Chapter 311

Pei Ye and the Black Chi were like two tiny insects under a giant Buddhist mural; the extremes of their field of vision and the world were completely enveloped by this shocking scene.

And this Edict Map was not just a static painting that stopped there.

The mysterious and gorgeous height had already spread to the sky, and that long whisker was truly hanging down toward him.

Pei Ye slowly turned his head to look, a chill rising from the bottom of his heart—on the high platform in the painting, there was already no one left.

The new Edict-Bearer.

At the same time, at the edge of the mind-spirit realm, the will diffused by the Edict Map was still slowly infecting inward, but everywhere it touched, it withered into gorgeous dark blue.

Although the speed was slow, its progress was unstoppable; on some day in the future that could be foreseen, Pei Ye would be eroded from the inside out and transformed into an extension of that long whisker.

"Chunshou... is used here," the Black Chi suddenly turned its eyes to look at him, "Quick!"

Yes, Yi Chengxin came carrying Chunshou precisely for this moment.

Yang Zhaoren came to Shaolong with the Edict Map, and Yi Chengxin was also going to stay away from here now; the reason they could move freely with the Edict Map rather than being trapped in the forest like Yi Danjun, neither human nor ghost, was precisely because they relied on things that such servants of the Edict were not allowed to bring in.

Pei Ye realized, "... How to use it?"

"Spread it out and wrap your entire mind-spirit realm."

"The part that has already been eroded..."

"Don't want it anymore!"

Pei Ye closed his eyes, his consciousness rapidly spreading to every corner of his mind-spirit realm; wherever his mind-spirit reached, 【Chunshou】 was built there like a Great Wall.

Until it spread over the sky, establishing a membrane between the Edict Map and the mind-spirit realm.

Pei Ye immediately felt his mind-spirit lighten; the heavy pressure was still there, but the suffocating sharpness disappeared, as if separated by a layer of misty haze.

Pei Ye gasped for a few breaths, his breathing gradually stabilizing, but when he looked up, he was frozen in place again.

That hanging long whisker still had not stopped.

It was a scroll, and also a reality; it was a freeze-frame, and also a world; Pei Ye could not distinguish whether this giant object reaching down was in the painting or in his own mind-spirit realm, nor could he distinguish whether it was illusory or real; in any case, it was falling straight down toward him.

The pressure that made his mind-spirit panic pressed up.

The Black Chi did not speak, remaining silent with him.

"... There is no way," after a long time, it said softly, "This is the Edict Transmission; it has already arrived in your mind-spirit realm, and we have nothing to counter it now."

"..."

Pei Ye looked around in silence.

Yes, this Edict Map had completely sealed his mind-spirit realm, and all his means had lost their effect here. Just like putting an ant into an iron tube, its large pincers and sharp beak... were only things to deal with tiny peers.

"How can I leave here?" Pei Ye whispered.

"... Don't leave yet," the Black Chi said after a moment of silence, "When we were far from Xiangzhou City, Ming Qitian should have sensed it; when she arrives, we will see... if we can think of a way so that you don't establish a connection with this thing."

"Doesn't Miss Ming only have 'Severing the Heart' to use regarding the mind-spirit realm?" Pei Ye raised his head slightly and said, "Even if she can find this place, it will take quite a while to get here."

The Black Chi was silent again for a while: "We can find others to think of a way then; in any case, avoid it if you can; you know, this thing is directly connected—"

"How is Piaoqing doing outside?"

"..."

"I have to go help her."

The Black Chi coiled, but said nothing, only looking up at the object hanging down.

Yes, they both knew this was the only way—to leave here, one could only accept this Edict.

Pei Ye pursed his lips and walked toward it quietly, coming step by step directly beneath it.

He truly felt that distant connection.

The high and distant will he had encountered before originated precisely from here, but that did not mean the Immortal Lord's gaze had been cast over; it was just that a pool of water was connected to the vast sea, so the seawater naturally flowed toward this side, and the sea itself would not care.

