Chapter 548: The Chosen One
Hearing Tai Chu's words, Yu Cang's expression couldn't help but change.
Sure enough... Taichu had already come into contact with Emperor Star long before!
But it sounds like Tai Chu didn't know the nature of the Emperor Star at that time... It was probably after she got some information from Yu Cang from Di Chang'an that she realized the origin of the Emperor Star.
Yu Cang quickly asked:
"So, under what circumstances did you encounter Emperor Star?"
Hearing this, Tai Hina leaned back in her chair, raised her head, and a flash of memory crossed her eyes.
She was silent for a long time before she spoke softly:
"That was when I... had just become a card banner... no, not long after I became one. Before that, due to some accidents, my body suffered irreversible injuries and aging. With my abilities at the time, these injuries were almost impossible to heal... But I still had things to do, and I didn't want to die yet.
"--So, for the first time, I accepted the power of my 'forbidden card'."
When Tai Hina was young, he hated banned cards, so whenever he fought, he would only use swordsmanship against the enemy and completely abandon his other powers.
In fact, Tai Hina is not the kind of person who is very obsessed with kendo and regards kendo as more important than life. The reason why she can comprehend the meaning of sword is because she does not have many choices.
Only kendo can soothe her heart and allow her to escape from the fact that she has "fallen".
If she had not become a card banner, then the Tai Yan sword intent born from repeated life and death trials would have been enough to support her promotion to a myth, but... banning cards does not mean you can avoid risks by not using them.
The forbidden card that was connected to her soul energy well was affecting her mind at all times, trying to completely counterattack Tai Chu. It was fine when she first began to comprehend the sword intent, but as time went on, even Tai Yan's sword intent could not suppress the forbidden card.
At that time, Tai Chu was only an eighth-level cultivator, possessing a legendary Tai Yan sword intent. He was in the prime of his life, but he became increasingly weaker due to the burden of the banned cards, and even the defense line of his will was constantly loosening.
Until one day, Taichu was attacked by his enemies and was seriously injured. The backlash of the banned card also broke out suddenly at this moment, and he was almost doomed to death.
If she had nothing to worry about, Tai Chu would have ended her life right then and there. But she had something else to do, so with the backlash threatening to overwhelm her, Tai Chu decided to control all her power.
Banned cards, swordsmanship, no matter which one, it is her own power! She can absolutely control it!
No matter if she was forced into it or not, she accepted all of herself and realized that the only thing that could fight against the banned card was a fellow taboo.
She decided to turn herself into a banned card!
This decision is very bold. After all, a banned card is also a soul card. It must have a soul card master as its owner... Taichu's pride naturally does not allow himself to have a master. Once there is no master, Taichu, as a banned card, will be directly backfired by itself!
This seemed like a dead end, but possessing Tai Yan's sword intent, Tai Chu was determined to find a way out of this dead end.
Use infinite calculations to converge the chaotic possibilities within the banned card, condense the truth within the falsehood, and force yourself to survive!
Thus, with Tai Chu's determination to transform the virtual into the real, her Tai Yan sword intent was eventually elevated to the mythical level. At the same time, she herself also completed the process of completely banning the card.
In truth, when she decided to take this path, she hadn't expected to live this long, not even the normal lifespan of a Myth. In her eyes, using such unorthodox methods to ascend to Myth would inevitably lead to death, and becoming a true "taboo" was inevitable.
She only hoped that this fake life she created could support her in completing the things she should do.
After the matter is over, it doesn't matter whether she turns into a monster or dies directly.
But... to her surprise, none of the things she worried about happened.
She survived, and it seemed that she had no hidden dangers. She didn't have to worry about being attacked back at any time, and even her life span seemed to have no end in sight!
Once a false life begins to evolve, there is no way to stop it. However, this time, she has become curious about her own state.
She wanted to know what had happened to her and what had caused all this.
She began to study herself and review her still short life, and at this time, she found something wrong.
Ever since she was promoted to a myth, there seemed to be a vague gaze...always on her, never moving away!
When Tai Hyun first realized this, he thought he'd made a mistake. After all, he was a legend. How could someone gaze upon him without him noticing? How powerful could this being be?
