There is no time for hesitation. Han Zhang followed closely behind without any hesitation, and Wenying also chased after him after a brief daze. Now only Jiaomo and Lingyu were left. Ling Huan was a little scared. This was of course normal. After all, everyone would think that such a terrifying whirlpool was going to kill people, and no one knew there was something more dangerous under the whirlpool.
"I think you don't have to force yourself."
Jiao Mo said this.
"Well……"
Ling Huan was indeed hesitating.
"First of all, the nature of the land of death and life is also the gap between the six realms. Although it is much wider than the spiritual veins, the barriers between the two realms are not so close to people, so the erosion on people is not so serious. But in essence, this erosion still exists. The risk of getting lost in the Six Paths also exists. You are an ordinary human being and there is no need to take such risks."
"I know, but -" Ling Hu pointed at the whirlpool, "but they are there."
Jiao Mo probably didn't expect her to say that. She was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"I originally wanted to say that if you really don't have this awareness, no one will blame you when you go back to Jiyue Lord. But now it seems that you are actually so determined. Even if you are always troubled by self-doubt on the road You may waver, but you will persevere in the end. Your answer lets me know that you are definitely going to go on this trip.”
"I... think so too." Ling Huan swallowed, "But I'm still a little scared. Can you hold my hand?"
Jiao Mo pulled her up and felt a cold touch on her hand. Jiao Mo's skin is not very delicate anymore, not as good as those of young girls. But the hand she held on to him was so strong, which made Ling Huan feel at ease inexplicably.
The two of them closed their eyes at the same time, and slid along the sunken sand into the turbid crimson and dark blue.
Ling Quan felt like he was falling, from a high place, but also like he was sinking in water. There was no reference point for her to determine the speed of her fall, and there was no wind blowing against her face, but she still found it difficult to breathe. She opened her eyes only to see lines of distorted light flickering strangely, making her eyes dizzy. She felt a little nauseous in her stomach, whether it was the weightlessness or the effect of vision. Jiaomo and her hands grasped each other hard. Normally, this would be a force that would cause them pain.
The fall stopped, but not suddenly, but as if it had fallen into some kind of gel, stagnant and sticky. Ling Huan finally dared to open his eyes again and found that his friends who had come first were waiting here. Hanshang and Wenying made wind spells to cushion their whereabouts. Shi Wuqi's back could be seen not far away, seemingly surveying the situation. But there were no Xie Zhe or Master Lintian nearby. .
"Uh, thank you..." Ling Huan took Wenying's extended hand and asked, "They..."
"I haven't seen it yet." Han Chang said.
Ling Huan and Jiao Mo finally let go of their hands. Their hands turned a little white at first, and then immediately turned red. Ling Hu looked around and found that the sky was actually bright, glowing with a slightly warm red color, like the eternal dusk. The ground is no longer sand, but solid earth, and the color is an ordinary brown-yellow - maybe a little redder, but far less than the color of the Cinnabar Desert. However, everything here is desolate, as barren as the Cinnabar Desert. Apart from a few acquaintances, there was no life in sight. There are no longer undulating sand dunes on the earth, which makes the world appear more vast.
"This, this is hell?"
"of course not."
Shi Wuqi, who was not far away, turned around and looked at them. He just grabbed some soil from the ground and rubbed it in his hands, not knowing what he was trying to identify. He went on to say:
"This is far from the real hell. If you go to that place, you basically can't expect to go back."
"I don't think you should come." Wenying said to her in a low voice.
Ling Huan just laughed and said nothing. Anyway, what she wanted to say to Ying was very clear. They walked together on the smooth road. But where is the road here? In other words, there are roads everywhere, but they don’t know which way is where they should lead.
"Logically speaking, the internal structure of the barrier is related to the will of the creator. The appearance and form are naturally defined by the person who created the barrier. What I am talking about is this special barrier, like the one in the real world. Opening a net limits what and filters out. Although it is also a kind of barrier, it is only the simplest barrier. Nothing changes inside or outside. But opening (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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The essence of opening up additional space is to occupy the existing space. What is injected into this is the matter of the barrier master himself. Here, the barrier follows the cognitive rules of its owner to a great extent, and may change differently according to its mind, wishes, and emotions. There are also cases where the authority of the barrier is transferred to others, that is, a connection between the two is created so that the other party has similar powers to a certain extent. But how much influence it has... depends on each person's abilities. These are indeed mysterious and mysterious things. "
They followed Shi Wuqi and listened to him talking about these things along the way. Ling Quan heard it half-understood, and asked Ying Ying how much she didn't understand. However, Han Chang seemed to be very interested, and he continued what Shi Wuqi said:
"This is indeed a science. My master has taught us, but it is not as profound as you said. For monsters with a slightly stronger race, this can be regarded as an innate ability, even if it requires some training. There is also an opportunity for self-realization. It is an instinct of self-preservation."
