Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Chu Mingkong spoke in a deep and earnest tone, without a trace of falsehood, nor did he deign to use falsehood.

Yao Ji's expression quickly shifted from a hint of worry to a gentle smile:

"Judging from the fact that Your Highness brought your family to the Heavenly Realm, Yao Ji had expected Your Highness to give such an answer, but actually hearing Your Highness say it in person was a completely different feeling."

By the way, wouldn't it be appropriate for Nongyu to act as the messenger? For now, return to Kunlun and keep an eye on the situation in the Buddhist Pure Land. Once there's any news, you can set off for the Heavenly Realm to find His Highness.

Many fellow disciples in the Daoist sect miss you, and Elder Jiu has mentioned it several times as well.

Chu Mingkong chuckled inwardly, wondering if all the leaders of this sect were a bit cunning.

Yao Ji, this ethereal woman with an otherworldly air, was clearly teasing Nong Yu just now. She used the excuse of being fellow disciples to try to get her to leave Chu Mingkong's side temporarily and see how troubled she would be.

Yun Nongyu replied decisively:

"Not for now. Also, please give this to Elder Jiu so that she need not worry and that Nongyu is doing well in the Heavenly Realm."

Yun Nongyu took out a storage bracelet, inside which was a local specialty wine from the Heavenly Realm that had been prepared beforehand.

Yao Ji stopped pressuring her. She took the bracelet, prepared to close the Heavenly Gate, and said goodbye:

"Alright, I will pass on the message. I won't disturb Your Highness's time any longer."

......

Chu Mingkong took Yun Nongyu for a stroll in Yanling City, without being too ostentatious, just like an ordinary cultivator.

The fall of two supreme beings and the disappearance of one have had a tremendous impact on the Heavenly Realm, but in reality, it seems that the impact is not that great.

Yanling City remained largely unchanged, except that discussions everywhere revolved around Chu Mingkong.

As a gossip-loving pioneer, he had been eavesdropping everywhere and discovered that the stories about him circulating in the Heavenly Realm had actually traced back to the fact that he had emptied the Heavenly Palace!

Before the regional demon Chu Mingkong rose to power, he was imprisoned in the Heavenly Palace, hiding within the emperor's harem. He single-handedly suppressed thirty million concubines, a veteran of countless battles, a seasoned warrior who roamed freely between fragrant beds and wardrobes, and traversed snow-capped mountains and secluded valleys. From the moment he emerged, he was invincible in the region, unrivaled in the world, his great halberd unstoppable by any female hero!

Chu Mingkong listened, feeling depressed and melancholy for a long time...

For a moment, I thought I was in a teahouse in Xiling.

How did these people find out about these deeds?

It's one thing to just pass on these gossips, but why add fuel to the fire?

......

Back in Moonlight Wasteland, Chu Mingkong finished up the last bit of his cultivation work and reached a bottleneck.

And this was the time for him to prepare to go to the Abyss with Bai Niang to visit the goddess.

Chapter 281 The Guardians of Goddess Square

"Mingkong, you've been thinking about things a lot lately. What are you thinking about?" Bai Niang asked.

At present, Chu Mingkong and Bai Niang have already entered the Abyss. Considering many inconveniences, they are traveling alone and have not brought many other people with them.

The journey to the destination in the Abyss mentioned by Bai Niang is still quite a distance.

During the journey, we would occasionally exchange a few words in casual conversation.

"I don't have many thoughts, but things aren't simple. I'm thinking... what will happen next, that is, everything will go smoothly, and I will successfully take down the real Buddha."

"After eliminating the true Buddha, should we also eliminate the one from Shengyang Flower Bridge?"

Bai Niang's response left Chu Mingkong speechless. It seemed to be true that after this job, they could also eliminate the Chaotic Battle Star Tomb depending on the situation.

After that, only the Lord of Snow River remained.

"Bai Niang, I don't mean short-term plans, but rather the overall future direction of the world."

All cultivators should have the right to pursue their own realm, but this freedom will eventually give rise to supreme beings, and the world does not need these people.

But I didn't take on that managerial role, telling everyone they had to listen to me... I'm not interested in being someone else's father; being a good father to my own kids is enough.

Even Bai Niang couldn't answer such a question, let alone provide a solution.

Because her answer was once a ruin and remnant in an abyss, everything from the past vanished, and as memories faded, it eventually ceased to exist in the world.

"Mingkong, in the near future you should be able to protect your family and ensure their survival in the Abyss, so that you will not feel any pain even if you wait for the next world to arrive."

After a long sleep, perhaps a new world will appear.

This idea was novel; Chu Mingkong hadn't thought of it before.

But this comes at the cost of destroying the world and waiting for the next cycle to begin.

If that's the reason, then Chu Mingkong wouldn't need to travel the path of killing supreme beings. He could just wait for them to fight amongst themselves, and eventually, someone would be able to break the chessboard of the world.

"That's not good either. There are still many good places in this world. We've already developed feelings for them; how can we just give them up like that..."

Forget it, I'll just help the world prolong its life for a while and get through this before we talk about anything else. As for the future, let Xuejun and the Daoist sect worry about it.

As long as it doesn't interfere with my playing with my baby, it's none of my business.

Chu Mingkong gave up on agonizing over it; his personality wasn't suited to thinking about such profound and far-reaching matters.

......

After traveling for a long time in the boundless abyss, Chu Mingkong felt that this distance was almost the distance from Moonlight Wilderness to Jianmu. Apart from the sparsely populated areas in the Heavenly Domain, this was almost the distance between two opposite corners on the map.

