Idle Chat

Yang Chan realized she might have underestimated the contents of the group file.

She had previously browsed through the group files, and what she found were mostly mundane martial arts, Ninjutsu, cultivation manuals, or magic uploaded by Richard.

She found it interesting, but didn't think these things would be of much use to her.

So I've never really studied the file categories of group members in the group files.

Now, Richard casually mentioned such a useful method for Clone.

She decided to go through the group files again later.

Richard could tell from her appearance that she probably hadn't even properly explored the functions of Chat Group.

No, sis, this is cheating! Can't you be a little more careful?

"Your world must also have some powerful techniques for Clone, right? You haven't learned any?" Richard asked curiously.

"Of course there are, but I can't access them. The Clone techniques I can access are really just illusions, with very limited effectiveness. I know them, but they're useless," Yang Chan said bluntly.

"Alright then." Richard figured that the Clone technique she mentioned wasn't as useful as the Shadow Clone. As for advanced Clone techniques, of course there were. For example, the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, or the Three Corpses Clone.

Aren't there many people speculating that Patriarch Bodhi is actually Clone of some powerful figure?

This kind of Clone can even create physical Clone with strength no less than the original body, and can even be completely unrelated to the original body in terms of Karma Law.

This is truly an essential skill for anyone using a fake account.

The monkey's Clone to Clone from its fur is considered a high-level technique; otherwise, it wouldn't be a common skill for monkeys.

Xiao Yao's transformation technique is even more advanced, allowing her to form an army single-handedly, surpassing even the monkey's hair Clone.

All I can say is that they did manage to snag a pretty good skill from the Dao Tree.

"Where do you plan to go, fellow Daoist?" Yang Chan asked after they came out.

"Do you have any recommendations, fellow Daoist?" Richard asked in return. He was not familiar with this world and didn't have any particular place he wanted to go, or rather, the places he really wanted to go were not ordinary places.

He was afraid that if he went directly there, he would get beaten up.

For example, he wants to go to the Heavenly Court, the Underworld Bureau, Mount Ling, Yuxu Palace, Wuzhuang Temple, Mount Emei, and so on.

"Would you like to visit some friends with me, fellow Daoist?" Having finally managed to get out of the house and with someone helping to guard it, Yang Chan naturally wanted to visit a few friends.

"Then let's leave the rest to you, fellow Daoist," Richard said.

"Let's go to the East Sea Dragon Palace first. I want to find Tingxin. Then we'll go to the Moon Palace to visit Chang'e," Yang Chan arranged directly.

"Very well, the Dragon Palace's reputation for wealth is known throughout the world. Today we can see for ourselves whether it is truly as rich as the legends say."

When Chang'e, Richard was reminded of the story of the Lotus Lantern, so he muffled their voices.

He asked, "Is there really some kind of relationship between your brother and the Chang'e Goddess Chang'e?"

Yang Chan coughed a few times, thinking that this guy had suddenly created a barrier to talk about something important.

So all it took was to chat with her about her second brother's gossip?

Yang Chan couldn't help but roll her Byakugan at Richard.

Okay, she likes this gossip too.

So she went on a gossip session with Richard with great interest.

"I didn't know, Second Brother hid it too well. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Lin Feng providing the plot, I would have had no idea."

Ever since my second brother divorced the Third Princess of the West Sea, he has devoted himself to his work, and I really haven't noticed it at all.

However, it seems my second brother's feelings are unrequited; Chang'e Goddess) is probably unmoved. Chang'e is a very aloof person; I find it hard to imagine what it would be like for her to fall for someone.

"Your brother's really pathetic. The mighty Erlang Shen, a renowned deity Heavens and Myriad Worlds, a Heavenly Court Judicial God of the Heavenly Court, First Grade official... and he's reduced to unrequited love. Tsk tsk----"

"My Coiling Dragon World is so much better. The strong can do whatever they want. Unrequited love? What's that? If you like someone, just snatch them away."

"What kind of barbaric behavior is that? Your world is so uncivilized. Don't your gods have any heavenly rules and regulations to bind them?" Yang Chan said disdainfully.

"I never said my world was civilized; it's a world where the strong prey on the weak."

"It's good enough to have even the most basic order. As for heavenly rules and celestial laws? There aren't any, absolutely none." Richard shrugged, making no attempt to defend his world.

"Tsk, I heard you've been married before. Did you steal your wife?" After spending a few days with Richard, Yang Chan had gotten to know Richard personality. He was sincere, easy-going, and unpretentious, so she wasn't very polite with her words.

"How did you escalate this to a personal attack? Who stole my wife?"

My marriage was a political arrangement, okay?

"A political marriage?" Yang Chan couldn't reconcile this word with Richard. With such strength, how could he possibly be involved in a political marriage? Wasn't that something that only happened in the mortal world?

"What are you surprised about? Don't you have many examples of political marriages in your world? For example, didn't your second brother's marriage to the Third Princess of the West Sea involve an element of alliance between the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Race?"

Richard said.

"Besides, I didn't have the strength I have now back then. I hadn't even become a god yet; I was just at the Saint Domain Limit."

The imperial family sees my potential and wants to marry me to a princess. Should I refuse? Would I even be fit to stay in the empire?

"Tsk tsk-- Sure enough, what's written in the stories is all true. Women from powerful families always end up sacrificing themselves for their families." Yang Chan teased. When she was bored on Mount Hua, she would read a couple of travelogues or stories to pass the time.

"Of course, otherwise wouldn't the family have wasted their time raising him? What family would do such a losing business?" The dragon slayer will eventually become the dragon himself. Clearly, Richard has now become the dragon that breaks up the couple.

