"What's going on?" Jiang Li immediately steadied herself and grabbed the mountain wall beside her.
Lu Shiyan is in a soul state, so this situation has no effect on him.
He quickly stepped forward and helped Jiang Li up.
"Jiang Jiang, are you alright?" Lu Shiyan asked with a worried expression.
Jiang Li shook her head, "I'm fine, it's just the current situation..."
“It’s an earthquake,” the Imperial Advisor replied to Jiang Li. “In the past two years, the country has been hit by frequent disasters. I have seen earthquakes of this magnitude no less than ten times.”
"Then what are you all standing there for?" Jiang Li raised her voice a few decibels. "Let's get out of here quickly."
This is an earthquake; they are still in the cave.
If the cave collapses, they will only face certain death!
The Imperial Advisor stood still, seemingly oblivious to Jiang Li's words, staring intently at the array that had already been set up in front of him.
Then he added a few strokes to the side without permission.
"As long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood. As long as people are alive, you can pray for rain whenever you want!" Jiang Li saw the Grand Preceptor's appearance and thought he was reluctant to part with the rain-summoning formation, so she quickly shouted at him.
This person seems quite shrewd.
Why are you being so stubborn at this point?
How did he manage to serve as the imperial advisor for so many years?
As the earthquake tremors grew stronger, Jiang Li thought for a moment, then gritted her teeth and decided to rush outside.
This imperial advisor wants to die, but she's not willing to die here with him.
She still wants to go back alive!
As for Ayan...
Since he's a spirit, there won't be any problems even if he doesn't go out.
As a result, when Jiang Li was still two meters away from the cave entrance, she was suddenly bounced away by a barrier.
The whole person...
He was then flung to the front of the Imperial Advisor.
At the same time, the Imperial Preceptor took out a talisman and stuck it on Jiang Li's body.
A faint golden light bound Jiang Li up completely.
Jiang Li knew she was no match for the Imperial Advisor, but...
But she never expected...
The other party was able to trap me so easily.
She really couldn't break free.
"Don't waste your energy." The Grand Preceptor looked at Jiang Li and suddenly laughed. "I know you are not simple, so I used half of my power to trap you."
Jiang Li: "..."
Shouldn't she thank you for valuing her?
"Grand Preceptor, what exactly do you want to do?" Jiang Li looked at the Grand Preceptor with a grim expression. "Do you want to trap me here and die with me?"
"No." The Grand Preceptor shook his head. "Since I promised Miss Jiang that I would let you leave, I will naturally not go back on my word. It's just that the way I let you leave... is a little unusual."
Jiang Li: "..."
Just then...
The sound of rolling rocks came from outside.
The earthquake has caused rocks to roll and fall continuously from the mountaintop.
Even inside this cave, rocks have already fallen.
"This cave is about to collapse! Let go of Jiang Jiang!" A rock fell beside Lu Shiyan, making him realize the danger. He anxiously called out to the Grand Preceptor.
"No." The Imperial Advisor shook his head firmly.
At the same time, boulders that slid down the mountainside firmly blocked the cave entrance.
They completely blocked their way out.
Lu Shiyan's already pale face became even more unpleasant.
With the exit blocked, rocks began to fall from the cave one after another.
This is like adding insult to injury for them.
"Jiang Jiang!" Seeing a boulder about to hit Jiang Li, Lu Shiyan immediately rushed forward, wanting to shield Jiang Li from the harm with his own body.
Although he was a soul form that Jiang Li could touch...
However, it cannot resist external objects.
Just as the stone was about to hit Jiang Li, the Imperial Advisor slowly made his move and knocked the stone away.
Jiang Li: "..."
Was this person doing this on purpose?
Did you deliberately scare her?
Just as Jiang Li was thinking this, the Imperial Advisor erected another barrier.
The barrier enveloped the Imperial Preceptor, the formation, Jiang Li, Lu Shiyan, and Chu Yunjie, who had been acting as an invisible person.
Even if countless rocks fall from the sky, they will be automatically bounced off the barrier as soon as they touch it.
Therefore, in the extremely dangerous cave, this place is a completely safe haven.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Jiang Li realized that something was wrong with the Grand Preceptor and asked sharply.
The Imperial Advisor didn't look at Jiang Li, but instead focused his gaze on Lu Shiyan, replying, "It's nothing, I just want to devour him."
"So your goal is just to devour me?" Lu Shiyan frowned again.
"Only when my soul is whole can I do what I want to do," the Grand Preceptor said calmly, his face showing neither joy nor sorrow, only composure and equanimity. "If you hadn't appeared, I wouldn't have had this problem. But because of your appearance, my soul has been cracked and is no longer whole. So... I have no choice but to sacrifice you."
After a pause, the Imperial Advisor glanced at the sky again, his tone light and airy, "I originally thought it would take quite a while, but now it seems... now is just right."
“You…” Jiang Li realized something, and her expression changed again, “You want to sacrifice yourself now?”
Lu Shiyan looked at the Grand Preceptor with a complicated expression, "Is it worth it just to prolong the existence of a country's regime for a few more years?"
"You are wrong." The Grand Preceptor looked at Lu Shiyan with indescribable pity in his eyes. "I chose to make the sacrifice not for those in power, but for the people of this land. Don't you see? Natural disasters are increasing. My sacrifice is to stabilize the land and ensure people's livelihood. Only when these disasters disappear can the people's miserable situation be improved. Otherwise... what can the good or bad of those in power change?"
Jiang Li and Lu Shiyan fell silent.
Their thinking about this imperial advisor was indeed narrow-minded.
only……
Seeing the Imperial Advisor suddenly release powerful spiritual energy to envelop Lu Shiyan, Jiang Li felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
She said anxiously to the Imperial Advisor, "Don't worry, there are other ways, there must be other ways."
"It's too late..." The Grand Preceptor's voice was somewhat ethereal. He slowly said, "I have already activated the Time Reversal Formation. Now you only have two choices in front of you. One is to refuse to merge with me and wait for my spiritual power to be exhausted so that we can die here together. The other is... wait for my sacrifice to end, and then the formation will send you away."
"Then..." Jiang Li's voice trembled slightly, "What about Ayan?"
"Well..." The Imperial Advisor paused slightly, "Then we can only wait and see what fate has in store for him. After all... your arrival wasn't an accident, so no one knows what kind of impact it will have..."
Jiang Li stopped speaking. Her face was grim as she used all her strength to fight against the forces binding her.
Arriving in this world that didn't belong to her, her power was already weakened, while the Imperial Advisor's power was inherently greater than hers...
If she doesn't fight back, there's no way she can break free from this constraint.
The Imperial Advisor had no time to deal with Jiang Li; at this moment, he was working hard to integrate with Lu Shiyan.
His plan must not be allowed to be disrupted by anyone.
Just as he was about to completely merge with Lu Shiyan, a golden light suddenly burst forth from Jiang Li's body.
The light was so intense that it blinded people.
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