Chapter 66 (Part 2) [VIP]

Back at the camp, Yin Chu Jiu didn't have to wait long before Mo Ling arrived with his men. Yin Chu Jiu looked at Mo Ling, who nodded to him.

Yue Ling was playing with Yin Chu Jiu's hand when the boy, who had always been obedient to Yin Chu Jiu, finally realized something was wrong. He pressed Yin Chu Jiu's shoulders, turned him around, locked his eyes tightly, and asked, "You and Mo Ling, have you been doing something behind my back?"

Memories from the past two days slowly flooded into his mind, and he unconsciously increased the pressure on his hands. Pain came from his shoulder, but Yin Chu Jiu's expression remained unchanged.

He said calmly, "We did indeed develop a plan."

Mo Ling's heart tightened, and his expression became very tense. But then he saw Yin Chu Jiu speak softly to Yue Ling with a gentle expression.

"Mo Ling and I are planning how to restore your body to its best condition. He said that the Scorpion Palace's attacks have become more and more frequent recently, and we are about to go to find the divine herb. Before we find the divine herb, your body must be restored to its best condition."

Yue Ling looked at Mo Ling, half-believing and half-doubting.

Mo Ling quickly followed up with the excuse given by Yin Chu Jiu, his face remaining expressionless and appearing very composed.

"Yes, that's right. I had the array masters in the palace set up an energy-gathering array to collect the energy in the surrounding air and carefully cleanse your body to restore your health."

After speaking, he nervously looked at Yue Ling, waiting for his reply. Yue Ling didn't speak, but got up and pulled Yin Chu Jiu aside, his handsome face showing a deep sadness that hadn't been seen in a long time.

"Chu Jiu, tell me, is what you just said true?" Yue Ling gripped Yin Chu Jiu's hand tightly, his voice low.

Yin Chu Jiu's heart skipped a beat. Facing the suspicious look in the boy's eyes, she nodded heavily, "Yue Ling, the plan that Mo Ling and I had was for your own good."

He regained his memories, successfully left the illusion, was no longer threatened by others, and once again became the strongest being on that continent.

Yue Ling stared at Yin Chu Jiu for a long time without saying a word. Finally, he pressed his forehead against Yin Chu Jiu's forehead, and their breaths mingled.

“I don’t know what you and he are planning, but I will do whatever you want me to do. Even if it’s killing me, I’m willing to do it. All this weight of over 100 pounds is yours.”

Yue Ling stared at Yin Chu Jiu with his eyes half-closed. Yin Chu Jiu felt like she couldn't breathe under his gaze, yet she couldn't bear to look away.

"Kiss me." Yue Ling suddenly said, and Yin Chu Jiu was stunned. "I want you to kiss me."

Yin Chu Jiu didn't know why Yue Ling made this request, but now he would agree to whatever Yue Ling asked for, and he also wanted to kiss Yue Ling.

Perhaps this is the last time he can be so close to Yue Ling.

With her eyes closed, Yin Chu Jiu reverently kissed Yue Ling's lips, opening them to let Yue Ling conquer her, spreading her body to leave his mark on her.

In the heat of their intimacy, they were both somewhat wild. After the kiss, Yue Ling released Yin Chu Jiu and said to Mo Ling, "Let's go."

Mo Ling looked at Yue Ling, and Yin Chu Jiu gave him a look, so he nodded.

Leading the way, Mo Ling led Yue Ling away from the wooden hut, through the camp, and finally into another wooden hut at the edge of the camp. That hut was larger than the others, and there were already many people inside, including Zi Zhuo and the black cat.

Mo Ling made thorough preparations for this important event.

Seeing Yue Ling enter, Zi Zhuo's eyes showed some complicated and confused expressions, while the black cat continued to be carefree, it was unclear whether she had begun to regain her memories.

Yin Chu Jiu took in their gazes and then focused her attention on Yue Ling and Mo Ling, who were walking ahead.

The room was large, and there were quite a few people inside, but no one stood in the middle; that was a spot reserved for Yue Ling alone. A formation had already been set up in the middle of the room, and Mo Ling led Yue Ling directly into it.

Yin Chu Jiu didn't know how Mo Ling had arranged things, so he could only stand aside and watch all of this nervously.

Inside the formation, Yue Ling asked Mo Ling, "What should I do?"

