Explorer of Teyvat

Under Hu Tao's expectant gaze, Wang Daoyi's expression did not change at all.

He himself knew that it was definitely safe here, so naturally he would not be frightened by Hu Tao.

Besides, although the cliff here looks very deep and dangerous.

But... the king's way will fly.

"Then I will wait for you downstairs, Hall Master."

Wang Daoyi moved and jumped off the cliff.

walnut:"?"

Isn't this person afraid at all?

Hu Tao was a little disappointed when he didn't see Wang Daoyi's panicked look.

But he didn't hesitate and immediately followed Wang Daoyi's movements and jumped down.

However, her figure was much more elegant. Although she was falling down, there seemed to be some force holding her up.

Obviously, in this secret realm, Hu Tao, as the current head of the Purity Hall, is given preferential treatment.

Floating in mid-air, Hutao finally understood why Wang Daoyi was not afraid anymore.

This guy is surrounded by golden energy and can fly.

He gave Hu Tao a smiling look, then looked at the situation below him,

Under the abyss is a deep pool,

Therefore, even if someone does jump after listening to Hu Tao's words, it will actually be fine.

After all, the people who can be brought here will not be ordinary people. Coupled with the existence of the pool, they may be shocked, but there will be no danger.

The tip of his toes landed lightly on the water, and Wang Daoyi, who was walking on flat ground, looked at Hu Tao on one side.

"Hmph." Hutao grunted twice, then gently landed on the stone slab beside the pool, "Why don't you wait for me."

Although he failed to trick Wang Daoyi successfully, the optimistic Hu Tao was good at self-regulation.

What's the use of Wang Dao flying for a while? He's not just waiting for her when he flies down.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything to refute. Wang Dao just looked at Hu Tao, waiting for her next move.

"Let's go. This is the real narrow space between life and death. You should control your momentum and don't scare the people here."

Hu Tao led the way and gave another warning.

The narrow space between life and death is not a place of silence. Many dead souls who still have memories of the human world will stop here.

They still miss their relatives and friends in the world, and this obsession will make them stick here and wait for the arrival of their families.

After passing through the long and narrow passage, a huge space appeared in front of Wang Daoyi.

In the sky of the secret realm, dim light casts down, giving the space a sense of dusk.

Directly in front of the road, an ancient tree stands to welcome the light cast by the sky.

Under the ancient tree, a light blue figure stood there, looking at the entrance of the secret realm, as if waiting for something.

"Hu Tao has brought guests again." The woman's soul smiled slightly at Wang Daoyi, with a bit of embarrassment on her face, "There is nothing to entertain in this place, so I'm sorry."

"Hey, Lan Xi, can't you let go?" Hutao asked carelessly, obviously very familiar with the soul in front of him.

Wang Daoyi didn't interrupt, but nodded slightly in response to Soul's kind words just now.

Lan Xi shook her head gently: "After waiting for such a long time, how can I let go if there is no result? Moreover, here, watching the old people leaving and new people coming, there is nothing to be anxious about."

"Even if I can never wait if I wait like this, what can I do? If I want to see the most important person, all I can do now is wait."

After finishing speaking, Lan Xi's light blue soul fluctuated slightly, and she seemed to have lost interest in talking.

Hutao shook his head, tugged on Wang Daoyi's sleeve, and left Lan Xi's side.

"There are many souls like Lan Xi here. The gap between life and death is very kind. It will not force ghosts to do anything. If they want to wait, they can wait as long as... they want."

Wang Daoyi did not speak, and golden gnosis circulated in his eyes. In his sight, the endless soft breath surrounded this secret realm. These breaths nourished the ghosts who resided here, allowing them to retain their gnosis and souls. The body remains intact.

Seeing that Wang Daoyi didn't speak, Hu Tao didn't care and continued to lead him deeper.

"Hey, Zhu Ming, how are you? Are you used to life here?"

Walnut shouted to a ghost on the roadside.

The ghost who was looking at the scenery turned around and said, "Oh, it's Hall Master Hu, hahahaha. The scenery here is beautiful, quiet and peaceful. It's really nice to sort out your mood here."

