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"What?!" A look of shock appeared on Ao Wei's face, "Someone came in? Is it Wang Yuanji, or..."
"It's a man." Zhen Le tilted his head, a strange look appeared on his face, "But it's strange...how come he smells like me?"
"Su Anran!"
Ao Wei instantly knew who it was.
She gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Sister Zhen, this is the person who took away your Yunhai Pei! He conspired with the fallen Sao Fox before Qingqiu to take away all the things you put in your former residence!"
"Sapphire?"
"Yes." Ao Wei nodded, "It's her. But I heard that she fell in the Tianyuan Secret Realm in order to help Su Anran block the knife... But it's strange that such a big thing happened, the Qingqiu clan That old ancestor didn't respond at all."
Hearing Ao Wei's words, Zhen Le couldn't help showing a strange look on his face: "Do you really think that Qingyu is dead?"
Ao Wei was taken aback.
"Is not it?"
"You know the "Demon Emperor Code" of our demon clan, right?"
"I know." Ao Wei nodded.
Regarding the book "Demon Emperor's Code", no one in the entire Demon League knew anything about it.
The Yaozu Daxiu who ruled the entire Yaozu back then and made the Yaozu the overlord of this world for a time, who enslaved humans was the Yaohuang.
He was the first great power to embark on the road of cultivation when the third era was revived.
It was he who started the cultivation path of the entire mysterious world - not just the monster race, but also the cultivation methods including the human race, all evolved from his "Demon Emperor Code".
It can be said that the basic tone of cultivation in Xuanjie today is the rules he established in the past.
This is also the reason why the Yaozu now only has the Great Sage, but no Demon Emperor.
Even the seven great sages dare not erase his credit.
It's not that I don't want to, but I dare not.
Even though the cultivation bases of the seven great saints in the mysterious world far exceed those of the demon emperor, they would rather create a new term "great saint" than call themselves the demon emperor.Even the demon king under the great sage, even if he is extremely powerful, can be called the demon king among the demon kings, at most he will call himself the demon emperor, and he will not call himself the demon emperor.
At this point, it is exactly the opposite of the situation of the human race.
Because the word "Demon Emperor" has great symbolic meaning on the side of the Yaozu.
Unlike the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" of the human race, the five emperors are respected-meaning the master of the five directions.
Of course, the five directions here are not the five directions in the direction, but the five directions of swordsmanship, martial arts, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
Among them, the "one side" of kendo is Wanjianlou, which is known as the school of the sword god; the "one side" of Buddhism is naturally Dainichi Tathagata; .
What's interesting is that in the original "Martial Dao" side, Tiandaomen, Dahuangcheng, and Shenyuan Mountain Villa competed with each other, but since Taiyigu was born, Huang Zi directly took this title, and the other three always wanted to get angry. To add obstruction to Tai Yigu.
As for the "Three Emperors", they are the three great families of Dongfang, Ximen and Nangong.
On the other side of the Yaozu, there are the "Three Sages and Eight Emperors"-the Eight Emperors naturally refer to the eight patriarchs of the Eight Kings clan. Generally speaking, they will not participate in the management of the ethnic groups.
This is like the mayor and executive deputy mayor.
"In the "Demon Emperor's Canon" written by the Demon Emperor himself, there is a secret ritual called 'Spiritual Transformation', which means transforming from a monster beast or a monster clan into a spirit beast or a spirit clan." Zhen Li said slowly, "You I once said that what Qingyu practiced was not the Qingqiu Clan's secret technique, but the "Demon Emperor's Code", then she must have been exposed to this secret technique... and as far as I know, the prerequisite for this secret technique is You just have to die once."
"However, we Yaozu..." Ao Wei was a little surprised.
"You have to figure out a concept." Zhen Li said slowly, "Our real dragon clan is not the demon clan, but the spirit clan. So when the demon emperor unified the demon clan, it didn't include our real dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns. And other ethnic groups, because we can't play together... It's just that when they enslaved the human race, we chose to stand by and watch... Of course, we don't think it's a bad thing, after all, the weak prey on the strong."
