This day marks the day when the gates of the underworld open wide, and the yin energy in the world reaches its peak.
Therefore, the Black Mountain Demon chose this day to marry Nie Xiaoqian.
Li Yao continued, "Do you know the origin of the Black Mountain Demon?"
Nie Xiaoqian thought for a moment and said, "I only heard Grandma... the Locust Tree Spirit say that the Black Mountain Demon was a demon who cultivated from a black mountain and has thousands of years of cultivation. Even the Locust Tree Spirit is afraid of him."
Li Yao nodded, then asked, "Do you know why the Black Mountain Demon was able to occupy the City of the Wrongfully Dead in the Underworld? Isn't the City of the Wrongfully Dead the territory of King Biancheng?"
Nie Xiaoqian hesitated for a moment, then said, "I heard that King Biancheng is no longer in the City of the Wrongfully Dead."
"Not in the City of the Wrongfully Dead?"
Li Yao was immediately puzzled and asked, "Then where did he go? He abandoned his post without permission. Isn't he afraid of being punished by the Heavenly Emperor?"
Nie Xiaoqian said, "I don't know either, I just heard that the King of Biancheng seems to have been imprisoned."
Chapter 416 The Great World
King Biancheng has been imprisoned?!
This news was undoubtedly a major piece of news for Li Yao.
Regardless of whether Nie Xiaoqian's information source is accurate or not.
However, the existence of such rumors at least indicates that King Biancheng has indeed lost control of the City of the Unjustly Dead.
Moreover, rumors that seem baseless may not be entirely without cause.
The fact that the Black Mountain Demon openly occupied the City of the Wrongfully Dead suggests that King Biancheng may indeed have been imprisoned.
So, was it the Black Mountain Demon who imprisoned King Biancheng, or was it some other, more powerful demon who imprisoned him?
The Black Mountain Demon is indeed very powerful.
In the movie, Yan Chixia did not eliminate the Black Mountain Demon, but instead rescued Nie Xiaoqian from his clutches.
However, Li Yao guessed that the Black Mountain Demon must have had more helpers to occupy the City of the Wrongfully Dead.
Or perhaps, behind the Black Mountain Demon, there are even more powerful demons.
Because there are ten Kings of Hell in the underworld.
If King Biancheng were truly imprisoned, the other Yama Kings would definitely not stand idly by.
Besides the Ten Kings of Hell, there should also be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Emperor of Fengdu in the underworld.
The Ten Kings of Hell are all subordinates of these two gods and Buddhas.
They could not simply allow the demons to imprison King Biancheng and do nothing about it.
Therefore, there must be many unknown secrets hidden in the underworld today.
Next, Li Yao continued to question Nie Xiaoqian more deeply.
Unfortunately, Nie Xiaoqian's knowledge ended there, and she provided Li Yao with no further information.
Although he didn't get much information, Li Yao still made some gains this time.
Xiao Bai was very sensible. She saw that Li Yao had important business to attend to, so she sat quietly to the side without interrupting.
Actually, she had many questions in her mind.
What kind of world is this? How is it so different from the world she knew before?
At this moment, she was unaware that she was no longer in the world of Jade Dynasty, but had arrived in another unfamiliar world.
"Miss Xiaoqian, please rest. We won't disturb you any longer!"
After asking Nie Xiaoqian his questions, Li Yao got up to take his leave.
"Oh... I'll see you off, young master!"
A hint of disappointment flashed in Nie Xiaoqian's eyes.
"They seem reluctant to let you go!"
Xiao Bai brought her lips close to Li Yao's ear and teased, "Why don't you stay here tonight?"
"eventful!"
Li Yao rolled his eyes at Xiao Bai.
Then, he took Xiaobai to the next room.
This room wasn't as elegant as Nie Xiaoqian's room.
However, it is relatively clean and tidy.
Before they could even sit down, Xiaobai asked impatiently, "By the way, where exactly is this place? It feels a bit strange."
"Now that you are my spirit beast, there are some things I need to tell you."
Li Yao calmly found a chair, sat down, and said casually, "Actually, I possess the ability to travel between worlds."
"Traveling through the world?"
Xiaobai was even more confused.
Li Yao did not rush to explain, but asked, "Have you ever heard of the Lesser Thousand Worlds, the Middle Thousand Worlds, and the Greater Thousand Worlds?"
Xiao Bai nodded and said, "I've heard of it. It's a Buddhist saying that the entire universe is made up of countless worlds."
"That's exactly right."
Li Yao nodded and explained:
"Just like my ring space, it is also a small world that is independent of other worlds."
"There are many worlds in the entire universe."
“A flower, a blade of grass, a leaf, a tree, can each form a world of its own.”
"The world we live in today is a world that evolved from a ghost story."
"This is no longer the world you used to live in."
"The world you used to live in was evolved from a novel called 'Zhu Xian'."
"And I have the ability to travel between these worlds."
"Can you understand my explanation?"
At this moment, Xiaobai's mouth was wide open, big enough to fit an apple.
Clearly, her explanation of Li Yao was simply unbelievable.
If, as Li Yao claims, she comes from a world in a novel, then is she truly real, or merely a fleeting illusion?
Also, is she no longer able to return to her original world?
She felt very confused and voiced her doubts.
To this, Li Yao simply shrugged and said:
"In fact, even I am not sure whether I really exist or have already ceased to exist."
"However, this issue is not important to me."
"The important thing is that I feel that I am living a meaningful life now, and I have endless goals to pursue in the future, as well as all kinds of worlds to experience."
"No matter what the future holds, having such a rich experience is enough to make me feel fulfilled."
"..."
Li Yao's words made Xiao Bai fall into deep thought.
In fact, when she was trapped in Fenxiang Valley three hundred years ago, she never thought she would ever escape.
Since fate had arranged for Li Yao to rescue her from the cage.
Since she had agreed to become Li Yao's spirit beast.
That means her future fate is now tied to Li Yao's.
Therefore, her future is no longer in her own hands.
It would be better to follow Li Yao's example and live a more exciting and meaningful life from now on.
"In that case, I will accompany you and experience more of the world together!"
Xiao Bai smiled with relief.
"OK!"
Li Yao nodded.
At this moment, Xiaobai seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Since you can travel between worlds, are the worlds you travel to familiar to you?"
"Uh... well..."
Li Yao was surprised that Xiao Bai was so smart that he actually thought of this problem.
He didn't hide anything and nodded, saying, "That's right, the worlds I travel through are all worlds I know well."
Xiao Bai's eyes darted around, and he asked, "So, you know exactly what happens in the worlds you travel to, and who the characters are?"
"Yes!"
Li Yao nodded.
Xiao Bai then asked, "So, you knew of my existence and that I was trapped in Fenxiang Valley even before you traveled to the world of Jade Dynasty?"
"Uh...yes!"
Li Yao was almost sweating profusely.
This little guy is so smart.
Xiao Bai stared at Li Yao and continued to ask, "So, when you traveled to the world of Jade Dynasty, you were already plotting against me?"
"Uh... well..."
Li Yao stammered, avoiding Xiao Bai's gaze.