Chapter Ninety-Five: The Illusory Realm
Meng Ze walked very fast, and she trotted all the way to barely keep up.
Just when she thought she had to walk a long way, Meng Ze suddenly stopped, and if she hadn't reacted quickly, she would have bumped into it. Then Meng Ze's direction changed, and he suddenly began to raise his feet and walk up.
As his footsteps moved, stone steps emerged, and after he walked through them, they magically disappeared, looking as if he were stepping into the air.
Tang Zixi looked at this scene in surprise, and was a little unsure whether to continue to follow and go up, or stay where he was and wait. Just as she fears the depths of the sea, she fears the heights.
Soon, she knew she had no choice but to keep up. Because with Meng Ze's departure, the surroundings gradually darkened, and an indescribable smell began to float in the air, and his neck felt even colder. It's like being in a dense primeval forest, and in those places you can see or can't see, there are countless pairs of green, glowing eyes waiting for an opportunity.
"If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell!" Tang Zixi gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and suddenly took a big step forward. With this step, the feeling of being on your back disappeared.
She breathed a sigh of relief, but instead of opening her eyes, she squatted down and slowly stretched out her hand until she reached the steps...... Crawl.
Although the action is not very elegant, it is moving. It doesn't matter if you walk slowly, it doesn't matter how you walk, as long as you don't stop, you can always get something.
She silently counted in her own mind, and did not stop until she could not touch the steps, and the number just stopped at ninety-nine. She slowly opened her eyes and surveyed her surroundings. However, at this glance, she could no longer take her eyes off, and the shock brought to her by the things in front of her had made her forget everything, and her heart was still amazed except for amazement.
She couldn't describe the beauty she saw in words.
At this moment, she is in a sea of flowers, as far as the eye can see, and she can't see where the edge is. It's like gathering all the flowers and trees in the world. Red, white, pink, purple...... , all kinds of strange flowers and plants compete for beauty, all of them are extremely beautiful, and none of them have been seen by her. This is not what shocked her the most, the most incredible thing for her is that in this sea of flowers, countless fairy birds dragging colorful feathers are dancing, clustering a dragon and a phoenix in the center who are frolicking and chasing.
This is a dragon and phoenix? Although she had seen it more than once on the building of the palace, and had also seen the true dragon and heavenly son, it was the first time she had seen the real dragon and phoenix.
Her heart began to beat wildly, and she involuntarily walked forward. Who knew that the footsteps moved, the scenery in front of him changed, and a large number of pavilions appeared in front of him, where there was still a dragon and phoenix.
In those wide open doors and windows, it can be faintly seen that there are crowds of people, and from time to time someone rises from them and hurriedly flies into the distance. At the same time, many people flew in from the air. There was even someone flying in her direction, and before she could find a place to hide, the person had already passed through her.
"Illusion?" She remembered Mengze's advice almost instantly, and her originally excited mood quickly calmed down, and she looked up again.
In fact, Meng and Qu didn't know that Tang Zixi was not ignorant of illusions, and even to some extent, his ability to break illusions was even higher than the two of them. Because most of the time they rely on force, and she relies entirely on talent.
In addition to her noble status at that time, there was also the most important reason - that is, she was the first person to independently come out of the 'Thousand Illusion Palace' in the hundreds of years since the temple was built.
This also confirms a truth from the side, that is, when you lack ability in one aspect, there must be other abilities far beyond ordinary people. Just as the ears of a blind man are exceptionally sensitive, and the eyes of a deaf person are exceptionally bright. Tang Zixi has a detached personality since he was a child, and he is frail and sickly, not only is he proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also his martial arts are commonplace, and he is indeed useless in the eyes of ordinary people. But she has a pair of eyes that are different from ordinary people, she can always see things that others can't see, and she can always find details that others can't find.
A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. It's been a long time since I've felt this kind of eagerness, and she really misses it. Although she is really not good at fighting, she is really not afraid in this regard. Because as long as it's an illusion, there must be a flaw. And what she has to do is to use these naked eyes to see through the truth hidden behind the illusion.
Illusions and illusions may not sound the same, but the principle is the same, and the focus is on the word 'illusion'. Of course, it doesn't mean that you will be able to get out of the illusion if you know that you are in the illusion, but the first step to get out must be to see through the essence of the illusion and find out its laws.
She calmed down and soon realized that something was wrong.
Although the pavilions are crowded, at first glance it seems to be full of hurried people. And on the surface, their behavior is disorderly, but if you look closely, you will find that in fact, everyone's movement trajectory is regular.
