Chapter 1806: Illusion and Reality
"Walk? Block for a moment?" Chu Mo slightly shook his head, looking at Xu Fufu. He frowned, unsure whether to tell him about certain things. But after thinking it over, he decided to let it go.
After death, there's reincarnation. If the seal of memory is unlocked, then in childhood, one can be aware of their past lives.
Such people are not uncommon in the long river of time. They are often referred to as "born knowledgeable."
Or as natural saints. This is something Chu Mo can accept. Because with his current cultivation, he could easily achieve that. This method is what those Heavenly People call the way to control reincarnation.
A person who is born knowledgeable, as long as they are not particularly lazy or indulge themselves, there is almost no reason they cannot rise to prominence.
But if someone came and told Chu Mo that they came here upstream from the lower reaches of the time river, Chu Mo definitely wouldn't believe it!
This kind of thing, Chu Mo himself has no way to comprehend, not to mention Xu Fufu and Miao Yi Niang, these two "children."
With their current understanding, they simply cannot accept this matter.
But Chu Mo is somewhat confused, what exactly is this place?
He doesn't believe he traveled upstream in the time river and went back to his childhood.
Even if he has no cultivation now, his mind is still intact!
This kind of thing, he has deduced in the past. It can be said that any action different from back then could easily alter the entire history!
Once such an anomaly is discovered, a Heavenly Tribulation from the Heavenly Dao would descend. It is simply impossible to tolerate such a balance-breaking existence appearing in this world.
Therefore, Chu Mo must understand in time whether this place is the mysterious region deep in his memory or another actual parallel space.
He doesn't believe he really returned to the past. If that were the case, what would happen to the adult Xu Fufu and Miao Yi Niang? Would they disappear from ancient history altogether? That is clearly impossible. Even though today he can slaughter Realm Masters as a grand cultivator, with his Dao and Law reaching a supreme level, he doesn't have the ability to overturn the river of time.
Since it's unlikely to return to the past, then everything he sees now is very likely being influenced by the most mysterious region in his memory!
Many years ago, when Chu Mo was exploring himself and searching for the secrets in his memory, he discovered that a mysterious region existed deep in his memory.
This region, even with his level of cultivation, cannot be fully explored and understood. He only knows that this region is related to reincarnation.
During each reincarnation, all experiences and memories of that lifetime are stored in that region. Within it is a vast space capable of storing countless memories.
Yet, people themselves... have no way to "access" these memories.
Not even after death!
Before dying, a person's entire life experiences will quickly flash through their mind like scenes rapidly passing before their eyes. Again, it is that region affecting it.
After death, in a state of chaos, people forget many things and then reincarnate, becoming human or beasts.
Only top-level grand cultivators who have reached a high level of cultivation will focus on this region and then conduct the corresponding exploration.
But in reality, including Chu Mo, almost no one can truly explore and understand the powers and secrets contained within this region.
That is to say, even Chu Mo at the Immeasurable ancestral realm, cannot find his Chu Clan royal lineage's previous reincarnation memories from this region.
However, Chu Mo's research has been quite effective. Through this mysterious region, he has understood many things.
So the current scenes make him wonder if he has fallen into that mysterious region in his memory?
This possibility not only exists but is quite significant.
Another possibility is that he has entered a completely independent parallel space.
This feeling is somewhat like the butterfly's other wing corresponding to the Luotian universe of the past years...
Throughout these years, Chu Mo has been well-versed in classics and history. The wisdom of humans, unknown where it begins, but truly understanding it reveals how much power the knowledge in those classics and history contains.
No matter which theory, every classic and historical text mentions a similar viewpoint.
It is said that this world actually has countless independent spaces and dimensions. They are not connected to each other, and seem unrelated; but in reality, within these spaces and dimensions, there is actually an identical person performing the same or completely different actions, experiencing similar or entirely different experiences!
This notion stems from the fact that at any time, anyone may harbor a new, different thought. One moment they're thinking of heading east, the next... they might decide to go west. Thinking of becoming a high official when young, but as they grow, they might go into business or simply become a thief...
It's precisely these different thoughts that lead to billions of entirely different lives. Every unrealized thought and every unexperienced event may have an identical you doing that very thing in a separate plane and space!
This kind of talk, for a cultivator like him, is also quite an interesting notion. Although he couldn't verify it, he had calculated that the likelihood of independent spaces and planes that are parallel and never intersect existing in the world is actually extremely high!