But the fact was, this gaze was real. In fact... she was able to sense it because her perception had become sharper after her body had been completely shattered by the card-banning transformation. If she had ascended to myth through the normal path, she might not even have been able to detect this gaze.
Later, she tried to communicate with the owner of that gaze, but never received a response... It was as if the owner of that gaze was just looking at her.
During this period, she conducted a series of experiments to explore the reasons why she was not attacked back, and made a lot of progress. Just when she thought she would soon find the key point - that gaze disappeared.
After that, her experiment fell into an uncontrollable stagnation and there was no breakthrough.
…
Tai Chu explained the situation as briefly as possible, then paused and looked at Yu Cang.
At this time, Yu Cang had already frowned and thought for a moment:
"You mean... this gaze is the 'Emperor Star'?"
"right."
"How can you be sure of this?"
"Well..." Tai Hina tapped the armrest with his fingers, a smile on his face, "Even when I'm being watched, I still have an 'Emperor's Heart'."
!
As soon as these words came out, Yu Cang's eyes suddenly narrowed.
Emperor's heart!
This is an ability that can only be awakened by those who have the Emperor Star as their destiny star!
Only by possessing the Emperor's Heart can one use the power from the Emperor's Star to dominate everything!
If Tai Hyun possesses this skill, then there is no doubt that she must be the chosen one of the Emperor Star.
So...wait.
Yu Cang frowned slightly.
Speaking of which, the first time he truly "saw" the Emperor Star was when he was in Feng Yuecangjian, when the first layer of his body was on the verge of breaking.
Is Tai Hina's complete ban similar to the situation at that time?
So, the condition for seeing the Emperor Star, or in other words, sensing the Emperor Star, is that the body is on the verge of destruction?
After a moment of silence, Yu Cang asked, "Is your destiny star also an emperor star?"
However, unexpectedly, Tai Hina shook her head and said, "No."
Yu Cang was stunned: "Ah? But..."
"I learned your 'Starry Sky Vision'. From what I can see now, my destiny star is another one."
Yu Cang hissed softly.
That's not right.
You have the heart of an emperor, but your destiny star is not an emperor star?
This...wait.
Yu Cang frowned and suddenly realized something.
Xingchen's brother, the "King Brother", was born before Emperor Star appeared in the world... But according to Xingchen, even if the Empire had not intervened, he should have been the one chosen by Emperor Star.
Then, it doesn’t match.
The destiny star exists from birth, so the situation of "Brother Wang" is equivalent to being born early. If there had been no intervention from the Nameless Empire, he would definitely have a destiny star that was not an imperial star.
At the time, he thought it was because Emperor Xing was late, but judging from the way the Empire chose to prepare a ceremony for the prince, it didn't seem like it.
Could it be that... the Emperor Star selects the chosen one, not binding him from birth, but waiting until he grows to a certain stage and then directly squeezes out his original destiny star?
Reasonable.
Then...what about myself?
Since he entered the Starry Sky Vision, he has not found his own destiny star. Is it because his destiny star has been squeezed out, or... it doesn't exist at all?
Yu Cang believes that it is very likely that there is no such thing at all.
Existence will definitely leave traces. Based on Yu Cang's current understanding of the starry sky vision, if he once had a life star, then it is absolutely impossible for him to not notice anything.
But how could there be no destiny star?
He was silent.
This question, which had already had an answer, now began to bother him again.
Seeing him silent, Tai Chu said, "Just now, when you devoured the world's malice, you revealed the Emperor's Heart. So I am sure that I once possessed this power."
Yu Cang: "...Then, how did you lose...the Emperor's Heart?"
"I don't know either." Tai Chu shook his head. "I've been conducting my own experiments, and the feeling of being watched has always been there. However, it didn't last long, only about five hundred years, before I stopped being watched. After that, I couldn't use the Emperor's Heart anymore."
Hearing this, Yu Cang fell into deep thought.
Tai Hina's words brought up a possibility.
The Emperor's Heart may not exist forever.
Judging from Tai Chu's description, perhaps, in the past ten thousand years, Emperor Star has chosen more than one person to shoulder the responsibility of fighting against Huang.
