Chapter 277 "Astrolabe" and "Holy Fire Totem"
"Variables?" Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing the white-haired boy's words.
Gu Xu had to admit that the pictures and words on the covers of the two "Books of Life and Death" he just saw really made his heart waver.
From the hidden words at the beginning of the sentence "Alive oneself, benefit the people, benefit the world", Gu Xu guessed that it was most likely written about Chen Jisheng. Among them, the sentence "Death will cause rotting bones and will be eaten by thousands of ghosts" indicates that Chen Jisheng may unfortunately die in the battle with ghosts in the future.
As for the sentence "Little frown accompanied by a slight smile", it is no surprise that it refers to Shi Xiaohan.
The ending of "wet robe with tears" made Gu Xu feel that this might indicate that he would not be able to reach the realm of a saint before the age of thirty, causing Shi Xiaohan to spend the rest of his life in loneliness and sadness.
Although he has always disliked and was unwilling to believe in the concept of "fate", he still inevitably felt a little irritated by it.
Until I heard the words of the white-haired boy——
“Many things in the Great Wilderness are not carried out completely in accordance with the Book of Life and Death.”
“You are the variable that stirs up fate. ”
Gu Xu realized that this matter seemed more complicated than he imagined.
The white-haired boy suddenly disappeared from the spot, and then appeared on the tall chair belonging to the Lord of Hell in the center of the hall, with his legs crossed, looking leisurely and leisurely.
“Because you are not from the Wilderness, you are not in the Book of Life and Death,” the white-haired boy said with a smile. “If you compare other people to chess pieces on a chessboard, they need to obey the rules and chess. If you use the will of your hand, then you are like an apple jumping on the chessboard, and you can run rampant at will.
"According to the writing in the "Book of Life and Death", Kong Xuan Sanren will be promoted to the Ghost King, and the entire Qingzhou Mansion will be transformed. As a ghost realm, Chen Jisheng will die in it; Shi Xiaohan will escape from Qingzhou Mansion, but because her companions all died in the disaster, she will be unable to let go of her grief for the rest of her life.
“However, because of your appearance, their fate has deviated from its original trajectory.”
Gu Xu stood quietly and did not respond for a while.
The phrase "You are not from the wilderness" kept lingering in his mind.
What does this mean?
Could it be referring to my identity as a time traveler?
Or does it mean that I have some entanglements with the legendary "fairy world"?
But at the same time, the white-haired boy's words also made Gu Xu feel a little relieved.
This means that his destiny is still under his control.
He can even serve as a "variable" to try to change the fate of those around him.
Shi Xiaohan and Chen Jisheng have gotten rid of the original script.
I don’t know how much trouble this little butterfly can cause if he flaps his wings again.
"It's getting late," at this moment, the white-haired boy suddenly looked at the vast black sky outside the palace door and said softly, "When you go back, you must find the 'astrolabe'."
"Astrolabe? What is that?"
"That is something that belongs to you, an indispensable treasure for you," the white-haired boy emphasized in a serious tone, "You must think Try your best to get it back."
As soon as he finished speaking, the white-haired young man on the high seat and the entire majestic Yama Palace turned into tiny stars and gradually disappeared from Gu Xu's field of vision. .
Like an illusory dream.
Gu Xu quickly woke up from the hallucination and found that he was still on the "Soul-Broken Cliff".
My hands were digging into the rock cracks, and there was an abyss below.
But what was different from before was that there was a bright starlight surrounding him, like a pair of invisible wings, making him feel that his body had become much lighter.
So he continued upward along the cliff.
His speed is dozens of times faster than before. In the blink of an eye, the end was only one step away from him.
He took a deep breath, kicked his legs suddenly, and with the help of starlight, jumped to the top of the cliff.
The next second, he stood firmly on the ground.
The starlight gradually faded.
The winding climbing stairs appeared in front of him again.
However, after experiencing the baptism of "Soul-breaking Cliff", these seemingly steep and dangerous stone steps could no longer cause the slightest fluctuation in Gu Xu's mood.
On the contrary, it gave him a feeling of "nothing more than that".
"One thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, two thousand, two thousand and one, two thousand and two..." He continued to move forward, while silently saying in his heart, "There are still less than three thousand steps. , you can reach the 'Wangxiang Terrace'."
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In the world of consciousness, Gu Xu is making strides on the "Homesickness Ridge".
In the real world, he runs the improved "Red Flame True Art", absorbing the evil energy between heaven and earth and the rolling heat flow in the magma river.
The true energy in his body is also gradually rising.
Because his cultivation speed was so fast, some true energy spilled out uncontrollably to the surroundings.
The original form of the true essence of "Red Flame True Art" is like flowing flames, bright, hot, light and penetrating.
But now, Gu Xu has learned from the "Yehuo Sutra", made some improvements to the "Red Flame True Art", and also climbed to the "Soul-Broken Cliff", causing a qualitative change in his true energy .
At this moment, his true essence flame turned dark red, like the magma surging in the earth's river. It became much thicker and more condensed, and had a rich sense of substance.
The splashed flames were like liquid, sticking to the surrounding rock walls, and it would take a long time to extinguish.
At the same time.
Zhao Yan, dozens of meters away, was also completely immersed in practice.
As time gradually passed, complex dark red lines faintly appeared on her pale skin, exuding a faint halo, emerging from her skirt and surrounding her slender hair. neck, extending to behind her ears and to her cheeks.
The tattoos looked a bit like those of wild people, adding a bit of mysterious and enchanting temperament to her.
This is the unique practice method of the Youzhou Zhao family -
"Holy Fire Totem".
As we all know, the earliest gods that Youzhou people believed in were not "Tai Shang Haotian" and "Emperor Ziwei", but the "God of Fire".
Their ancestral mythology is also very different from Daqi’s current official mythology system.
At present, the generally accepted view among Qi people is that the gods in the sky are the saviors of the human race. They teach the human race the cultivation methods, so that the human race has the ability to fight against ghosts.
However, the people of Youzhou believe that the Dahuang people originally lived in a carefree, beautiful and happy fairyland, but because their ancestors violated the laws of heaven, they were relegated to this terrifying world full of monsters and monsters. their punishment.
At that time, there was no fire in the wilderness, it was dark at night, and ghosts were rampant.
Until one day, a warrior came out of a tribe in Youzhou. Legend has it that he was so powerful that he could tear apart evil spirits with his bare hands and easily carry tons of weight.
He volunteered to sneak to the entrance of the fairy world and steal fire for the human race.
(End of this chapter)