Chapter 461: The Sun and Moon Illuminate Mountains and Rivers (Part 20)

Atop the sea of ​​clouds.
Su Chen watched as Wang Shu passed the Saint King Tribulation in one breath, showing no intention of intervening.
At this moment, Wang Shu seemed to have become immensely large; a single leaf was enough to obscure the stars, a single branch enough to crush mountains and rivers.
He transformed into a green figure, laughing loudly, "Hahahaha, I, Wang Shu, can finally leave this hellish place!"
Without looking back, Wang Shu flew off in another direction; he only wanted to escape this hellish place!
Wang Shu didn't know how far he had flown. Looking back, the Mountain and River Sect had long since disappeared from sight.
"The world is so vast now, where can't I, Wang Shu, go?"
Wang Shu took a deep breath, feeling the aura called freedom.
When he turned his head, intending to leave this prison...
"?"
Wang Shu rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating.
Before him lay a sea of ​​clouds, and above it, a cliff.
On the cliff face sat a young man he knew all too well.
"Damn it!"
Wang Shu cursed angrily. He seemed to realize something, and with a swift movement, a crack appeared in the space before him. Without hesitation, Wang Shu slipped inside.
"Now I should be able to leave that cursed place, right?"
Wang Shu thought to himself, but there was nothing in front of him.
However, when he subconsciously looked back...
Nothing behind him.
The cliff, the young man, and the young man seemed to be watching him.
Wang Shu refused to believe it. He tore open another crack and stepped inside.
"?"
He felt something touch him.
Wang Shu looked back, and there was a crack behind him.
He...he saw himself! And what had touched him was the very foot that had stepped into the crack.
Wang Shu silently withdrew his foot, which transformed into a root. He found the deep pit he had dug below, then silently burrowed back in, smoothing out the soil as if nothing had happened.
...
This entire scene was witnessed by Ling Jiuxiao.
"Elder, what kind of technique is this?"
Ling Jiuxiao was very curious.
He hadn't even blinked.
A Saint King couldn't leave this place no matter what he did.
Such a technique was truly unbelievable.
So cool!
The elder was silent for a moment, then said, "This old man doesn't know either..."
He seemed to have suffered a setback.
"This is called 'Within Reach'"
The sudden voice made Ling Jiuxiao and the elder exchange bewildered glances.
The voice just now wasn't from either of them.
"Could it be..."
Ling Jiuxiao and the elder noticed that Long Jueshen had stood up at some point, looking quite human, with a hint of solemnity in his eyes.
"So you can talk?"
Ling Jiuxiao curiously sized up Long Jueshen.
Looking at Ling Jiuxiao's uncultured, country bumpkin-like appearance, Long Jueshen snorted, "What's so surprising about me being able to talk?"
Ling Jiuxiao said, "You were sleeping the whole time; I thought you couldn't talk."
Long Jueshen raised a dragon claw, his face full of disdain: "That's because I think talking to you is a waste of time."
Ling Jiuxiao and the elder exchanged a glance.
"How about we roast this guy and share some with the Sect Master?"
Long Jueshen: "......."
"Actually, I, the Dragon, come from the Immortal Realm. If it weren't for this moment, you wouldn't even be ants in my eyes."
Dragon God's expression was arrogant, making no attempt to hide his disdain for these two bumpkins.
Ling Jiuxiao chuckled: "From the Immortal Realm, what a grand identity. If you truly possess such ability, why have you ended up in this realm, becoming my pet?"
Dragon God suddenly froze.
This kid is infuriating! If he weren't worried about being unable to defeat the one above, he would have loved to give this impudent brat a dragon's tail whip.
"I am not a pet!"
"No, you are!"
"I am not!"
"You are!"
"......"
Seeing the two arguing fiercely, the elder noticed a young figure had appeared nearby.
"Yuan Huang greets fellow Daoist."
Su Chen glanced at them, then looked away, turning to Ling Jiuxiao and Long Jueshen with a smile.
The elder: "..."
This was incredibly awkward!
However, considering the young man might have an identity from the Upper Realm, the elder suppressed his embarrassment.
At that moment, Ling Jiuxiao and Long Jueshen noticed Su Chen, and the two stopped arguing.
Ling Jiuxiao respectfully said, "Greetings, Sect Master."
Su Chen nodded slightly.
Long Jueshen, seeing Su Chen, first sized him up, then said, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be from an Emperor-level lineage of the Immortal Realm. Ordinary Immortal-level lineages can't cultivate someone like you."
Su Chen remained unmoved.
Long Jueshen continued, "Boy, I have a great opportunity to offer you. If you're willing to cooperate with me, I can grant you and your backing unimaginable power in the Immortal Realm, making you immortal and indestructible!"
Su Chen smiled.
He reached out and lifted Long Jueshen up.
"Boy, let me go! I'm from the Dragon God Palace!"
"You should know about the Dragon God Palace."
Long Jueshen realized his Yuan Power had vanished, and he was easily lifted by Su Chen.
Watching Long Jueshen struggle, Su Chen wore a playful smile. He flicked Long Jueshen's lower abdomen with one hand.
Long Jueshen: "........"
The air froze instantly.
Long Jueshen couldn't remember the last time he had been so humiliated!
"I've never heard of the Dragon God Palace."
"However... I do know you are a reincarnated True Immortal."
Long Jueshen: "......."
He froze.
His desperate resolve instantly crumbled.
He looked at the young man before him, utterly horrified: "You actually know my identity, Dragon Lord! Who are you?"
He racked his brains, trying to recall, but he couldn't remember the young man's aura.
Su Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "True Immortals are nothing more than fruit on a tree. As for my identity, knowing it won't benefit you in the slightest."
Long Jueshen felt fragments flashing through his mind like a fleeting dream.
He thought of an impossible possibility.
His expression suddenly changed, his arrogant demeanor vanished, replaced by a smile.
Ling Jiuxiao: "......"
The creature before him was clearly a dragon.
Why did Ling Jiuxiao feel that this dragon possessed some dog-like characteristics?
Incredibly fawning.
The dragon, Jueshen, grabbed Su Chen's robe and said, "My lord... this little dragon has been waiting for you for so long!"
"As long as my lord doesn't abandon me, this little dragon is willing to be your mount and accompany you."
Su Chen smiled and said, "Very well, this mountain needs a gatekeeper to prevent certain people from taking the wrong path every day."
Ling Jiuxiao: "......."