Chapter 8: The Destiny of Heaven (Part II)
The sky was dark, and Ji Chengche slept very soundly on the galloping sleigh.
I can't tell you how much time has passed, but I heard an old and deep voice echoing in his ear in a daze: "The way of heaven is insignificant, there is no door, my heart is not dead, my soul is not resting, the sky is not bright, the night is not young." The sky is not bright, the night is not ......"
"It's so noisyβ" Ji Chengche slowly woke up, but was too tired to open his eyes, and muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Boy, come here. The old man's voice rang in his ears again.
"Huh?" Ji Cheng was sleepy-eyed, and was stunned to find that he was no longer on the sleigh, but standing in an ancient and magnificent dark hall.
The four walls of the main hall were lined with rows of stone niches filled with scrolls, dozens of dark red lights like oil lamps floated slowly in the air, and a man in black stood in the center of the palace, impressively the nameless old man he buried during the day.
"Ah, are you a human or a ghost?!" Ji Chengche shook his head and fell asleep.
The eyes of the old man in black seemed to be closed, like two wisps of needles staring at Ji Chengqing, which made his heart cold and unspeakably uncomfortable.
"Did you pick up the old man's anti-heaven destiny plate?" he asked, his voice cold and emotionless.
"Yes...... I. β
Ji Cheng was terrified, and it took a while to react, it turned out that the swarthy discus was called "Destiny Against Heaven". He swallowed, trying to run away but couldn't take a step.
"Hell, it's actually a little doll, and it's a demon-" The old man in black looked at Ji Cheng's beard, his eyes showed a hint of disappointment, and muttered to himself, "I've waited too long, I can't wait any longer." Even if he picks it up, it's ...... days."
Speaking of this, he beckoned to Ji Chengche and said, "Come here!"
"Oh. Ji Chengche's heart was furious, and he approached the old man in black slowly, but he took one step and two steps back.
The old man in black frowned, and suddenly said coldly: "Come here!"
"Hmm-" The voice seemed to contain unparalleled magic power, and Ji Chengche only felt that his body was light and flew up involuntarily, falling straight into the open claws of the old man in black.
The old man in black hung him in the air like an eagle carrying a chicken, and laughed inexplicably: "Good, great!"
Ji Cheng saw that the old man in black was moody, and couldn't help but become more and more afraid, and stammered: "Old ...... Grandpa, I, I'm too young, and I don't have enough meat to eat. Why don't you change somebodyβ"
"No, it's you!" The old man in black said categorically, with excitement on his face: "Not bad, very good, very good!"
Ji Chengche felt a cold ghost hand of the old man in black groping around on his body, pinching here and there, undoubtedly looking for where to go under the knife or picking fat and thin, thinking about how to cook later, until he was so frightened that he almost fainted, and said with a sad face: "Grandpa, my meat is very sour, it is really not delicious." β
The old man in black was stunned, and said gloomily: "I haven't decided whether to eat you right away, it depends on whether you are well-behaved or not." β
"Good, I've been very well-behaved since I was a child!" Ji Cheng replied without a word.
The old man in black asked, "What's your name?"
"Ji Chengqing. β
"Your surname is Ji ...... Isn't this a great immortal surname?"
Ji Chengche hurriedly said: "My father is from the Immortal Clan. β
"I see, that's wonderful. The old man in black's expression eased slightly, although the situation forced him to deal with Ji Chengqing, but he really had a big grudge against the demon clan, and now this child's paternal line is the immortal clan, so he no longer has any scruples.
"The old man Tang Yu was once the great witch of the Wu clan. Don't say that you little doll is lonely and unheard. β
"Great Wu Zhu?" Ji Cheng opened his eyes in surprise, and said honestly: "I only know that the current Great Wu Zhu seems to be Tang ...... Tang Yan. β
"Tang Yan, this kid has made a great witch wish?" Tang Yu was slightly surprised, "How many years is Taiheng?"
Ji Chengche was dumbfounded, he had heard his father say that Tang Yan was more than eighty years old, and he was known as the undisputed first sage of witchcraft, how did he know that he would become a "child" in the mouth of the old man in black.
However, the current Dawu Zhu's surname is Tang, and the old man in black is also surnamed Tang, could it be that they are relatives?
"It's now the sixteenth year of the Great Han Dynasty, and the Great Qin Empire of the Demon Clan is long gone. β
Ji Chengche replied, "During the Taiheng period...... That's almost a hundred years!"
Tang Yu was silent for a while, and said, "You actually know that Da Wuzhu must not be an ordinary child. The old man asks you, how did the Great Qin Empire fall?"
"It's not quite true to say that it is destroyed, but it was defeated by the alliance of the Immortal Clan and the Wu Clan, and fled to the Southern Barbarians. β
Ji Chengche is indeed not a child of ordinary people's families, although he is still young, he has entered Taixue since he was three years old, and all the people around him who teach are erudite and knowledgeable, and they know a lot about the past history of the Metaverse.
He gradually calmed down, and told Tang Yu some things he knew.
Tang Yu listened quietly, and said with a "hey": "It turns out that I have been dead for more than 30 years!"
Ji Chengche couldn't help but snort, the other party was really a ghost and an old ghost!
Tang Yu was obsessed with the past, didn't notice the change in Ji Cheng's expression, nodded and said, "For the sake of you being well-behaved, the old man won't eat you for the time being." β
Ji Chengche was overjoyed and said, "Great, thank you, grandpa!
