Chapter 68 You can keep moving forward
The more mature "Teng Shao" opposite him frowned, looking at his other self standing not far away, looking wary, and at the girl who had suddenly appeared in the hall.
It's related to time and space, and it allows your past self to travel to the future...
The Boundless Sea.
"You came here from the Boundless Sea?" he asked, his dark eyes staring directly at the two of them, giving off an aura of authority without anger.
Teng Shao stared at the person opposite him for a long time before slowly putting away his twin swords, but the wariness in his eyes had not faded.
“That’s right…” a weak voice came from behind.
He was startled and turned to look behind him.
The apricot-haired girl tucked the bone fan into her sleeve, then slowly rose, supporting herself on a nearby pillar. Her back was slightly bent as she raised her head.
On her pale profile, the golden crack had spread to her ear, and if you looked closely, you could see a faint golden light constantly emanating and flowing from it.
Despite her frailty, her eyes were incredibly clear, filled with an astonishing determination.
“We…we stumbled into this place by mistake.” She spoke slowly, her words not quite fluent. “We need…to move forward, from the past…back to the future.”
"Let's go back to our point in time."
Judging from the two points in time she has fallen into, the overall timeline is moving forward. In other words, even if the laws of nature interfere, they can only interfere to a limited extent.
He cannot stop the passage of time, nor can he stop time from moving forward.
The only thing that He can modify or interfere with is the past, which is not yet fully formed.
She stepped forward and looked up at the young man in black not far away: "Do you have a way to get us there?"
The young man in black stared at her for a long time, a slight smile playing on his lips. His tone was ambiguous, a mix of doubt and sarcasm: "Why are you so sure I can get you out of here?"
Gu Xiaozhu looked at him: "Because you are the only person at this point in time who can see and talk to us, and who belongs to this point in time."
She seemed to have calmed down by now, and her speech became much more fluent.
"Therefore, there must be a way in you that can help us return to the future, a... special feature."
A moment of silence followed, then a monotone voice broke the stillness:
"Holy Land".
The two looked toward the source of the sound.
Teng Shao leaned against a pillar with his arms crossed, looking at the two of them and said, "The Demon Realm Holy Land is related to me, and it is also the most special place."
After saying that, he lowered his arm, straightened up, and looked at Gu Xiaozhu: "Let's go."
Gu Xiaozhu nodded.
Behind them, another "Teng Shao" watched their retreating figures and chuckled inexplicably, "Interesting..."
Although the time points are different, the world is basically the same, so Teng Shao quickly brought Gu Xiaozhu to the holy site inside the Demon Palace.
The two of them swaggered into the holy land without the two demon guards watching over it noticing at all, their eyes still scanning their surroundings warily.
The two slowly walked up to the altar. Gu Xiaozhu looked at the pure white ground under her feet and the incredibly clear patterns carved on it. For a moment, she felt as if she had been transported to another world.
She remembered that the last time she came here, the ground was stained with blood, and its original color was almost unrecognizable. The patterns carved on it were also covered by flesh and blood and could not be identified.
Are you... alright?
Suddenly, Teng Shao's voice came from beside him.
Gu Xiaozhu turned to look at him, blinked, and subconsciously touched her cheek: "It's nothing..."
"Once everything is over, I will return to normal."
Teng Shao looked at her, his usually calm eyes now filled with complex emotions. He pursed his lips, and finally nodded slightly without saying anything.
Soon, the two reached the top of the altar. They looked down at the central array eye that opened the entrance to the inheritance site, and neither of them spoke.
Finally, Teng Shao simply walked over and cleanly sliced his hand across the blade at his waist. Crimson blood dripped down his palm like beads from a broken string.
Fresh blood dripped into the center of the formation, gradually spreading outwards. But soon, Teng Shao's brows furrowed.
The reason is simple: the place of inheritance has not been opened.
“You all said you’re not from this time of year. And here, apart from me, no one can see you, and no one can communicate with you.”
A voice with a mocking laugh came from not far away. The young man Teng Shao climbed the steps, his black clothes embroidered with gold patterns sweeping across the plain white steps, his slightly curly long hair casually draped over his shoulders.
"So, shall we guess whose blood is truly useful here?"
At this moment, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the black-clad youth opposite him with a gloating gaze.
Teng Shao knew he'd been tricked the moment he saw that expression.
The man knew they were in a hurry and that only his blood would be useful at this time, so he deliberately arrived a step behind them, just to see him cut his palm and bleed for nothing.
"Tsk."
He frowned, tore a piece of cloth from his sleeve, wrapped it around his bleeding hand, and then tied it tightly.
Like Gu Xiaozhu, his storage bag and storage ring disappeared after entering the Boundless Sea, with only the twin swords at his waist still hanging there.
