Chapter 386: 385. “Soul” Heavenly Book (1)

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Among everyone present, no one was clearer than Chen Luoyang about one thing.

The Great Emperor of Western Qin, Li Ce, did not die.

That was because the Dark Gold Jade Cream in the white jade bottle didn’t increase.

Chen Luoyang had come to Zhengyang City this time not only to investigate the truth behind Chen Chuhua and the black coffin, but his biggest goal was that no matter how the situation developed, a great battle would erupt.

When the war broke out, the blood and slaughter would become the source of the dark gold nectar in the white jade bottle.

Although killing the target personally would increase the amount of serum one could obtain, as long as there were martial artists who died within a certain range, the amount of serum would increase. It was just that the amount was slightly less.

The death of a powerhouse would undoubtedly mean a huge amount of dark gold serum.

Regardless of whether it was the battle between the other titans and the Great Emperor of Western Qin or the battle between everyone and Ye Tianmo, as long as there were casualties, Chen Luoyang would be able to make a large amount of money by standing still at the side.

In fact, he had indeed gained a lot.

However, this harvest definitely did not include the Dark Gold Nectar that could be obtained from the death of a powerhouse.

The Great Emperor of Western Qin, Li Ce, did not die.

The problem might be the West Qin General surnamed Leng.

When Chen Luoyang exchanged blows with him earlier, he had clearly felt that something was amiss.

To be able to gather the dragon energy of all living beings to strengthen one’s body, such a person was probably too rare.

Furthermore, this person had a black dragon protecting his body. It was not an ordinary Dragon Emperor Celestial Blade, but something that only the Great Emperor of Western Qin, Li Ce, could do.

The Western Qin Emperor cultivated the Dragon Emperor Celestial Spear, which was infused with the power concept of the Heaven Covering Demonic Palm, one of the Eight Extreme Skyfiends of Ye Tianmo.

The nine styles of Dragon Emperor Heavenly Spear, which had already been improved and refined once, had been further improved and compressed to only five styles.

The five moves of the saber intent were extremely profound. They transformed into five black dragons that joined together to form a five-fingered demonic palm.

From the looks of it, the only person in the entire West Qin who had cultivated Dragon Emperor Heavenly Peak to this level was the West Qin Great Emperor.

At the same time, it was only with his cultivation and strength that he could block Chen Luoyang’s attack by doing something to the West Qin General.

Furthermore, he had an extremely precise grasp of the situation. While blocking Chen Luoyang, he also limited the impact to a small corner and didn’t alarm more people.

The rest were like the eldest son of the West Qin Emperor, Li Yuanbang, and the others. Their cultivation might be very strong, but it was difficult for them to help others to this extent.

As such, Chen Luoyang felt that this West Qin general before him was unexpectedly crucial.

Now that he was comparing the situation of the Great Emperor of the Western Qin Dynasty, Chen Luoyang deeply suspected that the other party might be a backup plan for the Qin Emperor to escape and fake his death.

However, he wasn’t sure if this General Leng was the only one who had such a backup plan or if there were others prepared.

If it was because of the Qin Emperor’s methods that he could gather dragon qi, then there might be more than one person like him.

If it was because of the West Qin general’s talent that he could gather dragon qi and not because the Qin Emperor had such a method to transfer it, then there was probably only one such key person.

Perhaps it was precisely because this West Qin general had this ability that he was chosen by the Qin Emperor to be the ‘vessel’ for possession.

As far as Chen Luoyang knew, in order to stabilize their rule, the Western Qin Li Clan, the Eastern Zhou Xu Clan, and the Southern Chu Cheng Clan had killed many bloodline inheritances that could gather the dragon energy of all living beings to strengthen their bodies.

Of course, there would be fish that slipped through the net, but their numbers were definitely rare and difficult to find.

Could the Western Qin general be a descendant of such a bloodline?

Chen Luoyang pondered in his heart as he waved his fist to force the two black dragons that were entangling him to retreat.

Although he had the intention to search for Leng Ji, Chen Luoyang was becoming more cautious.

After all, it was the backup plan of a super giant.

What made him even more wary was that the top figures in the mortal world, including Ye Tianmo and the Old Sword Immortal of the Heavenly River, seemed to have been deceived by the Qin Emperor’s fake death and did not notice anything.

The West Qin Great Emperor’s actions were absolutely breathtaking.

In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that he had accidentally discovered the abnormal situation on Leng Ji’s body and the fact that the dark gold nectar in the white jade bottle hadn’t changed, Chen Luoyang wouldn’t have been able to detect the death of the Great Emperor of the Western Qin Dynasty. There might be another mystery behind it.

When the black rain fell, the dense deathly stillness almost numbed everyone.

It was as if he could feel the unwillingness and anger of an emperor who had once ruled the world before his death.

Everything seemed to indicate that the West Qin Great Emperor, who was one of the ten great experts of the righteous path of the mortal world, had really fallen.

The uncrowned Crown Prince of Western Qin, Li Yuanbang, also regained the power to preside over Zhengyang City.

The dragon energy of all living beings gathered from all over the country was all added to Li Yuanbang’s body without reservation, making him seem as if he had officially inherited the throne.

Everyone was fooled.

Such generosity was truly astonishing.

Chen Luoyang believed that the black coffin might have contributed to this.

The Qin Emperor had gained something from comprehending the black coffin.

However, the black coffin alone was not enough. After all, as the black coffin was entangled with Ye Tianmo, it rushed further into the void and directly left the mortal world.

