Gu Yu has been promoted to Immortal for seven years. Although there are many miscellaneous things, he has never dared to slack off. He practices diligently every day and wants to make further progress as soon as possible.
This thing is like leveling up a game, the higher the level, the more experience points are needed... Oh, I'm Zha Zhahui, and those who are level 999 are not included.
Immortals have a lifespan of two to three hundred years, and he has just passed thirty, so theoretically he has a lot of time. But the actual situation waits for no one. He has always been extremely cautious and wary of the soul world. Without enough strength, he can only be regarded as high-level cannon fodder.
It was a bit of a surprise today. I came to look for the Philosopher's Stone, but I ran into LeMay.
In fact, Gu Yu could tell at the first glance that this Le Mei no longer had a physical body, but was completely in the state of a soul body. This space is also constructed by soul power, like an egg buried deep in the ground.
And just this test, really startled a cold sweat. In the realm of spirit and soul developed by himself, in front of a real powerful person, he is like a child with a toy gun.
But correspondingly, he had a lot of doubts, and asked: "You have such power, why did you hide here for hundreds of years, and didn't show up in the world?"
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't."
The gully on LeMay's face deepened a bit, as if he had consumed a lot of energy just now, and said exhaustedly: "The Soul Realm chose me as the priest of the Philosopher's Stone. While giving me abilities, it also added a lot of energy. Shackles. I have been fighting against these restrictions for almost my whole life, and I was completely freed in my later years. At that time, I had reached a new realm, and I couldn't restrain my thirst for knowledge and curiosity, so I wanted to visit the Soul Realm."
"Have you ever been to the Soul Realm?" Gu Yu hurriedly asked.
"Yes, I became a pure soul body and stayed in the soul world for a while."
LeMay was reluctant to elaborate on this painful memory, and only said: "Facts have proved that I was arrogant. I was targeted by a powerful life, and I escaped back to the world with great difficulty. At that time, I was in a very bad state. I had no choice but to give up my body, and I was worried about being found by them, so I simply refined the Philosopher's Stone again, and chose to sleep forever in the ground. Look here... "
He gestured around and sighed: "The Philosopher's Stone brought me pain, but it became my shelter. This space is transformed by its power. The me you see is just parasitic on it It's just a bug."
"You mean..." Gu Yu was taken aback.
"Yes. My injury is so serious that I can't recover. It's its power that keeps me alive. Sometimes I sleep and sometimes wake up. I have spent hundreds of years alone. And its power is getting weaker and weaker. It disappears completely, and that's when I die."
To put it simply, the Philosopher's Stone is his nourishment supply cabin, and he can only live in this space, unable to do too many things.
To put it sadly, it is nothing more than waiting for death for a long time.
Through contact, Gu Yu still had a good impression of this great alchemist, and said, "Then is there a way to replenish its energy?"
"Yes. I teach a student. When he reaches my level, he can replenish energy and even save me from trouble." Flamel smiled.
"..."
Gu Yu was speechless, Erhard was considered the most powerful alchemist in the west, but he hadn't reached the fairyland yet, yet he was still dead. He paused, and said: "I can help you find a candidate, and bring him here to receive instruction, maybe it will be effective."
"Hehe, young man, you don't understand alchemy."
Flamel shook his head and said, "Even if everything goes well, it will take at least fifty years to train a great alchemist. What's more, learning alchemy requires a lot of materials and experiments. Every time a little is changed, the energy in this space will decrease. A little. According to my estimation, it can exist for decades at most, which is absolutely unsupportable. Therefore, it is better to be more realistic... "
After finishing the words, he took out a parchment and said, "The above is the experience I usually record. You are a sincere child, and I believe in your character. Just take it out and pass it on to future generations."
This parchment scroll is naturally transformed by soul power, it is extremely real in the space, but it is in a state of nothingness outside.
Gu Yu directly retracted into his own profound orifices, and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely do it."
"That's good, thank you."
LeMay exerted a wave of power and influence, and said a lot of words, and his energy seemed to be really low. After saying this, he sat on the chair, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Gu Yu couldn't wake him up, and couldn't leave without saying goodbye, so he quietly waited beside him.
After an unknown amount of time, LeMay opened his eyes, looked around, and suddenly said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm so rude."
"It's okay, I didn't wait long."
"well… "
Lemay shook his head, his demeanor became more and more aging, he stood up awkwardly and walked around the room, saying: "To be honest, I have lost hope and interest in everything. But in my last few decades, being able to receive It's my honor to be a guest like you. If you don't dislike me for being stupid, you might as well chat with me again, you have a lot of things that you haven't said yet. "
"Don't dare to be, it's also my honor."
Gu Yu felt a little sad. It was definitely not a joyful thing for such a brilliant character to show an irretrievable old age in front of his eyes.
