Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1312 Deliberate Guidance

The key in Aohen's hand was not unfamiliar to Lin Fan.

As early as in the swamp forest, when she first met Yu Sinian, he was fighting with the Double Blade Master for the key.

However, they had not figured out the situation at that time, nor were they sure whether the thing was real or fake, until they handed the key to Chengkong.

"Are you sure it's true?" Guan Ying frowned slightly. "I'm not trying to question you, but according to what you said, the destruction of Brahma City was due to that key. But you also said the key is in the hands of Lingzhen Pavilion. Even the Human Emperor is secretly fighting for it. So how did the Yu family of Brahma City come to possess it?"

"Isn't that a perfect match?" Wu Yi continued, "The Human Emperor wanted the key, and somehow found out that the Yu family in Brahma City had it, so he sent people to steal it. To keep the secret, he killed people to silence them..."

"Hiss! Wasn't it said that the Human Emperor's move against the Yu family was a purge of the old aristocratic families by the imperial power? Now there's another reason..." Wu Yi sighed, holding his head. "Those in power have so many thoughts. Even a simple-minded person like me gets a headache just thinking about it."

"The key to Brahma City is real," Lin Fan said to Guan Ying, pushing a plate of food in front of Wu Yi. "We found a stone door in the secret passage beneath the Canghai Sect's forbidden grounds. We opened it by copying the pattern of the key."

"Then you have already entered the ancient secret realm?" Antonio asked.

"No." Lin Fan shook his head. "At the time, I just felt like I was sucked in by a strong light. In a trance, I did see a scene similar to the one below the secret swamp forest at the end of the light. But in an instant, I was pushed out by a force and fell into the blood pool of the Canghai Sect."

"Time was too short, and I didn't have time to think too much at the time. Now that I think about it, why didn't I go directly into the secret realm, but instead fell into the blood pool? What was that force?"

Lin Fan folded his arms in thought.

"Maybe it's because your key is a counterfeit. It only imitated the shape, and the details inside can't be exactly the same, which caused the secret realm to react, but then recognized that it was wrong and threw you into another space." Guan Ying speculated.

"But that key belongs to the Brahma Palace," Wu Yi tilted his head to look at Lin Fan, "How come the place where it opens is right below the Canghai Sect? And the place you were thrown into after entering was exactly the blood pool."

"If it weren't for this accidental encounter, you would have directly entered the ancient secret realm. I'm afraid the Canghai Sect's secret activities would not have been discovered so easily, right?"

Judging from the radiation exposure of Lin Fan and his companions, if they had entered the underground of Canghai Sect in advance, they would not have been prepared.

Du Xingyu might not be injured so seriously, but it might not be easier to find a way out than going down the swamp.

As for Shen Xiuyuan and the others who stayed outside, if they couldn't find Lin Fan and the others, they would probably not have the mind to continue exploring the Canghai Sect, and would definitely look for someone first.

In this case, even if Lin Fan and the others successfully escaped from the ancient world, their only way to survive would be to return to the sect for help. Naturally, no one would care about the problems of the Canghai Sect.

"You mean, the force that ejected Lin Fan and the others was intentional?" Antonio scratched his chin. "That's an interesting idea."

"That's more than that," Wu Yi felt more and more connected as he spoke. The blocked points in his mind suddenly connected smoothly. "Isn't Brahma City designated as the fire element point in the Five Elements Biochemical Array? Canghai Sect is wood. Is it possible that someone deliberately used this key to lure you to Canghai Sect to destroy that point?"

"Are you saying there's another force here?" Lin Fan looked at Wu Yi. "They know about the Five Elements Biochemical Array and are disgusted by it, but they're not taking action themselves to guide us? So they're directing the passage from the Canghai Sect's Ancient Secret Realm Gate to the Blood Pool?"

Wu Yi nodded vigorously, his round eyes shining: "I feel so."

"Interesting." Antonio smiled and poured himself another glass. "How many forces are there? Why are they all showing up now? I was thinking that this Amber World was peaceful and tranquil, but it turns out the intrigue never stops. It's almost turned into a tangled mess, it's so chaotic."

"Come and touch it." Lin Fan reached out, picked up a red apple from the fruit bowl, and placed it on the table near him.

"The destruction of Brahma City was undoubtedly ordered by the Human Emperor," she said, taking out another star fruit and placing it down a distance from the apple. "The Human Emperor's reasons for destroying Brahma City are: first, likely due to his long-standing resentment towards the established aristocratic families; second, this secret key, which came from nowhere."

As he spoke, he broke the apple in half and put it back in its place. He then took a piece of white pastry from the plate and placed it between the apple and the star fruit.

