Chapter 191 World Eight [5]

As the thirteenth direct disciple of the Supreme God, the Thirteenth City Lord had already reached the mid-stage Golden Immortal stage. While not considered the greatest being below the Supreme God, her significance was clear to Jing Ke, who had a preliminary understanding of the upper realm.

Being able to make the Thirteenth City Lord bow his head meant that the Supreme God Guiyue attached great importance to this meeting and had a feeling that he had to see himself and Huo Yi no matter what.

Jing Ke never thought of going against the God from the beginning to the end. Seeing that he could not refuse, he chose to agree.

"Thank you both for your cooperation. There is no time to lose. Please take a short break. I will set off with you two fellow Taoists in half an hour." The softening of Jing Ke's attitude made the Thirteenth City Lord breathe a sigh of relief.

Jing Ke and Huo Yi didn't have anything to prepare, so the so-called half an hour was just time for them to discuss.

"Is our performance outstanding? It shouldn't be that bad, right?" Huo Yi tapped his chin with his fingertips.

Their ascension to the lower realms by defeating demons above their level was a reference to the previous experiences of the Lord of Time. Furthermore, the inheritance they received already belonged to the Lord of Time, so this made sense.

As for breakthroughs in cultivation after ascension, this is a common occurrence among cultivators in the lower realms. The vast difference in spiritual energy concentration allows most cultivators who ascend to the upper realms to advance several stages.

Those with average talent are in the middle stage of Human Immortal, or slightly below the middle stage. Those with good talent are naturally in the late stage of Human Immortal or the peak of Human Immortal.

As for achieving a breakthrough during the competition, that was even more of a non-issue. The purpose of the Ascension Alliance's conference was to allow cultivators from the lower realms to achieve breakthroughs through competition. They were merely two of the more perceptive of the two.

"If you have been paying attention to us from the beginning, you would indeed find our experience quite interesting. But it is nothing to the gods. As long as they are willing, they can make mortals ascend on the spot." Jing Ke began to think, and at the same time sensed the situation in the copy world.

Judging from the performance of the rules, he has not found anything wrong yet and is observing what is happening in the copy world to obtain information.

Jing Ke: "The position of the Supreme God is very close to the Great Dao, that is, the world consciousness. Perhaps the Supreme God Guiyue has made some unique discoveries, so he thought of us."

A glimmer of understanding flashed in Huo Yi's eyes. "If that's the case, it's not a bad thing for us."

"It's really not a bad thing, but I don't know if Lord Guiyue is willing to trust the two of us who only have the cultivation level of Earthly Immortals." Jing Ke sighed.

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Half an hour passed quickly, and the Thirteenth City Lord prepared a spirit ship with a flying speed of several blocks to serve as a means of transportation.

There are a lot of things in the spirit ship, so much so that Jing Ke and Huo Yi can come here empty-handed and still live very well.

This kind of spirit ship is not a rare item in the upper realm. Any large-scale force or family will generally purchase some to replace the somewhat primitive means of transportation such as flying with a sword.

However, spirit ships are also divided into many levels. The basic ones are generally used for transportation within the city. If it is for travel between cities, relatively high-level ones are used.

The number of cities in the upper realm is fixed, and only ninety-nine cities are generally recognized. The area within a thousand miles from the edge of the city is considered the city's outer area.

Unrecognized cities and areas beyond their boundaries were known as "no man's land." Various factions mixed together, and cultivators from all sides, adhering to the belief that life and death were determined by fate and wealth and honor were in the hands of God, wandered in such places.

Unless you have collected the corresponding evidence and know the identity of the city to which the other party belongs, it will be possible to complain to the city lord after you arrive in the city.

Back to the topic, the spirit ship brought out by the Thirteenth City Lord was of course the fastest one. In just five days, it had already arrived at the cave where the Supreme God Guiyue was.

When the Thirteen City Lords were about to reach their destination, they had already sent a message to their master, so as soon as they got off the spirit ship, the corresponding disciples came up to greet them.

Jing Ke and Huo Yi behaved neither humbly nor arrogantly throughout the whole process. Even when they saw the two gods sitting in the upper seats, they just bowed and greeted them as juniors.

"Jing Ke and Huo Yi, right? I've heard of you a long time ago." The first to speak was the gentle and good-tempered Goddess Bixia.

The Supreme God Guiyue just nodded, then gave his thirteenth disciple a look and asked her to go outside to serve as a gatekeeper.

"Junior is terrified." Jing Ke said, without revealing much nervousness in his tone.

"But you don't seem to be afraid?" Goddess Bixia found Jing Ke and Huo Yi's reactions somewhat interesting.

Apart from his colleagues who were also supreme gods, even the disciples he had raised with his own hands would unconsciously show awe when facing him.

