Time ticked by.
Li Yang had finally returned.
She brought a man dressed entirely in black and wearing a large bamboo hat into the brothel.
When they came in, Gu Qing Shan was already eating noodles, sweating profusely, but he didn't want to stop.
This was the noodles that Qin Xiaolou had personally cooked for him, it was truly delicious.
"Who is this?"
Gu Qing Shan put the bowl down and asked.
Li Yang didn't say anything and simply stood aside.
The man sat down across from Gu Qing Shan and raised his hat a bit.
A pair of emotionless eyes met Gu Qing Shan's gaze.
"Magic Dragon?" Gu Qing Shan muttered in a low voice.
"I can't stay here for too long, so I can only make it short" Magic Dragon replied.
"Huang Quan's Saint's Chosen aren't willing to join my Immortal City?" Gu Qing Shan sharply asked.
"Huang Quan doesn't need to join the Immortal City — — - Huang Quan's Saint's Chosen aren't the same as you, we have a different mission, we don't need to face the Apocalypse" Magic Dragon replied.
"What is your mission in Huang Quan?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"To guard the Divine Armaments" Magic Dragon replied.
Gu Qing Shan's expression changed: "The Samsara's Divine Armaments are all guarded by Huang Quan?"
"Yes, because Huang Quan is the most secretive location of the Samsara, only a few powerful Apocalypses can ignore the boundary between life and death and directly attack Huang Quan, so the Samsara's Divine Armaments are all hidden deep within Huang Quan, silently waiting for the Samsara to reincarnate" Magic Dragon explained.
"— — -so our Huang Quan Saint's responsibility is to guard Huang Quan"
Gu Qing Shan sighed, a bit disappointed, then asked: "You went to Huang Quan so late, how did you manage to become a Saint's Chosen?"
At this point, Magic Dragon showed a rare hint of awkwardness.
"I naturally have my own fortuitous encounters. You don't have to care about these things."
He stood up and walked outside while continuing, "In short, the Yellow Spring will not meddle in the affairs of the human world. Only when your strength is unsealed will the Yellow Spring be revealed to everyone, and the two worlds of life and death will be allowed to come and go."
"— — That would also be the time when the Samsara Deities would be reestablished, each deity would once again obtain their own Divine Armament"
"Gu Qing Shan, we are all waiting for you at that moment."
Magic Dragon's figure gradually disappeared into the void.
Gu Qing Shan remained in a daze for a few breaths before picking up the bowl on the table and continuing to eat.
Qin Xiaolou pondered at the side and said, "Now that the Immortals of the Heaven Realm, the Beast Kings of the Beast King Road, and most of the Chosen Ones of the Human Realm have pledged their allegiance to the Emperor Of Heaven, and we only have the humans of the Demonic Path and the Beast King Road in our hands. This is a little difficult."
Gu Qing Shan asked: "Shifu, will the Asura race …"
"Don't even think about trying anything against the Asura. Only a small portion of this race has joined the Demonic Path, the rest are not allowed to participate, this is something that the Samsara has recognized"
"— — What are most of the Asura doing?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"After the Samsara has been rebooted, the Asura of the various world fragments will finally meet each other, what do you think they'll be doing?"
"Looking for their relatives?" Qin Xiaolou shrugged.
Li Yang cut in: "No, they'll be fighting against the clansmen that they've never met before. They'll fight every single day, every single moment, until the King of the Asura world is chosen, only then will they take a short break"
Everyone went silent.
The ethos of the Asura race … is truly too memorable …
All of a sudden, a Shadow Evil Wraith appeared from the void of space.
It excitedly gave something to Gu Qing Shan and said: "Our Shadow race found a few rocks, do you think this is it?"
As Gu Qing Shan picked up the rock, she saw that it was giving off a faint immortal aura.
Crimson text appeared from the void of space:
[Merit Stone]
[After collecting 1000 Merit Stones, you'll be granted the right to establish your own Heavenly City on the other side of the world, to resist against the impending Apocalypse]
Gu Qing Shan put the rock away and told the Evil Wraith: "It's this rock, tell your people to hurry up, whether or not we can establish our own Heavenly City will depend on you!"
The Evil Wraith smirked and replied: "Don't worry, our people understand the Five Elements Purgatory better, we're currently doing everything we can to find this rock, but there are some other wraiths who aren't contributing"
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then said: "Li Yang, send a message to everyone, once the Heavenly City is established, the Demonic clans that don't have any Merit Stones will have to wait until everyone else's Samsara Divine Skills have evolved before it's their turn"
"Got it" Li Yang replied.
"Also — — the more Merit Stones the Heavenly City collects, the more help the Demonic clans will receive, allowing them to evolve to the fullest" Gu Qing Shan said.
"I'll send someone to notify them right away"
Li Yang signaled with her eyes behind her.
The entire row of Tianma disappeared into the void of space.
Seeing the entire process, the Evil Wraith nodded in satisfaction: 「 I'll go find more rocks 」
Saying so, it also disappeared into the void of space.
A few moments later.
The brothel became rowdy again.
Occasionally, unorthodox wraiths would appear from the void of space to give Merit Stones to Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan decided to make a large wooden board to list the contributions of every Demonic clan, making it easy for all wraiths to see.
Those who didn't do anything would be exposed, while those who did everything they could to search for Merit Stones would also be shown to everyone.
"Will that be useful?" Qin Xiaolou asked.
