girl let me check

Chapter 468 Broken Glass Turns into Snow
I didn't know where I was, and there was no sound around me.

In the dark room, Wen Zhexue opened her eyes, and the first thing that caught her eye was a picture of the entire celestial sphere. The vast stars were dotted with golden sand, and the stars were connected with red pens. The whole picture was cast with star power patterns, and the ecliptic sky was clearly visible.

Wen Zhexue had seen this picture in the quiet room of Wentian Peak. The Jingtian monks who had been in seclusion for a long time could hardly see a corner of the sky, so they used this picture to replace the stars in the universe. Although the effect was slightly weakened, it was more convenient.

This was not the first time she entered the illusory world of mirror flowers and water moons. After looking around, she understood her current situation.

Wen Zhexue raised her hand to touch the star map, but her fingertips went straight through the stone wall. The girl understood. As expected, just like last time, she was watching history in the form of a time and space phantom.

Last time she watched Xiaohan kill himself, so what would she be watching this time?

The words that Tianyi said to him still echoed in his ears for a long time. For some reason, Wen Zhexue thought of the ancient bell of Tianshan Mountain that always rang at dusk.

Just as grand, just as punctual, just as deserted.

There was a rustling sound, like the rubbing of cloth.

"Click."

The spirit stone lamp was turned on, and the dark room suddenly became brighter. Although the light was still dim, at least one could see the things in the room clearly.

A mottled stone table with bottles and jars and some dried herbs scattered on it. Perhaps the user is an alchemist?

A dusty bronze mirror, reflecting the light of the spirit stone behind her, creating hazy shadows.

This dark room was decorated quite simply, in typical Linyuan Pavilion style. Apart from the mirror and the table, there was only a wooden bed.

A girl who looked to be about 20 years old was leaning on the bed. Her skin was smooth and wrinkle-free, but a few strands of silver could be seen in her hair. She looked like any other young girl, but she exuded an inexplicable desolate and gloomy aura.

After taking a quick glance at her face and making sure that he had never seen this person before, Wen Zhexue's eyes were fixed on the clothes she was wearing.

There was no moon on the front, and the seven stars on the cuffs were displaced. It was an ancient Linyuan Taoist robe from at least 800 years ago. Did Tianyi use the mirror flower and water moon to send her back to more than 800 years ago?

While Wen Zhexue was thinking, the girl started to talk to herself in a low voice:

"At least... it's some good news, isn't it?"

What is she talking about? Wen Zhexue frowned slightly.

The weak girl on the bed raised her fingertips and lightly pressed the moon-white talisman paper on the table. The talisman paper rose up like a bird, penetrated the wall and flew towards Qiong Yu.

With a sound transmission note, she sent a message to someone outside.

"If it's true... maybe Saint Tianyi is looking at me now?" The girl murmured to herself, "Maybe... I can leave something behind?"

"But if I talk to the air, won't it look stupid?"

The sickly girl was silent for a moment, then pursed her pale lips and chuckled at herself.

"What are you thinking about, Tan Tai Li? You won't live much longer anyway. When even breathing is becoming a luxury, what's wrong with being a little stupid?"

“Then…” The girl straightened her clothes, straightened her body, and sat up straight with her knees together. “I, the disciple of Tianfeng, the abandoned disciple of Tianshan, Tan Tai Li greets the Holy Lord Tianyi.”

Wen Zhexue looked at the weak woman in front of her quietly, her eyes flickering.

Tan Tai Li... She seemed to have heard this name somewhere before? Tan Tai... She seemed to have heard this surname somewhere before, who was it?

"Holy Lord, I haven't seen you for five hundred years. To be honest, Xiaoli misses you a lot."

"I still remember when I was a child, my father took me to you to verify my qualifications, and repeatedly told me to be respectful to you. But no matter how respectful I was, you didn't say anything in the end, and just said that we'd see later. I thought I didn't have the talent to practice Jingtian, and I was sad for a long time after returning."

"It was not until I broke through the fourth level at the age of fourteen, entered the extraordinary realm at the age of sixteen, and broke the record of Linyuan Pavilion that I finally understood: it turned out that it was not that my talent was not high, but that you just didn't like me."

Tan Tai Li said softly.

