Tianwei Chapter 338: Brewing (3)
She pointed her finger at me and whispered: Chengtian...
Chengtian! Hidden! Before she could finish her shout, I had already taken the lead. The first Taoist method was not to attack, but to escape into the void. Without waiting for the void world to completely stabilize, I immediately turned around and ran . In front of her, there was only escape, and fighting was a dead end.
However, the whole world suddenly stopped.
Even though I was in the void, I could still feel a force coming from behind me, completely enveloping me. Everything stopped on its original trajectory, and I only had time to turn my head before I could no longer move.
A hand slowly penetrated the world of nothingness, and she walked into it like a wisp of smoke without leaving a trace. Then she looked at me and said calmly: There is no such thing as luck between the eight ropes, because it is the sky that dominates everything. It seems that you have not yet understood all this.
As she spoke, she pointed and whispered: Break...
The world of nothingness shattered, like shattered glass, breaking into countless pieces. We returned to reality again, but our bodies were still unable to move.
She pointed a green light with her finger, binding me like a rope.
Only then did I understand what she meant by that sentence. The confrontation between the Eight Ropes descendants is not a competition of skills and strategies, but strength! Ridiculous, I thought that escaping into nothingness would make her panic, thus giving her a chance to escape.
When the green rope was tied, the static space returned to normal again. I turned my head to look at Jiao Ye, she was still sleeping soundly, and she seemed to be unaware of what was happening here.
She walked towards me slowly and said as she walked: If you open your mouth, I will kill it.
I fell silent. For a moment, I really wanted to wake up Jiao Ye. With her power as a dragon, she might be able to gain a chance. However, I couldn't guarantee the chance. If Jiao Ye was not her opponent, the outcome would be imaginable. If she said she would kill him, she would never let him go.
Finally, she opened a portal and led me through it.
Behind the door, there was darkness.
There is nothing, nothing can be seen, the darkness here has reached its extreme.
Didn't you ask me where I would lock you up? She said.
The voice seemed to be next to my ear, but I couldn't see her. I could only feel like there was someone standing next to me.
This is... I closed my eyes and felt it carefully. Although the green ropes on my body restrained my power and body, they did not restrain my will. As long as the will was still there, the Eight Ropes Method would have some effect.
This effect is so small that it can only bring some memories of the Five Classics heritage to mind.
As the thoughts poured out of my body, I felt the rupture.
"Broken" is the feeling this space conveys to me. It is incomplete, as if it was cut off from something.
In addition, there is "annihilation".
The appearance of this word did not make me panic, because the meaning of annihilation here is that everything in this space has been destroyed before. Completely destroyed, without any trace left.
This is an extremely clean dark space.
If we use another word to explain it, perhaps many people will understand it immediately: spatial fault!
The memory from the Five Classics inheritance made me understand the origin of this place in an instant. This is a space that is cut off from all connections with other worlds. Only the Eight Ropes can enter here. Only the Eight Ropes can leave here.
What a great place to imprison someone, I said.
The inheritance of the Five Classics is indeed good, and it is worth my concern for so many years. She chuckled, and I didn't know if she was laughing at me or at herself.
Are you going to keep me here forever? I asked.
This kind of question should not be asked.
Of course I should ask. I retorted: Because I didn't see any water or food. I am still a human being , I need to eat to replenish my energy, so that I can survive. You don't want me to die immediately.
At this time, several strange noises came from the side, followed by her voice: Water and food are next to you, as long as you move your hands, you can get them. But I want to remind you that this is a space fault, just as you guessed. There is no distinction between four sides and eight sides in the fault, and the five senses are not very useful here. So, you'd better not run around, because even if you take only one step, you may never be able to return to your original position. In that case, you may really starve to death.
Will you stay here and watch me? I asked.
No. She answered without hesitation.
What if I tell you now that if you leave, I will run around and starve myself to death?
If you would have done that, you would be dead now. She replied: I don't have time to answer your questions, so take care of yourself.
Although I could no longer see, and my sense of touch and hearing had also declined significantly, I could still feel that she had left. She left without any regrets or hesitation.
She was right. I wouldn't run around because I didn't want to die in this meaningless place.
