Chapter 93: The Truth (IX) Immortal Lord's Tomb
Had a deep sleep.
Mingyao had a bizarre dream.
In the dream, she had already returned home and finished her group assignment. When she got home, Ms. Ming cooked a large table of dishes for the first time. She was flattered, after all, her old father was the chef on weekdays.
After a delicious meal and a shower, I collapsed on the sofa at home, boredly changing channels with the remote control.
It's a long vacation now, and it's still early to go back to school.
Time travel seems like a thing of the past life.
The years seemed to have stood still.
The sun was so bright that it was blinding, and everything looked old. She lay drowsily on the sofa, squinting her eyes and watching the TV, which was talking about a noisy seven-day festival.
The surroundings gradually became quiet, and the chirping of cicadas outside the house also died down.
Spots of light fell on her face.
She suddenly felt a little nervous.
Get up and put on your shoes.
"mom?"
"dad?"
No one answered.
The room was empty, without a trace of echo.
She couldn't help feeling anxious, and walked towards the bedroom. When she opened the door, she almost stepped on empty air.
There was nothing inside the door. Not only were there no signs of my parents, but the things in the house began to disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Afraid of being swallowed by the black hole, she ran backwards in panic, running faster and faster. She didn't know how long she had been running before she was stopped by a wall of air.
"Ayao."
On the other side of the air wall, Xuanxiu was looking at her from afar, his face pale. As soon as she opened her mouth to call him, blood gushed out of his mouth.
"Ayao."
Another voice came from behind her, this time with a crying tone. She turned around suddenly and found that it was Ms. Ming and her old father, standing in front of a grave, looking very sad.
My head felt like it was being pricked by needles and was extremely painful.
The little ball of light that had deceived her jumped out from nowhere again, bringing Xuan Hui with it, and looked at her from afar——
"You can't go back, you can't go home, and you can't go back to him."
"Just like all the travelers who died here."
"You will be buried here too."
The voice of the small light ball was condescending and as cold as a mechanical sound. It sounded like some kind of motto, which made Mingyao feel uneasy.
"Get out of here!"
Mingyao suddenly rushed forward and woke up from his dream.
It was already dark, and she was still in shock, her hands clenched tightly together, very nervous.
"What's wrong?" Xuanxiu's voice came from the side.
Mingyao rushed to see in a panic, but he had just woken up from a dream and his vision was blurry. He groped around with his hands for a long time, and with the help of the dim light, he confirmed that Xuanxiu was not injured.
Breathe a sigh of relief.
Mingyao wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head blankly.
"It's okay... just a nightmare."
She was sweating and shivering with cold when the wind blew. She subconsciously leaned into Xuanxiu's arms.
The person next to her stiffened, but fortunately he didn't push her away.
After a while, a warm breath penetrated her body from behind, and she felt much better instantly.
"Although I cannot interfere with your mission in this formation, I can still do this little thing." Xuanxiu's voice was calm.
Mingyao was still confused at first and hadn't recovered.
After hearing Xuanxiu's explanation, he just blinked, not knowing why Xuanxiu suddenly said this.
It was not until the warmth penetrated into her heart and lungs and even warmed her fingertips that she came to her senses and realized that Xuanxiu's explanation was making things even more obvious.
"oh."
Seeing that his attitude had softened, Mingyao couldn't help but tease him to help dispel the panic in her dream.
She just said "oh" briefly, then looked up at him secretly.
Sure enough, Immortal Lord Miaomiao's expression turned cold again.
A weird, stingy guy.
He was unhappy when I coaxed him just now, and now he is unhappy again when I stop coaxing him.
Mingyao complained silently in her heart that she was right not to tell him since he was so angry.
"One day ago"
When she entered the formation, she asked the fairy sound.
"If I want to take him away, how can I do it?"
"Who?" The invisible fairy sound paused rarely, then realized that she was asking Xuanxiu, and seemed very surprised. Mingyao did not get an answer for a long time, and she was not in a hurry, but just waited stubbornly there.
In fact, she had thought about it when she talked with Xuanxiu before. She originally wanted to ask Xuanxiu if he was willing to go with her.
But before I even asked that question, the atmosphere became awkward.
I just didn't ask him.
Judging from his expression, he seems willing to do so.
But whether he's willing or not is secondary. The key is whether he can do it. If he can't, then it's useless to be willing. He might even be even angrier.
By then she would have already left, and she was really worried that he would do something stupid.
I couldn't help but sigh slowly.