Ao Wei was a little dazed, apparently this was the first time she heard such a secret.
"Humans are born weak and have a short lifespan, so what's wrong with being a servant? If you have to say something wrong, it's that they are too weak. In the mysterious world, being weak is the biggest original sin." Zhen Le's tone was calm, but The words he said were enough to make any human monk feel angry, "Even in my past, there were quite a few servants of the human race... It's just that there is an essential difference between us being the servants of the spirit race and being the servants of the monster race. .”
"What's the difference?"
"It's like the difference between a scholarly family and a rich family." Zhen Li thought for a while, and then said, "When we are the servants of the spirit race, at least we can live a little more decently, but it's just a little bit more decent. After all, our spiritual clan There are many rules of the clan, and the human race multiplied quickly at that time, so if the rules were violated, then it is a matter of course for us to execute such a group of servants."
"But the monster race is different... In their eyes, the human race is not only a servant, but also food."
Zhen Lu's tone was impartial and neutral, but Ao Wei could tell that in the eyes of the mirage sage, these things were very normal—whether it was the monster clan cannibalism, or just doing it at will. Whether it is killing or killing, it is as normal as eating when hungry and drinking water when thirsty.
"Perhaps because of this, the human race chose to resist after they had the strength... I don't think it's the idea of slavery and freedom, it's just that they don't want to be used as food anymore, or a desire to The psychological factor of showing off is at work." Zhen Le shrugged, "But anyway, they succeeded and successfully got rid of their low status, which is still worthy of praise."
"Then we and the Yaozu..."
"You have to remember, this is another bad trait of the human race, anger and arrogance, and...betrayal." Zhen Li's voice suddenly became colder, "Do you really think that when the demon emperor was reborn, the human race only relied on the sword sect, The three sects of Lingshan and Tiangong can destroy the entire monster race? They asked our spirit race for help to help them contain and kill the demon emperor, so that the race has the ability to escape from the shackles."
"But what happened later? The human race betrayed us."
Zhen Li snorted coldly, and his face looked very ugly: "The group of bald donkeys in Lingshan, together with Jianzong, launched an attack when we were not prepared. The Phoenix family and the Qilin family were almost wiped out. Our Zhenlong family sensed something was wrong and did not listen to each other. You were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe of genocide... After that, under the leadership of your father, the surviving spirit clan formed an alliance with Yaozu to resist the pressure from Lingshan and Jianzong."
"But what we didn't expect was that Tong Bi would betray us, causing our alliance to suffer a serious blow. The seven great saints no longer trusted each other, and two of them left directly." Zhen Li spit out softly. With a breath of turbidity, "That severe injury led to the destruction of my clan, as well as the Panlong and Yinglong clans, and your father left only two clans, the Horned Dragon and the Jiaolong... After that time, I knew that I We must find a way to truly combine the Spirit Race and the Yao Race."
"So sister Zhen, you... are dead?"
"Yes." Zhen Yue nodded, with no joy or sadness on his face, "I know that only after I die can your father's ideal be truly realized, so that the spirit race and the monster race will no longer be separated from each other, but will form together. A tighter, more united coalition...and it actually worked out, didn't it?"
"Then...why..."
"Resurrection?" Zhen Lu seemed to know what Ao Wei wanted to say, so he explained with a smile, "I am also someone who has read "The Demon Emperor's Code", so I know the secret technique. I also know why Qingyu dared to Such an adventure, to try the possibility of that secret technique... It's just that she is different from me, she wants to get rid of the identity of the demon clan, and I just took the meaning of resurrection from it."
As the great sage of the mirage, Zhen Yue is a Spirit Race himself, so naturally there is no need to transform into a Spirit Race.
So what she needs is only the part of the "spiritual transformation" secret art about how to "live" herself again.
"Why did Qingyu dare to take such a risk?"
