"Um?"
It sounds a bit strange that he said half of the words but left the other half unsaid.
When she first saw him, Jianchou was still surprised, but she reacted after a while. She just looked up at his figure half-hidden behind the tree and started laughing.
"Your heart?"
"nothing… "
Fu Chaosheng shook his head and lowered his eyelids, but a smile still remained on his lips.
"I feel relieved to see that my old friend is safe and sound."
Although it is now night, people like them do not seem to have their vision affected at all.
He could clearly see Jianchou's eyes and eyebrows. In the eyes of others, such a look must be first-class. But Fu Chaosheng felt that the most comfortable thing was actually her demeanor. No matter when, she always showed a calm taste, which made people feel inexplicably at ease.
Compared to when they parted in the Extreme Realm, she hadn't changed much, except that her cultivation had become a little higher.
According to the level of cultivation of cultivators, he is already in the middle stage of Nascent Soul.
This speed would definitely be considered astonishing for others, but compared with the cultivation speed of Jianchou in Fu Chaosheng's memory, it seems to be a lot slower.
"It seems that the record of the turbulent current in the gap in the polar region is true."
Back in Jiyu, Fu Chaosheng disguised himself as Li Han and traveled with Jianchou, facing many dangers. After all, they were close friends who had fought side by side.
When I saw him, all the memories of going through the eighteen levels of hell came to my mind.
Even though most of the cultivators from these 19 continents probably thought that Fu Chaosheng was a demon, it was still difficult for Chou to have any ill feelings towards him. Seeing him appear, he was more happy than surprised.
However, upon hearing his abrupt words, Jianchou was stunned for a moment: "Turbulent flow in the cracks?"
"good."
Fu Chaosheng nodded. Seeing that Chou seemed to know nothing about this "turbulence in the cracks", he roughly guessed what her situation was like when she was trapped in the turbulence.
"After you passed through the Shitian Creation Formation, I stayed in the Extreme Region. I was worried about the safety of my old friend, so I opened my eyes to see what was happening to him. But to my surprise, all I saw was nothingness. My eyes could not see anything."
The eyes of the eye are divided into two parts: one is the cosmic eye, which can see all directions and up and down; the other is the circumferential eye, which can see the past and present.
It can be said that as long as one has enough cultivation and possesses this pair of cosmic eyes, one can know geography and astronomy, and be familiar with the past and present. Wherever the "eyes" go, there is nothing that is not known.
But Fu Chaosheng actually said that after she passed the Shi Tian Creation Array, no one in the universe could see her
Seeing that there was sorrow in his eyes, his brows suddenly frowned.
"I was fighting with King Qin Guang at that time, and my energy was exhausted. After passing through the Shi Tian Creation Array, I fell into a coma. It's incredible to say that I only felt drowsy and woke up, and opened my eyes sixty years later. And I am in the Nineteenth Continent, and my cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Before that, I only knew that the turbulent flow after the chaos behind the Shi Tian Creation Array seemed to blur time and space. Is this the 'turbulent flow in the cracks' you mentioned?"
"It's more than just blurring time and space?"
As Fu Chaosheng spoke, he had already broken off the osmanthus branch. With a squeeze of his fingertips, he crushed the osmanthus petals hanging among the branches, but a hint of thought flashed across his eyes.
When Jianchou struck King Qin Guang with one palm and fled away, he was still carrying the skin of Li Han from the Ghost King clan.
Because of his excellent performance in the cauldron contest, he was eventually selected to enter the Bafang City together with the cruel official of Daxia named Zhang Tang. However, Zhang Tang was undoubtedly chosen by the King Qin Guang, the Lord of Hell in the First Hall, to become a judge; while he chose the King Zhuan Lun, the Lord of Hell in the Eighth Hall.
After discovering that Yumu could not see any trace of Jianchou, he simply tried Zhoumu as well, but surprisingly found that he could not even see the countless possibilities of Jianchou's past and future.
It was as if the old friend who had taught him the truth had never existed in this universe.
But all the rumors related to Jianchou are still circulating in the streets and alleys.
Whether it was the City of the Dead or Fengdu City, whether it was the elders of the ten major ghost clans or the hundreds of judges of the Eight Directions Hell Palace, everyone still remembered the power of her palm and the shock she left when she declared that she was a disciple of Yashan...
Everything proves that Jianchou is a real person.
