Chapter 736 Projection in Time
Was it successful?
Yu Cang looked at the soul card in his hand and fell into deep thought.
This... from the effect point of view, it is a good soul card. But what Yu Cang wanted in making this card was never a soul card, but to preserve the consciousness of the year.
Judging from the description of this soul card alone, Yu Cang was not sure whether he succeeded.
A mythical soul card with empty attributes, and it seems that this card can exert all its power without being activated. Even the current Yu Cang can use it freely.
Just based on this point, this soul card is undoubtedly very powerful, but if Nian's consciousness dissipates during the card-making process, it will be meaningless.
Just as Chao Ci was unwilling to surpass the myth because of Nian's sacrifice, it was also difficult for Yu Cang to use this soul card without any scruples.
The shadows of the past floated in the palm of his hand, with light flowing on them.
The material of the mythical soul card is crystal clear, almost crystalline, and the light it emits is also gorgeously colored. The light composition of each soul card is slightly different, and the soul card in front of you is different.
This soul card... didn't seem to emit any light itself, but there was some kind of colorless, silent, and turbulent flow nearby, which suddenly became colorful when it flowed through this soul card.
No matter from which angle you look at it, the direction of this turbulent flow is forward, emerging from nothingness and disappearing into nothingness.
Combining the description of this soul card, Yu Cang seemed to have some understanding in his mind.
That's time.
Time is a colorless ocean current that no one can touch. But this soul card is in it, and the passing time reflects colorful light.
This is undoubtedly beautiful, but Yu Cang has no intention of appreciating it now. He frowned and stared at the soul card, his perception also penetrating into it, trying to find any clues left by Nian.
But nothing was found.
After searching carefully from inside to outside, Yu Cang fell into a long silence.
He pulled his thoughts away from the soul card in front of him and looked at the grassland in front of him - there, there was a mountain made of wild crystals just now, but now there is nothing.
He suddenly fell into confusion and didn't know what to do.
Failed.
This... How should he tell Chao Ci this news...
When Yu Cang thought of Chao Ci’s seemingly broken expression yesterday, he felt it difficult to face what was going to happen next.
After a long time, Yu Cang sighed.
He scratched his head and slowly became more determined.
We have to face it... Let's call Chao Ci out first.
He opened the door for lowering the sedan chair and was about to take Chao Ci out, but at this moment, he seemed to see a slight fluctuation in the corner of his eye.
Um?
He was startled and looked back, but found nothing.
Everything seemed normal... but that was not right.
Yu Cang focused his attention on his own shadow - or to be more precise, it was not the shadow cast by this secret world, but the shadow cast by the soul card of the past bubble in the river!
It sounds confusing, but these two shadows are not the same.
The layer of "time" that flowed near the bubble in the past was more like a force existing in another dimension. Yu Cang just saw those rays of light passing through his palms and even flowing away on the earth. This was enough to prove that it did not interact with the material world.
Similarly, the shadow cast by this layer of time flow is not projected in the material world, but in another dimension.
But now, because the angle happened to be right, the two shadows overlapped, and it was precisely because of this that Yu Cang had the opportunity to observe that layer of time projection.
Yu Cang stared at the shadow intently. Did he just see... some living creature in it?
After pondering for a moment, he moved his mind and let the fleeting shadows of the past float behind him. The light of time shone from behind him, and his shadow in the light gradually overlapped completely with the shadow on the ground.
Buzz...
A strange tremor seemed to arise from the bottom of Yu Cang's heart. For a moment he was a little dazed. In that shadow, he seemed to see a strange beast.
It has a single horn on its head, just like a Qilin!
Year!
However, the young man, who should have been dressed in bright red, had all the color faded away and was only a shadow, blending into Yu Cang's projection of time.
When Yu Cang looked at the projection, Nian's shadow seemed to turn its head slightly and cast a glance at Yu Cang... Yu Cang could not make out the emotions in it, he only knew that Nian should be smiling.
In an instant, Yu Cang understood.
The phantom of the strange beast is exactly the layer of "bubble" maintained when this soul card exists in Yu Cang's deck!
