CHAPTER 283: CHAPTER 282 STRONG INTERACTION FORCE_2

"Junior is trembling with fear."

Nezha was indeed very afraid.

The main reason was that he didn’t know why Lu Ya had come today, and he had neither the means to resist nor the leverage to negotiate.

Lu Ya had spent so much effort in the Ten Thousand Miles Pine Forest, but ended up with nothing, even having the fruits of his labor taken by Nezha. It was perfectly reasonable for him to come looking for Nezha today to reclaim Zi Chen’s Sky Ruler.

The world was so vast, yet the two of them ’bumped into each other’ so often. Of all the people to be tied by fate, it had to be the most mysterious quasi-saint of the Fengshen World, Lu Ya.

He could only smile bitterly.

"If senior wishes..."

As soon as Nezha began to speak, Lu Ya interrupted him: "Rest assured, these things were originally meant for you. If I truly wanted to take them back, do you think you would have had a chance, whether in the Fire Eye Mountain Secret Realm or in the Ten Thousand Miles Pine Forest?"

Upon hearing this, Nezha abruptly raised his head.

Originally meant for me!

But why?

Just because he was the unique protagonist of this world?

There was absolutely no such good thing in the world.

"Senior, please don’t scare me."

"Why would I want to scare you? Although my realm is high, even the medicine garden left by Demon Lord Bai Mushuang is a supreme treasure to me. Once obtained, I would no longer need to scour the world for materials to refine precious elixirs." Lu Ya said this with great seriousness, looking at Nezha with eyes and a tone devoid of any emotion.

Nezha said, "Senior’s grace is as heavy as a mountain. If you need materials for refining, just speak a word."

Lu Ya continued to look at him, and the air was filled with suffocating silence.

Nezha added, "Senior, you did not stay in the mountains to cultivate in seclusion. Are you here in the human world to participate in the Divine Enthronement war?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a smile appeared on Lu Ya’s face. He countered, "You are not an Outer Heaven Demon; you know about the Divine Enthronement. Why do you think I came here?"

It turned out that the Ten Extremes Formation had already been broken through seven formations by Xiqi. Master Wen, realizing the dire situation, went to the Overseas Immortal Mountain to seek reinforcements and found another Zhao Gongming.

This Zhao Gongming was the legendary Black Tiger Hermitage and the God of Wealth worshipped by Taoism. Like Lu Ya and Ran Deng, he was also a quasi-saint.

He had a fiery temper. Back when the Fengshen List was drawn in Biyou Palace, he was present. The Tongtian Sect Leader had said: "The names on the Fengshen List include members of all three sects, their demise unfathomable, only revealed after death." Despite this clear statement, he came today in anger, relying on his profound cultivation.

Upon arrival, he killed Jiang Ziya, which was destined to be a calamity in Jiang Ziya’s fate; someday, a high personage would assist him.

After that, Jiang Ziya used the Dragon Binding Rope to bind Huang Long Perfected, and then used the Sea Calming Pearl to subsequently injure the mirror-using Master, Guangchengzi, Dao Xing Tianzun, Master Yuding, and the Spirit Treasure Great Master, five Taiyi Golden Immortals.

Everyone, this Sea Calming Pearl is a supreme treasure of the world, consisting of twenty-four precious beads. Its fame in the Taoist sect was not widespread. According to the Heavenly Dao’s fate, it would later be seized by the Buddhist sect and absorbed into the Twenty-Four Heavens, though its origin was unclear. Still, its power already approached that of a Holy Artifact.

This happened today. Although Nezha had anticipated it, he hadn’t thought Zhao Gongming had already arrived in Xiqi’s camp, as the frontline reports had not yet reached the Three Mountains Pass.

Unfortunately, Zhao Gongming did not know that the twenty-four beads of his Sea Calming Pearl were all natural treasures from the East Sea, similar to Lu Ya’s Immortal Slaying Flying Saber.

The natural world produces things that complement and counter each other.

Using the Sea Calming Pearl, he put Ran Deng, another quasi-saint, in such a miserable plight that he fled in panic. Xiqi was in dire danger but happened to encounter the Wandering Practitioner Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao from Wuyi Mountain on the road.

These two possessed an item called Treasure Falling Gold Coin. Though it couldn’t harm anyone and wasn’t highly ranked, it specialized in nullifying all magic treasures, making them fall with a single hit.