"Don't go!" Tang Yu's face sank and said, "You have to complete three things for me." β
Ji Chengche chuckled in his heart, and said pitifully: "Grandpa, I'm still young, I'm afraid I don't have that ability." β
"What," Tang Yu glanced at Ji Chengche coldly and said, "You started to disobey the old man?"
"I'll listen, I'll listen!" Ji Chengche was really about to cry, "I don't know what three things the old man wants me to do?"
Tang Yu slowly put down Ji Chengqing and said, "The first thing is to return the old man's anti-heavenly destiny to its original owner. This is a witch artifact, and if it is left in your hands, it will sooner or later lead to death. β
His last sentence was intended to warn Ji Chengqing, lest this little doll see the treasure and take it for herself.
Who knew that Ji Chengche didn't have that idea at all - this black and bulky guy could be an artifact of the Wu Clan?
What's more, he vaguely figured out that the reason why he was entangled by Tang Yu was that the problem was on this so-called anti-heavenly destiny plate, and he couldn't wait to throw it away like a plague god, how could it be in his pocket?
So Ji Chengche nodded happily and said, "No problem, I will definitely return it to Da Wuzhu." β
Tang Yu sneered: "Did I say that I would give the Heaven-Defying Destiny Plate to Tang Yan?"
Ji Chengche was stunned and said, "Who will you not give Tang Yan to?"
Tang Yu was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Find someone in the old man's lineage that you can look at and give it to him." β
"Oh, ah?" Ji Cheng was dumbfounded, "Grandpa, you're not kiddingβit's up to me to decide who to give this artifact to?"
"That's it. Tang Yu said senran: "But if you dare to go against the old man's wishes, I will let you live rather than die!"
Ji Chengche was cold, and nodded in agreement.
Tang Yu continued: "The second thing is to fulfill a last wish for the old man. But your current cultivation is too poor...... Hey, it should be said that there is no cultivation at all. Therefore, it will be decades later, after you have broken through the Void Illumination Holy Realm, that you can go to the place I designated to receive your will. β
Ji Chengche gasped and said, "Impossible......! I personally said that the Dao Realm is ninefold, from the enlightenment of the light and the spirituality, and the clouds are steaming, ordinary people can realize that the realm of secluded light and gathering light is the ultimate. Further up the crescent moon jade wheel, even a genius who has not been seen in a hundred years can be reached, and the empty light holy realm is even more legendary existence, even if my beard is gray and my teeth fall out, it is impossible for me to achieve it. β
Tang Yu looked at Ji Chengqing indifferently, and his tone was irresistible: "I said you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you have to do it!"
"Hmm-" A picture and a map suddenly appeared in Ji Cheng's clear mind, and he couldn't help but be even more in awe of Tang Yu's elusive and terrifying cultivation.
"This is where my last life is buried. Once you become a Sage, go to the party to find your will. β
Tang Yu explained: "If you want to live, you must do what I say." β
Ji Chengche felt more and more that this ghost liar was unreasonable, but the hero didn't suffer the immediate loss, so it was better to agree first.
He nodded obediently and said, "Old man, I remember." β
"This third thing ......"
"Boom!" As soon as Tang Yu spoke, Ji Chengche felt a loud bang in his head, and then the hall in front of him shook violently.
He was taken aback and exclaimed, "Grandpa, there is an earthquake!"
Tang Yu didn't respond, his figure quickly blurred and disappeared along with the hall around him, blending into the boundless darkness.
When Ji Chengche was feeling at a loss, he suddenly heard Lin Yin's voice shouting: "Little Ji, wake up!"
Ji Chengqing opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at Lin Yin's face close at hand.
Seeing Ji Chengche wake up, Lin Yin no longer shook his body, let go of his hand and said, "You have a nightmare." β
"Nightmare?" Ji Cheng looked around blankly, the endless ice field, the dark sky of the night......
It's a dream!
Ji Chengche breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that his underwear had been soaked with cold sweat, and his body was extremely cold and uncomfortable.
But compared to the scene in the nightmare just now, this moment is considered heaven.
The sleigh stopped beside a frozen lake, and Lin Yin lit a bonfire and was barbecuing the silver frost fish caught from the lake.
The snow mastiffs scattered, each looking for food and guarding the perimeter.
The sky is blue, the snow is vast, and a few beautiful wisps of aurora are purple and red to render the sky, like a picture.
Ji Chengche sat up from the sleigh, stunned.
He looked at the anti-heaven disk in his arms, and suddenly had the urge to throw it into the ice lake.
- But if this thing is really a witch artifact?
After thinking about it, he still decided to take the Defy Heavenly Destiny coil back and hand it over to General Ju and Mr. Big.
"Eat something. Lin Yin handed a roasted silver frost fish to Ji Chengche.
Ji Chengche took the bite absentmindedly, the fish was very tender, and the empty stomach instantly warmed.
Seeing that Lin Yin had set up a tent next to the sleigh, Ji Chengche said, "I'll keep vigil tonight." β
"You don't sleep?"
"Well, I sleep a lot during the day and can't sleep at night. β
Ji Cheng didn't know how to eat, and the nightmare scene appeared in his mind from time to time, but he was afraid that he would not be able to sleep for a while.