ccnovels #410 - Listen to Langlang telling stories from the past
#410 - Listen to Langlang telling stories from the past
Chapter 405 Chapter 405-1 Listening to Langlang Tell the Story of the Past
All of this happened too quickly.
From the moment Onyx appeared and attacked, using a long spear to break Wang Jixuan's formation and injure him;
To Wang Jixuan using his final trump card, burning the remnant soul of a Mahayana cultivator, to eliminate all powerful enemies on Earth in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, killing the Pillar Blade Beast and wiping out a large number of spiritual cultivators.
Unfortunately, Onyx only sent a clone.
Wang Jixuan could only lightly curse Onyx, preventing him from causing trouble for a short time.
Afterward, he 'opened the aperture' for Amina, removing the restrictions on her core circuit, and healed Nielda Tamon, restoring this conservative spiritual cultivator to his peak strength.
He also went to visit Old Fu and had Fu Jian press the button to kill the Six Elders.
The Six Elders were actually high-level spirit slaves cultivated by Sabrina. After his initial cooperation with the Council of the Wings of Light, Wang Jixuan had been忍耐 restraining himself from killing the Six Elders, to avoid worsening his relationship with Nielda Tamon and Sabrina.
Everyone was just using each other, it was unavoidable.
But after Wang Jixuan burned the remnant soul of a Mahayana cultivator, he suddenly lost any regard for these spiritual cultivators.
It's just…
After understanding the true nature of Onyx and his ilk, he felt that they were not worthy of being his enemies at all.
His only opponents were the Heavenly Tribulation and the Heavenly Dao.
That was probably it.
He quickly arranged everything and then, following the memories that emerged in his mind, rushed to the City Above the Clouds.
Without any obstacles or any sense of emptiness.
Wang Jixuan broke into this place, and when he saw He Ruli, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Then…
He Ruli discarded her disguise, becoming an old man with white hair, his facial features and spirit ninety percent similar to his, yet without giving him the feeling of 'this is me'.
Like two people;
More like one person born with two different temperaments under different experiences.
Wang Jixuan couldn't help but swear.
And the old man sitting there shook his head with a smile, saying 'scheming against all living beings'.
The Daoist suddenly understood;
But while he understood, the emotions in his heart were even more complex.
The power of the Mahayana remnant soul quietly faded away, Wang Jixuan stood there blankly, a severe pain appearing on his body, the sound of wailing spirits ringing in his mind, the Demon Lord mark on his forehead seeming to condense again, but gently erased by a touch of green light.
He smiled miserably, as if he had lost all his strength, and sat down in front of the old man.
The old man gently raised his hand, and a beam of green light fell, temporarily suppressing the backlash from Wang Jixuan's refinement of the Sea of Grievous Spirits, as well as the pain of his body being impacted by powerful spiritual power.
The old man said gently: "You must have many questions you want to ask, but I don't have much I can tell you."
"Why?"
Wang Jixuan's voice had a hint of helplessness:
"No matter how important becoming an immortal is, it's our own business. Why involve other people?
"Moreover, creating Blade Beasts and killing so many humans, is this just Earth? Have you found the path to immortality? Have you seen the hope of becoming an immortal?"
The old man sighed softly: "I didn't create the Blade Beasts."
Wang Jixuan was momentarily speechless.
The old man said slowly: "When I say scheming against all living beings, I actually want to find a suitable opportunity for the remnant soul to live out a third life."
"So the foundation for the birth of the third life is that you continuously devoured several batches of souls sent by Onyx and others every thousand years?"
"Yes."
The old man admitted frankly:
"I naturally won't avoid this matter. I was too weak at the time."
"I thought so," Wang Jixuan smiled bitterly, "How could a member of an opposing faction of an ancient civilization have the means to refine souls for their own use?"
"The opposing faction is not something I fabricated, it's just that the administrator here has long since passed away."
The old man said:
"I regained consciousness about twelve thousand years ago.
"After the second Heavenly Tribulation, I was already at the end of my rope…"
"What happened?" Wang Jixuan's gaze sharpened. "What happened in the Heavenly Tribulation? The first time I crossed the tribulation, I was only one step away from becoming an immortal. Why did I prepare so much, for so long, the second time, and still lose?"
The old man sighed: "Let me tell you about this later. My third life, please give me a little patience."
Wang Jixuan was silent.
The old man continued to talk about his experiences:
"After the second Heavenly Tribulation, I was already at the end of my rope. Although I had this precious Stone of the Past, plus all kinds of rare and precious materials I had prepared before, it barely kept my remnant soul from dying, but it was extremely difficult to cultivate again.
