155: Demon Emperor, Shangguanqing!
It was in this annex that Meng Yun began his simulated life in White Tiger Heaven.
Here, he welcomed Shangguan Qing, who had returned from a great battle.
And here, he healed her scars, spending a few enchanting and unforgettable days and nights with her.
In a sense, this was his starting point.
Separated by the array, everything was unclear.
But Meng Yun knew that since Yu Jingshen had explored it multiple times and failed to discover this anomaly, it was clear that the existence of this room itself was mostly left for him.
Why, why?
"This architectural style... it seems to combine the characteristics of White Tiger Heaven and Xuanwu Heaven," Saint Xuanji, a local, whispered, looking at the house. "I wonder, what was this place originally?"
"White Tiger Heaven, Changli Dynasty, Jinguan City," Meng Yun said in a flat voice, making it impossible to discern his emotions.
"You've been here?" Saint Xuanji was a little surprised.
"...This is where I grew up."
In a sense.
"How about... we retreat?" Yu Jingshen felt a bit uneasy. "I just feel like it's a bit eerie."
"We're already here," Meng Yun began to egg them on.
Yu Jingshen: ...?
This isn't right, is it?
He had been very bold all along, but it was Meng Yun who had repeatedly reminded everyone to be careful.
How did everything suddenly reverse after the anomaly descended?
Eastern Abyss looked at Meng Yun seriously for a moment. His intuition told him that Meng Yun must have seen something.
At the very least, the danger should be within a controllable range.
"Then let's do it," Eastern Abyss directly stated, siding with Meng Yun.
"Come on," Saint Xuanji also spoke up at the opportune moment.
"The emperor isn't in a hurry..." Yu Jingshen almost blurted out, then saw the displeased expressions of the three, shrank his neck, and scurried off to prepare the tools.
There was no hint of an array master's transcendent and aloof demeanor.
Following a predetermined route, Yu Jingshen, like a charlatan, tapped and knocked around, after which a small array with a diameter of ten meters appeared out of thin air outside the inner array.
Five positions on it shimmered with a deep luster, clearly indicating the need to place five Heaven and Earth treasures into it.
This should be the control array Yu Jingshen mentioned.
Without further ado, in an instant, the four treasures of metal, wood, water, and earth were immediately placed into it.
Four colors—gold, green, blue, and yellow—instantly shot into the sky.
Four beams of light entered the inner array, vaguely beginning to establish some kind of connection.
Yu Jingshen sat cross-legged in the array, beginning to carefully comprehend.
After a moment, he opened his eyes:
"Brother Meng Yun, the four treasures are still not enough. We can only rely on your final Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace Fire!"
"Alright."
Meng Yun looked at the increasingly real and clear house within the grand array, casually conjured a Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace Fire, and accurately threw it into its rightful array eye.
Rustle.
The five-element treasures were completely in place.
The last beam of golden-red light gradually shot into the sky.
This golden light represented the ability to produce a five-star saint relics!
The golden light intertwined with the other four beams, instantly twisting into one.
The five-colored light almost illuminated the entire heaven.
Buzz~~
A faint hum came from the inner array.
"It's working, it's working!" Yu Jingshen was overjoyed. "I've sensed the inner array. I'll establish a connection with it immediately!
Like this, and then like this..."
In a moment, the entire inner array began to rotate gently under Yu Jingshen's control.
The five-element power fluctuated violently, completely reactivating the grand array, which had already fallen into a silent period.
Dense five-element power spread throughout the entire Heaven and Earth, transmitting the supreme five-element Dao essence.
This five-element Dao essence also belonged to the power of world rules.
If one could comprehend it, the success rate of the four people entering Tribulation Transcendence in the future would undoubtedly greatly increase.
Eastern Abyss narrowed his eyes, comprehended for a moment, then sat down on the spot and began to earnestly comprehend.