"It's a quantitative test, fair and transparent" Gu Qing Shan casually replied.
He climbed up the ladder and wrote a line of text on the board:
[Demon King Board]
[First place will receive the Heavenly City Title: King of Myriad Fiends, corresponding rewards and privileges]
[Second place will receive the Heavenly City Title: Lord of Thousand Fiends, corresponding rewards and privileges]
[Third place will receive the Heavenly City Title: Demon Lord, corresponding rewards and privileges]
[There's a sea of surprises waiting for you — — you only need Merit Stones to enjoy generous benefits!]
"Did you get any Merit Stones today?"
After writing that, Gu Qing Shan read through it once, nodded in satisfaction, and climbed down the ladder.
"Hey, third brother, this is all a cool title for others, as well as various rewards — — what about you?" Qin Xiaolou worriedly asked.
"Your third brother doesn't need any of this, he will be the Lord of the Heavenly City" Li Yang casually replied.
With this, any evil fiend who came to hand in Merit Stones would take a look.
— — -the competition had begun.
More and more Merit Stones came, faster and faster.
All of a sudden, the door of the brothel was pushed open.
Shan Hai Qi Xia led a group of people inside.
"Weren't you looking for Merit Stones? Why did you return? "Gu Qing Shan asked in surprise.
Shan Hai Qi Xia replied in a low voice: "There are a few Beast Kings in the Beast King realm who are on good terms with us, they are willing to join us"
"Ah? Really? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
That's a good thing!
If that's true, then our side's forces have grown a bit stronger!
"If you're still worried, you can have the Tianma test it — — but there's a condition for them to join your side" Shan Hai Qi Xia said.
"What condition?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"They want to tell you in person" Shan Hai Qi Xia replied.
"That's right, there are some things that have to be said in person" a voice came from behind her.
Behind her, several bulky figures appeared. Even though they were using conical hats to hide their faces, a single glance at their size was enough to tell that they were Beast Kings.
Suddenly, Xie Dao Ling's voice resounded in Gu Qing Shan's mind:
"Be careful, my disciple, the Beast King realm likes to use the most primitive method of communication, you need to be careful not to be led away by them"
Gu Qing Shan hesitantly asked: "The most primitive method? What's that? "
Xie Dao Ling didn't answer.
Since Gu Qing Shan didn't get a response, she naturally became a bit cautious.
"Gentlemen … Beast Kings, what conditions do you have?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"In order to better trust each other, we want to form a marriage alliance" one of the Beast Kings said.
"A marriage alliance?" Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
Sure enough, it's the most primitive method!
Shan Hai Qi Xia appeared flustered and hurriedly said: "Gu Qing Shan, I really don't know about that"
Gu Qing Shan shook her head to signal that it was fine, then asked the other side: "How do you want to form a marriage alliance?"
That Beast King replied: "Gu Qing Shan, we've heard about you from Shan Hai Qi Xia. You're quite a talented person who's accomplished many great things, that's why you've received this special honor of a marriage alliance"
The other Beast Kings all stepped aside, leaving a slender figure in Gu Qing Shan's line of sight.
The figure took off the conical hat on her head.
Wild Thorn Succubus.
Indeed, this was a legendary, famous female Boar Demon!
Her thick waist that exuded a strange charm;
Her peerlessly ferocious gaze;
Her razor-sharp hooves;
Her adorably adorable pig nose;
All of these proved just how popular she was among the Beast King race!
The Beast King on the other side was still talking nonstop: "Gu Qing Shan, only you are worthy of our Beast King race's respect, only you are worthy of our coldest and most beautiful princess, let us now form a marriage alliance"
Gu Qing Shan looked back, only to see that the Boar Demon was 3 meters tall, 3 meters wide, weight unknown, but the floor was already split open.
"No, I'm not worthy" Gu Qing Shan replied with a stern expression.
The atmosphere changed.
「 Hm? You say you're not worthy? You don't want to accept us Beast King race's companions? 」 the Beast Kings roared.
Without waiting for Gu Qing Shan to say anything, Xie Dao Ling's voice came again:
"Disciple, there are only two ways to make the Beast King race accept you, the first is to form a marriage alliance, the second is to beat them into submission"
Gu Qing Shan finally sighed in relief. "Shifu, why didn't you say so earlier, I was so nervous" he complained.
"I've always been in charge of the various affairs of the Samsara, living at the peak of the Heaven realm, so I've never been in the mundane world. I've only heard about the affairs of the other realms, but never seen them with my own eyes — — – now I've finally seen what a marriage alliance is all about" Xie Dao Ling explained with a hint of satisfaction in her tone.
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
— — -so you've already prepared to watch me make a fool of myself just now.
That's a bit too much.
Hah, why was Shifu a bit mischievous in the past life, always acting erratically?
Shifu in this life is still the most reliable.
Gu Qing Shan silently thought.
…
On another side of the human realm.
Another city.
Another tavern.
"Shifu, how much longer until we can find senior brother and the others?" a soft voice asked.
"The presence of the Apocalypse is getting heavier and heavier, it's already obscuring my senses" another young female voice replied.
"Then … what do we do?" another youthful female voice asked.
"There's no need to hurry, we'll first gather some information in this city — — Wan Er, go downstairs and look for the old man standing at the corner of the street. I think he's a bit suspicious, go buy one of those skewers of candied fruits from his stall and ask him about it"
"… Shifu …"
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