Profound Sky Continent, Liuyun City.
Xiao Lie was a nostalgic person and was still used to living in the Xiao Clan of Floating Cloud City. Yun Che would come to visit him every once in a while and stay for a few days.
This was his little courtyard, filled with countless memories of him and Xiao Lingxi. The past in the God Realm seemed very far away, but the more than ten years of companionship with Xiao Lingxi seemed like just yesterday.
"Master said that your profound veins are extremely strange, completely different from those of ordinary people, and therefore cannot be repaired by ordinary methods. He has consulted many medical classics recently, but has found nothing. But don't worry too much, Master often said that there is no disease in the world that cannot be cured, it's just that the method has not been found yet."
Su Ling'er helped Yun Che finish his medicinal bath and spoke gently while helping him put on his clothes.
Yun Che shook his head and smiled, “Tell him that I don’t care about this matter, and tell him not to worry about it anymore.”
Su Ling'er smiled and said, "Don't you understand Master's personality? He is obsessed with medicine. It's rare that he encounters a problem that he can't solve, so he will only focus more on it. You don't need to be so pessimistic. Master is such a powerful person, maybe... No, he will definitely be able to find a way."
“Well, you’re right.” Yun Che nodded without explaining. He knew very well that it was impossible to awaken the Heretic God’s Profound Veins using common sense.
After tying his belt, Su Ling'er's hands were still on his chest. She raised her delicate head slightly and looked at him who was so close to her. Su Ling'er's eyes gradually became sad and she leaned forward and leaned softly on his chest.
"It's great that you can stay by my side safely." She closed her beautiful eyes and said softly, "During that time, I was really scared."
Yun Che reached out and hugged her, saying apologetically, “I know that you must have been worried during the four years I was in the God Realm.”
“You don’t know,” Su Ling’er shook her head in his arms, “Sister Lingxi fell into a coma the day you left, and after that, she fell into a coma every once in a while, sometimes once a month, sometimes every few days.”
“…What?” Yun Che frowned, “Ling Xi…why didn’t anyone tell me about it?”
Su Ling'er rubbed his chest in a soothing manner and said with a smile, "She was afraid that you would worry, so she told us not to tell you. After you came back, she never fell into a coma again, so I dared to mention it."
Yun Che: “…”
"She is obviously overly worried about you. Moreover, every time she faints, she has a nightmare... and it is always the same nightmare. Every time she wakes up, she is awakened by the same nightmare."
“What nightmare?” Yun Che asked subconsciously.
“She said that she dreamed of you in a world full of stars, your body stained with blood, your body covered with wounds… and finally turned into ashes in a ball of red flames.” Su Ling’er said softly. With Yun Che safely in front of her, she could naturally talk about these scenes that she had not dared to think about before.
Yun Che was suddenly stunned.
"She was very scared during that time. Although I always comforted her that dreams were fake after all, I was also very scared."
“…” For a long time, she did not receive a reply from Yun Che. If she looked up at this moment, she would find that Yun Che was stunned. After a while, he came back to his senses and said with a smile: “Of course dreams are fake. Don’t worry, I promise to behave myself in the future and never let you worry again.”
Starlight...
Bloodstained...
Full of holes...
Red flames...
Reduced to ashes...
Coincidence...it must just be a coincidence!
"Where is Lingxi?" he asked almost subconsciously.
Su Ling'er stood up from his chest, a hint of mischief flashing across her beautiful eyes, "I just asked her to join me in the medicinal bath for you, but she ran away... Long before you left for the God Realm, Grandpa Xiao had already personally acknowledged your relationship, and you haven't taken her down yet. This is not like you at all."
“…” Yun Che looked slightly embarrassed, and said awkwardly: “Lingxi and I grew up together, and we are too familiar with each other… so it’s not easy to start.”
“Humph, you’re so kind to her, but so mean to us.” Su Ling’er grumbled, her beautiful eyes turning slightly, “Are you… afraid that Grandpa Xiao will blame you?”
“…” Yun Che nodded and admitted: “That’s a little bit.”
“Pfft…” Su Ling’er smiled and said, “Grandpa Xiao is busy teasing Yong’an every day now, so he has no time to care about you. Maybe he is hoping that Sister Lingxi will give him a grandson soon.”
Her eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you want me to help you with the medicine?"
“No, no, no, no,” Yun Che waved his hands quickly: “I can do it myself. I can do it myself.”
After leaving the yard, Yun Che’s brows slightly sank, and he fell into deep thought.
Xiao Lingxi’s dream…
That nightmare had started on the day he went to the God Realm, which was four years ago. It had been the same nightmare for four years, and it was accompanied by a coma that even Su Ling'er could not figure out the cause of. And the dream that Su Ling'er described in just a few words...
It was exactly the same as the place and state of his death...even the nirvana in the fire after his death!
He felt a vague sense of indescribable weirdness.
However, he was the person who understood Xiao Lingxi best in this world. He had been by her side since the first day she was born, and the two grew up together. She was simple and weak in character, had a mediocre talent in the Mystical Dao, and had no pursuit of the Mystical Dao.
Among the women around him, she was relatively ordinary in terms of qualifications, cultivation, appearance, background, and status.
What is irreplaceable between them is that they were childhood sweethearts, grew up together, and the feelings that can never be erased.
There is simply no other explanation except coincidence.
If there is anything unusual...
