Cataclysm King

Chapter 560 The truth hidden in history

The gentle whispers of the Witch Queen were still echoing in his ears, and the gray world in front of Ji Xun's eyes had begun to dissipate.

Focus your eyes.

In front of me is a military green marching tent.

There are also two pretty faces full of concern.

Chujiu and Nanjing watched Ji Xun's consciousness return to his body, and both pairs of crystal eyes showed a look of relief.

Nan Jing even touched Ji Xun's forehead personally, using his magical power to soothe his soul which had not yet completely stabilized, and asked, "Ji Xun, are you okay?"

The little hand was warm and Ji Xun felt a refreshing coolness, and his soul was finally in sync with his body.

His mind was loaded with too many soul-shaking thoughts, causing him to become slightly distracted.

"Yeah. It's okay."

After hearing Ji Xun's words, Nan Jing heaved a sigh of relief and muttered to himself, "I was really scared just now. Your body suddenly showed signs of rejecting the soul. Then the time came. I was worried that something had happened to you, so I called you back."

Although Chujiu didn't say anything, his brows relaxed.

Ji Xun glanced at Chujiu and Nanjing in front of him and said, "Well. Sorry to bother you."

He knew what the rejection that Miss Maru-Head was talking about meant.

It must be a side effect of going to the Rose Tavern.

The tavern is home to the strongest fragments of consciousness from the [Gray Mist Relics], and not everyone can sit there.

Those monster drinkers have extremely strong consciousness-polluting abilities, and staying there for too long will pollute the soul.

Fortunately, he met Emperor Lanlingster, otherwise Ji Xun's soul might not have been able to come out alive.

Of course, without that person, he probably wouldn't have been able to get into the pub.

Thinking of what had just happened, Ji Xun's face showed an extremely complicated expression.

As long as everyone is fine, there is nothing to worry about.

Nan Jing and Chu Jiu also noticed the look on Ji Xun's face and were curious about what happened when he went to the relic space.

Miss Ball Head asked directly: "What's wrong? Has it been contaminated by the fragments of consciousness?"

After she accepted the knowledge passed down from the high priest, she learned too many secrets, including the secret treasure [Gray Mist Relic].

This relic is a secret treasure passed down from generation to generation by the God of Drama clan. It contains many ancient fragments of consciousness and is extremely risky.

She was originally worried that Ji Xun was influenced by those ancient consciousnesses, but she didn't expect that when Ji Xun opened his mouth, the two women were shocked: "I saw the witch consciousness of Emperor Lanlingster."

"what?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Nan Jing and Chu Jiu both looked at him in surprise.

Although they had heard Ji Xun's speculation before and agreed with it.

But more than 100,000 years have passed. Could the fragments of consciousness that the emperor stripped away still exist?
"Ah."

Ji Xun's eyes were filled with complicated thoughts, and he added: "Not only did I meet him, but I also talked a lot. That's why I was delayed for some time."

"Really!"

This opening completely piqued the interest of Chujiu and Nanjing.

Miss Wanzitou looked very interested and confused, and asked: "The consciousness of the ancestor emperor has not dissipated? But, the Drama God clan has not heard of anyone seeing him for thousands of years."

Ji Xun didn't know why, so he just expressed his guess: "I don't know either. It's probably because my job sequence is [JOKER] that he is willing to show up. Also, the inheritance of the God of Play family has been interrupted, and they have a misunderstanding about the use of this [Gray Mist Relic] relic. Maybe no one has been to that tavern in recent generations."

This made the two girls even more interested.

At least in the inherited memory of the high priest that Nan Jing knew, there was no record of the consciousness of the Great Witch Emperor.

The three of them are each other's closest friends, so Ji Xun has nothing to be shy about.

He started from the beginning of his experience, saying: "When I entered, I encountered many monsters formed by fragments of consciousness."

When he heard the few words that the Witch Queen murmured before parting, he actually knew that the previous conversation in the tavern was not just for himself.

It was also through his mouth that he spoke to the future generations of the Kashi civilization.

Ji Xun carefully recounted the entire encounter process. He also wanted Nan Jing and Chu Jiu to think about it and see if there was anything they had overlooked.

