Chapter 327 Shadow of the Past

Pei Ye was stunned: "What?"

"Zhaoyou." Ming Qitian said, "It should be a name for the object. If this is a magic weapon, it should be its name."

".Yes."

"Um?"

"Tianshan said that this was King Mu's prison weapon, saying that it was used to inspect the outside and candle the inside."

Pei Ye suddenly trembled uncontrollably. He asked Shi Hanxue for this information, and the woman also told him the story recorded in "Quit Stealing".

——"As far as the mountain with many trees, the king climbed it and after a long time returned, he lost the jade while riding on it. After three warnings, no one returned it. The king then beheaded the daughter of the Ling family, and the jade came out of the corpse."

She said, [Zhaoyou] can be guarded by candlelight, and can monitor the targeted person. It turns out that the bead has always been stored in such a thing. Of course, there is no more reasonable answer than this.

Therefore, as long as the imperial envoy has this magical weapon, can he see who stole the "jade" just like King Mu did back then?

Pei Ye pursed her lips tightly and injected her true energy first.

However, as expected, there was no reaction. It was not that it did not absorb the true energy, but it was like a bottomless abyss. When the true energy was penetrated, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and it could not stir up any waves.

Pei Ye frowned and continued to inject, and gradually began to vaguely feel that the jade pendant in his hand seemed to be like a dead tree meeting water. From dry to plump, the color did not change at all, but Pei Ye clearly felt a kind of freshness, and the eyes in the middle of the jade pendant seemed to be really real. Come alive.

So the next moment, Pei Ye suddenly felt a hollow-like suffocation. The awakened thing suddenly turned into a water-draining whale. With just one breath, most of Pei Ye's true energy was swallowed up.

The rapid loss of strength made him breathe harder, but before he could open his mouth, a rich and soft Yunbai Qi poured into the back of his heart. Pei Ye's sucked body suddenly felt light, and the woman's true energy enveloped his Dantian, taking over the connection from the meridian tree.

After four breaths, Pei Ye felt that the infuriating energy coming from the woman stopped.

He looked down and saw that the jade pendant in his hand had stopped sucking in the true energy and was lying in the palm of his hand like a satiated beast. Any further injection of true energy would only be rejected.

But that’s about it.

No changes occurred, and Pei Ye did not receive any feedback, as if it was really just a tree that would wither without water and live with water, and had no other use.

Pei Ye frowned and looked over it twice, then turned his head to look at the woman beside him. Ming Qitian raised his finger, and the mysterious energy around him poured obediently towards the jade pendant. However, it was not even as good as the true energy. The jade pendant had no effect on the mysterious energy. reaction.

Ming Qitian stared at it, and finally shook her head slightly.

For a magical weapon, the true energy and profound energy cannot be effective. In fact, it means that its activation points to something deeper or more unique, such as a certain password, a certain mysterious formation, or even another magical weapon or even Weapons and martial arts. In short, it is a door that is only open to specific candidates from the beginning.

"This is how King Zhou Mu's prison weapon should be." The black cat on the shoulder said softly, "I think it is because of this that Hushan Jianmen, Huanshu Tower, and Sun Swallowing Society have not found a way to use it."

Pei Ye was silent - for King Mu of Zhou, this surveillance device he carried with him was naturally not allowed to be used by others. However, King Mu had many things that others did not have. After several thousand years, where would they go? Looking for it?

"Tianzi Mu is a king who owes his great power to himself." Ming Qitian suddenly said softly, ""The Ancient Sword Master" said that he 'believed in himself over things.' There are only a handful of magic weapons. According to legend, he owns a famous sword, but he asked Master Yan if he could refine the gold and iron and transfer the divine power to himself. "

The image of this name suddenly became much clearer in Pei Ye's mind - the insecurity buried in his personality, the paranoid pride and arrogance.

"So, what King Mu uses to control this thing is probably his deepest reliance. He firmly believes that it is unique and cannot be stolen." The black cat looked at the young man with its cold blue eyes, "Just like..."

". Just like [quail head]!"

He immediately remembered the [Chi Fire] induction that Black Cat had mentioned when facing the unopened jade pendant in the Third Pavilion of Immortal Terrace.

Before the black cat could take action, the blue flames in Pei Ye's hand had already risen and enveloped the entire jade pendant. The next moment, it was like clouds entering a wind tunnel, and all the blue light disappeared into the pupil in the middle of the jade pendant. Then this eye really came alive.

