Pei Ye's thoughts became more open when he reached this point. He nodded and pondered for a while before continuing slowly, "So, 'boundary markers' are the core of contact with the spiritual realm. But in fact, although 'recognition' and 'rewriting' can both enter the spiritual realm, they are fundamentally different."
"Hmm?" Li Xizhou looked at him seriously.
"'Recognition' is the active behavior of the boundary marker, or in other words, it is the natural inclusion of the spiritual realm; while 'rewriting' is not recognized by the spiritual realm. It is a person who modifies his body by himself, avoids the rejection of the boundary marker, and enters it in the state of a spiritual creature." Pei Ye said his own inference, "In other words, the spiritual realm is essentially not for people to actively enter. It is a wonder that is occasionally seen in dreams, a foreign world that suddenly turns to a dead end. Those who have not seen it will never see it again in their lifetime, and those who have entered it can never enter again. The so-called... that... what is the story of the fisherman?"
"I searched for the place I had marked, but lost my way and could not find the way again."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Li Xizhou clapped his hands to encourage him to try to quote from the classics: "Then, how do you know?"
"Because I think I have experienced these two states at the same time." Pei Ye said, "After taking the mermaid pearl powder, I gained the qualification to enter the spiritual realm temporarily, but I still only have the ability to move normally on the shore. Once I enter the water realm, my five senses, direction, spiritual mysteries... are all taken away, just like throwing a landlubber into the water. But I have also taken the 'Lotus Goddess Peach'. It didn't come to me, but it came to me on its own initiative. After that, I gained the freedom to come and go in the water realm as I please."
Li Xizhou nodded slowly.
"Moreover, when we were underwater, besides the mermaids, there were also humans who took the mermaid pearl powder like me, but they did not eat the Luoshen peach." Pei Ye said, "So perhaps we can infer that in their experience, it is not a beneficial strain, but a fatal strain - just like Chen Renzhong under the water of Yangjiadu, or the dead people with scales on their bodies in Guo You's memory."
"Yes, you probably grasped the thread of the 'Mirage City' activities." Li Xizhou said, "Unlike the Guo family who pursued the spiritual realm with yearning and respect, after taking over the Luochuan Ferry, they chose to actively invade, use and even control this world, investing resources and sacrificing lives. In the past few decades, they have indeed reached a progress that the Guo family has never touched.
"Only the path of 'rewriting' can allow a force to complete a systematic invasion of the Spirit Realm, so they have been advancing despite the resistance of the Spirit Realm. After many years, they finally found something as precious and suitable as the mermaid pearl powder. Naturally, they dare not easily touch the things in the Spirit Realm."
"Well, having figured this out, I think the dilemma that Yu Sicheng is facing becomes clear." Pei Ye said.
"you say."
"My deduction is that Luoshen Palace is not the same spiritual realm as the one I entered."
“…”
Pei Ye looked at her, and Li Xizhou's eyebrows gradually raised.
"There are two direct proofs. First, the mermaids enter and exit the Spirit Realm like birds flying in the sky without any hindrance, so they must be creatures of the Spirit Realm. However, they stop outside the Twelve Suspension Streams. Once they force their way in, their bodies become sluggish and their five senses become confused, just like me entering the water realm of the Spirit Realm." Pei Ye said, "Second, the Green Wind Envoy mentioned by Mirage City has a green fan on his wrist, which allows him to identify directions and move freely in the water of the Spirit Realm. This is the same as what I did after taking Luoshen Wood Peach... However, what grows on my wrist is the shape of scales."
“…”
"If the [Blue Wind Envoy] implanted the 'boundary marker' of the spiritual realm into his body to gain a deeper level of power than taking the shark pearl powder, enough to travel freely in the spiritual realm... then we are not using the same 'boundary marker'."
"What about the circumstantial evidence?"
"There are two pieces of circumstantial evidence," Pei Ye continued. "First, 'Mirage City' has developed the spiritual realm to a great extent, and can even mobilize demons like the water viper. The boundary marker is the key to the spiritual realm. The [Green Wind Envoy] is integrated with the boundary marker, and should be able to enter and exit the spiritual realm freely, but it cannot enter in front of the Luoshen Palace. Second, except in the Xuanliu, I have never seen the Luoshen Wood Peach."
