HBWnovel Chapter 249 The So-Called Mortal World
Chapter 249 The So-Called Mortal World
The mountains rise and fall, the forests are lush and green, and in one valley, the corpses of various ferocious beasts lie scattered, their bones piled high.
This is a dangerous place. In the surrounding mountains, spirit beasts and ferocious beasts often die here inexplicably, piling up like mountains. As a result, many souls remain here.
A stream flowed from the depths of the valley, its waters clear and cool. On the grassy bank, a table had been set up, and a young girl in a long dress was chanting incantations:
"Amitabha Buddha, may the Dao Ancestor bless me, and allow me to summon an extremely powerful battle spirit!!"
The girl piously clasped her hands together in prayer. On her fair, lotus-root-like wrists, a string of crystal bracelets emitted a soft white light. The yellow talisman on the table instantly burst into flames, sending up a plume of yellow smoke.
"This is my only treasure talisman. I must get a Heavenly Rank Battle Spirit from it so I can defeat the others and head to the Ziwei Main Star!"
The girl spoke again, then bit her finger until it bled, pointed sharply forward, and said, "Guide!"
Within the yellow smoke, a small path seemed to emerge, but it was blurry and indistinct. The girl's already well-practiced spirit-guiding technique suddenly felt incredibly difficult, and a heavy feeling kept coming from her!
"Wow, is it that amazing?!"
A look of surprise shone in the girl's clear, large eyes.
Attracting spirits is like fishing, and the Yellow Smoke Path is like the fishing line. No one knows what kind of spirit will be attracted, but if the weight on the fishing line is heavy, the fisherman knows that he has caught a big catch!
Now, she felt just like that, extremely excited. Without hesitation, she took out a bottle of pills and swallowed them to avoid running out of magic power. Then, she focused intently and carefully, like playing with a fish, she stirred up the yellow smoke path!
At the same time, she used her magic to slowly burn several pieces of yellow paper on the table. Among them, special characters disappeared into the yellow smoke. It was a book of contracts that, in the process of activating the battle spirit, would allow her to successfully subdue the battle spirit as a slave.
"Great, starting the connection establishment!"
As the yellow talisman was burned, she felt a certain tremor in her soul. This tremor actually made her feel dizzy, as if her very soul was pounding!
"Is this what it feels like to make a pact with a battle spirit? It's much more intense than described in the books. It seems my battle spirit is truly powerful!"
The yellow smoke grew thicker and thicker, and the weight became heavier and heavier. The girl's heart pounded. Finally, she sensed that the battle spirit was about to emerge, so she pulled with all her might and shouted, "Come on!"
Amidst the yellow smoke, a figure suddenly lunged towards her!
"what!"
The girl cried out in surprise, stumbled, and fell onto the grass. Then she felt that her body could not move. Although she was conscious, it was as if she was being paralyzed by a ghost!
She hurriedly used her soul light, but what she saw the next moment startled her:
It was a male ghost, currently pressing down on her soul. He seemed somewhat weak, but his lips unconsciously kissed her soul, causing the yang energy within her soul to slowly dissipate!
The other party is absorbing her yang energy!!!
"Ah, you evil spirit!"
The girl was startled and hurriedly began chanting the True Incantation to Slay Evil. Her soul power surged, and the male ghost finally awoke. He glanced at the girl beneath him and quickly floated up.
The girl regained her mobility, quickly stood up, grabbed the peach wood sword from the table, and said, "Yin ghost, I'll kill you!"
At this moment, Li Lan had just emerged from the ancient well passage. His mind went blank, and he felt dizzy and unprepared when the peach wood sword pierced directly into his soul.
However, Li Lan felt nothing at all; instead, he felt a sense of hunger. His soul absorbed all the yang energy contained in the peach wood sword!
"what??"
The girl was immediately shocked. What was going on?
How could there be such a ferocious ghost in this world?
No, impossible. Ghosts fear yang energy, but this guy not only doesn't fear it, he actually needs it... Moreover, when he kissed my soul just now, I didn't feel any coldness or chill; it was just the warmth of a yang soul!
"No, you're not a ghost, you're a person from the living world!"
Upon realizing the truth, she immediately released the peach wood sword, staring at Li Lan with extreme astonishment in her large eyes, and said, "Who are you? Why are you here? Why do you have so little yang energy... Did you go to the underworld?!"
A barrage of questions from her!
After absorbing all the yang energy from a peach wood sword, Li Lan raised his eyes and looked up at the sky. The warm sunlight shone on his soul, making him feel extremely comfortable, even more so than if he had absorbed countless immortal sources!
"Is this the world of the living..."
Li Lan subconsciously glanced around, but the surrounding environment seemed no different: rolling hills, lush green vegetation, and flowing streams...
But in every inch of air, he could sense a life force—was it the so-called yang energy? It actually made him overjoyed!
But aren't I a spirit from the underworld?
He witnessed firsthand that even unparalleled powerhouses like the Great Black Dog, the Nine-Generation Emperor, and the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons were unable to resist the light emanating from the bronze mirror. The three million elite troops of the Origin Realm melted away like ice and snow under the yellow light...
That bronze mirror was only created because Yang Yi infused it with Yang energy!
Why am I not afraid of yang energy?
Before he arrived in the small mountain village, when the yellow light shone upon him, his soul also felt a strange hunger, but he was not harmed. At that time, he thought it was because of reincarnation!
