Gu Mo stretched out a slender index finger and gently scratched his cheek. He understood what Kikyo said...
In fact, this is certainly not difficult to understand.
However, he had just denied this possibility before, but the slap in the face came so quickly, like a tornado, which surprised him. Breathing softly, he leaned a little closer and looked at the two arrows in the miko's hands. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be exactly the same, including the mark that Kikyo mentioned.
As for the aura... it was relatively close, but not exactly the same. With his keen mental power at this time, he could easily find the differences.
But this doesn’t mean anything. After all, the shrine maiden must have noticed this, and if this arrow was shot during the Warring States Period, it would have been living on Penglai Island for five hundred years - even if it was because of the barrier on the island. Because of this, the time flow rate in Penglai Island is different from that in the outside world - and there will be some changes.
This is a normal result.
"It's good, at least it's a signal that allows us to prepare in advance..." Gu Mo coughed lightly and said seriously, "If you want to verify it, it's very simple. Suppose these two arrows The arrow is indeed the same arrow, so if we put another mark on the original arrow, we can see it."
"Let me see……"
Kikyo thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
She turned one of the arrows upside down, and gently stroked the arrow shaft with her slender fingertips. The pure light of spiritual power flashed away, and there was an obvious notch on the smooth arrow shaft... It was obvious that It is a weak and boneless jade finger, but it can easily do this kind of thing, but it is not just the power of the diamond finger.
You can do it yourself, and you don't even need to rely on demon power.
Gu Mo glanced at his hands subconsciously. After many monster transformations, even though he was able to dissolve the combination with the power of the Nine Tails each time, his body was transformed by the pure high-level monster power again and again. Or something has changed more or less.
His mastery of demonic power is proof of this, and his nails seem to be somewhat slender now. Although they are not as sharp as when he transformed into a demon, they are probably not as powerful and hard as when he transformed into a demon. They can directly penetrate the body of the goddess with his bare hands and take out Kamikyuya. That level of heart...
But if you just want to leave a mark on the wood, it shouldn't be too difficult.
"It's indeed the same..."
Kikyo's tone was very indifferent, and there was no hint of surprise. Or rather, she had actually accepted the guess just now, and what she was doing now was just to confirm.
The moment the notch appeared on that arrow shaft, the same notch appeared on the other arrow shaft, exactly the same... While Gu Mo was thinking, he had been paying attention to the two arrows. situation, and also noticed the synchronized changes between them for the first time.
To be honest, it was indeed miraculous, but he couldn't see the mystery behind the change at all...
Not only is it incomprehensible to the naked eye, but the spiritual thoughts that have been shrouding it are also completely unable to detect anything special.
Maybe this is the power of time? Is it far from an area that is easily accessible? He blinked gently, reached out and took the two arrows in Kikyo's hand, pretending to look at them carefully, but in fact, he made the final confirmation through the system's annotation function.
"It's really like this. It's such a mysterious feeling. Should this be said to be something that happened in the past or something that will happen in the future..."
While he was sighing with emotion, he suddenly had a strange idea.
He looked at the witch:
"Having said that, is this destined? If...I mean if, we break this first arrow now, it will definitely not be used. Then Kikyo, you should not be able to use it during the Warring States Period. Come out, right? Then what will happen to what we just experienced?"
The witch was slightly startled. She probably didn't expect that this person's mind was so strange. She just confirmed such a thing, and then she turned around and thought about the possibility of a bug.
"It's best not to try to play with time... This idea is very dangerous."
She shook her head gently and said in a calm voice, while reaching out and taking back the two arrows.
"Ah ha, this... I actually know that too." Gu Mo said with a haha. The reason why a whim is a whim is because it is a strange idea that comes out of nowhere. If it is a thought after careful consideration, then There will be no such weird thoughts.
But the witch is right, playing with time is not a good idea. If this is something that is already destined, what will happen next if you want to change it? Gu Mo felt that something would always happen to prevent things from changing and bring everything back to where it started.
Either it has indeed changed what was going to happen, causing time to change accordingly, and then huge corrections will be made along the timeline. I don’t know what it will look like in the end...
After thinking seriously for a while, he twitched his lips and quickly followed Kikyo in front of him.
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The beach has soft lines, a wide and gentle area, and the sand is white and soft, stretching in the shape of a crescent. The forest vegetation further inside the coastline is extremely dense, with towering trees and ancient ferns intertwined with each other. The silhouette of rolling mountains can be seen in the distance.
In fact, before the Dead Soul Insect approached the island and landed on the beach at the edge of the island, Gu Mo had already overlooked the entire island——
In addition to the majestic ancient forests, flat plains and vast expanse of blue lakes, cascading waterfalls hang in the deep drop. At the edge of the huge lake, the scenery along the lakeside is a group of deserted ancient houses. Continuous, like villages in ancient times, but most of them are decayed and have no breath of life.