It was the first time that Supreme God Bixia saw this kind of attitude from a cultivator who was only an earthly immortal. The two people in the conversation did not seem to be a supreme god and an earthly immortal, but two cultivators of equal status.

"The God is not a demon, so why should we be afraid of God Bixia?" Jing Ke asked sincerely.

This answer amused Bixia. She didn't know whether to praise Jingke for her cleverness or her honesty. "I really won't do anything to you. I just have some questions that need your help."

"Goddess Bixia, please speak." Huo Yi said.

The Supreme Goddess Bixia smiled gently, "You should know that I am a Supreme God who specializes in formations, right?"

"We were fortunate enough to hear that Goddess Bixia directly broke the demon clan's formation three hundred years ago." Huo Yi said frankly.

The Bixia Goddess nodded slightly, "However, few people know that while I was practicing formations, I also knew a little about divination."

Divination? Could it be that the Supreme Goddess Bixia had divined something concerning them?

This thought popped up in Jing Ke and Huo Yi's minds, but their ability to manage facial expressions had been honed to perfection, so they didn't show any surprise.

"I first heard your names when you were promoted to the Mahayana stage." Bixia said directly without beating around the bush, "With a good background, good talent, a good teacher, and hard work, if you meet all these conditions, it won't be difficult to reach the Golden Immortal stage."

"But to break through to become a Golden Immortal and become a Supreme God, more conditions must be met. One of them is to undergo the tempering of the Purple Sky Thunder beforehand." Supreme God Bixia paused, "This is the most basic and necessary condition."

"Is this why the God is paying attention to us?" Jing Ke replied at the right time.

"Yes, everyone wants to recruit talented individuals with potential, and we are no exception." The Supreme Goddess Bixia smiled, "But what really caught my attention was your ever-increasing cultivation, coupled with a divination I made in my spare time."

"What did the diviner predict?" Jing Ke asked.

The Supreme Goddess Bixia shook her head, "I didn't calculate anything."

"To be more precise, I am not qualified to make divinations. If I try to force myself to do so, it will only backfire on me." The look in the eyes of the Goddess Bixia became subtle.

No matter how you look at it, the Goddess Bixia is a veteran Goddess. Even if the path she practices is not swordsmanship or magic, she can still be ranked seventh among the twelve Gods.

This ranking was enough to reflect the strength of the Supreme Goddess Bixia. Although she only studied divination for fun, she could use it to calculate the fortunes of several colleagues on a daily basis, and even predict the movements of the demon masters.

It can be said that the Goddess Bixia has almost never encountered such a situation, and the laws of nature imply that this is a situation that she cannot predict.

"I won't hide it from you. Before you, I only encountered this situation when I was measuring someone." The tone of the Goddess Bixia became serious.

"That is the only ancient deity still alive. It is said that the deity has become one with the way of heaven, so it is not an existence that we can predict at will."

Although the Goddess Bixia did not point it out directly, it was clear what she wanted to express. She was wondering whether Jing Ke and Huo Yi were related to the ancient gods.

Because the divination couldn't produce a conclusion, the Supreme God Bixia currently had two theories: that these two individuals would become a massive disaster for the Upper Realm if they grew up. The damage they would cause to the Upper Realm would be even more severe than a demon invasion, requiring the intervention of the Ancient Gods.

Another speculation is that the Ancient God has not appeared for nearly ten thousand years. Could it be that this God has become one with the Heavenly Dao, so Jing Ke and Huo Yi are needed to replace the Ancient God.

"I think Lord Bixia thinks too highly of us. We are just earthly immortals. How dare we compete with the Lord God?" Jing Ke showed a humble attitude.

Although she hadn't asked directly, Jing Ke could tell from Bixia Goddess's reaction that Bixia Goddess trusted the ancient god and hadn't suspected him of being a bad person.

But this is normal. After all, the rules did not do much to this world. They just silently extracted the talents and luck of many people.

In addition, the rules never interfere with the situation in the upper and lower realms, nor do they develop their own power. In the eyes of local cultivators, they are like a reliable stabilizing force that will only appear when there is a crisis of world destruction.

"Your cultivation has improved so quickly. Heaven is very kind to you." The Supreme God Guiyue, who was nominally the inviter but had been silent before, spoke.

"Why did you come to the upper realm? Did you reject everyone's recruitment just to avoid being bound?" God Guiyue's question was more direct than God Bixia's.

"Once we've achieved a breakthrough in our cultivation, we'll naturally ascend to the upper realms. The fact that we're favored by Heaven is probably because we've been fighting evil," Jing Ke replied calmly. "As for not accepting any recruitment, it's simply because we want a little more freedom, to do whatever we want, without having to shoulder too much responsibility."

