Chapter 457 Characteristics of Ashes

Chapter 457 Characteristics of Ashes

Chapter 457: Characteristics of Ashes

The layer where the art building is located is a polar night environment similar to the North and South Poles. Endless darkness covers the entire world, and in the black sky, there is a black sun.

The sun was almost invisible, with only a faint golden edge outlining its outline.

He also thought of a painting in the Mage's room...

Endless coastline, black tides, an ancient and eerie castle, gray fog rising from the depths of the ocean, heavy clouds, and... the sun with a golden outline.

"Sun" seems to have a very profound directional meaning in the art floor plan.

The shop owner-003 did not elaborate on the topic of "the sun" or the embers, but continued: "The embers have penetrated here, and their own extraordinary characteristics have been almost wiped out. But even the little bit that remains can cause devastating damage to living things."

Lin Yi opened his mouth. If just a little afterglow could have such a terrifying effect, how terrifying would the status of the "sun" itself be?
"But..." said the shop owner-003, "The ashes themselves are not destructive. They are destructive to living things only because the living things cannot bear their status, leading to collapse and self-immolation. Once any unit is contaminated by the ashes, if it cannot raise its status to the level of the ashes within a limited time, it will be burned by the ashes."

“That’s the power itself.”

"It's not just Ashes, the simplest blue-green scent is like this."

"If you can endure and adapt, you can become a sports student or an art student. If you can't endure, you will become a pseudo-human, a sculpture, or a nocturnal creature."

"In the final analysis, it is because the status of the ash itself is too high, so high that ordinary life forms cannot touch it at all."

"Therefore, the so-called bearing or control is actually a delusion given by mediocre people who do not know the full picture."

“The ashes themselves are not scary. What is scary is how to adapt to the ashes, master the ashes, and ultimately… transcend the ashes.”

"'Beyond the Ashes'?" Lin Yi was extremely shocked. "Beyond the Ashes...what does it mean?"

The shop owner-003's eyes fell on the "burial body". Somewhere in the "burial body", a faint golden light was floating: "If the state of the Ash Apostle is likened to taking a civil service exam, then the meaning of landing is to step into the path of the "Supreme Judgment". "

"Does this path really exist?!" Lin Yi exclaimed in shock. If this is the case, then the information that "God's Realm" used to deceive Yuan Datou and Mu Daxian might be true?

"It really exists, but only a few people know about it." The shop owner-003 said, "You don't have to think too much about it. In the entire campus, the only people who know about it are a few night watchmen, me, and that idiot "Principal". And there is no rumor that has been spread out at all."

"Only by embarking on the path of the Supreme Judgment can you understand what it is like. Words cannot describe this path."

“Once recorded, the record itself becomes a powerful contamination, like a virus. Once it spreads, almost no one can withstand it.”

Lin Yi pursed his lips and subconsciously touched the notepad in his pocket.

He could completely understand what the convenience store owner-003 said, and he felt that his notepad could fully apply this rule.

"So, the Ash Apostle goes up to become the Supreme Judgment, and each of you was once an Ash Apostle?" Lin Yi asked.

The shop owner-003 said: "You can understand it that way."

"No wonder you can expel that 'Ashebringer'..." Lin Yi showed a look of realization. The status of the convenience store owner-003 is higher than that guy, so it is natural that he can expel him.

The shop owner-003 said: "But the "Ashebringer" is an exception."

"Ah? What does this mean?" Lin Yi was puzzled.

"It is the projection of the path of the Ash Apostle on the campus." The shop owner-003 said, "It is like a three-dimensional sphere. If it enters two dimensions, it becomes a circle. The organization that used Yuan Datou and Mu Daxian to arrange the ritual tore a hole in the campus, allowing the path of the Ash Apostle to be projected here from an unknown latitude."

"The 'Ashebringer' formed by that projection can be called the 'Original Ashbringer'."

"Just like the bloodline of a vampire, it can suppress all other Ash Apostles. Putting aside their combat power, the suppression of their status is absolute."

