The flower petals had vanished without a trace, leaving only a lingering fragrance on his fingertips. "I have something to ask," said Tong Yan.
As he spoke, he rubbed his fingers imperceptibly, crushing the flower fragrance and the broken pieces of information.
It took only a moment for him to learn the general situation and the current situation through the information left by Zhao Layue in the flower petals.
The female priest of the Stargate was not an ordinary person, so she calmed down quickly and invited him to sit on the futon on the opposite side. She told him more details and ordered her subordinates to fetch the files that had been prepared beforehand. While waiting for the files, Tong Yan looked at the praying hall and sized it up. After a few glances, he hid the shock brought by the new world in the deepest part of his Dao Heart.
Those green stone slabs looked like the squares on a chessboard.
He thought that he would miss the path of cultivation by being obsessed with the chess game; but unexpectedly, he had attained the path of cultivation by playing chess.
The changes in the path of cultivation were beyond the reach of a human being.
There were other flower petals floating on the surface of the water in the green porcelain basin, on which were the names of Liu Shisui and Zhuo Rusui.
As he was about to ascend, there was a strange phenomenon in heaven and earth in Aoyama in the south. It was believed that Zhuo Rusui had reached the critical moment. Thirty-six huge waves had appeared on the East Ocean, which should be the direction. The flower petals were still there, indicating that Liu Shisui hadn't gotten rid of the bitter ocean of love yet. It was a pity.
"You can have a look at these flower petals," said the female priest. This was what Zhao Layue had told him before he left.
Tong Yan didn't refuse her request. He picked up the two flower petals from the water.
The clear water turned into a faint fog, and the two flower petals vanished without a trace. It was unclear what Zhao Layue had told Liu Shisui and Zhuo Rusui, but Jing Jiu had returned to normal soon after.
It didn't take long before the files prepared by the praying hall arrived.
Tong Yan didn't read the files right away, but started to study them first. In this aspect, he was more like the ascendants of Jing Jiu, the Immortal Tan and Jian Xilai, who were of the old school or classic. Of course, it could be understood that Zhao Layue was too different from the others.
After learning the relevant knowledge, he started to write the software. It was already the seventh day since he had arrived at the Stargate Base when the new data analysis software was written and operated smoothly. Then, he began to use the software he wrote to analyze the dossiers. With his understanding of human nature and familiarity with all the story models, he wrote down a few names and formulated a dozen corresponding plans. Many people in the Fire-Passing Pagoda, the main preachers of the administrative districts, the priest clans, and the clans of various clans would be put on a separate list and wouldn't be trusted by the praying hall anymore; but they would continue to play their roles in those plans.
Such a complicated matter was as simple as playing chess in his hands.
The female priest knelt on the cattail hassock and watched him do these things calmly and without any pressure. She thought about the description of the deity in the story and thought that Tong Yan of Zhongzhou was indeed unparalleled in strategy.
According to Tong Yan's plan, the praying hall of the Stargate could control the entire Stargate Base and cut it off from the Main Planet as long as it issued an order. Yet, this kind of separation or independence was meaningless. The Main Planet only needed to dispatch a dozen battleships to change the situation.
Tong Yan was also aware that his existence must have been known by the Federation of the Milky Way and those ascendants of the previous generations. How should he deal with it?
It would be a waste of time to consider the problem that couldn't be solved. If the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama and that person wanted to destroy the Stargate Base, nobody could do anything about it.
The key was Jing Jiu. If he were to be returned to the sheath as soon as he woke up and controlled by the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama, what should he do?
"Ask these people to come and see me," said Jing Jiu as he handed the name list to the female priest of the Stargate.
Looking at the names on the name list, the female priest figured out that Jing Jiu intended to do something to the praying hall and the government; but why did he want to see the CEO of the Twirling Rain Company?
"The game of the Dao Toward Heaven should be updated and upgraded, especially the dialogue system of the world window." Having said that, Tong Yan stood up and stretched himself, loosening his stiff body after sitting for a few days. He walked to the outside of the praying hall and looked at the seemingly green but actually barren prairie and the distant woods.
Why did Jing Jiu write the story of the Dao Toward Heaven? Why did he make this story become a game published in the whole universe? Different people had different answers. The most common answer was that Jing Jiu intended to tell the Snow Girl, the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama and General Li that he had come, so that they could come and receive him.
Zhao Layue thought that Jing Jiu wanted to make a declaration to the world that they shouldn't bother him. Tong Yan's idea was different. He thought that Jing Jiu wanted to obtain enough information through this game and make it easier for him to contact others. In other words, Jing Jiu wanted to create another Curtain Rollers in this new world.
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Tong Yan had done many things in the praying hall of the Stargate after his successful ascension, attracting the attention of many people.
Zhao Layue didn't go back to the Stargate, nor did she contact Jing Jiu. Instead, she made an unexpected decision, saying that she would go to the farthest galaxies to enjoy the sceneries. It happened that Zong Lizi had one year to travel after graduating from the College of Priests, and Ran Handong had nothing to do. As such, they traveled together.