“…”
"So I think that Luoshen Palace is a hidden, closed and independent spiritual realm. No one can enter it, let alone enter it, unless it is bridged by external spiritual realms." Pei Ye said his conclusion, "Yu Sicheng has been driving the mermaids and recruiting confidants for so many years, but he still can't make any progress. It's not because Luoshen Palace is sealed with some profound secret technique or strange formation... It's just because it is another world."
"...So Yu Sicheng's actions under the water in the palace were to find the location of this palace, and he sent people to take the Luoshen wood peach in order to analyze and implant it, in order to create a 'Blue and White Envoy'?"
"Yes, it seems that he did not succeed." Pei Ye tapped the table lightly, "Based on this, Luoshen Palace is also different from the Great Spiritual Realm. Although the Great Spiritual Realm is secretive and difficult to enter, it is generally not closed. It seems like a garden that has been unattended for a long time. Luoshen Palace probably shrinks and wraps itself tightly, refusing outsiders to enter. It is probably more like a sleeping palace. Let me think, why not call the spiritual realm of Huanlou and Water Realm [Mirage Realm] according to their terms, and call Luoshen Palace... well... let's call it Luoshen Palace."
Li Xizhou was speechless.
“…”
"Um?"
"Let me think about it. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"..." Li Xizhou turned back, took a sip of the tea.
"I think," Pei Ye said after a moment, straightening his sitting posture, nodding his head and frowning, "although in general, they are not one, but in essence, they are indeed one."
Li Xizhou squinted at him.
"Really, really. The so-called 'mirage realm derives from one' may be in terms of the nature of power, that is, to open up such a realm, the power required is the same." Pei Ye said, "But the spiritual realms opened up by different people are naturally not the same."
"…That does make some sense."
"You have no cultivation, but you still have some truth in your words, as if you know a lot." Pei Ye smiled, "I am the bearer of the Immortal Power Map Xitingxin, and I have eaten more than a dozen Luoshen peaches. I am not like you--"
He stopped talking and paused for a moment, thinking that this Li Ah Xu was really easy to confuse, and continued the previous topic as if nothing had happened: "Also, although the [Green Wind Envoy] cannot move in the Suspended Flow, I can move freely in the Mirage after taking the Luoshen Wood Peach. This means that although the mermaids cannot invade the Luoshen Palace, the Luoshen Palace obviously has free control over the Mirage."
He turned around and said seriously: "In short, in my opinion, Luoshen Palace is such an independent spiritual realm. Yu Sicheng couldn't find it, and didn't know where it was, so he introduced the mirage realm. It took many years to find Xuanliu through the mirage realm, and it can be regarded as determining its location in space. It has no gaps to enter, and there is no other way to approach it except passing through the mirage realm..."
He picked up the brush, dipped it in the already thin ink, and drew a large circle enclosing a small circle on the paper: "If the mirage is the Divine Capital, then Luoshen Palace is the East Palace."
Li Xizhou clapped his hands again, as an encouragement to him to know what the "Eastern Palace" was, and said calmly: "Then the problem now is that although the Eastern Palace Crown Prince favors you, you cannot enter the Shenjing City."
Pei Ye was silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "Yes."
Just like the Eastern Palace of the Tang Dynasty, it is inseparable from the Shenjing City.
He had a brief encounter with the faint shadow in the suspended stream, and after leaving, they could never meet again.
The problem he faced was different from that of Yu Sicheng. He could not enter the mirage. Even though he had dealt with it several times, that world had only opened its doors to him briefly each time and had never truly accepted him.
Although the Luoshenmu peach tree allowed him to move freely inside it, it probably did not allow him to enter or exit, because "Searching for a Ferry in Luochuan" said that the boundary marker was the only bridge.
Of course, what's more important is that Luo Weiyou did not give him the ability to wear scales on his wrist forever, because Luoshen Palace is far away and ethereal. It won't let Yu Sicheng in, so naturally it won't let him in either.
It sometimes has a brief encounter with mortals, but the traces it leaves behind must be fleeting.
