Chapter 502: Just How Much Have You Been Hiding?
Young Master Sang had meticulously prepared this body.
Although he had previously frightened Li Shanyan by saying things like “You’ll feel pleasure once you start working” and “You’ll feel ants crawling all over you if you don’t work,” those were just scare tactics.
Beyond that, this body was absolutely perfect.
The body was completely crafted from the Ksitigarbha Fairy Jade, flawless and pure, with top-notch qualities. More importantly, it was freshly minted, with no physical wear and tear whatsoever.
This meant, theoretically, that this body could allow Li Shanyan to live for another thousand years.
Of course.
As for why the appearance was of a cute, chubby little child with a round face and a soft voice…
Well, that was purely Young Master Sang’s personal bad taste.
“Young Master Sang, may I understand this as…”
Li Shanyan spoke in a condescending tone, but his voice came out childish and cute: “Are you taking the chance to settle scores with me?”
“Ahem. I advise you to be content.”
Young Master Sang barely suppressed his laughter and said softly, “At least you’re still a boy now; you’ve even experienced the joy of being young again.”
“If I were in a bad mood and swapped you for a flat-chested loli or a busty mature lady’s body, you’d have nowhere to cry.”
Li Shanyan seemed to realize the predicament and couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.
In the end, he swallowed all his grievances and simply glared at Young Master Sang with his big, watery eyes, fuming.
Unfortunately.
With his current innocent childlike appearance, that glare had zero impact.
It would only cause some women who saw him to unleash their maternal instincts and be unable to let go of him.
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Half an hour later.
“…I see.”
In the Demon Cult canteen, Li Shanyan chatted with Young Master Sang while munching on staff meals.
After learning about some major events that had transpired in the world after his death, Li Shanyan instinctively stroked his beard.
Too bad, of course, that when he touched his chin, it was completely smooth and bare. He couldn’t help but retract his hand in disappointment.
“I never expected that in less than a year, Young Master Sang has actually allied with the Demon Clan, unified the four sacred lands, and even established the Primordial Alliance, enabling the people and cultivators of the world to unite against the deities and demons.”
“It seems I didn’t misjudge you back then,” Li Shanyan chuckled lightly.
“How can you say that?”
Young Master Sang scooped up his rice, complaining: “Look at the mess you left behind.”
“The situation with the Demon Clan should have been something for you to discuss properly with Long Xiao. But you up and died, leaving me to bear the brunt of it all and even sacrificing my own body just to achieve cooperation between the human and demon races.”
“Now I have an extra wife for no reason. Am I not pitiful? It’s a pity party for me!”
Li Shanyan took a deep breath.
“Seeing that Young Master Sang is still so infuriating brings me relief. It seems you’re doing quite well.”
“However, I still have one thing I don’t understand.”
“Since Young Master Sang established the Primordial Alliance, does that mean you’ve resolved to fight against the deities and demons to the end?”
Facing Li Shanyan’s piercing gaze, Young Master Sang looked up, still chewing his food, and muttered, “What else would it be?”
“Those are extramundane deities and demons.”
Li Shanyan said with concern: “I too once slightly brushed against the threshold to the next realm and vaguely caught a glimpse of its scenery.”
“Because of that, I’m even more worried. If these deities and demons descend, it might be beyond our control.”
Li Shanyan’s worries were not unfounded.
Deities and demons were powerful and invincible.
We were merely ants from the lower realms; no matter what the deities and demons wanted, we just had to offer it up for survival, and everything would be just fine.
In fact, many people still thought this way even to this day.
However, after encountering Ancestral Cang and others, and going through the intel from Nian Nian and Huo Longyuan, Young Master Sang was confident that if they gave in to the deities and demons, destruction was all that awaited them.
“Instead of hoping for those lofty deities and demons to show kindness…”
“I trust myself a bit more,” Young Master Sang mumbled, continuing to eat.
Li Shanyan pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, “Young Master Sang, sounds like you’re quite confident?”
“I wouldn’t say confident.”
Young Master Sang lowered his gaze slightly: “But there’s at least a chance to maneuver.”
Firstly, from the intel that Nian Nian had previously lifted the ban on, there was one very crucial point.
…The deities and demons face major restrictions in the Abyss Realm.
Even Primordial Deity Huo Longyuan, when reincarnated and infiltrating the Abyss Realm, could only reach the peak of the Major Ascension Stage upon ascending as the First Holy Emperor.
And those who had already reached that level, like Young Master Sang and Li Shanyan, knew well enough that the Major Ascension Stage was the limit of this realm.
To break through this limit, one had to enter a higher domain.
Conversely, once in this realm, no matter how powerful you were before, you would ultimately be restricted by the heavens and earth.
“Even just as I am now.”
Young Master Sang said softly, “I can feel that if I don’t control the boundary of my power, it could potentially disrupt this world.”
“And for those deities and demons, it’s the same.”
“They clearly understand the principle of not provoking a hornet’s nest.”
“And the places they are concerned about are precisely the places we can maneuver.”
Li Shanyan mulled this over briefly and understood Young Master Sang’s thinking.
“So you’re saying… you’re gambling the entire human realm?”
“What else could it be?”
Young Master Sang shot a sideways glance at Li Shanyan: “Are you just going to wait for cowards like you, who fear taking responsibility, to keep dodging and then wait for the deities and demons to descend? We’d all be doomed together?”
“If I have to choose a way to die, I’d rather die standing.”
Li Shanyan fell silent, bitterly smiling without words.
“Your argument has some merit. As a coward myself, I indeed have no right to criticize you.”
“Fine. Having died once, I’ve come to terms with some things.”
“After all, my life was picked up by you, so I might as well go crazy with you.”
“However,” Young Master Sang suddenly said, “things aren’t as grim as you think.”
“You think I resurrected you just because I needed someone to do my bidding?”
Li Shanyan was momentarily speechless.
“I mean, old man.”
Young Master Sang abruptly leaned in conspiratorially: “You should’ve known that the Ksitigarbha Spirit is hidden in the Holy Kingdom, right?”
Li Shanyan stood still.
“You’ve been the national teacher of the Holy Kingdom for nearly a thousand years. I can’t believe you know nothing about their scriptures, nor can I believe you don’t know that Huo Longyuan’s avatar is hidden in the royal tomb.”
“With your cunning, it’s impossible you couldn’t have guessed that the First Holy Emperor was one of the deities and demons.”
“You actually knew all along about the deities and demons. Collecting Ksitigarbha treasures wasn’t merely to offer to Ancestral Cang, was it?”
“Spill it,” Young Master Sang’s voice turned cold.
“How much more are you hiding?”
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