Luzhou, Moshan.
Above the clouds.
"Luzhou is the birthplace of Confucianism. Confucianism and Taoism are prevalent here. Both men and women are proud to study." Yun Ran'er said softly as her eyes scanned the town below.
During the time she spent alone with her junior brother, her strength inexplicably improved a lot. Both her eyesight and ear skills increased more than a hundred times.
This made her a little happy, but also felt a little funny.
This junior brother seems to be very bold, but in fact he is very guilty.
"There seem to be a lot of rules here. Men and women eat at different tables." Chu Xiu was a little speechless.
"More than that." Yun Ran'er shook her head, "Some Confucian sects here only know how to copy things mechanically, and many of the quotes of Confucian saints have been misunderstood.
According to Master, the Confucian sage originally had no rules or pretensions. He would teach students according to their aptitude and preach regardless of whether they were high or low.
As a result, nowadays, almost everything requires rules, and some corrupt scholars once divided people into three, six or nine grades in order to cater to the royal family. "
"..."
The two complained about Confucianism, and white clouds fell on the top of Mo Mountain.
"Moshan, where is the danger?" Chu Xiu whispered, his spiritual thoughts had covered the entire Moshan inside and outside.
"There are thirty-six springs in Moshan. The spring water gathers in Mochi. It is said that the water in Mochi can paint the sky." Yun Ran'er looked down at Moshan and said softly, "After I became a disciple, I wanted to come to Moshan. At that time, my teacher Your Majesty told me that it was not the right time yet, and said that the water in the ink pond was polluted, and that painters who used it as ink could easily become possessed by evil spirits."
"It is indeed polluted." Chu Xiu said softly, "The spring water of these thirty-six springs was wasted."
"What did you find?" Yun Ran'er was curious.
"A black stone." Chu Xiu said, "It is continuously exuding...evil energy."
He originally wanted to use 'demon energy' to describe it, but then he thought that he had seen real demonic energy in the Demon Realm, so he changed it to 'evil energy'.
"Evil?" Yun Ran'er opened her eyes wide.
"How should I put it..." Chu Xiu thought for a while and said, "This black stone should not belong to our Desolate Heaven Territory. The entire Black Mountain and Thirty-Six Springs have probably been transformed by the sages and some formations have been arranged. Come and suppress the evil energy emanating from this black stone."
"Then what do you think is the purpose of Master ordering me to guard this place?" Yun Ran'er remembered her responsibilities and couldn't help but ask.
"Painting." Chu Xiu said, "Senior sister, your paintings may be able to absorb this evil spirit."
"Really?" Yun Ran'er raised her eyebrows lightly and said with a smile, "Then let's go and have a look."
"Okay." Chu Xiu nodded, then gently held Yun Ran'er's waist. In a flash, he was at a lake as black as ink in the heart of the mountain.
This lake is not big, but it gives people the feeling of being extremely deep and terrifying.
"Why do I feel that there is a pair of eyes here, staring at me?" Yun Ran'er looked at the ink pool, feeling a little hairy.
"Your feeling is not wrong." Chu Xiu stared at the lake, "There is indeed an idea that is 'staring' at us."
"Ideas?" Yun Ran'er was startled.
Chu Xiu looked at Yun Ran'er and asked warmly: "Senior sister, I'll help you solve the problem here. You won't blame me for meddling in other people's business, right?"
Yun Ran'er tilted her head slightly, "Do you think I can protect this place with my ability?"
"Yes." Chu Xiu gave an affirmative answer. These days, the two of them had a close relationship, and he intentionally or unintentionally helped his senior sister improve her strength and realm by several levels.
Today's Yun Ran'er can be said to be...below one person in today's Desolate Heaven Territory.
"In that case, then help me solve it." Yun Ran'er smiled.
"Uh... ok." Chu Xiu also smiled.
Then, with a slight movement of his right hand, waves of space fluctuations appeared, and the entire Black Mountain was cut into an independent space by him.
The water in the Mochi began to flow backwards towards the thirty-six springs. The water that flowed out was all clean and dust-free, without the slightest evil spirit.
Seeing this scene, although she was used to Chu Xiu's power, Yun Ran'er still couldn't help but sigh: "Junior brother, you are really close to a god now."
"Ordinary gods may not be as strong as me." Chu Xiu muttered.
"Really?" Yun Ran'er smiled sweetly.
"Do business first." Chu Xiu resisted the urge to execute this senior sister on the spot.
The water in the pool flows back cleanly, and the ink pool is filled with thick fog as black as an abyss.
Chu Xiu snapped his fingers, and an independent space like a balloon was sucking in the dense fog. After a while, all the dark and dense fog was isolated in this small space.
In the deepest part of the ink pool, a deep darkness emerged.
Chu Xiu held Yun Ran'er's waist and reached the deepest part of the ink pool in an instant. The two of them stood in the air, looking at the darkness below.
"Strange, there is no heaven and earth under this black stone." Chu Xiu was surprised. His spiritual thoughts had dispersed to the chaos of heaven and earth under the black stone, and he did not sense the existence of any heaven and earth.
"Are the twelve dangerous places necessarily connected to one side of the world?" Yun Ran'er asked thoughtfully.
"Theoretically, yes." Chu Xiu said softly, "Master's original intention should be the same."
"Then tell me, is it possible that this black stone is actually a piece of heaven and earth?" Yun Ran'er thought of Cangyuanyu and said, "Didn't you guess before that Cangyuanyu is actually a painting?
Since paintings can become heaven and earth, it is also possible that this black stone contains a part of heaven and earth. "
"The black stone contains the world..." Chu Xiu stared at the black stone, remembering the thought he had felt before, and he opened his third eye.
The scene in his eyes changed in an instant.
The thick black mist was like chains, binding a bright yellow boulder.
Thick black mist is constantly eroding this boulder.
"There is indeed a different cave." Chu Xiu whispered. When his spiritual thoughts spread deep into the bright yellow boulder, he felt the vastness of the world and the endless power of the world.
"Can we go in?" Yun Ran'er asked curiously.
"Go in..." Chu Xiu thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, but I need to make sure first that the black mist on the stone will not cause riots."
As he spoke, he began to cut the space continuously, surrounding the entire black stone layer by layer.
After a while.
"There may be some danger over there, don't leave my side." Chu Xiu held Yun Ran'er's waist and said softly.
"Okay." Yun Ran'er nodded quickly.
Chu Xiu hugged Yun Ran'er tightly, and the two figures turned into a ray of lightning in an instant, penetrating into the black stone.
While in the Demon Realm, Chu Xiu obtained the body of thunder. When he transformed into thunder and lightning, he could also assimilate the people around him.
"There is a trace of spiritual light. There were powerful spirits from the Nineteen States who tried to enter here..."
Chu Xiu and Yun Ran'er returned to their human forms, hanging above the dark sky.
The two penetrated the black stone and came to the vast world contained in the black stone.
"This place... seems to be a prison." Yun Ran'er said softly.
As far as the eye can see, this world has a black sky, a black ocean, a black earth...
Only in the center of the black ocean shines a colorful island.
