txolops Chapter 2415 Cloud Sea Star Spirit
Chapter 2415 Cloud Sea Star Spirit
Chapter 2415 Cloud Sea Star Spirit
All around, the scenery was the same: a silent sky, tranquil water, the sea and sky blending into one, making it impossible to distinguish east from west or north from south.
Mo Yan, however, was able to discern directions and carried Qin Sang in one direction.
"Is this the secret realm you mentioned earlier, fellow Daoist?"
In the void, the tranquility subtly erodes the will of living beings.
Or perhaps it shouldn't be called erosion, but rather assimilation!
Guixu is like a gentle mother, soothing the soul, bringing peace and tranquility, washing away their weariness. Here, there is no chaos or strife, no pain or struggle, making it easy for people to relax their guard and want to immerse themselves in it.
Qin Sang didn't know what the outcome would be if he were swallowed up by tranquility, but it probably wasn't what he wanted.
Legend has it that Xuanwu is in charge of water, is long-lived and understands yin and yang, and has a peaceful nature. It can withstand this tranquility and regards Guixu as its home. Other races will probably eventually lose themselves and then... perish!
This is the greatest danger to Guixu, and it seems to be the only one.
Qin Sang and Mo Yan flew for a long time but did not see a third living being, nor even an ancient restriction or a magic array.
When the Three Immortals invited him, they valued his strength. They certainly didn't know that he possessed a jade Buddha that could resist the assimilation of the Void, meaning that there were other dangers hidden here.
But there was only water in the Ruins of Guixu, and nothing attacked or hindered them.
Mo Yan guessed Qin Sang's doubts and said, "Because we came in directly, directly from the Seven Mansions of Xuanwu into the Ruins of Return!"
He looked ahead and said, "The entrance here should be at the bottom of Reflection Lake."
"Moon Reflection Lake?"
Qin Sang had long admired the Lotus Lake Reflecting the Moon.
Mo Yan nodded and revealed the details, "We obtained the pearl and entered through Yingyue Lake, but then encountered numerous obstacles, many of which were completely different from what we knew. Even with our strength, we were powerless and were ultimately forced to retreat. However, we discovered some unusual traces. It's possible that someone had already opened this place before us and tampered with it!"
Qin Sang asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist, are you saying that person can enter without the pearl and is also able to modify this place?"
Neither Guixu nor Xuanwu Sacred Palace is simple, and this secret realm is connected to both. Forcibly opening the secret realm is probably not something the Demon King can do!
“If it were the true culprit, how dare we act rashly,” Mo Yan sighed. “It must have been done by some unknown senior a long time ago. Besides that, we also discovered some new clues. The other party had just entered recently, and their strength couldn’t be too great, so we secretly investigated and finally pinpointed the Plague Lord. That senior must have left behind a ‘shortcut’ and never returned. We don’t know why, but the Plague Lord discovered it…”
Upon hearing this, Qin Sang roughly understood the fate of the Three Immortals.
The three immortal friends wanted to enter the Ruins of Return, but were unexpectedly blocked because the secret realm had been tampered with.
The Plague Lord and the Gu Granny possessed the shortcut, but their progress seemed to be slow; otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to such lengths to set up this scheme.
Another question is, what role does Wuxianzhai play, and why is it getting involved?
This was also what puzzled Mo Yan. All the clues he found pointed to the Plague God, but he did not find any trace of the Five Immortals' Abode.
As they spoke, they continued to fly forward, flying for an unknown distance, until finally a different color appeared at the edge of their vision.
Between the sea and the sky, a patch of white appeared—a cloud.
Immediately afterwards, patches of white clouds began to appear, and the vast sky suddenly became filled with continuous clouds. The clouds were constantly moving, and the moisture was exceptionally abundant. A light drizzle fell continuously, and raindrops fell onto the sea. Occasionally, lightning would flash across the clouds.
When Qin Sang and Mo Yan flew below the clouds, the tranquility was immediately broken, and things became lively.
Strangely, although the waters where this cloud is located are connected to the Ruins of Return, there is an invisible boundary between them. The liveliness here does not affect the tranquility of the Ruins of Return, as if they are two different worlds.
Qin Sang glanced around and felt a force in the clouds affecting her vision. She also had the same effect when she used the Heavenly Eye Butterfly's supernatural powers.
"It was this sea of clouds that blocked our way back then..."
Mo Yan looked into the depths of the clouds. The three brothers had returned empty-handed before, but this time they had crossed the sea of clouds by passing through the Seven Mansions of Xuanwu and entered directly.
“Back then, we discovered star spirits wandering in the sea of clouds. If you and I join forces to capture them, we should be able to do it faster,” Mo Yan glanced around but received no response from Qin Sang, which puzzled him. “Fellow Daoist?”
Qin Sang was gazing at the sea of clouds, one hand gripping the wrist of the other.
