I Can See Health Bars in Real Life-Chapter 419 - 39: Penglai Island – The Arrow Across Time and Space (Part 2)

There were no demonic arrivals, and ever since the last experience, the Witch has constantly been concealing the presence of the Four Souls Jade.

As for the strange sensation just now, he didn’t know what it was about, vaguely feeling as if something attractive appeared in some direction. However, as he mentally extended towards that way, he pushed to the limit yet couldn’t discover what it was.

The source hasn’t disappeared, but it seems to exist at a very, very distant place.

"Penglai Island... has appeared."

Kikyo gazed at him and said calmly.

"Penglai Island..." Gu Mo raised an eyebrow. It seemed like they had just talked about this not long ago, and now coincidentally it appeared... Yet, considering a fifty-year cycle, it’s exactly five hundred years now, no more, no less, so this year aligns just right too.

However, Kikyo doesn’t seem to have a wound on her back like Big Dog, caused by the Four Fighting Gods—

That is both a wound and a battle letter of life and death. Each time Penglai Island reappears at the correct time, the scars left by the Four Fighting Gods reappear... This is a signal too, so without this exact signal, how did Kikyo directly confirm it’s Penglai Island? Because of the strange feeling just now?

"That was the fluctuation of the Clanging Cauldron..."

Uttering these words softly, the Witch frowned tightly, her gaze holding a slight peculiarity as she stared at him.

"Penglai Island is the Divine Island of ancient times, supposedly a spiritual land left by ancient celestial beings. The Clanging Cauldron is also said to be an alchemy furnace left by those ancient alchemists a long time ago, with the earth vein of the entire island as its foundation, it’s also the source of spiritual power on the island..."

"Once it manifests, the fluctuation can be sensed from a considerable distance, although it will only appear for a very brief period, much like how Penglai Island vanishes overnight. However, over time, it indeed attracts many people or demons with ulterior motives..."

She had been to Penglai Island, naturally understanding more clearly what caused the strange fluctuation just now.

It must be that the island’s barrier is meeting its fifty-year cyclical weakening, allowing Penglai Island to reappear in the earthly realm, thereby releasing the power fluctuation of the Clanging Cauldron...

To ordinary people, there would be no observable anomaly, but to those with extraordinary power, it would be a different case... Hmm, the demons should be able to sense it too.

"Don’t look at me like that, I’ve never been to Penglai Island..."

Gu Mo scratched his cheek, understanding the meaning within Kikyo’s peculiar gaze, but he genuinely had no idea. Although he was aware of Penglai Island’s existence and its pattern of periodic appearances and disappearances, as well as events that transpired on the island...

That was the extent of it.

Kikyo nodded slightly, not putting much stock in it. There are numerous ambitious individuals pursuing the power and secrets of Penglai Island; in their era, it wasn’t much different from those seeking the Four Souls Jade, yet there are certainly those not interested as well, so it’s normal not to know.

Just like how Big Dog knows of the Four Souls Jade yet dismisses it with disdain.

The Witch reflexively considered that this person might be similar.

"Shall we go take a look?"

Gu Mo asked, though knowing the answer was affirmative.

Kikyo watched as the fireworks in the sky gradually faded, the grand festival lasting until now finally came to an end, no longer resonating with the sound of fireworks. The splendid and dreamlike spectacle bowing out left an indescribable sense of melancholy in one’s heart.

"Yes, let’s go..."

This remains one of her unresolved concerns. The opportunity to address the unresolved issues from before is at hand again, it deserves a closer look... Perhaps it might be too late, but at the very least, she must see how the matter from back then has concluded.

With this thought, the Witch couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

When she left the island back then, she had thought about it, pondering if she would have another chance to resolve the turmoil on the island. After all, Penglai Island appears once every fifty years, while the people on the island, due to the time flow, remain immortal, unlike the outside world.

However, what the Witch didn’t anticipate was not only being unable to wait fifty years but also dying the very same year upon returning from the island...

......

...

Not long after.

"Although it’s on a fifty-year cycle, generally speaking, Penglai Island directly appears after nightfall..."

Riding on the Death Soul Worm, Kikyo’s long hair was blown by the night wind over the sea, her soft voice rising in the wind.

Given that it was already nearing midnight, and the power fluctuation of the Clanging Cauldron just appeared abruptly, it indicated that the barrier vanished at that moment...

"Perhaps there are no longer people on the island, only the barrier set up to automatically operate according to its former cycle. With nobody to maintain or adjust it, it naturally continued to deviate over the years, right? It seems entirely plausible?"

Gu Mo spoke up, no longer as naive as before, unaware of anything.

He might still know a little, but knowing a little is better than knowing nothing at all. He possessed some fundamental mysterious knowledge, especially since the barrier was a subject he had recently chosen to study. Combined with the towering legacy from the Elder Immortal, though he’s never eaten pork, he’s at least seen a pig run, forming a few speculations.