But if the person connected was Pei Ye...

Under the giant pillar reaching to the sky, it hung down, just like the sky breaking and collapsing; the tiny youth faced it and slowly raised his right arm.

That slender and sacred winding thing slowly touched his palm.

It was no longer any convoluted ritual, nor did it have any metaphorical symbolism; this was the true body of the immortal god, hanging down from the nine heavens, conducting the most direct and primitive contact with the mortal youth.

At this moment, the immortal and mortal were connected.

In an instant, Pei Ye's heart and lungs truly exploded, and blood surged out from his seven orifices.

This was not the favor that could be received every time an Edict was transmitted; the moment this youth touched this object, the will of the entire vast sea suddenly fell here, and the seawater poured toward this small pool.

The true intent of the Taiyi True Dragon Immortal Lord instantly pressed down on this place!

A servant's body.

Behind the blockade between heaven and earth, the brilliant red-gold immortal pupils firmly locked onto this youth; from this moment on, every grain of time, His will would fall upon this youth's actions.

As long as there was a reception, as long as there was a gap, He could truly descend into this body!

As long as he... accepted this Edict Map.

At this moment, Pei Ye became the weakest point connecting the Immortal Lord and this human world.

Pei Ye would of course not open this door.

Even though his body was already one hundred percent compatible with the Immortal Lord's will, after 【Chunshou】, his mind-spirit still belonged to himself. He was not the Edict-Listening God-Child now, but Yang Zhaoren, who had isolated the Edict Map and still operated for over twenty years, acting without hindrance and with a clear mind.

However, what Yang Zhaoren endured back then was not the gaze of the Immortal Lord's true intent.

Blood stained his whole body, madness had already appeared; if 【Chunshou】 was a piece of paper, at this time it was being fiercely charged by an iron spear; even if immortal magic was attached to the paper, the moment of collapse could already be seen.

Just one breath later.

The Immortal Lord would not descend, but the youth would truly die.

The Black Chi hissed: "Quick, leave here!"

But how to leave?

The answer had already been verified in the youth's heart.

The tentacle touched his outstretched palm, and the will in that Edict Map was transmitted down; thus... small purple buds began to rise under Pei Ye's feet.

The youth looked at this scene without surprise; he turned his head and looked toward the edge of the mind-spirit realm.

In the giant mural covering the world, the bottom that had always been obscured by fog finally revealed its true appearance at this time. It was of course part of the painting.

Xi Xi Fang Tian could not outline him, because he truly could not see him.

Not seeing the true face, being in this forest.

Between two towering mountains, under the long whisker hanging from the sky, the boundless purple bamboo gathered into a forest sea, and the white mist scattered coldly and vaguely within it, which was precisely an immortal realm.

Pei Ye looked deeply toward that place, through layers of purple mist; in the cold and silent depths of the bamboo forest, a white jade disc lay on the ground; behind the jade disc, a high platform resembling a small hill was built; at its top, a youth in blood-stained clothes stood in a disheveled manner, holding a clear and flowing long sword horizontally before him, looking straight toward this side.

Two pairs of eyes met.

In an instant, his body and intent returned to their place; Pei Ye suddenly came to his senses, already in a pitch-black cave.

Liuli lay before his eyes, and the Chi Dragon swam past, lighting up dark blue firelight before his eyes.

Where was there any purple bamboo or white mist? It was just like a dream.

"..."

The youth was stunned for a long time before saying in a hoarse voice, "Is that forest fake?"

"... What is true or fake?" the Black Chi said softly, its clear green pupils looking at the dome, "The true is also illusory, the illusory is also true; mountains and rivers change in the blink of an eye, what is thought is true; this, is 【Taiyi】."

Pei Ye responded silently; he looked back at his mind-spirit realm, where the wind had calmed and the waves had subsided; only by perceiving this scroll through Chunshou did the name branded in his heart dare to float up.

"Secret Edict of the Dragon Immortal in the Purple Bamboo Forest."

(End of chapter)