So, why can't the eyes of the universe see her trace
This question actually troubled Fu Chaosheng for a while, until he accidentally saw the leaf book when he was looking up things related to reincarnation in the Palace of the Wheel-Turning King.
"Old friends will know once they see it."
He stretched out his hand and opened his palm, and a palm-sized withered yellow leaf appeared in Fu Chaosheng's hand. He handed it to Jianchou.
"When I found it, it was tucked inside a list of deceased people from more than 300 years ago."
It is about three inches long and about one and a half inches wide.
This leaf book looked quite old, and even the edges of the leaves were a little broken. On the front of the leaf, there were densely packed dark golden characters.
It can't even be called text, just some strange symbols.
When Jianchou took it and looked at it, she realized that this was an ancient script that she had read in the Sutra Library.
But if she remembered correctly, "leaf books" had disappeared from history a long, long time ago, and were replaced by bamboo slips that were easier to preserve, and later by jade slips.
This leaf book must be of great origin.
Thinking of this, Jianchou gently flipped the leaf and read it carefully.
But I didn't expect that every word would be so shocking!
"When the universe was first created, the universe was in chaos and the gods were born. This is called 'ancient times'."
"Great Venerable Pangu, with his axe split the chaos into yin and yang, clear and turbid, and arranged the stars in the sky, giving birth to all living things and opening the beginning of the 'ancient times'. My people migrated from the mother world and settled on this star, and the great Venerable named it 'Yuanshi'."
“From then on, the cycle of reincarnation began.”
"My people sneaked through the long night, struggling to survive."
"However, when the extreme domain was opened, there was a turbulent current that swallowed up the universe. People fell into it, and those who got out of it were either transported thousands of miles away, or lost traces of time, with white hair turning into a child's face, and black hair suddenly turning white."
"The Great Venerable checked and found that it was a crack formed when the universe of this world was just born and not yet formed. So he poured all his divine power to move it outside the extreme domain and sealed it to form a high wall to separate Yin and Yang."
"Only by building a mirror that reaches the sky can we pass through the two realms."
"My clan monks, if..."
Come to an abrupt stop.
The end of the dark golden ancient characters was exactly where a small piece of the leaf was missing, so Jianchou had no way of knowing what was written behind it.
But just the above was enough to make her heart and soul tremble!
The universe was born, the world was created, the cycle of reincarnation was established, and the extreme domain was created...
Just these words suddenly reminded her of the boundless universe and vast galaxies she saw when she first obtained the Cosmic Eyes! And the long evolution and the powerful people who roamed in different eras!
“It turns out that the turbulence I passed through was the origin of this.”
In fact, she was not unfamiliar with the word "universe".
But when this concept really came to her, she could not imagine its broad scope and implications. She only felt a sense of insignificance that surged into her heart and made her sigh.
“Unbelievable…”
"My old friend has only lived for sixty years. When I left, he was still in the Nineteenth Continent and was safe and sound. I am very lucky."
Fu Chaosheng had read this leaf book a long time ago, and he was born with the power of the mayfly clan, so there were few things in the world that he didn't know. The content of this leaf book only bothered him about the vague "gods" and "reincarnation", and he treated the rest as normal.
"I came from the Extreme Region and passed through this place. I had already felt the aura of an old friend. I didn't expect to encounter some troubles on the way and had to fight with it. That's why I came here only now."
"The things in the Night Boat Hall?" Jianchou was keenly aware of the "trouble" and "fight" mentioned by Fu Chaosheng. He raised his eyebrows and asked naturally, "So it was you who was fighting with him..."
"I didn't intend to do it..."
Having said that, Fu Chaosheng's brows slightly tightened, and a heavy thought flashed across his eyes.
"Unfortunately, it escaped in the end."
Escaped.
The "salted fish" in his hand suddenly rolled its eyes more obviously, and its tail swung boredly, giving a sense of contempt as if it was looking down on you.
Fu Chaosheng was speechless.
When Jianchou saw it, she couldn't look away for a moment. She looked at the salted fish and naturally thought of the black fish in the fish basket when Fu Chaosheng came to Kunwu to borrow the Cosmic Eye to go boating on the river.
A thought suddenly popped up in his mind: "Kun?"
"… "
At this moment, the "salted fish" that was swaying like a "zombie" before, seemed to be frozen, and suddenly stopped moving. Only the white eyes that were still rolled up suddenly revealed a tragic feeling of "the hero's death".
