Chapter 429: The Dead Return to Life (1/3)

The little golden dragon fell silent; what was he supposed to say?

However, under the gaze of Li Heng, he could only brace himself and speak, "The Honored One is truly worthy of having Great Divine Ability!"

"Flattering me again. Let's go."

Li Heng couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this dragon and continued walking forward.

The little golden dragon hurriedly followed.

As the man and the dragon walked, Li Heng spoke nonchalantly, "Is our direction correct? Are we gradually approaching the Central Great World, the land of the Heavenly Court?"

The little golden dragon pondered for a moment upon hearing this, nodded, and spoke, "Honored One, you should know that I originated from the Central Great World, the Heavenly Court, so even though I am dead and only my True Spirit remains, I still have a faint, lingering connection to the Heavenly Court."

"I can indeed sense that walking in this direction brings us closer to the Central Great World. However, this road has changed so much now that it has been renamed the Wujian Road; I don't know if the path ahead is a dead end." The little golden dragon shook his head and sighed.

Yet, he did not feel panicked in his heart. After all, in his eyes, Li Heng's strength was Terror; even when there was no road, he would forcefully blast out a path to move forward—it was mind-boggling.

Perhaps even if it were a dead end, it could be punched through by Li Heng.

"As long as the position can gradually get closer, that is enough."

Li Heng said calmly.

To him, it did not matter whether there was a road or not. With his ability, even if there were no road, he could forcefully blast one out; the so-called "end of the road" simply did not exist for him.

Soon, a city appeared in front of the two.

This city was vast beyond compare, like an ancient, supreme city spanning across Heaven and Earth, cutting off the Heavenly Abyss. Even from a Remote distance, one could perceive its magnificent and soul-stirring momentum.

The little golden dragon's expression was somewhat strange.

He had not expected such a style to appear.

Along the small dirt path were lonely graves, yet it could lead directly to this incredibly magnificent ancient city. How should one put it? It was not like crossing a small stream at one's doorstep to reach the other shore.

"Let's go, there might be some interesting things inside."

Li Heng did not stop because of this ancient city; instead, he continued forward. He could sense that there were quite a few people inside this city—dead people, of course.

Soon, the two arrived at the city gate.

Standing at the gate were two guards clad in armor. Seeing the two arrive, the guards' expressions changed, and they hurriedly raised the weapons in their hands to cross them, blocking the path of the two.

"Who goes there!" the two guards shouted angrily.

"Entering the city," Li Heng said calmly.

"Entering the city?" The two guards' expressions became strange.

"A living person entering a city of the dead? Tired of living?"

One guard said disdainfully.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and spoke.

"According to you, there is a distinction between the living and the dead here?"

He was somewhat surprised; he had thought that this Wujian Road was filled with dead people, given how Weird the situation was, with numerous lonely graves along the road and piles of white bones beneath the earth.

"Nonsense, how could there not be? You don't even know this basic common sense? Where are you from? Everyone who can reach the Wujian Road is a heaven-gifted genius, whether they are a living genius or a dead one."

The other guard rolled his eyes, feeling quite speechless.

"Then how do living people survive in this environment?"

The little golden dragon on the side asked curiously.

Li Heng also began to ponder.

One must know that since entering the True Realm, he had not encountered a single living person in the true sense; even the state of that Great Zhou Empress, Wu Wushuang, was somewhat strange.

He had thought that everyone in the True Realm was already dead.

"If a living person isn't living, what would you call them?"

Unexpectedly, this guard retorted directly.

The other guard spoke gloomily.

"We are just here to guard the city gate; there is no need to answer your questions. However, I won't stop you if you want to enter the city of the dead to seek death. As long as you pay the toll—a living person entering the land of the dead must pay 100,000 Underworld Money—otherwise, go back the way you came."

The other guard chimed in.

