Ying Tianhe eventually left with the people of the Ying Family, and Tang Rao, too, prepared to go have a meal with Jiang Hanshuang.

In the middle of the day, I've only had one and a half buns. I'm seriously starving.

"Tang Rao, you stop right there!" However, I hadn't walked a few steps when I heard a shout from behind me.

It was Meng Qinhou.

"What do you want?" Tang Rao looked at Meng Qinhou and asked indifferently.

"Meng Guanglin has been unconscious for five days now. Why hasn't he woken up yet? Did you have a hand in this?" Meng Qinhou's eyes were sharp.

"You need evidence to say things like that. If you don't have any evidence, stop slandering me. I, for one, really dislike being falsely accused," Tang Rao replied with icy eyes and a hint of menace.

Ying Tianhe's expression grew solemn; he couldn't help but take Jiang Hanshuang, who was by Tang Rao's side, seriously.

This woman wasn't someone he, Meng Qinhou, could afford to provoke.

"I was merely asking," said Meng Qinhou. "I thought, given you're from the Meng Family, could you perhaps take a look at Meng Guanglin. Maybe you could wake him up."

"Sorry, I'm not available," Tang Rao rejected him outright.

Do you think I'm free labor? To be asked to save Meng Guanglin—I must be joking. I went through all the trouble to put him into a coma; unless I make a sufficient profit, I won't be lifting a finger.

After that, Tang Rao didn't pay any more attention to Meng Qinhou and left directly with Jiang Hanshuang.

For Tang Rao, earning one million fifty thousand Blood Spirit Pills today was already quite enough. As for Meng Guanglin, it's better to fatten him up before slaughtering him again.

...

"Tang Rao, if you go back, help me record some more videos of Xiao Ling," Jiang Hanshuang said to Tang Rao at the tavern.

"Why don't you go back yourself?" Tang Rao found it odd. Jiang Hanshuang was very powerful; if she wanted, no one could stop her from leaving the Nine-Headed King Hall.

"I can't..." Jiang Hanshuang shook her head with a somewhat sad expression. "The Nine-Headed King Hall isn't as simple as you think it is."

"Isn't it just an overseas island?" Tang Rao was somewhat baffled.

Although the place is quite vast, it doesn't seem to have any peculiar features.

"Perhaps you might not believe it, but this place seems to hold some kind of space mystery. I still can't explore it, but I always feel that something is going to happen," Jiang Hanshuang said quietly.

Tang Rao was slightly taken aback; Jiang Hanshuang was nearing the Golden Core Stage and had started to perceive the powers of certain rules.

Could it really be as she said?

Could it be that there are secrets about the Blue Star's space here?

Tang Rao was well aware of the vastness and strength of the Nine Realms and Seventy-two Domains. If Blue Star's space hadn't been deliberately concealed, there's no way it would've gone undetected.

Moreover, the spiritual energy contained within this space is extremely sparse, yet spirit plants are abundant. This clearly doesn't make sense.

"Don't you feel... as if this place is covered by a huge lid, excluded from some kind of space?" Tang Rao asked.

"You... you know?" Jiang Hanshuang's expression was one of extreme surprise.

She had stumbled upon this fact by chance, and over time, her feeling about it had become clearer and clearer.

She didn't expect that besides herself, Tang Rao also understood.

"I've long felt that something was off," Tang Rao shrugged. "It must be that some powerful being has set up a space barrier. Although we can see the starry sky and the universe, we're actually cut off from the space outside."

Jiang Hanshuang looked at Tang Rao dumbfounded, her face filled with confusion.

"Why do you know all this?" It was a while before Jiang Hanshuang asked.

Tang Rao was silent, unsure why, but in front of Jiang Hanshuang, he didn't want to continue deceiving her.

Maybe he wished he had someone to confide in.

"Actually, I come from outside this space," Tang Rao took a deep breath and began to tell the story of the Nine Realms and Seventy-two Domains, his own story, and many things that Jiang Hanshuang might never come to understand in her lifetime.

