Chapter 303: Listening to the Edict Divine Child

Continuing forward, the fog still could not see the end, but Pei Ye only felt his mind gradually becoming hazy. Although his ears were clear and his eyes were bright, and everything he felt was real and not fake, he felt more and more ethereal as if in an illusion.

He stopped, reached out to press on the purple bamboo, and once again confirmed this incomparably real touch.

Unlike ordinary people, he who possessed Chunshou should never have this inexplicable illusion. All misunderstandings should be able to find their source, and after entering the Chunshou state, there should be no such haziness at all.

Pei Ye cut off a piece of bamboo with a sword. The exposed hollow bamboo belly had no abnormalities. He lowered his head, frowning and turning the bamboo quality in his hand.

"No need to try, we can't pierce it even if we use all our strength." The black cat looked forward with green eyes, "Like truth and like illusion, the status of this source is higher than Chunshou. You should be able to feel its high and vast grandeur."

Pei Ye nodded, but did not answer.

He stood on the edge of the bamboo forest, looking quietly into its depths, his gaze gradually condensing.

In that cold bamboo and white fog, some light, slow, and cold forms were clinging to the bamboo body, appearing and disappearing in the haze, as if they had been soaked in the coldness of this realm for generations.

Snake.

Vague, shadowy, the only thing that could be determined was that they were all tilting their snake heads toward this side, those cold eyes seeming to stick to his skin.

The so-called "enter the purple bamboo forest, face and listen to the Edict Divine Child," the long path they were walking was exactly a straight path of pilgrimage, and at this time they had indeed already gone deep into the purple bamboo forest.

However, the altar was empty, and silence shrouded everything.

Li Piaoqing was startled, but did not stop him, just pursed her lips and stepped on it as well. She was still enduring the urging and backlash of the Five Poisons Chuan Xin Zhu, but she had already pressed her sword and stared at everything around her.

Only the higher and more vast will pressed down. Pei Ye gradually felt the pressure of Chunshou, and the young girl behind him had bitten her lower lip until it bled.

Thus, a huge white jade disk was revealed in front of him.

In the center of the jade disk was another altar.

Pei Ye stopped in front of the jade disk.

Pei Ye walked through this divine path without looking sideways.

This kind of inexplicable material seemed to be able to block the growth of purple bamboo, but in Pei Ye's sight and feeling, they were indeed uncarved and unengraved, ordinary stone materials without spiritual mystery. This inexplicable strangeness was exactly the same as the purple bamboo and white fog, which was the characteristic of this realm of truth and illusion.

"The so-called 'Candle Sword Heart Poison' of the dragon descendant 'Chuan Xin Zhu Transmission' turned out to come from here." The black cat suddenly said.

Pei Ye looked at them quietly, but did not pay attention. He slowly raised his foot and turned around, continuing to step on the white jade path forward.

But there was no ghostly blue fire here, not even that abstract fire talisman, just a quiet square platform, with some ancient characters carved flat on it. From the angle of Pei Ye's gaze, he could not distinguish them.

And in front, Pei Ye had already raised his foot, pressed his sword, and stepped onto this platform.

Li Piaoqing was stunned for a moment.

Yes, this way of piercing and breaking through the weakest point and detonating the mind was exactly the same as "Heart Poison." The young girl could almost imagine how the dragon descendant ancestors in this bamboo forest paid countless madness and obliteration to explore this mental secret art.

If that Listening to the Edict Divine Child really existed, it should be here.

And behind the jade disc, the vague outline of a massive object emerged from the shroud of white mist. It was a high platform resembling a small hill, upon which no purple bamboo could be seen; it was built to a height of twelve zhang, with flat edges and straight corners, extremely regular, yet its surface seemed to have shapes like tree roots winding down from the top.

In this cold and vast fairyland, boundless purple bamboo surrounded these long-lost visitors. The fog drifted on their cheeks and lapels, and those cold living things lazily climbed toward them slowly.

Pei Ye could not distinguish those shadows. This chaos in perfect regularity was exactly the same as the strangeness in the ethereal coldness of the fairyland.

