Chapter 143 Becoming a New Guide
Seven days later.
The night was as dark as ink, shrouding the entire upper world in silence.
Xiaobai's tiny figure was like an elf blending into the darkness, sneaking silently.
We’ve arrived at Suzaku Street.
She has now reached the realm of true immortality and has already mastered the art of concealing her breath and hiding her tracks.
Even the immortal guards who occasionally patrolled the streets failed to detect her presence.
Her eyes quickly locked onto one direction.
There, a group of immortals with mixed auras gathered.
And in front of the group of immortals, stood a familiar figure.
The red pupils looked like two burning will-o'-the-wisp flames in the night.
It was him, the red-eyed immortal who had warned her of the danger.
Xiaobai's heart trembled.
wrong.
He is completely different today than he was that day.
His cultivation seemed even more unfathomable, and the aura he exuded was no longer as casual as it was that day, but instead carried a heart-pounding coldness and weirdness.
It was as if he had become a different person, or rather, his true face was revealed.
He just raised his voice and said, "Follow closely, I will take you on a shortcut today so that you can participate in the selection in advance. The opportunity to enter the Second Heaven is right before your eyes."
The immortals behind him were suddenly in an uproar, all of them with ecstatic and excited expressions.
"Thank you for your support, senior."
"Senior, your kindness is something we will never forget."
Xiaobai frowned, and a strong sense of uneasiness surged in his heart.
"How about, let's take a look at what's going on?" Xiaobai thought so and the color of his eyes changed instantly.
In an instant, the scene before my eyes changed.
Those excited immortals were wrapped in extremely fine red threads.
No, that's not the red line.
They were poisonous insects. Countless of them emitting an ominous red glow, like maggots on the tarsal bones, parasitic on the spirit platforms and qi seas of these immortals.
Xiaobai took a breath of cold air.
All these scattered immortals were controlled.
But why?
Her little head was spinning rapidly.
That red-eyed immortal clearly reminded me that this place was dangerous, didn't he?
Was the reminder that day also part of the plan?
Or is there some hidden reason behind his behavior today?
Or maybe he himself is helpless?
Just when she was puzzled, a faint but extremely powerful pressure swept across the entire street like a tide.
This pressure far exceeds that of a true immortal.
It might even surpass some of the powerful beings in the upper realm that she knew.
Xiaobai's heart was filled with alarm.
There is a stronger one lurking nearby.
Xiaobai didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately restrained his aura to the extreme. Like a speck of dust, he retreated silently and disappeared into a deeper and darker corner.
If we get any closer, we'll probably be discovered.
She could only watch from afar, watching the red-eyed immortal with a group of immortals infected by poisonous insects, walking towards a certain direction in a mighty manner, and finally disappearing at the end of the street.
That back figure reveals an indescribable desolation and determination?
At the same time, in another place in the first heaven.
Jing Gan stood on the top of a desolate mountain with a frown on his face.
His spiritual consciousness was like an invisible tentacle, sweeping across the world over and over again.
Something is wrong.
Something is wrong.
Ever since he came to this world, he had a vague feeling.
This space seems to be invisibly restricted.
No matter how he tried to explore further, his spiritual sense would always be distorted by a strange force and eventually return to the known area.
It was as if, in the entire first heaven, there was only this space in front of us that was allowed to exist.
Logically speaking, as a former place of exile, the scope of the First Heaven is not as large as that of other heavens, but it should not be so small.
Unless, a cold light flashed in Jing Gan's eyes.
Someone did it on purpose.
The other spaces in the first heaven were forcibly isolated and hidden using great supernatural powers.
Why do this?
What secrets are hidden in those hidden spaces?
Is it related to Xiaobai’s previous life?
Are they those lost fragments of the soul?
Or is it the mastermind behind the scenes who has placed some key chess pieces here?
The aura around Jing Gan suddenly became sharp.
The night grew darker, as if to swallow up all the secrets.
The wind on the desolate mountain top carried a subtle smell of blood.
Jing Gan's figure appeared silently behind Xiaobai.
"Xiaobai, there is something strange in the first heaven." His voice was low and solemn.
Xiaobai turned around, his face full of seriousness: "Brother Jinggan, I saw that red-eyed immortal."
"He gathered scattered immortals on Suzaku Street, and those people seemed to be under his control."
She succinctly recounted what she had seen on Suzaku Street, including those strange red-line poisonous insects.
