412: Chapter 412 The conditions aren't difficult at all, so why is no one going?

On the waist of the snow mountain, a youth in blue robes was dragging a large suitcase as he climbed up.

"Long Tianxing's build is quite robust; he actually needs a 32-inch suitcase to fit."

Originally, Zhou Yan had looked at the unconscious Long Tianxing and thought it would be a hassle to leave him be, so he planned to bring him up the mountain as well.

However, whether carrying him on his back or in his arms, Zhou Yan felt strange whenever he saw that greasy, large face. Ultimately, after much thought, he used yuanwu xielü to create a suitcase, stuffed him inside, and brought him up the mountain.

Although it was even weirder, at least Zhou Yan's comfort level improved.

"Sigh, my Brother Long really is ill-fated."

Zhou Yan had already analyzed the Initial Flood Dragon's memories just now, but he hadn't obtained much from him.

This fellow was clearly in an incomplete state, possessing a great deal of pure malice and extremely subjective memories. With Zhou Yan's current power, it was still difficult to glimpse his true secrets.

In the information he did obtain, the part where he met Long Tianxing actually made up the majority.

From the acquired information, he learned that he had been harmed by his own Junior Brother.

That Junior Brother appeared honest and loyal on the surface, but was actually a sinister and cunning individual. Not only did he kill their Master, but he also used the Master's name to incite turmoil.

He utilized that chaos to kill everyone, all for the sake of prospering his own race—the Human Race that had usurped the name of humanity.

As for him, he had survived by relying on the strange characteristics of the half-step Void Refining and Dao Integration Realm.

Everything was stored within a few sections of bone, one of which was a rib residing here, waiting for an opportunity to return to this world.

As a result, he encountered that unlucky fellow, Long Tianxing.

Long Tianxing had been walking normally along that path and discovered an Underwater Manor in the water.

But to his surprise, upon entering, he found it was completely empty.

At the time, he thought there should be another Legacy, so he looked left and right.

When he finally confirmed that there was indeed nothing there, he kicked the wall in anger.

It was then that he discovered a weak spot in the wall.

He began kicking at that spot, and after some effort, he managed to scrape off a layer of the wall's surface. Upon looking closer, he saw a white bone structure inside.

And so, his body was overtaken.

That entire Immortal Cave was actually the Initial Flood Dragon's rib. He had walked right into the other party's rib, and since his priority wasn't higher than the Initial Flood Dragon's, he was controlled. Finally, the Initial Flood Dragon shrank the rib and stuffed himself into Long Tianxing's body.

It was all very direct and abrupt, but it happened nonetheless.

Zhou Yan had only one evaluation for this.

"Brother Long really is something else."

"You're here."

Zhou Yan looked up slightly, watching the monk standing on the mountain waiting for him.

"How about you step aside? At least let me get up first; chatting like this is quite awkward."

As soon as Zhou Yan spoke, he blocked everything the other party had intended to say.

The monk could only helplessly step aside, allowing Zhou Yan to reach the summit and return to the side of that giant boulder once more.

The monk just looked at Zhou Yan, staring straight at him without saying a word, while he also didn't know how to speak because of what the other party had just said.

The two of them were once again silent, just like when they first met.

This time, it was still the monk who spoke first.

"Where is the other young man who came here?"

Zhou Yan raised an eyebrow.

"You have business with him?"

"You could say that. After all, you two are among the few who can reach this place... your previous time doesn't count."

Recalling the time the other party had suddenly appeared near him, the monk added a clarification.

"To those who can reach this place, I give a few insignificant little things."

Listening to the monk's gentle voice, Zhou Yan gradually relaxed, except for the fact that facing that face directly was still a bit hard to take.

He didn't respond directly to the other party's words, but instead started a new topic himself.

"Are you Bodhidharma?"

The monk only thought about this for a moment.

"It seems Meng Zhang told you. He is as intelligent as always, thinking of the solution the moment he realized."

These words seemed to be addressed to Zhou Yan, yet also seemed like he was talking to himself.

"Then just as he said, you may call me Bodhidharma for now. This will make it easier for us to communicate."

"What is the Karma Meng Zhang spoke of?"

Bodhidharma shook his head.

"I might not be able to say what he couldn't. I know you have many questions, but I hope you filter them well before speaking. It will be better for both of us."

"However, as for Karma, it is ultimately about causes and effects. The cause has already occurred, so the fruit will arrive sooner or later, at most in a different form."

"You can wait quietly, or go explore what the cause was and use it to deduce the fruit."

This sounded like a load of nonsense.

