Chapter 359: Chapter 358: This One Will Cost More, Three Guardian Gods

Don’t be fooled by Yuliya’s rosy lips and white teeth, looking innocent, her pouting semblance seemingly of a pure-hearted young girl with emotions.

In reality, she’s already pushing one hundred and fifty.

After all, one’s cultivation level can’t be concealed.

Although compared to monsters, humans cultivate faster.

But how the cultivation process goes ultimately depends on talent and the chosen path.

Yuliya’s talent is actually quite average.

At the "advanced age" of over a hundred, she was able to enter the Seventh Realm.

Compared with Chen Jing and Liu Shi who have already stepped on the threshold of the Seventh Realm, but are suppressing their cultivation, she’s far behind.

As a person of God Kingdom, Yuliya’s side path of Immortal Path cultivation also belongs to a slower variety.

Longyu people who practice the Orthodox Immortality Path focus on the Primordial Spirit rather than their bodies, not because there’s no method for Body Refining, but the progress of Body Refining is much slower compared to cultivating the Primordial Spirit.

dual cultivation is impossible.

The choice to take the unusual route of Body Refining in swordsmanship, is destined to fall behind peers in a society where the entire nation cultivates the Orthodox Immortal Path.

Of course.

A condition like an "old maiden" is quite normal these days.

This is the same in either Longyu or Northern God Country.

Those female cultivators who are married still tread a more mature and steady path.

Those who are not.

They would not only pay extra attention to their physique, but also place more emphasis on the nourishment of their bodies by Spiritual Qi to preserve their youthful beauty. Their character might seem less mature due to a lack of experiences as a wife.

However, in terms of wisdom, these "aging maidens" are not inferior to anyone.

As the saying goes, with age comes wisdom.

With more experiences of various things in life, it’s hard for anyone not to grow wisdom.

Being one of the three Guardian Gods of God Kingdom, Yuliya is much shrewder than ordinary women.

Her reluctance at the moment, mainly stems from the subtext of Li Jing’s statement.

One should be enough for compensation, right?

That’s clearly implying that another God Kingdom should offer him a good price.

How could Yuliya agree to this?

It’s not that she’s unwilling to pay.

It’s just that for a foreign Guardian God, the price is not easy to negotiate!

Obviously, Li Jing can’t want people.

They would be useless to him if he took them.

In the case of Northern God Country, those people must be subjugated.

In a kingdom, there can only be three Guardian Gods.

The God Church Country has been hopping around with Northern God Country, this time two of their Guardian Gods crossed the border and caused trouble, shouldn’t they be taken back for a good scour?

This matter has been brought into the open, there’s no reason to refuse.

Looking back.

Yuliya is also angry herself.

When has she, being a Guardian God of Northern God Country, been this frustrated?

It is indeed a pity that the Eighth Realm has fled.

But with the two Seventh Realm Guardian Gods left, it’s still incredibly appealing.

Amir and Imran are clever people.

Seeing Li Jing and Yuliya exchanging a few words, making it look like they are about to "sell" the two to the Northern God Country, one as compensation and the other to be negotiated separately, these two men don’t have much thought and dare not speak out.

From the moment they were abandoned by their Eight Realm compatriot, they knew they would face imprisonment in the God Kingdom.

What’s the saying again?

Under someone else’s roof, one must bow their head.

The key here is that they were arrested in the territory of Northern God Country.

Whether they came to stir up trouble is secondary.

If they were to be taken back to God Church Country, it wouldn’t cause that much trouble.

No matter how domineering Northern God Country might be, they wouldn’t go as far as causing trouble for the Guardian Gods in their home territory.

The current situation is that.

The God Church Country needs to pay a large sum of money to ransom them, which is unavoidable.

All they can hope for right now is for the God Country to treat them slightly better, so They won’t feel too miserable.

They aren’t too worried about their own situation.

As guardians of God Church Country, their lives are not at stake.

The authorities of the God Church Country won’t be able to neglect them either.

The Guardian Gods represent the dignity of a country, which should not be tarnished.

If two Guardian Gods were to die in foreign lands for crossing the border, it would not only shake the people’s faith, but also lose face for the country behind them.

Compared to their own situation, these two are more curious about where Li Jing’s comes from.

Those who can bargain with the God Kingdom officials, will inevitably not be officials.

The person just claimed to be a citizen of the God Kingdom.

This means he is a top-notch strong person hidden among the people.

