A Master Bamboozler!

"Since we've already complied with the Human Emperor's demands, let's rely on our own abilities and let the most capable person take it."

Someone spoke from the Northern Nether Pavilion.

"Our Great Qian Ancient Kingdom has no objection. The capable shall take it, and naturally our Great Qian Ancient Kingdom will not be left out," a powerful figure from the Great Qian Ancient Kingdom echoed.

Upon hearing this, everyone present showed a slight smile.

"It seems we can indeed enjoy the benefits; the Human Emperor truly has foresight."

"The capable will obtain it. If I am lucky, I might be able to obtain some great opportunities. Since I am complying with the Human Emperor's requirements, I suppose they cannot simply seize it from me."

"The time to test my luck has arrived, everyone! Just wait and see what I'll get this time!"

"..."

Everyone was eager and full of anticipation.

At this moment.

Several gasps of surprise rang out from the crowd.

"Look, there's been another change!"

"The ancient stele, the ancient stele is changing again!"

Such a commotion immediately drew a lot of attention to the huge ancient stele.

At this moment, the surface of the ancient stele inscribed with text was slowly changing. Although the text was still there, the surface of the entire stele appeared to have changed color.

"What's going to happen? Could it be, like the previous scene, that there's more to the story?" someone wondered.

Some people were examining the ancient stele, their expressions puzzled:

"Strange, why does it feel like the ancient, weathered feel of this stele is slowly fading away? What's going on?"

Many others, after gazing at the ancient stele for a moment, turned their attention to the powerful figures in the distance, observing them closely while also reminding those around them:

"There's no point in wasting your energy guessing. The powerful figures in these major forces know a lot. Whether it's good or bad, just watch them."

At the same time, several gazes, along with attention, also turned to Li Baimei:

"Li Baimei, are there any additional arrangements that weren't mentioned beforehand?"

Why has the ancient stele changed so much?

What happened?

His words were full of inquiry.

Li Baimei's expression remained calm, showing no change whatsoever, but his gaze remained fixed on the ancient stele, a slight chill running through his heart.

"Is this ancient stele going to revert to its original state?"

Others may not understand the current situation, but it's hard for him not to know what exactly happened.

This ancient stele itself is part of its colossal lie.

Before it was completed, it was nothing more than an ordinary thing.

The aura emanating from that ancient stele, seemingly ancient and weathered, was actually just a deliberate attempt to age it.

Furthermore, this method was only used at the very end.

But now, these methods of aging have completely disappeared.

This complete disappearance is somewhat perplexing.

To be precise, with the disappearance of these antiquing techniques, the ancient stele has completely returned to its original state before it was antiquated.

Throughout this entire process, he felt no external force whatsoever!

When I'm thinking about it.

The inscription on the ancient stele also began to change.

"The text has changed too; it seems there's going to be new content!"

"Interesting. The characters actually disappeared in reverse order, starting from the last one, and the grooves around the characters were restored to their original state. Truly worthy of being left behind by the Human Emperor, not a single one of them is simple."

"Since they've already made those demands, I wonder if they'll have any new ones. It would be wonderful if they could bring me even greater benefits."

"..."

Everyone was filled with curiosity and anticipation.

Meanwhile, everyone in the Northern Nether Pavilion, the Great Qian Ancient Kingdom, and the Sword Hall —those who knew the truth—were all focused intently on Li Baimei.

"Li Baimei, don't frown. What else are you hiding?"

"Don't pretend you don't know anything. It was all done by your Li Clan. You can't possibly not know what happened, can you?"

"Speak, speak, speak!"

Despite the questions raised by the three parties, Li Baimei remained silent.

At this moment, his attention was completely drawn to the change in the handwriting.

Each stroke and character was written down in a smooth, sequential manner beforehand.

But now, every single stroke of the reversed character has disappeared.

In a fleeting moment, an idea suddenly flashed through Li Baimei:

"Time is flowing backwards?!"

As I read it aloud, my heart skipped a beat.

Li Baimei suddenly looked at everyone present.

Everything is as usual, with no sign of any adverse situation.

When the gaze returned to the ancient stele, all the inscriptions had vanished without a trace.

The area where the words were originally engraved is now perfectly smooth, with no trace of the words ever having existed.

Li Baimei's throat bobbed, and a sense of disbelief finally crept into his mind.

"Is this the only monument that allows time to flow backward?"

This seems to be confirming Li Baimei's guess.

After the inscriptions disappeared, the ancient stele changed again. Eventually, even the smoothness of its surface was gone, and it looked like nothing more than an ordinary boulder.

Li Baimei stared intently at the boulder.

This is exactly how he looked when he was about to create the ancient stele.

"If we go any further, could it be..."

Li Baimei looked at the boulder, waiting for the answer to his guess to be proven true.

On the other side, Lu Changzhi received his answer and gently shook his head:

"As expected, there's a master swindler."

In such a short time, the ancient stele was transformed into this state by Reverse Idling, which means that the ancient stele was rushed out not long ago.

As for who it is, considering the original content written on it and the statement made by the Great Qian Ancient Kingdom just now, it is not difficult to guess.

Something unusual is bound to happen, and the statements from these major powers in the Great Qian Ancient Kingdom were already somewhat strange.

They even made a statement saying that the ancient steles are all fake now.

Either they were kept in the dark, or they were faking it.

His gaze swept over the powerful figures from various factions.

The next moment, Lu Changzhi suddenly smiled:

"There's no need to even think about it; the answer is written all over their faces."

Li Baimei's furrowed brows, and the clearly directed yet more or less questioning expressions on the other three sides, were all too clear.

"These major powers have joined forces to deceive people; it seems they're planning to take action against the Beast Race."

He had learned about the conflict between Human Race and Beast Race during this time.

While dreaming of restoring their former glory, they've reached a bottleneck and need new resources.

Every so often, there will be a concentrated conflict between the two sides.

However, in the past, the Human Race did not achieve much substantial results.

"This time, however, it's an improvement over the past."

Lu Changzhi glanced at Bai Po, who was following Lin Xie.

"Inciting hatred, offering Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves as a reward, and having these powerful forces leading the charge—the scale of this is incredible..."

Upon realizing this, Lu Changzhi gently shook his head.

"Looks like something big is about to happen."

"But is this an inevitable consequence of the impending emergence of the Emperor Road?"