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Dong Wanggong also seemed very anxious:
"According to the planned plan, it should not be the time for a concentrated outbreak yet. The reason why they still have time to run here to ask my sister for help is because they are not well prepared.
Otherwise, according to the normal process, I don’t know about the Wan Du Sect and the He Huan Sect, but in the area I am responsible for, once an outbreak occurs, the local sects and the Sanqing Temple Law Enforcement Bureau will collapse at once.
Given the current situation, something must have stimulated my brother, forcing him to issue the order in advance."
"Yeah, I think so." Jiang Lu thought about the reason.
"But what exactly stimulated him? Could it be...the attempt last night?" Jin Yao speculated.
If the only thing that could possibly attract Yuanshi Tianzun's attention was the two of them trying to merge last night, right? Not only was it reasonable, the timing also seemed right.
"That should be it, but what went wrong?"
Jiang Lu also felt that this was the only possibility, but he found it very strange. Their attempt yesterday did not cause any big noise, and the Queen Mother of the West also set up a barrier. Yuanshi Tianzun should not have noticed it.
Suddenly, Queen Mother Xi thought of something: "Wait a minute, I think I know..."
"What?" Everyone looked at her.
"I overlooked one thing."
Queen Mother Xi said with some annoyance:
“I can block the outside world from spying on this place, and I can also isolate our escaping spiritual power, but I have no way to interfere with the way of heaven.
If we succeed in merging, we will have gained the power to influence the world, and the laws of nature will be able to sense it.
In other words, my brother doesn't need to keep an eye on me at all.
So he may have sensed the changes in the way of heaven, so he had to make his move early."
This sounds plausible and is the most likely explanation.
But if this is true, it also means that none of the actions of these people can seem to be hidden from Yuanshi Tianzun, which forces the whole map to be viewed from a God's perspective.
How to play? No way!
"So we have to hurry up."
There was no time to attack this traitor who wanted to call her sister, so Queen Mother of the West hurriedly asked Xuannv to help her set up the magic circle, hoping to race against time to successfully integrate and stop Yuanshi Tianzun before the chaos spread to the entire Sanqing world.
But at this time, Jiang Lu noticed a blind spot and stopped them.
"What's wrong?" Several people were puzzled.
"That is to say..." Jiang Lu's expression was serious: "Is there a possibility that he is not the kind of person who will only act passively when he has no other choice?"
"What do you mean?" No one understood what he meant.
"You said you talked to him about the issue of beheading the three corpses, and then discovered the truth, right?" Jiang Lu confirmed.
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
"This is a big problem." Jiang Lu asked back, "He knows that you have learned the truth, so he can naturally infer what you might do. So will he still not be on guard against you? Does he have to wait until the Heavenly Dao reacts before taking action?"
Queen Mother of the West fell into deep thought, but Jin Yao spoke up: "There's nothing we can do about this. Judging from the current situation, it's because his infiltration is not enough to defeat the Three Pure Ones in one fell swoop, right? Judging from the current situation, he is actually quite strong, isn't he?"
"But he should have been prepared. Um... let me put it in a more understandable way."
Jiang Lu analyzed carefully:
“Suppose you succeeded last night instead of failing, then wouldn’t his preparations have been in vain, or at least wouldn’t have been so crucial?
But he can't know in advance when you will merge just by looking at the reaction of the Heavenly Dao. Do you think that a person who is extremely cautious and meticulous like him will allow such an uncertain situation to occur?
Betting that you will fail, and then deciding whether to take action based on the reaction of Heaven, this is definitely not Yuanshi Tianzun. "
"I think I understand." It was Dong Wanggong who reacted first: "Are you saying that last night's failure was inevitable?"
"Yeah." Jiang Lu nodded slightly, very sure of his guess: "Although I don't know how he did it, I dare say that he definitely has a way to make them fail, or at least not so easily succeed."
"Then this magic formation..." After understanding Jiang Lu's meaning, the originally confident Queen Mother of the West began to waver.
"I don't know. I'm not very optimistic."
Jiang Lu shook his head at first, but then said:
"But let's still give it a try. No matter what method he uses, it must have its limitations. Otherwise, he could have waited until we were ready before making the move. He's in such a hurry now. It's obvious that he's racing against time with us to see who reaches the finish line first."
"Well, let's give it a try anyway."
After listening to Jiang Lu's words, everyone felt a little depressed.
They suddenly realized that they seemed to have always lived in the shadow of Yuanshi Tianzun. No matter what they did, it seemed that the other party would notice it first and find a way to crack it, but they knew nothing about him.
Seeing Queen Mother of the West starting to continue, Jiang Lu had a look of distress on his face.
He vaguely felt that he had overlooked some details, but he couldn't think of it no matter what.
This question troubled him all day.
It was not until near dusk that Queen Mother of the West and Jin Yao had completely let go of all their past grudges and accepted each other. They no longer had their own thoughts like they did last night. After sitting together in the magic circle for an hour, he finally realized what details he had overlooked.
"Fuck! That old bitch!"
Jiang Lu hurriedly tried to stop the two, but was still a step too late...
Chapter 361: Immortal Tribulation
The fusion between Queen Mother of the West and Jin Yao is already halfway complete.
With the help of the ancient magic circle, Jiang Lu was fortunate enough to witness the magnificent scene of the fusion of his true body and the three corpse spirits.
