Transmigration After Becoming Love Saint-Chapter 554 - 185: Not Bad, It’s Mine!_4

"That's right, it's me," Wang Mu said.

As his words fell, Wang Mu instantly felt General Yu Lin's imposing aura diminish by at least half.

Well, it must be because of what just happened… Wang Mu couldn't help but sigh.

"What do you want?" General Yu Lin asked indifferently.

"Simple," Wang Mu said. "Actually, the original plan was to ensure the safety of Tianlu Temple…" I didn't expect the title of Ascending Immortal Ancestor to be so effective.

"I don't want to make things difficult for you," Wang Mu continued. "The Desert Sea Plain is in such a state now; your Haotian Dynasty doesn't have the means to cause this. Have the person acting behind the scenes step forward. With the destruction of the Desert Sea Plain, even if your Haotian Dynasty truly unifies the Li Dynasty, losing this place means the number of cultivators in Li State will decrease by at least thirty percent in the future."

General Yu Lin narrowed his eyes, staring at Wang Mu. Through the armor covering his entire body, a hint of playfulness glinted in his gaze.

"Fine. Tianlu Temple only needs to join forces with my Haotian Dynasty from now on," General Yu Lin said softly. "Why don't you ask this Suihe Temple Master if he is willing?"

Wang Mu turned to look at the Master.

The Master met his gaze and nodded slightly. "As long as the Desert Sea Plain can be restored to its original state, I can consider joining forces with you to benefit Li State. I swear upon my Taoist Heart."

Witnessing this, General Yu Lin immediately took out a specially made Sound Transmission Talisman and gently crushed it, apparently communicating with someone.

After a moment, General Yu Lin nodded slightly and said, "The spellcasting has stopped. In at most half a day, your Desert Sea Plain will no longer suffer from any Flame Breath."

"Then, may we wait half a day to see the results?" Wang Mu asked.

General Yu Lin remained silent, simply planting his weapon in mid-air and gazing at the vast Desert Sea Plain.

The Master flew forward, took out the Desert Sea Spirit Pearl, and said, "Surely you are aware of this object, General. If the Desert Sea Plain recovers, the red dots on it will disappear… If there is no recovery, then…"

General Yu Lin nodded slightly.

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye. However, the red dots on the Desert Sea Spirit Pearl only increased, and streams of scorching Flame Breath even flowed across the Desert Sea Plain below.

Seeing this, the Master said in a deep voice, "General, the situation with the Desert Sea Plain hasn't improved, has it?"

General Yu Lin was profoundly silent. Even with his helmet on, Wang Mu felt as if he could see the man's deeply furrowed brow. Clearly, the General likely didn't know the reason either.

"I have already spoken with His Majesty…" General Yu Lin said after a long silence. Perhaps feeling he had gone back on his word, he seemed at a loss for how to explain. "I've already asked that senior to cease. I don't know why…"

Judging by the situation, it must undoubtedly be a Heavenly Demon, Wang Mu thought. The Haotian Dynasty wanted to use them, but ended up being used themselves.

"Where is this person you speak of now?" Wang Mu asked.

General Yu Lin remained silent.

"General," the Master said, "look at this Desert Sea Plain. I ask you, surely you too grew up eating the Spirit Rice cultivated on this plain and practiced your cultivation here, did you not? And so did the soldiers of your Shen Hao Army.

"We at Tianlu Temple do not meddle in your Dynasty's conflicts. But during the Haotian Dynasty's several famines, when has Tianlu Temple not extended a helping hand to rescue your people?

"With your hundreds of years of cultivation, can you truly not understand what this plain means to Li State? Do you really wish to see this plain utterly destroyed?"

General Yu Lin was silent for a long time.

Wang Mu watched quietly.

"Several months ago," General Yu Lin said in a low voice, "during a critical moment in the war between our dynasty and the Liyue Dynasty, a mysterious person came to our court. They said they had a way to break the deadlock: seize Tianlu Temple to supply my Haotian Divine Army. At first, my lord did not agree, because Tianlu Temple controls the Desert Sea Plain and is not an opponent a single dynasty can easily deal with.

"Afterward, that mysterious person claimed to have a method to weaken Tianlu Temple's power. Coupled with the urgency of the war and the imminent descent of the Moon Palace, we agreed.

"So, we dispatched several Divinity Transformation Experts as escorts and used the art of spatial transference to send this person deep beneath the Desert Sea Plain. There, they cast a peculiar spell to damage the vital energy of your Desert Sea Plain… We were waiting to seize Tianlu Temple before stopping the spell…"

"Beneath the ground?" The Master's spirit was shaken. "Exactly where?" What he needed to know were the spatial coordinates.

