Chapter 121: The Ancient Savage World, Long Aotian
"Sister..."
Only after hearing Gu Jingyao's question did Gu Lingnan reluctantly withdraw her drooling gaze. Tian Xingluan led them to circle around the outer edge of the battlefield. From this position, the weak dared not provoke, and the strong disdained to glance.
Among the magnificent pavilions and towers, the shadow of a giant snake with dragon horns, a red-haired neck, and a serpent is swirling in the sea of clouds. It is the legendary mythical beast - the mirage.
"Sister, I remember that one of Shen's innate magic skills is called Mirage, which can transform into a myriad of scenes. Could this just be an illusion?"
Over the past month, Gu Jingyao, who has been eagerly absorbing all kinds of knowledge under Gu Lingnan's guidance, actively showed his learning results to his sister.
Gu Lingnan glanced at him with admiration and said with certainty, "This is indeed just an illusion, but it is more than just an illusion."
Gu Jingyao understood immediately: "Is it because of these ferocious beasts that are attracted here? If there really is no treasure here, then the beasts will not fight so easily."
"That's right. If the mirage's true form descends and performs its magic, then whether this heavenly palace is real or not is impossible to say. However, this strange phenomenon only covers half of the sky. Clearly, it's merely a manifestation of the mirage's bones engraved with runes. In other words, the aura of the imminent emergence of a heavenly palace is real, but the entrance may not necessarily be here."
Gu Jingyao understood Gu Lingnan's hint, and his eyes lit up instantly: "Sister, what do you mean..."
Gu Lingnan nodded with a smile. It was just right. Her gift of double pupils made her very immune to this kind of illusion. Perhaps this time, they could really snatch some opportunities from this group of notorious ancient creatures.
Her double pupils shone brightly, and mysterious runes glowed. Damaged essences can be healed, but missed opportunities can never be regained.
Using the power of her double pupils, Gu Lingnan peered through the numerous restrictions and barriers and saw the true entrance to the Heavenly Palace. She patted the Sky Star Luan beneath her, and the bird understood, quietly flapping its wings and leaving the battlefield.
The departure of the weak ones did not attract the attention of any beast.
The hidden entrance to the heavenly palace was not directly below the vision, but on an inconspicuous hill in the distance. A bird and two people were hiding there, waiting for the opportunity for the heavenly gate to open.
At this time, the atmosphere in the center of the battlefield had become extremely tense.
The nine-headed, nine-tailed bird looked down at its two old rivals and said in human language, "After being neighbors for so many years, I believe we are both well aware of each other's strength. Continuing to fight will only benefit those who take advantage of the situation."
The white tiger with huge teeth was a little tempted, while the other monkey with white ears and a long tail scratched its head and said impatiently: "Jiu Shang, don't say such big words. If you hadn't made the first move, how could the white tiger and I have taken action?"
Without waiting for Jiu Shang to speak, the white ape scratched his ear and continued, "But you, old bird, did say a few good words this time. With this rare treasure about to be revealed, if we continue to stalemate and wait for those old monsters from deeper within to meet their end, we'll get nothing."
Jiu Shang was stifled by the white ape's words, a breath stuck in his chest, unable to speak or not. Finally, he cast a cold glance at the rascal with his nine pairs of eyes, folded his wings, and rested on a high branch, quietly waiting for the moment when the Heavenly Palace would truly appear.
When the Golden Crow in the sky reached its highest point, the huge mirage dragon roared and opened its mouth, and surging divine light overflowed from its mouth, making the surrounding light brilliant and the sea of divines boundless.
But the bird, the tiger and the monkey all changed their expressions.
The white ape cursed angrily, "How dare this mirage dragon play tricks on me? If only this old dragon were a shadow, I would have shown him how powerful I am!"
If the dragon's true form were here, this monkey would be the first to submit. Jiu Shang sneered.
Jiushang and Baihu ignored the white ape's nonsense. They released a powerful aura and crushed hundreds of ferocious beasts nearby to death. They drove away the arrogant ants who dared to covet the Heavenly Palace and hurried to search for the real entrance to the Heavenly Palace inch by inch.
Where is it, where is it?
Gu Lingnan suddenly opened his eyes that were full of brilliance: "Now!", Tianxingluan let out a loud cry, and burst into the extreme speed, rushing into the gap in the door that was overflowing with starlight.
The gate of heaven has opened!
Heaven and earth darkened. A towering divine pillar, infinitely more majestic than before, stood tall, trembling all creatures within the forbidden zone. Deep within the unknown, an ancient monster, slumbering for untold millennia, opened its eyes, and the entire forbidden zone breathed with its awakening.
The powerful ones who knew the secrets of the forbidden area were so frightened by this unusual phenomenon that they didn't even have time to pay attention to the sudden appearance of the Heavenly Palace.
Fortunately, the monster just glanced casually and closed its eyes again, and the rippling fog returned to calm, and the forbidden zone of life returned to its previous tranquility.
When the three beasts arrived at the true location of the Heavenly Gate, they could only see a beautiful phoenix tail that disappeared into the Heavenly Gate. The white ape wondered, "How could a beast have discovered the true location of the Heavenly Gate before us? How come we have never heard of such a beast with such a magic trick before?"
Jiu Shang didn't waste time chatting and rushed in directly.
Seeing that no beast responded, the white ape didn't care much and followed the white tiger leisurely into the Heavenly Gate.
After the aurora, Gu Lingnan opened her eyes and was stunned.
