Chapter 17 Chapter 17 "What an idiot"
Two more sword cultivators?
Are you referring to him and Ning Shuangchen?
But now Ning Shuangchen has disappeared.
Ye Yunxi suspected that they might have entered into illusions separately.
The only person who can create an illusion is the owner of this cave.
Ye Yunxi couldn't help but remember the red-dressed figure. He looked at the tree and asked, "Are you True Lord Jiyue?"
Ji Yue Zhenjun himself would certainly not stay here. The one who stayed here must be a trace of his consciousness, or a phantom of his clone.
As soon as he finished speaking, the petals of the cassia tree began to flutter and dance again, slowly gathering around him and wrapping him up like a cocoon.
There were more and more petals, and the scene before his eyes was a mess. Ye Yunxi drew out his sword and tried to chop them apart, but he was restrained tightly and could not move.
After a while, as the petals fluttered in all directions, the obstructed vision gradually became clear.
But when Ye Yunxi looked again, the surroundings were no longer the empty cave.
He seemed to have fallen into an endless space. It was pitch black in the distance with no visible boundaries. Only a faint light from above his head barely illuminated the darkness beneath his feet.
A petal fell from before my eyes and landed on the ground. The ground instantly turned into a boundless lake. Where the petal fell, tiny ripples spread out.
His feet were clearly standing on the water, yet it felt as if he was walking on flat ground. The lake water was like a mirror, reflecting his slender figure.
Ye Yunxi was feeling confused when the voice just now came to his ears again.
"Want to know where your companions are?"
The sound came from far away and got closer. After listening carefully, he found that it came from a ball of light emitting red light, which was jumping around him.
Ye Yunxi was almost certain that this was the consciousness left here by Master Jiyue.
He hurriedly asked, "Senior Jiyue, can you tell me how to get off the cliff?"
The red ball of light jumped left and right, and after a while, it seemed to understand what he said and stopped above his head.
"Only people with love come here. As for how to leave, it depends on whether your lover is truly affectionate."
What kind of affectionate person?
Ye Yunxi didn't understand.
You can't be talking about Ning Shuangchen, right?
The red ball of light jumped in front of him and continued, "Once the illusion is broken, the method of leaving will be revealed."
As he spoke, a beam of red light shot out like a sharp arrow into the void opposite him. The red light spread out, and an elliptical mirror appeared not far in front of him.
There was a sundial hanging above the mirror, which was very similar to the stone sundial in the dark room, and in the mirror was Ning Shuangchen who had suddenly disappeared from his side.
Looking in the mirror, Ning Shuangchen was still in the cave he was in just now. There was a figure of similar build beside him, also wearing the snow-blue Frost Hua Sect's robe.
Ye Yunxi frowned, wondering who this person was.
When the figure turned around, he was surprised to find that the man looked exactly like him.
The other person in the mirror turned out to be himself!
But he himself is not in the cave now.
So who is this person who looks exactly like him?
Ye Yunxi was stunned for a moment, then he remembered what Master Jiyue had just said about the illusion, and quickly understood.
This person is not him, nor is he a human, but a puppet phantom created by True Lord Jiyue using magic in his image.
To break the illusion, you must recognize the phantom.
Can Ning Shuangchen do it?
Ye Yunxi couldn't help but worry: "What will happen if the illusion cannot be broken?"
The red ball of light jumped in front of him again, and replied slowly: "Not that great. If you can't crack it within an hour, you will stay here forever."
He paused for a moment and then said, "However, whether you can survive the monster's mouth depends on your luck."
Although the tone was very light, Ye Yunxi felt a sudden chill in his ears.
Stay here forever...
Survive in the mouth of a monster...
Now they have all lost their cultivation, and as mortals, they will only die if they encounter monsters.
In other words, if Ning Shuangchen cannot break the illusion, only death awaits them.
The red light seemed to guess what he was worried about, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, as long as you are lovers, the illusion will be easily broken. After this, do as I say, and your cultivation will recover on its own."
Cultivation can recover on its own! ?
When Ye Yunxi heard this, he came back to his senses and his eyes lit up slightly.
Instantly put the worries behind me.
"Senior Jiyue, the way to leave is to practice..."
He wanted to ask something else, such as whether it was related to cultivation, but he saw a ball of red light suddenly fly towards the mirror and then disappear like a drop of water in the ocean.
Ye Yunxi then looked at the mirror that was emitting a faint light. In the mirror, Ning Shuangchen and the puppet phantom beside him were examining the albizzia tree.
The two seemed to be talking about something. The puppet phantom was angry and looked annoyed, but Ning Shuangchen just looked at him with a faint smile.
What's so funny?
Ye Yunxi looked at Ning Shuangchen in the mirror and frowned unhappily.
What an idiot!
He didn't even notice that the person next to him had been swapped!
And the other side.
Ning Shuangchen had not yet realized that he had entered into an illusion.
He had just discovered a tree hole behind the albizzia tree.