"Status suppression..." Lin Yi pondered, "So if we encounter it, the only thing we can do is run away?"

"You can only run away." The shop owner-003 did not deny it, "Or, you can take out something of the "Supreme Judgment" level to fight it."

"For example, the golden aura?" Lin Yi asked.

The shop owner-003 saw through Lin Yi's thoughts: "The golden aura is fine, but the premise is that you can use it freely. If you fail at the critical moment, even gods can't save you."

Lin Yi understood now. No wonder his golden skeleton was not afraid of the burning ashes. This thing tempered by the golden aura was of extraordinary status.

"Then I'll be a little more aggressive. If I really encounter it and can't escape, I won't care about flesh and blood. I'll just pick up the skeleton and fight it." Lin Yixin said. I didn't expect Brook to be myself.

But Brook might not be as perverted as Lin Yi. What he was thinking about was to use his right hand to remove the arm bone from his left hand and use it as a weapon...

"Your idea is great." The shop owner-003 was surprised by Lin Yi's idea, "In desperate situations, you can die."

"Why do I feel like your pronunciation is a little weird?"

"No, I mean it's a desperate situation. You don't need to worry about so many things then, right?"

"That's true..." Lin Yi nodded thoughtfully, "So, Ashes itself doesn't actually have any special properties?"

The shop owner-003 pondered for a moment, then said conservatively: "If I must say, the only extraordinary properties left in the ashes should be "tempering" and "perception"..."

Lin Yi asked: "Is this the kind of tempering and perception that I understand?"

The shop owner-003 said: "That's about it. There's no other meaning. 'Quenching' can continuously purify the extraordinary power. It's like a sports student can make his breath become more and more blue. You can make the extraordinary power in your body infinitely close to ashes. Of course, if you do this, you will burn up prematurely if you are not careful..."

"And 'Perception' is more mysterious. When you burn, your will can transcend time. Just like 'Dream Building', you can get lost in the path of the Ash Apostles and feel the time that has passed through other Ash Apostles..."

"It's very mysterious, isn't it? You will understand after experiencing it."

"Once you are no longer an Ashbringer, you can no longer enter that path, so if you have the chance, it is worth a try."

Lin Yi remained silent, his brows slightly furrowed.

He wanted to ask for information about the "Ashebringer" on campus, but the canteen owner-003 had already told him.

He originally wanted to ask Yuan Datou and Mu Daxian about the truth of the incident, but the convenience store owner told him the same thing.

He already knew almost everything about the whole incident. He exhaled slowly, followed the gaze of the store owner-003, and looked at the light spot in the "burial body" that was suspected to be Lao Mo's heart: "How long will it take for Lao Mo to be reborn?"

"It will take some time." The shop owner-003 said, "I am not a god. I can't assemble it like I used lotus roots to save Nezha and just blow some magic, right?"

"Besides, the materials this time are of extraordinary quality. If I'm lucky, Lao Mo may be able to enter the path of the Supreme Judgment."

"The Supreme Judgment!" Lin Yi couldn't help but exclaimed, "Will he become the Night Watchman?"

"That won't happen." The shop owner-003 pursed his lips rarely and added, "Not only that, his movements will be restricted to the cafeteria area. It's a castrated version of the "Supreme Judgment"..."

"Emm..." Lin Yi couldn't help scratching his head, thinking how come Lao Mo's skills were all castrated versions, if this continued, wouldn't he be called Eunuch Mo...

"If I remember correctly, you are about to leave the campus, right?" asked the canteen owner-003.

"Ah?" Lin Yi didn't know why the store owner-003 suddenly asked this.

"I mean, before you leave, I probably won't see Lao Mo recover as before." The store owner-003 said, paused, and added, "I remember that it has been five days since I first saw you."

"The fifth day?" Lin Yi was stunned for a moment. "This is actually the fifth day since I entered the school... Wait, what are you saying?! Wait!! You... you saw me on the night of May 5th?!"

