Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 660 Different paths lead to the same destination

Apart from the black cat, Pei Ye had never thought that he could come to this desolate kingdom of God with another consciousness. Everything on the earth was still blocked, but the dark starry sky seemed to be getting clearer and clearer.

Pei Ye raised his head and tried to identify the lines between the stars again. They were actually hard and not twisted, connected straight and pointed sharply, which often represented clarity. But when Pei Ye took a look, he seemed to be hit hard on the head by the abstract shapes. He could not see the shapes clearly and could not accept them. He only felt hazy and dizzy.

"Don't look."

Ying Zhao said in front, and the drooping wings covered his eyes.

When Pei Ye heard its voice for the first time, it did not sound majestic, but rather more peaceful. Moreover, Pei Ye inexplicably felt that it was younger than Li Yan.

Pei Ye looked at him.

"Once you enter the Cangxing Palace and pass through the Xiting Heart, you will be able to observe it clearly."

"what is it?"

“The stuff that weaves our world.”

"..."

Pei Ye didn't understand.

Xitingxin really gave him a different feeling. In the past, the wind and snow were like a background that never hurt him, but now he seemed to have lost the strong physique of a cultivator and became an ordinary person. Xiting no longer gave him any preferential treatment. The wind and snow obscured his direction and the road. He was like a person who was really trekking in the wind and snow. Every step was quite difficult. Pei Ye had no idea where he was.

However, Ying Zhao did not hesitate, and Pei Ye followed behind the majestic beast.

Li Yan was introduced by Xu Chuo, and Ying Zhao was introduced by Li Yan. This chain of trust was relatively solid. Pei Ye walked away for a while. He was the type who could not remain silent when alone with others, so he said, "Senior Ying Zhao, thank you for your hard work."

"Ah."

"How far have we walked?"

“There’s not necessarily a set path, but I’m getting closer to it.”

This answer reminded Pei Ye of when he was in the mirage, directions and distances were confusing, and only those who adapted to that state could go where they wanted to go.

He nodded to show his understanding and continued the conversation: "I also had a similar experience in a water realm. Only mermaids or creatures that have been blessed by some kind of blessing can come and go freely in it."

"Ah."

Ying Zhao seemed neither interested nor curious, so Pei Ye stopped talking about this topic and just said, "Senior Ying Zhao, if we just walk to the entrance of the Canxing Palace and I go in, will this be considered a success? Are there any dangers or other steps?"

"Yes, but you might meet someone else."

"Someone else?" Pei Ye was stunned.

"Well, after Xitingxin is connected with Zhentian, it will be seen by some people. Among those who can see it, some are qualified to enter it. It is no longer hidden in your body."

"Who?"

"In theory, anyone who possesses the power of the Western Heavenly Immortals is qualified to enter. But not everyone has the ability to come in, and those who have the ability may not choose to come in."

"But you said someone would come in." Pei Ye's face had become solemn.

"Yes."

"So, what is the purpose of the people coming in?"

"Fight with you for the West Courtyard."

Pei Ye was silent for a while, and the two walked in the wind and snow: "What do you mean by the Western Heaven Immortal Authority?"

"【Jiang Lou】【Da Liang】【Shi Shen】, and the seven stars below them, Kui, Lou, Wei, Mao, Bi, Zi, and Shen. 【Chi Huo】 is the power of Shen, so you can enter it after obtaining the Xiting Heart." Ying Zhao said, "Now that Xiting is open to Zhentian, other people with immortal power and star power can also try to enter."

Pei Ye remained silent.

"However, there are only a few people in the world who are qualified to enter this competition, so there is no need to worry about the scramble." Ying Zhao said, "Daliang has become Jiantao, and in the hands of the Yunlang Mountain Sword Lord, they will not enter the West Courtyard; Jianglou is in Meng Li's hands, he does not have the ability and will not choose to enter; only Shishen has two star guardians, Shen and Zi. Shen is in your hands, but Zi's star power can probably allow you to enter here."

"Who holds the Zixing?"

"Maybe we can see it. Zixing has not been truly taken by anyone yet, but the immortal power can be divided or scattered. If someone collects these scattered parts, they can also have the status to enter. Of course, to truly enter the Zixing Palace, you must have the real star power in your hands."

Yingzhao was quiet and taciturn, but he answered every question without changing his tone and kept walking forward.

