Chapter 1393: Chapter 1393: The Undying Calamity Star
Mu Ze outwardly feigned a troubled expression, but in his heart, he was elated; he could finally go and see Brother Xicheng openly.
Mu Ze thought, as long as Mo Xicheng was willing to forgive him, he was willing to do anything.
Even though he agreed to everyone’s requests and set out immediately for Kurosawa Highland, it was ultimately too late.
Mo Xicheng had already fallen into sleep, and the powerful magic barrier surrounding Kurosawa Highland was unshakeable; neither his image nor his voice could Mo Xicheng perceive at all.
Initially, Mu Ze didn’t want to give up; he would go to Kurosawa Highland every day to call for an audience for a long time, but over a month passed with no information coming out, and the lakes of Stoning Plain were about to dry up.
Mu Ze finally understood that he had completely lost Mo Xicheng, his Brother Xicheng who once taught and protected him would never return.
The tough challenges of the future, he would have to face alone.
Mu Ze shed tears with a bitter smile outside the magic barrier of Kurosawa Highland; he had harmed Mo Xicheng, and this was heaven’s punishment for him.
Since it was Mo Xicheng who made him suffer, he was willing to accept it.
After returning to the Chief Mansion, Mu Ze abandoned his usual gentleness, swiftly issuing an order with the authority of the Clan Leader, stating that because the Mu Water Clan disrespected the Deity, they received the Deity’s punishment. To atone, and for the sake of the Mu Water Clan members, those who activated the Water Attribute Magic Source in the Mu family were to take turns releasing water for the clan members to use.
Just like before, there were still those who deliberately opposed Mu Ze’s order, but Mu Ze remained silent, abruptly releasing magical power to slay the two leading opponents, and ordered this command to be immediately made public to all clan members.
Mu Ze’s decision caused the Mu family considerable hardship, but earned him the clan members’ support; everyone praised Mu Ze’s profound righteousness, while those unwilling to follow the order were scorned and cursed.
Eventually, everyone agreed to and accepted the command, and this tradition was thus passed down.
The last time Mo Xicheng slept, he slept for thousands of years; this time, he woke up after just over a hundred years because he felt uneasy, sensing that Mu Ze’s end was near.
Due to the harsh environment of Deep Pupil Desert, even after activating the Magic Source, a person’s lifespan was only about two hundred years.
Mu Ze was not yet two hundred, but over the years he had worked hard to release water and support the Mu Water Clan, constantly living with self-reproach, unable to let go of having injured Mo Xicheng, causing his vitality to fade faster.
By the time Mo Xicheng arrived, Mu Ze was already on his last breath, with his wife and children weeping around him; everyone believed he was about to leave forever.
Mo Xicheng looked at that familiar yet strange face, his anger had dissipated, leaving only poignant sorrow.
He must not die, for even if they could not meet, knowing he was still in this world would stave off loneliness.
Mo Xicheng extracted a sliver of his Vitality Force and channeled it into Mu Ze’s body, extending Mu Ze’s life span.
However, extending life and altering fate is defying the heavens, requiring a great price.
Even the Vitality Force of a Deity could only extend Mu Ze’s life by a hundred years.
And though he would live, his body would continue aging, growing weaker, and frailer.
Thereafter, every hundred years, Mo Xicheng would visit Stoning Plain once, sneaking into the Chief Mansion to inject Vitality Force into the dying Mu Ze.
At first, Mu Ze’s longevity was a source of joy, but gradually, this un-dying old ancestor began to inspire fear.
His wife, children, and even grandchildren had already passed away; only he remained alive.
His body grew older, unable to release water, unable even to muster a bit of magic power; further on, he gradually lost the ability to walk, to eat, to speak.
But, he simply could not die.
In records, descendants found the prophecy left by Pu Lizi, the grand elderly: "A thousand years of suffering, an outworld hero."
People began to connect these events, believing that because Mu Ze offended the Deity, the Mu Water Clan had to endure the punishment of drought, and he himself suffered, trapped between life and death.
Thus, Mu Ze was no longer praised but seen as the harbinger of disaster for the clan.
The Mu family, feeling helpless, confined Mu Ze in a secret underground chamber, prohibiting anyone but the Clan Leader from seeing him.
Everyone hoped for Mu Ze to die soon; if he died, the Mu family would no longer be disgraced; if he died, maybe the drought would end.
Alas, their wishes were in vain, for Mu Ze still lived, unable to move at all, but he could breathe, blink, his lips would tremble, as if wanting to say much, yet no sound would come out.
No one knew that after he could no longer make sounds, he endlessly repeated only one sentence: Brother Xicheng, I’m sorry.
In the blink of an eye, three thousand years passed, and the "outworld hero" spoken of by Pu Lizi, the grand elderly, finally arrived at Deep Pupil Desert, bringing Mu Ze to Kurosawa Highland.
Initially, only a magic barrier was set outside Kurosawa Highland, without those deadly rainbow-colored lights.
Later, Mo Xicheng noticed the Mu Water Clan’s hostility towards Mu Ze; as a Deity, he disdained to act against those without or with very weak magic power; he cleaved a deep gorge between Kurosawa Highlands and Gravel Plains.
Earth Magic, his specialized school of magic, made this task easy.
Then, he filled the gorge with numerous Color Stones, infused with ample Water Attribute Magic Power and Wind Attribute Magic Power.
When Water Magic reached a certain strength, it could be refined into countless tiny droplets, each one decomposing part of the human body, while Wind Magic would blow those particles to distant corners.
It seemed as if people were vanishing without a trace.
This was a newly-encountered magic combining Water Magic and Wind Magic that Qin Sisi and Ye You had not experienced before, which is why it felt unfamiliar.
The calls of Qin Sisi and the others initially went unheard by Mo Xicheng because the magic barrier had the effect of blocking out sight and sound.
However, this magic barrier had stood for three thousand years; during this time, Mu Ze had come, others had come, pleading for Mo Xicheng to relinquish the water source.
Even lost Demonic Beasts would sometimes blindly bump into it.
Every time the magic barrier activated, its energy would weaken a little; after three thousand years, only half of its original energy remained.
