Elf: How do you cultivate immortality in the elf world?

Chapter 375 Reversing Cause and Effect.

The three people, who were living in a state of agonizing loneliness in the tomb, heard footsteps coming from the passageway.

A clay giant walked in with heavy steps.

"Oh~"

(Humans, it's time. Follow me.)
After the clay giant finished speaking, he turned around and led the way.

Freya urged, "Follow it, it will take us to the tomb with the sarcophagus next."

Lu Li nodded after listening, and then asked, "Do you have your spirit on you?"

“They’re all on our bodies. Besides restricting our freedom, they even prepare three meals a day for us, although they don’t taste very good,” Freya replied.

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"What does it taste like?" Lu Li was very curious about what kind of food Ghost-type Pokémon would prepare.

Wei complained, "Most of the food was spoiled and tasted extremely strange. Luckily, we brought our own food, or we would have starved to death long ago."

"Then why didn't you use the Void-Breaking Talisman to escape?" Lu Li asked, puzzled, a question that had been bothering him for a long time.

You should know that he had prepared enough space-breaking talismans for the two women. Normally, if the two women wanted to leave, they should have been able to.

“It’s unusable; the spacetime here is imprisoned,” Freya explained.

Upon hearing this, Lu Li roughly understood what was going on.

This is probably something that shurabi did again, but it shouldn't be aimed at them.

After all, as the rabbi had already said, this place is actually a segment of time taken from the timeline.

To solidify this captured time segment, shrubs must have devised a method to apply time-space measurement here.

While the Void-Breaking Talisman can break through spatial blockades, it cannot break through temporal blockades.

Led by the clay giant, the two arrived at another passageway.

Unlike the previous skulls with torches, this time the figures guarding the passageway are giant clay figures.

These clay giants are all quite powerful, with the strongest even reaching the level of a Heavenly King.

No wonder Freya and the others didn't want to escape here; they simply couldn't escape.

"I'm finding this place more and more like a ghost kingdom," Lu Li remarked.

Freya nodded in agreement, saying, "I had the same suspicion before, because this place is too orderly. It doesn't seem like a community of elves at all; it's more like an orderly ghost kingdom."

"The elf in that stone coffin should be the king of this ghost kingdom, but I don't know what kind of elf it is." After Lu Li finished speaking, he also remembered Celebi's instructions to him.

"By the way, have you seen any special single-edged sword sheaths here?" Lu Li asked again.

Freya shook her head: "No, there are very few monocles here. Compared to other Ghost-type Pokémon, there are very few monocles here."

Just as the three were carefully discussing their plan, the clay giant finally stopped in front of a bronze door.

“This is it,” Freya said.

Upon seeing Lu Li and the others, the two clay giants standing before the bronze door slowly turned around and pushed open the bronze door.

The bronze door was very heavy, and even the two dojo-level clay giants seemed to have some difficulty pushing it open.

After the door was pushed open, Lu Li saw the stone coffin inside.

On the surface, it appears to be a coffin used for burying humans, and apart from that...

“The original owner of this coffin should be Bai Qi, a leader-level trainer who was active 11 eras ago,” Freya explained from the side.

Freya had studied archaeology. In the Lu family, apart from Lu Li and the Wei sisters who hadn't received much education, both Freya and Yao Yifei knew some archaeological knowledge.

"It really was him," Lu Li thought to himself.

No matter which world you're in, Bai Qi is definitely a figure of great prestige.

"Bai Qi was a sect leader-level trainer, so how did he die in this world?" Lu Li asked, somewhat curious. "Do you know how Bai Qi died?"

Freya: "It is said that Bai Qi committed suicide."

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Before I transmigrated, there were unofficial historical accounts that said Bai Qi was forced to commit suicide. Could it be that the development of this world is the same as recorded in those unofficial historical accounts?

"It is said that after the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi was summoned by the God of Death, so he released all the spirits and returned to the embrace of the God of Death with his original companions."

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The god of death actually has followers! And it's Bai Qi, no less.

Lu Li truly never expected that anyone would believe in the god of death.

These days, even birds can have followers.

Lu Li asked, bewildered, "So the person in the coffin is Bai Qi?"

“Bai Qi is definitely dead, but I suspect he has transformed into a Ghost-type Pokémon.” Freya nodded.

In this magical world of spirits, people can truly become ghosts after death, which are known as Ghost-type spirits.

