The cultivators of Tianji Pavilion also stood up at this moment, looking at the various scenes that appeared with amazement. Although not every one of them was a long-bearded old man with a high status and profound cultivation in Tianji Pavilion, they had all practiced the immortal way of Tianji Pavilion, and naturally had a strong ability to understand and could deduce and guess many things.
For a cultivator with a high level of cultivation like Changxu Weng, just by looking at some images, he can automatically produce some special picture extensions, and the picture scroll starts from revealing a corner and then slowly opens.
As for Ji Yuan, his understanding was much deeper than that of the cultivators of Tianji Pavilion. Although he was not a cultivator of Tianji Pavilion, when he looked at these pictures with the associations in his mind, it seemed as if the pictures came alive under a pair of Dharma eyes.
Those scenes of heavenly palaces and gods should be the real heavenly palace, but they are very different from the heavenly palace in Ji Yuan’s memory of his previous life. Although many of the armored gods look like human bodies, they have a demon skull on their heads. Even those that are completely human-shaped, most of them exude demonic aura in the pictures.
The underworld is even more different. It doesn't seem like a so-called underworld, but rather a huge river where springs converge. The river is densely populated with ghosts, and all the ghosts of living beings are struggling in the river.
However, although there were many scenes of heaven and hell, Ji Yuan only stayed there for a short time, and his main attention was focused on other more magnificent and exaggerated scenes.
Some of the exaggerated monsters in the pictures were connected to the clues that Ji Yuan had occasionally discovered. They were the many powerful ancient beasts. There were many mythical beasts and ferocious beasts that Ji Yuan was familiar with, many that were just familiar but he couldn't name them, and many monsters that he didn't recognize at all.
Some of these monsters are very sacred, some are showing their fangs and claws, some are fighting each other, and some seem to be tearing the sky apart. The aura emanating from the images is also very terrifying.
Ji Yuan's eyes never left the walls, his face was filled with surprise, and his mind was full of thoughts. Many of the pictures were not continuous, but they were comprehensive enough to lay out a relatively complete historical picture, or a picture of the historical evolution process.
In fact, Ji Yuan had already seen some of these scenes when the two star flags met each other from a distance, so he was mentally prepared.
'Sure enough, this world once had many ancient and exotic beasts, but...'
Ji Yuan's thoughts became heavier, and his sight was mainly on the ferocious beasts and even divine beasts that were roaring at the sky or simply attacking the sky. The stars in the star banner seemed to cover some pictures as Ji Yuan's sight moved. Many of the broken parts of the starry sky could match the attacks of some ferocious beasts on the sky.
The scenes that Yanqi had seen in the past three years also somewhat overlapped with the things in the Tianji Palace. This was merely an association in Ji Yuan's mind, but it led to another evolution of the Tianji Palace.
The light reappeared, and the walls of the Tianji Palace seemed to extend infinitely. Between Jiuyou and Tianque, immortals, Buddhas, demons, monsters, ghosts, monsters, and humans...all the living beings of today appeared.
'The boundary between heaven and earth is greater than we know. Disasters and disasters, disasters and disasters. Today's heaven and earth... is a paradise, but also a cage...'
With a lot of thoughts in his mind, Ji Yuan turned his head to look at the cultivators from Tianji Pavilion. Most of them had already stood up. Xuanjizi, who was closest to Ji Yuan, stared blankly at the scroll in front of him, focusing on the big sun in the sky. In this shining sun, if you look closely, you can see a giant three-legged bird with its wings spread.
"It is the sun, it is the sun, it is the sun..."
Xuanjizi kept muttering to himself, Ji Yuan walked up to him and said calmly.
"The one in the big sun is the three-legged golden crow, the true spirit of the sun."
"Three-legged Golden Crow?"
Xuanjizi turned his head and looked at Ji Yuan. At this moment, Ji Yuan had regained his composure, so the Mr. Ji that Xuanjizi saw still had a calm expression.
"Um."
Ji Yuan nodded without saying anything more, just continued to look at the scene in front of him, and then looked at the pillars. There were also pictures on these pillars, but they were more of a symbol. Some of the pillars were magnificent, some were dilapidated, and many seemed to be full of cracks.
About an hour later, Ji Yuan and a group of monks from the Tianji Pavilion walked out of the Tianji Hall together. After they came out, the door slowly closed automatically with a creaking sound. The two door gods on the door were still standing solemnly, motionless, like portraits.
After Ji Yuan and others stepped down from the high platform of Tianji Hall, the two door gods gradually disappeared on the gate, leaving only the vermilion color of the door.
Ji Yuan's expression was no different from before he entered the Tianji Hall, but the expressions of all the cultivators in the Tianji Pavilion were very different from before. No matter if it was the long-bearded old man like Xuanjizi Lian Baiping or other cultivators, they all had a gloomy expression, and almost all of them had worry or confusion written on their faces.
