Misty Forest

The afternoon sun was shining brightly. An Luoyi was taking a nap in the rocking chair in the yard, while Xian Youlin was sitting beside him reading a book. The years were so quiet and beautiful like a painting. These days were the most comfortable and peaceful days that An Luoyi and Xian Youlin had never experienced before.

Xian Youlin seldom goes out recently. Most of the time, she accompanies An Luoyi in picking and watering... An Luoyi's immortal power is gradually recovering. He no longer needs to carry buckets of water back and forth to the river. He can draw water with just one spell. The wasteland in front of the door is now beginning to bud, and it will be full of fruits in late autumn.

The young buds in the fields faced the sun, enjoying its warmth. An Luoyi felt restless in her sleep. Xian Youlin noticed her abnormality and reached out to block the sun for her, but she woke up slowly. An Luoyi turned her head to look at Qianmu and said, "What time is it?"

Xian Youlin sat with his back to the light, revealing only a shadow. His delicate profile appeared particularly angular in the darkness.

"It's the afternoon."

An Luoyi rubbed his head: "I have slept for so long."

Xian Youlin nodded with a smile in his eyes that he hadn't even noticed. He thought to himself... the person in front of him was sometimes quite simple and cute, at least different from his previous impression.

An Luoyi stood up and took two steps. The half-foot-high seedlings in the field swayed rhythmically as if waving to her. The green and vibrant picture made people feel refreshed.

Xian Youlin locked her eyes on An Luoyi, feeling depressed. Her immortal power had been slowly recovering recently, but had her memory also... She had to admit that she was indeed a little nostalgic for such days.

"You..." Xian Youlin wanted to ask but couldn't say it. He was afraid of hearing the answer he least wanted to hear.

"What?" An Luoyi looked at him.

"Nothing." Xian Youlin gave up and said, "Want to go out for a walk?"

An Luoyi was indeed a little bored and tired, so she said, "Okay."

Xian Youlin stood up and walked out of the courtyard first, but An Luoyi stopped him and said, "Don't you need to carry a basket and get the tools today?"

"No need, you are already in good health, there is no need to go out to collect herbs." A trace of loneliness flashed across Xian Youlin's eyes.

An Luoyi had nothing to say. She didn't notice anything unusual about Xian Youlin, so she followed him out.

"Let's just take a walk around here." An Luoyi suggested. It might be dangerous to walk too far in the deep mountains and forests here.

Xian Youlin nodded in agreement, this blessed place did have the potential to nurture powerful demons.

Suddenly, An Luoyi asked, "How long have you lived here?"

Xian Youlin was stunned by the question. If she asked how long she had been here...it would probably be only one or two months longer than her.

"Four or five years."

An Luoyi thought quietly... Qianmu was lying. After living here for so long, she could still tell some clues. From the first moment she saw him, she felt that he had an extraordinary bearing and looked more like a royal family member. She was afraid that carrying a basket to pick herbs every day was just a disguise, and perhaps his name was also fake. Who exactly was "you"?

Another important reason why she discovered all this was that since her immortal power recovered, she had noticed that the house where the two of them lived had always been covered by a barrier, which became even more obvious after Qianmu left.

"Why do you suddenly ask this?" Xian Youlin asked.

An Luoyi suddenly withdrew his thoughts and said, "Nothing."

Xian Youlin looked a little melancholy. "What about you? I think your memory should have recovered somewhat. Where are you planning to go?"

An Luoyi stood there with a hazy look in his eyes, "I don't know."

She didn't want to leave yet... Although she hadn't remembered everything yet, she roughly knew that she was in a high position and would have to go back sooner or later.

Before they knew it, they had walked far away and heard some rustling sounds in the forest.

Xian Youlin suddenly pulled An Luoyi behind him and cast a spell to cut off the vines that were about to attack them. His decisive and murderous spirit was suddenly revealed. "Be alert."

"What a quick reaction!" An Luoyi exclaimed in his heart.

Suddenly, several vines came out unexpectedly, then tightly wrapped around the two people's feet and dragged them into the tree hole.