At this moment, Pei Ye was suddenly shocked by how many secrets it knew and how high its position was when it was telling the story. Regarding the immortal power itself, or the various mechanisms between them, it should be the most difficult to verify, the latest and the most secret knowledge in the world. Pei Ye thought that only someone like Li Yan could study and infer this, but he didn't expect that this "Ying Zhao" could explain it so easily.

And be willing to explain it to yourself.

It not only understands the power of immortals, but also understands the world and the human world.

Pei Ye tilted his head to look at it, but the strange beast still did not turn back and walked steadily and evenly. Pei Ye stopped talking and followed behind it.

Walking in the old kingdom of God covered in wind and snow, it seemed that there was only one man and one beast for thousands of miles. There was no direction and no distance to travel. There was no moon in the sky, only stars.

Pei Ye felt a sense of vastness here, trudging along as if on a pilgrimage, as if his soul had transcended the earthly world bounded by time and space, gradually emerging and touching some higher essence.

When the divine mountain that reached the sky vaguely revealed its shape after the wind and snow, Pei Ye no longer knew how long he had been walking. Perhaps he had lost the concept of time a long time ago and got used to Ying Zhao's broad left wing and warm body breath beside him.

How far would it take for two people to walk in silence before they became familiar with each other? Pei Ye had no idea.

In short, when this strange beast that never looked back stopped, he had already arrived at the foot of the sacred mountain.

Pei Ye was 100% sure that it would take him a long time to find his way back to the foot of the mountain. Li Yan said that he had the qualifications to come back, but it would probably take several years or even decades in the mortal world for it to come true. Now that he had gradually gotten used to the contact with the power of heaven and earth during this long journey, he had also learned to control his mind more and more skillfully. When he returned to the gate of the Canxing Palace, the eaves and courtyard of the palace were covered with a layer of snow half a finger thick.

Ying Zhao did not walk in, and the extension of "The Dream of the Queen Mother of the West" stopped outside the door.

"I can't go in. The Canxing Palace will disturb the Queen Mother's dream."

"Okay." Pei Ye was wearing a long robe after bathing, his bare feet were already red from the wind and snow. He walked in on the snow and left Ying Zhao's wings. Chihuo was like a child returning home, jumping around him happily again, his clothes and tied long hair fluttering in the wind.

The starry sky came to him again.

He couldn't see it clearly, couldn't see it completely. It was vast yet suffocatingly narrow. The chaotic lines occupied his eye sockets. Pei Ye felt like he had lost his breath and heartbeat again.

"When the mind is calm, emotions are forgotten; when the heart dies, the spirit lives." On the way here, Ying Zhao had taught him the key to "holding the mind tightly," "You should regard [Que Shou] as a solid pillar and hold on to it like a vine. It is inevitable that you will be pulled away from it."

"Think of your mind as a pillar," it said, "and don't doubt that you are not firmly rooted. The [Heart] is just your skeleton, and the [Que Head] is just your outer garment."

Only extremely profound practice of the state of mind can lead to such incisive guidance. Pei Ye is carrying the [Quail Head], and in fact, only Black Cat and Miss Ming have ever given him guidance on matters concerning the state of mind.

Pei Ye focused his mind firmly, just as he had practiced on the road. His limbs trembled slightly, but he walked forward step by step firmly, crossed the courtyard, passed the plaque, and stepped into the temple again.

The stars seemed to be descending and stopped at his ears and cheeks, calling him to uncover their true appearance. Pei Ye walked to the front of the stage step by step. The Chihuo lingered around him more and more happily. After the monarch's brief departure, they welcomed his return.

Pei Ye lowered his head. The ancient jade platform surrounded by flames was no longer made of black stone. A corner of the starry sky was pasted on it. This starry sky was exactly the same as the one on the plaque at the door of the palace. It was also the only small part he could see. Three bright stars were connected in a broken line, like a jade belt.

[Xuan Huo Ling Zi Priest of the Guardian of the Stars] Nine ancient characters were engraved on this starry sky, and below them were the two characters "Pei Ye", which was exactly his signature on Li Yan's golden book this morning. The nine ancient characters were bright, and the two characters "Pei Ye" were dim.

Pei Ye raised his hand surrounded by Chihuo and pressed it on the jade table, pressing his own name, the name of the god, and the starry sky under his five fingers.

In an instant, he completely lost his sense of self. Through this jade platform, he was truly connected to the "real sky" mentioned by Li Yan.

