Chapter 82 Ambition and Truth (3)
The concept of ghosts should have already been coined. Luo Xuanyi thought of those wandering ghosts who had become ghost cultivators. Long Tian saw through her thoughts and shook his head: "The two are completely different. They're called ghosts only because we can't find a suitable name for them."
"The ghosts of this world are merely the products of the cycle of reincarnation in the six realms. They are merely imperfect creatures that have never crossed the Naihe Bridge. Ultimately, they still belong to the Way of Heaven. What people call ghost cultivators and demon cultivators are not tolerated by the Way of Heaven, simply because compared to righteous cultivators, the spiritual energy these two paths feed back to the celestial beasts is scarce."
"The ghost world that Yu Lu mentioned is actually another world. Unlike the underworld where people enter after death, the ghost world has its own logic. If Yu Lu hadn't penetrated the celestial beast and taken a peek outside, I'm afraid we wouldn't have known about it."
"However, even though she said so, I didn't have confidence. No one besides her knew whether the ghost world actually existed, so perhaps all my struggles would be in vain. Anyway, after she discovered the concept of the ghost world, she claimed to have witnessed the reality of the ghost world's arrival through the Eye of the Afterlife. Then, she summoned me and said she wanted to kill the sky."
Ghost Realm… Ten Thousand Souls Sect… Luo Xuanyi gathered the information in her mind and suddenly recalled the character compilation she had seen from Taoist Hua Shen. Ji Ye, the formation master who had created the Yin-Yang Rain Body Technique, had used his body as the center of the formation to prevent the Ten Thousand Souls Sect from summoning the Ghost Realm in Tianyan Prefecture, forcibly blocking it from the heavens.
So, the concept of the ghost world actually does exist!
As this thought came to mind, Luo Xuanyi's mind suddenly flashed with electricity, connecting everything together. Her strangeness was not noticed by Long Tian, who was immersed in his memories.
"Well, as Yu Lu said, I do want to overthrow the Heavenly Dao that oppresses me. Who cares how many people die or how much destruction it causes? That's all I want to do. Then she gave me the prophecy and summoned the Tower Spirit."
"However, the planning took far too long. After Yu Lu's death, the Heavenly Beast gradually gained complete control of the world. There will surely be fewer and fewer people as powerful as Yu Lu. Even my power has been steadily weakened. I'm afraid that in another thousand years, the Heavenly Beast will once again control the world and return to the natural disaster."
"So, I want to take a risk. I want the power of the Yu family. I want to confirm whether this is true, whether it can succeed, and then use my eyes to bring the unformed concept to the present. In this prototype of the ghost world summoning array that took three thousand years to condense, I want to clarify the future."
"Yu Linghe, can you do it? If it's Yu Lu, it can be done easily. After all, she completed this prototype and the tower spirit by herself and handed it to me."
The ceramic cups before them had been drained of their contents until only a thin layer remained as time passed. Souls drifted toward the tower's walls, drawn there by the tower. Long Tian refilled their cups and gazed at Yu Linghe with a piercing gaze.
Just as Yu Linghe involuntarily avoided his gaze and Long Tian narrowed his narrow eyes, Luo Xuanyi suddenly realized that time had stopped.
Rather than time standing still, it was more like the mural scroll she was watching suddenly stopped at a certain point. Yu Linghe, Long Tian, and the entire space seemed to be compressed into a hanging scroll, hanging before Luo Xuanyi. Unconsciously, she had arrived at a place similar to a gap.
There was nothing here, no discernible shapes, except for the scene before her. Even the ground she stood on felt as if it might deform and turn into mist at any moment. Surprisingly, Luo Xuanyi didn't feel any unusual discomfort. She simply felt the connection within her heart, which had been calling her faintly, materialize, urging her to turn around.
Ta Ling had stood behind her at some point, his sleeves tucked up, and he said expressionlessly, "Did you hear everything?"
This statement nearly threw Luo Xuanyi's already clear thoughts into a tangle. His tone almost threatened to silence her, but Luo Xuanyi quickly realized that wasn't the case. She tried to speak, "The purpose Long Tian mentioned in seeking out the Yu Clan is also the reason for my visit, right?"
A hint of admiration flashed in Ta Ling's eyes. He nodded and reached out to scratch his messy hair, which only made it more tangled. "Although I believe in the way little girl Yu Lu looks at people, it's still more reassuring to see it with my own eyes."
"Everything you see now, everything you experience now, is not an illusion, but the real past. Oh, I'm glad that you didn't cause any chaos. After all, you are very important to us."
"Ah, and this is a real thing that will definitely happen. No matter how our communication progresses, it will eventually become what you are in your afterlife. So don't worry about your existence being wiped out when you return to this world."
He didn't seem to have any intention of taking out the utensils for the reception like Long Tian had. Luo Xuanyi didn't care whether she stood or not. She listened to him wholeheartedly and thought quickly: "You want me, a person from the future, to confirm what you want on behalf of Yu Linghe, who can't use Taoism to predict the future."
This is a rather risky approach.
"I can't help it. Yu Lu had just discovered the Ghost Realm, and smuggling me in had already cost her most of her cultivation and luck. She couldn't mobilize that much power to confirm future developments. All she could do was watch for a thousand years without the Ghost Realm's arrival. And as the Ghost Realm's gatekeeper, the tower spirit would have been crumbling without the Ghost Realm's support. If I dared to step out of the tower, I would be completely assimilated into the people of the Celestial Beast."
Unlike the chatterbox Long Tian, who said too many words at once, Ta Ling took a breath and looked disgusted. He fell silent for a moment, staring at Luo Xuanyi's face as if he was completely relying on her to understand what he was going to say next.
Luo Xuanyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it also made it easier for her to organize the information she already had.
To put it bluntly, Luo Xuanyi and Long Tian had very similar ideas. They hadn't considered that this truly enormous secret was a major event for all living things in the world, and they were only concerned with what they could gain from it. They didn't care how much disaster it might cause or how many people died.
It was just that Long Tian wanted to raise the flag of rebellion against the Heaven and satisfy his innate desire for war, while Luo Xuanyi keenly realized that through this incident, she could gain an absolutely advantageous position from the Tower Spirit. Perhaps...
"Regardless of the communication process, why did you show up?"
Fortunately, Ta Ling and Long Tian had different thoughts. He directly put forward the proposal: "Just tell you the appropriate conditions and I will accept them."
It's great that the tower spirit is not human. This is the first thing Luo Xuanyi sighed about.
Her heart was filled with ecstasy. Yes, if she seized this opportunity, she wouldn't have to worry all day. Everything seemed to be starting to become clear. With her heart clear on what she wanted, she spoke with conviction.
Two chapters, the next chapter will probably be about completing the dungeon and returning to reality~ Let's go eat first, there will probably be one or two more chapters in the evening
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