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Chapter 2640 Old Man Smell
Chapter 2640 Old Man Smell
Qu Jianlei was in a bad mood. He had come to settle his karmic debts, but now one problem after another was arising.
However, things in this world do not change according to his will; they will develop as they should.
There was an unexpected piece of news that was quite reassuring: the Murong family did not relocate from the Lianxing Realm!
The Ruthless Path doesn't pay much attention to the Remnant Realm; they aren't particularly interested in the rise and fall of any particular family.
It was originally a strange little world. If it weren't for some special products and some combat power, Lian Xing wouldn't have bothered to pay any attention to it.
However, the Murong family's rise was too rapid. If the Wuqing Dao (a sect) hadn't paid attention to it over the past thousand years, it would be a serious dereliction of duty.
According to their investigation, the Murong family moved from some middle-thousand world, which means they must have offended someone.
That Middle Thousand World was almost a wilderness; it had some good things, but its level of development was relatively low.
The True Venerable of the Ruthless Path declared, "If you look down on them, we'll just exterminate their entire clan!"
The reason we didn't take action before was simply because we felt it was unnecessary. But if this family continues to be so reckless, it's not far from its doom.
The worries of those powerful families in the remnant world are completely unnecessary! No matter how powerful the Murong family becomes, it's just their own business.
Even if they did attract the power of that Middle Thousand World, and the Ruthless Path found out, it would not tolerate it.
No matter how sinister or how few benefits a relic may be, it is not something that other worlds can easily touch.
Six days after the ceremony, Qu Jianlei told Yi He: We need to go and take a look at Lianxing.
His planned trip this time will last for ten years, after which he will return to protect Jing Yuexin.
It took him three years to get there, which was within the plan, but there wasn't much time left.
In the words of the Ruthless True Venerable, it would take about a year to travel from the remnant to the stars if one traveled purely through the void.
This is still at the level of a Nascent Soul Grandmaster; for someone at the Nascent Soul or Warship level, it would take even longer.
Fortunately, the current ruthless path can manage the remains in a timely manner, using a fast track, which takes about ten days.
Jin Ge objected to this, saying, "You're the first to arrive, so you only have a day!"
Even if the True Venerable Riding a Dog arrived, it would only take five days. Now he's telling us it will take ten days?
The first True Venerable replied solemnly, "We have interdimensional teleportation, but I'm sorry, there's the Star Alliance..."
This is a common agreement across the Star Realms: except for a select few, other interdimensional teleportation is not open to cultivators from outside the realm.
This is a self-protection mechanism to prevent unexpected external situations from causing rapid intrusion into one's own territory.
In extreme cases, the outer realms may be invaded by unknown and powerful beings—not necessarily cultivators, but they could still follow the clues and invade.
Similar self-protection mechanisms exist in Houde as well, so it cannot be said that the other party is making things up.
A woman's voice suddenly rang in Qu Jianlei's mind again, "This is easy to find, do you need help?"
"Let me do some calculations, it should be about the same, right?" Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment before answering.
"If it's too troublesome, then forget it. Having a passage won't make much difference. Unknown teleportation arrays also pose potential risks."
People are wary of tigers, and tigers are also wary of people; this kind of thing is inherently a two-way street.
If you tamper with the teleportation array, the consequences... well, it's always better to be safe than sorry.
However, the female voice was not fooled by his words, "You little rascal, you're so cunning, how could you not foresee the danger?"
Qu Jianlei was speechless; this guy really could think of anything.
"I'm starting to believe that a seventh-tier spiritual vein can be used to establish a sect; it's entirely possible!"
Upon hearing "seventh-order spiritual vein," the woman's voice fell silent, presumably because she was agitated.
After a while, she chuckled again, "Anyway, you're the most cunning. If I find the teleportation array, you'll secretly memorize it... right?"
"Well..." Qu Jianlei's lips twitched slightly. "You know about my shallow and insidious nature, so I'm sorry to trouble you."
For some reason, he felt that the longer he spent with this person, the more likely he was to drift in a strange direction.
“This is nothing,” the woman’s voice seemed to have guessed his thoughts. “You’re just too rigid in your thinking.”
"You should not have the heart to harm others, but you must be wary of others. You should always learn to take the initiative into your own hands."
Qu Jianlei remained silent for a while before answering, "That would be too tiring, not to mention going against my conscience, the main problem is that I wouldn't be able to handle it all."
"You'll get used to it," the woman replied nonchalantly.
Five days later, the nine True Venerables arrived at the Star-Connecting Realm.
The two True Venerables of the Ruthless Path also noticed that the other party did not rely on its superior martial prowess to forcibly demand the location of the teleportation array.
Of course, it's hard to say whether the Great Khan is among this formidable force, or if there are other secret methods to uncover this.
However, this is beyond their control.
Overall, although the initial contact between the two sides was unfriendly, the other side's behavior was generally acceptable.
With this understanding, the two Venerable Ones did not cause any unnecessary trouble, because if they did, they would only be asking for trouble.
The group even secretly bypassed the Star Realm cultivators at the entrance of the void passage, sneaking into the realm without alerting anyone.
