doitstory Chapter 1892 11891 The Secret of the Sword
Chapter 1892 11891 The Secret of the Sword
Chapter 1892 1.1891 The Secret of the Sword
As Lolita, the middleman in Tianjie, told Wu Chen, "Of the 0606 temples in the Southern Dynasties, 'each temple' represents 'each lifetime'."
In Buddhist terms, it is like "one flower, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi."
Each temple is comparable to a miniature world. The Southern Dynasty Interstellar Hotel is, after all, a fifth-tier tablet base. Add to that the intrusion of the Zishan Linghu's trans-dimensional transmission plot, and the "pocket within a pocket" plot layering, further nested with various demon caves from the storyline of "Wuxia World: Prison City Conquest," causing the internal spacetime of the invaded temples to become extremely distorted, making the experience feel immensely vast.
Therefore, it is obvious that the Five Poisons Dojo in Anguo Temple, which is currently being invaded by the plot, and the Wave Moon Cave nested within it are from "Wuxia World: Prison City Battle".
Moreover, there is definitely more than one nested cave, Wave Moon Cave. So, just as the two groups left the Wanzishan area, the scene changed again in a flash.
The classic "grid-walking" scene, previously detected by the onboard AI, has returned to everyone's view. This further confirms that Wave Moon Cave truly is "a world of its own," an intrusion nested within the storyline.
"Captain, which of the five poisons of Buddhism does the White Bone Demon of Wave Moon Cave represent: greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt?" the mysterious witch Kirina couldn't help but ask.
“The latest big data model determines that the ‘Five Poisons Dojo’ was originally the business project within the Anguo Temple, an annex of the Southern Dynasty Interstellar Hotel. As for the Wave Moon Cave, it was an intrusion into the prison city transmitted through time and space by the Purple Coral Spirit Coral, so it should be unrelated to the business project of the ‘Five Poisons Dojo’.” Captain Dr. Ilsa Hayden informed the team members of the calculation results from the onboard AI.
"If they are unrelated, why is the 'Five Poisons Dojo' nested within the Wave Moon Cave?" This was the question posed by the mysterious witch Kirina.
“Huh?” Captain Dr. Ilsa Hayden suddenly realized: “You mean, the trans-space teleportation of the Purple Coral is not an absolutely disordered random teleportation.”
“I feel there must be some unknown connection between them. Otherwise, how could the Purple Coral Spirit accurately pinpoint the ‘teleportation anchor point’?” The mysterious witch Kirina confided to her best friend.
"Hmm." Captain Dr. Ilsa Hayden immediately fed the new data into the onboard AI: "Let's see the results later."
The communication between the wave-breaking teams continued to radiate through the Ω-shaped screen. It quickly reached Wu Chen's mind: "Emotion. Or rather, emotional fluctuations."
“What the master means is that the Purple Coral Spirit Coral locates the ‘teleportation anchor point’ through some kind of specific mental fluctuation.” Ai Yi, the female housekeeper guarding the all-in-one machine on the platform, had already thought of it: “Just like the ‘joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness’ that humans can empathize with.”
“Perhaps that’s it.” Wu Chen nodded gently: “Following this line of thought, the White Bone Demon of Wave Moon Cave empathizes with the ‘foolishness’ among the ‘Five Poisons’ of Buddhism.”
"Lady White Bone was devoted to love throughout her life." The housekeeper, Ai, agreed: "Although many 'memory copies' of the master's past experiences in the prison have not yet been recovered, the fact that Lady White Bone could sense the master with just a wisp of his soul shows how deep her love was."
"That's right." The star that briefly lit up in Wu Chen's natal Scorpio Ω sign is proof of the deep bond between them.
In fact, from the perspective of the sanctuary, any female companions who have been integrated into Wu Chen's universe will not be completely erased. No matter which fragment of the nine shattered sanctuary storylines they are scattered in, they are merely "offline." As long as the cleanup days continue, and Wu Chen survives long enough in the shattered city, his lost female companions will eventually transform into a purplish-red crystal cone and be thrown into the city. They will overcome all dangers and hardships to come and reunite with him.
“Ilsa, Jade Guanyin, just as you suspected. The Wave Moon Cave resonates with the ‘ignorance’ of the Buddhist ‘Five Poisons.’ If nothing unexpected happens, the remaining four checkpoints correspond to ‘greed,’ ‘anger,’ ‘pride,’ and ‘doubt,’ respectively.” Wu Chen immediately transmitted his voice to the captains of the two teams: “Based on the previous clues, you will most likely encounter a ‘demon king’ related to this blocking your way.”
