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Before stepping into the vortex, Ruoye suddenly remembered something she forgot.She forgot to ask Lu Lin what it would be like to enter the Sumeru Sea.

The Sea of ​​Sumeru opened in 500 years. At that time, Da Neng probably experienced in it, but Ruoye was not included. After coming to land, she has been secretly following Mu Yun. When the Sea of ​​Sumeru appeared last time, Mu Yun Still pretending to be Ye Chenzhou, she stayed in Yunzhong City because of her unhealed injury, so naturally Ruoye would not leave her here alone.

At that time, she was very curious when she saw the monks in Yunzhong City mobilizing their teachers to go to Jiuyi Mountain, but because of her status, it was difficult to find someone to inquire about it, so although she had heard the name of Sumeru Sea a long time ago, she still didn't know it. Knowing what it looks like inside, now that Lu Lin has opened the passage ahead of time to enter, she has no way of knowing what she will encounter on the way, whether there will be any tests, such as strong winds, thunder disasters, etc. waiting ahead.

But nothing.

As soon as she stepped into the vortex, she felt her body being pulled slightly, and then there was a shadow in front of her eyes, but it soon lit up, and then there was a thick fog, covering the sky and the sun, and she could only vaguely see the front After counting the backs and recognizing those monks under Lu Lin, she realized that she was in the Sea of ​​Sumeru.

After she got used to it and saw the scene in front of her a little bit, she let out a soft "ah" and understood why the cultivation world called it "sea"

She was still floating in mid-air, but the Jiuyi Mountain that was under her feet a moment ago had disappeared, and turned into a cloud-shrouded blue sky. She couldn't see the existence of land below even though she tried her best.

This vast sky is the sea.

More than 2000 years ago, a vision descended from Jiuyi Mountain, and spiritual currents rushed down. The mountain was uprooted in the turbulent spiritual currents and floated in the air. The witnesses were all amazed. The floating island disappeared after several years, and then appeared once every 500 years. However, the spiritual power on the island is far greater than that of the outside world, so although it is extremely dangerous, once it appears, monks from all over the world will flock to it, looking for a chance to break through.

Ruoye secretly thought about the rumors about the Sea of ​​Sumeru she knew, and her eyes fell on the huge shadow behind the mist. She couldn't see it clearly, but through the mist, the black shadow was already quite vast. , I am afraid that it is several times larger than what I saw at this time.Seeing the figure in front of her moving towards the floating island, she stepped forward, approached Lu Lin curiously and asked, "Is that the original Jiuyi Mountain?" She always felt that the floating island looked bigger than Jiuyi Mountain, It doesn't look like a mere mountain can be transformed into it.

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the floating island, her eyes widened in disbelief the next moment, and she saw a bony spur protruding from her wrist, which looked like a fin, and the small piece of skin at the bottom was also covered with scales.

This is the original appearance of the merman. The merman inherited the blood of the Kunpeng. His body was covered with scales and his hands and feet had fins. In the past, Ruoye had been using magic to cover up his appearance. Unknowingly, he showed some of his true colors.

"What's going on?" She asked in surprise, trying to cover up her features with a spell, and then said "ah", thinking about Lu Lin's intriguing eyes just a moment ago, her heart suddenly became a little clearer.

In the Sea of ​​Sumeru, the blood from her ancestors suddenly became active in her body, and Lu Lin must have known about it long ago, so she showed such an expression.

The practice of monks is to absorb spiritual power for their own use. The power grows from scratch and increases with the deepening of their cultivation. The power of mermaids is innate. They can also practice, but what they learn is how to use their blood Once you can use your power freely, you will not be able to make breakthroughs for the rest of your life.But at this moment, Ruoye felt that his body was completely different from before, as if he had woken up in vain after a long period of confusion, and every corner of his body was filled with unprecedented power.

"The way I should be..." She read these few words, opened her hands, and looked at the spiritual power flowing through her palms inadvertently.

For thousands of years, her strength has been about the same as that of a mid-stage cultivator. After helping to refine Changsheng Yin, her strength has declined a lot, but now she feels that the lost strength has returned, and it is even stronger than before.

Since she was a child, she heard from the elders in the clan that because of the thinning of the blood, the strength of the mermaids is far less than before.

