Chapter 818

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Lu Yan stayed in the room; seeing Shen Yao return, he hurriedly asked after her condition.

This person had gone out in the morning and only returned now; Lu Yan, alone in the mansion, was ill at ease — especially since he knew the situation at the City Lord's Mansion, which made him even more afraid.

"Nothing happened; they started a ruckus, and I just hid to one side watching the spectacle."

Shen Yao smiled, patting Lu Yan's arm, indicating she was very clever — knowing those people would not give up, she had set up a Concealment Array early on; her methods, which even demons could not break, naturally would not involve her personal safety.

Besides, even if she were truly exposed, who would end up unlucky was still uncertain.

Shen Yao's beautiful eyes shifted slightly, and she raised her hand to tug at Lu Yan's sleeve. "The demons opened a Secret Realm — the legendary Immortal Ascension Platform."

Lu Yan was surprised. "Immortal Ascension Platform?"

This was a legend from ten thousand years ago; its truth or falsehood was still unknowable, but the fact it had been passed down so vividly meant that, even with some problems, it retained credibility.

"With the demons opening the Immortal Ascension Platform, the forces of Jin Jue City certainly would not stay out — especially the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan."

Lu Yan then suddenly understood — so the Sima Clan's cooperation with the demons was for the sake of this Immortal Ascension Platform.

No wonder they dared to stake the reputation of the Chen Zhou Sima Clan; they must have already grasped certain inside information — perhaps even the demons were a link in their plan.

"Aside from those already used as cannon fodder, the most important forces remaining in Jin Jue City are still the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan.

Their conduct can be seen from the events in Jin Jue City — they will inevitably chase after the Immortal Ascension Platform. Never mind whether the Platform's interior is safe; just having these forces and demons shut in together, they might all end up as food for other beings."

Shen Yao covered her lips with her hand. "Lu Yan, we should hurry over.

They may already be fighting inside — the Immortal Ascension Platform is the hope for resurrection and longevity, and those two points are precisely what demons and aristocratic clans need."

Lu Yan backhandedly grabbed Shen Yao's arm. "Would going over be dangerous?"

Hearing this, Shen Yao tilted her head. "You're worried? That's not like you, Lu Yan."

Lu Yan looked helpless, nodding and shaking his head at the same time, while pointing to his own mind. "My memories — just now, when you mentioned the Immortal Ascension Platform, another part recovered."

Just a fleeting back view, but Lu Yan recognized it as his mother.

Why would his mother have such a close connection with this side?

What exactly was the situation with those memories from back then? And what role did the Lu Family play in this plan? Is the Immortal Ascension Platform even real?

There are simply too many questions. Lu Yan belatedly raised his hand to cover his head, and at the same time he pulled Shen Yao to the bedchamber to one side. "Wait a moment — I'm confident I can extract information from my memories.

Once the Immortal Ascension Platform is opened from the outside, it will not close until the time is up."

So we don't need to rush in — because the Immortal Ascension Platform is the last thing to appear in the Secret Realm, no matter how many people enter, it won't affect the Secret Realm's operation."

"All this was dug out of your memories?" Shen Yao was curious, and at the same time she wanted even more to explore the circumstances of Lu Yan's mother.

Tsk tsk tsk

Lu Yan's mother truly was an extraordinary woman — how did she leave traces everywhere, yet she's been dead for so long?

"There's quite a lot in the memories — it's just that the timing to unseal them was inopportune, so Lu Yan could only forcibly absorb them and digest them bit by bit."

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow, simply letting Lu Yan close his eyes and nurture his spirit to properly receive them — right now she had nothing to do anyway; Jin Jue City was basically destroyed, commoners had either left or were gone, and as for those people outside the City Lord's Mansion, they would disperse before long — after all, the main forces had all entered the Bronze Gate atop the array; who knew which side would ultimately win.

The Meng Family Clan Head arranged to take the Meng Family away — they were the Qingzhou Local Despots; the Luo Family died cleanly, leaving a mess for the Huang Zhou Luo Family. By comparison, the Meng Family Clan Head appeared very clever. Though his speaking of departure now was ill-timed, the Xuan Yuan Clan and Sima Clan's focus was entirely on the world inside the Bronze Gate, so after brief consideration they let it be.

The Meng Family Clan Head went all the way, leaving on the spot instead of staying to recuperate.

"Elder"

"No need for more words — I know my own body; staying a few more days would be useless. Better to return to Qingzhou first; the Master's House needs notification, and we must also discuss the aftermath of Jin Jue City."

The current losses are trivial — the most important thing is the demons and those parasites.

Actually the Meng Family Clan Head knew the Token's function, but he simply dared not participate — something the ancestors of ten thousand years ago failed to achieve, he did not believe people of ten thousand years later could accomplish.