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Pei Ye realized this a long time ago. When he sneaked into Yu Sicheng's mansion, he stole some mermaid pearl powder, but was forced to take it after a few breaths. Apart from this, he had no other way to enter.
There is a corpse of the Green Wind Envoy on the Immortal Terrace. There are also traces of boundary markers on its wrist, but the only clue it provides is the small fan-shaped piece.
The boundary marker of Luoshen Palace is Luoshen Wood Peach. What is the boundary marker of Mirage Realm?
Without relying on the means of Mirage City, is it impossible for him to reach this realm?
I spent the whole afternoon talking about the book, analyzing this legendary world in detail, but when I came to my senses, it was still so far away that I couldn't reach it. If there is no way in the unknown, I have nothing to regret; but if there is no way in the known, it is a bit disappointing.
"It's indeed not written in "Searching for the Ferry in Luochuan". I read it twice." Li Xizhou flipped his hand and closed the last page. "I think there is probably a reason. "Luochuan" itself is not keen on invading the spiritual realm. What they pursue is to be accepted by the spiritual realm and follow the back of the goddess of Luo River. As you said before, this is completely different. And Guo believes that searching for landmarks with a purpose is precisely the least likely to be found."
"oh?"
"Luochuan is pious about the spiritual realm. They believe that not everyone can see the spiritual realm. Those who are not suitable for it will only be 'lost and unable to find the way' in the end." Li Xizhou said slowly, "Jiang Yan was trapped on the Wei River, and Liu Gong was short-sighted between Beijing and Luoyang... Luochuan says, 'When the road is exhausted and the dream is far away, the spirit will be seen', which is about the same."
This made Master Pei frown the most. He sighed softly, "Is it so mysterious... Is there another possibility? It was originally in "Finding the Ferry in Luochuan", but Guo You's memory was tampered with."
"It's possible. After all, I have no cultivation and I dare not make any judgment." Li Xizhou said indifferently.
“…”
Pei Ye stood up with his sword in hand, intending to walk out of the hall and search for possible traces. The corpse of the [Green Wind Envoy] had accomplished a great event that shook the capital city in this palace city. As a person who had come and gone freely in the mirage, tracing his past might provide some inspiration.
"But you don't have to worry too much about it." Li Xizhou said, "We are here to stop Yu Sicheng. Finding a way to defeat him is the most important thing. There is room for other things to be postponed."
"Um."
"'Searching for Luochuan' has been pursuing the Goddess of Luo River, but its writers have never really approached this name. I cannot confirm the answer from here about what is in the Palace of the Goddess of Luo River, and that is exactly what Yu Sicheng and his men are determined to obtain." After a moment of silence, Li Xizhou said softly, "But no matter what it is, that is what I want to get. I believe that mother only left it to me. I am also trying my own way to get it. I am not sure if it is correct, but at least before that, I must not let the Yong and Yu families take it away."
This was something he had never said before. Pei Ye glanced at her and said, "Okay."
When he turned to leave, he was stopped again: "No, wait a minute."
"Hmm?" Pei Ye turned around and saw the woman looking at his shoulders and neck with a frown.
"Tomorrow we have a private dinner. How long have you not had a shave and a haircut?"
"……ah?"
"Not once since I came to Beijing. Go find a place to get your hair and accessories fixed and made neat and tidy."
Pei Ye was still in shock, but before he could speak, Qu Xin, who seemed to be asleep, suddenly raised his head and said calmly, "I'll do it."
“…”
Pei Ye was originally quite embarrassed, but it was indeed convenient as he didn't have to leave the palace, and the girl's technique was really good, probably due to her precision from training in removing tendons and cutting flesh. Whenever her cool fingers lightly pressed the thin blade and passed through the back of his neck, it always made his spine shiver.
But Pei Ye inexplicably felt that she seemed to cherish the hair that was cut off more than the hair that was still growing on her head.
But no matter what, the young man still enjoyed the free haircut and combing by Xiaoyaojun. He thanked her sincerely. The few days he spent together in Zhu Jingdian had changed his opinion of the girl.
Pei Ye walked out of the Zhujing Hall. The sky was not so bright anymore, but there was still some time before the sun set. He lay on the railing of the Zhuchi for a while with his sword pressed down.