Hearing that there was a tavern in this space world and a group of strange drinkers, it seemed like a fairy tale, and the two girls' crystal eyes showed disbelief.

However, after hearing Ji Xun's description of the monster drinkers, Nan Jing suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "You mean, there is an old man with six arms among the drinkers?"

Ji Xun: "Yeah."

Nan Jing's expression became strange, and he said, "That might be Samir Roger, one of the four knights of the last king of Tarun, the strongest puppeteer known as "Thousand-Handed Sheluo"! He has a special soul talent, and is the legendary six-armed Yama God. And in history, because his soul talent was too special, he was distorted, and maybe it was true!"

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Ji Xun was suddenly enlightened, but not surprised.

The "monsters" who could sit in that tavern must have been extremely powerful card masters in their lifetime.

It is also very likely that they are the distorted consciousness stripped away by the ancestors of the God of Drama clan.

He described the appearances of several other people. Although Nan Jing did not identify them accurately, he guessed the possible identities of several of them.

As expected, they are all top puppeteers recorded in Taron’s history.

As soon as the story about this tavern began, Nan Jing and Chu Jiu were filled with shock.

Like Ji Xun, they felt as if they had walked into a history book and came face to face with the "great men" of history.

Nan Jing asked anxiously again: "What happened next?"

“And then had a glass of wine.”

When Ji Xun said this, he slapped his head and said, "Oh, by the way, I have to pay for the wine I bought on credit."

As he said this, he took out the [Soul-Retaining Pottery Figurine] and poured the soul of the ninth-level cardinal sealed inside into it.

The moment his soul entered the photo, Ji Xun clearly felt that the previous credit contract had disappeared.

He now understood that this was the correct way to use this relic.

Some powerful souls are needed in exchange to get the soul wine brewed with souls from the Rose Tavern.

This is also the "energy" necessary to maintain the existence of those fragments of consciousness inside.

After he finished doing all this, Nan Jing also understood what happened and asked in surprise: "What kind of wine is worth a ninth-level soul?"

“Amazing soul wine.”

Ji Xun looked at his panel and found that his mental strength and affinity with wind element had increased dramatically, which confirmed that the wine really had miraculous effects.

When he told Nan Jing about the effect of this wine, he finally understood and said, "That should be the secret soul wine of the Netherworld Clan in the myths and legends. They brew wine with the souls of the gods and offer it to the gods. I didn't expect the legend to be true. The legend says that this is a fine wine that only gods can drink."

Ji Xun also heard of this for the first time, and said, "You can try it next time."

"Okay!"

Nan Jing agreed casually, but the three of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Wine is good, but the price is really outrageous.

When they really have the strength to hunt ninth-level creatures, the wine will not be so attractive to them.

"Because I sat in the wrong seat, I happened to sit in the old seat of the great emperor. Later, she came in the Netherworld Carriage, and we started talking. It was really beautiful."

"Ah, is the Ancestor Emperor really that good-looking?"

"The beauty of that great emperor is like the gorgeous universe. It is difficult to describe it accurately with words."

"and after?"

"Then the Emperor and I talked about the 'Law of Time'."

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Ji Xun repeated the conversation word for word.

Chujiu and the other two's expressions gradually became solemn.

The three of them are already strong in the field of top card masters, and have also touched upon the ultimate mysteries of some plane laws. Now, when they listen to the experience of the emperor who has already reached the pinnacle talking about his mountain climbing experience, their experience is completely different from that of ordinary people.

This is what Ji Xun wanted to say.

The same world seen by everyone is actually different.

The three of them complement each other's strengths and weaknesses and can get closer to the true meaning of what the great emperor expressed.

Especially Nan Jing, she could understand the deeper meaning of those words better than Ji Xun and Chu Jiu.

Although she inherited the lineage of the high priest, that initiation-style inheritance method, although direct, also tested her own talents.

It's like eating, how much nutrition can be absorbed, and what her body needs to be able to digest.

The complicated inheritance of the high priest's lineage was like a "stone" stuffed in her stomach.

Nan Jing needs to work hard to digest it.

Originally, it was difficult for her to digest quickly at her current level, but Ji Xun's narration of Emperor Lanlingster's insights and guidance were like "digestive tablets", which helped Miss Marutou speed up the digestion of the complex inherited knowledge in her sea of ​​consciousness.

