Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 1533 Yun Jushi

"The Chaos that Bewitched Heaven" and "The Sealing of the Prison Mountain".

If Lin Yu remembered correctly, these events should have occurred five hundred years ago.

Moreover, the "Sealing of Prison Mountain" was initiated by the "Dao Ancestor," and one of its purposes seems to be to prevent the "outsiders" mentioned by the Daoist sect, the "travelers from all realms" mentioned by this hermit Yun, that is, the "players," from re-entering Prison Mountain.

However, the idea of ​​using the extraordinary power of one's own world to set up some kind of "forbidden zone" and permanently isolate the influence of the "player" and the "death game" is obviously just wishful thinking.

Even though the Dao Ancestor of the Prison Mountain Realm seems to be a god, and even seems to have achieved a certain degree of fusion with the world will of the Prison Mountain Realm, even if the Gray Domain merges the world wills of the three worlds into a "central mechanism", it can only prevent most "players" from retaining their memories of entering it, and prevent "fourth-tier" and "fourth-tier" and above "players" from entering it.

This level of skill is absolutely insufficient to prevent one's world from being manipulated by the "death game" and completely free from any "players" entering it.

However, from this perspective, the Prison Mountain Realm's own extraordinary system and the "restrictions" constructed using spiritual energy and true essence alone could prevent any "players" from entering the entire Prison Mountain Realm for "five hundred years"...

“In a sense, your fellow Daoists have also succeeded, because five hundred years have passed in the Prison Mountain Realm at this moment.”

Lin Yu comforted the hermit Yun.

He also realized that this "Yun Jushi" was no ordinary person, just like Bai Ying.

Although being imprisoned here and participating in the plan of the Ten Realms to "create the apocalypse" back then was enough to demonstrate his extraordinary nature, from his words just now... Lin Yu now had a basic understanding of just how extraordinary this person was in the Prison Mountain Realm.

The fact that he could call those guys who performed the "Sealing of the Two Mountains and Six Prisons," whom the Taoist priests of the Taiqing Sect called "Tao Ancestors," as "fellow Taoists" is enough to show that although he claimed to be just a "Fangshi" (a type of Taoist priest), his strength and status were definitely not bad.

Sure enough, the hermit Yun was not comforted much by Lin Yu's words.

"Although it has been five hundred years... this 'chaos that bewitches the heavens' is still not worth it!"

He spoke with some resentment, then looked at Lin Yu: "Fine... So, may I ask, young friend, how is the Prison Mountain Realm now?"

Lin Yu asked, "Do you want to hear the truth or words of comfort?"

Master Yun spoke earnestly: "Of course, we must hear the truth."

"Even if the truth is a bit cruel, should we still listen to it? After all, you're already in a predicament, and even if you know, there's nothing you can do, right?"

Lin Yu asked.

The hermit sighed, “The essence of spiritual practice lies in sincerity… self-deception is utterly meaningless.”

Lin Yu looked at the other person and replied, "Then I will speak frankly... Although I do not know what the Prison Mountain Realm you were in back then was like, or whether it was better or worse than it is now, but... based on what I have seen and heard along the way, the Prison Mountain Realm can be roughly summarized as follows."

"Demons roam freely, natural disasters are frequent, human life is cheap, and people are living in misery."

The sixteen words struck like a heavy hammer, and even though Master Yun had anticipated it, he couldn't help but sigh.

"How did things come to this!"

At this moment, Lin Yu clearly felt that Yun Jushi was eager to tear open this cage and return to the Prison Mountain Realm to do something.

but……

There was nothing he could do.

Lin Yu said, "But even so... the Prison Mountain Realm is not without hope."

Master Yun smiled wryly and said, "Don't say too much to comfort me. Don't worry... I was just a little shocked for a while. I have been cultivating for many years and I am not so bad as to have my mind corrupted by hearing the news I wanted to hear."

Lin Yu looked at Yun Jushi and shook his head: "I am not trying to comfort you... but the Prison Mountain Realm is indeed not a livable place now, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to live there. However... the inheritance of the Prison Mountain Realm has not been broken, and villages and towns still exist in various places in the Two Mountains and Six Prisons."

"The Taoist sects, martial arts, and magic arts still exist, and the Taoist sects and martial arts schools are no different from before. They still take it as their mission to protect and save the common people," Lin Yu said seriously. "I have cooperated and interacted with many of them... With them around, I don't think the Prison Mountain Realm has reached some kind of 'unacceptable situation'."

As Lin Yu spoke, Master Yun paused, then asked, "Does the Daoist sect still exist?"

“It’s not just still there, it’s not even declining. It’s just that with demons running rampant, many people die every year fighting against them,” Lin Yu sighed. “But the Daoist tradition has never been broken—compared to the other worlds I’ve been to, the Prison Mountain Realm is indeed a good one.”

