The white-haired man's expression was one of utter sincerity. If you looked closely, you would see that deep within his eyes, in addition to grief, there was also a pleading look.
His pleading was just like his words. For the sake of his daughter, he was willing to give up everything. No matter what the conditions were, no matter how difficult they were, he would do it without hesitation!
Even if … he had to trade his life for hers!
Next to him was a little girl in a red robe. Her face was pale, and her eyes were lifeless. Her body flickered between illusory and clear, and she emanated an aura of death. It was almost as if she could be described as a ghost.
All of this caused Sun De, the old beggar, to feel a bit confused. His life had been miserable, and he had no idea why this man had come looking for him to save someone.
"I can't do it," he thought. Sun De felt exhausted. He almost couldn't keep his eyes open. The coldness in his body grew stronger, and he began to tremble. It was as if all of his strength was fading away. Even his voice was weak.
The white-haired man was silent for a moment. He slowly lifted his head and looked at the old beggar. After a long moment passed, a bitter expression appeared on his face. He looked at his daughter, and then at Sun De. Finally, he seemed to have come to a decision.
"Senior," he said softly, "would you mind telling you a few stories?"
"Stories?" Sun De stared in shock. When he heard the word, he forced himself to focus. He gripped the black wooden board in his hand and looked at the white-haired man. His dim eyes shone with anticipation.
"This story takes place in the many Infinite Tribulations of the Second Ring. It is a story about Berserkers, and also a story about destiny ….
"The story begins in a Berserker Tribe. There is Grandpa Meng, Little Red, and a promise to walk through a snowstorm until one's hair turns white …."
Sun De listened quietly as the white-haired man continued to narrate. In the story, Sun De could see a person constantly searching for what was true and what was false. He struggled to walk from death to life, until he was reincarnated several times …. He was alone.
"When everyone is drunk, I am the only one sober. When everyone is sober, I am the only one drunk. What is the difference between these two? When you walk the Dao to the extreme, you are the only one left. When you walk the Dao to the extreme, you are the only one left. What is the difference between these two?
"What is true, what is false. All of this … is the process of a change of heart. All of this is the result of obsession! When one's obsession reaches the pinnacle, only the word 'devil' can be crowned! "
"Therefore, I call this story … the story of the Devil. In the end, he severed the Allheaven Finger!"
"Demons are obsessed with the cycle of reincarnation!" Sun De's body shook and his eyes shone brightly. This story was much more exciting than the stories he had tried to tell about demons in the past.
The white-haired middle-aged man remained silent and didn't answer. After a while, he spoke softly.
"The second part of the story is also a story of obsession. The beginning of the story … happened in a place called planet Suzaku. There was a country of Zhao there …"
The second story told by the white-haired young man was much more detailed than the first story. This story was about a person who had his doppelgänger continuously restart the flow of time, while his doppelgänger fused into the same lives again and again to find a chance to resurrect his wife!
It was a battle against gods, a struggle against immortals. Even if the heavens wanted you to die, I would take you back.
"Obey as a mortal, defy as an immortal …"
"Half god, half immortal, inverted!" Without waiting for the white-haired middle-aged man to finish, Sun De immediately finished. His eyes became even brighter. This story made his scalp tingle. Due to the details, it was even more exciting.
The white-haired young man slowly said, "This person also severed the Allheaven Finger!"
"The third part of the story happened in the Nine Mountains and Nine Seas. It was about a scholar who threw down a wishing bottle and walked into the life of a demon!"
The story described the life of the scholar. He traversed mountains and seas, struggled in despair, and turned into a Demon amidst madness. His bizarre laughter was filled with a madness that caused one's soul to tremble. It was accompanied by grief and resentment in the Vast Expanse Dao Domain that floated in the Vast Expanse!
"He once said that my life was like a demon that wanted to seal the heavens. He also … severed the Allheaven Finger. He even went one step further and transformed himself into Allheaven. After comprehending his life, he and the others finally severed … Allheaven!" Compared to the second story, the white-haired middle-aged man's story of the Demon was lacking in details. However, that didn't affect Sun De's enlightenment. His eyes shone brightly, and he murmured to himself.
"So, that's what it means to be a Demon to seal the Nine Mountains and Nine Seas!"
"Well, who started the Eternal Will? What story is it? "Sun De began to pant as he looked anxiously at the white-haired man.