"Yeah, yeah, can't you just live well as a living person? Why go looking for death? Once you die, you can't escape the jurisdiction of Wujian. Just like the two of us, we were proud geniuses of the Emperor Road in life, capable of fighting all the way to the Tianyuan Gucheng in the middle of the Emperor Road."

"But now that we are dead, we can only be obscure guards here. All the Supernatural Ability and spells we had in life cannot be used and are greatly weakened. It is hateful." The two sighed over their pasts, then advised Li Heng to return quickly—a rare act of kindness.

"Then what are the dangers for a living person entering the city of the dead?"

Li Heng asked with a smile.

"There are plenty of risks. For example, if a dead person wants to return to life, they must seize the vitality of a living person. And on the Wujian Road, all the dead want to return to life and escape the control of Wujian."

"In the eyes of the dead, you, a living person, are a delicious treat."

The guard said with a cold laugh.

"So that's how it is? Interesting."

Li Heng began to laugh.

"Then why don't you two make a move on the Honored One?"

The little golden dragon suddenly spoke up, looking at the two guards in confusion.

Unexpectedly, the two guards looked at the little golden dragon with contempt and then spoke, "Then why don't you, little dragon, make a move on him? Of course, it's because we can't beat him! Do you think we're stupid?"

They said it quite righteously.

The little golden dragon was instantly stunned.

As the saying goes, how much is your daily wage worth that you'd risk your life for it?

If it weren't for the fact that Wujian was still in charge above them and they would be punished for dereliction of duty, they wouldn't even bother to stop Li Heng from entering the city.

"Then, you two have worked hard guarding the city."

"Then have you ever thought about returning to life and becoming a living person?"

Li Heng said with a smile.

"Don't want to." The two Guards answered concisely.

"Then why is that?"

The little golden dragon asked in surprise upon hearing this.

"Both of us are already dead, which means we are losers. Even if we became living people again and returned to the Emperor Road to vie for supremacy, we would be beaten to death sooner or later. Why suffer the pain of dying a second time?"

The two Guards were righteous and self-confident, acting completely listless.

"Wait, you said returning to the Emperor Road to vie for supremacy?"

"Does the Ascension Road, the Emperor Road, still exist?"

The little golden dragon asked in surprise.

The two Guards had strange expressions and asked in return.

"Why wouldn't it exist?"

"The Wujian Road and the Emperor Road are two sides of the same coin. The Wujian Road is the domain of deceased prodigies, while the Emperor Road is the domain of living prodigies. You actually don't know this? Isn't this common knowledge?"

"Wait, you guys wouldn't happen to be newcomers who just entered the Emperor Road, would you!"

"But that shouldn't be right either. How could newcomers be lazy enough to end up on the Wujian Road? Did something go wrong with the Space Node you used to enter the Emperor Road? If so, I advise you to notify your respective races to fix the Space Node; otherwise, living people running into the Wujian Road is just courting death."

The two gave their well-intentioned advice.

The little golden dragon looked at Li Heng with a Weird expression upon hearing this.

Li Heng shrugged; blame me?

How was he supposed to know that the Space Node was so fragile.

"Then how can one return to the Emperor Road?"

The little golden dragon asked aloud.

Even though he was a dead dragon, he did not want to stay in such an Underworld environment and would rather return to the domain of the living.

However, he was a bit puzzled. The Ascension Road had a setting where it was two sides of the same coin, and a Wujian Road would appear? That Venerable One didn't have such things when building the Ascension Road, right?

"We are just two dead people, how would we know that."

The two Guards rolled their eyes.

"Then I know now, here is one hundred thousand Underworld Money."

"We should be able to enter the city now, right."

Li Heng smiled slightly, waved his hand, and stack after stack, a full one hundred thousand Underworld Money appeared on the ground, leaving the two Guards dumbfounded. It really was one hundred thousand Underworld Money!

"You, you, you, you, where did you get so much money."

One Guard gasped and asked in horror.

"Why do you two have so much to say? Let us into the city!"

