As the soul crystal gradually takes shape.
Zhang Liang's body also began to gradually weaken.
Zheng Gan was also thinking about a problem.
The soul crystal he obtained only gave a brief introduction to the Nuwa civilization, and contained more knowledge about runes.
However, not much is mentioned about the later period of Nuwa civilization, that is, after its active degeneration.
Zheng Gan always had some doubts about the claim that the Nuwa civilization had voluntarily degenerated.
He understood that the truth of history is often more complicated and cruel than the superficial narrative.
This may just be a means for Nuwa civilization to beautify itself.
Zheng Gan once had some guesses based on his understanding of history and various myths and legends.
He believed that from the two emperors Yan and Huang to the Shang Dynasty, it should be a process of survival of the fittest.
In mythological stories, the so-called catastrophes may just be some means for the upper echelons to control the number of awakened people and reduce the consumption of spiritual energy.
However, as the spiritual energy gradually dissipated, those once glorious awakeners tried to restrain this disappearing power.
They gathered the remaining spiritual energy and transformed it into various blessed places.
Among them, the largest paradises are probably Heaven, Hell, and the Western Paradise.
After that, the Zhou Dynasty existed for more than 800 years.
In the early part of these eight hundred years, the awakened ones who were eliminated still had extraordinary power to suppress the four directions and become the overlords of the earth.
As the spiritual energy dissipated, they or their descendants degenerated into mortals.
By the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world had been separated forever and a gap in civilization appeared.
All living beings began to forget their once glorious history and could only find traces of the past in legends.
And the awakened ones become the legendary immortals.
At this time, Zheng Gan suddenly asked.
"Mr. Zhang Liang, what is an immortal?"
Hearing Zheng Gan's question, Zhang Liang stopped what he was doing and spoke slowly, with a hint of vicissitudes in his voice.
"My friend, why do you ask this?"
Zheng Gan answered frankly.
"It was just out of curiosity. In his pursuit of the path to immortality, Qin Shi Huang ultimately went astray, leading to his early death."
"And you, because of your cultivation, have been trapped here for over two thousand years."
"This makes me curious. In a world without spiritual energy, why are you still so obsessed with cultivating immortality? Has anyone ever succeeded?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang fell into deep thought.
He seemed to be recalling the distant past, those legends and secrets about cultivating immortals.
Zhang Liang finally spoke, his voice revealing a deep emotion.
"You ask who has ever succeeded. Do you know who Li Er is?"
Zheng Gan nodded.
"Li Er? You mean Laozi, right? Rumor has it that he is Taishang Laojun."
"You mentioned this person. So, he really succeeded?"
Zhang Liang nodded, then shook his head.
"Rumor has it that he has gained insight into the laws of heaven and has been readmitted by heaven into the ranks of immortals."
Hearing this, Zheng Gan suddenly laughed, and Zhang Liang asked in confusion.
"Why are you laughing, my friend?"
"Oh, I was just thinking, for someone who says that Heaven and Earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs, isn't it better to say he's recruiting rather than accepting them?"
"Recruit? Hahaha, although your understanding is slightly different from ours, it's not a bad idea."
"However, I don't have Li Er's ability to gain the favor of the heavens just by awakening on my own."
"It was only after I received the inheritance here that I came to the concept of immortality."
"In fact, we are both heirs, immortals and awakened ones, there is no difference."
"It's a pity that I got this cave and this opportunity."
"But there is no spiritual energy for cultivation, and no evolutionary factors for us to evolve."
"Mr. Zhang Liang, do you regret embarking on this fruitless path?"
Zhang Liang shook his head slightly, his sigh evident in his words, and his voice gradually became gentle.
"The path of cultivating immortality is a kind of exploration and pursuit of life."
“Even if I can’t achieve immortality, if I can purify my soul along the way, that would be a lifetime of happiness.”
Zheng Gan also felt sorry for Zhang Liang, as he had the opportunity but was unable to obtain it.
If he didn't have this special energy of survival point at his disposal.
He would be very depressed if he mastered a rune but couldn't use it.
Zheng Gan brought the topic back to the soul crystal.
"As far as I know, there are nine soul crystals in total."
"What is recorded in this one of yours? Also, do you know the location of the other soul crystals?"
"This one of mine is the source of the Tao."
"As for other soul crystals, I don't know."
"However, since the First Emperor sent people to Japan to seek elixirs, it must not be a random act or a groundless rumor."
"From what I know, Xu Fu went to the East China Sea to seek medicine just to deceive Qin Shi Huang."
Zhang Liang shook his head slightly and said with disdain.
"Later generations underestimated the First Emperor."
"How could the First Emperor, such a great man, be deceived so many times by Xu Fu?"
Zheng Gan nodded, and had already included Japan in his future itinerary.
Zheng Gan looked at the soul crystal in his hand which had not yet condensed.
He stopped talking and continued to condense.
As the soul crystal became thicker and thicker, Zhang Liang's body became more and more illusory and ethereal.
"My dear friend Zheng Gan, all I have gained in my life is also stored in this crystal."
"You are a person of great fortune. I hope to help you survive the apocalypse."
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