My Endless Life

Li Qi had been wondering why the cost of a strange object would fall so accurately on the user.

It would not deviate by a single point, nor would it be transferred because of the different holders.

Except for some strange objects whose cost needs to be borne by others, the cost of most of the remaining strange objects will fall on whoever uses them.

Later, Li Qi guessed that this might be related to the attributes of consciousness, life, and soul.

After using a strange object, consciousness, life, and soul establish a connection with the strange object, so once the cost of the strange object acts on oneself, then after using the strange object, the cost will be borne impartially by the user.

After observing the rules, Li Qi added a new condition to the above conditions.

Rules.

Perhaps the reason why strange objects lock users and make users pay the price is still because of the rules.

So is there a possibility that the rules bypass the user and let the cost fall on someone else?

Li Qi thought for a long time and thought of some ways, but there were no conditions for implementation.

The main thing is that something is missing.

It was not until I got the abilities of other systems from Ye Yue that I had a preliminary clue.

The substitute doll is what Li Qi got by integrating the rune system and the Taoist system.

There is a special ability in Ye Yue's Taoist system, called "Substitute Straw Man".

This ability itself is to guard against those who master the art of curse.

For example, if someone gets your birth date and eight characters, then makes a straw man, puts your birth date and eight characters on the straw man, and curses it, then the curse will fall on your head.

But if there is a "substitute straw man", hides your birth date and eight characters in the straw man and carries it with you, then the curse will be transferred to the straw man.

Even some mysterious damage will be transferred to the straw man.

It was with this substitute method as a source of inspiration that Li Qi pinched the substitute doll in his hand.

The flesh and blood of the substitute doll come from chicken and pork, and Li Qi pinched out complete internal organs and brains inside, and the blood flows naturally.

Coupled with Li Qi's own soul power, this substitute doll is no different from Li Qi himself except that it has no self-thoughts and consciousness!

If it is placed in the Taoist world where Ye Yue is, this substitute doll is more directional than the substitute straw man, and all curses on Li Qi will fall on the doll.

Now placed on this strange object, if nothing unexpected happens, all the costs will also fall on this substitute doll.

As for whether it can be successful in the end, it depends on the next use.

Staring at the Twelve Golden Immortals with burning eyes, Li Qi confirmed the use without hesitation.

Then in his sight, the silk threads representing the rules on the Twelve Golden Immortals moved closer to the direction of Li Qi.

But when it was about to approach Li Qi, those strands of rule lines turned and fell on the substitute doll!

Li Qi was not surprised. He was still staring at the Twelve Golden Immortals and the substitute doll, and his eyes did not shift.

At the end, Zhu Xingyuan, who was at the top of the Twelve Golden Immortals, walked out of the painting, and the substitute doll in Li Qi's hand turned into a ball of blood. Li Qi was relieved.

"Oh? The substitute technique?"

Zhu Xingyuan, who had just walked out of the painting, saw the blood on Li Qi's hand and showed an interested expression.

Li Qi waved his hand to clean up the blood, turned to Zhu Xingyuan and said:

"It's just a little trick, let the immortal laugh."

"Hehe, in front of you, I can't be a fairy, and you don't need to use the substitute technique to call me out. I have said before that with your soul power, it is more than enough to call me out."

"Always be steady."

Li Qi said casually.

Zhu Xingyuan said that Li Qi didn't have to worry about paying an extra price for using the Twelve Golden Immortals.

This is because Li Qi's soul power is strong enough, and he will die after using the Twelve Golden Immortals. It's not so much a price as a lack of ability.

But even so, Li Qi did not dare to guarantee that what Zhu Xingyuan said was definitely true.

For the sake of his own life, Li Qi thought of creating a substitute doll.

Besides, being able to create a substitute doll is not a loss for Li Qi.

Seeing Li Qi's indifferent look, Zhu Xingyuan did not say anything more. He turned and said:

"My friend called me here this time, I am afraid you have questions to ask."

"There are indeed many questions to ask, I wonder how long Taoist Zhu can stay now?"

"My friend's soul power is indeed abundant, and the blood and energy power of the substitute technique is not inferior to that of ordinary people. I think... half an hour should be enough."

Zhu Xingyuan calculated and answered.

Li Qi nodded: "Half an hour is enough, Taoist Zhu, please sit down."

Half an hour is equivalent to an hour. Li Qi does not need Zhu Xingyuan to help him beat people, just to ask some questions, this time should be enough.

Zhu Xingyuan was not polite to Li Qi. Although he was a cultivator, he did not have much of the airs of a cultivator.

He did not have the feeling that Li Qi thought, that he was a fairy who was high above and looked down on mortals.

This was normal.

The Wenxian Sect where Zhu Xingyuan was located was the largest sect of the cultivation civilization at that time. In addition to practicing the art of the immortal way, the main thing was to cultivate the mind.

Li Qi had read the cultivation purpose of the Wenxian Sect. The Wenxian Sect mainly cultivated the human way, which was people-oriented and people-oriented. It advocated that only when the human race prospered, the immortal sect could prosper.

Because everyone in the Wenxian Sect, except for a few people who are not good at practicing, almost all treat ordinary people or Taoists equally without any prejudice.