Those chosen by the Emperor Star will have great luck and thus encounter many trials, and Taichu's experience can also be compared with this.
But why did Dixing give up Taichu?
Taichu's talent in understanding the sword intent and becoming a mythical card banner is absolutely rare in Blue Star, and she is absolutely qualified to take up this banner.
If Tai Hina was abandoned...what about me? Would I be abandoned too?
However, Tai Chu only sensed the gaze, but had never actually talked to Di Xing... What a pity, if only he had met Tai Chu earlier, then when he met Di Xing in Feng Yucangjian, he could have asked more valuable questions.
As for whether he would lose the Emperor's heart...
Yu Cang tapped the armrest lightly with his finger.
It's not a big deal.
All along, he actually regarded the Emperor's Heart as an advanced version of the fusion will.
Fusion of will is a real skill that one has comprehended by oneself. It can be used even without the Emperor's Heart, and can achieve somewhat similar effects.
However, you have to prepare early.
The power of the Emperor's Heart is still very strong. If he loses it rashly, his soul card system will definitely be affected - however, he can make the Emperor's Heart into a soul card before that!
Yes, there was nothing that couldn't be made into a Soul Card. As long as he found the method, even if the Emperor Star no longer chose him, he could still use the Emperor's Heart.
It was easy for him.
As for why Tai Chu lost the Emperor's heart...even she herself didn't understand it, and Yu Cang could only make some guesses.
Maybe... it's because Taichung has become too Buddhist after becoming a legend and resolving his emotional issues?
I just do experiments every day, I don’t practice sword anymore, and my strength is left to fate. I don’t have any intention of striving at all.
Although the torrent of luck on the Emperor Star will accumulate and then explode together, forcing people to move forward, Tai Chu is already a legend. There is basically no danger on the Blue Star that can threaten her. After the torrent of luck accumulates, it can only be manifested from the outside... At that time, it will not be Tai Chu's business alone.
Blue Star might be finished.
If you think about it this way, it makes sense for Emperor Star to change players.
After all, he needs the Blue Star civilization to fight against Huang, and he must not let this place be destroyed easily.
At this time, Tai Hyun continued, "Strangely enough, some experiments, after I lost my focus, could no longer be replicated, even under the same conditions... But fortunately, even without the Emperor Star, my body has not had any problems. As long as the calculations continue, I can survive."
Yu Cang nodded.
In his previous life, he had heard of a phenomenon in physics called the "observer effect."
Not to mention the Emperor Star, even the observation of an ordinary person may cause the results of an experiment to collapse into the unknown.
Before, the celestial evil god summoned by Duan Zai was able to confuse people just by looking at him, so it was not difficult to understand why Di Xing could do the same.
However, when Feng Yuecang was in the room, Di Xing said that he couldn't keep an eye on the human world... This should be true, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten Yu Cang's current situation wrong at that time... Why is that?
It seems that there are still many mysteries about the Emperor Star.
It would be nice if I could see Emperor Star again.
Well... maybe after returning, he will have to go to Feng Yuecangjian again.
"Yu Cang," Tai Chu said, "I'm ashamed to say that you've already used the Emperor's Heart far more than I did back then. The Emperor's Heart is very powerful, but as someone who's been through it, I still have to advise you—don't rely on it too much."
"I know."
Tai Chu was already a legend when he lost the Emperor's Heart, but the soul card system was still very simple at that time, without even fusion, so it was normal that Tai Chu did not make good use of the Emperor's Heart.
But she was right, he shouldn't rely too much on the Emperor's Heart - originally, for fear of affecting his personality, he had been trying to use it as little as possible, but this thing was so useful that he couldn't help but use it a few more times.
Now that I know, I can prepare early.
"Okay, let's put the old things aside for now." Tai Chu waved his hand. "You've asked me so many questions, isn't it my turn to ask you?"
"Of course—just ask."
"Regarding rendering banned cards harmless." Tai Chu looked at Yu Cang, "Your method of transforming spirit beasts into 'inner aspects'... do you think it can be used on banned cards?"
As soon as these words came out, Yu Cang's face became a little serious.
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