The weather was cold and there were no birds in the pond. He stared at the ice for a while, frowning slightly, and sighed softly after a while.
Then he stood up, raised his sword and went west.
"Hmm?" Li Xizhou looked at him seriously.
"'Recognition' is the active behavior of the boundary marker, or in other words, it is the natural inclusion of the spiritual realm; while 'rewriting' is not recognized by the spiritual realm. It is a person who modifies his body by himself, avoids the rejection of the boundary marker, and enters it in the state of a spiritual creature." Pei Ye said his own inference, "In other words, the spiritual realm is essentially not for people to actively enter. It is a wonder that is occasionally seen in dreams, a foreign world that suddenly turns to a dead end. Those who have not seen it will never see it again in their lifetime, and those who have entered it can never enter again. The so-called... that... what is the story of the fisherman?"
"I searched for the place I had marked, but lost my way and could not find the way again."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Li Xizhou clapped his hands to encourage him to try to quote from the classics: "Then, how do you know?"
"Because I think I have experienced these two states at the same time." Pei Ye said, "After taking the mermaid pearl powder, I gained the qualification to enter the spiritual realm temporarily, but I still only have the ability to move normally on the shore. Once I enter the water realm, my five senses, direction, spiritual mysteries... are all taken away, just like throwing a landlubber into the water. But I have also taken the 'Lotus Goddess Peach'. It didn't come to me, but it came to me on its own initiative. After that, I gained the freedom to come and go in the water realm as I please."
Li Xizhou nodded slowly.
"Moreover, when we were underwater, besides the mermaids, there were also humans who took the mermaid pearl powder like me, but they did not eat the Luoshen peach." Pei Ye said, "So perhaps we can infer that in their experience, it is not a beneficial strain, but a fatal strain - just like Chen Renzhong under the water of Yangjiadu, or the dead people with scales on their bodies in Guo You's memory."
"Yes, you probably grasped the thread of the 'Mirage City' activities." Li Xizhou said, "Unlike the Guo family who pursued the spiritual realm with yearning and respect, after taking over the Luochuan Ferry, they chose to actively invade, use and even control this world, investing resources and sacrificing lives. In the past few decades, they have indeed reached a progress that the Guo family has never touched.
"Only the path of 'rewriting' can allow a force to complete a systematic invasion of the Spirit Realm, so they have been advancing despite the resistance of the Spirit Realm. After many years, they finally found something as precious and suitable as the mermaid pearl powder. Naturally, they dare not easily touch the things in the Spirit Realm."
"Well, having figured this out, I think the dilemma that Yu Sicheng is facing becomes clear." Pei Ye said.
"you say."
"My deduction is that Luoshen Palace is not the same spiritual realm as the one I entered."
“…”
Pei Ye looked at her, and Li Xizhou's eyebrows gradually raised.
"There are two direct proofs. First, the mermaids enter and exit the Spirit Realm like birds flying in the sky without any hindrance, so they must be creatures of the Spirit Realm. However, they stop outside the Twelve Suspension Streams. Once they force their way in, their bodies become sluggish and their five senses become confused, just like me entering the water realm of the Spirit Realm." Pei Ye said, "Second, the Green Wind Envoy mentioned by Mirage City has a green fan on his wrist, which allows him to identify directions and move freely in the water of the Spirit Realm. This is the same as what I did after taking Luoshen Wood Peach... However, what grows on my wrist is the shape of scales."
“…”
"If the [Blue Wind Envoy] implanted the 'boundary marker' of the spiritual realm into his body to gain a deeper level of power than taking the shark pearl powder, enough to travel freely in the spiritual realm... then we are not using the same 'boundary marker'."
"What about the circumstantial evidence?"
"There are two pieces of circumstantial evidence," Pei Ye continued. "First, 'Mirage City' has developed the spiritual realm to a great extent, and can even mobilize demons like the water viper. The boundary marker is the key to the spiritual realm. The [Green Wind Envoy] is integrated with the boundary marker, and should be able to enter and exit the spiritual realm freely, but it cannot enter in front of the Luoshen Palace. Second, except in the Xuanliu, I have never seen the Luoshen Wood Peach."