Upon entering this sea of clouds, the 'black mole' on my wrist trembled slightly!
This black mole was formed from the tortoise shell he obtained in his tomb. Since it was branded on him, Qin Sang has tried various methods to remove it, but he has been unable to do so. No matter what he does, the mole does not react at all.
Fortunately, the mole has not had any adverse effects on him over the long period of time.
Why is there a sudden reaction here?
Qin Sang was filled with doubt and suspicion. The tomb was located on the Arctic ice plains, while the Xuanwu Sacred Palace was in the Lotus Ferry Swamp, which were far apart. Could there be some connection between the two places...?
wrong!
Qin Sang discovered that the reaction to the mole was likely caused by the sea of clouds in front of her, while Mo Yan suspected that the sea of clouds did not originally exist and was the work of that senior!
I remember the legend of that tomb in the North; it was the tomb of a demon saint.
Could it be that the owner of the tomb is the same person as the predecessor who once broke into this place?
Qin Sang quietly activated her divine sense, attempting to probe into the inside of the mole, but as usual, she was blocked and received no response.
This is rather strange. The mole is clearly related to this sea of clouds, but he doesn't know where to start.
Qin Sang gently touched the black mole, as if the tortoise shell was trembling, faintly echoing the sea of clouds.
Is something still missing?
Qin Sang was puzzled, but suppressed her doubts. When Mo Yan asked her a question, she said "okay" and followed Mo Yan into the sea of clouds to search for the Star Spirit.
Soaring through the clouds, the black mole trembled incessantly, but that was all.
Qin Sang remembered that the Great Sage Ghostly Hideout had specifically dispatched the Weeping God Guards to search for this tortoise shell, an item highly valued by the Demon Saint. Perhaps this place held the key to unlocking the secrets of the tortoise shell, and maybe even contained a great opportunity!
Of course, before that, we need to capture the Star Spirit in the clouds; that's the opportunity that's within our grasp.
"Found it, up ahead!"
Mo Yan pointed forward.
Within a cluster of white clouds, a small figure appeared and disappeared. This star spirit seemed to be a cloud sprite, leaping and tumbling in the clouds, like a happy, playful child.
The Protoss are not tall, have facial features and limbs, are close to humans, and do look like a young child.
Sizzle!
The collision of clouds sparked a bolt of lightning.
The Protoss was not afraid; instead, it skipped and hopped after the lightning, its body incredibly light and moving like the wind.
It seems that this Protoss is playing around, carefree and happy. But according to Qin Sang's understanding, Protoss are not real living beings and have no emotions of joy, anger, sorrow or happiness. It's just wishful thinking on the part of the observer.
The Xuanwu Sacred Palace created them, but only gave them the instinct to approach living beings; it did not endow them with intelligence or a sense of self.
They are tools, artificial treasures used for refining weapons, cultivating oneself, or other purposes; they are simply unique in appearance.
However, they know how to avoid danger and will run away when they sense danger, so catching them here is not as easy as it was in the Spirit Pool before.
“To capture a Star Spirit, you must strike decisively, otherwise they will escape into the depths of the cloud sea. Unlike us, they are like fish in water here, and their speed is much faster than outside. Once they sense danger, they can disappear from our sight in an instant,” Mo Yan reminded Qin Sang, recalling their previous experience.
Qin Sang asked curiously, "Even now, we can't enter the sea of clouds from the inside out?"
“It probably won’t work. Whether you look at it from the outside or the inside, the feeling of the sea of clouds is exactly the same to me,” Mo Yan said. “After this is over, I will enter the Ruins of Return. If you have time, you can stay and give it a try. However, I suggest that you do not stay here for too long. The assimilation of the Ruins of Return is gradual. If you encounter trouble and are unable to extricate yourself in time, and end up sinking into this place, I will be powerless to help you.”
"Thank you for the reminder, fellow Daoist. I understand the danger!"
Qin Sang bowed slightly, her gaze following Xing Ling's movement. After a moment of contemplation, she flicked her fingers.
As the envoy of the Five Thunder Academy and possessing the bloodline of the Azure Phoenix, although he dared not claim to be the Lord of Ten Thousand Thunders, he could easily control the thunder in the clouds. The lightning between the clouds was instantly controlled by Qin Sang, and its power was silently converted.
The power remained hidden, and the lightning continued as before. The Protoss was still chasing the lightning, unaware that the surrounding lightning was converging on it.
In an instant, thunder roared and lightning flashed, dozens of bolts of lightning erupted simultaneously, forming a net of lightning. Xingling was shocked to find that, just as Mo Yan had said, it was incredibly fast, disappearing from its spot in an instant, only to reappear in front of the lightning net the next moment.
‘Crack! ’
The lightning struck the Star Spirit hard, sending it flying back. Then, the lightning net suddenly tightened, trapping the Star Spirit firmly and bringing it back to Qin Sang.
