nycdaug Chapter 24 One Person's Path to Immortality
Chapter 24 One Person's Path to Immortality
"Cough cough!"
Choked by the sudden blast of marsh gas, Liu Xingxing was momentarily stunned, and everything around her changed.
Red Sleeve Pavilion, laughter and playful chatter, pleasure-seekers, extravagant indulgence, cups overflowing with wine, do you understand?
"Fuck!"
How did I end up in a brothel in the blink of an eye?
Liu Xingxing shook her head vigorously, but the scene in front of her was still as psychedelic and hazy as if she had eaten wild mushrooms from Yunnan.
Just as she was about to take a step, Liu Xingxing immediately performed a spectacular fall, landing flat on her face.
After lying on the ground and calming down for a few seconds, Liu Xingxing tried to circulate her spiritual energy, but found that her dantian had no fluctuations at all, just like a clueless mortal. Her hand was also scraped from the fall. Liu Xingxing was stunned for a moment, so she simply sat on the ground and tried several more times.
After a stick of incense
"Fuck your grandpa!"
Liu Xingxing forced herself to calm down. She and Lu Xihan had just arrived at that "miracle-filled" cave, and then... she, a dignified half-step immortal, was actually ambushed! Ambushed!!!
If it weren't for the fact that it suppressed the Mirror Realm and released all the spiritual energy when it came in, it would be just a little demon... Oh right, the Snake Demon!
The snake demon is skilled in hypnosis and creating illusions; this is an illusion!
Liu Xingxing glanced at the dreamlike red building in front of her. The people inside seemed to ignore her as they walked past her, and unspeakable scenes kept flashing before her eyes.
It's just like watching a porn video, why use such a low-class method to try and ensnare people?
he tui!
To be precise, to break the illusion, you need to find the illusion eye.
However, since it is an illusion, her cultivation has not disappeared. It's just that the snake demon made you think your cultivation had disappeared. Theoretically, she can still use her spiritual power, so she should still be in that cave.
If that's the case, then she doesn't need to look for that Phantom Eye. Doesn't it like to create illusions? Then she'll let it live in its dream forever.
Liu Xingxing tried to gather spiritual energy by making hand seals, but she couldn't feel any spiritual power gathering in her hands. However, she believed it was there; it was the cluster of fire engraved into her spiritual root.
Liu Xingxing's expression flickered, and she smiled slightly at the empty space around her.
"Since you enjoy playing with illusions so much, why don't I burn all of this down for you and leave you here, okay?"
The pure flames spread through the illusion, and the scene before our eyes distorted continuously.
"what!!!"
A scream pierced the void.
In another moment of distraction, the scene returned to Cave 3 Middle School.
A stench assaulted their senses, and a charred, human-faced, snake-footed demon corpse fell from the sky. Liu Xingxing clapped her hands and glanced at the corpse with disgust.
"You piece of trash, you dare to plot against me!"
Faced with overwhelming power, all schemes and tricks are insignificant to her.
Lu Xihan, who had fallen into the same trap as her, was still asleep, but judging from her restless state, she was probably not feeling too well.
Liu Xingxing glanced at Yan Qifeng, the sixth brother, lying next to her. She didn't expect him to have fallen for it too. Serves him right, he still wanted to keep the treasure for himself.
The little snake, meanwhile, circled around her anxiously, nudging her face with its head in an attempt to wake her.
Seeing that Liu Xingxing had regained her senses and was fully awake, the little snake immediately burst into curses: "Damn it! You finally woke up! If you had kicked the bucket, I would have suffered with you, I can't take this kind of torment! You're really useless, you even fell for such a petty trick, really..."
"Alright, alright, I won't drag you down with me. If I'm really going to die, I'll break the contract with you beforehand."
The little snake kept chattering away, so Liu Xingxing stood up, casually conjured a fireball for illumination, and began to inspect the cave.
Before those two wake up, I need to quickly see if there's anything I can grab and then leave immediately. Anyway, those two won't die easily, so Liu Xingxing is too lazy to bother with this.
The cave wasn't wide, nor was it bottomless. After walking for a while, we saw a faint light shining ahead.
Liu Xingxing hurried over and carefully examined the plant that had only one leaf and one flower.
"White leaves and green flowers, with fine thorns on the surface, and it even shines, that's it."
After confirming that it was the medicinal herb, Liu Xingxing immediately started digging, but then stopped herself.
"Is there only one...?"
Liu Xingxing hesitated for a moment, then walked further in, straight to the deepest part, and circled around again, but found nothing.
After all this time, all we got was a bunch of junk. Is the main storyline really irreversible?
