"Come out!"
Lu Zhou shouted in a deep voice.
His voice reverberated in the darkness.
There was still no response.
"The bottom of the sea?"
Lu Zhou was certain this was the underwater world.
He was puzzled. Why would he suddenly appear here?
Was there a Runic Passage in the Dao Lecture Canon?
However, he did not feel like he was being transported.
He continued to observe his surroundings.
Whoosh!
A colossal creature streaked across the water.
"A beast?!"
Lu Zhou dove down and struck with a palm seal.
The palm seal did not provide any light. It disappeared in a flash.
Realization dawned on Lu Zhou.
"So, it's only my consciousness that has entered the painting? The world inside the painting?"
He could feel the colossal creature's body. It was 10,000 feet long. When the seawater surged, he could clearly feel the water flowing.
He wanted to test his theory.
Lu Zhou remained where he was.
At this moment, a smaller bream swam toward him.
Swoosh!
As expected, the bream passed through Lu Zhou's body easily.
Lu Zhou was like a transparent shadow.
"As I expected.
"What secret is hidden in this painting?"
Lu Zhou was still puzzled when a deep voice rang in his ears.
"No one can live forever! Hahaha … No one can live forever! "
The voice grew further and further away before it vanished into the endless darkness.
"Eternal life?"
This reminded Lu Zhou of the booklet Jiang Wenxu left behind. In the booklet, Jiang Wenxu had also written, "No one can live forever."
'Are you serious?
Is Jiang Wenxu a projection left behind by the Fiend God in the golden lotus domain? '
Lu Zhou shook his head when he thought of this. If that was the case, it would be disgusting. In truth, Lu Zhou had a bad impression of Jiang Wenxu. Jiang Wenxu had been a tyrant in the golden lotus domain for many years. He was the local tyrant. If Jiang Wenxu was the Fiend God's projection, he would have thrown away the treasures he obtained such as the Hourglass of Time and the brocade box he obtained from the Qin Emperor's tomb.
However, Jiang Wenxu was a conservative. He did not like to research new things.
A Fiend God was a Fiend God because he had opened up a new path of cultivation.
Lu Zhou collected his thoughts and continued to sink.
Since it was only a consciousness, there was nothing to be afraid of.
At this moment, he saw a faint golden light at the very bottom, faintly glowing.
It was like a square golden box that was diagonally facing upwards.
Lu Zhou was excited to find a ray of light amidst the endless darkness.
He continued to sink.
After descending for an unknown period of time, passing through layers of seawater and gigantic sea beasts,
The oceanic beasts could not harm Lu Zhou at all.
"Don't touch it!"
A voice rang out from the darkness. Lu Zhou turned around and struck his palm toward the darkness. "Who's there?!"
Darkness is born with fear.
This was especially true since they were at the bottom of the sea. This made Lu Zhou extremely nervous.
Only after striking out with his palm did he realize that it was still the voice from the painting.
Lu Zhou took a deep breath. His eyes burned as he stared at the cubic golden box below him.
He saw that there were nine small boxes on each side of the three-dimensional box, and each box was engraved with a golden seal script, shining brightly.
There were three words that caught Lu Zhou's attention. He recognized them at a glance.
"Merit Stones."
Lu Zhou asked in confusion, "What's that?"
Most importantly, what did this thing have to do with the shackles of heaven and earth and eternal life?
He could not understand it no matter how hard he thought about it.
…
Meanwhile.
Little Yuan 'er and Conch exchanged a look as they looked at the eastern pavilion.
"Is Master sick?" Little Yuan 'er murmured.
Conch said, "I don't know what's going on either."
"He's been spouting nonsense!" Little Yuan 'er scratched her head.
The voice rang from the eastern pavilion again.
"Fiend God, come out!"
Little Yuan 'er said speechlessly, "Look … He's acting all jumpy. Master wasn't like this in the past! "
Conch spread her hands as well, a confused expression on her face.
In their hearts, their master had always been majestic and fearless.
It would be a disgrace to shout like that inside the pavilion.
"Forget about it. Let's go!" Little Yuan 'er said.
"Mhm."
The two of them flew toward the back of the mountain.
…
In the darkness.
Lu Zhou was shocked to discover that his consciousness was slowly being assimilated by the painting. He could not help but frown.