The depths of the abyss are truly unimaginable.

During the process, Bai Niang led him to a huge, deserted town where all the buildings were more than ten times larger than those of humans.

Even if Chu Mingkong, after transforming into the Abyss, walked in, he would still be nothing more than a dwarf, and even the most ordinary carriage would appear as a top-tier vehicle in his presence.

Looking out from the distant cliffs, the view is magnificent and awe-inspiring.

Bai Niang said that this was her former tribe and hometown.

Chu Mingkong was even more surprised; these were traces of the old era, one of the few pieces of evidence.

Of course, these proofs are no longer of much significance; we can't go back.

Aside from restoring some of Bai Niang's remaining power, this ruin only served to break Bai Niang's heart, constantly reminding her that everything she knew was gone.

"This building is truly enormous. Even a casual resident's house is more imposing than the imperial palace in our area."

Fragments of memories flashed through Bai Niang's mind, not very clear, like shimmering water, but it was as if the voices from that time were still ringing in her ears.

She sighed, "Yes, but because of this, land becomes extremely precious, and there are many conflicts that have broken out because of it."

Chu Mingkong nodded, thinking to himself that the end of the universe really is real estate.

He stood with Bai Niang on the cliff edge for quite a while.

Feeling the eternal solitude emanating from this desolate wilderness, his appreciation for those around him grew even stronger and more unwavering.

"Bai Niang, what's past is past. There's no need to dwell on things you don't remember. Stay by my side, and new memories will surely come!"

Previously, Bai Niang would give him "suffocating" hugs from time to time, but this time Chu Mingkong held her tightly in his arms.

He held her too tightly, afraid that if he held her too lightly, he wouldn't be able to convey his fervent feelings; but if he held her too tightly, he worried that it would make Bai Niang's slender, graceful waist uncomfortable.

Bai Niang stared blankly at the man in front of her. The abyss reflected in her snake eyes was gray, but Chu Mingkong was colorful.

It was particularly eye-catching in her field of vision.

The powerful beating of his heart seemed to be conveying to her a strong and passionate affection.

Bai Niang held Chu Mingkong's face in her hands, her words caught in her throat, as if she wanted to speak but couldn't find the words. However, following her instincts, her forked tongue would occasionally flick out, lightly skimming his lips like a dragonfly touching the water.

"Saying things like this now... makes me want to stop and eat you first."

Chu Mingkong feigned a flustered smile and joked:

"We can spend time with Bai Niang slowly after we get out of here. If we're in the Abyss right now, it would be troublesome if we lost track of time."

This is not an excuse. At this moment, it would be impossible for anyone to enter the Abyss to find him and Bai Niang; they might even get lost inside.

If we linger too long in the Abyss and accidentally miss the time outside, that would be a big problem!

"I suddenly lose interest in moving around," Bai Niang said softly, her delicate nose already pressed against Chu Mingkong's nose, her long, sharp forked tongue slowly coiling around his tongue.

The voice sounded like it came from Bai Niang, but it also seemed to come from Chu Mingkong's mouth.

"Then Bai Niang, you should transform into a snake and hang on me. You can guide me, and I'll carry you. It's no problem!" Chu Mingkong smiled, knowing that it was useless to try to calm Bai Niang down.

Bai Niang is now very calm.

Perhaps finding his suggestion appealing, Bai Niang's plain white dress dissipated into light and vanished, her exquisitely beautiful, snow-white body transforming into a snake amidst the shimmering light, coiling around Chu Mingkong's body in circles.

However, after entwining for a while, perhaps feeling that she couldn't hug him like this, or that it was inconvenient to kiss him, she transformed back into her human form and hugged him.

"I'll memorize the location of this huge, deserted city so I can bring the babies and ladies here for fun in the future! Bai Niang, which way should we go now?"

......

Guided by Bai Niang, Chu Mingkong sped along, traversing the vast and desolate Abyss Plains.

Finally, we arrived at a basin that resembled an abyss. This basin was not formed naturally, but rather dug out by civil engineers. The rock walls were smooth and straight, and beneath the sunken space was a familiar-looking plaza.

Upon closer inspection, Chu Mingkong found the source of that similarity—the altar of the goddess statue!

However, the goddess altar that Chu Mingkong discovered back then was a small one, while this one is much more magnificent and grand, and can be described as a super-large square, with the goddess statue reaching hundreds of meters in height.

However, there is only one goddess statue here, sitting gracefully to the side, but unfortunately, her true face is hidden under a cloak.

"Does this mean that this Goddess Plaza belongs exclusively to a single goddess? And there are many similar plazas in the Abyss?"

After Chu Mingkong finished exclaiming in amazement, he couldn't wait to jump down, but he was stopped just as his body was about to fall.

At the edge of the basin, there is an invisible barrier, like a transparent glass block the way. It seems like you can easily jump down, but in reality, you can only look down.

Even if you walk off the cliff, you won't fall; instead, you'll walk on that transparent barrier.

"This barrier isn't made of extremely Yin energy; it must be the power of the goddess, right?"

Chu Mingkong realized that he was someone who possessed the essence of a goddess, so he quickly mobilized his power to try to gain the approval of the barrier and penetrate it.

But it failed.

Bai Niang then said, "You can only enter the square below by taking the right path. You can't enter from any other place. The road is inside the Xiling Ancient King's Mausoleum."