She quickly locked her observation to a door, a colonnade, and her own side. The object of observation was locked on three of themβa woman in purple who appeared in the doorway, an old man in gray who flew over the pillars, and a young man in blue who flew towards her. The time limit is 100 times for her toes to hit the ground.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, and silently calculated in her heart, among them, the woman in purple appeared at the door thirteen times, the old man in gray flew over the pillar six times, and the young man in blue flew over three times. In other words, in this hundred times, the same picture appeared more than three times.
And how to explain the fact that people in the same space appear differently at the same frequency?
This really doesn't bother her. Because she had encountered a similar situation in the 'Thousand Illusion Palace', she quickly came up with an answer. That is, with the distance from her, the speed of time is also different.
For example, the young man in blue who was closest to her only appeared three times, while the woman in purple who was furthest from her appeared thirteen times, and the old man in gray appeared six times in the center. In other words, in this illusion, the farther away from her, the faster time flows, and vice versa.
However, there is one thing she has never figured out, why the number of times the woman in purple appears is singular, not even. According to her previous thoughts, even if the speed of time flow in the same space is different, it is basically an exponential increase, and there is no reason for a singular number to appear for no reason.
Miss Tang, who was standing in place and meditating, didn't notice that less than ten zhang away from her was a huge lake. The lake is full of lotus flowers. However, these lotus flowers are not white or red as they appear, but a slightly strange blue, and there is not a single lotus leaf around, and at a glance it looks like clusters of blue flames floating on the surface of the lake.
At this moment, a white-haired man wearing a mask was standing on one of the lotus flowers and looked at her silently. Meng Ze, who came here before her, stood behind him with a respectful expression, explaining his intention.
After listening to Meng Ze's reply, the white-haired man said disapprerovingly: "Since he wants it, give it to him." β
"Never!" Meng Ze was taken aback by the other party's words.
The white-haired man glanced at him and said, "Could it be that that the demon tendon is not enough to make trouble in our Nine Shadows?" Since its owner is here, it naturally wants to return the thing to its original owner. β
"This ......" Meng Ze stared, his mouth squirmed for a long time, and he didn't say anything to refute it.
What the white-haired man said was indeed the truth, the only thing he didn't quite agree with was that what the demon tendon did in Jiuyou was not something that could be summed up by the word 'noisy'.
Since that magic tendon was sealed in the Nine Shadows, the first hundred years have indeed been peaceful. But since the Hades King suddenly threw the demon tendon into the Spirit Gathering Pool on a whim one day, everything began to be different. That tendon not only produced a spiritual sense, but also conjured a spirit on the night of the full moon, and the nightmare of their subjects of the Nine Shadows began on that day.
The Demon Demon's tendon is inherently capable of creating illusions, and it is even more indistinguishable than the illusions created by the Nightmare. These subjects of the Nine Shadows, in addition to enduring endless teasing of demonic tendons every day, must always be on guard against falling into the illusion set by the other party. This is not just a matter of losing face, if you are not good, you will fall into an illusion and cannot extricate yourself. The previous Nine Shades City God's power was destroyed for hundreds of years, and now he is cultivating day and night in a crypt in the Nine Shadows.
However, the Hades King ordered not to hurt the Demon Tendon, which also made the Demon Tendon even more unscrupulous, but it only made the original owners of this group of Nine Shadows suffer. Since you can't afford to provoke it, let's hide! One by one, they either went to the surrounding area to garrison for some reason, or buried themselves in penance, and they definitely did not set foot in the Nine Ring Hall for half a step without major matters. This is also one of the reasons why Meng Ze cultivates in the Lightless Tower, and only this Pure Tower is the closest to the Nine Ring Palace, and it is also the only place where the Demon Tendon does not dare to enter.
Over time, there are fewer and fewer people in the Nine Shadows, and those who still insist on not leaving, except for the chief manager who has been with the Hades King all the year round, there are only Meng Ze and Qu Ru, as well as some imps who are not of high rank.
Meng Ze pondered for a long time, and finally expressed his opinion: "But the Demon Demon brought the Demon Beast army this time, and I'm afraid it's not just the Demon Tendon." β
The white-haired man turned around, looked directly at him and said, "You mean he wants to destroy our Nine Shadows?"
"Exactly. Meng Ze nodded and said, "So according to the opinion of his subordinates, it is better to make some preparations, so as not to be caught off guard at that time, and you also know what the situation is in Jiuyou now." β
"You mean this is not in the right direction?" the white-haired man's tone was extremely unkind.