Chapter 1 A Glimmer of Hope

The hall was deathly silent, even the candlelight seemed to have dimmed, and a shadow weighed heavily on their hearts.

If they had known such a question-and-answer session would occur, the transmigrators might not have looked forward to Tie Guanyin's appearance.

More terrifying than confusion was despair.

Even if they were previously muddle-headed, not knowing why they had come or what they were carrying, and secretly hiding to live a small life, the transmigrators could still live freely and happily. But now, it was like being struck awake by a club, seeing the most terrifying future.

Tie Guanyin sat quietly at the table, enjoying the faint warmth of the candlelight, seemingly giving them time to digest.

Erguotou and Miss White Wine, and Sweet Potato Liquor, were all sitting blankly on the spot. Some felt extremely desperate and suppressed, while others sensed the suppression of others and didn't dare to speak loudly.

Until Sweet Potato Liquor sat in silence for a long time, finally gathering his courage and carefully raising his chopsticks towards a chicken wing, Erguotou suddenly sighed.

Sweet Potato Liquor was so frightened that he dropped his chopsticks, and then he heard Erguotou's voice, which seemed to be slightly distorted: "So, according to what you're saying..."

"According to what you're saying, isn't this an unsolvable problem?"

"Do we...do we have any choice?"

"..."

"Yes."

Tie Guanyin waited for the question before slowly saying, "Either die, escape, or be a dog."

"Or, like Longjing, seek true death."

"The normal death of a transmigrator, in fact, after death, the living soul still exists and will only return to Tai Sui, and be subjected to more intense pollution. I think you have already seen such things."

"But Longjing wants to find a deeper level of death. In his deduction, there is a true realm that can achieve eternal silence, and be completely erased, not even existing in causality. In this way, even Tai Sui cannot reshape himself."

"It's like in this world, after a person dies, they may enter the underworld to suffer and weigh karma. What if the living soul is also obliterated, and the karmic soul no longer exists?"

"This is the method to protect yourself."

"It is because of this method that Longjing has always been bolder than us, and dares to go to the Zhang family to stir up trouble."

"..."

"Isn't this just being scattered into soul and spirit?"

Erguotou was dumbfounded. "When did this become a good option?"

Miss White Wine narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "And then?"

"Then there is escape."

Tie Guanyin slowly opened her mouth, "Escape, that is, becoming an immortal."

"Cooperate with the people of this world, even Dongxuan Guoshi who betrayed us in the past, and become something that will not be dissolved by Tai Sui, which is the legendary First Great Freedom."

"Techniques, no matter how great, cannot surpass heaven, and the end of the realm is immortality. The path of the transmigrator cannot continue because the end of the bridge is Tai Sui. Once you cross the bridge, you will be captured by Tai Sui, but the natives are not necessarily so."

"Transmigrators will be captured because they have the brand of Tai Sui on their bodies, but if the natives can also cross the bridge and reach a higher realm, they may become a life form parallel to Tai Sui, unable to harm Tai Sui, but may be able to avoid Tai Sui!"

"And transmigrators may also be able to learn something from them to obliterate this brand."

"..."

Tie Guanyin sighed softly and smiled, "As for being a dog, I don't need to explain it in detail, right?"

"Anyway, we were already dead people, and we only got this life by accident. At worst, we'll just go back!"

"Accepting your fate and becoming a part of Tai Sui is better than being subjected to eternal suffering by it. Hehe, don't take it lightly just because you can't imagine the taste of eternal suffering."

"This world has an underworld and a Yellow Springs, so Tai Sui can completely retain the underworld in an instant, and then suppress our consciousness inside, tormenting us for a billion years."

"..."

Her words really had a chilling meaning. Between the slight tremors of her body, a thought popped up in her heart:

Becoming an immortal...

In the past, when they heard that the natives wanted to become immortals, they were subconsciously a little dismissive, especially this kind of betrayal to become an immortal.

But now, how could they subconsciously be a little curious about how they researched it?

"Fortunately, Tie Guanyin only appeared at this time..."

And in this oppressive and desperate atmosphere, Hu Ma, as a native, actually had such a thought in his heart.

If she had appeared very early, or if there had been no information gap among the transmigrators, then in this desperate situation, they might have already collapsed. It was impossible to guarantee how many people would frantically pursue immortality, and it was also impossible to guarantee how many people would want to return to Tai Sui.

The twenty-year information gap had previously attracted much complaint and吐槽 (tǔ cáo, complaints).

Who would have thought that this was actually a twenty-year newbie protection period?

"Then..."

But at this moment, a slightly cold voice rang out, it was Miss White Wine.

She frowned, looked at Tie Guanyin seriously, and said, "Is there no other way?"

"Frankly speaking, if all you brought us is this information, then the suffering you endured for these twenty years has no meaning."

"..."

These words made everyone's hearts move.

Even outside the hall, there were people hiding in the dark, slightly stunned, and then their eyes lit up slightly.

That's right!

The news that Tie Guanyin brought was too desperate, so everyone was frightened and did not realize this problem.

