370. The Old Monster Who Lived for 1.8 Million Years
Perhaps to express goodwill, or perhaps because he was worried about Fang Ze's concerns, the place that Venerable Jushu made an appointment with Fang Ze was not in his semi-mysterious realm, but in a palace he built in Tianwaitian.
That palace is located in the northeast corner of Tianwaitian, close to the extremely frozen glacier, one of the three major landmark areas outside the territory.
Although Venerable Giant Tree does not often live in Tianwaitian and does not have his own area, because of his contribution and age, the Venerables in charge of each area welcome him and are willing to stay for him in their area.
Find a place that belongs to him.
The Lord Jushu made many choices, and finally chose the [Ice and Snow World] area to settle down.
And this time Fang Ze also wanted to go to that area to see him.
After passing through the entire Tianwaitian, Fang Ze, Hua Shen and his party came to the world of ice and snow.
The two sages who control the world of ice and snow are named Snow Demon and Bingpo. They are two very beautiful female sages. Well, the only problem is that they are both ten thousand to twenty thousand years old.
Their races are all related to ice and snow, and their abilities are all those of ice and snow. In addition, their temperaments are similar, so they worked together to build this area.
When he arrived at the world of ice and snow, what struck Fang Ze was a white world.
The entire area is completely covered by thick ice and snow. Even though there is no sun or light outside the area, under the faint starlight, the vast white snowfield is still like a white quilt spread on the ground.
However, what makes people feel weird is that there is no trace of the snowfield that stretches for several kilometers. Not to mention the footprints of creatures, there is not even a trace of wind blowing.
"These two female sages are somewhat obsessive-compulsive." The flower god held Fang Ze's arm and said carelessly.
Fang Ze laughed and was about to reply. But at this moment, a raised snowdrift suddenly moved quickly in front of several people from a distance.
After a moment, the snowdrift broke open with a "snap", and a little snowman more than one meter tall, with a big head and a small body jumped out from it.
The little snowman is covered in pink and jade, with a round head and two big eyes that look like two grapes.
After jumping out of the snowdrift, it looked up at the group of people cutely, and then asked, "Are you the guests who came to visit the Lord Giant Tree?"
After hearing what it said, Fang Ze couldn't help but lower his head and look at it. Then Fang Ze bent down and looked at it with a smile and said, "Yes. My name is Fang Ze, and I have made an appointment with Lord Jushu.
Visit him."
Hearing Fang Ze's words, the little snowman nodded slightly, then gestured with his hands in an exaggerated way and said, "I know you, Fang Ze, you are famous outside the territory!"
"I heard people say that dozens of sages from outside the territory can't defeat you!"
"I didn't expect you to come to the Ice and Snow World as a guest! We all want to see you!"
"I finally managed to get the job of coming with Your Majesty to greet you!"
Speaking of this, it seemed to have remembered something and paused for a moment. Then it looked around and whispered, "Hey? Yes, where is Mianxia? Where has Mianxia gone?"
After a moment, it suddenly raised its head and shouted in the air, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Have you fallen asleep again?!"
After hearing its words, Fang Ze couldn't help but look up in the direction of its gaze. Then they saw a white cloud that looked like cotton candy floating in the gray sky.
The little snowman's words seemed to disturb the cloud. The cloud slowly squirmed a few times, and then condensed into a beautiful woman with a slender body and plump body made of clouds.
The woman seemed to have no weight, lying lazily in the air. She stretched and yawned, and then said a little casually, "I didn't sleep, little Snowball, if you dare to go back and spread rumors, I will
I’ll turn you into a marshmallow and eat it.”
After saying that, her figure spiraled downward like a funnel, and then fell to the ground to regroup.
After she regained her beautiful appearance, she gracefully bowed towards Fang Ze and others, and then said, "Hello, Chairman Fang, my name is Yun Cai, and I am a demigod entrusted by His Majesty to welcome you into the world of ice and snow.
"His Holiness has made arrangements in advance. If it is convenient for you now, please follow me."
Hearing the words of the female demigod, Fang Ze nodded slightly and said, "I'm sorry for the trouble, Yuncai demigod."
Hearing Fang Ze's thanks, Yun Cai smiled tenderly, then turned around and led the way, leading Fang Ze and others towards the interior of the ice and snow world.