When Jianchou saw this, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
Why did she feel the kind of guilt that only arises when one accidentally punctures someone else's self-esteem
"Ahem." Fu Chaosheng seemed to want to laugh. He clenched his fist and covered his lips with a cough, then took the initiative to answer, "It's not a Kun, it's just a smoked dried salted fish."
Yeah
Jianchou's gaze withdrew from Fu Chaosheng's smiling eyes. His mind was clear as a mirror, but he did not comment: "It seems that I thought too much. By the way, you mentioned asking Qu Zhengfeng to pass on a message for me?"
"I saw him in the hall of the Night Boat and recognized his identity. I wanted to ask him to send a greeting to my old friend. But then I thought, although I have something else to do, it only takes a moment to visit my old friend, so I came here on my own."
Fu Chaosheng did not mention again the fact that Qu Zhengfeng did not deliver the message for him. After all, that was someone else's business.
"I am glad to see that my old friend is well. I will set off now."
He didn't mention it again, so Jianchou didn't ask any more questions.
Ever since the strange encounter on the Thirteenth Island of the Immortal Road, she had always remembered Fu Chaosheng as someone who was always on the road of running and pursuing. Today was no exception.
"Where are we going?"
"To the Snow Region."
As he spoke, he had already stood up, glanced at the osmanthus branch in his hand, and then gently placed it back on the branches.
After a moment of silence, he continued, "I was born to fulfill the great wish of the Mayfly Clan. I have seen all the secrets that can be seen in the Extreme Region, but I still have some doubts that are difficult to solve. In the Snow Region Esoteric Sect, there is a holy son, Jiye, who may be able to solve my doubts."
Holy Son, Silence.
Jianchou also knew about this person, or the existence of this person. Although he didn't know how the matter that Fu Chaosheng wanted to explore was related to him, it was ultimately his own business.
Jianchou smiled, showing no reluctance to leave. He just said, "I hope you can gain something from this trip."
"I accept the good words from my old friend."
Fu Chaosheng also slowly curved his lips into a smile, but there was more uncertainty in this smile.
Will the Snow Region hold the answers he is looking for? Will the legendary Son of God be able to resolve his doubts? No one will know until they arrive there.
He bowed slightly to her as a farewell.
A breeze blew over from the courtyard, carrying with it the fragrance of osmanthus. When Jianchou looked again, the indigo figure in front of him gradually faded.
Only in the distance, there were some vague sounds coming from it.
"Alas, at this moment tonight, I have completely lost face..."
"Have you ever had this thing?"
"… "
As if choked by the answer, the original voice disappeared without a trace.
In the blink of an eye, Jianchou was the only one left there.
She looked up at the osmanthus tree at the foot of the wall, thinking back to the missing Fu Chaosheng, but somehow, she suddenly sensed a sense of loneliness from him.
This great demon that has plagued the world has been searching since the day it was born.
But after such a long journey, it seems that I can only come to see her, a so-called "old friend" whom I have only met a few times...
"Well, what does it have to do with me?"
Jianchou shook her head and shook off all these strange thoughts. Fu Chaosheng was a special person in the world, so how could he not be lonely? After all, she didn't need to worry about him.
The leaf book in my hand is still there.
She walked along the wall and headed towards her own courtyard not far ahead. As she walked, she thought about the records in the leaf book in her mind, and her fingers almost unconsciously turned the leaf gently.
Withered yellow leaves and dark golden ancient characters.
The texture and veins of the leaves, after years of suppression, are deeply imprinted on them, just like the meridians and bones of the human body, and have a unique beauty.
Even the back is smooth...
etc.
back
Jianchou suddenly took a breath of cold air, stopped walking, and the fingers holding the leaf book stiffened: just now during the rotation, she seemed to see something...
The cool fingertips moved gently in the night breeze.
She slowly turned the leaf book over: on the front of the leaf book, there were densely packed ancient characters in dark gold, with a mysterious glow. But on the back of the leaf book...
Not a word is missing.
There were five empty words written on it.
Jianchou didn't notice them at all when he was reading the leaf book just now. Because these characters are not ancient characters, but the most common ancient seal characters in the past few hundred years!
Her habit of reading ancient characters made her subconsciously ignore it.
The moment she noticed the words on the back of the leaf again, there was a "boom" in her heart, and she felt as if the depths of her mind exploded!
This handwriting!
It is exactly the same as the first of the nine types of handwritings of the owner of the old house in the City of the Dead!
"I will not obey this way!"