A top-notch strong person among the people who can scare away the Eighth Realm...

Perhaps he could be won over?

Imran quietly looked at Li Jing, a slight heat in his heart.

She knows too well how powerful her dear father’s influence is.

The fact that her father had left so decisively, to the point where he didn’t even care about his precious daughter who he had cherished since childhood, was enough to prove that this young man was stronger beyond her imagination.

Upon closer inspection, he’s quite handsome.

If she could...

With a father who holds significant sway behind the scenes in God Church Country, Imran could say that she was born with a golden spoon in her mouth.

Becoming a Guardian God of God Church Country, elevated her almost to the peak of her life.

At this point, it’s almost impossible for her to take another step forward.

But in front of her lies a possibility...

Ling Jing has no idea about what’s going through Imran’s mind.

However, he did notice that this plump woman, who faintly smells of curry, was looking at him strangely.

After frowning and looking at Imran twice, He greeted her with an innocent smile.

Meeting his friendly smile, Imran was slightly taken aback and responded subconsciously with what she believed to be a perfect sweet smile.

He smiled at her.

Is this a sign of goodwill?

Yes!

He should be very clear.

Even if I become a prisoner, the Northern God Country would not be able to harm me; the God Church Country would be able to redeem me by paying some price.

At that time, I would still be one of the three Guardian Gods of God Church Country.

With this background, a common citizen like him should always show me some respect.

No matter how strong an individual is, they remain just an individual after all.

Behind a Guardian God, there is an entire mighty nation!

Should I lower my stance a bit and start a conversation with him?

Isn’t it said that we are friends once we fight?

As Imlan was thinking this, Li Jing looked at her and Amir and started to speak with a smile.

"I don’t know your identities, but I believe your positions in the God Church Country cannot be low. It’s nice to meet you. Everyone has their stands. As a citizen of the God Country, it is right and reasonable to involve in this incident. I hope you both won’t hold a grudge against me."

Listening to these polite and somewhat humble words from Li Jing, Yuliya’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.

What does Li Jing mean by this?

Is he playing the good guy?

Can he still be seen as a good guy?

Wasn’t God’s Capital destroyed by him?

It is meaningless for him to hide his identity and play nice, isn’t it?

Yuliya was utterly confused.

On the other side.

Listening to Li Jing’s words, not only did Imlan’s face light up with a grin, but Amir also made himself look friendly with a smile.

Amir can’t think as much as Imlan.

On one hand, he is a man and, on the other hand, he doesn’t have a strong backing like Imlan.

However, his idea of drawing in a commoner like Li Jing was the same as that of Imlan’s.

Seeing Li Jing behaving so "reasonable", Imlan and Amir couldn’t help feeling a little restless.

After exchanging a glance, Amir spoke.

"My name is Amir, a current guardian God of the God Church Country. Your strength astonished me."

Amir’s statement turned out to be relatively restrained.

Seeing this, Imlan couldn’t help but speak out.

"I am Imlan, a current guardian God of the God Church Country, unmarried. The man who just left was my father."

As soon as those words came out.

The corners of Amir’s mouth twitched.

Yuliya also frowned.

Even though they both confessed, Imlan seemed to be a little intentional.

She not only deliberately emphasized her unmarried status but also mentioned her father.

Li Jing was always thoughtful.

But he was still young after all.

He didn’t understand Imlan’s hidden message.

As for their identities, he said he didn’t know, but he had already guessed.

If they can accompany the Eighth Realm of the God Church Country, even if they are not the Guardian Gods of the God Church Country, they would at least be of the Seventh Realm.

And it’s not an ordinary "retired" Seventh Realm.

After confirming their identities and Imlan’s background, Li Jing’s eyes brightened, and he pointed at the latter and looked at Yuliya and said through lip-reading.

’I need to charge extra for this.’

"..."

Yuliya.

Truth be told, she had a good impression of Li Jing.

Although it was because of him that all this started, he did solve a calamity for the Northern God Country, a disaster they didn’t even know about before.

And the fact that he returned in full glory as a hero, saving the dame in distress, it was because of him that everyone was saved.

But this additional charge made her feel a bit overwhelmed.

Imlan and Amir were in front of Li Jing and couldn’t see what he was saying to Yuliya.

Seeing Li Jing pointing at her and seemingly silently communicating with Yuliya, she raised her eyebrows, and unconsciously straightened her back.

