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In the Mount Luofu...

It might be in Mount Luofu.

Li Qi didn't know what to say; in any case, he suddenly found himself in Mount Luofu.

Moreover, it is the former Mount Luofu.

Not daring to look around, I switched to using True Knowledge Dao Charm to scan the surroundings.

It's completely real; there's not a trace of illusion about it.

"Hmm... Your arrival is suspicious, but you didn't lie, nor did you have any ill intentions." Lady Luofu nodded. "Stand up straight and speak, since you are Yu'er's future dao companion."

Li Qi lowered his head even further, no longer daring to stand up.

Not only because of the other party's identity, but also because... the Lady Luofu in front of them exhibited one of the qualities of a third-rank official.

Mind reading.

To be honest, Li Qi didn't know if this was a trait of the third rank, but he had been hit by this move by every third-rank being.

To be precise, this technique isn't mind reading, but rather reading everything.

Human shallow thinking comes from the brain or other thinking organs, which naturally leave specific traces when thinking.

According to Zhu Fengdan, it seems that once you reach that level, you can easily see these things clearly, thus creating a passive mind-reading effect.

It wasn't that they wanted to read it, but rather that mortal thinking was too shallow. They could see clearly every thought process, every information transmission at every nerve ending, and even every nerve current in the body.

It seems that, in the eyes of those of the third rank, there are no more secrets in this world.

It may not seem like much, but Li Qi can understand its effect after thinking about it for a moment.

The ability to observe ion movement with the naked eye, down to the level of a single electron, demonstrates an observational precision at least on this scale, even if we don't know if fundamental particles exist in this world.

Furthermore, it does not rely on Divine Ability or Technique Method.

If he relied on Divine Ability, Li Qi, now at the seventh rank, could also manipulate cells, just like the surgery that Fox Demon performed on him in Clear Mist City, which also seemed to be a cellular-level surgery.

But the difference in volume between that and a single electron is no less than the difference between a mountain and a cell.

Moreover, the smaller the object, the greater the difficulty, because light cannot reach it at that stage.

Those particles were much smaller than a single photon, and it was unclear how the three ranks observed the world.

In any case, if it is optical observation, the limit is a single photon, but the three have obviously broken through this limit.

What does this tell us?

This means... she can read minds, and the Lady Luofu before us is a genuine third-rank official.

This is fucking...

Could it be that I really time-traveled?

"Although I don't know what time travel is, I can roughly understand the meaning. In other words, you come from the future? Hmm... I've never heard of that. But let's speak properly. It's not clear if you just keep your head down and don't say anything." Lady Luofu said, waving her hand.

The scenery before Li Qi changed, and he was forcibly turned upside down by an invisible force and placed in a stone cave abode.

The surrounding area consisted of ordinary grottoes, with a table in the center—that was all.

The nearby stones were still slowly forming, clearly indicating that this was not a real grotto, but rather a secluded place temporarily created by Lady Luofu to hide their conversation.

And in front of him was Lady Luofu.

Li Qi's neck was controlled by an invisible force, forcing him to look directly at the other person.

Only when Li Qi truly looked directly at Lady Luofu could he sense the undisguised aura of a third-rank official.

Lady Luofu was wearing Daoist Robe.

With an air of otherworldly grace, he concealed his true nature, abandoned falsehood and desire, held fast to the purest simplicity, and distanced himself from worldly affairs.

Well...

She was very beautiful, and her beauty was hard to describe. Yang Ning and Shen Shuibi each inherited a part of her appearance, and these two different kinds of beauty were perfectly blended in her.

Although it is serene, you can still feel its vitality.

But her beauty is actually the least noticeable quality. When you really look at someone, it's easy to overlook the fact that she's beautiful.

Because her beauty is not merely physical; it is a blend of overwhelming grandeur and breathtaking scenery, much like the feeling you get when you gaze upon a magnificent Immortal Mountain.

But Li Qi felt his bones trembling.

It wasn't for any other reason than a primal fear.

It's a feeling of oppression that arises from sensing the gaze of someone in a superior position—a feeling that cannot be suppressed and is difficult to resist through reason.

A firm will is not always effective, especially when a third-rank official is about to scrutinize you thoroughly.

