The Five People Who Visited the Grand View Garden by Granny Liu
The news that Fang Li had merged with the Dao and quelled the great calamity of Chaos Returning to Nothingness spread rapidly to every corner of the myriad realms.
From the lofty celestial realm to the mortal world where spiritual energy is scarce, countless beings who have received her kindness or have only heard of her heroic sacrifice are all deeply moved.
In inconspicuous, remote little worlds, in bustling ordinary towns... one after another, reverent shrines were quietly erected.
There is only one wooden plaque in the shrine, which is inscribed with the words "Liuli Immortal Venerable" or "Saintess of Salvation".
Men, women, young and old, monks and mortals alike spontaneously came to burn incense and pray, expressing their gratitude for his kindness.
Their wishes were simple and pure.
May the heroes rest in peace, and may their spirits live on forever.
Day after day, year after year, pure specks of willpower rise from all directions like fireflies, converging into trickles of water, then into mighty rivers, and finally transcending time and space to surge into the sky above the Liyuan Secret Realm.
These wishes formed a dazzling sea of stars against the dim sky.
The starry sea slowly turned, illuminating the faces of every member of the Liyuan Clan and warming their grieving hearts.
Fang Qingyu gazed up at this vast sea of stars, his tiger-like eyes filled with tears, his voice choked with emotion: "Li'er... my good daughter... can you see? In all these heavens and myriad realms, countless beings... are remembering your kindness... remembering everything you did for them..."
Yun Zhiruo nestled beside her husband, tears glistening in her eyes, yet tinged with a hint of relief: "Our Pear... has truly become a star illuminating the world..."
Nourished by this sea of starlight and wish power, the glass heart in the Liyuan Secret Realm has regained some vitality.
Xie Chen, relying on his extraordinary deductive skills and the trajectory of the convergence of willpower, finally managed to pinpoint the location of a Chaos Green Lotus.
"Found it!" Xie Chen's face was pale, but his eyes gleamed with excitement!
Hope rekindled! Xie Chen, Ye Wuyang, Shen Yunzhou, Ji Qianqiu, and Fang Yan decided to set off immediately without hesitation.
With their combined strength and under Xie Chen's guidance, they tore through space in the center of the secret realm, constructing a passage to unknown coordinates.
The moment they stepped in, the raging void currents began to tear at their protective divine light.
The passage was filled with bizarre and grotesque sights, and the violent jolting and twisting sensations were unbearable even for a true immortal.
"My goodness!" Ji Qianqiu was so dizzy from being shaken that he clung tightly to his battle axe, feeling his stomach churning. "This is even more dizzying than when I braved the Chaos Storm back then! Ugh... What kind of place is this? Why is it so hard to get in? This is too much of a hassle!" he couldn't help but complain.
Ye Wuyang's face was ashen. He unleashed his full power of Ice Glass Sword Intent, forcibly creating a relatively stable space around himself. His brows furrowed: "The coordinates are extremely chaotic... The underlying laws of this place... are completely different from the realms we are familiar with." He keenly sensed the abnormality of the environment.
Shen Yunzhou's Frost Chant Sword hummed, its light flashing like lightning as it precisely cleaved through several incoming spatial fragments. His eyes sharpened: "There's an unfamiliar spiritual energy mixed in with the turbulence..."
Xie Chen's Star Compass spun wildly, its runes flickering on and off, clearly under immense pressure.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face filled with horror: "Oh no! My calculations were wrong! This place is not an ordinary secret realm... but a mortal world with peculiar laws! My deductions were greatly interfered with and repelled by the laws of this world!"
"The Mortal Realm?" Fang Yan, barely saved from being thrown off by Ji Qianqiu, panicked upon hearing this. "Xie Chen! Did we stumble into a place we shouldn't have entered?! This place sounds eerie!"
Before the words were finished, a tremendous force suddenly threw the five people out of the out-of-control passage!
Like five shooting stars, they crashed heavily to the ground.
The power of the laws prevented them from solidifying into physical forms, which is why they went unnoticed.
The five staggered to their feet and looked around blankly.
What came into view was a world they had never imagined.
Beneath my feet was a smooth, black ground, and towering buildings stood all around me. The buildings were square structures covered with huge curtain walls.
On the street, countless "iron boxes" of various colors roared and sped along fixed tracks, without horses or any spiritual energy fluctuations.
"Look! So many iron boxes are moving!" Ji Qianqiu pointed downstairs like a curious child, his eyes wide. "No horses and no spiritual energy! How are they moving? And that shiny house, is it... is it made of spirit stones? Such a grand gesture!"