Touching his red fingers, he waited for the fairy voice's reply.
Seeing that she didn't enter the formation for a long time.
As if to compromise, the immortal voice exhaled first: "Did you know that he was originally transformed from a ball of immortal energy, and that he was able to survive by borrowing the bloodline from the belly of the Immortal Lord Dianqing of the Xuyou Immortal Mountain?"
"I know."
"Now that you know, it's easy to explain. In this world, immortal energy shouldn't be contaminated by karma. But after he transformed into a human, he committed too many sins of killing, and his karma was stained too much. Originally, if you chose the first path, killing him, gaining immortal energy and returning home, it would be considered to have resolved his karma."
"But since you've given him a chance to live, he must repay you for this karma."
"If I can't pay it back, I won't be free, and I won't be able to go home with you."
Ming Yao frowned when he heard this: "What about after I pay it off? How can I take him away?"
But as soon as the words fell, the immortal voice smiled, as if laughing at her ignorance. "To repay this karma, you need to repay with something of equal weight. If you don't pay with his life, it will take a thousand years to pay it back if you convert it into years of atonement. Can you afford to wait?"
She naturally couldn't wait.
Two hundred years would be enough for her, and a thousand years... is simply too long.
Seeing through what she was thinking, Xianyin paused, and a breeze gently blew towards Mingyao, urging her to enter the formation quickly.
Seeing that she was stubborn, Xianyin seemed to have no other options and spoke again.
"Or, you can come and pay it back for him."
"You are a man of destiny. Your body and soul are united, and you can control a great deal of immortal power. If you can donate your body, you can also break this cause and effect."
After saying this, before Mingyao could think, the breeze blew violently, making her almost unable to stand.
The next time he opened his eyes, he was in the formation.
Waiting another thousand years would be difficult.
It is even more difficult to give up the body.
It’s so difficult, Mingyao let out a breath and looked at the difficult Immortal Lord Miaomiao in front of him, and let out a breath.
Forget it, things will work out when the time comes. There are still eight days left, and there might be a turning point.
Thinking of what Xuanxiu had said before about looking for the eternal lamp, Mingyao distractedly asked, "Are we there yet?"
"We're here." Seeing that she was getting better, Xuanxiu wanted to leave quietly, but Mingyao grabbed his hand with quick eyes and hands.
Xuanxiu's voice trembled for a moment, and after a few breaths, it returned to normal: "...Under the Yaochi Lake, in the Chaoxue, is where the Eternal Lamp that Chao Qulai mentioned is stored."
He had made an agreement with Chao Qulai at that time, which required him to fulfill the conditions first, and then Chao Qulai would give him the fruits of the conditions.
However, by some coincidence, Chao Qulai gave him the fruit first and released Mingyao's soul. He could go back on his word on the remaining conditions, but if the karma he owed were to be repaid by Mingyao, it was not what he wanted to see.
Therefore, after arriving at Yaochi, he had paid attention to the Chaoqulai-mentioned Chaoxue, the place where immortal monks kept their lanterns, where spiritual energy must have gathered, and he could not find it. However, Yaochi did not contain what he said until he entered this formation.
Mingyao grabbed Xuanxiu's hand and looked in the direction he was looking. Not far away there was something that looked like a cave.
It's dark and a bit creepy at night when the lights are off.
"If you are afraid, why not wait for me here?" Xuanxiu saw her nervousness.
Mingyao shook his head: "At times like this, people who are alone are most likely to get into trouble."
The decision was made in a few words.
The two walked towards the cave together. When they got closer, they found that although there was no door in the cave, there was a barrier made of spiritual power.
Xuanxiu stretched out his hand, but in a moment, he was burned by the barrier.
He tried it again with his magical powers, but it still didn't work.
The immortal power seemed to sink into the water and disappeared without a trace.
This feeling... is exactly the same as when she first tested the rebellious immortal power in Mingyao's body.
"Do you still have Chu Ji's key?"
Hearing Xuanxiu's question, Mingyao felt into the treasure bag she carried with her. After all the trouble, the things were still on her.
The key was placed in Xuanxiu's hand.
This time there was no sign of abnormality.
Xuanxiu glanced at the red rope on Mingyao's wrist and saw that she was still wearing it, so he didn't explain anything further and took her in.
After entering, Xuanxiu returned the key to Mingyao, thinking that it would always be good to have more power to suppress the rebellious power in her body.
The hole is neither deep nor complicated.
