Chapter 299 Bifang 3
It's impossible to truly return to its heyday... That's a rather intriguing way of putting it.
Is it possible for Silvermoon to "falsely" return to its heyday?
At the same time, I also understood why the Ancient Moon God lied to me.
"Gu Yue Shen is probably worried that if she told the truth from the beginning, I might kill her in order to weaken Yin Yue..."
Since the fortune teller said he would help me find the answer, I went ahead and asked, "But why did she summon the phantoms of the villagers who died in the past?"
"Because she is a deity born from a terrifying belief, she seeks the awe and sacrifices of others. Even if it's a death phantom she summons herself, she'll do it," the Diviner replied unhurriedly. "Furthermore, she also has the ability to strengthen herself by devouring human souls, which is probably why she killed Dongche in the future. She also seems to plan to devour the residents of Moonshadow Mountain City after leaving the mist."
"You didn't take Winter Chariot with you to say goodbye, but instead killed her first. You could say it was a brilliant move by chance. Because the Winter Chariot before was a death phantom she summoned, which can be considered her tentacle. If you take Winter Chariot out of the mist, it's like helping her point out the right way out of the mist, and she can follow you out of the mist."
I was wondering why Gu Yue Shen would agree to let me leave so easily; I never expected she would almost succeed.
Then, I asked the most crucial question: "How can I capture the Silver Moon, which lies deepest within the mist?"
“With your current strength, you cannot penetrate the deepest part of the mist. However, if you can raise your power to the level of the Great Impermanence in a short period of time, you can try to force your way in.” The Divination Master seemed to have seen through my weaknesses. “However, even if you can reach Silver Moon with your current strength, you are likely to be the one who is defeated.”
"Why?" I asked.
“Although Silvermoon has lost the chance to fully recover, as long as she waits until tonight and recovers to a certain extent, combined with the advantageous terrain of Moonshadow Mountain… within this area alone, she can still unleash all the power she had before she was born.” He revealed very important information. “In my opinion, your current power is even comparable to Silvermoon in her best condition.”
"But you should understand very well that if you can't completely overwhelm Silvermoon in terms of power, then you have absolutely no chance of winning."
So that's how it is; this is what's called a "false" return to the heyday.
And I must also acknowledge the divination master's viewpoint.
In most battles, I seem to be fighting while ignoring the opponent's special abilities, but that doesn't mean special abilities are useless. When there's no significant difference in strength, special abilities can create a tremendous advantage. I once suffered a great loss at the hands of Chenlong's portal armor—"Shadow Binding"—and I know very well how troublesome that situation is.
Given equal conditions, if one person's ability is to "turn fantasy into reality" while the other is simply "very good at burning things," it's obvious who will win.
Silvermoon must be extremely unwilling.
If only he had waited a little longer, until he could unleash his full power at Moonshadow Mountain, he could have easily defeated me. But now he can only retreat into the background, clutching his heavily injured body, and watch helplessly as I kill the Ancient Moon God, missing the crucial opportunity to fully recover.
While this incident undoubtedly caused significant losses to Silvermoon, it's hard to say it significantly reduced the difficulty of my subsequent actions. Because if I intend to fight Silvermoon to the death at Moonshadow Mountain, I'll most likely still have to face a fully prepared Silvermoon afterwards.
Fighting her outside of Moonshadow Mountain is out of the question. Once she leaves Moonshadow Mountain, I'll once again find myself unable to track her down.
This is a problem I need to overcome myself; I can only worry about it on my own. I then asked, "Silver Moon already has such a significant flaw; do you still think she's worth winning over?"
"Of course. Precisely because she became incomplete, completely severing her desire to reclaim all the power she had in life, she has a greater chance to break free from constraints and surpass her former self," the fortune teller said. "This is an opportunity to break down and rebuild, especially since she has truly experienced death. This experience may bring her power that she didn't have in her previous life."
"And once you touch the realm of impermanence and reach heights you never reached in your previous life, it is easy to turn back and make up for your current shortcomings."
"At that time, she might find it ridiculous to cling to all the power she had in her life. As for whether she can let go of that now, that's her own problem."
“I don’t want to encounter a Silver Moon of the Great Impermanence level,” I said. “Thank you for your guidance, Divination Master. However, I still need to ask you one more question.”
