Golden Spirit Palace.
"Little friend Li has been in the Five Spirits Realm for more than a month. I wonder if you are still used to it ?"
Jin Donglai sat in the main seat and looked at Li Xiangxue on his right with a smile.
"Senior, you are too polite... To be honest, I am a little reluctant to leave."
Li Xiangxue responded with a smile.
It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that I am reluctant to leave, but compared to Baiyujing, Wulingjing is more comfortable, whether it is the simple folk customs or the prosperous atmosphere of life.
It was just that the female disciples of the Five Spirits Palace were too enthusiastic, which made it difficult for him to cope with it.
However, although it was just a polite remark, Jin Donglai held on to it.
"Since you can't bear to leave, why don't you just stay?"
Jin Donglai narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Just stay in the Five Spirits Realm and I will talk to Daoist Brother Jiang."
“Ah, this…”
Li Xiangxue suddenly looked hesitant.
Although Baiyujing is not the Tianxuan Realm and there is no concept of hometown, and he is no longer the baby who needs others to protect him and make decisions for him, but after all, he still holds the position of the Grand Elder of the Yin-Yang Temple.
If he had not been delayed by the fusion of martial arts, the Yin Yang Temple had suspended all activities of teaching and imparting skills, and he might have already accepted a few closed disciples by now.
If he left like this, Xu Chong would definitely be happy to see it, but he couldn't get over it.
What's more, he was sent to the Five Spirits Realm for communication and a secret mission assigned by Zhang Shunyi...
"Why are you hesitating, Li Xiaoyou?"
Seeing Li Xiangxue's hesitation, Jin Donglai continued to persuade him, "Although I don't know how many people Brother Jiang has protected, even if it's only the ones who followed you this time, for him... Even if he has a special talent that can replenish consumption at any time, it's fine for normal times, but what if he encounters a powerful evil demon?"
"We have to fight while also maintaining this small space for you to live in."
"Even if he can afford the consumption, he still needs to devote his attention to maintaining the stability of the small space at all times."
"What if Brother Jiang Daoist could have retreated calmly, but because of taking care of you, he got injured or even..."
The ominous words stopped at the right time, and Jin Donglai sighed worriedly: "Fellow Daoist Jiang is a genius. If he is damaged by this crisis that could have been stopped, it would be a real pity."
"actually……"
Li Xiangxue knew the time was almost right, and said quietly, "The space we live in is not small."
He was ready to reveal the existence of Bai Yujing.
This was part of the task assigned to him by Zhang Shunyi.
As for whether doing so would anger Xu Chong, there was actually no need to worry about it.
Because Xu Chong also instructed him to expose the existence of Bai Yujing to the Five Spirits Realm at the right time.
It’s just that Xu Chong and Zhang Shunyi have completely different goals.
Xu Chong wanted to let the Five Spirits Realm know that there was a human world called Baiyujing in the Great Ruins that could be moved at any time. The Five Spirits Realm could send some people to Baiyujing to avoid the interruption of inheritance in the future when encountering crises.
Zhang Shunyi's goal was much more direct and straightforward - to induce the high-level members of the Five Spirits Realm to voluntarily give up the Five Spirits Realm, break up the Five Spirits Realm, and integrate it into Baiyujing.
Of course, it's just an induction.
No matter how great the benefits are or how close the relationship is, Zhang Shunyi would not be stupid enough to go against Xu Chong.
What Li Xiangxue needs to do is to expose Bai Yujing a little more while exposing him.
For example, how did Baiyujing come about and what characteristics does it have?
Unfortunately, he only had time to say one sentence before he was misunderstood by Jin Donglai again.
"My friend, there is no need to hide it. I don't look down on the small space you live in. It's just that in comparison, you now have a choice that is better for you and for Brother Jiang."
Jin Donglai said cheerfully, appearing to be very patient, "No matter what, the Five Spirit Realm is a complete world, and it is a world that evolved from the former Huantian."
"The concentration of spiritual energy, the size of the space, and the storage of supplies are far greater than the small space you live in."
"Instead of continuing to drag down Fellow Daoist Jiang, you might as well stay in the Five Spirits Realm."
"Whether you want to relocate your family or start a family here, I, other great elders, and the masters and disciples of the Five Spirits Palace will fully support you. You don't have to worry about anything."
"not to mention……"
Jin Donglai slowly picked up the teacup beside him and said meaningfully, "Brother Jiang never mentioned your existence until he suddenly told us not long ago. Why? He must have completely believed in the Five Spirit Realm and us, and even believed that the Five Spirit Realm was the best place for his relatives to rest."
“…”
Li Xiangxue was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Although Jin Dong spoke beautifully, there was only one meaning between his words - you have been abandoned by Xu Chong.