"Oh, it sounds like you've looked away?"

"Just keep your eyes open. Don't worry, Hall Master Hu. When I let it go, I will be on my way. By the way, Lao Li recently said that he has let it go, and he might be leaving. Hall Master Hu can go and have a look."

"Okay, then you can continue to look at the scenery."

Hutao waved his hand and stopped disturbing the ghost.

"Come on, I'll show you what they look like after they're put down." Hutao led Wang Daoyi deeper, "I haven't even seen her as a traveler."

The two of them went all the way into the deepest part of the secret realm,

On the way, souls appear from time to time to communicate with Hu Tao.

And Hutao can also call each of them by name accurately.

She remembers everyone here.

Pulled away by Hu Tao, Wang Daoyi observed the souls here along the way.

In fact, this is not the first time Wang Daoyi has seen a ghost.

The little girl at Wangshu Inn, the afterimage of Dao Wife, Wang Daoyi has seen many beings that can be called ghosts.

But the soul between life and death is completely different.

Whether it’s the little girl at Wangshu Inn or the residual image of Dao Wife, there is something more or less magical about it.

The little girl can control the ruins machinery to fight, and Inazuma's leyline afterimage can also affect the surrounding environment.

As for the ghosts here, they are all just like ordinary people, without any extraordinary abilities.

The only thing that can be called different from normal people is that they are indeed dead.

Looking at the soft aura emanating from the secret realm, Wang Dao's eyes flashed slightly,

It is the existence of these breaths that leads to the magical situation of the soul here.

Or, this is the result that the creator of the secret realm hopes to achieve.

"The ghosts here are different from those in other places." Wang Daoyi sighed intentionally.

Hu Tao didn't feel anything. Hearing Wang Daoyi sigh like this, he showed a proud look: "These are all the results of the maintenance of this hall master. If there is a soul that falls into evil and becomes an evil spirit, it will be destroyed by the Rebirth Hall. .”

"Is that so?" Wang Dao understood instantly.

The souls here are probably suppressed. They maintain human moral concepts and remain [pure], and even have the aura of the secret realm to nourish them.

The ghosts in the outside world are not only affected by the earth's veins, but they are also prone to evil thoughts. Once they commit a crime, the soul is no longer pure and turns into an evil spirit that needs to be eliminated according to the Rebirth Hall.

This can be seen from the little girl at Wangshu Inn.

She is just the soul of a little girl who likes to play with others when she is at her most ignorant.

But the way she plays is to control the ruins machine.

If the traveler didn't have some skills, who in the right mind could play with her?

If it does not enter the narrow space between life and death, the soul of the deceased is prone to problems and eventually degenerates into evil spirits.

The Hall of Rebirth maintains the boundary between life and death, not only to protect living people, but also to protect those pure souls.

The two of them walked deeper while talking.

Not long after, Hutao led Wang Daoyi to a place similar to a high platform.

It was said to be a high platform, but when Wang Dao looked at the countless runes engraved on the high platform, it might be better to call it an [altar].

On the altar, an old man stood alone in the middle, his eyes seemed a little nostalgic, but he seemed to have given up.

Probably the arrival of Wang Daoyi and Hu Tao interrupted the old man's thinking.

The originally complicated eyes fluctuated slightly, and his eyes turned from the blank space in front of him.

"So it's Hutao, are you here to see me off?" The old man's eyes paused on Wang Daoyi for a moment, and then quickly turned to Hutao.

Judging from the tone of voice, he is very familiar with Hu Tao and has some goodwill towards Hu Tao.

Hu Tao, who was originally careless, also calmed down: "You have been here for so long and finally looked away. Naturally, I will come to see you off."

"Yeah, it's been so long, it's time to look away." The old man's tone contained a hint of regret, but more of it was relief, "But thank you, Little Walnut."

Hu Tao didn't answer, just looked at the old man quietly.

Just when Wang Daoyi was confused, the old man turned and walked towards the center of the altar.

A little bit of light emerged from all directions, and an entrance-like passage appeared.

The old man smiled at Hu Tao, and then walked in without looking back.

