My Endless Life.

Chapter 432: There are no ancient relics of the immortal civilization?
Li Qi had been wondering before why the price of a rare item would fall so precisely on the user.

It will not deviate by even a single cent, nor will it be transferred depending on the holder.

Except for some rare items that have to be paid for by others, for most of the other rare items, whoever uses them will have to pay the price.

Later, Li Qi speculated that this might be related to the attributes of consciousness, life, and soul.

After using the magic item, the consciousness, life and soul will be connected with the magic item. Therefore, once the cost of the magic item acts on oneself, after using the magic item, the cost will be borne impartially by the user.

After observing the rules, Li Qicai added a new condition besides the above conditions.

rule.

Perhaps the reason why the strange object would lock the user and make the user pay a price lies in the rules.

So is it possible for the rules to bypass the users and put the cost on others?

Li Qi thought for a long time and came up with some ideas, but he did not have the conditions to implement them.

Mainly, there's something missing.

It was not until I learned about the abilities of other systems from Ye Yue that I had some initial clues.

The substitute puppet is something that Li Qi created by integrating the rune system and the Taoist system.

There is a special ability in Ye Yue's Taoist magic system, called "scapegoat".

This ability itself is to guard against those who master the art of curse.

For example, if someone gets your birth date and then makes a straw man, puts your birth date on the man, and casts a curse on it, then the curse will fall on your head.

But if there is a 'scapegoat', and someone hides his or her own birth date and time inside the scapegoat and carries it with him or her, then the curse will be transferred to the scapegoat.

Even some damage with mysterious attributes will be transferred to the straw man.

It was with this method of substitute as a source of inspiration that Li Qi created the substitute doll in his hand.

The flesh and blood on the substitute doll came from chicken and pork. Li Qi squeezed out the complete internal organs and brain, and the blood flowed naturally.

Coupled with Li Qi's own soul power, this substitute puppet is no different from Li Qi himself, except that it has no self-thoughts and consciousness!
If it were placed in the Taoist world where Ye Yue was, this substitute puppet would be more targeted than the substitute straw man, and all the curses on Li Qi would fall on the puppet.

Now, if nothing unexpected happens, all the costs will fall on this substitute doll.

Whether it will succeed in the end depends on how it is used next.

Staring at the Twelve Golden Immortals Diagram with burning eyes, Li Qi confirmed to use it without hesitation.

Then, in his sight, the silk threads representing the rules on the Twelve Golden Immortals Diagram moved closer to Li Qi's direction.

But when it was about to approach Li Qi, those strands of rules turned and fell on the substitute puppet!
Li Qi was not surprised. He was still staring at the Twelve Golden Immortals and the substitute dolls without shifting his gaze.

Until the end, Zhu Xingyuan, who was ranked first among the Twelve Golden Immortals, walked out of the painting, and the substitute doll in Li Qi's hand turned into a pool of blood. Only then did Li Qi breathe a sigh of relief.

"Oh? The Substitution Technique?"

Zhu Xingyuan, who had just walked out of the painting, saw the pool of blood on Li Qi's hand and showed an interested expression.

Li Qi waved his hand to clean up the blood, then turned to Zhu Xingyuan and said:

"It's just a small trick, I'm sorry to make the immortal laugh."

"Haha, in front of you, I can't be considered an immortal. Besides, you don't need to use the substitute technique to summon me. I have said before that with your spiritual power, it is more than enough to summon me."

"You always have to be steady."

Li Qi said casually.

Zhu Xingyuan said that Li Qi didn't have to worry about paying extra costs for using the Twelve Golden Immortals Diagram.

This is because Li Qi's soul power is strong enough, and the death after using the Twelve Golden Immortals Diagram is not so much a price as it is a result of his own lack of ability.

But having said that, Li Qi did not dare to guarantee that what Zhu Xingyuan said was definitely true.

For the sake of his own life, Li Qicai thought of playing it safe and created a substitute doll.

Besides, being able to create a substitute puppet is not a loss for Li Qi.

Seeing Li Qi's indifferent look, Zhu Xingyuan didn't say anything more. He turned and said:

"My friend, you called me here this time because you may have some questions to ask."

"I do have a lot of questions to ask. I wonder how long Taoist Zhu can stay here?"

"My friend, your soul power is indeed abundant, and your blood and energy from the substitution technique is not inferior to that of ordinary people. I think... half an hour should be enough."

Zhu Xingyuan calculated and answered.

Li Qi nodded: "Half an hour is enough, Taoist Zhu, please take a seat."

Half an hour is equivalent to an hour. Li Qi doesn't need Zhu Xingyuan to help him beat someone up. He just wants to ask some questions. This time should be enough.

Zhu Xingyuan was not polite to Li Qi. Although he was a cultivator, he did not have the airs of a cultivator. He did not have the feeling that Li Qi thought he was a fairy who was high and mighty and looked down on mortals.

This is also normal.

The Wenxian Sect where Zhu Xingyuan was located was the largest sect of immortal cultivation civilization at that time. In addition to practicing the arts of immortality, the main thing inside was to cultivate one's mind.

Li Qi had read the cultivation purpose of Wenxian Sect. Wenxian Sect mainly cultivates humanity, which means it is people-oriented and people-centered. It advocates that only when the human race prospers can the Xianzong prosper.