Jing Gan frowned even more tightly: "I explored the border of the first heaven. The space was forcibly cut apart. The energy flow was abnormal. It seemed to be converging towards a certain area."
"Is it the direction of Suzaku Street?" Xiaobai reacted immediately.
Jing Gan nodded: "Most likely."
The two looked at each other and saw solemnity and inquiry in each other's eyes.
"Controlling the scattered immortals, splitting the space..." Jing Gan pondered, "There must be a big conspiracy behind this."
"Moreover, I felt an extremely strong pressure, which flashed by in a flash and was far beyond that of a True Immortal." Xiaobai added, still feeling a lingering fear.
"We must investigate thoroughly." Jing Gan said in a firm tone.
Xiaobai nodded vigorously: "Well, we should sneak in and take a look."
She took out a small jade bottle from her storage bag and poured out a round pill.
"This is the Transformation Pill that Third Senior Brother gave me. It's perfect for use."
Xiaobai swallowed the pill without hesitation.
A flash of bright light appeared and disappeared.
The three-and-a-half-year-old baby, who looked like a delicate and graceful figure, disappeared.
Instead, there was a girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features and a slim figure.
Although his appearance has changed, those clear eyes with a hint of cunning are still Xiaobai's.
"Well, this height makes it a lot easier to move around." Xiaobai moved his arms and legs, adapting to his new body.
Jing Gan nodded slightly, and his aura changed accordingly, transforming into an ordinary young immortal with a cold temperament.
The next day, early morning.
The two came to the vicinity of Suzaku Street again.
Xiaobai closed his eyes and mobilized the remaining original power of the goddess from his previous life into his pupils.
When she opened her eyes again, there seemed to be stars flowing deep in her pupils.
“Found it.”
There was an extremely faint, almost imperceptible purple airflow remaining in the air.
"It's demonic energy, but it's different from any I've seen before." Xiaobai frowned.
This purple air exudes a sense of death and ominousness.
Jing Gan's spiritual sense also captured this breath: "It points to the abandoned mining area in the west of the city."
The two looked at each other and set off immediately.
As expected, a new group of immortals gathered in the abandoned mining area, and their number was even greater than last night.
The Red-Eyed Immortal was still standing in front, his expression even colder and more numb than last night.
Xiaobai and Jinggan adjusted their own cultivation aura, disguised themselves as newcomers who had just arrived at the first level and were attracted by "chance", and blended into the team without a trace.
After a closer observation, Xiaobai became more certain that the "red lines" on those immortals were not poisonous insects.
Jing Gan transmitted the message in secret: "It is not an ordinary poisonous insect, but a 'Heavenly Demon Attractor' condensed with special demonic energy."
"This thing can absorb the spiritual energy of living souls. Those planted with it will gradually lose their self-identity and eventually become a pure energy container. It is an excellent 'eye sacrifice' for some evil sacrificial formations."
Xiaobai's heart sank. What a vicious method!
She quietly observed the red-eyed immortal in front of her. Deep in those red pupils, there seemed to be endless pain and struggle.
Finding an opportunity and taking advantage of the team's temporary pause for rest, Xiaobai pretended to be curious and approached the Red-eyed Immortal.
"Senior, where are we going to participate in the selection?" She asked in a clear voice that suits her age, with innocent eyes.
The Red-eyed Immortal froze slightly without turning back, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, just follow me and you will have the chance."
At the moment he spoke, a faint light flashed at Xiaobai's fingertips, and an extremely obscure divine power quietly touched the spirit platform of the Red-eyed Immortal.
Empathy.
In an instant, countless broken and chaotic memory fragments flooded into Xiaobai's mind.
[The sky was full of fire, and a gentle woman was chained in the center of the altar. Under her was a huge and evil purple formation - the Absolute Heaven Formation! ]
[The woman looked at him, her eyes full of despair and reluctance: "Go away... forget me..."]
[He screamed heartbreakingly, but was imprisoned by an invisible force. He could only watch the formation activate and the woman turned into dots of light and dissipated.]
[A cold voice sounded beside his ears: "Want to save her? Then work for us and guide enough sacrifices to fill the 'extraterritorial rift'. Perhaps, you can get back her remaining soul..."]
[From then on, he wore red contact lenses, covering his originally clear eyes, and became a guide, collecting "sacrifices" day after day.]
The memory stops abruptly.
