Chapter 1252 Hungry Ghost

The Zong Gui was really hungry.

Because he ate a full eleven bowls of noodles.

Bai Su, who had traveled a long distance from Xiyin City back to the tundra, never expected that he would be back in an aircar and leaving less than ten minutes after he landed… and this time the destination was a small noodle shop in Changye. According to Zong Gui, this was a noodle shop he often ate at during the construction of Qingzhong. When he was selling his life for Zhao Xilai in Dadu Huazhi, he always craved this taste.

Later, he was always busy in the tundra.

He hadn’t eaten this bowl of noodles in a very, very long time.

He was in luck.

After so many years, this noodle shop was still open.

“This is what you meant by ‘grab a bite’?”

Bai Su looked at Zong Gui, then at the mountain of noodle bowls piled on the table.

“Yeah… actually, I’m still very hungry. You don’t mind waiting for me a little longer, do you?”

Zong Gui said between mouthfuls.

He also went to eat hot pot, and bought a few sesame cakes on the way. The business district of Snow Forbidden City was a city that never sleeps. Zong Gui just kept walking down the street, eating as he went. Bai Su had always been very patient, so he certainly didn’t mind accompanying Zong Gui as he ate…

But as far as he knew.

Zong Gui was just a “mortal.” This guy didn't used to have such a large appetite.

“Okay.”

This continued until midnight, when Zong Gui patted his stomach…

After a gluttonous meal.

His abdomen was still flat, without the slightest sign of bulging.

Although he had eaten a lot.

But… the food seemed to disappear into thin air after entering his stomach.

“Let’s go see Tian Qiao now.”

Xing Yun burped contentedly, then sighed comfortably.

Bai Su and Zong Gui exchanged glances. He saw a hint of reluctance in the other's eyes.

Gu Nanfeng ordered that Bai Su and Zong Gui be alone tonight, so the Gu Clan’s night watchmen did not dare to follow. They had been guarding the landing pad, waiting for the two to return.

Before long.

The Gu Clan’s aircar brought the two to Snow Cage.

Mr. Xue and Mr. Gui personally greeted the distinguished guests in front of Snow Cage. Zong Gui walked in front alone, with Bai Su silently following behind.

The Tundra Prison was unusually quiet tonight.

The "Tian Qiao", which always radiated an erratic rhythm, was also surprisingly quiet.

……

……

Bai Su wasn't a fool.

He could see Zong Gui’s abnormality. A guy who usually relied on IV drips to maintain his physical condition did the first thing after leaving the base – stuffing his face.

Or rather…

This was the last thing Zong Gui did after leaving the base.

The two walked in silence, one in front of the other, the wind and snow howling.

Zong Gui, walking in front, had his thin clothes blown high by the wind, his appearance like a soldier heading to the battlefield to die.

“Hey—”

Bai Su spoke, stopping Zong Gui. “You can walk a little slower.”

“……”

Zong Gui stopped.

He looked at Bai Su, pointed to the towering shadow in front of him, and said with a smile, his voice slightly trembling, “No need, we’re already here.”

Unknowingly, the two had already arrived at the core area of Tian Qiao.

After the collapse, this Stone Sword was more closely guarded and protected by the Eastern Continent Tribunal.

“Your condition isn’t quite right. Are you okay?”

Bai Su didn't rush forward. He frowned and came to Zong Gui's side, wanting to check the other's mental state.

“I… have never been better.”

Zong Gui said in a low voice.

“Since the Lion Awakening Code was released, countless pieces of knowledge have spread through my mind. Sometimes I even think I am the omnipotent God. A massive tide of ancient texts constantly floods into my mind. These ancient cultures become thrones, lifting me high… This feeling surpasses all physical pleasure. It is the ultimate enjoyment of directly reaching the end of the spirit.”

“But… I have also never been worse.”

Zong Gui bent slightly, one hand pressed against his forehead, and his long, loose hair flowed from between his fingers, covering his eyes.

He smiled sadly and joyfully, “For the past five years, in order to live, I have had to vent the ‘information’ in my sea of ​​spirits, otherwise it will just keep piling up and piling up. Unable to be confirmed, this information will become entangled in my sea of ​​spirits.”

“Then just now…”

“Yes… just now, this information has accumulated a lot, a lot. But the accumulation of information is no longer important.”

Zong Gui raised his head and looked at Bai Su.

His voice trembled again, “Everything has a price. If you want to experience the ecstasy brought by the explosion of knowledge, you need to endure double or even several times the physical pain. If time permits, I can eat a lot of things, a lot, a lot more than you see, more than you can imagine.”

Bai Su had noticed it a long time ago.

Zong Gui had a big appetite and ate a lot.

“I know… this is another self in my mind that is awakening. My body no longer belongs to me.”

Zong Gui smiled, “What’s that guy called? Traveler? I think he must have been a starving ghost in his previous life.”

Bai Su said in a hoarse voice, “I’ll take you back.”

Was it Deep Sea that unlocked the shackles of Zong Gui's spirit?

The soul of the Traveler was reviving in his sea of ​​spirits.

