Three days ago:
Chen Qing and Heavenly Secrets temporarily allied with that effeminate guy named Quefeng, and headed east.
On the way, Chen Qing asked curiously, "Why did you name yourself after a demon species?"
"Because the old name had no meaning," the other party said calmly. "From the moment I obtained this Quefeng, I have been the Quefeng, a unique existence in this world."
Pretty cringey.
Chen Qing pursed her lips, then asked curiously, "Since you were suppressed by the split, which one of you is it?"
"Of course it's me!" The Quefeng looked at Chen Qing, appearing somewhat angry. "I said, I am the only Quefeng!"
Seeing that she was almost turning hostile, Chen Qing quickly changed the subject. "Okay, okay, I understand."
While smiling, Chen Qing was inwardly curious. Forcibly splitting and suppressing the body and abilities was one thing, but what would happen to the soul? Each split individual was still a main body, possessing most of the memories. Even if they were to reunite, would it still be the same person as before?
Furthermore, how is Samsara calculated? Doesn't the death of a split individual count as Samsara?
This reminded Chen Qing of the Ancient Insect. Shen Laowu's whereabouts were currently unknown, and Wang Ye was considered the last Ancient Insect in the world. Did the Ancient Insect that had already died have the right to Samsara? If Wang Ye were to die one day, would he have his own soul?
The three of them were traveling at a fairly fast pace. The other party was deliberately walking very fast, forcing Chen Qing to carry Heavenly Secrets and keep up. This clearly exposed Heavenly Secrets's weakness in direct combat. However, Chen Qing felt there was nothing to hide about this. The other party had been secretly following them for half a year and should have noticed it long ago.
The sealed space is quite large, which matches Chen Qing's impression of the Southern Barbarians. The most important part of the Southern Barbarians map in the early ancient period was the Ten Thousand Insects Valley, and in the later period it was the Void Temple. In fact, it has the largest land area in the entire world, even larger than several Central Plains combined.
If players are born in the Southern Barbarians early on, they can even explore and develop a new suitable place to live and establish their own royal power. This feature led many big spenders to specifically want to create new accounts that were born in the Southern Barbarians region.
However, because player births are random, and each application requires binding an ID card, and only one account can be created per region, the Southern Barbarians account could sell for as much as 100,000 Federation Currency at that time, making it extremely popular!
Although the Southern Barbarians lands are vast, the environment is harsh and the population is small, making it difficult for them to develop. Moreover, they do not have the fortune of the Central Plains. Chen Qing thought that even if these pioneers were all beta testers and not very familiar with later versions, they had still existed here for several Samsara and should be very clear about the situation of the Southern Barbarians.
This made Chen Qing think that the Southern Barbarians region might be heavily used to suppress and seal away players like the Quefeng before him.
The reason is simple: this place is vast and unused, with a small population, making it the most suitable...
If that's the case, we should be careful. It's best not to use the Heavenly Secrets Cave unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, if we accidentally mix up the sealed spaces here, things could get messy. These guys are not like the biological weapons in the Dragon Palace. Once these guys get out, they'll be deadly!
After traveling at a brisk pace for about two hours, their journey was comparable to Chen Qing's distance from Liuzhou to Nanming Prefecture. Chen Qing felt that the map was at least the size of a prefecture.
That's incredibly extravagant! Sealing off a single player would require an area the size of two prefectures. This isn't imprisonment; with such a vast space, Chen Qing wonders if being sealed away might not be such a bad thing after all.
It would be even better if the various split entities could get along harmoniously; they could even get together for a game of mahjong when they're bored, right?
"That's it," said the Quefeng high on the cliff, pointing to a barrier hundreds of miles away. "That's the eastern barrier. You see, it's already starting to become unstable. I bet my two brethren have already made their move."
"Won't the two of them start fighting?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.
"Theoretically, yes, and we can't rule out the possibility of cooperation," said Quefeng in a low voice. "After all, everyone wants to take this opportunity to get out. Regaining our former power is important, but freedom is even more important."
"Freedom," Chen Qing looked at the vast expanse of land and sky, not quite understanding what the other person meant by freedom.
"You might think this is a good place?"
"It's not exactly a picturesque place, but it's alright. It's not a harsh, cold place either. I think it's pretty good," Chen Qing said honestly.