Goddess Guiyue frowned. She didn't know divination, but her intuition was extremely sharp.

"You seem to know a lot." Guiyue Supreme God paused and changed his words to be more firm, "You know things that I don't know."

"I don't sense any malice from you, but I also don't sense any awe or fear," said the Supreme God Guiyue. "You are very special beings."

Neither Jing Ke nor Huo Yi answered the words of the God Gui Yue themselves, but just maintained a polite smile and kept silent.

"Is it that you simply don't want to tell us, or is it that you can't tell us due to some restrictions?" asked the Goddess Bixia considerately.

Jing Ke's eyes smiled more. It was convenient to deal with smart people. "If the two Supreme Gods want to know what you want to know, why don't we agree to meet again in twenty years? By then, our cultivation should be high enough to break through the limitations."

Strength represents the right to speak, this is an indisputable fact.

But if he wants to show his cards, Jing Ke still needs to make some more preparations, at least he needs to understand the rules of the copy world and try to merge and devour it.

Otherwise, if the rules have left a backup plan for the gods, it would be bad if they noticed it when they exposed the true face of the rules.

Once he confronts the rules head-on, any small world that is still managed by the rules may be used as a bargaining chip to threaten Jing Ke and Huo Yi, forcing them to do things they don't want to do.

Twenty years?

After hearing this, the Goddess Bixia fell into deep thought. Twenty years was too short for a God. Perhaps twenty years would pass by in a drunken state.

But when he thought that the people in front of him could transform from Divine Transformation cultivators to Earthly Immortal cultivators within three months, Supreme God Bixia became a little unsure.

Could it be that after twenty years, these two people will have broken through to become upper immortals and become celestial immortals or golden immortals?

Even Shi Chen, who was hailed as a monster, took him three hundred years to become a Golden Immortal cultivator after ascending to the upper realm. Finally, he was stuck at the peak of the Golden Immortal for more than a hundred years before becoming a Supreme God.

The High God Guiyue didn't think too much about it, but continued the conversation according to his intuition. "Twenty years later, can you tell us the information you have been hiding?"

"Yes, in twenty years, there will be no restrictions." Jing Ke's tone was very firm.

According to the rules's character, he might not be able to help himself after five or six days of observation. Even if the other party is more cautious, after fifteen days, he will definitely not be able to control his growing ambition and greed.

Twenty years was too insignificant for the gods. After weighing the pros and cons, both God Bixia and God Guiyue agreed to meet again in twenty years.

After determining from the reaction of his fellow Taoists that Jing Ke and Huo Yi were unlikely to bring disaster to the upper realm, the Goddess Bixia took out two jade tablets, on which were retained two different powerful forces.

"Guiyue and I have attached some power to them. When you are free, you can take the token and walk around our place freely. If you encounter danger, each jade token can help you block a full-strength attack from a god."

The Goddess Bixia said, and with a wave of her hand, Jing Ke and Huo Yi each had an extra token in their hands.

"We will not sense the location of the jade token at will, unless the jade token is damaged, or the two of you do not keep the appointment in twenty years." The Goddess Bixia added.

Jing Ke and Huo Yi had each received a token with the power of a time god from Dan Qing before, so they didn't mind getting one more this time. After expressing their gratitude, they each put it in their storage space.

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After they had finished talking about everything that could be discussed, the Goddesses Bixia and Guiyue did not want to keep anyone else.

In order to express his apology and sincerity, the Supreme God Guiyue asked his thirteen disciples to entertain the two here for a few days, and then took them to his treasure house, saying that everyone could choose something they liked from it.

Jing Ke and Huo Yi did not refuse any good thing that came to them for free. They each chose a weapon that suited them and accepted the goodwill from the God Gui Yue.

After leaving the God Guiyue, Jing Ke and Huo Yi lived a relatively peaceful five years.

In the lawless area, they would occasionally encounter people delivering goods to their door, but within the city, their personal safety was greatly guaranteed.

Occasionally, he would draw his sword or knife to teach the playboys a lesson in the city, but he never encountered any unreasonable elders who insisted on protecting their own shortcomings.

Instead, they were treated as honored guests and treated well. When they left, there were not many things in the storage ring, but more.

Five years have allowed Jing Ke and Huo Yi to break through from earthly immortals to upper immortals. Currently, they are still a little distance away from becoming celestial immortals. They estimate that they will be able to do so after exploring a few secret realms.

For Jing Ke and Huo Yi, who lived every day seriously, five years was a long time, so when they met the high-level demons again, they did not have any extreme reactions.

"Just expose his identity directly, or wait and see?" Huo Yi asked in a low voice after discovering that the other party was a demon in human skin.