Leng Ji, the backup plan of the Qin Emperor’s resurrection, was left in the mortal world. To ensure that nothing went wrong, he should have other things to rely on.

As Chen Luoyang pondered, he continued to search for Leng Ji.

He had caused such a huge commotion, so the West Qin Empire and the others naturally noticed it.

Unfortunately, the West Qin Empire did not have enough manpower to deal with it.

Although they had the help of the Heavenly River, the Ancient Gods Clan, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the South Chu Kingdom, and the Blood River continued to attack Zhengyang City.

Right now, the western paradise had a look of unwillingness to help either side.

Because of their beliefs, they had fought against the West Qin Empire in secret.

The weaker Western Qin was, the easier the situation of the western paradise would be.

However, just as the people of the Heavenly River had said, the Great Emperor of Western Qin had not only turned around and joined forces with the others to fight against Ye Tianmo, but he had also sacrificed his life to uphold the righteous path. It could be said that he had proved his innocence against Western Qin.

Without the Qin Emperor, Li Ce, the ruler of the empire, the West Qin Empire was in a precarious situation.

The people of the western paradise wouldn’t continue to add insult to injury.

On the other side, the Taoist priests of the Green Bull Temple discussed for a while before joining the Heaven River and West Qin side to help the West Qin Dynasty defend the city.

This caused the monks of the western paradise to feel even more complicated.

The Green Bull Temple was basically on the ground of the East Zhou Empire, but now they wanted to take advantage of the West Qin Empire’s weakness to step in.

He wanted to use this opportunity to help West Qin expand his influence and at the same time continue to oppose the western paradise, not allowing the western paradise to gain any more power.

With the addition of Green Bull Temple, it would be easier to defend the city.

Although the opponent had the advantage in numbers, Li Yuanbang barely managed to mobilize the remaining strength of the city defense formation, which could be considered to have a geographical advantage.

In Zhengyang City, the experts from both camps were fighting fiercely.

Chen Luoyang was within it, and enemies were everywhere.

After taking care of another opponent, Chen Luoyang’s eyes flashed.

He discovered Leng Ji’s whereabouts.

The other party did not leave the city, nor did he escape to the palace, which was the most heavily guarded.

The place he was hiding was…

There was a well in the city.

It looked like an ordinary ancient well, but in fact, it contained a heavenly passage.

Chen Luoyang sensed that there was another grotto-heaven at the bottom of the well.

He jumped down but was blocked by the barrier.

This barrier was set up by the Great Emperor of the Western Qin Dynasty. With

Chen Luoyang’s current cultivation realm, it was impossible for him to forcefully break it.

However, just like Lin Yan’s misfortune, he had just encountered Chen Luoyang receiving gifts.

The West Qin Great Emperor was in the same situation.

Chen Luoyang picked out a scarlet vajra scepter gifted by Abbot Puhui of the western paradise and raised it.

The red vajra struck the barrier several times in the air and broke it.

After Chen Luoyang entered, he couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

At the bottom of the well, there was indeed another place that soared into the sky, like a crystal dragon palace.

Chen Luoyang stepped in and felt as though he was in incomparably heavy and sticky mercury.

He turned around and saw that the barrier had closed again.

As he walked forward, he could feel a strange fluctuation that kept surging in the Underwater Dragon Palace.

It seemed to be directly affecting the soul, a fluctuation between reality and illusion.

Chen Luoyang carefully savored the changes within before searching for it.

When they got closer, the fluctuations became even more obvious, shaking Chen Luoyang’s soul so much that it became unstable. His consciousness was drifting.

A strange scene appeared in his mind.

In this scene, the West Qin general that he had just seen was sitting in the center of the main hall of the Underwater Dragon Palace.

Another five enormous black dragons appeared and turned into a black torrent.

The ends of the five torrents swayed in the palace, and their ultimate goal was to penetrate the body of the Western Qin general.

Above this person’s head, there was a piece of paper that was shaking non-stop and making rustling sounds.

Chen Luoyang gently held his breath.

He saw an extremely strange and mysterious handwriting on the page of the glowing book.

These words were difficult to decipher, and they were different from any other words in the Divine Lands.

But the moment he saw the other party, the word ‘soul’ appeared in Chen Luoyang’s mind.

Just like his page of the Heavenly Book with the word ” life “, this was clearly a remnant page of the Heavenly Book.

It was a Heavenly Book with the word ‘soul’.

Chen Luoyang was enlightened.

It turned out that the West Qin Great Emperor had also secretly obtained a

page of the Heavenly Book and was secretly studying it.

Then, with the help of this page of the ” Soul ” Heavenly Book and the black coffin, he faked his own death and escaped.

That young West Qin general was indeed the ‘vessel’ he had prepared for his reincarnation.

He wondered if Ye Tianmo knew about this.

Did the Qin Emperor lie to the entire world alone, or did the master and disciple conspire?

From a purely technical point of view, possessing a West Qin prince seemed to be more beneficial to the return of the emperor than possessing an outsider.

However, he did not know if it was because the technology did not allow it, or because a tiger would not eat its cubs, or because he wanted to keep a low profile and avoid attracting attention.

Many thoughts flashed through Chen Luoyang’s mind, but they were all gathered together until there was only one left.

What can I gain from this situation?

Chen Luoyang let out a long breath of turbid air and continued to walk toward the Central Main Hall of the Dragon Palace..