Chapter 280: I Don’t Remember 【 Foreshadowing 】
Three years.
Ming Zhaoshuang was slightly stunned, not expecting it to be so long.
This place was filled with vengeful energy, devoid of sunlight, where the poison mist corroded one’s skin and gnawed at their bone and blood. Tan Zhu had actually managed to survive in such a place for three years.
【 Have you thought it through… If you don’t go out now… you might be stuck in this cursed place for three years. 】
“Fourth Senior Sister, how… did you survive?”
“I don’t remember.” Tan Zhu laughed carelessly, “I only remember that the first half year was indeed difficult. My entire body was so corroded that only a skeleton remained, and I could only crawl. If it weren’t for my Wood Spirit Root, I probably would have truly died here. How could I have found the formation core and lived for three years?”
“I am not a Beast Tamer, nor am I particularly liked by Ghost Beasts, and I can’t travel by beast like you.”
It’s just that those three years were also spent in corrosion and wavering.
She always seemed to have a habit of speaking of these sorrowful things in an understated manner.
Ming Zhaoshuang did not respond to her.
Mainly because she didn’t know how to respond. She always felt that Tan Zhu was too light, too casual, yet also too deep and too heavy.
【 Tan Zhu deserves it… Why didn’t she listen to Emperor Fengdu… and insisted on going to the Mortal Realm. 】
Speaking of this, Tan Zhu seemed to recall something and said, “Didn’t you want Nine-Orifice Lotus Root Silk last time? Do you still want it now? The formation core of this formation is Azure Falling Water, and Nine-Orifice Lotus grows within it.”
Upon hearing this, Ming Zhaoshuang no longer cared about her previous disappointment with Tan Zhu and hurriedly asked, “Nine-Orifice Lotus? Is it true?”
It should be like this. After all, when she broke through the formation back then, although she cut down an ordinary Lotus Platform, she obtained genuine Nine-Orifice Lotus Platform Petals and Nine-Orifice Lotus Seed Hearts.
In this way, whether it was the Nine-Orifice Lotus Platform Petals, the Nine-Orifice Lotus Seed Hearts, or the Nine-Orifice Lotus Root Silk, which was most important to Ming Zhaoshuang, she could obtain them by venturing into Youdu Mountain this time.
That voice was still raging in Ming Zhaoshuang’s ears:
【 Hahaha… You’re not thinking of using the Nine-Orifice Lotus to save your useless dragon, are you? 】
Ming Zhaoshuang originally wanted to ignore this self-talking fool, but upon hearing it insult Ming Zhaoxue, she couldn’t help but say: 【 Only knows how to blabber and do nothing, I won’t say who is useless. 】
【 You don’t think there’s any difference between you and the landforms formed by the ice on both sides, do you? Ridge lines （ Human machine ） 】
The voice hesitated for a moment and asked with a hint of seriousness: 【 What are ridge lines? 】
Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t be bothered to deal with it and only listened carefully to Tan Zhu.
“It’s true.”
Tan Zhu narrowed her eyes slightly, “I can also refine pills to slow down the corrosion of vengeful energy, but there are still Ghost Beasts here. I am just a Pill Cultivator, and my physique is also problematic, so I didn’t venture in again.”
Tan Zhu suppressed the voices welling up in her heart, and the scenes seemed to appear before her eyes again.
Vague, dim.
It was all blurry bloody hues, occupying all her memories, until a voice completely awakened her.
The last time she ventured in was a hundred years ago. If she hadn’t met Yixu, her Dao Heart would have probably shattered, leaving only withered bones. Therefore, although she was eager to revive Yixu, she stopped there and didn’t take the Yellow Springs Water.
But if Ming Zhaoshuang could accompany her, she was willing to venture in for Yixu.
Seeing Ming Zhaoshuang’s surprise, Tan Zhu rubbed her cheek and said, “What, scared? If you don’t want to go, then don’t. Senior Sister will still refine some pills to help your Martial Uncles and the others wake up faster.”
Before Tan Zhu could finish speaking, a voice surged in Ming Zhaoshuang’s heart.
