Chapter 140: Heaven and Earth Experimental Field
Snap, snap, snap…
A burst of illusory yet real applause suddenly rang out, shocking Ding Hai so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Who? Who is here?" Since entering this altar, his spiritual sense has been in an open state.
Even the old Taoist priest from Mount Longhu, an earthly immortal, could not have blinded his spiritual perception and made him clap his hands or something.
In the panic, even more bizarre and strange things happened.
They were clearly right next to him, but both the Qingsong Zhenren in front of him and the old Taoist priest on the crystal platform ignored his existence, as if they had never heard the applause.
No, that's not right. Ding Hai looked around and saw the old Taoist priest and the other two people who completely ignored his existence. His hair stood on end.
They didn't ignore themselves, they completely forgot themselves.
And before they knew it, they were isolated by someone.
Just as Ding Hai was thinking quickly and trying to find a way out of the impasse, an ancient figure dressed in a wide robe with big sleeves suddenly appeared before him.
The man had a strange temperament and his face looked a bit simple (pointed chin and monkey cheeks), not like a human, but his body was as tall and majestic as an overlord. Although his eyes looked as bright as stars, they kept moving around and he seemed to be a little unstable.
"Who are you?" While speaking, Ding Hai secretly activated his Sky-Guan Magic Eye, trying to find out the origins of the person who came.
This person's aura is as majestic as the abyss, even higher than Him.
I was careless by barging in here rashly this time.
Ding Hai was already prepared for the destruction of this poisonous clone.
It’s a pity that Master Qingsong and others were rescued with great difficulty.
"Me? To put it in a broader sense, I should be the master of this world. To put it in a narrower sense, you are stepping on my body right now." The visitor did not avoid talking about his own origins.
But the words that blurt out from his mouth stretched Ding Hai's already tense mind to the limit.
The master of this world.
It is impossible that he was the one who created the Guixu small world.
Step on his body.
How could this be possible? Could he be this strange altar under his feet?
Ding Hai was confused, but he didn't act rashly.
"My name is Xu, the Xu in Guixu." Xu saw clearly Ding Hai's vigilance, but did not say anything. He just waved his hand gently.
In an instant, the world changed, and the two of them left their previous environment and came into the endless void.
A set of tables and chairs appeared out of nowhere, with two cups of hot tea on them waiting for people to drink.
"Sit down. There's no need to get nervous."
Although Ding Hai was extremely alert, he still forced himself to calm down when facing this mysterious man who called himself Xu.
Any impulse at this moment may lead to unpredictable consequences.
Only by calming down can he make the best decision for himself.
Sitting down slowly, he placed his eyes on the hot tea in front of him, but was not in a hurry to taste it.
"You were able to stabilize your mind so quickly despite the sudden change. Your character is even more powerful than I thought."
"Who are you?" Ding Hai did not let down his guard because of the other party's praise.
Xu smiled gently, and that smile seemed to contain endless vicissitudes and wisdom.
He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then slowly said: "I am really the creator of this Guixu small world as I said before."
Ding Hai frowned when he heard this. He couldn't understand. If what Ruo Xu said was true, then what had the spiritual world been doing all these years?
Why is it that there is no record of such a powerful existence in the entire spiritual world?
"Why are you here? Why do you want to see me?" Ding Hai asked again.
Xu put down the teacup, looked at Ding Hai deeply and said slowly: "I want to cooperate with you."
"Cooperation?" Ding Hai's mind moved.
He thought that although he was quite strong, and after being tempered in the Guixu small world, he had even reached the threshold of the fairyland, but at the moment he was definitely not a match for an earthly immortal like the old Taoist priest.
Why doesn't it make sense to ask him to cooperate?
Ding Hai looked directly into Xu's eyes, trying to get some clues from him: "What kind of cooperation is this? What do you need me to do, and what can I get in return?"
Seeing that Ding Hai was no longer resisting him, Xu smiled and said, "Before we start working together, let me tell you something. This world is actually an experimental field.
Because of the great changes in the world, the mastermind behind this experimental field is going to start harvesting strong people to ensure that he can survive the long period of lows that will follow. "
"What do you mean? Didn't you create the Guixu small world?" Ding Hai found it difficult to understand what Xu had just said.
Isn’t he the master of Guixu small world?
How could it be harvested?
Xu Zeng silently observed Ding Hai for a long time, and he understood what Ding Hai meant.
"I'm not talking about this playground that I control, but the real world outside. This planet is the testing ground of an ancient god.
For unknown reasons, the universe and the starry sky suddenly changed drastically. The spiritual energy that was originally abundant and visible everywhere was now extremely thin.
The ancient god once left behind a book inscribed with His ways and laws, which recorded and controlled the experimental progress of this experimental field in order to ensure its continued survival.
That book will definitely destroy all the high-end power in this test field, absorb the extracted power into its own body, and use it to survive this great change in the world, allowing this test field to smoothly transition to the next era. "
When Ding Hai suddenly heard Xu's words, he almost thought that the mysterious being in front of him had gone crazy.