Li Heng did not speak, and the little golden dragon faithfully played the role of a lackey, hands on his waist, looking down at the two Guards with an arrogant air.

The two Guards looked at each other, feeling somewhat awkward.

The reason they quoted the price of one hundred thousand Underworld Money was to persuade this living person to go back and not run into the city to court death. They didn't expect this living person to actually be able to produce so much money. Now they were done for.

"Sigh, you don't need that much money to enter the city; one hundred is enough."

The other Guard shook his head.

"You actually dared to lie to us!"

The little golden dragon was suddenly furious.

Daring to lie to him, the Great Heavenly Court Envoy.

"How can you call this lying? We were avoiding you courting death."

The Guard who had been shocked just now said helplessly.

"It's fine, let's enter the city. You two keep this one hundred thousand Underworld Money. I will come to find you two in a while, and I hope you two won't let me down."

Li Heng patted the two Guards on the shoulders, speaking earnestly.

Afterwards, he dragged the furious little golden dragon into the city.

A long time passed.

The two Guards stared at the money on the ground and finally came back to their senses.

The Guard on the left said faintly, "Lao Fa, did you notice when that person went in just now?"

The Guard on the right, named Lao Fa, shook his head with a complex expression, "Lao Gu, did you notice that they also knew the other name for the Emperor Road, the Ascension Road..."

"Hasn't this name been buried for a long time?"

The two Guards finally fell silent.

The one hundred thousand Underworld Money on the ground was a bit too hot to handle.

The two entered the city.

The scenery in the city was somewhat Weird and bizarre, such as chunks of rotting meat in a butcher shop. But some things were also perfectly normal, such as stalls selling grass, wood, tree roots, and even metal blocks.

Li Heng thought about it and didn't find it strange.

The Wujian Road wasn't only for the human race.

Just like when the grass and wood race encountered other races selling plants or tree roots, the feeling was actually no different from humans seeing alien races selling human corpses.

"Venerable One, why are they all staring at us so intently."

The little golden dragon sensed the green, oily gazes of the dead people around them, all focused on their side. He felt uneasy, was a bit scared, and whispered.

"Forgot what I said just now? Go back and copy it once."

Li Heng said with a smile.

He could sense the burning gazes of these dead people, wishing they could peel his skin, pull his tendons, and eat him clean, and this was exactly what he wanted to see.

It's entrapment, and he was just worrying that he didn't have enough Source Power.

However, even though he, a living person, was a tasty treat in the eyes of the dead, and these dead people were staring at him intensely, he walked for a long time without them making a move on him.

There seemed to be some kind of order in the city that regulated this behavior.

Li Heng looked up at the sky, deep in thought.

The order of Wujian?

But as the saying goes, order is meant to be broken; as long as the temptation is great enough, he wouldn't be afraid of these dead people not attacking him, just like a capitalist encountering a three-hundred-percent profit.

Therefore, he immediately unleashed the vitality within his body.

A storm of vitality spread throughout the city.

There is a very apt description for this kind of behavior.

Dancing in the center of a zombie horde.

In an instant, the dead throughout the entire city went mad.

"Boom!"

A trembling sound rang out all around, and the ground began to shake, as if some behemoth was approaching Li Heng. Soon, an incomparably huge, blood-colored dead person, covered in muscles and barely recognizable as human, arrived before Li Heng.

Because of the appearance of this blood-colored dead person, a large portion of the dead nearby began to retreat in fear; in a sense, this menacing blood-colored dead person actually helped Li Heng out of his predicament.

This blood-colored dead person spoke.

"Living person, you are courting death."

"Such dense vitality!"

"I was just worrying that since Wujian Inn closed and disappeared, I would have no hope of returning to life and conquering the Emperor Road again, but I didn't expect a living person of your level to appear!"

"Eating you will give me enough vitality to return to life!"

"Sure enough, heaven helps me, and even Wujian cannot stop me now!"

He pounded his chest with both hands and laughed out loud.