He's now the head of the family, so naturally he has to speak from the family's perspective.

Besides, your family hasn't blocked all paths. If you have talent that your family can see your value, it's not impossible for you not to get married or to marry someone you like.

It's not just about having a talent for cultivation that makes someone valuable; having a talent for business, governing a region, alchemy, or farming, etc., are all acceptable.

Now their family manages such a large empire, and their sphere of influence continues to expand outwards. They are almost unifying the continent now, so there must be a suitable place where one person can make the most of their abilities.

If none of those options work, then you might as well settle down and get married.

"So, how is your relationship with your wife? I haven't seen it mentioned in the group chat, even though Fellow Daoist Lin Feng and Fellow Yue Buqun both mention their families."

Yang Chan asked curiously.

"You didn't know? Has no one in the group mentioned it? My wife passed away a long time ago. Even my son has been dead for hundreds of years."

Richard answered calmly.

"I'm sorry, I don't know," Yang Chan said after a moment of silence.

"It's alright. If I was going to be sad, I would have been long ago. Hundreds of years have passed. Besides, it's not like there's no hope of resurrection." Richard very open-minded. He would definitely take a trip to the Underworld once he had the strength of Sovereign.

I wonder if his wife and children will still be around by then; perhaps they've already been reincarnated?

"Reincarnation is possible? Does your world have Underworld Bureau too?" Yang Chan was becoming increasingly curious about the world he lived in.

"The functions are similar, but it's much larger, and the order is much more chaotic," Richard summarized.

"Have you ever been to the Underworld Bureau in your world?" Yang Chan asked curiously.

"No, I Divine Clone that went to Hell and the Life God Realm, while my other Divine Clone are still in the Material Plane," Richard said, satisfying her curiosity.

"Now that you've become a god, do you still live among mortals in the Human Realm?" Yang Chan asked again.

"My world and your world have different underlying architectures. The Creator God of my world divided the world into the God Realm and the material realm."

Initially, there were only four God Realm. Later, the seven elemental Chief God successively opened up Seven Elemental Gods realms, making a total of eleven Divine Plane.

There are thousands upon thousands of Material Plane, countless in number.

In principle, the Chief God and God Level powerhouses should reside in the Divine Plane, but God Level powerhouses are also born in the Material Plane. For example, I became a god in the Material Plane.

After becoming a god in the Material Plane, one can freely choose which Divine Plane to go to, or choose not to go to any of them and stay in the Material Plane.

"It's a free choice. Those who pursue strength can go to the Divine Plane to continue their struggle, while those who want to enjoy life can rule the Material Plane." Richard continued to explain, since he had nothing else to do on the road anyway, he might as well talk about his world.

"It sounds chaotic; humans and gods living together is not a good thing," Yang Chan commented incisively.

"But even without God Level powerhouses, it would still be very chaotic. As long as an individual's power can crush the strength of the group, the extraordinary world will inevitably develop into a world where the strong prey on the weak."

Without the god level, there is still a holy realm in our world. The holy realm is also eternal, and the pattern will not change much.

"Richard said."

Yang Chan declined to comment on this question, as she genuinely couldn't imagine what the world Richard described would be like.

"And what is this Hell? Aren't your world Hell and Underworld Bureau the same thing?" Yang Chan noticed the key point.

"Hell was created by the Supreme God of Destruction; it is the most chaotic, disorderly, bloody, and cruel God Realm."

In my world, the Underworld, created by the Supreme God of Death, is responsible for a similar function to the Underworld Bureau. It is the place where life ends and the soul returns to its final resting place.

In addition to these, the Four Overgod Planes also include the Life God Realm created by the Supreme God of Life, and the Heavenly Realm created by the Supreme God of Fate.

"I see, then I understand the general idea." Yang Chan nodded.

"Were you in love with your wife back then?" she asked, turning the question around.

Why are you still dwelling on this issue?

It's alright. I was also afraid that something dramatic might happen to me, so when I met the princess, I asked her if she had a lover or childhood sweetheart.

If I had a different blind date, I could choose someone else and not break up a couple in love. As long as she's a princess, it doesn't matter; I don't necessarily have to marry a particular one.

The royal family wouldn't care about such a trivial matter. All they need is for me to form a marriage alliance with them; they won't care which one I marry.

The princess said no, so we continued to spend time together.

They had a normal relationship, a normal marriage, and a normal life. I wouldn't say they were particularly loving.

"I'm just a roughneck, busy cultivating all day long, so I actually spend quite little time with the princess."

Richard didn't quite understand why she was always focused on these romantic and love-related things. Are women naturally drawn to this kind of thing? Even goddesses are no exception.

Or has this guy already fallen for it? And wants to start dating too?

"I'd like to compare myself to my second brother and see what the differences are. So, you and your wife have never argued?"

"My second brother and the Third Princess of the West Sea had a huge fight, and in the end they couldn't live together anymore and had to get a divorce," Yang Chan said.

So you just wanted to gossip, huh? Not satisfied with just hearing about her second brother's gossip, huh? You wanted to gossip about mine too?

"There was no argument, what's there to argue about?" Richard said no more, resolutely refusing to give anyone else a piece of the story.

"Then you and your wife—"

"Fellow Daoist, we've arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace. Let's discuss this matter another time," Richard interrupted casually.

"I'm never talking about this again," he shouted in his heart.

"Nonsense, there's still a long way to go—"

"We've really arrived?" Yang Chan turned around and looked around; it seemed they really had arrived.

She turned to look at Richard, who had even resorted to the Way of Qiankun to change the subject.

Fine, you win. Ask again next time.

However, this guy's Way of Qiankun is quite strong; he can use it without leaving a trace, and she didn't even notice.