The power emitted from the core area of Tian Qiao could suppress the power of extraordinary origin… and the Traveler just happened to be immune to Tian Qiao. Coming to this area would obviously accelerate the “distortion” of Zong Gui’s sea of ​​spirits.

Therefore, that dream meant a clue to him.

For Zong Gui, it meant disaster.

“No… no need.”

Zong Gui refused Bai Su’s kindness. He stretched out his finger and pointed to the towering shadow in front of him, and said with guilt, “Some things are always bound to happen. Actually, I’ve had that dream more than once… I dreamed of coming here with you a long time ago. But I didn’t dare, I didn’t dare to tell anyone…”

He could feel the baleful aura of this dream towards him.

This dream.

Was likely to be the “end point” that his soul could reach.

He still wanted to live, to live a few more years, even a few more days would be a good thing.

“I’ve been hiding for many years.”

Zong Gui took a deep breath and smiled, “Do you know? There has always been another soul in my body. Many years ago, I saw him. He would drag me into a black snow mountain, where it snows all year round, where there is a withered mountain wall, and sharp arrows nailed into my body.”

“?!”

Bai Su’s pupils shrank.

He was familiar with this scene.

The place Zong Gui was talking about… wasn’t it the Calamity Barrier that he and Gu Shen escaped from!

Wait.

At that time, Bai Su didn't pay much attention to the arrows that pierced the Traveler's body, but at this moment, as Zong Gui spoke, the broken clues suddenly connected.

His heart sank.

At this moment—

He vaguely guessed the truth about the Torch Extinguisher.

That divine bow had appeared briefly once, and then disappeared without a trace. Since then, no matter how the world searched for it, there had been no further news.

Because the answer to the Torch Extinguisher was never within the Five Continents.

“This matter… only Gu Shen knows… he told me that if I want to live, I must keep it a secret and not tell anyone…”

Zong Gui’s voice became more and more hoarse, and more and more guilty.

“I’m sorry, this dream must be very important to you… but I really want to live…”

“So…”

“I’ve been waiting for you to come and find me…”

In the end, he didn’t even dare to look into Bai Su’s eyes.

“You did nothing wrong.”

A calm voice broke his gloom.

Zong Gui raised his head in disbelief, looking at the man in front of him.

“If I were you, I would do the same… who wouldn’t want to live a few more years?”

Bai Su looked as usual, as gentle as ever, “Xing Yun, live on. This is not only Gu Shen’s hope, but also what I want to say to you.”

“Live… on…”

Zong Gui’s expression suddenly turned pale. He gagged and knelt forward, his withered hands supporting him on the snow, constantly trembling.

He breathed heavily, as if trying to vomit something.

It was like…

He was about to vomit out a soul.

Bai Su knew there was nothing he could do, so he stood quietly, accompanying Xing Yun.

A few minutes later, the trembling arms gradually calmed down.

But the solemn look in Bai Su’s eyes did not disappear.

……

……

“If you kill him now, I will kill you too.”

Seeing Zong Gui return to normal, Bai Su suddenly spoke.

The man who was supporting himself on the ground with his hands was silent for a moment after hearing this.

A moment later.

“Zong Gui” raised his head and looked at Bai Su with cold eyes, “No one has ever dared to threaten me like this.”

“There is now.”

Bai Su said expressionlessly, “No matter how powerful you were in your previous life, it has nothing to do with this life. Zong Gui’s extraordinary realm has fallen to the bottom. If you choose to completely erase his spirit, I can slap you into ashes.”

“……”

The Traveler’s face twitched slightly.

He had to admit that Bai Su was telling the truth.

“He is destined to die, it’s just a matter of time.”

The Traveler frowned and said, “As my ‘seed,’ his mission is to live for me.”

Zong Gui’s knowledge awakening was certainly not a gift from God.

But his inevitable fate.

This knowledge came from his “predecessor”, the Traveler God Seat who lost the bet in the Underworld Contract.

In order to escape the punishment of the contract.

The Traveler chose to abandon everything, separate his spirit and body, let his spirit come to the Five Continents to practice again, and bear the Underworld King’s curse of disaster on his behalf, while his body was in a state of silence, waiting for the “union” one day in the future.

According to his plan.

After this wisp of spiritual seed grew up in the Five Continents, it would be entangled in a large number of disasters.

A "mortal" who could not achieve anything in the course of cultivation would not be able to escape so many disasters...

And dying in disaster was Zong Gui's fate.

After this incident, the disaster in the Underworld King's bet would also dissipate.

And at that time, it would be his "birth". Relying on this incomplete spirit, the Traveler God Seat only needed to find his body to return to his peak.

In this way.

Although it took some time.

But he not only found the coordinates of the Five Continents, but also led the Traveler clan to complete the most critical advent!

“Now his mission has changed. He lives only for himself.”

Bai Su said calmly, “If you kill him, then I will kill you.”

“You can kill me, but what good will killing me do you?”