There was no ceremony or process. After he claimed the name as his own, what Yingzhao had promised happened as expected.

Human eyes are indeed unable to accept this real sky. Only through Xitingxin's telescope can we see its original appearance.

The dizziness and haziness disappeared, and the entire starry sky came into view. The stars were still the same stars, with straight lines of varying lengths connecting them, cold and sharp. These lines of varying lengths combined into abstract and messy shapes, like trees growing wildly.

And the stars are in motion.

They move according to the original laws and the records of humans for millions of years, ruthlessly, objectively, and over and over again. However, when connected by these lines... Pei Ye feels a rhythm like a living thing.

Even though it is extremely slow, it is extremely firm, like the breathing in deep sleep, which takes a hundred years to complete.

Pei Ye wanted to banish this suffocating illusion from his mind, but now his eyes were really inseparable from the starry sky.

For six thousand years, hundreds of millions of people have never seen the true magnificence of the world in their entire lives. Pei Ye did not know how to describe this feeling. It was beyond human language and even beyond human emotion. In Pei Ye's memory, only the moment when the woman put her forehead and eyes close to him in the rain at Kongtong Mountain and put the [Mirror of Ice] into her heart could be compared to this.

Pei Ye stood in the temple in a daze. On the one hand, he felt the enormity that the sky could not contain, which made his soul instinctively tighten and shrink; on the other hand, he could not take his eyes away. For the first time, he truly felt the power of "a quarter of the world" as Li Yan said, and felt what Ying Zhao said, "the thing that weaves our world"... This kind of biochemistry of life, power and strength that people cannot understand, is like a magic potion.

Don’t talk about control, as long as... as long as you only tear off a small corner, it will be a tremendous force beyond the human world.

Pei Ye did not care about his own life at all, and reached out to pick the stars, but the starry sky rejected him and was completely indifferent to his request - even if it came from the Cangxing Palace.

Pei Ye was stunned for a long time before he heard the kitten's call in his mind and came back to his senses.

"Don't look too long, Pei Ye." Black Cat said solemnly, "It's time to go out."

Pei Ye used a lot of tenacious willpower to control his neck. He lowered his head and walked out of the Shenxing Temple. The snow on the courtyard and the eaves had melted, and the temple returned to its original appearance.

Pei Ye arrived at the door and Ying Zhao was still standing there waiting for him.

"How?" it asked.

"I..." Pei Ye was still not fully awake, "I finished it. But... it doesn't seem to make any difference."

"The name of the Star Guardian will become more powerful and solid, but it is granted authority through the Immortal Platform." Ying Zhao said, "As for the power of 'True Heaven', although you have seen it, you are not qualified to directly control it as a Star Guardian."

"…Then what qualifications do you have?"

"Immortal power, Chihuo is not a complete immortal power. Only the three [Quan Yu] can mobilize the authority of Zhentian." Ying Zhao said, "You must obtain the power of Zixing before you can ascend to the position of [Shi Shen], inherit the immortal name, and mobilize Zhentian."

Pei Ye was stunned for a while, then raised his head and looked towards the top of the sacred mountain. The three huge and ancient temples hidden in the mist were still standing.

"Okay, I get it," he murmured.

At this time, the wind and snow in Xiting's heart had lost their weight again, and the road became clear again. Pei Ye stood at the door, and the wind blew his clothes and hair. He suddenly fixed his eyes, his face gradually became cold and solemn, and he looked straight to the east.

He once tried to approach the adjacent temple with a torch, but it was too far a mile to go forward.

But now, a faint starlight is shining there.

Pei Ye didn't say anything. He raised his hand, grasped a ball of fire, and walked towards that direction. After a moment, he stood on the cliff next to the temple again.

In the courtyard of this light-colored temple, which had obviously not been lit up yet, a figure in black was washing his hands with the spring water flowing out of the courtyard. But unlike Pei Ye, he was not wearing the long clothes he had just washed, but a tight suit, with a sword hanging on his waist and mud on the soles of his boots.

At this time, he wiped his hands on his clothes, blew some hot air to his mouth, looked up at the temple in front of him and thought for a while, then he turned his head and looked at Pei Ye who was looking down at him expressionlessly on the cliff.

A cold and stern face, sharp eyebrows and black pupils, but his expression was relatively relaxed at this time, and he even smiled at Pei Ye.

Yong Ji.

(End of this chapter)