"The Human Emperor set up a trap in secret, and it was a random cultivator who did it, so on the surface, the massacre in Brahma City had nothing to do with him."

"Can the Human Emperor command a cultivator?" Wu Yi didn't understand. "Isn't it said that cultivators have a higher status than ordinary people? Doesn't this make sense?"

Lin Fan, having traveled extensively, understood many things better than Wu Yi and the others, who had been cultivating within the sect. He explained, "First, the Human Emperor doesn't directly command the cultivators. Instead, he uses the secret key as bait to lure the cultivators into taking action."

"Any cultivator who has a bit of power and has a keen interest in the ancient world would be tempted to take action against something like the Ancient Key," Guan Ying interjected. "Plus, since it's related to the ancient world, those who know the details will try to cover it up to prevent it from spreading further and attracting widespread attention. Naturally, they won't reveal the cultivator's actions."

Indeed, after the situation was reported, Chengkong did not mention it again, and no news was heard among the mortal world afterwards.

"So the Human Emperor's move was intentional. He let the cultivators take action. The immortal cultivation world has no position to interfere. The independent cultivators are also cultivators, so they will clean up the mess. Naturally, there is no way to denounce the Human Emperor. After all, he didn't mobilize a single soldier." Antonio sneered.

"That's right." Lin Fan nodded. "Also, the mortals aren't as weak as we think. Don't forget those eliminated people with four, five, and even three spiritual roots. These people didn't enter the sect, but were basically taken in by the mortal families."

"You know that aristocratic families have some cultivation techniques, right? Although they are simplified versions and cannot be compared with the immortal world, practicing them will definitely make you much stronger than ordinary people."

"These people are somewhere between cultivators and ordinary people. Of course, they can't compare to high-level cultivators. They can use a small amount of spiritual power, and because spiritual power has a limit and is difficult to increase, they are actually more powerful than many low-level cultivators in some techniques."

"Cultivators are also subject to restrictions when walking among the mortal world. One of them is that they cannot easily use spiritual power spells that can cause harm to mortals. Although not everyone can strictly abide by this, it basically suppresses the cultivators' martial power to a certain level, thus achieving a certain balance."

After all, the greatest advantage of cultivators is their spiritual power. If they don't use their spiritual power, cultivators like Shen Xiuyuan and Yu Sinian will be defeated by Mu Jingjing with just one or two punches.

Furthermore, some cultivators' mindsets changed after entering the Immortal Sect. Even outer disciples who couldn't reach the Qi training stage acted superior to ordinary people, not to mention the disciples who could enter the Qi training stage. Many of them were arrogant and complacent, and never made any progress in their entire lives.

On the contrary, ordinary practitioners have to work hard if they want to get ahead because opportunities are rare and resources are limited.

"So it's quite common for some Qigong cultivators to be defeated by ordinary martial artists. There are even rumors that top-level martial artists can rival foundation-building practitioners." Lin Fan continued.

"That's a possibility, but the number is likely to be pitifully small. The Immortal Realm's biggest advantage over the mortal world is the upward path of advancement and the greater human and resource advantages." Antonio nodded. "After all, those in the mortal world are discarded waste, and there are no resources. If we set a restriction, and resources are evenly divided within the Foundation Establishment stage, it's hard to say which side is stronger and which is weaker."

"That's right." Lin Fan nodded. "Although we have always believed that the mortal world has no chance of fighting against the immortal world, we are referring to high-end combat power, above the Golden Core stage. The mortal world doesn't even have anyone capable of fighting."

"What if, and I mean what if," Wu Yi leaned forward, "what if there's a Mahayana or an ancient survivor hiding in the secular world? Is it possible for them to win with an overwhelming advantage? Could this be the reason the Human Emperor dares to cause trouble?"

Yesterday's article was not posted on time, so it was posted late. I'm sorry.

I don't quite remember if there was a timer.

But there's a weird thing.

When I found out that the article was not published this morning, I quickly clicked on the author’s words, which is here now, and added a line at the top, “Forgot to set the timer”, saved it, and prepared to publish it directly.

But the button that should have been "Publish" in the upper right corner had turned into "Edit". When I looked again, it had already been published. I clearly didn't click "Publish" and just saved the author's words. I should have clicked "Publish" again.

At that time, I thought, could it be that the timer is actually on, and the software is just slow to respond? I deleted the words I had just added.

As a result, I saw Baowen later that today's article was missing, and then I looked at the publishing time to confirm that it was published in the morning.

I don't understand what's going on.

Forget it, it doesn’t matter.

Just that stupid, hey.

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