NOVPUB"Indeed, the identity of kin is so useful. I didn’t expect that just by mentioning it casually, it agreed on the spot."
"What?" Hearing the answer provided by Lin Ling, Wang Xuanba’s expression changed.
"To form an alliance with that old thing? Sister, are you serious?"
Standing before the Leyline Ancient Tree with such deference made Wang Xuanba feel somewhat disdainful.
"It was merely a ploy to deceive it. An alliance..."
"It’s worthy?" Lin Ling’s tone was calm, but the deep disregard in her words was unmistakable.
"Now that it has joined the Holy Dynasty, could it possibly go back on its word? If it dares to bring up this matter in front of me..." Lin Ling scoffed coldly.
Wang Xuanba was taken aback.
Being someone who somewhat valued promises, he found it hard to accept Lin Ling’s blatant breach of promise.
Seeing this, Lin Ling couldn’t help but break into a smile. "Brother, as they say, all is fair in war."
"To treat an enemy as if one must do as they say and achieve what they promise, wouldn’t that be folly?"
Wang Xuanba was left speechless.
"Besides, brother, do you still remember the instructions from our master before we went to the Leyline Ancient Tree?" Lin Ling asked.
"Of course I remember. Master said, if the ancient tree is stubbornly ignorant, sister you may replace it," Wang Xuanba recalled and said.
"The Leyline Ancient Tree, its name is indeed mighty. I had some expectations originally, but after seeing it in person, I was left only with disappointment," Lin Ling’s answer slightly startled Wang Xuanba.
"Weak, too weak. The strongest aspect of the Leyline Ancient Tree is its unity with the Xuan Huang Ley Lines, enabling it to harness the rushing power of the ley lines across Xuan Huang. This is its characteristic and advantage, but it also sets the limits for the tree. Moreover, the body of the Leyline Ancient Tree is too large, presenting many flaws in the eyes of a true master," Lin Ling shook her head slightly.
"My dream is to become a person like our master. If I really became that Leyline Tree, although my strength would indeed leap in the short term, it would mean the end of any future prospects. I’m not stupid."
"I could only fool that old thing and continue my role."
Lin Ling rolled her eyes at Wang Xuanba. "Brother, what kind of person do you think I am?"
Wang Xuanba, feeling a bit embarrassed, scratched his head and immediately apologized on the spot, "I underestimated you, sister."
He turned to look at the Leyline Ancient Tree in the Saint Emperor Seat, nodding in agreement. "XuanHuang Ancient Objects, though powerful, rely only on the power of the Xuanhuang Heaven Path Laws. If the Xuanhuang Heaven Path is strong, they naturally rise with the tide. But if it’s like today, where figures like the Law Transmitter trample it underfoot, they can only struggle to survive, hiding in dark corners reminiscing about past glory."
"Didn’t expect you to be so cultured, brother. Quite eloquent," Lin Ling said, not knowing whether she was sincerely praising or slightly retaliating with a sarcastic dig.
"I didn’t think that much, just plainly thought it was strong enough."
"No more talk, I’m off to cultivate. Having swallowed some of that old thing’s body, I indeed gained something. Had I known, I should have been more ruthless and swallowed more," Lin Ling’s voice tinged with regret echoed in Wang Xuanba’s ears.
A moment later, her figure gradually faded, and her presence vanished.
Wang Xuanba smiled wryly, chiding himself for overthinking.
...
Xuanhuang World, Tianyu Province.
A site famous within the Immortal Alliance.
A rift hundreds of miles long meandered across the land like a dark scar.
Even without approaching, one could faintly feel the endless icy intent emanating from the rift.
The closer one got to the rift, the more rapidly the temperature dropped.
Even Golden Core Cultivators could hardly endure the low temperatures for long and could not linger.
At the bottom of the rift, blue glimmers occasionally burst forth.
That was the freezing energy of Ice.
But standing beside the rift and looking down,
One could see that within this Cold Ice Abyss, numerous flames formed into lotuses were blooming.
They were not cold flames, but truly fiery hot lotuses.
Cold and heat, utterly contradictory yet interwoven here in the Cold Ice Abyss where they starkly coexisted.
Great Enthroned Faceless Saint Emperor, Li Ping’s figure, suddenly appeared outside this spectacular scene of the Abyssal Icefire Lotus.
Like many visitors who came to this place, he stood quietly, gazing downward.
"Gifted by nature, creations mysterious."
After a long while, Li Ping couldn’t help but express his awe internally.
To his eyes, the scene here was not quite the same as what other cultivators saw.
The blue-colored Cold Ice Abyss actually exuded a deep aura of death.
Pitch black, suffocating.
While the fiery red lotuses, were pure white, radiating vigorous life.
It seemed to be a mingling of cold and heat, but in reality, it was...
"Black Abyss White Flower, Dead Abyss Flower of Life."
Li Ping took a step forward, suddenly fell through the void, and plummeted swiftly into the depths of the Black Abyss.
Yet his disappearance went unnoticed by the surrounding cultivators.
At this moment, from Li Ping’s perspective, the surroundings abruptly stretched and twisted.
Though the white Flowers of Life seemed not far away, Li Ping had been falling for quite some time, yet he hadn’t gotten any closer to them.
The entire space of the Black Abyss, with Li Ping’s descent, endlessly expanded and extended.
What followed, was the correspondingly increasing dense aura of death.
Feeling the death energy around trying to infect him, Li Ping sneered internally, but didn’t pay it much mind.
