Chapter 139 Dream Union
The woman, holding the child, looked at Lin Shuyue and closed her eyes.
She looked deeply, deeply, at the child in her arms. Without the support of demonic energy, the child's face was ashen, small and filled with death.
It was a stillborn baby that died shortly after birth.
...
"Lin Qiongying,"
Suddenly, the hurried sounds of soldiers' horses thundered outside the mansion, and flames soared into the sky. Qingyu closed the swaddling clothes, held the child, and said calmly for the last time,
"Child, your name is Lin Qiongying."
Who are you?
A panicked, cold voice rang out. Zhao Yuan felt a pang of pain in his heart as he looked at the corpses scattered on the ground. The young man looked at the strange woman holding a child in front of him. He couldn't see the child clearly, only a pink swaddling cloth. It was something that Shu Yue had prepared for their child!
The young man's mind went blank; he had realized the woman was a demon. In a panic, he questioned, "Demoness! That child..."
The woman didn't speak, but glanced at Zhao Yuan and the soldiers behind him. She patted the swaddled baby in her arms and said softly, "Let me take you away, Qiongying."
Then, turning around and lightly tapping, in the blink of an eye, the woman leaped out of the blood-soaked ground, carrying an infant whose life, gender, and identity were unknown.
Torches lit up the sky. Zhao Yuan didn't bother chasing the woman; he just strode inside. Following the blood and corpses scattered on the ground, he finally saw the woman lying quietly with her eyes closed in the moonlight.
With a clang, the longsword fell, and the young man froze.
Under the moonlight, blood blossoms covered the ground.
"Small, full?"
...
In the twenty-first year of Jingyao in the Jin Dynasty, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Prince Tu of Qiyang Palace launched a coup. Prince Yuan led troops to quell the rebellion. At that time, the emperor was seriously ill and, on his deathbed, appointed Prince Yuan as the crown prince.
Rumor has it that on that night, blood filled the sky above Qiyang City, a red moon appeared in the world, and in the merciless war, Prince Yuan's wife, Lady Jing'an, was killed by the chaotic army, and even the newborn baby disappeared without a trace.
In the first year of the Yuexi era, Prince Yuan ascended the throne, posthumously honoring his late wife, Lady Jing'an Lin, as Empress Zhaoming, and proclaiming this to all cultivators throughout the land—
On the day of the palace coup, a demon entered Qiyang City and abducted the emperor and empress's young son. This act was extremely arrogant and was proof of the evil of the demon race. The emperor ordered cultivators from all over the country to hunt him down, but after many years of searching, they found nothing and all the rumors were that the young son had died.
The emperor and empress were deeply in love. After losing his wife and son, the emperor was filled with sorrow and despair. He decreed that he would never open the harem again and would not have any children, dedicating the rest of his life to searching for his son. Unfortunately, he died with regrets a few years later and was posthumously given the title Youyue.
From then on, the rift between humans and transgender people became irreparable.
As a result, the Great Jin Dynasty was plagued by frequent wars and internal strife, leading to a gradual decline in its national fortunes. Its former prosperity was also tarnished by the passage of time.
...
When the dream ended, Qingyu stood atop a high mountain, holding her child, gazing at the distant Qiyang City engulfed in flames and the sounds of battle. She couldn't help but sigh. Was this the so-called thousand-year dream?
Familiar footsteps sounded behind her. Qingyu smiled and said, "You're here?"
Wen Chuan glanced down at the swaddling clothes, and the young man couldn't help but sigh, "It was all a dream. Seeing this child, I really feel a bit of regret."
In this dream, he served as Lin Shuyue's mentor for five years, watching the girl grow up little by little, eventually marrying alone in Qiyang, navigating the political center, weathering storms together, plotting for the throne, and finally passing away on the day of her success.
"Given your current state, don't mention Zhang Xuan and Fan Xiang."
As soon as they arrived, Lin Fanxiang appeared in their sight, looking dazed. Her clothes were still stained with blood, as if her soul had just left Lin Xiang's body.
"Fan Xiang,"
Qingyu softly murmured "life" to her. Lin Fanxiang looked up, sighed, and finally forced a smile, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
It was like a dream. In the dream, she was playing with Xiaoman in the deep mountains until news came that Zhang Xuan had been killed while patrolling the border... She cried all day long, wondering what would have happened if she had watched the stars for him before.
After that, Xiaoman married into Qiyang City. Every day she would go deep into the mountains to observe the stars and speak the spirits, hoping only for her daughter's safety.
Unfortunately, the imperial court is ruthless, and people's hearts are unpredictable. In the end, Xiaoman still died in Qiyang.
Qingyu walked to her side, but she still didn't open the swaddling clothes. She just held the child and said, "This is just a dream, Fanxiang."
Lin Fanxiang remained silent, while Wen Chuan asked, "Where are Zhang Xuan and Qin Tianshu?"
"Perhaps it will take longer for his soul to return here?"
Lin Fanxiang lowered her eyes and said, "After all, Zhang Xuan, who was possessed by Zhang Xuan, died a few years ago and should still be in Nanjun."
Looking up at the full moon in the sky, the young man sighed, "The moon has turned red."
Following his words, they looked up at the sky and saw a very faint red light flashing, seemingly for only a moment, or perhaps for a very, very slow process.
"When everything is in full bloom, the dream should end."
A familiar voice rang out, and they turned around to see a scholar in a blue robe smiling at them. Strangely, he wasn't holding his usual folding fan; he just stood there watching them.
Qingyu: "So, what did you do in this dream?"
Qin Tianshu laughed, "What did you do?"
Lin Fanxiang became Lin Xiang of the Lin family, Lin Shuyue's mother; Zhang Xuan became General Zhang Xuan, Lin Shuyue's father; and Wen Chuan became Wen Guheng, a cultivator from the north, who became Lin Shuyue's master.