"Yes, my lord." The White Bone Demon Jade Guanyin, the captain of Team 3, who had just completed the (plot) memory chain reconstruction and regained her sense of self, immediately responded in a sweet voice. The scene was as if it had happened yesterday, completely seamless. There wasn't even a trace of alienation or unfamiliarity. Because her core spirit, which preserved the plot memories, was solidified within Wu Chen's inner universe, just like all her female companions. After "re-entering the game," their deep affection remained unchanged.
“Understood, Master.” Unlike the fairy who proclaimed “Eternity may end, but this love will last forever,” Dr. Ilsa Hayden, a science fiction enthusiast, preferred to address her as “Master.” Just then, her vision blurred, and the scene shifted again.
The two groups of people had just left the territory of Wanzishan and entered the territory of Wuyueshan.
"Is it the mountain of the Axe Gang, number 101, section 1 of the Five Mountains?" Noelle, the diamond thief, immediately realized.
"I am the leader of the Axe Gang, nicknamed 'Jade-Faced Flying Dragon' Supreme Treasure. My gang of menacing-looking brothers and I live deep in the desert, specifically at No. 101B1, Section 4, Wuyue Mountain, making a living by robbing passing merchants. Although the desert is always fraught with danger and sandstorms, life is quite enjoyable with big chunks of meat, big bowls of wine, and big scales of gold and silver. Later, I fell in love with Bai Jingjing because of her Samadhi White Bone Fire, but unfortunately, happiness is always so short-lived. Due to a misunderstanding, Jingjing committed suicide. So I used the Moonlight Box to travel through time and space back to the past to save Jingjing."
—This is precisely the story of "A Chinese Odyssey," where "promises are easy to make, but debts of affection are hard to repay."
Sniffing the foul stench, Yu Guanyin, the captain of Team Breaker 3, frowned and said, "The place ahead must be a land of monsters."
Turning a corner at the foot of the mountain, five solitary peaks, black and red, immediately came into view.
Wuyue Mountain, also known as Wuzhi Mountain, is said to be the place where Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, was trapped. It should have stood tall in the desert, a barren land of endless yellow sand. Now, however, it is entirely blackish-red, with jagged rocks that look strange from afar, and a faint stench from the air.
“Look, there are scabs on the ground,” Team 1 captain Ilsa Hayden reminded the group.
"It's just a scab." Team 3's captain, Yu Guanyin, immediately recognized it.
"How much demon blood would it take to soak the entire lonely peak?" Even the White Bone Demon, Jade Maiden, couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
The onboard AI magnified the details. It could be seen that the scabs contained granular, blood-red crystals. Needless to say, this place had also been invaded by the Purple Coral Spirit.
“That is…” Similar to the Bull Demon King’s corpse lantern in the Wanzishan area, a huge pig demon’s corpse was also stuck in the roadside leading into Wuyue Mountain. Jade Guanyin and Jade Jiaoniang, who came from the same timeline of Journey to the West, said in unison: “Pigsy.”
Good heavens, the Bull Demon King and Pigsy have both been turned into guide lanterns.
The question is, who did it?
The answer is given in small print on the lightbox sign: "The one who slays this demon is the Peacock Prince."
"The Peacock Prince?" Ai, the housekeeper standing in front of the all-in-one machine on the platform, had already guessed: "So it was him."
In the 1995 film *A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box*, a fleeting image of a leper-faced demon and a bird-man appears in the end credits, accompanied by the tagline "To find out what happens next, please watch the finale." However, they don't appear in the sequel, *A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella*. It wasn't until the extended commemorative re-release of *A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella* in 2017 that the two monsters, missing for twenty years, finally return. The leper-faced demon is actually the Snow Toad King of Tianshan, and the bird-man is his cousin, the Peacock Spirit.
This deleted scene was actually meant to reveal the secret of the Purple and Green Sword: whoever can pull out the sword will be Zixia's destined husband. Thus, the Snow Frog King and the Peacock Demon fought fiercely, only to be driven mad by Zixia's ringing of her bell. In fact, these two demons also made a brief appearance in the original version. If you look closely, the Snow Frog King and the Peacock Demon are present during Supreme Treasure's wedding to Niu Xiangxiang.
As the prince of the Peacock Kingdom, the Peacock Spirit possesses powerful peacock feather attack skills, a magnificent diamond-encrusted mask, and a blue-trimmed silk robe, earning him the reputation of being a "tall, rich, and handsome" monster.
As for his brother, the Snow Frog King of Tianshan... well, let's not mention him.