Chapter 448 The Method of Recreating the Virtual Realm 1
The girl who's always been by my side, without a doubt, is Mazao.
The topic turned to early morning sickness, and the fortune teller's warning made me shudder. I then imitated the fortune teller, making my voice veiled, and asked, "Why do you say that?"
My communication with the divination master wasn't simply a matter of lowering my voice; it involved infusing my voice with a powerful intention that I didn't want others to hear. Not only could the other powerful figures in the distance not hear it, but even later attempts to trace back historical records using divination methods were unsuccessful.
"I have two reasons. Which one you believe is up to you," the fortune teller said slowly. "First, you can understand it as me having experienced many great storms and seeing all sorts of things in this world. Even those I haven't seen before are basically all based on the same principle."
"Therefore, even without divination, one can predict the outcome of many things from the very beginning based on one's accumulated intuition and experience. This time, it was more based on intuition. I had a premonition that if Liu Shuying saw the girl next to you, some terrible consequences would occur that you would not want to see."
"Specifically, what are the consequences?" I asked.
"This relates to the second reason," the fortune teller said. "Perhaps this reason will be easier for you to agree with. Simply put, I think you and Liu Shuying are likely of the same kind. In my opinion, you have quite similar temperaments."
"You care a lot about that girl, not only because of emotional factors, but also because of practical needs, right? That girl can fulfill your wishes, so perhaps she can also greatly help Liu Shuying's wishes."
"I can't be sure what Liu Shuying's wish is, after all, you are not the same person. Therefore, the reason you took that girl may not be the reason he might take action against her in the future. But in reality, they are pretty much the same, and he may not be able to control his impulse to take action."
Although the fortune teller's tone was quite sincere, there were many unclear or ambiguous parts in his specific wording.
Since he specifically came to my side to tell me this information, he shouldn't be trying to create a false impression. Although he is indeed someone who likes to be mysterious and tease his conversation partners with riddles, he never does anything truly meaningless.
I looked at Liu Shuying sitting in the distance. He seemed unaware of the conversation between me and the Divination Master. He was simply gazing with interest at the enormous coffin that was slowly approaching, carried by four rock giants.
Based on that brief eye contact earlier, I couldn't tell if it was truly as the fortune teller said, that Liu Shuying was the same kind of person as me. However, when it comes to judging people, probably no one in the world can surpass the fortune teller. I decided to believe the fortune teller for now and do everything I could to prevent Liu Shuying from coming into contact with Ma Zao in the future.
"Thank you for reminding me, I will keep it in mind," I replied very seriously.
The fortune teller nodded in satisfaction and then headed to the highest point of the shrine-like grandstand.
Just like the funeral ceremony last month, this spirit burial ceremony was also presided over by the Divination Master. Throughout Luoshan's long history, the Divination Master has likely, just as he did today, seen off one great impermanence after another. Among them were those who were lost, and those who died. In his eyes, Shenzhao was perhaps just one of them.
The ceremony officially began when the enormous coffin was transported to the shrine-like platform.
There was actually no remains of Shenzhao inside the coffin. Shenzhao was utterly destroyed by his own attacks in the illusory realm, leaving no trace in the real world either. The coffin contained Shenzhao's personal belongings, even his former residence had been moved inside, which is why the coffin was so enormous, like a horizontally placed building. Of course, it was probably more for the sake of grandeur. The coffin of the towering, upright Great Impermanence should also be towering and imposing—this seemed to be a consensus in Luoshan.
I've heard that some devoted followers of Shenzhao also volunteered to enter the coffin and be buried alive with the deceased. I personally consider this practice to be a vestige of Luoshan's funeral culture, but the individuals involved seem genuinely willing, even regarding it as a supreme honor, so I respect their choice.
The divine burial ceremony continued into the night, or rather, it was only the beginning. For ordinary witchers, the ceremony would last for another three days and three nights. The followers of the Divine Illumination, however, mostly prostrated themselves outside the Great Undying Cemetery; for them, the divine burial ceremony wasn't just a day or three days, but a month-long ordeal.
As for the Great Impermanence, they could leave after the first night. The coffin was also moved to the Great Impermanence cemetery on the first night and buried under one of the black tower tombstones. Of course, the Great Impermanence still acted as they pleased regarding these rules and regulations. Mingzhuo and Jianfeixian left after listening to the Divination Master's speech, not to mention Old Fist God and Wheel King, who didn't show up at all.
In ancient times, emperors who considered themselves the Son of Heaven and believed in the divine right of kings could not neglect the sacrifices to Heaven; while those whose power was legitimized by their parents and bloodline could not neglect the sacrifices to their ancestors. Regardless of the actual situation, they had to put on a show, otherwise they would be making things difficult for themselves, and in severe cases, they would be criticized for being unworthy of their position.
