Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Devil, Will Save Them - Inflation (Part Two)

Hua Diao returned after three days. Wearing an icy expression, she told Luo Qian, "Agreed. Let's go."

He followed Hua Diao westward. She hired a carriage, and carriages in the Divine Realm were much like those in the Immortal Realm, apart from their style of decoration.

Two days later, they reached the Broken Range. In a desolate valley, Hua Diao erected a barrier, arranged six jewels in a Hexagram, then knelt inside it and began chanting. She meant to borrow another power to cross the Broken Range.

Sure enough, before long, the six jewels vanished without a sound, and black mist filled the barrier. Luo Qian staggered and nearly fell. Damn it! No wonder Strathas is so filthy rich. She's the biggest highway robber in the Broken Range! Everyone passing through has to pay a toll. With the Divine Realm and Demon Realm at odds for millions of years, she must have made mountains of money from spies crossing between them alone.

"O supreme Lord of Boundaries, your believer needs to cross the Broken Range and return to the Demon Realm."

"No problem." Strathas's voice came from the mist. Luo Qian frowned. Does this she-dragon really not sense me? She's still using this shabby smuggling method!

"Watch yourself, Strathas! I'm here too!" Luo Qian shouted. The black mist lurched, then stopped like a cable car whose power had suddenly been cut.

Hua Diao was horrified. It's over. This Eastern fool doesn't know his place. He's gotten us both killed!

If Luo Qian had been alone, he would never have dared act so brazenly. But with one of Strathas's believers beside him, he was certain she would have reservations.

The black mist dispersed. Luo Qian and Hua Diao found themselves standing on a thick black cloud, a thousand zhang above the