The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 452: Sealing the Sky and Sea... Will I be attacked by the Ancient Monster if I repair the barrier? !

Shen Le's face froze.

He was very happy to be able to pick out a few more things to repair. There should be enough collections in Long Jun's water palace. The few things he picked up would only be a drop in the bucket.

The problem was that he had already snatched two things from Long Jun, and he felt a little guilty about snatching more...

He can't treat Shuifu as his exclusive supplier!

Besides, this isn't just helping people fix things and earning a little labor fee, this is just putting the money in your own pocket after the repair is done...

Just as he was about to answer, an inexplicable heat current rushed out from the copper plate, surging and pouring into his limbs and bones.

Shen Le didn't even have time to hum, let alone greet Dragon Lord or apologize. He instantly rolled to the ground, with his five hearts facing the sky and his whole body in a state of meditation.

There was the sound of rushing water in his ears, as if a curtain of water was rolling up and lingering around him. He had no intention of observing, and did not even have time to open his eyes, as he had sunk into a deep state of concentration.

In the meditation world, the copper piece flew out again, suspended in the air, and returned to its original state. This time, Shen Le was pleasantly surprised to see that the ears and one side of the tripod had basically recovered completely:

The entire map, with the Chinese region known to Shen Le as the center, expanded in all directions:
It extends to the East China Sea in the east and reaches a number of large and small islands on the sea. There may be three mountains: Penghu, Yingzhou and Fangzhang, but Shen Le doesn't know which one it is.

At the eastern end, there was a painting - or carving - of a pattern that looked like a giant tree. The branches of the giant tree were covered with sun-shaped marks, which was very eye-catching.

To the south, it reaches the end of the land, and then extends outward to the vast ocean and islands.

The scale is a bit skewed, and it is not quite the same as the South China Sea on the standard map. The shapes of the islands are also not quite right. I wonder if it includes the Strait of Malacca.

Considering the surveying and mapping capabilities of the ancients, Shen Le felt that it was understandable that the drawing was not similar. The most important thing was that in the center of the sea, there was a flame-shaped symbol hanging.

To the west, the mountains are towering, as if deliberately highlighting their majesty:
If it weren't for the towering pillar-like object on the map, Shen Le would even have thought that the western mountains were the legendary pillars of heaven.

At the end of the mountains, two towering mountains stood side by side, facing each other like a gate. A big sun and a new moon were rubbing against each other and falling into the gate of the sky...

As for the north, the map shown on the copper plate reached all the way to the ocean at the end of the northern land.

The water surged down, forming a huge whirlpool, and no one knew where it flowed into.

If Shen Le's knowledge of ancient mythology was correct, he would probably mark the bottom of this vortex with two words that he was very familiar with:

Return to the ruins!

As for the large and small spots of light on the copper plate, among the mountains and water veins, Shen Le used his mental power to exert himself, but still could not figure out what they were.

What is more gratifying is that after one side of the bronze tripod began to recover, it turned to the side and the other side of the tripod began to "grow":
This piece of copper was covered with dense nipple patterns. Shen Le used all his eyesight to look carefully, but could not see anything other than the patterns.

However, when the spiritual power touched it, one could hear ferocious, earth-shaking roars in some of the nipple lines, which made people tremble in their hearts.

Even in the brightest nipple pattern, there was a demon beast howling towards the sky, almost as if it was about to pounce...

If Shen Le's feeling was correct, that monster seemed somewhat familiar, and he must have fought with it before.

He stared curiously at the newly "grown" side of the tripod, hoping that it would grow further and reveal more functions and more mysteries.

Unfortunately, things did not go as he wished. The copper piece did not listen to his request and only "grew" less than one-third of its size before stopping quietly.

Among those nipples, there were very few that could give Shen Le feedback and allow him to hear the roar of monsters, so few that Shen Le was worried:

Are you dead?
Or, were you not sealed in at the beginning, and a place was just reserved for you?
The investigation was fruitless and the questioning was ineffective.

The broken bronze tripod hung quietly in front of Shen Le, without any reaction, nor did it answer his questions in any way - neither words nor images.

On the contrary, as if it had confirmed that there would be no further growth, it turned into a stream of light, rushed directly into Shen Le's arms, and disappeared!

At this time, Shen Le felt a swelling pain in his meridians.

The heat flow emitted by the copper sheet, without his mind controlling the movement, only relied on the golden ball to rotate independently, swallowing the heat flow and using it for his own purposes, which was obviously unable to keep up.

Shen Le had to use all his strength to activate his skills, pushing and driving the golden beads to spin frantically.

Swallow the heat flow, fill the beads, expand the beads, expand the capacity of the beads, and increase the capacity density!

