Chapter 368 - 203: Gazing at the Moon

Chapter 368: Chapter 203: Gazing at the Moon

Lu Mingchen’s mind was racing, but Xu Ran brought him back to reality.

"Don’t worry. The things you’re worried about won’t happen. Neither the Demon Race nor the Evil Demon Race and Phoenix Race will go to war with us during this time."

Hearing Xu Ran’s words, Lu Mingchen was taken aback. He quickly asked, "Why? Would they be so kind?"

Xu Ran looked at his honest, simple face, smiled helplessly, and explained:

"Although we, the Demon Race, and the Evil Demon Race and Phoenix Race are different races, we all live under the same sky. The problems we face, they will face as well."

"The world’s malady isn’t just our disaster; it’s theirs too. The solution we’ve devised won’t just save us, but them as well."

He smiled at the still-pondering Lu Mingchen and asked, "Did you see the great celestial phenomenon on the day before the Dust-Sealed Stones appeared?"

Lu Mingchen was slightly stunned. Although he didn’t understand why his grandmaster was suddenly asking about this, he still nodded honestly and replied, "I saw it."

Xu Ran asked again, "Do you know where that phenomenon came from?"

Lu Mingchen was bewildered. "Wasn’t that celestial phenomenon caused by our powerful cultivators when they were Casting the solution for the world’s malady?"

Xu Ran gave a wry smile. He had originally thought the same thing. Although he had come up with the method to solve the world’s malady, that was the extent of his contribution.

He knew what the result of solving the problem should be, but he didn’t actually know much about the specific process. Even though he’d conceived of the method, he couldn’t implement it himself.

To put it simply, he had only proposed the theory. He was completely clueless when it came to putting that theory into practice.

So, like many others, he had assumed the celestial phenomenon that day was the powerful experts Casting spells to solve the world’s malady, bringing order to the world.

It wasn’t until he was chatting with Qin Yufeng a few days ago that he learned this wasn’t the case at all.

It turned out that the celestial phenomenon had been artificially created by the powerful experts here. The purpose was to send a message to the world, to tell everyone that the world’s malady had been resolved.

In reality, however, the actual Casting to resolve the world’s malady was silent, or at least not nearly so dramatic. Furthermore, it wasn’t something that could be completed in an instant. Instead, numerous powerful experts had joined forces and begun Casting long ago, and they continued Casting even after that day.

Qin Yufeng had previously told him that the reason he hadn’t contacted Xu Ran on the day the Dust-Sealed Stones appeared was that he was still with the powerful experts of the Demon Race, jointly Casting to solve the problem of the world’s malady.

He only finished Casting a few days before he contacted Xu Ran.

And it wasn’t just the Demon Race. The powerful experts of the Evil Demon Race and Phoenix Race, as well as those from the Overseas Archipelago, were also part of the joint Casting.

The method was proposed by the Immortal Ancient Cultivation Realm, but the ones who actually performed the Casting to solve the problem were the powerful experts from every power in this world, all acting together.

The world’s malady is a problem for this entire world. It couldn’t possibly be solved by the Immortal Ancient Human Race acting alone.

It’s not that they couldn’t do it, but that it *shouldn’t* be done that way.

Every power had to communicate with each other, agree on various rules and contingency plans, and reach a consensus before they could implement it together.

Otherwise, if the Immortal Ancient Human Race solved the problem unilaterally and their own people became dust-sealed, while the Demon Race and the Evil Demon Race and Phoenix Race knew nothing about it, what would happen? If they sensed something was amiss and launched an all-out invasion against the Human Race, wouldn’t all the effort have been for nothing?

A matter concerning the entire world should naturally be solved by all the beings of that world together.

Furthermore, since the Immortal Ancient Human Race was the one to propose the solution, the Demon Race and the Evil Demon Race and Phoenix Race would inevitably give a certain number of the Dust-Sealed Stones that appeared in their territories to the Human Race as a reward. This was a certainty.

Although the various races have always been in conflict, at the end of the day, it’s just a struggle for territory and resources.

This includes the Evil Demon Race and Phoenix Race. Although they are outsiders, they arrived in this world countless ages ago and have lived here ever since. The fact that they are invaders cannot be changed, but now that they want to continue living here, they can’t just stand by and watch this world fall into ruin.

In fact, the original group from the Evil Demon Race and Phoenix Race that first arrived has long since vanished into the annals of time. The ones living here now were all born in this world. Today, most of them have forgotten their origins. As for the few who do remember, their first thought when faced with people from their "homeland" is how to screw them over.

Otherwise, the previous act of handing over the entire New Domain wouldn’t have happened.

It is for this very reason that they wouldn’t refuse the solution to the world’s malady proposed by the Immortal Ancient Human Race.

The moment the Dust-Sealed Stones appeared, it signified that all sides had already reached an agreement. Therefore, the Demon Race invading the Human Race, which Lu Mingchen was worried about, was naturally impossible.

After hearing Xu Ran’s explanation, Lu Mingchen’s eyes widened and his jaw hung slack with a dazed expression. After a long moment, he said in shock:

"It’s really like that? I thought the celestial phenomenon that day was a vision born from the world itself as our experts were Casting the solution for the world’s malady. It turns out they just artificially Cast it for us to see?"

He felt as if his entire worldview had been shattered.

Even Li Daoyi, who was standing to the side, showed a surprised expression. He might be worldly and knowledgeable, but his Cultivation was only at the Purple Mansion Stage. Matters like these were too far removed from him, and this was the first time he had heard of them as well.