Testing ground?
Who has the ability to use a planet with billions of lives as an experimental field?
But when he looked at the old Taoist priest and others who suddenly appeared on the cup lid like ants, he suddenly fell silent.
The old Taoist priest and others standing still on the cup lid are real, and Ding Hai will never mistake the aura of Qingsong Zhenren.
But their current state is even more miserable than that of ants.
The ants still have a chance to survive, but they are controlled by the ruins in front of them before they even have the consciousness to resist.
A bang sounded from the vast void inside Ding Hai's body.
That was his heart of Tao being broken.
He is an earthly immortal, the pinnacle of all cultivators in the spiritual world, but in Xu's hands he is no better than a child!
This, how can this be accepted!
Ding Hai was so shocked that he could not express it in words. He had never thought that there existed creatures in this world that could easily control the life and death of earthly immortals.
Xu's words were like a heavy hammer, constantly striking his heart and making him begin to doubt everything he knew.
Ding Hai tried to stay calm, but facing such an unfathomable existence as Xu, his heart couldn't help but be in turmoil.
Xu smiled softly, as if he was not surprised by Ding Hai's reaction: "The person I originally chose to cooperate with was not you, but that little girl with a terrifyingly tough character.
Unfortunately, she is not interested in this, and her obsession makes her unable to leave this planet. I have no choice but to consider you as a backup.
By the way, the little girl’s original name is Lin Mo’er, which is what you call Mazu.”
Ding Hai should have been shocked to hear the news about Mazu.
But despite the surge of emotions in his heart at this moment, he did not feel any emotion.
"Leave this planet? Are there other civilizations in this universe?" Although he was uneasy, Ding Hai still grasped the key point of Xu's words.
"Of course there are. The universe is vast, there are billions of planets, and billions of civilizations and races." Xu confirmed, because he himself came from another race.
Hearing about the existence of extraterrestrial civilization, Ding Hai's heart calmed down again. He guessed that the Xu in front of him might be an alien warrior from the universe: "You are so powerful, why do you want to cooperate with me?"
The Yin Spirit can already travel a thousand miles at night. After the Yang Spirit of the True Lord Yang God leaves the body, although it cannot break through the constraints of the atmosphere, it can still travel freely between heaven and earth.
Earthly immortals are another qualitative change. It may be a bit exaggerated to reach the moon in the sky, but it should be possible to break through the atmosphere and reach outer space after making good preparations.
If Xu can treat earthly immortals as ants and play with them at will, it shouldn't be a problem for him to travel in space in his physical body.
“I said, this is a test site, and that ancient god will not allow his test subjects to leave this test site.
I need you to help me get out of here through a loophole that isn't a loophole, before the book takes away the power of this world."
"What can I get?" Ding Hai felt as if he was caught in a huge whirlpool, but he had no right to break free at the moment.
Xu looked at Ding Hai who agreed decisively, and a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes.
Xu was not stingy: "I can give you the real practice method, the vast starry sky, and infinite possibilities in the future."
"The real practice method? What do you mean?" A gleam of light flashed in Ding Hai's eyes.
"The techniques you are practicing now are the cultivation methods deduced by the human elites in your world.
Not only have they not set foot on the great path, they have not even opened the door to true spiritual practice.
You have a good talent. If you can obtain the real cultivation method, your future achievements will not be low." Xu's voice was full of temptation.
Ding Hai was stunned. Xu's words just now were more than just enough to break his faith.
Even his three perspectives were shattered at that moment.
The immortal cultivation method that can allow people to live for thousands of years has not even opened the door to real practice in the ruins.
Am I crazy, or is the world crazy!
"What do I need to do?" Ding Hai asked unconsciously in a deep voice.
"Help me find the loophole, and then when I leave this world, use your own Qi to cover me and ensure that I can pass through the loophole safely." There was a hint of unquestionableness in Xu's voice.
Ding Hai was silent for a moment and made a difficult choice.
As a monk, it is his instinct to pursue greater power and higher realm.
He sighed and looked up at Xu: "I can promise you, but I want you to let my uncle and the others go."
Xu smiled when he heard that, and with a wave of his hand, the scene in front of Ding Hai changed again.
After the light returned, he found himself back above the Guixu Rift.
The three old Taoist priests and the Great Immortal Qinghai and others who were guarding outside the altar all suddenly appeared on the sea above the big rift, floating on the waves in a coma.
Such an earth-shaking ability completely made Ding Hai forget all the little thoughts in his heart.
"Your soul can return to your body now." Xu did this in order to show off his own strength.
Looking at Zhang Zhiwei and the other two who quickly rushed to the side of the old Taoist priest and others, and then looking at his original body who should have been energetic but was now unconscious.
How could Ding Kai not know that the moment he lost contact with the real world, all his consciousness had probably been taken away by the ruins in front of him.
He still thought that it didn't matter even if his poisonous clone died.