Of course, it would be even better if he could be given one or two more talismans so that he would have more ways to defend himself...

The golden bead seemed to respond to his thoughts, and it spun suddenly, increasing its speed instantly. Not only did it increase in speed, but it also began to vibrate slightly, and it could roughly distinguish different properties:

Green, red, yellow, white and black, the five colors are distinct and alternate layer by layer.

From the outside world, from the copper sheet, or from somewhere unknown, forces of different natures were spit out on a large scale, pouring into these layers of divisions:

So far, the green color representing the wood element and the black color representing the water element are the heaviest.

There is almost no red color representing fire, and there is only a thin layer of white color representing metal and yellow color representing the earth.

Therefore, if the five elements in this golden bead are balanced and sufficient, and can naturally form a stable cycle, perhaps it is time for him to take a step further and step onto a higher level?

Just as he was thinking, the copper piece suddenly shone brightly. From the map in front, from all directions of the map, from the mountains and rivers, thousands of rays of light shot out and shot into Shen Le's body:

There is a sacred tree with the sun hanging in the east, a flame mark in the sea in the south, a gate of heaven with the sun and the moon appearing in the west, a huge whirlpool in the north, and a pillar of heaven standing in the center...

Each mark emitted a beam of light, along with the mountains and rivers, projecting onto Shen Le.

Then, the mountains and rivers connected one by one, as if new routes for practicing Qigong were opened up in his body:
The mountains are towering and the rivers are connected. The mountains are majestic and magnificent, accumulating a lot of vitality;

The water veins may flow in trickles, may surge, or may flow into the sea, guiding the vital energy to flow to every corner of the body and then circulate back in a way that Shen Le does not quite understand.

Shen Le panicked for a moment:
What does this mean?
I have been practicing for such a long time, and have been practicing the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians for such a long time. Suddenly you want me to change my practice?

Is this considered imitating the heaven and earth by imitating the human body?

If you want to simulate the heaven and earth, you should simulate a more accurate version, a version that is more consistent with the heaven and earth that have been accurately measured by modern society!
It just rushes into my body, forcibly imprints and develops it. Is it trying to kill me or something?

However, the copper piece ignored him and just sent power into his body. The Dantian was the center, the chest and abdomen, the internal organs were the sea and the sea, and the limbs were the vast wilderness.

Seeing that all the paths had been opened up, all that was left was to deposit the vital energy inside. Suddenly, a series of talismans lit up on the golden round bead:

First, he used the Cleansing Technique Talisman, which he used most often and was most handy. He swallowed the power in large gulps and a faint green light appeared.

Then, the talisman for swimming - or water control - or something of the same kind, also lit up, and began to absorb power from the heat flowing from the copper sheet, transforming it into deep black water;

After another pause, the fireball spell talisman lit up brighter, and the red area inside the golden bead continued to fill up.

All the talismans worked together, and the three thin lines on the golden round bead became brighter and clearer. More and more power was filled inside, and the pressure from the copper plate on him gradually decreased.

Thankfully, the new way of exercising energy is able to match and merge into one with the original meridians - the Golden Elixir version.

Shen Le breathed a sigh of relief and looked at it eagerly, feeling both happy and anxious:
Is this good?
Is this enough?

Can you give me a few new talismans? Or even just one? Now it seems that I really lack protective spells -

Give me an earth wall spell, or a golden armor spell, or an ice wall spell, or something like that, anything is fine!

However, the copper piece did not react at all. It was not known whether it was because it used too much energy to grow on its own this time, or because Shen Le had not mastered the previous teleportation spell at all.

Anyway, it spit out a wave of heat, which was infused into Shen Le's limbs and bones, and then it stopped soon... stopped... stopped...

There was no point in meditating any further. Shen Le tried his best to practice the Qigong several times, gathering the heat that was scattered throughout his limbs, twelve meridians, and eight extraordinary meridians.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a transparent curtain of water surrounding me. It was extremely quiet, with almost no flow or rotation.

Looking across the water curtain, all the flowers in the garden looked like they had been violently pulled out by a tornado, with branches and leaves broken, and flowers shattered and falling. Outside the water curtain, red petals were scattered in the octagonal pavilion.

And on the top of the water curtain, there was a whirlwind carrying a vast spiritual energy, hanging down. After a long time, it slowly converged and disappeared.

"Ah this..."

Shen Le quickly stood up and bowed slightly to Long Jun through the water curtain. Long Jun waved away the water curtain and stared at him deeply for a long time, smiling and sighing, and spoke softly:
"So you are..."

His eyes dropped slightly and looked at Shen Le's chest. Shen Le followed his gaze and instantly felt a little flustered and a little embarrassed:
"I……"

Enter into meditation in other people’s place!

