Tianwei Chapter 335: Sky Crack (7)
I don’t know either, but subconsciously, I feel that she might be of great help, I replied.
This answer obviously did not satisfy Fan Ran. She stared at me with her big round eyes and gnashed her teeth.
After pondering for a while, the old Taoist said: Maybe it really works.
He looked like he had thought of something, so I couldn't help but ask curiously: What do you think it is?
The only-born pulse. The old Taoist said: Although she has the Five Classics, we also have them. Your strange premonition should have nothing to do with the Five Classics. Therefore, it can only be the only-born pulse. The method of the only-born pulse is to absorb the essence of all things and seek to survive alone. This is a minor path, but any minor path will most likely go to extremes. So I wonder if the method of the only-born pulse can absorb various forces floating in the void after being modified. We discussed this issue when Tao Tiansong was still alive. But he later went astray, and the exploration of this issue was also left unfinished.
Maybe it is true. I nodded and said: But even if the method of Du Sheng Mai is modified and can really absorb the energy of the five elements, the power between heaven and earth is too huge, she... can't absorb it all even if she dies.
You are the one who is dying of bloating! Pig! Fan Ran yelled at me with gnashing teeth.
This is indeed a problem. The old Taoist thought for a moment and whispered to himself: It would be great if there was a place that could hold all this energy.
When he said that, a light bulb suddenly lit up in my head.
If there really is a place that can accommodate all the energy in the world, then... it is only the "world" that Mr. Liao mentioned.
Mr. Liao said that with enough power to support it, the "world" is no different from the heaven and earth. Moreover, although it exists between heaven and earth, it is independent of heaven and earth and is not bound by the heavenly rules. From this point of view, it is definitely the best "container".
In fact, this is also the reason why I stopped Gamu and Wei Qingcang from taking action before. Just like I subconsciously brought Fanran here, I also subconsciously felt that the "world" mentioned by Mr. Liao might be of great use.
I just didn't expect it to be used in this kind of place.
What would happen if all the energy was sucked away? I asked.
As a result, there will be no more Daoist methods to practice in the world, and no Daoist power will exist. The era of cultivation will come to an end. The old Taoist said.
I was a little surprised. I didn't expect the impact to be so big.
But if you can survive, who wouldn’t want to? The old Taoist priest added.
I nodded silently. Which is right, living weakly or dying strong? In my opinion, living is the most important thing.
Of course, I only represent a part of the people, and perhaps more people choose to die bravely. Just like Dong Balang in the battle of the underworld, facing the end of faith and the extinction of hope, he did not choose to retreat, but to move forward. Ahead was the abyss of death, but he did not look back. The final song of Qinling Yushan Jue resounded throughout the underworld that day.
That is an admirable spirit, but from a practical point of view, it is not practical.
The dead are no longer of any use. Only the living have great meaning.
Is there anything I need to do to modify the Dharma? I asked.
I don't need you. The old Taoist priest hit me first, then looked at Fan Ran: I need her cooperation to verify something.
You stay here? I looked at Fanran. Although I had the answer , I still needed to ask for her opinion.
Fan Ran nodded without much hesitation. However, she looked a little lonely, perhaps because she had just mentioned Tao Tiansong, which reminded her of the past.
So what should I do?
You... The old Taoist thought for a moment and said: Find the answer about the stone beast.
Answers? I was stunned for a moment, because he was talking about finding answers, not looking for stone beasts.
Go ahead. The Taoist priest ordered them to leave.
I didn't hesitate too much. Although I had some doubts in my heart, I still followed his words and left.
When I left the Five Elements Taoist Temple, I actually wanted to go to Zhonghuang Mountain. I wanted to know whether Nuwa was an illusion or a real existence, and I also wanted to know what she looks like now.
But in the end I didn't go because there were too many problems there, and going there would be like taking a risk. I was short of time, so I couldn't waste it on unimportant things.
The stone beast is not difficult to find. With the Eight Ropes' Will and the Jade Pendant of the Underworld, it can be found easily.
But in just two weeks, I have collected dozens of stone beasts.
These are buried deep underground and have never been discovered.
I saw fresh flesh and blood on them. Many of the stone beasts had parts of their stones fallen off, and the worst-hit one had almost half its body exposed.
So far, they have been quiet and have shown no signs of abnormality, but I know that once they are completely released from the stone, the quietness will no longer exist.
At first I persuaded Gamu to destroy the stone beast he had left behind, because I was afraid it would cause disasters like the ghost messenger before. Gamu did not listen, but now he gave me the stone beast. Now the Heaven Corpse Vein only needs the Emperor Corpse.
Dozens of stone beasts were scattered on the ground. I have tested it and found that if the Underworld Jade Pendant is too close to a stone beast, it will absorb its vital energy. The flesh and blood exposed on the stone beast whose vital energy is sucked away will immediately turn into stone.