Indeed, Li Jing was very strong.

But her father was not weak either.

Facing Li Jing, her father did back down, but in her view, her father backed down because Li Jing used his Forbidden Skill and suddenly got the upper hand.

If it was a direct collision.

If both sides exhibited their Forbidden Skills, her father may not necessarily be weaker.

At this moment, knowing her background, Li Jing must be trying to convince Yuliya not to make things difficult for him.

Just as she was thinking this, Li Jing turned back.

"Miss, your father is an Eighth Realm powerhouse, and you yourself is a Guardian God of God Church Country; you must be pretty well off, right?"

?

Yuliya slowly typed out a question mark.

With Imlan’s background, she is certainly well off.

What is God Church Country most famous for?

Corruption!

In that place, the higher your rank and power, the richer you will be.

Although being at the level of a Guardian God, you could hardly be poor, but those with higher positions and power in the God Church Country will be wealthier than usual.

What’s the point of Li Jing asking this?

In her confusion, Yuliya unconsciously remembered Li Jing’s "glorious achievements".

She had no contact with Li Jing.

But this does not mean she hadn’t heard about what Li Jing, who had helped the Northern God Country so much and had been active in the Chongyuan Holy Realm, had done.

With this associations, Yuliya’s face suddenly became weird.

This man...does he want to...?

Imlan and Amir didn’t know who Li Jing truly was, so naturally they wouldn’t have associations like Yuliya.

At this moment, as they heard Li Jing’s words, Imlan was puzzled.

Why is he asking me such a stupid question?

Do I not look wealthy enough?

What does he mean by this question?

While she was confused, Li Jing lifted the Unnamed Taoist Tool on his shoulder, and said with a grin.

"You two seem a bit confused. From the beginning, I asked you both to stand, men on the left, women on the right. Don’t you understand my intention?"

"..."

Imlan.

"..."

Amir.

Li Jing’s words, quite roundabout.

But if you’re to say they’re easy to understand, then they’re truly easy to understand.

The man stands on the left, the woman on the right.

In front, the phrase "robbery" is omitted.

At this point, both faces hardened immediately.

Loss of property doesn’t mean much.

The key is that if word of this gets out, where would their faces be?

If they were held by the Northern God Country, it wouldn’t be as bad.

After all, they’re up against a superpower.

Others won’t say much, just considering it a conflict with the Northern God Country.

Jazz it up a bit, no one would laugh at them.

All will admire their bravery instead.

They would even be hailed as heroes by their countrymen.

Bold enough to confront the superpower, Northern Country God, crossing national borders alone. How much courage and ambition does that take?

God Country offended God Church Country first, they are certainly in the right.

This is called losing the battle, but not the war.

If word of being robbed goes out, it’ll become a stain on their lives and even turn the entire God Church Country into a laughingstock!

A guard of a noble country being robbed, who’s heard of that?

But that’s not even the worst part.

The performance Li Jing put on in front of them made them feel tricked and humiliated.

Seeing Imran’s and Amir’s faces turning green, Li Jing stopped pretending.

"Both of you, my time is limited, and the reinforcements from the God Country will arrive shortly, so please cooperate."

Spoken calmly, Li Jing sneered.

"I think I mentioned earlier that the damage I’ve personally suffered can be compensated by either one of you. I hope you both understand your current situation."

Hearing these words, Yuliya’s face keeps changing.

From what she’s heard, Li Jing isn’t sensationalizing things now.

This guy, at his core, is ruthless.

He robbed two countries’ fleets in a row, not even sparing the White Hawk, isn’t that ruthless enough?

Nobody in the Northern God Country would dare to just do that.

Right now he’s concealing his identity, and he has no reservations.

If one of the two before him is killed in the Northern God Country, things will get complicated.

The guards are the face of a country.

Even if those who offend them have crossed the border, one should think twice before fighting or killing.

Unless you’re prepared and thinking about burning bridges.

Imran and Amir may not know about Li Jing’s "glorious exploits," but they certainly can’t ignore his words.

They’re not blind.

Yuliya’s face has changed behind them.

How can they not react to her change in color?

Yuliya isn’t unfamiliar with the young man who suddenly came to the rescue, she was just putting on a show for the two of them.

Once this is clear, Imran and Amir couldn’t help but think more.

Yuliya being alone on the border of the God Country certainly has a connection with the one who cast the forbidden skill and destroyed God’s Capital, clearly prepared to help.

