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Lichen…
Ji Feixue fell silent. Was this Bai Ling's scheme? Perhaps Su He couldn't sense it now because the opening of the heavens was not yet complete.
The Seventh Heaven had ended, and the growth of the inner world had reached its limit, unable to expand further. It could only be strengthened bit by bit.
By then, the lichen would transform into chaos. Other Divine Beasts would advance slowly, but Su He's inner world would still be wrapped in chaos, continuing to expand.
The gap was growing day by day.
But this path was difficult! With the lichen wrapping around, each subsequent opening of the heavens would be harder than the last. Lichen was protection but also a restraint.
It was like a layer of armor, trapping Su He's inner world within.
Especially since the second opening of the heavens wouldn't have a path designed by Bai Ling.
Ji Feixue smiled charmingly, "Little girl, you still can't change your habit of scheming against others. You may mean well for others, but they may not appreciate it!"
With the appearance of lichen, the future openings of the heavens would be difficult. Did Bai Ling calculate this?
The lichen appeared, separating the chaos from the inner world. The chaos no longer exploded, and the opening of the heavens seemed to end.
The spiritual vortexes above the heads of the onlookers slowly dissipated. One by one, they revealed a reluctance to part, and a child looked at Su He with a sigh.
Such benefits from the opening of the heavens, they truly wished Dragon Turtle's opening of the heavens would never stop!
"Thank you, Senior Su He!" Someone shouted first, and in an instant, there were voices of gratitude everywhere.
"Blessings to Senior Su He!"
"I know Senior Su He, his spirit beast introduced us personally," someone said proudly.
***
The opening of the heavens ended, and Qingcang rose into the air, its tail flicking as it entered the clouds. It still needed to pay attention to the situation of the dragon clan within the Dragon Gate. The Dragon Gate was special, and only it, who presided over the ceremony, could see the situation inside the Dragon Gate. Being away for several days was already a dereliction of duty.
As Qingcang left, everyone immediately looked towards Su He, only to see that the protective golden lotus had closed, enveloping Dragon Turtle within.
"Is Senior Dragon Turtle consolidating his Realm, or has the transformation of consciousness into a beast not ended?" someone whispered.
"Consolidating the Realm, I guess! If the consciousness retained within the body enters self-seclusion, after seven days of opening the heavens, the consciousness waking up for such a long time, the transformation should have failed, right?"
The consciousness retained within the body, a brief awakening does not affect the transformation, but continuous consciousness means the transformation has certainly failed.
"You left too early." Ji Feixue flashed away, approaching Su He.
Qingcang left too early.
The opening of the heavens had ended, but there was a hiccup! Even Bai Ling couldn't have predicted the details of what would happen ten thousand years later.
This world wasn't completely naturally formed!
It was still influenced by Su He's consciousness. Without that goose taking flight, the witch wouldn't have cast the sixty-four hexagrams to open the heavens at that time.
Su He's will to break through the clouds affected the witch.
The lichen had not fully formed.
***
Crack!
A bolt of lightning exploded in the clouds, and a goose breaking through the clouds was illuminated by the lightning, casting a long shadow in the midst.
It looked down at the dense clouds in the sky.
At this moment, the rain poured down heavily.
Again, this season, and again, the continuous heavy rain. Does Dongyun Mountain have to have a heavy rain every June and July?
Last year, it was such a heavy rain, and it took advantage of the rain to go to Listening Sea Lake, and this year again…
Eh?
The goose was stunned.
Memories were recovering!
Memories like a tidal wave were flowing back, the farm, wild wolves, the Dragon God Festival…
Special training, the Seven Deadly Secret Realms…
Transmigration, previous life…
Bit by bit, they were recovering.
The Soul-Separating Pill divided into two halves, yin and yang, the consciousness here was unharmed, the true body had opened the heavens, and the body advanced simultaneously, the timid effect was instantly removed.
