Zhutian Panlong: They've all become gods, and they're only just joining the chat group.

Chapter 133 Yang Shen

Yangcheng is the city where the protagonist, Fang Ping, was born.

Later, due to attacks by cults on Earth, Fang Ping had no choice but to bring his family to Shanghai.

In addition, Wang Jinyang, the reincarnation of the War God, also came from Yangcheng.

At the entrance of Yangcheng No. 1 Middle School, an elderly security guard with a stubble beard was lazily sunbathing.

"Why did you bring me here? Are there any acquaintances of mine here?" The Spirit Emperor asked, puzzled.

The old man looked up.

Richard pointed at him and said, "Look, isn't that him?"

The Emperor looked at the old man with suspicion, but found nothing unusual. He was about to ask Richard when the old man's voice rang out.

"So it's you, little brat. You actually ran away from the source?" The lazy voice sounded a bit irritating.

"This fellow Daoist isn't from this world, is he?" He looked at Richard.

"No, I came into this world by chance," Richard replied casually.

The Spirit Emperor frowned. The voice sounded familiar, like that guy Yang Shen.

He immediately realized that this guy must be Yang Shen, otherwise why would Richard have said he was bringing him to meet an acquaintance?

"Yang Shen, you actually didn't go far away to Chaos?" The surprise in the Spirit Emperor's voice was almost impossible to hide.

This guy actually secretly hid in a small city in the human realm, keeping it a secret from everyone, including the Nine Emperors, the Four Emperors, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Seed.

I thought that old guy had already left this world and gone far away into chaos. I never expected him to be hiding right under my nose?

"I'm leaving. Chaos is too boring. After wandering around a few worlds, I'm back." Yang Shen's tone was as if he had just gone out for a stroll at the entrance of his residential area and returned.

"Heh." The Spirit Emperor sneered. This old fellow is no good either.

The huge pit in the original site is also partly due to this old guy.

"I'm very curious, Ling girl, how did you come out? Can you explain it to this old man?"

"Did the Heavenly Emperor release you? To serve the Heavenly Emperor?" Yang Shen asked with a hint of inquiry.

"The Heavenly Emperor? Ha." The Spirit Emperor seemed to disdain having any connection with the Heavenly Emperor.

"Oh, that tone? Did you fall out with the Heavenly Emperor?" Yang Shen raised an eyebrow.

The action that was about to be taken also stopped.

If the Spirit Emperor was sent down by the Heavenly Emperor, then he was ready to take action.

The kid he had his eye on hadn't grown up yet and couldn't withstand an enemy of the King level.

His foolish apprentice is still too incompetent; after all these years, he hasn't even reached the Emperor rank yet, which is truly shameful.

All those younger generation disciples have reached the Emperor level, while that foolish disciple is still stuck at level eight.

How can he sleep?

"Don't worry, the Heavenly Emperor is gone. I just came here because I saw that the Spirit Emperor has some acquaintances here, so I came with her to take a look," Richard said unhurriedly.

Upon hearing this, the first thing Yang Shen did was to investigate the situation at the core of the source area, and indeed found no trace of the Heavenly Emperor.

Previously, he dared not show himself for fear of being discovered by the Heavenly Emperor and the seed. Now, however, he no longer cared about being exposed in order to ascertain the truth of Richard's words.

Even if Richard was lying to him, he could just run away to Chaos again.

"You are not an unknown person in the Chaos, are you?" Yang Shen said meaningfully.

He'd been to the Chaos Realm before; even a Heavenly Emperor wouldn't be considered weak there. And he was just taken down like that?

Why did he leave for Chaos in the first place? Wasn't he forced by the Heavenly Emperor? All he did was steal some energy from the seed, so why did that old man search for him for so long?

If the Heavenly Emperor had caught them, given the circumstances at the time, they would have been dead.

He was never as strong as the Heavenly Emperor, and that guy had a seed that provided unlimited energy, so his combat power was always at its peak. What was the point of fighting?

"I really don't have a name. There's no need to test me. I don't associate with your area, so I'm nameless in your time and in the chaos, and we'll basically have no contact in the future."

"I won't steal the seeds from your world, so there's no need to be wary of me," Richard waved his hand and said.

The seed's greatest function is to provide infinite energy, but it lacks nothing except energy. There's no way around it; with the divine ocean of power provided by the Hongmeng master, its words carry weight.

Moreover, the seed's seemingly limitless energy actually has an upper limit. If it were to be opened and given energy, Richard would be able to drain it dry in no time.

When he severed the passage between the Heavenly Emperor and the seed, he also took the opportunity to check on the seed's condition.

Seeds also possess sentience and fear being refined by humans. That's why they seek protectors.

The seed and the protector should have been one, but the Heavenly Emperor, the protector, had second thoughts and wanted to refine it as well.

Left with no other choice, the seed also prepared to cultivate a backup protector. Its relationship with the Heavenly Emperor was merely a facade.

When Richard cut off the passage, it sensed that Richard was not someone to be trifled with, so it simply abandoned the Heavenly Emperor as its protector.

But Richard still managed to find out its situation.

If we're talking about treasures, they truly are treasures; they should be of great use in cultivating one's own world.

But if he takes the seeds away, the world will be in big trouble.

This is supposed to be a group chat, how can they mess things up like this?

If things go like this, my friends in the group won't dare to invite me to their world anymore.

For Richard, that was truly picking up a sesame seed while losing a watermelon.

"I see. That's good." Yang Shen said this, but whether he actually believed it or not was only known to himself.

"We've seen him, let's go. I didn't really want to see this old man either." The Spirit Emperor turned around.

"Where are you going later?" Yang Shen asked.

