What was the Sundial?
Chen Xi raised his question, but Bai Hong did not answer immediately.
He looked at the Soul Crystal in Chen Xi's hand and was silent for a long time before he answered slowly, "Back then, after the Taiqing Sacred Master led everyone to the great world, he left five sacred temples in the lower realm. One of them was the Sundial …"
Although the great world was self-contained, it was still a spatial crack in the depths of the void. It was just that this crack was larger and more stable than an ordinary small grotto-heaven.
But it was a pity …
Although the great world was good, it was far from being as stable as the main world. It might suddenly close one day and imprison the ancient cultivators in the void forever.
Therefore, the Taiqing Sacred Master left five sacred temples on Earth.
These five sacred temples used the Soul Crystal as the core to suppress five ancient ferocious beasts and use their powerful souls as the coordinates to communicate between the two realms.
As long as the souls of the ferocious beasts in the five sacred temples were not destroyed, even if the spatial crack suddenly closed and trapped the ancient cultivators in the void, they could still find the main world through the souls of these five ferocious beasts and forcefully open a passage back to the main world.
The remnant soul of the Azure Dragon that Chen Xi had encountered before was an ancient ferocious beast suppressed by the Sundial Temple. Because of the nourishment of the Soul Crystal, the Azure Dragon's soul had not dissipated after so many years.
The Azure Dragon was an ancient ferocious beast. In terms of intelligence, it was not inferior to the ancient cultivators.
But it was also because it was an intelligent creature that the moment Chen Xi opened the seal, the Azure Dragon attacked Chen Xi crazily and tried to occupy his body.
After all, it had been imprisoned for a very long time and its desire for freedom had long been ingrained in its bones. Now that it finally saw the hope of escape, it naturally would not let it go.
But the Azure Dragon never expected that what it had waited for with great difficulty was not freedom, but the tragic fate of having its soul destroyed …
The Sundial Temple was like a signal tower connecting the two realms. Once the Azure Dragon's remnant soul was destroyed, the ancient cultivators in the great world naturally could no longer sense the existence of the Sundial Temple.
Therefore, they sent Bai Hong and the others to investigate the situation and also to see where Changli had gone and why he had not returned.
…
At the mention of Changli, Bai Hong immediately frowned deeply.
Gui Yao was destroyed, Changli's fate was unknown, and now even the three of them had fallen into the hands of this person, completely reduced to prisoners.
Everything was the work of this mysterious man in front of him ….
When did such an expert appear in the Lower Realm?
Thinking of this, Bai Hong couldn't help but take a deep look at Chen Xi before asking her second question.
"Who … are you?"
His question was very general, so Chen Xi immediately replied with a smile, "Me? My name is Chen Xi. I'm from Zhonghai and I'm currently living in Shang Jing. I'm unemployed and I own a teahouse. I spend most of my time at home with my wife and kids … "
Bai Hong wasn't a fool. This perfunctory answer naturally wouldn't satisfy him.
Therefore, he immediately interrupted Chen Xi and said angrily, "Don't try to trick me!"
"With the cultivation conditions of the lower realms, it's impossible for an existence of your level to appear …"
"Who are you? Why do you want to be our enemy?! "
Bai Hong seemed to be very concerned about this question.
Seeing this, Chen Xi spread out his hands innocently and replied seriously, "Why would I lie to you? I'm really a native of Earth … Yes, Earth is the Lower Realm you mentioned … I've always been in the Lower Realm, so I don't know anything about your world. Otherwise, why would I waste my time asking you these simple questions? "
These words were reasonable and for a moment, Bai Hong didn't know how to continue asking.
Yes, if Chen Xi also came from the Lower Realm, then why didn't he know the history that everyone knew?
Bai Hong secretly tried to figure out Chen Xi's background.
Chen Xi waited for a while. Seeing that Bai Hong didn't speak, he asked with a smile, "Okay, now it's my turn to ask questions?"