"Sapphire took away the treasure clothes I made from the things left by my molting. When I was successfully resurrected, except for a few insignificant magic weapons, all the magic weapons made of my own fur and blood, It cannot be used except by me or the people I approve." Zhen Li said, "So, when I really woke up, Qingyu was actually the first person to know that I was resurrected... But, She may not be very sure herself, but anyway, she does have the motivation to take the risk of trying the 'spirituality' secret technique."
"So that's how it is!" Ao Wei realized in an instant, "No wonder Qingyu suddenly lost her ambition during that time and didn't want to compete with Qingshu."
"I don't know what happened in Tianyuan Secret Realm that made her finally make such a decision." Zhen Yue said slowly, "But I can be sure that she must have not been fully prepared at that time. So the possibility of her being resurrected is not high... After all, I have waited 8000 years for my chance to be resurrected."
Speaking of this, Zhen Lu took another look at Ao Wei, and then suddenly laughed, "But I know that your father has indeed tried his best, and I can feel it."
"Yes, my father tried his best." Although Ao Wei didn't know what Zhen Yue meant by saying this, since she was praising her father, of course she would also feel happy, "And anyway, you finally resurrected successfully, Miss Zhen."
"Yes." Zhen Yue nodded, "Finally... the resurrection was successful. However, if I want to restore my original strength, I still need the current sublimation ceremony. Only when the ceremony is successful can I regain my strength. All lost."
"No problem!" Ao Wei's face was full of confidence, "I have dealt with Su Anran once in the fantasy secret realm, and I am still very clear about this person's strength... The outside world said that he now has a natal realm However, the human race always likes to exaggerate. I think his strength is at most the level of entering the natal realm. After all, no matter how evil Tai Yigu's disciple is, it is impossible for him to be born in Shenhai in less than six years. Realm directly into the Realm of Life, right?"
"In this dragon gate, my strength can be increased, and I have some secret techniques bestowed by my father, which are more than enough to deal with him." Ao Wei said, "Sister Zhen, you can hold the sublimation ceremony with peace of mind. Su Anran just leave it to me, I'm planning to settle the account with him in the Sea of Illusions back then."
"Then I will depend on you." Zhen Yue said with a smile.
"Okay!" Ao Wei was full of confidence.
Chapter 166 Inside the Dragon Gate
Su Anran, who was walking inside the dragon gate, could not see the slightest eagerness on his face.
He knew that he should be the first human race to enter Longmen, so he didn't have any "predecessors' experience" to provide him with reference, and he could only open up wasteland by himself for the strategy of the Dragon Gate sublimation ceremony.
Moreover, Xuanjie is not a game, and there is no dungeon challenge that can continue to challenge after failing.
Here, Su Anran can only pass the level with one life.
The price of failure is death.
Therefore, he naturally has to calm his mind, and he cannot fail because of the interference of some negative emotions.
From the moment she entered Longmen, Su Anran's footsteps did not stop.
He found that the flow of time in the dragon gate was probably stagnant, because he had already walked for about half a day, but the scene inside the dragon gate was still as bright as it was in the morning, and did not enter noon as time went by.And not only that, the temperature, wind and other changes in the climate have not changed in any way, as if in this world inside the Longmen, everything has been stabilized.
Su Anran continued to walk for about half a day.
Then he finally nailed it.
Stand still.
The reason is simple, he deliberately drew an obvious trace with sword energy on the ground to identify the location.
After half a day passed, Su Anran finally returned to the position of the sword mark - the feeling of moving forward did exist, and the feeling of exhaustion from her body was not fake.But this feeling is like walking on the Mobius ring. No matter how he walks or which direction he walks, he will only return to the same place in the end.
Perhaps, this is the reason why the world in the entire Longmen does not seem to have changed at all, as if everything has been stabilized.
Su Anran's gaze turned to the rushing stream beside her.
After hesitating for a moment, Su Anran stepped on the water with one foot.
An extremely strong tingling sensation came from the foot instantly.