It's only about ten meters after turning right.
Then he saw the eternal lamp that was rumored.
They cannot be called lights, but are just small balls of dim blue flames floating in the air, densely packed, about thousands of them.
"With so many, how are you going to find Chao Qu Lai?" Ming Yao just asked, and then he saw Xuanxiu flip his palm, and a blood bead flew towards the eternal lamp.
After a while, a very weak one broke away from it and fell into Xuanxiu's hands.
When he got closer, Mingyao could see clearly that there were densely packed words in the blue fire.
Jiali, born in...
Huh? Why is it Jiali's?
Wrong one?
Mingyao couldn't ask any questions, as Xuanxiu's fingertips were already emitting immortal power, and he was about to wipe it off Jiali's eternal lamp.
Mingyao had studied in Xianshan for so many years, so he naturally knew what this meant.
The extinguishing of the eternal lamp did not end Jiali's life, but it did mark the end of her spiritual journey.
This...isn't this a sin?
Mingyao quickly grabbed Xuanxiu's hand that was casting the spell and stopped him.
Based on the closeness of the relationship, let’s not talk about whether Jiali is willing or not.
For Xuanxiu, doing this kind of thing will probably bring him karma.
He already owed a thousand years of "prison" to him, and Mingyao really didn't want him to be sentenced again.
"Jia Li... probably didn't offend you. She really wants to cultivate immortality." Ming Yao advised gently.
"This is the condition for coming and going."
Come to the dynasty?
Why is he still involved? Chao Qulai was too mysterious, and Mingyao didn't trust him at all: "His conditions, why are you doing it for him? Have you forgotten what he did to me before?"
Mingyao was secretly provoking.
Sure enough, I saw Xuanxiu's eyelashes tremble.
Mingyao quietly took Jiali's eternal lamp from his palm. Xuanxiu lowered his eyes and fixed his gaze on her hand.
He didn't understand why she could be so kind to everything irrelevant to her in this world.
From this, jealousy takes root.
Ready to make a move.
In the dark place, Mingyao was thinking about accumulating some virtue for the killing god beside him, and he didn't notice Xuanxiu's abnormal mood at all.
He just quietly raised his hand, as if to release a dove, to let the eternal lamp in his hand return to its original position.
pity……
One breath, two breaths...
Mingyao maintained the movements of his hands, but the eternal lamp showed no sign of returning to its place.
Is her posture wrong?
Mingyao was thinking about it, but he felt something seemed wrong. The eternal lamp in his hand did not move, but the thousands of eternal lamps in front of him seemed to move.
Just when she was about to make a careful distinction.
In just a moment, thousands of eternal lanterns flowed towards her like rivers into the sea.
To be precise, it flowed into the key hanging around her neck.
Before she could call for help, the earth and rocks beneath her feet began to loosen as the eternal lamp entered her body.
Xuanxiu reacted quickly and took her into his arms.
The surroundings gradually brightened. Even the surrounding earth and stone walls began to shake and shift, emitting extremely dull sounds.
The room was filled with dust and ashes.
After everything finally calmed down, Mingyao poked his head out from Xuanxiu's arms.
When she looked over, she couldn't help but feel a chill on her back.
Xuanxiu frowned. There were about thirty earthen graves of various sizes in this cave.
Looking carefully, you can see names engraved on the wooden plaques in front of the graves.
"Chu Qiming."
Xuanxiu randomly read out a name, and although it was the surname Chu, he didn't recognize it.
At this time, there was still a faint smoke and dust in the house. Mingyao was a little nearsighted and could not see the name on the wooden sign clearly.
When I suddenly heard Xuanxiu reciting it, it seemed familiar.
She wondered if she had seen this name somewhere.
Mingyao stared at Xuanxiu blankly, trying hard to recall.
Chu…Qi…Ming.
Suddenly Mingyao's eyes widened, and he tugged at Xuanxiu's collar: "Chu Qiming?"
If they don't have the same name.
Isn’t this the name of the first mountain master who ascended to heaven from Xuyou Immortal Mountain?
There are many biographies of characters in the immortal mountain classics.
For two hundred years, besides reading the legendary story of Immortal Lord Miaomiao, Mingyao's second favorite story was the story of the mountain master named Chu Qiming. According to the immortal mountain classics, she was not only the first mountain master to ascend back to heaven, but also the fastest mountain master to return to heaven. Since then, no one has been able to break her record.
But she has ascended to the upper realm, so how could her grave be here?
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