Ji Yuan found the sight of them like this amusing but could hardly laugh. In fact, even if the people from Tianji Pavilion had seen the things in Tianji Hall, they could not comprehend the fate of heaven and earth, but that did not mean they did not understand how good or bad their situation was. Moreover, even from the pictures they had seen, they were still uneasy to know that there were so many terrifying "monsters".
"Mr. Ji, what do you think about this matter?"
Xuanjizi hesitated for a long time and finally asked Ji Yuan. The latter thought about it and whispered directly.
"I can only say that it may be many times worse than the worst case scenario you imagine. This is a terrifying thing that is difficult to explain."
Although the voice was soft, it was not transmitted. Everyone present was a cultivator, so of course they all heard it.
Xuanjizi's heart was lifted and he quickly responded.
"Yes, yes, we naturally understand what you said, sir. As the saying goes, the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. No one can understand the meaning of this better than the people of Tianji Pavilion."
"Sir, is there anything you can teach me?"
Originally, Tianji Pavilion had high expectations for Ji Yuan, and now they understand that Mr. Ji is probably even more exaggerated than they imagined. After initially seeing some of the extremely exaggerated "truth about heaven and earth", the people in Tianji Pavilion were a little at a loss and could only ask Ji Yuan for advice.
Ji Yuan shook his head.
"Practice well and be prepared. Oh, by the way, are the fellow Taoists of Tianji Pavilion good at killing and attacking?"
"Well... we naturally have some magical powers to defend ourselves, but most of the monks in the pavilion are obsessed with comprehending the mysteries of heaven and exploring the great way, and are also good at integrating the mysteries of heaven into the elixir. As for the power of attack, it can't be considered powerful..."
Having said that, Xuanjizi changed his tone and spoke again.
"But our Tianji Pavilion has always been on good terms with many immortals and righteous Taoists. If there is something that the Pavilion needs help with, Taoist friends from all sides will give Tianji Pavilion some face."
"Okay, that's enough."
Ji Yuan nodded, and seeing that no one moved, he said something as a reminder.
"I am tired. If there is nothing else, can we find a place to take a rest?"
"Oh, it's us who are here to pay our respects. Senior Brother, shall I take Mr. Ji to rest?"
“As it should be.”
"Well, please sir!"
Lian Baiping quickly said something to Xuanjizi, then extended his hand to invite Ji Yuan. After the latter nodded, he followed Lian Baiping towards the barrier where the Tianji Pavilion was located. He looked back and saw that Xuanjizi and others were still outside the Tianji Pavilion without moving, but just bowed slightly in his direction.
Naturally, the matter would be discussed within the Tianji Pavilion. Ji Yuan had no intention of interrupting them and had no interest in doing so. He just left with Lian Baiping.
After getting out of the several formation barriers of the Tianji Palace, Ji Yuan felt a little more relaxed, and Lian Baiping seemed to be the same.
"Phew... Mr. Ji, you are really unexpected. No, I should say you deserve the title."
"Hey."
Ji Yuan chuckled and said nothing, just walked forward on his own.
…
In a relatively prosperous city in the Southern Wasteland, an elegant scholar in a gray shirt was standing beside a street stall, looking at the collectibles, calligraphy and paintings, and books on the stall. Just like an ordinary scholar, he touched and looked at them, carefully observing the quality of the calligraphy and paintings. If he saw a good one, he would show joy on his face.
Just as the scholar was picking up a painting to take a closer look, a handsome young man dressed in white brocade slowly walked to the side of the stall and glanced at the scholar who was still looking at the calligraphy and painting beside him.
"It's really not easy to find you. I didn't expect you to hide here."
The scholar put down the calligraphy and painting, looked at the young man and smiled.
"It's lively here, and it's convenient to hide. But you, you can actually come back. I thought you were dead."
"Huh! Why, you're not wearing your favorite yellow clothes?"
The scholar laughed out loud.
"Hahaha, in this place, yellow is the color of the emperor. How can common people wear this color casually?"
The stall owner on the side also started shouting.
"Scholar, you have been looking at it for so long, do you want to buy it or not? And this guest, please look at these things, they are all good things, would you like to buy some and take them back?"
The handsome young man smiled and shook his head at the stall owner, while the scholar beside him pointed at the painting just now.
"Wrap it up for me. I want it."
"Oh, you have good taste, this is an authentic work of Zhao Huan, a famous artist from the previous dynasty. Five taels of silver is absolutely fair!"
The shopkeeper packed it neatly, then took the scholar's silver and weighed it casually. Even though he noticed that it was a little short of the weight, he kept smiling and watched the scholar and the handsome young man leave, his heart filled with joy.
The handsome young man and the scholar were Beimu and Lu Shanjun, who used the alias Luwu. The former looked at Luwu holding the painting and asked curiously.
"Five taels of silver, an authentic work?"
"Yes, the original."
"hey-hey… "
Bei Mu laughed and decided in his heart that he would immediately use some means to let the stall owner know that he had made a mistake and sold the original by mistake.