The suddenly clear field of vision made him think he had left the forest, but he had not. The wide jade platform in front was just surrounded by a more boundless bamboo sea, like a pearl in the middle of purple silk.

Gradually, it seemed to swim closer to this side.

However, no monster suddenly broke through the fog and rushed out. Everything was still terrifyingly quiet.

He pressed his sword and walked to the altar step by step, seeing the characters clearly.

A continuous stroke was carved in the center first. This word phrase pierced him the moment it entered his eyes. From the top of his head to his heart, it seemed as if a thin and sharp line connected them and pulled them hard.

Pei Ye had never felt himself so close to death. Before his mind exploded, the black Chi in his abdomen sounded a hurried drink: "Do not recite silently!!"

This sentence broke before the iron wall cast by Chunshou.

It said: "Respectfully listen to the Immortal Lord's secret edict here"

Pei Ye suddenly came back to his senses, gasping for air, his gaze avoiding this line of words, not daring to cast another glance.

The black cat's voice also lost some calmness, saying in a low voice: "Don't forget, you are now the only host for Him in the world."

"..." Pei Ye nodded slowly.

Under this line of handwriting, from right to left, there were only two very simple records.

And these three lines of handwriting did not come from the same person.

The first line of carving was very old, and it was the first to enter his eyes. First were the words "Jia Yin Edict," and then several strange images and symbols. Pei Ye clearly could not recognize a single one, but at first glance, there was a suffocating pressure. His gaze moved away with difficulty, only to see that after these picture symbols, four words were fixed at the end.

【Interpretation: Descent】

Pei Ye's heart gripped fiercely.

So this was the source of everything. Fifty years after the dragon descendants moved to Shao Long in Jia Yin, and twenty-eight years ago, the Candle World Sect had already been preparing for the Immortal Lord's descent.

The altar was silent for a few breaths, and Pei Ye moved his gaze to the second line of carving.

It was the same format, first the three words "Jia Zi Edict," and then strange abstract picture symbols, as if exhausting a person's heart's blood could only leave these few strokes. Unlike the suffocating pressure of the previous line, this one seemed to crush the viewer's gaze, like a eunuch watching a tyrant give death to a prime minister, the majestic killing intent making one's soul disappear.

Behind were the same four words.

【Interpretation: Execution Sword】

"..."

Pei Ye was silent for a while, his voice a little dry: "Jia Zi was eighteen years ago."

"But 'Bingle', why call it 'Sword'?" The black cat said softly, "Moreover, did He issue two edicts for one thing?"

"..."

"So we walked the place where the Edict-Receiving servants passed twice." After being silent for a while, the black cat looked back, "When the divine edict descends, the Edict-Receiving servants come here to take back the edict and hand it over to the Candle World Sect members waiting to execute it."

"Then who put them here?"

There was silence for a moment, and Pei Ye slowly raised his head to look at the high platform in front.

After walking onto the jade disk, those fogs were driven away by the field of vision again. The high platform became more and more oppressive like a collapse, but its front also gradually became visible.

In the haze, Pei Ye suddenly saw those winding shapes clearly.

They were never withered tree roots.

Fine scales were wrapped on the surface, those clinging tentacles were breathing, not appearing and disappearing, but they had always been moving their positions.

At this time, the amplitude of movement was getting larger and larger, and some had left the surface of the high platform.

"Rustling" sounds began to ring in the bamboo forest. Pei Ye turned his head, and those snake shadows that stared at them finally swam out of the bamboo forest, pierced through the white fog, and climbed toward him unconsciously.

Thus Pei Ye also saw their true appearance.

Not snakes.

But cold tentacles, their tails still hidden in the bamboo forest white fog, gradually becoming thicker, and the thickest part was exactly those winding things hanging down from the high platform.

At its top, the clouds and fog suddenly surged with waves.

In this surge, the stone tablet at its bottom finally revealed two lines of hazy characters, saying:

【Do not exceed two quarter-hours, the Divine Child is startled from sleep】 ===== CHAPTER 304 =====