Chapter 600 The Truth
The formation has a range.
And it also has hidden features.
When entering the range of the formation, the first thing encountered is the failure of the flight equipment, and no one can stay in the sky.
And when falling from above and entering the forest where the main sect is located, the true scene of the main sect will appear in front of outsiders.
Just like now.
When crossing a certain boundary, the forest in Li Qi's eyes suddenly changed its appearance.
The huge forest turned into a square, with various retro Chinese-style buildings standing on the ground in an orderly manner. In the middle, Li Qi could also see various giant puppets that were completely inconsistent with the Chinese architectural style.
And the remains of smaller dolls piled up next to the giant doll.
Eastern aesthetics and Western aesthetics are perfectly integrated at this moment, giving people a different sense of beauty.
It’s just a pity that there are still no active people in the main sect.
Not to mention people, even moving puppets were nowhere to be seen, as if the entire main sect was dead.
Li Qi and his group, hanging on parachutes, swayed and landed on the ground.
They stared at the empty and dead main sect in silence.
"It seems that none of the people from the main sect are here."
After a long time, Lucy tried to find a topic to talk about.
"You don't have to tell me."
Li Qi glanced at Lucy who was talking nonsense, and his tone was slightly cold.
Lucy shrank her neck and dared not say anything more. She followed Li Qi to explore the deserted main sect in front of them.
The people in the main sect have disappeared. Judging from the situation at the scene, the people in the main sect should have left on their own. After all, there are no human corpses on the ground.
Some are just various broken dolls.
In addition, several giant pillars rising into the sky inside the main sect attracted Li Qi's attention.
These giant pillars are hundreds of meters high and scattered in several corners of the main sect. From a distance, they seem to surround the entire main sect.
Looking at those huge pillars, Li Qi asked Lucy:
"What are these giant pillars used for?"
"Um... I don't know."
"?"
"I...I haven't seen these giant pillars. At least when I came to the main sect last time, these pillars didn't exist at all."
Lucy explained quickly.
Li Qi frowned: "It doesn't exist? I remember you said that when the puppet riot broke out, you came to the main sect. Wasn't there any sign of building these giant pillars at that time?"
When there were first signs of puppet unrest, Lucy realized something was wrong and traveled a long way to the main sect to inquire about the situation.
The final result was that she found out about the soul poison, and then returned to the branch sect in shame, seeking ways to protect herself.
That was the last time Lucy returned to the main sect. Not long after that, the puppet turmoil broke out completely, the whole world was in chaos, and Lucy never returned to the main sect again.
The time between Lucy's return to the main sect and the complete outbreak of the puppet turmoil was not too long.
According to her estimation, it would take less than half a year for the world to become a mess and the main sect would be unable to be contacted.
And now Lucy said that when she finally returned to the main sect, she did not see any signs of the construction of the giant pillar.
Doesn't that mean that the main sect built these giant pillars throughout the sect in just less than half a year?
Why did they build these giant pillars? What is the function of these giant pillars? Moreover, why has the formation of the main sect been maintained until now? Where did this formation come from?
After arriving at the main sect, Li Qi had more and more questions.
Looking at the giant pillars standing inside the Soul Sect's main sect again, Li Qi thought for a while, walked to the side of the pillars, tentatively put his hand on them, trying to analyze the material composition of the pillars.
Judging from the placement of the giant pillars, he couldn't see anything for the time being.
It's said to be a formation, but there's no discernible pattern. It's said to be an object to suppress something, but Li Qi used his own ability to observe, but he couldn't see what was under these pillars.
Therefore, in order to figure out what these pillars are, all Li Qi can do is analyze their main components and then try to decompose them.
Perhaps this will help clarify the purpose of these pillars.
Just as Li Qi put his hand on the pillar, he heard Lucy's slightly frightened voice beside him.
“Senior! I feel like something is…not right…”
"Um?"
Li Qi suddenly turned his head to look at Lucy, and saw Lucy staggering two steps towards Li Qi and stretching out her hand as if asking for help.
But in the end, Lucy's hand never reached Li Qi.
After she staggered forward two steps, her eyes completely lost all color, and she collapsed to the ground like a broken doll.
Li Qi's pupils shrank slightly when he saw this, and he immediately raised his hand to pull Lucy's body over and hold it in his hand.
"The soul...is gone!?"
Li Qi held his breath, looked at the soulless body in his arms, his pupils trembling slightly.
Although the body is still here, the soul called Lucy is no longer there.
Just at that moment, something sucked away Lucy's soul. When Lucy felt it, she thought of asking Li Qi for help.
But unfortunately, Li Qi didn't notice anything unusual. If he hadn't touched Lucy's body, Li Qi wouldn't have known that Lucy's soul had disappeared! Who sucked away Lucy's soul?
Oh no! Charlie! Realizing that Lucy's soul was sucked away by something, Li Qi suddenly looked up at Charlie.
He was worried that Charlie would end up in the same situation as Lucy.
But fortunately, although Charlie looked dazed and didn't quite understand what was going on.
But he was indeed fine and was still standing there.
"What's wrong with her?"
Charlie felt very strange when he saw Lucy falling down.
He didn't understand why Lucy, who was fine just now, fell to the ground as if she was broken.
Li Qi didn't look at the puppet body that had lost Lucy's soul. He looked at the giant pillar again and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Out of caution, Li Qi did not plan to continue exploring.
The strange disappearance of Lucy's soul is quite chilling.
Li Qi did not guarantee that the thing that made Lucy's soul disappear would have no effect on himself and Charlie.
If it was before he met that mysterious strong man, Li Qi might still have the courage to continue exploring. After all, his soul contains the means left by Zelia. A ninth-level strong man in the interstellar era is the top existence in the entire world sea.
Even if they meet a strong person of the same level, they will not act rashly against Li Qi after they realize that there is the power left by Zelia in Li Qi's soul.
The backup plan left by Zelia gave Li Qi the confidence to continue exploring.
But after meeting the mysterious strong man, Li Qi lost most of his courage.
He couldn't guarantee that he would not encounter another powerful being like the mysterious strong man. The kind of being that could even run to his house without Zelia noticing was definitely not someone Li Qi could come into contact with.
If the thing that caused Lucy to disappear now is also related to an existence above the ninth level, then even if Li Qi is protected by Zelia, something bad may happen to him!
"Go first, we'll talk later."
Li Qi quickly made a decision and planned to take Charlie away from here.
However, the deep voice rang in his mind at this moment.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave, young friend? It's been so many years, it's rare to meet a fellow from the same Seven Realms... Why don't you come down and chat with me?"
"!!!"
The voice based on soul power was transmitted to Li Qi's mind.
But after hearing this voice, Li Qi felt relieved after being shocked.
Since the other party was so friendly and mentioned the Seven Realms, he must be someone from the Seven Realms who had noticed that Li Qi's identity was not simple.
Similar to the demon monk that Li Qi met in the doomsday world last time.
Such a person knows how to advance and retreat, and will not attack Li Qi casually.
Besides, I have been discovered by the other party. If I run away, it will show my weakness. It is better to do as he said and meet him first to see what is going on.
"Who are you? Where are you now?"
Using the same method to stimulate the power of consciousness and transmit it within the main sect, Li Qi asked about the man's identity and location.
"Follow the instructions and come over here."
A black butterfly flapping its wings suddenly appeared in front of Li Qi.
The butterfly circled in front of Li Qi's eyes and then moved in a certain direction.
Knowing that this butterfly was related to the person who made the sound, Li Qi thought for a moment and told Charlie: "Stay here, I'll be back later."
"...You want me to stay again... Well, it's my fault that I can't help..."
Charlie looked disappointed when he heard Li Qi asking him to stay again.
Li Qi smiled at him awkwardly, but ultimately chose to meet the owner of the mysterious voice alone.
There was no way. Although Charlie's consciousness was strong, facing the mysterious strong man who could take away Lucy's soul in an instant, his consciousness level was almost nothing.
At this point, Li Qi regretted bringing Charlie here, but there was no other way. Charlie had already entered the main sect and was probably in the sight of that mysterious strong man. It would be impossible for him to leave, and Li Qi didn't know how to leave the main sect.
Therefore, all Charlie can do now is find a safe place to hide and pray that the mysterious strong man has no interest in Charlie.
After saying goodbye to Charlie, Li Qi followed the butterfly and was guided by it into the depths of the main sect.
The butterfly flew through the main sect's buildings, took Li Qi into the main sect hall, and then continued to move towards the back of the main sect hall.
Passing through the main hall, Li Qi saw many giant pillars that were hundreds of meters high.
The further back you go, the denser the pillars become.
When you reach the end, countless giant pillars form a huge space.
At the innermost part of this space, Li Qi saw... a dragon coiled on top of a giant pillar!
It was an oriental dragon, a black oriental dragon.
The scales on its body were glowing black, and its five-fingered claws grasped the shaft of the giant pillar. The whole dragon coiled on top of the pillar, with its huge golden vertical pupils staring at the tiny thing below.
The black butterfly flew here and stopped. It circled in front of Li Qi, then flew to the black dragon's claws above and became tiny scales on its claws.
After taking back the black butterfly, the black dragon spoke:
"It's really rare to see fellow practitioners from the Ten Thousand Stars Realm here."
Heilong revealed Li Qi's identity and origin.
Li Qi's expression remained unchanged as he replied, "What's so strange about that? Isn't exploring small worlds something everyone does?"
The Seven Realms have been constantly exploring outward, absorbing the small worlds around them, and turning the small worlds into their own vassals or parts, thereby strengthening the Seven Realms themselves.
This is what the strong people from the seven realms do, so it is not surprising at all to encounter strong people from the other seven realms in the small world.
That's how it should be.
"That's right." The black dragon's body moved, and the huge dragon head left the white jade pillar and came in front of Li Qi.
The dragon head that was several stories high looked at Li Qi. Although its mouth was tightly closed, it could still make a deep sound.
The black dragon came right in front of Li Qi and said, "But, this small world is near our Soul Realm... and as I remember, the Ten Thousand Star Realm seems to be the farthest away from us."
There was danger in the Black Dragon's words.
Soul world.
It was what Li Qi had seen in the database before. It was similar to the interstellar world, a world dominated by consciousness.
It’s just that in the soul world, consciousness is called soul power.
That's what it says in the documentation.
Wait... I see. No wonder Lucy's training power is 'Soul Power'...
Thinking about the information he had read, Li Qicai suddenly realized why the martial arts practiced by Lucy had no similarities with his own martial arts, Tiangong Yihun.
Li Qi had previously suspected that Lucy was an outsider because her level of consciousness was difficult for people in this world to reach.
But after Lucy's explanation, Li Qi thought that Hu Buer had innovated and created a new martial art, and did not think too much about it.
Now it seems that the main practice of the Soul Sect was not created by Hu Buer at all.
It was this cultivator from the Soul World in front of him! He was the one who taught the technique to the Soul Sect! That’s why the Soul Sect’s technique is nothing like the Heavenly Soul Transfer Technique! “…It’s just a small world that I came across by chance.”
Li Qi didn't explain too much. He couldn't say that he had been to this world before.
But then again, is the martial arts world so close to the soul world? It's really strange that I didn't go to the soul world in the first place.
“Is it a coincidence…” The Black Dragon muttered to himself, and the dull sound surrounded the space formed by the giant pillar.
Li Qi immediately changed the subject and asked Black Dragon:
"Where is your Excellency? Why are you here?"
"Is there any need to ask this?" Black Dragon said in a nonchalant tone, "Of course, you use the souls of this world as nourishment to ascend."
“……!”
Using the soul of the world as nourishment... to improve oneself? After hearing what Black Dragon said, Li Qi suddenly realized: "...So, the soul poison was created by you!"
"Your Excellency always seems to like asking some obvious questions?"
The black dragon did not answer, but asked in return.
But this rhetorical question proved that Li Qi's guess was correct.
The soul poison was created by the other party, and it is even possible that the source of the soul poison is the technique practiced by the people of the Soul Sect! The other party distributed the technique, established the Soul Sect, and told the world about the method of soul power cultivation. It was not because he was kind, but just to make those people's souls thrive!
The method of cultivating soul power is nourishment.
The Soul Sect disciples who have achieved success in their cultivation are the fruits.
When the fruits are full, the black dragon will harvest them, and then the soul poison will erupt, and the world will be in chaos!
This is the truth of why the world has become like this!
(End of this chapter)
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