Gu Piaoran is exaggerating.
Even if the Yao Sect had great magical powers, it was impossible for them to turn more than a hundred jailers into "rice grains", but it was entirely possible to turn a few or a dozen rice grains. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for Gu Piaoran to come and go freely on the Tianyu Island, and even pretend to be a judge.
I couldn't help but give Gu Piaoran a thumbs up: "I admire you!"
Gu Piaoran smiled and nodded, but I said in a deep voice: "I want to know, what is going on with Tianyu Island?"
The seventh Shui Lan said, "Just like You Ran told you, it is a prison for the nine half-lived beings. They set up the Heavenly Prison Island in the past, on the one hand to imprison the nine beings, and on the other hand to consume the life energy of the Endless Blood Coffin. Over the past few hundred years, they have consumed about 30% of the life energy. If we don't show up, the Endless Blood Coffin will no longer exist in a few years."
I asked again: "Who was the person who split the Endless Blood Coffin in two?"
"Ning Nitian." Seventh Shuilan said, "Ning Nitian separated the Endless Blood Coffin in order to leave a chance for future generations to fight for their lives. Back then...some people opposed it, but facts have proved that his approach was right."
I stared at Seventh Shuilan and said, "Since the hatred between Hell Gate and Half Life Dao is as deep as the sea, why would you join Hell Gate?"
Seventh Shui Lan said: "In a sense, Hell Gate is also a victim. Back then, Hell Gate followed the order of Heaven and came out in full force to strangle Half Life Dao. The Lord of Hell Gate had long anticipated that the outcome between Hell Gate and Half Life Dao would be a lose-lose situation, but he stubbornly believed that the reward from Heaven would allow Hell Gate to flourish and dominate the art of magic."
Seventh Shui Lan sneered, "It's a pity that the Lord of Hell Gate didn't wait for the reward from Heaven, but waited for the revenge from Half Life, and the entire Hell Gate was almost destroyed. Many years ago, in order to explore this secret, I joined the Hell Gate and became the Ghost King under the previous generation of the Lord of Hell Gate."
Seventh Shui Lan said: "At that time, I had the opportunity to become this generation's Senluo Emperor. However, I knew very well that Hell Gate was just a stepping stone for me, so I gave the throne of Emperor to Zhu Rui. This is why I dared to challenge Zhu Rui and said 'Hell Gate is half mine'."
Seventh Shuilan looked around the Heavenly Prison Island and said, "This Heavenly Prison Island has disappeared in the legends of the Dao since the fall of the Hell Gate. Even the successive leaders of the Hell Gate cannot find the exact location of the Heavenly Prison Island. If it weren't for Gu Piaoran, even I would have no hope of finding the Heavenly Prison."
I asked again, "Is Tianyu Island important to you?"
The Seventh Shui Lan said: "It is very important to the Half Life Dao. In the past, the Nine Half Life Sons could join forces to change their fate; but now, we can't even gather all nine sons, so how can we talk about changing our fate?"
The seventh Shui Lan said seriously: "But the pace of fate will not stop just because we cannot gather all nine sons. The fate of the Half Life Path is approaching you step by step, and soon, you will encounter the curse of half life."
My heart suddenly trembled: "Are you exaggerating?"
The seventh Shui Lan shook her head and said, "Whether it is true or not, you can ask Bai Ze."
Ye Jin said, "Zhao Zi, she is not talking nonsense. Although I have not fully recovered and cannot perceive all things, I have some premonitions. Certain things are indeed happening, and it seems that some crisis is getting closer and closer to us."
I asked solemnly, "How close?"
"Three months, at most three months." Ye Jin said, "I have some things to do, so I need to be away for a while. I will definitely come back within three months to tide over the difficulties with you."
I looked at Ye Jin: "Do you need help?"
Ye Jin shook his head and said, "No one can help me with this matter. I want to recover my lost memories. I have only recovered part of my memories, and there are still many things I haven't remembered."
Just as I was about to speak, Ye Jin spoke first: "I still remember what happened to me back then. That thing made me feel so miserable that I went to the Forgetfulness Sect and asked the Forgetfulness Patriarch to completely seal my memory and start my life all over again. If I want to get my memory back, I have to go to the Forgetfulness Patriarch and ask her to help me unlock the restrictions in my memory."
I turned to look at Gu Piaoran: "You were able to copy Ye Jin's memory and stimulate him to break the seal, so you should know Ye Jin's past, right?"
Gu Piaoran said, "The Forget Love Sect was wiped out a hundred years ago, and the Forget Love Patriarch is nowhere to be found. The Rumor Sect once spent a large sum of money to buy the Forget Love Secret Records, and we saw the records about Bai Ze in it. Combined with the seventh Shui Lan's calculations, we were able to roughly determine certain things."
"We then used the fragments deduced by Seventh Shuilan and combined them with Ye Jin's personality to repeatedly ponder, and finally determined a scene that was closest to the truth."
I stared at Gu Piaoran and asked, "Why did you buy the secret records of Wangqingmen?"
