Chapter 2825: Panlongcheng Grand Relocation

"That's where the enemy came from." The Bai Zhan Tian squad came from there.

"I know, that's why I moved the entrance there." He Lingchuan's mouth corner lifted, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "I want them to go south while aiming north."

The little stone figure didn't know what "going south while aiming north" meant, and had no interest in asking further:

"Alright, you decide."

There was fighting outside the south gate, inconvenient. He Lingchuan pointed to the pagoda behind Fu Chi: "Follow me in."

As everyone followed him into the pagoda, the tower door, which hadn't been closed for ten thousand years, automatically shut.

At the center of the first floor of the pagoda stood a huge Han white jade stone screen carving, originally depicting Panlongcheng's resistance history. He Lingchuan swept his hand across it, and the image changed——

It became a sand table of the northern part of the Mother Earth Plain.

The northern terrain, such as rivers, hills, and valleys, was clearly visible.

The northern part of the Mother Earth Plain is relatively remote.

The plain's external logistics mainly enter from the south, so the north is vast and sparsely populated, with only a few storage camps set up by Mother Earth here to temporarily store large items and miscellaneous goods not currently in use.

No one is there; Bai Zhan Tian and Tong Ming Zhenjun came here only to make a round, didn't examine closely, and turned back immediately.

"Here will do." He Lingchuan casually pressed the old street exit on the screen carving, and a flash of light appeared at that spot!

"Switch over."

The little stone figure responded:

"Okay."

As the words fell, everyone felt a tremor underfoot, their bodies swaying several times in succession.

But this vibration differed from the previous earthquake, feeling more like the slight rocking when a boat just docks—an illusion of instability.

He Lingchuan personally pulled open the pagoda's great door.

Creak——

As everyone followed him across the threshold, their vision blurred and the scenery changed.

Directly ahead was no longer Panlong Square, but a remote small town, with only a few stone-built houses, scattered with wooden fragments everywhere——

Yes, the northern warehouse also stores timber.

They turned back and saw Panlongcheng's eastern gate standing right behind them.

He Yue and the others: "……Is this enough?"

Just, just this simple?

Such a huge ancient city ruin, moved from the south to the northernmost part of the plain without a word?

He Lingchuan didn't explain; these ruins, cities, and other architectural complexes, even valleys and hills on the Mother Earth Plain, were originally modular storage—just relocating the whole thing posed no difficulty for Mother Earth.

He could only say: "The Panlong ruins are attached to the Mother Earth Plain; the Secret Realm master can request relocation, but must also obtain Mother Earth's consent."

Therefore, the Secret Realm master must be present in person, cooperating with the little stone figure, to enable the Panlong ruins to be relocated as a whole.

"Insufficient energy, only this one move possible." The little stone figure's tone was formulaic: "Relocating ruins consumes too much energy; before my true self returns, remaining strength must be reserved to resist external enemies."

"Alright, thank you." He Lingchuan clapped his hands, "The Panlong Secret Realm switches its entrance; Tong Ming Zhenjun and Bai Zhan Tian will temporarily be unable to find this place."

Before He Lingchuan crossed over to the Mother Earth Plain, Bai Zhan Tian's group had gone to seek the Panlong Secret Realm after seeing positioning signals from other heavenly demons. Now the secret realm's entrance has changed; rushing to the original site will only yield emptiness, forcing them to search anew.

This threat along the way can thus be considered temporarily resolved.

Temporarily.

He Lingchuan asked He Yue: "You said earlier, Bai Zhan Tian was hunting you inside the secret realm?"

"Yes!" He Yue gritted his teeth, "Bai Zhan Tian struck especially ruthlessly; many of my subordinates were slain by him, the scene too horrific to bear! If not for the mountain wanderer risking his life to save me, my legs might have already been cut off by him, and he would then take me as a hostage to threaten my elder brother!"

"Bai Zhan Tian is vicious and fond of killing. In the heavenly realm, Ling Xu Shengzun also dispatches him to eliminate dissidents." He Lingchuan placed a hand on his shoulder, voice deep, "Rest assured, when the opportunity arises, I will certainly seek justice for you."

He Yue is not only the Crown Prince of Shen Guo, but also the brother of the Nine Abysses Great Emperor!

He Lingchuan already has some plans, but the focus must still return to the first option:

Within limited time, rescue Mother Earth as quickly as possible.

Then the key question arises:

How should he deal with the Phantom Music Goddess?

In the Panlong world, the Red General inherited part of Lady Lady Lady Mitian's divine power and knowledge, and after three years of searching, found and defeated the Phantom Music Goddess, obtaining her Illusory Dream Divinity. Now the Phantom Music Goddess is nearby, not hard to find, but defeating her must differ from slaying ordinary heavenly demons.

In Lady Lady Lady Mitian's memories, though the Phantom Music Goddess is not a great heavenly demon, her methods are cunning and changeable; she has assassinated many dissidents for Ling Xu's dark forces, even with two records of "death and rebirth"—

The enemy believed they had slain her, but she could subsequently manifest again.

Even Ling Xu Shengzun praised her Illusory Dream Divinity as "unique and full of potential."

Such a heavenly demon worthy of Ling Xu Shengzun's generous praise is rare.

The Phantom Music Goddess daring to come this time to abduct Mother Earth's divine soul must also have prepared to face Cang Yan and the Nine Abysses Great Emperor's assault; unknown what traps she might set for them.

This feeling of knowingly heading toward tiger mountain despite knowing tigers dwell there is actually uncomfortable.

More troublesome is that He Lingchuan indeed told the Red General, when free, to ask her to lecture on how she defeated the Phantom Music Goddess. But they—one defending the front lines, one active behind enemy lines, both exhausted day and night—couldn't find the time.

After finally holding a meeting, they were all studying how to wage war; plus, the Red General herself isn't given to boasting, so He Lingchuan still doesn't know her specific methods and details in defeating the Phantom Music Goddess.

He Lingchuan pressed his temples. Had he known this day would come, he would have sincerely, humbly, and earnestly asked the Red General for every detail. Now, he can only start from his own meager knowledge:

"The Phantom Music Goddess's divine realm is special—it is both a divine realm and a dream. I ask you: can a dream exist where no one is present?"

Bao Chi Hai immediately replied: "No. A dream must have a real-world carrier; without a dreaming creature, a dream should not exist."

"Then, how can the Phantom Music Goddess sustain her dream realm in the Trapped Dragon Moat?" Before Mother Earth's arrival, this place was rarely trodden by humans.

"We've already discussed this." Bao Chi Hai answered, "Inside the Trapped Dragon Moat, there are still several dozen human strongholds; according to avian demon reconnaissance, they are inhabited by herbal cultivators growing spiritual herbs. Ming Ke Xianren said such a coincidence doesn't exist in the world, and has already dispatched personnel to slaughter them all!"

Before Mother Earth arrived at the Trapped Dragon Moat, these herbal cultivators had long settled locally. Mother Earth, though unwilling, did not deem them harmful, thus allowing them to sleep soundly beside her couch; now, with so many events occurring inside and outside the Trapped Dragon Moat, the Mother Earth Plain has encountered strong enemy invasion, and Ming Ke Xianren has no time to seriously investigate, immediately going to eliminate the threat instead.