Chapter 169: Old Stories (4) “No problem.” Si Ling said seriously…
Si Ling felt a strange feeling in his heart. He lowered his head and pondered silently. Then he heard Xuan Chi ask, "Do you know where the five major clans are?"
Hyun-yeon: "The five major clans?"
"Yes." Xuan Chi said patiently, "Phoenix, Mermaid, Three-tailed Fox, Feathered People, and Suhuang."
"I know which five tribes they are..." Xuan Lian was speechless, then looked at Si Ling again, "You haven't found them yet? What about Luo Ling?"
Si Ling pulled himself back to his senses and looked at her with a frown: "Why do you ask that?"
"Luo Ling told the five major clans to hide their tracks to protect themselves, but she didn't hide with them. I thought she went back to find you." Xuan Lian said.
Si Ling shook his head: "I would have been dead by then. I did tell Luo Ling to report the news to the five major tribes, but I also told her to protect herself. She should have hidden with the five major tribes..."
"She didn't," Hyun-ryeon said firmly. Then she asked, "What about Lan-yi?"
Lan Yi is a mermaid and one of the Seven Sacred Lords. Unlike the later-surrendered King Su Huang, who remained in power in his own territory and sent his son to heaven, Lan Yi was the original leader of the Chaos alongside Xin Bi. As a result, she not only holds a position of power at Xin Bi's side, but also serves as the powerful leader of the mermaid clan.
Chi Huang of the Phoenix Clan and Shuang Ye, the three-tailed fox who followed Xin Bi a little later, were in a similar situation.
but……
When Yuanqianzi launched a rebellion, Lanyi, Chihuang, Shuangye and Fengxiaozi of the Yu people were all in the Heavenly Palace, so they were all sacrificed soon. In the end, only Luoling protected Xinbi and escaped.
At least that's what Si Ling always thought.
Hyun-ryeon's words made her suspicious: "Lan Yi is not dead?"
"She escaped death," Hyun-Lian said. "It's said the conflict in Heaven raged for days, with even the mortal realm reeling from constant thunder and lightning. But after it ended, Di Jun and Yuan Qianzi, anxious to suppress the various tribes while also searching for Hyun-Chi and the divine soldiers, evacuated everyone from Heaven. A surviving mermaid guard found Lan Yi by the lake and, as a last resort, pushed her into the water."
Mermaids can quickly heal wounds in the presence of water, let alone the Celestial Lake. Lan Yi saved her life and, while the Celestial Army was stationed there, she escaped back to the Mermaid territory.
Hyun-ryeon’s explanation made Si Ling feel relieved.
She now has "betrayal PTSD". The moment she heard that Lan Yi was still alive, she thought Lan Yi had betrayed her as well, but fortunately it wasn't the case.
"So where are the five major clans?" Hyun Chi felt that Hyun Lin was a little off topic, so he asked.
"Lan Yi helped them hide." Xuan Lian's eyes widened, and after a pause, he uttered a few words, "The 'Silence of All Things' of the Mermaids."
“…Fuck.” Si Ling sucked in a breath of cold air.
Xuan Chi held his forehead.
Hyun-yeon also fell silent.
The "Silence of All Things" spell was mastered by the mermaids at the dawn of time, during the creation of the universe by Pangu. Compared to the various minor techniques that emerged later, earlier spells often held immense power, and the "Silence of All Things" spell was no exception.
At the same time, since everyone was still exploring the world at that time, many powerful spells also had fatal flaws. The most brutal of these was backlash. Some immortals used deadly spells to kill their opponents during battle, only to be reduced to ashes themselves. Such tragedies were common at the time. Many other cases were less brutal, but were simply a matter of indifference. If you think deeply, you will find that this seemingly powerful spell is better not to use.
"All things are empty and silent" is one of them.
It allows the user to enter a "void" state. Being in the "void" is equivalent to being out of the Three Realms. Although those in the void can only sleep, and their cultivation, knowledge, and experience will not improve, the passage of time in the outside world has nothing to do with them.
This is a bit like the cryonics resurrection technology that once caused heated discussions in the world - people with terminal illnesses are technically treated, then quickly frozen in nitrogen liquid, and then resurrected when medical science advances to the point where the terminal illness can be cured. The patient's age and memory remain at the level before being frozen, but the disease has the possibility of being cured.
...The only difference is that this freezing resurrection technology has not yet successfully brought back any cases of resurrection in the human world, while the Void of All Things can really bring back those who have escaped into the void.
However, there are a lot of prerequisites for the recall.
First, the locations of the escape and recall arrays must be consistent; second, the exact time when they escape into the void must be known; finally, the detailed name, race, and date of birth of the person who escaped into the void must also be known.
——These needs are precisely why "All Things Void" is rarely used. It seems to allow people to avoid disaster, but if all those who know about it outside the void are killed, the caster will be trapped in the "void" forever, unconscious and unable to see the light of day forever.
Now, the first two are not difficult to solve. Hyun-ryeon participated in the emergency meeting of the five major clans at that time and knew these two pieces of information.
