Each of the nine dragon maidens possesses extraordinary abilities.

"Don't you know what 'playing along' means? Stop saying things like that. I just think you're a baby who hasn't been weaned. Fine, I was wrong. I won't do business with you anymore, okay? Go back to your territory and drink your milk." Zhong Sifu was already annoyed. She waved her hand to shoo her away.

Mo Zhiyan still refused to give up: "I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

"Eat my ass! We don't need to eat at all!" Zhong Sifu said.

Mo Zhiyan then took out a peach: "Want some peaches?"

Oh dear, her heart was weeping with sorrow. It's understandable that they traded and schemed, but shouldn't they have loved each other? Mo Zhiyan couldn't understand. When she was brought back, didn't she swear an oath with them, to follow the bloodline ritual, and for the guardians to cooperate to make the sect better? Yes, Mo Zhiyan was a hypocrite; she treated outsiders fairly, but turned a blind eye to her own people. But why had things changed now?

Zhong Sifu slapped the peach away: "Don't disgust me with something like this. Can't you hear me? You can leave now."

Mo Zhiyan persisted, "Let's play a game..."

Now it was Zhong Sifu's turn to slam the table. She slammed her hand on the table and said, "Alright! You immature brat who hasn't been weaned yet! If I had known you were like this, I wouldn't have wasted my breath on you. Do you really think this is a game? Do you even know what a guardian of the lineage is, or what the sect leader's lineage is? Do you think I don't know? Lu Yueyuan went to your place today, so you're now a member of the sect leader's lineage, just like Ming Huaiwei!"

“…I don’t understand,” Mo Zhiyan said. “Lu Yueyuan…maybe, but I think he makes a point. Aren’t we all from the Jiuyi Sect? Why does it have to be like this? We can…”

"Screw you! You have no idea about the secrets involved. If you don't know anything, don't make comments!"

"...Did I just do whatever I wanted?" Mo Zhiyan asked.

“None of that matters. What matters is whether you used your powers.” Zhong Sifu sneered. “Stop wasting my breath. Are you willing to issue a kill order for Su Zhaoran or not? I’ve already said that this is our last chance to uncover the secrets of the sect leader’s lineage.”

"No." Mo Zhiyan shook his head.

“Then get out of here,” Zhong Sifu said. “My naive little sister, reality isn’t for you, games are.”

The game, the game... Mo Zhiyan left. She turned to look at the Sifu Bell Tower, a building hidden in darkness, unable to see the light. Today was hardly a sunny day; the sky was overcast, even the moonlight was obscured. She walked back, the surrounding chill making her shiver.

As she passed the mountains, she heard a commotion and saw Lu Yueyuan celebrating below. The sect leader's lineage was gathered there, with simple spiritual food laid out on the table. Lu Yueyuan was boasting, "The seventh lineage's protector is very easy to talk to. She's very reasonable. I reasoned with her and appealed to her emotions, so she agreed not to issue a kill order against my aunt."

A chorus of boos erupted. The eldest disciple remained silent, the second disciple drank quietly, the third disciple gave a thumbs-up and said "Awesome!", the fourth disciple clapped and laughed, and the sixth and seventh disciples exclaimed in unison, "Senior brother is mighty!" Mo Zhiyan stood watching from afar. "Ah, how wonderful," he thought. "If the sect leader's lineage can act like this, why can't the guardians?"

She returned to the Hall of Words alone. The Hall of Words, located in the valley, was still so cold and deserted. Barefoot and wearing a Taoist robe, she slowly made her way from the corridor to the small island in the center of the lake. Oh, so no one wanted to play with her. She remembered that afternoon with clear sunlight, which must have been the happiest time she had ever played. Even as evening approached, she was reluctant to see the boy leave, but he said, "Let's play together again next time."

Actually, she couldn't distinguish between polite words and true feelings. She just spoke, so why did it have to have two meanings? If she had just said that she wasn't coming here to play next time, she wouldn't have had to wait so long.