Because everyone in the Wenxian Sect, except for a few people who have not yet reached the pinnacle of cultivation, treats mortals or cultivators equally without any prejudice.

Zhu Xingyuan is the eldest disciple of the Wenxian Sect and also the next sect master. His cultivation and character are above everyone else, so his attitude towards Li Qi at this moment can only be described as normal.

Sitting opposite Li Qi, Zhu Xingyuan didn't care whether the tea in front of him was new or old. He drank it all in one gulp, then smiled and said to Li Qi:

"Do you have anything you want to ask, little friend?"

"I met a disciple of your sect once, and I learned from him that the Taoist priest had to escape into the painting with other fellow Taoists because the end of the world had come... What I want to ask is, how is the end of the world that the Taoist priest saw different from the end of the world we are experiencing now?"

The doomsday where Liu Yiye is located is already the late doomsday.

Only one in a hundred common people in the world are alive, and the remaining population are all in the major immortal sects. Even so, countless people die every day.

In Zhu Xingyuan's era, the total number of people in the entire Wenxian Sect was probably less than 100,000, and more than half of them were cultivators.

By the time of Liu Yiye's generation, all the major immortal sects had perished. Apart from some savages who were deprived of their intelligence and turned into beasts and lived underground, there was hardly anyone who could be called an "intelligent creature".

Only Liu Yiye was left.

During this period, all Li Qi could see was heavy snow, heavy snow... and heavy snow.

As for the so-called demonic energy, due to Liu Yiye's special condition, he had never seen any of it, so he could not tell whether the end of the immortal civilization was the same as the current doomsday.

Li Qi could only guess that it should be roughly the same, that is, there would be no daylight, pollution everywhere, and the world would be frozen.

But no matter what, it was just Li Qi's guess. If he wanted to confirm his guess, he naturally had to ask Zhu Xingyuan, the remnant of the immortal civilization.

After hearing Li Qi ask about the end of the world, Zhu Xingyuan was silent for a long time before he slowly said:
"No different."

"No difference at all?"

Zhu Xingyuan just shook his head.

Li Qi was speechless for a long time after hearing this. Zhu Xingyuan continued:
“Although I have forgotten many things in the past, I still remember the day when the sky darkened. First there were three days of darkness, then three more, and then three more. After the last three times, the sun never rose again.

"Then, demonic energy rose, and countless strange phenomena appeared. Even those senior masters were helpless in dealing with such phenomena and could only contain and retreat.

"One step back, step by step back, until there is no more room to retreat, and we firmly defend the mountain gate..."

When Zhu Xingyuan said this, he clenched his fists, then slowly released them, exhaled, and said:
"…I don't remember much about what happened afterwards. I only remember that the elders in the sect found a way to preserve the human race's fire. Now I think the elders must have succeeded, otherwise there would be no human race today."

Success...it was indeed a success.

However, all records of the immortal cultivation civilization were lost in history, and no one knew that in a certain era in the past, there was a brilliant and glorious immortal cultivation civilization.

Li Qi also read the history of this world, which said that the first intelligent human race walked out of a cave tens of millions of years ago, and then gradually evolved wisdom after millions of years.

This proves that the immortal cultivation civilization existed at least tens of millions of years ago. With such a long time span, nothing would be left behind.

After a long silence, Li Qi asked again: "Has the Taoist priest ever heard of 'ancient relics'? In your era, before the Dark Day came, have you ever found ancient relics?"

"No..." Zhu Xingyuan wanted to answer immediately, but quickly changed his words: "...But I'm not too sure. People like us who have entered the painting have lost a lot of memories in our minds. Maybe we once had them, but we have forgotten them. Or maybe...we have never discovered the ancient ruins at all."

The Xiuxian civilization is not very interested in "archaeology".

Because most of their "ancient relics" are caves left behind by great immortal cultivators in ancient times. These caves are nourished by the so-called spiritual energy and will automatically appear to attract people to visit.

Precisely because this "ancient ruins" is so obedient, the archaeology of the Xiuxian civilization is not very developed, so Zhu Xingyuan's explanation is not unreasonable. Perhaps they really have not discovered the existence of such "ancient ruins".

"So, in the era of Taoist Master Zhu, there were no special items like 'strange things'?"

Li Qi asked again.

Zhu Xingyuan still shook his head: "No, if we cultivators want to have something with special functions, we will refine it ourselves.

"Alchemy, talismans, refining equipment, formations... these are the necessary skills for practitioners like us, so we don't need any rare items..."

Before Zhu Xingyuan finished speaking, his brows suddenly furrowed and he looked up.

Seeing this, Li Qi's expression became more serious and he asked:
"Taoist Master, what's wrong?"

"A strange object is appearing in the sky... Not good!!"

Before Zhu Xingyuan finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and then his whole body turned into a beam of light and fled upwards.

Before Li Qi could sense anything, he suddenly felt a pain in his head, as if a heavy hammer had hit him on the head!
Although the pain disappeared in less than half a second, Li Qi's expression changed and he quickly left the room and looked outside.

Sure enough, the soldier who was responsible for guarding his own door had fainted on the ground with blood coming out of all his orifices!
This is an indiscriminate mental attack!

Someone hit me on the head!
(End of this chapter)