The tree hole is about half a meter high and three feet wide, just enough for one person to enter. It seems bottomless to the naked eye, like a dark cave entrance.
Ye Yunxi beside him looked over and asked, "Shall we go in and take a look?"
Ning Shuangchen nodded.
After the gust of wind just now, he felt that this cave was becoming more and more strange.
He couldn't tell what was strange about it, but there was always an indescribable sense of weirdness.
Knowing that their Young Master Ye was afraid of the dark, Ning Shuangchen bent down and went in first, with Ye Yunxi following closely behind him.
The entrance to the tree cave is not a flat ground. After entering, there is a stone staircase with no visible road ahead. The corridor inside is narrower than it looks from the outside.
Ning Shuangchen held the luminous stone in his hand and groped his way down, reminding the people behind him: "There is a corner here, be careful."
He didn't expect that just as he finished speaking, there was a hissing sound from behind him. The sound was so light that it just happened to float into his ears.
Ning Shuangchen turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Yunxi frowned slightly and shook his head: "It's okay."
Ning Shuangchen looked at his legs. Seeing that he was limping, it was obvious that he had accidentally sprained his ankle.
The stone stairs were narrow and steep, and it was easy to step on empty space if one was not careful. It was not surprising to sprain one's ankle, especially since the other person had only just recovered from his leg injury.
Ning Shuangchen thought for a moment, then stopped where he was. When Ye Yunxi came closer, he squatted down slightly and said, "Come up."
Ye Yunxi asked in confusion: "What for?"
Ning Shuangchen said: "I don't want to continue taking care of a cripple."
"What do you mean?" Ye Yunxi was furious when he heard this: "Who are you talking about as a cripple?"
Ning Shuangchen glanced around and asked, "Is there anyone else here?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Yunxi became even angrier: "You..."
He turned his head away angrily: "I'm not a cripple, I can walk by myself."
The next moment, he was carried up on Ning Shuangchen's back.
Ye Yunxi was startled and frightened, struggling, "What are you doing! Put me down! Ning Shuangchen!"
Ning Shuangchen didn't want to waste time with him here, so he simply carried the person on his back.
It’s not like I haven’t memorized it before.
The most important thing now is to leave this place as soon as possible.
A warm body pressed against his back, and although someone said he was reluctant, his hands were tightly grasping his shoulders.
"Hold on tight." Ning Shuangchen reminded again, then walked out and said, "Let's talk about it first."
Outside the mirror.
Ye Yunxi saw with his own eyes the puppet phantom on Ning Shuangchen's back.
Speechless.
Is he so weak? Is he so easily sprained? Is he so weak that he needs someone to carry him if he sprains his ankle?
I completely forgot what happened in the jungle before.
Ning Shuangchen didn't even realize it wasn't him.
How stupid!
Fool.
The more Ye Yunxi looked, the more speechless he became.
Although this cannot be entirely blamed on Ning Shuangchen, it is because the puppet phantom is so lifelike that even every expression and reaction is exactly the same as him. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is his twin brother.
But when I thought that Ning Shuangchen not only failed to recognize the puppet illusion, but also carried the other person on his back for such a long distance.
Ye Yunxi felt inexplicably unhappy.
He looked up at the sundial above the mirror and saw that almost half an hour had passed.
But looking at the current situation, Ning Shuangchen simply can't break the illusion for a while.
Ye Yunxi couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
He was trapped in this small world, unable to get out, and unable to convey any information to Ning Shuangchen. Even the ball of red light had disappeared.
Are you just going to wait for death here?
Ye Yunxi walked back and forth impatiently. He had tried before, but there were barriers all around. Once anyone got close, they would be bounced away immediately.
There was no other way but to stare at the mirror.
While he was getting anxious, the two people in the mirror had already walked out of the tree hole.
Ye Yunxi discovered that the time in the mirror seemed to be somewhat different from his own time. He had not waited long, but the shadow on the sundial had moved back two quarters of an hour.
If this continues, an hour will be over.
At this moment, Ning Shuangchen was still hesitating with the puppet phantom.
Coming out of the tree hole, there is a gorgeous peach blossom forest with flowers blooming in patches and clouds rising up.
But Ye Yunxi knew very well that these were all illusions set up by Master Jiyue.
He watched Ning Shuangchen put the puppet phantom down from his back. The two seemed to have had another argument and drew their swords against each other under the peach tree.
Yes, kill him.
He is fake.
Ye Yunxi said in his heart.
But Ning Shuangchen quickly took back the sword.
Ye Yunxi: ...
The puppet phantom did not put away the sword, and even took the opportunity to sneak up on him from the side.
The two fought again.
Ye Yunxi looked at the sundial nervously.
Time is passing, there are only three quarters left, two quarters, one quarter left...
At the last moment, Ning Shuangchen held a long sword, the tip of the sword pointed directly at the face that was no longer familiar to him, his face was as cold as frost, and he said coldly: "You are not him, who are you?"
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