"Some things... rules, laws, and spells have always existed. Monsters use them directly, but humans should first recognize them before they can use them. This is why humans need talismans, spell tools, and magic tools as carriers and tokens. Or a medium. Isn't the same true for Mahulaka's magic circle? The power of monsters can form patterns and runes themselves, and humans need to interpret them, and the same is true for Wuyonglan. No matter how much human beings exert and develop on these things Improvements are not real creations. Even if there is something that breaks away from the existing knowledge, it is just... the discovery of some undiscovered rules by chance."
"So, human power is really limited." Jiao Mo said.
"But there are a lot of them."
Ling Huan looked at Shi Wuqi's back and felt strange for some reason. But she should be able to understand that in the final analysis, he, the Hundred Skeleton Master, is also one of many monsters, not a human being. The kind and easy-going ways he usually behaves are like a high-level simulation of human beings, rather than something that comes from his true intentions. As humans do, he does - she felt that way. But in any case, he is a youkai who has no hostility towards humans, and even occasionally helps humans, which is really good.
No one will know the direction here, they can only follow Shi Wuqi. Ling Hu still couldn't help but ask:
"How long...do we have to go?"
"Well, it's not difficult to find Wuyonglan. Even Mrs. Jiaomo can do this."
Shi Wuqi glanced at Jiao Mo's face, and she vaguely felt that her previous wound was burning. No trace could be seen there, but precisely because of this brief gaze, Jiao Mo knew that it still existed, but it had just transformed into an invisible form. This is what happens when you are hurt by resentment. It is something that can never be truly erased.
But... what would happen if Resentment itself was completely destroyed?
"We'd better make peace with Lintian Master and the others first. The lies are so cunning that they may have deliberately changed the way in from the entrance to separate us. But it's also possible that they left first. In a place like this, it's hard to say to keep moving. Which one is safer, or staying where you are? There are variables everywhere at any time. Even if the barrier is very large and he cannot directly interfere, it may change according to his will... Ah."
Shi Wuqi suddenly stopped. He bent down and picked something up from the ground. It was a broken piece of talisman paper. Different from the common yellow talisman, it was black with white patterns drawn on it. The white color was very unnatural, and Ling Huan found it a bit dazzling when he looked at it. Perhaps it was because the talisman paper was too dark in color. However, that seems too much like a color scheme that appears only during funerals.
Shi Wuqi squeezed it gently, and half of the talisman paper broke into pieces as if it had been burned.
"This is the rune they left, but it shouldn't have been like this." Shi Wuqi said, "If they left any other traces, I'm afraid they can't be used as a reference. These things should have been tampered with. Here, Wuyonglan can interfere with many things just by relying on his spirit of speech."
"What, what should we do?" Ling Huan panicked, "How can we find them? How can we..."
Can they still be found?
Before you get the answer to your question, trouble appears. On the endless plain, some dark shadows suddenly appeared one after another, and they were slowly gathering here. Several people came closer, somewhat panicked. Those things look almost human-like from a distance (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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Well, when you get closer, it doesn't look like it, but something human-like. They don't have complete facial features, and the clearest thing on their body is only a mouth, which makes them look as weird as if they were attached to them.
And even if they only have this mouth, it is still sliding and swimming on their faces and bodies. It was really nauseating, and Ling Huan couldn't help but start chattering with his teeth. She repeatedly told herself that she came here voluntarily, and nothing would happen if she was with her friends...
"Master Zhongli, can you test it with Shiranui?"
"Yes, yes, but why?"
"The use of hellfire here is not stable...it is too close to hell, and once it gets out of control, it will become a prairie fire. And the foxfire may not be strong enough to detect anything."
"I see."
Han Zhang was a little unsure, but since the Master of Hundred Bones said so, he decided to try this first. Without Xie Zhe, he was the only one who could make his sister and Ling Huan feel at ease. He has been an older brother since he was a child, and he has been determined to protect him since he was a child.
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