Wang Daoyi frowned slightly, he couldn't see through the passage in front of him.

Normally, there would be an exit at one point opposite each passage.

But in Wang Daoyi's sight, the passage in front of him led to nothingness.

With his sight, he couldn't see clearly what was really happening on the other side.

But when you think about it, you know that the opposite side can't really be nothingness. After all, they have worked hard to retain their souls, even their sanity, and then send them into nothingness in the end. This is too ridiculous.

Or, the opposite side is the realm of a being more powerful than Wang Daoyi.

Or, the opposite side is also part of the [Deception] circle.

Watching the old man's figure gradually disappearing into the passage, Hu Tao's calm expression disappeared and returned to his lively appearance.

"Okay, how about it? Not everyone can see the scene of the soul leaving."

Hu Tao looked at Wang Daoyi with a smile.

"What's on the other side of the passage?" Wang Daoyi asked curiously.

Hall Master Hu shook his head slightly: "That's not something I can know. Anyway, every soul that lets go will enter it."

"Then if you didn't stay here when you died, would you enter it directly?" Wang Daoyi asked again.

Liyue is a big country, and under the protection of the Palace of Rebirth, the Narrow Room of Life and Death does not only accept the people of Liyue.

Anyone who dies on the land of Liyue will be brought here.

And along the way, although I saw a lot of souls, the number was obviously wrong.

Too few, too few souls residing here.

It is far less than the number of deaths every year in Liyue.

Logically speaking, over time, the number of souls remaining here should be very, very large.

"It should be like this. Anyway, I have never met the souls of past masters of the Hall of Past Lives here. According to this convention, if there are no regrets after death, then I will definitely not stay here. I will probably enter it directly. .”

Hu Tao said with a smile on his face.

"It is precisely because of this that I know that becoming the master of the Palace of the Past must be a very right thing."

Hu Tao's logic is very simple. None of the past masters of the past life hall have stayed here, which means that all the previous masters have passed away contentedly.

This also proves that the master of the Rebirth Hall is a correct profession.

"Without regrets, the soul that lets go of its obsessions will be directly attracted..."

Wang Dao's eyes fluctuated slightly, and he had some suspicions in his heart.

This narrow space of life and death shrouded by the [Deception] array is probably used to 'intercept' the sky from harvesting all living beings in Liyue.

As I said before, the sky harvests all emotions, dreams, obsessions, desires, will and other soul-related powers.

But after the people of Liyue die, they need to come here and let go of everything before returning to the origin of the world.

So, can Sky still harvest this last wave of power?

When we are alive, we need to move around, being shrouded in the false sky, and we cannot avoid having our spiritual power harvested by the sky.

And after death, the sky will not let you go.

The soul of intelligent life is the greatest expression of spiritual power.

He embodies the experience of human life.

Emotions, dreams, obsessions, desires, will,

All this can remain in the soul.

This is the final fruit of human life, and the sky will definitely pick it.

The existence of the narrow space between life and death and the [Deception] circle can protect the final fruits from being harvested.

Wang Daoyi's thoughts turned over and his eyes gradually returned to Hu Tao.

There is still a loophole in the above statement.

There are so many people who do not stay in the narrow gap between life and death, which means that many people quickly let go of all obsessions after death.

As for the person who asked them to let go of their obsessions,

Wang Daoyi thought it was probably Hu Tao.

In other words, the masters of the past lives hall.

As for why he thought so, it was because Wang Daoyi thought of something.

Something that the whole of Liyue thought was normal.

"Ceremony of death."

This magical ceremony, ranging from human funerals to immortal ceremonies, seems to be considered necessary by everyone.

In other countries of Teyvat, although there is also a funeral.

But there is absolutely no complicated and strictly prohibited death ceremony like Liyue's.

"Therefore, the function of the death ceremony itself is to guide the souls of the dead to let go of their obsessions and return to pure whiteness."

"And some dead souls whose obsessions are too strong cannot be let go directly, so they will be led into the narrow space between life and death. Under the nourishment of the secret realm, they have almost infinite time, and because they can only survive in the secret realm, time will Gradually wear away their obsession until they let it go completely.”

