Chapter 54: Beiye didn't stay at home to recuperate, but sneaked out to do...
The crack in the secret realm was just around the corner. Several people threw themselves in, and soon they felt the pulling and squeezing sensation they had when they came in.
"Senior Brother, are you okay?" Yu Cen faced the strong wind blowing in his face, his cheeks shaking, and even his voice was trembling strangely.
Chu Ye had already woken up from the illusion. When he heard Yu Cen's question, he realized what had happened. He was secretly shocked and quickly said, "It's okay."
Just as he was about to break free and fly his sword, he looked up and met Mu Fuyun's gaze.
In the dust, her hair was messy, hanging down from her high ponytail, floating in front of her eyes. Her slightly upturned eyes were still calm, filled with a heroic spirit that moved people's hearts.
"What exactly did you see in the illusion?" Taking advantage of the howling wind around her so that others couldn't hear clearly, she moved a little closer and asked in a low voice.
Thinking of what he had just seen, Chu Ye froze and did not answer.
Illusions can reveal the truest side of a person's heart, but what he sees is the side that he himself does not want to face.
At first, everything in the illusion was as expected.
He went back to more than a year ago, when he entered the secret realm with Mu Fuyue. When the danger was about to come, he made preparations in advance because of foresight and tried to rescue her from the secret realm.
This is a scene that I have rehearsed countless times in my dreams over the past year or so.
However, for some reason, at the last moment, Mu Fuyue, who had been following behind him and had his hand tightly held by him, suddenly let go of his hand and chose to stay in the secret realm.
He was panicked and turned around at the moment before the secret realm completely collapsed. What he saw was her expressionless face, like a clay or wooden sculpture.
"Yue'er!"
He couldn't help but shout loudly, trying to wake her up and pull her out, but he failed in the end. He could only watch her turn into smoke and dust with the collapse of the secret realm, leaving behind the last wisp of her consciousness, floating in the air like a dream.
Is this what he wanted? Why couldn't even this fantasy world allow him to fulfill his dream and make up for the guilt and regret that had been weighing heavily on his heart for over a year?
And what he saw next was Mu Fuyun.
She said that she was willing to exchange her life for Mu Fuyue's life.
Trading life for life is a despicable and even cruel way.
He wanted to refuse and say no, but for some reason, the word that came out of his mouth was "OK".
Then, right in front of him, she jumped straight into the abyss...
He didn't know how all this happened, he only knew that he was standing at the edge of the bottomless valley and almost lost his heart.
【Isn’t this what you wanted? 】
[Change her back to make up for the guilt in your heart, and continue to be the bright and clear-minded Senior Brother Tian Yan.]
[I know what to do. I'll help you, okay?]
A dark figure rolled something and put it into his mustard bag...
…
"Nothing." Chu Ye suddenly cut off his memories and met Mu Fuyun's gaze. His heart moved and he asked, "Did I say anything just now?"
He has always been a person who can control himself, but he also knows that when he is in an illusion, he will be somewhat unable to control himself.
"No." Mu Fuyun recalled how he couldn't help but call her name, shook her head, and didn't delve into it.
In short, she was not interested in his affairs at all.
When the five people finally left the secret realm and returned to the sand dunes, the people who had stayed there were gone, and the sand and dust that was flying in the wind had also settled down.
It was already night, the scorching sun was gone, only the moonlight remained, and the temperature around was much colder.
"It seems that the people from the sect have already come. The people should have returned safely." Yu Cen breathed a sigh of relief and turned to ask Chu Ye, "Big Brother, has the sect sent any more messages?"
At the moment, they are all somewhat tired.
Although he had gained some improvement through meditation and breathing exercises in the secret realm, being trapped in an illusion would consume a huge amount of energy. Among them, Chu Ye stayed in there the longest and was naturally the weakest.
His face was a little pale, and the gentleness he usually showed was weakened a lot, looking a little bleak and sharp.
The sect's news was naturally delivered via jade tokens. He opened the mustard seed bag and reached in, intending to take out the jade token. However, before he touched the familiar white jade, he touched something unfamiliar.
He frowned and glanced into the bag, and suddenly found that it was a palm-sized gray-yellow palm leaf with the words "nourishing the soul" written in gold pen flashing by.
That is...
His heart suddenly sank, and his body stiffened.
Therefore, the illusion just now was not all fake. At least, the last sentence I heard was not...
"Senior Brother?" Zhan Yao noticed his abnormality and reminded him.
Xu Lian's gaze paused on him, and she glanced at Mu Fuyun for some unknown reason.
Chu Ye came back to his senses, forced a smile, and shook his head: "It's okay, I was a little weak and dazed for a while."
As he spoke, he did not touch the palm leaf but pulled out the jade token from underneath.
The jade token was lit, and there were indeed many messages from fellow disciples. There were messages from Jiang Hanqiu and Yun Ni explaining the previous battle situation and asking him not to worry, as well as messages from Instructor Shen and other fellow disciples who stayed in the sect expressing their concern and inquiries.
There was another message from Song Xinghe, with the word "urgent" marked in red in front of it.
"Master Jiang has already led his fellow disciples to rescue the civilians. The monster has been subdued. We don't have to worry anymore. We can return to Beiwu Town soon."
He explained to a few people before carefully checking the message from Song Xinghe, and his face soon changed again.
