"Although you've just left the ground, you've managed to pull out the black blade, which means you've gained its approval." Gan's figure slowly appeared, and with a sudden wave of his hand, the black blade that Gu Yu had pulled out with all his might flew directly into Gan's hand.
Holding the black knife tightly, he said, "Old buddy, I'm so grateful for your company these past years. Otherwise, I would have been bored to death. It's a pity that we have to part ways eventually. I really hope that kid just died when he awakened his divine and demonic power, so that you could continue to be with me."
"Just kill him directly?" Gu Yu's face immediately darkened upon hearing Gan's words.
"Kid, do you know whose weapon this black knife is?" Gan asked, his gaze fixed on Gu Yu.
"Yours?" Gu Yu knew the weapon belonged to Gan, but Gan's sudden question made Gu Yu somewhat uncertain.
“You’re only half right,” Gan said upon hearing Gu Yu’s reply.
"Half?" Gu Yu was taken aback. "Could it be that this weapon wasn't yours before?"
“That’s right, this weapon used to belong to the original owner, but later it became mine,” Gan replied.
"Physical body? What physical body? Whose physical body?" Gu Yu was stunned, his mind filled with questions. Was the physical body someone else's name? Or was it the physical body of the guy in front of him, or someone else's physical body?
"My true form." Gan said, his expression turning somewhat sorrowful.
"You're not Gan's original form?" Gu Yu was shocked again. He had always thought that the Gan in front of him was Gan's original form.
“I would like to say that, but I am just an avatar of his. The purpose of creating me was to have me guard this place. However, your arrival proves that the original body is very likely dead.” Gan’s avatar said, “The original body is dead, so now I am the only existence and can also be called the original body.”
"Gan is dead?" Gu Yu was stunned. At first, he guessed that Gan was indeed dead, but later, after entering Kunlun Yuanmen, Gan saved him once, so he thought Gan was still alive. He didn't expect that what saved him was just a clone of Gan. Wait, "Why am I here? Gan is most likely dead?"
"This..." The clone hesitated for a moment, "It's a bit complicated to explain, but basically, without him, there would be no you, but without you, there would still be him!"
"Uh!" Gu Yu was even more confused. He suddenly remembered the first time he awakened his divine and demonic bloodline, and the dream he had after falling unconscious during his last battle with Tara, and the words spoken by that voice in his dream.
"Without him, I have no self; I die, you live."
Isn't this the same thing? That voice was also a dry voice.
"Do you know about reincarnation?" Gan's clone pondered for a moment, seemingly having figured out how to explain it. He looked at Gu Yu and asked.
"I know, could I be the reincarnation of Gan?" Gu Yu frowned. He and Long Yuan had previously made this conjecture, but Gan was powerful. If he were a reincarnation, his current self should be Gan's memories, not his own!
"Well..." the dry clone paused for a moment, "It can't be said to be a complete reincarnation! It's more like inheritance! Inheritance, you know?"
"Inheritance?" Gu Yu was taken aback again. Of course he understood inheritance; it usually meant that a son inherited his parents' things, their bloodline, their wealth, their appearance...
"I inherited the bloodline and divine and demonic power of the Gan family?" Gu Yu suddenly realized something.
"Yes! That's how it is." Gan's clone nodded upon hearing Gu Yu's words. "Back then, Gan was researching how to enable other species to possess divine and demonic power, but after countless experiments, he failed every time. Other species simply couldn't withstand divine and demonic power, not even the physically powerful Titans, Dragons, or Celestials. They could only bear the black and white power that divine and demonic power was divided into. If it was just a single drop of divine and demonic power, it would cause them to explode instantly. By the way, I was also one of the failed experiments, you know?"
"You're a failed experiment too?" Gu Yu frowned, looking at Gan's clone. This guy has a physical body, right? Wait, "Am I a test subject?"
"Hmm!" The dry clone nodded. "You are the last test subject."
"I was actually a test subject?" Gu Yu frowned even more. Even though he had considered countless possibilities, he never imagined that he was actually a test subject.
“Of course, you are different from other test subjects. You have inherited the bloodline of gods and demons. In other words, you are already a god or demon,” said Gan’s clone.
"Isn't that still an experimental subject?" Gu Yu said.
"Ugh! How am I supposed to explain this to you! That bastard didn't tell me anything, he just told me he was going to die and told me to stay here." Gan's clone suddenly became a little frantic.
"You said that no species can withstand the power of gods and demons, and that they all explode? Then why didn't you explode? Neither did I, so why is that?" Gu Yu ignored his clone's frustration and continued to ask.
"Because I am part of Gan! I am a cavity in Gan's tooth. Gan thought it would be a waste to throw me away, so he made me from the cavity. Although I cannot fully bear the power of gods and demons like you, I can control the power of gods and demons," Gan's clone replied.
"Cavities? Gods and demons can have cavities?" Gu Yu thought the clone was talking nonsense. Even the weakest martial artist wouldn't have cavities, let alone powerful gods and demons.
