Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 393 - 181: Obsession with Becoming Immortal (Part 2)
Guan Xin poked his chin, "Something’s not right."
He Youyi had already furrowed his brows tightly, "That feeling is..." The more he thought about it, the faster his heart raced, causing him to involuntarily swallow.
Guan Xin blinked his deep and penetrating eyes and asked, "Mr. He, what do you want to say?"
"It feels like a demon." He Youyi’s voice sounded as if it were being swallowed by a whirlpool.
"From the Fallen Immortal Land?"
"Most likely." The unease in He Youyi’s heart grew more intense, "Quickly, let’s go take a look over there!"
The Fallen Immortal Land on the Eternal Night Snow Mountain is not far from Silver Horse Peak. A streak of literary light arced across the sky, reaching the destination swiftly.
Immediately afterward, the two discovered series of obscure runes flickering continuously among the floating peaks above the abyss. They looked like some kind of pattern, entirely blood-red, and with each flicker, they emitted a force that made one’s heart palpitate.
This force was neither condensed from energy nor from the machinations of the Dao; it was eerie and indistinct.
"Mr. He, look over there." Guan Xin pointed in a certain direction.
He Youyi followed her gaze and instantly saw a gigantic beast, composed of intertwining blood-red runes and the radiant patterns of immortal energy. It was leaping, dodging, and darting about with no discernible rhythm. Its body shape shifted constantly, sometimes resembling a dragon, other times a phoenix, and yet other times something colossally huge.
Suddenly, the beast shattered a hovering peak and abruptly turned to look at the two of them, its eyes like bloody suns shooting forth endless ferocity.
This ferocity came at an extraordinarily fast speed, directly piercing through their bodies.
Fortunately, both of them had considerable cultivation and managed to resolve it in time.
At the same time, an overwhelming voice echoed in their ears:
"Today, I ascend to immortality, and soon I shall soar!"
Then, the beast dived headlong into the bottomless abyss.
Guan Xin, while mending her body, almost torn in two, asked, "What is that?"
He Youyi’s pupils trembled, "Obsession."
"Obsession?"
"Do you know what a demon really is?"
Guan Xin licked the wound on the back of her hand, smiling softly, "The desire of the Great Dao."
He Youyi took a deep breath, "The desire of the Great Dao is a rather simplistic explanation. A True Demon is born of the world’s obsession. All things turn, all things evolve, and they all generate desires. If these desires are never resolved, they transform into obsessions. Obsessions ultimately become demons."
"So, the demon in the Fallen Immortal Land is actually the obsession to become an immortal?"
He Youyi nodded, "After the collapse of the Immortal Path, this world can no longer ascend. The desire to ascend to immortality and achieve the work of an immortal is unresolvable. People search but never find, pursue but never achieve, and their aspirations all become fantasies. How could they not turn into demons?"
Guan Xin laughed, "No wonder the Buddha said: ’If you don’t become a Buddha, you’ll become a mad demon.’"
He Youyi, gazing at the bottomless abyss, pondered for a moment and said, "I need to go down and take a look."
"I’ll go with you, Mr. He."
"No, you must immediately inform the Profound Fire Tribe and the guests wandering in the snow mountain to leave this place quickly." He Youyi gave her a meaningful glance, "You know what to do."
After saying this, he took a step into the abyss, the literary arc light emanating from him quickly consumed.
Guan Xin paused for a moment in silence, then said expressionlessly, "Actually, I prefer to fight."
She turned around, flying into the sky, her eyes enveloped by pure white. Then, a droplet of ink appeared before her, and she reached out a finger, gently touching it. The droplet of ink quickly spread out as if it had merged into clear water.
The spreading traces were extremely orderly, forming an essay.
Each character in the essay was surrounded by a rich literary aura.
Guan Xin casually gestured, and after swirling around her for a moment, the aura drifted like raindrops into the snow mountain.
At the same time, everyone in the snow mountain heard her voice:
"I, the uninformed Wild Goose Scholar from Wenxin Heaven, Guan Xin, inform you here and now that the situation at Eternal Night Snow Mountain is dire and the air is treacherous; please leave immediately."
After saying this, she paused and added:
"Message brought by He Youyi from the Wild Horse Academy on Changsheng Continent."
As her words concluded, trails of literary aura sprouted from all over the snow mountain, converging into the sky, and then extending beyond the snow mountain. Each trail landed precisely in front of every visitor in the snow mountain.
These visitors, just a moment ago enjoying the infinite scenery of the snow mountain, now heard Guan Xin’s voice and were filled with suspicion.
"What happened?"
"Everything was fine just now, why do they suddenly say the snow mountain is very dangerous!"
"This dense literary arc light, it’s from the scholar, and she comes from Wenxin Heaven! It’s actually from Wenxin Heaven!"
"And Mr. He from Wild Horse Academy."
"With both scholars saying this, something must be wrong with the snow mountain! It’s better to leave quickly."
The tourists quickly stepped onto the literary paths laid by Guan Xin, utilizing this literary dao, swiftly leaving the snow mountain.
...
Seeing Luo Qingyao about to be devoured by the beast transformed from the false Ascension Platform, Fan Wubing acted without thinking, rushing forward with the Dragon Walk technique.
He tried to take Luo Qingyao away with him.
However, the beast had a bizarre power, as if someone had to respond to its words, "Today, ascend to immortality, and soon soar," to succeed.
This kind of power, Fan Wubing had never seen or experienced before. It didn’t resemble any energy or manifestation of the Great Dao, yet it felt incredibly familiar to him.
He had felt this same feeling with Xianchan.
In that instant, he couldn’t help but think, "True Demon?"
This beast formed from the Ascension Platform, like Xianchan, is a True Demon? But why is there such a big difference!
Fan Wubing had always wanted to uncover Xianchan’s identity, why it appeared in the world, and why it ended up in such a situation.
