(PS: Huanyan's wife has just given birth and is in the hospital. I am very busy, so the update volume is temporarily reduced. I will resume after these few days of busy work. I hope my brothers and sisters can understand.)
Having come here and seen this place, how can I leave
Facing the old man's whispering, Qi Zi, Fan and the other two gradually fell silent.
"Once upon a time, we were full of passion, we felt resentful, and we thought about changing it all."
"But the border must be guarded by someone after all."
"The elders are all old, and now, there are few of them alive."
"If we all go back, there will be endless internal friction. What will happen to the countless lives in the heavens and myriad worlds?"
The old woman spoke in a sad tone, expressing regret or even crying: "The predecessors used their blood and bones to build the boundary gate and guard it for billions of years."
"We, the younger generation, don't have such great abilities, but someone will eventually step forward to shoulder all of this and bring peace to the world."
"We came here, witnessed it, and have no intention of going back."
"Whether you are a sinner or not is no longer important."
"The border cannot be lost."
The rest of the people didn't say anything, but everyone, including the scholar and the boy, were nodding and sighing silently.
This moment.
Qi Zifan remained silent, while Ji Chutong and Lan Caier stood in awe.
Obviously, these seniors in front of them are not really pedantic, nor do they lack their own ideas, but they chose to stay.
Choose to guard this border, choose to protect the peace for all the heavens and worlds.
“Is it worth it?”
Qi Zifan asked softly.
"Whether it's worth it or not, what does it matter?"
"We can't just watch the heavens and myriad worlds without this line of defense and allow the people of the underworld to come in and out and attack, right?"
"After all...someone has to stay."
"Others may be unwilling, but they can be ruthless. We can't do that."
Seven people spoke one after another and were no longer silent.
However, the meaning of their words, the silence and loneliness in their voices, are beyond words.
It sounds painful to my ears and my heart.
well!
Qi Zifan sighed softly. In fact, he had already guessed that this would be the solution.
How could the one who can guard the boundary gate be just a Golden Immortal
Even a Golden Immortal at the peak of perfection wouldn't be enough, right? He had to be a Daluo Golden Immortal, or an invincible cultivator like himself below Daluo
Well, as Golden Immortals, how could they not have their own thoughts and ideas
What sinner...
What is the sin of the heavens
They were just forced and used "morally kidnapped" to come here to guard the border.
But they are all very "moral".
After coming here, for such a long time, they must have wondered whether it was all worth it, knowing that they had been deceived and morally kidnapped.
but···
After knowing all this, especially after witnessing with one's own eyes the traces of battles at the boundary pass, knowing how difficult the boundary pass is and how cruel the battlefield between the two worlds is.
But they could no longer leave.
Moral kidnapping
But this time, it was not others who used morality to kidnap them, but their own "morality", their own deep hearts, that made them stay here and guard the border.
"hehe."
The old woman suddenly sneered: "Speaking of which, the heavens and the nine heavenly palaces..."
"Those bastards all backed off."
"Hide the news related to the Yin and Yang worlds and don't let the world know at all. Otherwise, how could the border be so desolate?!"
"But..." Ji Chutong was puzzled: "The boundary gate concerns the entire universe, why do they do this?"
"Isn't it good to make it public?"
"To rule?"
Qi Zifan glanced at her and sighed, "Where there are people, there is a world of martial arts. There are countless creatures in the heavens and the worlds. Who wouldn't want to control all of this?"
"The Nine Heavenly Palaces are high above and can command all the heavens, but if there is a threat from the underworld, many variables may arise."
"For the sake of stability and dominance, they will naturally do so."
"What about the boundary? What about the underworld? Just ignore it?"
Lan Cai'er said depressedly, "Aren't you afraid that if the boundary gate is lost, the powerful people from the underworld will rush in? By then, the nine heavenly palaces will bear the brunt, right?"
"Who said don't care?"
Qi Zifan sneered, "Isn't this a way of kidnapping the seniors morally? They want to kidnap us too."