"An Luoyi!"

"Chiki!"

The two exclaimed.

…

An Luoyi woke up in the darkness. She was tied to a wooden stake by vines and couldn't move. Thinking of Qianmu, she called out a few times: "Qianmu? Qianmu?"

There was complete silence, and no one responded.

An Luoyi was a little anxious. The more she struggled, the tighter the vines became. Where had Qianmu been taken? She only regretted that her immortal power hadn't fully recovered yet, otherwise, she would never have let these vines trap her.

An Luoyi calmed down and began to think about how to break the deadlock. Suddenly, she remembered that she was from the Phoenix clan and was born with the element of fire... Since these vines were entangled tightly, don't blame her!

An Luoyi's entire body ignited with phoenix flames, instantly igniting the tangled vines and reducing them to ash in a matter of moments. Once the vines freed her, her movements returned to normal. She dusted herself off and stood up to search for Qianmu.

An Luoyi raised her hand and a cluster of flames floated in the air. In the dim light of the fire, she saw Qianmu lying on the ground with his hands behind his back and vines tied around his body. She hurried forward to check.

"Qianmu, Qianmu." An Luoyi called out several times but he didn't respond.

An Luoyi untied the vines on Xian Youlin and laid him flat... There was a lot of sweat on his forehead, and he was mumbling indistinctly.

An Luoyi observed the surrounding environment. It looked like a cave made up of tree branches and roots. The cave was surrounded tightly and no sunlight could penetrate at all.

"This is..." An Luoyi was on guard against the white fog that suddenly appeared in the cave.

The fog became thicker and thicker, gradually gathering around Xianyoulin and surrounding him. It seemed that it was coming for Qianmu!

But what was the purpose of this mist? An Luoyi covered his mouth and nose as he approached Xian Youlin, observing him with a frown on his face, sweat pouring out, and mumbling something in his mouth. Could it be that someone had cast a spell to lull him into a dream?

An Luoyi was guessing while trying to find a way to enter his dream. She cast a spell on Xian Youlin but was strongly rejected. After thinking it over, she pulled out a golden feather as a guide and forced herself into his dream.

Qianmu was still unconscious in his sea of ​​consciousness. An Luoyi approached and called out to him, but there was still no response. He was afraid that he had fallen into a deeper illusion...

Who had Qianmu offended? Being proficient in illusion and able to control vine monsters, his cultivation must have spanned at least a thousand years. Unfortunately, even after ten thousand years of cultivation, some people couldn't match the talent of those with extraordinary talent, like An Luoyi!

An Luoyi tried her best to enter the deep sea of ​​Qianmu's consciousness, but her immortal power was insufficient and she could only rely on external forces. She summoned her own natal phoenix feather. The natal phoenix feather was the source of spiritual power for the Phoenix clan, but it was also the gate of life. Generally, it would not be used easily because extracting the spiritual power of the natal phoenix feather was equivalent to consuming Qi Yuan, and improper use would cause the soul to disperse.

An Luoyi had no choice but to do so. In order to enter a deep dream, she endured the backlash and mobilized the spiritual power of Fengyu. This time, what she saw was no longer darkness, but a desolate and old palace.

An Luoyi coughed lightly and a trace of blood flowed out from the corner of her mouth. She wiped away the blood without caring about it.

"Ding-dang, ding-dang." A child with a bell ran past An Luoyi. She followed the child into the palace and saw a group of children surrounding another child. They pointed at the child squatting on the ground without a single polite word.

Suddenly, the child got annoyed, pushed them aside and ran into the inner room, where a sick beauty was lying. She looked pale and weak, like a rose that was about to wither on the wall. However, the charming look between her eyebrows vaguely showed the charm of her youth.

An Luoyi thought about where he had seen this pair of charming eyes before. This person's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Qianmu's. Could this child be...

The child rushed in and lay beside the sick beauty's bed crying: "Mom, why do people dislike me and bully me?"

The sick beauty's eyes drooped, and sadness and loneliness immediately surged in her chest. She looked at her son with heartache and said, "It's Mom who is sorry for you."