"Perhaps you have already seen the trajectory of my future life, so you don't want to comment, right? Limited by cause and effect, it turns out that you have already tried your best to give me hints, but I didn't see it sooner. I am stupid."

"But...I may be stupid, but I don't regret it."

Facing the stone wall in front of her, she spoke softly, but each word was firm:
"The sky protects the earth, and the flowing clouds block the blazing sun. The distant star falls from the universe to the earth, and its momentum is unstoppable. But before it touches the ground, it must tear off the flesh and blood of the sky. Linyuan Pavilion is located on the Tianshan Mountain, so it naturally has the responsibility to protect the world."

"Leaving civilization behind, abandoning the world, disregarding our fellow countrymen who share the same blood as us, living alone after the destruction of time, and even calling it the continuation of the fire... How can this be considered as protecting the world! How can Linyuan Pavilion be called a holy place!"

"Even if I were given ten, a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand chances to choose, Tan Tai Li would still choose this path."

The spirit stone flickered with light, the flickering light outlined a pale pretty face, and the thin figure trembled and stretched on the stone wall.

The girl paused for a moment, then continued:
"Perhaps you will remain indifferent, or you will once again use your so-called objective analysis and eventually become indifferent. Because you can't think of how else I can do, how to rewrite the so-called doomsday."

"Now, my vitality is weak, my fellow disciples have died, and I can only survive in the form of a spirit. My cultivation will soon be gone. In the eyes of the world, I am no different from a speck of dust."

"But I still have one last thing..." Tan Tai Li exhaled slowly, "My life."

Her resounding voice echoed in the room. Wen Zhexue gathered her sleeves tightly and remained silent.

She seemed to know what the girl in front of her wanted to do.

"I once learned of a lost secret method of the Abyss, which can anchor future variables, tighten the shackles of time and space, and change the so-called future. The price is the life of a fourteenth main star lord above the eighth level."

"I'm not at the eighth level, but my fate star... I guess Master Tianyi doesn't know about it either, right?"

The silver-white light poured down like water, Wen Zhexue's pupils shrank slightly, and even his breathing seemed to freeze for a moment.

That's Taiyin! Tan Tai Li's destiny star is actually Taiyin!

She hid so well that she deceived everyone in Linyuan Pavilion, so that Tianshan never knew that Taiyin and Taiyang had ever recognized their master.

But it’s too gloomy… too gloomy…

Wen Zhexue bit her lip lightly, her heart in turmoil.

Tan Tai Li continued:

"When the moonlight chose me, it must have foreshadowed something. If the impossible is to happen, it will inevitably be bathed in the impossible moonlight."

"You are the most rational object in the world, but you, the most rational person, will never understand why Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, why Xiang Yu drew his sword and cut his throat, and why we are running towards an illusory future."

"Holy Lord, you are a dead thing after all."

Tan Tai Li, who was humble and cautious throughout her life, said perhaps the most arrogant words of her life at the end of her life.

She knew Tianyi wouldn't care about what she said at all, but she still wanted to say it.

"If my heart is good, I will not regret it even if I die nine times." Tan Tai Li said in a low voice.

She repeated this sentence several times, and suddenly laughed out loud, coughing and coughing up blood.

"And... Holy Lord, if you see everything here, please help me say sorry to my father."

Tan Tai Li closed her eyes, tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry dad."

"After Senior Brother Wei Han left, my father was looking forward to me taking over Ming Xiao, but in the end, I still..."

"call……"

"...This is Tan Tai Li's last wish. Thank you, Saint."

The girl sobbed suppressedly.

Five hundred years had passed. The last time she saw her father was five hundred years ago. She didn't even know if her father was still alive or if he had passed away before her, a wandering ghost.

Wen Zhexue watched all this silently. Although she was just a spectator, she felt a sense of grief and empathy in her heart.

I don’t know how much time passed, but Tan Tai Li seemed to sense something. She took a few deep breaths and wiped away her tears.

"Okay, that's it. Saint Yun Shu is coming back, and I... should leave too."

Tan Tai Li stood up, staggered to the door, and pushed it ajar.

The dust that had accumulated on the crack of the door for who knows how long fell down. Before leaving, Tan Tai Li took a last look around this space where she had slept for hundreds of years, with complicated emotions in her eyes.