As for the heart of the island, the mountains are continuous and steep, with sharp lines that seem to be able to cut through the blue sky at any time. They are intertwined and jagged with strange rocks. The peak in the center is like a huge crater, and the top is slowly rising as if The black smoke that never stops...
It is not a very small overseas island. Its area is extremely huge, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the air is very rich.
The Warring States Period five hundred years ago was far from this level, let alone the declining modern world. It is indeed convincing enough to say that it is the spiritual land left by the ancient immortals. Just this abundant Reiki is already a pretty good cultivation condition.
The two of them walked along, and the scenery they saw along the way was quite quiet and beautiful.
Not long after.
They came to the edge of the huge lake in the interior of the island. In front of them were groups of houses built along the coast. The thatched roofs had long been pitted and dilapidated, and the wood also gave off an unpleasant smell of decay... Those Stretching above the calm lake, the trestle used as an aisle, the fishing nets hanging on the side, and the docked fishing boats are also in tatters.
Although the traces of its existence have not been completely wiped out, it can be seen that a long time has passed.
No one lives in the village, and no one takes care of it. Naturally, everything becomes sad and dilapidated, slowly decaying.
"..."
"..."
The witch was silent. She gently pushed open the wooden door of a house, making an unpleasant squeaking sound, as if the door would collapse at any time... No, it should be said that the whole house seemed to be crumbling, like the wind. It was about to collapse as soon as it blew, but the miko just pushed the door open, and the room seemed to be shaking slightly.
"Be careful..."
Gu Mo was watching outside, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly. Although he knew that even if the house collapsed, there would be no harm, but he still couldn't help but give a reminder.
"Yeah, I know."
Kikyo replied calmly, carefully looking at the environment in the room.
After a while, she withdrew from it, picked another room and walked over.
Compared to the half-collapsed ruins with only ruins left, the houses in this small area are relatively complete. There are also obvious signs of repairs many times. They should be the last residence of the surviving residents on the island. If she wanted to collect information, it would be best to start from these places.
Gu Mo looked around and simply walked along the trestle not far away.
The trestle extends far across the lake. At the end is a high platform made of stones, a facility like an altar. There are also brazier-like concave designs on the corners, but now they are covered with green moss. .
Standing on the high platform and looking at the quiet mountains and lakes under the night, Gu Mo took a deep breath of fresh air. The scenery in this scene was really refreshing.
The huge lake is surrounded by the surrounding mountains, as if it is powerfully embraced by the outstretched arms of a giant. The calm surface of the lake is like a huge mirror, reflecting the moon in the deep sky on the vast, sparkling lake. and the stars...
A picturesque scenery, like a paradise.
But this place is originally a paradise, such a huge island, such beautiful scenery, with a rich aura environment and cultivation conditions, and even a large barrier to isolate it from the world. The residents on the island are also humans and monsters...emmmmm, By the way, what's going on with this sense of déjà vu?
For a moment, Gu Mo's expression looked a little subtle.
At this time, the calm lake slowly surged, and something huge seemed to notice the young man standing on the lake altar. A pair of huge cold and ruthless eyes opened under the water, staring coldly at the young man above... ...Then, the young man narrowed his eyes and looked over.
"Huh? What are you looking at?"
The next moment, everything came to an abrupt end.
The restlessness on the lake surface quickly stopped, and everything returned to calm.
Just as the dragon's power can intimidate all weak creatures, just a slight touch of sight through the thick lake water, in a short moment, the spirit of the monster under the lake is greatly shocked and traumatized... The huge monster underwater quickly Recognize the reality and retract decisively to pretend to be dead.
"Let's go take a look in the mountains now..."
A calm voice came from far behind.
Gu Mo turned around and saw that Kikyo was already standing on the plank road by the lake, staring at him quietly. He no longer paid attention to the monster in the lake, turned around and walked towards the witch, and asked at the same time: "Did Kikyo find anything?"
"They didn't leave in a hurry, and there wasn't much resentment left. It shouldn't be the worst outcome..." She gently stroked the hanging black hair beside her ears, and said thoughtfully, but her tone was not very sure. "It looks like they left the island together, rather than all being sacrificed, but I still want to go to the mountains to have a look."
There are obviously no more people on this island than there once were.
Both the ferocious Four Fighters and the surviving island residents are gone... But what was the final result? Was the Four Fighters killed and the survivors able to leave peacefully? Or was it still unresolved in the end? In this incident, everyone on the island was eventually sacrificed, and the Four Fighters were unable to replenish their vitality and eventually perished...
We still need to go to the cauldron in the mountains to take a closer look at this point.
