Fairy, please let me explain

Chapter 686 Gambling

If the living beings in the previous life will experience three deaths: physical, social and spiritual, then in this life, they will probably have to add a dissipation called the soul mark.

The cultivators of the time did not conduct in-depth research on soul marks. They only discovered the existence of such things and knew that every living being would possess them.

It records everything a living being sees and hears from birth to death, and also records the joys, sorrows, anger and happiness of a living being throughout its life.

The soul mark is the only proof that a living being has ever existed in this world.

Some people therefore regard it as a romance bestowed by God on all living beings.

But this romance will slowly decay, gradually disappear, and eventually become nothingness when living beings turn into dry bones.

The information about the soul mark flashed through Xu Yuan's mind, and he suddenly remembered something.

Thinking back to the time when we first met,
The feeling at that moment when the memories of the pure-hearted young man named Xu Yuan and the scumbag playboy named Xu Changtian merged.

The body is taken away but the memory is not, because the soul mark cannot be touched. However, when the Blood Essence Heart Meteorite Art was reshaping the body, it seemed that it merged the soul marks of the living Xu Yuan and the dead Xu Changtian.

Lowering his eyes to glance at his own hands, Xu Yuan's eyes were complicated and strange.

The unknown details at the beginning were completed at this moment. Looking back, an indescribable emotion filled my heart.

Soul Trace Fusion
So now he has traveled through time and space and taken over Xu Yuan's body, or he is the reborn soul of Xu Changtian.

This is a philosophical question.

But if you think about it carefully, there were already signs of this happening.

He always thought that the reason he inherited Xu Changtian's identity was because he was attracted by his father's power. After all, the temptation of being a top second generation in the world is really hard to resist.

But if that were really the case, he would most likely take away a large amount of wealth and resources to live freely on his own, and there was no way he would plunge into the center of this turbulence for the sake of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

after all,

In his previous life, Xu Yuan was really a bad guy.

A man in his twenties is still like a salted fish. He moves when others poke him.

He didn't care about the family company at all. When the old man beat him up in rage, he just thought that he could have a professional manager to help manage it.

Perhaps it was the fusion of soul marks that subtly changed all the behaviors of Xu Yuan, who thought he was a time traveler.

But it is more likely that from the moment he stepped out of the cave, Xu Yuan and Xu Changtian, two independent individuals, had already become one person.
Buzz————

As thoughts linger,
A ray of sword light flashed across the sky, and a bloodless cut quickly appeared on the neck of the young man as tall as a mountain.

This time, black smoke continued to seep out in an attempt to close the cut, but this time the black smoke lost its effectiveness.

Standing far away in the void, Xu Yuan looked down at the head falling to the ground with a bang.

This is his soul mark space. As an outsider, Mu Nuo has no chance of winning.

Any fluctuations in space will be fed back to the mind by the soul mark.

Even if Mu Nuo could simulate his thinking patterns to fight, any murderous plots he made would be in vain given his ability to predict the future.

The head that fell to the ground did not disappear as Xu Yuan expected, but instead stared at him with its ominous dark eyes, with a hint of anxiety in them.

Xu Yuan felt that Mu Nuo should not have such emotions, but the fact was that Mu Nuo was really anxious now.

There is no fatal wound in the Soul Mark Space. Theoretically, there is no difference between cutting the neck and cutting the hand, but the battle experience just now has made it draw a conclusion that it is unwilling to admit.

If this continues, his existence will disappear in Xu Yuan's hands.

Its attack could not hit Xu Yuan, and even if it could hit him, it was a trade-off this guy made in order to destroy his roots.

Just like the sword that just cut off its head.

Mu Nuo didn't know why this happened.

It was obvious that he had simulated Xu Yuan's thinking pattern by absorbing the soul of this space.

Under this mode of thinking,

No matter how deep the hatred in its heart is, no matter how furious it can no longer be suppressed, even at this critical moment of life and death, it is still calmly thinking about countermeasures.

Mu Nuo originally liked this feeling very much.