Zhu Xingyuan is the eldest disciple of the Wenxian Sect and the next sect leader. His cultivation and character are above all others, so his attitude towards Li Qi at this moment can only be said to be normal.

Sitting opposite Li Qi, Zhu Xingyuan didn't care whether the tea in front of him was new or old, he drank it in one gulp, and then said to Li Qi with a smile:

"My little friend, do you have anything you want to ask?"

"I had an encounter with a disciple of your sect, and I learned from him that the Taoist Master had no choice but to take refuge in the painting with other fellow disciples because the end of the world had come...and what I want to ask is, what did the Taoist Master see? How is the end of the world different from the end of the world we are experiencing now?”

The apocalypse where Liu Yiye was was already in the late stages of the apocalypse.

There is not a single person left in the world, and the remaining population is all within the major immortal sects. Even so, countless people die every day.

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In Zhu Xingyuan's time, the entire Wenxian Sect's top and bottom members together were probably less than 100,000 people, and more than half of them were immortal cultivators.

By Liu Yiye's generation, all the major immortal sects had perished. Except for some savages who had been stripped of their intelligence and turned into beasts, living underground, there was almost no one who could be called an 'intelligent creature'.

Liu Yiye was the only one left.

During this period, all Li Qi could see was heavy snow, heavy snow...and heavy snow.

Due to Liu Yiye's special nature, he had never seen the so-called demonic energy, so he could not tell whether the end of the civilization of cultivating immortals was the same kind as the end of the present.

Li Qi could only guess that it should be roughly the same, that is, there is no daylight, pollution is everywhere, and the world is frozen.

But no matter what, it was Li Qi's guess. If he wanted to confirm his guess, he naturally had to ask Zhu Xingyuan, a remnant of the civilization that cultivated immortals.

Hearing Li Qi ask about the doomsday, Zhu Xingyuan was silent for a long time before slowly saying:

"Nothing different."

"No difference at all?"

Zhu Xingyuan just shook his head.

Li Qi didn't say anything for a long time after hearing this. Zhu Xingyuan continued:

"Although I have forgotten many things in the past, I still remember the day of darkness. First there were three times of darkness, then three more times, and then three more times. After the last three times, the sun never rose again.

"Subsequently, the demonic energy rose and countless strange phenomena appeared frequently. Even those senior experts were helpless to deal with these phenomena and could only contain and give in.

"Retreat step by step, step by step, until there is no way to retreat, stick to the mountain gate..."

When Zhu Xingyuan said this, he clenched his fists, then slowly released them, exhaled and said:

"...I don't remember much about what happened next. I only remember that the elders in the sect found a way to preserve the human race's fire. Now that I think about it, the elders must have succeeded, otherwise there would be no human race today."

Success... indeed success.

But all the records of the civilization of immortal cultivators have been lost in history. No one knows that in a certain era in the past, there was a splendid and glorious civilization of immortal cultivators.

Li Qi also read through the history of this world. It said that the first intelligent human race came out of the cave tens of millions of years ago, and it took millions of years for them to gradually evolve wisdom.

This proves that the civilization of cultivating immortals existed at least tens of millions of years ago. In such a long time span, nothing will be left.

After a long silence, Li Qi asked again: "Has the Taoist Priest ever heard of 'ancient ruins'? In your time, before the dark day came, had any ancient ruins been found?"

"Never..." Zhu Xingyuan wanted to answer immediately, but quickly changed his words: "...but I'm not sure. The people like me who are painting have lost a lot of memories in their minds. Maybe they once had them, but they have been forgotten by me. When we forget, maybe... we have never discovered the ancient ruins at all.”

The Immortal Cultivation Civilization is not very interested in ‘archaeology’.

Because most of their "ancient ruins" are caves left by ancient immortal cultivators. When these caves are nourished by the so-called spiritual energy, they will automatically appear and attract people to visit.

Because this 'ancient relic' is so obedient, the archeology of the immortal civilization is not very developed, so Zhu Xingyuan's explanation is not unreasonable. Maybe they really did not find anything similar to the 'ancient relic'.

"So, in Daozhang Zhu's era, there were no special items like 'wonders'?"

Li Qi asked again.

Zhu Xingyuan still shook his head: "No, if we cultivators want something with strange functions, we will refine it ourselves.

"Alchemy, talismans, weapon refining, formations... are necessary skills for us practitioners, so we don't need strange objects..."

Before Zhu Xingyuan finished speaking, he suddenly frowned and looked up.

Seeing this situation, Li Qi's expression became a little more solemn and he asked:

"Taoist Master, what's wrong?"

"There is a strange object coming out of the sky...not good!!"

Before Zhu Xingyuan finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and then his whole person turned into a ray of light and fled upward.

Before Li Qi could sense anything, his head suddenly hurt, as if a huge hammer had hit his head!

Although the pain disappeared without a trace in less than half a second, Li Qi's expression also changed and he quickly left the room and looked outside.

Sure enough, the soldier responsible for guarding his door had fainted and fell to the ground bleeding!

This is an indiscriminate mental attack!

Someone hit me on the head!