Chapter 127 The Savior Qi Family
In response to the Qi family head's anxious inquiry, Nangong Liuyun could only shake his head with regret.
"To close this space crack, either we need an absolutely powerful being, or someone who can master the rules of this world, or we can only wait for the space crack to close on its own. Currently, we don't have any of these three abilities."
"With your strength, you are still unable to close this space crack?" The head of the Qi family looked pale.
Nangong Liuyun shook his head, "No, we can't do it with our abilities, even if we recover all our skills."
Breaking down the barrier of a world and closing the barrier of a world are two different concepts. If they join forces in their heyday, they may be able to break down the barrier of a small world and create a space crack in that small world, but it is impossible to close it because they cannot fully understand the rules of that small world.
Rules sometimes apply to all worlds, but understanding them depends entirely on one's own understanding. Nangong Liuyun himself was surrounded by the power of rules within the Tower of Babel, and he hadn't truly stepped into the realm of rules. Like the rudiments of the Great Dao, these things aren't easy to grasp.
The Qi family's patriarch took a deep breath and asked, "Now, what should we do?"
Nangong Liuyun said directly: "Now, we can only intercept them one by one. We will first interrogate and search the souls of these people to determine how many people know about this crack and the reason for its appearance. Then, we will do our best to prevent people from entering here. The only way to prevent others from entering here is to kill them until they are afraid. However, there are only six of us. If the number of them entering at once is not large, then I can still intercept them. But if the number of them entering is too large, they may be able to pass us and enter the mainland. Then..."
Nangong Liuyun doesn’t need to say what comes next.
The head of the Qi family looked very ugly.
A quarter of an hour later, the head of the Qi family left first, leaving behind a Martial Saint of the Qi family to wait for the soul-searching results.
The three Tianyuan Realm cultivators were truly bewildered. What the hell was going on? Weren't they the first to try this? Clearly, clearly, their families had arranged for them to be among the first to enter! Damn it, how could there be someone so powerful as to capture them?
Especially the two Tianyuan realm cultivators who were beaten with pig-headed faces were really confused and hateful. The eyes they looked at Zhu Huaqiang and others were as if they were filled with poison.
Nangong Liuyun glanced at Lin Jiaojiao. Lin Jiaojiao smiled meaningfully, but did not refuse. She directly searched the soul of one of them.
Zhu Huaqiang said, "Let me come too. I think we should leave these three alone."
Then, he directly searched the soul of the person who was staring at him.
Nangong Bingyan looked at Nangong Liuyun and said, "Brother, let me take care of the rest."
Nangong Liuyun shook his head, "Not yet, two will be enough."
Nangong Bingyan nodded and said nothing more.
After a moment, Lin Jiaojiao and Zhu Huaqiang's faces turned ugly. As for the two people whose souls were searched by them, they were now lying on the ground like idiots and could only drool. The remaining Tianyuan realm cultivators felt a chill all over their bodies when they saw the end of their two companions.
At this moment, he regretted that he had taken advantage of his privilege to be the first to come down. Damn it, not only did he not gain any advantage at all, he also fell into a trap!
And it's a deadly trap! Damn it! Damn it!
The man almost wanted to cry.
Lin Jiaojiao said, "They come from a plane slightly higher than this one, but also considered a low-level plane. Their continent is called Chengming. This rift was opened by three peak-level Void Realm masters from Chengming Continent, who worked together using three divine artifacts. There's a prophecy on Chengming Continent about our plane: those who enter the Star Emperor plane, gain great fortune, and achieve eternal life. The plane we're on is called the Star Emperor Plane. According to this person's memory, that sentence translates to anyone who can enter the Star Emperor plane, gain great fortune themselves, or capture someone with great fortune from this plane, and there's hope of achieving eternal life. This eternal life could mean leaping across two realms at once, or it could allow one to become a master of the fourth or even fifth realm in the future. Even the sixth realm is not impossible... I really don't know what they're thinking. They believe this. Can cultivation just drop from the sky?"