That kind of fear and oppression cannot be stopped by even the strongest mind.

Li Qi now realized just how gentle and cautious the three high-ranking officials he had met before, including his teacher Zhu Fengdan, were towards him, to the point that he felt no pressure whatsoever...

The Lady Luofu had no intention of harming anyone, but she was very curious about Li Qi, this 'time traveler,' so she simply cast her gaze down to observe him.

This simple action was enough to make Li Qi's bones scream in agony.

But Lady Luofu was even more surprised.

This young man named Li Qi... is so strange.

He practices the orthodox methods of Shaman Path, which should be the Zhu's Path, making him an absolutely orthodox Shaman, belonging to the Shaman lineage among the three branches of Shaman Path.

However, the traces of their Mount Luofu Polaris Golden Core Method were not the only ones found in his body.

The methods of Human Path Military School show traces of martial arts training, the methods of Buddhist and Daoist demon suppression also contain... demonic energy?

The demonic path seems to lack cultivation, yet there are traces of demonic energy. Could it be that the person was once possessed by a demon? Or perhaps they subdued a demon, only to have their body invaded by demonic energy?

This person's practice was quite chaotic, yet there was order within the chaos.

Will the younger generation of Wushen Mountain produce such a freak in the future?

She carefully read through Li Qi's surface thoughts and knew what was going on in his head.

For example, when he saw Yu'er, his mind was filled with feelings like "wife", "cute", "so small", "surprise", and "like".

Human thoughts and ideas are actually quite chaotic, mostly fragmented, and need to be organized before they can be spoken fluently.

But these chaotic and fragmented thoughts are traceable; by looking at these surface thoughts, one can know what he is thinking at the moment.

For example, when he realized he was in Mount Luofu, he immediately had thoughts of 'traveling' to the 'past' and 'future'.

These fragmented thoughts are not just words, but also images and sounds.

Lady Luofu even saw Shen Shuibi's future appearance in advance, and also knew about his relationship with Shen Shuibi.

A future dao companion, how interesting...

With just a few calculations, Lady Luofu could know what he was thinking and deduce the whole picture.

"So, you don't know why you came to this place, but you just suddenly appeared. You were just watching the recorded information?" Lady Luofu asked, looking at Li Qi.

Li Qi was finally able to move at this point, and he immediately stood up and bowed, not daring to sit opposite him.

The other party is a high-ranking official of the third rank, and an elder, possibly even a mother-in-law. Regardless of their status, it is inappropriate for them to sit opposite each other.

After bowing, he respectfully replied, "Indeed, I don't know why I came to this place, or even how to get back, but..."

"Hmm, your body is disappearing. It seems you're going back. I can feel the cosmic light reassembling within you. It will take about fifteen minutes. Take this opportunity to talk. Tell me something; perhaps you can change the future," Lady Luofu said with a smile.

Li Qi looked at himself in confusion.

He couldn't understand why he had suddenly returned to the past.

Is this possible?

Is this a hallucination?

Perhaps we can verify this; Li Qi happens to have a method to verify hallucinations.

But he didn't need to say anything more, as Lady Luofu chimed in, "Oh, I understand. You're still doubting it? Then let's see if this is an illusion. However, your method is indeed ingenious."

After she finished speaking, she understood Li Qi's method completely, then raised her finger and tapped it a few times.

In Li Qi's superficial thinking, which is what he just thought of, there is a very simple way to judge hallucinations: create turbulence.

The fundamental characteristic of turbulence is the randomness of the motion of fluid micro-clusters. Their trajectories are extremely chaotic, change extremely rapidly, and possess complete randomness, making them impossible to calculate or infer.

Creating real turbulence in an illusion is very difficult, almost impossible. It would greatly deplete the illusion creator's computing power and could even lead to the illusion collapsing.

This idea was very creative, Lady Luofu immediately began to implement it after reading it.

A massive flow of energy began to swirl around.

Without any purpose, it simply rotates and impacts, quickly forming complete turbulence.

Li Qi stared intently at the chaotic energy flows.

He soon discovered that these were indeed genuine turbulences, exhibiting complete randomness, unpredictability, incalculability, and no pattern.

