Chapter 165 Zhu Rong, Two Zhu Rong?!

Zhu Rong, two Zhu Rongs?!

Wei Yuan was slightly stunned, looking at the three-headed man's panicked and frightened expression. Just imagine, if you carried a mission, adventured all the way, and sacrificed everything, only to enter the seal and see the very person who entrusted you with the mission.

It would be like receiving a call from your father, hearing his panicked and frightened voice telling you to run.

But when you turn around, another father is standing behind you.

Just silently watching you.

Without a word, Wei Yuan could feel the madness born from such despair.

The three-headed man's expression froze, and he suddenly stood up, his body showing a bizarre tendency to swell. His body expanded, and twisted, snake-like protrusions appeared on his pale gray skin, with golden light seemingly flowing within.

Then, in an instant, the golden light suddenly expanded and erupted, turning the three-headed man into a giant enveloped in boundless flames. The surrounding Qin soldiers reacted instantly, but the giant, who was clearly unleashing even greater power than the Bifang bird, froze.

Wei Yuan stretched out his right hand and pressed it against the forehead of the middle head.

His expression was calm and distant.

"Karma." His five fingers closed.

The karmic connections to the killings he and others had committed were severed. His connection to the earth was also severed. Stimulated by the turbid qi and Zhu Rong's golden flames, his movements to attack Wei Yuan and the others froze.

His eyes dimmed, and he became quiet again. His true spirit wasn't here.

"Even with the authority of the Nine Hells, these are the limits of what I can gather under the interference of turbid qi." Xian examined the consciousness of this Three-Headed Kingdom warrior, then raised an eyebrow and looked at the thoughtful Wei Yuan, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Wei Yuan slowly said, "Zhu Rong, two Zhu Rongs."

One of them is likely fake, so what about the other? Is he on the side of turbid qi? Or is he a Zhu Rong transformed from the turbid qi side's Kaiming, or even the turbid qi side's Fuxi…

"What do you think?"

Xian thought for a moment and said, "According to what he said, he was sent here by a Zhu Rong to solve the seal, but he saw another Zhu Rong here. And then…"

"His memory seems to have been erased, or rather, it shattered from encountering too great a shock."

"So, at the very least, it means that he encountered an attack from the second Zhu Rong."

"I'm inclined to believe that the second Zhu Rong is the problem."

"Because Emperor Zhuanxu was once related to Zhu Rong. The human tribes in the vast region of the South Sea were all supposed to be protected by Zhu Rong. This is recorded in human texts and cannot be false. The so-called 'never been to the South Sea countries' was probably meant to shake the warrior's state of mind."

Wei Yuan nodded, "After hardships and the deaths of his teammates, he finally completed his mission and arrived at his destination. His mind would inevitably relax for a moment. At this time, such words would be enough to impact his state of mind and cause him to lose his composure… That's an old fox."

"More so than Fuxi… No, Fuxi seems capable of such things too."

Wei Yuan leaned on his sword and muttered to himself, "If it weren't for a deep and manipulative personality that loves to play with people's hearts, then such behavior probably means that the enemies they encountered before weren't at their peak and weren't confident in avoiding losses in a frontal confrontation."

"Or perhaps, they were afraid of Zhu Rong's trump cards on these warriors."

"Like that golden flame just now."

Xian nodded and said, "That flame was upright and pure. Zhu Rong shouldn't have fallen into turbidity yet."

"Since Chi is fine…"

"Then why would he stay in the South Sea area… Why would he disguise his realm, and then say he fell into a deep sleep? These things can't be explained."

Wei Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it's simple. We can find his true spirit." He pointed to the Three-Headed Kingdom warrior who had returned to silence.

Wei Yuan stretched out his hand. Karma intertwined. Based on karma, he deduced that going to find the warrior's soul and true spirit himself would involve some danger, but the danger wasn't great and was completely within an acceptable range.

"Xian, you're still recovering from your injuries. Stay here for now."

"I can go by myself."

Wei Yuan divined the karma and learned that the Three-Headed Kingdom warrior's true spirit had been taken away and hidden.

After telling Shi Yi and Ah Xuan to wait there, Wei Yuan closed his five fingers. Wisps of golden karma flowed out. After thinking for a moment, he held the karma in one hand, and in the other, he held the probability of spatial ripples appearing.

Then, he brought his hands together slightly.

The two karmic forces directly combined.

Thus, under the interference of some unspeakable and immeasurable force, a spatial rift happened to appear there, and it just so happened to have some mysterious connection to the location of the Three-Headed Kingdom warrior's soul and true spirit, and it just so happened to lead there.

Everything was based on the rules of the world.

Even though the probability of this happening was actually much, much lower than winning the grand prize every day for three hundred consecutive years, under the influence of some mysterious force…

It happened as a matter of course.

Wei Yuan looked at the spatial rift that appeared in front of him and said, "Shi Yi, protect them."

"Them?"

Shi Yi looked thoughtfully at the woman in green, recalling the previous events.

He pondered, thought deeply, and finally understood.

He nodded and said, "Okay."

"I will protect them."

"But I will also write a letter to tell Lord Wu'an about this."

"Lord Wu'an?"

Before Wei Yuan could speak, he had already stepped into the spatial rift that had been born by chance. In an instant, he was transported to an extremely distant area. His divine eyes lowered slightly, and he saw that this was a corner of a mountain range, surrounded by a deep gray mist, filled with an unsettling atmosphere.

"Space is distorted here?"

Wei Yuan frowned.

He tried it and found that although the space here was in an extremely distorted and chaotic state, with karma as his core, he could still rely on karma to directly appear in front of familiar people, and he could still leave at any time. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

He looked around.