Tie Guanyin hid for twenty years in order to pass on information.

Therefore, the information she really wanted to convey must not be just to tell everyone such a desperate answer.

"Little kitty is quite smart..."

Tie Guanyin couldn't help but laugh when she heard Miss White Wine's words, and praised, "She's more clever than that red one. She found my trace in Lao Yin Mountain, and only thought about digging me out, making herself covered in dust."

"Heh!"

Miss White Wine was noncommittal, but her expression was obviously a little more excited, and she seemed to be able to imagine Miss Red Wine's dusty appearance.

"There are still choices."

And Tie Guanyin admitted this point, and her expression also changed slightly, calm and composed, slowly opened her mouth, but her eyes looked at Hu Ma, and whispered, "But I have to ask him."

"You..."

She looked at Hu Ma seriously and whispered, "Have you already seen the path left by Lao Junmei?"

"唰 (Shua)!"

Inside and outside the hall, in the night of Shangjing City, I don't know how many eyes focused on Hu Ma at the same time, seemingly not expecting that the matter concerning the life and death of the transmigrators would finally fall on Hu Ma.

"Yes!"

And Hu Ma also seemed not surprised that Tie Guanyin would bring the topic to himself at this time, slowly nodded, and said, "The azure sky is dead, the yellow sky shall rise."

"Huh?"

Everyone didn't understand Hu Ma's answer for a while.

And Tie Guanyin looked at Hu Ma, and a smile slowly appeared on her face, and whispered, "It seems that Lao Junmei's path has indeed been left behind."

Erguotou seemed a little anxious at this time, and busily said, "No, you...can you die if you explain it clearly?"

Hu Ma also took a deep breath, and only then took over the conversation, saying, "Things do sound a bit difficult, but the previous generation of transmigrator seniors had already made their choices, hadn't they?"

"They have even used various methods to prove some things to us!"

"Peeling off the emperor's skin, so that Tai Sui couldn't find the debtor, and using the Ten Surnames to forcibly suppress the world, they continued for twenty years, which shows that Tai Sui can be deceived!"

"Although the heaven and earth are broken, it still can't get in, which shows that the order of heaven and earth can indeed block Tai Sui, which shows that Tai Sui can be blocked."

"Mr. Longjing, on the other hand, once injured Tai Sui in front of me with his seventh arrow. He used the Nightmare Technique, and the Nightmare Technique did not come from himself, so the arrow that injured Tai Sui came from the human world."

"This shows that the power of the human world can injure Tai Sui!"

"And just now, Mr. Erguotou and I joined forces, and also borrowed the method from the Towning of the Years Book, and killed Tai Sui, although it was only as big as a fingernail..."

"Tai Sui is terrifying, but it can be deceived, trapped, injured, and killed. Don't say blood bars, the weaknesses are all exposed, and you still can't kill it?"

"..."

Speaking of this, he slowly exhaled a breath of depression, and whispered, "Even, they have given out the strategy: Expel the Heavenly Mandate, Slaughter Tai Sui!"

"But this..."

The people inside and outside the hall were speechless for a while. Erguotou wanted to speak when Hu Ma mentioned himself, but he was also full of powerlessness. Outside the hall, someone had already impatiently opened his mouth: "It's easy to kill one person, how can you slaughter a million soldiers?"

"It's easy to scoop a ladle of water, who can block the vast ocean?"

"Ignoring the dosage and talking about toxicity is playing a hooligan, ignoring the volume level and talking about slaughtering Tai Sui is also a joke!"

"It's easy to move your lips and talk about slaughtering Tai Sui, but now the world is full of holes, and the Heavenly Mandate is no longer worth anything. Even if you夺(duó, seize) it, what can you do?"

"Even if we really find our people to be the emperor, as Da Hongpao said, and lead a million soldiers, what can we do to Tai Sui?"

"..."

The words were a bit rough, but undoubtedly reasonable. Even Erguotou and Sweet Potato Liquor in the hall couldn't help but nod.

"Who said we can't do anything?"

But at this moment, Hu Ma suddenly raised his head slightly and said grimly, "I grew up in a village and saw many spirits and monsters harming people everywhere."

"But those ordinary people who don't belong to the path still survived. They don't understand术法 (Shu Fa, spells and techniques), but their courage and blood are the methods of curing祟 (sui, evil spirits)."

"The yin ghosts harm people, one person can't stop them, but when there are more people, the courage is strong, and even the most powerful yin ghosts have to detour. Mortals face the妖祟 (yao sui, monsters and demons) with almost no power to resist, but as long as the courage is still there, the yin ghosts can't harm people."

"Tai Sui is indeed terrifying, but what if we treat it as a kind of yin ghost?"

"..."

一边说着 (yi bian shuo zhe, while saying), he slowly raised his head: "The court is full of decayed wood, the great power lies in the human world."

"Lao Junmei's path is very simple."

"Facing this thing, relying on the Ten Surnames, relying on the Guoshi, or even relying on the transmigrators, will not work. It is those people of the world who are about to be forgotten who have a bit of meaning..."

(End of this chapter)