Chapter 797: Bound to the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 798: Fantasy World Passerby (18)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

The Earth Roar Bell drifted to the side of the Shanglu Spirit, abruptly emitting a light sound, like a voice from the Spirit itself, instantly spreading throughout the entire Secret Realm.

The Shanglu Spirit held the Earth Roar Bell in its grasp; it was somewhat at a loss, but Shen Yao couldn't bear to watch and reminded it to leave quickly — right now, who doesn't know the Strange Treasure has appeared? As the party in possession of the Strange Treasure, the Shanglu Spirit had better be careful not to be besieged by others.

Shanglu Spirit: ……

"Hmph! It depends on whether they have the ability!"

The Shanglu Spirit indicated it feared these not at all; moreover, it still had other means unused. The Earth Roar Bell was tied to its survival — handing it over again was simply impossible.

"Regardless of whether they have the ability, I won't meddle in your affairs."

Shen Yao smiled and beckoned, then turned and tapped Lu Yan; staying any longer might get them framed by the Shanglu Spirit. Since they'd obtained more or less the Compensation, they needed to leave the Secret Realm as soon as possible.

Besides, the Shanglu Spirit would definitely flee; outside there was an entire Shang Lu Cheng of Ordinary People — who knew what trouble they might stir up.

Lu Yan: ……

Lu Yan tacitly patted the Gale Wolf beside him, then pulled Shen Yao up to sit firmly and depart.

The Shanglu Spirit just watched the two of them leave so cleanly and decisively, feeling even more speechless.

Hmph!

Not wanting to think of it as too wretched — though in its heart there was indeed a bit of intention to drag them down with it.

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"We're leaving?" Lu Yan looked at the scenery constantly flashing past, a bit regretful that they hadn't had time to explore earlier, causing them to miss many Spiritual Resources.

Although later they used the Earth Roar Bell to swap for quite a few Treasures, those all belonged to Shen Yao; Lu Yan didn't have the thick skin to use those Spiritual Resources without any burden.

"No rush to go; the Earth Roar Bell is special — refining it needs to be done inside the Secret Realm."

Because the Secret Realm lacks the many Surveillance methods of the Outside World, and this Secret Realm is ultimately controlled by the Shanglu Spirit, it naturally has a way to find a safe place, rather than going outside to be hunted and besieged by other Forces, unable to find peace.

"When a Secret Realm fuses, special Spiritual Objects appear," Shen Yao continued, casually pointing in a direction, signaling the Gale Wolf beneath them to adjust the Route. "Going out is another round of chaos; better to stay in the Secret Realm for a while." Left and right, once the Shanglu Spirit finishes refining the Earth Roar Bell, this Secret Realm will be abandoned, and most of the Spiritual Objects inside will lose their effect.

As her words fell, the Gale Wolf beneath them changed direction and continued forward; the two of them spoke no more.

Just like that, after half a day of journeying, the two ran out of this Dense Forest before them.

Not only that, they also encountered Cultivators heading the opposite way; it was very obvious these people's destination was precisely the direction they had left.

Shen Yao and Lu Yan didn't persuade them; the Road is chosen by oneself, even if danger lies ahead.

"That five-colored deer is the Force that was hiding inside Shang Lu Cheng."

Although Spiritual Beasts with such ability are rare, Lu Yan still rapidly accepted this setting — just the five-colored deer's appearance, however you think about it, is weird. After all, the origin of Shang Lu Cheng's name was once related to a five-colored deer.

"Correct. All the schemes, including the Secret Realm's formation and you being pulled into it, were orchestrated single-handedly by it." Shen Yao thought Lu Yan would wait a while before asking, but didn't expect the question to come directly right now.

Lu Yan pondered a moment. "The Earth Roar Bell — a legendary Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Treasure, said to have the power to change heaven and earth."

All along, Lu Yan hadn't really believed these legends passed down.

But right now even the Earth Roar Bell has appeared; these legends originally only recorded in travel notes seem to have some credibility after all.

Shen Yao patted Lu Yan's shoulder; because the journey was boring, she leaned her head against Lu Yan's back. "Not as miraculous as the legends say, but the Earth Roar Bell's main function is still related to the Earth Veins.

Ten thousand years ago the world underwent a huge change; the Earth Veins are connected to the Secret Realms that appeared in succession.

The Shanglu Spirit — that five-colored deer — needs the Earth Roar Bell to replace itself in connecting to the Earth Veins."

Lu Yan: ……?!!!

Shanglu Spirit?

"Shanglu, Shanglu Spirit?" Lu Yan took a deep breath; after a long while he spoke. "Is it what I'm thinking?"

Could the Shanglu Spirit be the incarnation of Shang Lu Cheng? The first five-colored deer to appear, residing in Shang Lu Cheng until now — that's an old monster.

At this moment Lu Yan's and Shen Yao's train of thought had a subtle overlap — except Shen Yao's complaints were spoken on the spot, while Lu Yan kept his in his heart.

