143: Why rush in like this, giving out the Heavenly Decree without even fighting in the Sequence Battle?

Soon, Shen Nian followed this path. The further he walked, the more the Dao rhyme on his body dissipated, and his Realm gradually regressed. Fortunately, his Physical Body strength remained.

At the same time!

Shen Nian was surprised to find that the passage of time seemed to be gradually slowing down, but he himself was unaffected.

"This place can actually dispel my cultivation, and the flow of time is also different..." Shen Nian was a little shocked, and Nether Moon's explanation immediately sounded in his ear.

"The wielder need not panic; your cultivation will automatically recover after leaving Cangtian Palace..."

"One year here is one day outside..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Nian was stunned, then suddenly thought of something.

Holy crap!

How would simulating here be calculated?

If I simulate for a year here, does that mean a hundred years outside?

If that's the case, wouldn't I be soaring?

But the System's voice followed.

[Host, that won't work. Wherever you are, the simulation value will be calculated according to that world...]

“...” Shen Nian immediately fell silent, ignoring the System, and instead pondered why his cultivation needed to be dispelled.

However, when Shen Nian asked why he needed to dispel his cultivation, Nether Moon merely told him that all answers would be revealed once he passed the assessment and became the true wielder.

"So secretive, what's the point of all these tricks..." Shen Nian was a little displeased and strode forward.

After walking through the small path, Shen Nian's cultivation completely vanished, leaving him without Divine Thought, which made him a little unaccustomed.

Not far from him, a small town gate stood alone, built from ancient tree roots, with several large characters at the top. However, perhaps due to the passage of too much time, they were already clearly illegible.

The Shen Family, Cangtian Palace.

In reality, within the cangtian token was a small town, appearing ordinary, with only a few somewhat crude courtyards scattered about.

"Does the Ninth Ancestor live here?"

"So desolate, is this even fit for human habitation?" Shen Nian surveyed his surroundings, finding nothing but barrenness, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Suddenly!

Shen Nian noticed a small boy not far away, squatting on the ground with his hands behind his back, as if he had been there for a very long time.

"When did he appear..." Shen Nian frowned slightly, then thought that he might have simply not noticed him because his cultivation had dissipated and his Divine Thought couldn't perceive him.

Immediately after.

Shen Nian walked towards the child. The child made no movement until Shen Nian reached his side. It was then that Shen Nian realized that although the small boy was dressed in ordinary cloth, he had an exceptionally refined appearance, with red lips and white teeth, sword-like eyebrows, and starry eyes, clearly extraordinary.

"Could this be the Ninth Ancestor?"

"Reverting to childhood?"

"Or a final burst of energy before death?"

Shen Nian thought of this for no reason, then followed the little boy's gaze, looking at the pitted ground, where there were a few broken stones, and nothing else.

After standing for a moment.

Shen Nian thought that if the other party truly was the Ninth Ancestor, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to talk to him from above, so he also squatted down and asked softly, "What are you looking at?"

"Shh!" The little boy immediately put a finger to his lips, his eyes blue, as if a sea of stars danced within them.

"Quiet, you'll scare them all away!" the little boy said very seriously.

This made Shen Nian a little nervous, and he immediately looked at the broken stones on the ground, frowning deeply.

Could it be that I can't see them because I've lost my Realm?

If it were anywhere else, Shen Nian might not care, but this was Cangtian Palace, so it was no wonder he became cautious.

And so, Shen Nian also squatted down very seriously and began to watch.

Half an hour later.

"What are you looking at?" Shen Nian finally couldn't help but ask softly. He felt a bit idiotic squatting there, staring at a few stones.

The little boy was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Shen Nian: "Can't you see them?"

Shen Nian frowned, squinting carefully at the ground, and shook his head.

"Oh, then maybe you're not sick," the little boy said softly with an "oh."

“...” Shen Nian's mouth twitched, saying, "What do you mean?"

Immediately after.

The little boy reached out, picked up the broken stones, put them into the pocket at his waist, then stood up and said, "Okay, look, they're gone. They actually all went home. I think you're interesting, so I'll take you to see little chicks?"

Shen Nian was silent at this scene; he increasingly felt that something was wrong.

What is this?

They go home when you put them in your bag?

Do you take me for an idiot?

"Come on, let's go, let's go..." The little boy excitedly pulled Shen Nian.

Shen Nian thought about it and still let the little boy lead him.

One last time!

Don't give me any more of these deceptive tricks!

Soon, the little boy pulled Shen Nian to a larger stone, sat on the ground without a word, propped his head up, and just stared at it.

“...” Shen Nian's eyelid twitched, feeling like he had been tricked.

"Who exactly are you? Are you the Ninth Ancestor?" Shen Nian asked directly.

The little boy was stunned for a moment and said, "Big brother, what are you talking about? How old do I look? How could I be an Old Ancestor?"

Shen Nian was speechless, looking at the little boy, and the little boy looked back at him.

"Big brother?"

"Is it appropriate for you to call me that?"

"Could this little boy really not be the Ninth Ancestor?"

"Then why is he in Cangtian Palace?"

As Shen Nian pondered, the little boy's voice rang out again.

"Big brother, look, the chicken is flying!" the little boy exclaimed in surprise, pointing at the motionless stone in front of him.

Shen Nian, however, was bewildered. This little boy must be crazy.

"Can't you see it?" the little boy asked again.

Shen Nian still shook his head.

The little boy shrugged helplessly, then stood up.

"Never mind, it's time to go home for dinner. Next time, I'll take you to see them with me if there's a chance."

With that, the little boy patted the dust off himself and walked away, humming a tune and muttering to himself.

"Guanyin may not be Guanzizai, how could Zhenwu ever see his true self? The shackles of the past were but a dream, no mind, no form, no self. A single word, a half-sentence, can lead to profound understanding, why need ten thousand scrolls of heavenly books? If one is not burdened by form, then before one's eyes is the Great Luo Heaven..."

"Great Luo Heaven, oh..."

Shen Nian stood there in a daze, but when he came to his senses, he found that he had always been standing in the small town, as if the little boy had never appeared... "Wielder..."

"Wielder..."

Hearing Nether Moon's call, Shen Nian finally reacted and said, "Yes..."

"Was the wielder distracted just now?"

"Ahead is the courtyard of the Shen Family's Ninth Ancestor. Nether Moon will not remind you again; the Ninth Ancestor will inform you..."

Shen Nian heard this and nodded thoughtfully.

What was that just now?

An illusion?

In Cangtian Palace, even the Cangtian Artifact Spirit didn't notice the little boy?

Something's wrong here!

At this moment.

In the courtyard with a large locust tree, sounds of conversation could be heard.

"Shen Nian?"

"Who is it?"

"From which generation?"

"So bold, they didn't even fight in the Sequence War and just gave him a cangtian token?"