Chapter 971: The Face Within the Rules

Chapter 971: Chapter 907: The Face Within the Rules

The chaos of the rules began to bloom everywhere momentarily, and if both sides’ little cultivators died directly due to the counteraction of the rules, the luckier ones enjoyed the experience of having their souls whisked away.

Take Chen Xixi for example, she was joyfully pursuing a soul at the moment.

She felt her luck couldn’t be better. As soon as she entered Central Continent, she wandered around aimlessly without genuinely searching, and then she saw a soul being taken away by something.

In present-day Central Continent, it seemed that apart from the rules, nothing else remained.

Brimming with curiosity, she naturally followed the soul all the way.

The unfortunate soul was unclear whether it belonged to the Celestial Dao Sect or the Yama Hall, nor how long it had been whisked away by the rules; in any case, the soul was showing signs of dispersion.

After chasing for about hundreds of miles, the glow of the rules suddenly stopped because the soul couldn’t hold on any longer and directly disintegrated.

Seeing the opportunity, Chen Xixi was eager to step forward to touch it, but the glow flashed and vanished into the void, making her gnash her teeth in anger.

In the end, she could only obediently land, mimic Mu Zili’s posture, sit cross-legged, and calm her heart with closed eyes.

When the Illusion Realm opened, a soul bounced around inside, and its stunning beauty was no longer concealable here; the soul was extraordinarily beautiful, but its lively nature was also peculiar to the extreme.

It quickly led her to the place where the light diffused, and her beautiful eyes brightened abruptly as she hurriedly approached and greeted the light cluster.

“Hello, rules.”

As soon as she gestured, a force rushed towards her, but she was prepared and dodged immediately, swiftly jumping forward and snatching at it, leading to a burst of radiant light…

…

Wujiu and Jiu You were currently bewildered under a mountain in the Western Territory.

“You go first, after all, you’re from the second hall.”

Wujiu shamelessly spoke up.

Jiu You’s lips twitched slightly; damn, now you recognize I’m from the second hall, but usually, you don’t see you being polite to me.

However, he played it perfectly on the surface, “This rule isn’t quite connected to my fate; you go first.”

This truly left a group of Yama Hall cultivators stunned, as they had searched for quite a while with luck just to find a place with rules, and now they were showing such courtesy?

Jiu You dismissed the group, letting them continue to explore, and only after they left did he speak grudgingly.

“Your performance is overly exaggerated and flashy.”

Wujiu certainly knew it was indeed quite flashy, but what could be done? This thing also killed quite a few of their cultivators.

Who would dare to touch it?

He didn’t want to be duped.

“Do I look like the fool Di Liuxin to you?”

Jiu You snorted coldly and sneered, “But this can’t continue indefinitely, right?”

Wujiu wore a worried face; the rules were good things, but what if he dared not touch them?

Just letting it go — impossible.

If they had no thoughts about the rules, they wouldn’t have come here.

But having come to this side, neither dared to make a move.

“Why not cooperate, regardless of who goes first, the other party acts as a protector, how about that?”

Jiu You sighed and came up with a compromise. Since both wanted the rules, it would be better to lend each other a hand.

Wujiu naturally agreed readily; these things were plentiful in Central Continent, and since they both had the opportunity to obtain them, mutual assistance wouldn’t be a bad idea.

That being said, who should go first?

This was ultimately a risky task, so who had the honor was again a subject of courtesy.

Probably the only time these two could be courteous about something!

Jiu You sighed helplessly in the end, aware that this endless back and forth wouldn’t work, and rather than wasting time entangling, it was better to be straightforward.

His thinking was certainly more farsighted than Wujiu’s; would the risks in rules break their aspirations?

Unlikely.

Thus, it seemed that who went first and who went last wasn’t that much of a difference anymore.

The next moment, he made a decision and abruptly declared.

“Fine, I’ll go first!”

Before entering the Illusion Realm, Jiu You, still uneasy, turned back to remind the other, “Remember, how you assist me now is how I will assist you when it’s your turn to grab the rules.”

If you sincerely help, I’ll sincerely aid you.

But if you screw me over?

Then think carefully whether your body might get ignited during meditation!

Jiu You trusted that Wujiu could understand, unless he no longer wanted the rules.

With that, he entered the Illusion Realm on the spot, as agreed, Wujiu instantly entered a state of alertness, ready to take action at any moment.

Within the Illusion Realm, Jiu You began cautiously approaching the light cluster; until touched, nobody could discern what the rules were, thus he cautiously edged closer.

Upon touching, his soul was suddenly seized, and the next moment, the light cluster rippled in the outside void, and a soul was seen leaving Jiu You’s body.

Fortunately, it was not taken away, only because the vigilant Wujiu had already struck boldly, directly forcing the soul back.

Along with the rule, he pushed it back into Jiu You’s body.

The next moment, an eerie spectacle unfolded, bizarre and fascinating.

The rule itself didn’t seem so easily subdued, sprouting from Jiu You’s body as if carrying the soul to escape.

Wujiu swung his massive palm like swatting flies, his form constantly shifting, quick as a shadow relentlessly batting the rule back.

On the other side, Jiu You gritted his teeth, only feeling his soul trembling intensely, now faced with two choices: either release the soul or continue enduring.

The more Wujiu swatted, the more amazed he became inside, never imagining that obtaining the rules would be so perilous.

After all, it’s a soul!

In speaking of a cultivator’s most vulnerable spots on their soul, the frontrunner should be the body, but truly, it should be the soul.

Destroying the soul is far easier than the flesh.

Right now with Jiu You, ordinarily, he couldn’t beat his opponent, but if he dared destroy his soul, then Jiu You would be done.

This scared him a bit; could rule acquisition really be so difficult?

…

“The rules aren’t as hard as they say?”

Chen Xixi’s face showed a satisfied expression, as at this moment the glow was interacting with the soul.

An enigmatic feeling arose spontaneously.

Initially, the rule indeed showed signs of wanting to whisk the soul away, but until the soul was enveloped completely, the rule instead became still.

Suddenly, she seemed to catch a glimpse of Han Yu’s face flickering in her mind, but when she wanted to see clearly, it was already too late.

She muttered to herself, perhaps it’s precisely such an odd event occurring that quieted the rule down.

“Could this guy be the Heavenly Dao himself, giving me preferential treatment?”

Chen Xixi speculated inwardly.

After all, just now that unfortunate soul was dragged away, but when it was her turn, nothing happened.

Too late to think deep, the rule’s light cluster was spreading continuously, as if opening a new world to her.

In that world, everything was silent and empty, just void.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared, seemingly a sapling, which grew into a tree.

The next moment countless trees stood tall, then began to project all things; Chen Xixi watched this peculiarly.

The entirety of this world felt incredibly real to her, yet constantly gave her a sense of illusion.

Rules?

A rule named Illusion.

At this moment, she experienced an epiphany, articulating the essence of this rule.

Simultaneously, the whole world abruptly disintegrated, everything condensed into a small seed.

This seed spun around before her soul, seemingly waiting for her decision.

Chen Xixi, too, matched this rule; her nature thrived on endless transformations, like falseness disguised as truth.

Now, the rule seemed to have yielded, awaiting Chen Xixi’s own decision.

If taken, the rule seed would root within the soul and return to the body together.

If not taken, the rule seed would again recede into the void.

Chen Xixi’s soul supported her chin, pondering whether to accept it.

“Fine, I’ll take it!”

The next moment, the soul and seed merged into the body.

“Are you damn well going to give it or not?”

Jiu You was about to go insane; this rule acted like a lunatic, drilling around everywhere, and the worst part was, he just saw a damned face!