That is resurrection and longevity — an obsession everyone pursues. The Immortal Ascension Platform — I fear it's a road to Hell.

The Meng Family Clan Head grumbled a few sentences in his heart; supported by the younger generation, the not-long procession left the temporary camp before the City Lord's Mansion gates slowly.

Hiding in the Concealment Array Shen Yao had laid down, Jin Jue seized the chance to run into the Meng Family procession, and left with the Meng Family without anyone noticing.

After leaving Jin Jue City, the Meng Family Clan Head propped up his body to keep everyone alert, planning to rise early tomorrow and continue the journey.

And at this moment, Jin Jue, hiding in the Meng Family procession, also jumped out.

The cute mini mouse climbed onto the Meng Family Clan Head's carriage.

"City Lord Jin Jue"

"Elder Meng"

One person, one beast sighed with emotion — neither could have imagined that in just a few days things would remain the same but the people would be changed.

"What are City Lord Jin Jue's future plans? Why not come with this old man to Qingzhou? Though it lacks the mineral veins and mountains of Jin Jue City, it can still provide for the Jin Yu Shu Clan's livelihood." The Meng Family Clan Head spoke earnestly, as if truly planning for the Jin Yu Shu Clan.

Jin Jue scratched his head; his claws still emitted a translucent jade light — the effect of eating too many Jade Mines. "I still don't know where to go — I just took advantage of the demon's absence to escape.

Old man Meng, I still carry a Forbidden Restriction personally placed by the demon — do you really want me to go to Qingzhou with you?

With the Qingzhou Meng Family's strength, can they withstand a demon's attack?"

Meng Family Clan Head: …

Never expected this Jin Yu Shu ancestor's guts to be this big — with a demon's restriction he still dared to sneak out, not afraid the demon would emerge, discover his tracks, and chase him down to kill him?

Originally he still wanted to bind the Jin Yu Shu Clan to the Meng Family chariot to serve the Meng Family; the Meng Family Clan Head immediately cancelled this plan and idea — after all, he didn't dare gamble on whether Jin Jue's words were true; the demon was so strong, the Meng Family's slight frame could hardly endure it.

The conversation between one person and one beast came to a close; they began discussing other matters of Jin Jue City. As for traveling together afterward — one going to Qingzhou, one to the Extreme West — they were not on the same route.

"Old man Meng is dishonest, hmph! Good thing I secretly kept a trick up my sleeve."

Jin Jue stared with his not-very-obvious eyes at the Meng Family procession setting off again, thinking this Meng Family Clan Head really had designs — could it be the Sima Clan and Xuan Yuan Clan misjudged him?

But in the end this matter had nothing to do with it — it still had to find its clansmen and regroup, then head straight for the Lian Tang City or Yuan City the Immortal Maiden spoke of.

Heh heh heh.

It wouldn't go to the Extreme West at all; compared to a place it had only heard of but knew nothing about, Jin Jue still preferred to stick together.

If the Immortal Maiden had previously been able to easily and leisurely pull itself out and point out a path for the Jin Yu Shu Clan, Jin Jue wouldn't suspect that the Immortal Maiden bore them ill will; after all, before such absolute power, all plots and schemes were paper tigers.

"Elder, are we really letting the City Lord of Jin Jue City leave?" The abilities of the Jin Yu Shu Clan were too heaven-defying, and they themselves didn't have much attack capability.

Although the Meng Family couldn't compare to the Sima Clan and the Xuan Yuan Clan, it was still very easy for them to control a small aberrant beast race.

The Clan Head of the Meng Family lay in the carriage with his eyes closed, resting; he waved his hand, "He has the forbidden restriction of evil demons on him, whether true or false, we can't gamble on it."

Besides, in this world, apart from the Jin Yu Shu Clan, there were other aberrant beasts with similar abilities.

The Meng Family's affair at Jin Jue City had already left them greatly weakened; afterward, they still had to deal with the punitive expeditions of the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan, after all, those two tokens were truly in the Meng Family's hands, and they didn't have the confidence to shirk responsibility and claim ignorance.

Sigh.

After all, preparations were insufficient; who could have thought that the final outcome of Jin Jue City would be like this? The Luo Family truly could not achieve success but was more than enough to cause failure!

The Clan Head of the Meng Family felt stifled in his heart; he completely didn't know the Luo Family could do so many things; back then, the two tokens the Meng Family produced had the Luo Family's hand in them, but now he couldn't admit it.

"Quick, speed up, we need to return to Qing Zhou as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures."

The matter of Jin Jue City was something their Meng Family couldn't escape responsibility for; no matter how severe the subsequent losses of the Sima Clan and the Xuan Yuan Clan were, they would all have to bear part of the blame.

Hey!

I really hope the evil demons can give some strength; best if they perish together with the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan inside the Secret Realm.

