My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 323 - 209: Xia Yue Returns

"Master, what are you talking about?"

The Little Monk repeated the same words as before.

The monk, with hair and beard all white, snapped back to reality at the words, chanted softly, and then said lightly, "It's nothing... I just encountered a very special person, someone who can stay lucid in the Illusion Dream of the landscape and drag it on until the long passage of time ends."

"Landscape? Someone who drags it on until the long passage of time ends?"

The Little Monk tilted his head, still not understanding.

The monk didn't explain further but slowly turned his head, gazing out the window at the famous Medicine Buddha Pagoda, muttering to himself, "Who could it be?"

"..."

The Little Monk realized that his question would not be answered and simply stopped speaking.

However, after the monk's self-murmuring, he looked back at the Little Monk and took the initiative to ask, "...Earlier, did you say the members of the Celestial Strategy Mansion have left?"

At the same time.

At the Jianghuai Gate tunnel exit.

Mount Tai finally recovered and began trying to sort out his thoughts.

"Are you saying... you can alter the Illusion Dream of the landscape? And you encountered a man suspected to be a Self high-level figure inside? Meanwhile, you can also sense Jinling being split in half?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"...I would like to ask that too."

"..."

"Actually, I think instead of getting hung up on these matters, you'd better get to work first."

Chen Lusi looked at the still-dazed Mount Tai, thought for a moment, and suggested, "That Self high-level figure, although he was blasted by a round from the Celestial Punishment Weapon, neither the Security Army nor I witnessed his death firsthand, nor did we see his body.

He could be alive, and if he is, now that the landscape's Illusion Dream is with me, he might have also come out... To enter the Illusion Dream of the landscape you mentioned, he shouldn't be too far away, right?"

"..."

Mount Tai was stunned at the words, then his expression changed dramatically as he realized, "Do you still remember what he looked like?"

"I do."

Chen Lusi nodded and continued, "Li Zheng and part of the Security Army also saw him."

"Yu Zhou, Tang Language."

Mount Tai immediately looked at the two people behind him, one who was so scared he stepped back, and another who couldn't control his expression: "You two cooperate with the Security Army immediately, starting from where Chen Lusi disappeared, search for the horse-faced man he mentioned... Li Zheng, I know you need to report to the Security Army high-ups, but please also dispatch some people to cooperate with our Celestial Strategy Mansion's actions. If possible, try to come up with a psychological profile."

"Okay."

Li Zheng, although he wanted to continue listening, knew the importance of priorities, and upon hearing the words, suppressed his curiosity and agreed straight away without hesitation.

As for Tang Language, she already wanted to leave.

As soon as Mount Tai finished speaking, she took a few steps back and then jogged around Chen Lusi straight to the back of the Security Army.

Yu Zhou nodded to Chen Lusi, then gave a peculiar look at the cat in his arms and walked toward Tang Language.

Soon.

The Security Army and the two from Celestial Strategy left.

Chen Lusi watched them leave, then asked while holding the cat, "So... why was Tang Language so anxious?"

"It wasn't that he was anxious."

Kunlun's person in charge, Luo Mountain, was silent for a moment, then looked at the cat in Chen Lusi's arms and said bitterly, "She just showed it, that's all. Do you know what 'the landscape' is? ...National affairs, of which only worship and war matter, and standing before you is Mount Tai; the Authority he possesses."

He pointed to Mount Tai, then continued, "It evolved from worship. Because of the successive emperors' sacrifice ceremonies, it constantly gained legitimacy, creating a 'symbolic' Authority... And the cat in your arms, in a certain sense, shares the same origin as his Authority Ability because the 'landscape' was also a product of dynastic worship, created by someone who called themselves Emperor in a feudal dynasty, representing countless worship and sacrifices by an entire nation, forming a dynastic incarnation.

...Strictly speaking, Mount Tai's Authority doesn't belong to any existing mythology, tales of the strange, folklore, religion, or national sacrificial system. After all, Mount Tai has a long history and more weight, while the 'landscape' can barely be counted as part of the national sacrificial system.

But think about it, it's a product created by countless people's worship in a feudal dynasty... The nearest feudal dynasty to us has been extinct for nearly 150 years, and not counting the one in your arms, it's been a hundred years since the last landscape surfaced.

Do you see how special it is?"

"..."

Honestly speaking.

Before, Chen Lusi really didn't have much concept of the 'landscape.'

The only limited understanding was a sentence from the monk he encountered in the Anomaly Realm — the witness of a dynasty, an anomaly living in the past.

But such a light statement evidently couldn't explain much.

Chen Lusi didn't make too many associations at the time.

But hearing Luo Mountain's explanation now.

Inexplicably.

Chen Lusi suddenly felt the cat in his arms grow heavier.

"Meow—"

As if sensing Chen Lusi's gaze.

The cat in his arms suddenly lifted its head, looking up at his chin, and meowed.

"Moreover, I've never heard of any ordinary Empowerer surviving in the 'landscape's' Illusion Dream."

Luo Mountain's expression grew more complex upon hearing the cat's meow, and he continued, "I've never heard of the 'landscape' having a physical form, either. Although there are related legends during the founding of every dynasty, the vast majority of people have never seen the 'landscape'... apart from a very few Empowerers related to the national sacrificial system, and now the information about the landscape is only left by them.

Evidently, the 'landscape' is closer to a conceptual entity, yet you've actually brought the 'landscape' out. Do you see how outrageous this is?"

Chen Lusi: "..."

"Luo Mountain... Could the recent incident in Jinling also be related to the cat in Chen Lusi's arms and his experiences?"