His calm thinking, careful strategies, and reasonable distribution of Holy Source made him believe that he was invincible.

But now that it has fallen into an absolute disadvantage, this calmness has brought it a strong sense of discomfort.

It felt an emotion called fear in Xu Changtian's thinking mode, a fear that went deep into his bones.

This made Mu Nuo feel sick because he had never been afraid before, but at the same time he also felt a hint of irony.

It didn't expect that this guy seemed calm on the outside but was actually so timid in his heart.

A person who appears to be powerful but is actually weak.

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Mu Nuo realized something.

Even in this state, it is still thinking calmly. Even though the fear in its heart is beyond measure, it is still looking for a way out.
Mu Nuo's eyes changed.

Under its gaze, Xu Yuan's indifferent and disdainful gaze fell into its pupils, as if he saw through what it was thinking:
“There is no shame in being afraid. Fear is the instinct of all living things, but we must learn to be graceful in the face of pressure.”

The words fell,

He raised his hand slightly, and the patterns on the back of his hand surged. Four giant swords condensed in the air above Xu Yuan's head, emitting bursts of divine light and aimed at the limbs of the headless torso below.

Homologous thinking allowed Mu Nuo to guess what Xu Yuan was thinking. He wanted to dismember it and then break its body piece by piece.

The dead end is certain.

But after realizing this, Mu Nuo's disembodied head suddenly laughed.

Faced with a dead end, Xu Yuan's way of thinking gave rise to a crazy idea in his mind.

This thought made Mu Nuo finally understand why this guy in front of him was so disgusting, and why he dared to stay and defend the city despite the absolute disadvantage when facing the Six Saints attacking the city.

This guy is an out-and-out gambler, and the crazy gambling nature is rooted in his bones.

It’s just that others are betting money, while he is betting his life.

Only after death can one be reborn.

Looking at the figure standing in the sky, and the four giant swords hanging high in the dome, and feeling the emotions hidden deep in his heart brought by the other party's thoughts, Mu Nuo suddenly said:
"You are an absolute lunatic."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan chuckled:
"I think it's a little inappropriate for a real lunatic like you to say this."

Mu Nuo was very calm:

"Xu Changtian, what you said just now is correct. I did simulate your thinking, so do you know what emotions I feel now when facing the current deadlock?"

Xu Yuan frowned.

Mu Nuo raised a smile at the corner of his lips and uttered two:

"excited."

Xu Yuan frowned even more tightly.

Mu Nuo seemed a little surprised when he saw this:

"It seems that you have never realized this. You like taking risks, like gambling with your life, and like the fear of being on the verge of death and the excitement of dying at any time.

"Xu Changtian, you are enjoying this process.

"These things that seem extremely dangerous to ordinary people are making you feel happy."

After listening carefully, Xu Yuan was speechless for a moment and whispered:
"Maybe you are right, but what do you want to say now? Put yourself in your shoes. I can't think of any way out of the situation."

"Really?"

Mu Nuo's childish voice echoed with a deep smile: "That's right, some things can't be thought of by putting yourself in someone else's shoes."

bluff?

Xu Yuan wasn't sure if this kid was fooling him, but he didn't care.

In his soul mark space, the demise of Mu Nuo's existence is only a matter of time.

thinking,

He raised his right hand and waved it down lightly.

But unexpectedly,

Mu Nuo just watched quietly as the four giant swords dismembered his body. During this process, the soul mark did not send any response to Xu Yuan.

Is this the start?

He was confused in his heart, but his hands kept moving.

As a series of spells were fired out, black smoke suddenly rose from Mu Nuo's body.

As the black smoke continued to dissipate into the soul mark space, Mu Nuo's huge body that was like a mountain began to shrink rapidly.

Considering Xu Yuan's normal size, the giant who was originally several hundred feet long was quickly reduced to half of its original size in a short period of time. As the last blade light completely shattered Mu Nuo's right hand, Xu Yuan finally stopped the action in his hand.

