Chapter 591 - 590: Sharing Spoils and Leaving, Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion

Given Li Jing’s stance, Xiang Yunxian, of course, had no objection.

After all, she had originally accompanied Nalan Longao here in the first place.

Had it not been for him, she would never have come to Beiming Divine Palace.

The Immortal Realm is fraught with dangers everywhere.

Places that are home to large numbers of Dead Objects are filled with uncertainty.

As a living being walking within the sphere of influence of the Beiming Divine Palace, you never know if the next moment you will provoke a Dead Object into a frenzy with your vitality.

Even if you have a foolproof concealment method, there will always be that element of ’what if.’

Once a Dead Object goes berserk, concealment measures essentially lose their significance.

Concealing your vitality can secure your safety in areas inhabited by Dead Objects, as long as the Dead Objects still have their rationality intact.

Once they lose their rationality, who cares whether you’ve concealed your vitality or not?

If it’s not a Dead Object,

It must certainly be alive.

Bottom line.

The Dead Objects are not stupid, they just don’t want to attack others or create unnecessary trouble when they are rational.

Very few of the Dead Objects are ’purely natural.’

Most of them had a life before.

Becoming Dead Objects, most of them also hope to be reborn someday.

Therefore, very few Dead Objects wish to ally themselves completely against the living.

This is the fundamental reason why Dead Objects in the Immortal Realm can coexist peacefully with the living.

Apart from this.

Don’t say that Nalan Longao had played Xiang Yunxian foul.

At this point, the corpse of Nalan Longao was completely cold, and she even had a branch from the Heaven and Earth Tree in her grasp, so she had no reason to continue exploring this heavenly place.

Instead of lingering here, it’s better to get out as quick as possible and find a place to retreat and build a solitary world with this Divine Object.

...

About an hour later, the Emperor of Heaven, who had initially stabilized his God Soul, slowly came around.

The timing of his awakening was quite apt.

Just ten minutes before, Fusheng and other nine had thoroughly turned over the burial group, and found all the valuable things.

After all, with nine Venerables,

Not to mention their extraordinary efficiency at excavating graves, who hasn’t had ample grave excavating experience when they have cultivated to their level?

Keep in mind.

Including heavenly places, most of the valuable sites are left by those who came before, many of which are tombs in nature.

Unless someone like Li Jing, who quickly upgrades all the way and manages to reach the level of a Venerable of the Thirteen Realms, which one hasn’t journeyed far and wide, exploring various Earth Realms to find opportunities to grow to what they are today?

Even Xiang Yunxian is an ’expert’ when it comes to grave excavation.

She just didn’t participate, that’s all.

After all.

Skills like grave excavation are a required course for a Cultivator to progress quickly.

Those who don’t understand such matters usually don’t make it to the level of a Venerable of the Thirteen Realms.

When the Emperor of Heaven woke up, Li Jing and the others happened to be dividing the spoils.

This sight was somewhat hard for the Emperor of Heaven to behold.

What Li Jing and the others were dividing were mostly his burial objects.

And of these burial objects, most were his personal treasures.

These were all brought back from the Ancient Fairyland by the Nalan family after his sudden death and then placed in the tomb.

Having been revived, the Emperor of Heaven regained most of his strength.

He is now a legitimate Return to Origin Realm cultivator, only he can’t display his full strength in the absence of rules.

But he still lacks the confidence to cross paths with some people.

If his profound strength were not enough, each Spirit Weapon used by this man was even more ruthless than the previous one.

Unable to truly display the power of Return to Origin Realm, he suspects being in for a beating, and the man probably doesn’t even need to raise his hand.

Furthermore, the forces behind Li Jing are inscrutable.

The Emperor of Heaven can’t imagine.

Why such a person would emerge from the Immortal Realm, which has been cut off from the heavenly path for unknown years...

Those top-level powerhouses who had fled back from the Ancient Fairyland either died or left, such a monstrous existence in the Immortal Realm can surely dominate.

Unable to defeat him, and unable to see through him.

The Emperor of Heaven could only watch as everyone divided the spoils.

With Li Jing overseeing the ’overall situation,’ he didn’t dare to say that most of these were his own possessions in the past, and wanted to take a little bit of them.

Li Jing is known for his fairness.

Coming from the Blue Star, he values the principle of providing compensation when asking others to do work.

The items excavated by Fusheng and others were divided by Li Jing into four major categories.

Spiritual materials, Spiritual objects, rare treasures, as well as various ancient fairyland manuscripts and rare collections.

Spiritual materials that could be used for Artifact Refinement were all taken by Li Jing.