But now it seems that the reason does not seem to be the case at all.She opened her hand and looked at her palm. In the past, she had to cast a spell to condense the water vapor in the air, but now she only needs to lift it lightly, and the water mist will naturally twist into a stream in her palm.Because the power of the bloodline has changed, the illusion she used to conceal her appearance will not work.

"This is not Jiuyi Mountain, what exactly is it?" Her voice was not loud, but her tone was very firm.

Her understanding of the Sumeru Sea was limited to hearsay, but when she was here, she felt a strange sense of familiarity in her heart, and she couldn't even relax the tense emotions a moment ago.

Obviously the East Pole Returning to the Ruins is her homeland, but she has never felt this kind of near-peaceful feeling.

"The power of God's blood will indeed decay with the thinning of the blood, but your family has a long lifespan. Since the separation of the three worlds, it has only been three generations, and the business will not wither." Lu Lin seemed to see what she was thinking. , said slowly, "It's just because the spiritual power in this lower world is scarce, it is no longer suitable for you to survive, and it is also not suitable for us."

"You?" Ruoye hesitated.

At this time, a group of people had reached the bank of the floating island, and the mist suddenly dispersed, and a majestic mountain range appeared in front of Ruoye.

She originally thought that the Demon Country was the most grotesque in the world, but the mountain range was a hundred times weirder than what she saw in the Demon Country.

In the nearest forest, the tallest tree is tens of feet long, and a single tree is bigger than a building. The huge branches branch out, forming staggered paths, linking the connected treetops together , enough for several people to walk side by side, the soft vines hang down from the branches, and the ends are bright flowers, the petals open and close, as if breathing, and the surrounding flowers and plants are in different shapes, all of which Ruoye has never seen before. kind of past.

In the distance, there is a clear spring with a soft light shining at the bottom of the spring. Ordinary spring water casts sunlight, but this spring water can glow by itself. A doe is drawing water by the spring, with pure white fur, only the forehead A tuft of fur in the middle is slightly darker, like a crescent moon. Before it gets close, Ruoye can feel the abundant spiritual power in its body.

The doe sensed something approaching, kicked its front hooves, and immediately a mist gathered up to cover it. After the mist dispersed, the doe disappeared. Immediately afterwards, a few birds flew up from the top of the forest in the distance. It was extremely fast, and the shadow disappeared in a flash, as if it had been reminded.

Although there are many strange scenes on the bottom of the sea where Ruoye lives, it is a bit monotonous compared with this place.

Looking further ahead, the surprise in her eyes became more and more obvious.

The mountains suspended in mid-air are extremely strange, but there are more than one floating island like this.Instead, there are hundreds or even thousands of them, except for the mountain range at the bottom, all of them are floating in higher places.

What a dizzying sight it was.

It's like a complete island that fell from a high altitude after being shattered, but was fixed before it landed.Some of those islands are as lush and verdant as the nearby mountain range, while others look barren. There are also a few places that don't look like islands, but some look like dilapidated city walls, and the outline of stairs can be vaguely seen.

Ruoye's gaze followed those floating islands, and finally sank into the bottomless darkness. She was distracted to explore, wanting to see what the highest point was, but there was no response when she separated the spiritual power , as if being swallowed by something silently.

That dark color is not a dome, but nothingness.

The sky is under one's feet, and the abyss is in the sky above, it seems that the blue sky and the yellow spring are turned upside down.

"What exactly is this……"

Ruoye murmured, as if he was overwhelmed by the magnificent scene, and looked at the other monks, they all looked shocked. There were still a few people talking in low voices, but now it was as if their voices had been taken away, even the atmosphere They dare not come out, even Zhu Maolin and Baili Ningqing are no exception.

Only Lu Lin remained calm. He raised his head, looked at the floating islands scattered everywhere, and showed a cold smile: "The fog has cleared, it seems that they have already started."

The Sea of ​​Sumeru is a floating island in the sky, hidden in the clouds. It appears once every 500 years, and disappears after five years of existence. For 2000 years, every time it appears, countless monks flock to it, but few people know that it has appeared in the outside world several times. Yes, it's actually just the biggest island at the bottom.

