Chapter 41 The Young Boy in the Phantom Valley

"What?!" Xie stood up angrily, slamming the table and staring at the white star in disbelief.

Although he couldn't tell the difference between the white star and other white stars, it didn't stop him from being anxious. Xie Buyou quickly summoned the Zhaoyun Sword and returned to the sect.

Mu Yinshen wanted to follow, but was stopped by Tang Fengshan, "What's the point of you going? Are you going to use your sword that is specially designed to defeat demons to kill the possessed Xie Nan?"

"Xie Buyou really cares about his brother now. Do you want to be his enemy?"

Looking at the arm blocking in front of him and Tang Fengshan who was looking at him coldly, Mu Yinshen finally stopped. The sword in his hand disappeared, and Mu Yinshen sat back.

"I never wanted to be his enemy."

But Buyou has been pushing himself into an opposing position.

…

Xie Buyou hurried back and headed straight for the top of his own mountain. When he landed, there was no one there.

Xie Buyu looked for someone in the house again, but still didn't see Xie Nan.

He remembered that Tang Su seemed to be there when he left. He wondered if he knew where Xie Nan had gone. Thinking of this, Xie Buyu hurried over to Tang Su's place.

Tang Su's residence is also on a hill. Since he is an inner sect disciple, he is not the only one living on the hill.

As soon as I set foot in this place, a strong smell of medicine came from a house not far away.

According to memory, I arrived at the door of Tang Su's room, and the smell of medicine became stronger.

He was anxious to ask about Xie Nan's whereabouts, and was about to knock on the door without thinking. However, just before he knocked on the door, a warning voice was heard in the room.

"Who's outside?"

Xie Buyou was stunned for a moment, then said, "It's me."

The room was quiet for a moment, and soon a cheerful sound of footsteps approached. The door was opened, and Tang Su's surprised face appeared, "Xie Senior Brother! Why are you here?"

This was the first time that Senior Brother Xie had come to his place since the time he was injured, which made him feel happy.

"Come in and sit down first. I was just refining the elixir. The smell in the room might be a bit strong, but it will be fine after ventilating it!"

However, Xie Buyou shook his head and asked him, "Do you know where Xie Nan went?"

Tang Su was stunned. Why is it Xie Nan again? Why is it that every time Senior Brother Xie takes the initiative to look for him, it is always about Xie Nan? Is Xie Nan really that important? But Senior Brother Xie, you used to...

But when Tang Su saw Xie Buyou's anxious face, she still couldn't ask. Her throat suddenly became a little dry, but she still couldn't bear to see the worried expression on Brother Xie's face.

He looked up and pointed in a direction and said, "Xie Nan went to Huanling Valley. I don't know why he went there."

"Brother Xie, you know that Xie Nan has always been close to you."

Looking at Tang Su's lost face, Xie Buyou felt a stir in his heart and hugged him.

Tang Su's body froze, and while she was in a daze, Xie Buyou's voice came from above her head:

"Thank you."

Then he let him go, turned around and hurried away in the direction Tang Su pointed.

Although Xie Nan became more lively, he still rarely talked to people in the sect, let alone told others where he was going.

He believed in Tang Su, just as Tang Su had always trusted him. Maybe Tang Su even tried to remember Xie Nan's whereabouts?

It is clear that Tang Su used to be very dependent on him. Although she is independent now, she still often looks for him. Now she is even more afraid that he will ignore her because of Xie Nan's matter.

It seems that he should find some time to learn how to be fair. He only cared about his own life and forgot about the feelings of the people around him.

If it is really as Tang Fengshan said, no matter what twists and turns and changes there are, in the end they will all return to the destination, then he should enjoy this last moment and not leave any regrets behind...

Huanling Valley is a place of hallucinations. All people and animals who enter here will be trapped in the hallucinations without distinction, and eventually they will be trapped in the hallucinations and unable to leave, and die inside.

Why did Xie Nan go there?

In the original plot, Xie Nan did not go to Huanling Valley.

While Xie Buyou was confused, he felt deeply uneasy inside.

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Fantasy Valley - mist is everywhere, and it is impossible to see what is inside. The lavender mist is vague and lingers around the valley.

"rustle--"

There was a noise coming from the tall bushes. After a while, the bushes were pushed aside and a young man in ink-stained white clothes walked out.

The boy covered his mouth and nose with a white cloth, revealing only a pair of black eyes with long eyelashes. After walking out of the bushes, he looked around as if he was looking for something.

"Strange, where would Xie Nan go?"

Xie Buyou raised his eyes and saw a light purple smoke. The visibility was very low and he couldn't tell the direction at all.

Luckily, he had marked the way for himself along the way so that he wouldn't get completely lost when he left.

If it were Xie Nan, he might not even think of marking himself, and perhaps only when he really planned to leave the valley would he find that he could not get out.

The poisonous insects in the Fantasy Valley are secondary. The most dangerous thing is naturally the illusion.

The illusion is random, even Xie Buyou has no idea when the next illusion will appear, where it will appear, or how big or small the illusion will be.

The purple mist is not just for show. Inhaling too much of it will cause one to be unable to distinguish reality from reality. It can be considered a chronic illusion, but it invades the spiritual sea.

Although we already know the reason why Xie Nan came to Huanling Valley, we don't quite know the reason.

In the original plot, the reason why Xie Nan came here was because he was discovered by the people of Wan Dao Sect, and he had to enter here to avoid the disciples of Wan Dao Sect who were chasing him.