After curling her lips, Lin Jiaojiao continued, "This prophecy has left a legend in both the Jiufeng Plane and their two continents, and this legend may have existed for more than a million years. Chengming Continent has put it into action this time, and the other Shuhua Continent may also get the news soon. These three people are the first group sent by the three largest families in Chengming Continent. They have already experimented before. People in the Tianyuan Realm have the easiest time entering here. The Diyuan Realm and the Kongyuan Realm are under great pressure when they approach the rift. They are trying to find a way to reduce the pressure on cultivators in these two realms. As for the Tianhuang Realm and the Diling Realm, the pressure is even greater, but it is hard to say whether they can find a way to get through."
Zhu Huaqiang added, "However, this Jiufeng plane doesn't have a single master of the third realm. The strongest one is at the peak of the Void Realm. Chengming Continent has about six or seven masters at the peak of the Void Realm, and the same is true for Shuhua Continent. The lack of a master of the third realm is not a big deal. However, this Jiufeng plane is a subsidiary plane of a medium plane. These people don't have enough status to know much about that medium plane. They only know that the Jiufeng plane can connect with that medium plane. And that medium plane has countless masters."
Lin Jiaojiao nodded. "Yes, this is a bit troublesome. We wanted to kill them one by one before, but now it seems that if we kill them all, I'm afraid the Jiufeng Plane will directly contact its superiors. Then, the real masters will come."
Nangong Liuyun said calmly: "Just don't let them die."
"That's right." Zhu Huaqiang glanced at the two idiots on the ground. "This is neither a threat nor will it affect our hunting operations."
The surviving Tianyuan realm cultivator was shaking like a sieve. These people did not avoid talking to them at all, so he felt that his hope of living in peace was very slim.
The next moment, the cultivator heard Nangong Liuyun say, "For any cultivators we capture, we will make them recognize their master. For those who refuse, we will search their souls and leave them alive."
In one sentence, it set the tone for the subsequent invaders.
The Tianyuan Realm cultivator nearly fainted with his eyes rolled back. Acknowledge the master? No, no, how could a child of destiny like him acknowledge the master? This is humiliating!
In less than half an hour, this Tianyuan realm cultivator recognized Nangong Bingyan as his master.
No matter how humiliating it is, for the sake of survival, you have to accept it!
This man is called Tian Ping. He is from the Tian family, one of the three major families in Chengming Continent. The other two people on the ground are from the Li family and the Zhou family respectively.
The next day, a total of nine people came from the three major families, three from each family, all of whom were at the Tianyuan realm.
Although the level of the Jiufeng plane is higher than that of the Xinghuang plane, there are only a few strong people above the god level, and they are not cabbages. Therefore, those who come down can be said to be the pride of each family.
However, in addition to being the chosen ones of heaven, Tian Ping and the other two each have special status in their own families. For example, they have a father who is the head of the family, or a grandfather who is a master elder.
Tian Ping is the youngest son of the Tian family's patriarch. He is usually the most favored. He is only the first to come down, but unfortunately...
The second group represented the true genius of the younger generation of the clan. Although they were also at the Tianyuan realm, they had truly cultivated to that level, and their martial arts prowess was much higher than that of Tian Ping and the other three.
"Tian Ping, stop one of the Li family members. If you can't stop him and let him enter the continent behind you, I will crush your soul immediately." Nangong Bingyan said with a cold expression.
Tian Ping responded with a stiff face: "Yes, Master, I will definitely stop him and will never let him enter the continent behind me."
Nangong Bingyan didn't say anything else.
Then, the true geniuses of the three major families, Tian, Li, and Zhou, had not yet had time to go down to the continent below. They had just come out of the space crack when they were attacked.
The nine of them were naturally shocked. Not to mention those who encountered unfamiliar masters like Nangong Liuyun, just the one from the Li family who knew Tian Ping exclaimed in shock, "Tian Ping? Are you crazy? Why are you attacking me?"