But now, as Shangguan Xiaoxiao said, he abandoned his physical body, and his soul entered the passage in the ancient well alone, arriving in the mortal world. He no longer has the power of reincarnation, so why is he still like this?
"This is the world of the living, of course!"
The girl stared at him with wide eyes and said, "It seems you really have gone to the underworld!"
Then, a glimmer of hope and urgency inexplicably appeared in her eyes, and she asked, "Hey, what's your name? Which underworld are you going to?"
Li Lan snapped out of her daze, looked at the girl in front of her, and said without hesitation, "I can't remember... I can't remember anything."
He certainly couldn't tell the girl anything before he understood the situation.
"I don't remember... Have you lost your memory? Yes, I remember now. After entering the underworld, living beings in the mortal realm are prone to going mad, so losing their memory is quite normal."
The girl was thinking.
"Who are you, and why am I here?" Li Lan asked in return.
"I am a disciple of Nantian Academy. My name is Xu Caiwei. You can just call me Weiwei... I was guiding the battle spirits, but I didn't expect to guide you out instead."
The girl spoke, mentioning the summoning of the battle spirit. Suddenly, she remembered something, hurriedly checked her soul, and then she froze.
"I...I...How did I become a war slave?!"
She stared at Li Lan, dumbfounded and incredulous!
She was performing a ritual to summon battle spirits.
She burned the contract talisman.
But why have I turned against the Heavenly Generals? Have I become this guy's slave?
"Waaah!"
Suddenly, she couldn't help but burst into tears, saying, "You bastard, not only did you ruin my spirit ritual, but you also turned the tables on me and dared to make me your slave! Ahhh!"
She was furious. She took out another yellow talisman from her bosom and gritted her teeth, saying, "I'll kill you!"
Even so, she hesitated as she held the yellow talisman.
Seeing this, Li Lan feigned anxiety and said, "I don't know... Killing me won't help; we need to find a way to break this contract!"
Li Lan only needed to sense it slightly to detect the connection between him and Xu Caiwei.
This is a relatively low-level contract technique. Her casting of the spell is actually not a problem. However, how powerful is Li Lan's soul? He is already in a state of confusion. The other party is trying to control him with a contract technique, which is no different from trying to catch a whale with a hemp thread. How can he not be controlled in return?
In fact, it would be very simple for Li Lan to break the contract; he only needed to think about it.
But he had other plans. Having finally met someone, he was determined to find out about the situation in the mortal world first.
Hearing Li Lan's words, the girl's anger subsided slightly, and she said with annoyance, "Such a big mistake on my first try, it's so annoying! If my senior sister and master find out, they will definitely laugh at me!"
"You said you had to cooperate with me and cancel the contract, otherwise, hmph!"
She brandished the imperial seal in her hand threateningly.
Li Lan couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Having experienced countless life-and-death battles in the underworld and witnessed countless powerful figures, Xu Caiwei was practically invisible to him.
Although she was angry just now, she didn't really intend to kill anyone; she's actually a kind person.
"Remember this: from this moment on, you are my battle spirit. If anyone asks, you must say, 'I am the master,' understand?"
Her earnest advice!
We must bring this guy back to the academy now, but we must keep it a secret and not let anyone else know.
"Okay." Li Lan smiled.
Xu Caiwei nodded. "Since you came out of here, it means there must be a hellish place here. Hmm, we need to leave quickly..."
"Once you're caught up in the underworld, there's basically no way to come back without someone to guide you, especially for living beings in the mortal realm, who might even be eaten by the spirits of the underworld!"
"Let's go!"
She spoke, and Li Lan followed her.
"What is this place? Are there many underworlds here?"
On the way, Li Lan asked questions indirectly.
Xu Caiwei glanced at Li Lan with a hint of doubt, then explained one by one:
"This is Nanyao Star in the Ziwei Star Region. The Ziwei Star Region is one of the three great cosmic immortal regions. In addition to the Ziwei main star, there are three thousand planets, and Nanyao Star is one of them."
Upon hearing this, Li Lan couldn't help but ask in confusion, "The three great cosmic immortal realms?"
Xu Caiwei said, "You can't even remember this? Your amnesia is too complete... The three great cosmic immortal domains, the Ziwei Star Domain, the Beidou Star Domain, and the Siling Star Domain!"
"If you weren't actually a spirit from the mortal realm, I would have suspected that I had summoned a ghost from the underworld."
Li Lan couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Ziwei, Beidou, Siling...aren't these all ancient Chinese celestial names?
Furthermore, given Xu Caiwei's repeated mentions that he is a soul from the mortal realm, could this so-called mortal universe be the same universe where Earth was before he transmigrated?!
"By the way, in the underworld you traveled to, were there any Nuwa, Pangu, or other such beings?"
At this moment, Xu Caiwei suddenly asked curiously, "Many years ago, Pangu, Nuwa, and other ancestral gods who had long since vanished from the mortal realm emerged from a realm of the dead. Accompanying them was an unimaginable being... Some say that this realm of the dead was deliberately created by someone to bring back some peerless powerhouses..."
"There are still many forces searching for that underworld."
Upon hearing this, Li Lan was immediately shocked!
If he was only guessing before, now that Xu Caiwei mentioned the names of the two ancestral gods, Pangu and Nuwa, he was almost certain...
Is the so-called "Yang Realm" simply the universe where Earth is located?
When he traveled through time, did he enter a realm of the dead?
Now that he's returned to the mortal realm... has he simply returned to the world he originally inhabited?
Perhaps only in this way can we explain why he is not afraid of yang energy, because he is from this world!
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