358: Chapter 2 Guji Pavilion, Da Luo Cave

"May the Sovereign Heaven above and the Sovereign Earth below bear witness."

"I, Dou Hong."

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"I, Feng Yao."

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"I, Gu Ji Ting."

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"Today, we form a bond of brotherhood, to share in adversity and advance or retreat together..."

"Should we break this oath, may we be destroyed by heaven and earth!"

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"It's done!"

"Hahaha, I've done it!"

"I see the trees clearly, I see the wind clearly, I see the sky clearly!"

"Given time, I shall be able to see through everything in this world as clearly as a fire."

"Observing all things, encompassing everything."

"This technique shall be called 'Daluo Cave Observation'."

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"Hu Tu, you are bullying the few with the many, disregarding the rules."

"Gu Ji Ting, you, one of the most rule-breaking demons of the Quánxìng, are talking to me about rules? Have you lost your mind!"

"Hand over the peculiar skill you've comprehended, and I may spare your life!"

"Dream on!"

"Then don't blame me for being impolite. Attack!"

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"Gu Ji Ting, you have nowhere left to run."

"Since you want the peculiar skill I've comprehended so much, I shall let you witness it."

"Daluo Cave Observation, activate!"

"People, where are the people?"

"I don't know, they just suddenly disappeared."

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"Where is this?"

"Daluo Cave Observation, activate!"

"This, this is... a Restriction!"

"So that's it, is this the price?"

"Those involved are confused, while bystanders are clear. Having seen everything clearly, I can only watch from the sidelines."

"Divine Ability cannot overcome the will of heaven!"

"No, I do not accept this! There must be a way to leave this place! There must be!"

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"Haha, it's here, the chance to leave is here!"

"Little doll, I'll borrow your body for a moment."

"Is this that little doll's inner landscape?"

"This is... a fish? No, it's the legendary—Kun!"

"No, don't strike me, I was wrong!"

"Don't..."

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Inside the inner landscape, Meng Li focused his mind to manifest into a human form, sitting atop the head of the Beiming Fish, watching the fragmented memories above as if watching a movie.

The Beiming Fish was the Dao Foundation he had forged after the fusion of his essence, energy, and spirit following his Undergoing Tribulation; it was also the black and white Yin and Yang fish he had previously incarnated as.

This signified that he had successfully undergone the Undergoing Tribulation and had smoothly entered the second stage of cultivation in Carefree Wandering Wind—the Foundation Establishment stage!

However, the Tianlong world he was previously in could not contain the Foundation Establishment stage, so the world's will took advantage of the Undergoing Tribulation to expel him, sending him into the Minor Thousand Worlds river.

The Minor Thousand Worlds river was the unknown river where Meng Li, in his Incarnation as the Beiming Fish, swam.

He had received this information when he was striving for an Epiphany upstream.

In addition, with the help of Carefree Wandering Wind, he had also comprehended a secret Rebirth technique called the "Beiming Rebirth Technique." This secret technique was similar to one with the same name in a movie from his first life; after casting it, it allowed him to be reborn and return to a youthful state.

He had cast the Beiming Rebirth Technique when entering this world, which was why he had turned into a child.

And the figure that had beckoned to Meng Li and seized the opportunity for "Possession" was the owner of the fragmented memories above.

The person was called "Gu Ji Ting," a hereditary sorcerer who had unique insights into researching Qi formations, with the goal of seeing the full picture of all things in the world. To achieve his goal, Gu Ji Ting did not hesitate to join the evil faction of this world, the "Quánxìng," and eventually swore brotherhood with a group of people with complex backgrounds.

This group of people, including Gu Ji Ting, totaled thirty-six, and they had once studied a supreme Legacy together.

In the end, the eight individuals with the highest Comprehension Ability among the thirty-six had each comprehended a miraculous peculiar skill from that Legacy based on their own circumstances.

Among them, Gu Ji Ting named the peculiar skill he had comprehended "Daluo Cave Observation."

Daluo Cave Observation could help him achieve the cultivation goal he had always pursued: to observe all things in the world, understand their principles, and combine them with his own abilities to utilize them.

