During this more than a year, the only thing that puzzled Chu Ge was the words left by that clownish guy who appeared after he defeated the mighty five-clawed golden dragon in his spiritual world and disappeared.
That clown nad Lin Danda once said, the sa set of cultivation techniques would beco a key in the third-level technique because his cultivation process was different; once he understood the mysteries within, it would open another mysterious door.
Everyone has curiosity, and Chu Ge is no exception. More precisely, for him now, if sothing can arouse his desire to explore, this feeling will be more intense than anyone else's.
It might sound arrogant, but it's an undeniable fact that he is now too powerful, and coupled with his past experiences, there are very few things worthy of his curiosity.
However, this is sothing Chu Ge has pondered over for more than a year and still lacks much understanding.
Involuntarily, Chu Ge started ditating again, his hands still maintaining a chopping skill that even Fruit Ninja would marvel at, yet his whole being instantly entered a ditative state.
Over the year of pondering, Chu Ge undoubtedly gained so progress. His spiritual power's growth and his control over spiritual power have reached an astonishing extent, leaving only one ten thousandth of his mind to chop vegetables ten tis a second with ease.
In fact, except when accompanying his wife and children, he has almost always been in such a ditative state over the past year, leaving no more than one ten thousandth of his mind to handle other aspects of life.
Although even if he didn't do so, no one would be able to discern anything wrong, and the notion that it would affect his communication with his wife and kids is laughable, yet he feels that not doing so would be letting down the woman who loves him deeply, who once worried for him again and again yet had to pretend to be strong.
Twelve abstract talismans, as if ghostly scribbles, quietly suspended in a golden, hallucinogenic world, Chu Ge thought, then swiftly dismantled these talismans into crooked little tadpoles, and as usual, began piecing these highly abstract things together in various ways, as if playing with building blocks or a jigsaw puzzle.
Chu Ge thought he was doing it right, because during this process, he saw a fleeting golden light on his impromptu creations more than once. Whenever a golden light appeared, his spiritual power would grow massively. In his view, it should be a sign confirming that his steps were correct.
Alas, if these were like Tetris, I would have cleared the ga already, right?
Chu Ge muttered to himself while piecing more than a thousand fragnted talismans into a disc-shaped prototype he had previously figured out.
In fact, if his guess was correct, he wasn't far from solving this bizarre puzzle.
With a thought, Chu Ge skillfully prepared dinner in the real world, while constantly perfecting the talisman fragnts into that disc in his spiritual world. Soon, a very abstract pattern appeared on the disc.
The main part of the disc's pattern is a 'pin' shape, surrounded by various bizarre symbols, looking like so sort of array; this was the fruit of Chu Ge's exploration for over a year. What he needed to do now was to perform different permutations and combinations on the central part of this pattern.
Chu Ge had tried the sa thing countless tis. No matter what answer this riddle held, just cracking the riddle had long beco his great joy.
Just when Chu Ge attempted for about ten minutes, placing a concave talisman fragnt right at the center of the disc, fitting it with another talisman fragnt, a golden ray suddenly flashed on the disc.
Hmm? Chu Ge was slightly stunned. Did it work? He hadn't had much hope, but did it actually work this ti?
Imdiately after, the dazzling golden light shot up from the disc. Even though Chu Ge's spiritual world was already radiant gold, compared to this suddenly appearing light, it was like the difference between a firefly and the moon, completely overshadowed.
anwhile, the connection between Chu Ge and the real world was suddenly interrupted.
Chu Ge licked his lips, staring in the direction where the golden light extended, a complex emotion welled up in his heart: part nervous, part expectant, part confused, but mostly excited to witness sothing.
The golden light shot up, growing from thin to thick, changing from palm-sized to a light beam over a ter in diater, then as though piercing the seemingly boundless firmant, it kept extending upward.
Even with Chu Ge tilting his head to look far ahead, he couldn't see the end of this golden light, just like... a towering pillar standing between heaven and earth!
