Just like that, it dispersed?
Yes.
Just like that, it dispersed.
It dispersed without any warning.
And it dispersed in a baffling manner.
Although those who could enter the Illusory Land were either survivors from the Wu Dao Age or almost all had some connection to the Wu Dao Age.
Either they were reincarnated individuals from the Wu Dao Age.
Or they were people with karmic ties to the Wu Dao Age.
Or they were People of Original Sin from the Wu Dao Age.
The only certainty was that, regardless of which type of person from the Wu Dao Age they were, their existence was extraordinary and not simple.
But even if they were extraordinary and not simple, it shouldn't be to the extent that a single light finger tap could turn the Golden Spirit King's Spiritual Incarnation to dust and smoke, right?
This was no longer just extraordinary; the young girl's existence was already mysterious and terrifying.
Realizing this, the hundred or so people gathered around the Illusory Realm all took a step back, as if particularly wary of the young girl.
No.
Not just wary of the young girl, but also quite wary of Gu Qingfeng's presence.
Although they hadn't seen Gu Qingfeng make a move earlier, they had all seen clearly that the Golden Spirit King had used every ounce of his strength yet failed to budge this fellow in the slightest. Just thinking with their toes told them that this fellow's existence, even if not quite on par with the young girl, was absolutely not far off.
However.
In the Old Witch's eyes, the young girl's existence might be terrifying, but she felt Gu Qingfeng's presence was likely even more terrifying.
The young girl had just dispersed the Golden Spirit King's Spiritual Incarnation with a light finger tap.
Others might not know, but she had personally witnessed Gu Qingfeng, with a single mighty shout, forcibly blast the Golden Spirit King's Spiritual Incarnation into dust and smoke.
His methods could not be described as anything less than terrifying.
Even more terrifying was that this fellow's Spiritual Incarnation was still so weak.
It was unimaginable how horrifying this fellow's Spiritual Incarnation would be at its peak.
"Heh heh."
The young girl who called herself Grandaunt stared at Gu Qingfeng and said, "Sorry to have made a fool of myself in front of you, Great Lord."
"You're not big, but your skills are quite something."
"Great Lord, you jest. My meager skills probably can't even catch your eye, right?
Great Lord's existence is truly unfathomable."
"Is that so..." Gu Qingfeng smiled and said no more, continuing to watch the changing Illusory Realm.
He had originally wanted to take a look inside this so-called Illusory Realm, but it seemed this thing wouldn't manifest anything substantial for a while.
Gu Qingfeng was hesitating whether to keep waiting.
Suddenly.
A voice, both familiar and unfamiliar, came.
Since there is wisdom, there is confusion, distinguishing self from other; a hundred kinds of yang, a hundred kinds of yin, transforming into the harmony of heaven and earth.
No sight of good, no sight of evil, only cause and effect remain; a thousand kinds of sage, a thousand kinds of demon, left for others to say.
The voice was still as ethereal as ever, as if coming from all directions, also like from a distant place, even more like from the past, and also like from the future.
Gu Qingfeng swept a glance and found that the hundred or so people present seemed to have no reaction, but the young girl opposite him slightly furrowed her brows.
Could it be that this young girl, like himself, was also a Person of Original Sin?
Just as he was pondering this, the young girl opposite seemed to have also noticed something, staring at Gu Qingfeng with a suspicious look.
Suddenly.
For some reason, the Illusory Land began to twist and blur.
Seeing this phenomenon, the hundred or so people present were all greatly alarmed.
Because they all knew that when the Illusory Land began to twist and blur, it meant the Illusory Phantom Mist would descend.
The Illusory Phantom Mist could affect one's spirit, not only causing mental derangement but also making one lose themselves.
Since the Illusory Land appeared in the current era ten thousand years ago, countless great powers had become mentally deranged within the Illusory Phantom Mist, and many had lost themselves, still wandering the Illusory Land like lonely ghosts to this day.
Legend had it that this Illusory Phantom Mist was a kind of nightmare, also a curse, extremely terrifying.
Although everyone wanted to take a look inside the Illusory Realm, the appearance of the Illusory Phantom Mist forced them to give up.
After all, the Illusory Realm would appear again in the future, but once one lost themselves in the Illusory Phantom Mist, they might be doomed to wander here like a lonely ghost for a lifetime.
Sure enough.
Not long after, a chaotic mist slowly descended.
At this, no one dared to stay any longer; their Spiritual Incarnations vanished one after another.
As the Illusory Land became increasingly twisted and blurred, and the Illusory Phantom Mist grew denser, the hundred or so people present had long since vanished without a trace.
Only five individuals still stood here, not leaving.
Among them was the young girl standing opposite Gu Qingfeng.
There was also that vicious dragon-like Spiritual Incarnation that had mocked the Golden Spirit King earlier.
Besides them, there was an owl and a crow.
In Gu Qingfeng's mind, the reason the Illusory Land was twisting and blurring, with the Illusory Phantom Mist descending, was likely due to the appearance of the Original Sin Nightmare.
He had heard from Jun Xuanji that the Original Sin Nightmare was a curse, a curse belonging to Those with Original Sin. Since these people could stand here now, it meant they, like himself, were probably Those with Original Sin. As for whether they were innate, cosmic, or acquired Original Sin, that was unknown. The only certainty was that they probably weren't acquired Original Sin.
Running into other Those with Original Sin in the Illusory Land wasn't particularly rare, after all, Gu Qingfeng wasn't the only Person of Original Sin between heaven and earth.
What Gu Qingfeng hadn't expected was that the Old Witch leaning on her cane hadn't left either.
He clearly remembered the Old Witch claiming she was not a Person of Original Sin.
Moreover, last time when the Illusory Phantom Mist appeared, the Old Witch had looked frightened and vanished in a flash.
This time, with the Illusory Phantom Mist descending again, not only had the Old Witch not left, she had remained here calmly and composedly.
It seemed now that the Old Witch had definitely been deceiving him back then.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingfeng shook his head and sighed, "Truly, the world's morals decline, and people's hearts are no longer ancient. I, your lord, am still too green."
The Old Witch seemed to detect the implication in Gu Qingfeng's words. Her dark, hollow eye sockets fixed on Gu Qingfeng as she replied with a thin smile, "This old woman did not mean to deceive you, Fellow Daoist. It's just that your existence is truly unfathomable, making this old woman terribly afraid!"
Gu Qingfeng merely smiled and said nothing.
Although the Old Witch being a Person of Original Sin surprised him.
It was only a surprise.
Nothing more.
He didn't care whether the Old Witch was a Person of Original Sin or not; it had nothing to do with him either way.
"If Grandaunt hasn't guessed wrong, this should be the Original Sin Nightmare, right?"
At this moment, the young girl beside him suddenly let out a sigh. A smile on her face, she closed her eyes as if sensing the increasingly twisted Illusory Land and the densening Illusory Phantom Mist. After a moment, she opened her eyes again and said, "In that case, all of you present are Those with Original Sin, correct?"
Within the area.
The vicious dragon, the owl, the crow, and including the Old Witch, all glanced at each other, but none spoke.
And the young girl, as if not expecting them to speak, continued to sense the Original Sin Nightmare here, murmuring to herself, "It's been so long since I last came. I truly miss it."