The hand tied to the side of the body moved slightly, and immediately touched a bag. The bag was open, and there was water and some things similar to steamed buns in it.
I hooked the bag with my fingers and brought it closer to myself, then I calmed down and slowly thought about how to escape from the predicament.
The space fault is a very strange place. There is no life or death here, and there is no so-called time. Because its connection with other worlds has been completely cut off. In a sense, staying here is equivalent to eternal life. Because when you feel that an hour has passed, perhaps a hundred years have passed in the outside world. But when you feel that a day has passed, in fact, not even a second has passed in the outside world.
Nothing exists, so there is no power here. No matter how magical the Eight Ropes Method is, it needs the body as a medium and communicates with the energy of heaven and earth to accomplish what you want to do. So even if she wants to go out, she has to consume the source of Taoism in her body.
As for me... a person whose whole body's Taoist power is restrained, wanting to get out of here is like a fantasy.
But at the same time, this spatial fault is also an opportunity for me.
Because I had lost contact with the outside world, even Ba Suo's palm could not calculate my current situation. Here, I was like the world described by Mr. Liao, existing in the world, but transcending it.
So no matter what I am going to do, she won't know, and no matter what I am thinking, she won't know.
But what can I do?
There is no distinction between up and down, left and right in the space fault, and there is no so-called reality or illusion. The space under your feet is empty, but you will not fall; the space above your head is empty, but it can stop you.
This place is like a vacuum world where people can survive. All you can do is stay where you are until you can walk out of the fault.
Wait a minute…
The idea of deciding everything with one palm cannot take into account my current situation.
Anyone here would be like a blind man.
If you want to use Taoist magic, you can only consume the origin of Taoist power.
These three thoughts emerged clearly in my mind, and I suddenly understood what I could and should do.
Walk!
That’s right, just go!
Go to one place after another, leaving the original location.
The space door she opened only led to a fixed place, and that place must have a clear coordinate. But what if I am not at that coordinate?
If she wants to find me here, she must use up the spiritual power in her body.
One of the limitations of the space fault is that you can't see anything and you can only know what you have touched by touching it with your own hands.
So, even if she figured out my location and opened the portal to catch up with me, I could at least take a few steps in that time. In this case, if I moved fast enough, she would probably never find me.
Once or twice, maybe she wouldn't care. What if she couldn't find it after several attempts? Even if it was her, she would lose too much power here and couldn't get out. No matter how powerful a person is, even as powerful as a god, their power is limited. Once it is almost used up, they must leave here and recover their power in the outside world.
This method is a good way to delay time, but I don’t intend to achieve just this goal.
Besides procrastinating, I also need to get the message out.
Given her personality, she would not leave until her Dao power was depleted to a dangerous limit. In other words, when she left this space, she would be at her weakest.
This is the only chance you have to attack her, or even defeat her.
So, how do I get the message out?
This is a problem no less difficult than getting out of trouble directly.
There is no concept of time in the fault space. I only know that every once in a while, I feel thirsty or hungry. The green rope bound my power and body, but did not completely prohibit my arms.
While eating, I walked aimlessly in the dark space.
As I walked, another question suddenly occurred to me.
Will she stop looking for me after she can't find me? If so, won't I be trapped here and die?
This is not a good result and it makes people feel uneasy.
However, this possibility should not exist, after all, she still needs me to do something.
After comforting myself in my heart, I kept thinking about this plan.
It is basically impossible to escape, and the biggest goal is to pass on the message.
And this transmission requires at least two times.
Because when she notified people to come for the first time, her Taoist power must have recovered.
So, a second time is needed.
However, the entrance and exit of the space fault are not fixed, not to mention that she used the Eight Cableway Method, so she could set the exit wherever she wanted. Therefore, I had to come up with a way to make her appear in a fixed place.
This is even harder...
Putting this difficult problem aside for now, what needs to be improved most at this point are the details.
From her chasing me to leaving the slip space, it can be seen as a cycle. So, how many times should I extend this cycle? Twice, or more times?
If you do it twice, you can complete the plan faster.
If she does it more often, she can accurately determine whether she has really consumed enough Taoist power.
Hmm, it seems there are a lot of things to think about... I took a big bite of the steamed bun.
