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"You're awake?" Gongsun Gua asked in an aged voice as he saw Ji Mohan and the others slowly open their eyes on the ground. He was having some difficulty breathing, and his eyes were tired, lifeless, desolate, and filled with pain.
He had clearly seen everything within the illusion. He had tried everything to uncover the truth, but it turned out to be like this—his master, his lover…
"You damned Gongsun Gua, prepare to die!" Li Shang grabbed his sword and charged forward, but Gongsun Gua blocked his attack with his cane.
Gongsun Gua glanced at Li Shang with disdain and said, "Young man, you should practice more. I'm already nearing the end of my life, so I don't need your help."
"Mr. Gongsun, what do you mean by that?" Jiang Bai asked, puzzled. He looked at Gongsun Gua, who was full of energy and had just withstood Li Shang's attack. How could he be dying?
Gongsun Gua closed his eyes wearily and said, "The Illusion Array is also known as the Rewind Array. Each time it is activated, it costs my lifespan. I have only activated it twice in my life. I activated it once fifteen years ago. Now, this is the last time I will activate the Rewind Array."
"Mr. Gongsun, you must have seen what we saw and heard in the formation. Miss Wen Su has already... Please accept my condolences!" Yan Wan said with some regret. If it weren't for Xu Huai, Miss Wen Su and Gongsun Gua would have been a perfect couple.
"I thought she didn't love me, so she abandoned me. But it turns out she never abandoned me. I'm the one who's wronged her." Tears streamed down Gongsun Gua's face. It turned out he had never been abandoned.
Wen Su, in the next life, I will come to find you. This time, it will be just the two of us, no one else. For all eternity, we will never be apart again.
"What about your master? A life for a life. He killed Miss Wen, and you can still forgive him?" Jing Xi said, filled with righteous indignation. How could he so easily forgive that old man Xu Huai when Miss Wen died because of Gongsun Gua? What kind of person was Miss Wen if not a great victim?
Jing Xi really couldn't understand it; in her opinion, that old man Xu Huai also deserved to die.
Seeing Jing Xi's agitated words, Jiang Bai stepped forward and patted her back to comfort her.
"Cough, cough, Xu Huai has long since passed away. Before he passed away, he asked me to return. I had my suspicions, but I hesitated to believe it, which created a rift between us. Now, he is no longer my master, and I am no longer Zhao Chan. I have no right to speak for Su'er's forgiveness. I will go down to apologize to her." Gongsun Gua said with a pained expression. One was his former master, and the other was his lover. He was caught in the middle, torn between them.
"If you have nothing else to do, please leave. I won't see you off." Gongsun Gua exuded an aura of death, indicating that he was nearing his end.
"What a coward, let's go. I, Jingxi, despise men like that the most." Jingxi rolled her eyes and left; she felt it was an eyesore to even look at him.
"Jing Xi, wait for me, I'll go with you." Jiang Bai hurriedly followed after Jing Xi, who was angrily walking away.
Li Shang and Shangguan Wan'er also left. Ji Mosheng bowed to Gongsun Gua and left as well, but Yan Wan stood there and did not leave.
"Yan Wan, let's go too." Ji Mohan stepped forward, took Yan Wan's hand, and said in a deep voice.
"Hanhan, could you wait for me outside? I have a few words I want to say to Mr. Gongsun," Yan Wan said sincerely to Ji Mohan.
"You little girl, is there anything else you want to say to this old man?" Gongsun Gua said, glancing at Yan Wan.
"Mr. Gongsun, you just said that activating the Retrospection Array requires burning one's life as a price. You activated it once fifteen years ago. Who was it for? Was it related to Prince An?" Yan Wan asked directly, voicing her doubts. She always felt that it was related to Ji Mo'an. How exactly did he escape the control of the plot?
"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" Gongsun Gua suddenly burst into loud laughter. He looked at Yan Wan with admiration and said, "Little girl, you are very clever. If it weren't for him back then, I wouldn't have known that this illusion array actually has a time-reversal function. As a way of repaying him, I activated the time-reversal array for him once." When a person is about to die, their words are kind. Gongsun Gua did not hide anything and told Yan Wan everything directly.
"Did he discover something in this time-travel array?" Yan Wan asked anxiously. How could he possibly bypass the plot on his own? If Ji Mo'an could succeed, could Ji Mo Han also succeed?
"Young lady, you're asking these questions because of that man outside, aren't you?" Gongsun Gua said knowingly.
"Yes," Yan Wan admitted without hiding anything.
"Unfortunately, he has used up both chances of using the Reversal Array, and he has no more opportunities." Gongsun Gua shook his head regretfully and said. The Reversal Array can only be used to defy fate. It seems that this young girl wants to defy fate for the young master outside.
"Thank you for informing me, Mr. Gongsun. I am deeply grateful." Although Yan Wan could not use the Rewinding Array to change Ji Mohan's fate, she already knew the key to Ji Moan's ability to evade the power of the plot. So this trip wasn't entirely fruitless, was it?
"Then I won't disturb you any longer, Yan Wan will take her leave now." Yan Wan paused for a moment, then said goodbye directly.
"Wait, young friend Yan Wan, I want to ask you, after walking through the illusion array, do you think I made a mistake?" Gongsun Gua finally asked, as if he had made a big mistake.
Yan Wan stopped in her tracks, without turning around, and said directly, "Why didn't you go to see her during the two years she was gone? You clearly couldn't let go either."
"How do you know that I haven't let go?" Gongsun Gua didn't answer Yan Wan's question, but continued to ask.
“The cave behind Hanshan Temple,” Yan Wan replied. “The surface of that cave is covered with Buddhist scriptures, but the scriptures are only engraved on the surface. Underneath the scriptures are all the names of Miss Wen Su.” Just now, in the illusion array, during the fight between Wen Su and Xu Huai, Wen Su accidentally split a hole in the stone wall. Yan Wan noticed that there seemed to be words engraved under the scriptures. She went closer to take a look and found that the characters “Wen Su” were densely engraved under the scriptures.
Engraving Buddhist scriptures was his responsibility as a Buddhist disciple; he could not abandon this responsibility or his followers. The names he wrote on the scriptures represented his greatest personal desire; he was Wen Su's most devoted follower.
"Hahahaha, you are indeed very clever and observant. This is my secret, I didn't expect you to find out." Gongsun Gua was both happy and disappointed. His longing had finally been seen by someone, but that person was not the one in his heart.
Yan Wan closed her eyes and made a difficult decision. She decided to tell the truth: "Your secret has also been seen by Miss Wen Su."
After saying that, Yan Wan turned and left.
Behind them came Gongsun Gua's maniacal laughter, followed by a mournful cry. It turned out that Wen Su knew of his longing.
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