Wang Daoyi's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt that he had guessed the truth.

During the Demon War, Morax or Hargentus discovered the secret of harvesting sentient beings from the sky.

So they worked together to build this secret realm.

Morax took action and killed the evil god Chi who was entrenched here, and Hagentus set up the [Deception] magic circle.

Therefore, even the sky during the Demon God War could not find anything wrong here under the protection of the [Deception] array.

After people here die, a death ceremony is held to eliminate the obsession of the deceased.

Remove all psychic power needed from the sky, leaving only a pure white soul.

If there are people who have not let go of their obsessions after going through the ceremony, then they can enter the narrow space between life and death and use time to smooth everything out.

In this way, Liyue's soul will no longer be harvested by the sky.

Wang Daoyi even guessed that the reason why the maintainers of heavenly principles are getting weaker now is inseparable from the arrangement here.

On the one hand, Heavenly Law has its own agenda to harvest all living beings, and on the other hand, it must use all living beings as fuel to operate certain laws of Teyvat.

And Liyue has trapped the power of all living beings,

In addition, Barbatos seems to be making some moves on Mondstadt's side.

As a result, at least two of the seven countries directly cut off the sky.

Under the rules, the maintainers must not attack the Seven Gods at will.

He also wants to maintain the operation of heavenly principles.

As a result, the maintainer lost the source of power and had to bleed to maintain the operation of certain laws.

As time goes by, the maintainer will naturally become weaker and weaker.

Now that the time has come, all the seven gods are dishonest, and the Ice God has directly raised a flag of rebellion.

I'm afraid the power that the Maintainers can harvest from Teyvat is getting smaller and smaller.

Maybe if the time is extended a little longer, the Ice Queen will not need to rebel. With this bloodletting method, the maintainer can be dragged to death.

Of course, when the time comes, what everyone will probably face is the awakening of Heavenly Law itself.

"Okay, I have to check if there are any loopholes in the secret realm. You can just wander around by yourself."

Hu Tao looked at Wang Daoyi who was in a daze and waved his palm in front of him.

Wang Daoyi recovered from his dazed expression and nodded gently to Hu Tao: "Okay, please trouble Hall Master Hu."

"Hey, no trouble, no trouble."

Hutao smiled, turned and left.

Watching Hu Tao leave, Wang Daoyi continued to think.

If the above guesses are correct, then where did these souls who let go of their obsessions go?

Wang Daoyi recalled the scene at the funeral of the old dean.

Istaru crossed time and space and forcibly took the old dean's soul away from Morax's domain.

So, across the narrow passage between life and death, is Morax's [country]?

Bring the souls who have given up all obsessions into the [country] under your control, so that the laws of heaven cannot extend their poisonous hands to them again.

This is in line with the concept of the devil’s lover.

And, it’s not hard to do either.

Barbatos can attract the souls of believers, and Morax can naturally do the same.

Even Wang Daoyi, who has insufficient knowledge, can forcibly restrain a piece of land, stamp his own mark, and modify that piece of land to look like what he wants.

Finally, he led his followers to sleep in that earth vein.

In this way, as long as the king's way does not fall, there will be no problems even with the earth's veins.

This formed a [country] exclusive to the Lord of Red Sand.

In the ruins of the entrance to the narrow space between life and death, Wang Daoyi was very surprised why there was no magic circle to deceive the sky and could not prevent the earth-line monsters from spawning here.

Now it seems that it is very likely that the earth veins cannot be isolated here.

Because the final destination of the souls here is still sleeping in the earth's veins.

However, the leylines here have been completely controlled by Morax.

After these souls let go of their obsessions, they can enter it and enjoy a long sleep.

Instead of being harvested by the sky again and turned into fuel wood for the operation of certain laws.

After a slight silence and a little confirmation of the above inference, Wang Daoyi felt that even if this was not the truth, it should be very close.

"When we get back to Sumeru, we might be able to make some plans. If this can really speed up the weakening of the maintainer, then it wouldn't be a bad idea for me to give him a push."

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