After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2557 Why did you help me?

After everyone stamped their seals in turn, the Earth Mother's stone doppelganger brought A-Lian in.

The prisoners sent to the Earth Mother Plain have been separated and imprisoned.

Ah Lian didn't struggle. After entering, she looked around curiously.

This city seems bigger than White Pine City, and its city gates are even more magnificent and beautiful, but why is there no one here?

They were just watching fireworks in the bustling city of Baisong when suddenly everything went black and they found themselves here.

Ah Lian did not suddenly retaliate.

Although she had never seen a stone man before, the humanoid, walking stone next to her exuded an aura that was not to be trifled with, far surpassing those weak and delicious humans.

She had a premonition that if she dared to resist, it would be a thankless task.

Ah Lian decided to wait and see.

She was especially surprised when she saw the black dragon statue on the wall of the secret realm: "What is this?"

"totem."

After saying those two words, "Hu Xin" transformed into a different person right in front of her.

He was taller, with striking features and deep, bright eyes.

“You…” Ah Lian paused for a moment before saying, “You really aren’t Hu Xin!”

Now she remembered that the real Hu Xin didn't like her.

"I'm not."

There was no fear in A-Lian's eyes; she only asked, "Where is Father?"

"There." He Lingchuan pointed casually, and A-Lian then noticed that there was a small house below the city wall. It was also made of stone and blended seamlessly with the city wall. Only when He Lingchuan pointed would its door slide open automatically.

A-Lian hurried inside and found Duan Heyun trapped on a stone chair.

The chair's four legs are integrated with the ground, as if they grew out of the ground.

His hands were handcuffed to the handrail, and the stone chain was also integrated with the handrail, with no trace of splicing.

"Ah Lian!" Then he saw the people behind Ah Lian. "Who are you? From the Mu Kingdom, or from Cang Yan?"

"Your master calls me 'Nine Netherworlds'."

"The Nine Nether Emperor!" Duan Heyun's expression changed drastically in shock. "Cang Yan, the Lord of Cang Yan, how could he possibly come to Misty Cloud Bay on his own?"

The Nine Nether Emperor, whom even gods and immortals fear, should be residing in the imperial court to command the world.

Why would they secretly infiltrate Bai Songcheng and lead the assassination attempt against him?
"For the sake of the Hidden God and the Divine Descent Plan, I don't mind making the trip myself." He Lingchuan smiled at A-Lian beside him. "There's nothing much to see here. How about I show you around the city?"

“He…” Ah Lian blinked, looking at Duan Heyun and then at He Lingchuan, “Will you kill me?”

“No.” He Lingchuan looked at Duan Heyun, “but his master might.”

Duan Heyun's jaw tightened.

A-Lian asked, "What does Master mean?"

“That is his master,” He Lingchuan laughed. “You are his experimental subject, and he considers himself your master; similarly, he has another master above him.”

A-Lian blurted out: "Helu Heavenly God!"

"Yes." This little demon puppet's intelligence is clearly far superior to that of its kind. "By tricking you into saying 'agree,' he has already offered you to his master. From now on, your life and death will be decided by Helu Tian."

Upon hearing this, A-Lian looked at Duan Heyun: "Really?"

Looking into her bright, sparkling eyes, Duan Heyun hesitated several times before speaking.

She was clearly standing between He Lingchuan and Dong Rui, but she leaned towards He Lingchuan, even though he exuded an imposing aura without being angry.
Why did you arrest us?

The other person was acting strangely. She didn't even need to judge his emotions because the way he stared at her was both greedy and excited, without any attempt to hide it, which made her feel uneasy.

She instinctively didn't want to get close.

“Once Helu Tian descends, it will control your life and death. If it wants you to live, you will live; if it wants you to die, you will die.” He Lingchuan casually patted her head, not at all afraid that she would suddenly lash out and hurt someone. “And you, do you want to break free from its control?”

"I want to!" Ah Lian was still young, and her thoughts were easily swayed by him. "Is it really possible? Father... um!"

She pointed at Duan Heyun and changed her tune: "He said the gods are very powerful and will not allow us to resist."

“I was originally just like you, a god in disguise,” He Lingchuan smiled. “But I am now free.”

A-Lian's eyes lit up immediately: "How did you do that?"

“Lure the god down.” He Lingchuan’s smile was the complete opposite of the murderous intent in his words. “Then deal with him. I’ve killed quite a few gods before, he’s not as difficult to resist as you think.”

"You think you can beat him?"

He Lingchuan raised an eyebrow: "If I couldn't, would I still be standing here?"

Ah Lian remained silent for a few moments before asking, "Why did you help me?"

“You’ve got it backwards,” He Lingchuan said. “You helped me with this, and we each got what we wanted. I hate the gods, just as you hate…”

He looked at Duan Heyun, and A-Lian's gaze followed, making Duan Heyun feel uneasy.

"So, how about we cooperate?"

Ah Lian asked again, "What do I need to do?"

He Lingchuan smiled and said, "Wait a moment."

He walked up to Duan Heyun and said sincerely, "Master Duan has unparalleled talent, but he has used it to act as an accomplice to evil. If you can abandon your evil ways and lend us a hand, Jiuyou will treat you with the utmost respect."

Duan Heyun looked at him and slowly shook his head: "You can hardly fathom the true power of the Heavenly Gods. The more I study the Demon Puppet, the clearer I understand that neither Lingshan nor you, Cangyan, have any chance of winning in the future war. Which is in the shadows and which is in the light is not for you to decide; only the final winner will decide."

Dong Rui, standing to the side, said, "You are human, why do you help the gods rule the human world?"

“Only here can I truly prove my worth,” Duan Heyun said softly. “You should ask the tens of millions of people in Bega about this question and see what answer they would give you.”

Dong Rui tilted his head: "What will you use to combine the human embryo and the fragments of the Hidden God? Divine blood?"

"You guessed it too?" Duan Heyun chuckled. "Not surprising."

He also knew that the enemy had been investigating the secrets of the divine body.

“But ordinary divine blood can’t do this either.” Dong Rui’s eyes were full of inquiry. “When you created A-Lian, the divine blood you used was very special. No one else in Lotus Valley knew about it, right?”

Duan Heyun's smile slowly faded, and for the first time, she looked him directly in the eye: "How do you know?"

“Ordinary divine blood has virtually no direct effect on the body of the Hidden God Lord, and cannot directly change its shape. However, no matter how small the fragments of the Hidden God Lord are cut, they are incredibly powerful to the human embryonic sac,” Dong Rui explained. “If we look at it another way, the role of divine blood in this is twofold: first, to counteract and neutralize the power of the fragments of the Hidden God Lord, and second, to act as a catalyst to facilitate the fusion of the human embryonic sac with the fragments of the Hidden God Lord.”