Chapter 32 The Supreme Elder
No one could give Ye Kemeng an answer.
Because that happened over a thousand years ago.
Upon hearing Ye Kemeng's question, the elder of the library said, "Those things happened a long time ago. It's already quite rare that these photos have been preserved. As for the sect back then..."
Ye Kemeng felt her heart clench.
If she wants to eat birds, she has to hide under the dense branches; if she wants to eat squirrels, she'd better raid their nests... In short, she is a very skilled hunter who can catch whatever she wants to eat.
At least, that's how she felt until this moment.
I've not come to another world; I've... come home.
However, the word "home" is still a bit hard for a kitten to understand. After all, kittens are driven away by their mothers when they grow up. In her memory, it seems that she was born alone.
Therefore, even after returning to her former world, Ye Kemeng did not know how to find her "home".
If she still has a home.
However, Cang Yao was the husband she picked up, so he could be considered her family.
Even the mechanisms to open the ancient battlefield were so easily deciphered by Ye Kemeng. Ye Kemeng even felt that she might have stayed at the Kyushu Academy before, or even worked odd jobs there. Otherwise, how could she explain her clear knowledge of everything here?
It's just that I don't have any related memories.
Fortunately, Ye Kemeng wasn't obsessed with finding her memories. She was born alone, and now that she'd found a husband, she'd already made herself look so pathetic. If she found someone else, regardless of feelings, she would definitely make herself look even more pathetic.
Otherwise, it's just about searching for memories, which is more like watching a movie, as if you're infusing someone else's life into your own body.
That's exactly what Ye Kemeng didn't want to see.
Kittens react very quickly when their paws are grabbed.
It seems she really likes Cang Yao, or at least doesn't reject him at all.
Cang Yao said, "You want to know the fate of those elders after they died?"
The word "fate" startled Ye Kemeng, but she quickly nodded: "Yes, I want to know."
Cang Yao forced a drop of blood from his fingertip and placed it on Ye Kemeng's forehead, saying to her, "Close your eyes."
After Ye Kemeng obediently closed her eyes, everything in front of her became clearer.
She felt as if she were watching a movie on a giant screen. She saw the figure in the blue robe who said he would no longer take pictures leap backward with all his might, barely avoiding a huge tentacle that was swinging in front of him and trying to pull him in. However, because he had been recording, the black tentacle still grazed his arm.
Seeing this, one of his fellow disciples quickly used a magical artifact to shield him, asking, "What happened? Are you injured?"
The figure in the green robe gasped and said, "Yes, it's best not to touch those tentacles; they hurt terribly."
"What about shutting down the five senses?"
He didn't need his fellow disciples to remind him of this; the figure in the green robe had already shut down his five senses long ago. But this did nothing to alleviate the pain. He was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out on his nose. He said, "It's no use. This pain... it seems... it seems like I can't get rid of it."
Everyone's expression immediately changed in shock.
They realized that they were probably outmatched by the dark, gaping hole, and quickly said, "Let's go, don't fight those tentacles head-on. Let's go back to our sect and report what happened here to the seven major sects, and ask them to send a Celestial Venerable to help us."
Previously, elders from the seven major sects had come to offer to take the young man in green robes as their disciple, but he had his own cultivation insights and therefore refused their offer.
Yet he was still able to advance his cultivation by leaps and bounds, becoming a leader among the younger generation and the most outstanding figure in his small sect.
Therefore, upon seeing this, they even abandoned the magical artifacts they had thrown out, only thinking of bringing the young man back to their sect.
Perhaps because they dodged quickly and were ruthless enough to sacrifice their pawns to save the king, they didn't suffer any losses and all returned.
Previously, everyone was laughing at the Supreme Elder for valuing his life so much that he directly lost his natal magic weapon in order to run the farthest. Now, they can only sigh that "old ginger is spicier." After all, he has lived long enough to be able to sense many dangers that exist in the dark.
However, no one noticed the fleeting panic and guilt in the Supreme Elder's eyes.
But the Supreme Elder vehemently disagreed, which led to the current situation of the young man in the blue robe.
The Supreme Elder also suffered a setback in his attempt to steal a chicken. He originally wanted to exchange his great-grandson's innate talent for his own, but the book might be an incomplete copy, so he couldn't succeed no matter what he did. On the contrary, his great-grandson's cultivation grew stronger day by day. He was worried that his great-grandson would discover the clues and directly kill his own family for the greater good, so he dared not take any further action.
However, the Supreme Elder dared not return the book to the library, for if others saw it and guessed his wicked intentions, they might expose him.
At this point, he was old and his cultivation level was not as high as his great-grandson's. If his great-grandson wanted to kill him, it would be an easy thing to do.
So he kept the book hidden deep within his bedside. He would only take it out from time to time to glance at it, wondering what he had done wrong that prevented him from stealing his great-grandson's bone marrow.
Things went on peacefully for several years until recently, when the book suddenly started to show unusual activity.
The Supreme Elder himself was completely baffled. He had spent many years studying this book, and he could not only recite every word from memory, but he also knew exactly which line and page each word appeared on.
Surprisingly, the Supreme Elder's first reaction was not panic, but joy!
He explained that the reason he had been unable to acquire his great-grandson's exceptional talent was not because he lacked understanding of the book, but because the timing was not right!
The Supreme Elder began to study the altered book diligently, but it still did not describe how to seize one's innate bones. Instead, the content of the book was changing day by day, telling the story of the power of 'nothingness'.
The Supreme Elder revered this book as a divine text, deeply believing in the words that appeared within it. He both feared and longed for the power called 'nothingness,' like a poacher who had dug a hole for eighteen years and finally found a gold mine.
After thinking about this matter, the Supreme Elder immediately studied the content about 'nothingness' a hundred times, and finally concluded that 'nothingness' was extremely terrifying and it was best not to have any contact with it.
This 'nothingness' may seem to have no body, but it is actually more like a living thing. It needs to digest food, and the digestion time varies depending on the amount of energy in the food. If it were to eat a Celestial Venerable, it might take quite a while to digest it. However, if it were to eat an ordinary person or a cultivator with low cultivation, it might only need to take a nap before it could eat its next meal.
Therefore, while others in the sect were studying and recording this dark object in order to leave some clues for other sects, the Grand Elder was so frightened that he even threw away his natal magic weapon and only cared about running away.
This scene was witnessed by others, who initially thought that the Supreme Elder was very afraid of losing his life.
When Ye Kemeng saw this, she couldn't help but feel her heart leap into her throat.
She didn't know if the Supreme Elder's goal was ultimately achieved, nor did she know the final fate of these people... But from the perspective of later generations, since no information about them has been passed down, they are probably all dead.
However, this Supreme Elder was ultimately a scourge.
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