She obviously walked with two feet, but when she walked in front, she left no traces like the little snowman who burrowed into the ground. Instead, Fang Ze and others followed her all the way, leaving a few deep and shallow footprints.
While walking in front, Yun Cai also explained to everyone, "The snow in the ice and snow world was created by the two venerables using their original abilities. When an object leaves traces on it, it will slowly disappear."
"Traces like yours will probably disappear in less than half an hour."
"Our two venerables have very high requirements for the quality of life, and they also like to enjoy life. This is not obsessive-compulsive disorder, but their pursuit of beauty."
At first listening to Yun Cai's science popularization, Fang Ze and others thought she was just introducing the situation in the world of ice and snow to everyone. It was not until the end that they understood that she was responding to the complaint made by the Flower God just now.
There was no way Flora could endure this hidden taunt, so she rolled her eyes, rolled up her sleeves, and wanted to have a debate with the other party.
Fortunately, Fang Ze didn't forget what he was going to do today, so he quickly grabbed her and blocked her mouth, so that she didn't start her swearing mode.
Soon, the group of people was led by the clouds to a palace built of ice and snow.
At this time, Lord Jushu was already waiting at the entrance of the palace.
But what Fang Ze didn't expect was that Lord Jushu was not an old man. On the contrary, he, or she, turned out to be a very cute and adorable loli.
That little loli looks cute, and the skin on her face is very white and tender, but her exposed arms and legs are as rough and ugly as tree bark.
Although she was small, her personality was not lively. While waiting, she stood quietly at the door with her hands behind her back, her eyes that had experienced many years, silently looking in the direction where Fang Ze came from.
Looking at the unexpected star creation of Lord Jushu, Fang Ze always felt a strange feeling of rebirth and decay combined in one person.
While Fang Ze was looking at Lord Jushu, the eyes of Lord Jushu that seemed to have seen through the vicissitudes of life were also looking at him silently.
For a moment, Lord Jushu nodded slightly toward Fang Ze, and then said, "Follow me."
With that said, she turned around and walked towards the palace with her hands behind her back.
Fang Ze followed up with steps. Flower God and the others wanted to follow, but were stopped by the clouds.
Flower God and others were a little worried about Fang Ze and wanted to argue, but Fang Ze had already turned around, shook his head slightly and said, "Duoduo, wait for me outside. I'm fine."
Seeing that Fang Ze had made a decision, although Flower God was a little worried, he could only nod his head.
Following Lord Giant Tree into the palace made of ice and snow, Fang Ze discovered that the palace was actually filled with trees. The lush trees exuded vigorous vitality, which was completely different from the dead atmosphere outside.
Moreover, such a forest is really rare in a world where plants can hardly survive outside the territory.
Perhaps aware of Fang Ze's curiosity, Lord Jushu clasped his hands behind his back and slowly explained, "The most important reason why it is difficult for plants to survive outside the territory is that plants are too fragile."
"Outer Territory is made up of fragments of the world. Except for the outer world, everything is filled with law storms that erupt from time to time. It is almost impossible for fragile life like plants to survive the law storms."
"In addition, there is no sunshine outside the territory, and there is no moisture in the world outside the territory, so only relatively leisurely demigods like me will raise some plants for viewing and eating in their own domain."
"But raising plants in this way takes a lot of mental energy and energy."
At this point, she changed her tone and said, "So, it is indeed a good way for you to 'control' foreign countries by trading fruits and vegetables in the real world."
"With your guarantee of force, if this plan continues, it shouldn't be difficult to assimilate outside the territory without any bloodshed."
Hearing the blunt words of Lord Jushu, Fang Ze was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, neither denying nor admitting, "I just hate war and don't want the two realms to continue fighting."
"As for the rest, it's just incidental."
Lord Jushu looked at Fang Ze deeply and did not comment on Fang Ze's response. She walked to the edge of the woods with her hands behind her back, sat down against a big tree, and then said, "However, you should already know about the realm war.
If there is a problem, it won’t end so easily, right?”
Fang Ze nodded slightly, then he walked to a tree next to the giant tree venerable and sat down against it, "I heard from several venerables that the world..."
Speaking of this, Fang Ze paused for a moment, remembering the thunderstorm when talking about the origin of the world, and quickly changed his words, "A certain existence seems to be guiding the realm war in the dark. In the early stage, it will help the living beings in the real world, and in the later stage, it will
Deprived of that help.”