Gu Piaoran laughed and said, "Those secret records are just a piece of waste paper to others, because all those who have forgotten their emotions and sealed their hearts have already passed away. Even if others get the secret records, they can't do anything with them. But we are different. The things in the secret records may become the treasure of Yaomen at any time."
The few words in the secret record are indeed an endless treasure for the rumor sect. As long as they can grasp a clue, they can expand the clue infinitely until people are convinced, and then they can start to deceive.
As I nodded slightly, Gu Piaoran said again: "This time we are entrusted by the Seventh Shuilan to forcibly open Ye Jin's memory. It is a bit of an offense, but it may not be a bad thing for you. However, I think it is better to forget about the search for the Forget Love Gate! The Forget Love Gate has been reduced to ashes, so what can you do even if you find the old site of the Forget Love Gate? Sometimes, it is better not to look at things in the past. Cherish what is in front of you."
Ye Jin fell silent. I knew he would need some time to make a choice, so I said to Gu Piaoran in a cold voice, "Is it true that you said you could find a way to cure the poison?"
"Of course not." Gu Piaoran said, "The solution to the poison is in the Prajna Temple. If you find Shi Bucong, it means you have found the secret solution to the poison. However, Shi Bucong is not that easy to find."
My face darkened and I said, "How dare you play tricks on me?"
Gu Piaoran said without changing his expression: "Whether I am kidding you or not, you can ask Bai Ze. Bai Ze knows everything, and no one can lie to Bai Ze."
When I turned to look at Ye Jin, he shook his head and said, "He didn't lie."
Gu Piaoran smiled and said, "Since the deal between us has been completed, let's go our separate ways! I hope we can have the opportunity to continue our cooperation in the future."
Gu Piaoran waved at me and left without looking back.
The seventh Shuilan said, "You don't mind taking my boat, do you?"
I just happened to have something to ask Seventh Shuilan, so I simply nodded and agreed. I had originally wanted to find a suitable place to talk to Seventh Shuilan after boarding the ship, but I didn't expect that all the sailors on the ship were human-headed wooden puppets. It seems that Seventh Shuilan had already made plans to prevent the news from being leaked.
Seventh Shuilan sat on the bow and said, "You should have a lot of questions to ask me, right? Just ask whatever you want to ask!"
I was silent for a moment before I said, "Are you the descendant of the Half-Life Dao Yunmai?"
"Yes." When the Seventh Shui Lan admitted it, I couldn't help but ask, "The seventh hatred of the Ten Regrets of Half Life is immortality. Can you be immortal?"
The seventh Shui Lanfeng said calmly: "Yes, I am the only one of the first generation of nine who survived. But I don't remember anything except the method of calculating the number of days with the Half Life Dao."
I was surprised and asked, “How could this happen?”
Seventh Shui Lan said: "Do you think that the Heavenly Dao will allow those who rebel against it to be immortal? Immortality is a dream for some people, but it is a torture for me."
"Every time I die, I am reborn in the shortest possible time. All the beautiful things and the heaven-defying process in my memory disappear completely. The only thing I can remember is the process of my own death. Only despair and unwillingness are eternal in my memory."
"There were a few times when, in order to prevent my memory from disappearing, I began to record every detail of my life, and then hid the notes in a place I thought was safe. Then I tried my best to remember that place, and as long as I was reborn, I would immediately go to find my notes. However, I would be one step late every time. No matter how fast I was or how secretive the place where I hid the notes was, the notes would always be destroyed before I showed up."
I couldn't help but gasp: "You don't know who destroyed the notes?"
"I don't know." Seventh Shui Lan said, "I even suspect that it is a ghost arranged by the heaven. You think it's strange, right? Actually, I think it's strange too. I have lived for so long, and logically I should be the strongest fortune teller in the world, but I can't predict the past, let alone the future related to me. I can't even predict the slightest connection."
"So, what I can do is to spare no effort to support the half-life heirs I can find until they can change their fate again. Unfortunately, I will still watch them turn into ashes in the end. Many of them died at the hands of the protectors before they were even ready to change their fate."
I said in a deep voice: "What is a protector?"
Seventh Shui Lan said: "There are people in this world who are defying the will of heaven to change their fate, so naturally there are also people who are following the will of heaven to protect the way. Jiuchong Pavilion is the protector."
I was shocked and asked, “Are you kidding me?”
Seventh Shui Lan smiled and said, "What does 'The sky is ten stories high, and the pavilion is nine stories high' mean? Don't you understand? The nine-story pavilion means that they are always under the way of heaven, and nothing can change it."
The Seventh Shui Lan said: "There have been several life-and-death battles between the Half Life Sect and the Nine-Layered Pavilion, and each time both sides suffered losses. This is why the Nine-Layered Pavilion fell from the top of the world to below the top four sects."
"Ever since the four gates of Jiuchong Pavilion fell, they have not participated in the protection of the way. The protector of the way is rotated by the four gates. This time, the protector of the way for the punishment of the sinners on behalf of the heaven is Xuanjingsi." (To be continued)