Chapter 124 I Can't Bear It
The old ancestor was determined to die.
Those familiar with Duan Jiuyou know that this ancestor, who lives as long as heaven and earth, is never someone to be trifled with. Whoever offends her, she will fight them to the death.
She is immortal, so it is always others who are dying.
However, back then she felt no pain and had boundless energy, so she wouldn't feel like she was being torn apart by a few impacts. Now, things are different. Even if she clenched her fists and tried to endure the pain, she would still tremble with pain.
Di Jiang carried the person back to Dixi Mountain, instructing Liantang to take care of him as he got up and walked outside.
Duan Jiuyou knew what he was going to do and grabbed his hand.
"How much blood do you have to withstand this kind of drain? I'm immortal; I can heal myself after enduring this pain. Are you trying to kill yourself by repeatedly ripping out your heart like this?"
Di Jiang said that taking a little bit wouldn't hurt, "It's not like a bowl of water that's gone once it's drained."
His blood would help her recover; he didn't want her to be in pain.
Duan Jiuyou refused to let go, staring intently at him: "I said no, and that's final!"
His hands were cold; the cold had left a lasting effect, and she could no longer use his blood as medicine.
Di Jiang frowned: "How long will it take to heal from this injury?"
"You won't die anyway, so sit down and relax." She forcibly pulled him down to sit, then leaned against the soft pillows herself, her hands still clenched tightly.
She needed some strength to help herself calm down, and she also needed someone she could trust to be by her side.
She knew she had developed a demonic inner demon, a power that would make her extremely irritable. Han Ling wanted to use her to escape his predicament. If he used his method to lure the gods down to the mortal realm, then the Desolate Clan, Tian Sheng, and even the entire Heavenly Realm would be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"I can't bear it."
Duan Jiuyou said to Di Jiang.
"When I was at the bottom of the sea, I really wanted to fight the gods to the death. At that time, I was filled with hatred. I knew that the barrier was hard to break. I rushed up to the Thirty-Three Heavens just to ask for the truth. The battle at the Cliff Sea was only Han Ling's side of the story. If the gods have a clear conscience, they should explain it to me face to face. But those old things not only did not give a response, but also brought down heavenly punishment."
As he spoke, he glanced at Di Jiang and Bai Yanxing respectively.
Di Jiang grew ears, which stood up in his hair with fluffy hair, while Bai Yanxing grew horns, which looked like two pieces of ginger stuck to his forehead.
Duan Jiuyou looked left and right, then spoke to Di Jiang.
"Yours is prettier than his."
"Who asked you to comment?" Di Jiang smiled helplessly, but more than that, he felt sorry for him.
She served the Heavenly Realm Dynasty for not just one or two years, but for nearly seventy million years. In those long years, she fought for them and for justice. She believed in the way they spoke of and refused to deny everything she had done before because of the instigation of a demon.
She couldn't bear the suffering and was heartbroken by her parents' tragic deaths. She wanted an answer, to hear the truth with her own ears. Even if she had been deceived and used, she wanted to be their enemy clearly and openly.
However, the gods of the Heavenly Realm cannot leave the Thirty-Three Heavens without divine mandate, and Han Ling dared to fabricate such a story precisely because he was certain of this.
But if he fabricated it, why did the Emperor take away Jiuyou's painless bone?
Master Huang said that Hanling would be destroyed by the Ao Clan. As the ancestor of the Ao Clan, Jiuyou must be at the core of this battle. As the god of foreknowledge, Zonghuang could not possibly be unaware of these things.
If this was foreseen, wouldn't removing the divine bone have made the battle even more difficult? Or... is what Han Ling said true? The Emperor foresaw that Jiuyou would rebel, so he removed the divine bone in advance to make it easier to suppress him?
"What are you thinking about?"
Emperor Jiang was lost in thought for too long, which aroused Duan Jiuyou's suspicion.
She said to Di Jiang, "Say whatever comes to mind, I'd like to hear your opinions too."
She held nothing back from them; she told them everything Hanling had said to her underwater on her way back.
However, this matter still needs to be verified. Di Jiang did not want to draw any conclusions too early, and only spoke to Jiuyou Dao—
"I'm just wondering where we can find some witnesses. The gods have ascended to the Thirty-Three Heavens, and there must still be gods who experienced that great war. Perhaps they can provide us with some clues."
"You mean, the Ao Clan?" Duan Jiuyou quickly understood Di Jiang's thoughts.
However, the Ao tribe is different from the Divine Ao tribe. They cannot speak human language, nor do they speak animal language. They communicate only with their eyes and body language.
