"Lie to you? What I told you is the truth, old man. When have I ever lied to you?"
The old man said with an innocent face: "Then again, what good does it do me to lie to you?"
"Who knows, maybe you've been here for too long and want to trick us into staying with you, or maybe you want to be reborn?" Lu Li let go of the old man with a smile, and a line suddenly appeared on his fingertips. The breath of despair.
That's the power from God's Killing.
The old man's expression immediately changed and he exclaimed: "Get away quickly! This power will kill me!"
The power of divine killing acts directly on the soul and can 'kill' any living being in a fundamental sense, but it does not pose much of a threat to the afterimage.
Because the afterimage itself is not a 'living being', but a special consciousness that retains certain memories. Lu Li had encountered the projections of strong people before when he was at the River of Two Realms. Except for the powerful Dao-level people like Ling'er's father, the projections of the ancestors of the You clan did not have any fear of 'death' other than normal conversations. feel.
This may be difficult to explain, but if you think about it a little bit, you can sort out the difference between the two.
The true projection of consciousness may not dissipate after the death of the body, but it is difficult to maintain such a high degree of 'awakeness'.
In other words, from the moment the old man showed a high degree of self-awareness, Lu Li began to doubt the truth of his words.
However, Lu Li was just a little skeptical before. When Lu Li saw the old man's violent reaction, he became more sure of his suspicions.
"This old guy really didn't tell the truth. He is not an afterimage." Lu Li smiled and casually crushed the trace of grayness.
Mu Ningqiu heard the words and hummed: "I have long seen that he is not a good person. He is not a good person. He is a trial of the sword world and a legacy of the sword master. I really thought that we are three-year-old children who can just use some non-existent benefits. Can you coax me?"
She didn't ask Lu Li what method he used to scare the old man.
After all, everyone has their own secrets.
But she had indeed been suspicious of the old man for a long time.
This is not a story about deceiving young people. I suddenly met a kind-hearted old man in the outside world. He came up and said that he was responsible for guarding some kind of powerful inheritance. As long as he casually passed some assessments and trials, he would have a chance to win. superior
You must know that in such a crisis-ridden heavenly cave, meeting an 'old man' who is conscious and able to communicate normally may not necessarily represent a chance at some point, but may also be a lie or even a fatal trap.
"Are all children today so smart?"
Seeing that he couldn't fool him anymore, the old man sighed in frustration, "I thought this trick would work every time."
"From now on, you'd better think carefully before answering our questions."
Lu Li showed a harmless smile and said slowly: "Why don't we sort out the doubts in what you just said?"
"No need to comb it out, most of what I said is the truth."
The old man said helplessly: "Except for the Sword World Trial, which I lied to you, I didn't lie about anything else. This place did belong to Dou Zun's small world before, although it was not opened by him personally, but from a certain East China Sea royal court. It was taken from the hands of the strong. But later Dou Zun fell in the Battle of the Four Seas, and Jian Zun collected his remains. This small world naturally became Jian Zun's possession."
"I see, that's no wonder." Lu Li nodded, feeling that this made sense.
If this small world originally belonged to the East China Sea Royal Court, it would be reasonable for the two of them to see records about the Star God on the broken walls of the ruins of the main hall just now.
"So, the remains in this small world belong to Dou Zun?"
Lu Li asked.
Although I don’t know who Dou Zun and Jian Zun are, according to the most basic information, this small world was originally the private property of a strong man in the East China Sea Royal Court, and was snatched away by Dou Zun. After falling, this small world passed into the hands of the Sword Master again.
In other words, neither Dou Zun nor Sword Master is the master of this small world.
Thinking of this, Lu Li suddenly sneered: "Old man, are you still not honest?"
The old man said with a bitter look on his face: "I told the truth. Really, except for the sword world trial, I didn't tell any lies."
Seeing Lu Li's expression of disbelief, the old man simply said: "Forget it, what do you want to ask? Ask quickly. It's unlucky for me to meet you two. As long as I know something, I will never hide it."
"Since you said that this small world is a strong man from a certain East China Sea royal court, and the sword world trial is another lie, then why does the Canglang Sword react? What attracted it?"
Lu Li smiled half-heartedly and said: "And you are forced to stay here in the state of soul. You are definitely not just trying to deceive a few newcomers, right? If I guessed correctly, one of Dou Zun and Jian Zun should still be here." Not dead, the reason why you stay here is because you are either following orders, or you were suppressed here by one of them."
"It makes sense to suppress him here." Mu Ningqiu's eyes lit up and she stared at the old man and said, "Maybe this old guy was suppressed by someone, so he made up some kind of trial, probably to lift the seal for him. method."
"A very good idea."
Anyway, the words had already been spoken, so the old man simply stopped pretending, reached out with a relaxed expression and took out a wine bottle from the void, and drank slowly, "Go on, little guys, let me see what you can do." How many truths can you guess?”
As he spoke, the old man's whole body glowed with hazy light, gradually covering his body. His originally old face turned into a young face filled with a joking expression, and his meticulous gray hair turned into long black hair scattered on his shoulders.
The old man... or should we call him a young man now, I saw him reaching out and sweeping the folds of the robe on his body. He raised his head and saw the slightly surprised eyes of the two people. He said suddenly: "Oh, don't mind, this is what I really want." His appearance. We should be honest with each other, right?"
He raised the wine bottle to signal and showed a smile that said, "The trick has succeeded."
Mu Ningqiu said calmly: "The appearance just now looked more pleasing to the eye, but the appearance now looks very unbeatable."
"Really? What a pity. My appearance was very popular back then." The young man smiled nonchalantly and turned to look at Lu Li: "You are a very cunning little guy. If the Sword Lord had you back then, If he were half cunning, he wouldn't be fooled."
Lu Li didn't care about the teasing in his words: "Since we want to be honest with each other, why not introduce yourself first? It seems that you have been locked up here for a long time. Have you forgotten your own name?"
"name?"
The young man shook the jug and said calmly: "The name is just a meaningless symbol. In the era of all races, no one cares about your name. People often only remember a code name, which is given by you and has a greater meaning." Titles with multiple meanings. Just like Sword Master and Dou Zun, no one remembers their names, they only remember the code names they gave them meaning. After all, they are the fruits of the blood of the enemy."
"never mind."
"It's useless to tell you this. Young people like you won't understand."
"As for me."
"I have many titles. When all races were first established, they called me a fanatic, a lunatic, and a remnant of the devil. After the Four Seas War began, they also called me the War Lord, the Nightmare of the Royal Court."
"Until I was imprisoned here, I only had one name left."
The young man put away the wine bottle, and an extremely violent energy centered on him, forming an invisible spiral.
Only then did Lu Li and Mu Ningqiu see clearly that his limbs and body were all nailed with broken swords.
Hundreds of long swords are between reality and reality, intertwined and crisscrossed, penetrating the man's soul, making his soul linger and unable to leave this place for eternity.
The man smiled and said: "I am the rebel of the human race and the destroyer of the world. Or you can call me by my only code name... Beidi."
Buzz!
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Li felt the Canglang Sword in his hand tremble violently, and the tip of the sword was pointed directly at the man with a faint smile on his face.
That is... the Lord of the Beihai Royal Court, Beidi!