Those who know the plot know what happens next. It's basically about Xie Nan meeting Mu Yinshen, and then the two of them start a sweet, sour, bitter, and salty love story.

Now that Mu Yinshen is not here, what can Xie Nan do here by himself? The key is to come here on his own initiative.

Is there something you can't tell him? Why do you have to come here? It's so dangerous.

Xie Buyu carved a mark on a nearby tree with the Zhaoyun Sword, then found a direction where he thought Xie Nan would be and continued searching.

He was wearing around his waist one of the many things Tang Su gave him - an insect repellent sachet. He didn't expect that it would come in handy now.

Xie Buyou had been walking in the Fantasy Valley for some time, and had encountered many illusions during this time, but most of them were small illusions with great flaws, so they were broken in an instant. Some of the more powerful illusions were also broken after a period of exploration.

Walking along the straight route from the entrance to the Fantasy Valley, the purple mist becomes thicker and thicker, and the surrounding things become increasingly unclear, just like being in a dream, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.

"I haven't seen him for such a long time. Could he be trapped in some secret place and unable to get out?"

"If that's the case, we need to speed up our search..."

The longer you stay in the illusion, the more disadvantageous it is to the person who enters the illusion. It will make the person in the illusion think that it is reality and get lost in it.

Xie Buyu continued walking forward as he spoke. There was already thick fog under his feet, and he couldn't even get rid of the purple fog in front of him. He could only move forward despite this obstacle.

Just as I walked a distance away, a faint voice suddenly rang out in the purple mist, like someone crying, which was very abrupt in the quiet mist.

Xie Buyou stopped walking, closed his eyes and listened carefully to identify the source of the sound. Soon, he opened his eyes and looked to the right.

The faint crying sound continued, and Xie Buyou walked towards that direction. The thick purple smoke in front of him gradually broke through, allowing people to glimpse a figure lying curled up on the ground.

The petite figure was curled up on the grass, trembling all over. Her tattered clothes were covered with dust and grass leaves. Her hair was disheveled and looked very messy. She had her back to Xie Buyou, struggling in a nightmare.

Judging from his figure, he should be a young boy. Xie Buyu walked closer and just as he squatted down to check on the boy's condition, he heard him groan in pain.

"Uh... Mom..."

Pain, fear, confusion, all kinds of complex emotions were revealed in that call of "Mom". What kind of illusion had she encountered to make her so sad?

Xie Buyou stretched out his hand to smooth away the bangs that were blocking his face. The young boy's face was also dirty. He now frowned, pursed his lips, and immersed himself in his own world.

Sweat had soaked his bangs, mixed with the other person's unconscious tears and dripped onto the grass.

The young boy turned out to be a mortal!

Xie Buyou touched his forehead and then his wrist and found that the young boy had the physique to cultivate immortality, but he had not yet entered the door, so he was just a mortal.

Why would a mere mortal appear here, and why would he enter the Fantasy Valley? It is truly miraculous that he could get to such a place where everything is a fantasy.

Forget it, let’s break the illusion for him first.

After confirming that the boy was not a dangerous person, Xie Buyu personally helped the boy break the illusion.

There are only two ways to break the illusion. One is to use external force to break the illusion, and the other is to break the illusion from within.

Of course it is best for the person who is in the illusion to break through it, so that the next time he encounters the same illusion, he will have a certain immunity and defense.

The sound of glass breaking rang in his mind, and at the same time, the young boy opened his wet eyes filled with tears.

There was a look of confusion in his eyes, but he was stunned when he met Xie Buyou's gaze the next second.

There was an undisguised look of astonishment in his eyes, and he stared blankly at the immortal in front of him.

The innocent look of the young boy would not make anyone feel uncomfortable, and Xie Buyu did not have time to stay here any longer, so he stood up and prepared to leave.

His sleeve was gently pulled. Xie Buyou looked down and found that the young boy was looking at him cautiously and asked him in a low voice, "...Are you an immortal?"

"Not really." Xie Buyou shook his head, "He's just a cultivator who knows a little magic."

When the boy heard the first sentence, he was visibly disappointed, but when he heard Xie Buyou's last sentence, hope quickly shone in his eyes.

He said excitedly: "If you know magic, you are an immortal! Immortal, please save my mother!"

The young boy was about to kneel on the ground, but Xie Buyou stopped him in time.

The young boy thought Xie was unwilling to help, so he begged, "Please, immortal, please save my mother! My mother is seriously ill and is now lying in bed unconscious. Please save her!"

"I heard that immortals can use magic to save people. I only have my mother. Please, please..."

The young boy burst into tears and begged with his hands clasped together.

Xie Buyu did not answer immediately. Although he did not know whether the young boy came here to save his mother, he came here to look for someone. He could not leave Huanling Valley before confirming Xie Nan's current situation.

Besides, he couldn't save his mother. The Fantasy Valley restricted the use of swords and voice transmission, so he had no way to help him.

When Xie Buyou was about to refuse, a sense of crisis suddenly appeared from behind him. Xie Buyou's heart sank, and the next second he and the young boy disappeared on the spot.

A black gas hit where they were.

The young boy was begging and crying when he was suddenly carried away from the spot where he was standing. He was still in a daze and had not come to his senses. When he came to his senses, he subconsciously looked back to where they had been standing. He saw a deep hole, the grass was corroded, and a crackling sound spread on the broken leaves.

The young boy was frightened and didn't know what to do. Xie Buyu turned around and looked in the direction where the black mist came from. The next moment, he saw an extremely familiar face.