Neither Tian Xingluan nor Gu Jingyao were by her side at this moment, and...
Gu Lingnan tried to move her body, but she felt like she was trapped in a cage, with her limbs tightly bound by chains, unable to move at all.
Her eyes were also pitch black, and in a trance she thought she had returned to the time when she was blind.
"system……"
Gu Lingnan tried to call the system, but the system fell into silence as if it had lost connection.
Is she dreaming?
For some reason, this thought suddenly popped up in Gu Lingnan's mind. She silently said in her heart: I want to wake up, I want to wake up, I want to wake up...
When I opened my eyes again, it was still the familiar darkness.
Very good, failed. Gu Lingnan tried to imagine something again to prove whether this was a dream, but failed again.
After trying many methods, Gu Lingnan had to admit that she was trapped here.
After being depressed for a while, she cheered up again: At least rescue the body first. It is too painful to be able to think but not move or see.
She tried to stretch her body, but the invisible restraint was like a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds, pressing down on her. She was like an ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating her own abilities and unable to move it at all.
But Gu Lingnan didn't give up. She kept trying. She didn't know how long it took in the darkness. Then she heard a slight sound and her leg stretched out!
Gu Lingnan's eyes were almost filled with tears.
After breaking through the first barrier, the resistance behind it was much smaller. Gu Lingnan's feet continued to stretch down, deeper and deeper. She felt something was wrong: Are her legs really that long?
But no matter what, she continued to explore downwards... She didn't know how deep, but her toes touched something cold and flowing. It playfully passed through the gaps between her toes, and the power of life went up along her feet to her head.
Gu Lingnan suddenly felt that she seemed to have grown taller, and the force pressing on her head was slowly getting smaller.
Then she realized that this cool object was a good thing that could help her.
Gu Lingnan tried her best to soak as much of her feet as possible in this cold thing, constantly absorbing nutrients from it, and her body continued to grow taller and taller.
Finally one day, she broke through the last thin barrier, and warm but not dazzling light shone down, and Gu Lingnan once again saw a colorful world instead of a black world.
She shook the tender leaves that had just grown, and suddenly realized: It turns out that I am a seed.
So what kind of seed am I?
Gu Lingnan wanted to know the answer to this question, so she tried hard to extend her roots deeper and farther, and to fully stretch her stems and leaves so that they could receive more sunlight and rain.
She had endured the baptism of fierce winds, clinging tightly to boulders buried deep underground; she had endured droughts, carefully calculating the use of every drop of her precious water; she had also been immersed in the vast ocean of floods, enduring the pain of near suffocation; she had also been attacked by wild beasts, and her body, which she had painstakingly grown, was cut in half...
She had been angry and resentful, had thought about giving up, and had thought that death might be the only way out, but the long passage of time eventually washed away everything.
Today, Gu Lingnan has grown into a tall and graceful woman. She has realized the true meaning of life belonging to plants and is always tenacious and unyielding.
Endless growth is the right way of trees.
It’s just a pity that she grew into a towering tree but didn’t bloom or bear fruit. Now she doesn’t even know what species she is, which is a bit regrettable.
The rising and setting of the sun and the moon remained unchanged every day. Gu Lingnan counted the 391st big birds flying overhead this spring day, trying to entertain herself and get through the long time.
Hmm, today seems a little different.
A divine bird with a black body and three legs on its belly landed on the branches of Gu Lingnan, carrying scorching golden flames. The golden flames landed on her leaves and branches, and in the blink of an eye, they ignited into flames.
it hurts!
Gu Lingnan felt as if her entire body was being burned by a raging fire. It hurt, it hurt so much!
She endured the pain and shook the branches and leaves, trying to drive away the uninvited guest.
But the divine bird hopped lightly a few times among her branches, and seemed to be more satisfied with her. After all, Gu Lingnan was just a tree that could not speak or move, and she was ultimately powerless.
In this way, the divine bird happily perched among her branches.
But Gu Lingnan just thought it was very noisy.
The three-legged divine bird flew out at sunrise and returned at sunset every day. Every time, Gu Lingnan had to endure the burning flames around it and its noisy cries.
It was clearly just a bird, but it could howl all night long. Gu Lingnan really wanted to sue it for disturbing the public.
Fortunately, she still had daytime to breathe, and gradually, she became familiar with this hot neighbor.
But ever since a rabbit holding a carrot found its nest under her tree during the day, Gu Lingnan could not rest during the day.
During the day, the Jade Rabbit slept curled up at her roots with the extremely cold Yin energy, almost freezing her into an ice sculpture; at night, the Golden Crow returned with the extremely Yang Sun's true fire, almost heating her into a tree trunk.
The daily alternation of cold and heat without rest tortured Gu Lingnan to the point of nervous breakdown, but the two neighbors were both big men and could not be driven away no matter what.
What else can I do? I'll just make do with my life.
Just when Gu Lingnan had become familiar with her new life, she bid farewell to the three-legged divine bird in the early morning and welcomed back the jade rabbit with a broken branch; and in the evening, she watched the sun set and the moon rise.
She saw the stars changing, she saw the alternation of day and night; suddenly one day, a light flashed through her dusty soul, and she understood that her name was Fusang of Tanggu and Yugui of the Moon Palace.
The sun and the moon are the original cycle.
【Author’s words】
Sorry, I will be very busy these days, and the update time will be a little later. When I am stable, I will return to the original update time. I beg the little angels to forgive me.
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