After a long moment of silence, the white-haired man softly said, "Senior, I … can't tell you the story."
Sun De didn't say anything. He clenched and unclenched the black plank in his hand. After a moment of thought, he seemed to understand something, and nodded.
"Is there anything else you can tell me?"
"My daughter was injured. Even I … couldn't save her. I asked for help …. In the end, someone told me … that only an Immortal could save her!
"I searched through all of the Infinite Tribulation in the second ring. I searched through every inch of time, looking for traces of the Immortal. Then, one day, I found a stone stele!
"I didn't hesitate to turn against others and refined a bit of the stone stele. I pried open the curse of the Infinite Tribulation and finally entered the legendary Never-Ending Dao Domain that sealed the Immortal. Then … I discovered a secret!
"A secret about the Never-Ending Dao Domain, a secret about the Immortal. I want to use this secret in exchange for saving my daughter!" The white-haired man's eyes shone with a strange light as he looked at Sun De.
At that moment, Sun De raised his head. His dark eyes shone with a strange light. After a long moment of silence, he spoke bitterly.
"I really want to know, but … I really don't know how to save people. I'm not a senior. I'm just a storyteller …"
"Senior, as long as you agree!" The white-haired man's eyes shone with determination.
Sun De sighed.
"Alright, I agree!"
The white-haired man also took a deep breath. Even his eyes were filled with excitement. He cupped his fists and bowed to Sun De again!
"Thank you, senior. The secret I discovered is that this place … isn't the real Never-Ending Dao Domain!
"At the beginning of the second ring, the first Infinite Tribulation that was born was the Never-Ending. However, it isn't the real Never-Ending. The real Never-Ending is outside the ring!"
The moment those words were spoken, Sun De's body trembled violently. He didn't know why he was trembling, but he couldn't control it. It was as if a consciousness was awakening in his body and soul. It was erupting. The world before his eyes began to blur and shatter. The figures of the white-haired man and the little girl also began to distort. It was as if everything in the world was beginning to collapse at that moment!
This caused him to instinctively grip the black wooden board that had accompanied him his entire life tightly. Perhaps at that moment, his strength was too great, causing cracks to appear on the black wooden board. If it were a normal person, their body would probably shatter at that moment. It would definitely be painful, very painful, very painful!
As for Sun De, regrettably … when the world before his eyes completely collapsed, the awakening ripple in his soul seemed to have reached its limit. It didn't succeed in awakening. Instead, it … began to dissipate.
This was … true dissipation.
However, he did not die. Instead, he merged with Heaven and Earth forever. Before Sun De's consciousness disappeared, he suddenly had an epiphany. Perhaps this dissipating consciousness was the Ancient Remnant Soul mentioned in the story. The time limit for the second cycle of the curse was about to end, and this consciousness would never truly awaken again.
Ancient lost, because his remnant soul had been in a muddle-headed state all the way until now, it had never woken up.
He had also won, because the white-haired middle-aged man had said that Luo Tian had been killed.
However, he still remembered the story of the Eternal Will that the other party hadn't mentioned, but he didn't want to think about it.
"Let's not think about that anymore. Let's think about myself. I've been telling stories all my life. So … I was talking about myself." Sun De laughed as his body collapsed along with the world around him. The black wooden plank that had accompanied him for his entire life was now covered with cracks, as if it might shatter at any moment and fall into the void.
In the void, in the darkness and coldness, it continued to fall, fall, fall, and fall again …
It was as if one life had passed, and then another, and another, and another, and the cracks on it gradually began to heal ….
Changes that had never occurred since ancient times began to appear on its body as the cracks healed.
Eventually, the void turned from darkness to light, and the starry sky recovered from its deathly stillness. In this new world, it turned into a beam of light that landed on an ordinary planet, in a forest, in the belly of a doe that was about to give birth ….
….
Ten lives. Perhaps it's just a coincidence. Without even realizing it, I actually wrote 100,000 words.
Fellow Daoists, I bet you didn't realize that Wang Baole wasn't Sun De, but the black wooden plank:)
I can't believe there are Fellow Daoists who say that Sun De is an idiot. I can't compare to him in Immortal Cultivation, but when it comes to writing books, there's no way he can compare to me. His skill level is too low. Hahaha. Tomorrow, I'll take my dad to get a check-up, and I'll take a day off.
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