“…”
"So I think that Luoshen Palace is a hidden, closed and independent spiritual realm. No one can enter it, let alone enter it, unless it is bridged by external spiritual realms." Pei Ye said his conclusion, "Yu Sicheng has been driving the mermaids and recruiting confidants for so many years, but he still can't make any progress. It's not because Luoshen Palace is sealed with some profound secret technique or strange formation... It's just because it is another world."
"...So Yu Sicheng's actions under the water in the palace were to find the location of this palace, and he sent people to take the Luoshen wood peach in order to analyze and implant it, in order to create a 'Blue and White Envoy'?"
"Yes, it seems that he did not succeed." Pei Ye tapped the table lightly, "Based on this, Luoshen Palace is also different from the Great Spiritual Realm. Although the Great Spiritual Realm is secretive and difficult to enter, it is generally not closed. It seems like a garden that has been unattended for a long time. Luoshen Palace probably shrinks and wraps itself tightly, refusing outsiders to enter. It is probably more like a sleeping palace. Let me think, why not call the spiritual realm of Huanlou and Water Realm [Mirage Realm] according to their terms, and call Luoshen Palace... well... let's call it Luoshen Palace."
Li Xizhou was speechless.
“…”
"Um?"
"Let me think about it. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"..." Li Xizhou turned back, took a sip of the tea.
"I think," Pei Ye said after a moment, straightening his sitting posture, nodding his head and frowning, "although in general, they are not one, but in essence, they are indeed one."
Li Xizhou squinted at him.
"Really, really. The so-called 'mirage realm derives from one' may be in terms of the nature of power, that is, to open up such a realm, the power required is the same." Pei Ye said, "But the spiritual realms opened up by different people are naturally not the same."
"…That does make some sense."
"You have no cultivation, but you still have some truth in your words, as if you know a lot." Pei Ye smiled, "I am the bearer of the Immortal Power Map Xitingxin, and I have eaten more than a dozen Luoshen peaches. I am not like you--"
He stopped talking and paused for a moment, thinking that this Li Ah Xu was really easy to confuse, and continued the previous topic as if nothing had happened: "Also, although the [Green Wind Envoy] cannot move in the Suspended Flow, I can move freely in the Mirage after taking the Luoshen Wood Peach. This means that although the mermaids cannot invade the Luoshen Palace, the Luoshen Palace obviously has free control over the Mirage."
He turned around and said seriously: "In short, in my opinion, Luoshen Palace is such an independent spiritual realm. Yu Sicheng couldn't find it, and didn't know where it was, so he introduced the mirage realm. It took many years to find Xuanliu through the mirage realm, and it can be regarded as determining its location in space. It has no gaps to enter, and there is no other way to approach it except passing through the mirage realm..."
He picked up the brush, dipped it in the already thin ink, and drew a large circle enclosing a small circle on the paper: "If the mirage is the Divine Capital, then Luoshen Palace is the East Palace."
Li Xizhou clapped his hands again, as an encouragement to him to know what the "Eastern Palace" was, and said calmly: "Then the problem now is that although the Eastern Palace Crown Prince favors you, you cannot enter the Shenjing City."
Pei Ye was silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "Yes."
Just like the Eastern Palace of the Tang Dynasty, it is inseparable from the Shenjing City.
He had a brief encounter with the faint shadow in the suspended stream, and after leaving, they could never meet again.
The problem he faced was different from that of Yu Sicheng. He could not enter the mirage. Even though he had dealt with it several times, that world had only opened its doors to him briefly each time and had never truly accepted him.
Although the Luoshenmu peach tree allowed him to move freely inside it, it probably did not allow him to enter or exit, because "Searching for a Ferry in Luochuan" said that the boundary marker was the only bridge.
Of course, what's more important is that Luo Weiyou did not give him the ability to wear scales on his wrist forever, because Luoshen Palace is far away and ethereal. It won't let Yu Sicheng in, so naturally it won't let him in either.
It sometimes has a brief encounter with mortals, but the traces it leaves behind must be fleeting.
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Pei Ye realized this a long time ago. When he sneaked into Yu Sicheng's mansion, he stole some mermaid pearl powder, but was forced to take it after a few breaths. Apart from this, he had no other way to enter.
