PFC Chapter 521 The Nine-Syllable Mantra, the Front Seal
Chapter 521 The Nine-Syllable Mantra, the Front Seal
overhead.
The fragments of the Heavenly Book suddenly stopped colliding.
Just when Rong Shu thought it had calmed down, the next second, the Heavenly Book Fragment took a 'running step' and crashed directly into the Time Tower!
boom!
Rong Shu watched helplessly as the fragments of the Heavenly Book merged into the Tower of Time, disappearing without a trace.
Before Rong Shu could even express his surprise, the pure white Time Tower suddenly changed, with dazzling, multicolored light shining within it.
On the once pristine white walls, various scenes appeared, like frames of a rapidly playing video:
From towering peaks to the deepest abyss.
From the magnificent Great Wall to the wild and untamed land.
In the blink of an eye, Rong Shu witnessed the transformation of the world and the passage of time.
In a fleeting moment, she deeply understood the cycle and loneliness of the epic of time. A sudden emptiness welled up in her heart, as if... her heart had been pierced, and she felt lost and confused.
"Time Tower, Time Tower, Time... Could these fleeting images be silhouettes recorded by this Time Tower over the vast years on this land?"
"Huh? I can mobilize my spiritual energy and divine sense now?" After staring at these silhouettes of time for a long time, Rong Shu was finally able to sense the existence of his dormant dantian and sea of consciousness.
Although he didn't know where the fragments of the Heavenly Book had gone or how long these time silhouettes could remain, Rong Shu had a vague feeling that he should enter a meditative state before the time silhouettes dissipated, as there might be unexpected gains.
Rong Shu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
Inside Rong Shu's dantian, the four lively and active little spirits, like Rong Shu, sat cross-legged with their eyes closed, breathing in and out as if performing a breathing exercise.
With nothing in his dantian, Rong Shu went to his sea of consciousness.
Upon entering the sea of consciousness, the light emanating from the Nine Syllable Mantra at the very center almost forced them back.
Rong Shu looked closely and discovered that it wasn't the Nine Syllable Mantra that was reacting, but rather the character "前" (qian) within it that was emitting light, the light so intense that it almost permeated the entire sea of consciousness.
"The 'front' seal reacted? Could it be because of the time silhouette?" Rong Shu was secretly delighted.
She can only use the "Lin" seal so far. If she could use another "Qian" seal, she would be invincible among those in the Nascent Soul stage, even if she couldn't defeat all Nascent Soul cultivators.
“When I first comprehended the Lin character seal while observing the Dragon and Tiger Ranking battle, I saw a strange ‘giant.’ What will I see this time…” Rong Shu raised his hand and touched the glowing character “Qian”.
In an instant—
Rong Shu's consciousness seemed to be ripped out of her body. She watched helplessly as 'herself' was rapidly retreating, getting further and further away from her body, until it was out of reach.
"What...is...this...going...to...be...about...this...?" At this moment, Rong Shu's thinking and consciousness had been slowed down infinitely. Even a thought that just appeared unintentionally required a lot of effort to process.
"wrong……"
It wasn't that her consciousness was regressing; it was that her body was running, running too fast for her consciousness to keep up, which caused the illusion that her consciousness was leaving her body.
'Hehehehe...'
'Maha...'
'Romita…'
Behind Rong Shu, distorted black holes appeared out of nowhere. Deep within these black holes, enormous, malevolent eyes opened, greedily peering at every inch of her body.
"Why has this thing appeared again? Quick, move!" Rong Shu's consciousness struggled, inching forward little by little.
Seemingly sensing Rong Shu's desire to escape, black hands reached out from the 'black holes' behind her, trying to grab her back.
"Wait... come back!" Rong Shu stared intently at the body running faster and faster ahead, almost unable to hold back his curses.
Run, run, run!
Are you out of your mind?! You've completely lost your soul!
Just a second before the giant black hand was about to engulf Rong Shu, her consciousness erupted with a furious roar: "—Get—back!
