177: Chapter 177: Both Reaching the Fifth Realm, Reincarnated Gods?!

"Middle Five Realms?"

The woman in the green skirt smiled, looking as delicate as a willow in the wind.

In the next moment, the waters of the River of Time beneath Li Liu's feet suddenly surged!

In an instant, dozens of golden body fragments fell into her hands!

Moreover, several of them were golden body fragments of ancient deities!

Li Liu's oval face turned slightly pale; she had clearly forced herself to use the power of the Water God to enter the River of Time.

Yang Simu's eyes widened instantly; everything felt too surreal, and he found it hard to believe what he was seeing.

Those golden body fragments turned into golden light one after another, merging into Li Liu's body!

Even more golden body fragments came flying from a distance!

The surging waters of the River of Time also released dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, pouring into the woman's body like a backflowing sea!

In the blink of an eye, the aura on Li Liu's body began to climb steadily!

Suddenly, the River of Time jolted violently!

The aura on Li Liu finally settled at the Jade Purity Realm!

Yang Simu was so shocked that he even forgot to intercept several golden body fragments as they passed by the shuttle.

First Ruan Xiu, and now Li Liu; both had made a Breakthrough to the Upper Five Realms!

Yang Simu felt like his brain was struggling to keep up.

He had always thought that his speed of Realm progression was fast enough.

Looking at it now, Yang Simu realized he was actually so weak?

However, when he thought about how these two women were the Water God and Fire God among the five supreme deities of the Ancient Heavenly Court...

Yang Simu felt slightly more at ease.

Ruan Xiu narrowed her eyes slightly, seemingly having the urge to make a move as well.

Her pupils turned fiery red again, just as they had when she first appeared!

Seeing this, Yang Simu quickly braced himself and said:

"Miss Xiuxiu, Miss Li Liu, I'm just a small Golden Core Stage cultivator still standing here!"

"If you two Upper Five Realms experts start fighting and accidentally kill me, what will I do?"

Yang Simu had only intended to speak up; he hadn't expected the two women to stop just because of his words.

However, to his surprise, as soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Xiu and Li Liu stopped simultaneously with a strange tacit understanding!

The fiery red light in Ruan Xiu's eyes vanished, and the surging waters of the River of Time around Li Liu gradually grew calm.

Now, it was Yang Simu who was left dazed.

If Miss Xiuxiu listened to him, he could understand it a little.

But there was no way Li Liu would listen to him, right?

While Yang Simu was still dazed, Li Liu spoke first:

"Let's get out first."

"I will settle the score from ten thousand years ago with you later!"

Ruan Xiu nodded gently and said, "It doesn't matter, I'll be waiting for you anytime."

Li Liu gave a light snort and stepped onto the shuttle.

Yang Simu instantly felt that the speed of this talisman token was rapidly increasing!

In an instant, Ruan Xiu and Li Liu acted together, opening a passage within the River of Time!

The shuttle, the size of a small boat, instantly vanished into it.

...

A moment later.

Two scholars dressed in Confucian robes, riding a Divine Merit Artifact, appeared in this segment of the River of Time.

The white-haired old man leading them frowned and said, "Strange, the aura of the Old Blind Man's Disciple disappeared right here?"

The other middle-aged man said helplessly, "The Old Blind Man of the Hundred Thousand Mountains only agreed to that matter for our Confucian Temple with great difficulty."

"And I've already sent word out."

"If we can't rescue the Old Blind Man's Disciple from the River of Time, won't he go completely mad?"

"When that time comes, the Old Blind Man might actually carry the Hundred Thousand Mountains over to cause trouble for our Confucian Temple!"

Hearing this, the white-haired old man also said with a headache, "The River of Time is inherently dangerous, and this is an unknown tributary."

"In some places, the flow of time is more than dozens of times faster than outside, making it even more perilous!"

"The Old Blind Man said his Disciple cultivated a special fist technique and wouldn't get lost in the River of Time."

"I'm just afraid that by the time we find that Youth in Green, he'll already be a decrepit old man!"

"Or perhaps, he's already turned into several golden body fragments!"

As he said this, the white-haired old man's beard suddenly trembled, and he said with a look of disbelief:

"This... how is this possible?!"

"Senior, what did you discover?" the middle-aged scholar quickly asked.

It took a long while for the white-haired old man to snap out of it, and he said in shock:

"I just felt the auras of both the Water God and the Fire God, two of the five supreme deities of the Ancient Heavenly Court, appearing in this segment of the River of Time simultaneously!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged scholar was also filled with horror. "Senior, could those be the auras left behind by the Fire God and Water God ten thousand years ago?"

The white-haired old man shook his head decisively. "No!"

"I might mistake the auras of the Fire God and Water God."

"But the remnants of a shattered ancient star and the secret method to manipulate the waters of the River of Time—this old man would never mistake those!"

"Hmm... there seems to be another person's aura here as well. It should be the one we're looking for, the Old Blind Man's Disciple!"

The middle-aged scholar pondered for a moment and reached a conclusion that even he found hard to believe.

He gasped and said, "Senior, do you mean to say that this Disciple of the Old Blind Man likely knew both the Water God and the Fire God ten thousand years ago?"

"Perhaps he is one of the deities who chose Reincarnation ten thousand years ago?!"

The silver-haired old man's eyebrows arched slightly, as if he had already found the answer in his heart.

But then he suddenly frowned and shook his head. "Regardless, let's return to the Hundred Thousand Mountains first and tell the Old Blind Man about this."

...

Meanwhile, Yang Simu, Ruan Xiu, and Li Liu were traveling rapidly through a hidden passage in the River of Time aboard a shuttle.

Perhaps Yang Simu was truly exhausted, as he actually fell into a deep sleep inside.

With the River of Time beneath him and eternal stars above, he actually began to snore.

Li Liu looked at Ruan Xiu across from her and asked in a low voice, "When we were in the Lizhu Blessed Land, had you already seen through his identity?"

Hearing this, the ponytailed girl narrowed her eyes slightly and produced a handkerchief out of thin air, upon which six exquisite pastries were neatly arranged.

These pastries, of course, were all meticulously selected by her from the Yasui Shop in Qilong Alley.

Ruan Xiu tilted her head slightly, placed an apricot blossom rice wine cake to her lips, and took a small bite.

Seeing that Li Liu was about to get angry, Miss Xiuxiu then said unhurriedly:

"When I saw Yang Simu on the covered bridge of Longxu Creek, I only had some suspicions, yet I still gave him that red bracelet."

"I originally thought it was a slip-up you intentionally revealed."

"But later, I found that you didn't seem to like him very much."

Li Liu's eyes were as clear as autumn water, but at this moment, her gaze was filled with a dangerous aura.

She said coldly, "Ten thousand years ago, it seemed like you won, but in reality, neither of us did."

"Ten thousand years later, I will definitely defeat you!"

Ruan Xiu narrowed her eyes and gave a light chuckle.