And above that huge island, there are countless smaller islands. In the past, those floating islands were hidden behind the mist, but now the dense fog that shrouded the top has dispersed, and they all show their traces.

Among the dotted floating islands, one of them was being shrouded in green air, with a crescent-like corner protruding from the edge. A woman in green clothes stood on the highest point, raised her head, and gazed at the boundless darkness above with fascination.

It was Yu Yuan.

"There is the upper realm." She murmured, yearning and obsession gradually appeared on her wood-carved and clay-like face.

Behind her was a piece of desolation, unlike the floating island below, which was verdant for thousands of miles. There was no grass on this island, and it could be said that there was no life at all, only the cracked ground and jagged rocks.

The Sifang Terrace, which is hundreds of feet high, is located in the middle of the island. It is the Feixian Terrace. It is made of real dragon bones, and the spirit pattern on the surface flows like water waves.Hundreds of monks stood beside the high platform, staring intently at the spirit patterns on it, but there was obvious anxiety hidden under their calm faces.

Suddenly, Feixian Terrace shook, and all the monks exclaimed in surprise, and then they all showed increasingly impatient expressions.It's the same for everyone, as if waiting for a moment longer would be a painful torture.

Sensing the movement, Yu Yuan turned his head, his eyes swept across his subordinate's faces irresistibly, and finally landed on the white robe in the middle of the high platform.

Chang Li was sitting in the center of the spirit array, looking as if she was meditating and adjusting her breath. The Chongxiao Sword was hanging on the half arm in front of her. Thin blood threads protruded from under her clothes and wrapped around the Chongxiao Sword, like the sword Merged into one, she can hold the sword just by stretching out her hand.

But she frowned tightly, clenched her fists with both hands, and moved back with difficulty, trying to tear off the blood line, only half an inch, the surrounding spiritual flow became disordered, and then, the spiritual array flashed its more dazzling light, Feixiantai Scarlet mist rose from the four corners, covering her body, slowly pushing her hand back to the original place.

She tried her best to resist that force, but in the end she failed. When she let out her anger, she involuntarily let out a muffled groan, and the sweeping pain made her eyes go black, and she almost fainted.

"That was your original strength." The shadow hit her face, and her empty voice lifted from the top of her head. She raised her head, and what she saw was the indifferent expression of the woman in Tsing Yi, "Why should you resist? , this is your sword."

Chang Li gritted his teeth, clasped his fingers even tighter, and said in a low voice, "No."

Yu Yuan frowned slightly, but quickly opened it up, and persuaded: "You are still a mortal body, only by holding the sword and acknowledging your strength can you break free from this imprisonment."

"No." Chang Li said the exact same answer slowly, then closed her eyes and stopped looking at Yu Yuan, her expression was calm, even though she was enduring the torment, her emotions were still extremely indifferent.

Ordinary people in her situation are either crazy or have already compromised, but she has always adhered to the original answer from beginning to end.

——"You are the sword of heaven and have the power to open up the world. The reason why you came into the world is to become our new god and lead us out of this barren lower realm."

Chang Li still remembered Yu Yuan's impassioned speech, so confident, so determined, as if he was talking about something that should be taken for granted.Her first reaction was that Yu Yuan was crazy, and it could be seen that the other monks were cheering, but she gradually became confused.

No one thought there was anything wrong with it, everyone shouted in unison, without any noise, as if what Yu Yuan said was the supreme truth.

Undoubtedly.

Even she can't help but believe that this is what she should do.

Several times, she almost couldn't help stretching out her hand, and followed the bloodline to hold the sword.

Just like when he was on the Tiantai Peak and at the Sword Furnace back then, he let the sword intent dominate, he didn't care about anything, he didn't care about anything, all human thoughts were wiped out in the monstrous sword energy.

And that sword aura is not born from killing, no evil spirit, no ominous omen, it is just an existence between heaven and earth, ruthless and desireless, without self and without others, not driven by any emotion, truly the emptiness of all things being one.

Even she didn't understand why this happened, as if the power that had been lurking in her body for a long time finally woke up, gradually occupying her body and devouring other parts of her heart.Her emotions, her memories, those colors deeply imprinted in her heart, and even her temperature were all erased little by little.

It is not forgetting, nor is it the chaos of unacceptable times.

