Chapter 178: No Sun or Moon in the Forgotten Flowing River

Chapter 178: No Sun or Moon in the Forgotten Flowing River

Chapter 178: No Sun or Moon in the Forgotten Flowing River (Two in One)

How long has that kid been gone...

I don't know if I have seen the two immortals...

The white ape looked at the fog in front of him, feeling anxious.

Although it has an old appearance, its mind still retains the innocence and playfulness of a little monkey.

It’s just that people’s mentality changes as their bodies age, and monkeys are no exception to this law.

It clearly happened only a month ago, but it feels like decades have passed.

It touched the white beard on its chin and sighed in its heart, thinking that time is unforgiving.

It couldn't help but recall the scene when it first saw the two immortals...

"You are such a cunning monkey. Well, since I have eaten your fruit and drunk your wine, I will bear your karma. Tell me, what do you want?"

The white-robed immortal looked very angry, but his tone was quite calm. Although Maomao was not very smart, he was quite gifted in sensing emotions and could clearly feel that the other party was just pretending to be angry.

"Immortal, Immortal, I want to control my own destiny. I want power and no longer be bullied! Please give me some guidance."

"Haha, power? It's really simple and unpretentious." The black-robed immortal laughed disdainfully.

"Mortals are like this, so why do you mock me, little monkey? There are different kinds of power. There is the power of strengthening the body, the power of wisdom and knowledge, and the power of magic. You, a stubborn monkey, can't learn magic. Choose between strengthening the body or extraordinary wisdom."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands, with a fruit in each hand.

"If you eat this blue fruit, it will make you strong and powerful, and you can kill even wolves, tigers and leopards with your bare hands.

If you eat this red fruit, you will gain an understanding beyond that of ordinary people, and be able to suddenly comprehend many different things among the laws of nature."

Maomao scratched his head and instinctively wanted to take the blue fruit, but when he thought about the Monkey King's arrogant look, he felt a little disdainful.

He gritted his teeth, stretched out his claws and held the red fruit in his hand.

The white-robed immortal smiled slightly when he saw it, "Haha, this young man is teachable."

Maomao took the fruit and took a bite, but couldn't taste anything. He swallowed it in two or three bites, chewed it, and bit into a core.

He now had some wisdom in his mind, and he felt that many things that he had not understood in the past suddenly became clear. An idea suddenly occurred to him, and he hid the fruit core in the palm of his hand.

I thought that when I planted the seeds and they grew countless red fruits, wouldn’t it be possible to make all the monkeys in the valley so smart? Then I could create a monkey heyday…

"Okay little monkey, you've got what you wanted, so leave now. The place you passed by on your way here is called Wangliuchuan, an ominous place. We were destined to be together only through this thread, and now that the fate has ended, don't come to us again, otherwise it will just be a waste of time. Remember this."

Maomao was overjoyed and agreed without hesitation.

Turning back, I walked to the Forgotten Flow River deep in the mist. Looking at the erratic mist, it seemed as if I couldn't see through the unknown life. But a sense of enlightenment arose in my heart. I vaguely felt that the power contained in the Forgotten Flow River seemed to be related to time...

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"Senior, I'm back!"

A figure suddenly appeared in the fog ahead.

The white ape suddenly came back to his senses from his memories, and when he looked up, he saw Xiao Jie walking out of the mist.

My heart suddenly felt happy.

Now I can finally get the answer to the doubts in my heart and how to get rid of the confusion and perplexity.

"Okay, okay, I'm glad you're back. Boy, have you figured out everything?"

At this moment, a dialog box popped up in front of Xiao Jie.

Option 1: I found the Immortal, but instead of asking Senior Ape’s questions, I asked my own questions (favorability -50).

Option 2: I didn't find the immortal. I'm sorry, Senior Ape. I failed to live up to your trust. (Mission failed).

Option 3: I have already asked about the matter clearly, and this is what the immortal said... (persuasion).

Xiao Jie was somewhat nervous. If he failed to persuade the enemy, his favorability would probably plummet, and he might even end up in a fight.

But when he thought about his plan, he became confident again and decisively chose the third one.

"Senior Ape, I have already explained the situation to you. The Immortal said that the reason you feel unhappy and confused is because you have a problem with your identity. You are not human, and you look down on humans for their cunning and cruel treatment of animals.

But you are not a monkey in the ordinary sense, and you can't stand the stupidity, ignorance and muddle-headed life of those monkeys.

So if you want to resolve your doubts and live happily, you must determine your own identity, whether you want to be a human or a monkey. Once you have a sense of belonging, you can resolve the confusion in your heart and feel happy. "

The white ape nodded, and he had some understanding of this. "Of course I know this, but how can I feel a sense of belonging? Does the immortal have any advice?"

