Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

As the words fell, Li Ang and the three of them fell silent in unison.

After a while, Li Ang spoke,

"...We need to discuss it."

"No problem," Yi said with an OK gesture, "You can discuss it as long as you want before the rain stops."

"But...can you let me go there first to take shelter from the rain?"

Yi pointed at the cave behind them, "I am just an ordinary person now. If I stay in the rain for too long, my body will not be able to bear it."

"..."

Li Ang did not answer, but took two steps to the side without saying a word, making way for a path leading to the cave.

After letting Yi go, Li Ang and the others did not go to the cave with him to take shelter from the rain. Instead, they directly set up soundproofing spells on the spot and prepared to discuss whether to cooperate with Yi.

Of course, in fact, the safest way is to return to the world of the painting to discuss, but... Yi himself is in the real world, and if they go back, it is equivalent to actively stuffing meat into the wolf's mouth.

"So what are you two thinking? You actually want to cooperate with such a dangerous guy?"

As soon as Li Ang set up the soundproof spell, he heard Xi said angrily from the side, "Brother, forget it, Nian, have you forgotten how badly we were deceived by him in the first place?"

Xi wanted to stop Yi just now, but Li Ang suddenly took a step aside, and Nian didn't make any move. Xi was alone and helpless, and could only watch Yi walking past him.

"I don't think it matters..." Nian scratched his head and said, "After all, the situation this time is different from before."

"Our goal is to prevent Sui's resurrection. If we can achieve this goal, I think it doesn't matter even if we are cheated."

"After all, except for that guy, none of us have self-destructive tendencies, so no one would be tempted to commit suicide."

"I think you think that as long as you cooperate with him, you don't have to use your brain at all, right? Aren't you worried about your brain shrinking?"

"You're right to say that."

Nian replied shamelessly, making Xi so angry that she could not speak.

"But...compared to those guys in Dayan, I am more willing to trust my second brother. After all, even if he doesn't stand with us, he can't stand with those people." Nian crossed his arms and lazily said said.

Hearing this, Xi's eyebrows raised slightly.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, Nian's words do make some sense.

Although Yi had made them miserable, apart from being a little embarrassed, there seemed to be nothing wrong with them. However, some people in Dayan were different. They were always thinking about cleaning up these unstable factors.

"So...what about you, brother? What do you think?" Xi took a deep breath and said.

"Huh? Me? Me... I'm actually more inclined to cooperate with him."

Looking at Xi's brows that were almost knitting together, Li Ang slowly explained his reasons, "Although I don't know what he has done before, I think... it is better to put him under our surveillance." good."

"But this will also expose our actions to his gaze...but I think the advantages of doing so should outweigh the disadvantages."

Even if he didn't agree to cooperate with Yi, couldn't he use other methods to monitor their group?

And if cooperation is reached on the surface, he must reveal some information that Li Ang and the others don't know as a sign of sincerity.

As for the final backstab...that's something that has already been made clear. We can only see who has better methods at that time.

……

Leaning against the wall of the cave, Yi just squeezed out the moisture in his shirt when he saw Li Ang and the others walking back from the rain.

Yi stood up, patted his clothes and said,

"How about it, have you thought about it?"

Chapter 88 The Place of Origin of the Gods

"The three of us agree to cooperate with you, but..."

Li Ang paused for a moment before continuing, "We are not the person in charge of this operation. You must first obtain Jingzhe's consent."

"...Jingzhe? Oh, you mean the Lin family's youngest daughter."

Yi was stunned for a moment, unable to realize who Li Ang was referring to, but soon he showed an indifferent expression, "It doesn't matter, I believe she will agree."

I don’t know where he got his confidence from.

However, since he is so confident, let him talk to Jingzhe personally, so that he can leave this troublesome matter to Jingzhe.

Although Nian and Li Ang's reasons sounded reasonable, they still had some concerns in their hearts. In the end, they unanimously decided to let Jingzhe make this difficult decision. Anyway, she was indeed the planner and leader of this operation. There's no problem letting her take the blame.

"Believe me, you won't regret your decision now." Yi looked around the three of them and said unexpectedly.

"Then as a sign of sincerity for this cooperation, I will first tell you some secrets about this mountain range,"

Soon Yi changed the topic, and the other three people had to cheer up and listen carefully to what he would say next.

