"Husband, haven’t you been back for an unusually long ti this ti?"
Within Jiangnan, it was still as ever, envied by outsiders, with bustling and lively scenes everywhere. Although various places had slowly caught up in terms of people’s clothing and food, the sense of security that ca from Jiangnan not having suffered from demon attacks for many years was sothing completely different for the people’s mindset.
Especially recently, those military families.
The return of the husbands made them overjoyed. In the past, although the living conditions for these military families were quite good, Jiangnan soldiers had top-notch待遇 worldwide and were highly respected. They had priority in places like clinics, restaurants, and banks, which made the military families live with dignity and quality, sotis even better than so noble family children.
But it was a fact that the husbands were stationed at the borders for many years, especially in recent years. The military pressure from the North was intense, and many soldiers’ husbands had been away for almost three years without returning ho, leaving many to live like widows. It’s impossible not to have any resentnt in their hearts, after all, at least once a year, their husbands should return ho, right?
And this ti, unexpectedly, their husbands ca back even before the New Year, and stayed for over half a year, surprising many families with joy and astonishnt.
Not only had the soldiers’待遇 not diminished after returning, but they also received many rewards for defending the North for years. Most returned ho with nurous beautiful crystal and jadeite jewelry for their wives, making these military wives feel superior outside.
Now, seeing their husbands not returning to the borders for a long ti, even the more unaware won began to feel puzzled.
"We don’t know either..." many military wives were also at a loss.
Living in Beihai City, honestly, wasn’t a good mory. It was either fighting with snakes or confronting them, and when food was scarce, they had to eat snake at. That fishy taste couldn’t be washed off no matter how much it was cleaned, and initially, they would vomit daily, but later they got used to it. Returning here felt like coming back from Hell to Heaven.
But the life here was too leisurely, and surprisingly the general even omitted the usual military drills, letting them spend quality ti with their families.
All they did each day was eat, drink, spend ti with their wives and children, occasionally going out with brothers to drink little wine, observing the bustling streets, relishing the envious looks from many people. Such days felt like a dream.
"Wife, I feel that there might be a big battle ahead." Many soldiers cautiously spoke to their wives, having realized sothing.
"What?" Many won turned pale at this and quickly asked, "What’s happening?"
"I’m not too sure..." many soldiers hesitantly guessed, "The officers didn’t say anything, they just said everyone should spend good ti with their wives, but within those words, it feels like sothing big might happen later."
"Honey, this... couldn’t be, right?" The won were a bit panicked. Although their husbands would work under the Netherworld after death, who would want their husbands to die when they could be together alive?
"I don’t know..." All the soldiers looked up at the sky, wondering why, but for half a year now, they had this feeling that sothing terrifying was about to descend.
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"The Lord has vanished for a year now...."
At Heaven’s Court, the throne was vacant, and all the important people gathered together since there was only a little over a month left to the day Old Liu had prophesied.
No one could say for sure when the creature in the prophecy would descend, and with the Lord still absent, they had to prepare for the worst-case scenario!
"No one can clearly say what exactly happened to him over there." Ziyue sighed, "The energy consud for such long-distance transmission is unimaginable. Even if he successfully dealt with the Prophet, gathering enough energy to return also poses a big problem. We should have prepared in advance on how to face that creature in his absence."
"But according to Old Liu, it’s sothing far beyond our level, what can we do against such overwhelming power?" The Three-Eyed God General questioned.
The Shen Family considered for a mont and said, "How about using the Heaven’s Court Great Formation to connect with the Main World? Concentrate all resources into the formation."
"This idea overly relies on the Formation."
A faint voice suddenly appeared, startling everyone.
Looking over, they were astonished to see a rather plump figure, sowhat resembling Chen Qing, but not only was he plump, his skin looked like a toad’s, truly hard to behold.
Only Ziyue wore an expression of shock.
This appearance was almost identical to how he looked back when he worked overti in that world.
They said Pu YunChuan had completely rged with the Heavenly Dao, almost losing all self-awareness. But why did the Heavenly Dao insist on this appearance? Is this the will of the Heavenly Dao or Pu YunChuan’s?
If it’s the latter...
"Your idea is challenging to realize at first..." Pu YunChuan said lightly, "Even if the Taoist Sect exhausted all its treasures, wanting to entirely arrange the Heaven’s Court Great Formation in the room, using the recovery properties of Spiritual Energy to run the formation, the success rate would be less than thirty percent. And even if successful, it’s rely prolonging the inevitable. You must realize that our energy will eventually deplete, while that entity is different. She can hunt outside, after all, the creatures of the Main Universe are infinite, she can last for many years, what about us? How many years can that level of energy sustain?"
Everyone stood up, not knowing his identity, but vaguely feeling, this one... might indeed be him.
The Shen Family collectively bowed, and even the Three-Eyed God General showed respect.
No matter how indifferent to life he seed, he was, after all, the ruler of this world.
"I’ve been researching the path of Formations and also studying the so-called Dao Fruit characteristics," Ziyue suddenly spoke, "I’ve been thinking, if the Taiji Yin Yang Theory can fully take form, then wouldn’t the energy in our world be recyclable?"
Pu YunChuan looked over at her with a hint of a smile in his eyes, "You have a good idea, but the consequences are rather serious."
"How so?" Ziyue asked promptly.
"The surge of energy in this world cos from the resentnt of Resentful Spirits, which you originally set. This ans, to maintain this energy, besides Reincarnation, sustaining internal horror is a necessary step, letting everyone reincarnate, experience suffering, and in those soul-inflicting endless tornt, powerful Spiritual Power bursts forth, eventually causing the world’s Spiritual Energy to continually soar. Is this your intention?"
Ziyue "......"
"If the Spiritual Energy could continually surge, I would have done it already," Pu YunChuan said coldly, "But human souls have limits, and when pain reaches a certain level, they distort beyond recovery, even rging into a single Soul Body becos impossible, a balance must be upheld, so... even implenting your thod wouldn’t last long!"
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