Just as the memories recovered, the voice of the toad appeared at the bottom of his heart: "Follow me!"
The brain felt as if it had been harshly yanked by a hook, the goose trembled, and most of its consciousness was pulled back to the main body.
Dragon Turtle opened his eyes and immediately sensed the difference in his body, the majestic power surged within, the Realm Bead grew three sizes, but most of the mountain and river shadows on it had disappeared.
The heavens had opened!
Not as he had seen in the pictures, only able to open a hundred miles of heaven and earth. This inner world's Divine Sense was vast. The mountain and river shadows on the Realm Bead were pulled into seventy percent.
Such an inner world should surpass most Divine Beasts that had opened the first layer of heaven, and even surpassing the second layer should also be possible—how many Divine Beasts after completing the opening of the heavens still had mountain and river shadows on their Realm Beads.
"Eh? Little brother is in a daze? If you don't want the lichen in your inner world, peel it off and give it to me!" Ji Feixue's enchanting voice rang in Su He's ears.
Lichen!!
Ji Feixue! Peeping again!
"Cuihua!" Su He shouted. The spirit beast and its master were one, and the only one who could know the state of his opening of the heavens in real-time was the toad.
Son of a bitch! You revealed this to outsiders too?!
The toad appeared inside the Realm Bead with a wronged face. It wasn't that the frog was incompetent, but the enemy was too strong. It had no chance to resist in front of Ji Feixue!
Moreover, both elixirs you used for opening the heavens came from the hands of the princess. To say that this person is not an insider, do you believe it?
Ji Feixue's voice, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, rose again in Su He's ears. "Tsk tsk! Want to beat the spirit beast? I have a whip, do you need it?"
The toad shook its head like a pendulum, telling Su He that the enchantress's words were not to be listened to, and then raised its paw to point above, signaling to Su He that the situation was serious.
Outside Su He's inner world, the outer membrane was the same color as the chaos, very beautiful. But the membrane was like a balloon, with an unhealed air inlet, and at this moment, that gap was gradually expanding.
If left unchecked, the membrane would eventually dissipate completely.
"Yo! Saw the key point?" Ji Feixue transmitted her voice: "Do you want to shatter most of the inner world to repair the lichen? It's a good deal!"
The world shattered, as long as there was enough chaos, it could slowly evolve. Without lichen, it was truly gone!
But Su He had only known about lichen for a few days, how to repair it?
Su He tried to mobilize the power of the inner world, slowly flowing towards the lichen, attempting to repair it. But as soon as the world's power touched the lichen, the gap in the membrane accelerated.
It couldn't be forcefully repaired.
"Refine and integrate!" Ji Feixue's voice sounded, this time without the enchanting tone.
Two soft objects were stuffed under the paw, and Su He opened his eyes to see, they were two identical pieces of lichen.
"Don't look, it's not free even if you look, you owe me two favors for these two pieces of lichen!" Ji Feixue giggled.
Su He: "…"
Enchantress!
This was originally my thing.
These two pieces of lichen had been refined, the original world's power had been removed, and now they were two pure and flawless world membranes.
Two favors, considered as the cost of refining!
Su He's mind moved, and the lichen entered the inner world, turning into two jelly-like objects. They directly appeared at the hole in the inner world's membrane, sticking to it.
Repairing the heavens completed → Repairing the heavens failed.
The two pieces of lichen had just stuck on, but then they plopped down again.
The real world's lichen was completely different from the inner world's, they did not possess the aura of the inner inner world.
Su He was at a loss, watching the hole grow larger. With determination, his consciousness controlled the pen that opened the heavens and threw it at the two pieces of lichen.
If there was anything in the inner world with the strongest aura, apart from Mount Tai'a, it was only the divine artifact of opening the heavens.
Between the witch and the pen, Su He gave up the pen.
Each opening of the heavens condensed a divine artifact of opening the heavens. The first layer of heaven had already been blasted open, so the divine artifact of the first layer of heaven was no longer useful.
