The Three Realms Thief Chapter 70

“We’ve discovered the truth!”

“This is something no one else has explored. No one knows that underneath is a monster holding up the entire city with its tongue.”

“We’re awesome.”

He raised his water bottle, looking at the little boy with a “praise me” expression.

The little boy stared for a few seconds, then a flicker of relief suddenly appeared in his eyes.

“Yes, we really succeeded.”

She heard herself say.

Unbelievable, why am I speaking like this?

But it truly is something to be proud of.

Ten years have passed.

Everything was enveloped in a mist.

So many great cultivators exhausted all sorts of methods, but couldn’t uncover the truth behind the destruction of the city.

Now that the Zhou Tian Instrument has been successfully forged—

And only Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can enter the temporarily unfolded past world.

No one has ever found the truth.

But we did it!

The little boy clenched his fists tightly.

Yes.

Isn’t discovering the truth what he has always pursued?

Now he’s done it.

If this isn’t success, what is?

The little boy raised his water bottle and clinked it with Xu Yuan’s.

“Cheers.”

Xu Yuan said.

“Mm,” the little boy responded.

They both took a sip.

This was their celebration.

The atmosphere was finally no longer so desperate and maddening.

“About leaving the city, we still need to plan carefully,” Xu Yuan said again.

“Of course,” the little boy replied.

Leaving the city had now become impossible.

That’s why Xu Yuan said what he did.

Given the truth they had discovered, perhaps a great deal of work could be done to explore the secrets behind that monster.

They could certainly take action!

Suddenly.

A series of earth-shattering sounds came from outside.

“It’s the cultivators, they’re fighting!” the little boy said.

It was right at Gulou Street Subway Station.

“Should we report what we’ve found to them?”

Xu Yuan asked.

“It’s useless, they’re gathered together, fighting the monsters,” the little boy said.

“Then what do we do? We have to do something, we can’t just wait here to die,” Xu Yuan said.

The little boy said absentmindedly, “There’s only one way—”

“What?” Xu Yuan asked.

“A realm-breaking teleportation array!” the little boy said.

Xu Yuan paused for a breath, then asked in confusion, “If there’s a teleportation array, why didn’t we use it earlier?”

“A teleportation array disk capable of breaking through both barriers and space is not easy to make, and there aren’t many in existence, let alone in this border town, where they are extremely rare,” the little boy said.

“We need to get one,” Xu Yuan declared.

“I’m afraid it’s very difficult. Even I don’t know who else has a second realm-breaking teleportation array besides my brother,” the little boy said.

Xu Yuan was about to speak, but suddenly shut his mouth.

The little boy also showed a look of horror.

Silence for a breath.

Endless howls and cries came from deep underground.

In this sound, the entire sky turned a flowing, deep crimson.

It was like blood.

“Are they going to break through?”

Xu Yuan asked.

“—I don’t know,” the little boy replied.

Xu Yuan wanted to ask, “How could you not know?”, but decided against it after some thought.

The little boy must have survived.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have given him the Night Rain Sword Art ten years later.

Did he not go with the main group?

Never mind.

This was someone else’s privacy, so it was best not to ask.

Xu Yuan shook his head and didn’t continue asking.

He knelt by the window, looked out, and carefully observed the endless blood-red sky.

So he didn’t see the little boy standing beside him, his face etched with genuine confusion.

“Do you think we should go take a look?”

Xu Yuan asked.

“No,” the little boy replied immediately.

“I feel the same way,” Xu Yuan agreed.

During the last monthly exam.

Even if he managed to escape, he was still cursed by that woman and had to enter the nightmare arena, fighting three ghosts in a row.

He nearly died!

And at this moment, that woman should be in the underground tunnel.

I’m crazy to go find her again!

They waited for a few breaths.

Suddenly.

Everything around them slowly dissipated.

The little boy, along with the entire border town world, rapidly vanished before him like a dream bubble.

Everything disappeared.

Xu Yuan found himself back at the school gate.

Tiny glowing words appeared silently: “This training match has been dismissed.”

“You cannot load the progress of this training match again, because it was not initiated by you and your ‘ability match’.”

“You can spend 10 gold coins to start your own training match.”

Dismissed?

Xu Yuan scratched his head, feeling a little confused.

Who exactly was that little boy?

Why could he start a training match and then suddenly dismiss it?

—Unreliable.

From now on, it’s better to just do training by himself.

This way, he wouldn’t be restricted by other people’s match progress, and he could do whatever he wanted.

Like gaining experience!

Xu Yuan walked into the campus, thinking.

Yes.

When he was teleported away, he was just about to enter the campus!

The next second.

His legs gave out, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

—Too tired.

This training match was too tiring.

Not just physically.

His mind was also stretched to the limit.

He could fall asleep standing up right now.

No way, I really can’t go to evening self-study.

I can’t do anything tonight, I’ll go back, wash up, and sleep.

I must get a good night’s rest.

What the hell.

I want to go home!

He turned and walked towards home.

On the other side.

Imperial capital.

Imperial Palace, Chenxin Hall.

Lu Yiyi and Lu Chenzhou knelt together before the First Royal Highness.

A small black cauldron hovered in mid-air, continuously emitting streaks of light and shadow, displaying everything that had just happened.

The uncle—

Or rather, the current Emperor, was sitting cross-legged, jiggling his leg, watching the light and shadow with relish.

“Imperial Father, Yiyi stole the Zhou Tian Instrument and used it privately among the populace. Your son merely went to retrieve this item,”

Lu Chenzhou explained.

“I didn’t criticize you,” the uncle chuckled, “it’s incredibly rare for the Zhou Tian Instrument to replay past events. I see that you were also trying to do better, so what’s wrong with that?”

Lu Chenzhou stopped speaking.