She still clearly remembers everything, the teachings when she was young, the experience after going down the mountain, and the little things she got along with Zhong Mingzhu.

But the ripples in my heart became more and more subtle, and in the end, it seemed to calm down.

All her relatives died in the flood, and even if some people survived, hundreds of years later, it would have been a pile of loess.

Tian Yizong raised her just to use her.

Others admire her, but no one can be called an acquaintance.

And Zhong Mingzhu, Zhong Mingzhu is dead.

This world has nothing to do with her.

Maybe they're right, I'm a heartless thing—

She slowly opened her eyes, the darkness in her eyes became more and more dim, but every time she had to give in to her instinct and let the faint light go out completely, she would think of that inconspicuous flower.

That was the first time she looked at the outside world so carefully.Without being influenced by anyone, I simply became curious about the life sprouting in the corner.

Then she would think of Zhong Mingzhu telling her more than once: "Just do what you want."

"You want the sword of heaven, but I'm just me—"

Sensing that the Feixiantai was shaking again, a savage look flashed across Yu Yuan's face, but she quickly suppressed it.

The Feixian Terrace, the Chongxiao Sword and the ancient spirit array built using the secret method of the Huozheng Clan are all designed to reforge the Sword of Heaven.

——Changli is that sword.

After Zhong Mingzhu's death, the closest connection between Changli and Hongchen was severed, and the sword intent in her body was fully awakened, and when that sword intent wiped out her humanity, the sword will be completed.

It took Yu Yuan painstaking planning for thousands of years to arrange all this, and every step he took was extremely cautious.Seeing that Changli has been resisting from time to time, she did not show anger like other monks, but slowly walked down the Feixiantai with her sleeves, signaling everyone to wait patiently, then raised her eyes to look at the dark color above her head, gradually, Lost in it again.

Since you have been waiting for so long, it doesn't matter if you wait a little longer.

Lu Lin led the crowd to land in an open area, and Zhu Maolin immediately started to set up a tracing circle, trying to find Yu Yuan's location as soon as possible.

Xumizhihai was full of spiritual power, and its flow direction was completely different from that of the outside world. Although Zhu Maolin was profound in Taoism, his progress was still extremely slow. Lu Lin sent a few people out to investigate, and then ordered the rest to help Zhu Maolin, while he himself Qingyang, who was in the shape of a longbow, occupied a high ground and looked into the distance without saying a word.It's just that after he was alone for a long time, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, and it was Ruoye who came over.

She looked at Lu Lin solemnly, and said after a long time, "Who the hell are you?" There was a bit of guard in her serious tone, "Also, where is this?"

When she saw that both Lu Lin and Zhong Mingzhu could understand divine writing, she thought they were descendants of the gods scattered elsewhere, but the Sea of ​​Sumeru appeared only 2000 years ago, and the Jiuyi Mountain area was still a place where mortals lived, left behind in the lower realm The descendants of the gods all live in seclusion in extremely remote places that are difficult for monks to approach. Before Venerable Gu Hong visited the East China Sea, the Mermaid tribe knew nothing about Jiuyi Mountain, and most of the other tribes were not much better.But Lu Lin is very familiar with this place, no matter how other people are amazed, he still looks normal, as if he has understood it for a long time.

And those gray eyes that often shone with coldness have now turned dark purple, with a faintly ominous aura, and the sense of oppression is even greater.

After Ruoye noticed the changes in his body, he paid special attention to how Lu Lin was different from before, and soon discovered that the power hidden in Lu Lin's body was far greater than himself.Her strength had increased by eighty to ninety percent, but Lu Lin was several times stronger than before. He had already overwhelmed Zhu Maolin, who was a monk of Dongxu, and even Yu Yuan might find it difficult to be his enemy.

What kind of bloodline is it that can show such tyrannical strength?She couldn't help sighing like this.

Lu Lin glanced at her, just such a glance made her feel more stressed, but he quickly looked away, looked into the distance silently, and after a while said: "We are half of the same kind, let me tell you It doesn't matter. The name of Sea of ​​Sumeru comes from the mouth of me and Zhong Mingzhu, and the name here is Sumeru." His voice was deep and slow, but every word carried a weight that could not be ignored, "But in Before falling into the lower world, we called it Mount Sumeru."