Anna wiped her tears.
After such a long time, they had finally met again, but he was about to leave again.
"Can I not leave? Just one day is fine as well "
She was begging in a rare moment.
Gu Qing Shan consoled her: "It's ok, what I'm about to do next isn't time travel, but 'Distortion'"
"What's the difference?" Anna asked.
"The last time I left the Temporal Oasis was a special circumstance. In truth, after using [Distortion], I will begin to exist from a certain point in the past, moving forward until the moment I leave — — which is right now"
"Then … the next time you appear will be right now?" Anna asked.
"Yes, you'll see me leave, then I'll immediately appear in front of you again" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Anna was a bit surprised, then understood.
Hoh — —
She sighed in relief and smiled through her tears: "What, you even made me a bit sad — — then I'll wait for you here"
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
Shroud solemnly said: "We can't delay any longer, the Apocalypse is unpredictable, we need to leave before anything changes!"
"Wait a minute" Anna said.
She took off a ring from her finger and put it on Gu Qing Shan's left index finger.
"It's filled with my collection of fine liquor" Anna said.
Gu Qing Shan nodded and joyfully said: "That should be fine"
Meow stood on one side and slowly said: "Yes, and it's worn on the index finger — –"
Lola said: "That's good to hear"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Everything was ready.
Shroud turned into black flames and entered Gu Qing Shan's Thought Sea.
The three coins were tossed into the air, stopped, and gave off mystical ripples.
— — Gu Qing Shan was the Angel of Condemnation, the Demon King of Order, not to mention the branch of the Great Bramble Tree that Little Dusk gave her, so activating these three coins was naturally no issue.
Instantly, a shining river of light manifested behind him. He took a step back and disappeared from everyone's sight.
The three coins danced in the air, breaking through the torrential flow of the River of Time and bringing Gu Qing Shan up against the current.
His Soul Power was being consumed at a rapid rate.
Just like last time, [Distortion] was the ultimate power of space and time, which required a corresponding amount of Soul Points to activate.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the War God UI.
"We can't go too far into the past" he told Shroud.
Shroud replied: "That doesn't matter, but we need to be careful to avoid you and me from the past"
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
The Three Great Laws did not allow him to meet his past self in the same parallel world.
In that case, the Three Great Laws would erase one of them to ensure that there would be no paradox in history.
Only entities on the level of Lady Fusi, or Shroud at his peak would have enough power to go against the three Great Laws of Reality.
"What a headache. I can't go to the 900 million World Layers because my past self is there; and I can't go to the Tomb of Myriad Beasts and the Wraith realm because my previous' altered 'state is there"
Gu Qing Shan said.
Shroud thought for a bit, then said: "Then let's go to a place where your past self isn't"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Let's go to that Isle from before — — - since Su Cher sent me there, I'm guessing that place might have some sort of special meaning"
"If the location has been decided, then what about the time? When is the time confirmed? "Shroud asked.
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the War God UI, then at the rapidly decreasing Soul Points value.
He smiled bitterly: "The most I can do is wait until I'm about to leave the Tomb of Myriad Beasts"
"That's more than enough" Shroud nodded.
The two of them looked down at the River of Time.
"Get ready, I'm going down"
Gu Qing Shan said.
"Let's go, we have a lot of things to do, so we need to hurry up!" Shroud said.
Gu Qing Shan's figure flickered and descended.
He directly crashed into a certain scene of history.
Oong oong oong!
The three coins were ahead of him, giving off a hurried 'wu wu' sound.
Within the darkness, space swiftly twisted and cracked open to reveal a large hole.
Gu Qing Shan directly went inside!
Everything quickly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened at all.
…
Space twisted for a split second.
Gu Qing Shan's figure appeared.
Shroud also flew out, manifested as a human, and cautiously observed his surroundings.
Where they were.
— — the two of them were still at the same place they left.
However, the scene was a bit different from the future — — -
The Isle not too far away could be clearly seen, there was an endless stream of ships flying in and out of it, creating a lively scene.
Even though they had returned to the past, the barrier of light around the Isle was still there.
"Barrier …"
Gu Qing Shan muttered.
"That's right, seems like this place is quite important" Shroud also commented.
Whenever a ship flew in or out of the Isle of Time, the faint barrier of light would open a path for them.
Of course, there were also a few scattered Professionists.
As long as they showed their identification outside the barrier of light, or paid a certain amount of money, they would be allowed through by the guards of the barrier.
"Brats, you two don't look familiar"
A voice called out.
Gu Qing Shan regained his senses, only to see a mercenary flying towards him from afar.