Make progress in other people’s places!

This wave of growth of the copper sheet infused him with heat. I wonder how much wool the Dragon Lord's Water Palace has fleeced!

If it weren't for the Dragon Lord's quick reaction, the garden would have been destroyed...

"It's okay, it's okay." Long Jun smiled and waved his hand, interrupting his apology. He paused and pointed to the wooden box on the table:
"So what do you think about what I just said? Restoring a few more collections will benefit both you and me - and to be honest, I don't need these collections, right?" Shen Le thought about it, but didn't agree, nor did he rush to object. Instead, he bowed slightly and asked seriously:
"Is the restoration of this ship... urgent? Is it important to you?"

"I'm not in a hurry." Long Jun smiled. He gently stroked the surface of the wooden box. The plain wooden box without any decoration was radiant with a layer of lustrous luster, as if he had touched it to reveal a patina:

"Anyway... it's been thousands of years, so I don't care about this little bit of time... Ten years, twenty years, a hundred years, just slowly repair it, and it will be fine once it's done."

Shen Le: →_→

For thousands of years?
Speaking of "thousands of years", that means at least two thousand years, right? So your ship broke down two thousand years ago?

Maybe more, three thousand years, four thousand years?

During the Conferred Gods War?
Or even earlier?
"Well, then give me some more time. Anyway, I am confident that I can live for fifty years, but I am not sure about a hundred years. Before that, I will try my best to help you repair it if I can."

"You." Long Jun said seriously. Seeing that Shen Le didn't react, he repeated it again:
"You can just call me 'you'. Also, as long as nothing unexpected happens to you, living for a hundred years won't be a problem at all."

Shen Le's first reaction was to subconsciously look down at the copper plate on his chest. His second reaction was to silently practice his internal energy to allow the heat to circulate throughout his body.

The level of martial arts that the copper piece gave him was definitely not low, but as for the upper limit, Shen Le was ignorant and didn't know where to start.

In fact, as an ordinary human being, he had no idea how he would live a hundred years from now, or how he would get along with his long life...

"This boat was used by my best friend and I to travel around. Later, he was seriously injured and fell into a coma. A hole was punched in the boat and it has not been repaired yet..."

Long Jun's eyes were shining with memories as he slowly recounted the story. Shen Le wanted to ask who "that friend" was and how badly he was injured, but he didn't dare to ask:

Sleeping for thousands of years?

More than two thousand years?
still alive?

How serious must the injury be to require a two-thousand-year sleep to recover? How powerful must one be to be seriously injured and sleep for two thousand years and still be alive...

He didn't dare to gossip about these. After thinking about it, he had to change the subject:
"May I ask, where can your ship be driven to? Are there any special functions that need to be added? Is there any special energy that needs to be resisted or broken through?"

"Well……"

Long Jun pondered. Shen Le waited nervously for a moment, and then Long Jun asked:
"What do you know about the makeup of this world?"

Shen Le: ???
This is such a big topic, where should I start?

Do I need to state my worldview?
It's a bit strange to talk about the worldview with a dragon king underwater...

He thought about it, packed up all the celestial bodies, stars, planets, protons, neutrons, atoms and molecules, and put them aside.

After he got the copper piece, he slowly said, "I have gained new knowledge about this world.
“I originally thought that this world was a universe made up of stars, planets, satellites, etc., and that we lived on Earth.

But now, I feel that there are some areas on the earth that I don’t know much about…”

He pointed to the water cup on the table, and just as he was about to touch it, he pulled his hand back.

Long Jun nodded with a smile, raised his hand, and a curtain of water rose from the pool, condensing into the shape of a globe, slowly rotating, and even outlining a map of China:
"and then?"

"Then, in places that ordinary people cannot access, places that satellites cannot observe, and places that cannot be measured by any technological means, there are some secret places..."

He also imitated the Dragon Lord and raised his hand towards the pool. Several small water balls flew up and stuck to the East China Sea, between the White Mountains and Black Waters, and the Golden Triangle area:
"Maybe it's attached to the outside of the current world like this... Then, outside these secret realms, they are connected to places outside that are particularly rich in spiritual energy and particularly violent?"

He rolled up another water curtain and attached it to the outer edge of the water ball. After thinking for a while, he poked a hole in the water ball and loosely connected it to the water curtain, allowing them to flow into each other:
"These secret realms and the area outside should have been sealed. But now, some of the seals are broken..."

I made up for it several times...

He swallowed the last sentence and looked at Long Jun expectantly. Long Jun smiled slightly, with a little nostalgia, and waved his hand casually:

Silently, a colorful water curtain rose up quietly, replacing the water curtain that Shen Le had attached to the outer edge of the water ball.

