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Zhong Kui's Diary
On this journey, I have been continuously absorbing the energy from the Book of Life and Death. The Yin-Yang Energy within me has undergone drastic changes. After drawing energy from The Scroll of the Greedy Wolf at the ruins of the Great Wall, my Yin-Yang Energy became vast like the ocean, existing almost like a gas. With the addition of energy from Changbai Mountain and the Chixuan Giant Gate Scroll, the vaporized energy within me began to liquefy. Once I completely absorbed the energy from the Xuan Ju Men Scroll, all the energy in my body transformed into liquid.
Next, I returned to Shennongjia to draw energy from the Jade Record Volume. At this point, the liquefied energy within me started to freeze, turning into crystalline energy like ice. As I continued to absorb new energies from the Book of Life and Death, my Yin-Yang Energy transitioned from solid to gas, then from gas to liquid, and finally from liquid back to solid.
By the time I reached the last page of the Yao Guang Breaking Army Scroll, my Yin-Yang Energy suddenly became malleable; it could be as ethereal as gas, flow smoothly like liquid, or remain as stable as a solid. In short, that feeling of being able to manipulate it freely was incredibly pleasant.
Standing on a mound in the Valley of Death, I shook my neck, swung my arms, and pounded my chest with my fists in a display reminiscent of a street performer. Proudly, I turned to A Li and said, "So, can I enter the Hall of Life and Death now?"
A Li walked over, grasped my hand, and held it up to the empty blazing sun as if she were a housewife selecting a pig's trotter at a market. After examining it for a while, she calmly said, "It should be about right."
Although she pretended to be indifferent, her eyes couldn't hide their excitement. I suppressed my curiosity and wondered if perhaps I was a once-in-a-thousand-years Spell prodigy.
Releasing my hand, A Li slowly said, "Alright, let's go to the Hall of Life and Death!"
Finally heading to the Hall of Life and Death? I couldn't help but feel excited.
What would the Hall of Life and Death be like? Would it be extraordinarily grand? Is there a parking lot at the entrance? Are there waitstaff inside? Do they wear super short skirts with rabbit ears on their heads? Do you need an undergraduate degree to enter? Are there Sha County Steamed Dumplings inside?
...
We boarded a Tractor, and A Li guided me into the Starlit Passage. After driving for a while, the Tractor turned sharply, and suddenly we entered a large square.
At that moment we stepped into the square, this old Tractor bizarrely vanished. We stood directly in the square without any sudden sensation, as if I had been standing there all along.
Looking around, I couldn't determine how large this square was; it seemed boundless in every direction. The ground was made of a material resembling white jade—crystal clear and pure—while above us was a misty expanse that seemed both within reach and far away; it was extraordinarily surreal. The entire square appeared immensely grand and atmospheric but also eerily desolate.
"Hey! Is anyone there?" I couldn't help but shout out loud.
There was no echo, nor any response.
A Li walked up to me and gestured forward, "Let's go!"
"How about the Hall of Life and Death?" I pointed at the empty square.
"We're standing right in the Hall of Life and Death," A Li smiled.
I couldn't help but exclaim in anger, "What kind of joke is this? This is called the Hall of Life and Death?"
"That's right, this is the Hall of Life and Death," A Li confirmed with a smile.
"Damn!" I couldn't help but curse, "This is so far from what I imagined the Hall of Life and Death to be!"
"What did you imagine the Hall of Life and Death to look like?" A Li squinted at me, looking quite amused.
"Uh, at the very least, there should be a ten-meter tall Red Door, with ninety-one huge golden door nails on each door!" I pouted and said casually, "And then, there should be two lions at the entrance, both exceptionally tall. Oh right, the lions must be made of gold, with pearls of exquisite jade in their mouths weighing several hundred pounds, and their eyes must be sparkling diamonds, as big as fists. Only then would it be impressive."
"I have to say, your taste is truly vulgar!" A Li shook her head and sighed. "You turned a perfectly good Hall of Life and Death into this?"
I was just joking around; how could that ruin the Hall of Life and Death? The Hall of Life and Death seemed too lacking in dignity if it could be so easily tarnished.
Just as I was about to ask A Li what she meant, I heard two whooshing sounds. Two golden objects suddenly appeared about ten meters in front of me.
Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be two five-meter tall giant Golden Lion sculptures, holding jade pearls in their mouths. Their eyes sparkled brilliantly with diamonds that were indeed as big as fists.
Then, with another whoosh, a ten-meter tall Red Door appeared behind the golden lions. The door shimmered with golden light, and besides a beast-head bronze ring the size of a tabletop, each door had ninety-one golden door nails the size of basins.
