Chapter 144 Trench Exploration (3) Now it has disappeared. ...
Just before she could see the palace clearly, light and shadows flashed before Si Ling's eyes, pulling her into another scene, which was from a much longer time.
...It was after Pangu created the world, when she was still Xin Bi.
At that time, the smoke and dust from the creation of the world had not yet dissipated on earth. The situation in heaven was slightly better, with occasional gaps in the smoke and dust.
The brilliance of the sun and moon condensed within these cracks, gradually nurturing some of the earliest gods. As the smoke and dust dispersed further, more creatures emerged, such as the phoenix and the mermaids.
The fight between the gods soon began. Si Ling saw that Xin Bi had five more followers around her. Four of them were the "Four Holy Lords" mentioned by Xuan Chi, and another one was from the same clan of gods as her, named Di Jun.
During those chaotic times, thoughts alone guided behavior. Xin Bi's power expanded rapidly, and conflicts followed.
Si Ling witnessed a victory. They conquered an island that originally belonged to a race called Zhu Huai. However, there was no laughter in the entire barracks. The atmosphere was so depressing that it seemed like they had suffered a defeat.
In the main tent, Xin Bi questioned Di Jun: "Zhu Huai has surrendered, how could you massacre their entire clan?!"
Di Jun said, "They fought desperately. There are several more battles to be fought in the near future. Killing their entire clan will serve as a deterrent."
Xin Bi suppressed her anger: "That's 50,000 lives!"
"Many of our men died too." Di Jun said calmly.
Xin Bi knew that the dead could not be brought back, but Di Jun's indifference frightened her even more.
She understood Di Jun's brutality, took a deep breath, and tried to persuade him: "Tyranny will only make the subjects succumb out of fear."
Di Jun was unconcerned: "But at least they will surrender."
Xin Bi couldn't help but choke. A long silence fell between them. She shook her head, "This isn't my original intention for conquering the lands." She paused, "Don't let tyranny ruin our efforts."
Di Jun retorted, "Your kindness will destroy you."
They parted on bad terms that day. Besides their different opinions, Xin Bi also realized from Di Jun's attitude that he had been dissatisfied with her for a long time.
So the parting of ways came quickly, and when they argued again about the massacre, Di Jun chose to leave.
Before leaving, the only request he made was that Xin Bi allocate the Rakshasa Realm to him.
The Rakshasa Realm is considered a branch of the Heavenly Realm. Initially, it was just a place where violent people gathered together to seek identity, but later it became an independent world.
Xin Bi conquered it, intending to slowly govern it in the future and change the violent temperament of the Rakshasas, but seeing that Di Jun wanted it, she thought it was okay and gave it to him.
For tens of thousands of years afterwards, she never saw Di Jun again, but had some indirect minor troubles - for example, the Rakshasas created the difficult-to-control state of "Rakshasa Ghost Phase" in order to absorb spiritual energy.
But when this incident happened, she was too busy. At that time, the Three Realms were just beginning to be established, and she had just ascended the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, ruling over thousands of races. It was difficult for her to distract herself from the Rakshasa Realm.
Therefore, she did not realize that the reason why the Rakshasas were so eager to absorb spiritual power was actually because Di Jun was improving his strength.
She never expected that tens of thousands of years later, he would suddenly appear in front of her and kill her.
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In the underwater town, the sudden shock of the sea water made every ghost in the town hold their breath and prick up their ears. This kind of shock is rare in the deep sea. When they first felt it hundreds of years ago, they thought it was an earthquake, but now they have fully understood its origin.
After confirming that it was exactly that kind of shock, almost all the ghosts in the town cheered. They poured out and headed straight for the Puerto Rico Trench not far away.
The first group of ghosts to arrive at the trench examined the barrier that had been set up. This barrier, seemingly easy to break, was actually the product of the combined efforts of all the ghosts in the town. It was ingeniously designed, seemingly to protect something, but in reality, it could seal the magical power of any intruder without anyone noticing. Most ghosts would fall under the spell at this stage, unknowingly.
Then, they quickly ran towards the rectangular cave not far away, and after passing through the cave skillfully, they headed straight for the ancient palace.
When they were close enough to the palace, everyone slowed down to avoid accidentally touching the golden seal in the palace.
They call it: The Mark of the Curse that Brings Blessing.
