Beside the lake was a primeval forest. Because it was deep in the snowy mountains, few humans could reach this place, including those persevering ascetics. However, there were many animals living here. They risked being killed and eaten by the monsters in the lake to walk out of the forest and drink water around the lake. From time to time, they would raise their heads nervously to look around.
A gentle breeze blew, blowing away the thin ice on the shore. Two figures landed, scaring away all the animals.
Cao Yuan walked to the lakeside and sat down. He put his bare feet into the lake water. The mottled objects that looked like golden paint gradually left his skin along with the ripples of the water; it must be some kind of healing method.
Zhao Layue walked behind him with Ah Da in her arms. Looking at the lake in the distance, she could vaguely see a huge shadow sinking to the bottom of the lake at an amazing speed.
The number on the surface of the lake rippled until it disappeared without a trace.
"Your lethal intent is too strong. That kun has never been afraid of me," said Cao Yuan.
Zhao Layue asked Ran Handong and Zong Lizi to return to the spaceship. She and Cao Yuan came to this remote lakeside; it was unclear what they intended to talk about.
"Do you know that Monk Da Bei changed his name?" she asked.
"I know. It doesn't sound good," said Cao Yuan.
Zhao Layue was silent for a while, then continued to ask, "Did you know that he wanted to surrender?"
"The Snow Girl won't go to the Sea of Dark Matter, so the idea of the Great Grandmaster is wrong. As such, there is no need to discuss whether it is absurd or not," said Cao Yuan while looking at the surface of the lake.
There was a golden Buddha on the surface of the lake. It was slightly distorted as the light in the water changed.
This planet was the Buddhist land created by the Great Compassion Monk. Cao Yuan observed the heaven and earth and the universe and pondered the future of the humans here. It seemed that he had had a deep conversation with his grandmaster.
In the history of Cultivation in Chaotian, there were two outstanding human swordsmen who had resisted the wind and snow alone in White Town for hundreds of years.
One was him, and the other was his Founding Master, Monk Great Compassion.
They understood the Snow Girl best. She was the most compassionate, selfless, and, in many people's eyes, the most absurd.
Zhao Layue confirmed that she couldn't convince the other party, so she said, "I have another important matter that I need your help with."
She took out the Green Sky Mirror.
The Green Sky Mirror fell into the lake and was washed by the clean water. It grew brighter, and the white clouds in the sky could be seen clearly.
There were many sweet chirps of birds in the primeval forest. Some animals like deer poked their heads out adorably. The Giant Kun in the distant lake also stopped diving, revealing an aura of wanting to get close to it.
These subtle scenes disappeared in the next moment, because she also put Ada on the ground.
Ah Da shook his body, allowing the cold wind to ruffle his white fur. He quickly expanded, turning into a huge white tiger several hundred meters long, emitting an unimaginable might.
The lake water splashed and splashed against the rocks on the shore. In the distance, the giant Kraken fled even faster than before. The deer and other animals were frightened and scattered in all directions. Only the sweet chirping of the birds continued. At some point, the Blue Bird landed on a cold branch.
The entire planet seemed to be isolated by Ah Da's presence.
Cao Yuan was surprised that Zhao Layue ascended with the Green Sky Mirror, and he was surprised by the strength of the Principal Guard of White Ghost after his ascension. He was even more wary of such a situation, his expression turning grave.
It was evident that Zhao Layue intended to ask about an important matter.
A red carp swam out from the Green Sky Mirror and dived into the lake. He waved his tail a few times to get rid of the lethargy, muttering, "Is this the Sword-Washing Stream of the Aoyama Sect? Why is the water so cold? "
This red carp was the divine animal of the Zhongzhou School, the Fire Carp. He had almost lost his life when Bai Zhenren pulled out his tendons and soul, and he was raised in the Green Sky Mirror by Jing Jiu.
The pond was left unattended, and the Fire Carp regained his freedom. However, his companion had become an idiot, looking like a ghost. The Fire Carp was much less energetic.
After swimming in the lake for a while, the Fire Carp suddenly felt something was out of place. Looking at the snowy mountains nearby, the expression in his eyes changed abruptly. "Why are we in the snowland? What if we encounter the Queen? Let's go! "
The Fire Carp turned around and swam back to the Green Sky Mirror. He dived halfway into the mirror, and the remaining half of his red tail flicked a few times before disappearing without a trace.
