Chapter 183 The Turtle's Innards Are Being Stolen

Gui Xu power?

Xuanwu's gaze, devoid of any emotional fluctuations, swept across the line of text.

"Do you want to understand the meaning of life?"

"Do you want to truly live?"

Even if it was just a fleeting awareness of self, a [self] about to disappear, Xuanwu still felt a hint of derision welling up within, a sense of absurdity.

In the past, he would have ignored this thing completely, but now, he could clearly perceive that the unique sense of [self] was fading.

His existence would vanish.

And then, the avatar [Xuanwu], controlled by Yu Qiang, would return to the mortal realm.

Even ants cling to life, let alone him?

Almost involuntarily, driven by that subtle unwillingness, he chose to continue reading.

yes/是..

The [是] on the side meant agreement.

So, did the symbol [yes] on the other side mean disagreement?

He wondered where this Gui Xu recruiter came from, being so humane; not engaging in the forced transactions of other Gui Xu envoys. Xuanwu nodded slightly, somewhat approving, then paused for a moment and chose to respond actively.

Gui Xu envoys of this level couldn't pull in terrifying existences like the Four Spirits.

But if they responded willingly, it was a different story.

A situation that had never occurred before, under countless coincidences, had achieved an unprecedented feat for Gui Xu.

At the same time, at the core of Gui Xu, the core of myriad realms.

The ultra-massive trans-spatial transfer formation, capable of simultaneously accommodating countless worlds, which usually only utilized the surface-level Heavenly Dao deduction capabilities of the Gui Xu core, suddenly began to tremble violently. Everyone felt the space of their squad shaking uncontrollably.

Then, it went dark.

Dai Xiuming stared blankly outside: "What's going on?"

"This... the Gui Xu myriad realms system, it's out of power?"

At the highest level, the roar of the Gui Xu guardian echoed throughout the entire myriad realms transfer center, reaching the ears of all administrators, as he raged: "What's going on?! How did the formation overload? Who, who!"

"Who did this?!"

"Doesn't anyone know that you can't pull too many people in at once?!"

"No… Guardian Lord, it's not…" a formation grandmaster responded, his face pale.

"It's Xuanwu."

"What? The Northern Emperor is attacking?!"

"No, it's not... it's worse?" the formation grandmaster swallowed hard and murmured:

"A Gui Xu envoy... pulled Xuanwu in."

"??!"

"You said... who?!"

The Gui Xu guardian's expression slowly froze. Even he couldn't defeat Xuanwu, because the latter's defense was too terrifying. Then, amidst a chorus of voices urging him to calm down, his roar erupted again:

"Which brainless idiot did this?! Don't let me find you!!!"

"Who!"

"Who stole Yu Qiang's home! Step forward!!!"

"You moron—"

The roaring voice represented the mental breakdown of this powerhouse, also at the forefront of the Three Realms and Eight Desolations. To make matters worse, in the past, another guardian, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the entire Heavens and Myriad Realms Gui Xu system, had created a [Myriad Realms Communication Power], and to foster a harmonious atmosphere.

To prevent someone from a small world from using offensive slang and idioms that others wouldn't understand.

This formation grandmaster had casually added a profanity filtering system.

So, the sound of beeping.

Was incessant.

...

Completely unaware that his act of recruitment hadn't only enraged Yu Qiang, but had also infuriated the current caretaker of Gui Xu, the Shu and Hu Emperors stared at the incredibly powerful Xuanwu, who had actually responded to the summons, with expressions of utter bewilderment.

"How did you know, young man?"

Tu Shan Yuan mused, answering to himself, "Just a simple deduction."

"Indeed, as long as there is a sense of [self], one will not willingly be a pawn, nor will one willingly watch [oneself] dissipate."

"I admit there was an element of gambling."

"But I bet right."

Wei Yuan mimicked a line from a movie scene in his memory, easing his tension.

The Shu Emperor said, "What do we do next?"

Next…

Wei Yuan pondered. With the movement of Xuanwu's true spirit, Yu Qiang would likely notice soon, even in secluded cultivation to heal injuries. He would break through seclusion as quickly as possible and trace back using Heavenly Secrets, following the deliberately left trail.

And to prevent Gui Xu from causing trouble, Wei Yuan suddenly thought of changing his jade pendant code to avoid being found. So, he casually handed the task to the two old men, racking his brains for a task for Xuanwu.

Originally, he just needed to pull Xuanwu over.

Yu Qiang would come to kill.

Then, Fu Xi would chat amicably with Yu Qiang.