Spiritual objects.

He allowed Xiang Yunxian to choose half of what was useful to her, and the rest was distributed among Fusheng and the other nine.

When it came to rare treasures and various manuscripts, Li Jing took two books that recorded various Immortal Methods, and the rest was left to Xiang Yunxian and the others to distribute.

This entire operation moved Fusheng and the others immensely.

They could never have imagined that Li Jing could be so magnanimous.

The Heavenly Emperor’s Legacy he gave them didn’t count, and besides spiritual materials, he also generously distributed all the good stuff.

Everyone present was in the know.

Without Li Jing, they wouldn’t have been able to grave rob the Emperor of Heaven in the first place.

Not to mention that he had already hidden himself in Nalan Longao’s body, it would have been difficult for them to deal with various setups in the tomb group.

This round was thrilling for them all.

Just doing some grunt work, they gained so much wealth.

They wished they could encounter such good fortune again.

Like everyone else, Xiang Yunxian got quite a bounty this time for doing basically nothing and was quite pleased.

She even thought about tempting her family to follow Li Jing along.

Following Li Jing, all she had to do was relax and send good luck his way.

And even if she didn’t.

He wasn’t after her body, and he wouldn’t force or exploit her for being the Nine Yin Body either.

A good man like him is impossible to find, even with a lantern!

Of course.

These were just Xiang Yunxian’s wishful thoughts.

She had family and friends.

She couldn’t just walk away.

Zhong Shen Zhou was her root.

After the loot was divided, Li Jing noticed that the Emperor of Heaven was standing alone, he smiled at Fusheng and others, cupped his hands and said.

"Fellow Daoists, it was our destiny to meet. It was indeed delightful to spend time with everyone, but it’s about time for us to part ways. I prefer to keep my true appearance hidden, but the world is small, we might meet again soon. When we do, I would love to get to know you all better."

Hearing this, Fusheng and others reciprocated.

They clearly understood the simple principle of parting on good terms.

Li Jing was indeed a straightforward man.

He never troubled them, but brought great benefits instead.

If they had the chance to meet again in the future.

They would certainly cling to him tightly.

How could they not latch on to the leg of Master Jiu, who was so powerful and generous?

Even Yuan Hai, once tricked into a separate world by Li Jing to be robbed, had had a taste of the sweet pie this time.

If it weren’t for someone who didn’t want him to follow, and he wasn’t a beautiful woman like Xiang Yunxian, he would even want to shamelessly defect to Chen Tang City.

Though he was a disciple of the Buddhist Door.

Having reached the position of Venerable, the peak of the Buddhist Door, what else could he gain in the sect?

Clearly, it was better to follow a big shot like Li Jing.

After a simple farewell, Fusheng and the other eight left together.

Li Jing watched the nine walk away, feeling a bit regretful.

Chen Tang City really needed more manpower now.

But these nine...

None of them were serious enough to do important tasks, they were only good at bullying men and oppressing women.

Even if he recruited them, it wouldn’t make much of a difference. He might even have to clean up the mess they made one day.

Lifting his gaze, Li Jing looked at the Emperor of Heaven.

Seeing that he finally looked at him, the Emperor of Heaven grew respectful and bowed his hand.

"I am Nalan Que, thank you, Master Jiu, for resurrecting me. I will always remember this great kindness."

At his words, Li Jing simply smiled.

"You must understand that I helped you for the benefits you promised."

"I am aware of it."

Nalan Que nodded, gave a forced smile and said,

"Meeting such a person as Master Jiu, I accept my fate this time. I will keep Master Jiu’s contact details handy, who knows it may be of use to me in future."

As he spoke, he turned to Li Jing saying,

"Master Jiu, please follow me with Xiang Fairy. I will take you both to the place where I unexpectedly gained the Upper Three Realm’s Legacy. The journey is somewhat long, we’ll have to travel faster using Sky Control."

"Alright."

Li Jing complied, pulling Xiang Yunxian with him.

"You fly too slow, let me take you."

At that, Xiang Yunxian smirked.

As a cultivator in the middle phase of the Venerable stage, how could she be flying slow?

But she couldn’t disagree as it was Li Jing who said it.

...

With Nalan Que leading the way and Li Jing taking the lead, the three of them made good time.

But the journey was indeed long.

Approximately three hours later, Nalan Que, who was in charge of leading the way, finally stopped above a dense forest deep in the blessed land.

Li Jing held still in the air, then frowned.

Apart from anything else, at this time a large number of people, monsters and undead creatures gathered where the forest was.

They had all come exploring the blessed land.