Blessing and curse, these seem to be two completely opposite words, but they are very appropriate when used to describe this strange seal.
Over the past few hundred years, they have seen many ghosts and monsters mistakenly enter here, attracted by the spiritual power released by the golden seal and go deep into this underground space.
But the moment they touch the golden seal, the power released by the golden seal will make their souls fly away, and the black shadows on the ground are left by the dead ghosts.
Only their spiritual power will remain here for a short time.
...For the townspeople, this was a "spiritual power takeaway," so they would rush here as quickly as possible to share it before the spiritual power dissipated. Later, for added security, they designed a trap that could seal the magic power.
Over the past few hundred years, they have succeeded dozens of times.
But this time, after they broke into the Cangming Palace, everyone was stunned: "Oh my God!" An octopus monster dressed as a pirate exaggeratedly covered its mouth with all four tentacles, "She's not dead? She's still alive!"
"Alive?"
“He’s still alive!”
The ghosts whispered to each other.
Then they further noticed that the evil ghost that appeared this time not only did not die, but also successfully moved the golden seal - the golden seal that had been placed upright in the center of the stone platform for many years rolled to the ground, about half a meter away from her.
These anomalies surprised them greatly, but they quickly made up their minds to absorb her spiritual power.
Although she wasn't dead, she was unconscious and powerless to resist. In their eyes, she was no different from being dead, just an attractive takeaway.
The goblins gathered around her in tacit agreement, carefully observing her to see if she was cheating, while whispering about the order in which they would share the food. Some goblins, obsessed with improving their strength, could not help but lick their lips; the free cultivation was the most delicious thing for them.
As the saying goes: Brave people enjoy life first.
The same goes for brave ghosts.
Soon, several of the bravest ghosts surrounded him first, ready to share this cultivation.
Just when they were about to take a breath, there was a bang and a door panel flew over!
"Ah——!!!" The ghosts were knocked away by the door panel, and the two with the weakest cultivation unfortunately died.
...As the saying goes: Brave people enjoy life first.
But if you fail, it means: the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
"Who are you?" A burly siren shouted at the door, but the moment he saw the other party, his momentum immediately weakened.
The man who appeared at the door was a species they had never seen before. He held a halberd in his hand and was covered in black armor. The pair of feathers on his forehead looked like a crown of a strong man, and the black wings spread out behind him reminded them of the god of death.
It's obvious that he's not someone to be trifled with.
The world of ghosts is based on strength, and in a "lawless place" like the underwater town, strength means everything.
The siren who had just roared angrily suddenly felt his scalp tingling, and some little monsters who were unwilling to give up the takeaway grinned, wanting to drive away this uninvited guest.
Xuan Chi walked towards Si Ling as if he didn't see these ghosts at all.
The ghosts subconsciously made way for him. One unwilling goblin followed the others and shouted, "This is our prey!"
Xuan Chi's brows twitched slightly, and he stopped suppressing his spiritual power. The powerful force instantly surged in all directions, and then just like one morning at the Ghost Academy, the ghosts fled in fear. Some of them didn't even have the strength to escape, and could only shrink tremblingly into the shadows under the wall.
"Si Ling." Xuan Chi squatted down beside Si Ling, hesitated for a moment, and held her in his arms.
He wanted to cast a healing spell, but soon found that she was not injured. She was just frowning tightly, her thin lips kept moving, and she was whispering softly, as if she was talking in her sleep.
Xuan Chi hesitated for a moment, did not cast the spell rashly, picked her up and walked out.
As the two of them left together, the golden seal that fell to the ground seemed to sense something, swayed and floated up, following Xuan Chi.
Xuan Chi glanced at it and forced himself to look away.
He's still not sure what exactly happened that year.
A few minutes later, Xuan Chi's figure completely disappeared from the underwater space. The residents of the underwater town then stood up tremblingly and walked out shaking in fear.
In fact... the bodies of the two companions who had just died were still there, and their spiritual energy had not yet dissipated. According to their previous habits, this was also a "takeout", but they were not in the mood to do so now.
The excitement they had when they came here had faded, which made their observation skills sharper. So when they walked out of the temple, they realized belatedly that the skeleton that had been lying quietly in front of the temple was gone.
Unlike the golden seal, the skeleton seemed harmless, yet strangely untouchable. For centuries, they had been unable to determine whether it was real or an illusion.
Now it's gone.
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