Chapter 286 Silent Autumn
Chapter 286 Silent Autumn
So Li Wuxiang felt relieved.
They were all alive. Never before had he been so glad as now, to hear that he was surrounded by his enemies.
When Lou He peeled off the loose soil on his body, Li Wuxiang found that his skin had grown back, but his stomach was empty. All the organs that were previously drawn by the talisman paper were gone, even the finger-moon black light...
The Moon-Pointing Mysterious Light disappeared, but it didn't seem to have vanished. Li Wuxiang felt that the object had merged with the Golden Chanzi, as if they were refined together, giving him a pair of real eyes of his own, and he no longer needed to rely on the tentacles to see.
This was the first time in the world that he truly used his eyes to see, and the feeling was completely different from the previous time when he used the tentacles to form images - the whole world became brighter, even though he found himself in a cave, with only the faint light of magic weapons and gems illuminating the surroundings, everything was lifelike, bright and beautiful.
But the books, materials, and elixirs hidden in the Moonlight were all gone. Li Wuxiang felt distressed, but another idea came to his mind, so he sat up and walked to the side with Lou He, took the tattered Taoist robe he handed over and put it on, and asked: "What happened outside? How long has it been?"
Lou He sat down against the stone wall and whispered, "It's been almost two months. Oh, how can I tell you... In fact, I don't understand it myself. Li Wuxiang, do you still remember what you brought down from the top of the Great Tribulation Mountain that day?"
Li Wuxiang nodded: "Dutian Siming."
Lou He was stunned for a moment, then frowned and thought: "Is it called this name? I have never heard of it..."
"You don't seem surprised?"
"Senior Sister Mei told us that what you invited down that day must be a very strange thing. She also said that the thing must have caused a great disaster to the world and that all of us on the Great Disaster Mountain were dead. She said that it might be because the Great Emperor intervened and turned the tide that the world was not destroyed. We can't remember what you invited down, and Senior Sister Mei can't remember either. She said it might be because the Great Emperor destroyed that thing... Do you remember nothing?"
Li Wuxiang did not answer him, but asked: "Senior Sister Mei fought with the True Form Sect's Hedao, Cao Mufang, right?"
"Yes. When that thing destroyed the world, the people of the True Form Sect wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill Senior Sister Mei, but she released her Yang Spirit and fought that person fiercely... and that person was still defeated. Alas, Senior Sister Mei said that person was not really defeated, because she had just released her Yang Spirit and could only fight that person to a draw. She said that Cao Mufang retreated because he didn't want to be entangled here. After all, all the people of the True Form Sect at the foot of the mountain are dead."
"Are the people of the True Form Sect at the foot of the mountain alive now?"
"Probably not. Otherwise, they would have attacked us long ago. Hey, what is Dutian Siming?"
Li Wuxiang pondered for a while.
Li Ye's last magical power was indeed to make this world reborn, but the time should be after the destruction of the world by the God of Heaven... Sister Mei remembered what happened at the top of the Great Tribulation Mountain because she was a Yang God. Although the Yang Gods of the Thirty-Six Sects were fake, according to Li Ye, they were also able to prove their origin and were no longer in the Three Realms and Five Elements, so they should also remember it.
That's what everyone knows - that I died and then came back to life.
Li Wuxiang found it hard to imagine what kind of changes this large-scale memory illusion would bring to people's mentality, but... it was Li Ye who reshaped the world, and it was Jiang Jie who brought everyone back to life. For this, he angered the Netherworld Mother and was completely wiped out.
So he said, "Call me Jiang Jie."
Lou He frowned and thought for a while: "Is it the Great Evil God in Lingshan? I have never heard of it... But with such power, it should have been achieved during the war more than 3,000 years ago, right?"
No one remembered it. I still remembered his name, perhaps because before he disappeared, I had obtained the status of a True Immortal.
Li Wuxiang felt a wave of sadness in his heart, but he only wanted to tell Mei Qiulu about this sadness. Because now no one remembered him. If they knew what happened in the past, I'm afraid that it would not only be forgotten, but people all over the world would condemn him together - Donghuang Taiyi was alive, and the Thirty-Six True Lords were alive. He didn't want everyone to know this, just like Li Ye had never said it before.
