The fantasy world is a strange space between the real and the unreal.

In the entire Heavenly Spirit Continent, there are many known or unknown illusion realms, and their surnames are also different, there are dragonstone illusion realms with stronger gravity than the outside world, spiritual illusion realms with higher spiritual power concentration than the outside world, and even the delusional illusion realm that provokes people's hearts and confuses their minds with illusions.

And what the Nie family has is the illusion realm of life and death.

No matter what kind of illusion it is, the spirit master can use the unique "phantom spirit stone" to extract his soul from the body and enter it, forming a kind of life form that seems to be real and fake. In the Illusory Realm, when a person dies, the soul returns to the body, provided that the head is not blown to pieces.

The Nie family's illusion of life and death can allow the spirit master to experience the process between life and death at the moment of death with senses that are nearly ten times sharper than usual. It is said that in the process of death, the spirit master can clearly feel that his life is being lost bit by bit.

In the outside world, death is just a matter of moments, and you can't even feel pain, but in the illusion of life and death, the process of death is equivalent to prolonging it by tens or hundreds of times. People have to endure intense pain while watching themselves slowly die.

Between life and death, there is great terror.

Only after feeling the horror of death can we understand the preciousness of life, and after experiencing death, a person's will and heart may undergo qualitative transformation. This is the reason why every five years when the Illusion Realm opens, the Nie family will select spirit masters who are under the age of twenty and who have cultivated above the six grades of Gathering Spirits to enter and practice.

It can be said that no matter what the illusion realm is, it can play a great auxiliary role in the cultivation of the spirit master. However, the reason for the effect of the illusion world has not yet been explored by the spirit master, and it is only known that all the illusion realms that have been discovered are things left over from the era of illusions.

It is said that before the "Celestial Age Year", humans used the "Phantom Year Year". At that time, this continent was called the Phantom Continent.

About 10,000 years ago, the Phantom Continent did not know what kind of changes had happened, most of the human beings died, even the survivors forgot everything, all the written materials that can prove that era once existed almost all disappeared without a trace, except for the occasional excavation of some fragments of relics engraved with strange handwriting, the history of the Phantom Continent is basically blank.

The Phantom Age is just a myth and legend for the humans in the Spirit Continent today, and the Phantom Realm, which is a remnant of the Phantom Age, is overshadowed by a layer of mystery. Since ancient times, generations of powerful spirit masters have been studying the principles of its construction, but unfortunately there has been no progress.

The Illusory Realm can actively absorb the abilities of heaven and earth to maintain its own operation, but it also has a fatal flaw, that is, as long as the cultivation of the spirit master who enters it exceeds the limit that the Illusory Realm can bear, cracks will appear, and even collapse and destruction. Of course, everyone understands the preciousness of the Illusory Realm, so no matter what sect or family it is, they will carefully protect it after getting the Illusory Realm, and there will generally be no such man-made accidents.

You must know that many families, sects, and even royal families in the Heavenly Spirit Continent have flourished because of the Illusion Realm. The Nie family is the best example.

Three hundred years ago, the Nie family was only a medium-sized family in the Dacheng Empire.

At that time, after the patriarch of the Nie family accidentally discovered the Life and Death Illusion Realm and the Ice Flame Cave here, he relocated the entire family and strictly guarded the secrets of the Illusion Realm. After nearly a hundred years of development, the Nie family became a blockbuster in the decade-old "World Clan Alliance" of the Dacheng Empire, ranking among the top five, which has given the Nie family so many years of prestige and prosperity, and even, this Jiyang City is also because of the Nie family to have the current scale.

There is an illusion of life and death, and there is the Nie family, which is not bad at all.

"Life and death illusion realm, heh, I am a person who has really died once, and I want to enter the life and death illusion world again to experience that false feeling of death?"

Walking on the way home, thinking about the rumors about the Nie family's life and death illusion realm, Nie Kong couldn't help but smile. Since he heard from Nie Qingfeng that he was expected to enter the illusory realm, in addition to cultivation these days, Nie Kong asked someone to inquire, and compared the memory in his mind, he had a little understanding of the illusory realm of life and death. Recently, in the training ground, I can hear discussions about the candidates for the "Life and Death Illusion Realm" almost at any time.

Just now, the Nine Elders came to him and talked about this matter.

If it was other young people from the side who heard that the Nine Elders had personally summoned him, he would probably be flattered and honestly afraid, but Nie Kong didn't feel anything, he knew very well that the reason why the Nine Elders would deliberately talk to him was because of the potential and value he had shown recently.

In six or seven days, it has been rapidly improved from the first product of Gathering Spirits to the ninth grade of Gathering Spirits, and such a speed is naturally worthy of the attention of the family. If Nie Kong was still a half-dead sick man, and others wouldn't even look at him, even the Nine Elders wouldn't remember that they had treated this sick man.

