"Alas!" The Fire Root Ancestor let out a long, sorrowful sigh. With a gentle touch of the index finger, a seven-foot-long, fiery red sword qi suddenly condensed into an invisible sword light, gently lifting a piece of skin. A unique, heart-wrenching skin, human skin!
This human skin is broken, and of course it has been defiled by those demons. The skin was supposed to belong to his master, but now it is covering another person, or rather, a ghost's corpse. A ghost? Could ghosts have corpses too?
No, ghosts certainly don't have corpses, but when covered with this peculiar human skin, it's quite different!
The Fire Root Ancestor was alone in deep sorrow, looking back at the thirteen beloved disciples beside him, and said in a low voice, "You are all from noble academies. I'm sure you have read many psychic scrolls. I wonder if you have any knowledge about these cat demons?"
"Reply to the master," Junye said, "the ancient scroll records that in ancient times there were cats, blood-red fur, and they drank blood to parasitize. It is Yin in nature, not the Yang cat of the world. He is good at peeling human skin and often sneaks into coffins in front of the funeral hall of the new dead, stealing and peeling human skin. That is why there are people who keep vigil day and night, originally to guard against this cat.
And because it is rarely seen on ordinary days and is often seen in front of the memorial hall of the dead, it is called the spirit cat."
"You recite the books very well!" " Though the Fire Root ancestor praised him, there was not even a hint of praise in his words. Then he said, "Do you know why these spirit cats steal human skin?"
"I don't know." Huo Junye had already seen the displeasure on his master's face with his chest hunched and head lowered.
"Who among you knows?" The Fire Root Ancestor asked the other disciples. As a result, all the disciples, if one of them did not know, all of them did not know. Could it be that they colluded and deliberately said they didn't know? Of course not. They graduated from the same school and read the same ancient scrolls. What they knew was just a little bit. Beyond that, of course, nothing was known.
Therefore, the Fire Root Ancestor was very displeased. After years of study, could it be that he has only learned a few superficial things? The essence is not learned at all? Apply what you've learned, apply what you've learned... Isn't it ridiculous to learn so much that you can't apply it? Isn't it pitiful? Wouldn't it disappoint such a great master as the Fire Root ancestor?
Among all the descendants, who will carry on the great responsibility?
How pitiful!
"The ghost-eating maniacs are not recorded in your ancient scrolls, of course?" "The Fire Root Ancestor retorted.
"None." The disciples answered in unison.
"Then I don't know!" Ningxiang suddenly laughed and said, "You are all fools. If you don't even know the ghoth-eating maniac, how can you cultivate and eliminate demons? Brother Wind, do you know?"
Kellen looked at Ningxiang with an innocent little face and laughed, "I don't know either." Kellen indeed did not know.
"Brother Wind is so cultivated that he doesn't even know? How strange!" Ningxiang said.
"Strange?" The Fire Root Ancestor forced a smile, a smile laced with a few kinds of bitterness. He added, "If I don't know who the master of Wind is, I will find it strange too. But when I saw Feng's swordsmanship, it was no longer strange. Given that Feng 'er's master would rather sit and pass away than ascend to immortality, how could he tell Feng 'er many past events?"
The Fire Root Ancestor turned back and looked at his beloved disciples, saying, "You are all surprising to me! The training of the high hall and the guidance of the elders and masters, how will they benefit the people in the future? What makes me even more puzzled is that you haven't fully learned the history of the previous foundation and the cultural origin that has been passed down through the ages. How will the successors in the future carry on the tradition?
Even if one could live for thousands of years and forget the original nature of the ancestors, who would still know who they are? What's the use of living?"
"The master is teaching!" "I hope your master will explain in detail. Your disciple will follow your teachings, practice three times a day, and never forget for the rest of his life."
"Then let me give you a detailed introduction to the ghost-eating maniacus. Listen carefully!" "The Fire Root Ancestor instructed.
"Yes!" "Remember, disciple!" All the disciples replied.
Hearing the indication of the Fire Root Ancestor, he did not refuse and explained, "The ghostly maniac is the remnant of the ancient war between gods and demons. At that time, the power of the ghost-eating maniac was still very small, just a tiny branch of the Devil Sect. As a branch of the Devilish Sect, of course it belongs to the category of ghosts, and it has nothing to do with me, the netherworld.
The Ghost-eating Maniac, though a minor branch of the devil, practices ghostly techniques that are extremely heretical! Their magic is to eat and transform the blood essence of the ghost to absorb the spirit and energy of the ghost, and then integrate it into their own ghost body and transform it into a demon. The more profound the technique of consuming and transforming the blood essence of ghosts, the more advanced the Daoist method, the more powerful and rapid the growth of one's demonic nature. Therefore, this group of evil spirits needs to constantly consume and transform the blood essence of the netherworld throughout the day.
However, it is extremely difficult to take in the flesh of the ghost, and without the assistance of the corpse form, even if you obtain the ghost, you cannot take in its blood essence. The only way is to reincarnate a dead body, place the captured demon on someone else's dead body and eat it, and then the sorcery will succeed.
It turns out that the mastermind of the ghost-eating maniac, known as Meigong, has created a set of sorcery: reincarnation through skin. With just one fresh human skin, you can avoid the trouble of reincarnating a corpse. The spirit cat is naturally fond of peeling human skin, and when skillfully utilized, it achieves success in magic cultivation even faster!
Later, under the command of the Demon King, the Ghost-Eating Mad Demon sect gradually flourished.
One of the most terrifying kinds of inertia, whether gods, demons, humans or ghosts, is dependence. For tens of thousands of years, the ghost-eating maniac has been interdependent and symbiotic with the spirit cat. When the spirit cat dies, the ghosts have no reliance, and their cultivation skills can no longer succeed. At the critical moment, how could they not fight desperately?"
