Chapter 8, Soul Realm
"And then, and then?" Gong Xun'er couldn't wait to ask.
Mu Lao took a sip of tea and continued: "Although the passage has disappeared, all civilizations can still observe that space. Gradually, they found that some creatures and species began to appear in that space. As time passed, everyone was surprised to find that the 'natives' that appeared in that space were actually some civilizations that had entered before. But at the same time, they found that those 'aborigines' were not simply in a soul state, but seemed to be covered with a shell on the outside, and the soul energy of those 'aborigines' themselves became very weak. ”
"But, as far as I know, we didn't come into being out of thin air, we evolved through reproduction. And, you say the passage has disappeared, so how did we get there? Wang Yi asked.
After a pause, Mu Lao continued: "At the beginning, everyone was puzzled, but later all civilizations discovered in some ancient books of their own civilizations that there was a special space in the soul realm, called the soul domain. No one knows where the soul domain is, only that the death of any species is not a real extinction, but a return to the soul domain and become a true soul. It has been recorded that the true soul has no memory, as if it were a mere mass of energy. Later, civilizations discovered that there were occasional free passages in your space, and some of the more powerful souls would break out of their shells and return to their own race through the passages. In the beginning, those returning souls would not stay in the soul realm for too long before they would be forcibly recalled. Gradually, the various ethnic groups discovered that the returned soul bodies could freely travel between the two dimensions after passing through the soul condensing rituals recorded in the ancient books of their respective ethnic groups. It's just that the souls that return to your space still need to survive on that shell. So, everybody calls that particular space the discovered world, which is the present world, and that shell the 'container', which is what you call the physical body. As for what you said about how you appeared, after research, everyone guesses that you should come directly from the soul domain, and why the true soul will go from the soul domain to the present world, and why your soul body energy is so weak, it is unknown for the time being. Everyone speculated that maybe the mystery was in that mysterious soul domain, as long as they could find the soul domain, they might be able to get the answer."
At this time, Wang Yi suddenly interjected; "As you always say, I'm out of the flesh now, uh... Container's coming here, and the way or passage is through dreaming? ”
"This particular way, there are not many people who can really come in this way. And there's a more common way, which is what you're called death. Mu Lao looked at Wang Yi and said.
"Are you saying that when we die, our souls, as you call them, do not disappear, but return to the soul realm?" Wang Yi asked.
"Yes, it is recorded that this is the most common and common way, but not every person who dies returns to the Soul Realm, and some of them return directly to the Soul Realm. No one knows the specific reason, and there is no detailed record in the ancient books of various ethnic groups. Kid, there are many, many secrets in the soul world that are not known and need to be explored. "Mu Lao Dao.
"By the way, you just said that if you can freely travel between the present world and the soul realm after the soul condensing ceremony, is that okay for me?" Wang Yi couldn't help but say excitedly.
Mu Lao smiled and said, "Of course, this is why I told you about the soul realm. As for why I didn't say it when we first met, it was because I wasn't sure if you were inadvertently affected by the Wandering Passage or if you were guided here. ”
"Affected? Guided? What do you mean? Wang Yi was puzzled.
"Influenced by the free channel, which is what you call dreaming. As I said, there are occasional free passages between the present world and the soul realm, and the soul body is affected by the passage and thus unintentionally comes to the soul realm. However, many souls do not have a deep memory of the soul world after returning to the 'container'. On the contrary, if it is guided to come, it is completely different, indicating that the soul body energy has been strong enough to feel the existence of the soul realm, and after returning to the 'container', there will be a clear memory of the soul realm, and there is a great possibility of coming to the soul realm again. As for who I was guided by, I don't know, maybe my level is not enough. Mu Lao explained.
"Grade? So what? Wang Yi asked.
"The soul realm is very large, and there are many, many races and civilizations. Where there is civilization, there will naturally be strife, and there will be ranks. At present, the civilization forces in the soul realm are divided into four major classes - Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang, and the four major ranks are divided into four small classes - A, B, C, and D. The civilization we are in is called a humanoid civilization, and it is a top-level civilization at the heavenly level. It is divided into many races, and there are several more powerful ones, such as the Yanhuang clan, the Europa clan, the Germanic clan and so on. As well as the Moses, Fishmen, Kui and other humanoids. In addition, machines, insects, fluids, and so on are all high-level civilizations. You'll see that later. Let's go to the soul condensing ritual first, and now you will return to this world at any time, so we will go and condense your soul for you first, and then you will have the ability to go back and forth freely, and then I will tell you other things slowly, let's go. With that, Mu Lao stood up and walked outside the house.
Wang Yi and the others hurriedly followed, and everyone came to Mu Lao's study, only to see Mu Lao come to the bookshelf and take out a book, then take out a bookmark-like thing from the book, insert it into the edge of the desk, and say to everyone: "Stand next to the table." ”
The group gathered around the desk, only to hear the sound of "click, click", and the ground around the desk began to slowly descend. A minute later, he descended to a gate, and the old man put his hand on the gate, and after a while, with the sound of "click, click", the gate slowly opened. When everyone looked inside, the room was not large, and there was only something like an experimental cabin in the middle.
"Go in, and then let go and don't think about anything." Mu Lao said to Wang Yi. Wang Yi came to the front of the cabin, and lay down without saying a word. Then the hatch was closed, and then Mu Lao pressed the switch somewhere in the experimental chamber. With a "bang", an unknown gas filled the entire cabin, Wang Yi closed his eyes, feeling as if he was lying in the clouds, and the whole person was fluttering. Just when he was still enjoying this comfort, suddenly a sharp pain spread throughout his body, and he wanted to shout but found that he couldn't move at all, and his body seemed to be chopped up little by little, and reorganized little by little. This feeling came and went quickly, and after a while, I saw that the gas in the cabin dissipated, the cabin door opened, and Wang Yi was helped up by Mu Lao.
"How? What do you think? What does it feel like? Gong Xun'er asked first.
"It's not good, it feels like I don't want to do it again." Wang Yi smiled bitterly.
"Look at the inside of your wrist to see if there's a little pattern." Mu Lao said.
As soon as Wang looked down, he saw a small beast pattern of about 2 centimeters appeared on the inside of his right wrist, just like a tattoo, but he could feel much more vivid than the tattoo, as if it was alive.
"This..?"
"Now you can go back and forth between the two spaces freely, and as long as you feel the pattern in your hand carefully, you can open a small passage that can only be used by you. Of course, for the time being, you can only come to me, and later I will find you a room, and then get a passage to get here, and then you can go directly to your own room when you get here. In addition, remember not to open the passage in front of people in this world. Otherwise, it will cause you a lot of trouble. Mu Lao said to Wang Yi.
"Trouble? What's the trouble? Wang Yi asked.
"Let's go, let's go back to the living room first, and then I'm going to tell you why I called you the Dreamer in the first place." After that, Mu Lao turned his head to Gong Xun'er and said, "This is also what I want to tell you, you should also go out to see the outside world." ”