Chapter 1267 The Three Most Important Ones
Without Jiang Jiantao's influence, the Sword Sect would not even be considered a force of the lowest tier in the Mortal Realm.
After all, Chen Yang knew the true strength of humanity, something others were unaware of.
Under such circumstances, if it were Chen Yang alone, achieving Jiang Jiantao's goals would be impossible through overt actions.
There was no logic behind it.
Was it to be remembered for all time?
Chen Yang had encountered ancient martial artists, and without exception, all of them yearned to return.
Because whether it was the Mortal Realm or the Human Race’s homeland, both were harsh and desolate places for them.
Even if Jiang Jiantao had been the first to awaken alone, his thoughts were the same – to leave!
Establishing a force like the Sword Sect in such a place would be a burden to them.
It wasn't until later that Chen Yang learned about some of the previous events in the Mortal Realm.
Things that happened before the emergence of the Sword Sect!
Below the Foundation Establishment realm, there was no such thing as survival.
Their existence was not truly their own.
But Jiang Jiantao... changed all of that.
Humans could cultivate the techniques of other races, and the stimulation of bloodline power allowed them to unleash even greater might.
The Sword Sect was primarily composed of humans, but they had previously been on good terms with forces in the Mortal Realm.
It seemed to be the current Land of Hope.
However, the Sword Sect was not confined to its own territory.
Only by witnessing the evils of the world can one desire to change it.
Only by enduring pain never before experienced can one understand.
The Sword Sect brought about its own changes, and he wanted others to change as well.
But all of this clearly went against the wishes of some of the powerhouses in the Mortal Realm.
In their eyes, the Mortal Realm, ruled by the peak of the Core Formation realm, had no drawbacks.
But in Jiang Jiantao's eyes, all of this deserved to be changed.
Otherwise, Jiang Jiantao would not have had the Nascent Soul Spiritual Marrow produce ore veins, but would have used all its strength to restore Jianmu.
When Chen Yang obtained Jianmu, he could tell that Jianmu had not recovered from its injuries over the years.
After it was transferred into the Bronze Cauldron, only when Chen Yang used the full power of the Nascent Soul Spiritual Marrow to restore Jianmu did it show signs of recovery.
He might have initially just wanted to leave, but in the end, he did not.
After all, breaking through alone in the Mortal Realm was the safest option.
"Humans are so insignificant in your eyes, but do you know how beings below the Foundation Establishment realm evaluate humans?"
"And how do they evaluate you, the beings high above?"
Chen Yang's two sentences were like steel needles, piercing directly into the heart of the innkeeper of Fuling Inn.
"Ignorance? Or willful blindness?"
The innkeeper of Fuling Inn trembled, glaring fiercely at Chen Yang: "We must protect everyone!"
Chen Yang paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha!"
"Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!"
"To cut off everyone's hope, and you call it protecting them?"
"Your existence is the most detestable lie!"
The suppression of the various city lords by the Prefect of Yaodu Prefecture, and on the battlefield, even those in the Core Formation realm were merely numbers in the eyes of the Prefect of Yaodu Prefecture, mere destiny.
And those below Core Formation?
Let alone the Prefect of Yaodu Prefecture, even a cultivator at the first layer of Core Formation saw them as bargaining chips.
Not to mention those below Foundation Establishment.
These people were the true inhabitants of the Mortal Realm!
Protection?
"I've repeatedly wondered what kind of people would have such thoughts."
"Now I understand. It's not stupidity, it's malice."
"What are you?"
The moment Chen Yang spoke the last six words, even the Lord of the Mortal Realm was stunned.
And the innkeeper of Fuling Inn in the room slammed the table and stood up.
Although the innkeeper of Fuling Inn's spiritual power was damaged, his mental power was at the peak of the Core Formation realm.
His immense mental power directly pressed down on Chen Yang.
Instantly, Chen Yang's clothes were shattered.
However, the innkeeper of Fuling Inn had underestimated Chen Yang somewhat.
Chen Yang's mental power had been forged through several trials.
Even without the Bronze Cauldron within him, Chen Yang could withstand it for a moment.
The next second, the Lord of the Mortal Realm's mental power blocked in front of Chen Yang, and his voice slowly echoed.
"Do not act."
"You have your choices, and Chen Yang has his thoughts."
"But neither you nor Chen Yang have done anything detestable to the Mortal Realm."
As the Lord of the Mortal Realm was about to leave, he suddenly turned to the innkeeper of Fuling Inn with a peculiar tone and said, "Your initial intention was good."
"But what about others?"
"Their desperate attempts to enter the Spiritual Domain to improve themselves, weren't they also a breach of your agreement back then?"
After the Lord of the Mortal Realm disappeared, the innkeeper of Fuling Inn collapsed onto the chair.
Chen Yang, standing beside him, finally reacted.
Chen Yang exclaimed in disbelief, "So... the initial gathering of Winged Gods and the like was initiated by you?"
Chen Yang never expected that the many peak Core Formation realm cultivators behind Winged God would come about in this way.
No wonder everything the innkeeper of Fuling Inn had said earlier felt so familiar to Chen Yang!
The innkeeper of Fuling Inn nodded blankly: "I was sort of the initiator, but I couldn't leave the Spiritual Domain for too long."
"All matters were handled by them."
"And later on, I gradually stopped paying attention, or perhaps they didn't want me to know."
The innkeeper of Fuling Inn clutched his head in agony.
All the falsehoods had been exposed by Chen Yang and the Lord of the Mortal Realm, and he himself was one of the instigators.
Seeing the innkeeper of Fuling Inn in such pain, Chen Yang sighed helplessly and comforted him, "Actually, it's not that much related to you. Even if you hadn't said these things, Winged God and the others would still have gathered eventually."
"As the Lord of the Mortal Realm just said, their intentions were different from yours from the start."
Chen Yang also subtly shifted the topic: "So, did you really come from the anomaly?"
The Spiritual Domain was born from an anomaly, and the innkeeper of Fuling Inn said he couldn't leave the Spiritual Domain.
The true reason was the anomaly.
But how could such a bizarre anomaly give birth to life?
The innkeeper of Fuling Inn did not speak. Instead, he removed an ancient coin from his hand. The three ancient coins in Chen Yang's Tree Tomb necklace suddenly jumped out.
Seeing this scene, Chen Yang immediately exclaimed, "The same items?"
Chen Yang had seen the ancient coin of the innkeeper of Fuling Inn before.
When the extraterrestrial demon god attacked with his mental power, the innkeeper of Fuling Inn had used ancient coins to protect Fuling Inn.
But Chen Yang never expected these ancient coins to be a set with Qin Yi's three ancient coins.
"What's so strange about that? Back then, Jiang Jiantao took the three most important ancient coins."
"However, this item seems to have lost its original efficacy after being refined by some means of your human race."