Durin's Diary

Chapter 949: Buried Path

After the matter of the four islands was settled, Du Lin was considering whether to go to Zhennanguan for a visit—after all, there were still no follow-up clues about Director Sun's rational persona. Du Lin thought it over and prepared to take poison to the Crimson War God.

Among the three passes and four seas, the Puppet Bone has lost its power. The entire four islands are now in chaos. Originally, with Lady Nogel suppressing them, the Puppet Bone was able to unite as one to fight against the Changtang people. But now that Lady Nogel is no longer suppressing them, the warlords in the Puppet Bone have all formed their own systems.

In the navy's words, the puppet skeleton has killed more of its own people in the last few days than the Changtang navy killed in the entire last year, and people are dying every day.

Without Lady Nogel, and with the Puppet Bone dead, the psychic towers could no longer function; truly, every one killed was one less available.

Therefore, the Chang Tang military unusually postponed the operation for a full three months—allowing the puppet skeleton to destroy itself for a period of time.

The Shanhaiguan in the ecosystem is much further north than the Shanhaiguan in the real world that Eleven mentioned. It is the territory of the Pink Witch, Shalis, but the weather there is too cold, and Shalis's demon army only operates in the summer.

The Crimson War God, Akar, is at Zhennan Pass, while the Lord of Secrets, Xinliezhi, is at Yumen Pass.

To be honest, Dulin always found it strange that a Seraphim like Salish would be in the North. Wouldn't it be better to expose his manhood in the sweltering heat of the South?

"Indeed, he was initially in the south, but the Red Warriors didn't like the north. They felt that there were only a few months a year to fight, which wasn't enough to satisfy them," Chief Ping explained.

Upon hearing this, Dulin felt that the explanation was utterly ridiculous, yet it did seem like something a wicked god with the divine authority of a war god would come up with.

As for Shalis, it's obvious that he corrupts people's hearts wherever he goes. Since he can't defeat Akar, he might as well switch.

As for these four evil gods, the people of Changtang hate Lady Noger the most—naval warfare is too inconvenient, and the troops cannot be deployed as they are on land. Moreover, there is the Spirit Tower, such an evil thing that no one would like.

Secondly, there was Xin Liezhi, the lord of secrets outside Yumen Pass, because these guys were too clever and caused the people of Changtang a lot of losses.

Akar ranked third. He didn't care about winning or losing in the short term, but only liked endless war and bloodshed. So, for him, no matter how well the Changtang people built Zhennan Pass, they would feel somewhat deflated when facing this evil god who could pull out troops to fight at any time of year.

As for Shalis, although she can corrupt people's hearts, the people of Changtang are not without options—they believe in the Master and fear the Master.

Although the idea of ​​Khorne sounded somewhat sinister to Dulin, he was actually considered a legitimate neutral war god in this world.

Slaanesh?

What's the point of playing so fancy tricks? Can you withstand the force of my father's sword strike, which is equivalent to 990,000 horsepower?

So Slaanesh is really easier to fight than the others.

After listening to Chief Ping's explanation, Du Lin said that if he had nothing else to do, he would go to Zhennanguan for a while.

But before he could contact the embodiment of rationality, Mr. Yan came over and said he wanted to see Dulin.

Yan Zhenqing was someone the girls in Dulin knew—after all, they were somewhat familiar with him back in the Eternal Flame Nest. But having met him once, why did the little candle spirit who came to deliver the message look so surprised?

Upon hearing that he had come to reminisce with Dulin, Chief Ping was extremely curious.

"Why are you so curious? He came to Xilu with the old man a few years ago and stayed at my Eternal Flame Nest." Chief Du Lin and Chief Heping mentioned many stories about the past. They heard that Mr. Yan and the old man had fished in Xilu many times, which made Chief Heping, who was also a fishing enthusiast, extremely envious.

"If there is no more war in the Three Passes and Four Seas in the future, I will definitely save money to come to the Western Continent to play. Then I will go fishing in the major rivers of the Western Continent." Chief Ping said this, and smiled at Mr. Yan who was being led over: "Mr. Yan, you came here today and said you had something to do with Du Lin. You scared the child to death."

“I’m not here today to assassinate the king, I’m just here to see you, young friend. What are you afraid of?” Mr. Yan said with a smile as he sat down in the chair that Du Lin had raised for him. “I heard you killed that person.”

"You have quite the extensive network of information. I've never heard of you attending the Golden Palace morning meeting," Du Lin said with a smile, getting up to make him tea.

“Zhulong has a deep connection with the heavens and the human realm. You are quite capable, child. I came here today to see what you would become, but it seems to be much better than I expected.” Mr. Yan said, nodding with a smile, “You even have the stamina to suppress your cultivation level.”

“I can’t really turn myself into the kind of person I hate.” After saying that, Dulin poured more tea for Chief Ping: “Even if I really want to ascend to godhood, I should follow the path of the two masters. The path of the old gods is too twisted, and I don’t like it.”

“Young man, you are truly remarkable.” Mr. Yan said with emotion, and he sighed to Chief Ping, “I thought he would go down a path of hardship, but now I see that he is very clear-headed about human affairs.”

"I have lived for three hundred years and have never seen a young man like Mr. Du," Chief Ping said, offering his heartfelt praise.

Du Lin smiled and waved his hand: "By the way, Mr. Yan, you came here today not just to see me, right?"

“Indeed, last night I was thinking of coming to spar with you.” At this point, Mr. Yan smiled and looked Du Lin up and down. “Now it seems we don’t need to fight.”

"Why?" Dulin asked curiously.

"I'm afraid my old bones can't take any more of your abuse." Mr. Yan sighed, pointing to Du Lin's chest. "Although you look the same as before, I know that I used to be able to teach you a few moves, but now you can deal with me with just one hand."

"You're praising me again," Du Lin said with a sigh.

“This is really not a compliment, kid. You’ve become incredibly strong. If you can annihilate all the evil gods in these three realms and four seas, we old folks will risk our lives to create such an opportunity for you.” Mr. Yan said, while staring at Du Lin. “Tell me where you’re going next, and I’ll see if I can lend you a hand.”

“I was thinking of going to Zhennanguan to sneak back and see if I could give that guy a chance to do the same, but you shouldn’t come. There are too many people coming, and I’m afraid the other side will back down.” At this point, Du Lin laughed at himself: “After all, it’s not the original version, and I don’t think he’s that brave.”

“That’s right, then you can sneak back.” After saying that, Mr. Yan thought for a moment and took out a stamp from his pocket: “Du Lin, I have a question for you here.”

"What is it?" Du Lin immediately sat up straight, noticing the old man in front of him suddenly become serious.

"I would like to invite you... to join the Sword Alliance."

(End of this chapter)