Qin Sang cast a hand seal to seal it, and a Star Spirit was obtained!
Seeing that Qin Sang was doing it with ease, Mo Yan nodded, "Let's split up and search for the Star Spirit, that will be faster."
"Be careful of the Plague God and his people," Qin Sang warned.
“If we run into them, we’ll use that token to contact them…” Mo Yan said, before leaping into the sea of clouds.
Qin Sang turned and flew in another direction. Mo Yan claimed that there were quite a few Star Spirits in this place, but the sea of clouds was exceptionally wide, and they could only capture Star Spirits playing on the outer edge of the sea of clouds, which was not as easy to find as they had imagined.
With the help of the Tianmu Butterfly, Qin Sang flew a long way before finding the second one.
……
After Qin Sang and Mo Yan left, some time passed, and the four demons of the Plague God rushed out of the well one after another.
"Where did you go?"
The Gu Granny looked around, but there wasn't a single person in sight. The opponent's escape speed was so fast that they had been left behind.
She turned to the Plague God and asked, "Where is this place? Is it that secret realm?"
The scene before them was completely different from what they had seen in the secret realm before, and Gu Lao wondered if it was even the same place.
"Please, elder sister and fellow Daoists, protect me," the Plague Lord said, clutching the crystal tortoise shell in his hand and closing his eyes.
The crystal tortoise shell shimmered with a faint light, and the aura produced regular fluctuations.
……
"what?"
Qin Sang was chasing a Star Spirit when she noticed a new unusual movement on the mole on her wrist; the trembling suddenly accelerated.
He raised his wrist and examined it closely, as if he could see the shadow of the tortoise shell in the mole.
What caused this time?
Qin Sang initially thought something had happened in the sea of clouds, but discovered that what seemed to be triggering the tortoise shells was not from the sea of clouds, but from outside the sea of clouds.
Just as he was concentrating on sensing, the mole returned to its original state.
"Strange!" Qin Sang exclaimed, her face full of doubt.
……
"This is the place!"
A moment later, the Plague God opened his eyes, his tone resolute.
Gu Lao trusted her junior brother's judgment, scanned the surroundings, and asked in surprise, "Could this be the deepest part of the secret realm?"
"Go there and you'll see!"
The Plague God raised his hand and pointed in a direction, which was exactly where the crystal tortoise shell had sensed.
When they first entered the secret realm, the crystal tortoise shell guided them to a sea of clouds. However, the secret realm was filled with countless ancient restrictions and fraught with danger. They encountered danger one after another, and Gu Lao almost perished there. In the end, despite using all their means, they were unable to reach the sea of clouds and could only sigh in despair.
Later, they discovered traces left by the Three Immortals, who had gone even further than the immortals themselves. At the same time, they sensed undercurrents in the Lotus Crossing Swamp and wanted to unravel the secrets of the secret realm as soon as possible to leave this dangerous place. That's why they joined forces with the Three Elders to set up this scheme.
There is another force attracting the crystal tortoise shell. If it is also a sea of clouds, it means that they are in the same secret realm!
His gaze shifted, and he saw that Qiu Zang Gong and Cha Yun Jun were staring intently at the water.
Something's fishy here!
Qiu Zang Gong said in a deep voice.
At this moment, the Plague Lord and the Gu Granny also sensed it; the place was too calm, the water surface was as smooth as a mirror, and the calm was somewhat eerie.
Moreover, that tranquility was actually eroding their will!
“I’ve thought of a legend…” Cha Yunjun said.
"Return to the ruins!"
The Gu Granny slowly uttered two words.
Although the siblings did not have a powerful background, they had cultivated for many years and had heard all sorts of secrets and legends, including those about Guixu and the Xuanwu Holy Clan.
First, they discovered the Xuanwu Sacred Palace, and then they came here from the Xuanwu Sacred Palace. It's not hard to connect this to the Ruins of Return.
“Guixu… Apart from the Xuanwu Holy Clan, who are not afraid of assimilation and regard it as a pure land and home, it is one of the most dangerous places in the world for all living beings, who would avoid it at all costs. Could there really be any opportunities here?” Qiu Cang Gong looked on with suspicion.
“The opportunity I’m talking about isn’t here, but rather the place it’s guiding us to,” the Plague God said, stroking the tortoise shell in his hand.
In fact, he wasn't very confident either.
Most of the treasures retrieved from the secret realm were related to ancient demon cultivators, such as the broken bowl used for fishing. These treasures were considered worthless by modern demon cultivators, but their quality was top-notch, which showed their value. Therefore, he had high expectations for Yunhai.
Unexpectedly, there was another world within the secret realm, which was related to the legendary Guixu.
Who exactly opened the Ruins of Guixu, and where is he now?
Without delay, the four demons set off immediately.
After they left, some time passed, and then three figures quietly appeared at the wellhead.