ninety thousand miles

Chapter 702 Sigh
Yao Shuang remained calm and said, "What you said, the sect leader and the old palace master are not unaware of."

"They knew?" Gong Er immediately pressed, "Then why didn't they take any action?"

Yao Shuang said, "Yes, the Xuanjin Forging Vein has stabilized the great formation."

Gong Er said, "Didn't you just say it was to extract spiritual energy from the underwater spiritual veins?"

"On the one hand, that's true, and on the other hand, it's also to deal with the chaos that might happen later. In other words, the old palace master predicted that chaos would occur." Yao Shuang looked ahead, her gaze seemingly able to penetrate the stone wall and see the outside world. She said, "The disciples of Xingtian Guard were arranged by the old palace master to be on the outer edge of the formation. At first, I thought it was because the old palace master didn't trust the people of Xuanyue Sect, but now it seems that it's to make it easier for them to fill in the gaps in time."

"Why do we need to fill in the gap?" Gong Er asked.

Lao Xiaokai understood and explained to Yao Shuang, "Because the old palace master wants to use the opportunity of the divine bird breaking the formation to find the cultivators who have been parasitized by Chi Lin. At that time, Chi Lin will definitely take action. He will find them out and then let the disciples of Xing Tian Guard fill the gaps."

“Then we don’t need to do anything, right?” Gong Er said, listing: “We are two lowly demons with little cultivation, a cultivator who is still recovering from injuries, and a doctor of unknown identity. We should just stay aside and not cause any trouble.”

"How am I unidentified?" Lao Xiao said with dissatisfaction.

Gong Er said, "Anyway, I can't completely trust you yet."

“I am a member of the Divine Swordsman Sect, do you remember that?” Lao said with a smile.

"I remember, I remember," Gong Er replied perfunctorily.

Lao Xiaokai continued, "But the old palace master and the others don't know what Chi Lin is, so they will never be able to catch him."

"If the old palace master doesn't know, do you?" Gong Er asked in return.

Lao Xiaokai said, "I wasn't idle in the Cangwu Wilderness. I was treating those half-demons with all sorts of difficult and complicated illnesses. Some were cured, some couldn't, but what diseases are half-demons prone to, and what are the differences between them and humans... Aside from broken legs, that's about it. Apart from that, I've managed to get most of the information out of them through casual conversations. In my opinion, half-demons are completely different from humans, demons, and all other creatures in this world. And Chi Lin... he and the original ancestor of the half-demons share the same origin."

"Go on, but keep it brief and don't ramble on," Yao Shuang said coldly.

Lao Xiaokai said, "You haven't experienced what happened in the Cangwu Wilderness, so I'm afraid you won't understand if I don't explain it in more detail." Before Yao Shuang could respond, he continued, "Half-demons have an independent reincarnation mechanism, but that's just an illusion, you know? The truth about it begins with the dream of the Ruiling Clan. We don't have much time, so I'll just give you one conclusion: that initial consciousness, the root consciousness, is not a single ritual, but a sea of ​​consciousness. And whether it's the original ancient demon beasts or the current half-demons, they are all just projections of countless individual consciousnesses within that sea of ​​consciousness."

“Chi Lin has three clones.” Lao Xiao licked his dry lips and said, “This is also an illusion. The Xuanmen has completely forgotten how terrifying the gods were during the Great Calamity of Gods and Demons. The demons enslaved the monsters, but what about the gods?”

"Consciousness projection?" Yao Shuang said subconsciously.

"So, catching Chi Lin, who is lurking in the Nine Seas, is useless. We must find the source of his consciousness," Lao said with a smile.

Yao Shuang asked, "Why didn't you say so before?"

Lao Xiaokai said, "It's not that I didn't want to tell you, but only now have all the clues been fully revealed, and only now do I know the order in which they should be pieced together. I always thought he would come to steal my magic artifact, and I've been waiting for him."

"What would you do if he came to steal your magical artifact?" Yao Shuang asked.

“Of course we should kill him.” Lao smiled and met Yao Shuang’s suspicious gaze, saying, “You cultivators wouldn’t understand.”

"Where is the root of his consciousness hidden?" Yao Shuang asked.

"It was only when I saw the clouds descend that I understood," Lao said with a smile.

“That’s not right.” Yao Shuang raised a question, saying, “The cloud energy is emanating from the body of the divine bird, which means it’s emanating from the secret realm. If the source of that consciousness is hidden in the Tai Su Domain, then it means that Chi Lin’s true body is inside. He can directly drive the divine bird to break the formation without waiting for his clone to take action.”

“You still don’t understand. The source of consciousness is not the true body. His three clones are all projections of the source of consciousness, but the source of consciousness is not the true body.” Lao Xiaokai sighed and said, “In short, we must find the source of consciousness in the clouds and completely destroy it in order to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.”

Yao Shuang looked at Lao Xiaokai with distrust in her eyes. Lao Xiaokai said, "That won't do. Then I'll figure it out myself."

Yao Shuang lowered her head, staring at the ground, and said, "I will send a telepathic message to the sect leader. If you act without authorization before receiving a reply, I will knock you unconscious."

"I can't leave without your permission," Lao said with a smile. "Is it safe to send a telepathic message? What if Chi Lin hears it?"

Yao Shuang responded, "You don't understand cultivators."

"Alright, I don't understand," Lao Xiaokai said, knowing that Yao Shuang was holding a grudge. "Hurry up and send the message. We don't have much time left. The clouds in the Tai Su Domain must be very thick by now."

……

The clouds gradually filled the space between the sea and the sky, and at this moment, the sky and the sea merged into one.

When Sect Leader Chu heard Yao Shuang's telepathic message, he looked in the direction of the old Palace Master, who shook his head.

Yao Shuang turned to Lao Xiaokai and said, "They know."

"And then?" Lao asked with a smile.

Yao Shuang said, "The old palace master will take action."

"You still don't believe me," Lao said with a smile. He didn't say anything more, but found a flat place to sit down and took the spindle in his hand.

The divine bird moved.

It folded its wings and charged straight at the Five Elements Profound Pivot Sea-Suppressing Array.

"Lure it into the formation," said the Wind Pavilion Master.

But as the divine bird approached the formation, it suddenly stopped and raised its head toward the sky.

The clouds suddenly dispersed.

All the monks followed its movement and looked up at the sky.

Above the sky, the shadows of cultivators were reflected, all of them disciples from various sects who had entered the Sunset Secret Realm.

They were sitting or standing, all with their eyes closed, but their expressions were all very joyful.

The cultivators within the formation unconsciously searched for their own sect's disciples.

“There are no Four Divine Palaces,” said Pavilion Master Feng.

The Hall Master of Cangming Hall roared, "Don't look!"

The old palace master made a hand seal with his left hand, and gusts of gentle breeze swept across the bodies of the cultivators in the formation, awakening them.

But it was too late.

The divine bird swooped down again, seizing that fleeting opening and breaking through the formation.

(End of this chapter)