OBS Chapter 419 Second Life
Chapter 419 Second Life
The carriage rushed forward against the mountain wind. When it arrived at the gate of Xuanyuan Temple, the invisibility talisman on Jiang Yuanfeng's body had just expired.
He covered his heart, looked at the pitch-black twilight, and with Shadow, he rolled over and immediately jumped over the wall into the temple.
When dealing with the Taoist priest Bao Puzi, it was Xu Bai who did it. When he was about to die, he secretly entered his room and took the Impermanence Soul Chasing Box.
After all, Baopuzi was his senior brother. The things he usually used to give acupuncture to people in this temple had now become his most convenient magical instruments.
But today, since others have obtained information from this temple that he is not aware of, it must mean that there are some secrets in it that he has not discovered!
He and Shadow walked all the way into the temple.
Recalling the time when Baopuzi was still alive, he had disguised himself several times to approach him and even sent people to follow him and monitor his every move.
At that time, his subordinates reported that the old Taoist had three favorite places to go: his bedroom, Ziwei Terrace, and the main hall of Sanqing Temple.
The Ziwei Terrace in Xuanyuan Temple was built by an old Taoist priest himself and is mainly used for stargazing.
It was also because he had once seen him and Xu Wenshan on Ziwei Terrace that he knew the relationship between them and thought of a way to catch them both in one fell swoop.
Jiang Yuanfeng walked hurriedly, and he and Yingzi entered Baopuzi's former bedroom under the moonlight.
The bedroom is furnished as before.
It's simple and tidy, but now, it seems that it hasn't been cleaned for a while, so there is a thin layer of dust.
Shadow blew up the tinder, and Jiang Yuanfeng took advantage of the dim light and tiptoed around to take a quick look around.
For fifteen years, the house has remained furnished in the same way, and no one has touched it.
But for some reason, he felt something strange in his heart.
He sensed that... there seemed to be the aura of the young sect leader here.
Thinking of this, he inspected the area again with extreme caution, and then carefully looked through the dormitory, practice room, and magic weapon room one by one for the second time.
Tao Te Ching, Nanhua Jing, Cantongqi, Taiping Jing, Yunji Qiqian...
Everything was neatly arranged, just as it had been fifteen years ago. The room was less crowded, lacking the clear, spiritual energy that had graced Baopuzi when he had come all those years ago. Instead, there was a faint, dusty smell of desolation.
Got nothing.
Before leaving, he took a last look at the small table in the main room.
There were four finger prints on it, which were very clear on the table covered with a layer of dust.
His eyelids twitched. He took the tinder from Shadow's hand and examined it closely. There were only a few specks of dust on it, suggesting fresh handprints. Judging by the time, it must have been made yesterday.
He stood up and glanced around the room again.
The young sect leader had been here before, but at the moment, there seemed to be nothing unusual here.
A few fingerprints didn't mean much, and they were clearly displayed at the gate. Therefore, there was no result here.
He ordered Yingzi to close the door, blew out the fire stick, and hurried with the other two to the next place where Baopuzi might have kept his secrets.
The two of them turned a corner and came out of the back hall. Shadow thought that since they were close, Jiang Yuanfeng would go to the main hall of Sanqing Temple first to take a look, but he didn't expect that the man walked towards the direction of Yaowang Temple without looking around.
After taking a look at the main hall of the Sanqing Temple, Shadow whispered, "This is also where Baopuzi often stayed during his lifetime. It's also nearby. Why don't you go in and take a look first?"
"No, let's go directly to Ziwei Terrace."
The main hall of Sanqing Temple is where all the disciples in the temple do their daily homework. It is also the place where the most patrons come and go. Because of his relationship with Xu Bai, he has been here no less than a hundred times. However, that place is vulgar, and usually many greedy people come here to ask for this and that. They have no other desires except for money.
Ziwei Terrace was outside the Lingxing Gate behind the Medicine King Hall. Without even turning his head, he walked quickly towards the Lingxing Gate.
At this moment, Lu Xuan and Sang Luo walked out from the deep dark shadows under the statue of Yuanshi Tianzun in the main hall of Sanqing Temple.
"Princess, do you want to follow?"
Under the hazy moonlight, a woman with skin that glowed with a fine sheen and dark pupils walked out from beside the statue that was quietly watching the evil spirits and monsters in the world.
She curled her lips slightly, "No need. Let him turn around first."