There was sadness, nostalgia, determination, and reluctance. All kinds of emotions eventually turned into a resolute relief.

She pushed open the door, held onto the bluestone wall, and followed the path of sunlight, walking out step by step with difficulty.

Wen Zhexue followed her step by step. She wanted to reach out to help her, but her hand passed through her body. After hundreds of years, she was powerless.

Wen Zhexue saw Yun Shu who came in a hurry. She looked almost the same as she did five hundred years later, still cute and petite.

"Xiao Li, why did you come out! Go back quickly, your body can't take it! I... I will..."

Yun Shuji's eyes turned red with anxiety, and the power of time condensed in his trembling hands, and the power of cause and effect poured out as if it was free.

"Master Yunshu, please listen to me."

Tan Tai Li chuckled, with sparkling eyes.

In just a few hours, due to the loss of the power of the life star, her hair had turned completely white. "Master Yunshu, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk with you in the future."

"Don't say such depressing words... You can't die. You haven't found someone you like yet. How can you just die like this?"

"Master Yunshu is making fun of me again. How could I have anyone I like? When I was a child, my old-fashioned father said that I was 'calm in the face of danger and knew when to advance and retreat'. This should be a compliment, but coming from the mouth of the Linyuan Pavilion Master... isn't it just saying that I am old-fashioned?"

"He has an old-fashioned temperament and is an unlucky person from Linyuan Pavilion. Where can I find my sweetheart?"

"You... stop talking. I can use the power of time retrieval to temporarily seal the chaos of cause and effect in your body. As long as..."

"Lord Yun Shu."

Tan Tai Li said softly.

"I'm dying."

"……what?"

……

Time passed quietly. After Tan Tai Li died, Yun Shu also left here. Before leaving, he used his star power to collapse and bury the entire mountain. The original secret room became desolate and overgrown with grass.

But Wen Zhexue still stayed here, she finally understood.

She understood why Yun Shu would inexplicably look for Fang Fang Weihan, and she also understood why the conflict between Yun Shu and the sect was so irreconcilable.

She admired this woman named Tan Tai Li very much.

But there was still one thing she didn't understand.

"Tianyi...what exactly does he want me to see?"

Could it be that Tan Tai Li's fate star is Taiyin, the same as mine? But this doesn't mean anything...

While Wen Zhexue was deep in thought, the illusion before his eyes suddenly changed.

As the starlight fell, a figure gradually solidified. He had white hair and beard, a thin body, a solemn expression, and a serious expression. His brows were a mixture of the majesty of a superior and the elegance of an immortal.

Wen Zhexue recognized the person in front of her.

"Master Hua Yuan?" she murmured to herself.

Zhenren Hua Yuan is the fourteenth Pavilion Master of Linyuan Pavilion and the teacher of Zhenren Lingfu, the fifteenth Pavilion Master. Her teacher is the master of Zhenren Taixu, the sixteenth Pavilion Master.

Also... Tan Tai Li’s father.

Wen Zhexue looked at him quietly.

Since arriving here, this ninth-level Jingtian has been silent for a long time. The illusion of flowers in the mirror and moon in the water accelerated the passage of time, and Wen Zhexue didn't know how long he had been standing there.

One evening, when the sunset was about to fall into the sky, Master Hua Yuan finally moved.

He took out an ancient and solemn scroll. When the scroll was opened, it was painted with mountains, rivers and all things, and filled with fairy air.

One of the three sacred artifacts of Linyuan, it is a divine artifact that controls the cause and effect of the human world, the Futai Creation Map.

"She used the Sky Crack." Master Hua Yuan said, "The forbidden method of humanity is only known to the successive heads of Linyuan. By using this method to peer into the sky, the soul will not enter the six realms of reincarnation and will be forever forbidden to die."

The River Map flickered slightly. It had no spirit, so it could only express its understanding in this way.

"Help me this time." said Master Hua Yuan.

The River Chart does not move.

"She did nothing wrong. She shouldn't have died here, or at least she shouldn't have been unable to enter reincarnation." Master Hua Yuan said, "You He left when she was ten years old. Before he left, the only thing he was worried about was her."

"I promised her that I would take good care of our daughter in the future. This is the only thing I promised her but didn't complete."

