Chapter 75: The Song of Taotie (XV) Sisyphus's Pie. ...

Walking into the room, they were met with a pure white that was both physically and mentally uncomfortable. The first thing Zhang Deng noticed was the middle-aged man sitting in a white chair in the center of the room. It was the man they had seen last night.

There were many people standing around him, all looking at them with eyes that were as quiet as death.

Li Mai shouted, "Mom!"

Among the many people, the first person Li Mai saw was her mother.

When the woman heard the shout, her body swayed slightly. She looked at Li Mai, and a hint of emotion appeared in her eyes. Then, under Bai Yan's gaze, that emotion finally subsided.

Zhang Deng said, "Bai Yan, what exactly are you going to do?"

"I'm the one asking what you're doing," Bai Yan said. "After all, I'm on my own turf, doing my own thing, and you're the ones barging in again and again. Who's more offensive?"

Zhang Deng said, "Don't try that on me."

Li Mai said, "Let my family go. Where's my sister?"

"I don't restrict the freedom of your family members. They can come and go freely at any time." Bai Yan said.

Li Mai didn't want to waste her time talking to him, so she ran over and grabbed her mother's hand. The woman shook her head slightly, and looked at her with a meaningful look, but there was a kind of pleading on the surface. She wanted to persuade Li Mai to leave quickly.

Li Mai asked, "What kind of magic potion did you give them?"

Bai Yan: "They're just having a hard time and want to hide away here with me. If you want to come, of course you can."

Wei Yuanye took two steps forward. He and Bai Yan looked at each other from a distance. Bai Yan looked at him for a moment and suddenly said, "You..."

"Teacher?" Bai Yan stood up subconsciously. "Is that you? Teacher?"

Then he sat down dejectedly and denied it, "No, it can't be you... The time hasn't come yet, you won't come."

Bai Yan asked: "Who are you?"

Who is Wei Yuanye? This is a very complicated question. No matter where he came from, his life experience, or his occupation, none of them can be said casually.

So Wei Yuanye did not answer his question.

Bai Yan felt even more dazed: "Even this silence..."

Wei Yuanye said: "Your teacher taught you to do this."

For some reason, Wei Yuanye stood in this room, more like the owner of this room. He surveyed everything in the room and said, "Is this what you have done?"

Bai Yan seemed to be afraid of Wei Yuanye. He couldn't help but say, "I am worthy of my master."

"That's not necessarily true," Zhang Deng said. "Your master probably didn't want you to do this."

Zhang Deng has read Bai Yan's earliest book. The true meaning in it is no longer comparable to what Bai Yan has written now. I'm afraid the original intention of the so-called "teacher" has long been misinterpreted.

"You indulge people's desires and destroy their dreams," Zhang Deng said. "Why do you do this? What do you gain?"

Bai Yan said, "During those years, the teacher always kept repeating the phrase 'What joy is there in life, and what pain is there in death'?"

"People are only pursuing happiness, but fate has played tricks on them, preventing them from achieving perfection," Bai Yan said. "If happiness is achieved, why bother with longevity?"

Bai Yan pointed at his students and said, "Do you see the tranquility on their faces?"

"Here, no one will be hurt by their studies, careers, or children," Bai Yan said. "I give them the happiness they want. Isn't that good?"

Bai Yan said, "Human life is ultimately nothing more than an illusion. Past and present lives are nothing more than mirages. Mortals like us only seek happiness, yet we also face so many hardships. Isn't it good to just live one day at a time?"

"My teacher once guided me into the upper realms," Bai Yan said, looking up slightly as he recalled what he had seen and heard. "The so-called attainment of enlightenment is nothing more than being a lackey of the gods, living a life of toil and deprivation worse than that of pigs and dogs. Since there's nothing to look forward to in the future, why not just live in this life?"

Zhang Deng thought to himself, "This guy actually has some good talking skills."

Wei Yuanye asked, "Tell me again, what did you see?"

"I see there's a connection between you and me," Bai Yan said, looking at him with his brows lowered. "Perhaps you too have some luck."

Bai Yan said, "I see a vast expanse of pure white. Everyone there lives like an ant, their appetites bland, their minds empty, and they rush about in a hurry. No smile is on anyone's face. They are all powerful beings, yet their lives are worse than those of us ordinary people."

Zhang Deng and Wei Yuanye looked at each other, and they both thought of the same place - the World Tree.

Isn't this person talking about the citizens of the World Tree?

Zhang Deng looked at Bai Yan and suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.

Bai Yan said: "Why, do you also think what I said makes sense?"

Wei Yuanye remained calm and said, "I forgot, who did you say your master was?"