With a frown on his face, he deliberately came close to Mu Nuo's head without any precautions, stared into the other's tightly closed eyes, and said in a deep voice:
"I don't think I will give up just like that. If you are simulating my thoughts now, you should still be searching for a way out. What are you thinking about?"

Mu Nuo slowly opened his eyes, his eyes as dark as ink and emitting black smoke, with a smile:
"I don't want to waste time and speed up the process, but it seems that the time is almost up now."

Xu Yuan looked down at the head lying on its side, and the pattern on his right hand transformed into a 100-meter-long lightsaber, which he pointed at the other party's forehead:

"When? When will you die?"

There was no fear in Mu Nuo's eyes, he said calmly:
"Death date? If you dare, it is indeed my death date, but before that you can take a look around."

Xu Yuan glanced at it, then looked sideways at the soul mark space, and then his pupils shrank slightly.

"It seems you found it."

Mu Nuo's voice came at the right time, asking: "Before my existence completely dissipates, this soul mark space will be completely polluted first. Do you still dare to kill me now, Xu Changtian?"

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Xu Yuan ignored the kid's wild talk, but stared at his own soul mark space, staring at this space that was covered with a layer of gray mist at some point.

An ominous and obscure fog filled the edge of the space, constantly eroding the flawless white.

Mu Nuo's gentle and slow tone was like a second Xu Yuan, with a hint of ridicule:

"I didn't have a conclusion before, but now I can. Your existence is the nourishment that God has given me."

Xu Yuan retracted his gaze and swung his knife to split the noisy head in half.

The black smoke emitted from it merged into the Soul Mark Space in an instant. At the same time, the black fog at the edge seemed to receive some kind of nourishment and instantly spread a little towards the central position where the two were.

His soul mark space was indeed polluted by the black smoke emitted by Mu Nuo.

Although it is unclear what kind of changes this pollution will cause, Xu Yuan feels that this will definitely not be a good thing.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan's body turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the edge of the fog.

When Mu Nuo saw this, he teased with an unscrupulous tone:
"Xu Changtian, it's useless. Everything you do now is in vain. Your cultivation is too weak. You can only become the nutrients for me to fill the heavenly gap."

Came to the border between gray fog and pale space.

Looking at the wall of fog that kept rolling like tentacles, the solemnity in Xu Yuan's eyes deepened.

From the very beginning, he guessed that if he swallowed Mu Nuo, his thinking would be alienated to a certain extent, and he also prepared corresponding countermeasures.

However, this kind of alienation that occurred in the Soul Mark completely destroyed all the means he had prepared.

Soul marks are too mysterious to current cultivators, and related research has almost come to a standstill. It is not even certain whether Xu Yuan is the first cultivator in the world to enter his own soul mark space.

Everything is unknown, and he needs to test everything himself.

After hesitating, Xu Yuan stretched his left hand into the gray fog.

"Om——"

Almost in an instant, a disgusting and crazy murmur came from Xu Yuan's mind, making it almost impossible for him to maintain his sanity.

But in addition to this, Xu Yuan also sensed a very familiar yet unfamiliar aura from it.
Without time to delve into it, Xu Yuan pulled his hand out before madness completely permeated his mind. But the feeling of being immersed in the gray fog was engraved in his heart.

That is death.

Under that maddening whisper,
The same peace that lurked in his death
Just as I was thinking about it, Mu Nuo's childish voice came again from afar, with a hint of ridicule:

"How about it? That sound should be nice, right? Why not put your whole body in there and give it a try?"

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Xu Yuan simply blocked out the kid's noise.

Looking at the endless wall of fog, the heaviness in my heart grew deeper and deeper, and I roughly understood Mu Nuo's thoughts.

Judging from the changes just now, if Mu Nuo's existence was completely destroyed, this gray fog would completely swallow up his soul mark space.

By then, existence will be completely enveloped by it, and Mu Nuo will definitely embed his soul in his body and be reborn.

Thinking in his mind, Xu Yuan tentatively controlled the Patterned Holy Source to condense a light ball several inches in size, and blasted it towards the surging wall of fog.