"I didn't expect that the island under the stone tablet on the edge of the South Sea would be connected to this place."

"This is the place where Zhu Rong is sealed?"

Wei Yuan raised his long sword and walked forward slowly. The surrounding karma intertwined and swirled, forming a defense like an abyss. As long as an enemy intended to attack him, or was able to attack him, the consequence of hitting Wei Yuan would be forcibly erased and severed.

In other words, from a consequential perspective…

Wei Yuan was immune to most attacks below the level of the Ten Greats.

Without interfering with karma, one could not hit him.

And interfering with karma required getting close to him, which would bring them into the range of that big axe.

In a sense, it was unsolvable.

Wei Yuan soon reached the foot of the mountain and saw a towering stone tablet, filled with cracks, decay, and turbid aura. He saw two ancient characters on it.

"Kun…" Wei Yuan exhaled.

He looked around.

Decay, turbidity, terror, depth!

This scene was like the aftermath of the fall of the Heavenly Court and the annihilation of Kunlun. He subconsciously thought of Kaiming's Ten Heavenly Gates. He clenched his five fingers, put away the Chang'an Sword that was being nourished by sword energy, and with a wave of his right hand, a black banner appeared, also possessing a deep aura.

The Xuanhei Turbid World Banner!

Fused with fragments of the clear qi of Heaven, it could be transformed into the axe that was currently Wei Yuan's strongest attack.

Clear and turbid realms were treated equally.

It could be said that all beings were equal under one axe.

A suspected existence of turbid qi Zhu Rong…

The dilapidated Kunlun before him. Everything set off alarm bells in Wei Yuan's heart. He stepped onto the originally clear jade steps, his pupils slowly scanning the overturned lamp posts, the broken jade tables, and even vaguely saw the figures that had fallen, but it seemed that a long time had passed, and they were all dead, leaving only traces of their dharma robes.

"It can't be that the Queen Mother of the West occasionally had some residual baleful qi that transformed into turbid qi and tried to approach…"

The Daoist casually shook the flag, and it unfolded and fell, directly taking it into the flag, turning it into nothingness. Wei Yuan followed the karma and arrived at a palace halfway up the vast Kunlun Mountain. He saw that the houses on the palace had collapsed and fallen, dilapidated and unbearable. Inside, he saw shadows of at least dozens of souls wandering there, but they could never break free. He had found them.

The Primeval Lord of Heaven nodded slightly.

His divine sense swept over the surroundings, and with a wave of his right hand, he directly threw the Xuanhei Turbid World Banner.

The power of the turbid world spread out, directly sheltering and enveloping this palace. He originally intended to directly open the cage set up by who knows who and release the true spirits inside, but Wei Yuan paused slightly and suddenly sensed something was wrong. A karma that was greatly related to him appeared.

He was slightly stunned. He pulled with his right hand, and on one side of the collapsed palace, in a place that seemed to be a battlefield ruin, there was suddenly a crackling sound. The ruins there collapsed and disappeared, and a stream of light instantly flew out and went straight into Wei Yuan's hand.

It was half a letter.

Withered, broken, and yellowed.

It had a familiar character on it: [Yuan]!

"The letter I left for Houtu after I broke through, went back to the past, and tried it out?"

Wei Yuan's expression was slightly condensed: "What's going on? Houtu has been here before?"

"Yes, Kunlun Mountain is unique in the myriad worlds. Since you can enter from the edge of the South Sea…"

"Then it means that you can also enter here from the Central Sea."

"Houtu also arrived here and fought with some powerful enemies, causing the appearance of turbid qi in Kunlun. Or was this originally a trap, and Houtu was in a hurry during the fight…"

"Leaving even my letter behind when she left?"

"It's too long ago and involves the level of the Ten Greats. I can't see enough, not clearly enough." Wei Yuan tried it and could only see vague images. He saw Houtu fighting with several figures, and even a divine mountain of Kunlun's level was shaking and trembling in such a battle. It was just the aftermath of the battle that caused the formation to collapse and the palace to fall down.

"The past is really intertwined with each other."

"Only those at the peak of the Ten Greats are qualified to join it…" Wei Yuan looked at the yellowed letter and only felt that the surrounding environment was dilapidated, and he didn't understand the past or the current situation of this place enough, as if he were trapped in a fog. After thinking for a long time, his expression softened, and he made a decision. He planned to make an attempt. After reaching the level of the Ten Greats, he had already indirectly contacted [Houtu] once in the past.

He would give this letter to Houtu.

In other words, the Primeval Lord of Heaven and Houtu, the Sovereign Earth Goddess, had formed a karmic connection.

Under the influence of time, Wei Yuan could not directly reverse the events of the past, because the karma it would bring was too great, but what if he relied on communication to reverse the karma of the present? It wasn't Wei Yuan changing the past, but relying on Houtu's knowledge to change the present and future to a certain extent, using [Karma] and [Time].

Relying on this letter…

To complete a cross-time exchange and inquiry!

Wei Yuan reached out and held the letter, using the power of karma to write.

"Houtu, can you see it?"

His own Dao body instantly came into play. Countless karmic forces erupted violently, flowed, and intertwined endlessly, and then reversed in time. The Primeval Lord of Heaven's power was initially completed, and he could already interfere with fate and reverse karma to a small extent. Moreover, this attempt would not interfere with the strong or with fate.

What was being changed was only this short letter.

Almost in the blink of an eye…

A character appeared on the letter in Wei Yuan's hand.

A character that seemed to have been eroded by thousands of years, appearing somewhat yellowish but still graceful. This character came from Houtu, from the past.