Chapter 356: Questioning the Heart The next second, countless paintings appeared in front of Xu Hui...

The next second, countless images appeared in front of Xu Hui. These images were very messy and incoherent, just like broken memories that had been captured and saved. However, the degree of fragmentation made it clear that it would be difficult for the owner of the memory to remember them.

Even if he carefully preserved these fragments, he could not put them together, and he would never be able to remember them.

But these scenes made Xu Hui open her eyes wide in disbelief.

Because it's all me in there, some are familiar faces, and some are very different, from the appearance of a child of eleven or twelve to a completely different person, but the expressions and movements all show that the person in the picture is her, unique, the only her.

Xu Hui was stunned. So this was her after traveling through time and before losing her memory?

Looks so awesome!

"Ah, his dreams are all about you. Is this what humans mean by unwavering love? Even if they lose their memory, they still keep these images deep in their memories, occasionally reminiscing about them."

Xu Hui frowned, "I'm not dead yet, what's there to commemorate?"

"But your love is dead," Shen Ji said sharply, but it made perfect sense.

Xu Hui was speechless. Indeed, seeing these, she felt happy and touched, but she did not feel love. She was completely different from the self in the picture who looked at Wei Mubai with full love!

Shen Ji commented, "You are truly cold-blooded. After cultivating the ruthless path, you have truly become too forgetful."

Xu Hui was stunned. "Isn't that so?"

Shen Ji was surprised. "You don't think that practicing the ruthless way will make you emotionless, right?"

“…Isn’t it?” Otherwise why is it called the Merciless Way?

Shen Ji chuckled, "It's because humans have seven emotions and six desires, and they aspire to become gods, that they must cultivate the ruthless way, gradually eroding and forging their emotions until they reach the great stage, letting go of personal feelings and retaining only the public spirit. Who told you that if you cultivate the ruthless way, you will have no emotions? You're not a true god, hahahaha..."

She laughed so hard that she fell backwards, as if she had heard some huge joke. "Has no one taught you? You are so clueless."

But Xu Hui was stunned. If the process of cultivation was the process of abandoning emotions, then why couldn't she feel any fluctuation in her heart?

Whether it's family, friendship, or... love, they are all as shallow as water?

Could it be that she is born cold-blooded and cannot feel emotions?

That's right. Xu Hui looked at those pictures. The Xu Hui in them loved sincerely and earnestly, and her feelings were expressed clearly. Although she was still rational, she had never given up her feelings.

Isn't that her?

"Perhaps that's just his beautified version of you," Shen Ji said maliciously. "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Perhaps that's just how he fantasizes about the relationship between you two. Everything is just his illusion!"

Xu Hui frowned, and suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed a jade figurine from the void.

Every stroke on it was carved by her own hands, carrying her full love, how could it be fake?

So... there's something wrong with her ruthlessness!

She is not a real god, so why does she lose all her emotions?

She needs to regain her feelings before she can decide whether to practice the ruthless path or choose another path, instead of being so confused and inexplicably walking down a heartless and ruthless path!

She made up her mind and was about to return the jade carving when she was grabbed by a slender jade-like hand.

Xu Hui raised her head and stared at him blankly. Her eyes seemed to contain countless stars, mysterious and unknown, but also like a clear spring, filled with every bit of love for her, so rich that it could not be dissolved.

Xu Hui opened her mouth, wanting to say something to break the weird atmosphere.

"Keep it," Mirage said, smiling gently at her.

Xu Hui suddenly clenched the jade carving and paused for a moment, "Okay!"

She carefully put away the jade carving and looked up to see that Venerable Yunxiu and Venerable Jiangli had woken up at some point, with melancholy expressions on their faces. It was obvious that the beautiful dream had made them very happy, and they felt sad after waking up.

But Wen Huaiyu didn't do that yet. Not only that, he seemed to have fallen even deeper. Sword energy filled his body, transforming into thousands of sharp swords, constantly strangling everything around him.

He was actually practicing "Extreme Sword Shadow"!

Seeing this, Shen Ji helplessly spread his hands. "It's obvious that this little guy can't come out, so he simply doesn't come out and directly practices swordsmanship in there. Which wicked ghost taught him this? Practicing swordsmanship in a dream can ignore the rules. The set of thirty-six swords he practiced can transform into three hundred and sixty-eight sword shadows, strangling everything around. And he has the strength of the peak of the Mahayana stage. I dare not let him out. If he does, my dream world will be destroyed."

Venerable Yunxiu frowned slightly, "But he has already fallen into it and is about to go astray."

"That's right. He can't get out, and he's controlled by the sword energy, giving birth to a sword inner demon. This is more difficult to resolve than ordinary inner demons, and more domineering, hurting others and himself. The only way is for you to enter the dream, knock him unconscious, and then forcibly pull him out."

Shen Ji sounded helpless, but everyone present knew that it wasn't that she couldn't let go, it was that she just didn't want to.

She knew the origins of these people, and also knew that Wen Huaiyu was the key to the Mirage Clan's current army, so she attacked him first.