"In addition, after my tribulation failed, the opposing faction within the Ina civilization rose, and internal strife and war broke out. Losing the support of the Ina civilization, I quickly fell into a deep sleep, gradually dying in my sleep.
"I thought this was the end of my two lifetimes of cultivating immortality.
"But, unexpectedly, this Stone of the Past awakened me. The spiritual power I had once injected into it to refine it became the nourishment for my awakening."
A few traces of reminiscence appeared in the old man's eyes.
Wang Jixuan listened patiently, without interrupting.
He was actually more concerned about the problems that had occurred in the second Heavenly Tribulation.
The old man, the Three Realms浪浪子 Wanderer, continued:
"In the beginning, I didn't think about reincarnation, nor did I think about continuing to live.
"The boundless sleep, that almost endless darkness and loneliness, eroded my Dao body, which should have been firm.
"But I was unwilling, and unwilling to give in to fate.
"So I lived.
"In the beginning, I slowly took over the City Above the Clouds. I participated in the creation of the spiritual energy technology here, and I am very familiar with it.
"Later, through the City Above the Clouds, I sensed other Ina civilization relics left in this star field. Some of the formations in those relics could still operate.
"I was waiting for someone with fate."
"Onyx?" Wang Jixuan asked softly.
"Yes, but in the beginning, I had no choice but to塞 stuff some information about ancient civilizations to the spiritual cultivators passing by the relics, and then quietly wait for time to ferment."
The old man smiled:
"It's like fishing, cast a wide net, and you'll always find a usable fish.
"Onyx is this fish.
"He was lost, frustrated, and confused, so I used the guidance of ancient civilizations to let him cheer up again. I needed him to bring me fresh souls so that I could recover some of my strength.
"So, when Onyx first arrived on Earth, I gave him many, many benefits.
"On the one hand, these benefits could help Onyx grow stronger and get me more souls.
"On the other hand, I discovered Onyx's hatred for the spiritual cultivation civilization itself, and his unspeakable disgust for those corrupt and degenerate spiritual cultivators.
"The technology I gave him could make it easier for him to win people's hearts and build势力 power. He would take revenge on the entire spiritual cultivation civilization, which would also achieve my second goal."
"Revenge on the spiritual cultivation civilization?" Wang Jixuan was a little puzzled.
The old man sighed: "Although I don't have much sense of belonging to the Ina civilization, this is where I once roamed freely, and the people here were friendly to me… Do you know how the Ina civilization finally fell?"
"How?"
"This matter is divided into three stages."
The old man ticked off his fingers:
"The first stage was after my tribulation failed, after a thousand years of brewing, the opposing faction联合 combined with foreign enemies to launch a war against the main body of the Ina civilization in the City Above the Clouds.
"The war you saw in Gao Huating's mind originated from this.
"The result of this war was that the opposing faction was wiped out, the Ina civilization's vitality was greatly damaged, and the major civilizations that besieged the Ina civilization suffered even heavier losses.
"The second stage was that the Ina civilization sent out a large number of spiritual cultivators…
"I know you might ask, this is different from the spiritual cultivation history you know.
"Obviously, the first batch of spiritual cultivators篡改 altered this part of history.
"In fact, spiritual cultivators were投入 put into the battlefield as a kind of experimental product. My灵仆 spirit servants were responsible for制造 creating batches of core circuits, allowing the core circuits to resonate with humans, thereby creating new war weapons.
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"The task of the spiritual cultivator部队 units was清理 to clear out those ancient civilizations围攻 besieging the Ina civilization. They did it almost very easily, and then, this部队 unit叛变 rebelled…
"This is the third stage.
"After a惨烈 tragic war, the City Above the Clouds was forced to转移 move from the surface to the underground,封锁 sealing the传送出入口 teleportation entrance and exit. The几万人 tens of thousands of people remaining here守守守守守 passed their miserable,自责 self-blaming余生 remaining lives.
"They couldn't even繁衍 reproduce anymore, because a few spiritual cultivators used core circuits to诅咒 curse them, and my灵仆 spirit servants also逝去 passed away in the war."
The old man sighed:
"So, I want to destroy the spiritual cultivation civilization.
"The way is to培养 cultivate Onyx's憎恶 hatred for spiritual cultivators, and顺便 give Onyx enough技术 technology to覆灭 destroy the spiritual cultivation civilization.
"If the spiritual cultivation civilization was at its巅峰 peak, with the first batch of spiritual cultivators being so狠辣果断 ruthless and decisive, Onyx couldn't succeed, but this文明 civilization has腐化 rotted."
Wang Jixuan asked: "Although I might seem双标 hypocritical by saying this, after all, I've killed a lot of people, but… have you considered the被波及的星 affected planets and the死去的少说数千亿 dying billions of intelligent lives?"