“Um… I have some pills, do you need them…” Gu Xiaozhu asked, her gaze falling on his palm.
"Keep the pills for yourself," Teng Shao said calmly. "After all, I'm not so fragile that I'll 'crack'."
Gu Xiaozhu choked, and reluctantly pulled her hand out of her sleeve.
Seeing his younger self suffer a setback, the young Teng Shao felt inexplicably pleased. He slowly walked to the altar and stretched out his hand.
A wisp of demonic energy flashed by, and blood immediately flowed out, dripping onto the ground.
This time, the array beneath their feet finally emitted light, drawn by the aura of bloodline, using blood as a guide to outline the array passage leading to the inheritance site.
Soon, the familiar white vortex, interspersed with red light spots, appeared in front of the three of them.
"You're so kind as to help us without asking any questions?" Teng Shao suddenly asked.
The young man, Teng Shao, glanced at him and said indifferently, "You know yourself best. Unless it affects my interests, I have no interest in knowing things that are irrelevant to me."
"And the fact that you are here and helping her means that this matter has indeed touched my interests, and even my core interests."
"I have no reason not to help you."
He smiled slightly and looked at the boy beside him: "After all—I am you."
Teng Shao stared at him for a long time before finally looking away.
"Let's go."
He said to Gu Xiaozhu.
Just as Gu Xiaozhu was about to step inside, Teng Shao suddenly called out to her. She turned back in confusion and saw the black-clad youth draw a curved sword from his waist, demonic energy swirling around it, and the sword began to transform—
Finally, a small dagger, no bigger than a palm, appeared before the three of them, while the curved sword had vanished.
"You...refined your sword?" Gu Xiaozhu's tone was tinged with disbelief, and her eyes were filled with obvious doubt.
For Teng Shao, his twin swords were as precious as Hong Ying were to Jiang Zhihe. And now, he was actually using his demonic energy to refine one of the curved swords, transforming it into the shape of a dagger.
This is equivalent to him discarding the scimitar and giving it away to someone else.
She didn't understand.
Teng Shao reached out and placed the newly forged dagger into the girl's hand: "Take it, don't lose it, use it for self-defense."
“But…” Before she could finish speaking, Teng Shao interrupted her.
"It's just a knife. We can find another one later." His tone remained as calm as ever, revealing no emotion.
Gu Xiaozhu wanted to say something more, but when her gaze met his persistent eyes, she pursed her lips and said nothing.
She finally nodded and stepped into the vortex.
… …
This time she landed on solid ground very quickly, without even feeling dizzy at all, which she suspected was because the power of the law's interference had weakened.
This time, the timeframe has been pushed back again.
This time, it's the Thousand Machines Pavilion.
Whether it's the original storyline or the present, the events she's experienced all occurred later in time, which proves that her judgment and guesses have always been correct!
If things continue like this, she will soon be able to return to her own point in time, reclaim her last vestige of soul, and then—
Give everyone a happy ending.
“Teng Shao, we…” She turned to look behind her, her words abruptly ending.
Behind him was an empty space; there was no sign of Teng Shao at all.
Her expression froze.
"Teng Shao?"
He's not here anymore.
A lazy voice came from above.
Gu Xiaozhu looked up and saw a girl in plain clothes leaning against the railing of a pavilion. Her small round sunglasses had slipped down slightly, and her lifeless eyes were looking in her direction.
Zhu Songyun was smiling and waving at her, as if he were greeting her.
She climbed over the railing and jumped.
Her long, half-tied hair flew in the air, and a bright smile graced Zhu Songyun's face before gently landing on the ground.
Zhu Songyun walked briskly towards Gu Xiaozhu, but the words that came out were not as lighthearted as she said: "We're trapped here—"
"What?"
Zhu Songyun stood in front of the girl, staring intently.
He noticed the cracks on the girl's cheeks, her eyebrows and eyes slightly lowered, but then quickly lifted again.
"Since the laws restrict you, they will definitely restrict us too!"
"However, our situation will be more serious. We will be trapped here, and even if there is an 'exit,' we won't be able to get through."
As she spoke, she took Gu Xiaozhu's hand and led her forward.
"But you're different. You can move forward, always forward. Only when you get out can we break free from this place, break free from the past, and move into the future."
Looking at Zhu Songyun's cheerful demeanor, Gu Xiaozhu softly asked, "You already know how to leave this point in time?"
Zhu Songyun smugly hummed twice: "Of course!"
"Before you arrived, I foresaw what would happen in the future, so—"
"I have everything ready!"
She stopped walking, and Gu Xiaozhu stopped as well.
Looking ahead, they found themselves in the very place where the treasure pavilion where they had been "imprisoned" had been located.
In front of the treasure pavilion's gate, a familiar woman in green stood.
She looked at the two of them with a smile, her bright eyes seeming to shimmer with golden light.
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