What the hell is going on? I just finished and all this stuff came out, and it's exactly the same as mine.
Could it be that the Hall of Life and Death was actually conjured up by a Summoner?
No wonder A Li wanted me to mess up the Hall of Life and Death... What do you mean by messing it up? Isn't gold and diamonds high-end? Isn't a ten-meter tall gate impressive?
Well, with just the two golden lions and the gate, it seems to be lacking a lot. How about a wall made of gold? As soon as I thought of this, golden walls appeared on both sides of the gate, stretching endlessly like the white jade floor beneath my feet.
Wow, it really works just by thinking about it. Unable to resist my mischievous side, I took a red pen and wrote on the wall: "Family Planning is Good!" "Shenzhou Travel, I Think It's Good!" "Certificate Number 18-14 5678" "No Entry for Japanese and Dogs!"...
I laughed heartily while writing and turned to A Li, asking, "How does it look?"
A Li remained silent and walked straight ahead.
"Hey, give me some feedback." Just then, I saw A Li about to bump into one of the golden lions and couldn't help but shout, "Hey, watch out!"
A Li seemed not to hear me and took two more steps forward, standing right inside the golden lion before turning back with a smile, looking at me and asking, "What is it?"
Damn, could this golden lion be just an illusion? No wonder it appeared so suddenly.
I spat in disbelief and walked forward. When I reached the front of the golden lion, I couldn't help but reach out and poke it with my palm. I was still marveling at how impressive the illusions in the Hall of Life and Death were; this conjured golden lion looked just like a real one.
But when my finger poked the golden lion, a sharp pain shot through me. I was startled—what's going on? This golden lion is clearly real.
In my astonishment, I started feeling around the golden lion from all angles. No matter which part of the lion I touched, that solid sensation told me that this golden lion truly existed.
How is this possible? A Li was still standing inside the golden lion, looking at me with a half-smile.
"A Li! A Li!" I shouted loudly.
"What is it?" A Li raised an eyebrow, the smile at the corner of her mouth deepening slightly.
"What's going on? Are you some kind of illusion?" I rasped.
A Li didn't answer me; she walked in front of me and extended a hand.
I frowned and reached out to touch it. Hmm, smooth and warm like jade, the skin feels nice... Ugh, how could I be thinking about this at a time like this? Clearly, A Li is not an illusion.
Damn, the Golden Lion is not an illusion, and neither is A Li. But how is A Li standing inside the Golden Lion talking to me? It feels like the Golden Lion and A Li are overlapping yet separate. This spatial dissonance left me bewildered.
Right, I remembered that when I first saw A Li, her Tractor looked like it had crashed into the roots of the Eternal Redwood, right? The Tractor is real, and the Eternal Redwood is also real, but they are strangely overlapping. This situation now is almost exactly the same as back then.
Hmm, it must be some kind of spatial distortion or overlap caused by certain reasons that led to this situation.
Thinking of this answer, regardless of its unreasonableness, I cleared my throat and asked, "Can you stand inside the Golden Lion? Is that a Spell?"
"I stand inside the Golden Lion?" A Li frowned, then smiled and nodded. "That's right, it's a Spell."
"Your Spell is truly impressive!" I exclaimed sincerely.
"The Spell is indeed impressive, but it's not one I can cast," A Li chuckled lightly. Before I could interject, she continued, "This Spell is called The Realm is Created by the Heart. Here, everyone sees a different Hall of Life and Death. In your eyes, there’s a Golden Lion here, but in my eyes, it’s just a path through the woods. So when you walk here, you bump into the Golden Lion while I merely stroll along the path."
Wow, that's really high-tech... uh, that's really powerful magic!
Then I furrowed my brow and asked, "If you didn't cast this Spell just now, then who did?"
"How about you?" A Li rolled her eyes and asked me back.
"Judgment of Life and Death?" I exclaimed in surprise.
"Who else could have such powerful magic besides it?" A Li looked at me with admiration.
With a wry smile, I pushed the images of the Golden Lion and the Red Door out of my mind, and once again focused on the square before me, the white jade ground stretching endlessly.
I obediently followed behind A Li; she walked, I walked; she turned, I turned. If there were bystanders now, they would definitely think we were crazy, wandering around the square like this.
A Li paid no attention to me and continued walking nonchalantly. Suddenly, she crouched down. Not knowing what was happening, I also crouched down and asked in surprise, "A Li, what kind of virtual road conditions are these? Do we really have to crouch to walk?"
With a chuckle, A Li turned back to look at me and said, "Can't I tie my shoelaces?"
Seriously? Your shoes clearly don't have laces!
A Li stood up and continued walking. After about ten minutes or so, she stopped. "Alright, we've arrived."
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