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“Strange.”
Having walked through the Earth Sacrifice level for so long, Qi Lin noticed that something was increasingly wrong.
The surrounding scenery seemed to be unchanging and maintained just about the same appearance as before. The mountains, streams, plans, and fields were all like a quiet landscape portrait. Qi Lin felt he was under an illusion, as if he had walked in the wrong place.
According to logic, the Earth Sacrifice level should have a path that lead to the final Heaven Sacrifice level.
But as far as the eye could see, Qi Lin was unable to find anything that could possibly be considered an entrance.
The duo stopped to rest. Su Xuesha cultivated while Qi Lin took out the journal that Wu Gu had given him. The Ten Shamans had not actually entered the Heaven Sacrifice level. They also apparently ran into difficulties, for the journal recorded a “marsh without water, that is, kun.1 The gentleman will thus sacrifice his life to succeed in his endeavor.” This was the kun trigram, one of the Four Great Inauspicious Trigrams. The one who received this would fall into a kun state, where all endeavors failed. It was necessary to stick to the correct path and bide for an opportunity.
In the end, the Ten Shamans ran out of patience waiting for this opportunity and dismissed thoughts of entering the Heaven Sacrifice level.
“However, this time, the Ten Shamans have mustered a large force. Perhaps there is something mysterious inside…” Qi Lin sat down and carefully pondered, organizing a network of events. In his mind, he saw every detail.
“The kun trigram, kun…” Qi Lin muttered to himself, and an idea vaguely took shape.
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