Hearing Fang Ze's words, Lord Jushu smiled, and then said with vicissitudes of life, "The front is right. The back is wrong."
"In the later stage, she not only deprived herself of this help, but also started to help demigods outside the territory."
"It's just that most of the demigods outside the realm think this is a luck bonus caused by seizing land in the real world."
Hearing this, Fang Ze couldn't help but asked curiously, "You seem to know these very well?"
Venerable Jushu said noncommittally, "I've seen so much that I understand everything even if I don't want to understand it."
Fang Ze asked, "It is said that you are more than 1 million years old?"
He paused and added, "It seems that ordinary sages can't live as long as you do? Is there any special method?"
Venerable Jushu smiled when he heard this and said, "You are wrong. Let alone normal Venerables, even demigods can actually live to my age."
Seeing the question mark on Fang Ze's face, Lord Jushu said, "Isn't it strange? It's not strange."
"Demigods and venerables are truly immortal. It's just that most demigods and venerables can't give up their greed, material enjoyment, or inner ambitions. They have been pursuing the illusory goal of becoming gods.
Chance."
"Let me give you the simplest example. If a demigod comes to the outside world and builds his own semi-mysterious realm, then he falls into dormancy. Will he die?"
Fang Ze was stunned for a moment.
According to the "settings" of demigods and venerables, the main reason why demigods and venerables fell into evil deities is that their longevity and divine power were worn away too much by time.
If there are demigods who do not fight with others or consume life span, then theoretically they can live forever.
But what is the difference between such eternal life and death?
I don't know if he saw what Fang Ze was thinking, but Venerable Jushu said, "Everyone has different ideas and different pursuits."
"Some people pursue power, and some pursue becoming gods, but I just want to live to witness the day when the reincarnation of the world ends."
"So, except for the time when I first came to the outside world, I have been sleeping the whole time."
"In order to avoid missing the day when the world ends, I will wake up every 500-600 years for about 100 years to see the progress of this realm war and see if there is someone who can end this world.
Ability."
Speaking of this, his eyes were full of memories and vicissitudes of life, "Up to now, I have almost forgotten how many times I have been disappointed. 1,000 times? 2,000 times? Or 3,000 times."
She shook her head slightly, "I can't remember clearly."
Fang Ze did a quick calculation in his mind. If a boundary war takes an average of 600 years, 1,000 times would be 600,000 years. If it were 3,000 times, it would be 1.8 million years.
The venerable man in front of me can indeed be regarded as a living fossil.
Maybe old people really will become spirits. After the Lord Jushu recalled it, he just glanced at Fang Ze, as if he had guessed Fang Ze's inner thoughts. Then she said slowly, "It's only a million years, not a long time.
"
"For a world that has existed for billions or tens of billions of years, I am like a tiny speck of dust."
"In other words, in front of the world, all living things are as insignificant as dust."
After hearing her words, Fang Ze couldn't help but repeat softly, "Dust"
He always felt that Lord Giant Tree was a little different from other creatures, but he couldn't tell what was different.
He could only say tentatively, "The Venerable is immortal, and he also has the ability to destroy the heaven and the earth. He can't be regarded as dust, right?"
Lord Jushu smiled softly, and then said, "You know too little about the world. That is a concept that no living thing can imagine."
Speaking of this, she asked, "Is there a sea in your world?"
Fang Ze didn't expect Lord Jushu's question to be so out-of-the-box, but he still said, "Yes."
Lord Jushu said, "There should also be beaches and gravel, right?"
Fang Ze nodded.
Venerable Jushu described, "Although our Venerable is strong, we are actually like a grain of sand on the beach, and the whole world is like the endless ocean."
"As for ordinary creatures"
"They are not even qualified to be gravel."
Hearing that intuitive and frightening metaphor, Fang Ze couldn't help but ask, "Since the gap between the two sides is so big, then we should be unable to resist the will of the origin of the world!"
"The origin of the world obviously doesn't want the reincarnation to end, so it has been consuming the strength of the real world and outside the territory."
"Then why have you been waiting for someone to end reincarnation?"
"Is not this contradictory?"
As if he had guessed that Fang Ze would ask this question, Lord Jushu turned his head and glanced at him, and then said, "There is no contradiction. Because although the origin of the world cannot be resisted, it can be changed."
"Fang Ze, don't you realize something is wrong with this world?"
"Don't you think what the origin of the world wants to do is strange?"