Chapter 1246: All Very Familiar

The Thief King finally ended his inner struggle and decided to go against his conscience to help Lu Yang.

"I'll help you..."

Before the Thief King could finish speaking, he heard a thunderous boom behind him, a sky-shaking air wave surged, and he was directly flung into the air, unable to even stand.

The Thief King turned his head and saw two figures radiating terrifying auras facing off, with ruins beneath their feet.

And it wasn't over yet; as the auras of the two figures grew more terrifying, they rapidly spread outward from them as the center, and wherever the eye could see, Zhongshan Commandery was reduced to ruins.

The Thief King stood frozen in place, letting the cold wind pour in, his heart like dead ashes.

What use is the embryonic form of the Speed Dao Fruit I condensed?

"The Celestial Emperor of the Central Heaven?"

"The Qilin Immortal?"

Lu Yang and God Lord Si Heng were astonished to see the two sides of the battle simultaneously cease hostilities in tacit understanding, and God Lord Si Heng's Yin-Yang Body also merged into one.

Lu Yang watched the Immortals' battle in bewilderment; the appearance of the Central Heaven Emperor here was at least understandable, after all, he could have sent God Lord Si Heng to probe, using his cautious nature as an excuse, while he waited outside for good news to explain.

But the problem was, where did the Qilin Immortal come from, and how did the two of them start fighting?

The Immortal Maiden was lying on the bed in the mental space, her legs kicked up and swinging back and forth, pointing out to Lu Yang how he should fight God Lord Si Heng: "Little Yangzi, you should strike like this... huh, why is the Qilin Immortal here?"

Seeing the Qilin Immortal fighting, the Immortal Maiden let out a gurgling sound, sprang up from the bed, refreshed, and seriously observed the battle of the two Immortals.

"This fight is wrong; at this moment, what's the point of defending? You should trade wounds for wounds and fight him, Little Yangzi—go tell him how he should fight!"

Lu Yang gazed at the center of the battlefield, turned into nothingness, and silently withdrew his gaze.

Immortal Maiden, leave me a way to live.

"Are you Lu Yang?" God Lord Si Shi flew over, or rather, was blown over by the battle's air wave.

"My name is God Lord Si Shi of Survival; if you find it troublesome, you can call me God Lord Si Shi." God Lord Si Shi introduced himself very familiarly.

Having captured so many prisoners of Great Qian, Lu Yang naturally knew God Lord Si Shi.

"What are you doing here!" Lu Yang eyed God Lord Si Shi warily; God Lord of Great Qian should be his enemy, so why did this attitude feel off?

"The teacher said if he and the Emperor start fighting, let me stand beside you; if you're lucky, you can preserve your life."

"Who is your teacher?" Lu Yang listened, utterly bewildered, though it might also be because the Immortal Maiden had been constantly muttering in the mental space, affecting his thinking ability.

"Si Shi, how can you stand with the enemy!" God Lord Si Heng snapped angrily.

God Lord Si Shi spread his hands: "Isn't this obvious? I've defected."

"You!"

God Lord Si Heng was so choked he couldn't speak.

"I advise you to also come over here; this place is safe." God Lord Si Shi kindly advised his former colleague, as observing the Immortals' battle up close is extremely dangerous.

God Lord Si Heng, merely having read little and not being foolish, coldly snorted and pierced God Lord Si Shi's idea: "Do you think I'd believe a traitor's words? I've long seen through your schemes; you're surely trying to trick me over, then join forces with Lu Yang to capture me, and use me as a token of allegiance!"

At that moment, Lu Yang moved two steps sideways without warning, and God Lord Si Shi hurriedly followed.

God Lord Si Heng, seeing this and not understanding why, suddenly an attack flew from the center of the Immortals' battlefield, passing exactly through Lu Yang's former position and striking God Lord Si Heng, instantly blowing him to pieces all over.

"Cough cough cough—" God Lord Si Heng's body rapidly recovered.

All living beings are composed of Yin and Yang; as long as the Yin and Yang within the body remain balanced, one can avoid all illnesses and wounds heal themselves.

Suddenly another remnant wave flew over; God Lord Si Heng dodged too slowly, being blown to unrecognizability, while on Lu Yang's side, it seemed as if he could foresee the future, able to anticipate where the remnant wave would appear and avoid it in advance.

God Lord Si Heng chose to believe the traitor's words, step by step cautiously approaching Lu Yang, seeing that Lu Yang and God Lord Si Shi had never intended to attack him, he finally relaxed a little.

Earlier, it was the Immortal Maiden who had foreseen the incoming attack and told Lu Yang to move aside.

"How did you all gather together?" The Thief King asked after regaining his senses, discovering Lu Yang and two Great Qian God Lords standing together, chatting and laughing, feeling as if he had missed something, and flew over curiously.

"Senior Thief King." Lu Yang greeted him politely.

The Thief King waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, don't call me senior; you are the senior."

Just now, when Lu Yang struck God Lord Si Heng with those few palms, he had nearly scared him into fainting, and he had been praying in his heart that God Lord Si Heng would surely hold on.

Fortunately, God Lord Si Heng lived up to expectations.

But looking at the current situation, God Lord Si Heng's efforts were in vain.

As they were speaking, a black vortex flew over from the Emperor, brushing past; although no one was injured, it still frightened the four into trembling.

Where the black vortex landed, only a large pit remained, with buildings and land completely vanished.

Devouring Dao Fruit, devouring all things.

"The teacher was right; staying beside Daoist Lu Yang really can preserve one's life." God Lord Si Shi laughed, adding that if it were just him, he would have been seriously injured long ago.

"Are you Lu Yang?" The Thief King exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Lu Yang wiped his face, returning to his original appearance; since entering the Fengdu space, he had been using the face of the Young Sect Master Lu, and when he worked as a Constable earlier, he used another face, so it was normal the Thief King didn't recognize him.

The Thief King's expression grew increasingly strange: "My master is the Thief Ancestor."

The Thief King became a disciple after being captured by the Thief Ancestor, and the key points on how to condense the embryonic form of the Speed Dao Fruit were also learned from the Thief Ancestor, except the final step wasn't taught, leaving him to comprehend it himself.

"Your master is the Thief Ancestor?" Lu Yang detected the subtext in the Thief King's words; the Thief Ancestor and the Wordless Daoist are forgotten-year friends, so calculating, the two are of the same generation.

The Thief King nodded, pretending to chat while gathering information: "By the way, I heard Lord Man say Zhongshan Commandery bought insurance; do you know about this?"

"I know; it was I who suggested that Junior Brother Man buy it."

The Thief King recalled all the large contracts the merchant guild had signed, and in his impression, Zhongshan Commandery had never bought insurance: "When did you buy the insurance?"

"Seven days ago."

The Thief King: "..."

You lot dragged me in, then turned around and bought insurance for Zhongshan Commandery!?

If Lu Yang didn't know the Central Heaven Emperor and the Qilin Immortal, he would suspect Lu Yang had colluded with these two Immortals.

Wait, just now that Great Qian God Lord wasn't shouting "Dao Fellow" to Lu Yang, was he? What is Lu Yang's relationship with the Great Qian forces?

"Who is the teacher you've been talking about just now?" Lu Yang turned to ask God Lord Si Shi.

"Qilin Immortal, Master said you know him."

Lu Yang nodded. Of course he knew Qilin Immortal—though they had never met, he was still quite familiar with him: "What else did Senior Qilin Immortal say?"

"He said you should also be quite familiar with your master's wives."

Lu Yang's face turned deathly pale.

The Bandit King listened from the side, increasingly feeling that Lu Yang was no ordinary person.

(End of Chapter)