inspire-indiana Chapter 996 Beyond the Boundary Sea
Chapter 996 Beyond the Boundary Sea
Chapter 996 Beyond the Boundary Sea
Inside a market town, two fat men, one big and one small, who looked like brothers, were scavenging for all sorts of strange items.
The smaller one is depicted as a boy with long black hair, wearing a gray robe. He looks adorable and chubby, which is quite comical.
The larger one looked bulky, but was very agile, moving between several different stalls. His bargaining and selection skills were much more mature than the chubby one's.
Some of them are strange and unusual items obtained by cultivators from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths after killing dark creatures, while others are ingenious techniques, elixirs, and precious medicines from various sects and factions.
This place is not far from the border city of Diguan. Precisely because it is close to the war zone, it has a greater chance of finding valuable items.
Such places dedicated to trading do exist. For example, the City of Light in the Realm of Light sees millions of cultivators every day, and many of them exchange rare medicines, cultivation techniques, and sacred materials there.
There are hundreds of similar cities scattered across different minor worlds. The reason for choosing the area near the border city is simply because the regulations there are not very strict.
Fighting against alien creatures is bound to result in bloodshed and carnage. In order to replenish supplies and quickly convert the spoils into cultivation resources, as long as it's not too excessive, the bottom line for many things is lowered considerably.
This is why many shady items also circulate here.
Remnants of supreme artifacts occasionally appear, and items belonging to true immortals are hard to find. There are even disciples from immortal realms who come here to exchange them.
"It has to be this ancient era. Some extinct things are not much more expensive than roadside weeds. You, Heavenly Venerable, are you being too awesome?"
Duan De sobbed and wiped the tears from the corner of his mouth: "Soon I will be richer than that brat Ye Fan."
"Come on! No matter how much stuff you bury, you won't have any goods on your side. It's a waste of my time and money!" Cao Yusheng said, looking frustrated. Then, his frustration and annoyance turned into anger.
He stared at Duan De for a while, then finally pounced on him as if he couldn't bear it any longer and grabbed the other man by the neck.
"You damned Taoist priest! It must be you who ruined all my belongings, right?!"
"What does this have to do with me!"
Duan De tried to get Cao Yusheng to let go, but the other man was so angry that he clenched his fist.
"Damn it! Hitting me is the same as hitting yourself. Why don't you slap yourself a few times to vent your anger?!" Duan De shouted.
That seems to make some sense.
It makes sense!
"I've almost invested all my savings! What happened to the auspicious feng shui tomb that promised a fortune of ten thousand gold coins a day, where money begets more money and wealth?!" Cao Yusheng said indignantly.
Ever since believing Duan De's supposedly learned investment model of relying on time and compounding interest through fixed deposits, Cao Yusheng started buying all sorts of unorthodox items that he didn't actually need, but which could be slowly enhanced by the physical body, years, yin energy, and feng shui.
After countless ages, when the world and time have all rusted and turned to ashes, "he" who awakens from the burial pit will continue to carry these things hidden in his body, making them unique and irreplaceable items for future generations!
From the very first round of purchases and their burial into his body, no matter how many traces were left, not a single hair could be found on Duan De's body.
"It must be just like that Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Laws said, that you squandered it in your previous lives!"
Cao Yusheng pounded his chest and stamped his feet, looking up to the sky and sighing, "How bitter! How bitter! I'm so angry!"
The greatest pain in life is to live, lose all your money, and suffer the consequences of your past life, while your blessings are enjoyed in other lifetimes after your spirit has been able to communicate with the dead.
"You shameless bastard, I didn't get to enjoy it either!" Duan De seemed to be influenced by Cao Yusheng's emotions.
With a thud, a slap landed on Cao Yusheng's head.
This left Cao Yusheng completely stunned.
"what are you doing?"
“Slapping you is like slapping a Heavenly Venerable who has transcended tribulation. If you slap me, they have no memory of it, so they won’t feel any pain.”
Makes sense.
You're as good as a mum!
Cao Yusheng was about to unleash a killing formation to suppress the fat man in front of him when, in an instant, runes appeared densely, like dark clouds covering the sky.
Just then, the Heavenly Horned Ant, the Lunar Jade Rabbit, and others summoned by Cao Yusheng's 'generous reward' couldn't stand it any longer and immediately stepped forward to separate these two doubly shameful creatures.
They're shameless, but we still have some self-respect. It's just too embarrassing for them to do this in public.
Moreover, Cao Yusheng's shamelessness is far less sophisticated than Duan De's; in a real fight, the chubby guy would probably be at a disadvantage.
Soon, the group found a secluded spot.