Xiaobai suddenly withdrew his mind, his face turned pale, and his heart was shaken.
It turned out that he was trying to save his lover, Fairy Qingyuan!
He is also a poor man.
At this moment, the space ahead began to distort violently.
The earth trembled, and a huge, deep purple crack emitting endless suction force slowly opened.
On the other side of the crack was a frightening darkness and chaotic energy, as if it was connected to some terrifying extraterritorial world.
"The time has come." The Red-eyed Immortal turned around abruptly, his voice filled with a kind of madness of relief, "The sacrifice... begins."
He formed seals with his hands, and the eyes of those immortals who had been planted with the "Heavenly Demon Attack" instantly became empty, and the immortal energy in their bodies flowed uncontrollably towards the purple crack!
"stop."
Xiaobai let out a tender cry and stopped pretending. She instantly returned to her three and a half year old appearance. No one noticed that the aura of a goddess was faintly visible on Xiaobai at this time.
Jing Gan also returned to his original appearance at the same time, and the powerful pressure of the Ancestral Dragon spread.
All the immortals were awakened from their aroused state, and looked blankly at the two people who suddenly appeared and the terrifying crack.
When the Red-eyed Immortal saw Xiaobai's true appearance, he was stunned at first, then shock and understanding flashed in his eyes, and finally turned into a dead silence of determination.
"So it's you, haha, little one." He murmured in a low voice with a hint of self-mockery.
"You've been deceived. They won't let your lover go." Xiao Bai said anxiously, "Tell me everything you know, maybe we can help you!"
The Red-eyed Immortal smiled miserably: "It's too late... I can't turn back..."
He looked at Xiaobai deeply, as if he wanted to engrave her appearance into his soul.
"boom!!!"
A destructive energy burst out from his body.
He actually chose to self-destruct!
At the moment before his body completely disintegrated, an extremely pure thought was directly transmitted into Xiaobai's sea of consciousness:
[“The crack outside the domain… requires regular sacrifices from people with special physiques to maintain the seal… Those hypocrites from the Second Heaven forced me to be the guide… just to find Qingyuan’s whereabouts… The goddess is reincarnated, I recognized you… If possible, find out for me… whether Fairy Qingyuan is alive, tell her, I’m sorry, I… I love her…”]
The thought ends here.
The violent energy shock wave swept in all directions, and Jing Gan immediately set up a barrier to protect Xiaobai and those innocent immortals.
The energy dissipated, leaving only a slowly healing purple crack and a group of frightened immortals.
"He..." Xiaobai looked at the place where the Red-eyed Immortal disappeared, with mixed feelings.
Jing Gan sighed, raised his hand and made several mysterious seals, completely erasing the memories of these immortals about this place, leaving only the thought of "failure to participate in the selection".
Xiaobai stared at the crack that was about to disappear. She felt that at the other end of the crack, there seemed to be a pair of cold, greedy, and malicious eyes peeping at her.
At this moment, two streaks of light flashed across the sky, with a powerful aura and a sense of superiority.
They were two immortals wearing the same standard immortal robes, and their cultivation was at the Golden Immortal realm.
"What happened? The aura of the sacrifice disappeared?" One of them frowned and spoke in an unfriendly tone.
"How are the people down there doing their job? Even the guide is dead?" Another person glanced down, his eyes landing on Xiaobai and Jinggan, "Hey, are you two the new contacts for this matter?"
They obviously noticed the disappearance of the red-eyed immortal, and sensed that Xiaobai and Jinggan had an aura that was not that of an ordinary immortal.
Xiaobai and Jinggan looked at each other and instantly understood what each other meant.
Use the opponent's trick against him.
Xiaobai took a step forward, retracted all her divine power, and returned to her appearance as a pretty girl, with just the right amount of respect and fear on her face:
"Reporting to the two immortals, there was an accident just now. The guide accidentally exploded and died."
"The two of us are the new contact persons sent by the higher-ups to take over this matter." Jing Gan also spoke at the right time, his voice cold and hard, in line with the identity of a "handler".
Xiao Bai continued, "Please rest assured, the two immortals, we will handle the subsequent collection of 'sacrifices' properly and will not delay the important events of the Second Heaven."
She lowered her eyes slightly to hide the cold light in them.
Red-eyed immortals, Fairy Qingyuan, rifts outside the domain, the conspiracy of the Second Heaven...
She and Jing Gan are determined to wade into this muddy water
The truth must be found out.
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