But the witch and the pen were one, throwing one, the other followed closely.
The witch was thrown next to the lichen, holding up the two pieces of lichen with crossed arms, making a Nuwa repairing the heavens pose, flying straight up. Filling the lichen into the hole, the figure dissipated, turning into little stars and merging into the lichen.
Two completely different pieces of lichen were forcibly stuck together by him.
The foreign lichen was not a product of the inner world, so the witch accommodated it with her body as a repairing stone.
Su He fell silent.
"Does he have consciousness?" Su He asked.
The toad shook its head: "Probably not, this is just a reflex of the rules, the existence of the divine artifact of opening the heavens is to open the heavens, if the membrane is damaged it will automatically repair the membrane. It's like… a magnet will automatically attach to iron, the rules are such. It's just that the matter of cultivation is slightly more complex."
The witch was not a person, but a divine artifact of opening the heavens. After dissipating, half of the starlight merged into the lichen, repairing the membrane. Half of the starlight merged into the pen that opened the heavens.
The pen that opened the heavens fell from the sky, floating above the peak of Mount Tai'a.
Su He looked around the inner world, his Divine Sense thought exited the Realm Bead, and slowly opened his eyes.
Ji Feixue was sitting sideways on the golden lotus, swinging her feet.
Su He opened his eyes and looked at her.
Ji Feixue giggled, "Don't look at me, it's not my fault."
She knew what Su He was looking at. This was repairing the lichen, personally sensing the effect of the lichen, knowing that future openings of the heavens would be many times more difficult, and came to her to complain.
But she was unaware of this situation, what you and Bai Ling did, why look at me? I guess you should be angrier!
The princess pointed at her forehead, and a phantom was projected on the golden lotus.
It was a stunningly beautiful figure, the same woman who had danced for Su He under the moon that day.
Bai Ling in her human form.
Ji Feixue looked at this figure, grinding her teeth.
This little girl, she had tampered with her memory, and she had never discovered this part of the memory until Su He repaired the lichen. The complete aura of the lichen spread out in an instant, and this memory emerged.
This was quietly embedded in the memory she had been cut from.
Bai Ling came out, but did not act, her eyes somewhat vacant, as if blind.
Su He looked at Ji Feixue.
The princess put a finger to her lips: "Shh! This is a small piece embedded in the memory I was cut from, it should be Bai Ling leaving a message for you through me."
Su He waited quietly.
After a moment, Bai Ling's phantom smiled, saying, "Sorry, cousin, I've hidden something from you, the appearance of lichen will make your future openings of the heavens extremely difficult. I'm truly sorry, I didn't dare to tell you directly, fearing that you would know and not dare to open the heavens like this."
She didn't explain further, just gently shook her head, "In any case, I was wrong in this matter, you can vent your anger on my corpse in the tomb, kill or slash as you wish."
There was a sense of accepting punishment.
She was silent for a while, then gently said, "Cousin, be careful in everything in the future, I… can't help you anymore. You are already special, your fate is unpredictable, previously you could rely on the Turtle Shell to make some calculations. But now that you have opened the heavens, the power of the world is full, and there is no longer any possibility of divination. This is my last divination, and also the last time I help you…"
She was silent for a long time, and just when Su He thought the memory had finished playing, she murmured softly, "Ten thousand years… too long, I… can't calculate for you anymore…"
The picture stopped here, and the memory turned to dust and disappeared.
For some reason, Su He felt uncomfortable in his heart, he looked at Ji Feixue and asked, "Why didn't she vivacious?"
Not shouting for people to call her sister, not messing around or being vivacious, but a calmness, like a quiet woman, even the tone carried a bit of melancholy, making Su He feel suppressed and very uncomfortable, very unaccustomed.
Ji Feixue did not speak, just looked into the distance, tapping her lotus feet, the bells on her ankles jingling.