'Nonexistence' and 'Existence'

The Mohists of "long" and "universe" involve time and space, and within "long" and "universe," time and space are further divided into countless time elements.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that the 129,600 reflections in the mirror seemed to be scanning every part of his body, and most likely dividing him into tiny parts of various time elements, thus achieving the transformation of time and space.

"Something's not right! I clearly activated this Law Treasure, but it's not working as expected!"

Standing in front of the mirror, Zhang Xuezhou felt a sense of disorientation. It wasn't until he heard Gongsun Hong's unwilling voice that he regained some clarity.

"Is there some kind of manipulation method?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"It seems to be searching for something, but I don't know what it's looking for," Gongsun Hongdao said. "If this continues, my Law Power will be completely depleted!"

"You mean this device needs to find a landing point, but you can't control it to find that point?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"More or less, but I think there are other requirements," Gongsun Hong said. "I've already activated this Law Treasure; see if you can control it!"

Your Law Power might repel me!

"I have forcibly relinquished my body's protective instincts; you can now manipulate me using my bodily senses!"

Gongsun Hong would not have given up control of his body if he had a choice.

At this moment, he almost allowed Zhang Xuezhou to use his body to gain the same senses.

If Zhang Xuezhou had practiced Puppet Technique, his actions would represent the optimal state for creating puppets. If Zhang Xuezhou was skilled at absorbing cultivation Law Power, his entire body would be rendered powerless through this self-abandonment.

This was an extremely risky operation for a cultivator, but Gongsun Hong had no other choice.

Of course, he was glad that Zhang Xuezhou was behind him; if only Li Shaojun had accompanied him, Gongsun Hong felt he wouldn't have done it.

Gongsun Hong's level of trust in Zhang Xuezhou was indeed different from Li Shaojun's. Li Shaojun thought Zhang Xuezhou was of low character, while Gongsun Hong felt that Zhang Xuezhou was a rare young gentleman, whose character was as trustworthy as Dong Zhongshu's.

With these thoughts in mind, he abandoned his physical defenses, allowing Zhang Xuezhou's Law Power to envelop and invade his body, thereby gaining a sense similar to his own.

"Boom!"

If before it was just a mirror showing countless tiny dots, clearly showing that it was a shrunken reflection of oneself, when Zhang Xuezhou's Law Power invaded Gongsun Hong's body, he felt his mind and soul split apart almost like an explosion in an instant.

As Li Shaojun said, there were 129,600 copies.

The fragmentation of his soul enabled rapid calculations, allowing Zhang Xuezhou to clearly perceive that he had been divided into so many smaller parts.

If there were a true coordinate, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his body would transform into 129,600 time elements, thus traversing spatial distances without causing damage.

As Gongsun Hong said, they are indeed lacking something at the moment.

Gongsun Hong knew that teleportation required a landing point, but how that landing point was generated was something he couldn't understand, so he had to ask others for help.

"Light and shadow?"

"Using aperture imaging?"

"To use this treasure, you need to find a light source; only by locking onto the light source can you travel to its vicinity!"

"There isn't much light in this underwater mechanical city and secret realm!"

"Li Shaojun's luminous pearl, incendiary material, and array-enhancing purple gemstone!"

Numerous thoughts kept surfacing in my mind.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't fully understand the principles behind 'Jiuyu', but he managed to figure out how to use it.

If Hongfa, he could even use Li Shaojun as a reference point to try to teleport and see if he could suddenly appear next to him.

But they might only have one chance to try now. Sensing the waning magical Law Power within Gongsun Hong's body, Zhang Xuezhou knew very well that Gongsun Hong would find it difficult to activate this treasure again.

He gazed at the 129,600 mirrors, whose light began to penetrate the underground chamber, ignoring all obstacles, and allowing Zhang Xuezhou to see into the distance.

The purple light caught his eye, and he was even momentarily dazed.

"They're gone!"

The purple light confused his mind and thoughts, and Zhang Xuezhou dared not stare at it for long, or try to penetrate the secret realm to find other sources of light.

He let out a shout, and Gongsun Hong's eyes widened immediately, while Li Shaojun swayed unsteadily in a daze.

A purple, misty aura wafted by, and the three of them felt a sense of disorientation wash over them.

When my vision cleared a little, the surroundings had already changed.

But before Gongsun Hong and the others could experience any joy, Gongsun Hong sensed someone slowly turning around in the main hall.

"Ciqing, it's been a while since we last met. I'm so glad to see you again!"

"Let me out! I don't want to see you again!"

Dong Zhongshu turned around again, and Gongsun Hong's joy turned into a chill.

The first time Gongsun Hong met Dong Zhongshu, Dong Zhongshu stood blocking his way at the mountain gate. The second time, Dong Zhongshu's figure was blurry, so he followed him. And the third time he met Dong Zhongshu, Gongsun Hong had already seen Xuanhua Tower in Jiangxia Kingdom.

This time the impact is far more severe than the previous two times; previously, Gongsun Hong was able to discern the falsehoods.

This time, no sooner had his angry words fallen than Gongsun Hong felt his recent memories rapidly regressing and disappearing.

As time passed, he was already sitting in Xuanhua Tower, chatting with Dong Zhongshu.

"As long as I can return to Chang'an City, it will be just around Chang'an City corner for you to return as well," Dong Zhongshu said.

"That's difficult," Gongsun Hong said helplessly. "I was just kicked out by His Majesty, there's no way His Majesty would invite me back to Chang'an right after that."

"That's true," Dong Zhongshu nodded in response, "It seems this matter can only be dropped!"

"Zhongshu, you..."

Gongsun Hong intended to say that he was just being modest and polite, but he did not expect that Dong Zhongshu would actually agree.

This caused him immense heartache, and he felt that after retiring to his hometown, he could only wait peacefully to die of old age, and even Dong Zhongshu could not help him.

A feeling of discouragement welled up inside Gongsun Hong, and he became deeply immersed in the various gains and losses, unable to extricate himself.

"Dongfang Shuo, Grandpa isn't afraid of you! Let's fight to the death! You strangle me, I strangle you, let's see who kills whom first! We'll settle this in one round!"

Li Shaojun then reunited with Zhang Xuezhou, and he quickly responded using the methods Zhang Xuezhou had instructed him to use.

"Brother Li, I've heard that your technique, which lies between life and death, allows one to die ninety-nine times?"

As the voice inquiring came, Li Shaojun felt as if many memories had faded away, and he found himself back in Fengxize.

Feng Xize's familiar swamp came into view, along with the puddles he had dug himself, and Zhang Xuezhou's company.

Many things seemed like a fantasy, while the real Li Shaojun remained in Fengxize and never left.

"What a joke! I am a descendant of Laozi, the founder of Daoism. My ancestor could break through all laws with a single sword strike. How could I be deceived by such illusions... The Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. 'Nothingness' is the beginning of heaven and earth; 'Existence' is the mother of all things..."

Li Shaojun murmured, continuously reciting the scriptures.

Daoist scriptures are profound and difficult to understand; he had never understood them before. But Li Shaojun knew that if he did not die immediately but was in a predicament, only this set of Daoist scriptures could save him.

He slowly and softly recited the text, and for the first time, he felt as if the scripture had come alive. In this trance, he began to understand the truth, avoiding the time reversal caused by spatial displacement, and his memories began to flow back, constantly reviving the lost memories.