Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 752

Chapter 750 is similar to Kyushu 500 years ago

: The Wolong City Lord’s Mansion.

The Wolong City Lord trembled as he gazed fearfully at the man seated at the main seat, terrified that he might be killed.

He trembled as he warned the man, “I am an official appointed by Dayong. You cannot kill me…”

Upon hearing that there was unrest in the city, provoking the Meng family, the Lord had intended to lead his troops to suppress it. But before he could even step out of the doorway, a smiling man approached and demanded that he produce a book documenting the events of Wolong City over the years.

The Lord seemed to be disobeying his command, respectfully handing the book to the man like a servant.

Jiang Li, with his feet propped up on the table, flipped through the Wolong City Chronicles and case records, paying no attention to what the Lord said.

“Over the years, the Meng family has indeed not killed anyone.”

Jiang Li knew that while the idler might be acting recklessly, he still had a bottom line and would not allow his men to slaughter innocent people, a practice of demonic descent.

Meng Yu, knowing this was his master’s bottom line, never crossed it.

Jiang Li assumed that the Meng family’s affairs were unknown to the casual observer. After all, who would care about a maid’s family?

“But what’s the difference between what the Meng family actually did and murder?”

“They’ve seized farmland, run brothels, and monopolized commodities with other families. The Meng family controls all elixirs and refineries, buying at low prices and selling them at high prices. Foreign merchants opening shops in Wolong City must pay a 20% protection fee…”

“And you, the City Lord, are levying heavy taxes and levies to curry favor with the Meng family.”

Jiang Li smiled and patted the City Lord on the shoulder. “Don’t worry. I’m sure you’re not alone in this.”

“Then…” The City Lord felt hopeful.

“The Palace Lords and Emperors above you all have problems. You won’t be lonely on your journey to the underworld.”

Jiang Li didn’t kill the City Lord just yet. From a local perspective, the overall situation in Jiuzhou wasn’t much better. Killing one Meng family member and one City Lord wouldn’t make much of a difference.

There were no idle people elsewhere. There was no Meng family, but other aristocratic families controlled and exploited the mortals. The law of the jungle was clearly evident in Jiuzhou.

“It’s similar to Jiuzhou five hundred years ago.”

“One should not interfere in the affairs of his position.”

Jiang Li sighed, recalling Jiuzhou five hundred years ago. When he first arrived in the Great Zhou, he felt nothing, believing Jiuzhou to be quite peaceful. Later, after traveling to Tianyuan and the Great Wei, his horizons broadened, and he realized that the Great Zhou was unique, and injustice was rampant throughout Jiuzhou.

Of course, the overall situation was still much better than nine thousand years ago, a result of the efforts of successive Human Emperors.

“Huh? Yu Yin is here?” Jiang Li had been keeping an eye on the First Emperor, worried that he might accidentally kill them all.

Jiang Li appeared behind Yu Yin. Hearing Yu Yin plead for Meng Yu, his lips gradually smoothed, and he felt the woman before him was unfamiliar.

“Yu Yin, I’m very disappointed in you.”

“Who are you?” Yu Yin turned to meet Jiang Li’s gaze, her brows furrowed slightly.

The other person’s eyes held undisguised disappointment, as if he’d done something unacceptably wrong.

This made Yu Yin feel uneasy.

“We met before, in a dream.”

Yu Yin’s beautiful eyes widened, recalling events from ten years ago: “You’re the one who looks exactly like Jiang Li!”

Yu Yin remembered that ten years ago, Xianren Jiang Li had fought against that person and returned crushingly defeated. She had asked Xianren who the other person was, but Xianren wouldn’t say.

“It seems Xianren didn’t tell you anything.”

“This isn’t the place to talk. Let’s go to your Tianyuan Palace. Chudi, you come too,”

Jiang Li called out to Chudi.

Back at the Tianyuan Palace, Jiang Li and Chudi revealed their true appearances, shocking Yu Yin; she hadn’t expected them to look so identical.

“Should we put the Ruyi Gourd outside?” Yu Yin pointed at the Ruyi Gourd at her waist. The Ruyi Gourd possessed intelligence, but with Chudi nearby, the Ruyi Gourd was inexplicably frightened and didn’t dare speak.

Jiang Li waved his hand. “No need. It’s not a secret.”

“I’m Jiang Li, and he’s also Jiang Li. You can call him the First Emperor, too. We both come from parallel worlds. In our world, there’s also you, Bai Hongtu, Commander Liu, and Immortal Changcun.”

“As expected.” Yu Yin wasn’t surprised by this answer. She had heard about the hypothesis of parallel worlds from the Xumi Buddha.

“You seemed… disappointed in me just now?” Yu Yin said uncertainly.

Jiang Li sighed. “Yu Yin, from my world, wouldn’t plead for Meng Yu. If Meng Yu were my servant, she would be punished even more severely.”

“How did you meet Xian Ren, and what was your impression of him?”

“Xian Ren and I met during an expedition to a secret realm. At that time, I had the Tian Yuan Imperial Family behind me. Xian Ren was of humble origin, and his cultivation was lower than mine. We shouldn’t have crossed paths, but in that secret realm, I encountered an enemy. Xian Ren and I fought fiercely, slaying him. Unexpectedly, he still had a breath left. Before dying, he unleashed the Hehuan Poison at me. If I didn’t detoxify him, he would explode and die. Xian Ren sacrificed himself to detoxify me.”

Jiang Li remembered that he and Yu Yin had also met in that secret realm and encountered an enemy, sent by the Tian Yuan Crown Prince’s younger brother.

Jiang Li and Yu Yin teamed up to slay him, then struck back afterward, giving the enemy no chance to unleash the Hehuan Poison.

The First Emperor pondered, his experience similar to Jiang Li’s.

“Afterwards, I was worried that Crown Prince Tianyuan would find out about this and take his anger out on Xianren, so I kept it to myself and never told anyone else.”

“I also wanted to stay away from Xianren and never see him again.”

“Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned. It was as if fate was playing a trick on us. Xianren and I kept running into each other, and as we met more and more, I gradually became attracted to him.”

Jiang Li listened to Yu Yin’s description of the places where she and Xianren had met and shook his head slightly. He had never been to any of these places. He

knew without asking that this was due to a system task.

“During the Human Emperor candidate test, the old man saw that I had developed a personal relationship, which would hinder my cultivation and make it difficult for me to achieve great things. So he subtly reminded me that I should either sever my relationship with Xianren or withdraw from the candidate position.”

“I was torn between my inner self and my inner desires, and gradually I was inclined to sever ties with Xianren. But later, in a life-threatening situation, Xianren was on the verge of death to save me. From that moment on, I fell deeply in love with him and chose to withdraw from the Human Emperor candidacy.”

Jiang Li remembered this incident. On that occasion, Yu Yin faced a life-or-death crisis, but she relied on herself to get through it. In this life-or-death situation, she furthered her understanding of the technique and took this opportunity to break through from the Spiritualization Stage to the Fusion Stage.

She was the first of the three to reach the Fusion Stage; Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu were both a step behind.

This is why Yu Yin said, “Between life and death there are great terrors, but also great opportunities,” and that she had to break through the life-or-death test to break through to the Tribulation Stage.

Yu Yin deliberately provoked the rebels of the Tianyuan Dynasty, experienced a life-or-death battle, and reached the Tribulation Stage.

In Xianren’s world, Yu Yin did not have this understanding and did not deliberately pursue life-or-death tests.

The Yu Yin before Jiang Li was only at the peak of the Fusion Stage.

(End of this chapter)