"Boom!"
A loud sound of thunder reached through the sky and the earth, causing Liu Zi's ears to buzz. He felt his whole body become weak and almost fell from the cloud door on the thirteenth floor.
"Ouch! What the hell is this fleeing guy doing?"
Hua Ji was repairing the ground destroyed by Long Laosan, but a bolt of lightning came from above her head, passed through the thirteenth floor of space and sank into the ground, dyeing the delicate color in front of her into burnt black.
Frowning slightly, Hua Ji raised her head and glanced at the location of the gate far above her head, muttering to herself: "Why did it take so long? I don't know what the little Taoist priest was saying to the Demon King?"
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In the mezzanine space, one whispered, the other listened intently, and no matter how much time passed, they were unaware of it.
"In the face of the rules, life is so humble, so there is a cycle of cause and effect. Everything is my retribution..." Speaking of the key point, Elder Qingxu suddenly let out a long sigh.
When he began to hear that the soil he was born in was also a layer of the Demon Locking Tower, Wu Fan was shocked and finally returned to calm.
It seems that those rumors and stories are just rumors. What Elder Qingxu said is completely beyond Wu Fan's knowledge. .
To put it in the simplest terms, the name of the Demon Locking Tower was changed only because later generations felt that the demon beasts were enclosed in it. However, according to its original nature, the name of the Demon Suppressing Tower is most in line with its original intention.
The "demon" suppressed by the Demon Suppressing Tower does not refer to monsters, but refers to the "demon" of the world!
This "demon" is mysterious. It is neither monstrous nor enchanting; nor is it a monster or evil spirit. If I had to use any words to describe it, "change" would be barely appropriate.
When chaos first opens, the pure air rises and turns into the sky, while the turbid air descends and turns into the earth. However, the chaos did not completely disappear. Its remaining energy also participated in the world, using its own changes to brew various rules and variables. In the end, the conditions were just right, and vitality was born.
Because the heaven and earth were not stable when they were first born, there was a "pillar" that supported the heaven and earth. After the image of heaven, earth and all living beings stabilized, it turned into a pagoda and guarded the space between heaven and earth. It was the original demon-suppressing tower. .
The Demon Suppression Tower itself is made up of rules. The upper nine floors are the Nine Heavens, and the lower nine floors are the Nine Earths. Combining the numbers of heaven and earth, there are eighteen floors.
It is said in ancient books that the sky has nine levels: the first month, the second star, the third Taibai, the fourth sun, the five Yinghuo, the six-year-old star, the seven-year-old star, the seven-year-old star, the eight stars, and the nine left-hand sky. These can be understood as the names of the upper nine levels.
Similarly, the nine lower floors originally had their own names, but they were later lost because the ancient books were incomplete.
Originally, Elder Qingxu didn't know about these things. It was only by chance that he merged with the Demon Locking Tower and became a part of it, allowing this almost-annihilated story to return to the world...
"Back then, I was confused and relied on my ability to communicate with the Demon Locking Tower Array to the outside world, which almost caused a catastrophe! What I am like now is really a cycle of cause and effect. I deserve this!" said Then, Elder Qingxu made the same sigh again.
"Elder Qingxu, this junior knows that you have a calm personality and have no reason to do such stupid things for no reason, but what's the reason?" Wu Fan frowned slightly.
After a long silence, Elder Qingxu suddenly smiled bitterly: "What's the reason? It's just my selfishness..."
"Selfish?" Elder Qingxu is famous for his abstinence. How could Wu Fan not know this? His mind whirled for a while, and then he immediately thought of something, "Elder Qingxu, please forgive me for taking the liberty of asking this question." In the previous sentence, you are doing this...but for your brother, Elder Qingjing?"
"Huh?" There was a doubt in Elder Qingxu's voice, "Counting the time, you should have been separated from your body and soul by then. How could you possibly know such a thing?"
Wu Fan smiled and said, "Elder Qingxu is famous for his love for his brother. When something like that happened back then, you took great care."
It's a coincidence that Wu Fan didn't know about these things at first. When he went to Qie Xuezun before, the latter dragged his "son-in-law" around and told him all the old stories of the sect.
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"Hahahaha..." After a moment of silence, Qingxu suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart. This laughter was rare and sincere, "No wonder he chose you, you kid is indeed extraordinary!"
Qingxu had mentioned this to him several times before, but the former had no intention of telling him that some things could only be allowed to take their own course. Once known in advance, the cause and effect would be changed, leading to a worse outcome...
So when Wu Fan heard this, he just nodded slightly, didn't ask any more questions, and didn't pretend to be clever or make insinuations.
"You are indeed right, I am doing all this for the sake of purity..." After a moment of pause, Qingxu's voice suddenly became serious, "Young man, the reason why I want to tell you this is because it involves the key to the matter! But Qingjing's character Impulsive, I hope you don’t tell him about this!”
"Elder Qingxu, don't worry. This kid doesn't have any good qualities, he just has a strict mouth!" At this point, Wu Fan couldn't help but smile, secretly thinking that he had a stable personality. If he were replaced by Yuan Hua, where could he hide? What worries you? I'm afraid that as soon as his front foot leaves, the back foot will already spread.
Qingxu ignored Wu Fan's thoughts and chose to believe him when he agreed.