This jade eye stared straight at him. For a moment, Pei Ye felt that he had a deep connection with it. A "door" opened to him. As long as he wanted to, his consciousness could sink into it at any time. .

"." Pei Ye was not in a hurry and gently flipped the pendant twice, waiting for other possible changes.

"Is this your second 'immortal power'?" Ming Qitian suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Pei Ye was confused.

"You had a [Quail Head] before, and now you have this one." Ming Qitian pointed at the faint blue that had just disappeared.

"This is the ability I got from the contract with it, [Chi Fire]. I saw that the Zhushi Sect also uses this kind of flame." Pei Ye looked at the woman, "[Quail Head]. It is also owned by Hei Chi. By signing the contract with us, Can you share that Miss Ming knows what they are?”

This is almost the reason why he embarked on this path. Hei Chi ambiguously called it "fruit". Zhu Shijiao wrote it in "The Heart Candle" as "[Quail Head] Immortal Power". Now it seems that we can finally know it. name in this world.

"I don't know their origins and whereabouts." Ming Qitian pondered slightly, "But this is indeed the name given to them by those who know the truth now. Its duration is short, and its scope is not clear yet. It probably means something. An unexplained ability that is not based on profound energy or true energy, or it often represents the ultimate of a path."

". Thaumatological menopause? Famous sword?"

Ming Qitian nodded: "This is the most typical existence."

He added: "In recent decades, many people from high places have focused on it. Its use is not yet clear, but it must be very precious. You should keep it well."

Pei Ye gave a serious "hmm" and looked at the bonfire with only Ember Stars left in front of him: "Maybe this time you will know what they do?"

Black Cat interrupted at this time: "[Quail Head] and [Chi Fire] don't seem to be on the same level."

Ming Qitian was slightly startled: "Yes, this is a very new problem."

She paused for a while: "The immortal powers discovered so far are actually a bit disorganized. There is a very new and not yet popular saying in the Immortal Platform, which is to divide them into two categories: 'true' and 'false', and in the 'true' , and there are differences in 'big and small'. In short, this is a very cutting-edge thing. If Pei Ye practices step by step, it will take a long time to come into contact with it. "

The black cat looked into the space silently, apparently corroborating the knowledge brought by the woman with its remaining ancient memories. After a while, it whispered: "'Big and Small' sounds a bit strange. In fact, I think, [Chi Huo] 】More like a part of a fruit.”

Ming Qitian raised her eyebrows slightly: "Yeah! Some people indeed say that 'big or small' is better to say 'full and half'. But of course there is still debate."

Pei Ye tilted his head: "So we can say that [Quail Head] is a complete 'immortal power', and [Chi Huo] is a 'half-immortal power'?"

The black cat paced a little anxiously. It was obviously deeply invested in this topic: "In fact, the name [Quail Head] itself has an irreplaceable sense of orthodoxy. [Quail Head] is the second highest among the twelve stars." First, destiny has been in the stars since ancient times. But this name is imprinted in my mind. I don’t know where it came from. Maybe it’s not the name it deserves in the world.”

Black Cat frowned tightly.

"[Chi Fire]."

"[Chi Huo] is not." The black cat's blue eyes stared at the boy, "It is the name of the Chi Dragon Authority, but it is not listed as a star like the Quail Authority."

"."

The black cat silently looked at the sky. The autumn night was clear, and the cold stars seemed to be embedded in the water. On the position of the quail's head in the south, the well and the ghost were dotted there in a distant and peaceful manner.

Pei Ye stroked it and whispered: "Don't worry, let's find the answer slowly."

Ming Qitian nodded: "You guys are already very far ahead."

Pei Ye looked at the woman: "Miss Ming, won't Yunlang Mountain also compete for these things?"

Ming Qitian shook her head: "Master said that if the world is together, things will always go in the direction they should go, and being able to reach the end of your sword path is Yunlang's step to the sky."

The woman also looked at the distant starry sky and whispered: "And the 'sword' itself may also be a kind of immortal power."

"." Pei Ye was stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Ming Qitian looked back.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly realized that Miss Ming, you know a lot." Pei Ye smiled and looked away.

In fact, the acquaintance with the woman was not too short, but there was no chance for such a long conversation after the sword talk in the old house. Now in the quiet night, the young man clearly felt that every conversation with the woman was... He has benefited a lot - the chaos is organized, the blockage is transparent, and there are always new things that he has never thought of or heard of.

Such a standard that represents "correctness" is really precious to him. Pei Ye's voice was slightly hoarse: "Miss Ming, thank you for telling me so much rare news. It's really important to me."

