Chapter 196 The Transaction Door Opens but Fails, Sang Zhitao Remains the Same as Before...
Sang Zhitao entered the void space as before, but before she could see the memories replaying, she was pulled out of the space.
After she fell to the ground, she came to her senses and looked at Qingyan and Elder Qing with a blank expression: "What happened?"
The two elders, Qing and his companion, also looked bewildered, pointing to the still flickering and indistinct trading portal: "Look."
Sang Zhitao turned her head and frowned immediately: "How could this be?"
"Haven't we met before?" Qingyan asked curiously.
Sang Zhitao nodded: "Never, it's always opened smoothly."
"Is there some problem we haven't discovered yet?" Elder Qing thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you say that you only absorbed world fragments after resolving world crises? Could it be related to this?"
Sang Zhitao bit her lip and silently looked at the trading gate under the tree. After hesitating for a moment, she said to Qingyan, "Qingyan, you must cultivate tonight. I will take this opportunity to go back to Earth."
Qingyan already knew from her previous confession that she could use this opportunity to travel back and forth between the two worlds, so she nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Since that's the case, let's not delay any longer. Qingyan, go and cultivate." Elder Qing looked up at the sky and urged him directly.
Qingyan sighed, took a plate of snacks, and went into the cave to cultivate.
Old Master Qing waved his hand and summoned a soft couch: "You should go and rest too."
Seeing this, Sang Zhitao didn't say anything more and nodded in agreement to go and rest.
Elder Qing glanced at them, his brows furrowing slightly, his eyes fixed on the direction of the Gate of the Realm.
The gatekeepers of the demon realm had reported Qingyan's situation to the authorities well in advance.
"Demon Lord, look, this is the message that came up from below."
A man dressed in black respectfully handed a gold medal to the person on the throne.
On the black throne stood a mountain made of black robes with gold patterns, and within the mountain was a pale-faced, sickly-looking boy.
He coughed lightly a few times, and with a gentle tap of his fair fingertips, the gold medal floated into his hand.
After the boy closed his eyes slightly to receive the information from the gold medal, he coughed a few more times, making his already pale face appear even more sickly.
"Are you sure?" His voice was so weak that the man below almost didn't hear him clearly.
The man waited a moment before hurriedly saying, "It's been confirmed, but since the Realm Lord is missing, I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you and the Demon Lord to go together to seal him."
"Understood, go and make the arrangements." The boy leaned back slightly, burying himself in his black and gold clothes, his eyes closed, looking very weak.
Upon seeing this, a hint of worry flashed in the man's eyes, but he said nothing, bowed respectfully, and left.
"You all protect this place! No one is allowed to trespass! Anyone who comes out of here, detain them on the spot and kill them without mercy!!"
A dilapidated gate loomed in the forest beside Moon Lake, guarded by dozens of demon soldiers.
A higher-ranking demon general was giving a speech in front of the guards.
"Yes!" the guards responded sternly, their voices echoing through the forest, startling countless birds into flight, which chirped and flapped their wings.
"M-Sir!! Behind you!!!" Just as the guards were about to retreat to their positions one by one.
A guard pointed at the Demon Moon Lake behind the Demon General, his voice trembling with fear as he shouted.
The demon general first gave him an unpleasant look, then turned back indifferently.
But in the instant he turned his head, he felt dizzy. The sky appeared before his eyes, followed by his body. His last memory was of blood gushing into the sky and the ground receiving the blood rain.
Is there that much blood in the body?
This is the last memory that remains deep in his soul.
"Ah!! Enemy attack!!" The guard, covered in blood, couldn't help but scream as he watched the demon general's head be severed by a skeleton.
The other guards reported their findings, while others, armed with magical artifacts, dragged their companions behind them, their trembling bodies watching a skeleton crawl out of the Demon Moon Lake.
Under the moonlight, the skeleton shone with a jade-like luster. She wore a somewhat worn white robe, and a few stray hairs remained on her head.
Several tattered ornaments dangled from her hair, but one could still vaguely discern how exquisite and luxurious they must have been if they were still intact.
The skeleton looked at the guards, but didn't make any move for a moment.
However, she quickly raised her hand and waved it lightly.
A golden line flashed before the guards' eyes, followed by a sharp pain in their waists, and then the last thing they saw was their own half-destroyed body still standing on the ground.
In an instant, the land in front of the Old Gate was soaked with blood, which then slowly flowed into the Demon Moon Lake.
The skeleton seemed to sense the blood entering Demon Moon Lake. She couldn't help but raise her head slightly, as if enjoying it.
After a long time, the red water of Demon Moon Lake turned into a clear, transparent color.
The red that should have been there seemed to be summoned, enveloping the withered bones and forming flesh and blood, until finally the withered bones regained their original appearance.
She was an extremely beautiful woman, with a sharp, alluring, and aggressive beauty.
She raised an eyebrow and glanced at the moon over Demon Moon Lake, then disdainfully looked at the cracks on the moon. With a cold look in her eyes, she raised her hand as if to touch it, but then withdrew it as if she had been burned.
"I'll come after you later." She snorted and flew away into the distance with a flick of her sleeve.
