Chapter 208 Chaotic Dance of Gods and Demons
After a series of events, Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing realized that even gods have selfish motives; otherwise, why would they create drought to watch the people suffer, and only possess a little bit of faith?
Rong Yi pursed his lips. "I have a feeling they're involved, and quite a bit."
In the great war between humans and demons, it is the ordinary people who suffer the most.
In chaotic and unsafe situations, people's first reaction is to pray for divine mercy to end it all.
Wei Yanqing agreed with her words, saying, "They might step in as peacemakers when things get to a certain point, thus increasing the influence of the 'gods' group."
Combined with their observations of the so-called divine virtues of this world, the credibility is extremely high.
Rong Yi rested his chin on his hand, "It's a pity that those great demons and immortals can't see them."
The immortal's figure was very faint; if it weren't for the familiar golden light, Rong Yi might not have even noticed it.
At this stage of the battle, the royal family in the capital could no longer sit still. If the city fell, they would be no different from ordinary people and would be powerless to stop the monsters from attacking.
Even if there are disciples from the immortal sects blocking their way, how long can they hold out?
Therefore, the royal family brought out the captured demons and demanded that the great demons retreat immediately and choose another place to fight, or else they would kill all of these demons.
Among the demons who were captured, there was a powerful demon who was playful and disobeyed his elders to sneak into the capital to play. As a result, he committed a murder and found that he could not leave. He was captured a few days later.
Amidst this chaos, Rong Yi's attention was drawn to the immortals watching the battle from behind the clouds.
"He's leaving."
Upon seeing this, the immortal moved slightly, and Rong Yi assumed she was about to leave.
The next instant, she flew out of the courtyard and headed straight for the direction of the immortals. Wei Yanqing covered her with a layer of spiritual protection, which not only protected her but also concealed her aura and figure.
The spectator was a seventh-level immortal, but Wei Yanqing was stronger and had a deeper control over mental power, which caused the immortal to not notice Rong Yi's approach for a moment.
Once he was close enough, Rong Yi reached out and grabbed the immortal by the collar, gently pulling him out of the thick clouds.
The invisibility effect disappeared, and the immortals saw Rong Yi before them.
Because the portraits of Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing from the Upper Realm had spread, he recognized the other person at a glance, "It's you!"
Rong Yi laughed and said, "So I'm quite famous in your immortal circle."
She had thought that the gods worshipped in different dynasties would be different, but she never expected that they were all the same.
The commotion they made caused the fighting to stop; clearly, everyone had seen the deity who had been exposed.
Seeing everyone's gaze turn to him, the immortal suppressed his momentary astonishment and resumed his dignified and solemn demeanor.
"Seeing them fighting like this, as a deity, don't you have anything to say to comfort them?"
Rong Yi didn't even need to leave the city to know how many people outside were affected by the war.
Even with his collar being grabbed, the deity maintained his composure, saying, "All living beings suffer, why must we act this way? Let us turn hostility into friendship, and may the celestial realm mediate."
The Upper Realm is where the gods live. No one knows exactly where this place is. It is only said that there are countless treasures and abundant spiritual energy here. Ordinary people can live for ten years longer just by taking a breath here.
Seeing that there were immortals present, the demons took the lead in complaining about how much the humans squeezed their living space and about the Jade Spirit Stone.
The elders of the immortal sect gave the same explanation, perhaps genuinely hoping that the immortals could intervene and resolve the chaos. They stated that the jade spirit stones needed to maintain the great formation were almost gone, and there was no malicious encroachment on the mine as the demon race claimed.
Now that things have come to this point, it's time to pause the war and sit down for a talk.
Rong Yi looked at the immortal, listening attentively to what he had to say.
But then the deity made a gesture with his hand and slowly spoke, "You all say..."
Before any other words could even escape his lips, trouble broke out in the city. One of the soldiers guarding the demons stabbed a junior member of the great demon right through the heart.
"Su'er!" a female demon cried out in the air, the little demon who had been stabbed was her child.
Rong Yi glanced at the ground, then looked at the immortal, and his gesture...
The banshee desperately tried to rush down to save the child, but was stopped by another powerful demon, who warned, "The defensive array is not to be touched, or you will be reduced to ashes!"
Only powerful demons can launch attacks from a distance, so it's impossible to use a sea of demons to break the defensive array. If you get close enough, the inner cores of dead demons will become a source of energy for the array.
The demoness glared hatefully at the immortal beside Rong Yi, "It was you! You're the one who wanted my brother... uh!"
Before the succubus could finish speaking, her head lolled to the side and she breathed her last. The great demon who was holding her stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that she had died so easily.
Rong Yi tugged at the immortal, "What did you do?"
The immortal frowned, trying to push Rong Yi away, but found he couldn't.
"Why do you say that? I have been standing here the whole time."
Rong Yi said coldly, "Don't think I didn't notice your hand."
Both times the incident happened, this guy would make a hand gesture.
As everyone's attention turned to the demoness, the god's compassionate expression changed. His eyes, backlit by the light, instantly turned icy cold, devoid of any warmth, a stark contrast to his previous demeanor.
"Don't think that just because you two are strong, you can provoke us. The powerful beings from the upper realm haven't even made a move yet. If you're smart, you should know what to do next."
Rong Yi was taken aback by his words, then chuckled and released his grip on the collar, smoothing out the wrinkles in the gauze dress with both hands.
"You're right, it's time to figure out what to do next."
The deity was very pleased with Rong Yi's "sensibility" and restored his compassionate expression to his eyes.
Rong Yi instantly wiped the smile off his face, expressionlessly punching him off the cloud. The punch sent him flying through the defensive array and crashing to the ground, leaving the humans and demons stunned.
Rong Yi straddled him, her pupils blood red. "This is what I've always wanted to do." She grabbed his neck. "If you don't want to die now, hand over your Qiankun bag."
The immortal was greatly surprised, noticing that Rong Yi's aura had changed instantly. He had been relatively calm before, but now killing intent was surging into his head.
If I don't do as she says, I really will die.
Helpless, the immortal took out his personal storage bag, and Rong Yi released his neck, kneeing him in the chest.
She opened the bag, revealing over two million jade spirit stones. She chuckled, "As expected, you have jade spirit stone mines in the Upper Realm." Rong Yi tied the opening of the Qiankun bag and looked at the stunned humans and demons, "No wonder they all said they didn't have any jade spirit stones; it turns out you've been hoarding them all."
Otherwise, Rong Yi really couldn't understand why the demon race, who mostly lived in the mountains and wilderness, hadn't found a single large jade spirit stone mine, let alone the human race, who occupied more than half of the world's territory, yet hadn't found a decent mine.
Even if the veins of jade spirit stones are extremely difficult to find, it's impossible that they haven't been discovered even after ten thousand years of development.
I heard there was a jade spirit stone vein ten thousand years ago, but after the great war, all the documents recording the location of the vein were lost. What a coincidence.
So the truth is only one thing: all the jade spirit stone mines are occupied by the gods. Even if they don't need them, they use them as currency and prevent humans and demons from getting them.
Rong Yi couldn't stand it; she still needed the jade spirit stones from the mine to break her dormancy and leave this world.
(End of this chapter)
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