Xiao Jie said: "The immortal did have a statement, he said there are two ways.

One is to turn yourself into a monkey and become one of the monkeys. As the saying goes, a fool has good fortune. You see, although those monkeys are stupid, aren’t they much happier than you?

The second is to transform yourself into a human being, to become a member of the human race. As the saying goes, if a barbarian enters China, he will become a Chinese, and if a Chinese enters a barbarian, he will become a barbarian. After all, humans are the most intelligent creatures in the world. When the monsters in the world have cultivated to a certain level, they will transform into human form and mingle in human society. Why don't you follow suit?
As long as you identify with human cultural traditions and social ethics in your heart, you can naturally become a human being. "

The white ape was annoyed. "You said it's simple, but if I'm so smart, how can I become a stupid monkey? Although I have superb martial arts skills, how can I become a human being?"

Xiao Jie chuckled, "This matter is difficult to say, but it is also simple to say. I asked the immortal for a treasure that can just solve your troubles."

As he said this, he took out a novice wooden stick.

"The reason why you are unhappy is because you are too smart. If I can hit you hard on the head a few times and make you stupid, you will naturally be like other monkeys, happy all day long and won't be unhappy anymore."

The white ape's eyes darkened immediately after hearing this. His white hair stood on end in anger and he trembled all over. "Boy, are you teasing me?"

"Don't get excited, senior. This is a method given by an immortal. If you want to blame someone, just blame the immortal. If you don't want to be a stupid monkey, then just choose to become a human."

"Then how do you become a human being?"

"This treasure can help senior realize his wish." Xiao Jie said, and took the Phantom Pearl off his body.

He suddenly changed from a muscular savage back into the appearance of an armored swordsman.

"This is the sacred object of the mermaids - the Magical Pearl. After using it, you can change your appearance. Senior, just transform yourself into a human and live in human society for a while. After experiencing what it's like to be a human, you will naturally know what you want to be. Do you want to be a human or a monkey?"

The white ape was very surprised. "There is such a treasure in the world. Wait a minute, you have worn this thing before, right? Could it be yours?"

Xiao Jie explained: "Indeed, the immortal only gave the answer to your question. As for how to do it specifically, you still need to figure it out yourself. In fact, I think the immortal wants you to learn magic to change into human form.

But I think that you are old now, and it is too late for you to practice magic. I just happen to have such a treasure, so I will give it to you."

Xiao Jie knew very well that if he just told Bai Yuan some inspirational stories or conducted some psychological analysis, it would probably be of no use.

He had to spend a lot of money to convince the other party, so he was willing to give it his all.

Xiao Jie was quite reluctant to give the Phantom Spirit Pearl to the White Ape. This thing was an epic treasure. It could transform into a human form and was very useful in many places.

However, in order to learn the peerless magic skills, you have no choice but to give it your all. As the saying goes, if you give, you must gain, and if you gain, you must give up. There is no such thing as free stuff in this world.

If you want to inherit the magic and learn peerless skills, you will have to pay a price.

It's worth exchanging an epic magic weapon for a peerless magical skill.

The white ape was deeply moved when he heard what Xiao Jie said, "Boy, I didn't expect you to be so loyal. Are you really willing to give this to me?"

Xiao Jie said generously: "Of course I am willing. As the saying goes, good brothers are loyal to each other. Senior and I hit it off right away and have a close relationship. If I can help you resolve the confusion in your heart and lead a happy life, then a mere magic weapon will be nothing to you."

The white ape was greatly shocked after hearing this. "You are right. Good brothers should be loyal to each other. Don't call me senior from now on. Let's just call each other brothers!"

"Okay, big brother!"

“Second brother!
"Hahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

The man and the ape looked at each other and laughed.

Xiao Jie said seriously, "But you have to do me a favor, brother. I have some enemies outside who are chasing me everywhere. I rely on this item to cover my body and hide my tracks. Now if I give this treasure to you, I will not be able to protect myself. Please help me settle this grudge."

"Haha, no problem, no problem. I don't care about just some gangsters." The white ape said as he took the Magic Pearl in ecstasy.

Transform into human form!

In an instant he turned into an old woodcutter.

The white ape twisted and turned, and touched himself up and down. This transformation into a human form was not just a simple illusion. Every part of the body had completely become like a human. It was seamless.

He was overjoyed and said, "It is indeed a great treasure. By the way, brother, do you still want to learn my Illusionary Divine Sword? If you do, I will teach you the Illusionary Divine Sword now."