“This…” the dry clone hesitated for a moment, “Because it’s not a normal tooth, it’s a tooth that’s born with defects, what’s it called again?”
"Wisdom teeth?" Gu Yu blinked and asked.
"That's right, it's a wisdom tooth. It was useless from birth and caused me a lot of pain, so in the end, they pulled it out!" Gan's clone said very seriously.
Wisdom teeth are indeed something that, even with high cultivation levels, cannot change the fact that they are inherently bad once they grow in. Moreover, with high cultivation levels, wisdom teeth are also powerful! Especially for gods and demons, whose physical bodies are already incredibly powerful, their wisdom teeth are equally extraordinary.
But if word got out, damn, the most powerful being in the world was once tormented by a wisdom tooth, and that wisdom tooth is now standing right in front of him! Hmm! That's explosive news. I'm afraid no one would believe it if it got out.
"How about it? Aren't you impressed with me? Gan, the most powerful demigod, even Kun and Hong are no match for Gan in a one-on-one fight. But Gan has fallen into my hands. So tell me, are you worthy of my respect?" Gan's clone said proudly, looking quite arrogant.
"You still got pulled off, didn't you?" Gu Yu looked at the dry clone and said with some disgust. It turned out that this thing was actually a wisdom tooth. No wonder it was talking so incoherently. "I know what you mean by Kun, but what the hell is Hong?"
"Hehe..." Gan's clone chuckled, "You wouldn't know this, would you! Even Kun, the second demigod, didn't know of Hong's existence, but I did! How about that? Aren't you even more impressed with me now?"
Gan's clone winked at Gu Yu. If Gu Yu didn't still have many questions to ask, he would have liked to punch him in the face. It was disgusting.
It was indeed a rotten cavity; not a pleasant tooth.
"Is Hong also a god or demon?" Gu Yu asked.
“That’s right, Hong is the third god-demon. This kid is very cunning. He has been waiting for Gan and Kun to be exhausted so that he can reap the benefits. However, he did not expect that Gan knew about his existence all along, as well as Huang, in addition to Hong.” Gan’s clone said.
"Hmm?" Gu Yu already had many questions he hadn't asked yet, and the fact that the doppelganger—no, the tooth decayer—had talked for so long only made him more confused.
According to Long Yuan's understanding, there are only two demigods in this world, Gan and Kun. But now two more have appeared, Hong and Huang. When you put their names together, it is Qiankun Honghuang. According to another interpretation, Gan is heaven and Kun is earth, so it is heaven and earth Honghuang. There seems to be some connection between them.
“Yes, there are actually four demigods, but let me tell you, they don’t like being called demigods. They prefer to be called gods and demons. After all, ‘half’ is inappropriate and makes them seem like inappropriate beings,” said Dry Tooth.
"If there are four, why are only Gan and Kun appearing all the time? What about Hong and Huang?" Gu Yu asked.
“Hehe… Hong is waiting for Gan and Kun to be exhausted. As for Huang, Gan said that the guy hasn’t woken up yet,” Tooth Decay explained.
"Not awake?" Gu Yu frowned.
"Hehe... Huang has been sleeping, and Gan discovered his location, so he also learned of Hong's existence. Huang was discovered by Gan because he was sleeping, so Gan locked him up and used him as material for experiments, often extracting things from his body," said Tooth Decay.
"White mice?" Gu Yu's expression changed immediately upon hearing the words of the cavity-induced tooth decay. In his memory, Gan had always been a powerful, serious, aloof, and dignified person. But after listening to the cavity-induced tooth decay for so long, it turned out that Gan was actually a mad scientist. Speaking of which, Huang was also a god or demon, and was of the same kind as Gan. He actually captured his own kind and used them as experimental material. This sounded rather insane.
It should be understood that experimenting on one's own kind is something that is intolerable to the world, and if it were discovered, it would be condemned.
"To be honest, I don't believe Gan is dead. Speaking of Hong Yin, Gan is much more cunning than him. He schemed against three of the four semi-divine demons. Tell me, is it hard to believe that he's dead?" Tooth Decay said at this moment. "Maybe your divine and demonic bloodline is just a waste!"
"Huh?!" Gu Yu was even more confused. One minute it was dry, the next it was desolate? Whose divine and demonic bloodline did he inherit?
"Do you know what?" Tooth decay looked at Gu Yu, his face full of pride. "To be honest, I do the things I hate the most, but I helped him a lot. It was because of me that he had the inspiration to control the power of gods and demons. If you don't have the characteristics of gods and demons, then you have to have the bloodline of gods and demons. He figured this out and successfully created you."
Seeing that Gu Yu didn't respond, Tooth Decay continued.
"However, the biggest problem at the time was that other species couldn't withstand the power of gods and demons, nor could they withstand the bloodline of gods and demons. This troubled Gan for a very long time. Finally, he came up with a method: to use a god or demon to create one. So if he hadn't died, then your bloodline would be the inherited Huang's. Of course, this is all just my speculation. Maybe Gan is already dead, or maybe you have both Huang's and Gan's bloodlines." Tooth decay examined Gu Yu and said, "Gan gave birth to the bloodline, and Huang gave birth to the body. Hmm! That should be it!"
