abnabooks Chapter 2493 Narakuten's Attitude
Chapter 2493 Narakuten's Attitude
Chapter 2493 Narakuten's Attitude
Outside the city gates, two more mines appeared...
These are all spoils collected by Panlong Secret Realm after it devoured other ruins.
The real and the virtual are closely related; not only does the real contain elements of the virtual, but the virtual can also influence the real.
He Lingchuan then led He Chunhua up to the city gate tower to overlook the scenery inside and outside the city.
The transformation of the landscape outside the city by the Earth Mother is far from over. Most of it consists of the ruins of Jade Capital City, while a small part is newly opened plains and forests. The two are mixed together, forming a rather unique landscape.
He Chunhua leaned on the battlements, gazing at the plains in the distance: "I never imagined that the Battle of Yujing City would end in this way."
At the beginning of the great battle, everything was unfavorable to Panlong Ancient City. The combined power of Shangguan Biao and the Heavenly Demon was so strong that even the Kshatriya gods dared not interfere.
However, by the end of the great battle, He Lingchuan not only turned the tide but also became the final winner.
He Chunhua found himself not surprised at all.
Why is it that the eldest son always has the last laugh?
Why does he always win?
He Chunhua had been in the wasteland for two days, listening to battle reports and questioning several monsters who had escaped from Yujing City.
The battle at Yujing City was extremely complex, and no one could fully explain the situation. All that was known was that Shangguan Biao's defeat seemed to have happened in the blink of an eye. He Chunhua believed that countless unpredictable events and human schemes were involved, after all, the Earth Mother, whom Shangguan Biao was impersonating, was known throughout the world for her cunning and cruelty.
But even when combined with the Heavenly Demon, it was still no match for He Lingchuan!
The signal was so strong that He Chunhua had to come in person.
How could the Nine Nether Emperor, who had won a great victory, not come to pay his respects in person?
He Lingchuan smiled and said, "The hidden dangers of Blackwater City have now been eliminated."
Both the Earth Mother and the Heavenly Demon came for Panlong Ancient City.
For many years, Panlong Ancient City has been a source of instability for Heishui City and He Chunhua.
Now that Shangguan Biao has been executed and Panlong Ancient City has been taken away by the Earth Mother, a major mine has been cleared from the border of Shen Kingdom, making the Hongya trade route much smoother.
He Chunhua looked at him with a very strange expression:
"I'm truly surprised you would take Panlong Ancient City this way. Was it all planned from the beginning?"
From this day forward, Panlong Ancient City will become a moving relic, no longer under the jurisdiction of the Shen Kingdom.
He Lingchuan nodded: "You know, Panlong Ancient City can't be too far from me."
Even before the great battle of Yujing City took place, he was already very interested in the divine power of the "Earth Mother." Whether it was the gods or any other power, their covetousness of Panlong Ancient City was always a hidden danger.
The Earth Mother's supernatural powers can solve this problem perfectly. The best solution is to move the ancient city away from the Panlong Wasteland, making it difficult for others to track its whereabouts.
He Chunhua let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
He Lingchuan is far-sighted and thoughtful; such a character and sense of responsibility are worthy of being one of the three great emperors of this era.
Is this person in front of me really his eldest son?
"In fact, before the war broke out in Yujing City, Naraku had already anticipated your arrival in Panlong Wasteland, but he did not inform the gods of Lingxu."
He Lingchuan understood: "He tried to contact me several times, but I ignored him."
Connecting with the gods would reveal one's location, so He Lingchuan quietly left Cangyan under the pretext of seclusion, naturally not wanting outsiders or gods to find out his whereabouts.
But Narakuten was as cunning as a demon, and he gleaned quite a bit from these subtle clues.
"Please convey my thanks to him." Judging from the reactions of the gods of Lingxu, He Lingchuan was certain that they did not know beforehand that the Nine Nether Emperor had arrived in person, so Narakuten was telling the truth. Regardless of what selfish motives the old demon had, Narakuten had genuinely helped him.
"I thought Narakuten would side with the Lingxu Gods this time."
The move of "limited supply of places in the lower realm" by the Holy Venerable Lingxu was very powerful, and it even temporarily suppressed the turmoil in the heavenly realm caused by the punishment of the Dragon Pillar.
He Lingchuan had no doubt that Narakuten, as one of the righteous gods and one of the main leaders of the Kshatriya realm, must have received an invitation from the Holy Venerable Lingxu to descend to the mortal realm.
Nine out of ten times, the Holy Venerable Lingxu will use these quotas to entice the leaders and important figures of various forces to stand on his side, or to win their support.
Under these circumstances, it is actually quite reasonable for Narakuten to show goodwill to Lingxu and betray information about the Nine Nether Emperor.
However, Narakuten did not do that.
The reasons behind this are worth exploring in depth.
The two kings had already dismissed their attendants during their conversation, leaving the city walls empty. This was the territory of the Nine Nether Emperor and the Earth Mother, but He Chunhua still subconsciously looked around.
This gesture indicates that he has confidential information to say.
He Lingchuan casually placed a soundproof barrier: "Please speak."
He Chunhua said in a deep voice, "Narakuten has never said it explicitly, but I sense that it seems ambiguous about returning to the human world and does not seem to be in any hurry at all."
He Lingchuan frowned: "It doesn't want to return to the human world? Then why did it use me as a vessel in the first place?"
If He Chunhua's words are true, he has indeed revealed a crucial piece of information to He Lingchuan!
"It can only be said that times have changed." He Chunhua himself had also thought deeply about this issue. "In fact, I have thought about it carefully. Returning to the human world may not necessarily bring any benefits to Naraku Heaven or Kshatriya Heaven. At least it is far less beneficial than the Lingxu Clan."
He Lingchuan hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
He Chunhua's words actually make a lot of sense. He Lingchuan hadn't considered the issue from this perspective before, but with his intelligence, he now needs to think about it carefully.
The slots for the lower realms are held by the Holy Venerable Lingxu. If a large-scale divine descent led by the Lingxu Clan succeeds, the Lingxu Clan will likely reap the greatest benefits. Not to mention, the Lingxu Clan itself has the largest number of gods in the lower realms. Other forces, such as the Kshatriyas, can only obtain a few slots. Even if great gods like the Narakushen can descend, their power is far weaker than that of the Lingxu Clan.
Even a hero needs three helpers. When they compete with the Lingxu Clan in the human world, whether in terms of resources, population, or kingdoms, they will be far inferior.
Moreover, can the Lingxu Clan really be allowed to develop freely?
The rise of the Kshatriyas in the heavenly realm has already made things very difficult for the Lingxu people, so how could they repeat the same mistakes in the mortal world?
Not only do the gods bring trouble to the human world, but the gods themselves are also deeply troubled by their arrival.
If this large-scale divine descent succeeds, it will surely lead to a massive reshuffling of the celestial forces.
After that, who would rise and who would fall, who would hold their position firmly, and who would merely linger on in obscurity—these outcomes were already somewhat foreshadowed beforehand.
If Naraku and his ilk had been farsighted, they might not have been so eager to descend to the mortal realm.
The gods were worried that the mortals would enjoy the resources of the mortal realm while they were left to fend for themselves in the heavens. But conversely, what would have been their true fate if they had remained in the heavens?
He Lingchuan didn't ask "how you know?", but only said, "You can't be sure."
“I can’t even produce any evidence,” He Chunhua said sincerely. “I just have this intuition.”
(End of this chapter)