There are now two possibilities.

The first possibility is that they did indeed time travel again, but this time it wasn't to the world, but to time itself.

The second type is an illusion. However, this illusion is no different from the real world and cannot be identified by any means. In other words, the fake and the real are exactly the same.

Is that possible?

They put on a show with a real third-rank official in front of them, and the stage was set up on Wushen Mountain...

The sorcerer god is right under our feet.

In other words... it's highly likely to be true?

"I don't know if you are real, but I am real," said Lady Luofu.

"Ahem... Your Highness Majesty, usually when my teachers talk to me, they never look into my heart, that's how we can have a conversation." Li Qi coughed twice and then said.

Previously, when talking to Zhu Fengdan and the others, I would never look at Li Qi. Now that I think about it, it's a good thing I did that.

When talking to Lady Luofu, she was the only one speaking the entire time. Before Li Qi could even open his mouth, his thoughts were already revealed.

"So you think this is not good. Fine, then sit as you say. But you're going back soon anyway, so tell me about the future, if you really are from the future."

"Won't this change anything?" Li Qi asked.

"If this can change the future, it means that the events at this moment have also been changed," Lady Luofu said frankly.

Li Qi was taken aback for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was indeed the case.

As expected of a third-rank official, his mind is quick and he grasped the key point instantly.

If the future could be changed by traveling to the past...

This means that the world as it is now must be the final outcome that has been changed countless times. Of course, the future may bring new changes, but the present must have already been changed.

Before Li Qi could even react, Lady Luofu easily grasped the key point. Sure enough, a high-level expert is not only strong in cultivation, but also in wisdom.

Li Qi said carefully, "In other words... either my arrival is inevitable, or if I don't come, the future pattern cannot be formed, and whatever I do is predetermined and part of a cycle."

"Either my arrival is unrelated to the future, or at least unrelated to my future, and will not change anything, at most it will change your world, allowing you to know the future in advance and make plans."

Lady Luofu nodded. "That's right, so you can speak freely about things in the future without any problem."

"You have at most a quarter of an hour left. Tell me, but don't mention why you came to this place. It's hard to explain in a short time. If you are truly Yu'er's dao companion, then tell me what happened after Mount Luofu. I read that in your memory, Mount Luofu seems to have been destroyed," said Lady Luofu very calmly.

Even though Li Qi foresaw the eventual destruction of Mount Luofu in his shallow understanding, she remained completely calm.

"Yes, Mount Luofu has been destroyed. It was the hand of the Human Path. Five or six Perfected Person came here with the Human Emperor Sword, demanding that the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron hand over the Great Dao Opportunity."

"The Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron certainly wouldn't comply. The Human Emperor Sword suddenly attacked, and it wasn't the Human Emperor Sword under normal circumstances. It was the Human Emperor Sword after the Human Emperor infused it with Dragon Vein energy. The Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron was directly cut in two, and the eight million worlds of sun and moon within the cauldron fell, severing the Great Dao."

"Then came the massacre. The heavens of Mount Luofu collapsed, and the Sun Moon True Lead Cauldron fell into a coma. The Your Highness used her last bit of strength to protect the two of them and fled towards Wushen Mountain, but many accidents happened along the way."

"Even Shen Shuibi was forced to leave to attract the pursuers, leaving only Yang Ning and Your Highness. They fell near White Snake Mountain. Fortunately, there was a Great Shaman nearby on Wushen Mountain who forced the pursuers back."

"Shen Shuibi, who had left, ended up near me and happened to run into me when I was on the run. I picked her up and we were both targeted by Great Shaman was chasing after us and wanted to find the Your Highness's whereabouts."

"It just so happens that Great Shaman came because of me, so he entrusted you with the task of finding you, and you traveled for several months with the rabbit..." Li Qi paused here.

Oops, I said it too easily.

"A rabbit?" Lady Luofu frowned.

But she didn't say much, quickly skipping over this chapter, and said, "Alright, no need to say anything more, I can pretty much guess what will happen next."

"By the way, show me your Polaris Golden Core Method," said Lady Luofu.

For some reason, Li Qi's heart skipped a beat because of those words.