The three families were of the same blood this time. Although they would inevitably fight to the death if they encountered someone with great luck after coming down, they had just come down, okay? Why would they fight now?
However, the cultivator from the Li family discovered that Tian Ping was really crazy. He could even only see crazy murderous intent in the other's eyes. Originally, although Tian Ping's realm was the same as his, both were at the eighth level of the Tianyuan realm, he had fought with Tian Ping several times and he had always been able to suppress the other. But now, Tian Ping was so crazy that he actually beat him!
The Li family cultivator was also really angry and gradually stopped thinking about the strangeness of the matter. He fought against Tian Ping and the fight was very fierce.
This intense battle lasted for about a quarter of an hour, until he heard two screams in succession. He instinctively looked towards the source of the screams and was shocked to find that it was one of his companions and another from the Tian family. Tian Ping hadn't even glanced at the Tian family members, and took advantage of his distracted moment to attack them with all his might...
It's a mess, everything is a mess.
Damn it, what the hell is going on!
More than an hour later, the Li family cultivator who was fighting against Tian Ping was captured by Nangong Bingyan. The Li family cultivator stared at Tian Ping and Nangong Bingyan intently, saying in disbelief, "Tian Ping, you betrayed your Tian family?"
The three injured and subdued monks from the Tian family also glared at Tian Ping fiercely. If looks could kill, Tian Ping would probably be riddled with wounds by now.
Tian Ping finally said expressionlessly, "You will betray me soon too."
In this way, after more than an hour, a cultivator from the Li family blew himself up, and the remaining eight cultivators all recognized their master with dejected expressions.
The cultivator from the Li family who self-destructed was not the one who had fought against Tian Ping before, but another one. The one who fought against Tian Ping was called Li Feng. Now their masters are both Nangong Bingyan.
Tian Ping looked at Li Feng silently, and Li Feng finally understood what Tian Ping meant when he said, "You will betray me soon too."
Nangong Liuyun and others came from the top plane. Some of the things they knew were simply beyond the understanding of Tian Ping and others, and some of their methods of controlling people were also things they had never seen before. In addition, they had seen the fate of the two idiots from the Zhou and Li families before, so they could not resist Nangong Liuyun and others at all, and could only become their servants.
Nangong Liuyun and the others did not need Shen Yichuan to take action, and successfully recruited nine servants.
In this kind of master-servant contract, the servant's life is completely linked to the master's life. If the master dies, the servant will surely die with him. How can the master not be bothered by the servant's death? It is so domineering.
Lin Jiaojiao flicked her fingers, flicking away the nonexistent dirt, and said lazily, "One person died. There's this person's life token over there. Will they be able to discover what's happening down there?"
"The fate plate can only indicate this person's death." Nangong Bingyan said, "Only one person died. This one could have been killed by an accident, by others working together, or by masters from this plane. In short, it shouldn't have made those people realize that there's something wrong so quickly."
Nangong Liuyun nodded, "That's right, but we still have to be careful next time. Brother Zhu, you have to be more cautious next time. Too many deaths will make those people alert."
The person who blew himself up did so under Zhu Huaqiang's command.
Zhu Huaqiang nodded slowly, "I understand. I will be more careful."
In the Jiufeng plane, on the Chengming Continent, Li Huan’s death indeed attracted everyone’s attention.
"Li Huan is dead? How long has he been gone?"
"What's going on? Is there some trap in the Star Emperor plane?"
"No, if there were any traps in the Star Emperor Plane, Li Huan wouldn't be the only one to die."
After some discussion, everyone came to a similar conclusion as Nangong Liuyun. They believed that Li Huan must have met with some unknown accident, or even been attacked and killed by others. After all, it was just a matter of time, and the three major families were unlikely to fall out. Moreover, Li Huan still had companions!
