Searching Far and Wide in Vain

"Who would have thought that human calculations would one day be outmaneuvered by fate?"

Somewhere, Gu De Deyao looked in the direction from which the aura had come from, shook his head slightly, and sighed with emotion.

He understood the principle that man proposes, God disposes.

However, he existed in this world for far too long, and each time he started anew in stages.

Some things, we experience more than once or twice, or even many times.

As the saying goes, one can learn something in one go; he knows so many things.

In fact, the reason why I was able to fight so decisively against the powerful figures of the four major forces today is because of this repeated experience.

To be fair, the top experts from the four major powers are by no means weak.

But he has his own advantages.

These people would all assume it's their first time fighting against them.

However, what they didn't know was that he had fought against each of the four of them several times in the past.

Among them, Li Baimei was the one he was most familiar with. He even managed to force the other party to reveal the so-called "Ancestor, Aid Me" mental technique on one occasion.

Recalling Li Baimei's shocked and incredulous expression when she heard about this mental cultivation method, and her subsequent appearance of constantly thinking about it, it has to be said that it was quite interesting.

If he's not mistaken, Li Baimei is probably still racking her brains trying to figure out who leaked this information.

However, in reality, it was nothing more than Li Baimei himself.

As for the other three, their experience made dealing with them quite easy.

And that is his advantage.

His experience and expertise have enabled him to achieve great results and benefits with minimal effort in this world.

However, the appearance of Emperor Road this time made him feel an unfamiliar atmosphere once again.

The last time I felt this unfamiliar atmosphere was when my bag of gold coins, which I had painstakingly collected, inexplicably "exploded."

And coincidentally, these gold coins have a close connection with this Emperor Road.

Although he hasn't yet determined how the connection is established, one thing is certain.

Every time the Emperor Road appeared in the past, everything would return to its starting point after it ended.

"Could it be that the reason the Emperor Road appeared so quickly this time is because there was a problem with those gold coins?"

"Or is it,"

Gu De pondered for a moment, realizing that problems had arisen after these two incidents.

Now he no longer has those gold coins.

Now that the Emperor Road has appeared, it will inevitably open soon.

What will happen after it ends?

Is this the end of it all, with no beginning, or will something else happen?

It must be said that this did touch upon areas he was unaware of.

If time continues to move forward and never returns to the past, then the experience he has accumulated in the past will likely be much less effective.

Starting over is not a long-term solution.

Gu De shook his head.

He had thought about these things a long time ago, and now they have actually come true.

"It seems..."

Gu De glanced in the direction where the Dragon Race were located.

We must strive to secure more resources for the future.

He didn't care how he did things in the past, since everything would eventually return to the beginning, and it wouldn't affect anything.

But things are very different now.

"It seems I'll have to get involved in this Emperor Road."

Five Symbols Sect, Hidden Origin Peak.

Lu Changzhi looked at Cang Wenyu, who was already waiting there, and said with a smile:

"The Sect Master is truly resourceful. The Emperor Road hasn't even made a move yet, and I didn't expect the Sect Master to have even prepared tokens for me."

"Huh?"

Cang Wenyu waved his hand upon hearing this,

"I'll put on an act when it's necessary, and I won't when it's not. It has nothing to do with me."

After speaking, Cang Wenyu raised his hand and waved it, and everything that had happened before was immediately displayed in the void.

"This person..."

Lu Changzhi raised an eyebrow.

This was just a projected image; he couldn't actually see the other party's information directly.

But the fact that the other party could bring up the topic of Emperor Road means that they must have some kind of relationship with Emperor Road.

At this moment, Cang Wenyu also took out the cards that the other party had given him.

Lu Changzhi looked over, and immediately, the information on the cards appeared in Lu Changzhi field of vision:

[Secret Road Privilege Token]: Holding this card allows you to enter the Secret Road ahead of time. While holding the card in the Secret Road, you can remain unaffected by Secret Road, hide at will, and cause certain changes to the Secret Road.

"Secret Road?" Lu Changzhi wondered to himself.

"So this means... this isn't the Emperor Road at all?"

"Could this be another fake?"

Gathering his thoughts, Lu Changzhi turned his attention back to Cang Wenyu and asked:

"What did the other party do after that?"

Cang Wenyu shook his head:

"They're gone, vanished without a trace. As for where they went, even the Ancestor and the others aren't entirely sure."

"However, the ancestor's meaning is that you can do whatever you want with these cards. If you need them, Changzhi, you can take them and play with them."

Lu Changzhi smiled and said:

"The sect still has a strong foundation."

Regardless of whether this Secret Road is truly the Emperor Road, based on what the other party said, it is highly likely to be the Emperor Road as commonly known.

I'll just take this and play with it.

Of course, that's not what he cares about.

"Since the Ancestor has said so, it seems there shouldn't be any problem with this item on his end."

Just as I was thinking about this, a unique aura suddenly appeared out of thin air and then soared into the sky.

In an instant, the world that appeared to have not changed much to the naked eye suddenly became "turbulent and unpredictable" in our perception.

A powerful feeling arose, almost as if knowledge were being directly poured into my brain, as if everything in the universe was emphasizing it frantically.

Something big is about to happen!

Lu Changzhi quickly withdrew his attention from the sky, then frowned and looked at the source of the aura.

That place was none other than his Hidden Origin Peak.

Following the source of this aura downwards and continuously "imagining," one gets a sense of its unfathomable depth, as if the aura were gushing forth from some bottomless abyss.

"That commotion..."

Lu Changzhi did not continue to delve deeper into the source, but turned to look at Cang Wenyu beside him and said:

"Sect Master, is this done intentionally?"

Cang Wenyu shook his head:

"I'm afraid not."

As he spoke, he threw the cards over and said:

"I'm afraid this is the Emperor Road they've been talking about."

Lu Changzhi reached out and took the token. He immediately sensed a subtle connection between the token and the aura, as if something would happen if he poured his power into it.

"It seems they are indeed related."

Lu Changzhi nodded slightly, then looked up and a strange yet wistful expression appeared on his face:

"I searched high and low, but the Emperor Road was right at my doorstep."