I'm trapped in a cube

Time passed quickly, and Bai Zhou stayed on the island for a long time. The life on the island remained unchanged, and the knowledge was almost imparted.

From the Chali tribe, Bai Zhou also gradually understood the structure of the abyss, and the fairyland filter of the past disappeared completely.

Rather than seeking immortality, he now wanted to return to his original world.

"As long as you keep going up the abyss, you can go back."

After all, this island does not belong to humans. Bai Zhou will always feel lonely after being separated from his race for too long.

By chance, while chatting with the Chali tribe, Bai Zhou noticed that an island nearby they mentioned was very similar to the island that humans had previously inhabited.

This also made Bai Zhou determined to take a look.

Soon, his absent-mindedness also attracted the attention of his apprentice.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing." Although the Chali tribe is not human, Bai Zhou also has deep feelings for them and doesn't know how to explain it.

However, although the Chali tribe is not highly civilized, the communication method of using tree roots to communicate thoughts allows them to easily feel the emotions hidden in other people's minds.

They are also extremely sensitive to these emotions.

"Master, do you miss your clan members?" the apprentice asked seriously.

Bai Zhou was stunned and nodded.

"Are you leaving? Master"

Bai Zhou nodded again, he had no intention of deceiving his apprentice.

"Then when will you come back?"

Bai Zhou was silent when he heard his apprentice's question. He knew astronomy and geography, but he didn't know how to say goodbye.

The apprentice just looked at him quietly, the branch motionless.

After a long time, the disciple's voice came from the branches again: "Master, we will meet again. Do you know why we are called the Chali clan?"

"I don't know." Bai Zhou shook his head.

"There is crossover and separation, it's for separation." The apprentice explained seriously.

"Like tree roots, we will cross and then separate, running to different places. Soon after, we will cross again and then separate again. It is the same for all the Chali people."

"When we use tree roots to connect to others, we will know the number of times that person has crossed with us. If there are many times, it means there is still a lot of time between us. If there is not, it means that the fate has ended."

"Master, we still have many intersections. We will meet again."

The apprentice looked at Bai Zhou and said very seriously.

Looking at the tree roots wrapped around his body, Bai Zhou froze in place for a long time.

He suddenly realized that the ability of the Chali clan was like divination, able to predict the future.

If used fully, it can be of great use.

Many uses flashed through Bai Zhou's mind, but he skipped them one by one. He didn't want to pay attention to them now.

"How many more times will we cross paths?" Bai Zhou was now worried that he would never be able to go back.

"There are many, I can't count them clearly." The apprentice looked at them and replied.

a lot of?

Could it be that he could never leave this island for the rest of his life?

This time, Bai Zhou was even more confused.

"This ability won't be the same as divination, which sometimes works but sometimes doesn't work, right?"

With a dubious attitude, Bai Zhou continued to ask: "Are these times accurate?"

"Very accurate."

Listening to his apprentice's answer, Bai Zhou became a little frustrated.

However, he still wants to try to leave the island. If he doesn't try, he will really be trapped here.

"I have to tell the people about the abyss. I can't keep them in the dark."

Thinking of those compatriots who were still dreaming of seeking immortality on the island, and perhaps still waiting for the immortal, Bai Zhou became even more determined.

"Apprentice, I have to leave. When we are separated, there will be crossover. If we really meet again, I will teach you new things..."

"Okay, Master, what do you want to teach me?"

The disciple's words confused Bai Zhou. He just said it casually, but he didn't expect that the disciple actually took it seriously.

New things?

Thinking about it, when he came to the island, he had already taught almost everything he knew. Even some useless etiquette for serving the emperor, Bai Zhou taught the Chali tribe during casual chats.

There's really nothing new.

Bai Zhou's mind was spinning rapidly, and he finally thought of something.

At this moment, he returned to his old profession.

"When I come back, I will teach you eternal life."

"Eternal life?" After hearing Bai Zhou's words, the apprentice's eyes lit up: "Master, how about you teach me now?"

The apprentice seems to be very interested in eternal life, or he is very interested in all the new things Bai Zhou teaches.

Now that he knew about "eternal life", which sounded very powerful at first glance, of course he also pestered Bai Zhou and asked questions.

Bai Zhou himself will not live forever, so he can only pretend to be profound and tell a lot of nonsense like he did to the emperor.

"Eternal life is the ultimate goal of mankind. It is related to the development of the entire race and cannot be spread easily, let alone a foreign race."

"But Nian Zaiyi is also my personal disciple, so I will teach you. However, learning this means paying a price. Can you bear such a price?"

"Yes!" The apprentice agreed directly without thinking.

Bai Zhou pretended to sigh and started to make nonsense.

"Actually, eternal life has long been hidden in the knowledge I taught you."

"During this period, I have taught you a lot of things from the Chali tribe, such as refining elixirs and medicine, observing the sky, divination, and Feng Shui. In fact, all this knowledge is to prepare for eternal life."

"Making alchemy requires materials. The better the materials, the more expensive the elixir will be."

"The same is true with the celestial phenomena. A long period of clear weather will lead to drought, and a long period of drought will lead to rain."

"The hexagrams are opposite, mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, and whatever is positive must be negative."

"When the wind comes, the water will come, and when the wind stops, the water will stop..."

“It’s the same as the abyss, the price is everywhere.”

"If you steal your life from the sky, you have to pay the price with your life. You have to use other things to fill the hole in your life. Do you understand?"

Bai Zhou looked at his apprentice seriously.

The apprentice had never seen such a serious Bai Zhou, and replied weakly: "I don't understand, do you have to use the lives of other living beings to fill it up? It's like when we take medicine, the medicine becomes our life span." Same?"

Bai Zhou was stunned and thought: "Why did you say my lines?"

He originally wanted to use the trick of deceiving the emperor to introduce the elixir theory.

But I didn't expect that the apprentice would be so enlightened and tell Bai Zhou what he wanted to say in advance.

This way the mystery is completely lost.

The biggest taboo of cheating is losing the sense of mystery.

Therefore, Bai Zhou's face remained calm, and he had already begun to make up another theory in his heart.

"Apprentice, this is why I don't want to teach you now. You haven't digested the previous knowledge, so naturally you can't understand the meaning of eternal life. Think about it, what does 'forever' mean?"

"If you only take medicine, and one pill lasts for ten years, and two pills last for twenty years, is that called forever?"

"Think about it again, what is eternal?"

"When we take medicine, do we really take away our lifespan?"

"A life to replenish a life, do you really need a life?"

"..."

After several questions in a row, the apprentice also stopped on the spot.