Chapter 628 Midnight Snack

Li An followed behind Dean Cao, watching him do something extremely horrific.That severed arm was Dean Cao's… midnight snack.Boiled.The pot was boiling, while Dean Cao prepared the sauce.Li An felt a chill run down his spine. He said, "Eating people… isn't that wrong?""Eating people is wrong, but I'm neither human nor animal."Dean Cao calmly finished speaking, looking at his perfectly proportioned sauce, and smiled slightly with satisfaction."Help me carry the pot."With that, he walked out of the kitchen.Li An carried the round pot containing the simmering arm, following behind him.The next passage was extremely quiet. A long staircase led down to a second large door.Inside were only a dozen or so cells, but now there was only one prisoner.This prisoner… Li An's eyes flickered slightly. It was Fan Jun, the head of the Source Energy Communications Department. He had lost an arm, which was hanging on the wall.Surprisingly, golden aura surrounded that arm.Seeing Cao Xiaoli and Li An enter,Fan Jun said hoarsely, "The mortal realm can never be a match for the celestial realm. A wise man submits to circumstances."Cao Xiaoli didn't respond at all. With a flick of his palm, a giant venomous worm with over a dozen legs appeared.Fan Jun stared at the worm, his lips trembling, terror filling his eyes."Good boy, go hug him." Cao Xiaoli stroked the worm's head, and the worm rushed towards Fan Jun.He himself pulled up a table, had Li An place the pot on it, and put the sauces beside it. Then, Fan Jun's horrified screams echoed in the silent underground.Cao Xiaoli's spatial ring flashed again, and a vintage phonograph appeared on the table. He took out his treasured record, and after fitting it in, a melodious soprano voice rang out.Li An stood at the cell door.The scene before him shattered his worldview.The venomous insects gnawed at Fan Jun's body, their screams mingling with the soprano's voice in a symphony. Cao Xiaoli, amidst this cacophony, wholeheartedly enjoyed his late-night snack, occasionally gesturing with his hand as if he were a conductor.The music ended.Fan Jun, now unrecognizable from the venomous insects, stared blankly. Hearing the music stop, he immediately looked at Cao Xiaoli, as if to say something.But Cao Xiaoli ignored him completely. After wiping the blood from his mouth with a pristine white napkin, he stood up and walked towards the cell door.The venomous insects turned their heads.Cao Xiaoli said calmly, "Continue." The insects continued gnawing, making crunching sounds.Finally, they looked directly at Li An, then lit a cigarette with a gold lighter.The smoke swirled around them, and Cao Xiaoli lowered his eyelids slightly.“He was a direct subordinate of the Lu clan, discovered by Li Wuce and brought here.”Li An nodded. “The Lu clan, one of the thirteen royal clans, their mortal pasture is… the Immortal Realm?”(Question)Cao Xiaoli explained, “Because of the Immortal Ancestor's rebellion, the Lu clan couldn't enter the Immortal Realm to harvest fortune through slaughter and war like other clans; they could only harvest it naturally.”“Even if the thirteen royal clans didn't slaughter, the fortune of the lower realm would still continuously flow to the upper realm.”“The Immortal Realm is powerful, so although the Lu clan was unwilling, it was within acceptable limits.”“They were waiting for an opportunity to harvest all the fortune they hadn't collected over the years.”“Unexpectedly, while waiting, the Immortal Ancestor returned, and the Immortal Realm merged with the mortal realm…” "Join forces.""The Lu clan is well aware of the Heng clan's plan: strike first, retreat first, and then focus on dealing with other clans.""It's not just the Heng clan; many clans share this idea.""The Lu clan's fortune has always been lacking a portion of that of other royal clans. Now that the Immortal Ancestor has returned and joined forces with the human realm, if the Immortal Realm follows suit and breaks away from the heavens, the Lu clan will inevitably be at a disadvantage in the future war of the Heavenly Emperors.""The only way is to reap the rewards of the Immortal Realm, and incidentally, the human realm as well.""The Lu clan will be the second clan to fall, with the main battlefield in the Immortal Realm."At this moment.Fan Jun, who was enjoying the embrace of the poisonous insects, looked incredulous and said, "How do you know all this!?"Cao Xiaoli glanced at him and said, "You can eat its mouth."The poisonous insects looked excited, and Fan Jun felt a chill run down his spine.Then, Cao Xiaoli's spatial ring flashed again, and an elegant round glass appeared, flowing with golden wine.He swirled his cup, took a sip, and continued, "But the Heng Clan will aid the Lu Clan in their attack.""Hmm?" Li An's eyes narrowed. "Didn't the Heng Clan already withdraw? Why are they re-entering?"Cao Xiaoli quietly replied, "Because Yu Shan is attacking the Heng Clan's Dao heart.""In heaven and on earth, no matter who mentions the Heavenly Emperor's Dao title, the Heavenly Emperor will be aware of it.""Yu Shan renamed a dog Heng Clan and declared that this dog would be the future Immortal King, patrolling the Immortal Realm daily. Everyone who sees the dog must salute it and address it as Heng Clan.""Hmm?" Li An's eyes narrowed. An raised an eyebrow and asked, "Will this method even work?""It depends on the person," Cao Xiaoli explained. "Yu Shan had previously severed Heng's mortal avatar and told him that if he were born in the Heavenly Realm, he would have severed his true form.""You're not as good as me; you were just born at a better point.""The Heavenly Kings aren't shameless scoundrels; they are all proud and self-respecting.""This matter left a mark on Heng's Dao heart long ago.""So, a few days ago, when Yu Shan returned from Hell and once again shattered Heng's attack with his true form of Heaven and Earth, this mark began to expand." "...""The name Yu Shan is hard to erase from Heng's mind.""He pressed on, resorting to the heroic feat of naming a dog.""I'm not joking.""Both the dog and those bestowed with immortal titles related to Heng are heroes.""Since Heng can use its fortune to isolate the 40-60 war zones, it can naturally kill these 'rebellious' people in the lower realms.""But then, Yu Shan's third attack began.""Heng couldn't kill the dog, nor could it kill those warriors, because Xiao Fan had taught..." "We've figured out how Yu Shan became the source of destiny.""Yu Shan is currently the source of destiny in the Immortal Realm, and he's the one everyone in the Immortal Realm desires. He can use the Immortal Realm's destiny to clash with the Heng Clan's destiny.""The Heng Clan can't do anything to Yu Shan, but now Yu Shan has become their greatest threat, so naturally they want to kill him.""Therefore, the Heng Clan will join forces with the Lu Clan to attack the Immortal Realm.""This time, the scale will be a hundred times greater than last time, but our allies include the entire Immortal Realm." Li An frowned, saying, "Then Heng Tian..."Before he could finish, Cao Xiaoli sewed his mouth shut from afar.He said indifferently, "I don't like repeating myself.""Don't mention his name." Li An hurriedly nodded, then turned to look at Fan Jun.This man was no longer able to speak.He knew everything we were talking about. But he couldn't say anything, he could only watch in despair.