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Lu Ding corrected as he listened, “If he were the main character, I wouldn’t have been able to kill him off.”

“Anyone I’ve killed off is definitely not the main character.”

“Think about it—in novels, in TV shows, which main character gets killed off before they’ve even had a chance to develop?”

“Even in a bad ending, it has to be the ending itself before the protagonist gets killed.”

Yan Feifan thought it sounded reasonable at first.

But then, he had his own take: “What if this is their grand finale?”

Lu Ding: ..........

“Then they’re pretty damn unlucky. Alright, alright, come on over.”

Yan Feifan walked up.He carefully examined the herb garden before him.

Lu Ding said, “I’ve tried every method, and it doesn’t give me an ounce of respect.”

Yan Feifan asked, “Brother Lu, didn’t you say before that you guys pried this herb garden out of someone else’s body? Did you try stuffing it back into your own?”

When it came to this question, Lu Ding felt conflicted and found it hard to speak up.

Mainly because he hadn’t had that thought at all, but if he brought it up, Yan Feifan might misunderstand.

He said, “I tried it. It doesn’t work.”

As he spoke, Lu Ding gestured in a circle: “The internal space of my Inner Landscape Observation is a complete whole—heaven round and earth square. It’s an Inner Landscape that operates on its own, endlessly circulating and generating.”

“It rejects these foreign things.”

Everything has two sides.

A normal Inner Landscape Observation internal space emphasizes leaving one opening—no matter how tightly sealed, there’s always a weak spot.

That’s why Zhan Tingzhou was able to tear open that man Jin Chuan’s Inner Landscape Observation internal space, get inside, and discover the herb garden.

Because of that weak spot, the place could nurture treasures.

But Lu Ding’s was a completely sealed-off Inner Landscape.

He himself was essentially a treasure in nature, and whether in terms of Spiritual Energy quality, quantity, or intensity, his completely sealed version was far superior to those with openings—by no small margin, since this thing was ‘leak-proof.’

It was like in novels, where they often write about a ‘leak-proof body.’

Just inherently superior to an ordinary constitution.

Yan Feifan nodded calmly. In his eyes, there was nothing surprising about this.

Because Brother Lu was destined to be different from ordinary people.

Plus, Yan Feifan’s Inner Landscape Observation space was also basically leak-proof, though not absolutely so. His internal space had the Kitchen God’s Tablet to ‘patch’ it.

It was a pseudo leak-proof state—better than average, but nowhere near Lu Ding’s level.

“Then Brother Lu, want to try sealing it into my body?”

See.

That was exactly what Lu Ding was worried about.

“That’s not what I meant.”

Yan Feifan quickly said, “I know, I know. Brother Lu, you didn’t want me to be your guinea pig. You wanted me to help figure out a solution. But this is also a solution.”

“If this method doesn’t work, we’ll just take it back out. If something goes wrong, at worst, I’ll help Brother Lu tend the fields from now on.”

Lu Ding refused, “No, no. If something goes wrong, getting it back out won’t be easy. At the very least, we’d have to gouge a hole in your Inner Landscape Observation’s internal space. It’s too dangerous—it could damage your foundation. I shouldn’t have called you here.”

Yan Feifan took another look at the herb garden.

“How about I go in and take a look?”

His dominant talent was phasing through walls. After continuous development by Yan Feifan, the conceptual aspect had grown increasingly stronger.

It had long stopped being limited to just walls and the like.

In fact, by now, it somewhat bordered on ignoring others’ defenses altogether.

He just ‘phased’ straight through.

Dealing pure damage.

Lu Ding pondered for a moment. “You’ll take me down with you.”

He wasn’t comfortable letting Yan Feifan go down alone.

If they ran into any danger, Yan Feifan’s slender arms and legs wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Yan Feifan: “Alright, Brother Lu, let’s go. Stand next to me.”

Neither of them was one to dawdle.

Skillful people were bold.

They acted on it immediately.

As soon as the two of them stepped onto the herb garden,

Yan Feifan put his hand on Lu Ding’s shoulder, and instantly, they both sank rapidly.

The scenery before them shifted.

Though the herb garden appeared thin on the surface, it contained an entire world within.

In the chaotic space, a viscous black liquid resembling crude oil flowed. Ferocious beast carcasses and monstrous corpses floated within, slowly decomposing and releasing black substances.

Called an herb garden, but this thing was basically a mass grave.

Lu Ding scanned with his gaze: “So the herb garden isn’t about altering time flow—it’s entirely propped up by fertility.”

Yan Feifan spoke up, “Under normal circumstances, we’d better speed up the sinking. There’s definitely something good waiting for the main character down below—it’s a basic rule.”

“Then let’s speed it up!”

Lu Ding’s tone was tinged with excitement.

Perfect, another opportunity after opportunity.

During the Third Circle, he couldn’t find a damn thing. During the Second Circle, he was harvesting like crazy.

It seemed the heavens still favored him, with endless opportunities coming his way.

As the two continued sinking, the floating corpses they encountered emitted increasingly terrifying auras, with larger and more grotesque bodies.

Until they finally landed steadily, solid ground beneath their feet.

Yan Feifan let out a puzzled sound: “Can’t phase through anymore. This should be the place.”

“Then let’s search around.”

Lu Ding said, and the two of them set off on solid ground to explore. The farther they went,

Eventually,

In the distance, where visibility was poor, a temple appeared.

Lu Ding spotted it first and pointed: “There! I knew it—!”

The two hurried over.

The temple in their sight grew clearer.

Until they both clearly saw the three large characters on the temple plaque.

【Earth God Temple】

Lu Ding just felt,

Makes sense!

It made absolute fucking sense!

Underneath an herb garden with fertility maxed out, there was actually an Earth God Temple—wasn’t that reasonable?

For countless years, endless ferocious beasts, strange creatures, and powerful beings had been buried into the earth, converted into fertility, promoting the growth of rare natural treasures. It was perfectly logical.

Looking at the tightly shut temple doors,

Lu Ding stepped forward and tried to push them.

But the doors didn’t budge an inch.

Still, come to think of it.

The Earth God was, after all, a legitimate deity.

And a proper Earth God was genuinely quite ruthless.

As the Earth God Temple was his domain, it was normal that Lu Ding couldn’t push the doors open.

Yan Feifan walked over. “Brother Lu, want me to phase in and take a look?”

Admittedly, Yan Feifan’s talent had a strikingly similar effect to Lu Ding’s 【White Snake Shakes Scales】.

【White Snake Shakes Scales】 could ignore non-physical barriers and arrays.

Yan Feifan could phase through various solid walls, earth, and even swim through them like a dragon.

Though in his early days, he couldn’t swim.

But his recently practiced doggy paddle with max proficiency clearly showed he’d put effort into swimming—just the posture was a bit inelegant, bordering on compulsive behavior. The guy could fly, yet he still paddled.

It seemed the kid was genuinely afraid of water, but to help Lu Ding, he was forcing himself to overcome it.

Lu Ding glanced at Yan Feifan.

“Since when did you get this reckless?”

In the past, Yan Feifan was always cautious, thinking things through before acting.

Today, he was unusually bold.

To that, Yan Feifan had an explanation, openly admitting, “I just wanted to do something for you, Brother Lu.”

“I can’t help much elsewhere. Now that I’ve finally got a chance, I need to prove my worth, or you won’t let me tag along anymore.”

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