This situation made me feel at ease. As long as I had the Jade Pendant of the Underworld in my hand, the stone beast would not be any danger to me.
The old Taoist said, let me find the answer about the stone beast.
Is he trying to test me? Or is he too busy changing his Du Sheng Meridian technique to pay attention?
Whatever it is, the job now falls on me.
Looking at the stone beasts in front of me, I was a little lost and didn't know where to start. I only had a superficial understanding of the stone beasts, and I knew that splitting them could open up roads to different places.
The old Taoist said that there could be two types of stone beasts, one that was like a ghost and always present, and the other that was like an immortal.
So, what kind of people are these stone beasts in front of us?
Mr. Liao had tried to split the body in half with a machine, but the machine and the operator were inexplicably cut apart. Moreover, we did not see any strange passage.
Obviously, the half-human body is another kind of stone beast. And the easiest way to test which kind of stone beast these are is to split them.
My "previous life" was a Taoist priest. When I split the stone beast and entered that road, I met her. She took my soul and put it into my current body. This shows that the end of the road is not impossible to reach.
But I still have some doubts. Where do these roads lead to? Will there be any danger?
There must be another way to identify it!
After thinking about it, I decided to look at it with my heart.
The world seen by the mind's eye is somewhat different from the real world, and these stone beasts have undergone earth-shaking changes. What I see now are no longer dead objects sealed in stone, but groups of constantly flowing air.
There are black, yellow, red and purple.
Most of this air was solidified black, with only a small part flowing. And every moment, a strand of the solidified black would separate and join in. After mixing with the other colors, the black disappeared.
I opened my eyes and looked at the stone beast in front of me. I immediately understood that the solidified black part was the area covered by the stone, while the area where the air was flowing was the exposed flesh and blood.
Obviously, these stone beasts are still in the process of resurrection. Judging from their current appearance, it will be difficult for them to break free from the constraints of the stones within a year or two.
Uncle, what are you looking at?
I looked up and saw Tiansheng had walked in. He stared at the stone beast on the ground curiously and licked his lips uncontrollably. While he was asking, he reached out to grab the stone beast.
I didn't stop him, because I knew that although he was the incarnation left by Tao Tiansong, he had a special physique and could absorb the essence of all things. So, could he absorb the essence of the stone beast?
Seeing that I didn't stop him, Tiansheng looked at me with some confusion, then he suddenly asked with a smile: Uncle, can these things be eaten?
I was slightly stunned, then I laughed and said: Try eating it.
Really! He laughed happily, but then put the stone beast on the ground again.
What's wrong? I asked puzzled.
I've finished eating , he said as if it was a matter of course.
Finished eating...
I walked over, picked up the stone beast he had put down and took a look at it. Sure enough, I saw that the exposed flesh and blood on it was turning into stone at a very fast speed.
At this speed... Fortunately, I don't have to compete with him for food.
How do you feel? I looked at him and asked.
How does it feel? He hummed, thought for a moment, and then said: It's delicious, and it fills you up easily.
No more?
That’s all.
Go, go, go, do what you need to do, don't come in if you have nothing to do! I kicked him out and closed the door.
I was obviously foolish to expect Tiansheng, a foodie, to solve the problem. I threw the useless stone beast aside and picked up another one to examine it carefully.
After looking at them for a long time, he still couldn't figure out anything. All the stone beasts looked almost the same in their "mind's eye".
I suddenly had a strange feeling, or maybe a guess. Could these stone beasts really be the same species? Perhaps another stone beast similar to a ghost messenger had already transformed and left.
After all, all the ghost officials in the underworld have been resurrected, so there is no reason for the others to stay in the mortal world.
This guess is very likely.
I remembered the words in the Eight-threaded Heaven Scroll: When a fairy falls, it is the beginning of the crack in the sky. When a beast appears, it is the beginning of the opening of the earth.
The first sentence is easy to understand. If the sky falls, the immortals cannot survive in the "immortal world" and must fall into the mortal world. This indicates that the sky is cracking.
So what if a beast comes out to open up the earth?
The beast may refer to the stone beast. What about the land?
The underworld? Or is it the "earth" that corresponds to the sky?
It should be the latter.
In other words, when these stone beasts come out from the ground, the ground will collapse?
By then, the sky will collapse and the earth will collapse, and that will be the real doomsday...
That kind of scene makes people feel chilled just thinking about it.
The birth of stone beasts foreshadows the coming of the end of the world. But according to the old Taoist, these stone beasts have something that can prevent the five elements from eroding the pillars of heaven and earth. In other words, they can prevent the collapse of heaven and earth.
This is somewhat paradoxical, but I feel that there is some truth in it, but I just haven't seen it clearly yet.
