Chapter 700 Price
Yun Qingqing stood in front of the index spirit mirror and lightly tapped the mirror with her fingertips. Thousands of star-like runes emerged from the mirror and flowed around her body.
She closed her eyes slightly, and her consciousness spread out like a tide, instantly establishing a connection with all the books in the library.
"Master, this is..." Ji Xuanyuan asked in a low voice.
"Shh." Qi Mo held up his folding fan, "Master is using the 'Thousand Thoughts Clear' technique, please don't disturb him."
For a whole day and night, Yun Qingqing maintained this posture, his consciousness shuttling through the vast sea of books, and the contents of each volume of classics flowed through his sea of consciousness like water.
When the morning light of the next day shone through the dome, Yun Qingqing finally opened her eyes.
"how?"
Qi Mo immediately stepped forward and asked in a low voice, and Ji Xuanyuan followed behind him.
"There are records, but... these are the only ones I found." Yun Qingqing rubbed his brows and raised his hand to summon a few streams of light, which turned into a few jade fragments in his palm.
The two of them looked closely and saw a few lines of ancient characters remaining on it:
The Heart of Heaven and Earth... the origin of the world... if it is lost, the spirit will... disintegrate, until it collapses...
"Master, is this the information about the 'Heart of the Universe' that you are looking for?" Ji Xuanyuan frowned, "It's so vague..."
"The origin of the world? The word 'zhi' must be followed by the essence of the Heart of Heaven and Earth, right? What is it?" Qi Mo touched his chin, "As for 'If you lose it, you will be spiritual'... It should be the missing word 'qi'... If you lose it, will the spiritual energy of this world collapse and eventually die?... It is indeed the Heart of Heaven and Earth, it has a great origin."
Qi Mo's heart was shocked and he looked at Yun Qingqing:
"Two thousand years ago, the world's spiritual energy began to dissipate. Could it be because of this Heart of Heaven and Earth..."
Yun Qingqing nodded:
"Maybe something happened to the Heart of Heaven and Earth."
Ji Xuanyuan looked solemn:
"If this is true, then won't this world collapse sooner or later?"
"That may not be the case." Qi Mo narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully, "You have been in this small world all the time, so you should not have noticed that the spiritual energy in the outside world is not obvious, but it is indeed a little stronger recently than before, Master, is that right?"
He looked at Yun Qingqing.
"Indeed," Yun Qingqing nodded, frowning and said, "I think something went wrong with the Heart of Heaven and Earth two thousand years ago, causing the world's spiritual energy to collapse, but the Heart of Heaven and Earth has not completely perished. There should be signs of recovery recently, so the spiritual energy has also begun to recover... If we can find its body, maybe there is a way to restore the world to its previous state as soon as possible."
She came to Langhuan Palace with the intention of looking for clues about the Heart of the Universe. If she could really restore the world to its original state sooner, she would be able to return to the top as soon as possible and would be more confident in facing the mastermind behind the scenes.
However, even here we can only find a few words. It seems that finding the Heart of the Universe is not that easy.
"Hey! Wait a minute..." Qi Mo's folding fan slammed heavily on his palm. "Two thousand years ago, Master sacrificed himself, and not long after, the world's spiritual energy began to dissipate. Now that Master is back, the spiritual energy has begun to revive... Could it be..."
“…It shouldn’t be me.” Yun Qingqing shook her head. “I don’t know how the spiritual energy dissipated, but I can still feel whether the revival of spiritual energy is directly related to me…”
She suddenly stopped talking, narrowed her eyes and fell into deep thought.
"Master?" Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, Qi Mo called out cautiously.
"...Wait for me." Yun Qingqing came back to her senses, turned around and put her palm on the index mirror again. She concentrated for a moment, and a stream of light flew into her hand and turned into a scroll.
She unfolded the scroll and saw a long list of names and small notes.
"The sect's roster?" Qi Mo leaned over to look at the words on the scroll, and said in surprise, "Isn't this the Shadow Moon Pavilion on Qingling Mountain... Why did Master suddenly think of checking this?"
Yun Qingqing said nothing, but quickly read the names above, until she saw one and her eyes fixed on it.
"really……"
The other two followed her line of sight and saw that it said "The 41st Generation Pavilion Master" and the name was "Li Daoshan".
Further down is the “43rd Pavilion Master Yu Wanchen”.
"Huh?" Ji Xuanyuan asked in surprise, "Why is there no record of the successor to the forty-first generation Pavilion Master?"
Qi Mo frowned and said:
"It's not that there are no records. If you look carefully, there is a huge gap between Pavilion Master Li and the 43rd Pavilion Master. There should clearly be information about the 42nd Pavilion Master there."
He looked solemn:
"I only remember that Pavilion Master Li resigned, but I have no recollection of his next appointment. Given the relationship between our Tianyi Sect and the Yingyue Pavilion, this is impossible, unless..."
Yun Qingqing nodded, thinking without saying anything.
She raised her hand and summoned a few more ancient scrolls, all of which were records related to Shadow Moon Pavilion. Most of the contents in the scrolls were normal, but there were only a few places that had the same blank spaces.
Judging from the context, they are all related to the 42nd generation clan leader.
"...It's the Heavenly Shield again!" Ji Xuanyuan suddenly realized that he was not a disciple of Tianyi Sect two thousand years ago, but when a large sect like Yingyue Pavilion changed its leadership, he, as the head of the clan, would definitely be invited to attend... but he had no impression of this at all.
"Who on earth could have shielded the Heavenly Dao to such an extent? And what is his purpose?"
Yun Qingqing's eyes moved slightly:
"It shouldn't be man-made... The heavenly shielding in this matter is different from what I've encountered before, or strictly speaking, it's not a shield... but a price."
"Price?" Qi Mo was stunned.
Yun Qingqing walked down from the index mirror platform and looked at Qi Mo:
"Do you still remember why you sealed Qianlong and left a trace of his consciousness in Tianxuan Sect?"
"Of course..." Qi Mo's face suddenly looked a little confused, "It should be to wait for the master to return..."
"When I sacrificed myself to suppress the evil demon, I should have completely disappeared. How did you know that I would come back?" Yun Qingqing's eyes moved slightly, staring at him.
“…”
Qi Mo was speechless, but something in his heart dawned on him.
Yun Qingqing glanced at the two of them and spoke in a gentle voice:
"Someone paid a price to keep my soul intact, so I have a chance to be reborn... You also participated in this matter, but because the price was too heavy, part of your memory was erased."
The two looked at each other and were shocked, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was reasonable.
Qi Mo still remembers the feeling when several of them gathered together and were determined to get their master back at all costs, but they were powerless to do anything until that person appeared...
Which one?
He raised his hand to support his forehead and suddenly felt a headache.
Ji Xuanyuan also frowned tightly and shook his head.
Suddenly someone touched the center of their eyebrows, and a trace of fresh spiritual energy was injected into them. They came back to their senses and their vision became clear again.
"Don't think about it anymore." Yun Qingqing took back her hand and said in a gentle voice, "If it is a price, then it is not the work of the mastermind. Just let it take its course."
She looked at Qi Mo:
"Xiao Ling'er is not in good condition. Time is running out. We should go back."
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