Chapter 1313: Questions and Answers between the Tree King and the Flower Goddess, Cicadas Singing in
"I had a very long dream..."
"People were holding hands and spinning in circles. Wise men and fools, dancers and warriors, puppets and idols..."
"Everything in the universe is contained in our dance."
In the meditation room of the Jingshan Palace, Nashida woke up from a long dream and whispered to the Tree of Life.
She stretched out her hand, and saw the green tree of life, which was the life force of the Great Compassionate Tree King existing in the Jingshan Palace.
It was once a cage that imprisoned her.
Little by little, the divine power of life flowed from her fingertips into her body, and her emerald eyes became brighter than the warm blue sun.
"…'Life' has always been the goal, and 'wisdom' is the means." Nashida's body floated in the air, and countless ferns and four-leaf clovers grew around her.
"Lend me your strength!"
"The Great Kind Tree King!"
Nashida, who had obtained the power of life, took a step forward.
Behind him, the endless forest sways.
The king of plants and trees, the god of wisdom.
The Heart of God, symbolizing the seven ruling authorities on earth, provides her with vast power of grass element, and endless dreams flutter in her skirt.
The bright light flowing through the hair hangs down thousands of rays of moonlight.
Verdant lanterns float up from the palace, filled with songs from distant times.
Follow the god of plants and trees to the land covered with yellow sand.
……
A long, long time ago, thousands of years ago, before the war between demons and gods ended.
The hostess of the country of Fupanvalika heard that there was a wise princess in Mount Sumeru who was in charge of all the cleverness between the stars and the abyss.
Countless maids, servants and soldiers gathered around the eternally brilliant mistress.
They were dressed in fine linen and exquisite fabrics that no one had ever seen, like a thousand stars embellishing the only moonlight.
He brought precious gifts such as spices, gold, and gems and came to the wise princess.
The hostess of the floating disk intended to test the princess's wisdom with difficult puzzles.
She gently leaned forward to salute the All-Knowing One and asked the princess three questions.
among them,
The third question is.
"My Lord, there are not only temporary things in this world, but also things that can be called eternal."
"What is it that cannot resist arrows but can resist destruction? What cannot destroy armor but can destroy a city? It is invincible to the messengers of heaven and the kingdoms of the earth. Even the gods and demons cannot overcome it with all their might?"
……
Listen to the story that Lanmuhu Kunda heard from the Great Compassionate Tree King.
The other Lannaro who was setting up the barrier couldn't help but ask: "What is it? What is it? What's the answer?"
Lanmuhu Kunda was in no hurry to tell the answer to the riddle.
Instead, he looked at Lansaka who was coming over.
"The Forest King brought the Red Nala."
"In the dream, Huanalana sang a song."
"The red Nara is like a spotless lotus, a dancing crystal butterfly, and a graceful and elegant drunken dream. She is as beautiful as if she is favored by the mistress of flowers. In the song, thousands of Patisalans bloom at her feet."
"Red Nara was given wings and flew back to Nara's city."
"The Forest King did not look back, and the blessing of Red Nala disappeared into the dark night with the wind."
……
desert.
Outside the sand wall.
Iron dunes.
Gray yellow sand covered the sky and the earth, and the violent wind that raged across the earth blew against the sand-control walls, creating swirling air currents.
The old Huanalan is on the other side of the sand-control wall.
A shadow spread across the ground, the source of the shadow being a visitor travelling westwards.
The guest had his eyes blindfolded, and with every step he took, the backs of his feet sank into the yellow sand.
He walked very fast and very slowly.
Sometimes a step is one meter, sometimes a hundred meters, and sometimes... half a foot's distance.
Stumbling like leaves blown by the wind.
Walking alone in the dark night.
The monsters dared not invade, and the sandworms remained silent.
This was once a human palace, but the palace has been buried in the yellow sand.
The sandworms occupied the depths of the earth, transforming it into their own palaces and gardens... and dug countless tunnels.
These blue spiral horns, slender blue-gray bodies, huge creatures like dragons and snakes, are the top predators living in the sand sea.
They are eyeless, but control the power of the wind element.
It can find the traces of prey based on sounds and vibrations of the earth.
At this moment, the existence on the earth exudes an enticing smell, like a holy fruit that can lead one to heaven in one step, or like a magic pill that allows mortals to transcend the world.
But… no matter how attractive the sun is, it cannot be peeped at by creatures on earth.
Compared to the alluring fragrance of life, the danger lurking in the other party like an abyss made all life feel uneasy.
It is an existence that transcends the sequence of the planet's food chain.
Life is restless, and there is a strange awe in the heart that makes one want to worship, as if seeing their master.
In the past before time began, when gods and men had no records.
The ancient Dragon King, the master of plants and trees, has not yet fallen asleep.
He and His descendants moved through the moist soil like fish in water.
The land they ruled was covered with fragrant grass and giant trees, which was greener and more luxuriant than the Sumeru rainforest today.
But after many epochs, the gift from heaven turned the soil into sand. Many lives fell, many species disappeared, and one of the tribes that relied on the land for survival became them.
People call it "sandworm".
The sandworms twisted their bodies, and a passage appeared in the sand sea.