But not long after Daluo Cave Observation was comprehended, Gu Ji Ting encountered a pursuit by a group of sorcerers.

Having no other choice, he had to cast the not-yet-fully-mastered Daluo Cave Observation, peeking into the principles of space to Transmigrate and escape.

As a result, whether he messed up or was played by Heaven, Gu Ji Ting had Transmigrated into the crevice of this world's barrier and was directly trapped. To leave, Gu Ji Ting cast Daluo Cave Observation again, realizing that he was in the crevice of the world and even glimpsed a corner of what lay beyond the world.

The existence of the world's crevice and what lay beyond the world were earth-shattering secrets for the living beings of this world, carrying extreme weight in terms of fate.

Gu Ji Ting's own life pattern could not withstand it and suffered a backlash, his state falling into virtualization, directly trapping him here unable to escape.

In short, he knew too much, but his strength was insufficient, so he was detected by the will of this world and locked in a dark room.

Gu Ji Ting felt this was the price for using Daluo Cave Observation and was unwilling to give up, so while searching for a way to escape, he further perfected Daluo Cave Observation.

Just when he had perfected Daluo Cave Observation, he finally found a way to escape, which was to wait for an Anomaly to appear and use the other party to escape.

After an unknown amount of time waiting, he had waited for Meng Li, intending to occupy his body to escape, but he did not expect to be struck by the lightning formed by the Beiming Fish absorbing the Lightning Tribulation, decomposing into some key memory fragments and a Daluo Cave Observation Legacy.

After Meng Li sorted things out, he felt this situation was somewhat familiar, but having lived for several lifetimes, he had too many memories, and having just been struck by lightning, he couldn't quite recall it for a moment.

Forget it, he would think about it after learning more information outside.

With his mind made up, Meng Li gathered his focus and left his Sea of Consciousness, which was the inner landscape.

When his consciousness returned to his body, he smelled a familiar strange odor, and after a moment of thought, he remembered it was the smell of hospital disinfectant from his first life.

Wait a minute, disinfectant?!

Could this world be a modern setting?!

Meng Li was startled, abruptly opening his eyes, and then saw a young girl and a tall, thin man.

The girl was about eighteen years old, with long, straight black hair, cold white skin, thin eyebrows, and thin lips.

She wore a white inner layer with a brown jacket on her upper body, and green trousers with blue cloth boots on her lower body.

The most striking thing about her was her eyes—distinct black and white, clear and bright, pure and flawless, which gave her an overall impression of a blank sheet of paper, clean and pure.

But for some reason, looking at her, Meng Li felt a tiny bit of familiarity, and then a word popped into his mind—Simpleton!

The tall, thin man looked to be around fifty years old, with half-black, half-white hair and a handlebar mustache.

He wore a white shirt on his upper body and navy blue trousers with black leather shoes on his lower body.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Meng Li discovered it was indeed the hospital ward from his first life's memories, just with a retro, dated feel.

Seeing Meng Li open his eyes, the tall, thin man spoke: "Little one, you're awake."

Meng Li was slightly stunned.

This accent, someone from Shu?

Immediately, he nodded and asked: "Who are you?"

The tall, thin man did not respond immediately, but instead walked to the door and closed it before saying: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Xu Xiang. This is Feng Baobao."

Subsequently, he asked: "Little one, what's your name?"

However, Meng Li was stunned.

Xu Xiang, Feng Baobao?!

The feeling of familiarity struck again, and he rapidly searched his memories in his mind—under one person?!

This is the world of the Chinese series under one person that he had watched in his first life?!

Thirty-six people forming an oath, Thirty-Six Thieves, Jia Shen Rebellion!

Daluo Cave Observation, Eight Peculiar Skills!

It matches!

With a thousand thoughts racing through his mind, Meng Li replied: "Meng Li."

"Where are you from?" Xu Xiang asked again.

"I don't remember."

Xu Xiang frowned: "What are your parents' names?"

"I don't remember."

"Why did you get struck by lightning?"

"I don't know."

"Do you have superpowers?"

"Does this count?"