375: Chapter 94 Undying Spring Eye 375: Chapter 94 Undying Spring Eye “There are always things in this world that crush people so they cannot raise their heads or straighten their backs.”
“I know you don’t want this fate.”
“But what can you do?”
Amidst the sandstorm, the Taoist in a white robe stood with his hands behind his back, his large sleeves fluttering in the wind before falling again.
Lu Yuzhen could tell what Xie Xuanyi was thinking.
This fate was too burdensome, and Xie Xuanyi had always prided himself on his clear Sword Heart and wished not to be tainted with consequences unrelated to himself.
However, now, he gave Xie Xuanyi only two choices.
Either watch nine million lives get refined by Lu Yuzhen.
Or personally take over these lives.
Xie Xuanyi could only remain silent, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, pondering how to respond.
Suddenly.
Lu Yuzhen burst out laughing.
His face, which had managed to remain serious for a moment, could no longer hold back and erupted into a smile again, watching Xie Xuanyi’s tormented expression, Lord Lu laughed so heartily it was almost comical.
“What if I said, everything before was just to deceive you?”
Lu Yuzhen laughed heartily, holding his stomach.
“I just wanted to see you forced to make a choice.
How do you feel about this act?”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi looked at the Paperman Taoist, speechless for a moment.
True becomes false when the false is true.
Initially, he told himself not to believe a word from Lu Yuzhen.
Later.
He told himself to only believe half of what Lu Yuzhen said.
But now.
Who could discern which words from this man’s mouth were true and which were false?
“Shushushu.”
White papers fluttering.
The Dharma of the Pure White Saint forcibly thrown into the Heavenly Cloud Sea by Lu Yuzhen shattered and scattered, sweeping like a blizzard of paper snow.
“This battle is almost over.”
Lu Yuzhen looked up, smiling lightly, “Have you always wanted to know…
my identity?”
A piece of white paper scrap.
Fell into Xie Xuanyi’s palm.
“If you want to know, why not give it a try?”
Lu Yuzhen extended two fingers, gently pressing them to his forehead, gesturing for Xie Xuanyi to place the paper scrap on his forehead.
He quietly waited for a moment.
Xie Xuanyi did not hesitate long; he pinched the scrap, slowly affixing it to the center of his forehead.
The paper scrap carried a faint coolness.
Falling between his brows, it also descended into his Heart Lake.
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Snow swirled wildly, Heart Lake shimmered.
This wasn’t Xie Xuanyi’s first time seeing such a scene; this was the Purple Mansion World, also a realm of Illusion.
Whether meeting with Prince Jiangning, Xie Zhisu, or talking with the Erosion Sun Swamp Dragon Wood Venerable, it was done in this manner, although this time the Illusion was slightly different from those meetings—the entire Heart Lake world was covered in heavy snow, resembling Jiang Huang’s Lake post-Nine Death Forbidden.
The Heart Lake was vast but had frozen into ice.
Snow churned in the sky.
But reaching out to catch a flake,
one would discover.
This wasn’t snow but paper scraps.
“Is this… your Purple Mansion?”
Xie Xuanyi frowned, looking at Lord Lu before him.
“It is the Purple Mansion, this is also the White Paper Cave Heaven.”
White papers fluttered, manifesting Lu Yuzhen’s figure.
He stood beside Xie Xuanyi, starting with a smile, “You could consider it the ‘gateway’ to the Paperman Sect.”
Xie Xuanyi indeed saw a mountain.
However, that mountain was far in the distance, beyond the misty clouds.
On the side where the heavy snow fell, figures loomed.
On that distant mountain, countless figures stood, swaying in the wind, vast as mountains, vast as seas.
This scene was somewhat daunting.
Xie Xuanyi silently gazed at that distant mountain, slowly spoke, “You should know, I don’t like to beat around the bush or evade.”
The character of Lu Yuzhen.
Was almost the opposite of his.
This Paperman Taoist, his favorite thing seemed to be indirectness, evading the straightforward path.
Every word he spoke was like unfolding three sentences.
Each one enshrouded in mists, elusive and hard to grasp.
“Don’t rush.”
Lu Yuzhen softly spoke, “This time I brought you here not to tour the ‘Paperman Sect’.
Look beneath you.”
Xie Xuanyi looked down.
Beneath this layer of frozen ice lake, it seemed there were hot currents swirling.
“People only know that the Undying Spring can ‘revive the dead, flesh and bones,’ but its other utilities are not well understood.”
Lu Yuzhen smiled and said, “This spring symbolizes vitality, precisely why it can resuscitate the dead, forcibly extending life.
So many Great Practitioners fought desperately for the Undying Spring, surely not just to cling to a miserable existence, to live just a few more years… At their level of cultivation, none are fools.”
“If such a Divine Artifact truly exists.”
“Then it proves that the Dao of Life and Death can be broken.”
The Paperman Taoist slowly swept his sleeves.
The ice cracked open.
The next moment.
Hot currents burst forth.
Even within the Purple Mansion World, Xie Xuanyi still felt a familiar sensation from these surging streams… entwined within these erupting columns of water was the Undying Spring Water Vapor!
“Do you want to recreate the ‘Undying Spring’?”
Xie Xuanyi shifted his gaze to Lord Lu, speaking in a deep voice.
“Yes.”
Lu Yuzhen smiled and said, “There is only so much Undying Spring, use a drop, lose a drop.
I can’t just sit back and squander such a divine artifact…
Over the years, I’ve tried every means to increase its quantity.”
“You failed.”
Xie Xuanyi calmly spoke.
This water column, although containing extremely potent life force,
is not the Undying Spring after all.
