Volume 2: Achieving the Nine Heavens and Breaking the Cage Chapter 571: Lonely Ghost
In Xuantian Palace, above the main hall, a small lump of iron was emitting light brighter than the sun.
This made the entire Xuantian Palace seem like a ball of light. Dongfang Yu, Hongyue and Qinggu were completely surrounded by this ball of light, with nowhere to hide.
There was not much impact at the beginning, but when the light lasted for a whole day, Qinggu was blinded first, followed by Hongyue. If Dongfang Yu had not had the immortal ancient treasure protecting him, he would most likely have been blinded as well.
The light is so bright that even if you close your eyes, it can still shine in through your eyelids.
Fortunately, this light only blinds the eyes, not the heart, and everything is still clearly visible when the mind is projected outward.
But even so, Hongyue was still very angry.
She knew that Gu Xiaoxing was refining treasures, but you can refine treasures if you want, but it would be too abominable to blind her fox eyes!
If Dongfang Yu hadn't stopped her, Hongyue would definitely have gone up to argue with him!
On the other hand, Qinggu, who was also blind, didn't complain at all.
Even though she couldn't see, she was still using her spiritual mind to read various ancient books on alchemy and medicine making, with great concentration.
In fact, it was not just Qinggu and Hongyue who went blind. After being exposed to the light for such a long time, even though Gu Xiaoxing had the ability to see with his mind, he was still blinded because he stood too close.
At this moment, he closed his eyes and kept pouring his essence and blood into the extremely bright iron lump, feeling extremely speechless in his heart.
After a whole day, even Gu Xiaoxing himself didn't know how much essence and blood he had poured into it. The iron lump was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much Gu Xiaoxing poured in, it was swallowed up completely.
In the end, Gu Xiaoxing had to use the Nether Fire to recover himself, otherwise if he continued, he would die from the excessive loss of blood and essence!
It wasn't until three days later that Gu Xiaoxing really panicked.
He used his divine sense to watch the lump of iron in front of him grow brighter and heavier.
"Is this really a bottomless pit?!"
"Ming Ling, is your method reliable?"
Even if Gu Xiaoxing has the Nether Fire that can restore his blood, essence, energy and spirit, the Nether Fire is not omnipotent. The newly generated blood, essence, energy and spirit are still not comparable to his original ones.
Even after a long period of recovery, Gu Xiaoxing felt as if his own essence and blood had been replaced several times, and he gradually felt a sense of strangeness about himself.
Three more days passed, and the underworld fire burned for a full seven days, making Gu Xiaoxing feel that the sense of strangeness was getting stronger and stronger.
So much so that in the end, he even had the illusion that if he continued, he might not be himself!
Can't go on!
Ever since he started practicing the Nine Netherworld Technique, the immortal Netherworld Fire has become Gu Xiaoxing's greatest reliance.
But at this moment, Gu Xiaoxing finally realized it.
There is a big problem with this Nine Nether Technique!
Almost instantly, Gu Xiaoxing made a decision. No matter what, he couldn't continue. Even if it would lead to the failure of refining the treasure, he had to stop!
Otherwise, Gu Xiaoxing had a premonition that he might also be in big trouble!
I don’t know if it was a coincidence or the iron lump was indeed full, but the moment Gu Xiaoxing made the decision, its light suddenly began to dim, and finally stopped devouring Gu Xiaoxing’s blood.
Gu Xiaoxing took a deep breath and slowly withdrew his palm. The wound on his palm healed instantly. Then he extinguished his own nether fire without hesitation.
It can be seen that Gu Xiaoxing's face is extremely pale at this moment. It is not because of excessive blood loss, but because he has recovered too much with the Nether Fire.
Whether it was blood or spirit, it seemed that the more it consumed, the more it was restored with the Nether Fire, the stranger it became.
In the end, these restored blood, energy, and spirit created a strong sense of disharmony between Gu Xiaoxing himself and himself.
It was as if the blood flowing in Gu Xiaoxing's body at this moment was not his blood, but came from another person!
Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoxing immediately felt an extremely strong sense of fear.
This feeling is like... taking over another's body!
Gu Xiaoxing had never noticed this before because he had never used Hellfire to restore himself for such a long time.
But this time, Gu Xiaoxing discovered the clue by chance!
He did not even look at the lump of iron in his hand whose light had dimmed. In his mind, he kept recalling everything about the Jiu Ming Mountain and the Jiu Ming Jue.
Suddenly, thinking carefully...it's terrifying!
All this time, Gu Xiaoxing only thought that the Nine Nether Technique was extremely magical and could almost infinitely restore itself.
But after experiencing everything that happened before, he suddenly realized that there was no such thing as infinity!
After practicing for so long, Gu Xiaoxing gradually understood that there is an eternal truth in the world.
Everything...has a source!
So, where is the source of the Hell Fire?
Is it burning Taoist incense?
Obviously not!
Burning Taoist incense can indeed produce underworld energy for Gu Xiaoxing to practice, but that's all. When the underworld fire is burning, burning Taoist incense does not provide anything extra.
What fuels the burning of the Nether Fire is the Nine Nether Arts and Gu Xiaoxing's cultivation.
However, the consumption when activating the Nether Fire, or the fuel of the Nether Fire, is not something that Gu Xiaoxing can cultivate.