He was already at the Integration stage. Given his aptitude, entering Tribulation Transcendence was only a matter of time.
Although Saint Xuanji came from the Three Saints Palace, with her experience, she had already seen countless Heaven and Earth treasures.
However, it was a pity that the Three Saints Palace had always been a place where the capable ascended. Although she was a Saintess, the truly top-tier treasures were mostly divided by Saint Huang and Saint Golden Toad.
Although the five-element Dao essence was not a top-tier rule, for her, she dared not hope for more.
She glanced at the restless Meng Yun, struggled internally for a moment, and finally decided to stay put and comprehend the power of Heaven and Earth.
If her strength did not improve further, she would not even be qualified to stand alongside Meng Yun.
As the array eye controller, Yu Jingshen did not comprehend the five-element power.
Instead, he was absorbing the vast and complex construction knowledge of the God Slaughtering Array Secret's inner array.
The three of them all had something to do, and no one paid attention to Meng Yun.
"Thus, it suits my intentions."
He went straight to the grand array, pointing his fingers like a sword.
"Edge Rule."
His finger gently cut across, and the incredibly tough inner array was suddenly opened by Meng Yun.
"I'll be back soon."
Meng Yun stepped in, the power of rules disappeared, and the inner array returned to normal.
Unnoticed by anyone, Yu Jingshen slightly opened his eyes, watching Meng Yun disappear into the inner array.
"Brother, I'm sorry...
I really want to learn this second part..."
Only by reaching a deal with that existence would he be qualified to obtain the complete God Slaughtering Array Secret!
He didn't know that he had already been betrayed by Yu Jingshen.
However, knowing or not knowing didn't matter.
After all, Meng Yun himself also really wanted to go in and see what was going on.
The inner array wasn't large, only about a thousand meters in circumference.
Aside from the mansion in the center, there seemed to be nothing else.
Meng Yun's steps were steady as he walked forward.
"Brother System, my final simulation hasn't arrived yet, so why has my birthplace become a historical fault line?"
"...This involves some secrets of space-time, and in principle, it cannot be revealed to you."
"Principles? Aren't principles meant to be broken?"
For Meng Yun, who once possessed the 'Demon Contract' entry, if it was 'in principle not possible,' then it was possible.
"I really can't do anything with you."
"The profound principles might be difficult for you to understand, but you can think of it as a kind of parallel world line existence."
"Parallel world line?"
"Yes, before you intervened in the anchor point and interfered with the simulated world, this world had infinite possibilities."
"What you are seeing now is one of them."
"When the host intervenes in the simulated world and saves the simulation progress, the originally infinite possibilities will collapse into a single one."
"Which is the one I experienced," Meng Yun murmured aloud.
"Alright, let me see what new world line has appeared in this White Tiger Heaven without my interference."
Meng Yun, with a hint of curiosity, stepped directly into the courtyard.
"Young Master Meng is back?"
Yu'er was still sweeping the courtyard. Seeing Meng Yun step in, she quickly extinguished the Clear Wind Secret Art in her hand and smiled, leaning towards Meng Yun.
When had Meng Yun ever seen such an ambiguous smile from Yu'er! He was immediately stunned: "Yu'er, what are you doing?"
"Stop pretending, you dead pretender!" Yu'er seemed both angry and annoyed, lightly punching Meng Yun's chest.
It didn't hurt.
"As Young Lady's personal maid, I'm already carrying Young Master's child, and Young Master is still teasing this servant!"
Meng Yun felt as if thunder was rolling over his head.
My goodness!
While my main body was away, what exactly did this dead Meng Yun do!!
Just as he was at a loss for words, the originally clear sky suddenly turned cold and eerie.
A dark figure shattered the void and appeared directly before Meng Yun.
Looking at her face, who else could it be but Shangguan Qing?
"Shangguan Qing?" Meng Yun's pupils severely contracted. "Your aura... you are...
Demon Emperor??!!!"