Hearing Diting's explanation to this point, Ningxiang suddenly asked, "Grandpa, since the ghoth-eating maniacs are so vicious, why didn't you get rid of them completely in the first place?"
"Because at that time they were very weak and not worth mentioning. And because they caught up with a man, a kind-hearted good man." When the Fire Root Ancestor thought of this, his eyes suddenly became deep. It seems that this man is a mystery, a mystery that fascinates, a mystery that is admired.
"A good person? What kind of good person? I don't understand? Grandpa..." Ningxiang's little hand was foolishly shaking the big hand of the Fire Root ancestor. "Did that good man spare this group of evil spirits?"
"Not bad." The Fire Root Ancestor's eyes were still deep, seemingly not wanting to come to his senses from the distant past. But his own spirit is not in the past; it has always lived in the present.
"Ah! How stupid! Can such a vicious ghost be spared? Who is that person? Have I seen him too? Is it Uncle Shui Gongjin? It must be him, and only he has the ability to indulge in life and death, right? Grandpa..." Ningxiang shook the big hand of the Fire Root Ancestor vigorously, eager to know the answer.
Ningxiang didn't really want to know why this man had spared those evil spirits in the first place. She was thinking about something else - could this person be Uncle Gongjin? If not, who else in the three realms could have such great power? HMPH, do not let me know. If I do, hehe... First, "borrow" a few of his magic treasures to play with, and then hehe...
Thinking of this, Ningxiang smiled happily, but the smile bloomed in her heart and did not show the slightest on her face. The two little hands, however, kept shaking one of the big hands of the Fire Root ancestor. This act of coquettishness is simply adorable.
The Fire Root Ancestor slowly subdued his expression, and finally a pair of bright, fiery eyes landed on Kellen, and said slowly, "This character has a very deep connection with the wind."
"He is Brother Wind's master, isn't he?" Ningxiang's talent is truly excellent. With just a few words from the Fire Root Ancestor, Ningxiang has guessed pretty accurately. The Fire Root Ancestor did not reply, but nodded slightly, indicating his tacit consent.
"Alas - what a pity!" It's a pity that he has passed away. Otherwise, he would have been a good grandpa who loved and cared for me! Although Ningxiang thought so, she did not say so. Instead, a little grown-up's dejected look, with a very cute and funny expression. "Grandpa, why did he spare such a evil spirit? Shouldn't these evil spirits be killed?"
"Kill! Why not kill!" With the nature of the Fire Root Ancestor, he must kill the root of the grass. "But who knows why he didn't kill the root of the grass in the first place? He... Too odd, too mysterious!" With a long sigh, the Fire Root Ancestor asked Diting, "Diting, you tell me, what was it for in the first place? Why did he spare so many remnants?"
Listen slowly: "For love! Regret! To reform oneself."
"But... He's wrong." The Fire Root Ancestor dejected. "These remnants must have calculated the exact time of his death, and therefore came well-prepared. But these remnants are probably wrong..." The Fire Root Ancestor's gaze suddenly fell on Kellen, as if he saw something... Say a young man, a life full of vigor and vitality! Could this person be Kellen!
"Wrong! Totally wrong, wrong on top of wrong!" In the fiery eyes of the Fire Root Ancestor, there shone a rich sword soul. This flickering soul of the sword is growing slowly. Looking at the situation, it seems more vigorous than the dashing "he" of the past!
This "he" of course refers to Kellen's mentor.
"He" is wrong. He shouldn't have left these remnants back then! How could these remnants have reformed themselves? Demons are demons, unadulterated demons! But "demon" is wrong too! They should not predict the time of his death, nor should they wait for an opportunity to come back. They should obediently reform themselves! Because, after ten thousand reincarnations, another "he" has been born!
Wrong, they are all wrong! Totally wrong!
"No mistake!" Diting said firmly at this point.
"No mistake?" The Fire Root Ancestor was taken aback, turned his expression and said, "Hasn't heaven already made a choice?"
"Yes." Listen carefully.
"Is it not him who has chosen?" The "he" of the Fire Root Ancestor naturally refers to his precious "wind".
"It's him! But it's not him, so there's no mistake!" Listen carefully to this "he", and it is precisely Kellen. But the deeper meaning of listening to this is quite perplexing!
Especially for someone as impatient as the Fire Root Ancestor, he was more eager to know the reason, the profound meaning of the heavenly secrets. Not wanting to hear such vague and ambiguous words, he asked, "Why?"
"Further down there is the secret of the heavens!" Listen carefully, indeed. The secrets of heaven must not be revealed. Even the Fire Root Ancestor, the chief of the five guardian deities, cannot overstep his authority to understand the secrets of heaven. This secret might be very mysterious and strange. I'm afraid that even the Fire Root Ancestor may not be able to understand or agree.
The secret of the universe is the secret of the universe, mysterious and enigmatic, like a person - Kellen's mentor. It is better to sit and pass away than to ascend to immortality. What kind of person is "he"? Why did Kellen happen to be his choice?
Of course, we can't forget Elara! What kind of person will Elara be again? Why did she also become the choice of heaven? Coincidence? Accidental? Or predestined?
No one knows. Especially someone like Kellen, a person without a past! Everyone has reincarnation, so everyone has a past. But Kellen doesn't. Because Kellen doesn't belong to anyone. He has an empty mind, as empty as the vast sky, as bright as the sun, moon and stars. After hearing the ambiguous conversation between the Fire Root Ancestor and Diting, Kellen felt even more confused in her heart.
Confused, not thinking at all - that was Kellen's nature.