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Chapter 202. 201. The Dead Corpse Sitting on the Moon
The light of the laurel tree scattered like dust.

All that is a tree is reduced to nothingness.

The boundless silence and emptiness submerged the star again.

The red behemoth stared at everything in front of him.

Close the golden candle.

The scales also scattered like the dust of the trees, diffused, and a figure fell straight from it.The withered giant tree stagnated, exposing the vast gray growth rings on the ground.

Round after round, densely packed, round after round.

The immeasurable amount symbolizes the immeasurable years it has passed.

Li Xi'an landed on the growth rings, standing in it, his figure was not even comparable to the growth rings on the soles of his feet.

Walking here is like walking on the thick and hard earth. At this moment, when you look up, you can see the deep sea of ​​stars, and behind you is his hometown.

The moonlight and the fluorescent light emitted by the big star, the regular runes built in the star universe flickered and roared, like a thunder that flickered in the universe, or a lingering morning star.In a trance, it seems to have returned to the ancient times. In that era, the Milky Way flowed through it, marking the boundaries for the Supreme of Kyushu.

The annual rings show the long years, which makes people lost.

Every time Li Xi'an crossed a growth ring on this earth-like tree stump, countless scenes would appear before his eyes.

It's all about the past.

These pasts were quickly disillusioned in his eyes, and he didn't stop for a moment.

The voluminous black robes swayed like soothing black clouds accompanying his steps.

After walking for a long time, he never used his magical powers, nor quickened his pace, walking very slowly.He knows that his time is tight, but stepping on the rings of the years, he should be solemn and slow. This is not only the foundation of not losing the past, but also the respect for this great thing that once existed.

Stepping through one ring after another.

The more you go to the center, the more obvious the curvature of the annual rings becomes.

At the very beginning, he couldn't feel the curvature of the annual rings at all, and the huge area made them look no different from straight lines.It is different now, a more obvious arc appears on the annual rings that have passed through at this time, and it becomes more and more obvious as it goes deeper.Li Xi'an knew that he was about to approach the secret of the Taihang Palace's burial.

There was only the sound of footsteps on the dead and empty land.

Quietly, the scales spread.

Its long red tail rests behind its back, and dead wood-like horns sprout from its forehead.

When the pair of eyes opened again, the superficial sense of growth in this world receded, and the characteristics of life coexisting with dragons and humans merged with the ancient times here, and there was no contradiction, as if he belonged here.

Suddenly, the footsteps disappeared.

Li Xi'an stopped in place.

He quietly looked at the end of the annual rings, where all the circles turned into a perfect point.

This sacred tree has gone through death, presenting the only light there. The perfect point is like the moon imprinted in the center of the stump, and you can feel its tenderness just by looking at it.The wind and sand representing death did not erode it in the slightest.But at this very moment, the figure sitting cross-legged in the center has been lighted up tenderly for countless years.

Dry figure.

She could no longer support the delicate and luxurious sleeve gown she was wearing, exposing her shriveled shoulders and collarbone.

The hair curls in the moonlight, as if soaked in water.Because of this, Li Xi'an saw that same shriveled and yellow face.She had no life, she had already died, and the only light left by the sacred tree left a corpse.

One can imagine how stunning and unrivaled this woman was in the past.

The person who worships the sacred tree laurel.

Li Xi'an remained silent, closed his eyes and bowed his head, mourning for this creature.

"Is this the answer I'm looking for?" He was unusually confused.

Perhaps it was because these powerful and extraordinary beings who knew the past all ended in death, or perhaps it was simply because the loneliness and desolation of the scene in front of them engulfed him, the viewer.

Seen from the ground, this star is still bright, but standing here, there is only a spreading silence and desolation.

"Not yet," he said again.

"At least it's not the answer right now." Li Xi'an raised his head, staring at the withered corpse sitting cross-legged in the center of the annual rings.

Whether it is the lost supreme beings in the old Kyushu, or the lost and fallen ancestors who survived in this world, or the powerful and extraordinary unknown creatures who died one after another in the hidden age, he is still on the road and has not reached the end.

For Li Xi'an, she who was buried in the Taihang Palace was also a piece of the puzzle that made up the ending.

There are still many puzzles for him to pursue.

He was affected by the striking ancient desolation.

Close your eyes.

The golden flames and the whole body are looming, and the thoughts are gradually clear.He stretched out his hand, and his fingertips touched the perfectly rising moonlight.

The lotus petals in the body are trembling, and will go back to the past.

But suddenly, a penetrating feeling spread from between the brows, flowing through all the limbs, the trembling petals returned to calm, and even the golden tide in Li Xi'an's eyes slowly subsided.

He opened his eyes.

In front of him was a white finger resting between his brows.

Looking back, there was a woman looking at him with a smile.

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"Sit." The woman patted the ground.

Li Xi'an casually used his long tail to sweep the surface of the dusty tree stump clean.

The two sat down like this.

Silence lay between them, more dead than the moon at the foot of the starry sky above.

Li Xi'an stared at the woman in front of him.

There was a dreamlike white luster all over his body, and there was a full moon in the eyes that were also looking at him.

"Has it been a long time?" she asked.

"A long, long time." Li Xi'an replied.

"What happened to the rabbit?"

"died."

Hearing the faint phrase "dead" from Li Xi'an's mouth, a hint of disappointment appeared on the woman's face.

"How did you die?"

"Too much time has passed in the Taihang Palace. As a living being, it has disappeared in the years."

To Li Xi'an's surprise, the woman "giggled" again.

"Guest, I didn't expect you to be able to deceive people? I created the rabbit's cage for it. Since you are here, you should know."

"What I killed was the body and the shadow that occupied that body," Li Xi'an said, "It always disappears in the years."

The woman was taken aback for a moment, smiling brightly.

"The words are really nice."

"I thought Zhou Tian's ten types of dragons were all idiots whose minds were only fighting. Brother, why don't you laugh?"

She looked at Li Xi'an, but Li Xi'an's eyes were not on her at all, he was looking at the gradually thinning light in the center of the annual rings.

"Why stop me?"

"If I'm not mistaken, your last will is hidden in that light. When the last light of laurel disappears, you will leave forever, and there is no way to touch the world. You see what I want to do, The time method is enough to present the past I need in my eyes, and you don't have to use up the last ray of light."

"The method of time..." The woman whose interest was interrupted was a little annoyed.

"Your time law is incomplete, quite incomplete, you can't see clearly. I know you should have seen Kukulkan, but he left a séance ceremony for the "long-lived man". What you want to see is destined, in other words, you have met a long time ago. But we don't, there are no immortals in my life, you can't see it."

"Besides, what's the use of that ray of light?"

"I have long since died, thousands of years ago."

"Ancestors in the True Realm are hard to kill, and they can be revived again. Could it be that beings like you can't do it?" Li Xi'an asked a question that had been in his mind for a long time.

"Ancestor of the True Realm..." the woman murmured.

"Of course it's hard to kill for you, and it's the same between ancestors, but what if the unshakable shoots at an ordinary Shinichi? Do you think it's hard to kill? If you die, you die. We too In this way, it is true that we are stronger than the creatures in the real world, and even compared to some supreme beings in the depths of the star sea, but if we die, we are dead." She repeated again.

"What are you guys?"

"What is it?"

The woman looked thoughtful.

After a long time, she seemed to remember.

"In the distant past, the world called us the Ascension Ones. In the sea of ​​stars, the spirits called us holy."

　There are guests at home today, so let's do a chapter for now, and make up tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)