She can also share her understanding with Ji Xun and Chu Jiu.

This means several hours.

The three of them talked and chatted, not noticing the passage of time.

Finally, Ji Xun talked about the last few words he heard from the emperor.

That's the end of the story.

Chujiu and Nanjing both had the same complex expressions on their faces as Ji Xun, feeling like they were still unsatisfied and had gained a lot.

Miss Ball-head said with emotion: "Ah, this relic actually has the function of 'time distortion'. The Drama God Clan actually only used it as a soul container, ah. What a waste of resources. The Gray Mist Tavern is also a treasure trove. I want to go and have a look someday. Maybe I can even meet the emperor while drinking a glass of wine."

Chujiu was also in a state of confusion, and spoke up: "It turns out that the ancestor emperor tried the witch path in order to try to achieve a balance of 'supernatural opposition'. From what I know, this may be a necessary condition for breaking through the middle godhood. No wonder there has always been a record in the royal family's inheritance that one should attach importance to the understanding of opposition from a low level."

"Yes."

Nan Jing responded.

At the same time, she thought of something and said, "So, Ji Xun, the dead dragon Marodis you mentioned has returned from the underworld, and has the vision of death and life coexisting. It seems to have advanced. It is very likely that it has found the opposite of its nature and broken through its status. Now it seems that when our ancestor exiled the golden dragon to the underworld, he probably knew this result."

Ji Xun was inexplicably moved when he heard this. The wisdom of the great emperor was truly beyond words. "Yeah. It seems to be true. But why did the great emperor exile the Golden Dragon God? Now it seems that there seems to be another deeper meaning."

His deduction could only speculate the causes of the current situation, but he could not see the future results.

This feeling of watching the chess player make his move made Ji Xun feel more and more as if he had touched upon what the "world" really was.

The chessboard is a world, and the gods use all things in the plane as chess pieces.

It is very difficult to figure out the player's far-reaching layout with chess pieces.

When Ji Xun thought of this, his eyes flashed with a mixture of thought and enlightenment.

He suddenly thought of something and asked Nan Jing, "So it seems that Xiao Nan's ancestor killed the national guardian angel and arranged the resurrection ceremony for the purpose of balancing the compatibility?"

The vision of light and darkness on the angel's corpse was almost exactly the same as that on the dead dragon Marodis!
This made it easy for him to think of the two together.

When talking about this topic, Nan Jing's face was embarrassed, and he spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. It seems that the ancestor Shenyu died because of some special reasons. So far, our Nan family only knows that he was seriously injured in the Innocence City and then disappeared. So the inheritance was broken."

"Ah."

Ji Xun had heard her say this before.

Nan Shenyu, the last high priest of Taren, was probably the strongest card master in the Taren Empire at that time. If his inheritance had not been interrupted, the current situation in the Eastern Wasteland would not be like this.

但这并不奇怪。

Such generational gaps have occurred many times in Talen's history of more than 100,000 years, and almost all major families have experienced it, including the royal family.

Fortunately, the foundation is deep enough.

Even if the generations have been broken, the things left by the ancestors are still a powerful inheritance after patching up. For example, Ji Xun just discovered the correct use of [Gray Mist Relic].

If the descendants of the God of Drama really knew about this, it would definitely be another qualitative leap.

Those "monsters" in the tavern did not have much appeal to Ji Xun, but to the puppeteer, they were simply "golden finger grandfathers"!
If you casually inherit a lineage, you will be the founder of a new school.

The fall of Nan Shenyu became a secret.

It was as if it disappeared suddenly, as if some existence had wiped out all traces.

Before, Ji Xun also felt that he had no idea at all.

However, this time in the relic space, after seeing the consciousness of the Great Witch, and knowing the impact of "opposition" on the divine level.

He suddenly realized that things might not be that simple.

According to what we know so far, Nan Shenyu killed the guardian angel three thousand years ago, then sealed him in various places and arranged a resurrection ceremony.

But the fact is, even Nan Jing is not sure whether he can resurrect the angel.

However, when Ji Xun saw that the dead dragon Marodis and the angel had exactly the same opposing characteristics, he suddenly realized that this resurrection ceremony and exile to the underworld were extremely similar.