Bai Hong didn't answer.
Seeing this, Chen Xi continued asking, "Let's talk about the Lower Realm. I'm very curious about the situation inside."
As he spoke, he gently rubbed the Soul Crystal in his hand with his finger.
This action seemed to be a silent warning to Bai Hong that if he still didn't speak, he would use force …
In fact, the reason why Chen Xi took the trouble to ask and didn't directly use the secret technique to search his soul was mainly because his Soul injury had not healed.
After all, Bai Hong and the others were not weak and their Souls were intact.
If they also happened to practice some kind of secret technique that strengthened their Souls, then Chen Xi would very likely suffer a backlash in the process of casting the technique and go crazy.
Chen Xi now had the upper hand and had plenty of ways to make Bai Hong talk. Naturally, he wouldn't take the risk so easily.
It was better to be safe than sorry …
Chen Xi had a deep understanding of this.
…
Looking at the glimmering light on the Soul Crystal, an indescribable feeling suddenly appeared in Bai Hong's eyes.
After exhaling deeply, he looked at Chen Xi and slowly said, "The Lower Realm? That's a place that's close to paradise … "
The Lower Realm was located in a void crack in the depths of the universe and was connected to Earth through the Gate of Heaven. Therefore, even if Earth's Spirit Qi was exhausted, the Lower Realm still had rich Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth.
As the ancient cultivators came to the Lower Realm one after another, the Grand Pure Divine Ancestor's fame and prestige reached its peak.
If one wanted to make an enemy of the Grand Pure Divine Ancestor, they had to be mentally prepared to make an enemy of the entire Lower Realm.
Therefore, the Grand Pure One relied on his supreme power to turn the tide and support the building that was about to collapse to successfully do something that no one before him had ever done before, and that was —
He combined the originally scattered and independent cultivator legacies and successfully created an organization called 'Celestial Capital' in the Lower Realm.
The appearance of Celestial Capital was like Qin Shi Huang sweeping through the six nations and unifying the world.
Under the intentional push of the Grand Pure Divine Ancestor, the various sects and clans put down their prejudices and learned from each other. They learned from each other and learned from each other. Everyone obtained the benefits they wanted, and Tiandu ushered in its most glorious moment.
But it was a pity that this glory didn't last forever …
The path to Immortality was difficult, as difficult as ascending to the blue sky.
Even a stunning and unparalleled existence like the Grand Pure Divine Ancestor was unable to break free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao in the end. As a result, his lifespan ran out and he passed away with regret.
With the passing of the Grand Pure Divine Ancestor, Celestial Capital's strength also weakened rapidly and was no longer as glorious as before.
However, as the saying goes:
A dead camel is bigger than a horse, and a rotten ship still has three catties of iron.
Although Celestial Capital was no longer as glorious as before, with the assets left behind by the Grand Pure Divine Ancestor, Celestial Capital was still the strongest force in the Lower Realm.
As the Divine General of Celestial Capital, Bai Hong naturally could not tell Chen Xi all the details of Celestial Capital, so after a brief introduction of the origin of Celestial Capital, he closed his mouth again.
In this regard, Chen Xi had no intention of continuing to ask.
Because he had roughly guessed the current situation of Celestial Capital.
The reason was very simple …
The world was as black as the crows.
In order to survive, cultivators had to strengthen themselves through plundering.
If the Immortal Cultivators were regarded as animals, then from the perspective of such a selfish ethnic style, to create a country or organization with a centralized system similar to that of Heavenly Capital …
That was simply an impossible thing!
After all, as consumers at the top of the food chain, cultivators could strengthen the overall strength of the clan after forming an organization, but they did not have enough resources to maintain the operation of the organization.
It was precisely because of this that cultivators had always established relationships with each other in the form of clans and sects, and could only huddle together in a small area for warmth.
In the end, it was all because of those simple eight words:
Natural selection, survival of the fittest.
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