Zhao Gongming lost his Sea Calming Pearl. Enraged, he killed Xiao Sheng and, when he attempted to kill Cao Bao, he was wounded by Ran Deng’s Heaven and Earth Ruler and fled to the Chengtang Camp.

Later, he went to Three Immortals Island to borrow the Holy Artifact Golden Jiao Scissors from three goddesses but was assassinated by Lu Ya using the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book. This part is yet to happen.

The military reports were slow, and Nezha still thought Zhao Gongming had not yet arrived at the Chengtang camp, which is why he said Lu Ya had come too early.

But as Lu Ya said, where he went was not for Nezha to decide.

"Or do you wish to say that I shouldn’t meddle in this matter, fearing for my life in the end?"

Nezha replied, "Disciple wouldn’t dare."

"Disciple? To whom are you a disciple?"

Lu Ya’s eyes became sharp.

Nezha answered, "Disciple is a disciple of the Chan Sect."

"Hahaha, quite bold to use the Chan Sect to pressure me?"

"I dare not."

Nezha smiled bitterly, "Disciple is currently an abandoned disciple of the Chan Sect, and everyone wishes to kill me. If I participate in the Divine Enthronement war, I fear dying an untimely death."

"Who wants to kill you? A few Taiyi Golden Immortals? Or that shortsighted Master Taiyi?" Lu Ya laughed heartily. "They still bear the burden of their killing tribulations yet fail to realize they too are part of the Divine Calamity. In the future, when your cultivation matures, you may even end up killing them."

He suddenly changed his tone and said, "But precisely because of this, they know that if they don’t kill you now, they’ll be killed by you in the future. Hence, they must kill you."

Nezha felt this argument was somewhat unreasonable.

He was currently only in the Golden Immortal Realm and might remain stuck in this realm for his entire life.

There were many such examples in the Cultivation World.

Not to mention that the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect had high cultivation and possessed numerous magic treasures.

But if Lu Ya said so, had he already seen something?

Just like how Nezha knew that in the future, the extraordinary cultivation of these Twelve Golden Immortals would all perish in the Yellow River Formation. If he played it safe until then, killing them would be as easy as flipping his hand?

The Yellow River Formation.

This world had no Yellow River.

But it had a Yellow River Formation.

Nezha felt a nameless fear once more, but the vast ocean of vital energy flowing through his body, the strong life force contained in the Nine-Pattern Divine Pill within his Qi Sea, made him feel the reality of this world very deeply.

And he still did not know the true reason for Lu Ya’s visit today.

Was it simply to say a few meaningless words?

Impossible.

"Daring to ask, senior claims to be a West Kunlun Wanderer, but the Divine Enthronement is a matter of the Three Sects. Why would you risk involving yourself?"

Lu Ya smiled, "What do you want to ask?"

Nezha lowered his head, "Or, senior is not a wanderer but a disciple of the Chan Sect."

This guess was extremely absurd.

The Chan Sect could secretly have several quasi-saints. As one of the top powers in the world, having such a foundation was normal.

But for a quasi-saint unknown to most Chan Sect disciples to suddenly emerge was very unreasonable.

After a long time.

Lu Ya said, "I came here today to give you something on someone’s behalf."

"Who?"

Lu Ya said, "Don’t be foolish. The fact that I haven’t said it means it’s not the time for you to know."

"Nezha understands."

Lu Ya said, "I don’t understand that person’s intentions, nor can I guess. But you need not worry too much. You should know that worrying is useless. Cultivators who are long trapped in such a state of mind are prone to developing heart demons."

Nezha bowed to accept the lesson and asked what it was.

Lu Ya replied, "It is a knife, extremely sharp. However, if you consider it a magic treasure, I can’t sense any vital energy or Daoist charm on it.

It feels more like a huge, heavy, pitch-black piece of iron.

But if you regard it as a mundane weapon, do not underestimate it. It may be more incredible than any magic treasure you have ever seen."

Convinced that the other party wouldn’t harm him, Nezha relaxed a lot and laughed, "Senior, can you just stop being so mysterious?"

"It’s not me being mysterious. I have neither seen nor heard of this item before, nor can I see through it. The person who gave it to me only told me its name: Strong Interacting Force Knife."

What?

Nezha almost thought he had misheard.

(Heaven, finished writing past eleven, having a bout of gastritis, I’m going to the bathroom, goodnight everyone.)