The colorful water curtain extended to the left and right, spreading into a circle, covering the entire Chinese land, and even the territory outside the current Chinese map.

The water curtain was changing constantly, moving without direction. Inside it were spheres, and outside it seemed as if there were birds and beasts, flying high, running and roaring.

"You do know a lot, and it's generally correct. Well, there's just one thing. The secret realm, the wilderness, and the Earth we live on now are not physically extended..."

Shen Le nodded vigorously. This must be the case. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the secret realm to be hidden so tightly until now.
The diameter and area of the entire earth are there!
There are satellites in the sky, and various modes of transportation on land, sea, and air. If there is suddenly an extra piece of land, how do you mark it on the map?

Did the earth suddenly bulge out?

"So, these secret realms and wilderness are in other dimensions... or, demiplanes or sub-planes connected to us?"

He asked tentatively.

Long Jun smiled slightly. That smile was very similar to the expression of the big guys in Shen Le’s school when they were giving them lectures: “Your understanding is actually very problematic… but, okay.”
"That's right. Anyway, some of these secret realms are naturally formed, while others are man-made, just like what you said, the thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places..."

Shen Le suddenly thought of the dots of light on the copper plate, and nodded vigorously. Some of the larger ones might be popular gathering places created by heaven and earth, and were discovered and named by people;
Some of the smaller ones might have been occupied by ancient practitioners using formations and manpower to serve as their own holy places for practice?
Of course, it could also be nesting dolls, with several layers of nesting dolls, just like a secret realm opened in a scroll painting, with three layers inside and outside…

"Before, some large cultivation sects often occupied several blessed places. However, the spiritual energy declined later, and even if they knew, they might not be able to find or open it."

Long Jun narrated with a smile:

"Even the barrier that separates the human world from the wilderness is man-made... you see..."

The light flows on the colorful water curtain, like a whirlpool, an aurora, or seems to have condensed into different patterns.

Shen Le leaned forward, getting closer and closer, as if he wanted to put his eyes close to the water curtain, or just dive into it.

He stared at the water curtain carefully for a long time, and actually saw some words on it:

"The ancient sage kings established a connection between heaven and earth, so that gods and humans would not interfere with each other and no one would be degraded.

However, the Hongze Lake overflowed, and birds and beasts ate people. I felt sorry for the people, so I set up nine tripods to rule the nine states, and cast the shapes of birds and beasts on the tripods so that people could recognize them...

Copy the map of the four seas and eight wastelands to help the world..."

The copper sheet was hot. Shen Le subconsciously pressed his chest and took a deep breath. He read from the first sentence to the last, his lips moved, and he slowly read the last four words:

“…Seal the sky and the sea.”

"Yes, Sealing the Heavens and Seas." The Dragon King had been staring at the words on the water curtain until this moment, when he sighed softly:

"Back then... when the Jedi Heaven and Earth were connected, I chose to stay... This world is very interesting, and there are people I care about, so I can't bear to leave...

Later, the Sea of Heaven and Earth was sealed off, sealing all those wild monsters outside the barrier... But the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was also sealed outside..."

Therefore, in this world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to become an immortal, and it is also becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate into a great demon.

These ancient beings either left, hibernated, or chose to walk in this world in another, more energy-efficient way...

"This boat is used by my friends and I to travel to various secret realms. There is a way to bypass the barrier that seals off the sky and the sea..."

He smiled nostalgically, his eyes flickering, even a little cunning:

“However, nothing can be preserved for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Over the years, as mountains and rivers have changed and stars have moved, holes of varying sizes have appeared on this barrier.”

He spread his hands:

"According to our estimation, if there is no external force, this barrier will be broken and unusable in two to three thousand years, and the monsters outside will rush in in large numbers.

Of course, we old guys have discussed many times whether to tear it down early or to repair it, but we still haven’t made a decision.”

Shen Le almost shivered. What, an old fellow like Long Jun, someone wants to tear down this barrier?

What a powerful boss that is!
Ancient gods?

Ancient monster?

In short, it is possible to crush me to death with just one finger, right? Even the copper sheet can't save me. If the copper sheet is so strong, it wouldn't have not grown back yet and is still a damaged version...

It’s bad, it’s bad. When I repair those barriers next time, I won’t really be targeted by some big guy and killed directly, right?
Long Jun suddenly smiled. He stared at Shen Le, and said meaningfully:
“Fortunately, even if you go to fill the holes above, no one will beat you—the old guys who will stay inside have feelings for this place, so don’t worry.

Of course, if they are the guys locked outside and want to come in and see you mending the hole, they might get unhappy and hit you..."

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