."

Either of these two beings could strike before Zhao Nange has a chance to react, killing him instantly.

Li Jun: "Mm."

Zheng Shiliang looked at Li Jun and understood; perhaps this was Li Jun's purpose.

At this moment, Zhao Nange opened her eyes and turned around to look at Li Jun's back.

"Therefore, the secret technique of the third stage is a lure, and taking away these people's power to suppress the demon god and invade the mortal world is a pretext."

"So, what is the real purpose and plan?"

Li Jun: "The concept of longevity."

Zhao Nange: "Kill Zhang You?"

Zheng Shiliang also looked at Li Jun, thinking that he was going to end the regret of the last time at Zhangweishan.

Zhou Shentong died, but Zhang You inherited everything from him. The resurrection of Zhulong allowed the Changsheng Temple to continue in the end, but many efforts were in vain.

Standing on the edge of the altar.

Overlooking the entire land of mountains and seas.

Li Jun raised his hand and looked at the peach wood dagger in his hand.

"Kill Zhou Shentong, or kill Zhang You next."

"None of these things are useful and cannot stop the Changsheng Temple from doing what it is doing."

Zhao Nange's eyes seemed to light up: "What are you going to do?"

Li Jun finally revealed his purpose: "I want to take away the ghost god Yu Jiang!"

The sacrificial dagger in his hand shone brightly: "This way I can destroy the Temple of Longevity, and then I will use Yu Jiang's power to deal with the ghosts and gods below."

"So I need you to go outside and lure Zhang You out, and have him summon the ghost god Yu Jiang."

Many aspects of the concept of longevity are based on Yu Jiang.

Losing Yu Jiang would be like cutting off the lifeline of the Changsheng Guan (a school of thought on longevity).

Yu Jiang's power is also very important to Li Jun.

Li Jun released Yuanlong Daoist from the sacrificial dagger, and naturally, he needed something to replace it, which is why Li Jun activated this altar.

Li Jun chose the ghost god Yu Jiang.

Zhao Nange looked at Li Jun's back and spoke.

"I go."

She asked, "If you seal Yu Jiang, will you be able to win against that thing below?"

Li Jun: "I don't know."

Silence fell again. Zheng Shiliang looked at the two of them, unsure of what to say.

In his eyes, it was like a gamble with no known future, where the stakes were the life and death of two people, and the outcome would determine the fate of the world.

Zhao Nange didn't know if she would die at the hands of the enemy if she went to act as bait, and Li Jun didn't know if he could seal Yu Jiang in the end, let alone whether he could defeat the thing below.

Or perhaps, in the end, both of them died on this seemingly endless path of slaughter.

At last.

Zhao Nange walked down and passed by Li Jun.

(End of this chapter)