Upon entering Lianxing, not only Qu Jianlei and Han Li, but even Qingkong frowned slightly, "This feeling..."
Not long ago in the remnants, they felt the sorrow of the boundary, which was quite intense.
The feeling now... is a bit subtle, very subtle, just a very hidden and hard-to-perceive unease.
The Great Protector Lingyun couldn't even put his finger on what was wrong; he just felt a little uncomfortable.
Han Li glanced at Qu Zhenzun, "This is... an aura of decay?"
Qu Jianlei's expression was solemn. "It's not exactly complete decay, it just feels like it's barely holding on, but there's a sense of... helplessness?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao You spoke up, "Shouldn't we show more respect for the realm?"
She grew up smoothly and often displayed an arrogance that made her feel superior to others; however, that arrogance was determined by her inner strength.
Judging from this statement alone, she is not an impulsive or reckless person; she tends to be rather calm and composed in her actions.
She believed that at its peak, this realm might have been even stronger than the Realm of All Things—after all, it was said to have seventh-order spiritual veins.
"Heh," the woman chuckled softly, loud enough for everyone to hear, but she didn't say much more, only uttering three words, "Old-fashioned."
However, that comment is enough.
Upon hearing this, the two True Venerables of the Ruthless Path looked embarrassed, showing no regret or sadness whatsoever.
Because this is already a widely accepted fact in the entire Star Realm, the two of them have long been numb to such evaluations.
Zhengjing felt somewhat ashamed of himself when facing these spirited cultivators from other regions.
Jin Ge was a little slow to realize what was going on, and only after hearing this did he sigh, "Those cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage probably don't know yet, right?"
Upon hearing this, even Qu Jianlei couldn't help but glance at him. This inhuman Great Venerable actually possessed such a compassionate and empathetic heart.
Riding Dog True Venerable calmly replied, "In order to avoid causing turmoil in the realm, this news... must naturally be blocked."
Another True Venerable added, "The speed of decline should also be measured in tens of thousands of years; there's no need for them to know."
Xiao You shook her head slightly and said calmly, "I don't like this atmosphere that's almost despairing."
Upon hearing this, the two Ruthless Dao True Venerables rolled their eyes in unison: It's as if anyone likes it.
As it turns out, not all non-human Grand Masters can empathize with this desolation.
On Qu Jianlei's shoulder, a spider the size of a fist raised one of its front claws and pointed in a direction, "Delicious, eat!"
Upon hearing this, True Venerable Riding Dog's face darkened, and his lips twitched. "Reporting to Your Majesty, let's leave some of the sect's lineage. Only that one person remains."
It turns out that the Ruthless Path has two... two guardian beasts that have left their bodies, one of which has been dormant in the sect.
This also shows how powerful this sect was back then.
Even a powerful sect like Lingyun Sect currently only has two non-human True Venerables, one of whom is Jin Ge.
Upon hearing the objection, the spider paused for a moment, then raised its front claw and tapped Qu Zhenzun's shoulder: You go!
Little did the True Venerable of the Ruthless Path know that this Spider Lord was bound by a higher being and dared not attack human cultivators casually.
They only saw each other's movements, which were clearly directed at that True Venerable... Was this a request for instructions or a complaint?
"Too much of a good thing is bad," Qu Jianlei said with a helpless bitter smile. "We can't just bully people too much, can we?"
Then he sighed, "That one that the Great Lord ate... that one, it must have been enough for him to absorb for a long time, right?"
Mythical beasts should be counted individually, but since this is a Great Venerable, at least some respect should still be shown.
Spider showed a slight sense of grievance, and then gently tapped Qu Zhenzun's shoulder twice—"I really want it!"
It hasn't had a decent bite in thousands of years. How could that tiny thing have been enough for it?
"It depends, it depends," Qu Jianlei could only reply casually, though he was also subtly warning Wuqingdao.
"It's the sect's guardian beast. If you want to eat it, you need to find a reason... You can't just kill it without warning."
Upon hearing this, the two True Venerables could only sigh helplessly in their hearts: They really think we don't exist.
Given the spider's menacing appearance, the two readily refused the other's request to visit the sect.
The True Venerable Riding a Dog attempted to persuade them with reason, "We have already agreed to let bygones be bygones, and we have even brought you all into this realm..."
To put it simply, the highest-ranking beings in this realm secretly brought in True Venerables from other realms; it wouldn't be unreasonable to call them traitors.
Han Li said casually, "Then show us around, let's see some interesting places. We might not come back next time."
Han Wei added, "It doesn't matter if you bring your sect's enemies, but it's best to say so in advance and you'll have to pay a fee."
His words sounded both true and false, but the True Venerable Riding a Dog was quite startled.
"Fellow Daoist is joking. If word gets out, how can the Ruthless Dao face anyone?"
Even if Wuqingdao were not the only dominant force in Lianxing, Lingyun would not dare to openly collude with cultivators from other regions to harm their enemies.
Han Wei snorted lightly upon hearing this, "Remember your promise, or don't blame me, Lord Fang, for being greedy."
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