He asked in a precognitive manner, "Is it about how to restore Zhu Chang'an's soul to its original state?"
“Yes. Simply eliminating Silver Moon won’t truly achieve my goal. My real objective is to save my friends; whether Silver Moon lives or dies is the least important question,” I said. “I know very well that defeating Silver Moon, who is in Moonshadow Mountain, is an incredibly difficult challenge, and saving my friends’ souls is even more difficult. However, you should be happy to see the difficulty I face in dealing with Silver Moon increase dramatically.”
"If I truly cannot save my friend, then I will have no choice but to liberate his soul by destroying the Silver Moon. If you can give me hope of saving my friend, then it should be a win-win situation."
"There's no need to go that far. Since you want to know the method, I will naturally keep my promise and answer you." The Diviner smiled. "Given your current conditions, saving your friend's soul is practically an impossible task. If you insist on forcing it, then the only option is to hack into Silver Moon's mental world and try to confront her spirit."
"Hack into the mind... targeting the Silver Moon? Is that even possible?" I asked.
"Don't you have the 'Fake Moon in the Water'? You can use this magic item to hack into other people's minds. You've done something similar to that girl before, haven't you?"
What the divination master was referring to was undoubtedly the incident last time when, with Ma Zao's permission, I used a fake moon reflected in water to invade his mental world.
“I know such methods exist, but the counterfeit Moon in the Water is a clumsy imitation of the power of the Silver Moon. Can such methods really save the soul of Chang’an?” I asked.
"Relying on the magic weapon itself is certainly not feasible. The fake moon reflected in the water can at most serve as a bridge in this process," the divination master said patiently. "Through this bridge, you can reach the spiritual world of the silver moon. What follows is a collision between your spirit and the spirit of the silver moon. At that time, you can throw the fake moon reflected in the water aside."
"Of course, under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for you, who are not good at mental power, to break through Silver Moon's mental defenses. So you must first knock Silver Moon down in the real world and make her extremely weak."
"Even under these circumstances, your success rate in invading the Silver Moon's spiritual world is only one percent... But even a one in a thousand or one in ten thousand probability is still much better than 'impossible,' isn't it?"
"you're right……"
I took a breath to calm myself down, and then said, "Thank you."
Perhaps the fortune teller had some ulterior motives in this matter, but since he has pointed me in the right direction when I was lost, I should thank him both out of courtesy and reason.
The fortune teller readily accepted my gratitude and continued, "Also, there's something you've misunderstood. Even if, in your conflict with Silver Moon, it's you who survives instead of Silver Moon, I won't suffer any loss."
Since he brought it up himself, it meant he intended to clarify his thoughts, so I took the opportunity to ask, "Why is that?"
“I’ve said it from the beginning, haven’t I? The reason I personally visited Moonshadow Mountain is for three things. First, to bring back this foolish disciple; second, to recruit Silver Moon to join Luo Mountain…” He smiled, “and third, to extend an invitation to you.”
"You want to recruit me into the Extraordinary?" My first reaction was to refuse.
He calmly asked, "Is the reason you want to refuse me because Zhu Yi's descendants are proponents of social order?"
The descendants of Zhu Yi should refer to Zhu Shi.
Sure enough, while my connection with the Zhu family might be hidden from others, it was impossible to hide it from the Divination Master.
“Don’t worry, I won’t spread the word about your connection with the Zhu family, nor will I use the Zhu family to coerce you into doing anything,” he said. “After all, if Yin Yue only has a slight chance of becoming the Great Impermanence, then you are a genius who is almost certain to become the Great Impermanence in the future.”
"And I think that future shouldn't be too far away. It would be unwise and disappointing to use hostages to coerce a powerful person you want to recruit."
"Excuse my bluntness, but it sounds like you're implying that you have the ability, but just don't have the intention to use it right now," I said.
“If that’s how you want to understand it, I can’t change your mind. But Zhuang Cheng, you may have heard similar things so many times that they’re sick of them, but I still have to tell you that the world is completely different from what it used to be.”
He uttered a heartfelt sigh, seemingly revealing his true feelings to me for the first time: "Supernatural powers cannot prevail against fate... That era is long gone."
"Now that fate has been broken, we can finally make a difference and use our own hands to make the world a better place."
(End of this chapter)
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