So, what exactly is supporting the burning of the Hell Fire?
Even the Immortal Ivy, which is said to have almost infinite vitality, uses itself as its source.
If the vitality of the Immortal Vine is lost too much in a short period of time, it will also become exhausted.
This is unavoidable. When the consumption exceeds the source, the so-called infinity also needs time to buffer and recover.
But Gu Xiaoxing couldn't find the source of the Hell Fire in his body!
Far beyond the cage.
This is a desolate starry sky, in which a majestic star field floats.
But in this star field, there is not a single bright star.
One could even vaguely see that the entire star field was split in the middle, as if it had been... cut into two halves by someone!
This kind of thing is absolutely beyond human power!
This is the true ancient fairyland!
In this desolate star field of the True Ancient Immortal Realm, although there are no bright stars, there is still a faint light of fire in the center of the gap.
But this is only a distant view. From a distance, it looks like a tiny fire, but up close it is a raging flame.
In this raging sea of fire, a middle-aged man with gray hair was sitting cross-legged.
Outside the sea of fire, there was a young man sitting cross-legged, with a sword placed flat on his knees, a sword that looked very ordinary.
Then, they both opened their eyes at the same time.
These two people are Fang Tianming and Gu Xiaochen.
Gu Xiaochen looked at Fang Tianming, smiled, and said nothing.
Fang Tianming's eyes were full of complexity. After a brief silence, he sighed, "I lost."
Gu Xiaochen still just smiled, looking obvious.
"I'll go with you if you admit defeat." The complexity in Fang Tianming's eyes disappeared. He looked into Gu Xiaochen's eyes and spoke again, "Who are you?"
Gu Xiaochen heard this, slowly raised his head, and finally said: "The body will die, the soul will perish, but the thought of living forever in this world will never fade away."
"He and I were both lonely ghosts in this world, sinking into the cycle of life and death and turning into disasters..."
Having said this, Gu Xiaochen slowly lowered his head and looked at Fang Tianming again.
"Senior, you are no different from him and me. We are all part of this calamity of life and death."
"It all depends on whether you are willing to be one of the common people under the calamity of birth and death, or... become the calamity of birth and death."
Fang Tianming's eyes narrowed and he looked at Gu Xiaochen with a very deep gaze, and finally he spoke again.
"I'll go with you!"
"Thank you for your help, senior!"
Gu Xiaochen laughed loudly, and as he laughed, the long sword placed flat on his knees began to tremble constantly, and in an instant it cut through the sky and went straight into the sea of fire, and the tip of the sword touched Fang Tianming's brow.
But Fang Tianming did not show any expression. In the next moment, his whole body began to twist in the sea of fire, and finally, along with the entire sea of fire, he merged into the sword and disappeared.
Only a green lamp was left, with a faint flame above it.
But as Fang Tianming completely merged into the sword, the faint flame also... went out.
As the long sword rang, it seemed to turn into a stream of light and flew across the sky, appearing in Ye Gu Xiaochen's palm in an instant.
He swung his sword, and suddenly, the right half of the entire star field completely shattered in an instant!
Then Gu Xiaochen looked at the sword in his hand and said, "Senior Fang Tianming, since Xiaoliu has already noticed the seeds you planted, it's almost time for him to make a choice...!"
"Let's... get ready to go!"
Inside the cage, inside Xuantian Palace, above the main hall.
Gu Xiaoxing's thoughts were constantly turning. In such a short period of time, he had thought about so much.
Including Fang Qingqing, Fang Qingyun, Zhen Ling, Gu Xiaochen, and even everything that happened in the dead man’s dream!
Even the Lord of Jiuming Mountain, whom he had never met in the dead man’s dream... Fang Tianming!
These flashed through Gu Xiaoxing's mind one by one, but he couldn't make sense of them.
Then Gu Xiaoxing's gaze subconsciously fell on the iron lump in his palm in front of him.
In other words, it has now turned into a red-hot iron lump.
But it did not emit any dazzling light again, and finally fell into silence.
However, this silence is only on the outside. Inside, huge changes are taking place every moment.
Before, Gu Xiaoxing just integrated everything into the Tongxian Fragments, and now, they have begun the process of truly integrating.
Only when the four elements, the remnant treasure of Tongxian, the spirit of Tongxian, the Xuanhuang Qi and the Changsheng Vine, are completely integrated into one, can it be said that the immortal ancient treasure is truly born.
Even if Gu Xiaoxing used this method to cheat, it is not so easy to refine an indestructible ancient treasure.
What Gu Xiaoxing has to do now is to take this lump of iron into his body and nurture it, speed up their fusion process, and finally control it completely.
Just looking at the lump of iron that looked like a red-hot branding iron, Gu Xiaoxing really couldn't bring himself to eat it.
Although it has not yet completely transformed into an immortal ancient treasure, the aura it exudes has far exceeded that of ordinary immortal treasures.
It was also extremely heavy, and Gu Xiaoxing felt it was heavy when he held it in his hand .
But in the end, Gu Xiaoxing still gritted his teeth, opened his mouth and sucked it into his body, placing it in his lower dantian to slowly warm it.
Then, Gu Xiaoxing's expression became serious and he said, "Ming Ling, tell me everything you know!"
"good."
Ming Ling replied briefly with one word without hesitation.