Nie Kong was not interested in what the Nine Elders said about experiencing life and death and feeling life and death. What he cared about the most was a sentence that the Nine Elders had mentioned in a joking tone, that is, there were some extremely rare medicinal herbs in the Life and Death Illusion Realm, and there were even treasures similar to spirit pattern weapons.

The most bizarre thing in the fantasy world is this, let's say it's real, as long as you pay a little attention, the spirit master won't really die in it, but it's false, but there are mountains and waters, flowers and trees, and even a large number of ordinary animals and spirit beasts survive.

"Today is thirteen, tomorrow is fourteen, and the day after tomorrow is the opening of the illusion of life and death. ”

Nie Kong muttered secretly, a little worried in his heart, I heard that he could stay in the illusion world for up to seven days, during which only Hua Mei was at home alone, then Nie Fengxing and Wu Tong and others hated themselves to the core, if they came to disturb them, Hua Mei was an ordinary woman, I was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with.

"Big radish apprentice. ”

Suddenly, a delicate voice came into my ears.

The only one who knows this nickname and will call herself by this nickname is Mu Hongyan's little girl! Nie Kong hurriedly followed the prestige, and sure enough, he found that at the fork in the road not far from the side, a pretty girl in red was smiling and waving at him.

I haven't seen her in a few days...... Suddenly thinking of an idea, Nie Kong's eyes lit up, wouldn't it be too wasteful not to make use of such a good resource. So, Nie Kong greeted him with a smile on his face and greeted him warmly: "It turned out to be you, little master." ”

"I said that I was not allowed to add the word 'small'. ”

Mu Hongyan put on the master's style, tightened her round face, and said majestically, "Bad apprentice, I haven't seen you for so many days, how is your cultivation?"

Nie Kong shook his head and said: "The low-speed gear is okay, but the medium speed is not very good, I adjusted the gyro to the medium speed and practiced for several days, and it can only support twenty or so times at most, and it will be clamped." ”

"Progress so fast?" Mu Hongyan was a little surprised.

At the beginning, she only began to practice the medium-speed gyroscope after entering the psychic realm, and it took nearly half a month of hard work to achieve Nie Kong's level. But listening to the tone of Nie Kong's words, it seemed that he was still a little dissatisfied, and Mu Hongyan suddenly became a little crazy.

Snorting twice, the little girl said coquettishly: "Bad apprentice, it's starting to be bad again." Still pretending to be modest in front of me? I'm your master! Treating my master as an outsider, it seems that my skin is itching again. Mu Hongyan rolled up her sleeves, and her two beautiful jade arms danced in front of Nie Kong, looking like a lesson.

Nie Kong smiled: "Little master, I don't treat you as an outsider, apprentice. It just so happens that I have something I want you to help me with right now. ”

"Say it, say it. ”

Mu Hongya thought that the help Nie Kong said was about cultivation, and suddenly smiled like a flower, and the corners of her mouth trembled with dimples, she hadn't had enough of the master's addiction, and she no longer cared about the small words in front of the master, "The apprentice's business is naturally the master's business, as long as he can help, the master will never refuse." ”

Nie Kong hurriedly said: "A small favor, for the little master, it is just a gesture." However, before I say that, I want to ask, how many more days will you stay in Jiyang City?"

"At least for a month, why are you asking this?" Mu Hongyan squinted at Nie Kong suspiciously.

"That's the case, I'm going to enter the illusion world the day after tomorrow, and my sister-in-law is the only one left in the family, and I'm worried that she will be disturbed by Nie Fengxing. Oh, that Nie Fengxing is the third son of the patriarch, and he has always had ill intentions towards my sister-in-law. Since you are not in a hurry to leave, little master, then please help me take care of it for a few days. Nie Kong explained.

"That person's name is Nie Fengxing?" Mu Hong Ayadai frowned, and there was a hint of disgust in her eyes.

"That's right. ”

"Hmph, big radish apprentice, don't worry about going to the illusion world, this busy master has helped. Mu Hongyan patted her chest lightly and happily agreed.

"Then thank you, little master. Let's go, I'll take you to my house first. Nie Kong was surprised, he thought that he would have to spend a lot of time, and he was even ready to squeeze Mu Hongyan's words, but he didn't expect her to agree without the slightest hesitation.

"Let's go!"

After following Nie Kong for a few steps, Mu Hongyan came back to her senses.

Clenching her fist and knocking on the back of her head, the little girl muttered with a bitter round face: "Loss, loss, why do I do what he asks me to do?" I am a master, he is an apprentice, and now I am like his apprentice, I would not have agreed so quickly if I knew it......"

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PS: This chapter introduces an important setting and background for the next book, so it's a bit less content. However, the foreshadowing is complete, and the excitement of the illusion world is about to begin......

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