"I can't see anything, but are you a human or a ghost?" the skeleton asked.
"Of course you are human! You...why can you still speak?" Shen Lang asked nervously.
Shen Lang always felt a little abnormal when people asked ghosts questions, but he was really curious. He had never encountered such a weird thing.
"Because I'm not an ordinary ghost.
"Skeleton said.
"Then what are you?" Shen Lang was a little confused.
"To be precise, I should be a puppet.
"The skeleton sighed.
"Puppet?" Shen Lang was even more surprised and asked doubtfully: "Then why did you..." The skeleton said: "Humph, boy, seeing that you broke into this place, we are destined to be together, let me tell you a story.
"Please...please speak."
"Shen Lang's eyelids twitched and he said immediately.
The skeleton tells the story of the past.
"More than two thousand years ago, there was a martial arts cultivator in the Transformation Realm. He accidentally obtained an ancient secret volume on puppetry. From then on, he couldn't control it and devoted his life to the study of puppetry.
"But time was short, and after knowing that he could not break through the virtual realm, he was unwilling to sit back and wait for death to come.
Although it is said that as long as a person's three souls and six souls are immortal, he can be reincarnated after death.
But for him, even if there is an afterlife, without the memories and emotions of this life, he is not himself! In the next life, he may become an extraordinary useless person.
"He spent the remaining fifty years of his life researching ways to make martial arts souls leave their bodies and attach themselves to puppets.
To this end, he created countless humanoid puppets and tried countless methods..." the skeleton said unhurriedly.
Having said this, Shen Lang couldn't help but be a little surprised. The mummies on the island were probably the product of this man's puppetry.
"Seeing that the time of death was getting closer and closer, he became more and more anxious, and finally decided that in order to let his soul attach to the puppet, he would not hesitate to give up most of his cultivation.
He worked hard to make a tall, handsome, domineering and majestic puppet, trying to turn the puppet into his new body.
"The skeleton sneered.
"Did it succeed in the end?" Shen Lang asked.
"What a success! How can I become like this if I succeed?" the skeleton cursed, and the "he" he mentioned was himself.
After calming down for a while, the skeleton shouted: "At the last moment when I was about to die, I used a secret method to try to leave my body, trying to attach myself to this most perfect puppet body.
The attachment was successful, but apart from talking, this body couldn't move at all! As you can see, the poisonous insects here have long since bitten the flesh of my puppet, leaving only a skeleton.
" Before Shen Lang could speak, the skeleton sighed to himself: "After many years, I finally figured out a truth.
"What's the reason?" Shen Lang asked.
"After all, it is impossible for people to go against nature. When it is time to die, they will definitely die. No matter what method is used, they cannot escape from death.
Unless we can continue to break through the limits, there may be a glimmer of hope for immortality.
"The skeleton sighed.
"Although you can't move, you are effectively immortal now.
"Shen Lang couldn't help but said.
In his eyes, what the skeleton has done can be called a miracle.
"You are too naive, I am not immortal.
I have spent countless years here, and my soul is actually getting weaker day by day. Now I only have a few years left to live.
And once my soul dissipates, it will be the true death of my soul and soul, and I will never be reincarnated again.
"Skeleton said.
Shen Lang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it turned out that he would still die like this.
"Senior, I'm curious about something.
You said you are a master of transformation, did you also practice in the secular world two thousand years ago?" Shen Lang couldn't help but ask.
"No, I was born in Linhai Tianshan.
"Skeleton said.
Shen Lang's eyes lit up and he asked curiously: "Didn't it mean that masters of transformation realm can't pass through the barrier of Kunlun Mountain? How did the senior come to the earthly world.
"Humph, it really has been too long."
Thousands of years ago, let alone masters of transformation realm, even virtual realm martial arts cultivators could pass through the barrier.
Maybe it's because the teleportation power of the Kunlun Mountain barrier is constantly weakening. One day, it will be completely closed and no one can cross it.
"Skeleton said.
Shen Lang was shocked, it turned out that such a thing existed.
No wonder I heard in the past on Misty Island that the first generation master of the Tianji Sect was a master of the Void Realm, and he might have come to the earthly world before the Kunlun Mountain barrier weakened.
"Boy, what's your cultivation level?" the skeleton suddenly asked.
"The late stage of questioning.
"Shen Lang replied.
The skeleton seemed a little surprised and continued to ask: "How old are you?" "23 years old.
" Shen Lang continued to answer.
"What!" The skeleton was finally shocked. At the age of 23, he had reached the late stage of Wenjing Realm. This kind of talent surprised him.
"Boy, for the sake of being quite well-behaved, you should become your disciple immediately.
"The skeleton said calmly.
"I already have a master and I don't want to worship him anymore.
"Shen Lang shrugged.
"Ahem... I was a master in the late stage of transformation before I was alive.
Be my apprentice and I can teach you the wonderful puppetry skills.
"The skeleton said immediately.
Shen Lang shook his head: "I'm not interested in puppetry.
"The skeleton was a little disappointed and sighed: "Well, since you don't want to, I won't force it.
In fact, after so many years, I have completely forgotten some martial arts techniques, except for the puppet technique.
But boy, you are more unlucky. The things in my cave have long been emptied out by those incompetent apprentices during my lifetime.
Shen Lang pointed to the mirror next to the jade platform and asked, "What is that mirror?" "This is the Yuyang Mirror."
"Skeleton said.
"Jade Yang Mirror? What is its use?" Shen Lang asked curiously.
"It's of no use.
"The skeleton said calmly.
Shen Lang was speechless. It was useless and he chose such a mysterious name, making it look like he was powerful.
"Hmph, the useful things have been snatched away by my good-for-nothing apprentice, how can I still keep them here? But although this precious mirror is useless, it has a function.
"The skeleton added another sentence.
"What function?" Shen Lang asked immediately.
"This realm can ward off evil spirits and eliminate filth, and it has a great restraint effect on ghosts!" said the skeleton.
Shen Lang scratched his head and asked, "What is a ghost?" "I don't know what it is either.
"Skeleton said.
"..." Shen Lang was completely speechless.
"Maybe, maybe, it might be something related to ghosts? Ghosts are very afraid of this mirror, but ghosts are different from ghosts.
I picked this realm up somewhere in a secret realm. It may have some other magical uses. You can take it back and study it slowly in the future.
"The skeleton added.
"All right.
"Shen Lang is a little disappointed, it seems there is nothing to gain.
However, Shen Lang still put this bronze mirror in his purse.