The Growth of a God

Chapter 704: The Corpse
The boundary between mountains and seas, between yin and yang.

This is not one of the nine springs in the netherworld, nor is it the abode of the truly dead.

This is a special environment created by a certain god for his own followers after the old gods of mountains and seas returned.

That god is not the god of death, but a special god between life and death, so his followers are naturally not dead souls or living souls.

Speaking of this special existence between life and death, there are actually quite a few in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Apart from anything else, the Skeleton People, one of the main ethnic groups in the Mountain and Sea Realm, are a special kind of life between life and death.

However, the followers of this ancient god are different from the skeletons.

They are extremely sensitive to the external environment, have their own unique cultural traditions, and rarely communicate with the outside world.

Therefore, the ancient god created a "Yin and Yang" tailor-made for them in a remote wilderness somewhere in the mountain and sea realm.

Although this place is not the underworld, it can gather negative energy and gradually form soil that allows the souls of the dead to survive.

Naturally, these neither living nor dead relatives settled here, multiplied, and gradually became new members of the mountain and sea world.

However, just when these relatives thought they could take root in the new world again as before.

With the consent of the ancient gods, an uninvited guest came to the place where this group of relatives settled.

"To be honest, I didn't want to come."

Shuhai stood outside "Between Yin and Yang", his face full of reluctance.

Shuhai is not an ordinary person from the mountains and seas. He is an immortal, and an immortal who is dedicated to spreading civilization.

In the early days of the Shanhai Civilization, Shuhai measured the earth with his footsteps and walked from the far east to the far west in one day, which established the basic unit for measuring distance.

Thanks to this great achievement, Ba Lian finally decided to name him "Shuhai".

Because in the inherited memory passed down by the Father God to the immortals, "Shuhai" is a god-man who measures the earth with his footsteps.

Ba Lian felt that Shuhai, who had accomplished the same feat, was qualified to inherit the name.

In the years that followed, "Godwalker Shuhai" became the name that most people of the mountains and seas knew about this immortal man.

Between the two worlds of yin and yang and the six paths of reincarnation, there is no place that Shuhai cannot go.

Even though it was the extremely remote and xenophobic "Between Yin and Yang", it only took Shuhai half a day to reach this place.

"That guy Ba Lian only knows how to throw these troubles to me."

"Is it my fault that I run so fast?"

"If I had known, I would have followed Duomu to other worlds."

Although he complained like this, Shuhai still obediently stepped into the "between yin and yang" in his actions.

And at the moment when Shuhai stepped into the "between yin and yang", a chill instantly surged into his heart, causing this immortal man to shiver uncontrollably.

The next second, Shuhai looked up again and found that he had come to a place that was more like the Netherworld than the Netherworld.

Cold-colored trees grow irregularly on the ground, and the rushing river exudes an icy breath...

As far as the eye can see, a strange building stands on both sides of the river, forming an inexplicable fit with the surrounding gloomy environment.

But even in such a weird and cold environment, a group of naked children were playing and fighting near the buildings.

These children look young, with flames on their heads and fire wheels under their feet.

Whenever they ran, the fire wheels under their feet would spin rapidly, and the flames above their heads would connect into one, looking like speeding chariots of fire.

"Ah? Someone's coming!"

"Who is that? Why have I never seen him before?"

"Hurry, hurry, call big brother out! There's someone outside!"

...With the children's calls, the news of Shuhai's appearance quickly spread throughout the "between yin and yang".

Be vigilant, curious, scrutinizing, or sizing...

Surrounded by a crowd of children, Shuhai raised his hands helplessly, indicating that he had no hostility.

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When the noisy sounds gradually faded away, Shuhai had already followed the group of children to a simple house.

This seems to be a temple, in which is enshrined a statue of a god with one arm and a severed head.

Although it is a headless statue.

But the head of the statue did not actually fall off, but was hanging on the body of the statue as if it had been broken off by something.

The first time he saw the statue, Shuhai clearly felt a gaze from a higher dimension.

That was the gaze from the gods. It was the ancient god who was observing Shuhai through this statue.

"You actually planted red spider lilies here?"

Shuhai calmly cast his gaze towards the bottom of the statue, and saw a bunch of gorgeous blood-red flowers blooming.

These red spider lilies from the underworld surrounded the entire statue, giving people the illusion that the statue was in a sea of ​​red spider lilies.

"Our god likes this kind of flower, so we believers will naturally plant some near his statue."

A young man walked in from outside the temple, pulled by a group of children.

Although they both have flames on their heads and fire rings under their feet, this boy appears to be more mature than his peers.

"Huh? You 'wild kids' actually grew up?"

Looking at the young man opposite with surprise, Shuhai rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Before coming here, Shuhai had already fully understood this special race.

Wild children are a special group of beings between life and death.

Their appearance and mental state will always be that of seven or eight years old, and this will be constant along with their lives.

"It's not about growing up, it's about maturing."

Hearing Shuhai's question, the flames above the boy's head slowly transformed into a more mature face, and he took the initiative to explain.

"We, Youguang and Yetong, are twins..."

"We think, they act. We are souls, they are bodies."

"But there are always exceptions in this world. When the wandering light goes out for some special reason, the wild boy has to think for himself."

With a faint smile on his face, the boy took over what his partner said at this time.

"I am the exception, a wild child who has never been away from home."

"Well, to put it in terms you can understand, I am actually a person born with a disability."

"I can't absorb the plague, nor can I practice magic..."

"If it weren't for the mercy of my God, who found me a new partner, I wouldn't even be able to walk under the sun."

The flames above his head were burning fiercely, and You Guang's mature face began to change rapidly, until it finally became somewhat similar to the broken head of the statue.

"Respected Mr. Shuhai, I am the messenger of Jubizhishi, and I am also the chief priest who is responsible for communicating with you about the fate of the wild children and wandering lights."

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(End of this chapter)