Logically, there should not have been so many people gathering in the same place like this.

Everyone was exploring on their own, and if they found any treasure, they would rush to take it.

The gathering of so many people could only mean that someone had found a treasure too big for them to claim on their own, and while calling their own friends for help, others had also gotten wind of it.

Looking at Nalan Que, Li Jing smiled.

"It seems like your treasure hiding place has been discovered."

Nalan Que was dumbfounded.

"I put a lot of effort into setting up the Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation here. Normally, it’s difficult for anyone to even notice a hint of its presence. The fact that they could detect an anomaly here shows that these youngsters do have some abilities."

Saying so, he smiled triumphantly.

"But it’s not a big problem. The formation I set up myself can’t be broken by just anyone aside from the Heavenly Emperor. Master Jiu, you can try if you don’t believe."

Of course, Li Jing had no interest in breaking the formation.

Especially when the one who set up the formation was right beside him.

Why would he waste his time trying to break the formation?

But after Nalan Que mentioned it, he couldn’t ignore it.

In the past, when he lacked both money and power, it didn’t matter much.

But now, with his feet already planted firmly in the Return to Origin Realm and only held back from fully reaching it due to missing rules, he could be said to be the number one person in the Immortal Realm.

His reputation was definitely worth considering, right?

And at this time, his little admirer Xiang Yunxian was beside him, which did have some influence.

How do people say it?

Men show off because of women.

"Oh?" With a casual utterance, Li Jing focused on the situation below, his bright and beautiful fox demon eyes turning golden.

"Pupil technique?"

Nalan Que raised an eyebrow and then laughed.

"My Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation can’t be broken just with a simple pupil technique."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yunxian glanced sideways, her expression unchanged, yet unconsciously tightened her grip on Li Jing’s soft and boneless fox demon hand.

With Nalan Que being so conceited, she naturally wanted to see him being put in his place.

At the same time, she also hoped that the seemingly invincible person she knew could unravel this formation.

Upon hearing Nalan Que’s words, Li Jing wore an odd expression.

The Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation were indeed unbreakable by his Eye of True Vision.

It wasn’t that his extremely bugged Eye of True Vision was ineffective at this point, but that under the gaze of the Eye of True Vision, he directly saw a palace complex that couldn’t be captured by the naked eye and seemed to be hidden in another spatial layer.

Nalan Que’s Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation had absolutely no effect before his Eye of True Vision...

But this formation was truly something.

The fact that his Eye of True Vision could directly capture the palace complex meant that this complex wasn’t actually in another spatial layer.

Yet, many of the people gathered here were actually in the palace complex, but couldn’t touch the palace hidden behind the Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation.

Ordinary illusion formations create illusions, at most causing people to have various delusions.

The things that should be there are there.

Once you touch them, even if the formation is not broken, people can understand their general situation.

After silently evaluating it, Li Jing released his emperor’s aura.

The crowd gathered below had already sensed the strange existence of the formation here, and thus had determined that this place must be hiding some sort of treasure. They were now seeking ways to break the formation.

Suddenly feeling an Emperor’s aura descending from the sky, everyone looked up in confusion.

At first glance at the stunningly beautiful Li Jing in her fox demon form, everyone was slightly stunned.

And then.

!!!

Why is she here?!

If she’s here, what can the rest of us gain?

Everyone present felt worried at seeing this mysterious and powerful Fox Demon Empress, but they also hoped that she would be able to break the formation so they could get some benefits.

Seeing that he had released his Emperor’s aura, Nalan Que frowned slightly.

Li Jing had just looked at the situation below for a while, and he had already released his aura. Was he ready to break the formation?

Logically speaking.

No matter how sophisticated the pupil technique, there was no reason it could see through the "true illusion" created by the Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation.

Just as he was puzzled, Li Jing pointed a finger.

The rules of space were triggered at this instant.

A spatial rift quietly appeared in front of him.

Seeing the rift, Nalan Que was dumbfounded.

Before he could react, Li Jing smiled faintly and looked down.

"This spatial rift can remain for an hour. Those who want to know what’s behind the formation can enter through this rift. Considering that there are many people here with mixed intentions, let me set the rule. Whoever gets the opportunity behind the formation, it’s theirs, no scrambling. If anyone objects, I don’t mind killing a few people."

After saying that, he stepped into the rift with Xiang Yunxian.

!!!

Nalan Que.

The Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation was not a simple illusion formation, but a combination of an illusion formation and a spatial formation.

The essence of its true illusion lies in the creation of a space that covers the surface of the spatial layer but is not entirely a spatial layer overlap, forming a strange and hard-to-grasp illusion.