But if Xuan Lan can remember the third one, then she might be the daughter of King Su Huang and the God Bai Ze.
Apart from these three points, there is another more difficult problem, which is that the caster must be a mermaid, and the blood of the mermaid is needed to open the magic circle.
But there are no mermaids now, at least not outside the void.
"Is Lan Yi the only one who has the personnel list..." Si Ling asked solemnly, thinking to himself: No way! The five major clans are all going to be trapped!
Hyun-ryeon pursed her lips. "I was responsible for the rearguard action, and I didn't participate in the specific implementation of the All-Wise Void Silence... But according to the plan at the meeting, the list should have been copied and sent to different places. But where exactly..." Hyun-ryeon said weakly, "I don't know either."
“…” Si Ling was speechless.
Xuan Chi took a deep breath and said, "Let's change our approach. Can you help me get a set of immortal bones first?"
He thought that perhaps he should solve the problem of the magic weapon first, so that he could seize power first. Even if he only seized a portion of the power, it would be easier to find the five major clans.
When Si Ling heard him ask this, she guessed what he was thinking. She didn't think the same as him, but it would never hurt to help him find his immortal bone first, so she didn't say anything.
Hyun-yeon was a little confused: "Sacral bone?"
"Yes, that's why we went to the Immortal Registration Institute." Xuan Chi said, "The authority over the divine weapons is still in my hands, but they recognize the divine version of me. So we want to go to the Immortal Registration Institute to grab an immortal certificate, use it to pass through the Heavenly Gate and obtain the immortal bone."
He paused, then made his request clearer: "Can you give us an immortal register that won't be discovered by the Heavenly Court?"
Hyun-ryeon pondered for a moment: "Yes, I can, but do you think Tianmen will be easy?"
As she spoke, she realized her cognitive bias and gave Si Ling a complicated look: "Times have changed, Your Majesty. When you were the Emperor of Heaven, the Heavenly Gate was just a gate between the heavens and the human and earthly realms. Anyone who was recognized as a god could enter. But over the past tens of thousands of years, the control of the Heavenly Emperors has become increasingly strict. Now, there are thirty or forty verification procedures before and after passing through the Heavenly Gate... Although all the procedures can be completed in a few seconds, your heaven-defying cultivation will definitely be noticed. Even if the current Emperor of Heaven is not Di Jun, you probably don't want him to notice you..."
Si Ling nodded: "Is there any other way?"
Hyun-rye pondered, "I'm not sure, but I think there must be some. How could such a massive system be without loopholes? Let me ask when I get back."
"Okay, no rush." Si Ling was very calm.
There are too many new situations now, and she also wants to discuss the next plan with Hyun Chi.
On the contrary, Hyun-ryeon was a little anxious. Seeing Si Ling agreed, she immediately stood up and walked out: "I'll go back and think of a solution!"
The reason for her anxiety was simple: her biological mother was in the void.
Hyun Chi stood up subconsciously: "I'll see you off."
Hyun-yeon declined and said “No thanks”, but Hyun-chi said nothing and continued to follow her out.
They walked one after the other to a place not far from the door. Si Ling suddenly remembered something else and stood up as well. "By the way, what was that 'mistake' Hyun-ryeon mentioned earlier?"
As soon as he asked this question, the brother and sister froze as if they had been electrocuted.
Si Ling: “?”
Hyun Chi and Hyun Yeon's eyes shifted stiffly, and they looked at each other with held breath.
Almost at the same moment, Hyun-yeon clasped her fists and shouted, "I have official business to attend to, goodbye!" and immediately jumped towards the door; Hyun-chi predicted her reaction, and the long spear in his hand appeared, which instantly turned into a long whip and swung directly at Hyun-yeon's ankle.
In one thousandth of a second... the whip was finally a little late, and Hyun-ryeon escaped from the sunrise before the circle formed by the whip tightened, and quickly fled from the wooden house.
"Sister!" Xuan Chi flew up to chase after her. Just as he reached the door, he heard two clang sounds and Si Ling's dagger fell in front of him. The moment it pierced the threshold, it turned into an iron fence, blocking his way.
"..." Xuan Chi took a deep breath, smiled dryly, and turned his head, "There's still fish soup stewing in the pot, don't you think..."
"What's the point of running away?" Si Ling stood in front of the sofa, crossed his arms, and raised his eyebrows. "Unless you don't plan to see me anymore, how long can you keep this secret?"
Hyun Chi lowered his head in silence. Si Ling narrowed his eyes slightly and leisurely walked up to him, calmly meeting his panicked expression. "How about I take a guess? Hyun Chi thinks I'm trying to make up for my mistakes from back then, that I've inadvertently caused you some kind of harm or... loss?"
"No..." Hyun Chi quickly shook his head, "Not at all."
He pursed his lips tightly, placed his hands on Si Ling's shoulders, gritted his teeth, and smiled as awkwardly as ever: "It's a small matter with no practical impact... but it's quite embarrassing. Can you just pretend you don't know?"
"No problem." Si Ling nodded seriously, "You tell me first, and I'll pretend I don't know after I listen."
Xuan Chi: “…”
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