—Rong Shu, you big idiot!!!
As soon as she finished speaking, Rong Shu's consciousness returned to her body. When she turned around to look back, there was no longer any black hole or black hand behind her.
As her toes touched the ground, Rong Shu's view returned to the white expanse of the Time Tower.
Above their heads, the fragments of the Heavenly Book still floated silently.
Rong Shu seemed to wake from a dream, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether what he had just experienced was reality or an illusion.
"Come here!" Rong Shu glared at the fragment of the Heavenly Book, becoming increasingly displeased with it. She subconsciously lifted her foot and leaped high into the air, leaving behind a trail of afterimages.
The fragments of the Heavenly Book tried to 'hide' inside the Tower of Time, but Rong Shu grabbed them first. "Still trying to run? Still trying to run? Believe me or not, I'll burn you to the ground!"
Fragment of the Heavenly Book: "..."
As Rong Shu grew angrier by the thought, a small blue flame actually rose in her palm.
As soon as the little blue flame approached, the once quiet fragment of the Heavenly Book began to tremble incessantly, trying to break free, but Rong Shu held it firmly, unable to escape even a little.
"Whoosh~" After threatening enough of the Heavenly Book fragments, Rong Shu gently blew away the little blue flame.
She shoved the fragments of the Heavenly Book against the wall of the Time Tower again: "Go ahead, smash it. I'm tired of this white stuff. Tell the Time Tower to change its color."
Fragment of the Heavenly Book: "..."
Rong Shu challenged him several times, and actually managed to push the fragment of the Heavenly Book into the box again.
The white expanse receded like a tide, revealing an endless expanse of land, brimming with the vitality of spring.
Rong Shu was about to take a step forward when—
"Aaaaah..."
Rong Shu collapsed onto the grass.
When she lifted her face, she immediately turned to look at her legs, her eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty: "Something's wrong! Why aren't my legs obeying me?"
Rong Shu belatedly realized that she had leaped up and grabbed the fragment of the Heavenly Book. She had initially thought it was because she had recovered her cultivation, but could it be...?
She immediately probed her inner consciousness, entering her sea of consciousness, and her first glance fell upon the [Nine-Character Mantra]. Apart from the character "临" (Lin), the character "前" (Qian) gave Rong Shu a different feeling at this moment.
After a while.
Rong Shu's surprised voice rang out: "The 'Former' Seal... I actually learned the 'Former' Seal?"
While pleasantly surprised, Rong Shu couldn't help but feel a little bewildered.
How exactly did she learn it?
Just because she yelled at herself?
However, none of that mattered for the time being. Rong Shu began to study the function of the [front character seal] with great interest.
"The first syllable of the Nine Syllable Mantra is actually an ancient escape technique? It's called 'Mayfly Dream,' or 'Mayfly Step.'"
Mayflies have two distinct life stages: a long underwater larval stage lasting several years, and an adult stage where they emerge and take flight.
Adult mayflies have an extremely short lifespan, usually only a few hours to a few days before they die.
Years of hard work, all for the day of ascension, soaring through the sky.
Life is both extremely short and extremely brilliant.
But is it worth it?
As if in response to Rong Shu's doubts, several lines of small golden characters appeared near the [Nine Syllable Mantra] deep within his sea of consciousness:
Sending mayflies to heaven and earth is like a drop in the ocean.
All things in the world are but fleeting clouds.
"...merging with heaven and earth, roaming freely in the void, passing away peacefully, experiencing boundless bliss." Rong Shu repeatedly recited the small golden characters, a faint understanding dawning on him.
The execution of the Mayfly Step is related to a carefree and unrestrained state of mind; the more unrestrained and free one is, the more unparalleled one's escape technique becomes.
In short—fast, unhittable, no worries, hehe~
Now that Rong Shu has simultaneously mastered the "Lin" and "Qian" mudras from the Nine Syllable Mantra, even if he can't defeat someone, he can still withstand damage; and even if he can't withstand it, he can still say goodbye!