Mo Ling was also a little nervous. His voice was slightly unsteady as he said, "You stay in this formation and don't need to do anything. I've arranged everything else."

"Okay." Yue Ling replied, and followed Mo Ling's instructions to enter the formation and sit down cross-legged.

Yin Chu Jiu had been watching from outside. When he saw Yue Ling sit down, he felt both relaxed and breathless. Just then, Yue Ling inside the formation suddenly raised his head and his eyes found him with unerring accuracy. His deep, dark eyes locked onto him, as if he had a thousand words to say, but in the end he said nothing. He just stared at him steadily, his eyes filled with the gentleness, doting affection, and tolerance that Yin Chu Jiu was familiar with.

The memory won't be restored!

Take him away, far, far away from here!

Ignore everything.

They wanted to find a quiet place to hide, just the two of them, and even if someone was chasing them, they didn't want to care!

I want to drag him down with me and die together!

For a moment, Yin Chu Jiu couldn't control his dark thoughts and wanted to take Yue Ling away at all costs. However, he suppressed those thoughts as soon as they arose.

No, Yue Ling can't die, he can't bear to.

Mo Ling had arranged everything. He had the actors in their roles take their places and was about to wave his hand to begin. At that moment, Yin Chu Jiu suddenly rushed out, rushed into the formation, and knelt down in front of Yue Ling, reaching out to hug him tightly.

"Yue Ling, you must get better, and then..."

Mo Ling looked at Yin Chu Jiu anxiously and called out, "Chu Jiu!"

Yin Chu Jiu trembled, his eyes, which Yue Ling couldn't see, filled with red. He blinked hard, suppressing the stinging pain, released Yue Ling, and got up to leave. But Yue Ling grabbed his hand, stopping him.

As if sensing something, he stubbornly asked him, "And then what?" He insisted on hearing the rest of Yin Chu Jiu's words.

Then forget me, don't like me, just hate me.

That way, you won't feel so bad when I disappear from this illusion.

Yin Chu Jiu turned around with a bright smile on her face, "Then I'll tell you the rest after you're better."

Yue Ling stared intently at Yin Chu Jiu, his gaze like a saw cutting through every inch of his face, as if trying to discern some emotion from his expression. But he failed; Yin Chu Jiu's face was expressionless except for a smile, flawless.

"Okay." Her voice was hoarse as Yue Ling stood up and gave him a hard kiss on the lips. "I'll remember."

Yin Chu Jiu closed her eyes and accepted his kiss.

I'm sorry, I hope you remember, but I hope even more that you don't. This is my last act of selfishness towards you.

Back in her original position, Yin Chu Jiu stared at the boy inside, watching Mo Ling order the formation to be activated. A flash of white light, the formation began, and everything was irreversible…

Mo Ling came to Yin Chu Jiu's side. He also looked at Yue Ling in the formation, but he was asking her, "He might forget that he liked you and only remember that he hated you. Do you regret it?"

Does he regret it? Yin Chu Jiu doesn't know, nor has he thought about it. He doesn't regret making this choice, because he had to make it this way.

At the Scorpion Palace headquarters, a man in black appeared in Qiu Jiu's palace and approached him.

Qiu Jiu stared at the newcomer, a kind smile appearing on his face.

The newcomer walked up to him, knelt on one knee, and looked respectful. He touched his face for a while, then tore off a thin, cicada-wing-like human skin mask, revealing a face completely different from the one before.

“Elder, the Mo Ling Palace has begun the Yue Ling recovery plan. They have started to restore his memories. If we are going to make a move, this is the best time.”

"An opportunity has come so quickly!" Qiu Jiu was so excited he almost stood up from his chair. He gripped the armrest tightly and hissed, "Then you all act! Cooperate with each other and stop Yue Ling from regaining his memories no matter what! If we succeed, once we leave the illusion, I will recommend you to become a branch elder of the Scorpion Palace and grant you access to our palace's supreme cultivation technique!"

The man excitedly raised his face and said, "Thank you, Elder!"

After saying that, the man turned and left.

As soon as the others left, Qiu Jiu couldn't help but stand up, his face flushed with excitement.

He was about to succeed; he was about to succeed. Even if he couldn't kill Yue Ling, once Yue Ling lost his mind, he would no longer be fearsome. And the Lingyue Palace, without its master, didn't care.