There is a corpse of the Green Wind Envoy on the Immortal Terrace. There are also traces of boundary markers on its wrist, but the only clue it provides is the small fan-shaped piece.
The boundary marker of Luoshen Palace is Luoshen Wood Peach. What is the boundary marker of Mirage Realm?
Without relying on the means of Mirage City, is it impossible for him to reach this realm?
I spent the whole afternoon talking about the book, analyzing this legendary world in detail, but when I came to my senses, it was still so far away that I couldn't reach it. If there is no way in the unknown, I have nothing to regret; but if there is no way in the known, it is a bit disappointing.
"It's indeed not written in "Searching for the Ferry in Luochuan". I read it twice." Li Xizhou flipped his hand and closed the last page. "I think there is probably a reason. "Luochuan" itself is not keen on invading the spiritual realm. What they pursue is to be accepted by the spiritual realm and follow the back of the goddess of Luo River. As you said before, this is completely different. And Guo believes that searching for landmarks with a purpose is precisely the least likely to be found."
"oh?"
"Luochuan is pious about the spiritual realm. They believe that not everyone can see the spiritual realm. Those who are not suitable for it will only be 'lost and unable to find the way' in the end." Li Xizhou said slowly, "Jiang Yan was trapped on the Wei River, and Liu Gong was short-sighted between Beijing and Luoyang... Luochuan says, 'When the road is exhausted and the dream is far away, the spirit will be seen', which is about the same."
This made Master Pei frown the most. He sighed softly, "Is it so mysterious... Is there another possibility? It was originally in "Finding the Ferry in Luochuan", but Guo You's memory was tampered with."
"It's possible. After all, I have no cultivation and I dare not make any judgment." Li Xizhou said indifferently.
“…”
Pei Ye stood up with his sword in hand, intending to walk out of the hall and search for possible traces. The corpse of the [Green Wind Envoy] had accomplished a great event that shook the capital city in this palace city. As a person who had come and gone freely in the mirage, tracing his past might provide some inspiration.
"But you don't have to worry too much about it." Li Xizhou said, "We are here to stop Yu Sicheng. Finding a way to defeat him is the most important thing. There is room for other things to be postponed."
"Um."
"'Searching for Luochuan' has been pursuing the Goddess of Luo River, but its writers have never really approached this name. I cannot confirm the answer from here about what is in the Palace of the Goddess of Luo River, and that is exactly what Yu Sicheng and his men are determined to obtain." After a moment of silence, Li Xizhou said softly, "But no matter what it is, that is what I want to get. I believe that mother only left it to me. I am also trying my own way to get it. I am not sure if it is correct, but at least before that, I must not let the Yong and Yu families take it away."
This was something he had never said before. Pei Ye glanced at her and said, "Okay."
When he turned to leave, he was stopped again: "No, wait a minute."
"Hmm?" Pei Ye turned around and saw the woman looking at his shoulders and neck with a frown.
"Tomorrow we have a private dinner. How long have you not had a shave and a haircut?"
"……ah?"
"Not once since I came to Beijing. Go find a place to get your hair and accessories fixed and made neat and tidy."
Pei Ye was still in shock, but before he could speak, Qu Xin, who seemed to be asleep, suddenly raised his head and said calmly, "I'll do it."
“…”
Pei Ye was originally quite embarrassed, but it was indeed convenient as he didn't have to leave the palace, and the girl's technique was really good, probably due to her precision from training in removing tendons and cutting flesh. Whenever her cool fingers lightly pressed the thin blade and passed through the back of his neck, it always made his spine shiver.
But Pei Ye inexplicably felt that she seemed to cherish the hair that was cut off more than the hair that was still growing on her head.
But no matter what, the young man still enjoyed the free haircut and combing by Xiaoyaojun. He thanked her sincerely. The few days he spent together in Zhu Jingdian had changed his opinion of the girl.
Pei Ye walked out of the Zhujing Hall. The sky was not so bright anymore, but there was still some time before the sun set. He lay on the railing of the Zhuchi for a while with his sword pressed down.
The weather was cold and there were no birds in the pond. He stared at the ice for a while, frowning slightly, and sighed softly after a while.
Then he stood up, raised his sword and went west.