Yun Che stopped at this moment, and suddenly thought of the mysterious black jade from the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord.
Back then, the piece of black jade that had shown no reaction no matter what method or power he or Jasmine used, had produced a strange sensation when Xiao Lingxi approached it, and rows of identical words appeared in the air.
Yun Che did not recognize any of these words, but Xiao Lingxi could recognize them all...
What's even more strange is that even she herself had no idea why she recognized these words because she had never seen them before, but she just recognized them.
She called those words "The Heavenly Book Against the World" and translated them to him word by word... Those words sounded like scriptures, but also like profound secrets, and suddenly stopped at the end, so it was obviously not complete.
At the time, he explained to Xiao Lingxi that it might be because the black jade had a strong spiritual energy that matched her aura, which was why it reacted to her and established a soul connection, allowing her to recognize the words... However, these words were meant to comfort Xiao Lingxi and to ease her panic caused by the unknown. They were also meant to explain to himself... but they were forced explanations that he himself didn't even believe.
But other than that, he couldn't think of any reason.
Thinking silently, the scripture that Xiao Lingxi had translated for him and that he had memorized in his heart unconsciously emerged in his mind:
"At the beginning of the universe, at the beginning of chaos, the world was in disorder, light and darkness were inseparable, the source of power in the world was bound by the laws of heaven..."
Yun Che's footsteps suddenly stopped at this moment.
The scriptures of the "Book of the World Against Heaven" that emerged in his mind, at a certain moment when Yun Che was unaware, seemed to have turned into a huge bell that struck his heart and shook his soul...
"One life is barren, a hundred lives are desolate, ten thousand lives are pagodas, the stars are the universe, the fallen world is floating, a thousand peaks are all against you, and a million flowers are all empty illusions..."
Every word was like a bell ringing in the sky, shaking his soul and spreading a vast expanse from a distant world...
"One thought is holy, one thought is devil, all thoughts are empty, anger is sin, jealousy is sin, lust is sin, greed is sin, laziness is sin... where all spirits rest, where all things return..."
Yun Che’s eyes widened. The world in his sight was fading, disappearing, returning to a blank space, and then turning into endless darkness...
Only the words of the heavenly book, each word like an ancient bell, echoed in his world.
The courtyard door was pushed open, and Xiao Lingxi, dressed in green, walked over with light steps. When she saw Yun Che, she curved her eyebrows and said, "Xiao Che, why are you alone? Where's Ling'er?"
However, she did not get a reply from Yun Che. Yun Che was facing her, only a few steps away, but he did not react to her appearance or words at all. His eyes were staring straight ahead, without any focus or spirit.
“Eh?” Xiao Lingxi exclaimed softly, thinking that Yun Che was teasing her. She took a small step forward and tapped him lightly: “Xiao Che… Ah!”
She lightly pushed him, but Yun Che still showed no reaction. Instead, he fell backwards like a wooden stake.
She cried out in surprise and quickly stepped forward to support Yun Che: “Xiao Che? What’s wrong with you? Xiao Che!”
She called out to him repeatedly, but Yun Che remained in a daze, without any reaction. His eyes were always dull, as if he had lost his soul.
Xiao Lingxi started to panic. At this moment, Feng Xian’er descended from the sky like lightning and supported him together with Xiao Lingxi: “Master…Master, what’s wrong with you!?”
“Ling’er…go and call Ling’er!” Xiao Lingxi said urgently.
The Xiao Clan was not big to begin with, and Su Ling’er was also very close. Amid Xiao Lingxi’s exclamation, she had already hurried over before Feng Xian’er could call out to her.
After helping Yun Che up, Su Ling'er placed her finger on Yun Che's chest, and her profound energy quickly traveled through his entire body, but she did not find anything abnormal. After a brief thought, she suddenly took out the sound transmission jade and sent a message to Feng Xue'er, "Sister Xue'er, please come to Xiao Clan quickly. There is something wrong with Brother Yun Che."
In just a few breaths, Feng Xue'er's figure appeared in the Xiao Clan. Then, with a flash of red light, she arrived in front of Yun Che.
After concentrating on observing Yun Che's condition for a while, Feng Xue'er opened her pink lips slightly, revealing a puzzled expression. She glanced at Su Ling'er, and both of them saw an expression of disbelief on each other's face.
“How is Xiao Che? What happened?” Xiao Lingxi said anxiously, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Brother Yun… he seems to have entered a state of enlightenment.” Feng Xue’er said hesitantly.
“Ah?” Xiao Lingxi was stunned.
“Sudden enlightenment?” Feng Xian’er revealed a look of disbelief. “But, the young master has no profound strength at all, not even his profound veins… How could he have sudden enlightenment?”
“It’s indeed not in line with common sense.” Su Ling’er frowned, “But, his mental state is indeed the most common epiphany in the profound way…”
After she finished speaking, she gave Xiao Lingxi a comforting look: “Although it’s a little strange, his physical and mental state are completely normal and intact, so there’s no need to worry. Just wait until he wakes up.”
Sudden enlightenment is the state of understanding of the Mysterious Dao, which is often something that can only be encountered but not sought after. However, without profound strength, or even without profound veins, one naturally would not be in the Mysterious Dao, so how could there be any such thing as sudden enlightenment?
However, at this moment, Yun Che was indeed in a state of enlightenment... and it was an extremely strange state of enlightenment.
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