After a full hour, Tang Rao finally stopped.

There was an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart; these matters had been hidden by him for too long.

This was the first time he'd spoken of them since his rebirth.

"Is... is this true?" Jiang Hanshuang recovered from her shock, unable to imagine that if everything Tang Rao had said was truth, once the Space Barrier shattered, Blue Star would likely be destroyed into pieces by the forces from the Seventy-two Domains of Nine Realms.

Because to the Seventy-two Domains of Nine Realms, this place was far too rich.

Spirit Plants everywhere...

"I have no reason to lie to you," Tang Rao shrugged. "Just like I have no reason to lie to you that you cannot form a Golden Core."

What!

Jiang Hanshuang stared with wide eyes, unable to accept this.

I can't form a Golden Core? On what basis does Tang Rao say this?

I'm just past thirty, how could it be impossible for me to break through the Golden Core limitation after all these years.

"Because you don't even know how to achieve the Golden Core Stage. Do you know? No, you don't…" Tang Rao shook his head; the Nine-Headed King Hall may have cultivators at the fusion peak, but there will never be a cultivator who has reached the Golden Core Stage.

Fusion and Golden Core are totally different concepts.

Jiang Hanshuang's face underwent a slight change. Yes, she didn't know.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have experienced qi and blood reversal every time she tried to break through to the Golden Core Stage.

"The so-called Golden Core is not just about gathering Spiritual Energy together. Even if one day you succeed in refining the Spiritual Energy in your body into a pill, that's just a False Pill, a million miles away from the true cultivation of a Golden Core Cultivator," Tang Rao shook his head.

"Then... how can one achieve a Golden Core?" Jiang Hanshuang couldn't help asking.

"You need those things that you have sensed: the Heaven and Earth Rules." Tang Rao didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Only by integrating the rules into the foundation of your Dao and then refining that foundation into a pill can you be considered to have achieved a Golden Core."

"Heaven and Earth Rules..." Jiang Hanshuang was utterly shocked; such a concept had never crossed her mind.

In her pursuit of the Golden Core, she had perused countless cultivation notes, but not one mentioned anything about the Heaven and Earth Rules.

"So how can one... possess Heaven and Earth Rules?" Jiang Hanshuang asked.

"You can't obtain them because the Space Barrier also blocks the Heaven and Earth Rules. In other words, the False Core Realm is your limit. Without breaking the Space Barrier, you will never achieve a Golden Core," Tang Rao said, shaking his head.

He didn't want to discourage Jiang Hanshuang, but it was the harsh reality.

The Space Barrier protected this place but at the same time was a kind of restriction.

Jiang Hanshuang's face turned deathly pale.

The False Core Realm is the limit... why is this happening...

"Then you... how are you going to seek revenge on Mei Fanghua? Won't you forever be hopeless?" Jiang Hanshuang suddenly turned to look at Tang Rao.

"I'm different. I've already comprehended the Heaven and Earth Rules once. What I need is simply a vast amount of Spiritual Energy. With enough Spiritual Energy, I can even reach the Transcendance Tribulation Stage in a short period," Tang Rao explained.

Transcendance...

Jiang Hanshuang didn't even know what the Tribulation was.

"However, once I enter the Transcendance Tribulation Stage and the Tribulation Thunder descends, the Space Barrier will shatter instantly. At that time, this place will be completely exposed. On the other hand, you'll also be able to comprehend the power of heaven and earth, and ascend beyond the Golden Core," Tang Rao explained.

"I..."

"Or, how about you kiss me?" Tang Rao suddenly changed the topic, his face lifting into a shameless smile.

"Ah?!!" Jiang Hanshuang was taken aback, unable to react.

"After all, I was once the King of One Realm. In fact, reaching the Golden Core Stage for you is not impossible," Tang Rao said with a smile.

Jiang Hanshuang just looked at Tang Rao, her stunningly beautiful eyes motionless.

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