And it would be over. However, Wei Yuan thought of the newly born Xuanwu's intelligence, and the words Fu Xi had said casually before - if there were no external anchors to establish itself, it would dissipate. Could giving this newly born, temporary consciousness some anchors extend its existence?

Hmm…

Wei Yuan rubbed his brow, his thoughts slowly clearing.

Since Xuanwu's intelligence was inherently false.

Then, why not give him a false identity?

He spread his fingers slightly, and while the old men were fighting over what name to change Wei Yuan's Gui Xu token to, streams of light combined before him, forming a vast and magnificent formation. If a core member of the Daoist school were here, they would recognize it as the Talisman Heavenly Court, built over thousands of years.

But after the battle with Gonggong, the Talisman Grand Array had completely collapsed.

Depleting over seventy percent of its foundation.

Wei Yuan said, "The mortal realm's Talisman Grand Array, the Three Pure Ones and Four Imperials, now only has the position of [Jade Emperor]. The old Daoist drew his sword and slew gods in his youth, so he had the bearing. Among the Four Imperials, the northern position was originally the Arctic Ziwei Emperor, as one of the array eyes…"

As one of the core members of the Daoist school, the secrets of the Talisman Grand Array were completely open to him.

Wei Yuan pondered and made a sword gesture with his fingers.

The Arctic Ziwei Emperor's array eye changed, linking to the Big Dipper Seven Kill Formation of the Quanzhen sacred land, completely abandoning the Ziwei array eye's imperial grandeur and consumption of humanistic fortune. It linked with the fortune of the Wudang Mountain sacred land, and the formation trembled before finally stabilizing.

It could work…

The original Ziwei Star array eye transformed into the figure of a Daoist holding a sword.

Wei Yuan murmured to himself.

Human race Daoist school formation, the Heavenly Court Talisman plan, expected realm—

Four Imperials array eye, Ziwei Emperor, changed—

Arctic Zhenwu Demon-Subduing Great Emperor!

Holding a sword to subdue demons, the number one war god of the Heavenly Court.

The predicted power would shift to slaughter, the destructive force would increase, the Seven Stars Kill Array would be activated, the fortune of Wudang Mountain would be linked, the Heavenly Court Talisman system would be connected to the North Sea Heavenly Dao, and the foundation of the body would have the possibility of natural repair, no longer used little by little, but with the opportunity for endless life.

He didn't know if it would work…

No, as long as he entered the array, with A-Liang and Qi's accomplishments in formations, it definitely could!

In short, Daoist Zhang, this is a surprise.

I'll trick you, no, bring, bring back the body of the Arctic Zhenwu Demon-Subduing Great Emperor.

If possible...

Wei Yuan exhaled. The two old men had finally come to a conclusion after arguing. They turned around and saw Wei Yuan's expectant and worried smile. They laughed loudly, "Hahaha, it seems the little guy's knot has been untied. Have you made a decision?"

They threw the jade pendant over.

Wei Yuan thought of the monk and put his palms together, jokingly saying to himself:

“Gui la…” [Translator's note: Unable to translate]

"Xuanwu doesn't need to seek power in the myriad realms. All he seeks is a [self]."

"Demons run rampant..."

"Guide Zhenwu."

"Two Daoist friends, immeasurable merit."

The Shu and Hu Emperors were slightly startled, then smiles appeared on their lips.

...

"This is good, this is good!"

"Young man, what other pretentious words like this do you have? Tell me, tell me!"

A moment later, Wei Yuan began to regret saying those profound words. Now the Shu Emperor was hugging his waist, and the Hu Emperor was pulling his arm. The two old men were teary-eyed, saying this was good, this would definitely startle Old Man Buzhou. They wanted to play this game.

In short.

Coach, I want to learn how to be pretentious!

I want to learn smooth talk!

You two old men, Old Man Buzhou of Buzhou Mountain, how can you stand it?

Wei Yuan's mouth twitched. Because they weren't satisfied with their teaching, the old men didn't even tell him what the jade pendant's code had been changed to. Wei Yuan had to promise to teach them later, and then try to add anchors to Xuanwu's self.

Well, given Xuanwu's blurred self-awareness, he had to be quick, otherwise the individual who was [Xuanwu] would already be dead. But he couldn't come forward personally, that would be too forceful. Ah-Jie had said that people always believed what they deduced themselves, not what others told them.

A-Liang had said that in a war, even a national war, the opponent had two choices.

If both choice A and choice B were provided by his side, then the opponent was just circling in his palm. So, he had to find a way to insert a guide, then let the guide perceive something, and then indirectly influence Xuanwu.

What Xuanwu knew was just the [truth] that this guide spoke.

