Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 289 Past and Future
There was no murderous intent in Wu Tong's words, just like a pool of stagnant water, he was just asking questions.

Chu Zheng did not dare to neglect and bowed:
"I am the Qi-refining master Chu Zheng, nice to meet you, Senior."

One can tell where he came from at a glance, this is the essence of the eternal myth.

This place is the Chaos Sea. Beings above the tenth level cannot enter or leave. Wu Tong should be a creature in this Chaos Sea.

The temple formed by interwoven vines was filled with the scent of grass and trees, mixed with a terrifying evil aura.

The evil spirit in this place was so dense that it was outrageous. Chu Zheng glanced at the repair panel and found that the number of repairs refreshed daily had skyrocketed from one to thirteen times.

This is the eighth-level repair number, and the energy required to activate it is completely different from that of a seventh-level repairer.

Compared to the outside world, the evil energy in the temple has increased at least ten times.

"Chu Zheng..."

Wu Tong's eyes fell on Chu Zheng, and his dark green eyes suddenly reflected a starry sky, in which the starlight crisscrossed and outlined countless lights and shadows.

For a moment, Chu Zheng's body stiffened slightly, as if an invisible thread was gently pulled, causing his body to sense the sensation as well.

"Your real body is in the fairyland, but I can't see your past and future. Why?"

There was a hint of doubt in Wu Tong's eyes. In just a moment, he had already seen through all the cause and effect lines around Chu Zheng and knew most of his experiences, but there was nothing he knew about Chu Zheng's past life and his future destiny.

With Chu Zheng's current cultivation level, it is impossible to stop his investigation. Even if someone tries to stop him, he can still see some clues, not nothing.

There are only two possibilities in this situation. First, the Chu Zheng in front of him is a dead person. His past and future have completely ended, and he has fallen into stagnation in the long river of time and space.

The second possibility is that someone has erased all traces of Chu Zheng in the long river of time and space, but if this is true, Chu Zheng should be dead by now.

How can a living being without a past and a future survive in this world?

Even the living beings in the universe could see some clues. As long as they existed in the universe, they would leave traces, and the long river of time and space would record them truthfully.

Qi Refiner...

Thinking of Chu Zheng's identity, Wu Tong frowned slightly. This situation was somewhat similar to that of the Taoist ancestor among the Qi cultivators.

Although the Taoist master was famous, no one knew his real name or his origins. He had tried to deduce it, but came up empty-handed.

The Golden Immortal of Daluo has severed all causes and effects, and the past, present and future are all empty. The dharma body is not affected by any calamities, and he alone possesses 25% of the destiny. He can still move around in this universe, which is an extremely heaven-defying thing.

The Qi-refining school is the only one among all the schools of thought whose upper limit he cannot see.

Now he was only one step away from the ancestral realm. He had seen many creatures in the ancestral realm before, and he had even seen with his own eyes creatures from the ancestral realm fighting for life and death in front of him.

He was very clear about the power of the Ancestral Realm, but according to the legend, the Taoist Ancestor only needed one strike to kill a creature in the Ancestral Realm.

This level of power was completely beyond his understanding.

Is there any connection between this little cultivator in front of me and that Taoist Ancestor?

Wu Tong shook his head and threw away the absurd idea in his mind. At the level of Daozu, this shallow method of incarnation and tribulation was no longer effective. He could see that it was impossible to hide it from the laws of the universe.

Hearing Wu Tong's question, Chu Zheng was a little confused and shook his head: "My cultivation is shallow and it is difficult for me to understand the mystery of your words."

With his current level of cultivation, he is still far from being able to understand the laws of time and space, let alone the past and the future.

If he could predict the future, he wouldn't have to spend so much time thinking about which path to take. "That's it."

Wu Tong waved his hand and changed the subject: "Why are you here today?"

The special thing about Chu Zheng made him more patient. If it were any other day, Chu Zheng would have been completely destroyed by now.

"I would like to borrow your passage to visit the great world of the universe. Could you please give me some convenience?" Chu Zheng told the truth after a slight hesitation.

There are many secrets hidden in the universe. Since he has plenty of time, he wants to see if he can find some clues that may be helpful for his future path.

"You're going to the Universe?" Wu Tong was slightly surprised: "Why are you going there? Looking for someone?"

Looking for someone?

Chu Zheng was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding why Wu Tong would link the universe with the search for people. Just as he was about to speak, a sharp scream suddenly exploded from the depths of the palace:

"Wu Tong, get out here and let me out. I'm going to cut you into pieces!"

As the piercing scream rang out, the negative energy in the palace suddenly began to churn and became extremely violent.

Chu Zheng groaned, staggered two steps, his mind was in turmoil, and black blood flowed out of his seven orifices.

This long howl did not sound like human speech, but more like the cry of a phoenix. The sound was filled with murderous intent, like the whistle of a sword soaring into the clouds.

Wu Tong's eyes dimmed slightly, and he turned and walked forward.

As he took further steps, the vines around him began to change and move, revealing a passage.

Chu Zheng shook his dizzy head and quickly followed.

After a few breaths, Chu Zheng followed Wu Tong and stepped into another hall with a high dome.

After entering this room, the evil spirit became heavier. Chu Zheng glanced at the repair panel and the number of repairs jumped again to twenty-seven times, more than doubling again.

The evil energy visible to the naked eye condensed into black mist, surrounding all around. The first thing that caught Chu Zheng's eyes was a huge cage made of woven vines.

The cage was filled with iron chains made from refined fairy gold, tightly binding a woman in black.

The woman was in her late thirties, with shoulder-length black hair and a delicate face with an evil tinge. She stared at Wu Tong with eyes full of resentment and hatred.

A light flickered in Chu Zheng's pupils and he was shocked. This woman was not someone else but the soul of the Dark Phoenix he had seen before.

According to the information given by the repair panel, the soul of the Dark Phoenix was locked, but unexpectedly it was locked here.

A curtain of light appeared beside Wu Tong, wrapping Chu Zheng and blocking the restless evil spirit.

Chu Zheng’s cultivation was too weak, and the aftermath of the energy here could easily crush him to death.

"She was once my best friend. After her death, her remaining soul fell into the universe. Her consciousness was shattered and her previous memories were all lost. At that time, I exhausted all my energy and only got a few clues about her from the universe."

Wu Tong explained in a slightly hoarse voice:
"When I brought her out of the universe, I was a bit heavy-handed and killed a few evil demons. Because of this, she regards me as her mortal enemy."

Hearing this, Chu Zheng pondered for a few breaths, and said with some hesitation:
"This memory loss disease... maybe I can try to repair it a little bit."

(End of this chapter)