"Correct. The Shanglu Spirit — an extremely special living being.

For so many years no one discovered the Shanglu Spirit's existence, but it indeed controls the entire Shang Lu Cheng."

Shang Lu Cheng has no clear Forces, only an Alliance Association formed by Loose Cultivators. The Shanglu Spirit occasionally still appears in the capacity of Owner to maintain Shang Lu Cheng's stability.

If not for the Earth Roar Bell's appearance, the Shanglu Spirit wouldn't be in such a rush to expose itself.

This series of crises appearing now is because of the trouble drawn out by the Earth Roar Bell. Actually Shen Yao could completely ignore the Shanglu Spirit and claim the Earth Roar Bell for herself, but doing so would offend the Shanglu Spirit.

"Host, are you still afraid of offending the Shanglu Spirit?" That thing is no match for you whether soft or hard.

"I'm not afraid, but we're just Taskers — a passerby."

The Shanglu Spirit is, after all, a living being of this Task World. The World Consciousness favors its own and doesn't reason; plus the Earth Roar Bell is a Strange Treasure of this realm. If Shen Yao held it for decades or centuries, in the end she'd have to leave it to her own descendants.

Tsk.

However you think about it, it's not cost-effective. Shen Yao refuses to do this kind of business with no Revenue.

System: ……

Fine. Host's words are reasonable; they really shouldn't interfere with the world line too much.

"The Earth Roar Bell is already in the Shanglu Spirit's hands; what follows has nothing to do with us."

Raising her hand to draw circles on Lu Yan's back, Shen Yao reminded Lu Yan to seize the time. Once the Shanglu outside erupts into chaos, all of Qingchuan will suffer along with it.

They still wanted to go to other cities in Qingchuan — most likely that would turn into a bubble.

Lu Yan understood Shen Yao's worry. He raised his hand and lightly patted the Gale Wolf's big head, pondering staying in the Secret Realm for a while longer — unless the Secret Realm starts rejecting them.

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"This is — a Hunyuan Fruit?"

「There's another Huan Ying Grass over there. 」

「The terrain here is a bit strange, but Huan Ying Grass often grows alongside Zhen Yan Flowers. 」

「Over there」

「……」

Shen Yao and Lu Yan stayed by a pool of water, mist swirling around them, with a small island glowing with five-colored radiance in the distance.

The few spiritual objects they had just named were growing on that small island.

But to reach the island, they not only had to deal with the strange beasts in the pool water but also the mist that restricted their flight.

The Wind-Wolf and Flame Lion used their special skills to blow wind and breathe fire at the pool water, while the Black Feather Snake jumped into the water, shooting toward the opposite side like a long arrow.

When the Black Feather Snake had swum halfway, the mist that had been blown away and burned began to roll, constantly gathering back toward the thinner areas.

Shen Yao took out talisman paper to help, Lu Yan drew his weapon to attack, and the two people and three beasts each dealt with the trouble before them in their own way, until the Black Feather Snake swam onto the small island.

The mist swirling above the pool seemed to have been angered, a pair of ruthless hands trying to stir the mist to target the Black Feather Snake, but the Black Feather Snake was too small; the five-colored light above the small island was not just light, but a Protective Barrier blocking the mist from entering.

The mist slammed into the Protective Barrier, nearly falling apart, but still could not drag the Black Feather Snake out.

The mist, raging helplessly, finally dispersed unwillingly, but in its current state, once the Black Feather Snake came out and jumped back into the pool water to swim back, it would face more attacks than on the way there.

Shen Yao continued to pull out talisman paper twice as thick as before, clutching it in her hand; Lu Yan switched the weapon in his hand to the sword he used most often, and the Flame Lion and Wind-Wolf took flight, one wreathed in roaring flames, the other carrying various-colored vortices.

When the Black Feather Snake left the small island and jumped into the pool water, the mist's attack and Shen Yao and the others' counterattack landed at the same time.

Rumble!

The scene suddenly exploded outward, like a colorful fireworks show.

The fireworks show was pretty, but beneath the prettiness was a dangerous explosion of energy.

Shen Yao and Lu Yan were blown away by the air current from the explosion; the flames and wind vortices on the Flame Lion and Wind-Wolf were extinguished, and even the thick mist faded until it was unimpressive.

Only the Black Feather Snake, which had been swimming toward the riverbank in the pool water, was unaffected, humming and huffing as it dodged attacks from strange beasts in the water while not forgetting to hurry along its journey.

Soon, the Black Feather Snake leapt out of the water, and the limbs flying up with it reluctantly shrank back into the water again.

Lu Yan held the Black Feather Snake coiled into a wristband, and the spiritual object he had chanted appeared beside his feet.

The ring in Shen Yao's hand finally had a use; the two people and three beasts quickly left the pool water, turned direction, and headed for the next location with spiritual objects.