Because he now truly understands the power of vows... If everyone in the world knew the truth and felt fear, this would be a stronger power of vows than the current faith and offerings!
Li Wuxiang shook his head: "I guess so, I don't know. But... now the people of the Thirty-Six Sects are besieging us? Senior Sister Mei has become a Yang God, and everyone knows that it was Donghuang Taiyi who saved the world. Do they still dare to besiege us?"
Lou He sighed: "I haven't told you the worst thing yet - everything is gone."
"Nothing left?"
"Listen, oh, you are a Nascent Soul, send out your Yin Spirit and see what is different now than before."
A Yin Spirit? Li Wuxiang had never produced one. He became this Nascent Soul because of Li Ye. The three Huas of heaven, earth and man were Li Ye, Li Guichen and himself. Now Li Ye was gone, and Li Guichen... I didn't know if he was still alive, so he was the only one left.
So just now he felt that something was wrong with his condition. It was many times stronger than the previous Jindan realm, but since he had become an infant, there should be some other differences. However, he could not feel it, because his organs were gone, so he could not feel that the operation of his internal energy was any different from before. He could only wait for Mei Qiulu to adjust her breath before asking her.
As for the present... Li Wuxiang tried to move his mind.
The Yin God did appear... which is a good thing. However -
He walked through the cave first. The cave where the three of them were was originally the innermost one. Through a long and narrow natural stone path, there was another slightly larger cave outside, where more than a dozen swordsmen were.
Li Wuxiang knew that they were alive and everyone was injured, but the injuries were not serious.
The weird thing is that now almost all of them are lying on the ground, eyes closed, breathing slowly. They don't look like they are sleeping, but rather resting with their eyes closed. Only one person is sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the cave, eyes slightly open, as if he is on guard.
Since they are surrounded by foreign enemies, why do they look so leisurely?
His spirit left the cave and saw that it was a sunny day. The grass and trees were so lush that it seemed as if water was dripping out of the green, and the sky was a shockingly blue. Outside was a hillside covered with trees. Now he was on the flank of the Great Tribulation Mountain.
He did not see anyone from the Thirty-Six Sects, so he wanted to escape further. However, after walking another two miles, he knew he had reached his limit and the Yin Spirit could not go any further.
Baili Jianxian, Baili Jianxian... I have become a beggar version of Yuanying in my current state. He thought to himself.
Lou He asked him to listen and see if there was any difference from before, but Li Wuxiang didn't feel any difference at this time.
But after a few more breaths, he realized something was wrong. It was too quiet. So quiet that it made him feel uneasy.
He could hear the sound of the breeze blowing through the leaves, but this was the only sound in the world. All the others, such as the chirping of insects and birds, were gone.
A chill slowly arose in his heart, and he immediately dived into the woods, letting go of his senses.
He could not sense anything... There was nothing within the nearly 100 steps covered by his divine sense! No birds, no beasts, no insects. Even when he probed his divine sense under the soil, he found nothing... Not even an earthworm!
His Yin Shen stood in the forest, and a terrifying thought gradually emerged in his mind -
These places had been ravaged by a great mountain fire before, so all living things died.
And what Li Ye recreated using the Netherworld Fragments... is a dead object?
Yes, it is dead matter. Soil and rocks are dead matter, and these trees should also be considered dead matter in this world - this is different from the reasoning from where he came from. In this world, "dead matter" and "living matter" refer to whether they have a mind or soul!
That is to say... all the birds and animals are gone, insects and the like are gone, and there are also some things that are unknown to people in this world, such as bacteria and viruses, which are probably gone at the same time.
The reborn creatures were forcibly released from the underworld by Jiang Jie. They were human beings and monsters with consciousness!
Then this world...
Although it looked full of life, it was almost dead... In a few years? Or in a dozen or so years? Li Wuxiang didn't know much about biology, but he knew that if these things were gone, these "dead things", trees, and plants would be extinct on a large scale!
Wait...how far did the fire spread? Did it reach the parish?
The six sects all have the Netherworld Fragments, and Li Wuxiang guessed that they also knew the wonderful use of the fragments. Places like the Five Mountains True Form Sect can build mountains as walls, and other sects have the protection of the emperor and many manpower... They should be fine, right?
No wonder the Five Mountains Emperor doesn't care about what's going on here...
