An unknown small mountain village.

In the clean and tidy yard, the girl sat on a chair, staring at the crowd walking past the house, shaking her head from time to time.

Her eyes were clear, but her eyes were blank, and she seemed to have lost interest in everything.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the house, as if something had fallen to the ground.

A trace of long-lost joy flashed across the girl's face, and she hurriedly ran into the house. Perhaps because she was running too fast, she tripped on the threshold and almost fell.

“Where is this?”

An old man struggled to stand up, looked around, with many doubts in his eyes, "Fellow Daoist Miao, we..." Halfway through his words, his face suddenly turned pale, and he said in surprise, "Ah, where is my cultivation level?!"

"I haven't cultivated my skills, senior, so do I."

Miao Yue rubbed her ankles and shook her head helplessly, "Senior, are you unable to remember anything?"

Gu Zhengtang calmed down and said slowly, "I remember that we were in the Seven Demon Abyss, while avoiding the flames, while searching for the Zihao Realm mentioned by the Dragon Clan. Later, we encountered an accident. I don't remember what it was, but it seems that we were swept in by the flames? I don't remember what happened later."

"Like me, the previous things were clear and there was nothing afterwards."

Some disappointment flashed in Miao Yue's eyes, "But I woke up earlier than my predecessors, and I woke up two hundred years ago."

Gu Zhengtang looked around the house, and quickly saluted, "Fellow Daoist Miao, you have been here alone for two hundred years? Thank you for your kindness. If it weren't for the protection of the fellow Taoist, I would have probably already died."

Miao Yue quickly returned the greeting and paused, "Senior, don't say that, in fact, there is no danger here."

"No danger? Since you come, you will be at ease, and your cultivation will be gone."

Gu Zhengtang thought for a few breaths and said warmly, "Where is this?"

"I don't know," Miao Yue sighed slightly, "Senior is really calm. His cultivation level is gone for tens of thousands of years. He is almost the same as a mortal. I can calm down so quickly. I thought about it for decades, but I still can't accept it."

"Don't be too anxious, Fellow Daoist Miao."

Gu Zhengtang said slowly, "I am a quasi-saint. If my cultivation is deprived and the life palace is not preserved, it will basically be like death. Now I feel very good. Apart from the inability to use the power and spiritual consciousness, etc., the others are not much different from the past. In other words, our cultivation is just sealed and not completely lost."

"Just being sealed?"

Miao Yue was a little happy, but she was more confused, "How is this possible? Sealing cultivation is much more difficult than deprivation. Who would do this? And the only one who can do this may be the saint. Why should the saint attack us?"

Gu Zhengtang smiled, "I don't know these guys, but our cultivation must still be there, don't worry."

"Senior, you can still laugh..."

Miao Yue was stagnant, but she felt much more comfortable. After more than two hundred years of loneliness, she felt very good that she could talk to someone.

Gu Zhengtang said slowly, "It may not necessarily be a saint. The guardian who controls a world can also deprive us of everything. As long as we are in this world, we have no room for resistance. Fellow Daoist Miao, you probably came from a mortal, right?"

Miao Yue subconsciously said, "No, I was born with sword intent, and my master said I have never been a mortal."

"Shushan genius, that should have been like this."

Gu Zhengtang smiled, "If you have experience of seeking immortality in mortals, you will probably understand this situation. Everything is controlled by the guardian of the Heavenly Dao, and everything you do is determined by the Heavenly Dao. If you don't obey, you will feel like you have nothing."

Miao Yue thought for a while, "Senior, are we controlled by the Heavenly Dao now?"

"Obviously."

Gu Zhengtang said calmly, "I have experienced this kind of thing. From me, I can also feel a trace of will to heaven. But it is not clear what the will to heaven means to do this... But it doesn't matter. Practitioners always have to get rid of the way of heaven, just like an immortal is going to become a saint. Fellow Dao Miao, don't worry, as long as the way of heaven follows the rules, we will definitely find a way to restore our cultivation and leave this realm."

Miao Yue was stagnant, "What should I do? I can't even get out of this small village, and I haven't found any spiritual energy."

"Look at me..."

Gu Zhengtang smiled and shook his head, "I'm used to using perception, haha, I can't see anything, let's go out."

The two walked out of the thatched cottage and walked to the gate of the yard.

A very quiet and peaceful mountain village, with green mountains and green trees, more than 100 households, smoke from cooking stoves, chickens crowing, dogs barking, and children's quarrels one after another.

“It’s always been like this here?”

Gu Zhengtang withdrew his gaze, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"It has been like this for more than two hundred years," Miao Yue's expression slightly condensed. "I think there is a problem. These people have birth, old age, sickness and death, but the total number has never changed. They have joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but their lives have not changed. They do the same thing every day, with almost no changes. Look at that woman, she will soon go to the river to wash clothes, and that male villager, his next step is to go to the East Courtyard... Senior, I suspect they are not real people."

Gu Zhengtang paused, "Is that true? I also think they are not like creatures. Have you ever communicated with them?"

"I've tried it, many times," Miao Yue sighed slightly, "but no matter how I talk to them, no one cares about me. They seem to be when I don't exist. Sometimes when I deliberately bump into them, they will fall to the ground, but they will ignore me when they get up."

It’s like living in a world that is ignored by everyone, and your own sense of existence is zero.

"That's right. This may be the first puzzle given to us by the way of heaven, so that outsiders can adapt to them and integrate into it," Gu Zhengtang seemed to think, "Of course we don't have to follow the way of heaven, but no matter what we do, we must first figure out this small village and these people, otherwise we can't get out."

"Yeah, I can't get out."

Miao Yue nodded, "No matter where you go, you will be blocked. I have no strength, and I can't see what the rules are building here, and I have no idea how to start, and..." She hesitated and said slowly, "I can't sense my sword heart now. I don't know if it's sleeping or being taken away by the Heavenly Dao."

For her, this was a secret that could not be revealed, but in the face of this predicament, she had to be honest.

To leave here and get out of trouble, you must rely on Gu Zhengtang's ability.

Although Gu Zhengtang had just woken up, his experience and knowledge were much better than her. He could soon see the current problem. Perhaps what he said was not the real answer, but it was much better than having no clue.

"Your sword heart? Haha, it doesn't matter. We will come back, so don't worry about these for the time being."

Gu Zhengtang waved his hand, not caring much. Miao Yue's sword heart was stronger than Miao Yue. He had felt this a long time ago, but he didn't want to delve into it.

It's not necessary, and it's not worth it.
Chapter completed!