When Ji Xun saw the Emperor’s stone tablet at the Moon Well before, he learned about the mysterious existence of the “Plane Supervisor”.

The original text left by the emperor on the stone tablet also flashed in his mind.

"I must have been watched by the 'Plane Supervisor'. I don't have much time left."

"I'm sorry, I can't give you a detailed description of what I saw. If it involves that 'secret', it will definitely be discovered, and even the memory will be blurred. I thought of a way. I left all the secrets on fifty-three forbidden ruins stone tablets. When your realm is high enough, you will naturally be able to see it."

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The fragmented clues in Ji Xun's mind were pieced together, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

He looked at Nan Jing and asked in surprise, "Could it be that your Nan family ancestor noticed something and was interfered by some mysterious force, forcing Him to choose to 'disappear'?"

When Miss Wanzitou heard this, she seemed to suddenly realize: "You mean..."

Ji Xun nodded, but said nothing more.

Chujiu, who was standing by, had a glimmer in her crystal eyes, and it was obvious that she understood.

All three of them realized that they might have touched upon some "hints" hidden beneath the truth, left by their ancestors through their actions!
According to the Great Emperor's stone tablet, certain taboo knowledge cannot be retained in the inherited memory, nor can it be recorded in any secret book.

We can only rely on ourselves to find clues in the long river of history.

But there is one exception.

That’s Old Man Xu!

The immortal being is like a secret human carrier.

But the reason why he was not discovered by the so-called plane monitor was because he chose to use "forgetfulness" to avoid certain possibilities of being detected.

Ji Xun seemed to have suddenly figured everything out.

All signs indicate that Nan Shenyu knew the method of "supernormal opposition of similarities" to break through the godhood.

Then He used it on the Weeping Angels.

It may be an attempt, or it may be some profound planning left for future generations.

Even Nan Jing's mother went to the underworld and might know something.

But she couldn't say it clearly.

I can only warn Ji Xun to pay attention to the extraordinary perception of the opposite nature.

They knew that the "ultimate secret of the world" could not be told, and even if they knew it, it would be discovered by the Supervisor and erased.

But those card masters who knew the truth still tried their best to pass it down.

They tore the truth into pieces, like a puzzle, and when someone in the future is qualified to find it, they can piece it together and once again know the truth of the world that was erased by some mysterious force.

As soon as these words were spoken, the tent instantly fell into a solemn silence.

Ji Xun and the other two fell into deep thought.

Thinking hard!
Although the temperature was not low, all three of them felt a slight chill down their spines.

But this atmosphere didn't last long, and Ji Xun's mouth gradually raised an arc: "Hehe, it's getting more and more interesting."

This wonderful world made him experience a sense of mystery he had never experienced before.

It was a feeling of unknown fear, even though he knew that the darkness was full of dangers, it gave Ji Xun a strong desire to uncover the mystery.

What exactly is the plane monitor that the emperor is talking about?
What does the world outside the card master's plane look like?

What secrets are engraved on the fifty-three forbidden ruins stone tablets?
etc.
Many thoughts came to Ji Xun's mind.

Chujiu and Nanjing already knew Ji Xun's character very well, so it was not surprising to them that after guessing some of the truth, this guy could still show an attitude that was different from that of ordinary people.

However, as one of them is the descendant of the emperor and the other is the high priest, the two women feel more responsible.

Ji Xun didn't expect that after just going to the relic space once, he actually connected the previous fragments of the mystery together and got a possibility that seemed very close to the truth.

But this topic was not suitable to be discussed in depth, and the three did not mention it again.

At this moment, a little cutie popped out of Ji Xun's pocket, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and muttered, "Ji Xun, I'm hungry."

The three of them finally came to their senses. They had been chatting for so long that they had forgotten about Ivan, a little guy who needed to eat at a fixed time.

Nan Jing was the one feeding Ji Xun when he was unconscious these days, and Ivan was very familiar with her.

The little cutie turned to look at Miss Ball Head and repeated, "Sister Xiaonan, I'm hungry."

Nan Jing stood up, touched Ivan's head, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll get ready now."

