Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 381 - 211. Mysterious Clear Palace, Review, Undercurrents, Taoist Companion (Subscription Requested)
Chapter 381: 211. Mysterious Clear Palace, Review, Undercurrents, Taoist Companion (Subscription Requested)
After grasping the Mountains and Rivers Seal, Song Cheng knew that this world existed in both "breadth" and "depth."
"Breadth," though distant, is still reachable.
But "depth" might be just within reach, yet one could never cross it.
Just like ants, they exist in the human world, but they can never truly "arrive" in the human world.
For humans, the "Reappear World" is the same.
It is a higher level place that only ordinary people or a Noble Family Child can call the "deity’s" realm.
Even an "evil spirit" does not enter there but becomes part of the "Reappear World" as a piece of "scenery," as if ornamental plants were placed along the street of that world.
Song Cheng closely followed Lian Chanxi into the "Reappear World."
It truly was just one step away.
Lian Chanxi, with She Yitu in shackles, led the way; all around them flowed black and white, even the two of them turned into these two colors.
Nothing in the entire Mount Funiu of the Empire of Ten Thousand Spirits had changed; it was just devoid of life, with green mountains and waters transformed into ink landscape paintings...
As for this, Song Cheng himself had long known.
The Reappear World mostly resembles the real world; the reflections of reality fall here, with only places like the "Ghost Domain" or other high-level areas differing from the actual world.
Song Cheng looked at Lian Chanxi, the tall figure with pure white skin and jet-black hair; her petite lips resembled fresh cherry blossoms on a branch, and her eyes carried a cold, mocking scrutiny while her figure exuded an engulfing charm.
At that moment, Lian Chanxi took out a token adorned with an "Ink Plum" from her bosom, which suddenly transformed, creating a winding path that appeared before the three of them.
"Follow closely," Lian Chanxi instructed.
Song Cheng glanced at the "Ink Plum" token without saying much and set off following it.
The three stepped onto the path.
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Upon stepping onto it, the distance shortened significantly, and in no time, they arrived in front of an ink palace where dense black and white energies intertwined.
Mysterious Clear Palace.
The three characters were inscribed on the entrance plaque, a name that seemed otherworldly, and everything here lived up to its name: not of the human realm, devoid of all vanity, where those who walked among it felt as if they were in a painting, forgetful of both favor and disgrace.
However, Song Cheng suddenly felt curious. He remembered the "Heart’s Eye" he first comprehended; the world seen by the "Heart’s Eye" seemed to be just like this ink world...
But, the ink world of the human realm is much paler, at least many times paler compared to this place.
Dark mountains like thick ink, clouds that were freely sketched, and everything black and white flowed within the palace, with an overwhelming sense of shock that made Song Cheng associate it with visions of "star rings" or "spiral arms."
’I didn’t expect the Reappear World to have such architecture. Is this etched into the depths of the world, indestructible and forever existent?’ he wondered, like a country bumpkin entering the city for the first time, looking around, pondering.
But the emptiness and silence here also made a deep impression on him.
Different from any power he had imagined, this place was terrifyingly quiet and terrifyingly empty.
Within the palace, not to mention people, there wasn’t even a single plant or flower.
Lian Chanxi, leading She Yitu by the hand and striding forward with her ink-like long legs, walked proudly ahead.
As they walked, they came to a spacious courtyard with a pool as if filled with spilled ink, where a burly, bear-like man sat bare-chested and as still as a rock by the poolside, holding a fishing rod, gazing at the undisturbed water as if he were a sculpture, fishing motionlessly.
From a distance, it looked like a "Fishing Picture," except the man did not fit the image of a fisherman, creating an awkward sense of a "big man holding a needle."
Song Cheng swept a glance and immediately saw that this man was a "Grade C Earth Level" being, with a strength range of "7510~11000," almost the same as Lian Chanxi.
Everything here, for him, brought a sense of novelty, like "opening a new window to see a new view."
And the burly man also took notice of the newcomers.
He swiftly scanned over Song Cheng and She Yitu, his gaze finally settling on Lian Chanxi, and curiously asked, "Why did Senior Sister Lian chain up Yitu?"
Lian Chanxi said, "A Mourning Beast appeared on Mount Funiu."
"Mourning Beast?" the burly man was taken aback before saying, "Does Senior Sister have proof?"
With evident irritation, Lian Chanxi retorted, "You will see if you go to Mount Funiu."
The burly man’s gaze fell on She Yitu, and in a deep voice, he asked, "Yitu, what exactly happened?"
By now, She Yitu had already resigned himself to his fate, his face twisted with madness, his eyes nearly bursting, and he hoarsely said, "I simply cannot accept tens of thousands of years of cultivation going to waste!"
Lian Chanxi scolded, "I brought you back just to send you to reincarnation, to prevent you from becoming a Mourning Spirit. This is not to kill you, so how can it all be in vain?"
She Yitu suddenly looked up, his white hair and beard quivering, and after mouthing a few times, he burst out, "To reach such a realm, who among us has not seized every opportunity?
Reincarnation? Reincarnation?!
Once reincarnated, one is forever trapped in the cycle, reduced to a common being, never able to escape!
Why can’t I rely on the Mourning Spirit to become a Mourning Spirit?
If I die and become a Mourning Spirit, it’s one thing, but what if I actively research how to become a Mourning Spirit and still keep my sanity?
Why is that not permissible?"
Lian Chanxi rolled her eyes dismissively, unwilling to argue, and looked at the burly man, saying, "Yang Teng, you see? This is what obstinacy looks like."
The burly man nodded silently, then suddenly turned to Song Cheng and said, "This is the junior brother Senior Sister Lian brought back, isn’t it? Still, to enter the Mysterious Clear Palace, his strength must be measured, right?"