Cao Yuan pulled back his gaze and looked at Zhao Layue, saying, "I've heard of the legend of this person when I was at the Windy-Broadsword Church."
Zhao Layue didn't beat around the bush, saying, "Jing Jiu said that the Illusionary Realm of Cloud-Dream created by the Green Sky Mirror was filled with some non-real life beings at the beginning. It wasn't until Qing 'er became the true spirit that those spiritual beings were awakened and had self-awareness and cognition. They were like the programs of this world, becoming the true artificial intelligence."
The Blue Bird on a distant branch chirped once.
"Why can the life beings in the Green Sky Mirror exist in the form of spiritual beings?" asked Zhao Layue.
Cao Yuan said, "Maybe it's because they have existed in this form since the moment they appeared."
"What about the Fire Carp?" asked Zhao Layue. "Why can his spiritual soul exist all the time? His Dao Body has been destroyed a few hundred years ago. "
Back when the Zhongzhou School held the Dao Competition, the spiritual souls of Jing Jiu, Zhuo Rusui and the others had lived in the Green Sky Mirror for several decades, but their Dao Bodies had to be kept intact. When Jing Jiu was asleep in the Guocheng Temple and Zhaoge City, his Dao Body couldn't be harmed. As such, Zen Master went to the Green Sky Mirror to guard it.
The Fire Carp's Dao Body had been destroyed by Bai Zhenren a long time ago; but why could his spiritual soul survive in the Green Sky Mirror?
Cao Yuan said, "Maybe it's because he is a divine animal, different from humans."
"I used to think so too, until I discovered something else."
Looking at the Green Sky Mirror in the lake, Zhao Layue said, "Some people in the mirror died, but they are actually still alive."
The flow of time in the Green Sky Mirror was the same as that in Chaotian. The Eldest Young Master Zhang had died more than four hundred years ago, but his figure reappeared by the pond a few years later.
A shadow had appeared under the chestnut tree in Zhao Zhao's Royal Palace a little earlier, and it grew more and more substantial.
"I discovered this problem first." The Blue Bird flew over and landed on the Green Sky Mirror, turning into an adorable little girl with transparent wings. She said to Cao Yuan in a pitiful tone, "There are so many ghostly figures in the mirror; it's really dreadful."
In fact, there weren't so many beings like the former Zhao Huang and the Eldest Young Master Zhang in the world of the Green Sky Mirror, and they were far from being ghostly figures. However, the little girl was indeed afraid of this kind of unexplainable thing.
Cao Yuan remained silent for a long time while looking at the Green Sky Mirror.
If the beings in the world of the Green Sky Mirror were born with spiritual bodies, what did the death of the spiritual bodies signify? Was it different from the death in the real world?
Whether or not the spiritual souls could be preserved was the most important question for all the Cultivation sects and philosophical sects. In addition to the Green Sky Mirror, the most important magic treasure of the Zen sects, the Great Nirvana, intended to arrive at this place. However, neither the deviant sects that were good at spiritual cultivation nor the brain experts in this world could explain this issue clearly. It seemed that there was no hope of solving this problem in the foreseeable future.
The Green Sky Mirror was calmer than the surface of the lake, and the images reflected on it were clearer. The sky was the sky, the clouds were the clouds, and the Buddha was the Buddha.
Cao Yuan understood something. He lifted his head and asked Zhao Layue, "Do you want him to live in that way?"
"Yes," Zhao Layue said. "Now that he is on the verge of death."
Jing Jiu couldn't wake up. Once he woke up, he would become the person in the sheath.
If he continued to sleep like this, he would die in a few dozen days.
Unless they could kill the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama. However, the possibility of doing so was too small. Nobody talked about the Snow Girl because she was too powerful, and nobody talked about the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama for the same reason.
Back on the Main Planet, Zhao Layue had been pondering this issue as she flew on the streets on the floating skateboard and looked at the prosperous cities and the happy children. If Jing Jiu died, how could they keep him alive? Separating the body from the spiritual soul seemed to be a solution, and the Green Sky Mirror and the Great Nirvana seemed to be able to achieve it.
Weapons were weapons. It was better to ignite those permanent stars and keep him alive.