They claimed to have evidence earlier, but they didn’t.

They came to collect the evidence.

What’s going on is clear to everyone from the moment they saw Yuliya.

The two of them never doubted that Li Jing was the one behind all this.

That kind of forbidden skill that can destroy a city in an instant isn’t something a master of body refining can control.

And what Li Jing is using at the moment is also clearly a forbidden skill for strengthening the body. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

One can learn many kinds of forbidden skills.

But to master many of them is extremely difficult.

At this moment.

One thing is already foreseeable.

Besides Li Jing and Yuliya present, there is a ruthless person hidden who, with the help of a forbidden technique, destroyed God’s Capital without the slightest hesitation.

How can this not make Imran and Amir nervous?

All the signs indicate that Li Jing, Yuliya, and the person hidden are on the same side, but not entirely.

This isn’t a trap to lure Imran and Amir.

But the person who destroyed God’s Capital probably did so because someone in the capital offended him, or someone found something hidden there.

Yuliya is here to provide assistance to Li Jing and the hidden person for the interest of the God Country.

Now that she has changed color and hasn’t said anything, it clearly suggests that she knows she’s playing with fire.

By reasoning like this, Imran and Amir immediately draw a conclusion.

Li Jing and the hidden person aren’t from God Country.

If he were, he wouldn’t be foolish enough to threaten their lives.

At this point, aside from being shocked, Imran and Amir immediately pulled out lots of valuable items from their storage spaces.

If they lost face, they can earn it again.

They are the seventh realm guard gods. If others want to laugh at them, they would better first look at their own qualifications.

If they lose wealth, they can retrieve it.

But life, they only have one.

Spending money to save their lives is something anyone but a fool would do.

It must be said that Imran and Amir are truly rich.

Just a casual wave of their hands, it’s a pile of treasure.

In nature.

The more colorful, the more brilliant an object is, the more likely it carries a terrible poison.

But for spiritual objects and spiritual materials.

The brighter they appear, the more valuable they are.

Only a few precious spiritual objects and materials, act reservedly.

Li Jing, looking at the things they took out, these piles of objects that shone with treasures, was overjoyed.

Reality proves that his return was correct.

God’s Capital was destroyed, he was not even able to recover the corpse of the Seventh Realm Fox King.

But what he sees before him is more exciting than the corpse of the Fox King!

Imran and Amir pulled out these treasures, none of which Li Jing recognized.

However, Linglong, the Spirit Weapon who had an unusual obsession with "delicious food" informed him immediately that among the items they pulled out, there were four of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure Level.

Imran, whose father was in the Eighth Realm, contributed three, while Amir contributed one.

Unfortunately though,

All four were related to yin attributes, which could only be refined by Linglong. Qingfeng couldn’t benefit from them any.

Yet merely these four itself, were already a lucrative gain.

Li Jing was quite satisfied with Imran and Amir’s willingness to pay a hefty price.

While he knew that the two of them hadn’t completely emptied their storage spaces, but only took out what they thought would be enough for their lives, Li Jing didn’t push too hard.

Driving people into desperation is inappropriate.

As the proverb goes,

Keep a line so you can meet again in the future.

One should always leave some margins in any matters.

After securing the Unnamed Taoist Tool, Li Jing dissolved his God’s Hidden Truth situation, stowed away his gains and, while at it, sent a mental message to Yulian inside the Little Universe.

Pick what you like, just leave the four Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures untouched.

As Li Jing no longer retained God’s Hidden Truth situation, the extravagant vital energy that could suffocate a person at close proximate also dissipated.

Even so, Imran and Amir didn’t dare move a muscle.

Li Jing before them wasn’t something they could challenge.

At the same time, the two of them could acutely sense that several powerful individuals from the God Kingdom were rapidly approaching, and they would be on scene within a few breaths.

Li Jing was also aware of this.

After securing his gains, he turned to Yuliya, who was somewhat taken aback from witnessing his effortless accumulation of a vast fortune.

"Miss Yuliya, your reinforcements will arrive soon. The negotiation between the God Kingdom and God Church Country is next, as a commoner, I am not suitable to intervene too much. I’ll take my leave first."

With that, he moved, avoiding the direction of the approaching people and rushed out.

Before leaving, he sent a voice transmission to Yuliya.