However, that doesn't count as resurrection, or even rebirth. Some people become ghosts after they die, but they have no memory of their previous life. This is somewhat similar to being reincarnated without going through the underworld.

After all, being reborn as an elf is a kind of reincarnation.

After Lu Li and the other two entered the tomb chamber, the thick bronze door slowly closed again.

Lu Li turned and glanced at the tightly closed bronze door, then asked, "So, the next step is to tell a story?"

Freya nodded.

Seeing this, Lu Li also came to the coffin, considering that if he were to court death, Celebi might not come out to help.

Lu Li ultimately suppressed the urge to open the coffin and find out what was inside.

Just as Lu Li arrived in front of the coffin, preparing to make up a story...

Suddenly, a creaking sound came from inside the coffin.

Lu Li looked at Freya with a puzzled expression: "Is this normal?"

Freya shook her head.

“We’ve never seen anything like this before.”

As soon as Freya finished speaking, the crackling sound came from inside the coffin again.

At the same time, the coffin lid began to slowly open.

"I didn't open it on my own, so it shouldn't count as intentionally courting death, right? If anything goes wrong, Celebi should step in to cover for me, right?"

With this thought in mind, Lu Li silently took two steps back and then pulled Freya and Vi behind him.

Anyway, his death now means a direct return to the origin of the laws, so Lu Li has become somewhat indifferent to life and death.

After all, he won't die; at worst, he'll be a hero again in 2000 years.

As the coffin lid was pushed open, a powerful aura spread outwards in all directions.

"Just champion level?"

Lu Li frowned slightly.

Something's not right about this atmosphere; it doesn't fit the high-class image of the king of this ghost kingdom.

In Lu Li's mind, the king of this ghost kingdom should at least be a master-level elf.

"What should we do? Should we take a gamble?" Freya asked nervously, clutching the Poké Ball.

Wei didn't speak, but instead took the Poké Ball from the necklace. Lu Li didn't speak, but stared intently at the stone coffin.

For some reason, Lu Li felt a sense of familiarity with the thing in the coffin.

It was like encountering a blood relative.

Could it be... our ancestor Bai Qi?
Lu Li's first thought was that he might be a descendant of Bai Qi in this world.

But Bai Qi's surname seems to be Bai, right?

Just as Lu Li was lost in thought, a streak of light flew out of the coffin.

"Dragon Soul Sword!!"

Lu Li stared in amazement at the unique single-edged sword sheath before him.

"Owner!"

Dujiansheath also looked at Lu Li with excitement.

It emerged from the coffin because it sensed a calling from its bloodline.

At first, it didn't pay much attention, only wondering if it was imagining things.

After all, it has been waiting for this feeling for several epochs.

But it always longed for that feeling, so it awoke from its slumber.

As for why it likes to listen to other people's stories? It's simply because it's bored and wants to pass the time.

This is a story that is both very old and very new.

A sword that should never have appeared in that era gave birth to a new soul.

It was born from the soul of the halberd dragon that had entered the realm of gods and the soul of the god of slaughter, giving birth to a new single sword sheath.

It is also the most unique single-sword sheath since the birth of this race.

Unlike the normal monocle, this newly created monocle has a more slender body and a more beautiful appearance.

The newly born monopod possesses a unique talent unmatched in the world, and also has the potential to surpass its own race.

With his outstanding talent, Dujianshe has grown to the peak of the champion level simply by accumulating time, and is only one step away from the realm of gods.

With its regal presence, the single sword sheath has built a ghost kingdom on the foundation of a mass grave.

But the single sword sheath always knew it was incomplete, so it could never evolve.

Knowing that it was not an independent life form, the sword sheath chose to seal itself in a stone coffin to preserve its dignity, awaiting the arrival of its master.

After hearing the story of the single-edged sword sheath, Freya suddenly realized and said, "So...it's all your fault?"

“If you hadn’t asked Shirabi to send the Dragon Soul Sword back in time, we wouldn’t have been kidnapped, but the timing doesn’t match up.”

"You heard that we were kidnapped, and that's why you created the Dragon Soul Sword to increase your strength. According to cause and effect, shouldn't we say that our kidnapping is the cause, and creating the Dragon Soul Sword is the effect?"

"But now it seems that creating the Dragon Soul Sword was the cause, and our being kidnapped in the Crouching Dragon Secret Realm was the effect."