Through the barrier, he held his weapon tightly in his hand and carefully observed the two of them.
"What kind of currency do you need?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Is this your first time here? If it's your first time, I can't just casually let you in — — - this isn't just a matter of money, it's also a matter of identity "the mercenary impatiently asked.
The mercenary gestured behind him.
A few moments later.
A female mercenary flew in.
In the future, she was the one who pointed out the problem with Gu Qing Shan and refused to let him enter the Isle.
Gu Qing Shan glared at the female mercenary with a cold gaze.
"Why is it her again?" Shroud sent his voice in irritation.
"I think so too, seems like we're unlucky this time" Gu Qing Shan replied.
At that point in the future — — -
It was this female mercenary who refused to let me in.
The reason she used was extremely vile.
The female mercenary flew in front of the barrier, glanced at Gu Qing Shan, then looked at Shroud.
She appeared to be smiling, then patted the male mercenary's shoulder and said: "Take the money and let him in"
The male mercenary was surprised: "Big sis, this is his first time here, why didn't you check him properly before letting him in?"
"What are you afraid of? Let him pay the money and come in." The female mercenary left after saying that.
The male mercenary was stunned.
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
Their gazes met.
The male mercenary replied: "Normal world currency won't do, we need hard currency — — - like Origin Gem, super alloy, magical items, top-grade spirit stones, ancient totems, Final Light Pearl, etc"
"I have Origin Gem, how many do you need?"
"One"
"… I only have one, I didn't think I'd have to give it up"
Gu Qing Shan took out a Origin Gem from her chest pocket and gave it to him with a pained expression.
The male mercenary shook his head: "I can see that you're also poor, otherwise you wouldn't — — - forget it, brother, since you're here, you naturally want to get rich. Go to the Mercenary Association and accept a mission, after a few adventures, as long as you don't die, you'll have a chance to escape from this — – hm? Got it? "
"Got it" Gu Qing Shan obediently replied.
The male mercenary took out a tablet and cut a hole in the barrier of light.
"Come in"
"Got it"
Gu Qing Shan and Shroud both entered the barrier.
"Go, there are countless opportunities on the island, don't accept anything too dangerous at the start — — - the rest is up to you" the male mercenary was quite a nice person, so he told her.
Gu Qing Shan clasped her fist and flew towards the island.
On the way, neither of them said a single word.
— — although they managed to get in, they didn't feel happy at all.
A few moments later.
The two of them found an inn, booked a room, and closed the door.
They were both warriors who had gone through many worlds, but they couldn't see anything special about this island.
"There's still some time, so I need to summon the sword spirit"
Gu Qing Shan took out a long box and opened it in front of Shroud.
— — inside the box were the fragments of the Delimitation sword, the sword spirit was also hidden inside.
Shroud glanced at it and commented: "It seems I'll need to expend Soul Points to communicate with the sword spirit inside"
"Indeed" Gu Qing Shan was a bit impressed.
The War God UI also said the same thing.
And Shroud came to the same conclusion after a single glance.
"Your Soul Points were all used to activate [Distortion], while my Soul Points are about to be used for something else, so I think you should wait until your Soul Points have recovered before considering summoning the sword spirit" Shroud suggested.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised, then asked: "Is there anything else that's more important right now?"
"Of course, give me the six Sealing Tokens" Shroud replied.
Gu Qing Shan took out the six Sealing Tokens and gave them to Shroud.
Shroud's expression slowly turned serious.
"Gu Qing Shan, I have a secret on me, it's related to the frozen corpses, so I'm going to pass it on to you"
"Why?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Because in order to recover my power, I'll have to make a dangerous gamble and won't be able to protect this secret"
While he spoke, the six Sealing Tokens gave off a faint glow that circled around Shroud's body.
Shroud muttered something in a low voice.
A semi-transparent cluster of light came out from his chest and hovered in front of Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the cluster of light and pondered: "This is …"
"I don't know what it is either. It seems to be something that the frozen corpses found in this Reality Gate before they were sealed away — — I've tried everything I could, but I've never been able to open it. But I can sense a fragment of the frozen corpses' memories — — this item is extremely important, definitely more important than any treasure" Shroud explained.
Gu Qing Shan hesitated a bit, then reached her hand out to receive the cluster of light.
A few moments later, a line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[You've obtained a secret]
[As you carry a fragment of the Traveler's Artifact (Key of the Past), you've obtained the qualifications to come into contact with this secret]
[Only when you find the second fragment of the Traveler's Artifact will you be able to activate this secret]
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