Following the previous strategy, the Black Feather Snake, because of its own special ability, became the tool beast arranged time and again, until they felt rejection from all directions, as if urging them to leave.

Shen Yao frowned and calculated the time; hmm, with the ability of the Spirit of Shanglu, it had indeed successfully refined the Earth Roar Bell.

Once the Earth Roar Bell was successfully refined, the Spirit of Shanglu would be impatient to run away.

The Secret Realm appeared for the sake of the Earth Roar Bell; once the Spirit of Shanglu took the Earth Roar Bell and left, this Secret Realm would close as a result.

Shen Yao closed her eyes and carefully sensed for a moment, saying they could stay in the Secret Realm for at most three days, and finally, unable to withstand the Secret Realm's rejection, they would have to leave.

「Three days? 」

「Just right, we still have a few places we haven't been to, 」Lu Yan's attribute of making a living was stimulated; he said he still found out too late, otherwise, having visited so many Secret Realms before, they could definitely have harvested more.

「It's not too late now; once the Spirit of Shanglu returns to the mortal world, it will immediately take Shang Lu Cheng and run away, 」There were so many ordinary people in Shang Lu Cheng, and the Alliance Association used as puppets by the Spirit of Shanglu—who knew which Force would take them over.

Thinking of this, Shen Yao was even more glad she hadn't wanted Shanglu; otherwise, right now she would have to worry about how to feed so many people in Shanglu.

Lu Yan and Shen Yao ignored the Outside World and continued to explore and search for spiritual resources in the Secret Realm on their own.

The Spirit of Shanglu, who had left first, did not disappoint Shen Yao's speculation.

This five-colored deer did not care about the ordinary people of Shanglu; it first took out the Earth Roar Bell, then bit by bit peeled away the place where it was connected to the Earth Veins onto the Earth Roar Bell, and then the Spirit of Shanglu rolled up its treasures accumulated over many years and the city of Shanglu itself and ran away.

The people originally living in the city suddenly found themselves in an open-air environment; the original houses and buildings had all disappeared, and their own utensils were scattered all around them.

Wedding Guests: ……Huh???

First their brains short-circuited for a while, followed by an absurd feeling of how could this be possible!

How could the home they had lived in for several lifetimes/a lifetime/decades disappear? Oh, not only did the home disappear, but the entire Shang Lu Cheng suddenly vanished.

This is impossible!

The Alliance Association was found by angry people at their door, and as a result, the puppets of the Alliance Association didn't know what was going on; they were frantically contacting the Big Shots behind them, but the Big Shots had vanished into thin air, leaving not a single word.

What, what should we do?

「What should we do? Contact other nearby cities; such a big thing has happened in Shanglu, 」they definitely need to find a Force with the capability to come save them.

Moreover, Shang Lu Cheng has a considerable population; no matter which Force it is given to, it counts as an enhancement; the Qingchuan Secret Realm is mostly fact, and ordinary people are not truly good for nothing.

It can create not small profits; any Force with ambition will not refuse.

Soon, several letters asking for help flew off in different directions, and the strange events happening in Shang Lu Cheng spread to the entire Continent at the same speed.

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Three days later, Shen Yao and Lu Yan were kicked out by the Secret Realm's rejection.

The place where the two people appeared was relatively remote, with not many cultivators around; therefore, after they hurried slowly back to Shanglu—should be considered Shanglu, it was almost like an open-air market; fortunately, ordinary people were busily building houses, cultivators already had spliced houses, and even Rich Persons relied on superpowers to live in residences no different from before.

The house of Shen Yao and Lu Yan had also changed in appearance; the Servants left in the city were busy guarding things, and upon seeing their two masters finally appear, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Heaven knows how much they had suffered during this period, afraid their two masters would meet with misfortune and their family wealth would not be preserved; fortunately, the masters were fortunate people with natural blessings.

The Servants cheered and jumped for joy; Lu Yan and Shen Yao had a house to live in when they returned, and did not have to worry about sleeping directly on the ground.

【Host, where do you think the Spirit of Shanglu will run to?】Too absurd!

【It can't run out of the Jiuzhou Continent; however, with the temper of the Spirit of Shanglu, it will most likely choose to leave Central State.】

The Jiuzhou Continent is really too big; they are currently just spinning around in a small place; now that the Spirit of Shanglu has regained its freedom, it will surely carefully choose a Fengshu Baodi, after all, it is not easy to find another Strange Treasure comparable to the Earth Roar Bell.

The System felt what the Host said made sense; it wanted to inquire about the news of the Spirit of Shanglu, but was afraid of being caught leaking secrets by the Spirit of Shanglu.

Wavering back and forth, the System had not yet made a final decision; as a result, news arrived from the letters that had been sent out, with different Forces constantly rushing to Shanglu, making the liveliness of Shanglu rise another level.

System: ……

The System decided to still focus its gaze on the matter of who would take over Shanglu.

Indeed, the struggle between humans is still what makes the System watch most satisfyingly.