A gust of wind blew off the black silk tied around the face of the traveler from the west.
The black silk is blowing in the wind! Blowing!
Gradually reduced to nothingness by the black fire.
Jiang Yi opened his eyes.
The only remaining left eye looked at the endless sandstorm.
The vast land in front of us has a spiral twist, which can only be seen when we are high in the sky. It is such a magnificent work of nature that the thousands of miles of land and the tens of thousands of feet of rock are twisted into a whirlpool.
Now, he is on the edge of this "vortex".
“Nail of Punishment!” Deep and solemn words uttered from his throat, which was covered with blue and black lines.
This world, like the Liyue Layered Abyss, is a land of divine punishment bestowed by the heavens.
The nails of judgment, which were much more terrifying than those on Liyue, came from the sky, turning the ancient rainforest into a desert and leaving almost eternal traces.
In the center of the desert, covered by sandstorms, eyes formed by holes in the earth gaze at the sky.
That is also Jiang Yi's destination.
In the right eye, the dark blue crystal stud emitted a cross-shaped starlight, allowing Jiang Yi to penetrate the endless sand and dust and see the bucket-shaped throne in the south.
The footsteps spread, one step deep and one step shallow.
Consciousness flies like a kite into the vast universe, and the countless strings holding the kite break one by one.
Like fire burning.
Burn the consciousness of humanity, burn every flowing thought, let the thinking turn into ashes and assimilate with the consciousness of all things.
The Yang Spirit is tempered a hundred times, and the divine fire penetrates the body.
Burned and refined thousands of times, cooked with pure fire, its body, bones and flesh are all dissolved along with it.
This is... refining the spirit and returning to emptiness.
An indescribable divine fire burned from his left eye, trying to return this human tissue that housed human nature to the original embryo of chaos.
A fire, the visions symbolized by the five internal organs in the body, also returned to the void and chaos, just like the internal organs they once were.
The vision of the World Tree had already been burning.
Soon, like the bones that had once melted into the chaos, they turned into specks of light and were swallowed up.
The dark power and the Taisu power floated in the human-shaped blood chamber like amniotic fluid, mixing into the scene of the universe and the starry sky.
The crystal nails from the sky became dim.
……
May is the season of cicadas.
The chirping of cicadas adds a touch of vitality and vigor to nature.
Life is vigorous and endless.
Unfold the loudest voice.
early morning.
A land of plenty, a land of hope.
Kavi looked at the news from the Ministry of Religion that Elhaisen had resigned as the acting sage with a distorted expression.
Along with the news came a letter.
"I guess you must think I was forced to resign, and you are secretly happy over there."
“But I’m so embarrassed.”
“My allowance has not changed.”
"I'm writing this letter to tell you!"
"When you come back, don't look so smug, or you'll be even more embarrassed after you know the truth."
"When you're not around, I have the room to myself. It's nice to read quietly."
"Do your big project well and pay me back as soon as possible."
“People are not here, but the rent still needs to be paid.”
"The special jade slip in the letter is the prize you won for your design being accepted in the Liyue New City Art and Architectural Design Competition. I contacted someone at Liyue Fusheng Technology Rune Company and collected the prize for you and sent it to you."
After reading the letter, Kavi clenched his fists and suppressed his anger.
The good mood of the day started and ended abruptly when I saw the letter from Elhaisen.
The reason why he was able to hold back his roar was because there were people from the engineering team nearby.
"Have you heard? The road to the desert has been blocked by a group of thirty people."
"Whether it's caravans, adventurers, or scholars... no one is allowed to go to the desert."
"It is said that the Order of the Lords has observed a great disaster about to break out there."
"what!"
"You just know it!"
"A month ago, the House of the Faith was advising people not to go to the desert."
"There is even a Gilded Brigade that accepted a commission from the Adventurer's Association to go deep into the desert to find those tribes and persuade them to seek refuge."
"Hey - then what do you think the disaster will be?"
"It can't be that the Red King has resurrected!"
Although Aru Village has announced the truth about the sacrifices of King Chi and King Dacishu in the past, many people are still influenced by the erroneous documents researched by the Ministry of Education from generation to generation.
Believe that the Red King is a cruel god.
This impression, like the prejudice of the desert people against the Great Compassionate Tree King, is unlikely to change for everyone in a short period of time.
Kavi went out and looked at people gathered in groups of three or four talking.
"The Red King has resurrected, ahem!" After noticing the desert people from Aru Village, people lowered their voices and said, "It depends on whether Lord Little Auspicious Grass King and the God of Man will allow the Red King to cause trouble!"
After witnessing this oasis, people have no doubt about the power of the God of Man.
The irreversible rule of life and death was miraculously broken by the God of Man, so many people would believe in the rumor that the Red King was resurrected.
"However, compared to the Red King's resurrection, what I am more afraid of is the revival of the Red King's resentment!"
The Order does not call the remains of the demon god the demon god residue, but people have the same clear understanding of this dangerous demon god resentment as people in other countries.
"It may not be the Scarlet King. The Order of the Lords seems to have announced that they discovered a disaster phenomenon that occurred five hundred years ago in the depths of the desert."