"When we discovered the first one, it actually meant that countless demons had already successfully infiltrated." Jing Ke analyzed, "Let's follow them and see, maybe we can get more useful clues."

The demon discovered by Huo Yi disguised himself as the elder of a medium-sized sect, and under the pretext of recruiting disciples, he began to recruit disciples in a lawless area.

The demons are dressed quite similarly, looking like immortals. The five disciples under his tutelage also look handsome and extraordinary. It is obvious that they come from good backgrounds.

If you recruit disciples within the city, you will definitely be targeted by the city lord's subordinates and other forces.

But there are not so many troubles in the lawless areas. No one cares whether the so-called recruitment of disciples is real or not. They only care whether they can profit from it.

Of course, compared to the monks who are simply making profits for themselves, there are also many monks who sincerely want to join a well-known sect. After hearing that there is no registration fee to participate in the selection, many people sign up.

Jing Ke and Huo Yi did not join in the fun, but were analyzing whether there were any people who had been bribed in advance by the demons among the few people who took the lead in signing up.

The demon disguised as the elder of the sect was really capable. He immediately chose a forest to set up a formation and announced that the entry test was to successfully find the exit of the maze within three hours.

The business with no capital investment and the magic array set up in public dispelled the doubts of many people. After talking to their friends in the same business, they entered the so-called maze.

Seeing this, Jing Ke and Huo Yi could guess with their toes that there must be something wrong with this maze.

Seeing that five or six hundred people had entered, Jing Ke and Huo Yi could not allow the demons to harm them, so they finally chose Jing Ke to enter the formation while Huo Yi observed from outside.

A maze, as the name suggests, is a formation that confuses people.

The moment Jing Ke entered the magic circle, he found that the environment around him had changed.

She was not in the forest, but appeared in a courtyard that was very suitable for retirement and had an elegant environment.

Jing Ke raised his eyebrows slightly. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with his spiritual power, he walked towards the main house in the courtyard, wanting to see what was inside.

"Madam, you're back?" Before Jing Ke could open the door, a male monk who looked gentle and had a husband's aura pushed the door open and came out first.

After realizing that the male monk was calling him "Madam", Jing Ke drew his sword without thinking and cut the man in half with one stroke.

What a joke! I have only had one lover from the beginning to the end. This person must have come out from some corner!

As the male monk was cut in half, the scene in front of Jing Ke changed again. What appeared before his eyes was no longer an elegant courtyard, but a bustling street, and the sky changed from noon to late night.

"Sir, would you like to come in and sit down? There is anything you want inside." A woman dressed in a flamboyant manner appeared in front of Jing Ke and winked at her.

Jing Ke:......

It seems that this maze has some brains. If the male monks are not able to do it, then the female monks can be used, right?

Jing Ke admitted that she would be extra patient when dealing with women, but it was just a little bit more patience.

If he and Huo Yi had come to this kind of place, they might have hit it off and gone in together to have some fun. But he was the only one who came in, and as a family member, Jing Ke still knew the limits.

Considering that the person in front of him was a woman, Jing Ke used a relatively gentle method. He did not draw his knife to chop the person in two, but instead grabbed the person's neck and directly broke her neck.

With the death of the woman, the scene in front of Jing Ke changed again. It was no longer a bewitching picture, but a group of creatures that looked like demons rushing towards him, waving weapons.

Jing Ke's first reaction was to kill them all, but this thought only flashed through his mind.

The experienced Jing Ke quickly determined that these creatures that looked like demons were most likely the people who had entered the maze before him. If he killed these demons, it would be equivalent to killing the monks in the maze.

Although the incident can be covered up with illusions afterwards, the indiscriminate killing of innocent cultivators will definitely leave psychological demons in ordinary cultivators.

Could this be the demon clan's intention? Using the secret realm to select those with potential, and then using this method to instill a demon within them?

Jing Ke frowned subconsciously. If that was the case, the demons had extremely sinister intentions.

Jing Ke didn't have much time to think. Before she could figure out what was going on, she was besieged by the "demons".

Jing Ke didn't want to kill innocent people, so he naturally held back and only knocked them unconscious or seriously injured them.

However, this behavior made the "Demons" even more unscrupulous. They even started swallowing pills to forcibly increase their strength, then rushed forward with a loud shout.

Jing Ke felt that because he knew that the person in front of him would not kill him, he had no scruples about making a mistake.

Jing Ke:......

The feeling of being plotted against like this is really terrible. If you kill him, you will leave a demon in your heart. If you don't kill him, you will be killed sooner or later because of exhaustion of spiritual power.

If an ordinary genius cultivator encountered this situation, he would be doomed to fail!