Chapter 360 Time Travel
"My name is Li Xiangxian."
"Li Lianhua".
"Fang... Fang is often ill."
Compared to the relatively calm Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing was clearly still somewhat shaken and bewildered, as if in a dream, when faced with the person who appeared before him.
"Senior brother, what's wrong with your eyes? Let me take a look."
Seeing Li Xiangxian walk naturally to Lan Yan's side to take his pulse as if nothing had happened, Fang Duobing and Li Lianhua exchanged a glance: "Am I dreaming?"
"You can also think of it as a dream."
Li Lianhua's gaze never left Li Xiangxian. She casually gave Fang Duobing a perfunctory reply, and looking at this man who looked five parts like her, her feelings were very complicated.
"You..." Fang Duobing choked up, realizing what was going on, but still couldn't help but mutter to Li Lianhua in a low voice, "No, why is his reaction so calm? Suddenly he changed places... something's not right."
Seeing Li Xiangxian, who was clearly familiar with Lan Yan, Fang Duobing, whose mind had fully cleared, looked terrified: "Who did he say he was? Brother Lan's junior brother? His name is Li Xiangxian? That name... just now, what did he call Mu Zi, Xiangyi?"
Seeing Fang Duobing's worldview completely collapse, Li Lianhua couldn't help but think of what had just happened.
Upon returning, the group suddenly discovered that the space in front of them seemed to have been torn apart, and through a semi-transparent membrane, a mirror image of the First-Class Tomb appeared.
On the other side stood a group of people led by Lee Sang-hyun, who were clearly surprised by the current situation.
Faced with the unknown, everyone remained vigilant and did not utter a word.
Of course, the strange spatial changes didn't give them a chance to speak. Cracks appeared in the membrane, and under everyone's horrified gaze, one small hole after another appeared, generating a huge suction force, and people on both sides couldn't help but move forward.
Lan Yan, with Fang Duobing, who had only average martial arts skills, and Li Lianhua, who was sickly, along with Li Xiangyi and Di Feisheng, supported each other as the five of them struggled to maintain their balance.
The others around them had already been uncontrollably sucked in, then vanished like dust at the cave entrance, a sight that filled onlookers with terror.
Lan Yan's Fei Bai sword, Fang Duobing's Er Ya sword, and Li Xiangyi's Wu Mo fan were all stuck in the ground, leaving deep scratches, but they could hardly resist the suction of the cave entrance.
The same applies to the other side. Witnessing the scene of annihilation, no one wants to be the next one, but they are clearly powerless to stop themselves.
Li Xiangxian was weak due to a serious injury he suffered in his youth. Although he was an excellent doctor, his martial arts skills were average. In addition, he was surprised to see the people on the other side through the broken hole and lost his strength, so he was sucked into the hole.
"Xiang Yi? Senior Brother?"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiangyi suddenly looked up, "Big brother?"
For a moment, Li Xiangyi lost his focus and let go of her hand, causing her to lean forward. Di Feisheng quickly reached out to pull her back, but was pulled along by the suddenly increased suction.
"Young Master!"
"Old Flute, Mu Zi!"
People on both sides exclaimed in surprise, but before they could stop them, Li Xiangxian, Li Xiangyi, and Di Feisheng crashed head-on into the strange transparent opening.
Surprisingly, they were not harmed by the opening. Instead, they passed through it and switched places.
After both sides had passed through, the opening visibly began to shrink.
The suction suddenly disappeared, and everyone fell heavily to the ground.
Li Xiangxian turned around in a disheveled state and shouted to his younger brother who had passed through, "Xiangyi, don't worry about it, leave Yipinfen!"
"elder brother……"
Li Xiangyi's voice disappeared completely as the cave entrance vanished.
In just a few moments, when everything was over, only Lan Yan, Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing, and Li Xiangxian remained at the First-Class Tomb.
...
"So, Mu Zi, you are Li Xiangyi from another world. You are Li Xiangyi's older brother, Li Xiangxian. Brother Lan, you are their senior brother."
Back at the Lotus Pavilion, Fang Duobing, holding a teacup, looked at the people sitting at the table, his mind a jumble of thoughts.
Being able to accept the breaking of the spacetime barrier and the fact that people from two different worlds can travel between each other, and not going crazy, shows that he has a pretty good mentality.
Lan Yan and Li Xiangxian nodded in unison without saying a word, but their attitude was already very clear.
"And what about you? Who are you? What is your relationship with my master?" Fang Duobing looked at Li Lianhua.
Li Lianhua forced a smile, but having just gone through such an ordeal, a hint of guilt inevitably crept into her eyes: "What could I possibly have to do with Li Xiangyi?"
Fang Duobing sighed deeply, "I'm not that stupid. Li Xiangxian's identity has been confirmed. You and he look quite alike, and you both have the surname Li."
"There are plenty of people like this in the world," Li Lianhua continued, trying to argue.
"But considering Brother Lan's attitude, as Li Xiangyi's senior brother, when you met him, he must have only been in this world for a short time, and he trusted you so much..."
Fang Duobing looked somewhat sad, as if he had matured a lot in an instant. "Li Lianhua, I'm not stupid. If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine, but don't lie to me."
Li Lianhua remained silent; in truth, at this point, there was nothing left to hide. But he was indeed not yet ready to admit his identity.
"Give Hua Hua some time," Lan Yan said gently, pouring tea for the two of them. "This is the second time a spacetime rift has appeared, or maybe not. There may have been more without our knowledge. This is not a good thing for either of our worlds."
Lan Yan's words broke the strange atmosphere between Fang Duobing and Li Lianhua, drawing their attention.
Fang Duobing frowned as he recalled what he had witnessed: "I still don't understand the conditions for crossing this space-time rift. But judging from the proportions, most people who encounter it are annihilated."
Li Lianhua pursed her lips and asked, "Are these so-called spacetime rifts random occurrences or are there triggering conditions?"
As he spoke, he subconsciously looked at Lan Yan and Li Xiangxian, but when he looked at Li Xiangxian, his gaze couldn't help but dart away.
The young Li Xiangyi looks exactly like his original self, so will Li Xiangxian recognize him?
Li Lianhua couldn't quite explain his feelings at that moment; he wondered whether he hoped Li Xiangxian would recognize him or not.
"I stumbled upon this by accident. Xiang Yi was pulled along while trying to save me."
After Lan Yan finished speaking, Li Xiangxian slowly said, "This... was also an accident. I didn't touch anything, and the crack just suddenly appeared."
Suppressing the jumbled emotions swirling in her mind, Li Lianhua asked the serious question: "So, what are you doing at Yipinfen?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Duobing looked up and asked, "Later, what was the purpose of the box you took out of the First-Class Tomb?"
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