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Chapter 21 The Pen of Alszukhod: Cause and Effect, and Fate!
Niu Jun fell into deep thought upon seeing the request for help sent by the group admin, Zhou Mingrui.

The Pen of Alshogod, the 0-08 sealed artifact of the Mysterious World, was formed from the characteristics of the Nightmare Dragon after its death, and its shape is that of a quill pen.

Alszukhod's pen has the special effect of "words becoming reality," meaning that the stories he writes will come true.

Of course, this is not the most troublesome part of Alsørd's pen.

What's truly troublesome is that when you know it, it also knows you; the more you know about it, the more likely you are to be included in the story it weaves.

"This makes perfect sense" is this writer's obsession; he always tries to make the story logical. However, as a third-rate writer, his stories are full of inexplicable twists and turns such as "strange" and "ah".

But regardless of the quality of Alszukhod's writing.

The essence of the Sequence Zero sealed artifact is clear: it corresponds to a true god-level being in the mysterious world.

So before Klein became the Fool, this story pen was still very dangerous for him.

If this were the world of Journey to the West, Niu Jun would have a thousand ways to break free from the manipulation of fate by the Pen of Alshoghod, and could even smash this zero-sequence sealed artifact to pieces with a single slap.

Unfortunately, Alshoghod's pen is not found in the Journey to the West world.

Even the cosmic rules of the Mysterious World are vastly different from those of the Journey to the West World, and the magic and supernatural powers of the Journey to the West World cannot work in the Mysterious World.

Therefore, Niu Jun could only stand in the position of the group leader Zhou Mingrui and think about how to solve the threat of the Alshogod Pen.

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: Old Zhou, based on my speculation, the Pen of Alshurst likely controls the law of cause and effect. To avoid being noticed and targeted by it, you must sever, redirect, or conceal your causal relationship with it.]

[The Mysterious Zhou Mingrui: Isn't the Law of Cause and Effect the Law of Fate?]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: It's not the law of fate. If Alshoghod's pen controlled the law of fate, there would be no need to write stories; it could directly kill you, and even the gods and ancient beings of your world!]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: As the saying goes: First, fate; second, luck; third, feng shui; fourth, accumulating good deeds; fifth, studying. The good deeds mentioned here refer to karma, so although the power of karma is strong, it is far less terrifying than the power of fate.]

Niu Jun explained.

The Way of Destiny, regardless of the world it is placed in, is one of the top three supreme paths among the three thousand great paths.

If the Pen of Alshurst controlled the rules of fate in the mysterious world, its ranking would definitely not be so low, nor would it have been used by Adam, who had not yet become a god, to make a potion.

Adam could have been killed off entirely.

[Mysterious Zhou Mingrui: I see, thank you for the explanation. But how can I avoid being targeted by the Pen of Alshoghod?]

In the mysterious world, Klein breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Niu Jun's explanation.

As Niu Jun said, fate and cause and effect are absolutely two different things, not forces of the same level.

Although the power of cause and effect is strong and terrifying, it is far less unsolvable and despairing than fate.

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: Have you ever heard the saying: "The law does not reach the noble"?]

[The Mysterious Zhou Mingrui: What does the boss mean?]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: That's right, just as you thought. The simplest way to deal with karmic attacks is to elevate your status and position. The more prestigious your status and position, the greater the karmic consequences you'll be involved in.]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: As the saying goes, pulling one hair affects the whole body. If you want to deal with me using the art of cause and effect, you must bear the karmic backlash from me. In the original story, Alshogod's pen failed to target you several times because the karmic burden on you was too great for Alshogod's pen to bear.]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: So you don't need to worry about the Brush of Alshogod posing too much of a threat to you. The more it attacks you, the more it will suffer karmic repercussions.]

At this point, Niu Jun seemed to recall something and couldn't help but sigh, saying, "There's a saying: 'Those who manipulate fate will ultimately be manipulated by fate.' Cause and effect are an extension of fate, so those who manipulate cause and effect will ultimately be trapped by cause and effect."

But what came to his mind was the Buddhist sect in the Journey to the West world.

In Buddhism, apart from a few ancient Buddhas, there are few great supernatural beings who have attained enlightenment and transcended worldly concerns. Isn't this also due to the influence of karma?

Of course, this is not absolute.

In the Buddhist world of Journey to the West, there is also a Bodhisattva who attained enlightenment based on the principle of cause and effect.

This Bodhisattva is Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Many people believe that the Buddha in Journey to the West is stronger than Guanyin Bodhisattva and attained enlightenment earlier.

actually not.

In the chapter about the ginseng fruit in the original Journey to the West, when Guanyin arrived at the place of Zhen Yuanzi on Longevity Mountain, there is this description: "Jade hair and golden image are beyond compare in the world, she is truly the compassionate savior from suffering. She met the Immaculate Buddha in the past kalpa, and now she has attained a body of action."

According to Buddhist teachings, past kalpas are the calamities that led to the destruction of the previous universe, before the Tathagata was born.

Therefore, Guanyin Bodhisattva in Journey to the West definitely reached the Taiyi realm in terms of cultivation, and her enlightenment time was before this cosmic cycle, and even before the Buddha Shakyamuni.

The reason why Buddha Shakyamuni holds a high position in Buddhism is not because he was the first to attain enlightenment and the most powerful, but because he is the Buddha of the present, the Buddha who attained enlightenment in this era.

[The Mysterious Zhou Mingrui: Is there any way for me to escape the clutches of the Pen of Alshogod?]

Klein inquired.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Niu Jun's judgment, but even if Alshoghod's pen couldn't pose a significant threat to him, it had still brought him a lot of trouble.

No one likes trouble.

Klein didn't like it either.

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: Of course! You can find an angel of the Thief sequence to create a transcendent item with incorrect attributes, or find an angel of the Diviner sequence to create a transcendent item with the Deception attribute.]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: Besides the Thief Sequence and the Diviner Sequence, there are also the Apprentice Sequence, the Gate Path, etc., as long as there are extraordinary items involving the laws of fraud, concealment, transfer, error, and elimination.]

In the mysterious world, there are many powers that can counter the Pen of Alshogod.

However, such power requires at least the level of angels, archangels, or even true gods.

After all, the position of the Pen of Alshurst is such that only forces of equal strength can effectively interfere with or eliminate it.

[The enigmatic Zhou Mingrui: ...]

[Mysterious Zhou Mingrui: Boss, is there any other way? You know my situation. Is there any way to obtain an angel-level transcendent item? (Pitiful.jpg)]

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: No, only the power of the laws can counteract the power of the laws. In fact, even angel-level extraordinary items can only slightly interfere with the Pen of Alshogod. To truly resolve the issue, a power of the same level of laws is required.]

Niu Jun paused slightly at this point, then hesitated for a moment.

[Niu Jun from Journey to the West: If you send me some of the gray mist generated by the Source Castle, I might be able to try to craft corresponding extraordinary items, but success is not guaranteed.]

(End of this chapter)