“It just didn’t work out.”
“But moral kidnapping may not always succeed, right?”
"Of course they will succeed!"
"Because they won't kidnap people without morals, they will just kill them directly. Those who are kidnapped are all moral people."
"No matter what these 'kidnapped' people think, as long as they reach the boundary and witness all this with their own eyes, they will never be able to leave, just like you, the predecessors."
"Anyone they kidnap is someone they believe has a high chance of success, or even a 100% chance of success."
"Everything will succeed naturally."
Having said this, Qi Zifan paused, and then revealed an even stronger self-deprecating look: "It's really ridiculous to say it."
"A good person, a moral person..."
“They are always the ones who live the most tiring and miserable lives.”
"On the contrary, it is the bad guys and those without morals who are really enjoying themselves."
"That makes sense."
The scholar stopped arguing with Qi Zifan and agreed with his words: "What about you? Do you have morals or not?"
"Of course."
Qi Zifan responded casually: "But don't even think about kidnapping me with this."
"My morality only serves the people and things that I care about. As the saying goes... If you respect me one foot, I will respect you one yard."
"You want to bully me? I'll kill you until your heads fall off!"
"Free and easy."
The old man laughed: "You are really free and easy. Unfortunately, I don't have the same temperament as you. If it were you, it would be very easy, right?"
Is it easy
Qi Zifan did not respond.
To say it's easy, as a chess piece, it is most likely one of the chess pieces that the chess player pays the most attention to...
But it won't necessarily be any easier.
The future is difficult.
Ji Chutong and Lan Caier sighed for a long time, but didn't know what to say.
Some things, once they become clear, make them even more uncomfortable.
"You just said you wanted to find out something?"
The old woman looked at Qi Zifan, and there was some color in her weathered eyes, as if she was admiring the younger generation.
"yes!"
Qi Zifan nodded: "I want to know about the origin of the boundary gate, about the technological fortress not far away, and..."
"Everything from the war between Yin and Yang to now!"
Are we getting to the point
Ji Chutong took a deep breath, while Lan Caier listened quietly.
"There's a lot you want to know."
The scholar took over the topic: "But, there are many things that I don't know."
"The origin of the boundary gate has been passed down from generation to generation. It was created by more than a hundred Daluo Jinxians at the beginning of the war between the Yin and Yang worlds."
"But at that time, it was not a city, but a vast Great Wall that stretched endlessly and suppressed the sea of stars!"
"There are more than one hundred beacon towers, guarded by more than one hundred Golden Immortals. It is extremely glorious."
"In every city, there are a large number of immortals serving as soldiers..."
"Unfortunately, the war was too horrific. The strength of the underworld far exceeded the imagination of our ancestors. The war lasted for many years."
"In the end, the Great Wall collapsed, the beacon towers toppled, and the Golden Immortals all fell in droves."
"Even, there are strong men from the Yin Realm who have invaded our Yang Realm..."
"However, the records at the end are blurred, and we can't see clearly, so we don't know the truth of that year."
“As for the cities of those fallen men, they stood here after that.”
"Although they have fallen, and do not cultivate themselves, relying only on external forces, they still contribute to the Yang World, and have never retreated until now."
"They are much better than those people from the Nine Heavenly Palaces."
The scholar chuckled, but his smile did not conceal his sarcasm and disdain for the Nine Heavenly Palaces.
"As for the rest..."
"You can go to the monument to the heroes in the city and you will understand everything."
“···”
Qi Zifan digested the content of the words, and then said: "The last question, how about the creatures in the underworld?"
"How different is it from our Yang World?"
"Similarly, there are all the races in the heavens."
This time, it was the old man who spoke.
"Among us, the unlucky scholar and the silent boy came later and have never fought with the underworld, but the rest of us have fought with the underworld."
"There are numerous races among them. Generally speaking, they are not much different from the Yang Realm, but their aura is different from ours and is easy to distinguish."
"If you encounter it in the future, you will know it if you feel it carefully."
"I see."
