Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 354 353 The Ability of Erosion

The owl was silent for a moment: "That is indeed a bit troublesome."

Shi nodded and said, "The passage is closed. Let's just hope he doesn't come looking for it."

Feng Xiuhu couldn't get a word in edgewise for a while, and then raised his voice in frustration: "Can you tell me first exactly where that place is?!"

Both Eclipse and Shadow Owl looked over.

Eclipse hesitated, but Shadow Owl spoke first: "That place is neither in the mortal world nor in the spirit world; it doesn't even really exist."

Shi sighed deeply and finally spoke: "Do you remember that time when you used the power of shadow to sneak into old William's tailor shop?"

Feng Xiuhu recalled briefly: "I remember, at that time I didn't expect that old William was a priest of the Church of the Night, and we were almost discovered."

Shi glanced at him: "That's right, and then in your haste, you jumped into the dressing mirror—to tell you the truth, I was startled at the time, and I wanted you to leave quickly, but I didn't dare to make a sound... for fear that I would attract his attention."

Feng Xiuhu gasped: "That thing is in the mirror?"

Yin Xiao corrected him: "To be precise, Jian Yuan refers to the world in the mirror. It can exist in every place in the world in the mirror—as long as there is a mirror in this world, or as long as there is something that can reflect an image, it is the entrance to Jian Yuan."

"The good news is that Jianyuan won't come out easily, and not everyone has the ability to get in."

The voice of the Eclipse drifted over: "Coincidentally, you can easily get in by using the 'Shadow' spell—the Church of the Night has always had a saying: 'Rather rush towards the flames than approach the mirror.'"

Feng Xiuhu felt a chill run down his spine: "Will this alert Jian Yuan?"

"To scare you."

Shi grinned: "Whether or not there is a mirror, this is the weakness of the Church of the Night. Because when you become a shadow, you can easily slip into the mirror, so practitioners of the Church of the Night can easily get trapped in the mirror and not be able to get out—for example, by overlapping two mirrors face to face."

Feng Xiuhu suddenly paused for a moment: "Wait, but the Touch of Light and Shadow is just a picture frame, not a mirror, so how could it be related to Jianyuan?"

"Because the passage opened by the Mystic Academy is part of Jianyuan."

Shi's gaze darkened again: "Normally speaking, whether in the mortal world or the spirit world, there is only one way to achieve rapid long-distance travel."

“Anchor of faith. This is a unique ability of a true God with many believers—for example, the wind and rain sculpture you saw on the Broken Wave Bridge. The wind and rain can enter the spirit world and come out again to descend directly there.”

"Besides that, there is only Jianyuan left."

"For Jianyuan, the world in the mirror has almost no concept of distance."

"So there's no doubt that, aside from the descent of a true god, any similar methods you encounter in the future will definitely be following Jianyuan's 'shortcut'."

Feng Xiuhu was satisfied and extremely pleased—this was the first time he had squeezed so much stuff out of Shi's mouth.

So he pressed his advantage: "Now that we've talked about others, let's talk about yours."

Shi glanced at him sideways and said, "What do I have to say? You already know everything you need to know."

Feng Xiuhu sneered: "I don't think so. Then tell me, why should the Wind and Rain Goddess believe you? Even I couldn't be fooled by your few words, so why would she be fooled by you?"

The owl flew down and landed on Eclipse's head: "What did you lie to Wind and Rain about?"

Shi shook his head and said to Feng Xiuhu, "You leave here first, and I'll tell you slowly later."

The owl flew into a rage and pecked Eclipse hard on the forehead: "Deliberately hiding this from me? You think I wanted to hear this? If it weren't for the fact that you'd get me into trouble—"

Before he could finish speaking, Feng Xiuhu raised his hand and shouted, "Nobody's leaving—nobody's leaving today, let's talk this out right here!" This time, Feng Xiuhu had learned his lesson; he believed that Shi wouldn't dare lie to Yin Xiao in front of him.

Shi glared at Feng Xiuhu: "It's very simple. Feng Yu doesn't believe that Xi Jun and I will ever fall out. She firmly believes this, so she believes whatever I say."

Feng Xiuhu immediately pressed, "On what grounds? Even brothers quarrel sometimes, how can you and Xi Jun have such a deep bond?"

The owl suddenly fell silent, closing one eye as if it were dozing.

Erosion lay down, resting his chin on his two paws, and remained silent for a while before speaking again.

"...The relationship between Xi Jun and me is more than just affection; it's about us, and neither of us can be without the other."

Feng Xiuhu opened his mouth: "Isn't this a bit too ambiguous?"

"It's not what you think."

Shi said irritably, "It's about the divine bones."

Feng Xiuhu remembered—once, the Goddess of Wind and Rain had mentioned that the Divine Seal and Divine Priest were created jointly by Xi Jun and Shi.

Shi's voice gradually lowered: "You only know that Xi Jun forged the divine seal and divine essence by melting faith, in order to replace the divine bones and contain authority."

“What you don’t know is that the divine bones are indestructible, and nothing in the world can destroy them—except me.”

"Therefore, the primordial god will not truly die. As long as the divine bones remain, there will be a day of resurrection sooner or later."

"This is why, at the beginning of the new gods' birth, they could only flaunt their divine bones—they were unable to truly obtain the power of the rules."

Feng Xiuhu clicked his tongue and said, "You can't be a capitulator, you tiger. This is really not a honorable thing to do."

A furious growl escaped from Corrosion's throat: "You know nothing!"

"They owe me this!"

"They are all primordial gods formed from the rules, but because I have the ability to completely kill them, they have joined forces to suppress me for tens of thousands of years!"

Shi stood up, his eyes flashing with ferocity, and walked step by step toward Feng Xiuhu: "Do you know that I spent the entire Third Era being scorched by flames? Tell me—why shouldn't I take my revenge!?"

Now Feng Xiuhu finally understood why the owl hadn't made a sound.

The painful memories made Shi's anger gradually uncontrollable, and he revealed his ferocious fangs: "So, when Xi Jun broke the seal for me, I chose to help her—and also to help myself, to collect all those debts."

"Ha...hunt them down... gut them...remove their divine bones...corrode them...destroy them...steal their power of rules...extinguish their hope of resurrection..."

Shi's pupils trembled slightly, and he showed signs of losing control of his emotions.

Out of the corner of his eye, Feng Xiuhu noticed that the owl had quietly moved to a far distance away.

Feng Xiuhu nodded expressionlessly, calmly stood up and said, "Okay, I understand. Although we are all protecting animals, sometimes we must also respect the laws of nature. Let's end our conversation here. I just remembered I have something to do, so I'll stop here for now."

With a quick hand gesture, Feng Xiuhu made a hasty escape.

Silence returned to the forest, except for Shi's heavy breathing.

PS: In Chapter 202, Feng Xiuhu entered the Mirror World.

(End of this chapter)