Chapter 23: Time is life!

  "What? Impossible?" Shentu Hu was incredulous: "You have... by your side..."

  "It was Qin Sheng's doing!" Liu Yi said slowly: "Originally, there was a strand of blue energy on my head that Jun Hou had given me, but now... it's gone..."

  Shen Tu's face suddenly turned pale, and his big hand grasped the treasure sword tightly.

  "I see you can't go back now..."

  "No, I must go back and see if Jun Hou... is really dead..." Shen Tu Hu said gritting his teeth.

  Liu Yi saw that he couldn't stop him, so he had no choice but to say: "Since it's like this, when you see Qin Sheng, that scoundrel, be sure to be careful!"

  "If... it is really so, I will surely behead this traitor!" Shentu Hu vowed to heaven.

  Liu Yi handed over a jade pendant and said: "This is a protective charm that I have refined myself. If you carry it with you, it can protect against some spells!"

  Xiantu Hu hastily bowed with his fists clasped together, expressing gratitude, and then left on his own.

  Liu Yi let out a slow sigh, thinking that Shen Tu Hu's move was certainly very dangerous. Since he had killed Qi Sheng, it was impossible not to guard against Shen Tu Hu. He just hoped that the jade token he had sent would have some effect.

  This is a protective charm that Liu Yi has refined using the method of talismans from the Six Paths of Heaven's Classics. It contains a bit of his own spiritual power, and in times of crisis, it can save his life.

  A gust of night wind blew in, carrying a coolness and a hint of dampness. Liu Yi didn't dare to stay for long, seeing the clouds piling up in the sky, he hastily returned to the spiritual realm.

  However, the rain fell extremely fast. The bean-sized raindrops came crashing down, hitting his body and causing the red divine light all over him to ripple in waves.

  "Tonight, I wonder how many more spirits will dissipate." Liu Yi sighed. Whether it's strong winds, rain, thunderstorms, or scorching sun, for the drifting and homeless ghosts, they are all extremely unbearable sufferings.

  But for the crops in the field, it's a great thing. I don't know if it counts as life and death are inevitable?

  Qī Shèng's soul has already dispersed, thought Liú Yì. Without thinking much, he knew that a master like Qín Shèng would not give Qī Shèng's soul any chance to escape.

  What a pity, Liu Yi felt somewhat melancholy. Although he had only met Qi Sheng once before, he still remembered that person's youthful sharpness and vigorous spirit. If not for his death, he would naturally have become a prominent figure in the future.

  This is indeed the case! Fate! Heroes cannot create opportunities, and they will be strangled by these opportunities if they don't.

  Thinking about it, I feel a chill run down my spine. What should I do then?

  No, it won't be. One's own life should be grasped in one's own hands!

  Suddenly thought of another question, that is about Chen Shi and her little maid Yin'er. Since their vital energy did not come from Qi Sheng, where did it come from?

  But in a few days, the news of Qi Sheng's death came thundering over. When the news arrived, Yu Shu wept and wailed. In the temple, he prayed and sacrificed for half a day for Qi Sheng.

  He's probably unaware, Qi Sheng's soul has probably dispersed, and making offerings would be useless.

  Unless there is a grand ceremony of summoning Liu Yi on that scale again, it's completely useless.

  Apart from this, there was no ripple on Fenglai Mountain.

  Of course, all of this is already after the fact!

  Liu Yi's leisurely mood was suddenly swept away, replaced by a sense of urgency.

  "On the other side of Gan Chi, I should probably go once more." Liu Yi thought to himself. He had been thinking about going to Gan Chi for a long time and naturally had his reasons. However, it wasn't something he could easily put into words."

  Thinking that his own family was not there, the safety issue of this spiritual pool should also be put on the agenda. He already had a plan in mind.

  Back to the Ling Xiao Pavilion, in the underground space. This place is a forbidden area, even Mu Yao has never been here before. But this time, Liu Yi specially brought him in and solemnly instructed: "Take a good look, if I'm not around, you'll be in control of this place!"

  Seeing Liu Yi's solemn expression, Mu Yao couldn't help but ask more questions, and simply nodded heavily.

  Liu Yi put down some, only Mo Yao was a divine spirit and couldn't control the spiritual pool. He thought to himself that he should give Mo Yao the half-communicating seal given by the City God Lord back then.

  Let me think again, the timing is not yet ripe. At this moment, I still need to accumulate divine power and can't spare any divine positions. For now, it's fine, but once I occupy the position of City God, I'll be able to allocate a divine position to Mu Yao.

  Lost in thought, he took Mu Yao down to the underground floor. Originally, there was no entrance to be found, but with a single spell from Liu Yi, a door appeared on the ground.

  As she walked in, Yu Yao curiously saw that there was a pool of red water inside. The pool wasn't very big, but after taking one glance, it gave off an endless and extremely powerful feeling, full of danger. Her face turned slightly pale.

  "This is the spiritual pool where all spirits and wills gather in the entire spiritual realm." Liu Yi explained.

  Mu Yao listened and asked in surprise: "Isn't this spiritual pool the divine spirit's own body, how can it appear here?"

  Generally speaking, gods are like that, but Liu Yi is different. This involves the secret of the summons, so it's not convenient to say more. Just saying: "Don't ask too much, just look at it!"

  "Mm!" Muyao nodded heavily.

  Liu Yi smiled and rubbed Muyao's head, withdrawing his hand before she could protest. He said seriously: "Take a good look!"

  The spiritual power in the spiritual pool spread out, covering the entire spiritual realm in an instant. The light was dazzlingly bright. However, this spiritual power continued to spread out, but the light grew weaker. Yet, a dark shadow kept pushing forward.

  Liu Yi saw it and just smiled lightly. Seeing the entire shadow of the earth, constantly expanding, finally covering the entire Fenglai Mountain.

  "Boom..."

  A faint tremor, and a sense of fullness emerges. This is the final manifestation of a land projected into infinite emptiness, with only a small core area of about 100 hectares, yet still radiating a thin light.

  It was as if it were just a bonfire in the endless black night, with endless darkness outside, yet completely merged with the world in the black night, indistinguishable from any difference.

  "Qi is the flourishing of the spirit. Po is the flourishing of the ghost. The combination of ghost and spirit, this is the ultimate teaching. All living things must die, death must return to the earth, this is called ghost. Bones and flesh decay below, yin becomes field soil."

  When a person dies and becomes a ghost, their body returns to the wild earth. This is the world where ghosts can rest forever, which can be called Yin Earth, Lower Earth, or Netherworld.

  It's just this yin soil, it wasn't there from the beginning. Originally, humans and ghosts coexisted, just like in this world, where the living reside during the day and the yin spirits at night.

  In another world, there is a legendary Dah Neng Hou Tu, who is said to have opened up the underworld and created the cycle of reincarnation.

  In Liu Yi's view, it would be more accurate to say that some great power saw this trend and responded to the operation of the Heavenly Way, naturally evolving and taking advantage of the momentum to open up the yin soil, thereby becoming the great god who dominates the yin soil.