"Demon Lord, something has happened at Demon Moon Lake!" In the Demon Palace of the Demon Clan in the Demon Realm, a man in black, who had rushed over, said to the boy on the throne.
"I already know." The young man let out a soft breath. "Inform the Lord of the Cloud Sea Realm..."
"Demon Lord, what about our plan?" The man looked at the boy with worry in his eyes.
"Qingyuan Realm is facing a crisis. I originally intended to use this opportunity to control the Three Realms, but I never expected..." The young man looked up at the scene outside the Demon Palace gate behind the man and sighed, "What use is power if you lose your life?"
After hearing this, the man stopped trying to persuade him and had no choice but to accept the order and leave.
Cool Cave in the Sea of Clouds.
Looking at the gold medal in his hand, Elder Qing's brows relaxed slightly. He had been worried that this ambitious genius demon lord would disregard the Three Realms for the sake of greed, but he never expected to see the other party back down.
This would put his mind at ease, allowing him to focus on dealing with the crisis in the Three Realms.
Thinking of what Sang Zhitao had said before about devouring two world lords, the outer god frowned again and sent a message to all sides.
Sang Zhitao was completely unaware of what was happening in the cultivation world.
As soon as she woke up, she didn't say much to Sang Lezhi and rushed out: "I have something to discuss with Team Leader Sheng An!"
Sang Lezhi glanced at Zhang Su, then at Sang Zhitao's disappearing figure, and shook her head helplessly: "I was planning to talk to her about the military parade, this child..."
"It's nothing, it must be a real emergency." Zhang Su smiled and patted her hand, putting the testing equipment back into the box.
"There's nothing wrong with Tao Tao's health during these checkups, right?" Sang Lezhi asked abruptly, looking at the equipment box.
Zhang Su was taken aback by her question, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, he's in better physical condition than all of us combined."
After thinking for a moment, she explained, "To put it simply, her physical condition is now so good that she's not even human."
Thinking of his sister's original identity, Sang Lezhi paused for a moment before saying, "That's fine too."
Zhang Su seemed to know what she was thinking, and holding her hand, he said, "No matter what, she is Sang Zhitao, and she is your and Le Ping's sister."
“Yes…” Sang Lezhi touched her slightly protruding belly.
“She has an incredibly powerful aunt,” Zhang Su couldn’t help but tease.
"And you're one to talk! When are you and your brother planning to get married?" Sang Lezhi couldn't help but urge her after being amused by her.
Zhang Su seemed to have been urged by her countless times before, and replied skillfully, "Let's wait until everything is settled."
Sang Lezhi opened her mouth, but then, remembering that Sang Zhitao was still traveling between different worlds, she didn't say anything more.
If she were still unmarried, she would probably prefer to have her wedding with her family, rather than having to live with anxiety about the future, not knowing when her sister might time travel again.
After Sang Zhitao arrived at the plot analysis group, she recounted her experience in detail.
"Don't panic. The current situation is that the trading gate is unstable, and you're guessing it's related to a global crisis, right?"
Team leader Sheng An handed her a glass of water.
“Yes, but I still don’t understand where the global crisis is. It can’t be a real problem, can it?” Sang Zhitao said hesitantly.
Team Leader Sheng An turned around and had someone bring her new materials. After carefully flipping through them for a long time, he handed her one of the pages.
"We've made a few speculations before, take a look."
Sang Zhitao looked at the dozen or so possible directions written on an A4 sheet of paper, several of which pointed to a crisis in the Heavenly Dao.
"The Way of Heaven?" Sang Zhitao looked at Team Leader Sheng An in surprise.
“Yes, the Heavenly Dao.” Team Leader Sheng An took a sip of water and continued, “According to our calculations, the most common cause of collapse in the cultivation world is related to the rules of heaven and earth. Moreover, you said that the original female lead was unable to break through, so there is a high possibility that the Heavenly Dao is having problems.”
"How do we solve the problem when the Way of Heaven is in trouble?" Sang Zhitao murmured softly.
Team Leader Sheng An said with a smile, "The most common one is the Nuwa Mending the Sky style, which is to unite oneself with the Dao."
"...We can't expect Qingyan to merge with the Dao, can we? She wasn't originally from Qingyuan Realm, so why should she merge with the Dao?" Sang Zhitao felt completely confused.
Team Leader Sheng An shook his head: "Not necessarily. It could also be that those three realm lords have merged with the Dao. You need to continue exploring this. There are really too few clues in this world."
Sang Zhitao talked to him for a while longer, but still couldn't find a solution, so she took her leave.
“Your friend has been looking for you lately,” Sang Lezhi said as she handed her some food.
Sang Zhitao replied without hesitation, "I don't have time, we'll talk about it later..."
Before she could finish her refusal, she suddenly felt a heat in her chest and instinctively covered it.
"What's wrong?" Sang Lezhi looked at her in surprise.
Sang Zhitao held the fried chicken nugget in her hand, staring blankly for a while before shaking her head and saying, "Help me arrange to meet Ruoyin this afternoon."
Sang Lezhi was completely bewildered by her, but she didn't say anything and directly sent a message to Sang Leping.
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