But in the world woven by dreams, no one can escape the cage of dreams.

The so-called break free was nothing more than Mirage temporarily giving up the siege. After all, she was wasting energy by creating these dreams.

Instead of taking the trouble to trap everyone, it is better to target one of them.

Wen Huaiyu is the weakest link in the five-member team.

Venerable Yunxiu and Venerable Jiangli have high cultivation levels, and she cannot trap them even if she wants to. Their power will only be broken through layer by layer, and her energy will be consumed endlessly.

As for Wei Mubai, there was nothing in his strange dream except various images of Xu Hui.

How could such a dream possibly trap someone? It wasn't that Wei Mubai couldn't break free, but that he was appreciating the scenes.

These images are hidden deep in his memory, and he cannot dig them out himself.

Wei Mubai was so happy that he almost regarded this place as a paradise, and she had become his tool. How could she be happy?

Xu Hui was even more amazing. It was as if there was a barrier in her sea of ​​consciousness, hiding all the secrets. She was also terrifyingly rational and was not hindered at all.

This also made Shen Ji see the power and terror of those who practiced the ruthless way. They were heartless!

In addition, there was an aura about Xu Hui that made her terrified and afraid to act rashly. She didn't know what it was, so she could only refrain from attacking her.

Then the only one left is Wen Huaiyu. He has the desire and has practiced "Extreme Sword Shadow", which has engraved the desire for swordsmanship in his bones.

This kind of person has a strong obsession. As she guides him again and again, he will practice more and more to the second, third and fourth levels, tirelessly and without restraint. The final result is naturally that he will go astray.

Shen Ji smiled softly and said, "You should know that I have no ill intentions. If you agree to leave here, then I will send you out. How about that?"

As long as Wen Huaiyu escapes from the dream world, the layers of dream cages will naturally be released.

"Excuse me," said Venerable Jiang Li with a smile, "We are here, but we won't leave until we achieve our goal!"

"But you can see that I don't even have a place to stay here. It's just a dream world stacked up layer upon layer. How are you going to set up a formation? Using tangible objects to control invisible souls, what a dream!"

Venerable Keli just smiled and said nothing. He waved his hand and left the rest to you.

After saying that, he directly expanded the boundary and wrapped the mirage in it. The next second, the two disappeared.

Xu Hui was stunned. "Where did they go?"

"The physical space created by the Venerable cannot trap Mirage in the reflection world. This is where she dominates. Even if she still cannot do anything to him in the physical space, he will not let her escape," Wei Mubai explained.

The rules of the space created by Venerable Jiangli are naturally decided by him.

"So what should we do now?" Xu Hui saw that Venerable Yunxiu was already hanging high in the air, with his eyes closed, as if sensing something.

"She wants to find a suitable center of the formation. Before that, let's pull Wen Huaiyu out first," Wei Mubai said, and pointed at his brow. A golden light shot out. It was not his aura, but it was extremely powerful. It directly broke through the fog and brought them to the ancient battlefield where Wen Huaiyu was.

The dead souls were like a black tide, one wave after another, rushing towards Wen Huaiyu.

The ghosts had different shapes, some had hideous faces and bared fangs and claws; some had empty eyes, but were filled with endless resentment, and let out shrill roars, as if they wanted to devour Wen Huaiyu.

However, Wen Huaiyu was calm and fearless. His body was as fast as lightning, moving freely among the group of dead souls.

The sword in his hand was like a nimble dragon, sometimes slashing upwards, sometimes slashing downwards, and sometimes sweeping across. Three hundred and sixty-eight sword shadows surrounded him, forming a huge sword net that strangled the dead souls in an instant.

The sword shadows flickered and shone brightly, like an endless river, rushing towards the dead souls one after another.

The dead souls howled in pain under the sword shadow of the soul-grinder, their bodies gradually became transparent, and finally dissipated into nothingness.

However, this was just the beginning. Instead of stopping, Wen Huaiyu looked determined.

His swordplay grew faster and faster, more and more ferocious. In a flash of sword shadows, the entire ancient battlefield was enveloped by his sword energy. The terrifying sword energy crisscrossed the surrounding ground, carving deep gullies.

This was a vow to cultivate "Extreme Sword Shadow" to its ultimate perfection. The surrounding space began to collapse like shattered mirrors, but the next second, the ancient battlefield condensed again.

Wen Huaiyu's eyes were as red as blood, full of madness and persistence, driving this horrifying space to recover.

In order to practice swordsmanship, he learned how to create dreams without any teacher.

He was completely immersed in swordsmanship, abandoning all perception of the outside world. His breathing became more and more rapid, and every breath was accompanied by the surge of sword energy and the damage caused to him by his sword insights.

The thirty-six basic sword techniques continued to evolve and merge in his hands, turning into sword shadows that hurt others and himself.

The power is terrifying. Wherever it goes, everything is ruthlessly crushed and turned into nothingness.

The dream collapsed again, and he once again forced himself to recall the broken dream.

"Enough!" Wei Mubai shouted, raised his sword and chopped it off, leaving behind a sentence, "Ahui, destroy this space!"