Chronicles of Celestial Origins

The two of them sat back to back like children, neither paying attention to the other. Xiao Zhan was still playing with the gourd, while Tang Ning had her arms folded across her chest and her eyes slightly closed.

On the surface, he seems to be acting like a child and sulking alone.

In fact, from the moment he sat down, he was thinking about strategies in his mind, how to trick Xiao Zhan to get her to return the gourd.

After a while, Xiao Zhan pulled out the long sword behind him and pointed it towards the mouth of the gourd, and a ray of white light poured into it.

In an instant, as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling, the whole earth trembled violently, and the originally clear sky suddenly turned pitch black.

Tangning was startled by this turn of events. She stood up suddenly and saw that the ordinary green gourd was undergoing astonishing changes visible to the naked eye.

The mouth of the gourd continued to expand and contract, as if a giant beast was trying to escape from it, and strange sounds came from time to time, like floods breaking a dam, or gold and stone breaking.

This change lasted for half an hour. During this period, the ground still shook violently from time to time. Not only the land around the giant tree, but everywhere the eye could see, the ground was clearly shaking, violently and rhythmically. , like the beating melody of a giant beast’s heart.

The whole sky is bright and dark, changing with the rhythm of the earth shaking.

Tangning was extremely nervous and stared at the gourd floating in the air, fearing that a monster would really emerge from it.

Xiao Zhan looked very calm, with his hands folded in front of his chest, his eyes full of curiosity.

Finally, a sharp sound was heard, like the sound of a boulder breaking, and pieces of mercury-silver blocks were seen tilting out of the gourd's mouth, like crystal clear ice cubes.

In the blink of an eye, the entire surrounding world was wrapped in rich spiritual energy.

Tangning was stunned. The spiritual power contained in these pieces of mercury-silver lumps was so pure, thick and rich. He had never seen such rich spiritual power before, and even the thousand-year-old spiritual milk was far incomparable.

The spiritual energy actually changed from gaseous state to solid state, forming pieces of crystal-like objects.

Appalling.

Spiritual milk is the result of the liquefaction of spiritual power. The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is liquefied into milk state and can be eaten directly. As for the solidification of spiritual power, Tang Ning has never seen a description in the book.

This is very different from spiritual stones. Although spiritual stones are solid, they are just solid stones that wrap and seal the spiritual power. The essence of the spiritual power is still in its gaseous state, but it is just sealed in the stone.

But the mercury ice cube in front of me is in the shape of solidified spiritual energy.

Just when he was about to reach out and take the tilted mercury block, Xiao Zhan was one step faster than him, and all the "ice cubes" pouring out of the gourd were captured by him and revolved around her.

Tang Ning could clearly see that there were twenty-three "ice cubes" of different sizes leaning out of the gourd. The larger ones were two or three inches in size, while the smaller ones were less than half an inch.

As many "ice cubes" were squeezed out, another plume of purple-red gas emerged from the gourd.

"Innate Qi." Tangning blurted out in shock when she saw the purple-red gas floating out.

This plume of purple-red gas looked extremely thin, like a wisp of cloud smoke, squeezed out from the gourd. When it left the gourd and was exposed to the outside space, it immediately showed its terror.

The space around it was deformed and distorted with the naked eye. It seemed that it could not withstand the pressure of this "cloud smoke". A small opening was torn out in the space, and then it expanded bigger and bigger, and the entire space was gradually collapsing.

Tangning's whole body was also squeezed by the twisted space, unable to move. He seemed to be trapped in a quagmire, and his bones creaked softly under the extremely twisted space.

Seeing that the scope of the space collapse was getting wider and wider, Tang Ning couldn't help but sweat dripping down her forehead, a look of disbelief on her face.

Although he had previously recognized that this wisp of purple-red gas was innate energy, he never imagined that just this wisp of cloud-like mist-like gas could be so powerful that it could cover the entire space within a hundred feet. Collapse.

By the time he realized something was wrong and wanted to leave, it was too late.

At this time, another wisp of purple-red gas slowly floated out of the gourd's mouth.

Tang Ning's pupils shrank suddenly. There was more than just this wisp of innate energy in the gourd, and he didn't know how much was inside. The spiritual energy in his body surged wildly, resisting the huge pressure of space, and shouted sharply at the white girl beside him: "Behead." Master Xian, we must find a way to stop the innate energy from overflowing from the gourd, otherwise the entire space will collapse and we will die here."

At this time, Xiao Zhan's whole body was wrapped in white light, and she seemed not to be affected by the fluctuations in the surrounding space. After hearing Tang Ning's words, she slowly drew out the green sword from behind, held the hilt in both hands, and gently slashed it down.

