148: Breaking the ban

When Zhang Daoling thought of his past actions, he was filled with regret.

Back then, he was solely focused on breaking through to the God Monarch Realm Expert.

Disregarding his friend's dissuasion, he came alone to the Divine Forbidden Mountain seeking an opportunity.

Not only did he fail to find an opportunity, but he also had a restriction planted within his body, to be used by others.

He had been stuck in this Divine Forbidden Mountain for over a thousand years.

At first, he also thought of escaping, but whenever he was about to leave the Divine Forbidden Mountain's range,

the restriction in his body would act up.

That feeling made him wish he were dead.

Over the years, out of helplessness, he had also helped that person do many things.

The number of cultivators who indirectly died by his hand was not small.

He was also constantly looking for ways to escape.

The fact that Elder Ge could evade him for ten years was partly because of his excellent concealment skills.

On the other hand, Zhang Daoling had intentionally gone easy on him.

He also wanted to see what method Elder Ge would use to escape the Divine Forbidden Mountain.

Thinking of Elder Ge,

Zhang Daoling's gaze involuntarily fell upon the heaven-reaching divine mirror in Lin Mu's hand.

Elder Ge seemed to have conceived the idea of escaping only after obtaining this mirror.

Could it really break the restriction laid by that person?

Zhang Daoling looked at the heaven-reaching divine mirror with a hesitant expression.

Lin Mu saw it all.

He shook the mirror in his hand and said,

"Do you want it?"

Zhang Daoling almost blurted out that he did.

But he still held back.

He had heard of the heaven-reaching divine mirror's reputation.

That was a treasure even God Emperors would covet.

He didn't believe that Lin Mu would give him such a treasure with just a few words.

However, if it was just to ask Lin Mu to help break the restriction,

it should still be feasible.

So he shook his head and said, "How dare I covet what belongs to another?"

"It's just that this treasure might be able to break the restriction on my body."

"I wonder if Your Excellency would be willing to give it a try?"

After Zhang Daoling finished speaking, he looked at Lin Mu somewhat nervously.

Lin Mu chuckled and said, "I can break the restriction in your body without this mirror."

"But why should I help you?"

"For me, your freedom seems to be harmful, not beneficial."

Zhang Daoling was stunned by the words.

He then understood the key point.

Just as Lin Mu said, if he were to escape,

Lin Mu's identity would then be exposed.

And Lin Mu clearly needed this identity to achieve his goals.

Zhang Daoling cupped his hands and bowed, saying, "You can rest assured about that. Even if I escape, I will not return to the Zhang family."

"Over the years, under that person's coercion, I don't know how many lives I've harmed."

"Many of them also managed to escape by chance."

"If they knew I was Zhang Daoling, that would be a disaster, not a blessing, for the Zhang family."

At this point, Zhang Daoling suddenly changed the subject.

"Furthermore, you are new to the God Realm, unfamiliar with the place, and you need helpers, don't you?"

"Although I am not very capable, I can still do things like delivering messages and running errands."

Lin Mu was still hesitant about how to deal with Zhang Daoling.

Upon hearing Zhang Daoling's words, he felt that he made sense.

In the vast God Realm, he needed someone to help him gather information.

He couldn't do everything himself.

Thinking of this, Lin Mu no longer hesitated.

He suddenly unleashed his Eye of the Primal God, and a golden ray of light shone directly on Zhang Daoling's body.

Zhang Daoling was startled by this sudden golden light.

But then he understood that Lin Mu was helping him break the restriction.

However, just as he was about to fully cooperate with the breaking of the restriction,

his gaze inadvertently caught sight of Lin Mu's third eye.

His face instantly showed an expression of terror.

"Primal Spirit?"

Zhang Daoling's mouth fell open as he uttered these two words.

He then quickly lowered his head, pretending he hadn't seen anything.

One must know that in the God Realm, 'Primal Spirit' was a forbidden word.

No one wanted to be associated with Primal Spirit.

And the person who had planted the restriction in his body was also a Primal Spirit.

That's why he had initially advised Lin Mu to leave the Divine Forbidden Mountain.

The power of the Primal Spirit was a headache even for the God Emperors.

Back then, the Primal Spirit Clan and the Outer Realm Demon Clan fought a great war, and although they repelled the Demon Clan,

in the end, they were annihilated by the combined forces of many Human God Emperors.

At that time, the Human Clan had more than ten God Emperors.

Even though the Primal Spirit Clan was only left with the old, weak, sick, and disabled,

they still killed more than half of the God Emperors before their demise.

The number of God Monarchs and God Kings who died was countless.

This is also why there are only Four God Emperors in the God Realm now.

Zhang Daoling had not expected that the Divine Forbidden Mountain not only trapped one Primal Spirit,

but there was also another Primal Spirit in front of him who could freely enter and exit the Divine Forbidden Mountain.

This made him involuntarily worried.

Although Zhang Daoling quickly concealed his emotional fluctuations,

Lin Mu still noticed his abnormality.

While breaking Zhang Daoling's restriction, he additionally placed a new restriction on him.

Zhang Daoling was completely unaware of all this.

After a moment, Lin Mu retracted the golden light, and the third eye slowly receded back into his glabella.

After Lin Mu finished all this, he said with certainty,

"The restrictions in your body have all been removed by me."

In fact, Lin Mu didn't need to say more.

Zhang Daoling clearly sensed it.

The restriction that had sealed him for many years had disappeared.

Just as he was about to express his gratitude,

he heard Lin Mu continue, "However, you don't need to be happy too soon."

"I just used divine light to suppress the restriction for you. As long as I don't die and the divine light doesn't extinguish,"

"this restriction will never reappear."

Lin Mu's threatening words were obvious.

Zhang Daoling also understood that Lin Mu didn't trust him.

For now, he could only leave this cursed place.

As for other matters, he could only consider them later.

So he said sincerely, "Benevolent One, please rest assured, I will definitely obey your commands from now on."

Zhang Daoling's address for Lin Mu had changed.

This was also an expression of his loyalty to Lin Mu.

Regardless of whether Lin Mu was a Primal Spirit or what his intentions were,

since he was already under his control, he could only try his best to cooperate with Lin Mu.

As long as the Zhang family could be preserved, that would be enough.

As for whether Lin Mu intended to harm the God Realm, that was beyond his concern.

Lin Mu was quite satisfied with Zhang Daoling's change in attitude.

He liked people who knew how to adapt to circumstances the most.

Lin Mu nodded and said, "Now, let's go meet that person."

Just now, Zhang Daoling was still worried about whether Lin Mu was a match for that person.

But now, he wasn't worried at all.

Being fellow Primal Spirits, even if Lin Mu was no match, he should at least be able to retreat safely.

So Zhang Daoling nodded and said,

"Benevolent One, please follow me."

After speaking, he flew towards a certain direction.

Seeing this, Lin Mu also flashed and followed him.

The direction Zhang Daoling flew was towards the highest peak in the center of the Divine Forbidden Mountain.

After only a moment, Zhang Daoling stopped.

He said to Lin Mu, who had followed, "Benevolent One, that person is cultivating at the top of this peak."

"This peak is covered with restrictions everywhere; a slight carelessness will result in death and the dissipation of one's cultivation."

Lin Mu glanced at the towering peak.

He said calmly, "From now on, just call me Young Master. These small restrictions won't trouble me."

After Lin Mu finished speaking, he once again opened his Eye of the Primal God.

He lightly shouted, "Break them all for me!"

As Lin Mu spoke, wherever the golden light from the Eye of the Primal God passed, those terrifying restrictions were all broken one by one.