It was worth all the effort he put into having three experts from the palace disguise themselves as people from the Mo Ling Palace and infiltrate the palace.

Speaking of that person, we have to thank Mo Ling.

A few days ago, Yue Ling and Yin Chu Jiu disappeared at the same time. Mo Ling Palace was searching for Yue Ling and Yin Chu Jiu, and naturally, Scorpion Palace was also searching for them. Mo Ling Palace even followed behind them.

Scorpion Palace is considered the second largest power, so how could they not discover Mo Ling Palace's plans, even though no one initially dared to make a move?

So he devised a plan, specifically selecting three people to form a team, deliberately leading the people of Mo Ling Palace to a deserted wasteland, where he ambushed and killed them. Finally, he had an elder skilled in disguise make human skin masks, allowing the three to infiltrate the palace. Normally, it was very difficult to infiltrate Mo Ling Palace; everyone in the palace would undergo a thorough inspection, selected one by one by Mo Ling.

The Mo Ling Palace killed the people of the Scorpion Palace, and the Scorpion Palace naturally killed the people of the Mo Ling Palace in return.

Qiu Jiu initially only wanted the three men to report on Yue Ling and the others' movements so he could make a plan. However, when he heard Mo Ling mention the word "memory," he thought of another way, changed the three men's mission, and persuaded the other elders of the Scorpion Palace to agree to his plan.

Now, Mo Ling and Yue Ling have finally taken action!

A long time has passed.

Yin Chu Jiu stared at the boy inside the formation, feeling very nervous. So much time had passed since Yue Ling entered and the formation was activated, yet Yue Ling remained in the same sitting position, his expression unchanged.

If it weren't for the fact that Yue Ling would sometimes furrow his brows, show a look of disgust on his face, and occasionally look confused in his eyes, he would almost doubt whether Mo Ling's formation had been activated at all.

"Mo Ling," Yin Chu Jiu couldn't help but whisper, "What exactly is going on?"

Mo Ling frowned, also somewhat puzzled by the situation. After thinking for a moment, he raised his hand to signal the people preparing over there to get started.

"Perhaps the stimulation wasn't enough. The formation just now only recreated some scenes. Originally, I planned to use the two scenes that we didn't need to discuss, but now it seems that might not be possible."

"The stimulation is too weak. For the Lord, it may not be his memory; he may just be dreaming."

Mo Ling waved his hand, and the people over there began to move. First, the formation master changed his hand gestures, and the formation changed accordingly. Then, the actors took their positions.

A dozen people appeared around Yue Ling, carefully entering the formation. Some played the role of servants, while others played the role of Gong Yunxi. The person playing Gong Yunxi sat on a luxurious carved wooden chair.

Immediately afterwards, an iron cage fell from the sky and crashed to the ground with a bang, completely encasing Yue Ling inside.

The story begins.

Yin Chu Jiu clenched her fist tightly.

Under Yin Chu Jiu's intense gaze, the subordinate playing Gong Yun Xi stood up. Just as he remembered, he swaggered towards Yue Ling, looked down at him condescendingly, and said with disdain, "How does it feel to live inside?"

The iron cage, "Gong Yunxi," the familiar Gong family courtyard created by the illusion, Panxi sat inside. Yue Ling suddenly opened his eyes, his face filled with doubt, but his eyes were fixed on him, almost bloodshot, like a ferocious beast that had been offended, his handsome face becoming ferocious and terrifying.

Gong Yunxi was startled. He glanced at Mo Ling and, after receiving his approval, continued acting.

"Ha, with your monstrous appearance, you dare to like people? Monsters should do monster things. Tell me, what should a monster do?"

Gong Yunxi asked the people around her, who dutifully replied, "Hahaha, monsters should be locked up so everyone can see what kind of monster they are!"

"Monsters deserve to be killed!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I wonder what sins his parents committed to give birth to such a monster."

"Young master, although he is ugly, he is still very attractive."

Yue Ling stared intently at the people around him. His memories were becoming chaotic. Subconsciously, he felt that he no longer looked like a monster. Someone had helped him clean the fur off his body, and someone was kind to him. He hadn't heard the word "monster" for a long time.

He is not a monster.

He is not!

But when he looked down, he saw a thick patch of dark hair growing on his hands, arms, and feet. He was wearing tattered clothes, and his ugly, hairy calves were sticking out from his trouser legs, making him feel utterly ashamed.