"Do I need to explain to you where I'm going?" Although the Spirit Emperor couldn't defeat the Yang God, he showed no sign of backing down.

"Go to Shanghai to pick up Cangmao. And while you're at it, also meet that young friend you admire," Richard replied.

"I think it's good? I don't know what you're talking about, fellow Daoist?" Yang Shen denied it outright.

"Oh? Didn't you lend a hand when the War Emperor pulled that little guy out of the world of seeds?" Richard teased.

"You know this?" Yang Shen was surprised that he knew such a secret matter.

Since the other party already knows this, what's the point of hiding it?

Richard smiled but didn't reply.

Yang Shen remained silent; the other party was simply too mysterious and unfathomable.

In just a short while, all his probing attempts were like mud sinking into the ocean, receiving no feedback whatsoever.

They even suffered a hidden loss, losing some of their mental energy.

"Then we'll be going now." Richard waved.

Then he and the Spirit Emperor vanished.

"Variables, variables indeed," the old man Yangshen murmured, watching the two figures disappear.

Shanghai, a modern metropolis.

Since the news of the underground cave was released, a large number of wealthy people have flocked to the area, pushing local property prices to another peak.

There's no other way; the defenses in other places are weak. What if the underground warriors attack one day?

Shanghai is different; it has a lot of high-level institutions, especially after the rise of Shanghai Martial Arts University.

There are now more than ten high-quality magic weapons alone, so living here really makes me feel safe.

Inside the Magic Martial Arts Academy, students came and went like the wind, each one in a hurry.

Students at martial arts universities are completely different from students at ordinary universities. They are all martial artists with licenses to kill, essentially unofficial personnel and reserves for the military and intelligence departments.

Therefore, the Ministry of Education in this world is also a powerful department, and together with the Military Department and the Detective Department, they are collectively known as the Three Departments.

These students were all busy cultivating and taking on missions to earn cultivation resources.

Thanks to Fang Ping's abundant harvests every time he went down into the underground caves, the training environment at Magic Martial Arts University is now arguably the best among all martial arts universities in the country.

But Magic Martial Arts doesn't tolerate idlers; anyone who dares to loaf around here will be kicked out immediately.

This is what Richard and Emperor Ling saw when they arrived.

The Spirit Emperor looked at the passing teachers and students with a face full of curiosity.

Although these people were no different from ants on the ground in her eyes, their vibrant vitality felt more vivid than theirs back then.

"This is Shinbu? He's got real spirit," she exclaimed.

They then arrived at a tall tower made of energy stones. The Spirit Emperor had already sensed that the stupid cat was inside.

"Stupid cat, open the door."

Inside the tower, the gray cat, who was showing off its cat food and dried fish, suddenly stopped.

It seemed to hear the Spirit Emperor's voice?

Is this hallucination caused by food poisoning? Oh no, it's all the scammers' fault for buying it too much junk food.

It is no longer the same as when it first emerged from the Kuocang Mountain Grotto. Back then, it was too naive and was tricked by Fang Ping, that swindler, with a few bags of cat food.

Now it knows that cat food is worthless.

But it also loves the taste of cat food, even though it's junk food with no calories, because it tastes good. Its cat world is overflowing with cat food.

Just then, the tower's door suddenly opened.

"Stupid cat, what are you thinking? I told you to open the door, but you didn't?" The Spirit Emperor walked up to the Azure Cat and asked.

"It really is the Spirit Emperor. I must still be dreaming," Cangmao murmured.

The Spirit Emperor angrily rubbed the dog's head, turning the gray cat's head into a mess.

"Ugh, Spirit Emperor, where have you been all this time? I woke up and you were all gone. Even the Spirit Emperor Palace is gone. They've been bullying me since you left," Cangmao complained to the Spirit Emperor, feeling wronged.

"Alright, I'll avenge you later, okay?" The Spirit Emperor helplessly pushed the Azure Cat away; the stupid cat's fur was almost touching her face.

"So this is the Azure Cat. As expected, the orange cat is the most important." Richard walked in and marveled at the two-story-tall, fat orange cat.

He's seen a lot, but he's never seen an orange cat this big before.

For this cat, "the orange tabby can overpower the bed" is not an exaggeration, but a fact; it really can.

"Spirit Emperor, who is he? Aren't you going to guard the bathhouse anymore?" Cangmao asked stupidly.

He was then slapped by the Spirit Emperor.

"What nonsense are you spouting? If you keep talking nonsense, believe me, I'll beat you up," the Spirit Emperor said angrily.

"Ah, what did I say wrong?" Cang Mao didn't even know what she had said wrong.

"Forget it, why should I argue with a stupid cat like you? That would be foolish."

"This is my friend Richard. He wants to see what your cat world looks like," the Spirit Emperor said helplessly, before introducing Richard.

"Cat World? I don't want to. I don't want to show Cat World to just anyone." No matter how stupid Cangmao is, it concerns his core Dao, how can he just show it to strangers?

If he tries something bad, I'll be finished.

"Silly cat, he's a friend I trust. Let him see him, and I'll give you good food later, okay?" the Spirit Emperor advised.

She didn't want to force Cangmao to do something he didn't want to do, so this was the only way she could persuade him.

Cangmao was in a dilemma, torn between the Spirit Emperor and his own cat world.

This is such a difficult situation.

"Azure Cat, show me the cat world, and I'll give you something delicious. I have plenty of good food here, what would you like to eat?" Richard stepped forward and ruffled Azure Cat's petting.

"Do you have a fish-headed demon?" the Azure Cat asked.

"We don't have fish-head demons, but we do have fish-type magical beasts and soul beasts. See if there's anything you'd like to eat."

Richard brought the Spirit Emperor and the Azure Cat to his own world.