However, Li Huan's death did make those who did not go down more vigilant, but that was all.
…
Shen Yichuan and Qi Xiuyuan were completely unaware of what was happening outside. One of them was comprehending the rules of the world in the Tower of Babel, while the other was comprehending the power of the rules outside.
With Shen Yichuan's teachings on cosmic knowledge and Qi Xiuyuan's high level of comprehension, his progress was much faster than Shen Yichuan's outside.
But because Qi Xiuyuan is not the owner of the Tower of Babel, he only has two keys in his hand. Therefore, even if Qi Xiuyuan has mastered some of the power of rules in the Tower of Babel, what he gets is only the way to use the power of rules. Simply put, his attack skills have increased a few more, but it is completely impossible for him to master the Tower of Babel!
While Shen Yichuan was outside absorbing and understanding the power of rules within the sphere, he would occasionally exchange ideas with Qi Xiuyuan. Because every time he woke up from meditation, he had someone to talk to, so Shen Yichuan didn't feel that life was hard anymore.
Two years passed like this, and in the third year, the twins finally woke up. Their height had not grown at all, and they still looked like four or five-year-old children, but they were already nine years old!
However, the two children's bodies had indeed cleared a lot of impurities, and their acupoints now numbered 115. However, this was still slightly less than Qi Xiuyuan's, because over the past three years, Qi Xiuyuan had broken through six more acupoints due to his understanding of the power of rules, bringing his current number to 120.
According to Nangong Liuyun, one hundred and twenty acupoints and meridians are the standard configuration for top-level geniuses.
After Qi Xiuyuan understood some of the rules, his cultivation naturally broke through. Now, he has reached the middle stage of Martial Saint and is only one step away from the late stage of Martial Saint.
And Shen Yichuan... he was such a miserable kid. He still had forty-eight acupoints in his body, no more, no less.
As for cultivation, Shen Yichuan… had just broken through to the Martial Saint level two days before the twins woke up, that was all. He had never fought Qi Xiuyuan before, so he didn't know how this small difference in realm would affect their performance in a battle.
After the twins woke up, Shen Yichuan did not let them out and let them continue to stay in the space.
The twins are now both in the middle stage of Martial Emperor. They can break through just by sleeping... Shen Yichuan said that he is not jealous, really.
However, according to Nangong Liuyun, he said that he was born with the cultivation level of Martial Lord, and it only took him ten years to cultivate to the level of Martial Saint... If you calculate it this way, it is actually normal for the twins to be in the middle stage of Martial Emperor at the age of nine, and to have 115 acupoints, which is also normal, well, about the same as Nangong Liuyun.
The twins had been frolicking in the space for a year, even breaking through from the middle stage of the Martial Emperor to the late stage. They were finally tired of playing around and wanted to go out and play, but their request was rejected by Qi Xiuyuan. Outside was the Snow Moon Forest, and a late stage Martial Emperor's cultivation level was nothing in the Snow Moon Forest!
The reptiles and chicks had also been improving their cultivation over the past few years, and there were also times when they were dormant. They couldn't stay in the space, so they were always outside. They didn't want the twins to come out, otherwise they would be a disaster. How nice it would be to stay in the space! For the first time, they thought Qi Xiuyuan's decision was very wise.
As the fourth year came to an end and the fifth year was about to begin, Shen Yichuan finally made the sphere emit a brilliant light, while Qi Xiuyuan in the Tower of Babel seemed to have sensed something and looked towards the sky. Not long after, a vortex appeared in the sky, and then the figure of the sphere emerged vaguely.
Shen Yichuan shouted, “Xiu Yuan.”
Qi Xiuyuan understood what the other party meant and stretched out his palm, and Shen Yichuan's hand fell from the air, and his palm touched Qi Xiuyuan's palm together.