After all, it's not hard to deduce from Master Yun's words...

The previous version of the "Final Trial," reflected in the apocalypse of the Ten Realms, was indeed the "Prison Mountain Realm," which was passable.

The continent of Mu in the Pure Ruins has sunk. The races that once lived in harmony are now torn apart, fighting amongst themselves every day. Even the inheritance of technology has been severed. They can only dig up ruins every day to pick up some usable items and pretend they are their extraordinary system.

A new abyss appeared in the Night Valley Realm, and the entire human world and the abyss world were locked in a fierce battle. Dark creatures, abyssal demons, and humans waged a full-scale war, which devoured half of the entire material world—although it seems that humanity did not become extinct and still retained its church and nation...

However, the nearly extinct demi-human races of Night Valley, such as half-elves, dwarves, orcs, and halflings, all said, "I have no objection."

Upon arriving in the Black Swamp Realm… this hellish place still maintains a primitive tribal social system. Lin Yu doesn’t even know what disaster happened back then, since there are almost no records left. However, judging from the clues in the Black Swamp Realm, the previous civilization of the Black Swamp Realm may have been the one that was wiped out the cleanest.

So now we're all starting from scratch.

The situation in the Fog Island realm is much more obvious—the numerous ruins and mutated creatures already demonstrate the fate of the previous civilization. The only intact remnant of the entire previous civilization is Princess Baiyue, whom Bai Ying forcibly preserved out of selfishness.

And the Wasteland Realm...

Excluding the savages of the Great Wilderness, only a solitary city that never sleeps stands as a respectable human settlement in this world, which is clearly not a normal development model.

However, there are indeed few records of "disasters" in the Wasteland, so Lin Yu is not quite sure what the situation is.

However, the technology of the City That Never Sleeps has been preserved to a relatively large extent—of course, alchemy may have been revived and flourished in the present day.

In conclusion, when comparing them side-by-side...

While the living environment in the Prison Mountain Realm is indeed harsh, its population size, level of civilization development, and prevalence of extraordinary powers are all relatively good compared to other realms.

Of course, this doesn't take into account the "gray area"... after all, a special world that folds three worlds together is still too much.

But anyway...

"Under those circumstances, the fact that no outsiders entered the Prison Mountain Realm for five hundred years and that the Daoist tradition was preserved—what they did was indeed meaningful."

"Those 'fellow Daoists' you mentioned back then who 'sealed off the two mountains and six prisons'... are now known as 'Dao Ancestors' in the Daoist sects of the Prison Mountain Realm."

Lin Yu said calmly.

He didn't deliberately exaggerate any facts or recount the details of his own experiences to comfort Yun Jushi; he simply stated the facts calmly.

But these words... were enough for Master Yun.

He was indeed a cultivated person with magnanimity and refinement.

“That’s true… It’s always better to do something than not to do it back then,” Master Yun sighed. “I’ve been imprisoned here for too long and almost became attached to appearances—thank you, young friend.”

Lin Yu nodded, indicating that he was not being polite.

Master Yun looked at Lin Yu and said seriously, "So, what exactly do you want with us?"

"You have told me so much about the current state of the Prison Mountain Realm. I am not an ungrateful person. Whatever you want to ask, even secrets that are not convenient to tell others, I may be able to tell you a thing or two."

Lin Yu began, "I do have many questions about what happened back then... but before that, there's something I'm curious about."

"please say."

"I am a lay Buddhist," said the lay Buddhist earnestly.

Looking at the wounds on Yun Jushi's body that were still slowly bleeding, Lin Yu asked, "Are the injuries on your body... a punishment inflicted on you by the 'God of Fairness and Judgment' for imprisoning you here?"

The hermit shook his head.

“No, that’s not it. Although the ‘god’ here disgusts me, He has not deliberately tormented us. That’s for sure… The wounds you see and my condition just now were caused by myself.”

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised: "You did this yourself... why?"

“After all, I am a ‘fangshi’ (a type of Taoist priest), and some of my methods do look rather sinister… I bled myself and hung myself upside down, using the unorthodox ‘human sacrifice’ method that I collected in my early years, which can tame demons and monsters. I originally thought I would never use it in my life, but after coming here, I didn’t expect to use it on myself.”

At this point, the hermit sighed deeply.

Lin Yu asked, "Are there... demons and monsters here that you can worship?"

Master Yun shook his head: "Of course not, but this 'live sacrifice' method can make the sacrificed livestock or human lose consciousness and let the soul sleep in a peaceful state. This was originally intended to prevent the sacrificed offering from resisting or having any negative emotions when it is devoured by demons."

"In this cage, we are deprived of sleep and the right to 'stop thinking'... In order to gain a moment of peace, I can only choose to resort to some 'magical' methods."