Chapter 480: " I Don't Know"

Xue Wei frowned. He had understood that being a Rulebreaker meant that one was not supposed to exist. Lan had spent over ten thousand years waiting for a Rulebreaker to appear, but it was simply impossible to know if, or when, they would appear.

Many worlds existed, but Rulebreakers were simply as difficult to find as a specific water drop in the sea.

Also, Lan had decided to become the owner of this world, and he had never planned on leaving it, so the chances of finding a Rulebreaker were even smaller.

A Rulebreaker did not have to be a person of mixed breed; it could also become someone who was born normal but somehow managed to break the rules during their lifetime. However, such a scenario was so unlikely that it was simply impossible.

Xue Wei was deep in thought, pondering about his options and what it meant being the Rulebreaker.

He understood many things now. Since Lan was the owner of the world, he could sense everything that happened on it, and he could control the world with but a mere thought.

He knew of Xue Wei's background and history from the very beginning, but he never told him anything.

But it was also now that Xue Wei understood that previously Lan had treated him solely as a tool, but now, he was willing to tell him the truth and began treating him as a friend.

Xue Wei nodded his head, "What price do I have to pay to open the Ghost Realm?" he asked, and Lan looked a little sheepish.

"I don't know," he said with a solemn expression. "Rulebreakers are hard to find, so actual knowledge about them is also difficult to locate. That is also why I have been observing you ever since I found you."

Xue Wei nodded his head. What Lan said made sense. "So, we need to open the Ghost Realm, but we do not know how, or what the price for doing so is?"

Lan shook his head. "We could figure it out after a bit of time," he said. "But I imagine that this war might be a chance for us to solve the problem."

Xue Wei frowned and looked at Lan. "Because of the number of people who die?" he asked, and Lan nodded his head. "Every time someone dies, the Ghost Realm will open up and swallow their soul. If there was a large battle with many deaths, then I would expect that we would be able tear open the entrance and slip in alongside the many dead souls."

Xue Wei nodded his head. "Will we be able to bring our friends along?" Xue Wei asked as he looked at Hei Gou, Lin Xiao, Luoluo, and Bai Tianyi.

Lan shook his head and looked apologetic. "I don't know," he said. "I have no previous experience with Rulebreakers, or entering the Ghost Realm, so I don't know what is possible and what isn't."

Xue Wei nodded his head as he looked at his friends. He was eager to enter the Ghost Realm to meet his parents again, but he was not willing to leave his friends behind.

"Don't worry," Bai Tianyi said with a shrug of his shoulders. "We will enter if we can, and if we can't, then we will keep training ourselves here in the Xiyang Continent."

Xue Wei knew Bai Tianyi well. He was not just saying it to reassure Xue Wei; he truly meant that they would be fine without him.

Xue Wei was not depressed by hearing his words. He also knew that they had been together for years now, and that they might have grown too dependent on one another. Spending some time apart from each other might actually help them progress.

But it was still unsure if they could enter or not. They were not even aware about what was required to enter the Ghost Realm; it was simply too complicated.

"Don't think more about it now," Lan said with a sigh. "I just wanted to tell you about it, as I finally began understanding that you are more than just the Rule Breaker, more than just a tool for me to get Li Zhiqing back."

Xue Wei nodded his head and smiled. He was quite happy that he had managed to show his sincerity with his actions, but he also knew that Lan was not unreasonable.

Lin Xiao, Luoluo, Bai Tianyi, and Hei Gou were slightly upset when they heard Lan's words. They knew that Lan had not been treating Xue Wei well, but they thought that he had at least treated him as a friend.

Now it seemed that he had seen him as a tool, and they felt indignant, but they also knew that he had now changed his opinion on him, so their unpleasant feelings were left with nowhere to vent.

Not to mention that this person was a Deity, a person whom they could never defeat, so even if he had caused them to become unhappy, they could never tell him about it.

Lan could easily see their feelings of displeasure, but also them trying to keep it in, instead of speaking them out loud, and mirth rippled through his eyes.

He knew that these people were truly genuine towards Xue Wei. They were his true friends, and he could not help but feel slightly jealous.

Although he was a deity, he was not surrounded by good friends who were willing to get angry at a deity for him.

He smiled slightly, but then he thought about how Xue Wei had considered him a friend, and he thought that maybe he was not completely alone.

Xue Wei seemed to sense that he was feeling melancholic, and he looked at him with a smile on his face.

"You are also a part of our group now," he said, and his words stumped both Lan as well as the others.