Qi Xiuyuan's understanding of the rules of the Tower of Babel and all his power were transferred to Shen Yichuang's body. Gradually, the shadow of the sphere above the Tower of Babel became clearer. At the same time, a faint suction force came from above, and this suction force was directed at the sphere outside.
Until the suction force became stronger and stronger...
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Shen Yichuan roared, and the entire sphere outside was sucked into the Tower of Babel.
There is a new sun above the Tower of Babel.
That’s right, that ball turned into the sun at some point in time.
Qi Xiuyuan stared at the sky, watching the sun appear, and muttered, "It actually worked..."
He actually didn't expect that Shen Yichuan could really succeed.
The twins cheered, "Dad did it! We can get out now!"
"Ah, did Dad succeed? Then we can finally go out. Great! That's great!"
The twins cheered.
The reptiles and chickens outside only felt a deep, instinctive fear of Shen Yichuan at that moment.
This kind of fear even seems to penetrate into their souls!
Shen Yichuan went into seclusion again, and Qi Xiuyuan was unable to leave the space, so he urged the twins to practice.
In this way, three months into the fifth year, when the twins had reached the peak of Martial Emperor under Qi Xiuyuan's daily supervision and combat training, Shen Yichuan finally woke up from his meditation.
The twins immediately dropped their sparring and ran towards Shen Yichuan.
"Father!"
Shen Yichuan smiled and hugged the two children who rushed over, then frowned and looked at Qi Xiuyuan: "They... why are they still like this?"
The two children are a little over ten years old, why do they still look like they are four or five years old? This made Shen Yichuan a little worried.
"It should be the effect of the marrow cleansing. But I asked them, and they instinctively felt that it was fine. They said that it would grow up naturally when it was time." Qi Xiuyuan said, paused, and added: "I think their situation is a bit similar to that of some monster cubs. What do you think?"
"Monster?"
Demonic beasts are ranked even higher than spirit beasts, on the same level as divine beasts. Divine beasts are born with intelligence and can cultivate like humans. The same is true for demonic beasts. After a certain period of time, demonic beasts can transform into human form, and after that, they are the same as humans. However, the difference between demonic beasts and humans is that they are a bit more ferocious and their growth period is slower.
According to human calculations, a 300-year-old demon beast is equivalent to only 4 or 5 human years. So, roughly, one sixty-year period is equivalent to one human year.
But the twins are human beings, not monsters!
No, there seems to have always been something wrong with the twins' bloodline.
Qi Xiuyuan looked at Shen Yichuan's puzzled expression, pursed his lips slightly, and said, "I was just giving an analogy. However, their father and mother might know something about their bloodline issues. I will ask them when I return this time."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yichuan couldn't help but think, maybe this is a hidden setting that hasn't even been mentioned in the plot? Anyway, the plot is now broken... so it's normal for some hidden settings to emerge?
"We've been outside for five or six years, tsk tsk." Shen Yichuan sighed, then took Qi Xiuyuan and the two children out of the space.
The reptile and the chick grew in size, waiting for the twins to sit on them.
"Dad, are we leaving now? Are we going back to grandpa's place? I miss my grandparents. I wonder if grandma is awake."
Shen Yichuan smiled slightly, "Well, go back and see your grandparents."
Inside the Tower of Babel, the sphere transformed into the sun shines on the earth. The entire Tower of Babel has actually expanded a lot without Shen Yichuan knowing. However, he is not yet the true owner of the Tower of Babel and has not been recognized by the spirit of the Tower of Babel. Therefore, he is still unaware of the changes that have taken place in the Tower of Babel.
When I came outside, it seemed that nothing had changed, yet it also seemed that everything had changed.
As they walked forward, Shen Yichuan and Qi Xiuyuan's expressions changed slightly when they heard some people's discussions and conversations.
A spatial rift has appeared, and the eastern suburbs of the imperial capital have become a restricted area. For those coming from other planes, the Qi family is the savior...
Shen Yichuan and Qi Xiuyuan exchanged a glance and immediately sped up their return...
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