Chapter 476 Entering the Dream (2)
Accompanied by laughter that was even more hoarse than crying, the image of Ji Rong as a weak child in the past became clearer and clearer.
In my past life, I was a beast of burden.
My life is filled with the fear of cooking day and night.
Bloodshed in Ligu City, pretending not to be seen
The sluggishness after the island turned into a tree
Feigned composure when plotting against a powerful dragon for wealth
The anticipation after meeting the Divine Lord Canglan
Throughout the long journey of a thousand years, Ji Rong never dared to rely on anyone.
Because Ji Rong was not born a cub, and this is not the first time in her life that she has tried to change her fate.
She too was once Li Xiaorong, a human slave, equally mediocre in talent, equally striving for sixteen years, only to die before achieving her goal, her life frozen on a desk—that was the path she had traversed...
Faded memories surged forth from the deepest recesses of her heart like the sea. In the darkness, Ji Rong's forced laughter, which she had begun to utter as she regained consciousness, gradually turned into sobs.
In this way, the surroundings seemed even quieter, so quiet that you could hear your own heartbeat.
Ji Rong stopped pretending. It was rare for her to feel sad when she was alone, so she simply burst into tears.
As she cried, a face seemed to emerge from the darkness on the left, exclaiming in surprise, "Haha, is what you just said true? You've never really relied on anyone? You've clearly always relied on me."
A voice came from the right as well, saying, "Stay close to me too."
Haha, you actually cried! Are you afraid of the dark? I've never seen you have this problem before.
Ji Rong replied angrily while crying, "What do you mean 'you'? You are me. What's wrong with me relying on myself?"
"And besides, I can cry all I want, it's none of your business. You two are the kind of people who hide in the shadows and then come out to laugh at me."
"Tsk," a rustling sound came from the darkness, and the guy on the right mocked, mimicking Jiao Jue's voice, "I didn't hide, and I'm not you. Open your eyes and see who I am."
Ji Rong looked up at the direction of the voice and said, "How dare you! My eyes are wide open."
"Haha, really? Well then, take a good look!" The guy on the left mimicked Ji Rong's voice in a high-pitched voice.
Ji Rong then saw a huge golden skull suddenly appear in the darkness. Layers of blood-red veins, like snakes, slowly slithered from the huge head into the darkness. Every inch they went, they brought down bits of flesh and white fluid, making Ji Rong feel nauseous.
The moment the nauseating thought arose, Ji Rong found herself standing in mid-air.
The darkness below receded, revealing a colossal body lying horizontally on the planet. It was unknown how long it had been dead; its body was a mixture of black, green, gray, and white, and every now and then, bulges would burst open, from which streams of dark golden liquid would flow out, gathering on the ground to form shallow grooves.
The golden liquid soaked into the earth, bringing life to it. The weak creatures that remained in the soil emerged to enjoy this unexpected gift.
Ji Rong watched them eat their fill and reproduce from the sky. Before long, the huge divine body was covered with cocoons, and the ditches were full of all kinds of fat insects, which looked both vibrant and extremely filthy.
Seeing the scene she had once fantasized about unfold before her eyes like a blooming flower, Ji Rong felt a chill and stopped crying; she realized that she had successfully entered her dream.
Seeing dozens of orbs of light undulating on the enormous body, she excitedly asked, "Are you the Primordial Goddess? Can you tell me the secret of how the spiritual energy here can be prevented from leaking out even after passing through the Great Dao of Order in the heavens?"
As soon as Ji Rong asked this question, a large, fat, white worm sucked up a mouthful of golden liquid.
It raised its head and let out a satisfied burp.
Dragging a thick, whitish liquid, it climbed onto the enormous head and stretched out its long mouthparts, "looking" at Ji Rong, saying, "Are you here to enjoy yourself too? Then come down and drink with us."
Ji Rong shook her head and said, "I'm not here to get food."
There are too many living beings now, and not enough food to go around. I need to go to the outer heavens to find some mineral treasures, but if the Great Dao of Order in the deep space is removed, the spiritual energy here will dissipate. I have come to seek a solution.
Upon hearing this, the fat worm stretched out its long mandibles again to "gaze" at Ji Rong, before crawling into the huge eye socket.
"Isn't life here good? Why go to the outer heavens to take their discarded bodies? There's nothing left there." The white skeletal skull said, "They pursue transcendence and will give up everything at the last moment to refine their divine power."
They vainly sought immortality of soul and spirit;
But I can't imagine what will become of the soul and thoughts after all tangible things have been discarded, what will nourish them after they have run out of energy?
"Therefore, I want to change my path. My divine authority is about to dissipate, my divine essence will crumble, and the disintegration of my divine body is only a matter of time, so..."
With a "click," the fat white worm fell from its mouth, and the white skeletal skull fell silent.
So, you came here.
Ji Rong heard herself continue the conversation:
"You use rotting flesh as nourishment, letting it decompose freely;
Hair can transform into all things;
To create the rules and will of the world with one's spirit and essence.
The source flow is transformed by the still-unfrozen divine blood;
Use bones as pillars supporting the heavens and the earth.
The intact organs, nourished by divine blood, received a share of divine authority and became the new gods of this place.
“No, not really.” The head replied calmly, “I just had a thought, and never imagined that it would taint this world like this.”
“What it was like in the past is not important,” Ji Rong said calmly. “What is important is that this world will soon be unable to support so many cultivators, and we will have to go outside and bring back many more.”
"That's your business, Lord Sovereign. My time has long passed."
Darkness descended once more, and the countless corpses and fat worms vanished; the face of the Great Witch Kua appeared close.
She had a dragon wrapped around her neck and a phoenix on her feet, looking very imposing. She said, "You have a tree."
The dragon and phoenix on her body also said in unison, "You have a tree."
“I know I have a tree,” Ji Rong said. “I know that once the tree grows up, I can achieve the path to heaven. But the ancestral tree and divine authority are not much different in essence. Once it breaks through the sky, it will cause spiritual energy to leak out. Perhaps that’s why it was cut down.”
I desire a new spatial path, a path that can be passed down eternally and used by all mortal cultivators without excessive reliance on external forces.
Upon hearing this, the Great Witch Kuo's figure vanished into the darkness.
Darkness, silence, boundless, limitless.
Ji Rong waited and waited, but neither the Five Elements Divine Light nor the enormous deity appeared. The illusion was punctured by her words like a bubble, returning to darkness, and no one came again.
A jumble of thoughts raced through her mind, only to reluctantly return to calm, having gained nothing.
In this complete silence, a single breath feels like an eternity, and an eternity feels like a single breath.
Ji Rong's mind and body fell into a deep sleep once again with this silence.
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