OBS Chapter 370: A poignant love story...
Chapter 370: A poignant love story...
Xiao Yu: "..."
Do you even want to listen to what you're saying?
"So, have you actually been there or not?"
"I don't know, all I know is that it's completely different from our world!"
Under Xiao Yu's repeated questioning, Master Ashura no longer concealed anything. His deep gaze swept across the night sky, as if recalling something, and he began to speak slowly and deliberately:
"That was when I was young, but I can't remember exactly how young..."
Next, the old man in black robes told his story.
In his youth, he fell into an underground world while being chased by his enemies.
Then, he met a girl there.
The girl was very innocent and kind.
She not only saved him, but also took good care of him.
Just like the stories in folk tales.
Then, naturally, the two fell in love and got together.
However, when Ash had fully recovered, he asked the girl how she left.
Only then did I learn that the place was isolated from the world.
Perhaps, it doesn't even exist in his world.
Once outsiders enter, they are not allowed to leave and are unable to do so.
Ash was just a young prodigal son at the time.
Like most young people, his dream is to reach for the stars and the sea.
Completely oblivious to romance, he loudly accused the girl of deceiving him.
Little did he know, the girl had already seen that he did not belong to this world.
They defied the tribe's prohibitions, secretly released him, and sent him away.
"I was actually quite happy when I left! Haha!"
Master Ashura's eyes were filled with a mocking smile as he spoke, but it quickly vanished: "But after I left, I remembered the tribal prohibition tablet I saw in the underground world..."
Those who betray their tribe, even if the girl is the chief's daughter, will be subjected to torture.
When the girl saw him off, her face was full of reluctance and despair.
At that moment, young Ashura suddenly felt as if his heart was being torn apart, filled with remorse.
He wasn't a good person.
But she was his woman, the only woman he had ever loved.
For his sake, they had to endure unimaginable torture.
And... there is endless loneliness, longing for someone... whom one can never see again in this lifetime.
"In the decades that followed, I studied various formations with all my might and gradually became a formation master, but I could not find my way home at all." As Master Ashu said this, tears streamed down his withered old face.
Not for himself, but for the one he loved.
That innocent and kind-hearted girl.
What kind of pain did she endure for this scumbag?
"So...you punish yourself by trapping yourself in a basement where there's never any sunlight?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu was filled with mixed feelings. Putting himself in her shoes, he knew that the girl certainly didn't want Master Ashu to leave, but she didn't want to restrict her lover's steps because of herself.
When you like someone, you'll do everything you can to keep them by your side.
But if you love someone, you'll let them go and grant them everything they desire!
What the girl didn't know was that she chose to sacrifice herself for the sake of the one she loved.
However... Master Ashura spent his entire life filled with regret.
To punish himself, he drew a circle around himself and imprisoned himself in a basement where he would never see the light of day.
Isn't this kind of life a form of torture?
"Is what you want me to do also related to that place?" Xiao Yu looked at the old man in black robes.
At that moment, Master Ashura seemed to realize that his lover might still be suffering for him, and his gray eyes became empty and lifeless.
It was as if he had aged decades in an instant.
"That's right!"
Master Ashura's gaunt face slowly turned to Xiao Yu, his eyes filled with expectation: "With your talent, you might be able to figure out the truth of the world. Perhaps one day, you will have the opportunity to find that magical place, hand over my body to those people, and she will be free."
“This…” Xiao Yu frowned slightly upon hearing this.
He never expected that Master Ashura would ask him for this kind of help.
He thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "If you die of old age, your beloved person may also be no longer alive. What's the point of doing all this?"
Judging from Master Ashura's appearance, the wrinkles on his face could trap a swarm of flies.
It's easy to imagine that the other person is really old.
Xiao Yu didn't know what this world was like, but in his previous life, such an old man would have been at least seventy or eighty years old.
His beloved is probably nearing the end of her life, perhaps already long gone.
No! You don't understand at all!
Master Ashura roared, his tone suddenly turning sharp, "Don't you find it strange? The power gained through the totem technique, while not inheritable like the Flame Clan's, carries extremely low risk. And this teleportation array that can instantly traverse millions of miles completely defies the laws of nature..."
Haven't you ever wondered where all these amazing things come from?
"What? You mean..." Xiao Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, his heart once again shocked.
"That's right! They all come from that magical place! She taught me all of this!"
Master Ashura nodded and said with a wry smile, "Their appearance is no different from ours, but... the methods they possess are completely different from ours! And some of them are similar to those in your book 'Investiture of the Gods'."
The people there have an average lifespan of at least two hundred years! With her talent, she must still be alive!
"Average lifespan, at least two hundred years or more?" Xiao Yu's eyelids twitched.
His lifespan has now reached tens of thousands of years, but it is all thanks to the system's functions.
But how come the people in that place have broken the human lifespan limit? That's very unscientific!
Moreover, he had always felt that teleportation arrays were something that only existed in cultivation worlds or magic worlds, and there was no reason for such a thing to appear in superpowered worlds.
Now, many things can be explained.
Is this place really not a cultivation world?
Xiao Yu asked suspiciously, "So, that's why you were testing me earlier."
The old man in black robes sighed, "It's a pity... you've never been to that other world."
Xiao Yu remained noncommittal, instead asking, "Since you say it's another world, and you yourself are a master of formations who have searched your whole life without finding it, what makes you think I can find that place?"
Although he has a system talent, he will definitely learn formations and such faster than Master Ashura.
However, searching for a vague and unreal place out of thin air always seems a bit unreliable.
"Because of it!"
Master Ashura trembled as he pulled off a jade beast-shaped carving that he always wore around his neck, saying, "This was given to me by her. At the height of my mastery of array formations, I could vaguely sense her location through this ancient jade, which seemed to be in the far east."
As he spoke, he handed the ancient jade to Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu took the ancient jade carved with a jet-black Qilin, scanned it with his spiritual power, and discovered that it was equally profound.
However, he could vaguely see a red thread.
The red thread stretched straight into the distance, very indistinct.
But one thing is certain: it points directly to the East.
"So, that place is in the mysterious East!"
Xiao Yu thought of something, and a glint flashed in his eyes. "Although the current senses are very vague, if we keep heading east, perhaps we can find traces of that place?"
"That's what I thought too. Or rather... I should have thought of it a long time ago."
Master Ash took the ancient jade from Xiao Yu's hand and said with trembling voice, "When she taught me the teleportation array cultivation method, I should have realized that she hoped that one day I could learn the teleportation array and find her."
That way, we can meet again!
Unfortunately, by the time I realized it, my days were numbered...
I used up my last bit of strength and headed east, traveling a very, very long way.
In the end, they only made it to the city of ruins before they could go no further...
The old man gazed eastward, his cloudy eyes filled with longing and resentment.
However, his body was like a candle flickering in the wind, as if it would be extinguished by a single gust of wind.
"I can agree to that!"
After a moment of silence, Xiao Yu finally spoke, "If one day I can really find that place..."
A place similar to a cultivation world, and even... teleportation arrays.
Are there other magical methods such as sealing formations and attack formations?
Not to mention, the people there can live for over two hundred years, just like in the world of immortal cultivation.
Xiao Yu was naturally very interested.
Find that place and figure out how they survived for so long.
Perhaps, the people of Longcheng can live for hundreds of years!
Since I have the Earth Dragon Turtle, I can just charge straight in.