Under the escort of Wenying, Ruan Xiang has been safely taken away from this place. Before leaving, she handed Wu Yin's token into Xie Zhe's hands. He and Lintian Master took stock and found that they only had two tokens at present. One was left by Zhu Tong, and the other was given to them by Wu Yin. In front of them, Master Lintian pulled out a small drawer from the side of the thin token.
This is somewhat refreshing. They leaned over to take a look and saw that there was some kind of transparent and hard substance inside, probably made of resin. A petal is fixed in the center, which looks delicate and cute. In Zhu Tong's token, the petals are verdant green, while in Wu Yin's, they are as white as snow.
"These are the petals of Coriander, which is a legendary flower. It is said that the one owned by Death Shadow Pavilion is the last one in the world."
"I've heard of it," Han Zhang said, "It is said that its name comes from the five-color stone used by Nuwa to mend the sky. Each color symbolizes one of the five elements. It is said that this flower can also make medicine that can bring people back to life—— But those are all fairy tales. But the five monsters in the Shadow Pavilion rely on this thing to protect them, so they can freely travel through the six spiritual veins and avoid being corroded. If it is true, it seems that there is still a credible part. .”
Master Lintian was silent for a while. Xie Zhe said:
"So according to what Miss Ruan said, the five tokens together form a complete flower, which can give us the power to protect you. But to what extent it works, we don't know."
"And the other tokens..." Han Chang thought.
"If this is the luster of the token, then Shenwujun has one on his body." Xie Zhe said suddenly, "Now that I have seen the shape of the petals with my own eyes, I roughly know what I saw. Shenwujun has one on his body. Lord Xueyue has exactly one such thing—that is to say, there is still one left to go."
"Where will that be?" As soon as Han Chang finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to think of something. He raised his head and looked around, clapped the back of his hand, and said to a few people, "It's too bad, we didn't even notice that someone was missing from just now until now - where is Chenxing?"
Xie Zhe also woke up from a dream. Thinking back carefully, she had disappeared when Kuchtsuki-kun created the floating island. Did she get separated from a few people on the way here? Is it accidental or intentional? Indeed, the road here was complicated, but under the leadership of Ruan Xiang, the direction was also very clear. I really don’t know where Chenxing is now and whether he is okay.
"Don't care about other people."
Master Lintian said while providing spiritual power to Lord Gaoyue. This is really a drop in the bucket, because her body is so weak that it is difficult for her to accept help from others. Although Hanshang had detoxified, he still lost too much blood and needed a short rest. The tremors temporarily stopped, and new cracks stopped appearing in the dome, but the sounds of fighting did not stop for a moment. Taking advantage of this moment, Xie Zhe walked towards where Jiao Mo and She Zishu were standing, wondering if he could be of any help.
But before he took a few steps, something new happened.
The air suddenly cooled down, and the hellfire in the ravine was extinguished almost instantly. The originally bright space darkened, and the hanging light walls became the only source of light, which was extremely dazzling. He moved slightly closer to the edge of the platform and heard the sound of liquid flowing below. Not long after, he could already see the water level rising upwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But is that really water...?
What can be seen clearly is only the part where the light falls. These liquids cannot be said to be clear or turbid. Although it is not thick, it has a strange sticky feeling and it is difficult to make any splashes. It is difficult to find an exact color to describe it. The water surface seems to be covered with a thick layer of oil, with colorful and dirty rainbow-like lines. Yes, beautiful and dirty, few things can remind people of these two descriptions at the same time. In other words, the entire water area is filled with this kind of oil pollution itself. Many colors are smudged with the fluctuation of the water surface, one layer inside another, crowded around in circles. Every pattern looks like mold growing freely on the water, exuding an annoyingly strong vitality.
The water level is getting higher and higher, approaching the edge of the platform. Several people subconsciously took a few steps back. Xie Zhe also noticed that black smoke was rising on the water, and the strands were intertwined with each other, making it difficult to separate. The smoke gathered in one place and dispersed in another place, very uncertain. The smoke sometimes looks like animal nature, sometimes looks like vegetation, sometimes looks like human faces. Occasionally, bubbles emerge from the water. Their rising speed is relatively slow, and their shape is not as round as ordinary water, but twisted, as if there are invisible forces squeezing it in different directions. When the bubble bursts, the sound it makes resembles a heavy sigh.
Those oil stains will fluoresce indefinitely, like debris dissolved in water. Hanshang will remember that in the Zanglan Sea in the past, there would sometimes be fluorescent tides that appeared at night, glowing with a Shiranui-like color. But the colors of those lights are also weird and bizarre. They are by no means as beautiful as the scenery. Rather, looking at them will only make people dizzy and upset.
From form to sound to color, the beauty of chaos is everywhere in the pool.
She Zishu walked towards Xie Zhe, which made him a little surprised. He was about to say something, but she passed him by and walked straight to Satsuki-kun. He quickly caught up, and Jiao Mo followed quickly behind. She Zishu stopped in front of Gao Yuejun, saying nothing, just looking at her silently.
Gao Yuejun only used a little force to push herself up, but Han Zhang immediately stopped her. Master Lintian stared at her and said:
"Are you sure you want to put the person who brought you into this world into danger?"
