Chapter 723: Chapter 432: The World Beyond the Book
Chang’an.
In Ningxin Garden.
Li Nuo was playing football with Mumu and Ning’er.
Begonia petals fell gently on the stone path, and the golden football drew crescent arcs in mid-air, accompanied by the crisp laughter of young girls ringing in the ears.
The two lovely little girls from back then have now grown into graceful young women.
The sisters were much more sensible than when they were young, but they still often quarreled, something Li Nuo was already accustomed to.
Since his father and mother left, King Chun and the King Consort also disappeared without a trace, and Li Yun, along with his wife, whom Li Nuo had recreated a body for, also wandered the world. It’s said they plan to have a child next year.
After playing with Mumu and Ning’er for a while, Li Nuo walked to the lakeside, where Zhiyi sat alone.
A few days ago, Li Nuo resurrected her mother; at this moment, her parents should be traveling somewhere in the former Zhao Country.
Li Nuo walked over, sat beside Zhiyi, and asked, "Do you want to see Master Gongsun?"
Zhiyi suddenly looked up and asked in surprise, "Can Master Gongsun be revived too?"
Li Nuo held her hand and nodded with a smile.
Resurrecting ordinary people or saints made no difference to him.
These days, he was constantly helping them make up for regrets, the Phoenix and nightingale’s parents, Anning’s mother, Zhiyi’s mother... it had to be done one at a time.
Li Nuo gazed ahead; on the grass by the lake, a figure quickly formed.
"Master Gongsun!"
When the middle-aged woman appeared, Zhiyi quickly stood up and hugged her tightly.
Since her mother passed away early, Master Gongsun had been by her side since childhood. To her, Master Gongsun was like a teacher, friend, and mother.
The middle-aged woman lovingly patted her head and smiled, "Little girl, didn’t I say we would meet again..."
Moments later, she walked up to Li Nuo, bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you for the trouble."
Li Nuo smiled and said, "There’s no need to be polite, Master Gongsun."
Ever since surpassing the Eighth Realm, Li Nuo knew that the Master Gongsun whom Zhiyi spoke of was a saint of the Yin Yang School, with a cultivation level even higher than that of Dongfang Xuan.
This world held no secrets for him.
Whether it was events of the past, or things yet to happen, it was all within his perception.
Master Gongsun explained, "An ancestor left behind a legacy, and it was only after obtaining it that I learned all of this..."
In fact, she did not need to explain; Li Nuo already knew that the ancestor of the Gongsun Family was the first-generation saint of the Yin Yang School, who left their image on the "Heavenly Book".
Speaking of those saints, it was about time to meet them.
Li Nuo walked into a courtyard within the garden and shut the gate.
One by one, figures began to form in the yard.
Each of them exuded the aura of a saint.
The leading elder, dressed in Confucian garments, bowed deeply to Li Nuo and said, "Thank you, my young friend."
Li Nuo returned the bow.
Looking at the familiar Confucian-dressed elder, Li Nuo felt a strange sensation in his heart.
After succeeding in the Imperial Examination, he once paid his respects to the image of the Confucian Saint in the Confucian Temple, never expecting that one day, the living Confucian Saint would stand before him and bow in gratitude.
Li Nuo looked at the Confucian Saint and voiced a question from his heart, "How did you bring me over?"
Beside the Confucian Saint, another figure with a resolute expression explained, "The Martial Saint self-exploded, shattering the void, sending the Law Code into another world. When it finds a destined person, summoned by the Confucian Scripture, it will return..."
Li Nuo admired these original saints.
As fictional characters in a book, they managed to conceive of such a method to break what was supposed to be an unbreakable deadlock.
But he still had doubts; if sending the Law Code required the Martial Saint to self-destruct, why did its return not require such power...
From what Li Nuo understood of the Martial Saint, the power of his self-destruction would probably be comparable to a nuclear explosion in another world.
Could it be that while napping, he was hit by a nuke?
No third-rate author would write like that.
This question, even All Saints could not explain.
Sending the Law Code away was already the limit of their ability; they attributed everything that happened afterward to serendipity.
After the Magic Saint explained, the Confucian Saint spoke again, "My young friend, we have one more unabashed request..."
Since they already existed in this world, even if they did not voice their request, Li Nuo understood it.
They wanted to see the real world.
These powerful beings standing at the peak of the continent, even if destined to be trapped forever in a fantasy world, desired to see the true world, to see what created them and what kind of existence it was...
This matter could only be achieved by Li Nuo.
He did not originally belong to this world, nor could this world confine him.
However, he had never had the courage to take that step.
Li Nuo nodded and said, "I promise you, but before that, I still have one thing to do..."
Li Nuo left and went to another courtyard.
As soon as he entered, Dongfang Qing immediately approached and clutched his arm tightly, pleading, "Brother Li, please save my grandfather!"
Ever since breaking through to the Saint Realm and seeing the truth of this world, Dongfang Xuan spent most of his days in a daze.
The Yin Yang School had spent their lives researching fate, only to discover in the end that fate did not actually exist.
