Chapter 33 Obsession "You disappeared nine years ago, outside the Lianwu Gate, and were...
Ye Nan had fantasized about this more than once. If that was the case, she would have followed Yun Wanzhou, become his disciple, and become a disciple of Cangqiong Mountain, practicing sword skills and learning mental skills. Would she have been separated from Ye Liang long ago, and even her mother could be worshipped openly?
It's a pity that Jiang Sanniang was waiting for Ye Liang to come and pick her up until her death. After Jiang Sanniang's soul returned to the earth, An Nan took care of her. Fortunately, that day finally came.
"Immortal Venerable, I'm not very happy in the Ye Mansion... I want to go back to the village and take the sword you gave me."
Yun Wanzhou remembered that it was a wooden sword.
"Xianzun, have you remembered?"
Looking at the dying Ye Nan, Yun Wanzhou felt a lump in his throat and was unable to speak.
After his master Qiongrao passed away, Yun Wanzhou locked himself in his room all day long to practice. In just a few years, he broke through to the Golden Core stage and reached the Nascent Soul stage, becoming the respected Yun Xianzun.
In the ninth year after his master Qiongrao's death, Yun Wanzhou, persuaded by his senior brother Wu Hanfeng, finally left Cangqiong Mountain and chose to venture out and gain experience.
In addition, Yun Wanzhou also holds a kind of stubbornness, which becomes Qiongrao's stubbornness.
When his master was alive, he was kind to everyone and had countless disciples. There were seven inner disciples in total, four of whom were stationed at the border between humans and demons, and the other was traveling around the human world.
Including Yun Wanzhou, everyone was able to survive in this world because of Qiong Rao's care when they were young.
Qiongrao saved the world, and Yun Wanzhou was deeply influenced by him. He took Qiongrao as an example in everything, even learning how to get along with his disciples as a master from Qiongrao.
It’s a pity that Yun Wanzhou has been not good at speaking since he was a child, and has only learned a few skills.
When he first went down the mountain, all he thought about was to follow his master's example and punish evil and promote good. If he met a homeless child, he would bring him back to Cangkong Mountain like his master did.
Anan was the first person he met.
"My name wasn't Anan at that time. My mother called me girl, and people in the village and outside called me wild girl. I thought my name was wild girl."
Later, when she met Yun Wanzhou, Yun Wanzhou asked her name. Anan tilted her head and told him that her name was "Yatou".
At that time, Yun Wanzhou thought that Ye Nan was too young to distinguish between his nickname and his real name. After handing the wooden sword to Ye Nan, he forgot about the child's unintentional words.
"I don't remember clearly." Yun Wanzhou looked at her and shook his head.
He could only vaguely recall some seemingly plausible scenes based on Anan's hints, and could only vaguely remember that such a thing had happened.
Anan shook his head indifferently, "The Immortal Venerable is devoted to the Dao and has no interest in the mundane world. Anan knows this."
From the moment Yun Wanzhou appeared in front of him in white clothes, with an out-of-place village behind him and sparse thatched houses dotted around, Ye Nan understood.
Yun Wanzhou was moved, but he still remembered the purpose of this trip, "I have one more thing."
"Anan knows." Ye Nan let go of Yun Wanzhou's clothes and stared at the bloody handprint he left behind. "Immortal Venerable, what year is it outside now?"
"The fifth year of Chengguang."
"It's been five years since Chengguang." Ye Nan murmured, "Nine years have passed."
Hearing this, Xie Wuyang finally understood. He stepped in front of Ye Nan and narrowed his eyes, "Do you have any memories from before?"
Ye Nan nodded, "I keep repeating this memory."
"It's an illusion created by obsession. The owner of the illusion cannot realize the fact that he is dead. When did you know that you are no longer in this world?" Xie Wuyang's sharp voice fell.
Ye Nan said, "The second time."
At first, she just thought it was a nightmare until she saw Wu Hanfeng again, also following Elder Lianwu out of the city.
At the beginning, Ye Nan tried to change, but each time he could only change some minor details of the novel, but was unable to change the ending of being eaten alive.
Later, I found that I couldn't die, or rather, the pain couldn't be completely dissipated, so I simply endured the pain and lived my life to the fullest.
At least she could still see Ye Huixuan, go to pay tribute to Jiang Sanniang, and make old man Ye Liang so angry that he stomped his feet with just a few words.
Until one day, Ye Nan met the turning point of everything - the extra person Xie Wuyang.
Thinking of this, Ye Nan rolled his eyes and looked at Xie Wuyang.
Xie Wuyang finally reacted, "So you knew from the beginning that we weren't people from this illusion?"
Ye Nan: "Yes."
Ye Nan had experienced this memory countless times. He remembered everything that happened every day, even the details such as what was eaten at each meal and when the vegetables in the yard sprouted.
Ye Nan was certain that in his repeated memories, no one who was Xie Wuyang had ever been to the Ye Mansion, let alone Yun Wanzhou who appeared afterwards.
"Immortal Venerable, I sincerely want to take you as my master."
Although she never told Yun Wanzhou the truth, she never thought of harming him.
Ye Nan was betting that Yun Wanzhou had saved her once when she was young, and that his appearance this time could also free her.
Listening to the conversation between the three people, Elder Lianwu vaguely understood something. While Xie Wuyang and Yun Wanzhou's attention was on Ye Nan, he turned around and wanted to run away.
However, as he turned his head, the enlarged Broken Snow Sword appeared in front of the elder. If Elder Lianwu had not retreated in time, his head would have been cut by the Broken Snow controlled by Yun Wanzhou.
