After hearing this, Gu Qingze breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. I feel relieved now."
"Actually... I thought some things were strange back then," Gu Qingze said slowly. "For example, those Western fantasy elements in the illusion clearly didn't fit in with the overall concept. Furthermore, the illusion was clearly incomplete."
"Logically, Ling Xiao was acting as an official serving the people in the illusion. He should have investigated a recent strange incident and dispelled the illusion after uncovering the truth. But it seemed as if he was forced to interrupt midway."
Feng Ying coughed lightly and explained, "I was the one who created the illusion at that time."
"But because Heaven kept pushing me to achieve its goals, I only built half of it, randomly applied a few existing models, and then left it alone. Therefore, the illusion looks a bit crude."
Gu Qingze asked doubtfully, "Applying modeling... is constructing an illusion similar to making a game?"
Feng Ying thought for a moment and replied, "That's about right."
"Although some of the existing models don't quite fit the context of cultivation,...the Heavenly Dao was pushing too hard at the time. Since it didn't care about these details, I just went along with it."
Gu Qingze nodded, then changed the subject: "Feng Ying... Since you said that the future and the original time and space do not exist, and only the present is real, then..."
He hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't know how to start. Seeing this, Feng Ying asked in confusion, "What do you want to ask?"
Gu Qingze took a deep breath and said, "When I was in school, I had a recurring nightmare for a long time. That nightmare was about the ending of the story, where the villain was tortured by the protagonist before his death..."
Feng Ying understood immediately after hearing this: "This is also Heaven's way of trying to get you back on track. It wants to gradually influence your mind through this form, so that you will develop according to the plot it has set."
Gu Qingze looked directly at Feng Ying and asked directly, "Feng Ying...what role did you play in this process?"
"Me?" Feng Ying smiled and replied, "That nightmare was indeed created by me. But, I took the initiative to do it that time. I mainly wanted to test you and put you to the test."
Gu Qingze further asked: "Then why am I fine after Ling Xiao slept next to me for one night?"
Feng Ying explained, "That's because I'm worried that you might talk in your sleep and reveal information that shouldn't be revealed."
"Besides, I've been testing you for a month and I already know a little bit about you. Furthermore, if you continue to have nightmares, your mind might collapse."
"So, I took the initiative to stop the nightmare, and when I explained it to Tiandao, I made up a random excuse to get over it and let it go."
"Heavenly Dao, and this is the Heavenly Dao of a small world. Most of the time, its intelligence is not that high. So when Heavenly Dao was not in a hurry at first, it was still easy to fool. But... now it's not possible anymore."
Gu Qingze nodded, without saying anything more, and continued to ask: "In the key plot that Ling Xiao must go through, besides the part where I fell off the cliff, are there any other parts?"
Feng Ying shook his head and explained, "Although you are positioned as the villain in the novel, it is actually only in name."
"You don't appear in many scenes in the original novel. Apart from a few more in the early and late stages, the rest of the scenes are very rare."
"Plus, Chu Lingxiao doesn't need to go to the end, and only goes to the key plot, so you only have this one important scene."
Gu Qingze nodded again, expressing his understanding: "Well, what do I need to do now?"
"It's the same as before," Feng Ying replied. "You just need to wait for him to complete the storyline, and then try to raise your own cultivation level by one small level."
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