Unlike sewing a severed appendix back in, which is a simple task, reintegrating with a person born from a part of the will that has been separated for tens of millions of years is not only complicated but also extremely dangerous.
The situation last night was still relatively good. If we are not careful, not only might we end up with one body with two consciousnesses, but we might even evolve into a monster with a confused mind and a twisted body.
It is said that Nezha cut off his flesh to repay his father and mother, and then reshaped his body, but the remaining few wisps of consciousness were not mixed very ideally, so he became three heads and six arms. It's just that lotus root powder is quite plastic, so it can be controlled barely. But in fact, he has been taking the pills made by the Lord of Daode to control his condition in private.
Fortunately, the two had communicated well before entering the magic circle, and with the help of Jiang Lu, they had let go of their obsessions and reached a state of complete telepathy.
At this time, the magic circle was shining with golden light, and countless runes were spinning, helping them to build a spiritual bridge to stabilize the process of integration. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like it was going to succeed.
But this made Jiang Lu anxious.
"Wait! Stop!"
He wanted to interrupt the two of them, but was hurriedly stopped by Xuannv.
"Don't go over there! Now is the critical moment. If we are interrupted by external forces, there will be a big mess!"
“But they can’t blend together!”
"What's wrong?" Seeing how anxious he was, Dong Wanggong asked in confusion, "Didn't you just encourage them to try? And it looks like they're about to succeed, not like they'll fail."
"It just can't succeed." Jiang Lu looked annoyed: "The real purpose of Yuanshi Tianzun is probably to make them reunite as one."
"What do you mean?" The two were confused by Jiang Lu's sudden conclusion.
"Let them stop first."
"It can't be stopped." Xuannv said helplessly: "I also participated in the arrangement of this magic circle. Although I don't understand its principle, I can see that once the magic circle starts to operate, it cannot be stopped unless the spiritual power is exhausted or they successfully merge."
"Can't you think of a way?"
"There's no other way. If we intervene forcefully, the worst-case scenario would be that our consciousness would become confused, or we would go crazy."
Jiang Lu was a little hesitant for a moment.
In fact, he didn't dare to guarantee that his guess was correct, but he didn't want to take the risk even if there was only a 1% probability.
However, the consequences of forcibly interrupting it now sounded really serious. As a result, he was caught in a dilemma and didn't know what to do for a moment.
"So what do you know? Why do you say that brother's real purpose is to make the sisters, uh...sisters reunite?" Dong Wanggong couldn't help but ask.
"I've always felt like I was missing something. I've been thinking about it all day, and only just now did I get a vague idea."
Jiang Lu thought about it and asked:
"Let me ask you a question first. Is the information you gave me about the casino true?"
"Yes, I am an honest man, and the things I give you must be real." Dong Wanggong seemed very proud of his traitorous behavior.
"That's fine. It suddenly occurred to me that we have been here from Nanjiang City for almost half a month. Although you ran away during this period, many of the casinos you developed must have been destroyed."
Jiang Lu's expression was solemn:
"So I was very confused. If he really bet everything on prostitution, gambling and drugs, how could he not have noticed that there was a big problem with gambling?"
"It's simple. He trusts me." Dong Wanggong said without hesitation, "He trusts me so much that he doesn't believe I will betray his trust."
"......" Jiang Lu reluctantly nodded: "Okay, let's say that he does trust you and gave you full authority without asking any questions, but for such an important matter to him, can he really not ask any questions at all? Even if he doesn't intervene openly, with his ability, he can see it clearly from the sky, right? Why didn't he even take any remedial action after such a long time?"
"what do you want to say in the end?"
"I wonder if this is a cover-up? It's to force and urge the two of them to merge into one." Jiang Lu frowned slightly: "Think about it carefully, wasn't your sister originally trying to find Jin Yao because of his plan?"
"No way? I feel like you're thinking too much."
Dong Wanggong shook his head:
"If that's the case, he just needs to pretend. There's no need to go to this extent."
"Your sister is not stupid. If you don't do this, even if you can deceive your sister, she won't be so anxious." Jiang Lu thought about it and added a few more words: "But I also hope that I am overthinking."
Speaking of this, Xuannu, who had been helping the Queen Mother of the West after her retirement, also felt a little strange.
"No, maybe I'm not overthinking it."
Xuannv recalled:
“I remember there was a period of time in the past when Yuanshi Tianzun often invited Master to discuss the Dao with him.
But later one time, after she came back from Yuanshi Tianzun, she suddenly seemed like a different person. Not only did she no longer visit Yuxu Palace often, but she also never mentioned Yuanshi Tianzun at all. From then on, she began to think about beheading the three corpses.
I asked her what happened and she just said she was cheated.
After that, Yuanshi Tianzun invited her to do what the Hehuan Sect is doing now, but she did not agree.
I didn't think so at the time, but now that I think about it, it is indeed very strange. How could Yuanshi Tianzun, such a shrewd and sensible person, suddenly be discovered by Master about the secret of beheading the Three Corpses? And how could he suddenly come to Master again without any preparation after such a long time after he had a falling out with Master over this matter?
The most important point is that he knows Master so well that he must know that she would never destroy the Three Pure Ones Realm. So how could he write to her and ask for her help even though he knew the outcome?
Jiang Lu pondered and said, "Hmm...Although the letter seemed to indicate that I was too excited to find the way to ascend, so I went to her without thinking too much, but after calming down and reading it carefully, it felt like I was deliberately telling her that I was going to start."