"Considered."
The old man nodded:
"I don't否认 deny my罪恶 sins.
"So I斩断 cut off all联系 connection between myself and the third世 life, letting the third世 life start from头 scratch.
"So you can义正言辞 righteously骂骂 me here as a杀人恶魔 murdering devil.
"But if you consider it from another角度 perspective, I'm just加速 accelerating their毁灭 destruction, and the毁灭的阵痛期 pain period of destruction必然 inevitably has大量 a large number of生灵损伤 life injuries, the区别 difference is only in时间的前后 the timing."
Wang Jixuan: "It feels like you're more like being入魔 possessed than I am in my入魔 possessed state… Do you still remember what侠义 chivalry is?"
The old man was silent.
Wang Jixuan then asked, "Do you still remember, what is the righteous path?"
"Then do you remember?"
"I remember," Wang Jixuan's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, "The only thought I had when I burned my Mahayana remnant soul instead of hiding was that I could let these hundreds of millions of people live… even if it's just for another half a year, a year, or decades!\
,"The old man said with a smile, "You remember, isn't that good? I am just a self-exiled past belonging to the cultivator Wang Jixuan. Although you have to bear responsibility for what I did, it won't affect your Dao heart too much. After all, we survived, didn't we?"
Wang Jixuan: …
The old man sighed softly, "You haven't heard me finish yet. That person, Yezi, really exceeded my expectations. I really didn't expect that she would be so infatuated with her so-called big brother. Her mental state itself is not very normal."
Wang Jixuan asked, "Why did you give him the Outer Golden Core Dao?"
"To ensure that you would arrive at the City Above the Clouds at some point."
The old man stared at Wang Jixuan:
"Gao Huating is a chess piece, Yezi is also a chess piece, and Obsidian is also a chess piece."
"My plan has no steps, only four words—taking advantage of the situation."
"And what I have to do is to quietly wait for my third life to become famous and show its brilliance. Then I only need to use the dozen or so chess pieces I buried to arouse your curiosity."
"Gao Huating is indeed the remnant soul of the leader of the Ina civilization, but she was also revived in the Stone of the Past. This can also be considered a wonderful coincidence."
"Originally, I thought… because your memory is of your first tribulation failure, I subconsciously felt that you would be like me, choosing to be more dissolute, so I cultivated her into a perfect companion."
"Unfortunately, you didn't become dissolute, but instead remained as conservative as before, and began to immerse yourself in Ling Tong after choosing her."
"This is also very good."
"In this way, there will be less karma, and there will be fewer worries when you break through the Heavenly Tribulation."
Wang Jixuan closed his eyes and sighed softly, "Forget it, since I am me, the Black Storm will gradually make up for the mistakes made by the prodigal son of the Three Realms."
"Actually, there is nothing that should be made up for. You don't owe this world anything."
The old man shrugged his shoulders:
"In the final analysis, the mistakes I made are only two."
"One is the transaction with Obsidian. In order to restore my strength, I devoured the soul power of almost more than twenty thousand intelligent beings."
"One is for laying out the plan, passing down the Outer Core Dao to Poshuo Yezi, which can be regarded as helping the tyrant to do evil, giving her the strength to bully the weak… although before that, she was already a spiritual cultivator."
"Besides that, what else did I do? The part that deceived you… deceiving you is just deceiving myself. What's wrong with self-deception?"
Wang Jixuan was amused.
Good, good, good. His second life was still a master of sophistry.
"Well, in any case, destroying the Blade Beasts and wiping out the Obsidian forces is also my next goal."
Wang Jixuan said indifferently:
"I will not let go of anyone who wants to kill me."
"Master said that cultivation is about the Dao, not the Law, but the Law is used to protect the Dao."
"How will you deal with yourself later? I will definitely not become a part of you."
The old man smiled peacefully, "The second life is already in the past. I will become a part of the Stone of the Past to comprehend the secrets of the Stone of the Past."
"Its secrets?"
Wang Jixuan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slowly.
He said, "This thing is indeed very abnormal. I don't know where it came from."
The old man said, "Two possibilities, either the Immortal Realm, or a high-level plane of the same level as the Immortal Realm."
"A high-level plane, does it really exist?"
"It exists," the old man said softly, "The Ina civilization once tried to ascend collectively. They caught a glimpse of that world. I once survived nine Heavenly Tribulations, plus one Heavenly Punishment, a total of ten. I once stood before the Immortal Gate, and then… a finger pointed from the Immortal Gate, and I collapsed and died."
Wang Jixuan was slightly focused.
What's the situation?
Nine Heavenly Tribulations, one Heavenly Punishment?
But was killed by a finger pointed out from the Immortal Gate?