System prompt: After completing the adventure mission [White Ape Offering Fruit, Immortal Pointing the Way], the White Ape Sword Saint wants to teach you the skill 'Illusionary Divine Sword'. Do you want to accept it? Yes/No. Xiao Jie naturally chose yes without hesitation.

"I want to learn, please teach me, big brother."

The white ape nodded and said, "This Illusionary Divine Sword is the sword technique I learned in the Wangliu River. I don't know the origin of this Wangliu River, but I know that it contains the power of time and annihilation, which is very magical. I combined the sword technique with the power of annihilation in this world to create this sword technique. There are nine styles in total... just watch carefully."

As the white ape spoke, he drew out his goose-feather knife and began practicing on the spot.

This sword technique looks quite ancient. Every strike of the sword is like the starting and ending movements of a mysterious ritual, as if one is rehearsing an ancient sacrificial dance.

The white ape practiced the nine sword techniques one by one and just turned around in a circle.

System prompt: The White Ape Sword Saint has taught you the skill [Illusionary Divine Sword]. You have successfully learned this sword technique. You can view this skill in the skill column.

Xiao Jie was stunned. Oh my god, you learned it right away? It's so simple...

Is there no condition to learn this peerless magic skill? Xiao Jie thought in disbelief, it felt so unreal.

I quickly clicked on the skill list to check it out, and I actually learned it.

【Illusionary Divine Sword (Sword Skill/Peerless Divine Kung Fu)

Basic moves: Nine styles of disillusionment.

Internal Force Special Effect 1: Phantom without Trace (with bonus agility). Move up to 3 steps in an instant, and leave a time afterimage at the original place to confuse the enemy. The time afterimage will continue to simulate the player's moves to fight for 10 seconds. During the existence of the time afterimage, the player will enter the invisible state. Cooldown time is 20 seconds. Consumes 3 points of internal force. (Unlocked by LV of the Phantom Sword),
Internal Force Effect 2: Blade of Destruction (Weapon Enhancement). Integrate the power of time annihilation into your sword intent, so that your next attack will ignore all armor, damage reduction, resistance, defense, blocking, and spell effects when hitting the enemy, causing 100% true damage. Cooldown time is 30 seconds, and consumes 20 points of internal force. (Unlocked at LV6 of the Illusionary Divine Sword)

Introduction to the sword technique: According to legend, a nameless white ape watched the immortals dance, and after a period of annihilation, he learned this peerless sword technique in the Forgotten Flowing River. It is said that the blade of annihilation can cut off the shackles of time, allowing people to gain complete freedom and no longer exist in the world...】

So strong, too strong.

It’s hard to tell whether this sword technique is good or bad at the moment, but these two internal energy special effects are absolutely awesome PLUS.

A powerful body movement that comes and goes without a trace, making it impossible for people to lock on to him.

A weapon enchantment that ignores all protective effects. No matter if you are a god or a demon, you can be killed with one blow.

Xiao Jie couldn't wait to practice directly in the air, wanting to see how much martial arts experience he would need to reach level 10.

However, after practicing for a few rounds, my experience didn't increase at all.

Eh, does it require actual combat?
The white ape saw through his doubts and said, "Don't guess. There is no threshold to learn this sword technique, but it is not easy to master it. Only by practicing in the Forgotten Stream can you improve your proficiency in this sword technique and truly understand the true meaning of this Illusionary Divine Sword."

So that's how it is. That's not a big problem. I just need to go into the Forgotten River to train and everything will be fine.

However, after walking back and forth in Wangliuchuan just now, the experience was somewhat abstract, and the environment inside Wangliuchuan also made Xiao Jie a little confused, especially those forgotten ××, which always felt eerie. He still had to ask about this matter clearly.

"Senior Yuan, what is going on with Wang Liuchuan? Is there anything to say?"

The white ape smiled sadly, "Do you know why I have become so old? I was just a little monkey a month ago.

Wangliu River is a place destroyed by time. One day spent inside is equivalent to one year spent outside. When I ate the Red Spirit Fruit from the immortal, I gained extraordinary enlightenment. When I left, I felt the terrifying power contained in this Wangliu River.

I suddenly realized the laws of heaven and earth in Wangliuchuan and practiced swordsmanship for three whole days before I finally figured out the Illusionary Divine Sword.

However, when I left, I suddenly aged three years. I didn't know this and just thought it was a side effect of the Red Spirit Fruit.

Later, I was very unhappy, lost and confused, so I wanted to find an immortal to ask for clarification. I went up the mountain several times to look for the immortal, and went back and forth in the Forgetful Flow River. I aged several dozen years without realizing it. By the time I realized what was happening, I was already in this state now. "

Xiao Jie was shocked and muttered to himself - "So that's it."

