Chapter 528: Cannon Fodder

After Deng Tianlin entered Zhang Nuo's room, he casually found a chair and sat down!

Zhang Nuo closed the door, looking at Deng Tianlin's expression with some curiosity.

"Zhang Nuo, everything you displayed today truly made me look at you with new eyes. It is precisely because of your appearance that Anling City was able to be preserved!"

"This is all what a disciple should do!"

Answering simply with his mouth, Zhang Nuo understood in his heart that Deng Tianlin certainly did not come today just to say these things! Sure enough, a moment later, Deng Tianlin suddenly reached out and cast a Forbidden Technique, sealing the entire room!

"Zhang Nuo! The matter of the Demon Beast Tide cannot be solved by just one or two great battles! Although you displayed formidable supernatural powers today, invisibly, you have also made the demon cultivators remember you! The next wave of demon beasts will certainly not be this simple!"

Zhang Nuo frowned slightly. What Deng Tianlin said was not without reason. Having suffered a loss at his hands, given the demon beasts' nature of seeking revenge for the slightest grievance, they would inevitably make a comeback! When that time comes, it will not be as simple as Ninth-Rank Demonic Beasts!

"What does Ancestor mean by this?"

"Your cultivation aptitude is even higher than I imagined, so if I let you become cannon fodder in Anling City, I truly cannot bear it!"

Deng Tianlin gave a bitter laugh, a look of desolation appearing in his eyes! Zhang Nuo looked at him with some confusion, his thoughts turning a few times, before he asked perplexedly:

"Does Ancestor mean that this Anling City will definitely fall into the hands of the demon beasts?"

"Correct! The Demon Beast Tide will not end in such a short time, and as more and more cultivators descend from the Demon Realm, the overall strength of the demon beasts will become stronger! Anling City is located on the outermost periphery of the desolate cities, so it will naturally become one of the main targets of attack! Therefore, the city will definitely not be able to be held!"

After hearing these words, Zhang Nuo nodded slightly; what Deng Tianlin said was not without reason.

"Then will the Three Great Powers just watch Anling City fall?"

"A mere Anling City compared to the entire Immortal Domain counts for nothing! The Demon Beast Tide has been going on for so long; have you ever seen the Human Emperor come to this city?"

Zhang Nuo was silent! It seems that all the cultivators in Anling City have almost become cannon fodder. It seems that only high-level figures in the city like Deng Tianlin can figure this out; other cultivators in the city will only foolishly go to fight the demon beasts! On the surface, it is for the sake of the Immortal Domain, but in reality, the Immortal Domain does not take their lives seriously at all!

A surge of anger rose from the bottom of Zhang Nuo's heart! He hates being used by others more than anything! With these words coming from Deng Tianlin's mouth, they are likely not false!

"Since Ancestor knows the thoughts of the high-level figures of the Immortal Domain, why still defend Anling City? As far as I know, in the past thousand years, only you and I have ascended from the Human Realm to the Immortal World, and neither of us chose to attach ourselves to any power!"

"Hehe! The Immortal Domain has not completely abandoned us either; what they consider is the big picture, not the fate of a certain city or a certain cultivator!"

Looking at Zhang Nuo's angry face, Deng Tianlin was not surprised at all, because when he figured all this out, he had also been angry, and had also wanted to abandon Anling City and take the cultivators of the Seventh Team to retreat into the interior of the Immortal Domain!

"Ancestor, then when do you plan to withdraw?"

Thinking for a moment, although Zhang Nuo did not know why Deng Tianlin would not leave and was willing to be cannon fodder here, there must be his reasons for it!

"For the time being, I cannot leave. A few days ago, the current Human Emperor of the Human Emperor Realm entrusted someone to send me a message: if I can hold Anling City for three years, he will agree to let me go to the Human Emperor Palace to choose a cultivation technique! You also know that it took me over three thousand years to barely reach the Integration Late Stage, and I have been trapped in this late stage for over two thousand years! If I cannot get a breakthrough, perhaps I can only die in the next Heavenly Tribulation!"

Deng Tianlin did not hide anything and directly stated the benefits he could obtain! However, he also felt some unease in his heart, because during the process of defending the city, many cultivators would fall, yet they would not receive any benefits!

Zhang Nuo looked at Deng Tianlin, feeling an inexplicable sensation in his heart. Reaching a bottleneck in cultivation and being unable to break through is something that cannot be helped! Wanting to use a new cultivation technique to make an impact is also a way out! It's just that he didn't expect him to use this method!

Seeing that Zhang Nuo had not spoken, Deng Tianlin flipped his palm, took out two Jade Slips, and placed them on the table!

"There are two Jade Slips here, and the content recorded in them is completely different. This one is me recommending you to the Human Emperor, and the other is me recommending you to a good friend of mine, who is also an Integration Late Stage cultivator! Which one do you choose?"

Stunned for a moment, Zhang Nuo did not know what Deng Tianlin meant by this! Seeing that Zhang Nuo did not move, but kept looking at him in surprise, Deng Tianlin smiled slightly and said:

"You are a rare talent who ascended from our Human Realm, and you are also of my Divine Sword Sect lineage. I don't want you to participate in this kind of cannon fodder business. If a large-scale demon beast attack happens next time, even I cannot protect myself! So I want you to leave Anling City! To seek better development for the future!"