… …
… …
Generally speaking, every permanent star could be called a sun, but only one was the true sun.
The sunlight of the sun shone on the blue ocean, illuminating a few crustaceans and silvery fish with simple structures. The forests on the land were swaying with the wind, but the scenery was monotonous.
The hot spring was giving off steam. The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama, wearing the conical hat, sat by the edge of the spring, his two atrophied legs in the water. It was unclear if he could still feel the heat.
Along with the soft sound of flute, a dozen large light screens unfolded soundlessly on the other side of the hot spring, displaying the scenes on the other side. The hot fog above the hot spring had also disappeared magically.
A dozen cocoon breakers stood on the other side of the light screen, bowing to him from a great many light years away. They began to report the recent events, mainly about the situation in the Sea of Dark Matter.
The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama had never paid much attention to the internal affairs of the Federation of the Milky Way, let alone the competition among the various forces.
Two cocoon breakers working in the military reported the situation of the blockade of the Scorpion Tail Nebula and the results of the second inspection. In the next moment, Ran Donglou, the former governor of the Main Planet and the vice commander of the military, appeared on a light screen.
This was the first time he had participated in a meeting of this level.
He was a swordsman in the Inherited Night State in the Federation of the Milky Way and a figure in the Heavenly Arrival State in Chaotian; but he was still the weakest one in front of these cocoon breakers.
The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama waved his hand. Ran Donglou shut his mouth and took a few steps back.
"Zhao Layue has gone to find Cao Yuan," Chen Ya said in a deep voice on the large light screen in the front while tidying his military uniform.
Hearing this, all the cocoon breakers fixed their gazes on the old man by the hot spring.
It was until now that the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama hadn't expressed his opinion. The cocoon breakers and the government of the Federation of the Milky Way were in a dilemma, not knowing how they should approach Zhao Layue.
The soldiers who had died in the underground neighborhood and the broken battleships indicated that Zhao Layue, a disciple of Aoyama, was crueler and more powerful than what was described in the book.
The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama didn't respond. It was evident that he had no intention of saying or doing anything to Zhao Layue.
Chen Ya noticed the mood of his colleagues and asked tentatively, "It's mainly because the White Ghosts are troublesome. Should we make some preparations in advance?"
The divine animals had always been troublesome. They were not the Cultivation practitioners of the human race, so it was hard to understand their temperaments. Moreover, these divine animals could absorb the fairy energy in the starlight, so they could travel through the universe in this galaxy easily. It was hard to stop them.
The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama extended his skinny finger to indicate that he understood.
Seeing this, all the cocoon breakers felt relieved.
No matter how formidable the White Ghosts were, they were still the guardians of Aoyama; so the Great Grandmaster should have a way to control them.
More than ten light screens were extinguished one after another, except for the one in the front, illuminating the milky fog on the surface of the hot spring.
The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama took off his conical hat, exposing his old and ugly face. He reached out his hand to wet his wrinkled skin with the hot spring water, letting out a sigh full of complicated emotions.
Chen Ya said in a low voice, "I've given the remains of the Immortal to Cao Yuan. I think it will dispel some people's greed, and I hope he can understand the hardships of the predecessors."
The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama wiped his wet hands on his cotton cloth, saying nothing.
The Immortal Chi Song and General Li had passed away one after the other, and the three fleets were in Chen Ya's hands. Chen Ya's loyalty to the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama was unquestionable, but it was rare for him to report to the Great Grandmaster of Aoyama face-to-face, so he couldn't help but feel nervous. "The Great Compassion Monk went to the mining planet; I'm not sure if he went to find the Snow Girl or Jing Jiu."
The Great Nirvana of the grandmasters of the Zen sects consisted of six realms and three lives.
"What I'm worried about is … what if the Snow Girl and Jing Jiu are together?" Chen Ya continued.
The Great Grandmaster of Aoyama took back his atrophied feet from the hot spring and wiped them clean with a coarse cloth before putting them on his cloth shoes. "Tong Yan," he said while lifting his head to look at the light screen.
…
…
(Master Xi Xing's new book, "Questioning Danzhu", was published today. As a loyal reader and occasional contributor of opinions, I would like to recommend it to you. Those who like to read the non-romance novels of female characters can come and have a look.)
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
