Chapter 1437 Troubles
Inside the holy land, the Holy Spirit held up Xiao's severely injured body with both hands and walked along the stone steps, step by step, towards the abyss.
The abyss is bottomless, with only endless darkness. The further down the Holy Spirit goes, the thicker the darkness outside becomes, as if even the stone steps absorb light. All light that reaches here disappears without a trace.
If it weren't for the holy light emanating from the Holy Spirit, even if you put your hand in front of your eyes, you wouldn't be able to see how many fingers there are.
Even as powerful as the Holy Spirit, the holy light on his body can only illuminate an area of three feet.
Because it was too dark, I could no longer see the surrounding mountain walls, and I didn't know if there was anything else nearby. Only the steps under the feet of the Holy Spirit could be seen with some vague shadows because of the holy light.
In the end, even the holy light on the Holy Spirit was swallowed up by the darkness, and the surroundings were as dark as the world of the dead.
After an unknown amount of time, the Holy Spirit arrived in front of a lake.
The surroundings were still dark, but the water in the lake was emitting a bright light, sparkling like a diamond in the darkness.
"Walk into the lake, and perhaps you will be reborn with the power to defeat the enemy." The Holy Spirit placed Xiao's body by the lake and said calmly.
Xiao Yiran still looked like a skinned and bloody man, and his wounds had not been healed.
After struggling to get up, Xiao walked towards the lake without saying a word.
"Don't you want to know where that lake is?" The Holy Spirit suddenly said again.
"I just need to know that there is power here that can help me defeat An Tianzuo and get revenge." The injury on Xiao's throat has recovered a lot. Although his voice is still a little hoarse and harsh, he can already speak.
"Another dimension cannot gain a foothold on Earth. Any creature from another dimension that comes to Earth will be suppressed by Earth's rules. Even the most powerful and invincible beings of the apocalypse are no exception. Therefore, any creature from another dimension that wants to descend must rely on the bodies of Earth's native creatures in order to retain some of its combat power."
The Holy Spirit paused, then continued, "But then a powerful being from another dimension discovered a place where he was free from the constraints of Earth's rules and could use his power at will."
"Isn't that the holy land?" Xiao said.
"Initially, there was no holy land, only a lake." The Holy Spirit continued, "Within a certain range of that lake, the power of extra-dimensional creatures would no longer be suppressed. However, once they moved away from the lake, the suppression of the power of the Earth's rules would reappear. So, that powerful extra-dimensional being conducted some research, hoping to use the water in the lake to help extra-dimensional creatures completely break free from the suppression of the Earth's rules."
"But any extra-dimensional creature that came into contact with the lake water, no matter how powerful, would melt into the water like snowflakes. After that, that powerful being continued to conduct experiments on many extra-dimensional creatures and Earth's native creatures, and the results were surprising. No powerful extra-dimensional creature could withstand the power of the lake water, but Earth's native creatures were unaffected by the lake water. To you humans, this terrifying lake water is no different from ordinary lake water and will not harm your bodies."
Xiao just listened quietly without interrupting the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit gazed at the lake and continued, "But all the Earth's native creatures that entered the lake also died one by one. Not a single one of them ever returned alive."
"Why? Didn't you say that there is a power here that can help me get revenge?" Xiao turned around, his face without any facial features facing the Holy Spirit, and questioned in a harsh voice.
"Later, the strong man consulted a lot of human historical resources and myths and legends, and finally found out that the name of this lake is Trouble." said the Holy Spirit.
"Trouble? I have never heard of such a lake in any mythology or legend of any region." Xiao thought for a while and said.
"You may not have heard of the name of this lake, but you must have heard of the other side of the lake." The Holy Spirit looked into the distance of the lake.
Xiao's eyes were damaged and he couldn't see anything, so he could only ask, "What's the other side?"
"The other shore." Xiao was shocked by the Holy Spirit's answer.
"Does this lake lead to the other shore?" Xiao was surprised and delighted. He knew what the word "other shore" meant: "The other shore where life and death are this shore and nirvana is the other shore. Where all worries are cast aside and infinite merit and wisdom are attained?"
"This is just speculation. No one knows whether the other side of Troubled Lake is the other shore, as no one has ever reached it. Although this lake is small, even a doomsday-level expert cannot reach the other side. The only way to reach the other side is to swim across the lake. However, no creature that has entered the lake has ever returned alive."
"Then what's the point of me going down to the lake?" Xiao asked.
“I once saw with my own eyes a person who had no chance of survival, swimming across the Lake of Troubles and reaching the other side alive. Moreover, a person who had no chance of being promoted to a mythical being as a pure human being actually broke the taboo and was promoted to a mythical being as a pure human being.” The Holy Spirit said calmly.
"Who is he? What happened to him in the end?" Xiao asked.
"You don't need to know all this. You only need to know that your current injuries will be difficult to fully recover from. Even if you don't die, you'll be a cripple in the future. There are only two paths before you: swim across the Lake of Troubles to the other side and be reborn, or..."
Before the Holy Spirit could finish his words, Xiao jumped into the lake with a splash.
Strangely enough, the lake water looked crystal clear, as translucent as flawless crystal. You could clearly see the bottom of the lake, which was not too deep.
But after Xiao jumped down, no matter how hard he struggled, his body could not float on the water and continued to fall.
It looked as if the lake water had no buoyancy at all. No, it should be said that it was not only without buoyancy, but more like an abyss with terrifying suction, pulling Xiao's body down continuously.
And no matter how Xiao struggled, there was not a ripple on the lake, not a sound of water, it was as quiet as death.
"Not waiting for someone to finish their words is not a good habit." The Holy Spirit watched Xiao sinking deeper and deeper into the lake and muttered to himself, "Even a Calamity-level Earth creature would be entangled by countless invisible vengeful spirits upon entering the lake, dragged to the bottom, and eventually disappear into the water. Throughout countless years, only that one person has managed to reach the other side, and no fewer than a hundred thousand creatures have sunk into the lake."
…
Zhou Wen originally just wanted to bring Yaer to the West District for a walk, but who would have thought that after Li Xuan learned the news, he actually took the initiative to ask to go to the West District with Zhou Wen.
"Old Zhou, I heard that the very popular female host lives in this city." Li Xuan looked around with drooling eyes.
"Which female host?" Zhou Wen asked casually.
"She's the one who co-hosts the show with Professor Gu. Her name is Su Yi. She's super famous now." Li Xuan's eyes were still looking around, not knowing what he was looking for.
Good night.
(End of this chapter)
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