The Clan Head of the Meng Family secretly thought in his heart, but unfortunately such a thing obviously couldn't happen; the preparations made by the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan were sufficient, how could any accidents occur?

"Hard to say; what the situation is inside the Secret Realm, neither you nor I know."

Shen Yao propped her chin and lay lazily on the couch; not far from her was Lu Yan, resting with his eyes closed; ever since receiving the memories, this person hadn't opened his eyes, and who knew what Mu Rong had left for Lu Yan.

"Host, it's already been one day and one night since the Bronze Gate appeared; do we still have to wait?"

He really wasn't in a hurry at all; previously he had rushed anxiously to go watch the spectacle.

"Wait; the memories on Lu Yan's side are extremely important; they entered the Secret Realm not to pursue resurrection and longevity, of course they need to understand more before they can go out."

System:...

Fine, the Host always had reasons to convince it, but unfortunately it had no excuse to refute.

Person and System just stared at Lu Yan like that; as the sun hanging overhead set and rose again, Lu Yan finally opened his eyes.

The System cheered; finally he had woken up; those who didn't know would think this was some Sleeping Beauty plot.

Shen Yao took out a handkerchief and handed it to Lu Yan, "How is it?"

Lu Yan stood up, "It's fine; I seem to have understood the situation of the Immortal Ascension Platform."

Lu Yan used seemingly two words, afraid Shen Yao wouldn't understand this, he patiently explained that the Immortal Ascension Platform might not be the Immortal Ascension Platform; it was just a name passed down from ten thousand years ago.

"Immortal Ascension Platform, Lin Xian Lu, Chang Sheng Qiao," Lu Yan listed the names one by one at the beginning of the year; some were known, some were completely nonexistent.

"It's still related to the severance of the orthodoxy from ten thousand years ago; the Immortal Ascension Platform is just a legend; actually it has no ability to ascend to immortality and gain longevity at all; even its very existence is a kind of forbidden restriction and curse."

Lu Yan repeated the contents from his memories; what was said the most was that this world was very difficult to return to the situation of ten thousand years ago.

This world had no possibility of longevity; if there was, it would need to reincarnate the rules, need destruction before establishment, need Heaven Earth Man.

Every point above was difficult to achieve; at least in Lu Yan's view, there was no hope at all.

Shen Yao:...

Not necessarily, because the World Consciousness of this Shijie was not resigned; including the Spiritual Objects and Spiritual Treasures Shen Yao had encountered all the way, they were all results of the World Consciousness not giving up.

By then, it would only need to gather the Fortune of the whole world to cultivate one or several Children of Fortune, watched over by the World Consciousness; maybe they could really turn the situation around.

Of course, this possibility was not great; even the Thousand-Year Moonlight Cicada needed Shen Yao to take shape; Shen Yao was only one person, and the things she could produce were limited; unsolvable.

Shen Yao asked about the Bronze Gate in the City Lord's Mansion, "What consequences will there be if the evil demons open the Immortal Ascension Platform?"

Lu Yan shook his head, "They can't come out; even if they come out, they won't live long."

The Immortal Ascension Platform inside the Secret Realm is assimilation; how exactly were those parasites created? It's related to the Immortal Ascension Platform.

Shen Yao went "wah" in her heart; so the parasites were related to the Immortal Ascension Platform.

No wonder when the evil demons finally opened the Bronze Gate, what supported underneath was the parasite mother body.

Putting it this way, including the parasite mother body, they were all creatures created by the Immortal Ascension Platform; then what were their raw materials? So hard to guess!

Shen Yao took out the token in her hand, "Here, what use is this?"

Previously thought it was the key to enter the Bronze Gate, but now discovered it wasn't very reliable.

"This is a voucher, representing the number of creatures entering the Immortal Ascension Platform;" whether human or other living spirits, all had the qualification to enter the Immortal Ascension Platform.

"At the same time, it can also lock onto targets;" the Immortal Ascension Platform was alive; to maintain operation it needed energy; those actively sending themselves to the door were naturally good, but those unwilling to come to the door, it would also go back to find them.

After hearing this, Shen Yao directly went "aiya aiya" several times; weren't the two of them in great danger then?

Lu Yan shook his head; since his own memories had already had the restriction lifted, he naturally had a way to solve this positioning.

But before that, they currently still needed to go save someone.

Fan Sheng!

Tsk.

This person was also an old unlucky egg; Lu Yan really didn't have the intention to pit him; besides, back then when the memories weren't unsealed, Lu Yan didn't know what the token meant.

Now thinking they were in Jin Jue City, simply pull Fan Sheng out.

"Before pulling him out, we need to collect the Mineral Vein of Jin Jue City;" Shen Yao said these were all the remuneration she demanded from Jin Jue; anyway, Jin Jue City wasn't there, not taking these Mineral Veins themselves was a waste; why not take more back while it was currently convenient.