He's ugly; he's a monster.

No, it's a dream, it's a dream.

Yue Ling closed his eyes, his thoughts in disarray. Memories from the illusion and his original memories flooded his mind, making it impossible for him to distinguish between them.

He's not a monster, he's not. He is a monster, everyone hates him, they make him drink pig swill, make him eat dog scraps, make him crawl between their legs.

Memories that didn't belong to this world bombarded his mind, and Yue Ling sometimes felt it was a dream, and sometimes he felt it wasn't.

His face was covered in sweat, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. However, the "Gong Yunxi" in front of him was still provoking him. He said, "Tomorrow I'll take him to parade through the streets. Hey, I heard he's a descendant of the Yue family in Yundu City. A lot of people hate him. Tomorrow we'll make a point of passing by there."

Yue family...

"Yue Ling, lick this saliva, and I'll let you go back to pay respects to your parents."

"Crawl through here and we'll let you go back."

"You're a monster, what right do you have to feel shame? Hurry up and get it over with!"

Familiar yet strange memories assaulted his mind, and Yue Ling abruptly opened his eyes. Was it real or unreal? No, this wasn't real.

There's one more person! There's one more person he should remember!

That person will protect him, take care of him, promise to stay with him for life, and always be good to him.

Who was that person? Sweat dripped from his eyelashes as he searched for the name with all his might. His throat trembled, and the name almost escaped from the back of his tongue. But then, another voice rang out.

It was a sweet voice, but with a haughty tone.

"Monster, you think you're worthy of liking me?"

"I'm attracted to elegant gentlemen like Young Master Gong. You? You're not even worthy to carry my shoes!"

Yue Ling's mind went blank for a moment. All she could see was the girl in white. Her tattered beggar's clothes were gone, replaced by silk and satin that she could never wear.

All the memories came flooding back like a tidal wave.

"It's you!" Yue Ling stared intently at the girl, his eyes filled with a terrifying blackness. "You betrayed me and sent me here."

The "girl" was somewhat frightened, but she still straightened her back, raised her chin, and said arrogantly, "That's right, it's me. You monster are only good for this much."

Offstage, Yin Chu Jiu froze for a moment upon hearing Yue Ling's words, then returned to normal.

Looking at the boy in the cage within the formation, whose expression was gloomy, crazed, and filled with despair, he thought with a mixture of joy and sorrow: Yue Ling, he remembered.

Mo Ling shared the same thought as Yin Chu Jiu. He took two steps forward in surprise and said, "Our lord is starting to regain his memories!"

Inside the formation, Yue Ling was just like the character described in Yin Chu Jiu's book. He was clinging to the iron cage, his energy sealed, making him too weak to escape. Lost in the illusion of memories, he had forgotten how powerful he was. He was just staring at the two people he hated, as if trying to remember their faces.

One day, he will return all the humiliation these people have inflicted upon him!

Although he was frail, he remained unyielding.

The subordinates playing the two men outside broke out in a cold sweat. Yin Chu Jiu could almost see the fear on their faces, but they still did their jobs dutifully, even though they didn't know why they were doing it.

Things were progressing smoothly, and Yue Ling's reactions became increasingly intense, with all his expressions mirroring the plot developments.

Yue Ling remembered more. If things continued smoothly, Yue Ling's memories would be stimulated, and she would slowly recover all her memories.

“Yin Chu Jiu, you don’t need to worry.” Mo Ling suddenly spoke and whispered to him, “I have already calculated it. If things go smoothly, the time from when the master’s memories are stimulated to when he is fully restored will be exactly when the illusion ends. So during this period, you don’t need to worry about the master disliking you.”

"Really?" Yin Chu Jiu's eyes widened.

“Hmm,” Mo Ling said, “After we learned that this world was a book, we immediately created an illusion. That is to say, the master will only know that you are the author and he is a character when the illusion is about to end.”

"Only then will he show whether he hates you or likes you, and during this time you can still be good to the Lord and take care of him. It's just... you can no longer be close to him."

Mo Ling pursed his lips. He had never done anything like this before and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Thank you," Yin Chu Jiu murmured, expressing his heartfelt gratitude to Mo Ling. "Thank you so much."

He didn't care whether Yue Ling disliked him or not; he only cared about whether he could continue to stay by Yue Ling's side.