"Have you...have you ever heard of the 'God of the Heavenly Mountains'? It's not the God of the Heavenly Mountains that is popular in nearby areas now, but the existence that was revered as the 'God of the Heavenly Mountains' in a much longer time ago."

Yi first asked a question, which was the 'God of Heaven and Mountain' that Li Ang had discussed with Jingzhe not long ago.

However, Nian and Xi didn't know about it.

"Huh? What's the difference between the two?" Nian asked with a confused look on his face.

In her opinion, there seems to be no difference between these two titles. Don't they both refer to the gods living in this mountain range?Only one word is different.

"……Different."

Li Ang answered on behalf of Yi, "The God of Tianyue Mountain, as the name suggests, represents the 'god' of this mountain range, which is the big snake we saw before."

Because when explaining to Nian and Xi, what Li Ang didn't notice was that when he mentioned the 'big snake', an imperceptible color flashed in Yi's eyes, but he soon returned to normal. .

"And the God of Tianyue is just because he lives here."

"In the legend, He was once revered as the head of the gods, so the true form of the God of Heaven and Mountain should be 'Sui'. Is this what you want to tell us?"

Li Ang looked back at Yi and said.

The implication is that we all know what you are going to say, can you say something useful?

Although the incarnations of the Sui Beast were transformed from the fragments of Sui's power, they did not inherit any memories related to Sui, so this secret about the God of Heaven and Mountain also made Nian and Xi sigh.

In a sense, this mountain range can even be regarded as their 'hometown'.

Coming here this time to prevent the resurrection of the Sui Beast really gave them a sense of fate.

"...It seems that the Ministry of Rites has not done anything for so many years."

Yi sighed casually. Although his words just now sounded like he was praising the Ministry of Etiquette, if he thought about it carefully, it sounded like a mockery.

"You are right, the God of Tianyue was indeed an identity of Sui, but that is not what I want to tell you this time," Yi shook his head slightly and said, "What I want to say is... Tianyue The mountains themselves.”

Tianyue Mountains themselves?

Li Ang couldn't help but frowned. Is there anything special about this mountain range in the legend?

He quickly searched his mind, recalling all the myths he had read during this period, and thinking about what could be related to the Tianyue Mountains.

The birthplace of Xijiang?It doesn't seem to matter. Although Xijiang almost feeds most of the Yan Kingdom, it doesn't seem to be anything special. The only thing that is a little unusual is Xi'e's Flight to the Moon. What is special is not Xijiang or Tianyue Mountain, but the things built there.

Is this what Yi wants to say?

Of course, Yi didn't know about Li Ang's current complex psychological activities. He left a few people with a short thinking time, and then continued, "I can probably guess where the Ministry of Rites got this information from, it's from myths and legends... ...The direction is right. Most of the so-called myths and legends are things that have happened in history, but they have been misinterpreted in the process of spreading."

"However, what I am going to say this time does not exist in any historical legends."

"The God of Tianyue is called the head of the gods, so... where do the gods come from? Have you ever thought about this question?"

As he spoke, Yi pointed at Tianyue Mountain shrouded in dark clouds in the distance, "This is the place where the gods originated. I don't know where the gods in other parts of Terra come from, but at least the gods of the Yan Kingdom are all Came out of this mountain range.”

"Do you have any evidence?"

After listening patiently now, Xi finally couldn't help but say.

Forget what I said before, she didn't understand it anyway, but what Yi just said... really challenged her common sense.

Although there is no final conclusion as to where things like gods come from, relevant researchers basically have a consensus that gods are born through countless coincidences, just like the crater theory, a crater It would be almost impossible to drop a second bomb here.

Similarly, it is impossible for a new god to be born in a place where a god has already been born, not only because the environment here cannot support the birth of a new god, but also because the god will have an irreversible and permanent impact on the place where he was born. That's why Xi felt a little ridiculous when she heard Yi say that the Tianyue Mountains were once the origin of the gods.

"...If you can climb Tianyue Mountain, you will naturally see the evidence." Yi said calmly.

"It sounds like...you are familiar with this place?" Li Ang raised his eyebrows and asked.

He said it as if he had climbed Mount Tianyue.

"That's right, except for Sui Shen and the gods who have passed away, there should be no one in the world who knows this mountain range better than me."