This could minimize the impact of deliberate guidance.

Wei Yuan exhaled a breath of stale air and thought of the Gui Xu member who had provided him with the Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman, with that expected tone, seemingly a fellow villager. He took out the jade pendant and thought for a moment, then wrote a line of text on it—

[Recruiting task, special guidance task]

[Seeking participants from the myriad realms.]

Then, he chose to send a private shadow talisman to that person.

Of course, this had to be sent privately.

...

The Gui Xu anomaly didn't last too long.

Dai Xiuming looked at the changes outside. He, at his level, had no idea what had just happened. He was now thinking about what task to participate in next. The previous Great Wilderness task, encountering the First Emperor's patrol, had resulted in only completing the task with the lowest completion rate.

After that, he had used all his savings to exchange for the information about [Gonggong and the Queen Mother of the West fighting in the East Sea].

Now, he was so poor he couldn't make ends meet.

As he was thinking, a shadow talisman came from his jade pendant.

Approximately—

[Recruiting task, special guidance task]

[Seeking participants from the myriad realms.]

Dai Xiuming was slightly stunned, then overjoyed. Tasks like these were released by experts from the entire myriad realms, often involving many secrets, and had extra rewards. In his previous life, these were hidden quest chains with generous rewards.

Then, he saw the sentence below.

Answer the questions to participate.

The hidden task had three answers.

Dai Xiuming's heart calmed, and he regained his composure. This was a top-level task, involving a being of divine level who could release tasks, at least a fourth-tier Gui Xu level. Compared to him, it was a different level of life.

He had to concentrate fully on the questions asked by such a great being.

He opened the questions, glanced at them, and his expression slowly froze.

1. Odd changes, even unchanged, [——]

2. The following sentence is correct.

A: Moonlight before the bed, frost on the ground.

B: Moonlight before the window, two pairs of shoes on the ground.

C: Confucius said by the river: "Passing away like this, never ceasing day and night." These were words said by the top martial arts master Confucius, meaning that the number of enemies who died challenging him was like the water in the river, flowing from morning to night without stopping, to show the terrible cultivation of the martial arts master.

3: The vast horizon is my []?

His teammates on both sides were deep in thought.

The youth from the Talisman world asked puzzledly:

"Odd changes, even unchanged? What kind of formula is this?"

"It's a bit similar to some prerequisites in formations and mechanism techniques…"

The girl who was good at gathering information praised, "Able to fill the entire river with the enemy's corpses, never ceasing day and night. You can see the terrible strength of this Confucius. Amazing, amazing, not just a martial arts master, but a grandmaster!"

"Magnificent, great!"

"I also hope that one day, I can make my enemies pass away like this, never ceasing day and night!"

Another refined and handsome youth frowned and praised in a lyrical tone:

"The vast horizon…"

"Is my great path?"

"Is my pursuit?"

"Is it also my ultimate destiny in this life?"

Dai Xiuming's mouth twitched.

"WTF???"

...

Wei Yuan saw that the anti-theft program he had set had been answered instantly, and he breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, whether liberal arts or science students could answer successfully, that was good. Then, whether it was Dai Xiuming or Xuanwu, they had both entered the small world Wei Yuan had chosen.

At this time, Yu Qiang finally noticed something was wrong.

His Xuanwu avatar had disappeared!

"Who did this!!!"

First, he was tricked by a guy impersonating a god of Buzhou Mountain, and then due to a flaw that shouldn't have appeared, his indestructible body was broken, and even that girl was taken away. He was already extremely angry, and now with the disappearance of his treasure, he could no longer endure it.

Yu Qiang was furious, and his vast and boundless true spirit surged up violently.

Searching heaven and earth!

Then, he noticed the white-haired youth in the distant outer sea area.

He sensed the other party's collapsing realm of strength.

He was overjoyed, and his true spirit Heavenly Secret search technique swarmed over.

Seeking death!!!

Wei Yuan felt the almost overwhelming malice and forcibly steadied his spirit, not avoiding it, his expression calm. Yu Qiang's vast and boundless Heavenly Secret, like the rage of the North Sea, crashed down, but Wei Yuan only felt a gentle breeze.

And Yu Qiang's vision blurred.

He appeared in a completely unfamiliar environment. In front of him was an elegant youth in a black-haired blue robe, smiling as he greeted him—

"Ah, hello, hello, haha."

"Who are you?!" Yu Qiang was wary.

The youth on the other side shook his hand enthusiastically: "Me, I'm your brother-in-law."

Fu Xi's pupils were cloudy crimson golden vertical pupils.

His smile was radiant.

"If you can survive."

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