Chapter 2512: What Fear Is There of Hardship and Risk?

He is himself a several-thousand-year-old immortal thief, rich in experience, very suitable for this position.

Now the back of Earth Mother is so vast, it is difficult to prevent the infiltration of foreign organisms. As a Night-Wanderer God, Baochai Hai must fulfill the role of assistant.

Baochai Hai then laughed and said: "When affairs here are settled, where will you go next?"

Ling Jinbao tapped his bamboo chopsticks on the table a few times, pondering for a long while: "Nothing happens in the sect. If Ling Mountain gives no orders, I will wander the four seas."

Upstairs, the door of True Person Sihai opened, and two immortals came out, turning back to bid him farewell.

Seeing their smiling faces, perhaps they had their wishes fulfilled.

Ling Jinbao sighed, for a moment not knowing why he had been busy all this time.

The whole world is in wind and rain, tossing about, yet he feels a bit lost.

Baochai Hai paid close attention to his expression: "Can you go anywhere you wish?"

"Mm." Ling Jinbao took a sip of wine, "As long as I don't stay in Ling Mountain, that place has too many great immortals."

Not only is there a difference between immortals and mortals, but also between immortals and cultivators, an unbridgeable chasm. This chasm is not only strength, but also treatment, rites, and demeanor.

He is not an immortal; going to Ling Mountain, he would have to look up to everyone.

Not only him, many cultivators are unwilling to go to Ling Mountain. If there were a choice, who would willingly humble themselves?

"Do you want to stay here with Earth Mother?"

Ling Jinbao's hand froze: "Here? Is it you who wants to keep me, or..."

"The Great Emperor of Nine Abysses sent me to ask you, are you willing to stay?" Baochai Hai then made it clear.

"I am not an immortal, and my cultivation is not outstanding." In the team brought by True Person Sihai, there are plenty stronger than him.

"The Great Emperor believes that you are decisive in crises and have far-sighted vision, a talent needed by Cangyan." Baochai Hai laughed, "As for cultivation, Cangyan also has many strong ones. But the Great Emperor said he values this more—"

He raised his hand and pointed to his temple.

"By Earth Mother's side, what do you want me to do?"

"At this stage, help with the transformation of the Panlong Plains, while also leaving some personnel inside and outside the city to maintain the city and reclaim farmland, to be managed by you. Overall, it is similar to what you did before in the sect. And Earth Mother will wander the ends of the earth; riding on her back, you will also wander the four seas, without needing to exert yourself." Baochai Hai reminded, "If you have any requests or difficulties, just speak up."

Ling Jinbao's mood brightened at once, he raised his wine cup and drained it in one gulp.

"No difficulties, I will stay!"

He wants to stay where he is more needed.

Moreover, between Ling Mountain and Cangyan, he favors Cangyan's development more.

Two days later, True Person Sihai set off back to Ling Mountain to report, but already three immortals and twenty-seven cultivator experts had on the spot decided to join Cangyan.

This naturally has the credit of Immortal Mingke recruiting people, but even if Cangyan usually shouts with great effort and recruits with great force, it is not as shocking as the Nine Abysses Great Emperor personally beheading Shangguan Biao in Yujing City.

Strangely, the remuneration Cangyan offers them is not higher than that of Mou State and other countries.

It does not lure people with great wealth, yet these Ling Mountain people come happily to join.

Someone went to True Person Sihai to file a complaint, but he shook his head, not taking it to heart: "They want to go where they wish, it is their freedom; Ling Mountain does not interfere. Besides, we are not short of manpower."

The Blood Demon also has something he cannot understand:

"Do these people who come to you not know? Once the Heavenly Demon descends, we will be the first to bear the brunt."

Cangyan was the earliest in the mortal world to raise the great banner against the Heavenly Demon, and has acted accordingly, word and deed matching. For over ten years, it has been the most resolute in striking the Heavenly Demon and Heavenly Palace forces, so much that even Mou State and Ling Mountain sigh in admiration.

Once the Heavenly Demon achieves large-scale divine descent, the first force to be eliminated is most likely Cangyan, and the first person to be eliminated is ninety-nine percent likely the Nine Abysses Great Emperor.

"And your battle with Jiaolou Heaven, although you kept a hidden hand, they may not see it." The Blood Demon said, "In their eyes, you still cannot defeat Jiaolou Heaven. Being by your side, is it not all danger?"

"Still?" If this were said aloud, probably a crowd would find it laughable.

Jiaolou Heaven is the second figure among the Xu Void Assembly, with cultivation penetrating heaven and earth. The Nine Abysses Great Emperor, as a rising star in the mortal world, although his fame has spread far in recent over ten years, is ultimately too young; what could he use to defeat Jiaolou Heaven?

"To make friends through interest, when interest is exhausted, they part; to make friends through power, when power fails, they collapse. The typical example is Shangguan Biao and Ling Mountain." He Lingchuan laughed, "Now those who join us are not coming for these reasons. I have shown them a new path. Since our aspirations are the same, what fear is there of hardship and risk?"

The Blood Demon was still pondering, but He Lingchuan said no more.

……

He Lingchuan keeps his word; having promised Immortal Mingke a tour of the Panlong Secret Realm, he must fulfill it.

He brought Immortal Mingke to the flowing spring square at the south gate of Panlong Ancient City, with Zhu Xiuer and Dong Rui accompanying.

Immortal Mingke was eager to try: "Where is the entrance?"

"Where cannot be the entrance?" He Lingchuan laughed, casually lifting his leg into the flowing water, as if there were steps underwater, he stepped in one by one.

The others followed suit, also jumping into the active spring in the square.

Around them, red light flashed once, and the scenery completely changed.

They fell into a valley, the trees in the valley not thick, red mist drifting everywhere.

Even the sky was dark red.

"Eh, is this not the Panlong Secret Realm?" Immortal Mingke looked left and right, soon seeing a corner of the iconic south gate of Panlong City to the east.

No, this is a place of emptiness constructed by the Great Square Vessel.

"First come with me to deliver something."

He Lingchuan walked to the valley bottom, soon reaching the edge of the water pool.

He took out a box from his bosom and opened it; inside was actually a tree growing.

He Lingchuan then plucked a fruit from the tree, spread it in his palm to show everyone.

The fruit is the size of a lychee; turn it over, and everyone sees it actually has a human face!

Thick eyebrows, a national-character face, features regular, but both eyes tightly closed.

Zhu Xiuer was also very surprised: "Shangguan Biao?"

This is like a miniature severed head, the severed head of Shangguan Biao!

"I said he is only fit to be fertilizer. I took his nutrients to grow this tree—" He Lingchuan said, throwing the human-faced fruit into the water pool, "The rest should not be wasted either."

After the human-faced fruit entered the water, it quickly sank, disappearing in a blink, but after the ripples on the water surface ceased, other images appeared.

A youth was led by his family, walking into the mountain gate garrison of Changfeng Valley.

This youth's features had not yet fully matured, but he looked familiar; it was Shangguan Biao.

At this time, his eyes held no ruthlessness or ferocity, only simplicity and curiosity.

His father, who was deeply respected in the city, came here nodding and bowing all the way, letting Shangguan Biao witness another side of the world.

Then, he was left behind.

Seeing this, everyone understood. That Human-Face Fruit still stored Shangguan Biao's past memories, and the Great Square Gourd presented them in this manner.