Immortal in The Apocalypse
Chapter 278: What Happened Back Then?

Chapter 278: What Happened Back Then?

Xiu Wu had no intention of hiding anything from her, so he nodded and said, "Mhm. When I was born, only one goddess was born at the same time as me. At that time, the eleven ancient gods had not yet been born. Therefore, I knew every god and goddess born after me and her."

Zhu Lin heard what he said and thought: ’Did he just say the Eleven Ancient Gods and not the Twelve Ancient Gods? Could it be that the goddess who was born at the same time as him was one of the twelve ancient gods?’

After a few seconds, she frowned slightly and thought: ’Since one of the Twelve Ancient Gods was born at the same time as Xiu Wu, why does she want to kill him? What happened back then that made the Twelve Ancient Gods so determined to kill the Devil God, even at the cost of their primordial souls?’

Seeing Zhu Lin deep in thought, Xiu Wu reached out to hold her hand and was surprised to find that her hands were cold. He frowned, covered her cold hands with his warm hands, and asked worriedly: "Lin’er, what’s wrong with you? Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere? Why are your hands so cold?"

Hearing his concerned voice, Zhu Lin came back from her thoughts. She shook her head and said, "I’m fine. I just have something on my mind."

Seeing that Xiu Wu didn’t believe her words, Zhu Lin smiled at him and said, "You know, I can’t lie."

After she said that, Xiu Wu looked at her silently. Looking at his worried eyes, she stretched out her hand to smooth the deep frown between his eyebrows and said, "If you are still worried about me, how about you check it yourself later?"

Lu Qiu, who was sitting in front of the two of them, suddenly choked on his saliva as soon as he heard Zhu Lin’s words.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Zhu Lin was startled by his sudden cough and turned to look at Lu Qiu. Seeing his face reddened from coughing, she asked, "High God Lu Qiu, are you alright?"

Lu Qiu raised his hand to indicate that he was fine. After coughing for a while, he patted his painful chest, looked at Zhu Lin, and said, "True God Zhu Lin, I never knew you had such a free spirit."

Zhu Lin didn’t understand what he meant and tilted her head in confusion. Xiu Wu’s face darkened after he realized the meaning of Lu Qiu’s words. Xiu Wu stared at Lu Qiu coldly and said, "Be careful with what you say. Otherwise, I will cut off your useless tongue."

Sensing the cold, murderous intent aimed at him, Lu Qiu reacted quickly. He circulated his divine energy and blocked the cold, murderous intent in a split second. Sensing Xiu Wu’s anger. In embarrassment, Lu Qiu cleared his throat, looked at Zhu Lin, and said sincerely: "True God Zhu Lin, please forgive me for my slip of the tongue."

Although she didn’t know why Lu Qiu suddenly apologized to her, Zhu Lin still nodded and said, "No harm."

Seeing that Xiu Wu had retracted his murderous intentions, Lu Qiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at Xiu Wu and asked, "Devil God, what are your plans now after you know all this information?"

Xiu Wu frowned slightly and said, "The information you gave me is not certain. I will not draw any conclusions from this kind of vague information."

Hearing what he said, Lu Qiu could only sigh and said helplessly: "This is the best information I can give you now regarding my current situation. If you want more detailed information, I must investigate everything personally."

Seeing that Xiu Wu remained silent, Lu Qiu thought momentarily and said, "How about you lift the seal from my soul? After I return to the Six Realms, I can personally investigate everything and give you better investigation results."

Xiu Wu glanced at him and asked disdainfully: "If you return to the Six Realms, will you still help me investigate this matter? Do you think I’m stupid?"

Knowing that he could not trick Xiu Wu into releasing his soul from the soul seal, Lu Qiu smacked his lips in dissatisfaction and stood up from the sofa. Seeing him walking towards the door, Zhu Lin asked, "High God Lu Qiu, you won’t join us for breakfast?"

"Thank you for your invitation, but I have to find the person who sent you the contracted beast quickly so I can return to the Demon Realm as soon as possible." He said as he left the villa.

Looking at the closed door, Zhu Lin tilted her head slightly and said with admiration: "What a hard-working dragon."

Hearing her comment, Xiu Wu chuckled and said, "I will prepare our breakfast now."

After saying that, he went to the kitchen while Zhu Lin followed him and said, "I want an omelet."

While the two were enjoying a beautiful morning with a delicious breakfast, Ji Yang, Tan Wei, and Teng Bai were interrogating the troublemakers they had caught yesterday.

Looking at the unconscious man who was tied to the metal cross and covered in blood, Teng Bai said coldly: "Bring the next one."

As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers standing outside the torture room came in. The two soldiers dragged the unconscious man towards the prison with expressionless faces, leaving two long red trails behind as they carried the man away.

In a prison not far from the torture room, a prisoner looked out of the small hole in the door and asked nervously: "Why is there suddenly no sound? Did they kill him?"

Hearing his question, the middle-aged captain opened his eyes, glanced at the man, and said, "You’d better get away from that door now."

The man turned to look at him and asked curiously: "Why?"

Bang!

As soon as he asked the question, the heavy metal door opened and hit him in the back of the head. The man covered the back of his head, fell to his knees, and groaned in pain: "Ouch!"