If someone who was not familiar with Xu Chong or didn't know Bai Yujing came here, he might actually believe it.
Fortunately, the people who came this time are all old friends, and their loyalty is absolutely beyond doubt.
"Senior, you misunderstood what I meant."
After pondering for a moment, Li Xiangxue spoke and began to "induce" according to Zhang Shunyi's instructions: "Although the space we live in is smaller than the Five Spirits Realm , it is already large enough. The seven layers above and below are enough for more than 100 million people to reproduce..."
Clang.
Before he finished speaking, Jin Donglai's whole body shook violently and the teacup fell to the ground.
More than one hundred thousand people?!
Seventh Heaven?!
How is that possible? !
Jin Donglai questioned and tried his best to imagine.
However, no matter how hard he thought, he could not come up with any reason that would allow Xu Chong to maintain such a huge space.
Unless Xu Chong's spatial authority was not just condensed, but had already reached 20% or more...
But Xu Chong is only of the third rank...
"Well, please listen to me slowly, Senior."
Li Xiangxue smiled shyly and began to explain: "In the beginning, although the Tianxuan Realm was small, its space was complete and its rules were perfect. If there had not been the crisis of Daxu, it should have been able to exist for a longer time. However, it was precisely because of the small space that civil strife broke out after the human race had multiplied to a certain extent. Although it eventually returned to unity, the Tianxuan Realm was damaged by a powerful force during the conquest..."
Listening to the history of Tianxuan Realm, Jin Donglai gradually calmed down and nodded secretly.
Because the Five Spirits Realm had also experienced civil unrest for the same reason.
Long after the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor passed away, the Five Elements geniuses degenerated to the point where they could no longer support the Five Elements Immortal Arts. During this time, the human race exploded in number... At that time, the horror of the shattered sky was rooted in people's hearts, and people did not know that the Five Elements Heaven would degenerate. They only thought that the more people there were, the greater the power, and the more power they would have to resist the attacks of evil spirits.
Perhaps it was precisely because the excessive population growth overdrew the spiritual energy that eventually led to the degradation of the Five Elements Heaven.
In short, the civil strife continued until the Five Elements Heaven degenerated into the Five Spirit Realm and the system of the Five Elements Immortal Arts became completely ineffective, and it finally stopped.
After that, in order to prevent the Five Spirit Realm from further degenerating, the five major holy places united and formulated different reproduction rules based on the actual conditions of each race, resulting in the current situation of vast land and sparse population.
Unfortunately, the degradation of the Five Elements Heaven only slowed down, but did not stop...
As a result, in the current Five Spirit Realm, there is not even a Jade Fairyland.
Thinking of this, Jin Donglai couldn't help but sighed worriedly.
"...Since then, the Tianxuan Realm has inevitably embarked on the same path of decline as the Dongtian Realm."
Li Xiangxue did not pay attention to Jin Donglai's emotions, and he was still calmly talking, "Fortunately, in addition to the cave heaven formed by the fragments of the ring sky, a cave heaven was also accidentally born in the Tianxuan Realm itself... a brand new cave heaven that will not only not decay, but can even grow on its own."
"Well……"
Jin Donglai was suddenly stunned and asked, "What did you say? It won't decay? It can also grow on its own?"
"Exactly."
Li Xiangxue nodded calmly, knowing that he had aroused Jin Donglai's interest.
"How is this possible?"
Jin Donglai instinctively questioned, "No, this is absolutely impossible!"
"Well?"
Li Xiangxue pretended to be surprised, "Why do you say that, senior?"
"To be honest, the continuous degradation of the Five Spirits Realm can actually be considered as decline, but it is still far from being shattered."
Jin Donglai replied in a deep voice, "For tens of thousands of years, the Five Spirit Realms have never stopped looking for ways to stop the world from degenerating."
"After so many years of exploration, we are almost certain that this is simply impossible."
"Because a single world cannot contain all the rules that are beneficial to reality."
"If we want the world to be permanent , there is only one way - to rebuild the original structure of the ring world around the sky, so that all the favorable rules can achieve a perfect cycle and balance."
"Moreover, each of these rules is indispensable. Without any one of them, it is impossible to achieve true eternity."
"Even if it's the Eternal Heaven or the Five Elements Heaven, it won't work."
As he spoke, Jin Donglai looked at Li Xiangxue again with doubt, "And the space you described is even lower than the world level, how can it be possible to do this?"
"Because its rules are called Forbidden Heaven and Forbidden Earth."