"Alright, alright, isn't the very reason I came here with you to solve this problem?" Duan De straightened his Taoist robe.
"Why do I get the feeling that you're here to make purchases?" Cao Yusheng said irritably.
"Every little bit helps," Duan De shook his head and said, "Let's choose a good burial site first, and then prepare methods to locate it, so that at least in future generations we can find the place where the Underworld Lord awakens."
"What's the use of finding the place where they woke up? The key is where their graves are. If we dig up the graves, we might find divine treasures with every shovelful!" Cao Yusheng gritted his teeth. The resources they had weren't even enough to fill a gap between their teeth.
The Skyhorn Ants and the others were completely speechless.
Cao Yusheng, the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation, and the Underworld Venerable Duan De are the same person yet not the same person, but this behavior of digging up graves together in past and future lives is still too difficult to describe.
"I can't remember for now," Duan De said truthfully.
At this moment, the roguish Purple-Gold Divine Dragon, now in human form, returned from the market. After counting a sack full of treasures, he poured out demonic soil from his spatial magic treasure.
"That kid Chen Nan's grave is full of dirt," said the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon.
"The burial soil from the Tomb of Gods and Demons, mixed with some rare burial soil from the Snow Region, will benefit both you and me in your next life," Duan De muttered, patting Cao Yusheng on the shoulder.
"Don't you think about it? We're all on the same side, would I, a humble Taoist priest, possibly cheat you?"
That's hard to say; there are plenty of cautionary tales to be learned from.
"Seriously, if you bury that kid Chen Nan and a million gods and demons together, who knows, they might be leveled up when they're dug up in future generations," the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon suggested again.
"This also serves as a way for me to keep an eye on you."
"Is it possible that Chen Nan and you took our things?" Duan De muttered to himself.
Upon hearing this, the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon paused for a moment, then immediately roared angrily, "Awooo! You fatso, don't spout nonsense!"
Does he not know that this guy is just looking for an excuse to rip him off?
"Otherwise, it doesn't make sense. Daoist, you're collecting some interest in advance!"
Duan De stepped forward and rummaged through the bag of treasures belonging to the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon. Cao Yusheng, as if he had gained 'experience points,' immediately joined in. The two fat men sang in unison, and their moral character instantly rose to the same level as the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon.
"Why don't you go and pop your master's rice?"
Holding his story comic, the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon seemed ready to suppress these two bastards if they dared to steal it: "He's still alive! If he sees Duan De, won't he pull out his coffin lid?!"
"Hiss—why didn't I think of that?"
"makes sense"
Fortunately, that big black dog wasn't there, otherwise, who knows what other inhuman and shameless things would have happened in this prehistoric era, things that even historians wouldn't have bothered to record.
"You..." the horned ant interrupted, "I've wanted to ask you this before, aren't you afraid of bringing disaster upon yourselves?"
He is a descendant of one of the Ten Fiends, from the Immortal Realm. In the previous era, he learned more about the taboos of the laws of this world from his elders.
Throughout the long years, beings from ancient times and the distant future have crossed the river of time more than once, and strange landscapes of disordered spacetime have appeared more than once. In some places, one can even clearly see the gate to the future or the past.
However, some secrets and historical matters are too deeply involved to be disclosed or interfered with, otherwise...
It's enough that Shi Hao keeps these good brothers in his heart, and that everyone has traveled through countless worlds and time and space together and benefited from this opportunity.
The Skyhorn Ant was actually quite worried that Duan De and Cao Yusheng's arbitrary interference with spacetime might cause a cataclysmic change and result in incalculable consequences. It was only when it saw these guys getting increasingly out of control that it spoke up to warn them.
"Hehe, if I were truly involved in the changes of heaven and karma, I would have been struck down to ashes by heavenly tribulation the moment I appeared here."
Duan De let out a heavy breath, rubbed the purple jade thumb ring on his thumb, and said confidently, "It has an impact that lasts for thousands of years and influences the long river of time. Some things are so powerful that just talking about them will incur divine punishment and celestial thunder."
But you see, not only did I appear here to conspire with my past self across eternity, but the items from the future that I had you bring back haven't caused any problems, have they?
"You're using me as an experiment?!" Cao Yusheng suddenly realized what was happening, his finger trembling as he pointed at Duan De:
"I will become a martyr and take you with me to ashes!"
"Alright, I'll give you an extra 20% after it's done," Duan De dismissed the other party simply.
"Master Dao initially had two guesses. One was that we were not from the same time and space, and the wilderness had already brought about changes. The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths might not be as devastated as they are in later generations."
But when I think of the dark and eerie things that Huang will eventually have to face, I realize that in the face of such things, the vicissitudes of life and billions of possibilities are no different; we all prosper together and we all suffer together.