The Great Impermanence doesn't even need to put on a show, because its power doesn't come from the masses who support it, but solely from its own supreme strength. There's no question of whether its virtue matches its position, only whether its power matches it.
They don't even need to care about the opinions of their followers or the opinions of those with whom they have formed a bond, as if anchoring themselves to nothing. It's not because they are so powerful as to be like gods, with people defending them and explaining their actions as "that's just how gods are," but because the Great Impermanence has far too many ways of anchoring itself in the strange world.
Regardless of whether they have other means of self-anchoring besides forming connections, there are many interpretations even if they only have the means of forming connections. To put it extremely, being hated is also a kind of connection, and harming others is also a kind of bad connection. If a great impermanence really doesn't want to feel lost, he can commit heinous killings and evil deeds to attract hatred, or he can cast continuous curses on millions of people, easily accumulating a large amount of connections through such evil methods.
While these methods cannot truly cure the root cause, they can almost permanently address the symptoms. In the eyes of the omnipotent Impermanence, there are countless ways to overcome the problem of loss. In the past, I was overly fearful of loss, but later I gradually realized that loss itself is not a problem at all, never has been. The greatest enemy of Impermanence is always oneself.
Therefore, if Liu Shuying coveted Ma Zao as the fortune teller said, it couldn't be out of a desire to counter the phenomenon of loss.
I can only speculate based on my own limited understanding—could it be that Liu Shuying, like me, also has a pursuit of "incredible adventures"?
Before I knew it, Liu Shuying had also left his seat on the shrine-like stands and disappeared. I thought he wanted to see me, but perhaps I was just being presumptuous.
After leaving the shrine-like viewing platform, I headed towards the Great Impermanence Cemetery, wanting to see Shenzhao's tombstone. On the way, I encountered Yuchi. He was standing on the outskirts of the Great Impermanence Cemetery, gazing towards one of the tombstones. It seemed he wasn't looking at Shenzhao's tombstone, but rather Qilin's.
According to the rules of Luoshan, Yuchi himself is not allowed to enter the Great Impermanence Tomb area; he can only stand on the outside and look out. However, since I'm here, it's perfectly reasonable to bring him in. I greeted him, and then we entered the Great Impermanence Tomb area together, first arriving at Shenzhao's tombstone.
This appears to have originally been one of the blank tombstones that Shen Zhaosheng had gazed upon during his lifetime, but now it is densely covered with countless words detailing his life and achievements.
Yu Chi stared at the black tower tombstone for a while, then turned and said, "The shattering of the Void Realm is only temporary; it will surely reappear in the future."
I replied, "That's what I think too, but you seem to have more conclusive evidence?"
“Yes,” Yu Chi nodded, “because I’ve been trying to create a virtual realm recently.”
“Wait a minute…” I said, surprised. “When you said ‘the Void Realm will definitely reappear,’ you didn’t mean that the Lord of the Divine Seal will recreate the Void Realm… but that you are going to recreate the Void Realm?”
Furthermore, he can actually create virtual realms?
While it might be impolite to say this to Yuchi, in my mind, Yuchi is practically just there to make up the numbers in the Void Realm. Among the seven Void Realm Apostles, Number One, Number Three (myself), Number Four, and Number Six are all Great Impermanence, Number Two, Little Bowl, is the only person from the apocalyptic era in the Void Realm, and Number Seven is the one with the most mysteries.
In contrast, Yuchi has never shown any outstanding performance, and sometimes he even seems to overreact. His boast of killing the most powerful Wuchang Old Fist God in Luoshan certainly shows his courage, but it also highlights his weakness at this moment. If there is anything special about him, it is that he has a deceased Great Wuchang wife.
In addition, he seems to possess a level of array formation skills comparable to that of the historically renowned Da Wuchang, making him a veritable array formation version of Silver Moon, capable of even harming Da Wuchang who ventures into his array formations... However, I have never directly experienced his level in this regard; I have only heard that he provided a great deal of assistance to Shenzhao's plan to assassinate the Lord of the Divine Seal.
So what if he can only harm the Great Impermanence? Even the Water Master Xuanwu has his trump card to harm the Great Impermanence, but in the end, it's still the same. No matter how profound his understanding of formations, Yuchi himself is only at the Great Completion stage; his abilities are ultimately limited. But now it seems he can actually do something that only the Lord of the Divine Seal could previously accomplish?
"Did you succeed? Or did you just try and fail?" I asked curiously.
“No, you’ve misunderstood. I don’t really intend to recreate the virtual realm… at least not now,” Yu Chi said. “However, I do possess that ability.”
(End of this chapter)
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