Li Xiangxue raised his lips and said, "Being in the rules, I have lost all my extraordinary powers and cannot absorb any spiritual energy. When the Imperial Prison was first created, it only had three floors. Well, it was smaller than the main hall of the predecessors, but now it has seven floors."
"This... there is such a rule???"
Jin Donglai opened his mouth wide, truly shocked.
Although Li Xiangxue's explanation was very rough, he could easily understand the meaning at his level.
Just by following this line of thought, he instinctively felt that this seemed...
Is it really possible?
"Forbidden heaven and earth, forbidden all power, spiritual energy will not be absorbed by individuals, and spiritual energy is what determines the survival of the world..."
Jin Donglai muttered to himself, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter, but after a moment, he suddenly frowned again: "But the problem is, I can't even practice in there, I can only live as a mortal. If I encounter evil spirits, won't I be doomed in an instant?"
"If it was the previous imperial prison, this would indeed be the case."
Li Xiangxue smiled and nodded, "But not now, because the imperial prison is no longer an imperial prison..."
Next, Li Xiangxue briefly recounted the entire growth process of the Imperial Prison.
From devouring various caves, to devouring the world membrane of the Tianxuan Realm, and then to the attack of evil demons, it had to give up the remaining half of the remains of the Tianxuan Realm.
Here, Xu Chong's personal prowess was praised to the sky by Li Xiangxue without any expression... This was also Zhang Shunyi's advice.
"…Now, Baiyujing has a population of one hundred million, with seven layers of heaven, various crops, cattle and sheep, and countless. Although the resources are generally less than those of the former Tianxuan Realm, the living environment is no less inferior."
Li Xiangxue looked proud and spoke eloquently, "In addition, we discovered a small matter in the past few years. Because we are not completely sure, we did not even tell the Regent."
"What's up?"
Jin Donglai had not yet recovered from the feat of creating the world, and asked the question completely out of instinct.
"Half a year ago, the imperial court sent people to conduct the sixth survey of Baiyujing. Compared with the first survey after the migration..."
Li Xiangxue raised his right hand and pointed out a tiny gap between his two fingers. "The total area of ​​Baiyujing seems to have increased a little bit."
“Growing again?”
While Jin Donglai calmed down, he exclaimed: "Fellow Daoist Jiang is indeed an extraordinary person. He can gain something in such a vast and barren wasteland."
"No, Senior is wrong."
Li Xiangxue shook his head. "Since the Regent went to Daxu, he has not fed Baiyujing again."
"What?!"
Jin Donglai stood up suddenly, his face full of horror.
Spatial growth sounds simple. After all, Baiyujing, which is now comparable to a complete world, grew from a small imperial prison.
But the problem is that the initial growth of the Imperial Prison was due to the absorption of the spiritual energy and spatial rules of the Tianxuan Realm, and later it was fed artificially.
This kind of growth is reasonable under special rules.
After growing into Baiyujing, the environment of the Imperial Prison has changed from Tianxuan Realm to Daxu. If there is no human feeding, even if the rules are special, it can only maintain a fixed state at most. How can it continue to grow?
"you mean……"
Jin Donglai's throat was extremely dry, and he hesitated, "In such a barren Daxu, Bai Yujing can still absorb the extremely thin spiritual energy, and even the spatial rules of Daxu?"
"Because the growth is so small, it may be caused by survey errors, so we cannot be sure at present."
Li Xiangxue shook his head with regret, "Otherwise, this matter should have been reported to the Regent long ago."
“…”
Jin Donglai fell into a long silence.
Although Li Xiangxue's words suddenly became ambiguous at the end, he was inevitably moved.
In response, Li Xiangxue stopped talking and pretended nothing had happened as he picked up the teacup and drank his tea.
a long time.
"call……"
Jin Donglai let out a long sigh and raised his lips to reveal a meaningful smile: "Did Daoist Jiang instruct you? Do you want to persuade us to merge the Five Spirit Realm into Baiyujing?"
Indeed, the wisdom of the descendants of immortals should never be underestimated.
Li Xiangxue sighed secretly.
Zhang Shunyi had also anticipated the current situation and had prepared for the worst - to accept the punishment and leave it to the Five Spirit Realm to decide his fate.
However, Li Xiangxue did not intend to do exactly what Zhang Shunyi said.
"Senior, you misunderstood. The Regent King only asked me to reveal the existence of Baiyujing, but did not ask me to introduce how Baiyujing was created."
Li Xiangxue said in a deep voice, "The regent king meant to exchange some of the tribesmen between Baiyujing and Wulingjing to avoid the loss of one of the realms and completely breaking the inheritance."
"As for the plan to induce the seniors to voluntarily give up the Five Spirit Realms and feed the broken Five Spirit Realms to Bai Yujing, it was my own decision."