Qi Zi, Fan and the other two nodded to show that they understood.
Obviously, there are also many races in the underworld. At least on the surface, there is not much difference between them and the races in the heavens and all worlds.
But the aura is different, is it easy to tell them apart
"Meeting is fate."
Qi Zi Fan chuckled, and then with a wave of his hand, he took out a lot of barbecued fairy beasts brought from the Ten Thousand Beasts Star Sea, as well as the fine wine brewed by Gou Sheng.
"It's quiet and peaceful here, so I guess there's nothing good to eat here."
"We have nothing, and these delicacies are the only good things we have. Please accept them, seniors."
“Delicious food...”
Slurp.
The seven people's eyes suddenly lit up, and the scholar and the boy were drooling, appearing to be extremely expectant and anxious.
"Excuse me."
Even the old man and old woman found it hard to control themselves and said with some embarrassment: "This place is indeed poor and austere."
"About eight or nine million years ago, we fought a war with the underworld, and there were casualties on both sides."
"But at that time, we also killed some of the underworld aliens, so we still had some food."
"It's just that time has passed and it has been eaten up completely."
"You're all good."
The silent boy transmitted the message: "We haven't eaten since we finished our stockpiles here. We've almost forgotten the taste of food!"
Then, he sent a message to Qi Zi, Fan and the other two: "Not bad, not bad."
"These things are very good, I will accept them with a smile."
"If you are still in this world and encounter any trouble in the future, just call me."
Grunt...
As soon as the message was transmitted, the silent boy started to bite it.
The others are not much better and don't have much of an image to speak of.
After all, in this place, no one cares about what they look like.
"Then we'll take our leave first and go to other places in Jieguan to learn everything we want to know."
"Go ahead, go ahead."
"Just don't go to the underworld to commit suicide."
"Although it's a bit eerie and scary inside the border, it's not dangerous..."
While the seven people were "fighting" with the food, they did not forget to give instructions.
······
Qi Zifan and the other two left the house and closed the door.
However, they did not go to the monument to the heroes in the center of the city first. Instead, they went to other houses nearby and opened their doors to check.
No surprise.
In every room where firelight is emitted, there is a fire and a statue-like figure sitting on the ground.
In one of the rooms, there were three figures, but one of them was completely silent and covered by cosmic dust.
The other two had faint breaths of life emanating from them, like candles in the wind, which could be extinguished at any time.
"Perhaps, this is a powerful Daluo from the previous era?"
Qi Zifan closed the door, left, and sighed softly.
"One of them has already passed away, and the other two chose to seal themselves off, waiting for the great battle to bring about the final burst of light and heat."
Lan Cai'er and Ji Chutong both looked very heavy.
“There is one last room.”
Not long after, Ji Chutong pushed the door of the last room with fire.
Inside the house, there is only one 'stone sculpture'.
The faint breath of life was almost undetectable, it was extremely weak.
Loneliness and coldness seem to have become an eternal existence in this house, accompanying the "stone sculpture" for who knows how many years.
The three of them said nothing, quietly left and closed the door.
"Does one room represent the strong men of an era?"
"well···"
"My heart feels heavy."
"The underworld."
Lan Caier raised her head and looked into the distance.
She can't see.
However, from the picture drawn by Sister Wu, the three of them knew that there was a magnificent city there.
In sharp contrast to the boundary!
The city was hanging upside down, with bright lights, bustling crowds of people, and many strong people.
Compared with the quiet and cold border, it is simply two extremes.
Totally extreme!
"It's ridiculous."
"It is also an important border crossing. The Yin Realm attaches great importance to it and is full of powerful people. However, the border crossing of our Yang Realm has become a place where 'criminals' can make amends for their crimes..."
"puff."
Ji Chutong couldn't help but sneer in dissatisfaction.
"Find an opportunity and change it all."
Qi Zifan retracted his gaze and looked towards the center of the city: "Let's go and take a look..."
······
Soon, we reached the center of the border.
A monument to heroes stands.