Li Wuxiang immediately returned to his body: "How long has the underground fire been burning? How far has it burned?"
Lou He sighed, "More than a month. Senior Sister Mei said that the Tiangong Sect has set up a formation at the bottom of the mountain. The underground fire is flowing and burning on the ground. The sky is full of fire clouds and it is raining fire. I am afraid that all the people outside the diocese have suffered. As for the inside of the diocese, we guess it should be fine. The outside diocese may have suffered, but the inside should be well protected."
The six dioceses should all be under the control of their respective Netherworld Scrolls. So the Netherworld Scroll of Taiyi Sect used by Li Ye should have reshaped the area outside the diocese.
These areas...are the death zone of life.
And within the diocese, if what Lou He said was true... the area bordering the outside world is a dead zone, and I don't know whether the fire there has been put out.
This is a good thing... The territory of the diocese is going to shrink, and they have to clean up the mess in their own diocese. Just as Jiang Jie said, they have no time to worry about these things outside for the time being.
But it is also a disaster! I am afraid that the animals still alive in the parish will not be able to come for a while!
I……
Li Wuxiang immediately thought of himself.
Is this a disaster brought about by Dutian Siming, or... is it also brought about by his own position as a True Immortal that is filled with the power of ruin and destruction?
“So everything that was destroyed in the catastrophe is gone?” Li Wuxiang asked.
"Yes. That's why the people of the Thirty-Six Sects were furious... Their sect had a large formation and they resisted. But the branches and outposts outside the sect all had their magic materials and elixirs gone."
"Alas, this is not the most terrible thing... The most terrible thing is that there is no food." Lou He sighed, "It's better this month. It's autumn now. There are some food in the mountains, but not much. But those people outside... I don't know how many people in the world will starve to death, and I don't know how many will survive until next year."
But Li Wuxiang knew that "next year" and beyond would be the most critical time.
From this point of view, the Netherworld Remnant Scroll only reconstructed the things recorded by the swordsmen... mountains and rivers, cities and towns, but there must be some things that were built after they were recorded and no longer exist in this world. Compared with Li Ye and Jiang Jie, he himself was not compassionate, but now he was also feeling cold in his heart - too many people were going to die, and they would not be burned to death instantly, but slowly starved to death. He dared not think about how many tragic things would happen during this period.
But what I dare not even imagine is the power of vows that comes from this.
What kind of wishes will people who are hungry and desperate bring to Sima Ming Zhenjun and the thirty-six true immortals.
Li Wuxiang was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Now that the situation has come to this, the people of the Thirty-Six Sects should return to their own territories to find ways to provide disaster relief. The inland areas are destroyed, but the coastal areas are okay? These monks have magical powers and can get food from the sea. If I were them, I would seize every opportunity to harvest in autumn, then lead people to the seaside, and then find a way to get some livestock from the diocese to raise... But are they still chasing us?"
"Yes. Tiangong, Juque, Qingxiao, the sect leaders are leading the way. Senior Sister Mei was injured when she fought Cao Mufang. Those three Yang Shen and more than thirty Yuanying have been chasing us for ten days."
"Why didn't you go down the Great Tribulation Mountain? After you went down the Great Tribulation Mountain—" Li Wuxiang was stunned, "Were you looking for me before?"
"Yes. I know that Senior Sister Mei and I both know that you can't die, and we should bury you somewhere. The senior brothers didn't have any other opinions... We were fighting and searching on the mountain. We were planning to leave yesterday, but you came here by yourself - at that time we thought there were still some insects alive." Lou He smiled, "You were like a little spider, crawling around to find us. You really don't remember? I guess if there were still living things, you would have raised them back by yourself."
He came here by himself...it should be Li Guichen.
Li Wuxiang sat against the stone wall and looked at his hands.
"So, my body is..."
There were no living creatures around, and he wanted to eat meat. He thought of the wounds on the swordsmen outside.
Lou He waved his hand: "It's a small matter. Just a little blood and a piece of flesh lost."
Li Wuxiang nodded slowly, and then slowly let out a sigh: "The people from the Thirty-Six Sects should have returned to their own territory to provide disaster relief, but they are so angry that they are biting us..."
"Lou He, they're not biting us, but me, right? They want me, right?"
(End of this chapter)