" The Heavenly Secrets will be revealed sooner or later."
In the Jiangnan region, the King of Qin silently observed the barrier but did not move.
"Did Heavenly Secrets go in just now?" asked the Mr. Origami beside him.
"Hmm," King of Qin smiled upon hearing this, " Chen Qing has bound the Dragon Palace's array to his own Divine Path Style, with the Underworld Principal God as the array's core. This means that the God of the Underworld can detect almost any high-energy creature approaching. This method can block the invasion of most demons in the world, but it cannot block the Heavenly Secrets."
Mr. Origami nodded. Firstly, Heavenly Secrets itself doesn't have much power. Secondly, Heavenly Secrets is very good at finding loopholes in formations. There are very few formations in the world that can trap this guy. This is why those ancient players were able to seal so many disobedient players, but they couldn't seal them, the developers.
No one can conceal the secrets of Heavenly Secrets, not even him.
"Why did he come here?" Mr. Origami asked curiously. "It's as if you knew he would come here."
"He acts mysteriously, but his thoughts are actually quite easy to guess." The King of Qin smiled wryly. "Back then, only a few of us survived. He witnessed firsthand how we failed, and he also saw the reactions of the people here after they learned our identities. He knows better than anyone that humans and demons cannot coexist!"
"If you know the answer, why did you come here?"
"Because of naiveté." King of Qin sighed, "He knows perfectly well that the humans in this world won't accept us, yet he still can't bear to leave, believing that as long as he hides his identity, he can enjoy the kindness here for the rest of his life. After all, this kind of kindness and humanity is something he can't experience in the Federation. He hates the Federation, so he resists Federation arrival."
"Is that so?" Mr. Origami looked at the other person with suspicion. "Then why aren't you stopping it? In your plan, Federation invasion is necessary, isn't it?"
"No need to stop him." The King of Qin shook his head. "Because you can't stop him. Heavenly Secrets secrets can't kill or imprison anyone. He always wants to find like-minded people, but he doesn't understand that in this world, people are either cowardly or ambitious. Someone like him, who has both ability and no ambition, only that bit of naiveté, is simply a unique oddity."
Mr. Origami.: "."
"He followed Chen Qing to see if Chen Qing was like him. Chen Qing was very capable, and his Divine Path Style perfectly matched his naive dream of establishing a human homeland. Even if he failed, he would have no regrets. In his heart, they could Samsara anyway, and they could die as many times as they wanted. They wouldn't be exposed every time, right?"
"Does Heavenly Secrets know that this is how you evaluate him?" Mr. Origami was somewhat speechless.
"I didn't actually believe such a person existed before," the King of Qin chuckled and shook his head, "But he is exactly that kind of person."
"Is Chen Qing that kind of person?"
"No," the King of Qin shook his head, " Chen Qing is even more naive than him."
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"What do you want me to do?" Jiang Xiaoling asked, her eyes red.
Even with his limited experience, he could tell that this guy was there to bewitch him, yet he still found himself having some thoughts about it.
Just as he said, if the Federation people come, his identity will definitely be exposed. What will his mother and sister think of him then? What will the world become?
He doesn't think things will get any better.
"It's not about what I want you to do, but about what you should do yourself." Heavenly Secrets stood up and said, "Experience life here. You'll soon understand that Chen Qing cannot be harmed. What would this world become if Chen Qing were controlled? I don't think you'd want to see that."
Jiang Xiaoling looked up, about to say something, but found that the old man had disappeared. For a moment, she had no one to talk to, and she became even more confused.
Remember your original intention: why did you join the Federation program? What is your purpose?
Feeling dizzy, Jiang Xiaoling didn't even know how she got home.
Upon arriving in Jiangnan, his family was settled in the Tongtian Building, a distinctive building in Liuzhou. It was said that most of the residents in this building were the families of the Fighter Army, and many wealthy people were eager to move in.
Jiang Xiaoling was assigned to the thirteenth floor of the building. The building had elevators that used the energy of jade to go up and down, just like elevators in the real world. He thought that he had only been here for a few days and he could feel the strong academic atmosphere. People from all over the country were either joining the army or wanting their children to study science and go to the Jiangnan Academy.
Will this trend create a modern world in the future?
Chen Qing probably wants to do the same, doesn't he? To build this place into the style of a certain era during his lifetime.
" Xiaoling is back?"
Jiang Xiaoling's mother saw her son return and quickly said, "Go wash your hands, dinner is almost ready."
Jiang Xiaoling was stunned for a moment, then laughed. Her mother had only been here for three days, but she had already learned the custom of washing her hands before eating.
The atmosphere here is really great. Since most of the residents in the building are military households, the women in these families enjoy visiting each other's homes because of their excellent welfare benefits and lack of work. My mother was so charmed by the enthusiastic neighbors on her first day here that she learned a lot in just three days, even how to play cards.