If anything has truly changed, then changes will surely occur even in the more distant future.
"Secondly, this concerns the door that only Death Dragon Spicy Strips and Ye Fan and Shi Hao can open."
Duan De squinted.
He had previously coveted Ye Fan's opportunities, wondering if he could borrow them from that cunning young man to study them. However, since everyone was making money and they had become so familiar with each other, he decided to let it go.
Most importantly, that kid has grown too big for his britches now, and he hits people too hard. All that fat on him can only be used as a punching bag.
However, after probing for so long, although we haven't figured it out, we have some guesses about the underlying principles, but those nouveau riche probably won't care.
“We use this thing to come to different times and spaces. The content of our existence and interactions will be regarded as a link in the infinite time, but the things we do and the things we bring are all the same concept.”
"Otherwise, there's no way to explain it."
Duan De had Pi Zi Long open another door. As long as they went through it, they could return to the space-time where the Purple Gold Divine Dragon was. However, his gaze lingered on the other's hand for a while.
“I can’t see it, I can’t sense it, but you must have used something to open the door,” Duan De said.
“It’s a talisman,” Pizi Long admitted.
I did an experiment a long time ago; only members of the chat group can see and touch this thing.
"A talisman? I thought it was some kind of magical artifact. The movements also look like throwing a talisman rather than casting a spell."
Duan De suddenly realized: "Since it's a talisman, that makes things easier."
It is a medium for communicating with heaven, earth, humanity, and gods to draw upon spiritual energy. The talisman has no fixed form; it is spiritual through energy.
"Maybe you used that talisman to cast some kind of spell on us."
Duan De didn't dwell on this fruitless matter any longer. Instead, he discussed with Cao Yusheng how to make it easier to find the graves of future generations, and also how to ask the old man still alive in this era to sponsor some things.
That was a Celestial King-level powerhouse who foresaw the desolation, Ye Fan's appearance, and Cao Yusheng's future.
The Purple-Gold Divine Dragon stood frozen in place, not participating, only then realizing something.
Yeah! Why are the items being sent in the chat group talismans?!
Crossing the void and breaking the barriers of time and space can take many different forms. Although sometimes group members complain that after crossing the timeline a second time, they can't use this thing to return directly, nor can they synchronize messages across time and space through the chat group.
But why is it a cross-realm talisman instead of a one-click teleportation talisman? Why go through all that trouble to create a talisman to use?
The Purple-Gold Divine Dragon's mind worked incredibly fast. Although he was a bit cunning, his intelligence was among the best in the group. Otherwise, how could he have offended so many gods and demons in the ancient times and still be alive and kicking?
There are many people who are better than me.
As they pondered, a terrifying suction force seemed to emanate from the Heavenly Abyss, briefly draining the essence of heaven and earth, after which the stars both inside and outside the domain dimmed.
"what happened?!"
The powerful beings from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Otherworld, and the Burial Grounds all felt their hearts pound with fear at the same time, and looked up at the location of the Heavenly Abyss.
Divine light surged, ripples spread, the void collapsed, and a colossal object, shrouded in a hazy, dust-like mist, emerged from the heavens.
come down.
Like the end of night and the beginning of dawn, or the sunset turning into rosy clouds, a bronze light replaced the abyss, and in the process of its fragmented demise, it transformed into a meteor shower that flowed toward countless worlds.
Is the largest one a bronze immortal palace?!
The figure of the remnant immortal from the Immortal Palace appeared. He was already as dim as a phantom, his body covered in wounds, with countless bright and dazzling rays of light emanating from him, as if he had experienced one great battle after another.
But what's even more terrifying is the eerie dark mist that clings to its body; these things are interwoven with laws, resembling blood and living beings.
"Don't even think about touching the mortal realm!"
"kill--!"
The heavens and earth roared, the Great Dao thundered, and the light within his body surged forth like blood, as if it had come alive, entwining itself with the dark mist.
He roars, he burns out, he conquers.
The remnant immortal who once feared death and refused to fight in foreign lands has actually reached the Heavenly Abyss?!
No one knew what had happened or who the enemy was, because in the end, all that remained was light.
All the images were blurry. Before this, they seemed to have seen the remnant immortal vanish into thin air, and then the remnant immortal was reborn from the corrupted black mist, once again charging out of the Heavenly Abyss to fight against unknown enemies.
Silently, only a bronze celestial palace fell and returned to the heavens and earth.
When everyone looked up again, they saw a vast ocean of the world emerge, and from its depths, a burst of white light erupted before disappearing into the even deeper reaches.
What exactly happened?
(End of this chapter)