Su Anran suddenly withdrew her right foot.
I saw that the boot on the right foot had been torn off by the washing water.
"So that's how it is..." Su Anran suddenly understood.
The existence of the dragon gate is originally to allow the aquatic monsters to obtain transformation and evolution at the level of life, so there is a saying that "a fish jumps over the dragon gate and transforms into a dragon".
In fact, when we were on Earth, there were also fables about this aspect.
But whether they are fables, metaphors or other related matters, these allusions have a very obvious characteristic.
countercurrent.
If you want to jump over the Dragon Gate, you must go upstream, and you can only succeed after experiencing many hardships.
This is actually a challenge.
And in a fairy world, it is not difficult for the monster race with special abilities to reverse the current. If they have enough skills, they can even reverse the flow of rivers, lakes and seas.Therefore, going upstream in a mere way is naturally no difficulty for the aquatic monsters, so it will run counter to the test of "Leaping over the Dragon Gate".
Therefore, the rushing stream will have a certain aggressiveness.
Only by enduring the washing of this aggressive stream and finally completing the "countercurrent" journey can it be regarded as truly crossing the dragon gate.
After figuring this out, Su Anran quickly took off her boots, and guessed on the stream barefoot.
Anyway, if you step on the stream with boots on, the stream will corrode the boots completely, and it will not provide any protection at all, so it is better not to wear them.
And Su Anran was also a little skeptical.
This turbulent stream is obviously a "countercurrent test", and all aquatic monsters must understand this, so if they prepare a magic weapon of the boot type, they will definitely be able to prevent the boots from being damaged, thereby reducing the difficulty of the test.But taking the test and importance of the dragon gate as the starting point, the designer who made this layout at the beginning must have thought of this, and simply considering the original intention of "testing", he naturally would not want someone to use such a tricky way. Jump over the dragon gate.
Then, if you wear boots, you may suffer a stronger attack.
Su Anran was so skeptical.
In fact, all of this is just as Su Anran guessed.
When he took off his shoes and reached out to touch the stream again, the intense tingling disappeared.
Instead, there is a mild itching.
It's a bit like doing fish therapy.
But what was a little helpless was that as soon as Su Anran put her feet in the stream, she sank naturally.
This is not the same as his idea.
After thinking about it for a while, Su Anran circulated his zhenqi under his feet, and by constantly adjusting the amount of zhenqi delivered and maintained, he quickly mastered the trick, and finally he was able to formally step on the stream.
However, under the turbulent stream, Su Anran would keep sliding backwards if she stood still.
The direction in which the stream extends happens to be the torii that separates the inner and outer boundaries of Longmen.
Su Anran has a clear understanding in his heart: if he is washed out by the stream, then he will not be able to enter the Dragon Gate again - the only thing he doesn't understand is whether he can't enter the Dragon Gate again this time, or whether he will never be able to enter the Dragon Gate again.
But it doesn't make any difference to Su Anran which one the result is.
If he can't stop the Great Sage Mirage this time, even if he still has a chance to enter the Dragon Palace ruins in the future, it will be meaningless.
But the problem is that even if Su Anran finally learns to "stand", he is still a little unnatural in "walking".
Because of the erosion of the water flow, the water surface is not flat, but has ups and downs.
In this way, Su Anran's walking means that he needs to constantly adjust the flow of true energy in his body. If he can't keep up with the changing speed of the water flow, it's a trivial matter to take one step deep and one step shallower. Only by taking one step and taking three steps back can Su Anran truly Feel helpless.
But at least, Su Anran can feel that things are changing for the better.
……
"what?!"
"What's the matter, Miss Zhen?" Ao Wei asked when she saw Zhen Le who stopped in front of her.
At this time, under the leadership of Zhen Li, Ao Wei came to a step.
There are at least hundreds of steps, paved with some kind of pure white jade, with a length of about [-] meters, a width of nearly [-] centimeters, and a height of [-] centimeters.