General Yu Lin glanced at him. "In that barren area of Linxun Field… Lead me there, and I will personally obstruct this person!"

Clearly, this general was not foolish and had already realized that person was likely using the Haotian Dynasty for their own secret plots.

The Master's eyes narrowed. He snorted coldly and gently waved the horsetail whisk in his hand. Instantly, a large space portal opened.

"Let's go!"

The Master immediately led the two of them inside.

I'll finally get to see the first Heavenly Demon, Wang Mu thought, taking a deep breath. Now that the Heavenly Demons have been resurrected, I wonder when An Qixiu will wake up…

Upon entering the space portal, as light and shadow shifted, an exceptionally scorching wave of heat washed over them. A dim and strange light converged at the center of Wang Mu's vision.

Logically, it should be devoid of light this far underground. Yet, at this moment, an exceedingly hot fiery light blazed forth.

「Silently.」 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

「Deep beneath the Desert Sea Plain, in an extremely remote area.」

It's the aura of a Heavenly Demon… Wang Mu squinted.

「Shortly after.」

"TSK… Coming now? How unfortunate, it's already too late…" Within the dark yet fiery light, a crisp voice drifted over leisurely. "What a pity, indeed, just as the Holy Master predicted… Your Haotian Dynasty isn't that dumb after all…"

Space rippled, changing in an instant like the flow of time.

"There!"

The Master's expression changed drastically, as if he had perceived something. He fiercely pointed a hand into the void. In an instant, the scene ahead rapidly materialized before them.

Within an unbearably intense blaze, a shape resembling a divine bird, like a miniature blazing sun, was visible, as if nurturing some terrifying life. Outside, a mysterious person dressed in black waited leisurely.

Wang Mu looked at this figure and felt a sense of familiarity.

"Oh? There are others?" The person in black seemed to notice their arrival. "Besides you folks from Tianlu Temple and the Haotian Dynasty, there are others here?"

General Yu Lin, standing to one side, spoke coldly, "Tianlu Temple has already decided to join forces with our Haotian Dynasty. Immortal Master, why haven't you stopped?"

"Stop?" The mysterious person chuckled. "This little thing hasn't had its fill yet. How can it stop?"

"So, you're saying you no longer intend to honor our original agreement?" General Yu Lin snorted. "If that's the case, then don't blame this general for turning hostile! You even dare to defy my lord's orders…"

With that, General Yu Lin once again manifested his Primordial Spirit Dharma Form, its imposing aura surging towards the mysterious person.

However, the mysterious person merely giggled and casually waved a hand. A scorching Flame Wave, carrying an overwhelming breath of aridity, effortlessly dissolved the attack.

"Your strength…" General Yu Lin staggered back several steps, his face filled with astonishment as he stared at the mysterious person. "When you first came to the Haotian Dynasty, you didn't possess such strength!"

"That's because this little thing of mine hadn't eaten its fill. Now that it's full, naturally, it has more energy." The mysterious person glanced at the blaze behind them. "Of course, I should thank your Haotian Dynasty for that. Without you, relying solely on its strength at the time, it wouldn't have been so easy for it to slip past Tianlu Temple's perception and reach the Desert Sea Plain unnoticed."

"It's drawing the life force from the earth of the Desert Sea Plain!" The Master frowned deeply. "No wonder my Imperial Heaven Sui Chen has been growing weaker… General, you have raised a tiger, inviting great disaster! This fiend could bring calamity upon the entire Li State! With your current strength, facing it is like confronting the entire Desert Sea Plain—or me at my peak. You have absolutely no chance of winning!"

General Yu Lin's body trembled; he too vaguely sensed the grave danger.

"Reacting only now? Too late," the mysterious person droned. "Once this little cutie of mine awakens, your entire Li State will turn into an endless barren wasteland!"

"Is that so?"

At this moment, Wang Mu spoke up. "I was wondering why you seemed so familiar… So it's you! The woman from the Mountain Mist Sect back then."

The mysterious person froze, then turned to look at Wang Mu.

"You are…"

"You're that kid?"

"Wait, you're…"

Wang Mu smiled faintly, looking at the blaze. "You must be from Yuanhai Hall, right? It seems your group did get involved with this Heavenly Demon. What a coincidence that I'd run into you here. This must be the Golden Crow Demon Flame of the Heavenly Demon Han Cheng…"

Wang Mu gazed at the pale black flames.

"That's right. It's mine now!"