The Traveler God Seat sneered, “There is a lot of ancient text knowledge in my sea of ​​spirits that humans need… These things can allow you to quickly understand the ‘inheritance’ of starship civilization. In addition, I know that you are fighting against my people in the borderlands of the Northern Continent. Killing me at this time will do more harm than good.”

“I am a capricious person.”

Bai Su said lightly, “I only do what I think is right, so what you said is meaningless to me. I still say the same thing, if you kill him, then I will kill you.”

The Traveler God Seat’s face was very ugly.

Negotiations had failed again.

He subconsciously used the word "again".

Because his incomplete spirit had always been peeking into this world through Zong Gui's eyes. Before Deep Sea seized the initiative of his body, he had communicated with Gu Shen more than once through the Black Snow Mountain dream, and his negotiations had always failed at that time.

There was no way, from the moment he chose to abandon his body and cut off his spirit, he fell from the altar.

If he wanted to ascend to the throne again, he had to endure humiliation and bear burdens.

“You… don’t have to be like this.”

After suppressing his anger, the Traveler God Seat said in a deep voice, “We can discuss it properly. Whatever you want, I can give it to you.”

“What can a guy who has lost everything, even his soul, give me?”

Bai Su smiled playfully, “Also… I want the Torch Extinguisher. Will you give it to me?”

“……”

The Traveler God Seat fell silent.

“If I’m not mistaken, the Torch Extinguisher has always been in your hands. This is your last hope for ‘making a comeback.’ Naturally, you will not hand it over to me.”

As soon as Bai Su said this.

The Traveler God Seat’s face suddenly changed.

“What are you talking about?”

“Actually, I have always been curious as to why the Torch Extinguisher, such a famous weapon, has disappeared for so long… It wasn't until just now that Zong Gui enlightened me. This divine bow is not an unowned object. It already has its own owner, but why hasn't its owner had any ‘reputation’ for so many years?”

Bai Su said calmly, “Because the owner of the Torch Extinguisher died years ago.”

“As the highest-quality artifact forged by the Lord of Melting Iron, anyone who obtains it will achieve great feats, unless… the person who obtains it is a ‘dead man.’”

“The Traveler clan has never known the coordinates of the Five Continents, and it wasn’t until the Doluo River mission that they had their first ‘contact’ with the Five Continents. After that mission, your ‘Crown Bearer’ spared no effort to cross the snowfields to reach the Tian Qiao area, even if it meant giving up a fire seed in vain. No matter how you look at it, this is an extremely stupid operation. But what if we consider it from another perspective?”

“Someone in the Traveler clan already knows the coordinates of the Five Continents.”

“And that person… is their ‘King.’”

“The King is in the Five Continents and has not sent back any news. So they frantically searched for the ‘King,’ until the Doluo River opened the space portal, and the Crown Bearer seized the last chance to come to the Five Continents to send out a fire seed. They were sure that you would be reborn within the Five Continents, and the ‘fire seed’ sent out at that time would become your throne as a true god.”

Bai Su paused and said, “So, back to the original question, if you know the coordinates of the Five Continents, why didn’t you tell them in the first place? Was it because you knew that your ‘time was running out’ and that the Traveler’s attack had no chance of winning? Or is it because… you don’t actually know the specific coordinates of the Five Continents and can only rely on the sense of fate?”

The Traveler God Seat’s pupils had shrunk to a thin line.

“I think it should be the latter.”

“Gu Shen once told me that the Torch Extinguisher is attached to a special domain called Achilles' Heel. Relying on this domain, you personally stripped your soul and body, but the next question is that the stripped spirit needs a carrier, and you need to find the Five Continents…”

“Six hundred years ago, a huge stone that could dispel extraordinary origin fell from the sky and fell into the tundra.”

“Six hundred years later, people named it ‘Tian Qiao.’”

“Tian Qiao’s characteristics are very similar to the Torch Extinguisher. Currently, the Tian Qiao weapons developed by the Gu Clan use the ‘Storm Equation’ to trigger violent resonance of the Tian Qiao fragments within a specified range… It is precisely because of this characteristic that you chose to bet your spirit and make a gamble.”

“You gave the fire seed to the most trusted ‘Crown Bearer’ in the clan. Relying on the power of the fire seed, the Crown Bearer shot out your soul through the Torch Extinguisher bow.”

“In the end, there is no doubt… you won the bet, but the problem is that neither the fire seed nor the Torch Extinguisher is in your hands. Even if you are resurrected, you cannot rise quickly.”

“So, there was the arrival of the Crown Bearer.”

Bai Su lowered his eyes and fell into memories, “If I remember correctly, the Crown Bearer’s arrival that time caused Tian Qiao to crack, and the repair work on the Tundra Prison took more than half a year…”

“So the Torch Extinguisher was hidden in the Stone Sword?”

He turned his head and smiled softly, “This is indeed a very good place. Although it is watched by countless eyes, no one will really ‘check’ it to see what’s inside.”

At this moment, the Traveler’s expression was as pale as paper.

Bai Su restrained his smile and asked seriously, “Zong Gui, am I guessing right?”

(End of this chapter)