Turning his head to look at the direction in the distance that looked like a volcanic crater with black smoke slowly rising, Gu Mo nodded slightly. He was also very interested in the heart of this spiritual land, which contained huge spiritual power and could even The roaring cauldron that propped up the barrier of time and made Penglai Island disappear into the flow of outside time.
He left the lakeside village and headed in that direction.
As they approached the crater, the surrounding environment gradually changed dramatically. The green vegetation decreased, the land became dry and lacked water, and many thick ancient trees only had their dry trunks left... The road leading to the mountain was winding. It's winding, with cliffs on one side, which looks shocking.
The closer you get to your destination, the more obvious the traces of artificial chiseling become.
The neat corridors carved out of the mountains...
A huge portal carved from a single piece of mountain rock...
A seamless mural carved on the mountain...
The huge mountain is like a palace where ancient giant gods live. The beauty of primitiveness and art are intertwined in parallel. Further ahead is the last portal. However, the two of them walked here without encountering any danger and there was no powerful force. There were no guards or monsters entrenched here, which made Gu Mo feel uncomfortable.
"It's strange that the Roaring Cauldron is the source of spiritual power on the island. It's impossible for those monsters not to know about it... but none of them come close to here..."
The witch also sensed something was wrong, so she became more cautious and frowned slightly in thought.
"There must be some danger here that they are afraid of, but I don't feel any evil energy. The spiritual power here is also very pure. It is completely different from the last time I came here. The contamination of the Roaring Cauldron by the Four Fighters must have been eliminated. Completely purified..."
"Could it be that the cauldron itself has become spiritual? Or maybe it's just something that you left behind, Kikyo?"
Gu Mo thought of the arrow not long ago and hesitantly made a guess.
If he and the miko would indeed participate in the Battle of Horai Island during the Warring States Period, then with the experience of later generations, they should make some preparations for this situation.
"I didn't feel anything..." The witch glanced at him lightly.
"I don't feel anything either..."
Gu Mo spread his hands like a bachelor, but he didn't feel anything, except for the huge portal in front of him that seemed to have a gap cut through the steep rock wall, and the huge spiritual power that seemed to be like a scorching sun. Source, there is really nothing left.
There wasn't even a premonition of danger.
"Let's go in and take a look first..." Kikyo made up her mind and walked towards the door in front.
After passing through the tunnel that was not too narrow, but was indeed depressing, it was like a crack in the mountain. The two of them saw a bright and open space in front of them. It was a space like a natural cave in the middle of the mountain. The moonlight was shining from the gap above. Coming in, the darkness was dimly illuminated.
Among them is a thing that is completely black and looks like a huge alchemy furnace made of divine iron. It stands like a hill, and its corners are tightly bound by huge iron cables. The other side of the iron cables One end was submerged in the darkness, seemingly connected to the mountain as a whole.
The alchemy furnace is tens of meters high. Just looking at it makes people feel a great sense of oppression. It is a mental heaviness and overwhelming...
In front of the two of them, there was only a slightly narrow road, and below both sides was a bottomless abyss. It was unknown where the darkness led to the ground. If you lost your footing and fell into it, you would definitely be shattered to pieces. At the end of the road, there are spacious stone steps rising upwards, leading step by step to the top of the alchemy furnace.
"The roaring cauldron..." Gu Mo sighed softly, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
——This thing...
——It can be considered a special prop, right?
"You are finally here..."
At this time, a dull voice sounded, which seemed to be a sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, the ground rumbled and shook, and the huge alchemy furnace trembled. The surface of the alchemy furnace at the top end of the stone steps cracked to both sides, and raging flames roared out from it, like fierce fire dragons, terrifying heat radiation. Outside, Gu Mo could feel the astonishing high temperature even from a distance.
With his physique, even though he was nearly a hundred meters away, he immediately felt like he was about to be burned. If an ordinary person were here, he would probably be roasted in less than half a minute.
But at this moment, Gu Mo subconsciously looked at the witch next to him. The voice just now seemed a bit... well, familiar. He even thought it was the witch speaking.
But Kikyo herself was obviously stunned.
At this time, a figure appeared above the stone steps. It seemed to be coming out of the burning alchemy furnace. However, it was not a fiery elf incarnate in flames, but more like a wisp of pure white moonlight. .
She wore a heroic swordsman's armor and a cross star ring on her head. Her long black hair hung down behind her like silk, and under her straight bangs, there was a pair of calm, water-cut hair. Water eyes... except for the different attire, they clearly have the same appearance as Kikyo.
"..."
"..."
The air became quiet for a moment...
The unprepared miko seemed to be shocked by this scene.
"You are..." Gu Mo finally reacted and opened his mouth first, but his mind was spinning with thoughts and a sudden flash of inspiration.
Could it be...Souji? The witch from Penglai Island?