Now he finally understood.

"What about those forgotten people in the Forgotten River?"

The white ape sighed, "According to my speculation, they should all be people who got lost in the Wangliu River and didn't leave in time. Because they stayed there for too long, the beginning of their lives had already disappeared. They still look alive, but in fact they have already died, but they themselves don't know it yet.

Once they leave Wangliuchuan, the power of time and annihilation will make them disappear instantly.

At the beginning, I didn't know about this and was thinking about saving one or two people, but in the end... Alas, as the saying goes, 'life and death are impermanent, dreams are bubbles, and shadows are shattered like flowing light'. If you can personally experience the power of the annihilation of time, you can practice the Illusionary Divine Sword to perfection.

Xiao Jie thought, so that's why. No wonder the white ape said that the Wangliu River was fatal to it but had little effect on itself. This old white ape doesn't have many years left to live. If he stays in the Wangliu River for a few more days, he will probably die.

I am young, so it won't be a big problem for me to stay in there for a while.

By the way, could it be that the effect of the passage of time will also appear on me in real life?
If I practice swordsmanship in the Forgotten River, will I also grow old in real life?

He just stayed in there for about an hour, which is equivalent to half a month in real life?
Xiao Jie hurriedly picked up his phone to take a picture of himself. When he saw his image on the phone, he was shocked.

The self in the phone has an untidy beard, as if he hadn’t shaved for half a month.

He normally shaved frequently and rarely had a noticeable beard, but at this moment, a circle of messy beard appeared on his chin and under his nose.

There is a slightly unkempt feeling.

Sure enough, it has an impact on my real self...

Xiao Jie said worriedly, "If I want to master this sword technique, it will take at least a few days, right? Wouldn't that mean I will age by several years?"

"That's right, so you have to think carefully about the interests involved."

Several years... several years of life...

Xiao Jie took a deep breath, sat in front of the computer, and thought carefully.

Wasting several years of life just to learn a set of martial arts... this price is somewhat heavy.

He remembered that there was a question on a certain website before: If someone offered one million to buy one year of your life, would you do it?

Many people say they don't want to do it, because time is more valuable than gold and how can time be measured by money.

But some people think it should be done. After all, aren’t people exchanging their lives for money when they go to work? An average person can’t even earn one million after working hard for a year.

At that time, he quite agreed with the latter's choice, but now that it was his turn, he still felt reluctant.

Damn it, it’s just a few years of life. When I become a god, I will live as long as the heaven and earth and shine as brightly as the sun and the moon. What will a few years of life mean to me?

I used to waste my time playing games. After so many years, I haven’t even saved enough money to buy a house.

What if I waste a few more years now? At least the value of this peerless martial art is definitely much higher than one million.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jie immediately made up his mind.

He gritted his teeth and stepped into the white fog, walking for a few minutes in one breath. As the fog became thicker, a system prompt flashed before his eyes.

System prompt: You have entered the special map [Wangliuchuan].

Standing in the strange fog of Wangliu River, Xiao Jie started using his swordsmanship and performed the Nine Styles of Illusion one by one. After practicing a set of swordsmanship, his proficiency indeed increased a little.

LV1-LV2, requires 2000 experience points.

As long as I can gain experience, that's fine.

Xiao Jie thought about it and started practicing continuously.

Watching his swordsmanship experience slowly improve, Xiao Jie was secretly calculating the exchange rate of time in his heart. Staying here for one day would consume one year of life, staying here for one hour would consume half a month of life, staying here for ten minutes would consume five days of life, and staying here for two minutes would consume 24 hours of life...

Time flies!
In the blink of an eye, an hour passed and the swordsmanship experience value increased to 1% of LV30.

Is this still pretty fast?

Two hours passed, then three and a half hours passed.

[System prompt: Your Illusionary Divine Sword has been upgraded to LV2. ]

Xiao Jie's food intake was almost exhausted at this time.

He didn't dare to waste time eating and drinking in the Forgetful Stream. Two minutes was a day, and he couldn't afford to waste that time.

He hurriedly ran out of the range of Wangliu River. The moment he walked out of Wangliu River, he suddenly felt dazed. Two months of his life were gone.

He picked up his phone and took a look. The beard on his face became thicker, and he even looked a little decadent.

Looking at the proficiency of swordsmanship, 2 experience points are required to go from LV3 to LV3000.

Xiao Jie calculated that according to this ratio, it would take 9 experience points to upgrade from LV1 to LV10000.

It takes about three or four days.

It’s okay, I only have three or four years to live. I’m 28 this year, and I’ll be just over after practicing swordsmanship.

continue!

(End of this chapter)