The child wiped away his tears and raised his head with a solemn look, "No, Mom, please don't say that. When I grow up, I will make everyone who bullied us regret it!"

An Luoyi was watching in the corner. She never asked Qianmu about his past. It seemed that his situation at home was not good as he said.

The scene shifted to show Qianmu fighting with a group of children. His ferocity and ferocity startled An Luoyi. Was he still the gentle and modest young man he usually was? Unfortunately, Qianmu didn't win, but was beaten so badly that he fell to the ground. He barely had the strength to stand up, yet he still clenched his fists tightly, like a little beast that refused to give in.

The group of children ridiculed him and then dispersed. Qianmu dragged his tired body and sat alone on the steps in front of the palace. An Luoyi approached him and wanted to touch him, but found that he could not touch him at all and could not communicate with him.

Xiao Qianmu hugged his knees stubbornly and buried his head deeply in them. An Luoyi summoned his natal phoenix feather again, using the power of the phoenix feather to turn the virtual into reality. Seeing that her body was no longer a soul, she touched Xiao Qianmu's head.

Qianmu thought it was his mother coming, and immediately raised his head and said, "Don't worry, Mom, I'm not crying!"

After Xiao Qianmu finished speaking, he realized that the person in front of him was a beautiful sister. He instantly jumped up and stood far away, "Who are you!"

An Luoyi said softly, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

Xiao Qianmu said with a defensive look, "Who is afraid of you? Who am I asking you?"

An Luoyi was amused by his reaction and said, "I really didn't lie to you. I am your friend."

Qianmu thought she had bad intentions and yelled, "Who are you friends with? I don't even know you."

An Luoyi smiled and said, "We don't know each other yet, but we will be friends when you grow up."

"Grow up? What nonsense are you talking about? Are you going to tell me that you are from the future?" Although Qianmu is young, he is not a fool.

"That's right, this boy is teachable." An Luoyi didn't expect that Xiao Qianmu was so smart.

Qianmu was annoyed, "I just said it casually, and you went down the stairs!"

"I'm telling the truth." An Luoyi's eyes were as bright as white paper.

For some reason, Qianmu felt that he should believe An Luoyi after meeting her gaze. He said doubtfully, "Then tell me what I will be like when I grow up?"

An Luoyi's lips curled up unconsciously, "You are a gentle and considerate person."

"How is that possible?" Qianmu curled his lips and sneered at An Luoyi's words.

The Qianmu that Anluo saw was indeed gentle and kind, but the little Qianmu was now covered with thorns, so it was no wonder that he didn't believe it.

"Well...that's true. You are calm and considerate. You have been like this since I met you." An Luoyi couldn't describe the feeling.

"How can I treat people like this? Why should I be so nice to you if I don't like you?" Qianmu said casually. Now he felt that what this person said must be a lie.

An Luoyi was stunned. Do you have to like others to be so nice? An Luoyi shook his head. He was a handsome man, so it should be like this.

"That shouldn't be the case." An Luoyi said slowly. She had clearly come to comfort Qianmu, so why was she being teased instead? However, Qianmu did not look so depressed at this moment. Thinking of this, she smiled gently.

The golden phoenix feathers suddenly flashed. An Luoyi took a look and knew that she could not stay for long. She didn't know what kind of difficulties Qianmu would encounter. She only hoped that her words at this moment could help him get out of the dream.

Time was running out, and An Luoyi said anxiously: "Remember, when you grow up, you will no longer be alone. There will be people who truly love you, so don't dwell on the past, get out of the dream!"

Xiao Xian Youlin felt a lump in his throat and tears welled up in his eyes. He was at a loss as he watched the mysterious woman's disappearing body. Could it be that she really came from the future?

An Luoyi suddenly disappeared, leaving only a golden phoenix feather fluttering in the wind. She had nothing to leave for Qianmu, and only hoped that her own natal phoenix feather could protect him! Xiao Xian Youlin didn't know how to describe his current mood. He picked up the phoenix feather and his eyes became firm.