Chapter 0713 Illusionary Life
Snap, one of the simplest and most monotonous sounds. Every once in a while, a flawless ice mirror will have a crack with this sound. This is the countdown to the demise of the illusion. When the Fire Tree King heard it, his heartbeat could not help but get faster and faster, and his footsteps also quickened.
He still couldn't accept that he was part of the illusion. Although the soldiers turned into statues, the grass and trees withered quickly, and everything around him collapsed for no reason, the Fire Tree King still firmly believed that he was real. His heartbeat was still strong, his blood was flowing as always, his footsteps were as steady as usual, and the head in his hand, the beautiful head, was so real.
"No, no one can classify me as false." The Fire Tree King raised his head and shouted at the flying crow: "I am more real than you! I will not be defeated by witchcraft!"
The crow had already flown far away, so fast that it didn't look like a bird, but an arrow with a spell.
The Fire Tree King ran at full speed, and after a while he felt his feet were as heavy as a mountain, and his chest seemed to be about to explode. He had to breathe hard to calm the tightness in his chest. But all this was real. Thinking of this, the Fire Tree King became happy instead. He held the head in one hand and took off the wooden armor that was in the way with the other hand, and his pace did not slow down at all.
The seaside pier was only a few miles away from the palace. The last section of the road was quite steep. The Fire Tree King usually felt unsteady when riding in a sedan chair, but at this moment he took two steps at a time and ran up with the joyful pace of a teenager.
The square in front of the palace was quiet. Officials and their families were ordered to gather and turned into statues. As they got closer, the sound of the flawless ice mirror breaking became louder and louder. The bluestone ground was bumpy and uneven. The magnificent palace also lost its luster. Everything was being destroyed. Only the tall golem did not change at all, and it seemed out of place in the world of Zhibubang.
The Fire Tree King lost interest in the golem and mustered up his last bit of strength to run towards the palace.
The palace was still so cold, and the torches on the wall were as weak as candles, but the throne had not changed - the Fire Tree King had run all the way for it. He had a strange intuition that all the explanations and hopes were here.
In the faint and ethereal light of the fire, a corner of the platform in the middle of the palace had collapsed, but the throne on it remained in its original appearance, like a beautiful jade revealed after the weathering of a stubborn stone.
The Fire Tree King exhaled excitedly, and the sound echoed in the palace, surprisingly loud.
He took another look at the head in his hand and found that the queen had also turned into a rough statue, and even her features were unclear.
"You are all illusions, and I am the only reality." The Fire Tree King could finally say this sentence with confidence and boldness, and threw away the head and walked towards the throne with solemn steps. He and it were one, and they were the only unchanging foundation of the Stop State.
The place on the top of the Fire Tree King's head that was pecked by the crow was still bleeding slowly, dyeing his long hair and cheeks red, and dripping gently on the ground.
The Fire Tree King sat on the familiar throne and coughed majestically. The fire in the palace suddenly became brighter. The stone bricks that were turning into gravel seemed to stop their naughty behavior and continued to support the gently shaking palace with their last strength.
"I'm back." The voice of the Fire Tree King spread all over the place, and the palace stopped shaking. "Everything is false, and I am the only truth in the world."
There seemed to be cheers from the places where the flawless ice mirrors were originally inlaid on the four walls. The Fire Tree King believed that he heard it, and he hummed in a low voice, and the cheers stopped abruptly.
"Fake, it is impossible to defeat the real, fake, will eventually disappear, and the real will last forever." After the Fire Tree King said this, he listened attentively. This time, it was not cheers, but a single voice, strange but trustworthy, like his confidant ministers were giving gentle advice, like the young queen whispering beside the pillow.
The Fire Tree King had a serious expression, and he hummed from time to time. Each hum had different meanings, either reserved approval, or insignificant doubts, or incisive questions... They all got responses, and the Fire Tree King was very satisfied.
The crow flapped its wings and flew into the palace, and landed as an old man.
Hehe... Yi Shijun's strange laughter broke the solemn atmosphere in the palace, and the stone wall began to powder again, flowing like a spring in the wall.
Yi Shijun climbed up the stairs and stood in front of the Fire Tree King, taller than him who was sitting. This was a heinous crime of deceiving the emperor. The Fire Tree King straightened his body and looked at the visitor coldly.
Yi Shijun spoke first, "Some strange things are happening. The entire Zhibubang illusion is collapsing. Only you can still think, so - you are the magic weapon that maintains the illusion. Mu Xingqiu made a small mistake. The Zhaoshan Great Light Mirror only shot a beam of light from a distance to inject magic power into your body. Now the Great Light Mirror has stopped irradiating, your magic power is about to be lost, and the illusion will end."
"The end is the beginning." The Fire Tree King made a thunderous sound, shaking the surrounding walls to weather faster.
"Hush, I should be the one to say such profound things, you should answer the questions honestly." Yi Shijun thought for a while, "I flew to the mountains in the east, there is no passage there, just a cave, you will be burned to ashes if you go in, and die cleanly without knowing it, this is the reward given to you by the Taoism. Of course, this clumsy trap can't fool me, but I found that I can't fly out of Zhibubang, not even to the south, and I came in from the south yesterday. I guess you know the reason."
"The reason is: I am the only truth."
"Didn't I say it before? Leave such profound words to me. Don't think that I can't deal with you because you are an illusion. The magic confinement here has disappeared. I have a hundred kinds of magic to keep you alive forever. Soaked in painful torment.”