So, no one could detect the spatial anomaly here, at most they could sense the existence of an illusion formation.

But this formation was essentially a spatial illusion.

All things in the superficial space were real.

Therefore, even if someone was proficient in both illusion formations and spatial rules, without knowing the essence of the Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation, they couldn’t possibly see any clues, let alone find a way to break it.

As the one who set up the formation, Nalan Que knew it better than anyone else.

He could even say that while he was standing here, the Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation wouldn’t affect him at all.

That’s why...

At a glance, he saw Li Jing and Xiang Yunxian crossing the space, appearing directly in the palace group behind the surface space.

Someone didn’t break the formation...

But this hand is no different from breaking the formation.

He casually created a spatial passage directly linked to the space behind the large array...

It’s not surprising that Li Jing could enter there.

At most, he would just lose face.

Nor was it the first time he had been beaten, that Spirit Weapon had beaten him fiercely with a wolf’s fang bat.

Luckily, he was not a flesh and blood body then.

Otherwise, the suffering would have been unbearable.

The crux of the matter now is that Li Jing had previously declared that everyone present could enter for exploration.

Bringing Li Jing here this time, Nalan Que, on one hand, wanted to fulfill his previous promise, on the other hand, he also wanted to acquire some of his cherished belongings.

This was simply risking his life!

The deadliest part is...

The words were spoken by Li Jing, so he didn’t dare to deny others entry.

Looking tearfully at the people and nonhumans below who hadn’t yet reacted, Nalan Que wished he could slap himself hard.

Why did you have to attract attention with your loose babbling?

Without thinking any further, Nalan Que stepped into the space rift.

At this moment...

The crowd below also reacted.

The Fox Demon Empress actually broke the formation!

And she was surprisingly generous, even setting rules.

Letting everyone in together, whoever found the opportunity would get it.

"Boom"

The crowd exploded, one after another, human and nonhuman, they soared into the sky, vying to enter the spatial rift as fast as possible.

...

Inside the palace buildings behind the Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion formation...

Li Jing surveyed his surroundings, roughly grasping the Cloud-Shrouding and Sun-Illusion’s incredibly extraordinary existence method.

He was a person proficient in spatial rules.

Before entering, he did not yet feel it.

After entering, he can definitively state that the inside and outside are two different spaces, but they overlap in a subtle way that makes it hard to detect any spatial abnormalities.

The methods of the ancient Fairyland were indeed profound.

While he was marveling, Nalan Que rushed in and dashed straight into the largest palace building.

Then he whooshed back in a flash.

So fast, it was like teleportation.

Walking up to Li Jing, Nalan Que handed a jade scroll to him.

"Master Jiu, please excuse me, I need to collect some belongings."

Upon saying this, he turned around without another word and headed for a palace in the distance.

Seeing this, Li Jing blinked his eyes and turned around to chuckle maliciously.

"I bet five lower-grade immortal crystals that Nalan Que’s most valuable stuff is all stored over there."

Hearing this, Xiang Yunxian froze for a moment, then she couldn’t help but smile wryly.

"So, Master Jiu, what do we do next? Do we follow him to see his assets or...?"

"No need for that."

Li Jing shook his head.

"Everything should be done in moderation. Meeting me was already disastrous enough for Nalan Que. If we mess with him further, he might hold a grudge against me for life. Keeping him is useful for potential future use. If we offend him too much, I’m not necessarily willing to use him then."

Upon hearing these words, Xiang Yunxian felt a mix of agreement, amusement, and helplessness.

Li Jing claims to act with moderation, but in reality, he torments Nalan Que in many ways.

If it were her, she would have suffered a breakdown long ago.

Consider grudges, and it’s likely that he secretly wished to grind him to dust.

It was only because Li Jing had not tormented him to the extent of risking his life to fight back...

Meanwhile...

Li Jing, holding the jade scroll, immersed his mind into it to check.

An abstruse and arcane passage flashed into his mind.

This passage is very peculiar.

Each word, if taken out separately, he understood.

But combined, he didn’t understand.

He genuinely didn’t understand even the surface level of the combination.

The sentences formed by these words seemed to contain a prohibition that disturbed cognition, preventing people from arranging them into comprehensible sentences.

A single word could be understood clearly.

However, they couldn’t be arranged into a sentence...

This contained more than a little bit of information, didn’t it?

Li Jing didn’t need to understand, but silently logged in with his mind.

Then...

A prompt appeared before his eyes.

"Log in successful, acquired the triple breakthrough skill, Heaven and Earth at Heart."