Chapter 3105

At the same time, the round mirror on the table, facing away from the two of them, flashed with a faint light.

The orderly did not decline, sitting upright just as seriously, before asking him: "Do you know who I am?"

He Lingchuan then placed something on the table:

A small, snow-white orchid, already in bloom.

This is the crystal orchid that Sun Fuling forced to bloom using the power of death, which she gave to He Lingchuan. It is exceptionally sensitive to the aura of the divine spark of life, so — 【6】 "Holy Lord Lingxu, we finally meet."

"Lingxu Holy Venerable, we finally meet."

An enemy comes from the heavens above.

With a crack, the night sky suddenly thundered, as if a whip lashed the earth, shaking everyone's feet with a tremor.

Hey, a thunderbolt from a clear sky?

Even the heavens revere him?

The orderly gave a slight smile: "I should have come to find you for a chat long ago, but I've been terribly busy lately and never had the chance. Please forgive me."

He Lingchuan smirked.

This great deity's busyness is something he knows all too well. The Holy Lord Lingxu is busy formulating plans to invade the human realm while also scheming against several other great heavenly demons — truly overwhelmed.

He is making final preparations for the descent of the great heavenly demons; he is making final preparations for the bloodbath of the human realm.

Though it is said that kings do not see kings, he himself came smiling to find the Great Emperor of Jiuxu.

In heaven and on earth, the two most powerful and prestigious figures finally sat face to face.

He Lingchuan casually took out two cups, picked up the water jug on one side, and poured tea for both of them.

The jug contained only cold water, but once he gripped it, intense heat instantly transferred through, and the tea that poured out was steaming hot.

The Holy Lord Lingxu picked up a cup, cradling it in his palm, unmindful of the heat, instead gently inhaling the tea's fragrance before sipping: "This sweet aroma is quite special — could it be the Baiyao monkey tea from Baiyao Mountain in the southwest of Yaodi?"

He Lingchuan raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised: "You've drunk it before?"

The Holy Lord Lingxu explained the origin of this tea leaf in exact detail. If not for his ability to discern the origins of objects, then he must have personally tasted it.

"I often send forth a thread of divine thought to wander the world, sampling all flavors, just as today." He smiled, "The human realm is truly a fine place — green mountains, clear waters, abundant produce, everything is a beauty once lost in our world."

What this world has endured, they have once endured as well. But now the heavenly realm, alas!

Of course, He Lingchuan knows the orderly before him is not the true form of the Holy Lord Lingxu, but merely a thread of divine thought projected by him — not even counting as an incarnation.

Here lies the key:

Though Yaoguo has existed for a long time on the Jinjin Plains, the Baiyao monkey tea is a new product developed only in the past fifteen years, because Cangyan's maritime trade is especially developed, allowing goods from all regions to be shipped out by sea, including specialties from inland regions like Yaodi.

And because Cangyan is so strong, people across the oceans take pride in possessing one or two trinkets from Cangyan, regardless of origin, as long as they are genuine Cangyan products. Thus, every region of Cangyan establishes its own famous export trademark, even if it has to be invented from nothing.

No, that's called developing new specialties, tapping local potential.

Put differently, before He Lingchuan unified Cangyan, the Jinjin Plains had not yet produced the Baiyao monkey tea as a commodity. The Holy Lord Lingxu having drunk it proves that, at least within the past fifteen years, his divine thought has visited the Jinjin Plains, wandering about with ease, even examining local products and customs.

Thinking of this superboss strolling about the Jinjin Plains with his divine thought — though it is only a divine thought — makes anyone's back grow cold.

"How long can your divine thought remain in the human realm?" Before the recent research findings were released in the Heavenly Palace, that is, in the past two or three thousand years, divine incarnations of gods descending to the human realm could last at most a few hours before needing to return before their vessels shattered.

But He Lingchuan rarely hears of any heavenly demon's divine thought being able to linger long in the human realm. For example, when he usually converses with the demon of Naraka, the latter departs right after finishing business, seldom chatting about trivial matters.

First, there's nothing to say; second, to conserve divine power.

Yet the Holy Lord Lingxu can burn his own divine thought just to wander about the human realm, eating delicious things, seeing interesting sights — this alone shows the profundity of his divine soul and divine power.

The confidence to squander wealth comes from being rich and powerful.

"Quite a while." The Holy Lord Lingxu sipped tea again, "Actually, as long as our power is sufficiently minute, we won't damage the vessel. The same goes for incarnations."

This means he can divide his power into finer portions. Other heavenly demons creating incarnations usually divert more than one-tenth of the main body's power, so the human vessel cannot withstand it; though the Holy Lord Lingxu's true form is astonishingly powerful, he can precisely control the power allocated to an incarnation — say, one ten-thousandth. Thus, once his divine thought or incarnation enters the vessel, it can remain in the human realm for a long time.

This is the difference between rough carving and fine engraving.

Is this fellow bluffing? After all, all is fair in love and war. He Lingchuan lowered his head to gaze at the tea, the leaves sunk to the bottom: "Speaking of which, I've always wanted to visit the heavenly realm, but never had the chance."

The heavenly realm has nurtured humanity's greatest enemy, and He Lingchuan has always been curious about its ecology.

He has long heard that the world core of the heavenly realm has declined, no longer able to produce spiritual energy as the human realm does, which is why heavenly demons strive every way to descend to the human realm. But later he learned from many heavenly demons that, within the three thousand years after the Immortal-Demon War, Tianluo Star has been transporting vast amounts of demonic energy to the heavenly realm, making it flourish, no longer desolate.

He Lingchuan has also pondered: since heavenly demons can descend with their divine souls, why can't powerful humans ascend with their divine souls?

Let everyone visit each other's worlds — what's wrong with that?

But he searched for twenty years and found no way up.

He even consulted many heavenly demons, asking about the specific operations of divine soul descent, hoping to reverse-engineer the method.

No, the way heavenly demons descend cannot be reversed by humans.

The reason heavenly demon incarnations can return to the heavenly realm after descending is that the true form remains above, with clear positioning, no loss of direction; but once the true form's divine soul has also descended, they likewise cannot return.

The existence of Tianluo Star has turned "going to the human realm" into a one-way ticket.

"The human realm is vast, while the heavenly realm's area is less than one-tenth of this." The Holy Lord Lingxu said leisurely, "Even when the heavenly realm's vitality is at its peak, it still falls far short of the human realm. You were born in a good place."

In the art of reincarnation, even ordinary heavenly gods are inferior to mortal people on the ground.

"I have always had a question I'd like you to clarify." Since the other party said they wanted to "have a chat," let's open up and talk.

He Lingchuan has always been hospitable.

The Holy Lord Lingxu's attitude is excellent: "Please speak."

At this moment, he is an excellent guest — warm, courteous, and patient.