Heaven cruelly left only Lu Xihan on the path to immortality.
Liu Xingxing, in despair, sat down on the spot, extinguished the flames in her hands, and the cave was immediately plunged into darkness, with only the "Marrow Cleansing" still emitting a faint glow.
Since the last person ascended to immortality in the Endless Sea three thousand years ago, no one on the Yuanzhou Continent has ascended to immortality since. Even she, the most promising person, has been trapped for nearly a thousand years without making any progress.
The world seemed to have come to a standstill, just waiting for the birth of the next new god.
Lu Xihan will be the one, and the only one, who will be "lucky".
That's right, in the novel, this world was created specifically for her by her parents.
On the day the female protagonist ascended to heaven, she also absorbed all the spiritual energy of this world, and the place has since become a scorched wasteland without any living beings.
It wasn't until the female protagonist finished resolving the melodramatic events in the God Realm that she remembered this incident while traveling and passing by this place.
The female protagonist casually revived the life of this place with a wave of her hand, calling it "creating blessings and accumulating virtue." But that was hundreds of thousands of years after the place had turned into scorched earth. This act of accumulating virtue was far too late.
While reading the novel, Liu Xingxing felt that the female protagonist's character became somewhat inexplicable after her ascension, as if she were written by a different person.
The female lead was clearly strong, clear-headed, and independent before her ascension, but after her ascension, she became pretentious, brainless, and arrogant. Moreover, her behavior became strange, and she exuded a strong tea-like aura.
Liu Xingxing strongly suspected that the struggling author's account had been hacked, so much so that she hadn't even had time to read the remaining hundred or so chapters before her own account collapsed.
"really."
Liu Xingxing was lost in thought when someone spoke, bringing her back to her senses and making her look up at them.
Unbeknownst to her, as she looked up, tears welled up in Liu Xingxing's eyes and streamed down her face.
"You're awake. I'm waiting for you. I'm guarding it for you. Nobody's going to take it from you."
Liu Xingxing smiled gently.
But those tears and that inexplicable smile contained far too many emotions.
Lu Xihan didn't immediately start digging up the herb, but instead asked her again, "Who exactly are you?"
"Who am I? I don't know either..." Liu Xingxing murmured in her sleep.
Why is it that such a foul and rotten place can give birth to something that defies fate?
Liu Xingxing wiped her face haphazardly, staggered to her feet, and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Let me dig after I get out. I don't want to fall in and eat dust. Also, watch out for that guy outside, he'll make you..."
"Sigh, never mind..."
Lu Xihan was confused. What exactly was she trying to say?
"Little snake, let's go."
A man and a snake rode the wind and flew away.
Lu Xihan stared at the person who had left inexplicably for a while before shaking her head. She then carefully dug out the "Marrow Cleansing" with her tools, and carefully put the contents into a glass box and stored it in her bracelet.
Just as Lu Xihan was about to leave, the ground suddenly cracked and collapsed, and Lu Xihan fell into the crack without any warning.
……
"The main story is about to begin: Lu Xihan's rise to power."
Liu Xingxing was in a daze for a while. When she looked up, she saw that the Shangyuan Secret Realm seemed to be showing signs of "twilight". Suddenly, she realized that her life seemed more important, so she ordered the little snake to speed up and escape from here.
The collapse of the secret realm was no small matter. Although she was 90% confident that she could withstand this level of collapse, her current body with little spiritual power reduced her confidence by another 20-30%. Liu Xingxing did not want to be buried inside and become a wandering soul outside the Six Realms, forever imprisoned in this place.
Scary to think about!
In the last two days, those outside waited for their loved ones to come out, and if they received news of death, they would sigh with sorrow.
The Devouring Flood Dragon was extremely fast, and Liu Xingxing didn't want anyone to see her in this dog-like state. In the blink of an eye, she had already flashed to the outer perimeter, while the people waiting there only felt a strange gust of wind and had no idea what had happened.
Seeing that her life was no longer in danger, Liu Xingxing tidied herself up again. She had gotten covered in the smell and dust from the cave, and if she didn't clean herself up, even she would be disgusted with herself. Meanwhile, the little snake had returned to its human-sized form.
Seeing that the group of people were still waiting, it must be early and Rumu City hadn't opened yet. With nowhere else to go, Liu Xingxing began to wander aimlessly.
It is said that in this sea of clouds and sky, fortune and misfortune are determined by fate, and opportunity depends on people. Liu Xingxing was somewhat shaken again.
Such a big place, surely there's something she wants? At the very least, she could dig up some treasures that are slightly less valuable than "Marrow Cleansing" to take back.