Lin Yi tried hard to recall, and then a hazy figure suddenly flashed through his mind.

Probably when he and Wei Liang went to the toilet, he vaguely saw a fleeting figure in the hazy shadows at the end of the corridor.

He still remembers that feeling, cold, evil, terrifying, and with a certain taste that he couldn't describe...

That figure is the store owner-003? !
"I just happened to see you." The shop owner-003 said, "Because you were with that guy, I remembered you right away."

"'That guy', do you mean Liangzi?" Lin Yi asked.

When he asked this question, his heart skipped a beat.

Wei Liang also said that he went between the teaching building, the cafeteria, and the dormitory, and spent the seven days honestly abiding by the rules - no, five days plus the last two days when he was unconscious.

He didn't even enter the convenience store, so how could he have left such a deep impression on the convenience store owner -003?
"That guy... is quite good at making trouble." The shop owner-003 stopped talking without saying anything more. "If you really want to know something, you can ask him."

"Well... I wanted to come too, but he didn't say anything." Lin Yi curled his lips.

The shop owner-003 said: "He will tell you, but the time is not right now."

"Boss, are you... very familiar with Liangzi?" Lin Yi suddenly asked. After saying this, he stared closely at the sapphire eyes of the convenience store owner-003.

However, he could not see anything unusual in the eyes of the convenience store owner-003.

"I've met him a few times. That guy made a mess of the store. If he hadn't run away quickly, I would have caught him and made him clean up for me." The expression of the store owner-003 was very calm.

But Lin Yi couldn't believe what he heard.

If he hadn't slipped away quickly

No? The shop owner meant that Wei Liang escaped from his hands?!

And judging from the words "how many times have they met", it seems that the implication is that Wei Liang successfully escaped every time?

I am so blessed to have been born with Wei Liang Tianzun!

This can no longer be explained by "strange tricks and gimmicks", right?

And the convenience store owner -003, found him when he went to look for Wei Liang?
"Then why didn't you stop him at that time?" Lin Yi asked.

The shop owner-003 shook his head: "That's not necessary."

Lin Yixin said that if Liangzi was here, he would give you a thumbs up and add, "You are a very nice person."

As the store owner spoke, he slowly turned around and began to leave the area where the "burial body" was located.

Seeing this, Lin Yi withdrew his attention from the "burial body" and followed the footsteps of the convenience store owner-003.

"Oh, right." The store owner-003 suddenly braked the car. Lin Yi almost hit him, but he managed to turn to the side.

"what happened?"

The store owner-003 returned to the "burial body" and reached out to press the "burial body".

The "buried body" seemed to sense something and began to wriggle violently like boiling liquid, while making a high-frequency, sharp roar.

But the shop owner-003 was unmoved, and just murmured indifferently:
""Engler Gr mOt lySet og gr ikkE p Avveie"......"

This syllable seemed to reveal an unspeakable magic power, and it fell on the "funeral body" like a materialized decree. The "funeral body" as big as a mountain immediately calmed down, and then the countless corpses began to twist, and faintly spread to the sides like vines.

Finally, a dark and deep crack appeared in the "burial body", and a flesh branch covered with oily and slippery mucus slowly emerged from the darkness and stretched out like a tentacle.

There seemed to be something rolled up at the tip of the meat branch.

The flesh branch squirmed and extended, and finally came in front of the convenience store owner-003. Then it slowly loosened, and the wrapped thing fell into the palm of the convenience store owner-003 with some liquid.

A bone.

A pitch-black bone, one end of which looked like a spherical bump and the other end like a broken spike. The whole looked like a piece of burnt charcoal. The surface of the bone was covered with crooked golden inscriptions, which looked like traces carved by a beginner with crude brushwork, barely forming some strange words.

The text looked like a secret pattern, but not quite. Compared to the secret patterns that Lin Yi had seen before, this text seemed too close to some seal characters that he was familiar with.

The store owner-003 turned around and handed the bone covered with inscriptions to Lin Yi.

(End of this chapter)