"I didn't entrust her to do this kind of thing." She said calmly, "According to human terms, she didn't ask for my opinion. We are independent, she made me, that's all. And... I want to Let me tell you something."
Several people stared at her. Her thin red lips opened and closed.
"Although there is no way to prove it, I already understand why I left at that time. I did not accidentally fall into the cycle of reincarnation, and the artificial body was abandoned on the other side of the underworld. I went to that place on purpose."
"Why?" Jiao Mo asked.
"There is no reason to exist. Every day is similar. Even if the words are different, the people seen are different, and the food is different, in the end, they are all functioning aimlessly. Everything similar to me is dead. , the people who accompany me in my life are not of my species. There are only two states: existence and non-existence. Every day, I obey your orders, simply act, and perform the state called existence, and the cycle repeats. Until one day, I choose It doesn’t exist anymore, that’s all.”
"Aren't you... afraid of death?" Han Zhang asked.
"There is no fear, no sustenance, no distracting thoughts. Pain, darkness, death, I know nothing about it. I feel no pain, I can only imitate the injured person; I have also seen the night, and the state of things is no different from the day. There are many others that I have seen, but I can’t see anything. Only death, I have not experienced yet.”
"Why don't you want to live?" Xie Zhe asked, "There are still many things in this world that you haven't seen. Don't you want to see them?"
"They are all the same, with no difference in essence. These things never really arouse my desire, and curiosity is just imitation. Seeing the pool, I remembered that I walked out of this pool when I came from Death Shadow Pavilion. I must have walked out of it. It happened to be connected to the six spiritual veins at that time. Now that it has moved here, I realize that I passed Miss Ye without realizing it. The weapon was really not pointing at her body. What about me in the past? Leaving the heavily guarded Death Shadow Pavilion, I probably jumped directly into the corpse pool. I thought I would have a simple end, but no, I was introduced to that world. It is the same no matter where I am - what is tangible is Objects, what is intangible are spirits; visible means color, invisible means colorless. Existence and non-existence are just a thought."
"..."
"These are just what I think about now. Who knows if I thought so at the time? Anyway, I had nowhere to ask. After I woke up again, I wanted to find out who I was at first and hung on for a while. Later I felt that this was not the case. The most important thing is to simply imitate the people around you. Yinxuan desperately wanted to see his family, and I also learned that urgency. Chenxing did not have a human heart, but he was not like me. Later, when I left them, my body could not be satisfied. Instinct drives me to kill. Because after leaving Death Shadow Pavilion and surviving the cycle of reincarnation, I lost stable food and clothing, and no one would regularly repair my abnormal areas. Looking back now, I am afraid that in a stable environment, I So I thought about seeking to disappear. At that time, I thought that I was born for death."
"...Then, what about now?" Jiao Mo asked her softly.
"I have a question now, and I want to know the answer. Can any of you answer me? Those ten questions."
Who can give the answer?
Gao Yuejun opened his mouth slightly, his tired face was only silent, without any joy, anger, sorrow or joy. But there is still a smile, it always hangs lightly on her face, as if it is an innate part. But she would not give an answer. She just stood up suddenly, as if she wanted to crawl into the terrifying rainbow-colored Gu pool. Others could easily control her, but Zishu watched coldly.
"You...really don't stop her?" Jiao Mo asked, "Even if she gave you life and took care of you, you wouldn't miss your old feelings at all, right? Because you don't understand, don't feel the benefit, and don't feel owe?"
"Um."
"That's it...I understand."
Jiao Mo suddenly said this. Then, she walked briskly past several people and came to a place near the edge of the pool. At first they didn't understand what she was trying to do, they just wanted to warn her to be careful. But seeing her almost decisive face, a bad premonition suddenly arose. Xie Zhe immediately went up to pull her, but she took a step closer to the Gu pool, so scared that he didn't dare to move.
"Mrs. Jiaomo, what do you mean?!"
"I learned a method from a person... Purifying the Gu Pond requires a sacrifice. In addition to Lord Gaoyue, the Sharks can also do it. Miss Zishu, although I can't answer those ten questions, but maybe ——can pave a way for you to find answers.”
"Mrs. Jiaomo..."
Satsuki-kun stretched out her hand in despair, this was not her intention. Master Lintian stepped forward, but was pushed aside by a sudden stream of water, and the Demon-Conquering Pestle was also thrown out. Jiao Mo showed a sad smile, which was almost the same as Gao Yuejun's expression.
Jiaomo jumped up.
She opened her eyes and felt herself sinking. Although there was suffocating water around her, what she saw was a golden rain of osmanthus flowers. In the haze, she really saw Yin Quan's figure. Like a fish's tail that had been lost and recovered, she swam forward nimbly, stretched out her hand happily, and handed the xun in her arms forward.
"I give you my voice."
People on the shore saw her falling into the pool lightly, like a feather, a petal, or a dead leaf, without even causing a ripple. The moment she came into contact with the Gu Pond, her body instantly turned into dense foam. They spread lightly and covered the entire pool surface in the blink of an eye. Those bubbles are like a ball of white feathers, a handful of white petals, and a piece of white snow.
It was purer than any white any of them had ever seen in their lives.