For the first time, a look of gratitude appeared in Zhang Nuo's eyes! He did not expect that Deng Tianlin would even think a step ahead for him!

"Many thanks, Ancestor!"

Bending his knees, Zhang Nuo knelt before Deng Tianlin!

"No need for formalities! You avenged the Divine Sword Sect of the Human Realm, which can be considered as doing something for me! By doing this, I also want to leave a root for the Divine Sword Sect! Perhaps one day, you can rebuild a Divine Sword Sect in the Immortal Domain!" Helping Zhang Nuo up, he said indifferently.

Within the Protective Domain Seventh Team, although he became a captain, Deng Tianlin was not doing very well in the Immortal Domain; if he wanted to establish a sect, it was absolutely impossible! The current Three Great Powers of the Immortal Domain simply do not allow any large power to break the balance of the Immortal Domain!

If he were to just make the Divine Sword Sect a small sect, Deng Tianlin would be unwilling!

"I don't think the Human Emperor's side will give you much guidance; at most, they will hand you over to a cultivator to be well-trained! As for that friend of mine, he can give you some help. This person has always disliked participating in affairs between powers, so he hides in his Cave Abode to practice in seclusion!"

Looking at the two Jade Slips on the table, Zhang Nuo had already made his choice. He also disliked attaching himself to the major powers, and if he wanted to improve his cultivation, it would be impossible without the guidance of a high-level cultivator!

"I will choose the Ancestor's friend!"

"Hehe! You kid, I guessed long ago that you would choose him! This person is named Luo Lie, and he lives on an unnamed small mountain inside the Immortal Domain. Due to years of hard practice, he is quite proficient in various cultivation techniques, so when you get there, as long as you tell him about your situation, you might get some help!"

Deng Tianlin had also learned a bit about Zhang Nuo's personality recently, so Zhang Nuo choosing to go find Luo Lie did not exceed his expectations!

Nodding, Zhang Nuo picked up one of the Jade Slips from the table. His Divine Sense sank into it, and a moment later, a look of surprise appeared on his face! The small mountain where Luo Lie lived was almost in the deepest part of the Immortal Domain. If one wanted to get there from Anling City, even with the help of a large-scale teleportation Dharma Array, it would be absolutely impossible without ten years of time!

However, the only thing that gave Zhang Nuo a headache was that he had not been in the Immortal World for very long, and as soon as he arrived, he was assigned to the Guard Domain Third Team. He did not know much about the affairs inside the Immortal Domain, especially the situation of various towns!

Seeming to see Zhang Nuo's worry, Deng Tianlin smiled and said:

"Don't worry, although different cultivators live in the Immortal Domain, it is generally not much different from the Human Realm. As long as you arrive at a town and ask around inside, it will be fine! In addition, the shops in every city also have all kinds of good things; you might as well go and buy some, you might be able to use them in the future!"

With a happy face, Zhang Nuo put the Jade Slip into his bosom.

"Then when should I set off?"

"Leave tonight! After you leave, I will tell the people of the Seventh Team that you suffered extremely serious internal injuries in today's great battle and must find a place to recuperate in peace. In this way, no one will be suspicious!"

Deng Tianlin thought of everything after Zhang Nuo's departure in an orderly manner, which made Zhang Nuo very grateful! Looking at the sky, there was still some time before dark, so Zhang Nuo was not in a hurry to leave! Ever since he came to Anling City, he had never talked to Deng Tianlin in such detail. At this moment, a question in his heart also surfaced in his mind!

"Ancestor, this disciple has one more thing I don't understand and would like to ask!"

"Speak!"

"The demon beasts clearly have the Demon Realm to survive in, why must they come to attack the Immortal World?"

This question was something Zhang Nuo had never been able to figure out; it was just that during this period of time, it was either fleeing for his life or fighting great battles, and there was simply no time to ask properly! Now that he was about to leave Anling City, Zhang Nuo had to figure it out!

"This matter has to start from the 'Ten Thousand Year Tribulation'. The great battle back then actually took place in the Demon Realm, and it was precisely because of this that the Demon Realm almost collapsed! Although the experts of several realms later joined forces to seal the Chaos Insect King, the final result was that the Demon Realm was left devastated, and for the past ten thousand years, the Demon Realm has also been on the verge of collapse!"

Blinking his eyes, Zhang Nuo did not expect that the Demon Beast Tide actually had a connection with the 'Chaos Insect King'!

"Disciple still doesn't quite understand! With the collapse of the Demon Realm, the demon cultivators would naturally choose other places to live, but why did they specifically set their sights on the Immortal World?"

"Sigh! This is called sowing good causes and reaping good fruits! Back then, several great powers of the Immortal World who participated in the Ten Thousand Year Tribulation, after sealing the Chaos Insect King, took advantage of the time when the Demon Realm was fragile to steal countless treasures of heaven and earth from the Demon Realm back to the Immortal World, thereby making the Immortal Domain more stable. By doing this, they greatly damaged the Demon Realm! Making the already devastated Demon Realm even more miserable, to the point that even the spatial interface could not be stabilized!"

Deng Tianlin sighed at length and said.