If I can't ask this or that, then finding you is useless.

So Zhou Yan brushed it aside and asked another question.

"When I was communicating with Meng Zhang about things related to the Second Generation Ancestor of Humanity and time, a problem occurred with him."

"So I want to—" Zhou Yan, who originally wanted to ask directly, changed his tune, "I want to ask, what is the Initial Flood Dragon's impression of the Second Generation Ancestor of Humanity?"

Hearing this, a smile curled on Bodhidharma's decaying lips as he said one thing.

"It's not exactly good."

When these words were spoken, although Zhou Yan's expression didn't change, he felt an incomparable shock in his heart.

A thought occurred to him, so he immediately followed up with another question.

"What exactly is Void Refining and Dao Integration?"

Bodhidharma was about to speak, but his upturned lips pressed down again, and he finally shook his head.

"Fine, asking is useless anyway. Aren't you supposed to give me something? Hurry up and give it to me; I can't be bothered to ask anymore."

Zhou Yan felt like he was being played.

Although Meng Zhang was a bit of a pitfall and unreliable, he was truly honest. Even when he was failing, he still tried to say what shouldn't be said and convey as much as possible.

But the one in front of him had an air of mystery yet was too much of a riddler, unwilling to say a single extra word.

Bodhidharma saw Zhou Yan's dissatisfaction and then pulled a key from his robes and handed it to him.

The key was unremarkable, looking just like a rusty copper key, but this thing actually couldn't be scanned by the System either.

"I can answer your questions, but 'I' cannot. Your path is still very long. Take this, and you can find another Secret Realm to meet another version of me there. At that time, you will understand everything."

Looking at the floating key, Zhou Yan first felt that he had misjudged the monk and felt a bit embarrassed.

So after taking the key, he opened the suitcase and pushed Long Tianxing over along with the box.

Only then did Bodhidharma realize that Long Tianxing had been present the whole time.

He had thought the other party was placed elsewhere, not expecting him to be brought up packed in such a manner.

Furthermore, releasing him like this right after he gave the key made it feel like some kind of strange transaction was taking place; it was weird.

"By the way, Senior, how do I use this? Where do I use it?" Having received a reward, Zhou Yan immediately changed his tune and began calling him Senior.

However, after hearing what the other party said, his expression changed back again.

"It's simple."

"After you die, go to the Wheel of Reincarnation Path and use the key to look around. Once you find it, you can enter directly."

"Holy sh—"

Before Zhou Yan could finish his sentence, his figure disappeared from the spot, clearly having been teleported away.

Seeing the way the other party looked before leaving, Bodhidharma also rubbed his head, feeling a bit strange.

"That emotion again."

"The conditions clearly aren't hard, so why does no one go?"

Bodhidharma had wanted to chat a bit more with this Outworlder, but seeing him like this, he must have seen the backup plan left by Meng Zhang.

But since he didn't know anything, it meant the situation was already very serious, and the things Bodhidharma originally wanted to ask probably couldn't be discussed. So he directly gave him the Legacy, hoping they could communicate normally when the time came.

He hadn't expected the other party to have this kind of attitude.

His consciousness was not often active; he would wake up from time to time so that his consciousness could exist for a long period.

But even though this consciousness had existed for long enough, and that Legacy had existed for all these long years, he had sent it to many people, yet only one had gone.

He didn't even know who it was, only that there was such a record.

But something that can be easily obtained just by dying once and taking a trip to the Wheel of Reincarnation Path—why did so few people complete it?

Logically, the Prodigies who could reach this place all have extraordinary abilities and should be able to turn the impossible into the possible, so what could be difficult about this?

Not to mention he is a Outworlder; it should be even easier for him.

But seeing him like that, Bodhidharma didn't know if he would go when the time came; he should have given more of a reminder earlier.

After his moment of puzzlement, he looked at Long Tianxing again.

At this time, because Zhou Yan had left, the box had turned into ordinary wood and was gradually withering.

"No wonder he would suddenly say those things; it turns out the Initial Flood Dragon is on you."

"That really is fate."

As he spoke, he didn't plan on waking Long Tianxing up, but simply gathered a point of light at his fingertip and tapped it on his forehead.

Then he pulled out another key and stuffed it into his hand, and after some thought, left a note.

After watching Long Tianxing leave, Bodhidharma's figure also became a bit more illusory.

"My time is running out, so I'll be going to sleep now. Take care."

Bodhidharma said to the Void Realm beside him.

With that, he returned to his boat. The small boat sailed slowly, but the wind and snow grew even colder.