Foundation Establishment Means Death Sentence? Did My Simulator Glitch?

Chapter 85 The Person Inside the Statue—Wuji!

【The abnormal sensation you had just felt was extremely subtle.】

【At first, you had only noticed it when you broke through the third layer of the Heavenly Evolution Art.】

【In the beginning, you had thought it was just your imagination.】

【But after you had just broken through to Late Void Refinement, you sensed that strange fluctuation much more clearly.】

【You thought to yourself, Could it be that the Bronze Divine Hall contains another hidden mystery?】

【It could be said that the Bronze Divine Hall was the first Remote Ancient Era ruin you had ever come into contact with.】

【Moreover, the murals inside the Bronze Divine Hall recorded part of the truth of the Remote Ancient Era.】

【You stood up and carefully searched the Bronze Divine Hall for the source of that aura.】

【After closing your eyes, the aura of the Heavenly Evolution Art spread around your body, and at that moment, you sensed that energy even more clearly.】

【You walked in the direction of that energy, and in the end, you arrived beside a statue.】

【Only then did you discover that this power was emanating from the statue.】

【And the statue before your eyes was the very statue that contained the inheritance of the Heavenly Evolution Art.】

【You looked at the statue before you, inspecting it from every angle, but found nothing unusual.】

【In the end, you placed your hand on the statue, wanting to see whether there was any mechanism hidden inside.】

【The next second, your palm was stuck to the statue, and your expression changed drastically.】

【You tried to pull your hand away, only to discover that the statue was absorbing your Spiritual Energy.】

【In an instant, after more than half the Spiritual Energy in your body had been drained away, a flash of white light passed over the statue before your eyes.】

【Your body was instantly sucked into the statue, and your figure disappeared from the Bronze Divine Hall.】

【When you opened your eyes again, you found that you had appeared in a dim and shadowy space.】

【You had never expected that the statue inside the Bronze Divine Hall would conceal such a mystery.】

【You looked around and discovered that you were now inside a passageway.】

【Although you did not know where this place was, you could be certain that it had something to do with the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.】

【Only after cultivating the Heavenly Evolution Art could one trigger the statue and be pulled into this space.】

【You walked along the passageway. After an unknown length of time in the dark corridor, you saw a pavilion appear before you.】

【After taking a deep breath, you lifted your foot and walked into the pavilion.】

【The moment you entered, your steps abruptly halted, and your pupils shrank sharply at the sight before you.】

【In the center of the pavilion, you saw a person sitting cross-legged—a middle-aged man.】

【You had not expected there to actually be someone inside the statue. You just did not know whether the man before you was dead or alive.】

【You cautiously walked toward the man. When you arrived in front of him, the man before you suddenly opened his eyes slowly.】

【“How many ages have passed? What year is it now?”】

【“At last, someone has come!”】

【Your body stiffened abruptly, and you stared fixedly at the man before you.】

【“Who are you?”】

【As you looked at the man before you, you discovered that his eyes were filled with an unfathomable depth.】

【“Me? I have already forgotten what I was called.”】

【“I am someone who should have vanished into the river of time, yet I have lingered on until now by relying on the Bronze Divine Hall.”】

【“But now, my time is running out. Fortunately, at the very end, I encountered you.”】

【“You may call me Wuji!”】

【You looked at Wuji before you and asked curiously,】

【“Me? Were you waiting for me?”】

【Wuji smiled lightly.】

【“Yes... and no.”】

【“To be precise, I was waiting for someone who cultivated the Heavenly Evolution Art.”】

【“And you are the first person I have waited for and received.”】

【You looked warily at Wuji before you and asked him why, if there were many people who cultivated the Heavenly Evolution Art, no one else had arrived here.】

【Wuji told you that in order to enter the Bronze Divine Hall, one first had to reach the Extreme Realm of Qi Refining.】

【Wuji then told you that those who cultivated the Heavenly Evolution Art usually would not cultivate to the Extreme Realm of Qi Refining. Even the people of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion would not do such a thing.】

【After hearing that, you finally remembered that not just anyone could enter the Bronze Divine Hall.】

【Immediately afterward, Wuji asked you what the current Canglan Realm was like.】

【You briefly explained the present state of the Canglan Realm to him.】

【After hearing that, Wuji let out a long sigh.】

【“I never imagined that the Human Race of today would have so few Mahayana cultivators left in the Canglan Realm.”】

【At that moment, you suddenly asked Wuji whether he was from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.】

【Wuji did not hide it. He nodded and admitted that he was indeed one of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.】

【Seeing that, delight appeared on your face.】

【“Senior Wuji, may I ask where the former site of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is?”】

【When Wuji heard that, a nostalgic expression appeared on his face, and he immediately revealed a warm smile.】

【“The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is... is... where was it again?”】

【As he spoke, you saw the smile on Wuji’s face suddenly freeze. Right after that, he wore a deeply furrowed expression.】

【A long while later, you saw Wuji let out a sigh.】

【“Too much time has passed. My memory has already become extremely blurred. I have even forgotten the location of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.”】

【“However, I can be certain that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is in the Central Continent!”】

【Central Continent. You silently memorized the rough location of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.】

【But you knew from personal experience just how vast the Central Continent was. Even if the four great continents of the Canglan Realm were added together, they still might not equal its size.】

【Thinking of that, a headache immediately came over you.】

【Afterward, you asked Wuji what purpose he had in waiting here for someone to arrive.】

【Yet the answer you received left you deeply disappointed.】

【“To be honest, little friend, I have lost almost all of my memories.”】

【“I do not even know why I am here, or what purpose I have here. I only know some things about this Bronze Divine Hall and about the Bizarre Insects invading the Canglan Realm.”】

【From your expression, Wuji could see your disappointment.】

【“Little friend, do you have anything that can restore the soul?”】

【“Perhaps if my soul recovers, I will be able to remember more things.”】

【After hearing that, you looked at Wuji before you with a speechless expression.】

【Before entering this place, the statue had already absorbed more than half of your Spiritual Energy.】

【And now, not only had you gained nothing from Wuji, but he was instead asking you for a Spiritual Object.】

【However, you truly did not have any spiritual medicine capable of restoring the soul.】

【You told Wuji that more than ninety percent of the Canglan Realm’s resources were controlled by the Bizarre Insects, and that it was impossible for the Human Race to obtain spiritual medicine capable of repairing the soul.】

【A trace of disappointment flashed through Wuji’s eyes.】

【“Little friend, could you take me outside?”】

【“Before my soul completely dissipates, I want to take one last look at what the Canglan Realm looks like.”】

【When you heard that, your eyes narrowed slightly.】

【When you had first met Wuji, he had shown no attachment to the world. Yet now, he actually wanted you to take him outside.】

【That contrast before and after forced you to remain cautious.】

【“Oh? Senior wants to go outside and take a look?”】