Upon hearing Mo Chen's words, Gu Liyan's heart trembled violently, and she looked at Mo Chen in disbelief. "Wh-what? Mo Chen, are you sure?"
Mo Chen nodded. "That's right. But I guess there must be some special reason why we're here. Maybe the flow of time in this world is unstable, or maybe a stronger person than your father or your uncle has appeared, which makes it possible to change the fate that should have been destroyed. That's why we're here."
Gu Liyan frowned, thinking to himself: Could all of this be related to the spirit of the Reincarnation Compass? If so…
Mo Chen suddenly spoke up, "By the way, I don't know if you've noticed, but in this world, the timeline is divided into two types: one is predetermined, and the other is man-made. I suspect that the root of the man-made issue is the answer we're looking for..."
Gu Liyan nodded in agreement. "What you said should be correct."
Mo Chen looked around and continued, "Not only that, I also found the environmental changes here to be very strange. Even though the temperature is the same and the terrain is similar, the differences are just too great! It's as if... someone is manipulating things behind the scenes!"
Gu Liyan suddenly thought of the demon clan base hidden in the green hills and clear waters at the foot of the waterfall, the demon clan base with its hidden cave in the tree, and the Nine Nether Lands in the desolate wilderness where not a blade of grass grows...
They're all incredibly mysterious!
"This world truly holds countless secrets waiting to be discovered. It's just a pity that our abilities are limited; it seems we really can't succeed without finding a team to gather intelligence!" Mo Chen said. "Gu Liyan, do you have any ideas?"
Gu Liyan thought for a moment and said, "I went to the Demon Clan before, but because of my identity as a demon, the Demon Clan's curse has been corroding my body, so I'm afraid I can't go anymore. But Mo Chen, you're different. You were the Demon Clan's strategist before. If you go undercover, you'll definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort."
Mo Chen nodded. "Don't worry, if I can get in once, I can get in a second time!"
Gu Liyan nodded. "Then I'll leave the information about the Demon Clan to you."
Mo Chen looked at Gu Liyan and suddenly asked, "Gu Liyan, is there something you haven't told me?"
Gu Liyan was slightly taken aback, then shook his head. "No."
Mo Chen looked at Gu Liyan with suspicion, then immediately looked away and said, "I was overthinking it. Even if you have secrets, they're only related to women!"
Gu Liyan rolled her eyes.
"Haha, I'm just kidding," Mo Chen joked. "But, sending me to the Demon Realm isn't as simple as it seems, is it?"
Gu Liyan's face immediately turned red. "I... I want you to go and look after Xue'er."
"You should take care of her yourself. I have no interest in the little girl!" Mo Chen chuckled.
"Don't you understand what I mean? I'm asking you to keep an eye on her and make sure no other man bullies her!" Gu Liyan's face flushed slightly.
"Oh! This! You should have said so earlier! I'll go right now!" Mo Chen dashed off in a flash.
Watching him slip away, Gu Liyan asked curiously, "How did this guy know the location of the demon base? He seemed to know it like the back of his hand..."
Completely bewildered, Gu Liyan scratched his head, looking conflicted. "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Do I really have to go back to the demon race now?"
Thinking of Gu Yan, Gu Liyan couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine. "If I go back now, who knows what kind of torture I'll be subjected to!"
I won't reply, not even if you kill me!
Gu Liyan looked distressed. "But where else can I go?"
Standing in the desolate land, Gu Liyan looked blankly up at the sky. The gray-to-black clouds gathered, drawing thunder and lightning from the heavens, foreshadowing an impending storm...
"This wind and rain must be very strong, right?" Gu Liyan muttered to herself. Noticing the wind direction, Gu Liyan suddenly thought of something and hurriedly ran towards the demon clan base.
Gu Liyan thought to herself, "The demon clan's base is located underground, with a waterfall outside. Judging from the wind force and direction, if a heavy rain comes, the waterfall will definitely rush into the cave. At that time..." Gu Liyan dared not think any further and had to go and inform Gu Yan and the others.
Before he could run very far, a torrential downpour began, soaking Gu Liyan to the bone in the blink of an eye. A gust of wind blew, and Gu Liyan shivered uncontrollably.
Feeling the temperature of the rain, Gu Liyan was surprised, "How come this rainwater...!"
"This is Xuanbing Water, and it's even colder than your Xuanbing!"
The voice of the Nine Netherworld Emperor resounded in my ears.
Gu Liyan stopped in shock, looking around but not finding the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor. "Where are you?"
"Of course I'm in the Nine Netherworlds! Where else could I be?" The Nine Netherworld Emperor said with a smile, "I'm communicating with you using my divine sense now."
"What do you want to do?" Gu Liyan asked warily.
"What to do? It's not what I want to do, but what the Demon Clan wants to help me do." The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor chuckled. "The day you, Mo Bai, and Mo Chen left, Cang Yi and his group also made a deal with me. Now they should have completed that deal, right?"
"What kind of deal?" Gu Liyan pressed.
"You should have guessed that," the Nine Netherworld Emperor smiled. "Naturally, it's to allow the Nine Netherworld to be accessed on the world stage!"
Gu Liyan hurriedly stopped him, saying, "No, you can't do that! The Nine Netherworld is filled with death energy. If it were to land on the world, it would disrupt the world's ecological cycle!"
The Nine Netherworld Emperor sneered, "Hmph, I thought you would understand me after you obtained the Life and Death Contract, but who knew you would still be so rigid and stubborn!"
Gu Liyan asked in surprise, "You know about the life-and-death contract?!"
"Fool, who do you think brought the energy of life and death? It is naturally me, the god who controls the spirit of reincarnation and life!"
"It's you! It was actually you! What exactly are you planning?" Gu Liyan asked with a grave expression. "Was all of this your doing?"
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