Ye Wuyang tried to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but found that the spiritual energy in this world was so thin that it was almost non-existent. Instead, the air was filled with a kind of "turbid air" that made him extremely uncomfortable.
His brows furrowed even deeper: "Spiritual energy is so scarce, and the place is filled with filth... How can the creatures here cultivate themselves? How can they prolong their lives?" He simply couldn't understand this kind of living environment.
Shen Yunzhou's gaze was drawn to the mirror-like glass curtain wall of the building next door. He could clearly see his reflection, even more clearly than the clearest reflection in the Autumn Water Sword Pool of the Immortal Realm. He subconsciously touched his face, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes: "This thing... actually has such a recognizable effect? When did mortal craftsmen acquire such miraculous skills?"
Xie Chen's gaze fell upon an electronic advertising screen in the distance, which was constantly changing with dazzling images and text. On the screen, a woman with exquisite makeup was smiling and waving.
His pupils contracted slightly, revealing an expression of disbelief: "A memory spell? It can be cast on such a large scale and for such a long time? And... so realistic and dynamic! The laws of this world... its use of spiritual power and information is so... bizarre!"
Fang Yan then looked at the clothes worn by the pedestrians on the street.
Short-sleeved T-shirts, jeans, miniskirts… the sight made his face flush red. He quickly looked away, muttering under his breath, “Don’t look at what you shouldn’t see… the customs of this world are a bit… too unrestrained…”
In order to familiarize themselves with the environment as quickly as possible, they tried some basic actions.
Ye Wuyang attempted to fly, but after rising only three zhang high, he felt his immortal energy being rapidly depleted like a flood. Even more terrifying, a small patch of dark cloud instantly gathered above his head, with lightning faintly locking onto him.
He landed decisively, uttering a few words expressionlessly: "...The laws of nature are extremely repulsive, flight consumes a great deal of energy, and there are signs of divine punishment."
Shen Yunzhou also tried to support himself with sword energy, but felt as if there were invisible swamps in the air, extremely heavy, as if he were carrying a mountain on his back, so he had to give up: "There is an extremely strong restriction in the air... Strange."
Next, they tried to use their divine sense to investigate. The result was even worse!
The moment the five people extended their divine senses, they were instantly overwhelmed by a massive, chaotic torrent of information!
Ji Qianqiu suddenly clutched his head and squatted down in pain: "Ouch! It hurts so much! So many people are singing in my head! Chattering away! And there are people constantly hawking things! It's so noisy! What is this thing?!" He felt like his mind was about to burst from all kinds of pop music and advertising slogans.
Xie Chen's face turned deathly pale instantly. He suppressed his discomfort and analyzed with difficulty: "The information flood... is complex and disordered... and it is mixed with countless faint but visible thoughts of all living beings... How can the thoughts of the beings in this world spread so directly in some way?" He quickly built a divine sense barrier and barely managed to isolate most of the interference.
After the initial shock and discomfort, the group of five began a difficult process of adaptation.
Ji Qianqiu became very interested in the automatically opening glass door in the mall. He cautiously poked it with the handle of his axe, but the door didn't respond. He scratched his head, observing that the door opened when others approached, so he followed suit. The door swung open with a "whoosh," startling him, then he grinned smugly: "Hey! This door recognizes people! It's even more effective than the magic doors back home!"
Ye Wuyang stood expressionless at an intersection, carefully observing the traffic lights and the behavior of pedestrians and vehicles.
He noticed that everyone followed the rule of "stop at red lights and go at green lights." So, when the green light came on, he took a precise step, his steps steady, strictly adhering to his understanding of the "rules of this place."
When Shen Yunzhou first saw the elevator, he saw several people walk in, and after the door closed, the metal box rose and disappeared.
His eyes narrowed, thinking it was some kind of trap or mechanism, and he almost swung his sword at it. Fortunately, Xie Chen, with quick reflexes, stopped him: "Senior Brother Chen! No! That's a kind of... elevator in this world!"
Xie Chen, on the other hand, developed a great interest in the "little cube" in the passerby's hand that could make calls and watch videos.
He stroked his chin, lost in thought: "Sound transmission? Miniature illusion array? To be able to store images and sounds in such a small object... the weapon-refining techniques of this world are truly unconventional and inconceivable."
Fang Yan passed by a fast food restaurant, frowned as he looked at the hamburgers other people were holding, and muttered, "This food... it looks really strange. Two flatbreads sandwiching meat and vegetable leaves, eaten with your hands..."
Just as they were exploring this new world like country bumpkins visiting the Grand View Garden, the paths of cause and effect began to intersect.
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