Now, it is also the place where the remaining consciousness of the young is stored!
While Yu Cang was stunned, Chao Ci had already come to Yu Cang's side through the opened chariot door.
She followed Yu Cang's gaze and naturally saw the man in the shadow.
Surprise suddenly flashed in her eyes, and a layer of water light covered them. He ran a few steps quickly, trying to touch the bubble of years, but the bubble was just a bubble. Chao Ci passed through the shadows and only touched nothing.
For a moment, Chao Ci's eyes were a little confused.
She turned her head: "Yu Cang, this..."
Nian Paoying seemed to sense Chao Ci's presence. He moved in Yu Cang's shadow, getting closer to Chao Ci, but in the end, he could not reach him.
Yu Cang already roughly understood what had happened.
"How should I put it...it can be considered a success," Yu Cang said. "Nian's consciousness should have been preserved, but now he is just a phantom, visible but untouchable... In essence, he should be similar to the phantom you saw in the desolate crystal yesterday."
Being able to see but not touch or communicate is actually quite cruel. But for young people, perhaps this is also a luxury.
However, it's actually not that bad - originally, if Yu Cang had successfully grown into a legend, he might have found a way to resurrect Nian from the Wilderness Crystal. It's just that now the second Wilderness God is about to be born, and he doesn't have that much time.
In this way, by preserving Nian's shadow in the form of a soul card, Yu Cang can make a real attempt to resurrect it one day in the future when he is completely sure of it.
Chao Ci: “…”
She looked at Nian Paoying, and her expression became complicated for a moment.
So that's how it is... As expected, even Yu Cang couldn't resurrect a legend from the Wild Crystal.
However, even if this is the only way, she is content.
Chao Ci was silent for a moment, and then he transformed into a human form in the aurora.
She stretched out her hand to touch the bubble that was so close to her, but her fingers could only pass through it and stir the air.
However, she could vaguely sense the hazy emotions coming from the bubble, including intimacy, longing, care and comfort.
Through this, she was convinced that Nian did exist here, but in another dimension.
That's enough.
Chao Ci took a deep breath and hid the tears that were accumulating in his eyes.
She turned to look at Yu Cang:
"Thank you, Yu Cang." Her expression was very serious, "for meeting my excessive request."
Although it seemed that Yu Cang was the one who offered to help Chao Ci, she was just a little arrogant, not indifferent to good and evil.
"I will overcome the obstacles in my heart as soon as possible, surpass the myth, and become your strongest sword!"
Looking at Chao Ci who was surprisingly serious, Yu Cang just smiled lightly.
He walked forward and touched Chao Ci's head: "You are the strongest comrade."
"That little thing, call it what you will."
Chao Ci crossed her arms and didn't resist the pat on the head. She looked at Yu Cang in front of her, and the seriousness in her expression gradually disappeared, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Actually—based on my understanding of humans, when I was in Feng Yuecangjian, I thought you would let me call you Master."
Yu Cang was stunned: "...Huh?"
"Hmph... If you had asked me to do so then, I would have definitely taught you a lesson. But now—" Chao Ci looked at Yu Cang, his eyes smiling with an inexplicable meaning, "If you want, I can change my mind."
"Ahem..." Yu Cang almost choked, "Isn't this bad? Where is the dignity of the Creator..."
"I'm just a mortal spirit now—and it's just a title. I don't mind showing my intimacy with my comrades in front of others." After a pause, Chao Ci continued, "Besides, didn't Ye Lai also call you the master of this body?"
"Forehead……"
Yu Cang tried to imagine in his mind the scene where Chao Ci called him master in a serious manner.
It's so weird... I always feel like something's not right with the characters.
Let’s just forget it.
Chao Ci should be more accepting of the relationship between them, which is a good thing, and nothing else is necessary.
Seeing Yu Cang's look of confusion, Chao Ci smiled knowingly.
Then he turned and said, "Anyway, thank you - by the way, what abilities did that child Nian possess after becoming a soul card? Can I take a look?"
Yu Cang naturally agreed. As soon as he thought about it, the image of the past appeared in front of Chao Ci.