"You can't leave yet." Xie Wuyang said coldly.
Elder Lianwu turned around with a wry smile, "Why are you dragging me into the feud between you and Miss Ye? Why don't you just let me go..."
"No." Xie Wuyang took a step forward and ruthlessly rejected Elder Lianwu's proposal. "You are an important figure in Ye Nan's illusion. We haven't figured out how to get out yet, so you must not leave. Otherwise, we will tie you up again."
There was a dangerous glint in Xie Wuyang's eyes.
Thinking of the painful memory of being tied up by Xie Wuyang last time, Elder Lianwu suddenly dared not move.
Ye Nan's weak voice suddenly came from behind, "I think..."
Xie Wuyang turned around and asked, "What is your obsession?"
Ye Nan didn't know what he was looking at, his expression was dazed, "I don't want revenge anymore. My soul is still here, absorbing the spiritual power of the Azure Sea to create an illusion, just for the day when I can see the Immortal Master again. You..."
Ye Nan pursed her lips, her distracted gaze suddenly falling between Xie Wuyang and Yun Wanzhou, "Do you want to go out?"
Xie Wuyang said: "Of course we want to go out."
He has had enough of this inexplicable illusion!
"The book says that if someone who has mistakenly entered an illusion wants to leave, there is no other way except for the obsession within the illusion to dissipate. But Immortal Venerable, now that my obsession has dissipated, the illusion still exists. Does this mean that you can only leave after I die?"
"What book?" Xie Wuyang asked.
"This is the book that the Immortal Venerable gave me... along with the wooden sword..."
In a daze, Yun Wanzhou remembered that he seemed to have given Ye Nan something else.
Did he just buy it from the stall to kill time? How could it contain so many things?
Elder Lianwu took a few steps back. "Miss Ye's obsession isn't to kill me, so why can't I leave yet?!"
Xie Wuyang hated hypocritical people like Elder Lianwu the most. Upon hearing this, he kicked the elder in the leg and said in a mocking tone, "You are an evil cultivator, and you are talking to us about this?"
"So what if we're evil cultivators? We're all cultivators, so what's the difference?"
Xie Wuyang kicked the elder again, "Have you ever had your head caught in a door? Even if you leave, you won't survive!"
"Why?"
Xie Wuyang said with a mocking expression, "This is an illusion. Once the illusion is broken, everything will fall apart."
The people in the illusion are no exception, and will eventually turn into nothingness along with the soul of their master.
The truth spoken by others is always different.
Elder Lianwu finally realized the fear of impending death, and his lips trembled.
His gaze moved from Yun Wanzhou to Xie Wuyang, and finally to An Nan who was lying on the ground. Then he pounced on An Nan like a madman.
"No... No, you can't kill her... This is not an illusion..." The elder's eyes were bloodshot, and he raised his head with a mad look, "I am alive! I am a living person!!"
He was clearly only one step away from obtaining a natural spiritual body, but now someone suddenly told him that everything was false, even his existence was fake. How could this be possible?
He doesn't believe it.
I don’t believe it!!!
"You can't help but believe it." Xie Wuyang raised his hand and grabbed Elder Lianwu's shoulders, forcibly pulling the elder up. Elder Lianwu was so stimulated that he lost all his rationality and subconsciously wanted to gather his spiritual power to attack Xie Wuyang, but Yun Wanzhou blocked it all with a light raise of his hand.
Elder Lianwu stared at the two men with red eyes, his fists clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound.
Xie Wuyang dodged and retreated behind Yun Wanzhou, his eyes fixed on Elder Lianwu with a cold expression, "Lin Wujing, you would have died a long time ago."
Hearing his own name, Lin Wujing was startled and raised the corners of his lips with difficulty, "You are lying to me..."
"You disappeared outside the Lianwu Gate nine years ago. When you were found, your tendons and veins were broken. You died from the backlash." Xie Wuyang remembered the ending of this person he saw in the book.
It was recorded at that time that an elder of the Lianwu Sect had gone astray and practiced evil ways. I think it was this person.
"Impossible." Lin Wujing still held his breath stubbornly.
Xie Wuyang continued, "According to the timeline, you and the Ye family fell in the same year, which was the year Ye Nan died. You exploded and died because you couldn't withstand the pressure of your natural spiritual body."
Lin Wujing shook his head, "I am alive. I didn't explode and die."
Xie Wuyang: "Your body is in the Blue Sea."
These few short words hit Lin Wujing right where it hurt.
Lin Wujing knelt on the ground with his head covered, and kept beating his temples, trying to drive out Xie Wuyang's words.
But these few short words seemed to be possessed and kept lingering in Lin Wujing's ears.
His body... is in the Blue Sea.
Lin Wujing twisted his body and fell to the ground, curled up into a ball, "I won't die, I won't..."
Seeing Lin Wujing's dazed look, Xie Wuyang suddenly remembered the record about the people in the illusion in the book.
People in a hallucination usually do not realize that they are dead, or they are unwilling to believe that they are dead. In their memories of the hallucination, they are often particularly obsessed with something.
Ye Nan's obsession is to see his benefactor from his childhood again, but when Yun Wanzhou appears, the illusion does not disappear.
Could it be that...
Xie Wuyang's gaze fell on Lin Wujing again, and a bold guess emerged in his mind.
If Lin Wujing's body is in the same place as An Nan's, and the two people's most unforgettable memories overlap, is it possible for the illusions to merge into one?
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