【 Retreat now, you can’t get the Yellow Springs Water… nor can you get the Nine-Orifice Lotus… 】
Ming Zhaoshuang shook her head, trying hard to shake off these disturbances, and said to Tan Zhu, “I’m not afraid. Whether it’s Yellow Springs Water or Lotus Root Silk, I will obtain them.”
As long as it was for Feng He, she was willing to take the risk.
【 Hahaha, you’re only in the Nascent Soul Stage now… and you still naively want to obtain Yellow Springs Water from such a powerful formation. 】
Ming Zhaoshuang naturally knew the reason why these voices appeared so frequently – the vengeful energy in this formation could affect one’s mind. She had already been affected when she ventured into the Talisman Saint’s Secret Realm before, and had even entertained the thought of giving up on breaking the formation.
This voice, however, did not know how determined she was to awaken Feng He and Ming Zhaoxue’s dispositions.
Therefore, to her, this voice was truly just ordinary noise.
Ming Zhaoshuang felt that this seed that the Heavenly Dao had planted in her was quite uninteresting, only capable of ceaselessly babbling and being unable to affect her at all.
However, this oppressive and gloomy environment did indeed make one feel irritable.
The further they walked up the mountain, the colder and wetter it became.
The voice in her mind became clearer and more distinct, shaking people’s resolve even more, like a venomous snake climbing onto her neck, flicking its scarlet tongue towards her eyeballs.
It seemed that as long as her eyeballs moved, this venomous snake could bite them and cause them to bleed profusely.
Ming Zhaoshuang sighed, but saw that Tan Zhu’s expression was extremely calm, obviously not intimidated by the environment. She even had the leisure to remind Ming Zhaoshuang to concentrate and not be influenced by the surroundings.
“Fourth Senior Sister, did you… have other voices in your mind earlier?”
“You did?” Tan Zhu’s eyes showed a hint of anxiety, and she quickly ran to Ming Zhaoshuang, reaching out her hand as if to probe her Sea of Consciousness, but then stopped herself in time.
The Sea of Consciousness was the most important place for a person.
Tan Zhu said, “That’s not right. Martial Uncle Feng is there, so you shouldn’t have been planted with a seed by the Heavenly Dao. Even if she’s unconscious now, it’s only been less than a year, right?”
In less than a year, such a seed wouldn’t easily take root and sprout, unless Ming Zhaoshuang’s psyche was extremely fragile.
But she felt that Ming Zhaoshuang shouldn’t be that kind of person.
【 Seeds… where did the seeds come from… you only have inner demons… you don’t have seeds on you. 】
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “Fourth Senior Sister, don’t worry about me for now. Were you planted with a seed by the Heavenly Dao before?”
Ming Zhaoshuang was clear about the seed in her own mind and didn’t care about it at all.
She was just thinking that from Tan Zhu’s own nonchalant experiences, her seeds might have grown faster and more luxuriantly than theirs.
In fact, Tan Zhu’s seeds hadn’t even been pulled out yet.
Otherwise, Ming Zhaoshuang wouldn’t have felt so sad about what she said.
“I was planted,” Tan Zhu smiled carelessly, “but it doesn’t matter, Senior Sister is used to it.”
She no longer cared what the seed said.
She could suppress it.
“Didn’t Uncle Yi help you pull it out?”
“Seeds are not that easy to pull out.” Tan Zhu shook her head, “When I met Honored Master, the seeds had already grown branches and leaves. Even though Honored Master guided me many times, my aptitude was limited. I couldn’t perceive it, couldn’t see through it, and couldn’t pull it out at all. Even Honored Master could only suppress it.”
Ming Zhaoshuang was a little worried.
Tan Zhu, however, smiled and was completely unconcerned. She pinched Ming Zhaoshuang’s cheek and said with a smile, “Alright, your Senior Sister is far more powerful than you imagine.”
“Alright, let Senior Sister see how you…”
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Ming Zhaoshuang’s face turn cold, and she fiercely stabbed her with a sword!