Unknowingly, Chu Ge felt slightly dazed. This sensation hadn't occurred for him in who-knows-how-long. It seed a mont passed, yet also thousands and thousands of years. In the distant void, a faint silhouette gradually erged within the golden light pillar.
This silhouette descended steadily from the golden light. Chu Ge's gaze unconsciously followed the silhouette, and although he couldn't clearly see what the figure looked like, he felt a vague sense of familiarity.
As the image within the golden light drew nearer, that familiar feeling sharpened from unclear to distinct, intense.
Finally, the figure descending along the golden light landed on the ground, stepped right out from the golden light pillar, and stood in front of Chu Ge.
It was a young woman with jet-black hair down to her waist, possessing delicate and fresh features, dressed in white that outshone the snow. With the golden light pillar penetrating the void and sky as a backdrop, she seed like an immortal fairy descending from beyond the mortal world.
Gazing at that familiar face, Chu Ge was briefly distracted, then revealed a smile incomparably complex.
"I'm... really foolish. I should have guessed long ago. Perhaps... I didn't want to think of it all along?"
Yes, ever since they were young, Situ Ying had always been so outstanding, handling everything with effortless grace, as if there were nothing in this world that could trouble her. Now... it seems all of this finally had an explanation.
With a gentle sigh, Chu Ge softly said, "Xiao Ying, long ti, long ti no see."
Situ Ying smiled lightly, her expression more complex, "Yes, indeed, it has been a long, long ti."
Silence, despite having thousands of words to say in their hearts, there was only silence at this mont.
After a while, Situ Ying looked back at the golden light pillar that connected heaven and earth and finally broke the silence.
"Let's go."
"Where to?"
"To where you ought to go. Since we were young, you've never doubted my decisions. Facts proved I've never been wrong, so this ti, just continue to trust . Once we leave here, all the questions in your heart will have answers."
After speaking, Situ Ying turned around, facing the golden light pillar, sighing soundlessly.
Chu Ge stood still, frowning slightly, "Where I ought to go? Xiao Ying, I don't understand your aning. I'm sorry, I think I need an explanation now."
"I... can't explain."
"Why can't you?"
Situ Ying remained silent.
"Because she's just a humble maid, yet she had feelings for you, Prince. It's simply... I don't even know what to say about her."
A voice suddenly spoke from behind, startling Chu Ge. With his current vast spiritual power, if he wanted, he could even sense any wind blowing or grass swaying within the entire city, yet he felt neither before that voice sounded.
Even so, Chu Ge turned around slowly, for just from that stealthy ability of the speaker, if they intended to act against him, he probably... no, he would certainly have no chance to resist. This seed enough to prove the person bore no ill will, at least, not for now.
"It's you?" Chu Ge's brow furrowed tighter. Behind him appeared none other than that "Lin Danda."
"Hey? Not bad, staying pretty calm in such a situation. Let introduce myself, I'm Chu Zhongtian, your father, the Emperor."
Hearing Chu Zhongtian say that, Chu Ge's eyes twitched. Thinking of the three words that appeared in his sight that day, he finally connected the vertically written "Lin Danda" to "Chu Zhongtian."
However, more than this, Chu Ge cared about the words "father," "prince," and "maid" he ntioned with Situ Ying.
"Since this little girl is unwilling to speak, the Emperor Father will explain it to you."
At this ti, a chair inexplicably appeared behind Chu Zhongtian. He sat on it casually, legs crossed, speaking lazily.
Simply put, Chu Zhongtian belongs to another world, a world nad the Void Realm.
Just like the widely circulated myths and legends among common people describe, that is a world composed of beings with great powers and incredibly long lives, akin to what people imagine as the so-called Divine Realm, Immortal Realm—a splendid, bizarre world intertwined with many other worlds. In the eyes of the powerful in the Void Realm, these worlds are collectively called the "Mortal Realm."
The greatest link between the Mortal Realm and the Void Realm is so individuals in the Mortal Realm can sense the existence of the Void Realm due to various reasons, and if they're fortunate enough, they might enter the Void Realm in the way Mortal inhabitants describe as "shattering the void."
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