“You are…” The old man looked at Lian Youyou in surprise.
"Are you the current Jiumen?!" the woman next to the old man guessed in surprise.
Lian Youyou crossed her arms, stopped in front of them, and took out the "Heaven" token from her waist: "I am Lian Youyou, the Heaven Guard of the Nine Gates."
"Tian Zi Wei!" The four people exclaimed at the same time and surrounded them together, as if they had never seen the Tian Zi Wei before.
The wooden sign in Lian Youyou's hand flashed a faint golden light in the sunlight, showing Lian Youyou's identity as the strongest leader of the Nine Sects.
"I finally got to see the Tianziwei while I'm still alive!" The old man seemed extremely excited, with tears in his eyes.
"It is rumored that the Tian Zi Wei is the strongest guard recognized by Tianji Yi and is the leader of the eight guards!" The man next to the old man looked at Lian Youyou carefully with admiration in his eyes.
"It seems like there hasn't been a Tianzi Guard for five hundred years." The woman next to the old man exclaimed.
"Then, then do we have hope of getting out?" The little eunuch's eyes widened with anticipation!
Lian Youyou glanced at them and took back the Tianzi token: "You are..."
"Oh, I actually forgot to introduce myself." The old man hurriedly bowed to Lian Youyou, "I am Zhang Tiande, the former leader of the Nine Gates."
"Oh~~~ The Tianshi Zhang family." In addition to the Kunlun Shushan cultivation sect, there is also the Tianshi sect among the common people. Among the Tianshi sects, the Zhang family and the Ma family are the most famous.
The biggest difference between a celestial master and a cultivator is that a celestial master is a mortal who follows the laws of birth, aging, sickness and death. A cultivator, on the other hand, is a semi-immortal who can maintain his youthful appearance after reaching a certain stage of cultivation. For example, the young man next to old man Zhang.
"This is Lin Lu, a disciple of Shushan." Sect Master Zhang began to introduce them to Lian Youyou one by one, "This is She Shuji."
Lin Lu and She Shuji bowed to Lian Youyou.
Lian Youyou looked at the woman. She was a snake demon. The demonic aura had been removed. If she still had the demonic aura, she could not enter the Nine Gates.
"Oh, and this kid is Guo Xiaole." Patriarch Zhang pulled Guo Xiaole over. Guo Xiaole immediately saluted Lian Youyou and said expectantly: "Sister, can you break this situation and take us out?" He was really fed up here. Not only could he not get out, but the key was that he couldn't die.
Even if they committed suicide at this time, they would come back to life after the time was reset. This made them deeply feel the huge and terrible power of time.
The time that is usually invisible and can even be squandered and wasted is so terrifying once it starts to bite back. It is simply the most powerful devil in the world, making you unable to live or die under his torture. This strong feeling of powerlessness and helplessness tortures everyone in this yard day after day.
Everyone looked at Lian Youyou with anticipation. In their hearts, they didn't even dare to have a little more hope than expectation, because they were afraid of the great loss after hope, which would make them fall into great despair.
Lian Youyou looked at them calmly and asked, "How often does the time here restart?"
"It restarts at You hour every day, and then starts at Mao hour today." Patriarch Zhang answered seriously.
Lian Youyou calculated that it was five o'clock in the afternoon and five o'clock in the morning, so this time loop was six hours, twelve hours. Here, there would never be a moonlit night, it was always daytime.
Lian Youyou nodded and her expression turned serious: "I hope you know that once this situation is broken, the time outside will quickly swallow up the time here, and then, some of you will die." Lian Youyou's gaze fell on the four people in front of him.
The four of them were surprised. Zhang Tiande seemed to understand and his expression became calm. Lin Lu and She Shuji looked at Zhang Tiande at the same time. Guo Xiaole still looked puzzled: "Sister, what do you mean?"
Lin Lu and She Shuji, who had already understood, looked worried and held Zhang Tiande's arms tightly.
Zhang Tiande smiled calmly: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm here, I've had enough of living."
When Guo Xiaole heard this, he became even more anxious: "What on earth do you mean?!"
Lian Youyou sighed softly and pointed to the sky: "This is not a game, this is actually a time loop. The so-called time loop means that you are trapped in a period of time, that is, this half day."
Lian Youyou raised her sword finger and made a motion like breaking a branch. Immediately, a thin blade of grass on the ground beside her was broken and flew into Lian Youyou's fingers. Then, she straightened the blade of grass and said, "Look, this is like time. Normally, we go from one end of time to the other."
Everyone read Lian Youyou's words carefully. Time loop was the first time they heard the term. They had always thought that this was a trap set by a formation. But after half a day of this, they were able to confirm that this trap was indeed related to time.
Lian Youyou simply walked from one end of the grass to the other, indicating the normal direction of time.
"But now, this time has become like this..." Lian Youyou said as she tied the grass into a grass ring and circled her fingers inside it, "So this period of time will repeat endlessly, and the mortals in this closed time loop will also start again here..." Lian Youyou pointed at the place where the beginning and the end were connected, "You will stay in this period of time forever. If this is not broken, then you will be immortal..."
"We don't want this kind of eternal life!" Several people said almost in unison, with a firm determination in their eyes.
Lian Youyou could understand their pain and continued, "But once this ring is opened, it will still become a part of time. At this time, hundreds of years have passed outside, so the time here must be synchronized with the outside, which will cause the time here to speed up rapidly, and those who cannot live forever will..."
"Die..." Guo Xiaole murmured and threw himself on Zhang Tiande, "I don't want grandpa to die... Grandpa don't want to die..." He cried sadly.
Zhang Tiande seemed relieved: "Xiao Le, even if Grandpa hadn't come in here, he would still die outside. Grandpa is a mortal, so don't be sad. Here, Grandpa has lived at least a hundred more years, hahahaha—"
Lin Lu and She Shuji lowered their heads in sorrow and remained silent. The half day that had tortured them was finally coming to an end, but facing this sudden end, everyone could not accept it. This inability to accept was due to the death of a loved one. People outside could not understand this complicated feeling.
Lian Youyou looked at them and smiled: "How about this, you guys enjoy the last half day here. My brother has also been castrated and can't go out for the next half day. We still have to wait until time restarts and he is ready before we can save him."
After hearing this, they were a little confused about whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand, they were sad because they were about to part with the old sect leader, but on the other hand, they wanted to laugh when they thought of the brother being castrated as mentioned by Lian Youyou. (To be continued)