Mr. Yishi showed a devil's palm. Each finger of the devil's palm was wearing a ring. They were of different textures and were powerful demon weapons. The five fingers were bent and they were holding a skull without a jaw.
He has a large number of demon weapons hidden in Zhibu State, and this is just one of them.
The Fire Tree King leaned back so that he could see people more easily, and he still had to look up while sitting on the throne. This was the first and last time, "Start from the beginning?"
"In the beginning, the Taoist priests lit the ancestral fire of the distant wilderness."
"Wow, you really started from the beginning. I know this, so the ancestral fire of the distant wilderness is the Tao fire."
"The Taoist fire did not go out, but this Taoist fire was soon out of the control of the Taoist priests, so the Taoist priests used their magical powers to move the trees and fire to the sea, hoping to use endless water to block the fire, but this trick soon failed. , the tree’s magical power became even greater, creating an island connected to the mainland, and the fire continued to spread.”
"I also know this. After countless efforts, the Taoist priests finally realized that the nebula tree cannot be burned, so the only thing that can block the flames is the nebula tree. So they refined the seeds in the demon clan, removed the magic power in them, and cultivated a new generation of nebula trees. , the new tree can block flames and suppress demon species, but it will not produce autonomous consciousness, so it is very safe."
The evil light from the devil's palm has shone all over the Fire Tree King's body, but he has not been able to find out what kind of magic weapon he is. Mr. Yishi frowned slightly, hundreds of white thin tentacles drilled out of the skull's eye sockets, and they quickly grew longer and wrapped around the Fire Tree. King's body.
"But the seeds in the body of the demon clan are getting weaker and weaker. After a thousand years, the demon clan has no value for refining." Mr. Yishi continued on his own, thinking that this would save some time, "The Taoist order planted the nebula tree in Wangshan Mountain, and on the one hand, assisted The demon-suppressing bell blocks the void, and on the one hand, Zhibu Bang provides seeds, and these seeds are sent through the Talisman Master."
"You know a lot." The Fire Tree King paid no attention to the tentacles wrapped around his body, and seemed not to notice their existence.
"Just now, before coming here, the tree in the fire was finally willing to reveal a little more information to me, so we learned about these past events at about the same time." Mr. Yishi finally saw some clues. The Fire Tree King is a wooden magic weapon. , but the specific form is still unknown, "But the planter of the Nebula Tree must have a demon seed in his body. This is a problem that Taoist priests cannot solve. The trees in Wangshan are planted by the demon clan and only change after thousands of years. Zhibu Bang's The tree can only survive for a few years and must be planted continuously, and the demon race with the demon seed will soon die out. "
"Thus, those humans and monsters who have been invaded by demon species have great uses." The Fire Tree King sighed, "It is very troublesome to manage demon slaves. The weak are not capable of this, but the strong are easily tempted by the tree."
"As a result, Dao Tong created this unprecedentedly large and lasting illusion." Mr. Yishi also sighed.
"The pure virtual realm cannot last for hundreds of thousands of years, so the Stop State has to introduce some humans and monsters from time to time. Some of them become the core of the illusion, and some stay on the island for backup." The Fire Tree King looked outside the palace door. Statues of subjects, "It's really interesting. About 10% of my subjects are real, but they have turned into wood together with the illusion. Do you still think there is a clear line between reality and illusion?"
Mr. Yishi laughed, "When the flawless ice mirror is completely broken, they will return to their original shape, but it's hard to say whether they can survive. I know all this. It's almost dawn. Tell me something I don't know. ”
The walls of the palace were riddled with holes, but they still stood. King Huoshu knew that he was about to be reborn, so he spoke faster and said: "The restrictions around Zhibu State will automatically strengthen when Taoist priests approach. Ordinary humans and monsters will It is possible that the Talisman Master can even create a common passage, but the Taoist priest cannot, unless the Taoist priest is too strong and even exceeds the limit of the restriction."
"That is, Taoist priests who are attentive and above. Ah, you said that the Oriental Mirror has been shaking tens of thousands of years ago, and the one who came in is - Taoist priest!"
"That's right, you thought you brought the first Taoist priest, but it's not true. The Taoist priests who have sneaked into Zhibu State before are stronger than Mu Xingqiu. Most Taoist priests, even most of the Taoist priests, have no idea about the secrets of Zhibu State. I don’t know anything, and I don’t care, but among those Fu Yuemang and Fu Rimang Taoist priests who know the secret, there are always one or two who can’t help but come and take a look, especially those powerful Taoist priests who have encountered the Sighing Tribulation, thinking they will find it here. The method of overcoming calamity ended up falling into temptation.”
Mr. Yishi understood, but was also confused.
"The end is the beginning." King Fire Tree repeated this sentence, and this time he was not ridiculed by Lord Yishi. "A tree is a tree, and it will never send out any message for help. Everything you know is true, but It is also part of the illusion, which is what Taoism wants to tell you. As for Mu Xingqiu, the unquenchable Taoist fire requires the sacrifice of the Taoist priest. He will become the creator of the new illusion like the Taoist priest who could not withstand the temptation before. His strength The weakest, but this is also the last time. In another ten years, the tree will be completely burned. Look, even the demons sent a message of congratulations. The method of destroying the tree was created by the demons and passed on to the Taoism. Then he said. There will be a fair fight between the demons.”
The Fire Tree King pointed at the demon statue outside. At this moment, the rising sun shone into the palace, and the flawless ice mirrors on all sides cracked into pieces. The Fire Tree King instantly turned into wood, and then burned into ashes. After the ashes dispersed, only A burnt root remains.