Ji Xun originally wanted to help prepare food, but Miss Maru-haired said he was injured and didn't let him stay in bed.

The wound on my chest still hurt a little from meditating, so I just lay down.

The previous communication with Chujiu and Nanjing gave him a deeper understanding of what Emperor Lanlingster said.

And there are some things that only Ji Xun can understand.

Like what the Great Emperor said about the "theory of time relativity".

"What the emperor wants to express should be the 'world'. 'I am the world' and 'my mind is the universe' are both constructing the logical world, one is idealism and the other is materialism. Is there any connection between them?"

"In other words, after understanding the world, the laws of time and space will naturally become apparent?"

"Is it ultimately pointing to the ultimate mystery of the universe, such as the creation of the world?"

"Hehe, did the gods create the world? Could it be that the legend is true? But as far as we can see now, those outer gods, dragon gods, and the like, are not capable of creating the world. In other words, what the emperor wants to express should be a higher realm of gods than his superior gods?"

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Ji Xun lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling of the tent, his mind racing with thoughts.

He pondered over the Great Emperor's metaphor that "the world is a book."

[Gray Fog Relics] is an independent and special world.

It is said to be a book, but it is also very special. When external consciousness enters it, it can change the fragments of consciousness inside.

This metaphor is difficult for others to understand.

But Ji Xun was deeply touched because he had a magical experience.

He thought of his experience of traveling through time for a hundred years.

The feeling is extremely similar.

The world is like a book. With the help of the time relic [Time-Space Stamps], Ji Xun, as a reader, opened the timeline of a hundred years ago and met the fisherman lady.
Then he seemed like a reader who tampered with the story in the book and added his own traces.

This was very similar to his experience in the [Gray Mist Relic].

Ji Xun couldn't understand for a moment why he could change history?

Even his current understanding contains many contradictions.

Obviously, that was not the ability of a low-level card master like him at that time.

It was that stamp.

He knew that he was still the "frog in the well" in the emperor's metaphor. He could not accurately imagine the outside world until he jumped out.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun put aside those complicated but clueless thoughts.

He pulled out the dull stamp.

There is also a black and white photo.

In the photo, the girl standing under the rose wall still has a beautiful smile.

"Miss Yu, long time no see."

Ji Xun looked at the photo, muttered to himself, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

He gently stroked the smiling face in the photo, and his memory seemed to go back to the scene of the two of them standing in front of the camera a hundred years ago. Unconsciously, the smile on his face became more gentle.

The happy days he spent with that smiling girl flashed through his mind like a slide show.

Unconsciously, some insights emerged from those images.

Ji Xun suddenly thought, isn’t [Gray Fog Relic] itself a photo?
Only then did he realize that he had come into contact with several relics related to the laws of time and space.

So, why do these common items in life have these magical effects?

“‘Photos’ are the coordinates of events, time and space, ‘tickets’ are the proof of spatial displacement, and ‘stamps’ are the directions for time and space travel.”

Ji Xun suddenly thought of something and sat up abruptly.

In his sudden realization, he felt vaguely that he seemed to have grasped something.

At this moment, the laws of space and time seemed to be materialized in the photo before my eyes.

However, an even more magical scene appeared.

The [Time and Space Stamp] in his hand, which had turned gray, now had a hint of color.

Although there is only a hint of color that is almost imperceptible to the naked eye, there is really a change!

"This stamp requires the law of time to charge?"

Ji Xun already understood that he seemed to have touched the mystery of the law of time just now.

At the same time, anticipation appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, he entered the magical state that Emperor Lanlingster had described.

He was completely in the perspective of a "reader" and saw his own timeline in the story.

Enlightenment appears: "You have touched the mysteries of 'time', 'years' and 'space' in your perception, and your understanding of the laws is +49"

But it's a pity.

That mysterious feeling comes quickly,

It disappeared quickly too.

Ji Xun's eyes suddenly became clear again.

He knew that his moment of enlightenment was gone.

"hehe."

Ji Xun chuckled.

Already content.

Thinking of something, he looked at the black and white photo in front of him, his sharp eyes revealing tenderness for the years, and muttered to himself: "When should I go to the Seifer Manor to take a look. I wonder if the tree house is still there."

(End of this chapter)