What about Qingyu and Qin Tianshu?
Qingyu: "I'm just a minor demon from the prosperous Qishan region. It's just that I didn't lose my memory and cultivated in the mountains for many years before recently coming out."
A dream of a thousand years, a person who watches the stars... Qingyu thought for a moment, it must be the Lin family from a thousand years ago, but the problem is that she is unfamiliar with the place, where can she find the Lin family deep in the mountains?
She simply cultivated herself into a great demon again, and sought out the Western Clan witch cultivators in the Cloud Land. After going around in circles, she arrived at Qiyang City and found Lin Shuyue.
Qin Tianshu smiled and the scholar said, "I'm different from all of you. I woke up here."
Perhaps there's no place for him in this dream.
Qingyu raised an eyebrow first, then sighed, "Never mind all that... Speaking of which, this stargazer should be this child... But this child was stillborn. Can we still be considered to have successfully saved her?"
Qin Tianshu looked up at the moon and thought for a moment before saying, "Let's say it is. Once it leaves the mother's body, it will have seven new souls. Even if it's only for a moment, the child's soul will be complete."
"In that case, Ah Xuan is the only one missing,"
Lin Fanxiang said with some worry, "The moon is getting redder and redder, but why hasn't Zhang Xuan's soul returned?"
The scholar looked towards Qiyang City not far away and said with a smile, "He also had a dream of his father... Perhaps he wanted to go and see Lin Shuyue again."
Hearing this, Lin Fanxiang fell silent, and Wen Chuan also showed a rare hint of regret. Qing Yu lowered her eyes and finally said to them, "Let's go take a look."
They are all in a spirit state now, including the child; no one else can see them.
Qingyu looked at them and said, "Let's go see her."
That girl was still thinking of you before she died.
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Qiyang City.
Lin Fanxiang and Wen Chuan went to Gongzi Yuan's residence, wanting to see Lin Shuyue one last time, and Zhang Xuan might also be there.
Qin Tianshu said that if Zhang Xuan hadn't gone to look for Lin Shuyue, he might still be groggy after just waking up, and might be wandering around in the south. He and Qingyu were going to head there to look for him.
The moon grew redder and redder, and the dream was about to end; they always wanted to reunite.
...
As Qingyu walked with the scholar, she felt something was off.
"Brother, where's your fan?"
Qin Tianshu smiled, his phoenix eyes filled with helplessness. "Who knows? I always feel like this dream is driving me away. I find it strange myself."
Qingyu nodded, then heard him say, "You're just going to hold this child like this?"
Even though it was stillborn, Qingyu still held the swaddling clothes tightly in her arms, without showing her face, as if she were holding a ghost baby.
"Although it was a dream, it was still the child I delivered myself. She was already dead when she was born, and I didn't want to move her. I just held her like that until I woke up."
As she spoke, the scholar smiled. They drifted southward, and the moon grew redder and redder, seemingly losing even the last trace of its gentle glow.
Suddenly, a ghostly aura filled the air. Qingyu, holding the child, felt a movement in her arms...
Her body stiffened, and her heart began to pound. She knew something must be wrong. The scholar turned to look at her. "What's wrong?"
Qingyu thought quickly. She felt that something was wrong with the child. At this moment, in the dream, everything was unknown and strange... Right now, Qin Tianshu didn't even have a fan, so she couldn't be a burden to him.
"Brother, this search is too slow. How about this, you go and take a look over there, I'll stay here."
Qin Tianshu looked up at her, and at that moment, Qingyu met his gaze.
We've been friends for a long time, Qingyu.
Finally, he smiled and said, "Okay."
It seemed like only a moment had passed before the scholar disappeared from sight. For a moment, he had thought of turning back, but as the sunlight shone down, he smiled to himself and continued walking forward.
Qingyu suppressed her unease. The woman in red stood there silently, reaching out to lift the blanket—
"Qingyu!"
Wen Chuan's anxious voice rang out. Qing Yu turned around and saw Wen Chuan walking towards them, and behind him was even... Lin Fengdu pulling Lin Fanxiang.
"You, what is this...?"
In the blink of an eye, Wen Chuan was in front of Qing Yu. The young man looked at her with an unprecedented seriousness and tension. "Where is Qin Tianshu?"
"Uncle! Let me go!"
"How did you get here!"
"Uncle!"
Fan Xiang struggled, but Lin Fengdu remained silent. He eventually walked to Qing Yu and the others, and Lin Fan Xiang pushed him away with all her might.
"Uncle! What are you doing!"
Lin Fengdu: "The Red Moon has arrived, you can't run around anymore!"
Lin Fanxiang was still in shock when she said to him, "I clearly saw Ah Xuan just now! I saw him! Didn't you see him too?!"
Qingyu stepped forward to help her up, and the woman looked at Wen Chuan and Lin Fengdu, "What exactly happened!"
Wen Chuan suddenly looked at Lin Fengdu. The young man stepped forward and looked at him, his extremely cold aura spreading. He asked, "Where is Zhang Xuan? Do you know where he is?"
Lin Fanxiang tugged at Lin Fengdu's sleeve, her fear almost bringing her to tears. "I clearly saw him... Why did you pull me away... Where is Ah Xuan?!"
"Uncle!"
At this moment, the crimson moon hangs high in the sky, the dream collapses, and from within a haze of mist and dust, a young man's cold, hard voice echoes.
He's dead!
"Zhang Xuan is dead!"
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Author's Note: The ending is not a tragic ending [cat paw emoji]
This novel will conclude at midnight on November 26th, with a total of 146 chapters. Extra chapters are yet to be determined.
One week after its completion, it was renamed "Chronicles of Spirit Cultivation".
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