Chapter 1266 A Personal Desire
Chen Yang, with a helpless sigh, followed the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant to an adjacent room.
No sooner had they entered than the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant cornered Chen Yang. Her gaze fixed on him, she spoke word by word, "What exactly do you humans intend to do?"
"Jiang Jiantao already failed before. You cannot succeed."
"Even if you do succeed, it will bring no benefit to the Earth Realm. Instead, it might be the destruction of the Earth Realm."
Chen Yang noticed a trace of helplessness and unwillingness in the proprietress's tone as she spoke. And... Jiang Jiantao? How could even the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant know of Jiang Jiantao's existence?
The Lord of the Earth Realm had mentioned before that he and the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant were old friends. Could it be that this woman before him had existed for thousands of years? Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to know Jiang Jiantao.
Le Jin Lu Tu was not at the He Dan Supreme realm when the Sword Sect emerged. Therefore, he only knew of the Sword Sect and experienced those events as an observer. Jiang Jiantao, the creator of the Sword Sect, was someone on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm. If the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant was already at the He Dan Supreme realm during that period, it would be understandable. But if not... Chen Yang truly couldn't fathom how they knew each other. More importantly, this woman before him seemed to have a very close relationship with the Lord of the Earth Realm. To be acquainted with a broken existence that had been around for nearly ten thousand years!
"Humans will not do anything to the Earth Realm."
"On the contrary, it is the Earth Realm that is relentlessly pushing humans."
"Your words make me curious, what exactly did Jiang Jiantao do back then?"
"You seem to have a strong opinion of him. As far as I know, that Lord of the Earth Realm is very grateful to humans."
As Chen Yang spoke, he unconsciously leaned forward. Being forcefully pressed against a wall by a woman was something Chen Yang had never experienced before, and it was contrary to his nature. Even if such a thing happened, he would have been the one to flip the situation.
Seeing Chen Yang's face so close that his breath could lift her veil, the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant's expression changed, and she immediately took two steps back. She had never been in such close proximity to a man. For a moment, the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant even forgot what Chen Yang had said.
After a long while, the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant finally recovered. She glared at Chen Yang fiercely and said, "I knew you humans had no good intentions!"
"Jiang Jiantao awakened him back then precisely so that the Earth Realm could recover and jointly fight the outer-realm demon gods, wasn't it?"
"The Earth Realm maintaining its current state is quite good."
"Without the harassment of the outer-realm demon gods, the number of He Dan Supreme realm cultivators is increasing. In another few thousand years, it can be restored to prosperity."
"But after you humans arrived, everything you've done has thrown the Earth Realm into chaos. It's truly despicable."
After hearing all this, Chen Yang's mind was in turmoil. The Earth Realm maintaining its current state? How could the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant say such a thing?
Chen Yang stared intently at the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant and asked word by word, "You've never left Ling Town? And your strength has always been very strong, right?"
"It's evident that you have a good relationship with the Lord of the Earth Realm."
"Let me guess, you either had your own opportunity in the Spirit Domain back then, or you emerged from that anomalous zone."
"You have never witnessed the wars between the two races. You have not seen the heart-wrenching pain."
"Everything in the Earth Realm is merely a matter of your words."
"Or, perhaps, in your heart, you truly don't care about those below the He Dan Supreme realm at all?"
"Because these people are too weak, not even worth mentioning?"
Chen Yang, for a moment, didn't know how to respond. The proprietress of Fuling Restaurant before him seemed like a supreme being looking down from above. Her tone was filled with affirmation of the current state of the Earth Realm. Those below He Dan and below Foundation Establishment seemed destined to be enslaved by them. What was even more frightening to Chen Yang was that these people didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with these matters.
The proprietress of Fuling Restaurant was stunned for a moment, then immediately retorted, "Regardless of my origins, I simply want everyone to maintain the status quo. Only then will the outer-realm demon gods not come."
"Your so-called war is merely a conflict between two races."
"But we at the He Dan Supreme realm have to worry not about the disappearance of a single race or city, but about the entire Earth Realm."
"Once that adult recovers, or when what you humans are doing succeeds, it will inevitably attract the outer-realm demon gods. These are merely matters of time."
"When the Earth Realm drove out the outer-realm demon gods back then, do you know the extent of the losses?"
"All those in the Nascent Soul realm and above perished!"
The proprietress of Fuling Restaurant became more agitated as she spoke, her voice trembling. The Lord of the Earth Realm outside, hearing her voice, made a slight movement with his finger, immediately masking the sounds within the room. Even those at the He Dan Supreme realm wouldn't be able to hear them. As for the matters they discussed, the Lord of the Earth Realm heard everything. But for him, it was not important, as these were past events. What he needed to do was to deal with the present. The Lord of the Earth Realm knew how the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant awoke and knew many of Chen Yang's secrets. However, he did not understand his own existence very well. The only thing he knew was that his task was to suppress anomalies, to prevent the Earth Realm from being destroyed by them.
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In the room, the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant spoke in an almost trembling voice, "Since you have brought that adult out, you must know about the anomaly in that land of death!"
"Currently, even the most powerful beings in the Earth Realm might not be able to suppress a single anomaly!"
"Even the anomalies after their deaths cannot be suppressed!"
"If the outer-realm demon gods descend again, how can the Earth Realm possibly defend itself?"
"Is it all for the selfish desires of humans?"
Flames were already burning in the proprietress of Fuling Restaurant's eyes. Chen Yang, however, laughed in anger. Humans? Selfish desires? Chen Yang had a rough idea of Jiang Jiantao's purpose in coming to the Earth Realm: to open the passage between the three realms! So that ancient martial artists like them could return. This was Chen Yang's previous assumption. But if that were the case, Jiang Jiantao wouldn't have needed to create something like the Sword Sect. At that time, only Jiang Jiantao had awakened. Qin Yi was an awakened being from later. He either didn't go to the Earth Realm, or he went but couldn't find a way back and returned to Xue Lin. What about Jiang Jiantao? The power of the Sword Sect existed because of Jiang Jiantao, not because the Sword Sect made Jiang Jiantao powerful!