Tonight was a waxing moon, hanging in the sky like a thin, sharp gate knife. She looked up, shielding the missing half with her hand, and smiled like a fairy on the moon, bright and graceful, with a charming and graceful figure.
"In the past, he was always in the dark while I was in the light. Today, let him experience what it's like to be in the light while others are in the dark."
Ziwei Terrace had been unused for years, and scattered weeds had sprouted between the cracks in the bricks. Specks of emerald green moss blanketed the terrace's sides, interwoven under the moonlight with the sundial, armillary sphere, and the 28 constellations, creating a dreamlike scene of vicissitudes of life.
Jiang Yuanfeng hurried in from outside the Lingxing Gate, his ink-black robe fluttering in the moonlight and cold mist.
He stepped up the stairs one by one, first took a quick glance at the array of astronomical instruments on the table, then, as if finding nothing, he began to search carefully one by one.
Shadow didn't understand these mysterious techniques and couldn't help, so he could only stand on the stage and wait.
About a quarter of an hour later, he moved his ears and heard a metallic sound behind him.
He turned around and saw Jiang Yuanfeng on the Ziwei Terrace fiddling with the disc of the Twenty-Eight Constellations, but his expression was as if he was looking at the distant sky.
On the circular disk, the bronze star map shone with a cold, faint blue light, and the silver sand of the twenty-eight constellations slowly flowed through the tortoise shell patterns. The armillary sphere and the constellation disk rubbed against each other, sending up tiny red sparks. The sound, due to the rust and rapid rotation, was particularly scratchy.
There were two seven-star lamps standing on the eaves of Ziwei Terrace. They had not been used for many years and there was no trace of burning candles. But now they were like two black figures, staring at him sinisterly.
Jiang Yuanfeng's hand, which was holding the Twenty-Eight Mansions disk, was shaking uncontrollably. He covered his chest with his other hand, shaking his head and muttering, "No, that's not right! This is not right!"
The fog was thick and the stars were dim tonight, making it unsuitable for stargazing. However, he had just searched the Ziwei Terrace and found nothing unusual except for the armillary sphere and the constellation disk, which were different from those he had seen before.
However, it was precisely these anomalies in the celestial phenomena and constellations that made him suspicious, so he took the trouble to try to match the dim constellations in the sky with the star map.
But in response to this, his chest suddenly felt painful as if he was being skinned alive, and all the tendons and veins in his body seemed to be removed, and he suddenly felt a sweet and fishy taste in his throat.
The Pleiades are declining, flowing out of Ziwei, the Emperor Star is shining, and the Four Auxiliary Stars are returning to their positions.
Is this going to be the opposite?!
The fear in his heart caused his hands to tremble uncontrollably.
But this was not the most terrifying thing for him.
The secret he really saw, that terrifying celestial message!
The handle of the Big Dipper pointed south, the star map and the stars were misaligned, the Moon's trajectory was abnormal, and its light was dim. The armillary sphere and the constellation disk were clearly intact, but the constellations in the sky were completely inconsistent with the disk!
Time has been changed!
He had come here to observe the stars just a year ago, and even looked at the fate of Daliang's power and country in the next ten years.
What I saw at that time was that everything was clearly going in the right direction, and this was not the astrological sign at all!
The celestial phenomena changed so drastically in such a short period of time, and he was in the capital, under the same sky, but he didn't notice it at all.
No, this is totally wrong!
There is only one possibility, time has changed!
He peered through the mist, his deep eyes constantly peering into the depths of the sky, and the star disk around him was spinning faster and faster.
He got it.
Someone used mysterious power to change time, and someone came to deal with them deliberately!
And the person who was sent here at the altered time was Lu Xuan!
Lu Xuan, from rebirth!
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and with a "puff" sound, he vomited a mouthful of blood.
The sky and the earth seemed to change color. At this moment, everything in the world turned into quicksand, making it difficult for him to tell whether this was the past or the present.
The winds and clouds of fifteen years ago roared and shuttled above his head, connecting with the thin clouds and thick fog at the moment. It seemed as if he was the only one in the world, and power and status were within his reach.
However, in the blink of an eye, he seemed to have turned back into the traitor who was hunted by the sect to the ends of the earth nineteen years ago. The vast time has changed the cause and effect, but it seems that he has returned to the starting point again.
No wonder, no wonder he felt that in the past six months, nothing seemed to go according to his plans. It turned out that someone had already regarded him as a thorn in their side, and was willing to destroy him at any cost!