The scene that happened next suddenly made Xu Yuan's eyes light up.

The moment the light ball hit the fog wall, it quickly reacted and neutralized the fog. In a moment, a hole with a diameter of one hundred feet appeared in the fog wall in front of him.

It works.

The surprise was fleeting, and then Xu Yuan realized that this method would not work.

not enough.

Now that he had to annihilate Mu Nuo's huge body, and prevent this endless wall of fog from spreading to the entire Soul Mark Space, the Patterned Holy Source was simply not enough.

No matter how much you save, it's not enough.

Realizing what Xu Yuan had done, Mu Nuo's teasing voice followed him like a shadow:

"Xu Changtian, if you want to remove my aura, you must neutralize it with an equally huge source of origin, and the Ghost Willow that the woman with golden eyes gave you is not enough to do this."

Halfway through his words, Mu Nuo's voice suddenly rose, with a hint of surprise:
"How can this be?!"

As far as the eye can see, Xu Yuan used his own cultivation to condense a rice-grain-sized ball of light and sent it into the fog wall.

Then,

A hole with a diameter of a thousand feet suddenly appeared above the fog wall!

More effective than the Holy Source just now.

Xu Yuan's own cultivation and this gray fog are natural enemies of each other.

breakthrough.

As long as he breaks through on the battlefield and cooperates with Liumu Shengyuan, he should be able to break the impasse!

As the thought flashed through his mind, Xu Yuan raised the corners of his lips. He was about to retort to Mu Nuo, but he saw that the empty mist in front of him seemed to be disturbed by something, and suddenly surged forward and rushed over a thousand feet!

If Xu Yuan had not reacted quickly and retreated quickly, he would have been swallowed up by the fog by now.

Subconsciously, I turned my head to look at Mu Nuo's head lying on its side, but I saw a playful smile in its eyes:
"I'm just kidding. I'm using your thinking now, Xu Changtian. Don't you think that you would reveal such a shocked tone?
“Be graceful under pressure, haha.

"However, I still suggest that you give up as soon as possible. This fog is connected to my holy land in the outside world. The holy land will continue to devour the source of heaven and earth to promote the growth of the gray fog."

How annoying.

When the way he teased others happened to himself, Xu Yuanfang realized how disgusting this feeling was.

And the most important thing is that what Mu Nuo said was not bluffing, but the fact he is facing now.

If Mu Nuo's existence is destroyed, the gray fog will completely pollute his soul.

Purify the gray fog and Mu Nuo will devour his existence.

It is impossible to maintain the status quo because the gray fog will continue to grow.

By then, with one side gaining more power and the other losing more, even if he could forcefully break through to the origin realm, it would only delay the time of his demise.
Dilemma.

How to break the game?

While considering countermeasures, Xu Yuan suddenly noticed that Mu Nuo, who had already given up and waited for death, suddenly made a new move.

It condensed a light ball with a radius of ten feet above its head and laughed loudly:
"It seems like you can't make a decision, so how about I help you?"

Seeing this scene,
Xu Yuan was silent for a while, then turned around and slowly walked towards the boundless fog wall, sighing:

"I am probably really a lunatic, so I don't need your help with this kind of life and death decision."

Seeing Xu Yuan's actions, Mu Nuo's voice was filled with doubt:
"What do you want to do?"

"Didn't you say that I have a gambling nature in my bones?"

Xu Yuan paused, looked back, and smiled:

"I am going to gamble with you now. The stakes are both our lives."

Mu Nuo seemed to have heard some kind of funny joke when he heard this:

"Whether you live or win this war, your existence will eventually be replaced by me.

"Xu Changtian,

“I can’t lose this bet.

"I will accept your soul mark and your existence."

Xu Yuan nodded without comment, and walked without stopping. When half of his body was immersed in the fog wall, he suddenly said with a slanted look:
"Normally you're right.
"But Mu Nuo,

"Death lurks in the voice of this gray fog. You regard it as a curse, but I understand it better than you."

(End of this chapter)