Chapter 373 Penglai Illusion
"The water vapor is evaporating, and there is a vast expanse of white above the boiling sea."
“And the magic appears—Penglai Fairy Mountain!”
Xu Shan's eyes, which had been smiling all the time, were widened, as if he was getting emotional while telling the story.
"Perhaps the Emperor's artifact is so extraordinary that even the sea water boiled by it contains spiritual power. In the mist, an illusion appears."
"Lingwu Continent has always had the legend of Penglai Fairy Mountain, but the old man is from Penglai Island. Don't I know if there is a fairy mountain?" Xu Shan patted the cup on his body.
"The illusion caused by the boiling sea is simply a dangerous place that can harm people!"
"Why did the old man say this?" Ning Wuxie asked hurriedly.
"In the eyes of us Penglai Islanders, the Boiling Sea has always been a dangerous place. Not to mention that the sea water and steam can burn people, just by approaching that area, fishermen will enter that illusion and disappear without a trace. trace."
"Missing?!" Wuyuan frowned.
"That's right, the illusion is like a demonic whale that loves people. It will swallow up the people who are close to it. Then the person's life will be completely out of his control. If you are lucky, you can come back, but if you are unlucky, you will disappear from the world."
"But even if I come back, it will be a time of great changes. I don't know what year and month it has been..."
"What's the meaning?"
"The sea has turned into mulberry fields, the sea has turned into mulberry fields! It's like a legend on the mainland... called... Nan Ke Yimeng!"
"The trapped person left the illusion and didn't know how he got out. When he returned to the island, he found that it was no longer the day when he left to go to sea! Decades, even hundreds, of years have passed in the human world!"
"Can you imagine? I went out to sea to fish in the morning, thinking I would come back in the evening, only to find that my wife and parents had passed away, and my daughter had turned into an old woman who was older than me... Everyone thought he was dead, but he was still young, and The day you go to sea is always the same..."
Xu Shan's body trembled slightly when he talked about his excitement.
Ning Wuxie and others exchanged surprised looks. They did not expect that the illusion of Penglai Immortal Mountain would be so dangerous.
"Is there a way to break this illusion?" Ning Wuxie asked.
"Cracked? Haha." Xu Shan seemed to have heard something funny, "It's not that I look down on you great immortals, but if you have a way to make the flame spear no longer blazing, or you can cool down the boiling water that is thousands of miles away, maybe you can still If you can really crack it, it will be considered as eliminating a harm to our Penglai Islands. "
Xu Shan said and cupped his hands.
Ning Wuxie and others were silent.
It has a radius of thousands of miles, which is equivalent to the size of a state in the Five Dynasties. It is simply impossible to achieve.
This is the residual power of the Great Emperor's artifact, just like the Xuanhu Divine Sword. Ning Wuxie's cultivation level can only swing it three times. Wuyuan is stronger, maybe four times, but in the end he can't swing it freely.
This is something they cannot compete with with their current abilities.
"Ever since the Boiling Sea was created, the water in the East China Sea has turned green. The old man doesn't understand the reason, but it is said that the illusion is hidden in the water mist of the Boiling Sea. The water mist reaches up to the sky and refracts All the light that shines on the East China Sea.”
"So, the water in the East China Sea turned turquoise." Xu Shan shook his head, "Compared to the illusion, this is a bit more legendary."
"It seems that the old man is so sure that the illusion is very dangerous?" Wu Yuan asked with some disbelief.
According to Xu Shan, people who mistakenly enter the illusion are "missing" in the mortal world.
And since it is missing, it means that it has entered another space. Strictly speaking, the word "illusion" cannot be used.
Mortals call it an illusion, perhaps because they are unable to resist, but they are all cultivators of the Immortal Realm, so maybe they can turn danger into good fortune?
Xu Shan said that the east sea water turned from blue to green is a legend, and it sounds like he believed in the Penglai fantasy as if it were real history.
Xu Shan smiled again, "I knew you wouldn't give up. You monks from the West are like this... ahem."
"However, the old man said thank you today, and this great immortal was generous with his actions... I will just say a few more words. After you go out, you must not reveal it to anyone."
Everyone opened their eyes slightly, stopped talking, and looked at Xu Shan quietly.
"In the past, I was not called Xu Shan, but Jiang Qin."
"One morning three hundred and fifty years ago, I went out to sea to fish..."
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An old man named Xu Shan told the story of the past. He was once a fisherman with a happy family, but because he was young and energetic, he made a bet on the boat and boldly approached the Boiling Sea.
Then, he was sucked into the illusion.
In the illusion was the most precious memory scene in his life. He returned to the night when his daughter was born. He stood outside his house, nervously waiting for his wife to give birth successfully.
He once again held up his first daughter, the child who died young due to inflammation.
Then, the dream suddenly woke up, and he was back at the edge of the boiling sea. The sun was still scorching, the sea breeze was still fishy, the blue sea was vast, and the boat was rocking gently, as if he had just taken a nap.
But he didn't find the companion he had just bet with, so he had to go fishing by himself. At night, he caught a lot of fish and returned to the island.
His own house was gone.
The time on Chilong Island has passed two hundred and seventy-two years since he set off.
What happened to Xu Shan was even worse than the example he gave. For nearly three hundred years, he couldn't even find the tombs of his wife and parents, and they had long since become a tomb without a tombstone. All his children also died. Among the descendants, the girls were married off and the boys had no bloodline left.
He was alone, and the boat still contained today's catch.
Ning Wuxie and others said goodbye to him and came to the beach of Chilong Island to think about the next countermeasures.
"What should I do? Do you have any ideas?" You Youshan scratched his head and asked Xiao Qiuxian.
"Not yet..."
"Now it seems that if you want to swallow the world in the Flame Spear, you must pass through the Boiling Sea. But if you get close to the Boiling Sea, you will be sucked into the Penglai Wonderland..." Ning Wuxie said in a low voice.
"Are you sure there is no way to cool down the sea water?" You Youshan grabbed his beard.
"That's a thousand miles around. The most we can do is protect the top of the boat."
"So it is necessary to visit Penglai Wonderland?" Wu Yuan said, "Then Xu Shan was trapped for two hundred and seventy-two years. If you listen to this number, it is completely random!"
"It would be okay if we were trapped for more than ten years, but if we were trapped for hundreds of years, then this world..."
Xiao Qiuxian interrupted: "The key is even if we get out of trouble, we are still outside the Boiling Sea and cannot get close to the Flame Penetrating Spear..."
"So, breaking the illusion is what we must do."
"That's right," Ning Wuxie nodded, "Listening to Xu Shan's description, the illusion does not seem to confuse or interfere with the human spirit. Compared with mortals, we should still be able to recognize that we are in an illusion. If you win, there is a chance to break it.”
Wuyuan frowned, "But you have to know that Penglai Immortal Mountain is not just an illusion. It will make people disappear in the real world. This means that they have entered another space, like a small world."
"In another dimension, it's not just being conscious that can solve the problem."
Everyone was stunned for a moment and then fell silent.
What Wu Yuan said makes sense, Penglai Immortal Mountain is really too weird.
It is not only a space different from the Lingwu Continent, but also creates an illusion based on the memories of the trapped people.
This kind of physical and mental imprisonment is difficult to break.
Ning Wuxie thought for a moment and suddenly said:
"I think the only solution is what Xu Shan said..."
"A person trapped in the illusion will experience the most important memory in his life."