"Those who see share the loot, this is the rule of the jianghu. But I personally prefer the existing gains. Considering that my harvest is already quite abundant, I’ll leave these two unfortunate fellows to Miss Yuliya. I have other things to deal with and need to head to Longyu. If we have the chance to meet again, I’ll treat Miss Yuliya to a meal. Regarding my personal situation, I hope you can handle it with discretion and not spread it in Longyu Country."

Receiving this unexpected voice transmission, Yuliya snapped out of her daze.

Li Jing, just before leaving, somewhat redeemed himself.

As for seeing and sharing, well, Yuliya didn’t care for it much.

If you exclude those four Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures.

The variety of spiritual objects and spiritual materials that Imran and Amir had brought out, although valuable and in large quantities, were of little use to her.

If she got her hands on them, it would just be an additional wealth at most.

As a guardian god of the God Kingdom, she didn’t lack this.

Li Jing explicitly leaving the two unfortunate fellows to her was quite useful to Yuliya.

Compared with having those surplus riches that had little use to her,

The "value" of Imran and Amir was much higher, and their utility was immeasurable. If they started haggling over the price, the God Kingdom might find it awkward.

If they gave a lower amount, it wouldn’t be appropriate.

If they gave more, it would be hard to break even.

But what Yuliya found most useful was Li Jing’s offer to treat her to a meal.

After this encounter, she, who previously had little interest in Li Jing, was now full of curiosity about him.

If she could have the chance to interact further, that would be great.

At Yuliya’s level,

She didn’t need to consider whether he was just trying to appease her,

Nobody could play the Guardian God of the God Kingdom.

Once he’s said it, there’s no going back.

He has an agreement with the Northern God Kingdom, sooner or later, he would have to come to the God Kingdom.

If all else fails, she could always visit Longyu.

Considering the relationship between the Northern God Kingdom and Longyu, a visit from the Guardian God is a trivial matter and Longyu would certainly welcome it.

With Yuliya’s intelligence, She could clearly understand,

Li Jing specifically mentioning to her to handle his personal matters with discretion and not spread it in Longyu Country, showed that he had some hidden intentions.

Having previously witnessed Li Jing’s World Thunder Punishment, Yuliya had her doubts.

A normal Seventh Realm individual, if not a guardian god, would normally be retired.

Why was Li Jing so active?

Put aside his various performances in Chongyuan Holy Realm.

He even came to the Northern God Kingdom to have his fun and incidentally, cast a Forbidden Skill in God Church Country.

Did Longyu not regulate him?

This time, she understood.

Longyu probably had no idea that he had entered the Seventh Realm and possesses a terrifying power that, with a Forbidden Skill, can rival a person in the Eighth Realm. Otherwise, how could he have run away so easily?

For beings in the Seventh Realm and above, restrictions aren’t to limit their personal freedom but to prevent them from causing troubles due to excessive freedom.

At this point, Li Jing had given a certain handle to Yuliya.

This meal, he definitely couldn’t avoid.

...

No sooner had Li Jing taken his leave, the reinforcements from God Kingdom arrived one after another.

There were five men and three women.

A total of eight people, all in the Seventh Realm.

The other two guardian gods of the God Kingdom didn’t come.

Although it was an emergency, God Kingdom already had its border under surveillance with military satellites.

The Eighth Realm cultivator from the God Church Country had been scared off by Li Jing, so they obtained the relevant information instantly.

They had also confirmed Li Jing’s identity, which was disguised.

After all, he had the irrelevant ID card given by Orville, from the God Country Special Affairs Bureau, with him. It would be confirmed with just a simple check.

Now that the situation had been resolved and their own guardian god was safe, there was no need to overreact.

The God Kingdom also had its pride.

They sent eight people to hold down the two guardian gods left behind from the God Church Country, which was a decision made by the higher-ups for stability reasons.

The Seventh Realm was not like the ordinary.

To securely keep them in sight without taking their lives, they needed a few more people.

Having collaborated with Li Jing before, they knew that he was quite straightforward in matters and wouldn’t leave any ambiguities.

The eight people arriving knew this as well.

Although they could still sense Li Jing, who was running away on foot, in their periphery, nobody said they wanted to stop him.

Li Jing, who had managed to scare off an Eighth Realm cultivator and was considered a honored guest by the God Kingdom, had already clearly displayed his strength.

This time around, not only had Li Jing solved a significant problem for the God Kingdom, he had also brought huge benefits, so they let him be.

They decided to turn a blind eye.

...