Heavenly Dao Formula

"Have you... ever looked up at the stars at night?" Xia Fan asked slowly after a moment of silence.

Facing this elusive problem, Chu Pu was a little confused for a while.

But she still replied truthfully, "Of course, there are spells that are closely related to celestial phenomena in alchemy. Although I am not good at it, I have studied it."

"What if I told you that these stars are all fake?"

"What did you say?" Chu Pu couldn't help being stunned, "Fake?"

"Not just the stars, but the sun, the moon—or in a sense, you've never seen real day and night, and you've never seen the real sky."

What is he... kidding?

Chu Pu stared into his eyes, trying to identify Xia Fan's thoughts.

If it were anyone else, she would have taken this remark as a tease and walked away. She would even do it a few days in the morning, if the issue was brought up during the initial meeting, for example. But after traveling underground, Chu Pu found that he could no longer ignore any words of this man.

Even if it sounds so absurd and uninhibited.

No, Yuheng's heart skipped a beat. The point is not whether what he said is true, but——

"How do you know it's true?"

"Because I've seen it before." Xia Fan replied briefly.

To Chu Pu's surprise, she couldn't hear any guilt in this sentence.

"Can I meet you too?" In that case, she decided to go straight to the point.

The latter rejected her, "Unless you can pass the Bureau's assessment and become one of us. Otherwise, the more you know about this matter, the more dangerous you will be."

Danger?

Where does the danger come from?

Maybe this statement is just a cover, and the other party just doesn't want to let the secrets leak too much. Chu Pu thought for a while, "If what you said is true, then don't we live in a false world? But past experience has proved that the change between night and day is real. More frequent activities, this can't be fake, right? Unless..."

When she said this, she suddenly froze.

Then a strong fear hit her, making her shiver involuntarily.

If the observation itself is false, can the conclusion still be correct?

It's like keeping a prisoner in a dark dungeon, lighting candles and feeding food every once in a while. Prisoners will naturally associate candles with food. But in fact, the two can appear at different times, or the poison or sword can be delivered at the moment of lighting the candle.

In the same way, if something intentionally makes the evil spirit active for a period of time, and makes that time at night...

"Shepherd." Chu Pu finally murmured two words.

"I'm not sure, but I'm surprised at how sharp your thinking is." Xia Fan clapped his hands lightly, "Since you can think of this, I don't need to answer the previous question—what will you do after the unification? No matter what you do, it will not be a celebration of victory, and human beings will not rest easy."

"The Seven Star Privy Council has never looked outside..."

Yuheng couldn't help but think of this sentence in his mind.

If Xia Fan's exploration of the world has really reached this point, then it is completely reasonable for him to say this condescendingly, Qi Xing is not even qualified to refute.

"Your clarification has benefited me a lot." Chu Pu cupped his hands, "I hope I can see the real starry sky one day."

Xia Fan raised his hand in return, "It's you, is it okay to go back like this?"

"I don't know what you mean..."

"Seven-star executives." He paused, "Although you are the envoy of Yuheng, will other people readily accept your personal decision? Sometimes, the sword piercing from the inside hurts people more."

Chu Pu laughed lightly, "Are you worried about my personal safety? I was selected as Yuheng's successor not because of anything else, but because of pure ability to win. This point can definitely be called fair by the Privy Council. Of course , there will definitely be opponents internally, but I will persuade them."

Compared with her diplomatic innocence, she is full of confidence when it comes to this.

Therefore, Xia Fan didn't say any more, "I will write another letter, you hand it to His Majesty at the front line, and the war will come to an end."

Chu Pu nodded, got up and said goodbye. But when she reached the door, she stopped again.

"That... When I was underground, I drank a drink that was both like medicine and tea..." Envoy Yuheng paused, "I heard from Gong Shufeng that it was brewed from a mixed powder. Kind of powder, can you send me some?"

As long as she takes a sip, the inconceivable and magnificent spectacle will appear in her mind.

The unknown is always the best reward for fighters.

"No problem." Xia Fan nodded.

...

After Envoy Yuheng left, he got up and went to the study in the back room, where Taxis and Momora were waiting for him.

Judging from their expressions, they obviously heard the conversation.

"The thing you didn't want to go into details in the letter refers to this, right?" Taxis Yongyi said seriously, "Is it true? This is not a trivial matter!"

Xia Fan asked them to come here, one purpose is to avoid repeating the explanation twice, "If it is fake, then I will be much more relaxed."

"Can you tell me in detail?"

"Of course, it's time for you to know the true face of the world." Xia Fan sat down opposite the two and gave a general account of the shelter. This is not an easy topic, so he didn't talk about it on the day he saw the other party. As a close person who hadn't seen him for a long time, the first day was naturally spent on the theme of banquet and reminiscing about the past. At the same time, he also needs to understand the situation at the West Pole so that Sikong can coordinate and plan the next move.

After listening, the two fell into a long silence.

After a while, Taxis took the lead to speak, "So the boundary of the sea area is actually the boundary wall of this huge man-made shelter, and the cold and dark area beyond that is the original appearance of the world?"

Compared with a few years ago, Longnu's appearance has not changed much, but her demeanor has become more calm. Even such amazing news did not shake her tone.

The war against the Mage Tower and the revival of the Church of Hera undoubtedly made her grow a lot.

"Have you been outside the border waters?" Xia Fan asked unexpectedly.

"That's not true." Taxis shook her head, "I have more contact with Princess Twilight, and I also heard from her that someone in the Nata Court broke the seal of the border. It's a pity that none of these people lived The only one who knew about it was the Duke of Aurora, whose whereabouts are unknown."

"I've heard of this too." Momora shook her ears, her expression was obviously much lower than that of Taxis, "At that time, everyone either thought that it was the lair of evil spirits, or that it was a hoax. I didn't expect it to be real, and it's more real than the world we live in—if it wasn't for you, I couldn't believe it..."