"I..." Hearing Gan's words, Gu Yu felt like he was just a cobbled-together creation. "Don't you know exactly how I acquired my divine and demonic bloodline?"
"Ugh! It's all that old bastard's fault. He took advantage of me too early, so I don't know what happened afterward and can only speculate." Tooth decay rubbed his head and said frantically, "But you have to believe me, it must be roughly like this. If that old sly bastard Gan is really dead, you are the new generation Gan. No matter how desolate or not, he can't compare to Gan."
"I don't understand. Gan is already incredibly powerful, so what is the purpose of this experiment? He's even willing to risk his own life in the end?" Gu Yu frowned upon hearing the vacant words from the cavity-toothed man, and then asked.
Judging from what he said about the tooth decay, Gan has been conducting experiments all along, but what is the purpose of his experiments? Is it to artificially create gods and demons? But creating gods and demons doesn't seem to benefit him at all.
"Hehe..." Tooth Decay heard Gu Yu say, "I do know that, you know? Legend has it that gods and demons can cultivate, but demigods and demons cannot. At the beginning of creation, Gan and Kun, and later Hong and Huang, were born. They had been sleeping for a long time, and then they awoke one after another. After they awoke, they had the strength of the peak of the Ancestral Realm. They were very powerful, but they could never cultivate, which meant they could never advance further. So, in order to find a way to cultivate, Gan began his experiments. His goal was to find a way for demigods and demons to cultivate. After tens of thousands of years of exploration, trial and error, and failures, my appearance finally gave him inspiration. And so, you came into being. I don't know exactly how you were created."
"So, my appearance is because I want to find out how demigods cultivate?" Gu Yu asked. The words of the cavity surprised Gu Yu. Demigods were born so powerful that they could not cultivate.
"You could say that; it turns out he succeeded," Tooth Decay nodded and said.
"So my rebirth was also because of him?" Gu Yu asked.
"Rebirth? How can I be reborn?" Tooth Decay asked immediately upon hearing Gu Yu's words.
“I…” Gu Yu recounted the events of his past life, leaving the cavity-toothed man completely stunned.
"How did he do that? It's impossible! If he could do that, then he wouldn't be dead, would he?" Tooth Decay was caught in a debate with himself. "Impossible. A demigod couldn't do that. It's most likely that someone implanted a memory of what was going to happen in the future into your mind, making you feel like you were reborn. That's right, that's how it is."
"Implant a memory from the future into my mind?" Gu Yu was stunned.
"Hmm!" Tooth Decay nodded, looking as if he understood. "In this world, no one can transcend time. If anyone could, it would be the creator god or demon. At the very least, no one can. However, many powerful beings can glimpse the secrets of heaven and the future. Through powerful means, they implant the future they glimpse into other people's memories. This results in others having additional memories. You might say these memories are false, but many of them will actually happen. You might say they are real, but some of them won't. After all, what we glimpse is neither complete nor perfect."
Upon hearing the explanation about the cavities, Gu Yu suddenly realized why some things happened as he remembered them, but many, no, most of his memories were different from the present. No wonder!
"Actually, there's another point. Because you have those memories that you've gleaned, and you're trying to change things, this will also cause many things to change later on. After all, things happen according to certain laws, and if they're changed, things will naturally fall into chaos," Tooth Decay added.
"Then did I really have a dream?" Gu Yu said.
"Yes! That's one way to understand it." Tooth Decay nodded.
"But why me?" Gu Yu asked again.
“Hmm! This…” Tooth decay suddenly fell into deep thought again, “Maybe you’re lucky and got chosen.”
"As the cavity in Gan, don't you have any sense of whether he's still alive?" Gu Yu asked, looking at the cavity. I had always felt that someone was controlling everything, and now, after hearing the cavity's explanation, it proved that his feeling was correct. And the person controlling everything was Gan.
The feeling of being controlled and manipulated made Gu Yu very uncomfortable, so he really wanted to know the answer: whether Gan was dead or not. If Gan was dead, then no one would be controlling him. But if Gan was still alive, then he was still being controlled. And what was the purpose of the control?
Clearly, having awakened the power of gods and demons three times, I have already proven that Gan has found the method of cultivating gods and demons. If he is not dead, my existence is meaningless. Could it be that Gan is really dead?
But as Tooth Decay said, would such a powerful being, who could manipulate the other three demigods and demons, really die so easily?
As for whether the divine and demonic bloodline in one's body is dry, wild, or a combination of both, none of that matters. The most important thing is whether the dry bloodline is truly dead or not.
"This..." Tooth decay was confused again. "I don't know either. I used to cause him excruciating pain. He sneered at me and cut me off cleanly when he did. If it weren't for the fact that I still had some use, I would probably have been torn to pieces by that old bastard long ago. So I really have no connection with him at all."
"Then what is your mission here?" Gu Yu heard the words of the cavity-toothed man. It seemed that no one could be sure whether the man was dead or alive.
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