Chapter 1123
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Chapter 1123 The Inner Demon of the Cool Guy
“We are the ones who abandoned distractions and opened the door to a pure spiritual realm to enter, so by the same logic, perhaps we just need to close that door to get out.”
Lin Qiye sat cross-legged, “Whatever the case, let’s try it first.”
The three closed their eyes and entered a meditative state again, sitting motionless like three stone statues.
As time passed, their brows gradually furrowed.
Ten minutes later, Lin Qiye opened his eyes to find that An Qingyu and Jiang Er were already standing with unpleasant expressions.
“You failed too?” Lin Qiye frowned.
“Yes.” An Qingyu nodded, “I clearly touched the door to leave, but I couldn’t push it open.”
“Me too,” Jiang Er added immediately, “I was about to get out several times, but was blocked by that door, it feels like… like something is blocking our connection to the outside world.”
“It seems our situations are the same.”
Lin Qiye stood up from the ground helplessly.
“Why didn’t we have this feeling when we came in?”
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, “Perhaps when the two supreme gods were fighting, something went wrong, causing this place to be sealed.”
“Then what do we do? Are we going to be trapped here forever?” Jiang Er asked worriedly.
“It won’t come to that,” An Qingyu immediately shook his head, “The Seraph went to hunt down that supreme god, but will return. When He discovers we haven’t returned to the ship, He will definitely come back to Heaven to look for us, and then we can get out.”
“When will He come back?”
“Hard to say, maybe a few hours, maybe a day, maybe several days… after all, He said that when He hunted Lucifer back then, He chased him for three days and three nights.”
Hearing this, Jiang Er sighed helplessly.
“Perhaps we don’t have to just wait passively,” Lin Qiye suddenly spoke.
An Qingyu and Jiang Er both turned to look at him.
“If we can’t get out of Heaven, perhaps we can try a different path to leave, just like how that supreme god entered Heaven.”
“You mean… Hell?” An Qingyu turned to look at the giant sword churning with deep red magma in the distance, frowning in thought for a moment, “Indeed, since that supreme god could enter Hell from the outside world, it means Hell should have an exit to the outside. If conventional methods can’t get us out of Heaven, this path might work.”
“But that’s Hell, is it really feasible for us to just barge in?” Jiang Er asked worriedly.
Lin Qiye and An Qingyu exchanged glances, and after a moment, both shook their heads:
“Forget it, Hell is after all the former divine realm of evil gods. Even if all demons above the divine realm have been slain, there’s no telling what might remain… The risk is too great, we don’t need to take that chance.”
After discussing for a while, the three sat down, looking at the yellowish sunset in the distance, and let out a long sigh.
“I’m worried that Zhuai Ge will be concerned if we’re gone for so long,” Lin Qiye said anxiously.
“Speaking of which, it is strange that Zhuai Ge couldn’t enter Heaven,” An Qingyu mused thoughtfully. “What distractions could he possibly have…”
Jiang Er looked at them, hesitated for a moment, then tentatively spoke up: “Haven’t you noticed that since returning from the Pamir Plateau, Zhuai Ge’s mood has been somewhat low?”
Lin Qiye and An Qingyu exchanged glances, “Has it?”
Jiang Er: “…”
Lin Qiye had nearly lost his life during the Monument Battle and was only revived a few days ago, so he wasn’t clear about the squad’s situation after returning from the Pamir Plateau; An Qingyu, after reaching the Heavenly Court, had devoted himself entirely to analyzing spiritual energy, not paying attention to anything else. Now hearing Jiang Er say this, both looked bewildered.
“I think there is. Although I wasn’t completely sure before, now it seems he definitely has some mental burden,” Jiang Er was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly. “And I think I understand where his troubles come from.”
“Where from?”
“You guys.”
“Us?” Lin Qiye was confused, “Why?”
“Because all of you are just too monstrous,” Jiang Er looked at the two of them and criticized seriously. “A captain hailed as a once-in-a-century genius among Night Watchers, a vice-captain who can analyze and incorporate all things with unlimited potential, a Black King sealed within a body capable of slaughtering ordinary gods, Cao Yuan who is known to be above all beings but below gods, and Sister Jialan who, though dormant, could ascend to godhood in one step upon awakening…
Pangpang’s Forbidden Domain, though unknown, seems to have a significant background.
Actually, with my and Zhuai Ge’s Forbidden Domains, we’re qualified to stand in a special squad, but you all are advancing too fast… so fast that I feel we’ll forever be at the bottom of the team.”
Jiang Er slowly lowered her head, her expression more downcast than ever before. “Back on the Pamir Plateau, watching you all charge into battle, Zhuai Ge and I felt terrible. Even though we knew rushing in wouldn’t help much, it felt like we no longer even had the right to stand beside you…”
“I’m younger, so it’s understandable if I can’t keep up with your levels, but Zhuai Ge has been with you all along. He’s naturally somewhat proud, and now he can only watch as the gap between you grows larger and larger. He must feel even worse than I do.”
Hearing this, Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fell silent.
They had never considered this problem.
In this team, what they didn’t lack were prodigies, whether it was the mysterious Jialan, Lin Qiye with his Asylum of the Gods, or An Qingyu who could analyze the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Court… In comparison, Shen Qingzhu and Jiang Er’s own brilliant light had been completely overshadowed by them.
After Jiang Er pointed this out, Lin Qiye could imagine how tormented and self-reproachful Shen Qingzhu must feel now, given his personality.
Shen Qingzhu wasn’t the type to be content with being at the bottom, nor would he shamelessly beg a Chinese god to take him as an agent for power. All he could do was hide all this pain in his heart, quietly standing at the back of the team to support them, pretending nothing was wrong.
“It’s my fault. As the captain, I should have noticed earlier,” Lin Qiye’s eyes filled with bitterness.
An Qingyu recalled when Bai Li Pangpang and Shen Qingzhu went out alone in the Heavenly Court, and spoke helplessly: “It seems Pangpang noticed Zhuai Ge’s abnormality before any of us… he’s actually the most perceptive one.”
“When we get back to the ship, we’ll have a good talk with Zhuai Ge,” Lin Qiye said seriously. “We’re all brothers. Whatever issues there are, we can talk about them and solve them together.”
“Yes.”
An Qingyu looked at the gradually setting sun in the distance and nodded.