Mo Ling probably doesn't even know how much salvation those words were for him.

With Mo Ling's assurance, Yin Chu Jiu was no longer uneasy. He looked at Yin Chu Jiu within the formation, hoping only that everything would go smoothly. However, a person suddenly rushed in from outside the house. The person rushed in and attacked Yue Ling within the formation with fierce movements, trying to disrupt Yue Ling's recovery of his memories.

If her memories are damaged, Yue Ling's mental state will suffer!

Yin Chu Jiu was the first to react. He rushed towards the man, trying to stop him. However, two more people suddenly appeared. These two were from the original team, and they both attacked Yue Ling in the formation.

Mo Ling and the others also realized what was happening, but the two people were too close to Yue Ling, so Mo Ling had no choice but to subconsciously order the others around them to protect Yue Ling.

However, those three people were very strong and not ordinary characters. Yin Chu Jiu had already exhausted all her strength by blocking the first person who rushed in, so it was naturally not easy for the others to stop the other two as well.

Hearing the commotion behind him, he looked towards Yue Ling and his eyes widened in fury.

One person had already broken through the defenses, piercing an energy stone with a single sword strike and disrupting the formation. Almost instantly, Yue Ling inside the formation froze, his expression abruptly changed, and he collapsed to the ground, clutching his head and howling in pain.

"No—!" Yin Chu Jiu shouted.

"My lord!" Mo Ling called out as well.

Having destroyed the formation, the man laughed loudly, ripped off his human skin mask, looked at the people surrounding him, and slit his own throat.

Another person followed suit.

Thinking of something, Yin Chu Jiu immediately turned around, but the person in front of him sneered, took advantage of the chaos, kicked him, and turned to run away.

A surge of power seemed to come from nowhere, and Yin Chu Jiu leaped forward, grabbing the man and engaging him in a fierce struggle. With him buying time, the others rushed in and finally captured him.

"Kill him! You must kill him!" Yin Chu Jiu said, trembling all over. Then his expression changed, and he said, "No, we can't kill him. He must live, he must live."

He spoke incoherently for a while, then rushed to Yue Ling's side. Seeing Yue Ling writhing on the ground in pain, he didn't know what to do for the first time.

The situation changed too quickly. Just a moment ago, they were successfully stimulating Yue Ling to recover her memories, but now, Yue Ling was being maliciously attacked and her memories were in disarray.

“The Lord’s memories have been disrupted, and the memories of the two worlds are vying for power in his mind. If he fails, his mind will collapse.” Mo Ling’s voice trembled. After a while, he wiped his face and said firmly, “Proceed with the second plan.”

Yin Chu Jiu turned her head to look at Mo Ling, who continued, "As long as the second memory is stimulated and the master recovers the memory there, then perhaps it can cover up the current chaotic memory, make him less confused, and protect his brain."

Yin Chu Jiu was frightened, but Mo Ling said in a deep voice, "We have no other choice!"

Having no other choice... Once she understood what that meant, Yin Chu Jiu was finally less afraid.

"Yin Chu Jiu, are you ready?"

Yin Chu Jiu listened blankly to Mo Ling's story, then slowly looked at Yue Ling, who was lying on the ground, screaming in pain, whom he dared not touch.

His mind was still a bit blank. He didn't know if he was ready, but he was ready long ago. He was willing to do anything that was good for Yue Ling.

"Yes, I'm ready."

Yue Ling raised his eyelids, looking at the person locked in the cage in front of him. He half-squatted down, leaning forward slightly, searching for his memories of the stupid, amnesiac self he had lost in the illusion. He lifted the chin of the person in the cage and said mockingly, "I like you?"

The person in the cage watched him quietly, their expression calm and they didn't say a word.

"Haha." It sounded like mockery, yet also like madness. Yue Ling raised his hand and tore off all the man's clothes. His naked body still bore many lingering crimson marks. Touching those red marks, he said in a sinister tone, "Then let me see just how good you taste."

Author's Note:

Oh my god, I was typing on my phone and needed to save my drafts for a set time, but I hadn't even finished writing when it was sent out! (╥﹏╥)

The author is still writing. If you've read this far, please remember to check out the rest of the content later or tomorrow. It seems that replacing the content doesn't require any extra coins.

I hate typing on my phone... but I didn't bring my computer home...

I apologize for causing trouble for the little angels...