"Tianyi can't help, Yunshu is not good at this and can't do anything, but you can do it."

"Help me, please."

The River Map was silent for a long time, flickering, and finally shone brightly.

The scroll rustled, and the majestic force of luck swept spirits from all directions to fly over. The spirits reorganized and gradually transformed into the appearance of a young girl, falling into the scroll.

In the scroll, she is sitting on the grass, leaning against a peach tree.

The peach blossoms were in full bloom, she had a beautiful face, and was sleeping soundly.

Master Hua Yuan stroked the girl's face on the scroll, his fingertips trembling slightly.

……

Linyuan Pavilion in Tianshan Mountain and the top of Wentian Peak.

Tianyi's voice is neutral and magnificent:
"My destiny is waning, and my cultivation limit is about to be locked. Hua Yuan, you are the last Nine-Turn Mirror Heaven of my Linyuan Pavilion. The responsibility of the sect's survival can only be entrusted to you."

"I will use a secret method to send you to a time node four hundred years later. By then, there will be nearly one hundred and thirty years before the collapse of destiny. You will have plenty of time to make plans."

"You can't take Mingxiao with you, lest it cause a repetition paradox. But the sacred artifact is not affected by the distortion of time and space, so the River Map will go with you. Make good use of its power."

"All your cultivation will be retained. In these 130 years, you must complete the following three tasks."

"First, gather enough resources in Tianshan and select as many disciples as possible who have Mirror Heaven talents and good fortune, so that the sect can preserve the flame of civilization after the catastrophe."

"Second, reach an agreement with the Great Zhou Emperor to deepen the causal connection between Tianshan and Changming, so as to prevent the luck shock caused by the collapse of time and space from affecting Tianshan."

"Third, take back the Mingxiao Sword, complete the bloodline binding with the Phoenix as soon as possible, and complete the space-time anchor point."

Tianyi raised his voice a little:
"Only Ming Xiao can cut the rift in time and space, and only Jiu Zhuan Jing Tian, ​​who carries the power of Nirvana, can survive the catastrophe. Both are indispensable. Only in this way can we use the time and space anchor point to protect our sect from harm."

"Remember, you must be quick! Your life span is running out. If you can't obtain the power of Nirvana as soon as possible, you may not even survive until the great catastrophe arrives."

"I have chosen your new Taoist name: Taixu. The universe ends and begins with Taixu. The world will be reborn in your hands."

"Taixu, do you understand?"

"I understand." Master Hua Yuan, also known as Master Taixu, replied.

"boom!"

The sundial gathered the enormous force of time and space, tearing open the vortex.

"Traveling through time and space is against the will of heaven. Your existence is the cause of instability. As long as you are alive, the hidden danger will not be eliminated. So don't reveal any news to anyone in the future, including me. This matter is of great importance and must not be taken lightly."

Tianyi gave final instructions.

"Yes."

"Go ahead."

Zhenren Taixu tightly grasped the scroll in his hand and stepped into the vortex of time and space without hesitation.

He never looked back.

Three days later, Linyuan Pavilion issued an obituary. The last Nine-Turn Mirror Heaven, the fourteenth Pavilion Master of Linyuan, Hua Yuan Zhenren, passed away at the age of 633.

There is no more nine turns in Jingtian.

……

The illusion ends here.

In front of him was the familiar sundial. Wen Zhexue knelt on the ground, not saying a word for a long time.

Tianyi lifted the barrier and the snow and wind came again.

Yu Mo flew over quickly and spread her phoenix wings to shield her master from the wind and snow.

"Ah? (Master, are you okay?)"

The little phoenix leaned over and asked worriedly.

The Mingxiao sword fell to the side. The girl supported herself on the ground, her shoulders trembling slightly, and a few drops of warm liquid fell into the feathers of the little phoenix.

"Ow!"

Yumo panicked.

It didn't understand... why its always strong master was crying so sadly.

The River Map automatically appeared behind Wen Zhexue at some point, with the stars on the map flickering sadly.

On the unfolded scroll, the mountains and rivers remain the same, and all living things are free. The peach blossoms are still as ardent as before, but the girl sleeping under the peach trees is nowhere to be seen.

(End of this chapter)