Chapter 454: Good Words Cannot Persuade a Ghost Who Is Destined to Die

"Uh..."

Bai Laotou was stunned.

He stared at Li Heng and spoke slowly.

"Fellow Daoist, you aren't joking, are you?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Li Heng said with a smile.

Bai Laotou spoke with a grave expression.

"Since that is the case, then why do you say we are already dead? If you say we are already dead, do you have any proof?"

"The proof is this little golden dragon beside me."

Li Heng brought the little golden dragon in front of him and said leisurely.

"Fellow Daoist is referring to what he said just now?"

Bai Laotou frowned.

"Do you actually know whether you are living in the past?"

Li Heng spoke with a smile, then slowly told Bai Laotou and the other two the information the little golden dragon had just told him, going straight to the point without hiding anything, even if this would invite the unexpected.

But now he had the confidence to withstand such unexpected events.

"You say I died in the Outer Realm Battlefield long ago, and that kid Gan Hai attained the Void Saint realm early on?" Bai Laotou was shocked, and the two young attendants beside him looked at each other, their faces full of disbelief.

"That's not all."

"As of now, the Heavenly Court is shattered, the Immortal Gods have been defeated and fallen, the True Realm has fallen, yet you know nothing of this and have come to guide us; what exactly is going on here?"

Li Heng continued to speak with a smile.

"What! The True Realm has fallen, the Heavenly Court is shattered!?"

Bai Laotou was even more shocked, monstrous waves rising in his heart.

"If you don't believe me, then look in the direction of the Heavenly Court."

Li Heng pointed his finger toward the direction of the Heavenly Court. Bai Laotou looked along the direction, then fell into confusion again. He spoke slowly, "Fellow Daoist, the Heavenly Court I see is clearly intact."

"Are you not really trying to fool me?"

"Look again."

Li Heng was not surprised and said calmly.

Bai Laotou looked at Li Heng with half-belief, observed the Heavenly Court again, but discovered that the scenery of the Heavenly Court was changing subtly, beginning to become fragmented from its original complete state.

Finally, it completely turned into a pile of ruins!

He was completely dumbfounded; what was going on!

Bai Laotou's first reaction was that this Li Heng had cast an illusion on him. But the next moment he felt it was unlikely; after all, with his cultivation, unless a Sacred being took action, who could bewilder him?

"This..."

At this moment, he wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

Li Heng continued to speak. "Recall your mind carefully and see if your memories are coherent?"

Bai Laotou pondered for a while and spoke.

"In this regard, my memory is coherent, from the past to the present. However, there is actually one point that is as you said, which is that I truly have the intention to head to the Outer Realm Battlefield."

"After all, staying in the rear all the time is always too idle."

He felt emotional in his heart; the thought of heading to the Outer Realm Battlefield had only just arisen not long ago, and he hadn't told anyone, yet they knew.

Could it be that, as these people said, he was truly dead?

Or was he merely a phantom of the past?

"Ho, how lucky, to run into one that can communicate."

At this time, the pangolin in the Void was surprised.

"What do you know? Hurry up and confess! Lest the Venerable finds you displeasing later and hacks you to death with a sword!"

The little golden dragon jumped out, its eyes glaring at the pangolin.

The pangolin was immediately annoyed upon hearing this.

It was one thing for this adult to bully me, but why should you, this little snake, bully me? But when the corner of his eye caught Li Heng's expressionless face, he suddenly shivered and hurriedly spoke.

"I'll say it, I'll say it!"

This pangolin was truly too cowardly.

At this moment, the three of Bai Laotou noticed the pangolin suspended in the Void, feeling very puzzled in their hearts; why hadn't they seen it just now? Was its hiding technique that brilliant?

However, that little dragon actually called this Li Heng 'Venerable'?

Interesting, to be able to make the True Dragon Clan acknowledge him as master?

It seems he must be a peerless heaven-gifted talent of a generation.

The old man sighed in his heart.

"Actually, dead people like this, or obsessions and phantoms of the past, are often unable to communicate, and even if they do, it is limited, just like a rigid automaton."

"Some dead people are even insane and will attack others."

"And I am one such example."

The pangolin spoke woodenly.

"After the Heavenly Court shattered and fell, my physical body was vaguely invaded by the Calamity and had some problems, but fortunately, I am well-versed in the Soul Dao and could still suppress it a little."

"But later, I encountered some dead people who entered the Heavenly Abyss, or perhaps they were just obsessions of Immortal Gods? They kept drilling into my physical body, and my physical body developed an obsession to stop others from crossing the Heavenly Abyss, and even my own original consciousness was completely excluded."

The pangolin appeared very helpless.

After listening to the pangolin's words, Bai Laotou was lost in a daze.

Although he was quite unwilling to admit that he was already dead.

But these words were truly vivid and detailed.

After thinking for a moment, he sighed and slowly spoke.

"You say the Heavenly Court shattered, the Immortal Gods fell, and the True Realm was lost because of that massive outbreak of Calamity?"

"Based on the currently known information, that is indeed the case."

"Moreover, at present, where the Heavenly Court of the Central Great World is located, there should be quite a lot of Calamity entrenched there, with Great Fierce and Inauspiciousness. But strangely, you have not been eroded by the Calamity."

Li Heng slowly spoke.

"I see, then I do have a guess in my heart."

Bai Laotou slowly nodded.

"However, to verify this guess, you must go with me to the Heavenly Court you speak of, which is full of Great Fierce and Inauspiciousness, to pay a visit to His Majesty, if His Majesty is still there..."

"The Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court?" Li Heng was thoughtful.

"That's right, the Heavenly Emperor."

Bai Laotou nodded with a complex expression.

"Then let's go." Li Heng responded.

Although he did not believe there was still a real Heavenly Emperor in the Heavenly Court now, he had to go to the Central Great World anyway, so it did not matter what reason he used.

"No! Are we really going to the Heavenly Court?"

The pangolin swallowed hard, extremely hesitant.

"I already said just now that it is very dangerous there, with Ominousness entrenched; otherwise, why would I have stopped you from crossing the Heavenly Abyss just now?"

"You don't have to go if you don't want to."

Li Heng lightly dropped this sentence and slowly walked toward the Central Great World following the guidance of the three people including Bai Laotou; the little golden dragon and Shaoyang Jun came back to their senses and hurriedly followed.

The pangolin, still staying in place, hesitated for a moment.

Should he really go? That is the Inauspicious Heavenly Court, after all?

Instinct told him it was very dangerous there, and going meant certain death.

But reason told him that staying by this Li Heng's side was the best choice; he no longer had a physical body now, only his consciousness remained, and who knows what other accidents he might encounter?

But in the end, instinct still overcame reason...

The pangolin dove back into the Heavenly Abyss.

On the way, the little golden dragon asked Li Heng with a question.

"Exalted One, are you really going to let that pangolin go?"

"It is no matter; good words are hard to use to persuade a ghost who is destined to die."

Li Heng said with a smile.