Freya was also confused, and even felt like she couldn't understand the cause and effect.

"What is this? Have we been fooled by time?" Lu Li was also dumbfounded.

"It's all about cause and effect! Time is something you really can't mess with," Lu Li sighed.

The Dragon Soul Sword remained silent, only rubbing against Lu Li.

"Now I have everything I need!" Dragon Soul Sword thought happily, pondering whether to perform an evolution on the spot.

Lu Li asked, "Dragon Soul Sword, you just said you were incomplete because you are my natal magic weapon?"

The Dragon Soul Sword replied, "I don't know either, but I do know that I am incomplete because I lack a master."

Freya also analyzed with doubt: "Could it be a bond connection? Some Pokémon can't evolve if their bond with their trainer isn't strong enough, but Saberblade seems to not need to rely on bonds to evolve."

"Could it be that a ritual is still missing?" Lu Li also analyzed.

The Dragon Soul Sword is his natal flying sword, but it is still missing one step to become his natal flying sword: refining it and making it a complete part of his "life".

Although he had previously imprinted his own life seal on the Dragon Soul Sword, and even added his own essence blood during the forging process.

However, this does not mean that the Dragon Soul Sword has become part of his "life". His true natal flying sword is destroyed, and as the owner of the flying sword, he will also be severely injured.

But since the Dragon Soul Sword hasn't been completely refined yet, even if the Dragon Soul Sword were destroyed, Lu Li wouldn't suffer any harm.

But this raises another issue.

If I really refine the Dragon Soul Sword, will it turn into a normal flying sword instead of an elf?
Seeing Lu Li's hesitant expression, the Dragon Soul Sword urged him firmly, "Master! Come on!"

Lu Li nodded; he wasn't the kind of person who acted timidly.

Since he had already decided to forge his natal flying sword in this way, it meant that he had made up his mind long ago.

The process of a sword cultivator fusing with their natal flying sword is very simple; it is nothing more than returning the flying sword to the dantian and then completely transforming it into a part of one's "life".

It is worth mentioning that during the creation of the Dragon Soul Sword, the soul power of the griffin dragon took over the main body, so the Dragon Soul Sword is female.

According to the teachings of the cultivation world, the sword spirit of the Dragon Soul Sword is a female sword spirit.

Freya and Vi watched the whole thing in stunned silence.

"Sister Freya, did you see that? How did such a huge scabbard get inserted into Boss's body? Doesn't he feel pain?" Wei grabbed Freya's sleeve and asked anxiously.

Freya: "..."

Freya was equally shocked to witness the Dragon Soul Sword transform into light and enter Lu Li's body.

Can a person be used as a Poké Ball?

It's important to know that the Dragon Soul Sword has a physical form, unlike Gastly, which is a gaseous Pokémon.

How does something so big get into a person's body?
This is neither scientific nor even esoteric!

"Doesn't he feel pain?" Freya now shared the same thought as Wei.

A moment later, Lu Li slowly opened his eyes.

His natal flying sword had successfully fused, and the Dragon Soul Sword now lay quietly in his dantian.

Most importantly, the Dragon Soul Sword is currently being constantly cleansed and nurtured by his spiritual power.

In the world of cultivation, sword cultivators are almost the most powerful in terms of killing.

The reason is that sword cultivators can nurture their swords in their dantian. This process is somewhat similar to the art of drawing a sword. Nurturing the sword is like accumulating power. The longer the sword is nurtured, the stronger its power will be when it is drawn.

Seeing Lu Li open his eyes, Freya asked anxiously, "Are you alright?"

Wei, standing next to him, also looked worried.

Faced with the two women's concerned gazes, Lu Li calmly shook his head and then comforted them, "I'm fine, in fact, better than ever before."

"Have you awakened a new ability? Ghost power?" Freya asked.

"I guess so," Lu Li replied casually, then summoned the Dragon Soul Sword.

With the Dragon Soul Sword in hand, Lu Li felt like everything was "growing grass".

"How is the Dragon Soul Sword?" Lu Li asked nervously.

The blue eyes on the Dragon Soul Sword's hilt slowly opened, then replied joyfully, "Don't worry, Master, I'm fine."

The single-sword sheath is a very special spirit. Its true form and core are actually the blue bead on its hilt, which is its eye.

(End of this chapter)