The world inside the painting was too realistic. Every time there was a commotion, he would instinctively react.
This was not a good feeling.
He tried to get closer to the golden merit stone.
However, he was blocked by an invisible force.
"Don't get close!
Don't get close! "
Lu Zhou asked, "Why?"
"No one can live forever! No one can live forever! No one can live forever! "
"What I want isn't eternal life, but a way to bring the dead back to life!" Lu Zhou said again.
"No one can live forever!"
It was an irrelevant answer.
This meant that the voice was still the power left behind by the Fiend God in the painting.
Lu Zhou shook his head helplessly.
"Is this not the Resurrection Painting?"
There was no need for Chen Fu to lie. Lu Tiantong was the only one who suppressed the black lotus domain 30,000 years ago.
What went wrong?
Lu Zhou was puzzled.
The merit stone shone brightly. A figure shot toward the merit stone.
Then, the merit stone unleashed a surge of power. The ocean shook.
The figure was sent flying by the merit stone.
"No!"
The figure vanished.
The merit stone returned to its original state. It still shone with a faint light.
"Is this an image from the past?" Lu Zhou frowned.
It looked like a memory crystal.
"The myriad of great paths can be touched and used starting from the Perfected One.
Only a supreme can reverse time, only a supreme can bring the dead back to life … "
When Lu Zhou heard this, he shook his head and said, "Only a supreme can bring the dead back to life?"
Swoosh!
Lu Zhou's consciousness was sucked back into the vortex.
The world spun, and the stars shifted.
Lu Zhou's eyes snapped open. His consciousness returned to him as though he had just woken up from a dream.
He looked at the Dao Lecture Canon before him.
There were no changes. It retained its original yellowish appearance.
What did the image and memories in the painting mean? Thud!
Thud! Thud!
"Master, this is bad!"
A hurried voice rang from outside.
"Come in!"
Little Yuan 'er pushed the door open and entered. She cried out anxiously, "Seventh Senior Brother! Seventh Senior Brother is dead!"
Lu Zhou did not say anything. He rose to his feet immediately. With a flash, he appeared outside the southern pavilion.
The four elders, Yu Zhenghai, Yu Shangrong, and Ye Tianxin were waiting anxiously inside the southern pavilion.
"Master."
"Pavilion Master!"
The others parted to make way for Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou walked into the room.
His gaze fell on Si Wuya.
He saw the aura of death on Si Wuya's body. Under the cover of the Violet Glazed Ceramic, there was no rancid odor.
His complexion had changed drastically.
"Master, you cultivated in seclusion for seven days. Seventh Junior Brother …" Ye Tianxin said with a sigh.
"Seven days?"
The others were silent.
Lu Zhou did not expect seven days to have passed.
On top of that, the circulation speed was 1,000 times faster. That was 7,000 days.
Seven days had passed.
Yet, such a huge incident had happened.
Everyone in the Evil Sky Pavilion was concerned about Old Seventh's life and death.
"Leave us," Lu Zhou said in a deep voice.
"Understood!"
The others left the room.
Lu Zhou was the only one left in the room.
He looked at Si Wuya and sighed heavily.
Time flies. There were many things that once happened, it was impossible to go back.
If the information in the painting was true, then … there was no way for him to resurrect Si Wuya.
The room was deathly silent.
The sky changed from noon to evening.
Lu Zhou stood quietly in the room. After what seemed like hours, he finally muttered to himself.
"Only a supreme being can bring the dead back to life."
"There's nothing I can do."
Lu Zhou's voice was extremely gentle now.
Nobody in this world could escape the fate of old age, sickness, and death.
"You saved Jiang Aijian, but you lost yourself."
"Don't you regret doing this to correct this mistake?"
"Forget it … I'll use the most primitive method to seal you up!"
"If there's a next life, I'll take you in as my disciple again!"
PS: It's already midnight. I'm in a terrible state! I've had a hard time writing these few days. I'll make it up tomorrow based on the situation. Also, I wish all of you a happy New Year. I might have to stay up late to update. Don't wait. I'll stay up late to write and release it tomorrow. Also, I'd like to request for guaranteed monthly votes in January. I'll try to climb the rankings again in January. Thank you. Please give me your guaranteed monthly votes. I think it'll be double.
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