If ingested, it should allow one’s injuries to recover swiftly.
But it cannot, like the Undying Spring, transcend the pathway of life and death, producing inconceivable effects.
“Of course, I failed.”
Lu Yuzhen indifferently said, “The real cannot be faked, and the fake cannot be real.
Once the Undying Spring water vapor is mixed with other substances, its quality is lowered, and even its magical effects cannot manifest.”
This statement was somewhat harsh.
Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes for an observation.
These counterfeit Undying Springs should also possess quite remarkable effects…
If it is said that the complete Undying Spring could be used as a divine treasure.
Then these diluted, incomplete “Undying Springs”
could be distributed to elders within the sect, mountain masters, and such senior practitioners.
“All things are destined.”
Lu Yuzhen gave a self-deprecating laugh, helplessly saying, “Despite my strenuous efforts and years of study, I can’t compare to some who are more fortunate…”
“Me?”
Xie Xuanyi suddenly realized something.
“What you carry is not ordinary ‘Undying Spring’.”
“It’s the ‘Undying Spring Eye’.”
Lu Yuzhen declared resentfully, “Haven’t you noticed that the ‘Undying Spring’ condensed within your Dantian, once expended, will continue to accumulate?
As long as you don’t over-exploit it, not draining it dry, then the Undying Spring Eye will continuously generate more water.”
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This fact, Xie Xuanyi had naturally discovered long ago.
Moreover,
he had faintly touched upon other marvelous uses of the Undying Spring, this divine treasure, which could not only work on ‘living creatures’, even chronic conditions damaged by the heaven’s will, or damaged inanimate objects, just by applying the Undying Spring water, could be repaired!
Such wasteful acts.
If spoken of, would surely be condemned by thousands.
It seems that only Xie Xuanyi could afford to “squander” like this, looking across the world.
Xie Xuanyi puzzled, asked, “How was the Undying Spring Eye born?”
“Who knows?”
Lu Yuzhen laughed, “If I knew the answer, I would have created it long ago.
I only know that the Undying Spring Eye, as long as the corresponding price is paid, can turn the Undying Spring water into ‘living water’.
Just like the scene you can see before you right now, I do not need to dilute it or rack my brains to recreate it, I can get more and more water.”
Indeed.
Xie Xuanyi had also noticed this point.
If he spends more than ninety percent of the Undying Spring water in his Heart Lake, the recovery rate of the Undying Spring speeds up.
But his own Heart Power will also feel drained.
The generation of water from the Undying Spring Eye requires a “price” to be paid.
“What do you mean by saying all this?” Xie Xuanyi frowned.
“In the battle outside, weren’t you hoping that Qing Li would win?”
This time, Lu Yuzhen didn’t beat around the bush and directly said, “With Emperor Qi’s temperament, if defeat is certain and no chance of victory can be seen, he will definitely want to detonate Great Yue Kingdom as a ‘grave good,’ along with the entire kingdom.
Then, not to mention the nine million souls hovering in the void, even Qing Li, who has passed through the Reincarnation Tribulation, will not survive this catastrophe of destruction.”
Emperor Qi is a celestial being,
and moreover, a celestial being just one step away from ascending.
As the monarch commanding all authority over this ancient nation, Xie Xuanyi had no doubt that he could achieve all this.
The Ruyi Dao had already sealed control over the entire Secret Realm.
With just a thought, the realm could crumble.
By then, the entire Great Yue would be crushed.
Not turned into ashes,
but completely obliterated into “nothingness”!
A thousand years ago, Great Yue had already disappeared into the crevices of history, and once Emperor Qi opts for “mutual destruction,” this ancient city, along with the souls yet to be reincarnated, will be obliterated by the heavens!
“You…”
Xie Xuanyi stared at the man before him.
He had already guessed what Lu Yuzhen intended to do.
This Paperman Taoist cherished life dearly, the reason he dared to venture into this situation was because he carried the “Undying Spring.”
He clearly knew.
This battle was likely to be “mutual destruction”.
Yet, Lord Lu still covered the entire ancient nation with white paper.
“Xie Xuanyi, though you are only in the Cave Heaven Realm now, you still qualify to enter this game.”
“The reason is simple.”
“Because you…
are irreplaceable, one-of-a-kind!”
Lu Yuzhen slowly raised his hands, which were tied behind his back, and the snow that filled the sky rose with them; the entire White Paper Cave Heaven, Purple Mansion World, seemed to freeze at this moment.
The ice surface cracked and broke, jets of Undying Spring water spurted forth.
The great cloak fluttered.
Lord Lu loudly said, “Let us join forces and save the collapsing heavens!
If Emperor Qi self-immolates, nine million beings who lack a homeland, including the True Dragon, will not escape, but if aided by your ‘Undying Spring Eye,’ we can certainly save this ancient nation…
Do not worry about the scarcity of Undying Spring water, I will deliver vast amounts of the water to your Sword Qi Cave Heaven, and what you need to do is utilize the ‘Undying Spring Eye’ to continuously multiply these waters!”
“About the price, you also need not worry—”
Lu Yuzhen beckoned gently.
Numerous Divine Soul Treasures and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures flew over.
“Xie Xuanyi, in your past life, you reached the peak of the Yin God Realm.
Just short of ‘enquiring about the Tao’, and you could pass through the Yang God Tribulation.”
Lord Lu asked in a deep voice, “Such a great opportunity might enable you, who had been stagnant at the Divine Soul Realm, to advance a step further, wouldn’t you want to seize it?!”
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(Next update before noon tomorrow at 12 o’clock.)