The monument to the heroes is not big, only about three meters, three feet and three inches. There are great laws hidden on it, which is very extraordinary.
It is precisely this great law that has protected it for endless years and prevented it from encountering any problems.
Qi Zifan tries to communicate with the monument of heroes with his spiritual consciousness...
Buzz.
The monument to heroes suddenly emitted a silver-white light, which was not dazzling, but very clear.
Within the light, there were strings of small words floating up and down.
By communicating through spiritual consciousness, you can get strings of information.
"Mountain and Sea Realm - Ke Haoran, with his righteous spirit, fought a fierce battle in the underworld outside the realm. He was besieged by three Daluo and eventually blew himself up, leaving no trace..."
"Shangguan Fanghe, a woman who is as brave as a man, fought one against two in the battle, killing one and seriously injuring the other, but she herself died in the process, leaving only a finger bone, which was buried in the city..."
"Li Ruoyun, a peak Daluo warrior, fought many battles with the powerful men of the underworld, beheaded no less than five Daluo warriors, and finally died of exhaustion in a bloody battle, with only half a skull left..."
"Yan Zeyu..."
"Guang Mengqiu..."
Name after name, biography after biography.
It's really an introduction.
In fact, there is no life story at all. At most, it is just a sentence about which world he came from, followed by his achievements, how he died in battle, and something else left.
Qi Zifan read hundreds of them in one breath.
result···
But no one left a complete body!
The best that could happen is that only half of the body would be left behind.
There are even many people who cannot find any trace of blood and bones, not even a shroud. There is only a piece of text recording their past, telling the later generations that they once existed, fought for the heavens and the worlds, and were glorious...
However, this glory ended many years ago.
Unknown to the world.
The countless living beings in the heavens and myriad worlds are not even aware of the existence of the boundary gates, let alone the many achievements and contributions they have made.
Qi Zifan frowned, read all the information, wrote it down, and then slowly closed his eyes.
“Is it worth it?”
He asked softly.
It seems like I am asking these deceased ancestors, but it also seems like I am asking myself.
At this moment, his mood was very complicated.
These deceased people may be ancestors to Qi Zixiao, but to him, they are definitely juniors...
They really paid too much for this battle.
Is it worth it
Is it worth it
If I were to change myself...
hehe.
He suddenly laughed: "If it were me, I would definitely not be so foolish as to die like this."
"As long as the Nine Heavenly Palaces and the Ten Thousand Worlds do not take action, I will allow the people from the Underworld to attack the Ten Thousand Worlds and see what they do?!"
"That's how it should be!"
Lan Cai'er gritted her teeth, her eyes were red, and tears had already begun to flow.
"The border gate, the battle between the two realms, this is really a hopeless battlefield." Ji Chutong sighed: "It shouldn't be like this."
“It shouldn’t be like this…”
"The heavens and the worlds can obviously do better."
"Unfortunately, they don't do it."
"Now I understand why Emperor Qing Ping keeps saying that the heavens and myriad worlds are corrupt."
"The heavens and the worlds are truly rotten to the root."
“It has to change, otherwise, everything is just empty talk.”
Qi Zifan took a deep breath and then said in a deep voice: "I think the seven seniors want us to see the relief on the base, right?"
"This seems to be the history since the establishment of Jieguan..."
With his eyes fixed on the first relief at the base of the Monument to Heroes, Qi Zifan's heart was shaken greatly and he could hardly calm down.
Finally, we are getting closer to the truth of that year.
Is the war between the two worlds recorded on these reliefs
So, tell me...
He reached out his hand, stroked the relief, and murmured in his heart: "Let me know what happened in the end, and how cruel and glorious the war between the two worlds was."
"I think···"
"Know everything!"
boom!
As his spiritual consciousness resonated with it, the relief suddenly enlarged, and Qi Zifan seemed to be sucked into the relief. Everything in front of him was no longer a relief, but a vivid world...
The two armies faced each other, and the magnificent Great Wall of the Border Pass stretched for countless miles.
The number of strong people is shocking.