So there won't be a next time. She sighed softly. If she had said there wouldn't be a next time, why did she say that? She now realized that she had always been alone, before, now, and in the future. When she walked into death alone, no one would care, just as no one cared where her peaches came from.

Chapter 110: Forever, Best Friends (6k)

"That's really awful."

The celestial ship has reached the top of the earth's veins, and the land below has cracked open like a canyon. The collision of two powerful energies has triggered strange phenomena in the heavens and earth.

The three agents from Youzhou stood in the sky, completely unaware of what was happening below.

However, they saw something that shouldn't have been there: dead souls. Logically speaking, these things shouldn't have appeared after the True Self Emperor's divine kingdom disappeared, but they did appear below, and there were a great many of them, appearing endlessly.

Lu Yueyuan, who rushed over to observe, frowned deeply.

Lu Yueyuan knew Mo Zhiyan's powers all too well. The strange phenomenon below, filled with the aura of the rules of judgment, must have been caused by Mo Zhiyan. As for this dead soul, it was most likely caused by Qing Zaishan, but Lu Yueyuan still couldn't understand the principle behind it.

Cang Song was the first to rush down and scout ahead. His powers were well-suited for charging into battle, so he was the first to lead the charge this time.

These days of fighting with the dead souls have made him much more familiar with them. When his power flashes, an endless gravity, like a mountain, is applied to the dead souls, causing them to explode one by one.

But soon, they began to crawl out from the ley lines below.

Densely packed, like ants emerging from an anthill, Cang Song's body was enveloped in gravity, and the illusory shadow behind him was a continuous range of mountains.

At that moment, the White Mountain Ancestor bestowed blessings, and violent spiritual energy permeated the surroundings. Continuous spells bombarded the cave entrance, and instantly, the entire ground collapsed, revealing a huge dark space below.

During this time, Mo Zhiyan led his disciples to hollow out the underground area, creating several underground palaces. Because they used their powers to conceal them, even the most perceptive of the White Mountain Ancestor's agents did not notice them.

Cang Song felt a chill run down his spine. Only after entering the earth's veins did he sense the pain of this land. The dissipation of the earth's vein energy made it groan. Just as he was about to fully unleash his power, he saw a giant hand reach out from the darkness.

A major earthquake occurred.

Amidst the collapsing earth and rocks, the thing howled in agony. It was a gigantic mechanical construct composed of dead souls and the aura of the underworld, slowly revealing itself to the wailing of the earth.

Those dead souls were born behind it. The soil of the True Self Great Emperor's Divine Kingdom was transplanted behind it, which is why dead souls were born continuously. Moreover, those dead souls were also specially modified, and each of them became a monster covered with tentacles.

Standing on the immortal ship, Lu Yueyuan could clearly see with the power of the Holy Emperor that it was something prepared by Jiang Dingqu in his third life.

It seems that Qing Zaishan did indeed steal it. After stealing it, she modified it a second time, turning it into the monster it is now.

If it is not stopped quickly, the emerging ghosts will likely soon engulf the entire Youzhou.

However, without Lu Yueyuan's urging, Xunlan and Su Changming also took action at this moment.

The three divine agents unleashed their powers: mountains, rivers, protection... These three different powers intertwined, combining soul and magic. In just one round of combat, the mechanical creation was subdued.

Under the cover of power, the celestial ship rushed into the empty underground and smashed through the building that was supporting it.

The underground was deserted; no one was there. No one knew where the disciples of the Zhiyan lineage had gone.

The bizarre mechanical construct tried to struggle, but it was firmly suppressed by the three agents.

Lu Yueyuan called out to Jealousy and pointed to the thing for her to see.

Jealousy put his hand on his eyebrow and looked around: "Wow, what a strange thing! There's no immortal diagram carved on it, yet it manages to put all these things together. How is that possible?"

Lu Yueyuan asked, "Is there no way to analyze the principle?"

Jealousy scratched his head: "There's nothing I can do, this thing is just too illogical."

Lu Yueyuan's eyes flashed with golden light: "Then can you disassemble and analyze it?"