The uncle looked at Lu Yiyi.

Lu Yiyi said, “I was wrong.”

“It’s good that you know you’re wrong. Will you make the same mistake next time?” the uncle asked.

“I won’t,” Lu Yiyi said.

“Good,” the uncle smiled happily, “Chenzhou, go on with your business. I’ll have a midnight snack with Yiyi.”

“Yes, Imperial Father.”

Lu Chenzhou withdrew.

Soon, palace maids set up a table and began serving dishes.

Lu Yiyi and the uncle sat on opposite sides.

“You must be tired after going in there. These are all your favorite dishes.”

The uncle said with a smile.

Lu Yiyi didn’t say much. She picked up her bowl and chopsticks and began to eat.

The uncle continued to stare at the events unfolding in the light and shadow, watching intently.

“Why does that boy trust you so much?”

He asked with great interest.

In the light and shadow, Xu Yuan was holding the little boy, constantly dodging and parrying, and attacking with his sword according to the other’s commands.

However, in the light and shadow, there was nothing around the two of them.

Completely invisible.

“Perhaps it’s his individual personality—the first time I went in, I found him to be a very foolish guy,” Lu Yiyi said.

The uncle stroked his chin.

The fact that this kid could earn a “very foolish guy” from Yiyi was enough to make the young talents of the great families envious.

But there was one thing that he had kept secret, known to almost no one.

When this monthly exam was taking place.

Three candidates entered the subway tunnel, looking for a way out of the city.

The first two candidates chose to pick up the young Yiyi and go to Gulou Street Subway Station to rendezvous with Chenzhou.

After the examination, they all died.

Their deaths were extremely strange.

The third person to enter the tunnel and encounter Yiyi was Xu Yuan.

Would he die?

If he didn’t die, wouldn’t it further prove that Yiyi’s words were true?

When Yiyi was young, she spoke nonsense.

All the examinations were normal, so everyone thought it was a psychological deficiency in a little girl, hoping to get attention.

Ten years passed.

Everything had long since settled down.

Everyone thought so.

But in the last month.

City destruction events, similar to those ten years ago, were becoming more frequent.

It was almost impossible to suppress them.

Then suddenly, it erupted, with terrifying massacres where no one was present.

The scene was extremely tragic.

Humanity was terrified.

Even the demon race began to feel a crisis of survival.

If this continued, let alone individual life forms, perhaps entire species would become extinct.

One couldn’t help but believe it.

Speaking of which.

If this kid could survive—

Then he was truly a lucky one, Yiyi’s anchor.

He could even write poetry.

Might as well let him debut. Under the spotlight of the literary world, none of his actions could escape scrutiny.

I would also be at ease.

Tsk.

Can’t let him get the chance to “ascend to the clouds” so easily, otherwise he won’t cherish it.

—Got it.

That delegation seems to still be in Jiangnan. Send a message, tell them to go there tomorrow.

Isn’t he a “peerless hero”?

Is he going to defeat all the high school students who want to enter Jiuyau?

Come on.

Let everyone see what you’re made of.

If it’s just big talk—

Being an ordinary cultivator is also good. No need to follow Yiyi anymore.

But if—

He wins.

Then he’s worth debuting.

Good.

That’s what we’ll do.

I truly am extraordinary in wisdom, to think of such a method.

“What are you plotting?”

Lu Yiyi asked cautiously.

“Nothing—this boy has accomplished something, so I’ll add him to the royal guest list, what do you think?”

The uncle put down the hand that was stroking his beard, picked up a transparent glass of wine, and took a sip, trying to conceal his intentions.

The royal guest list, also known as the “whitelist,” consists of important figures in high society, imperial relatives, and the emperor’s family, who are protected by the imperial family.

No one is allowed to easily access their personal information, nor can they be detained or arrested.

Unless the emperor, with his golden pronouncements, decrees it.

Lu Yiyi’s gaze softened, and she snorted, “You just bribe people, do as you please.”

“Then it’s settled. By the way, Yiyi, what did you ultimately see?” the uncle asked.

“—A monster, an indescribable monster. It hid in the darkness, and simply by using its tongue, it held up the entire city, preventing it from immediately falling,” Lu Yiyi said.

The uncle’s hand, which had just picked up his wine glass, paused.

He made a hand seal.

The small black cauldron immediately projected new images.

Thus.

The scene that Xu Yuan and Lu Yiyi had witnessed together appeared in the great hall.

“This monster—it’s never appeared before. What exactly is it?”

The uncle pondered with interest.

He saw countless corpses forming the foundation beneath the city.

Then—

These corpses floated in mid-air, as if supported by something.

Looking closer.

It was a tongue.

A tongue!

Holding up the entire city!

I get it.

If I were to tell this to others, they would think I’ve gone mad!

No wonder no one believed Yiyi!

“Your Majesty, the situation is getting more and more urgent, isn’t it?” Lu Yiyi asked.

“How so?” the uncle countered.

“I heard that the demon race is coming to negotiate peace, and five of their cities have already been destroyed—it’s exactly the same pattern as the destruction of the border city,” Lu Yiyi said.

The uncle slowly drained the wine in his glass, then praised, “—Amazing, Yiyi.”

He sighed, a look of helplessness appearing on his face, and mused, “Tell me about it in detail, starting from when you were little, about those things you couldn’t see.”

Lu Yiyi’s body trembled, her pupils constricted.

He never believed it!

But!

But now he—was he finally going to believe her?

This meant that the entire human world would begin to change.

Even a treasure like the Zhou Tian Instrument had appeared in the world.

Perhaps everything buried ten years ago could see the light of day again?

“Okay, I’ll tell you one thing at a time.”

Lu Yiyi’s voice was a little hoarse.