When Duan Jiuyou was young, she visited the habitat of the Ao tribe. They moved slowly and never communicated with outsiders. Even when she transformed into her true form, they kept their distance from her.
"No matter what, let's go take a look. My blood can turn ordinary Ao clan members into divine Ao clan members, right? Maybe it will be useful to them."
As Duan Jiuyou spoke, he suddenly sat up, which aggravated his wound, causing another wave of excruciating pain.
Di Jiang hurriedly helped her back, frowning as he said, "At least let your injuries heal before you go. If you're really in a hurry, I'll send someone to bring back a few. There's no need for you to go in person."
"Yes, Ancestor, if you are in a hurry to see him, Lianxi and I will make the trip."
Liantang still doesn't understand what happened, only that their ancestor bumped into the barrier.
It doesn't matter what she gets hit, the main thing is that I can't bear to see her in pain. I tried to dissuade her while wiping Duan Jiuyou's sweat.
Seeing that Liantang moved freely, Bai Yanxing had new doubts.
"Both of us are subject to divine punishment, so why were you unaffected, and why were the disciples of the Ao Sect also unaffected?"
Even those with cultivation levels like his and Di Jiang revealed parts of their true forms, so how could the disciples of the Ao Sect be unharmed?
Duan Jiuyou and Liantang both looked bewildered, as if they were looking at an idiot.
Duan Jiuyou asked, "What cultivation levels are there for martial arts practitioners?"
They fight on their own, like martial artists in the human world who only practice moves but not cultivate internal strength. They rely solely on their strong physique to fight, so crippling their internal strength is the same as not crippling them at all.
Moreover, these disciples, like her, were born into human form; they did not cultivate from beasts to humans, but rather first gained human form before acquiring their true form.
To summarize this from another perspective, it means that they rely purely on their natural talents, are uneducated and incompetent, and know nothing of serious matters.
The divine punishment only cripples the cultivation of magic practitioners. If you have to say what impact it has on them, at most their "magic tricks" skills are weakened. They can't use magic to close doors and windows, and they have to blow out candles themselves. It really doesn't have much of an impact.
Bai Yanxing inquired about the imperial territory.
"Why does she seem so proud?"
"Haven't you always been like this?" Di Jiang was used to it, his eyes only on Duan Jiuyou. He told him not to clench his fists, "If it hurts, just yell it out. Why hold it in? Weren't you quite good at yelling when you were injured before?"
Duan Jiuyou said, "Isn't this about saving face? It hurt too much last time, this time it's less painful, I'll bear it if I can."
"Even if it's easy, you can't risk your life. Have you ever practiced Iron Head Kung Fu? Let alone the Heavenly Realm, have you ever seen anyone use their head to smash iron in the mortal world?"
The barrier was as hard as stone and iron. She not only rammed it with her head, but also struck it with her elbows and punches. It was clear that she was furious at the time, her chest was full of hatred, and she had to vent it to feel better.
But he couldn't bear to see her like this. He couldn't stand seeing her get hurt even before she could feel pain, let alone now.
He kept nagging, both scolding and feeling sorry for her.
Duan Jiuyou tilted his head to look at Dijiang, then smiled at Bai Yanxing.
“Look at him, doesn’t he act like a father, treating me like a child and scolding me?”
It was originally a joke, but she felt sad after saying it.
She originally had a father and a mother—Han Ling said that her mother was turned into a stone by the gods and taken to the Thirty-Third Heaven.
Thinking this, and eager to verify it, she said to Di Jiang, "Send someone to pick them up now... Never mind, Lian Tang! Take a few people to Di Ao Mountain and bring all those old turtles living in Qing Shui Jian over!"
Emperor Jiang's cultivation level was reduced, and his subordinates naturally suffered the same fate, making them less reliable than Ao Zong in their work.
Liantang accepted the order and returned in less than an hour. The process of bringing back Lao Ao went smoothly, but Lao Ao had been completely turned into a stone statue.
Liantang and the others only brought back a portion of them. Duan Jiuyou propped himself up and looked at each one. They had peaceful expressions and were petrified in a sleeping position.
Someone put them to sleep before them, not wanting them to continue to explore the old stories of the Cliff Sea.
The three of them observed the stone statue at the same time and discovered that a reddish light flashed across its surface.
Di Jiang said, "It's demonic energy."
Han Ling has been to Di'ao Mountain.
Duan Jiuyou narrowed his eyes and said, "Not only that, there's also the divine trace."
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