"Back then, Qingjing entered the Black Bamboo Forest out of anger, and unexpectedly encountered a chance encounter that was a blessing in disguise! This should have been a good thing, but it's a pity that such encounters are inherently sinister. If the news spreads, it would have no problem affecting Taiyi Pavilion. I'm just worried that Qingjing will be fucked by a woman. People care about you!"
"Originally, only our two brothers knew about this matter. I also seriously warned Qingjing not to tell anyone about this matter. But... why did he know about this matter?"
"Since then, Qingjing has become my handle. In order to protect Qingjing, I had to follow his orders and do some things that go against my conscience... This includes not only the Demon Locking Tower, but also your Jade Pot Sect..."
"Although I realized that the matter was out of control at that time, I had already been blinded by my selfishness, so I could only bite the bullet and continue to make mistakes! I originally thought that this matter could be hidden from Qingjing, but I didn't expect that Qingjing had already discovered the clues... Under the confrontation , I can only explain everything..."
"Although Qingjing knew that I was doing it for his own good, he still held a grudge against me. I also knew that my serious crime was unforgivable, so I didn't explain too much to him. I just thought about how to save the situation..."
"At that time, I heard that something happened in Yangdu, and the Black Peng King was taken to the Demon Locking Tower. When "he" learned about this, he wanted to send people to the Demon Locking Tower to kill the Black Peng King. Get rid of future troubles! "
"In order to make up for the mistakes I made, I immediately came to the Demon Locking Tower after learning the news, hoping to save the Black Peng King! But I didn't expect that "he" had already seen through my mind, and he didn't hesitate to expose his identity and get the first chance After leaving the Hero League, we came to the Demon Locking Tower! "
"Fortunately, the League of Heroes had already arrived at that time. When he saw that I had lost my breath, he left me here to fend for myself! Little did I know that I had long known that I was bound to die, and had already cast a forbidden spell in advance to kill me. His body turned into a magic circle and merged into the Demon Locking Tower..."
"As a magic circle, it is very mysterious! If you compare this feeling to the method of inner vision, everything in the Demon Locking Tower is the internal organs, and their existence and actions are all under your observation."
"It was only then that I realized the true meaning of the Demon Locking Tower!"
"The deified pagoda has a clear mind. Those heroes and allies searched for the Black Peng King for days and nights without any clues. In fact, they had already captured his location the moment I transformed into a magic circle."
"At that time, I was worried that I would alarm him, so I did not take the initiative to communicate with him. Instead, I carefully looked at everything in the Demon Locking Tower..."
"By the way, you have just been to the twelfth floor, have you felt the presence of spiritual energy on it?"
Wu Fan was stunned. At first, he was just curious about the other party's private matters, but he didn't expect that Qingxu kept talking more and more, and it went far beyond the scope of private matters.
Hearing that Qingxu was harmed by "him", Wu Fan was breathing heavily. He didn't expect that this was the truth behind Qingxu's disappearance!
So, he held his breath and concentrated again, wondering if there were any unknown stories in it...
When Qingxu asked him, Wu Fan hurriedly responded and took the opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart:
"Elder Qingxu is right. I did feel the spiritual energy, but Wu Fan doesn't understand. Hasn't the spiritual energy disappeared? Why does it still appear in the Demon Locking Tower?"
"Well, that's true. But do you know that what disappeared is actually only the spiritual energy at the lowest level in the ninth level. There are more spiritual energy in the upper levels of the ninth level! After all, this ninth level genius is the source of spiritual energy!"
Qingxu's words were like a bolt from the blue, falling on Wu Fan's heart without warning, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time, and his face was even more shocked than before.
"Is the ninth level genius the source of spiritual energy?" Wu Fan murmured and repeated after being stunned for a long time.
"Back then, I found the Black Roc King and asked him to go to Thousand Needles Forest to hide... I wonder where you found him?" Qingxu asked.
Wu Fan felt bitter after hearing this, secretly thinking that Elder Qingxu really knows how to "torture" people. Since he arranged this matter, why didn't he say it before he left? Now that he has found the Black Roc King, what's the use of knowing this?
"That's right." Putting away his complaints, Wu Fan managed a smile.
"There's no need to force a smile. I know what you're thinking. It's just because I saw that the cause and effect of this matter have been determined, so I didn't tell you. I hope you can understand." Qingxu comforted Wu Fan, and then continued: "Since You have already been to Thousand Needles, and you must have seen the thunder, right?"
Wu Fan smiled sheepishly and nodded again.
"Actually, this thunder is formed by spiritual energy, because the spiritual energy in the ninth level of the sky is accumulating more and more, and these spiritual energy can only be dispersed to various places under the Demon Locking Tower through the Thousand Needles Forest in the ninth level of the earth..."
"Aura turns into substance... How rich is the aura in the Nine Heavens?" Wu Fan couldn't help but gasped, "But Elder Qingxu, since you said this aura is so abundant, why can't you feel even the slightest bit of aura down there? ? Even if the spiritual energy is too weak, it won’t be to the point of exhaustion, right?”
"Since the beginning of the world, spiritual energy has been transformed in this way, and there has never been any problem for thousands of years. The reason why there is such an imbalance today is that from the day humans appeared..."
"Humans?" Wu Fan frowned, "What does this have to do with humans?"
"Actually, this continent originally belonged to monsters, but since the appearance of humans brought greed, this world is destined to be no longer peaceful..."
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