Master of Strange Dao

"No," Xia Tian said, "I want to make him my great-grandfather, but I didn't agree."

"How long did it take you to adapt?"

"..." Yu Ziqing was silent for a moment, unsure how to respond.

"Didn't notice, maybe it was about one incense stick?"

"Really? I don't believe it!" Li Qiu was shocked. She didn't believe anyone could be naturally adaptable: "Unless you show me, you're here waiting specifically for me, right?"

With a thought, Yu Ziqing reversed the flow direction of the Five Elements, directly overturning them.

For the first time trying this outside, Yu Ziqing immediately sensed that the entire world seemed awkward, as if the whole world was rejecting him, trying to twist him. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel⦿fire.net

This force was much stronger than what he felt in Xi Family's stronghold.

In just a moment, Yu Ziqing switched back.

Li Qiu silently watched Yu Ziqing for a while. After a long time, she tentatively asked.

"What if I take on my master's role and accept you as an apprentice?"

It's the standard direct succession, even thicker-skinned than the Xi Family juniors, saying this as if it's only right and proper.

"Please don't, if you keep doing this, everyone I meet has to raise my seniority. Don't you have other tricks?

I came to find you because I have more important matters."

"More important than this?" Li Qiu was taken aback, somewhat puzzled.

"Do you know where you are now?"

"Yes, I just knew it, it's quite interesting. I only heard about it before, never saw it."

"..." Yu Ziqing found it difficult to communicate with her: "Do you know your consciousness has been extinguished?"

"I didn't know that, but if it's extinguished, so be it. I died long ago anyway. It's increasingly hard to switch identities, and I'm tired. I should return to eternal rest."

Li Qiu spoke casually, yet not dismissively, seeming to genuinely believe this, recognizing it as a natural law.

She felt the time was right to return to eternal rest peacefully, her ideas drastically different from typical cultivators.

This confounded Yu Ziqing.

"But after your consciousness is extinguished, your body remains. Its instincts want to recover the extinguished consciousness, which is why I came to find you."

"That shouldn't be," Li Qiu thought, quite determined, "Something must have happened, changing my thoughts."

Li Qiu looked at the distant city.

"This sealing, is it because of something there? Did my change of thought relate to the matters here?"

"I don't know. I have a question I'd like to ask you: how did you awaken to self-awareness?"

"I don't know, after chatting briefly with you I suddenly understood, like I should have understood all along, with no process."

Yu Ziqing nodded, seems Mo Huitou's words weren't wrong.

His current identity, in the sealing of Dadui, his will and ideas inherently bring about a significant impact.

Even if he doesn't deliberately act, changes will naturally occur.

If he wants to hide his identity, as long as he doesn't speak up, the other party likely won't find out.

This is important.

Because within the sealed subject, parts of Living Beings, if not all, at least most, after knowing his identity, might want to kill him.

Yu Ziqing observed Li Qiu's demeanor, and some ideas began to surface in his mind.

"Did you come here to watch the excitement? Or do you want to see what's really going on here?"

"Well, I heard about these wonders, so I came to have a look. The birth of life is always fascinating.

In the process of nurturing life, there exists a peculiar power.

I think there might not be a place more suitable for observation than here.

Perhaps there will be no such opportunity in the future."

"Would you like to enter the city for a closer look?"

"I'll observe first. If the danger isn't too great, it's best to closely observe some people."

Yu Ziqing squinted, "Oh, young Ruan Renwang, the curse here isn't very dangerous, but in nature, it certainly lives up to the malicious reputation of curses.

There's even a great possibility that this Big Zombie might spontaneously conceive a little zombie."

Yu Ziqing didn't stop her, casually saying.

"After all, this is just a sealing. Whatever you wanted to do originally, go ahead now. Just consider me nonexistent."

Yu Ziqing spoke casually, as there is room for trial and error.

He absently held a golden book, allowing Li Qiu to venture on her own.

Watching Li Qiu head towards the city, Yu Ziqing squinted, silently noting one thing.

Those whose true bodies are not sealed, even if they awaken to self-awareness, may not fully understand the matters within the seal.

If Li Qiu were knowledgeable about the circumstances inside the seal, as if she had truly experienced it, she wouldn't be acting this way now.

She and Mo Huitou are different, the key difference perhaps lies in the varying accumulation of knowledge.

Yu Ziqing noted this seemingly insignificant difference.

Li Qiu didn't recklessly enter the city; she continued observing from outside.

In a city, there are always so many people coming in and out daily, offering plenty of samples to observe.

Without the peculiar aura of the curse, it can be felt that many people leaving the city have a faint trace of vitality within.

No matter the gender, anyone noticeable, if they meet the condition, is all pregnant.

Only by not entering the city would an ordinary mortal remain unaffected by the effects of the curse.

Those afflicted by the curse find no relief in leaving the city.

Given the unique situation here, it's unknown whether the curse might use people as a medium to spread outward.