Unexpectedly, facing Li Ang's question, Yi nodded readily and admitted it.

"I can't remember exactly when it started, but I have never given up exploring this place. Many explorers who died in the mountains in history are my clones."

Although Yi's tone seemed very calm, as he said these words, the eyes of Li Ang and the three of them looked at him and became a little uncomfortable.

Chapter 89 Meeting

According to Xi and Nian, Yi was imprisoned in the capital of Dayan not long after he became conscious. For so many years, his clone has been active in the outside world.

His clone can be passed on in some way, but that method is more complicated. If he dies suddenly, this clone will be completely useless.

Yi was imprisoned in Great Yandu City and had no chance to make new clones, so they thought that one of Yi's clones would be used less, and there should be very few left by now.

But... Yi actually said that he has been sending clones to the Tianyue Mountains to die?How many clones has he filled in over the years?It doesn't look like he's being imprisoned... That's why everyone looks at him so weirdly.

"...I have some special access."

Yi said vaguely, and he seemed to have no intention of explaining to everyone.

However, they no longer dare to regard Yi as a simple prisoner. He obviously has the ability to escape, but he has been staying in the capital of Dayan. Who knows what he is planning.

Just knowing this information would not be a loss for Li Ang's cooperation with Yi, not to mention... the place where the gods were said to originate by Yi may be true, otherwise there is no need for him to use such a lie that can be exposed immediately. Come to deceive people.

"and many more……"

Li Ang suddenly noticed a blind spot, "Since you are so familiar with the Tianyue Mountains, why do you still need a guide?"

Yi doesn't know how many times he has gone deep into the Tianyue Mountains. This place may be as familiar to him as home, and hiring a guide is completely burdensome to him.

Moreover... Yi uncharacteristically rescued the guide from the flash flood. Li Ang didn't think this was a sign of his kindness.

Are you kidding... For a conspirator like Yi, if that young man has no use value, even if he watches him die, Yi will never have any mood swings, so there must be something in him What Yi is plotting.

But no matter what Li Ang thinks, he doesn't think there is anything worthy of plotting in a young man who grew up in a small border town, not to mention that he has never even gone to school. Perhaps the only thing worthy of praise is his understanding of the terrain of the Tianyue Mountains. I understand, but this is not worth mentioning in Yi's eyes.

So... Li Ang is very confused now.

"..."

However, after hearing Li Ang's question, Yi's brows knitted together tightly.

After a short silence, Yi said slowly, "...I can't answer this question for you."

"However, I can tell you that his existence is necessary. Without him... don't even think about reaching Tianyue Mountain."

Is it because I am unable to answer, rather than unwilling to answer?

Li Ang nodded thoughtfully. From Yi's somewhat subtle attitude, he had more or less guessed some clues.

What Yi is interested in is not what the young man has mastered, but his existence itself... Are there any special restrictions there?But if we just need ordinary people other than the incarnation of the Sui Beast, Jingzhe, Xuancheng, and Adele are all ordinary people... Is there anything different?

Guessing this kind of thing when there is a serious lack of information is simply losing your hair. Li Ang thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure out the reason.

Then he heard Yi say, "I know you have also found a guide, but one guide is enough. You can let him go back."

"I think this might be a bit difficult."

At this time, Li Ang also came to his senses, put aside the questions that he couldn't understand for the time being, and said, "Since you know that we hired a guide, you should also know what the relationship is between them. If you can convince Zhao Youcai , I don’t mind either.”

Li Ang felt that it was impossible for Zhao Youcai to let his son go to a dangerous place like the Tianyue Mountains. It was his son who had to go back. However, it seemed that Yi wanted to take the young man to climb the Tianyue Mountains, so Li Ang could only I can express my condolences.

"Forget it, I don't have that much energy." Yi quietly brushed off the matter and avoided talking about it.

"So, when will you take me to meet the Lin family's youngest daughter?" Yi asked.

It seems that as a sign of sincerity for cooperation, there is only so much that Yi is willing to disclose in advance. The rest must wait until he and Jingzhe have discussed it before he is willing to say it, but that is certainly not all.

"...Then let's do it now, Xi."

Li Ang breathed out softly. There was no need to waste time. Yi showed considerable sincerity and let Jingzhe worry about this problem. If their talks broke down, there would be no problem in hacking the clone to death.