It's like how many beings with cultivation that has reached a certain level know that there's a higher dimension out there. They all know it exists, but they can't reach it! They're even unclear about what kind of world that dimension truly is.
Parallel spaces... are actually just like that. It's just that they haven't been proven yet.
In Chu Mo's mind, in a very short span of time, countless questions arose at once. He couldn't be certain whether the place he was in was actually a region he remembered or a parallel world that only existed in theory in the past.
He planned to figure this out first.
Over there, Miao Yi Niang and Xu Fufu, seeing Chu Mo in a daze, both had anxious expressions on their faces.
Miao Yi Niang said, "At a time like this, you still have the mind to daze out here? Hurry up and leave!"
Chu Mo remembered when he was small, facing such a situation back then, although he wasn't utterly flustered, he was actually very tense inside. Under the cover of Miao Yi Niang, Xu Fufu, and others, he directly escaped from Yanhuang City. Later, outside Yanhuang City, he was found by his grandfather's trusted bodyguard.
Afterward, he met his grandfather Fan Wudi, who then gave him a token, instructing him to seek out Seventh Elder Zhao Hongzhi of Longevity Heaven to learn skills.
The whole matter was just like that.
Chu Mo looked at Miao Yi Niang and Xu Fufu and suddenly shook his head, saying, "I won't leave. You guys don't need to worry. Whether it's Xia Jie or his father Xia Jing, neither can do anything to me."
"Have you gone mad?"
"Are you out of your mind?"
His two closest companions, both looked at Chu Mo with a bewildered expression.
They couldn't see any hint of the legendary kingly aura from Chu Mo. Just a few words could make them surrender wholeheartedly, and even kneel down to call him master.
In the eyes of Miao Yi Niang and Xu Fufu, Chu Mo's behavior was clearly courting death!
And it was courting a massive death!
Miao Yi Niang looked seriously at Chu Mo and said, "What's wrong with you? Usually, you're very clever and wise. Although you're not old, I've always thought you're particularly smart. Where did that cleverness go when you saved me? What do you mean that the Xia Family can't do anything to you? On what grounds? Based on your grandfather, Senior General Fan? Or on Fufu's grandfather?"
Xu Fufu chimed in: "Such matters are simply deep-rooted enmity, and no one can help! Now, unless the emperor speaks up, no one can stop Prince Xia Jing from avenging his son."
"That's right!" Miao Yi Niang looked at Chu Mo, so anxious that tears were about to fall. She was truly frantic; if Chu Mo had an accident, she felt she couldn't possibly live on in this world.
At this time, the noise outside was growing closer, and the arguments became increasingly intense.
The reason why the Xia family's guards hadn't barged in was partly due to some wariness of Chu Mo's grandfather, Fan Wudi. Though his rank was not high, he held actual military power, and if truly provoked, he was capable of doing anything.
Another reason was that although Fan Wudi didn't have many friends in Yanhuang City, he had some.
Especially on this street, almost all the residents were key figures of the current dynasty. Even though Xia Jing held tremendous power, he didn't dare be too presumptuous here.
But even though the group hadn't directly rushed in, they had blocked the front and back, surrounding it tightly!
Now, even if Chu Mo wanted to escape, it wasn't very likely unless he could fly.
Miao Yi Niang was both anxious and angry, and tears couldn't help but fall as she looked at Chu Mo, "What, what should we do now?"
Chu Mo smiled, looking at Miao Yi Niang, and said, "It's fine, sister, don't worry, I really won't be in any trouble. Look, do I look like I have a general's presence? Handsome or not?"
"At a time like this, you still have the mind to joke?" Miao Yi Niang was utterly at a loss whether to laugh or cry, being driven crazy by this little master.
Over on that side, Xu Fufu also had a dazed look. He had long known of Chu Mo's boldness, but it was only today he realized Chu Mo's courage had broken through the sky... had become boundless!
"No jokes, come on, let's go out and meet them." Chu Mo said, subconsciously wanting to reach for Heaven Slaying, but the next moment, he helplessly found that Heaven Slaying... wasn't there.
Fortunately, in the General's Mansion, there was a martial arts arena, and at the edge of the arena, on a weapon rack, there were all kinds of weapons.
Chu Mo casually picked a sword from there and held it easily in his hand.
Miao Yi Niang was dumbfounded, looking at Chu Mo's back, then silently went to take a long sword in her hand.
The little master had gone mad, so she'd follow him into madness!