Jealousy thought for a moment and said, "That probably won't work, Lord Agent. You may have misunderstood. I don't have a talent for weapon crafting, but rather for drawing immortal diagrams."

Lu Yueyuan sighed, "I thought my Daoist partner was a genius at weapon crafting."

Jealousy immediately objected: "Do you want to be my Daoist partner just because I'm a genius? You should take back what you said."

"I do not."

"Take it back! Take it back! Take it back!"

The two were playfully fighting there.

The Ghost King, standing to the side, stroked his chin.

"Oh, so this is your sister-in-law. My apologies for not recognizing her."

The Ghost King said, "Brother, I have to say something to you. This battle is so dangerous, why did you bring your sister-in-law? I don't think her cultivation is very high. What if something happens to her? Look at your sister-in-law, even if the curse is lifted, I wouldn't dare let her come. You..."

"Since she is my Daoist partner, I naturally cannot live without her."

Lu Yueyuan smiled and said, "Besides, there's nowhere safer than by my side."

"...Okay, bro, as long as you're confident."

The Ghost King said, "Strange things keep popping up one after another. Who knows what will be next? Here, give this to your sister-in-law."

That was a high-level magical artifact that could withstand damage.

She looked at Lu Yueyuan with jealousy.

Lu Yueyuan nodded, and then, with a sweet smile, accepted the gift, saying, "Thank you, Uncle."

"Uncle... has my glory faded away?" The Ghost King inexplicably fell into a state of self-isolation.

Boom!

As the powers of the three agents from Youzhou were exerted, the monster let out a miserable scream and disintegrated.

As a large number of dead souls were cleared away and the darkness was dispelled, they were able to see clearly what stood in the darkness.

A door shaped like a tiger's head.

The aura of the extraordinary phenomena emanated from the door.

Now, as the celestial boat hovers, the door slowly opens, and in an instant, the entire underground is engulfed in a strange phenomenon, and the cracks above are sealed off.

The scene inside the door is divided into two paths: one is a dark abyss, and the other is a certain location of the ley lines, where a fierce battle is taking place. A tiger-headed monster and a black-tentacle dead soul are fighting each other, and the ground is littered with corpses.

Both paths exude an aura of power; one is Mo Zhiyan, and the other is Qing Zaishan. Moreover, there are rules limiting the number of people allowed to enter each path to no more than four.

The Ghost King looked at Lu Yueyuan: "Brother, can you tell what kind of ghost this is?"

Lu Yueyuan said, "Don't worry about Mo Zhiyan's power being materialized. We don't need to go in at all. We just need to stay here and watch the fight from a distance."

"Is this all there is to it?" the Ghost King asked.

Lu Yueyuan smiled and said, "Of course, I understand Mo Zhiyan's powers. She cannot write rules outside her domain, so she cannot affect us."

The Ghost King pondered, "I am afraid that the dead souls will surge out from elsewhere."

Lu Yueyuan said, "Don't worry."

Based on his observations just now, Lu Yueyuan had already guessed what had happened.

Although he didn't know Qing Zaishan well, he knew Mo Zhiyan very well. The general situation was that Qing Zaishan attacked Mo Zhiyan, but Mo Zhiyan immediately launched a counterattack. She had been preparing here for a long time and had long accumulated enough conditions to open her domain and write rules. So she directly displayed her full power and imprisoned Qing Zaishan inside.

But for some unknown reason, perhaps as a backup plan, or to prevent others from watching the fight from the sidelines, Qing Zaishan left Jiang Dingqu's modified belongings outside before she was imprisoned.

Judging from the scene inside the door, Qing Zai Shan has mastered the means to control the dead souls and is currently locked in a fierce battle with the monsters cultivated by Mo Zhi Yan.

From a rational perspective, they should just stay outside and wait for the outcome.

Lu Yueyuan just couldn't understand why Jiang Dingqu's relic was so weak. It couldn't stop the proxy at all. What exactly did Qing Zaishan modify? Was it just to install a dead soul?