My sister has also become much more cheerful. Because no one around her is from Southeast China, she is in a new environment with warm faces everywhere, which has finally helped her temporarily forget that terrible experience.
"Mom, what dishes are you making this time?" Jiang Xiaoling asked, looking at the table after sitting down.
"Oh, this is called sour soup sea cucumber. It's a good thing, I heard it's very nourishing. Aunt Yang upstairs brought it over."
"Huh, is this a sea cucumber?" Jiang Xiaoling was a little confused.
In the Data City, there are also simulated restaurants where ordinary people can experience various delicacies that real humans have experienced. Although he had never eaten sea cucumber, he knew it definitely didn't look like the one in front of him.
The so-called sea cucumbers on the plate really did look similar to ginseng, but they were all fleshy and black, and didn't look edible at all.
But it does indeed live up to its name, sea cucumber, the ginseng of the sea. He figured that at least it had that name, maybe it was just Chen Qing's weird sense of humor.
Now that he thinks about it, he suddenly feels a little envious of Chen Qing. To create her own ideal world in such a place, to do whatever she wants—is there anything better than that?
But that guy should probably know that things like this don't last, right?
" Xiaoling, what are you daydreaming about?" A little girl who looked somewhat thin but had extremely delicate features walked over carrying a plate of food and asked with concern.
Jiang Xiaoling snapped out of his daze and looked at the other person, somewhat dazed. His sister had recovered very well in the past three days, and her bright smiles warmed his heart. The closer he was to losing her, the more he cherished her.
He would never let anything take away his two only family members again!
"Mother, Old Master Tian just found me."
"Old Master Tian? Which Old Master Tian?"
"It's that old man, Tian Hesong, who used to live in the big courtyard across the street from us."
"What does he want with you?" A hint of panic flashed in the woman's eyes, and her sister beside her stiffened slightly. Clearly, they were very resistant to those fellow villagers from the southeast.
"Mother, don't worry," Jiang Xiaoling quickly said gently, "Old Master Tian came to me because he wants to arrange a marriage."
"A marriage alliance?" The woman was taken aback. "How old are you? Which girl from his family is he planning to have you marry?"
"It's my older sister," Jiang Xiaoling looked up. "Grandpa Tian wants his eldest grandson to marry my older sister."
"A grandson of the eldest son?" Jiang Xiaoling's mother was taken aback, and gasped, "You didn't hear me wrong?"
The Tian Household must know about their plight. Given this situation, why would they still allow their grandson to marry their daughter?
"Mother, I told you before, your son is very popular," Jiang Xiaoling said with a smile. "Grandpa Tian has good foresight; he wanted to invest in our family in advance."
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" The woman hesitated, glancing at her dazed daughter.
"That's for you to decide, Mother." Jiang Xiaoling didn't make the decision herself, but said in a low voice, " The Tian Household won't hold our past against us; that was agreed upon from the beginning. Compared to marrying into a local family while hiding our past, the Tian Household might be a little more stable. Of course, if you don't want to, Sister, I can also find someone local for her."
"This..." Upon hearing this, the other party suddenly understood what her son meant. Rather than finding someone who might cause trouble in the future, it would be better to find someone she knew well and had agreed on from the beginning. If she married secretly, and it was revealed later, then her family would be in the wrong. But if it was like this now, where they knew the truth, at least they were in the right. As long as her son became successful, the other party would never be able to use this reason to bully her daughter again.
Thinking of this, the woman suddenly felt that this was not a bad place to go. The key was that the Tian Household family had an excellent family background. She had met the eldest grandson of the Tian Household before. He was well-educated, reasonable, and gentle. When he met her elders, he would greet them from a distance. He was obviously a very well-mannered child.
In the past, even if that incident hadn't happened in our family, we wouldn't have been able to get this marriage. Now, it's all thanks to our son's success.
Thinking of this, he looked at his daughter. The little girl blushed when she saw her mother looking at her, lowered her head, and said, "I... I don't know."
Seeing her daughter's reaction, the woman smiled. Clearly, her daughter was quite willing, because she had met the eldest grandson of the Tian Household before. He was handsome and learned, and few women would dislike someone like that.
"Then try your best to talk it out, but you must make it clear that if you want to get married, you shouldn't hold that incident against us. If you want to back out..."
"If you go back on your word, I'll make sure that Tian Household suffers a terrible fate!"
Looking at her confident child, the woman laughed again, "Where do you get so much confidence? I wonder if your father will be unable to sleep laughing when he knows how successful you are now?"
Mentioning her father, Jiang Xiaoling's heart skipped a beat again. There was Underworld) in Jiangnan, and her father hadn't been dead in the southeast for long before that area came under the control of the Divine Path Style. If Jiangnan completely conquered the Southeast Commandery, the Underworld would likely expand there as well, wouldn't it?
His father hadn't been dead for long; perhaps his spirit was still intact on the Southeast Yin-Yang Road. If Chen Qing could completely conquer the Southeast, perhaps his family would still have a chance to reunite!