Once the position of the soul card changed, the time projection no longer overlapped with Yu Cang's own shadow, so the shadow of the year disappeared in an instant and disappeared from sight.
However, with their previous experience, both Yu Cang and Chao Ci can now vaguely sense the existence of the bubble, but they just can't see it.
This layer of bubble will also play its role in defending Yu Cang from attacks.
Chao Ci took the Soul Card and began to read the description. However, as she read, a trace of confusion appeared in her eyes.
ah?
Is this the ability of the year?
When did this powerful skill appear...
Although this guy's name is Nian, his ability has little to do with time. Only [Chronicles Without Changes] may be reflected, but it only touches the edge of time.
The primary attribute of the Year should be Fire. The flame of the Year is both violent and represents rebirth, making it the most changeable and contradictory fire.
Chao Ci thought that even if it became a spell card, it should be the kind of card that... focuses on killing in normal times, and after being activated, it can plant the seeds of hope during the death cooldown.
But now, look at these three abilities, which one is related to fire?
How did my child become like this?
"Ahem...Chao Ci, this is a necessary change."
Seeing Chao Ci's expression, Yu Cang roughly knew what went wrong.
After all, he didn't extract the entries directly from Nian, but from Nian's wild crystal.
Moreover, when implanting the entries, Yu Cang implanted all the entries related to time in order to improve the compatibility... Moreover, the carrier for implanting the entries was a storage soul card with empty attributes... With all these coincidences added together, it is not surprising that such a soul card could be born.
Yes, although the introduction of this soul card is very mysterious, but... in fact, the essence of this soul card is still a "storage soul card".
A mythical level storage soul card, looking across the entire Blue Star, no one is more extravagant than Yu Cang.
Chao Ci was silent for a moment, and the confusion in his eyes gradually disappeared.
Forget it... As long as the child survives.
Then, she began to feel curious: "What does this [A Moment of Silence] mean?"
Incorporate the time of other substances into it?
Such vague descriptions are rare in soul cards.
Although the void attribute soul card includes time and space, as well as some unconventional abilities, in fact, there are more soul cards of this attribute that are related to space.
There are very few high-level soul cards that can affect time. Even Chao Ci has never heard of many of them. As for mythical ones, there is only one in front of him.
Therefore, she couldn't make any judgment.
"Well, actually, this ability is like a 'refrigerator'."
Yu Cang reached out and pinched the Soul Card between his fingers. Then, he looked around for a moment, his gaze fixed on a pile of rubble.
The gravel was not real gravel, but a wild beast living in this secret place, called "Jungle Beast".
Although they were wild beasts, their infection level was very low, their strength was low, and they had no complex desires. They usually liked to bask in the sun on the grassland. Therefore, after Di Chang'an took over this secret realm, he did not eliminate them and left them there.
Yu Cang came to a rugged beast with the soul card and patted it with his hand.
Rumble...
A series of sounds were heard, and the pile of stones changed, piling up its body, as if trying to intimidate Yu Cang - but it was quite powerless.
Yu Cang said nothing and gently swiped the Soul Card in front of the Ridgeback Beast.
Buzz!
The time turbulence that was originally only visible near the soul card suddenly spread to the side of the bony beast. The next second, the entire bony beast disappeared like a painting being erased from a canvas.
"That's it—" Yu Cang raised the Soul Card in his hand, "Now, the remaining time of the Riggle Beast has all been recorded by me in the time recorded on this Soul Card... In other words, the Riggle Beast has been 'stored' by this card.
"In the [Momentary Gap], the jagged beasts can move, but time does not flow. If I trap a human within it, even if I release them a hundred years later, their remaining lifespan will not change.
"In theory, no attack can affect the time in [Momentary Gap]. However, this state is not invincible - if [Annual Ring Bubble] is punctured, the time stored in it cannot be retrieved until the death cooldown ends, and...
"This Soul Card will absorb the time stored within it to fill the one-year death cooldown. If I don't control it, the existence within it may have its time drained away and die."
(End of this chapter)
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