Moreover, leaving it outside wouldn't do any good; they would destroy it in an instant. Qing Zaishan couldn't possibly not have thought of this.

Lu Yueyuan dared not be careless and inspected the ruined mechanical artifacts again. He also consulted the Holy Emperor to confirm that the thing had become a pile of scrap metal.

In fact, the Holy Emperor was also somewhat puzzled: "Qing Zai Shan attacked Mo Zhi Yan, he must have made thorough preparations. We also felt that Mo Zhi Yan's life force was very weak, but judging from the scene presented at the door, Qing Zai Shan was actually unable to defeat him for a while."

Lu Yueyuan said, "Mo Zhiyan's rule domain is very difficult to break. If I were Qing Zaishan, I would never give her the opportunity to unleash her rule domain. Mo Zhiyan has been stationed in the ley lines for some time now, and this place is already filled with her rules. If we were to attack, we couldn't choose a place like this. If we had to attack here, we would have to go all out from the start."

What exactly is Qing Zaishan planning to do?

The long simulation made Lu Yueyuan extremely sensitive. He stood on the immortal boat, looking at the scene presented inside the door, his mind wandering.

The Ghost King patted him on the shoulder.

He turned his head and looked at the Ghost King.

The Ghost King said, "Brother, you want to go in, is that right?"

Lu Yueyuan nodded: "That's right, I agree to help you get rid of the guardian, but... I want to spare Mo Zhiyan's life. To be honest, I owe Mo Zhiyan a favor."

The Ghost King said, "It's only right to repay kindness. Besides, we also dislike the guardians of the Nine Peaks Sect. If you want to go in, then go in. Take this with you. If anything happens, contact me."

Lu Yueyuan said, "I..."

The Ghost King suddenly became impatient: "Stop being so wishy-washy. A real man should be straightforward. Do what you want to do without hiding anything. I told you, you saved my wife's life, so you are like my own brother. I won't kick you when you're down, and I certainly won't stand by and watch you die. We'll provide support outside. If something happens to you inside, and those three agents don't go to save you, I will."

Lu Yueyuan said, "No, that's not what I meant..."

He wasn't afraid of getting into trouble himself, but he was afraid of getting into trouble with the Ghost King and the others. If Qing Zai Shan still had a backup plan, they could easily be defeated one by one once they were separated.

He would prefer everyone to go in together, but unfortunately, the entrance was divided into two paths, each with a limit on the number of people allowed. If they got separated after going in, it would be even more difficult. It would be better for Lu Yueyuan to go in through one path out of jealousy.

Lu Yueyuan pondered for a long time before finally saying, "I will go in on a celestial boat. I will trouble you to set up a large array outside and be careful."

The Ghost King asked, "Is your sister-in-law going too?"

Lu Yueyuan said with certainty, "She must stay by my side."

Fine.

The Ghost King respected Lu Yueyuan's choice.

He summoned three agents and told Lu Yueyuan about his decision. The three agents looked at each other, and their divine beings seemed to be communicating with each other.

Judging from the earth's ley line energy, the Four Gods do indeed intend to build their own world; they have already begun to steal the world's essence.

The descendants of the Dragon God are not as simple as they seem; I have a very bad feeling about the sect.

Let that kid go in. The god behind him is the only one who can rival the four gods. His divine path is far broader than ours.

This child carries the scent of time; he must be the legendary Fearless One. His appearance signifies that the future merger of Guixu is not far off. There's nothing we can do now but offer our support.

Xunlan, my proxy, go and bless that child; he needs our strength.

Cangsong, I will bestow upon that boy the strength of a mountain.

【Changming, I will protect him. You should also try to befriend him. If anything happens to me in the future, you must listen to his advice in every detail.】

The gods had their answers, and so did the messenger.

They raised their hands at the same time, and the blessings of the three gods fell upon Lu Yueyuan. He clearly felt that his spiritual sea had doubled in size, the construction of his spells was more natural, and there was even a peculiar protection.

Xunlan, one of the three, stepped forward, looked at Lu Yueyuan, and said: