Chapter 1356: The Mystery of Paradise
At the beginning, the three of them would occasionally exchange their experiences in completing the tasks.
But they gradually discovered that all their speculations and assumptions were meaningless.
The three of them were like straw men, independent of the world.
Only wind, rain, thunder and lightning from the sky can come into contact with them.
Apart from this, everything in this world seems to be oblivious to their existence.
Birds, beasts, and insects flew past them, never staying.
Not even the dust of the world will fall on them.
So the three of them slowly fell silent.
Lie flat on your back helplessly and watch the world change.
The sun rises and the moon sets, and the years pass.
It was as if the accelerator key was pressed and time passed day by day.
The tops of the mountains where the three people were located were gradually becoming thinner and sharper due to the erosion of rain, wind and sand.
The originally majestic and full mountain gradually became a single sharp peak.
Standing abruptly between heaven and earth.
The terrain around the tops of the mountains has also changed from continuous green hills to magnificent canyons with thousands of ravines and gullies.
The world has changed dramatically, but the black stone where Sun Erlang and his companions are lying remains unchanged.
In the wind and rain, the thoughts of the three people were also washed away by the power of time, becoming somewhat decayed and blurred.
I even began to slowly lose my ability to respond to what was happening in the outside world.
If this continues, the consciousness of the three people may one day completely dissipate.
Just when they were about to sink completely.
A tall and sacred figure, suddenly bursting with thousands of rays of light, emerged in their minds.
It seems taller than the heaven and earth, blocking all the corrosive wind and rain.
“Saint Master…”
Although the memory is already fuzzy.
But these two words seemed to be engraved deep in my soul, emerging instinctively.
"Holy Master, Holy Master, Holy Master." The three of them kept repeating these two words like crazy.
It was like a spring gushing out, and the memories of the past reappeared in my dry head.
"Ah!!" The three of them woke up suddenly as if they had a nightmare.
They knew that it was the Holy Master who saved their lives in some mysterious way.
But if they couldn't find a way out, they would probably be doomed to perish in the end. So they seized this rare opportunity to be sober and began to discuss non-stop.
During the conversation, the three were somewhat surprised to find that it seemed as if they had really been tempered by tens of millions of years. The temperaments of the three were much calmer. Even in the face of crisis, they were no longer as panicked as before.
“The test in the dream will definitely not be a dead end. When the mountaintop below us is finally broken by rain, wind and sand, and the black stone falls, perhaps we will be freed. As long as we hold on until that moment, we can complete the mission.” The three finally came to this conclusion.
And take this as the ultimate belief and stick to it.
Countless years passed, and the image of the Saint Master in their minds was barely visible anymore. Only the obsession that kept repeating itself became the reason for them to persevere.
This day.
The mountain has become so thin that it is now supported by only a thin stone pillar.
It could no longer bear the weight of the black stone on top.
After a gust of wind, it collapsed with a loud bang.
Three straw men fell from the top of the mountain to the earth, and in their eyes, the world seemed to have come to a standstill.
The clear sky suddenly became dark, as if covered by a layer of black film.
A huge black bird's beak pierced the sky and came from outside the sky.
Just half of a bird's head is almost larger than the entire world.
The two sharp bird eyes occupying the sky turned slightly and locked onto the three falling straw men.
Sun Erlang and the other two saw a look of satisfaction in the eyes of this huge and ferocious bird that was hard to describe.
With a terrifying bird cry, the world began to fall apart piece by piece.
Among the three straw men, three balls of light flew out from the center of the eyebrows, the heart, and the abdomen.
It slowly rose up and flew towards the ferocious bird.
Sun Erlang and his companions, whose consciousness was still in the straw man, vaguely saw the passage of time and the changes of mountains and rivers from these three light balls.
boom!
Then, the world fell into endless darkness.
Even the simulated sky grid that was monitoring it wasn't sure how much time had actually passed.
Sun Erlang and the other two regained consciousness.
They have successfully escaped from the dream.
Not only was he safe and sound, he even gained a magical power called [View of Mountains, Rivers and Years].
I turned into the straw man on the mountain top, and time seemed to be in a static flow state. Then I watched the world change and the years passed by.
It is somewhat similar to the time when Li Fan transformed himself into the Cang Hai Pearl and watched the changes in the world.
However, the powerful aspect of this [View of Mountains, Rivers and Years] is that after activating this magical power, one's own lifespan is almost frozen.
Even if tens of millions of years have passed in the outside world, the impact on oneself would be almost negligible.
Of course, this is just a dream hint and theoretical explanation.
As for whether this magical power is really effective...
Sun Erlang and his friends have not yet planned to try it.
After completing three and all dream boundaries, the environment they were in finally changed again.
It is still within the territory of Qiuxi Prefecture of the Five Elders Association.
However, in stark contrast to the previous sparsely populated situation, the Qiuxi State here is bustling with people.
Not only was the city filled with monks, but even in the originally desolate wilderness, countless buildings suddenly appeared.
Moreover, these buildings seemed to be inhabited by monks.
Changes aren’t just happening in the outside world.
The same thing happened to Sun Erlang and his men.
"Sun Erlang, Golden Elixir is complete, number of deaths: 1."
"Elysian experience level: 2."
"Currently unlockable dream world level: 3"
"Worry-free coins: 2000."
…
This is the personal information that Sun Erlang and others can see.
When the pink progress bar was finally full, the so-called paradise experience level was finally promoted to 2.
There is now an option to unlock the dream world.
In addition, there is some other more detailed information.
And when the mind is focused on those words, detailed explanations will eventually emerge in the mind.
It's no longer all up to them to guess.
Sun Erlang read each item carefully so as not to miss any key information.
"It turns out that the native monks of the Five Elders Association who entered the Worry-Free Paradise also had to go through the tests of the three dream worlds. But it was definitely not as difficult as what we went through. In the words of the Paradise, the world difficulty level has reached level 3."
"The reason why our experience is so special is that we are not members of the Five Elders Council, but outsiders who broke in without the permission of Worry-Free Heavenly Venerable!"
“But the Heavenly Lord is merciful and will not expel you directly. Instead, he will give you a dream test. If you can pass it successfully, you can officially join the dream paradise. If you fail the test, you will be exiled from the paradise forever. At the same time, as a punishment for consuming energy to build the dream, a large part of your spiritual power will be absorbed…” Sun Erlang’s face looked a little ugly.
He exchanged a glance with Wang Xuanba and Yue Zhenwei and continued checking.
"The place we encountered when we first entered the dreamland is the transit point to the test dreamland. All monks who enter the paradise for the first time will appear there."
"In the Dreamland, monks hurt each other. If you ignore this rule and force a fight, the attacked party will be transferred to a safe area. At the same time, depending on the severity of the situation, the attacker's Paradise Coins will be deducted."
"Worry-free coins, or Paradise coins, are what cultivators gain from exploring the Paradise in their dreams. They can be exchanged for a variety of materials in the Tianzun Treasury to strengthen themselves."
"The treasure house of the Heavenly Lord contains everything, including everything..."
Sun Erlang looked at the two thousand Le Tu coins he was carrying with him, and with an idea in his mind, he opened the details page of Tianzun's Treasury.
A moment later, Sun Erlang was stunned on the spot.
Even with his current Paradise Experience Level 2 privilege, the number of items he could see was limited. However, the details of the materials in the Tianzun's treasury were still unbelievable to him.
Not to mention the most basic natural treasures, elixirs, and magical instruments.
Even if it is a martial art, it is just an ordinary item in the treasure house of Tianzun.
Moreover, unlike the popular martial arts in the Xuanhuang Realm, the martial arts here can at least be cultivated to the level of transformation of the spirit.
Moreover, according to Le Tu's explanation, there is no need to worry about not being able to practice because the technique is too difficult.
As long as you complete the exchange, you can get started instantly.
By consuming Paradise Coins, you can advance your skills.
“Once you have learned how to redeem, you cannot share it with others. But you can give it to others before you learn it.”
"In this way, although there is no restriction in the Land of Elysium that the Dharma cannot be practiced together, it is not much different. If you want to practice, you also need to exchange and pay."
"The cultivation and skills in this world will only be synchronized once when you first enter the Paradise, and become your starting point in the Paradise."
"But the progress you make in the paradise from now on, generally speaking, cannot be brought back to reality, that is, the Xuanhuang Realm."
When Sun Erlang saw this, his brows furrowed for a moment, but after a brief thought, he quickly relaxed.
After all, everything in the paradise is too amazing. If everything can appear in reality at the same time...
Then the size of Paradise is definitely not on the same level as the Xuanhuang Realm.
"As the name suggests, the Paradise is led by the power of the great Worry-Free Heavenly Lord and is constructed from a variety of different dream worlds."
"The blueprint for constructing the dream world may come from historical fragments that happened in the Xuanhuang Realm, or from the dreams of living beings, or from deeper great ideas. Therefore, it is not always safe, but full of various dangers."
"In order to facilitate exploration, there are different levels of dream experience and dream world." Sun Erlang nodded slightly.
With their golden elixir-perfecting strength, exploring the level 3 dream world is already the limit.
If you go one step further, there will definitely be death and no life.
With a rough assessment of the degree of danger, dream explorers will not die in vain.
"In the paradise, there is death."
"The number of times a monk can die is not unlimited."
"The number of deaths is an extremely important factor in judging a monk's identity in a dream, and is second only to the level of dream experience."
"Those monks who have died a similar number of times are roughly in the same level of the Paradise. The general divisions are 1 to 3 times, 3 to 5 times, 5 to 10 times, and 10 to 15 times."
"The upper limit of death should be 15 times. If I die again at that time..."
"It means that he is really dead."
“It’s true in reality.”
Sun Erlang was startled.
"The increase in the number of deaths not only means a change in the people around you, but also means the decline of your own spirituality."
"Spiritual is a hidden value that is not displayed, but it really exists in the paradise. It can affect the actual efficiency of combat and training."
"The more you die, the lower your spirituality becomes, and the more difficult it becomes to make progress."
"It seems that this spirituality has some other influences..." Sun Erlang pondered to himself.
"The number of deaths can also be eliminated in some way. In addition to using Le Tu coins to exchange in the Tianzun Treasury, you can also use some props obtained in dreams."
"Of course, they are all worth a lot."
"From this point of view, the Worry-Free Paradise is full of crises. But the reason why the entire Five Elders flock to it is because this dreamland is truly worthy of the word 'Worry-Free'."
"Each cultivator only needs to pay a certain amount of Paradise Coins to generate his or her own dream world."
"Whether it's the Supreme Emperor whose words are as good as gold, or the Immortal Emperor who controls everything, it can all be realized in dreams."
"In the dream, it is almost the same as reality. In fact, the more Paradise Coins you pay, the richer the details will be..."
"However, in addition to the initial dream-casting fee, Paradise Coins are also required to maintain the existence of the dream."
"This is also the driving force behind the monks' exploration of the dream world."
"The higher the level of the dream world, the greater the risk, but the corresponding rewards will also be greater."
“You can explore dreams alone. Or you can explore dreams with friends.”
"Every cycle, there will be a free dream world available for exploration. Of course, you can also spend Paradise Coins to unlock it in advance."
…
Sun Erlang gradually gained a detailed understanding of all aspects of the [Land of Worry-Freeness].
What really concerned him was some of the information he learned at last.
"Normally, everything in a dream cannot be brought back to reality."
“But there are exceptions.”
"One is the blessing of Worry-Free Heavenly Venerable. It can be achieved without paying almost any price. However, this has rarely happened in the entire history of Paradise."
"The second is a key item. If you hand it in, you can choose a part of your dream power and bring it back to reality."
“Third, explore the unknown dreamland in depth.”
"Four...hand over a large amount of Paradise Coins."
Sun Erlang and the others looked at each other again and started communicating with each other.
“This paradise is really beyond our expectations.”
“Even the Saint Master may not fully understand it. To be able to create such a great paradise, the power of the Worry-Free Heavenly Venerable is really hard to imagine.”
"But dreams are just dreams after all. They are illusions. We still have to return to reality in the end."
“But it seems a bit difficult now. There are billions of living beings in Paradise, but only a handful can return to reality every year.” Yue Zhenwei murmured.
“Actually, I do think that even if I can’t go back, it’s not bad to stay in this paradise. Look at this treasure house, there are many dream world templates. Any one of them is extremely wonderful.” Wang Xuanba stared at the things in Tianzun’s treasure house and couldn’t help but say so.
Sun Erlang remained silent.
(End of this chapter)
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