sjar Chapter 673 Causal Thread
Chapter 673 Causal Thread
"If you want to understand why Xie Chong is special, you still have to go back to the limitations of the 'Cause and Effect Silk' ability. As I've said before, the deeper and more serious the karma involved, the more difficult it is for the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord to use his abilities."
"So, based on this limitation and each time it uses its power, I've deduced that the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord's 'Cause and Effect' usually finds a marginal, unimportant person as a breakthrough point. Through this person's tenuous connection to the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord itself, it modifies their past. Then, through this person's past, it uses it to devour those who have interacted with it."
Xuan Yunzi said this, Lin Yu nodded, thinking in his heart.
"This ability is like some kind of plague that spreads through 'interpersonal relationships'..."
This is also consistent with the "pattern" he observed - those members of the escort team who were attacked started with unimportant roles and gradually became important roles in the escort team.
Li Nian muttered, "It sounds a lot like the process of a spider weaving a web..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu looked at Li Nian.
Although Lin Yu initially thought that this process was close to contagion, after Li Nian said this, he indeed found that Li Nian's metaphor was more appropriate.
This indeed looks more like a spider's web—and the Thousand-Eyed and Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord is indeed a giant spider.
The silk threads are connected to form a web, and each node on the spider web is a living person.
"I see. So, besides sticking to one's original heart, people with heavy karma within themselves are also very resistant to it. It also depends on whether one has a close relationship with the person being manipulated."
When Lin Yu said this, the other players also understood.
Gao Shan pondered and said, "That's not right. Judging from Xie Chong's experience, he should be someone with extremely serious karma. Then why... could it be that he has some connection with the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord?"
Xuan Yunzi nodded: "That's right - Xie Chong's ancestors were the only ones who survived in Liu Town back then!"
"I didn't know this at first, and only found out two years ago," Xuan Yunzi said in a deep voice, "Although my Taiqing Sect's founder successfully suppressed the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord, his kindness also left him with a fatal loophole!"
"Back then in Liu Town... there was an abandoned baby whose parents were unknown. The ancestor found him and brought him back to the mountain gate."
"After a long period of observation by the Patriarch, it seemed that the baby was unaffected by the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord's 'Karma Thread,' so the Patriarch personally gave the baby a name and raised him in the mountains."
"After completing his studies, the child left the mountain and, following my master's instructions, found a place to hide his identity and live a peaceful and prosperous life... And he was none other than Xie Chong's great-great-grandfather."
Xuan Yunzi said this calmly. When Lin Yu heard this, he knew what was going on. He held his forehead and sighed.
"I see. The Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord has been forbearing and not using this hidden trick until the bloodline was passed down to Xie Chong, right?"
Xuan Yunzi said seriously, "Yes, when Xie Chong was very young, he showed great talent in martial arts, and was therefore sent to the Xuanjiang Martial Arts School. It seems that they sensed that he would achieve extraordinary success in the future, so the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord began to make plans."
"It manipulated fate and the past, making Xie Chong's already illustrious future even more turbulent... But unfortunately, that wasn't the future Xie Chong wanted to see."
Seagull couldn't help but interrupt: "Could it be that the demise of Xuanjiang Martial Arts School was actually..."
"Yes, it was it that confused Xie Chong's mind and did it," Xuan Yunzi said sadly. "Overnight, he went from a promising martial arts rookie to a ruthless demon who killed his master and slaughtered his fellow disciples. And the worst thing is, Xie Chong probably thought he was the one who did it - because he would have the memories of those who slaughtered their disciples."
Xuan Yunzi had just said this when Lin Yu suddenly reacted.
"Senior Xuan Yunzi, you are not the 'Mountain Guest', are you?"
"I heard that two years ago, Xie Chong reappeared and successively defeated the martial arts masters who besieged him. In the end, a reclusive master named Shan Zhongke took action, eliminated Xie Chong, and cut his body into five pieces."
"And that 'Mountain Guest'...rumors say he's a worshipper of your Taiqing Sect!"
Xuan Yunzi sighed deeply when he heard Lin Yu's words: "My friend is really quick-witted. He can figure out so many connections in an instant."
"Yes, I was the one who sent a telepathic message to Xie Chong two years ago, and I'm also the 'Mountain Guest' in the legends," Xuan Yunzi said, pausing. "But I didn't kill Xie Chong back then. I simply sensed the aura of the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord in him, and then I told him everything."
"Layman Xie Chong...after learning the truth, he realized that he would be the key to the demon's resurrection. He also realized that the demon was the murderer who slaughtered his master. Therefore, he would rather die than accept such a fate and prepared to cut himself off from the world."
"As for why the body was broken into pieces and had cuts on it—I, the old Taoist, don't know either."
"I'm not even sure how Mr. Xie Chong died."
Hearing Xuan Yunzi's words, Lin Yu frowned: "You don't know? How could you not know?"
Li Nian also touched his chin: "That's a bit strange, didn't you call him over?"
"Yes, there was a third person present at the time—an uninvited guest who interrupted my conversation with Master Xie and knocked me unconscious before Master Xie committed suicide," Xuan Yunzi said helplessly. "I still don't know the identity of that person. I can only confirm from my final vague perception that he was a human warrior."
"Perhaps, it was that man who killed Xie Chong."
Hearing this, Lin Yu suddenly realized something.
"Wait, since this spider demon controls others through 'causal threads,' and causal threads work through the 'causal connection between people'..."
And now, although Xie Chong has been torn into pieces, he is still "alive"!
The most important thing is that the five parts of Xie Chong's body have now reconnected with countless people in the martial arts world - his reputation is even greater than that of Xie Chong when he was alive!
You can understand who the biggest beneficiary of this phenomenon is by thinking about it with the nail of your little toe.
Without a doubt, it was the Thousand-Eyed and Thousand-Threaded Demon Lord underground.
In this way, the initial connection that led Yue Zhenqiao and his group to be infected was most likely because they had a connection with the remains of "Xie Chong".
They were the escorts transporting "Xie Chong's remains", so naturally they could be affected by the thread of cause and effect.
Li Nian also reacted.
"I understand—there's a guy out there in this Prison Mountain Realm, working tirelessly to bring this spider back to life as quickly as possible!"