The woman shook her head: "I also like chatting with you, it's nothing."

"Then, I'll ask Miss Ming for advice tomorrow."

"Yeah." Ming Qitian nodded casually.

The night was getting darker and quieter, and it wasn't long before the morning light arrived. The black cat lay silently on his knees, his green eyes looking motionlessly at the edge of the falling night.

Pei Ye was still not sleepy at all. He unconsciously twisted the footer of the book in his hand with his fingers and lowered his head. The eye in the center of the pendant was still staring at him quietly.

During the waiting period, there was no abnormality in it. At this time, it was like a portal to another world, far and deep, with the slowly flowing crystalline substance like the Milky Way.

The black cat turned his head, and the chi fire circulated in his belt again, and nodded towards him.

Pei Ye took a breath, silently looked into this eye, and looked deeply into it.

For a moment, Pei Ye once again experienced the feeling of a god looking down from the sky, like "Lingming illuminating the world", but this time he chose not a vast plain, but a long trickling stream.

Through this pupil, his mind came to a strange space. Under Zhou Tian's feet was a milky white texture flowing, which was the jade material that made up the pupil. And in the bottom of the eye, there was a gray-white stripe. The wide, wide river flows silently, and the countless small tributaries branching off next to it are like a network of human blood.

Pei Ye looked around, and a huge feeling of dizziness suddenly swept over him. It is difficult to describe this feeling. It was an incredibly dense amount of information squeezed into a small square and hit the eyelids. It was not a flat surface like words and pictures, nor was it a flat surface like words and pictures. A three-dimensional scene like this has another axis and countless bifurcations added to it, which is "time" and the "perspectives" of many people.

King Mu of Zhou might have seen the node he wanted at a glance in such information density, but the young man obviously did not have such a strong mind. [Que Shou] was instantly activated, everything slowed down, and he finally saw some static sections.

The figures were still flowing, and the perspectives were still changing, but on a wider scale of vision, an unchanging picture gradually became clear.

The lake surface of Qianqing Ice Mirror was covered with a flat layer of white snow, and the sparse frost forest on the shore was carrying fine snow. Around, a high and steep cliff surrounded everything, leaving only a narrow opening. A high and regular mountain is facing this opening. If the cliff is a ring, it is the gem inlaid on it.

It seems that no one has set foot in it for thousands of years. It is an icy and quiet secret place, and in the winding dotted with high stone frost trees, the eaves and palace edges scattered from top to bottom can be faintly seen.

Without anyone reminding him, Pei Ye uttered a noun: "Hushan. Jianmen"

Against this quiet background, pictures composed of human figures flowed past his eyes. They were not continuous. Pei Ye could neither understand what they represented nor touch them.

It was like the cover of a story, but Pei Ye could not find a way to open them. Gray and still pictures passed by in front of him, and decades seemed to pass by in an instant. Those unfamiliar faces flowed by, but he could not stop any of them.

"The magic weapon works through the spiritual mysteries of heaven and earth." The silent black cat finally spoke, "[Zhaoyou] records what has happened by controlling the changes in the spiritual mysteries within a specific range, just like converting pictures into text. It records the 'past' by transcribing it into a specific shape of spiritual mysteries."

"."

"So if you come in now, it will put everything in front of you for you to choose. Each still picture represents the beginning of a 'tributary'. When you enter it, you can see its beginning, end and full picture."

"But I can't choose any one."

".This should be the inherent limitation of this magic weapon." Black Cat "After turning 'experience' into spiritual mystery, it can no longer turn it back at will, but needs to find a fulcrum from the master's mind."

"Fulcrum?"

"I think, or it is a specific thing existing in the 'tributary', it exists in the 'tributary' and your mind at the same time, so [Zhaoyou] can cling to it and present everything to you."

".That is to say, the things I have seen and known?"

"I think so, it is precisely because of that kind of 'strangeness' that you can't catch those pictures that drift by, right?"

"Can that person do it?"

"." The black cat was slightly startled, and looked at the boy with his green eyes.

"Go downstream!"

When this long gray river was near the end, Pei Ye finally saw a clear and specific color.

Before this picture came close, Pei Ye had already seen the vivid figure in it.

The boy's face was between immature and angular, with a shy face and bright eyes, friendly and a little strange.

Obviously, nothing has happened yet. The boy's shoulders are relaxed, and his body is not tense as usual. He is grinning like a rabbit rather than a wolf.

".Yang Yan." Pei Ye murmured softly.