Bai Yan said: "The teacher's name is 'Bu Fa'."

Zhang Deng looked at Wei Yuanye's expression and guessed that Wei Yuanye had really never heard of this person.

Zhang Deng asked, "Does he have any other names?"

Bai Yan said, "A name is just a code for sending people. Why bother with it?"

Zhang Deng: "You don't know his other name."

"Provocation is useless to me," Bai Yan said, "I don't care about fame anyway."

Zhang Deng said, "People who usually say things like that—"

"They are all extremely hypocritical people," Bai Yan said, "How you view me is how you view yourself."

The confrontation between cultural figures is full of undercurrents.

Zhang Deng was about to open his mouth to refute, but he saw a woman hiding behind someone. It was Songhua.

Songhua accidentally met Zhang Deng's gaze, and her expression was somewhat complicated.

Before Zhang Deng realized what Songhua's expression meant, she heard Li Mai ask her mother, "Where's Li Ya? Have you seen her?"

The daughter said, "Don't look for it anymore..."

"Let her go, and let yourself go," the woman said. "She has her own karma to repay. After she repays it, she will be happy."

Li Mai collapsed and said, "Mom!"

Wei Yuanye told Li Mai: "Li Ya is here."

"Her body resonated with the image on the screen," Wei Yuanye said. "She was still alive, but she had become a vessel for Bai Yan's desire and pain."

Bai Yan said: "You are indeed extraordinary."

Wei Yuanye looked at Bai Yan: "Do you want to know how I know this?"

"That person must have given you a liquid and told you to drink it to absorb the pain and desires of those around you," Wei Yuanye said, "but you didn't dare. You gave it to your most loyal believer."

Wei Yuanye said, "You must think you're very smart. Li Ya is a star, and she has many followers. If she drinks that potion, she will be able to absorb more pain."

Bai Yan's expression changed slightly, and Zhang Deng knew that Wei Yuanye was right.

Zhang Deng felt that this incident was very familiar. He thought about it carefully and suddenly thought of something. He said, "Offshore Qi-dolphin?!"

Yes, offshore Qitun, Zhang Deng remembered it.

He always remembered what Wei Yuanye told him very clearly, and he couldn't be wrong.

Wei Yuanye once said that the offshore Qi dolphin is a supernatural creature captured by the Ze axis. It is divided into male and female. The male's mucus can make people lose their memory, while the female's venom can devour the pain and desire of the people around it.

"In other words," Zhang Deng said, "this is still the work of someone who traveled through time and space!"

Bai Yan said: "I don't understand what you mean."

"He didn't tell you where it came from," Wei Yuanye said, "but he should have told you the taboos against using this venom. If used, it will cause irreversible consequences."

Li Mai understood and said, "You are such a beast."

Bai Yan said: "This is Li Ya's own choice."

"You deceived her," Li Mai said. "She regarded you as her spiritual mentor, but you treated her like this."

Bai Yan said: "She is an adult."

Zhang Deng said, "You know very well that she is not mentally mature."

Bai Yan said: "This is your misunderstanding of her. She chose to believe me, which was her own independent judgment."

Wei Yuanye didn't waste any time talking to them. He kicked open the door behind Bai Yan. Behind the pure white door, there was a woman with electrodes and wires plugged into her body. She was standing in the middle of the room, her body swaying meaninglessly, as if she could see something.

Li Mai said, "Sister!"

Wei Yuanye said: "Her body is connected to the advertising screen over there, and her consciousness is also projected over there."

Li Mai suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Li Ya's advertisement passed through her body and said to her: "You deserve better."

Did Li Ya see her at that time? Did Li Ya want to give her some signal at that time?

Li Mai looked at her body covered with electrodes and cans and really regretted it. Maybe she should have listened to Zhang Deng earlier.

If action had been taken earlier, Li Ya might have suffered less.

Li Mai went up and tore off all the electrodes on her body. Li Ya looked at her blankly and then fainted.

Li Mai said, "Sister! Li Ya!"

Bai Yan stood up and walked behind her. He watched everything she did without any special reaction. Instead, he seemed calm and composed: "You don't know what you are stopping."

Bai Yan's pupils turned white under the fluorescent light, looking a little weird: "You are blocking the progress of mankind."

"Humanity lives in fear and pain. Li Ya is their only salvation," Bai Yan said. "She voluntarily performed such a feat for humanity."

Zhang Deng said, "You have been possessed by a demon."

Zhang Deng could see that Bai Yan had already fallen into the trap of words. He was bewitched by the words' tricks and sweet words and had lost his original intention.