He didn't expect that the other person had already grasped him without him noticing: "I have a few questions that I would like to ask you for advice. I wonder if you can help me solve them?"
"But is it okay to ask?"
"Are our every move under your surveillance? Where did Mazu go? What role did she play in it?"
"I'm not in the right state, sometimes awake and sometimes asleep. I don't have the time to monitor you all the time. Do you remember the last time you stepped onto the altar? I was in a deep sleep at that time.
In order to keep you, I used some means to absorb you into my body, but you took advantage of the flaws in my body that were exposed when I was sleeping and forcibly left."
“As for Lin Moer, after I found out that she was unwilling to cooperate with me, I released her back to the world.
She should be in the South China Sea now, shuttling through the storm and continuing to save people, right?" At this point, Xu seemed a little uncertain.
“As for the “He” you mentioned, it is a spirit dragon louse. This thing took advantage of my deep sleep and occupied some of the authority of the small world inside my body.
Of course, I don’t deny that it is the grindstone I picked for you. If you can’t even pass it, you deserve to turn into ashes.”
As he spoke, Xu pulled out a black beast the size of a centipede. It looked extremely weak and it was the one that was severely injured by Ding Hai.
Seeing that He, whom he had defeated with great effort, was like a stink bug in Xu's hands, Ding Hai felt a little uncomfortable.
But he didn't say much. He was not in a position to negotiate with Xu at the moment. "I still have a few questions. I would like to ask you to answer them."
"Ask, in my opinion, if I can't answer all your questions today, even if we reach a cooperation in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to work together."
Xu was not annoyed by Ding Hai's many questions.
"In the Guixu small world, was it your doing to replace our own memories with fictitious ones?"
“No, this dragon lice monster does have some tricks. I am best at spiritual things. After the dragon lice monster occupied part of the power of the small world, it also mastered some spiritual secrets.
If I were to take action, I would not use such a poor method. I would directly deceive your spiritual perception and forcibly speed up the evolution of the world. Within ten years, you will be lost.
Just now, you and your uncle were in the same place but seemed to be a world away from each other. It was because I blinded their spiritual senses and perceptions, making them subconsciously forget your existence. "
"When I was in the Guixu small world, I experienced a period of unusually fast time. That period of time started when I unified the northern border and ended when I ascended to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor. Is this your method?"
"Yes, I have taken all of your consciousness into the small world inside my body. Your physical body in reality will gradually decay because it has no consciousness to guide it.
In order not to damage your foundation, I blurred the senses of everyone in the small world inside my body and sent you to the throne of Heavenly Emperor.
But I am not helping you out of thin air. I have deduced this based on your situation at the time. Even if I did not help you, you would still be able to sit firmly on the throne of the Heavenly Emperor of the small world inside my body a hundred years later."
"I see." After learning the truth of the matter from Xu, Ding Hai finally understood why he had felt so awkward for a while.
Because his will was twisted.
No, the will of the entire Guixu small world has been distorted.
I'm afraid that many of the methods used by the dragon lice demon were accomplished by Xu through him.
“After I ascended the throne of Heavenly Emperor, I deployed many tactics.
One of the methods is to build a martyrs' cemetery under the guise of commemorating the fallen soldiers, but secretly build a platform for worshipping generals at the nodes of the earth veins to gather the military evil spirit.
This method was not smart, but because I deliberately concealed it, even the craftsmen and Feng Shui masters who built the Martyrs' Cemetery did not know my real purpose.
Logically speaking, this method should not go wrong, but for some reason, when I tried to activate it, it inexplicably failed. "
"You are too smart and perceptive for the tricks I did. After ascending to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, you have laid thirteen tricks in total, both overtly and covertly.
And this stink bug only has six backup plans it has discovered. If I don't take action to balance it out, it will not only serve as a whetstone for you, but it will probably die without knowing how.
After it was defeated by you, I also separated it from the heaven and earth and brought it to my body, in order to lead you to me. "
"I have one last question. Why are my uncle and the others trapped in your body?"
This is a knot in Ding Hai's heart, and all the previous questions were paving the way for this problem.
If he cannot resolve this issue, even if he is forced to cooperate with Xu, he will never cooperate wholeheartedly and without reservation.
"Lin Moer asked me to save them and not let them die at the hands of the dragon lice monster. Otherwise, I have no use for them, so how could I care about them?"
Xu's words reminded Ding Hai of the scenes he saw through the Sky-peeking Mirror before he went down to Guixu.
After Wuyi God and his men were defeated by the dragon lice demon, even their life lamps were shattered. There was no reason for the dragon lice demon to keep the old Taoist priest and his men.
If the dragon lice demon had not failed to plan for him, he would not have planned to spare his life.
From this point of view, Xu is really taking care of the old master and the others.
Sorry, I just went downstairs to have some midnight snack, so I was half an hour late for refreshing. As compensation, I will give you 300 more words. After refreshing, the total number of words in this chapter is 4,800, of which 800 words are free.
(End of this chapter)