So, he put aside those practice systems and focused on the changes in the world and the development of science and technology over the past few hundred years.
The two of them lost the politeness and defensiveness they had at the beginning, and chatted freely, and Flamel let out an exclamation or admiration from time to time. He doesn't understand the basic principles of airplanes, nuclear bombs, WIFI, and trade wars, but that doesn't hinder his sincere joy and hidden helplessness.
This lecture has passed for a long time.
Gu Yu was about to stand up and say goodbye, but Le Mei said with a sense of reluctance, "If you have time, please come and see me, an old man."
"I will, but the current situation is not safe, and I'm not sure when I will be free."
"Oh? What's going on?"
"A friend of mine who is good at divination said that within ten years there will be doom in the world. After thinking about it, it can only be that the soul world is not willing to die. I should pay more attention to it."
"Soul Realm..."
LeMay muttered to himself and asked, "Then have you noticed any strange signs recently?"
"Maybe not."
"Really? Think again!"
I didn't talk about this part before, after all, it's my own private matter. However, when the other party asked repeatedly, Gu Yu said: "We will guard the crack left by the Gnostics, and we will absorb soul fragments on weekdays to assist in cultivation. Only once, I felt a very powerful breath approaching. Fortunately, I was in time. The gap was closed. After thinking about it, that thing should be some kind of advanced life."
"How does it compare to my energy?"
"Uh, stronger than you."
"boom!"
Flame stood up with a whoosh, and pressed his palms on the table hard, "That's right! That's the soul world life that gave birth to self-consciousness, and I was hurt by them. By the way, after that time, the crack Have you turned it on?"
"On once."
"Hoo..."
Le Mei's face became even uglier, he let out a long breath, and said, "Well, they have sneaked into the human world now."
"What?" Gu Yu also stood up.
"Our souls are only one, and they cannot be separated. But they are different. Their souls are powerful, pure, and can be divided freely. If my guess is right, they will separate their own soul fragments and mix them into the gaps. These fragments are very weak, not It will be eye-catching, but it will get into the living body that can carry it and integrate with the original soul. When this life grows and matures, it will imprint their thoughts and then achieve some goals. You said that there are two cracks Dao, hehe, not only you, but the little Druid might not be there to take care of them, so he let them go."
"..."
Gu Yu's brows were dark, and his mind was racing.
During that time, Long Qiu should be guarding alone. Could it be that Xiao Qiu has been eroded by the soul world? No, it's unlikely, Xiaoqiu is an immortal after all, so it's okay to deal with some fragments.
Who is that
A weird boy image appeared in his mind, Jin Chan!
"Thank you for letting me know, I'll be right back..."
"Hey, don't rush this moment."
Le May waved him to sit down, and said: "Actually, I don't blame you, the abilities of the soul world are indeed too weird. You must know that they will never be the only one, as long as the cracks exist, they will definitely erode more. Life. Humans, plants, beasts, everything is fine, you can’t tell the difference at all, should you kill them all? I know there is an old proverb in the East, it’s never too late to make up for it. Now that you know it, pay more attention to it in the future It's all wiped out."
Gu Yu nodded, having recovered his mentality, and said, "May I ask, how is your strength compared to them?"
"If it is what you call the Immortal Realm, first of all, its strength should surpass most soul beasts, and be similar to newborn high-level life forms. But it also varies from person to person. I am not good at attacking methods, but you are good at them. Maybe you can defeat stronger ones. opponent."
As soon as these words came out, Lao Gu relaxed a little more.
Damn it, if you can't beat those things after being promoted to a god, you still have to practice the Tao!
"Actually, I have never understood why those beings who are immortal do not have to go to the lower realms?" He asked again.
"Because it's boring!"
Flamel gave a seemingly funny answer, but his expression was extremely serious, "It is because they are not old or dead that they have to have some fun. In their eyes, the world is a large playground where many experiments and games can be done. And the dead The more lives there are, the more abundant the soul world will be, and the stronger they will be."
"Ants and giant elephants."
"That's right!"
Since talking about this topic, LeMay has always been in a strange state, tense, restless, and hesitant. It was as if he was trapped in the water, holding on to a piece of driftwood that would soon rot and he would drown to death.
But at this moment, he can still live.
Le Mei was speechless for a while, and Gu Yu was also thinking about the things over there, so he got up for the second time to say goodbye.
Just as he was about to leave this space, he suddenly heard the voice behind him: "Your friend's divination is really within ten years?"
"Yes."
"well… "
LeMay suddenly sighed, as if he had made up his mind, and said: "The soul world is tyrannical, and the world is hard to beat. The word doom is too shocking for me. Instead of living for decades, it's better to have a good time. You can find this place, maybe It is the arrangement of the God of Destiny. This is also a gift from me... You can take this Philosopher's Stone, it does not need to provide me with energy, it can recover slowly by itself, and you will be of great use in the future !"