The silvery, streamlined spaceship left the space base. The pavilion and the lone tree in front of the cliff grew farther and farther away. Soon, the spaceship and the Main Planet became a small speck, disappearing without a trace.
During the journey of more than ten days, Zhao Layue spent most of her time in the game of the Dao Toward Heaven. After the game was upgraded, the communication between the galaxies was smooth, and there was no problem connecting to the Internet.
After passing through a long warped hole, a planet appeared in the distance of the silvery spaceship, looking like a white speck.
The speed of the spaceship slowed down abruptly. Zhao Layue and Ran Handong didn't feel anything, but Zong Lizi couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't stop vomiting after injecting herself with three intravenous stabilizers.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the silvery spaceship to arrive at its destination, an unnumbered planet in the Federation of the Milky Way.
This planet hadn't been modified for a long time, so its environment was relatively harsh, mostly due to its cold temperature. Most of the surface of the planet was covered with white snow, and the two poles had a lot of dry ice. However, there were many humans living near the equator.
The three of them saw the situation of the human settlements through the monitoring devices. Zhao Layue's countenance remained the same, but Ran Handong and Zong Lizi were quite startled.
Countless tents were scattered on the prairie, surrounding a few large cities like the stars. The rivers in the cities were connected, and there were many fertile farmlands. No trace of technology could be found on the buildings, streets, or anywhere else. It seemed that this world was still in the ancient times.
The silvery spaceship landed on a large snowy mountain. Zhao Layue walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at the ancient city in the distance.
Ran Handong asked behind her, "Is this the rumored stronghold of the Pastoral Sect?"
Zong Lizi jumped off the spaceship with a backpack on her back. Ada poked his head out from the gap of the backpack and sniffed the air with narrowed eyes, smelling a familiar scent in the atmosphere.
Zhao Layue didn't say anything. She rolled up her sleeve and led the two girls to leave the snowy mountain and land in the city.
A hole appeared in the cloud layer, bringing out several lines. Another gust of wind swept up some sand, and the flags on the city walls were blown over.
Seeing the figures in the grand temple, the populace was startled. They knelt down on the ground in tandem, yelling the names of Bodhisattva and fairy girls.
The grand temple was the place that governed the human world.
Seeing some familiar buildings, Zhao Layue knew that they were built in imitation of the Guocheng Temple. Ada realized that the familiar scent was the scent of incense. Though Zong Lizi and Ran Handong hadn't been to the Guocheng Temple, they had read the book many times. The stone pagodas and meditation rooms hidden in the pine forest reminded them of this.
Hundreds of monks walked out from various temples and bowed to the two girls, but they didn't say anything.
Ada liked the Guocheng Temple very much, especially the fallen leaves in the temple, which were the most suitable cushions for sleeping besides the breasts of the girls. As he was about to jump out of the backpack to look for them, he suddenly found that he was in the sky again.
Zhao Layue led the two girls and the cat to the grassland outside the city. There was a path made of stone slabs on the grassland, leading to the snowy mountain in the north. The wild grass grew among the stone slabs, and the surface of the path was full of potholes. However, they didn't look like they were formed naturally, but were created by a certain force.
"If they are the anti-skid lines, it's not scientific," Ran Handong thought. She turned her head around when she heard the crashing sounds behind her.
An old woman knelt down on the stone path and kowtowed toward the distant snowy mountain. After she had kowtowed three times, the old woman stood up with difficulty and took a few steps forward before she knelt down again. It seemed that she would repeat this action until she entered the snowy mountain.
This was probably a religious ritual. They stood by the path, waiting quietly for the old woman to pass by. It was extremely tiring to pay their respects to the Buddha, and it would take a long time. Ada felt bored waiting while crouching on her shoulder. He yawned and started playing with her silvery hair.
After a long while, the old woman had finally disappeared on the other side of a gentle slope on the grassland.
Zhao Layue led them in flying to the sky, looking down at the sky. There were a few similar paths leading to the deep part of the snowy mountain on the grassland, and there were many believers like the old woman on these paths. They looked like ants heading toward their home, silent and determined. For some reason, they didn't have to walk like this.
They flew along the paths to the deep part of the snowy mountain. It didn't take long for them to see a small town full of white residences.
There was a patch of red cliff behind the town, in front of which was a plain and simple temple with a high doorsill.
Zhao Layue stepped over the doorsill and asked the Buddha statue with the golden paint and cracks all over its body, "How come you've lost weight?"
The golden Buddha statue was none other than Cao Yuan. It was unclear why he was on this remote planet at the moment.
He moved the badly damaged iron broadsword to the side and gestured for Zong Lizi and Ran Handong to sit down. After bowing to Ada, he asked Zhao Layue, "Why are you here?"
"I came to see you," said Zhao Layue.
Cao Yuan didn't need her to say more, saying, "I can't help you with the matter regarding the Immortal Jingyang."
Zhao Layue was even more direct, asking, "What are you here for then?"
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