The long sword in his hand suddenly burst into dazzling light at this moment, the green color faded away, and the sword body became as black as ink.

This seemingly ordinary sword split the entire world into two. The space in front of me seemed to be cut in half, divided into upper and lower levels. The space in the middle was split and turned into a long black stream, filled with The terrifying aura of destruction.

The distance from Xiao Zhan's position to the floating gourd's position is about ten feet, and the black hole in the space torn in between is like a stream, connecting the two ends.

The space was torn apart by more than ten feet, but this powerful blow failed to disperse the floating innate energy. A wisp of purple-red gas as thin as clouds rolled into a ball, and under the impact of the long black stream, it formed another Was squeezed back into the gourd.

At this moment, the Tianzhan Sword returned to its previous appearance, like a noodle stick. Xiao Zhan put the sword back into the scabbard, and with one move in his hand, he took the gourd to his side.

After the innate energy disappeared, the twisted space structure became loose. Tangning took the opportunity to withdraw, took a few deep breaths, and looked at Xiao Zhan and the gourd in her hand with a horrified face.

The sword that Xiao Zhan had just lifted as if it was light and unremarkable actually tore the space into two halves. The most incredible thing is that the surrounding space structure did not fluctuate at all.

Generally speaking, if the space is torn apart, it must have received a violent and powerful impact. The surrounding space structure will also be unbalanced, causing distortion and deformation. The point where the space is torn is the most severely impacted part.

Over the years, he has encountered torn space structures more than once. Whether it was the magical powers of monks, powerful cannonballs, or the impact of space cracks, once the power exceeded a certain threshold, the stable space could not withstand it. With that much pressure, it will tear.

The surrounding spatial structure will be unbalanced accordingly, causing large-scale distortion and deformation.

But Xiaozhan's sword broke this rule. The area near the torn space was very stable and not affected in any way. This blow was like cutting a piece of meat in half from the middle, precise and very beautiful. , perfect as a work of art.

Tangning looked up at the long black stream hanging high in the sky with no end, and then at the torn space in front of her. The structure of the two was exactly the same, but the power was different.

Obviously, this must be related to the characteristics of the Sky-Destroying Sword.

"Xiao Ningzi, what is the innate energy you just mentioned?" Xiao Zhan's eyes were full of surprise, playing with the gourd in his hand, like a little girl getting a novel toy.

Tang Ning explained: "It is said that the innate Qi was born when the heaven and earth were not yet opened. It is the origin of this world and one of the most primitive forces that created the earth today."

"When heaven and earth were still in chaos, the innate Qi filled the chaos until the heaven and earth were completely separated. The pure and light ones rose to become the sky, while the turbid and heavy ones sank to the earth."

"This is a long process. During this process, the innate Qi constantly consumes its own power. After the heaven and earth were formed, the innate Qi also lost the soil of its existence. Because it was generated in chaos, there is no chaos. The soil of the world will slowly and naturally melt away.”

"The process of dissolving the innate Qi will produce spiritual power and various gases and substances, so the heaven and earth will produce new life."

"These are what I have seen in books and history books. Of course I have never seen the real innate Qi, but according to the books, the innate Qi is purple-red."

"Except for innate Qi, no gas in the world is purple-red. So when I saw the purple-red gas floating out of the gourd and felt the terrifying power contained in it, I immediately thought of innate Qi. "

Xiao Zhan's eyes lit up, and he pointed at the crystal clear "ice cubes" floating around her and asked, "What are these?"

"I don't know, but I am certain that this is something solidified by spiritual energy. I have never seen a description of such an item in a book. I think this may be the fusion of heaven and earth spiritual energy and innate energy, which is produced over time. The special reaction cannot be ruled out as the result of the gourd itself.”

"What's the use of this thing? Can it be eaten?"

"It should be edible directly! I'm not sure."

Xiao Zhan immediately opened her mouth and inhaled, and several crystal clear "ice cubes" were sucked into her body. As time passed, Xiao Zhan's whole body expanded slightly.

When Tangning saw this, she was also shocked. She didn't expect that the "ice cubes" turned into by spiritual energy would have such an immediate effect.

After absorbing more than a dozen "ice cubes" in a row, Xiao Zhan's whole body expanded violently, his belly bulged, his arms, thighs and even his head had swelled several times. His whole body was like a balloon, and it seemed as if it could explode at any time. May burst.

The spiritual aura in her body also increased as her body expanded.

Tangning couldn't bear it any longer. While Xiao Zhan was absorbing the surge of spiritual power in her body, he snatched the remaining "ice cubes" around her like lightning and swallowed them directly.