"Let's go back." Mu Fuyun stood up when he heard that everything was fine, and planned to fly to Beiwu Town on his sword.
She used the Lotus Cold Frost Pill in the secret realm, and she didn't know when it would explode. It would be safer to go back early.
The others also felt tired and followed.
Xu Lian was with Zhan Yao, and Yu Cen could have gone with Chu Ye, but seeing that Chu Ye was wasting too much time internally, he couldn't bear it and consciously went with Mu Fuyun.
It took a long time to walk here, but when I went back, I flew on the sword, which greatly shortened the time. In a short while, I arrived near the city wall.
In the dark night, the illuminated Beiwu Town shone like a dazzling pearl. Freed from the demonic intrusion, the people, freed from their terror, gathered in courtyards and streets with their newly reunited loved ones. Those who had lost loved ones were surrounded by neighbors, offering comfort.
The somewhat desolate and lonely North Town finally regained its former vitality and liveliness, which made several people feel relieved.
Just as they were about to go in, Chu Ye suddenly stopped them and, with a serious tone, instructed, "This place borders the Demon Realm. At the request of the Sect Master, the Demon Lord Cang Yan personally intervened in today's matter. He is currently leading his men to inspect the restrictions and remaining demons north of Beiwu Town. He will be returning to the city soon. If it's not urgent, don't come out again. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Mu Fuyun replied quickly with a blank expression.
The remaining three people were a little confused at first, but when they saw Mu Fuyun, they suddenly remembered. They heard that this Demon Lord had a close relationship with Mu Fuyue, so he probably didn't want him to see Mu Fuyun's existence to avoid talking about the past.
You know, when Mu Fuyue just passed away, Cang Yan was furious and expressed his dissatisfaction with Tianyan for not protecting her. Now he knew that his sister, who was unknown before and even had a very cold and unfamiliar relationship with Mu Fuyue according to rumors, had also entered Tianyan and had a tendency to replace Mu Fuyue's position. Who knows what trouble will arise.
The three of them hurriedly followed Mu Fuyun and nodded in agreement. Chu Ye was relieved and took them back to the town. They stayed in the communication center where the disciples were temporarily staying and went into their rooms to rest.
As soon as he entered the room, Mu Fuyun sat directly on the couch and without saying a word, entered a state of meditation and breathing regulation.
Because of the various details in the original book, she vaguely felt that something might happen if she stayed in Beiwu Town this time.
Along the way, in addition to completing tasks, she also kept an eye on Zhan Yao's movements.
It is almost certain that unless Zhan Yao really hides her feelings perfectly, she should not have any feelings for Chu Ye beyond the relationship of senior and junior brothers and sisters.
I don’t know how it turned out like in the book. Could it be that because of her change, the original plots also underwent corresponding changes?
But no matter what, she didn't have time to dwell on it. If everything was still going to happen, if she was still going to be kidnapped by Cang Yan, then she had to regulate her breathing beforehand, to prevent this special physical condition from suddenly flaring up at a critical moment.
At the same time, Zhan Yao, who lived next door to her and separated from her by a wall, had just performed a cleaning spell and meticulously wiped her own sword, the Chixia Sword, from top to bottom with her own hands.
This was a habit she had developed over the years. No matter how tired she was, she would always wipe the sword with her own hands every day.
She comes from a family of immortal cultivators. Since her ancestors, there have been many world-famous cultivators in her family. None of them can compare to Lingshan Taoist Master who is unprecedented and unparalleled, but when people mention him, they mostly respect and admire him.
However, the Zhan family originated in the Central and Southern regions, and most of their sons and nephews were disciples of the Wuding Sect and the Taixu Sect. According to the original plan of Zhan's father and mother, she should also be a disciple of the Taixu Sect and become the last disciple of the True Man Hongmeng.
But she had been a good girl for more than ten years, practicing sword diligently every day, getting up before dawn to practice, and not stopping until the sun set and the moon was at its highest point in the sky. She had been doing this every day for more than ten years, rain or shine. But in this matter, she did not follow her parents' arrangements and chose the Tianyan Sect, which was the farthest away from home.
At first, because of this incident, her parents were very disappointed with her disobedience. After a few years, it seemed that the grudge had been resolved, but the barrier left behind could never be eliminated.
She still has the support of the powerful Zhan family, but she is becoming increasingly distant from her family.
Only the sword in her hand, the Chixia Sword that her father personally asked a famous weapon refiner to tailor for her, represents the affection between her and her parents.
After wiping the sword, Zhan Yao carefully put it away. He was about to recite the new mental method he had learned several times in his mind and then meditate to heal his wounds, but suddenly he heard a very light sound coming from outside the house.
The five senses of monks are sharper than those of ordinary people. In order to avoid being disturbed, they will deliberately put them away on weekdays.
However, when she entered the room just now, she was too tired to think too much, so her five senses were half open. Now when she heard the sound, she could distinguish it immediately.
It was Xu Lian's house. She came out of the house and went somewhere unknown.
The deliberately light footsteps seemed to be trying to avoid others.
Zhan Yao didn't like to care about other people's affairs, but that was Xu Lian, her friend, so she couldn't be compared with others.
At this time, why did she sneak out instead of staying at home to recuperate?
After hesitating for a moment, Zhan Yao stood up and followed him out of the house.
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