Chapter 188 It turns out this thing has an instruction manual
"Brother Xiong Xiong..."
"Um?"
"Your heart... is also speaking..."
Xiao Yu's movements froze for a moment.
"...What did it say?" He didn't even realize that there was a subtle hint of nervousness in his voice.
"It said..." Jiu rubbed his little face against his chest, his voice getting softer and softer, "It said...this girl...why can cry so much..."
"It also said... What a trouble..."
"It also said... why does it seem like it's going to break when you touch it..."
"It also said... get well soon... stop feeling any more pain..."
By the time she finished the last sentence, her voice had become as thin as a mosquito's, and she fell into a deep sleep with deep fatigue.
Xiao Yu seemed to be under a spell of immobilization, and his whole body froze there.
He looked down at the girl sleeping peacefully in his arms.
Crystal tears were still hanging on her long eyelashes, and the corners of her eyes were pitifully red from crying for too long.
His heart seemed to be hit hard by something again.
acid.
numb.
There was also an urge that he himself could not explain, which was the urge to protect this small, fragile life under his wings forever.
What a hassle.
He repeated it silently in his mind.
But this time, he raised his hands and hugged the little girl in his arms tighter.
never mind.
It's troublesome, so be it.
This king... admits it.
The Imperial Master's Mansion, the Library.
This is the place with the largest collection of rare and secret books in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, except for the imperial palace.
At this moment, this place that should have been quiet and solemn looked like it had been looted by bandits.
Precious ancient books were scattered all over the floor, and the air was filled with the smell of old papers and dust, mixed with a strong sense of resentment.
The source of the resentment is none other than Chu Xuanyi, the supreme and glorious state teacher of the Great Zhou Dynasty, second only to the emperor.
"Turn it over! Turn it over for me! I don't believe it!"
Chu Xuanyi had two huge dark circles under his eyes, his eyes were red, his hair was loosely tied up with a hairpin, and a few unruly strands of hair fell on his cheeks.
"How could such a formidable figure as the First Imperial Master leave no record of this 'Heart of the Netherworld'?!" He muttered to himself, gritting his teeth as he frantically rummaged through a pile of papers older than himself. "If you really didn't leave anything behind, I... I'll hang this observatory sign upside down!"
This is already the third day.
He hardly slept for three days and three nights.
He felt that his head had been turned into a mess by those obscure ancient texts and all kinds of bizarre legends and stories.
If he can't find any clues, he will go crazy.
The prince, relying on his domineering dragon energy, temporarily became a human tranquilizer for Ah Jiu. However, the disciples sent out from the Observatory continued to receive bad news.
Either they were ambushed by puppets or trapped in strange formations.
Irritable!
Unprecedented irritability!
Chu Xuanyi punched the bookshelf, causing dust to fall down.
Sudden.
His fingertips seemed to touch a tiny bump in an extremely hidden gap inside the bookshelf.
Um?
This feeling... is wrong!
He has touched this bookshelf no less than eight hundred times since he was a child, and has never noticed anything different here!
He felt something in his heart, and he gathered his mind, mobilized the little spiritual power in his body, and carefully pressed lightly on the raised point.
“Click.”
An extremely slight, almost inaudible mechanical sound was heard.
The thick rosewood side panel in front of him actually...slowly retracted inward, revealing a secret compartment that could only hold a scroll.
In the secret compartment, there lay quietly a roll of silk cloth woven from thousand-year-old ice silkworm silk, tightly wrapped with old notes.
Chu Xuanyi carefully took out the notebook.
Untie the cold silk tentacles.
A scroll made of specially treated mermaid skin appeared before him.
On the cover of the book, four large characters were written in an extremely ancient and domineering seal script in a flamboyant manner.
[The secret technique].
At the bottom of the cover were three signatures that made his heart skip a beat.
Observatory, the first generation of national teacher——
Chu! Look! Sky!
"Oh my goodness! You finally showed your power!"
Chu Xuanyi was so excited that tears were almost coming out, and he almost kowtowed respectfully to the notes on the spot.
Sure enough! He knew it!
What a brilliant figure the First Imperial Preceptor was. He assisted Emperor Taizu in pacifying the country, campaigning across the country and the south. What kind of monsters and demons had he not seen? How could he not be on guard against such an evil?
He took a deep breath, suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and opened the first page of the notebook with trembling hands.
The simple and ancient words come to you with a desolate and majestic atmosphere.
The Netherworld, a realm beyond this world, is not part of this world. Its heart is the source of foul energy, untouched by reincarnation and untouched by cause and effect. Its nature is extremely dark and evil, and cannot be destroyed, only sealed.
It cannot be destroyed, it can only be sealed!
These seven short words were like a thunderclap exploding in Chu Xuanyi's mind!
His previous thinking was completely wrong!
They have been thinking about how to find the Heart of the Underworld and then completely destroy it.
But our ancestors actually said that this thing...cannot be killed at all!
He suddenly felt a sense of fear, and cold sweat ran down his back.
If they really got carried away and used some extremely masculine and powerful magic weapon to bombard that thing, but instead of killing it, they angered it and caused it to explode completely...
The consequences are simply unimaginable!
He calmed himself down and continued reading.
The method of sealing requires using force to counter force. Find a 'container' to contain the energy, and then a 'medium' to suppress its ferocity, causing it to fall into silence. Only then can the land and water be protected and peace last for a hundred years.
container!
medium!
Chu Xuanyi's pupils suddenly contracted!
Isn't this what the Wugu tribe is doing? !
They used the polluted mines as a "container" and tried to use human sacrifices to act as a "medium" to awaken it!
However, their purpose is not to seal, but to control!
His hands began to shake as he turned the pages.
However, a container is easy to find, but a medium is hard to find. Something capable of suppressing the evil nature of the Netherworld requires something extraordinary. I have searched the world for decades, yet have yet to find it. I know of two things.
[First, the Purple Star Transformation, the Imperial Star Anomaly. This is a rare mutation found within the royal bloodline. Those who possess this Transformation possess a pure and masculine dragon energy, a hundred times greater than that of ordinary people, making them natural nemesis of evil. However, this Transformation is rarely seen in hundreds of years, and I have never encountered one, which is truly a pity.]
Is Ziwei changing? Is there something strange happening with the Emperor Star?
Xiao Yu's figure instantly appeared in Chu Xuanyi's mind.
Xiao Yu's fate was precisely the "Ziwei in the Fate" that had been highly praised by the imperial masters of the Astronomical Observatory for generations, a sign of a natural emperor! Could it be... that he was the "Ziwei variation" mentioned in the ancestors' notes, a rare sight that only appears once in hundreds of years?
Very likely!
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why he could suppress the Netherworld power running rampant in that girl's body just by staying by Jiu's side!
So, what about the other one?
Chu Xuanyi's gaze fell on the next line of words.
Second, spiritual beings of heaven and earth, born from the interplay of yin and yang. Legend has it that in places where the foul energy of the Netherworld thrives, there's a near certainty of survival. However, as everything reaches its extremes, there's a possibility that a pure spiritual root, nurtured within the depths of yin, may be born. This creature, sometimes called 'Netherworld Grass,' can communicate with spirits and gods, understanding yin and yang. With this creature as a medium, one might be able to harness the power of the Netherworld and harness it for their own benefit, rather than being enslaved by it. However, this, too, is a legend, illusory and cannot be forced.
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