"That's because you've never been imprisoned!" the other person sneered. "Try living here for hundreds of thousands of years, without any inhabitants, wandering aimlessly, and you'll know."
"Right." Chen Qing thought about it and agreed. After all, there was no human habitation. It would be quite annoying for these savages to live like this for hundreds of thousands of years. Monkey Sun was only imprisoned for five hundred years, and the Third Holy Mother only lived in the Mount Hua villa for twenty years, yet she looked like she had suffered greatly.
However, Chen Qing wondered if someone who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years could endure even a world inhabited by humans.
"Shouldn't you tell us what your two compatriots are capable of?" Chen Qing looked around and said, "They might be at each other's throats soon."
The other party nodded upon hearing this. "We were divided into four based on the four demonic powers within us. I once plundered the powers of four demons: Howling Heaven, Dark Shadow, Heavenly Wildcat, and White Phoenix."
Upon hearing those names Chen Qing and Heavenly Secrets's eyelids twitched violently.
No wonder this guy was sealed away; he's got a really dark past. It would be strange if he wasn't being targeted.
Howling Heaven is lying. According to Chen Qing's deduction, the other party should have the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey!
Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey: Understands Yin and Yang, knows human affairs, is good at entering and exiting, avoids death and prolongs life. It can almost be said to be an upgraded version of Heavenly Secrets, and has unlimited potential. Dark Shadow is a top-notch assassin demon, also known as Shadow Demon. The opponent can traverse the Shadow Realm. Once it marks your shadow, it can come out from your shadow and hit you even if it is thousands of miles away!
Those marked by the Dark Shadow rarely escape, unless you never rest and are always vigilant, otherwise you simply cannot guard against an assassin master who can emerge from your shadow at any time!
Heavenly Wildcat is the master of the Heavenly Illusion Book, possessing many illusionary arts and supernatural powers in the world. A top-level Heavenly Wildcat can even conjure up a town all by himself. You might live in it for decades without realizing that your neighbors and the city around you are fake!
As for White Phoenix, she is even more disgusting. Known as the Poison Phoenix, she possesses the most poisonous blood in the world. Not only is she proficient in various poison techniques, but she can also transform her extremely poisonous blood into spells, using all sorts of unbelievable methods to poison you and even spread the poison.
Compared to this, the first version of the Mr. Five Poisons is child's play. If his poison technique is ruthless, it can keep even living souls from approaching within a thousand miles. It's more exaggerated than radiation!
With this configuration, if it's not sealed, who will be?
With the world's top assassins, poison masters, and illusionists at his disposal, coupled with a diviner's bloodline capable of avoiding death, prolonging life, and understanding the workings of the universe, who would dare let this power grow unchecked? What would become of it if it did?
Not to mention that the Quefeng can continuously collect even more powerful bloodlines, which is simply leaving no way for other players to survive.
Chen Qing instantly realized that this guy's bloodline must not be allowed to leave, otherwise the consequences would be extremely serious!
"Which one was swallowed?" Chen Qing asked, frowning.
" Heavenly Wildcat."
"Hiss!" Chen Qing and Heavenly Secrets both gasped.
The most skilled illusionist and the most troublesome assassin have merged into one; it's truly a chilling thought.
"You stopped within this range because this is the limit?" Chen Qing asked, looking at the other person.
It has to be said that this guy is a little lucky. The Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey can sense danger in advance, so it can sensitively detect the furthest distance of the opponent's illusion and will not easily step into the opponent's illusion trap.
"More or less." The other person pointed ahead. "Based on my feeling, about five miles closer is the limit of their illusion barrier. However, they probably haven't set up any large traps. Among my four demon bloodlines, Heavenly Wildcat is the lowest level. I only got it recently before it was sealed away. It's been sealed in this godforsaken place all these years, and they haven't had a chance to raise Heavenly Wildcat's level. So, they probably won't easily set up large-scale illusion traps, otherwise it would be too exhausting."
"This barrier is about to collapse. Even if the opponent wants to escape, they need to maintain their basic physical strength, so there's really no need to worry too much."
"Yeah?"
Chen Qing and Heavenly Secrets exchanged a glance and began to communicate in secret.
What do you think?
"It doesn't seem illogical," Chen Qing secretly shook his head, his voice turning cold. "But I feel... he's lying!"