Chapter 60 Hua Tian Shang Xinglan's spiritual domain was actually connected to Xiao Fushan...
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Seeing that they were determined to enter the realm of divine consciousness, Shang Jinyue rushed forward and blocked their way, saying, "None of you are allowed to go. Calm down and think about why you had such a dream."
Whether the person Chu Li dreamed of was actually Shang Liuyu is still debatable. How can one so easily believe the words of the person in the dream? Even if it really was Shang Liuyu, why would he appear in Chu Li's dream? Hasn't he already ascended to immortality?
Shang Jinyue asked a series of questions, but Chu Li couldn't answer any of them. After hesitating for a while, she turned back to look at the ancestral hall and said softly, "I think what Shang Liuyu said is probably true."
It was her gut feeling, without any reason.
Shang Liuyu said that the Calamity Dragon would devour Shang Xinglan's spiritual energy. Could it be because the lightning mark curse on his body was originally an incarnation of the Calamity Dragon, which parasitized Shang Xinglan and was constantly consuming his spiritual energy to strengthen itself?
Every three hundred years, a person from the merchant family will ascend to immortality. Could it be that the person who ascends to immortality used the tribulation lightning during their ascension to seal the evil dragon for three hundred years?
If Shang Xinglan fails to ascend to immortality before the age of twenty-five, the Evil Dragon will possess his body.
Chu Li shared her thoughts, and Shang Jinyue was stunned for a long time. He had never heard of such a statement before, but upon closer examination, it inexplicably made some sense.
"You mean, the E'long revives from the Shang family man's body every three hundred years, and that Shang family man happens to be an ascended being?" Gu Ye leaned against the door, looking like he only half understood, clearly not having understood.
Chu Li shook his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "I think the E'long specifically selects people with the potential to ascend to be parasitized, so that it can absorb more spiritual energy."
Upon hearing this, Gu Ye pondered for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing, "According to you, what kind of fool is this Calamity Dragon? It craves powerful spiritual energy, but it gets sealed by the tribulations of those who ascend. If it had just found a weaker person, wouldn't it have avoided being sealed?"
Chu Li pursed her lips; she couldn't understand it either.
How exactly did those who ascended to immortality in the past do it? Shang Liuyu is really something, even after appearing in a dream, he still didn't explain in detail.
After a long silence, Shang Jinyue's expression turned grim. Suddenly, she said softly, "What if the person who ascended earlier didn't use a tribulation lightning to seal away the Calamity Dragon?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Li and Gu Ye looked at him in confusion.
Shang Jinyue's eyelashes trembled slightly as she said softly, "If those who ascended in the past all relied on suicide to prevent the rebirth of the Calamity Dragon, then it seems to make sense."
Erlong knew that these people were destined to never ascend, so he boldly parasitized them, consuming their spiritual energy while trying to break the seal.
All the Heavenly Yin Maiden can do is help those who ascend to immortality alleviate the lightning marks, but she can never eliminate their existence.
However, what Erlong did not expect was that each generation of ascendants chose to commit suicide in order to prevent it from breaking the seal. As for why the Heavenly Yin Maiden also disappeared from the world without a trace, the reason is unknown.
However, one can imagine that something extremely terrible must have happened, leaving them with no other choice but to die with the dragon.
Chu Li felt a chill run down her spine and her palms broke out in a cold sweat. "Then what are you waiting for? While there's still time, let me in quickly. Erlong must be hiding inside Shang Xinglan's spiritual domain."
“If that dragon is really that powerful, you’ll just be throwing your life away if you go in.” Gu Ye raised his hand to stop her, saying casually, “I’ll go. No one will care if I live or die anyway.”
Hearing his words, Chu Li scanned Gu Ye from head to toe, "Can you do it?"
Gu Ye was amused by her skeptical look and said bluntly, "No matter what, I'm still better than you."
Chu Li wanted to say something more, but then she saw Gu Ye open the door and walk straight into the ancestral hall.
"You damned demonic cultivator, how dare you trespass into the Shang family ancestral hall!" Shang Jinyue rushed in to stop him. Because Yinyin was still asleep in his arms, he could only lower his voice and curse, "Even if someone is to go, it should be me. My brother and I are siblings from the same mother. What does it have to do with you? Get out."
Gu Ye scoffed, completely disregarding him. He walked up to Shang Xinglan, bent down, and began drawing an array. "To enter the realm of divine sense, you must use forbidden demonic techniques. Do you know how?"
Shang Jinyue choked, realizing he had completely forgotten about it.
How could he possibly know the magic of a demonic cultivator? After a moment of silence, Shang Jinyue had no choice but to compromise, "You just need to use a forbidden technique to send me inside."
Gu Ye didn't even look up, and said calmly, "No need."
After finishing drawing the array, he lightly touched Shang Xinglan's forehead with his fingertip, paused, and then frowned.
Chu Li nervously pushed past Shang Jinyue and leaned in front of them to ask, "How is it?"
Gu Ye tried again, touching Shang Xinglan's forehead with his fingertip, but nothing happened. He looked up in confusion, "I can't get in."
Shang Jinyue sneered and placed the child in Chu Li's arms. "I knew it would have to be me."
He stepped into the pool and, imitating Gu Ye, lightly touched Shang Xinglan's forehead with his fingertips. Shang Jinyue trembled and closed her eyes, but after a long time, there was still no reaction.
“You can’t either.” Gu Ye kicked him away, his brows furrowing even more. “Logically, you should be able to go in, but it’s probably because he has closed off his five senses, and his spiritual realm has become clearer and more vigilant, not allowing outsiders to enter.”
Chu Li stood by the pond holding the baby and said softly, "A Yue, take Yin Yin to Xie Li Yi. Gu Ye, let me do it."
She carefully handed the baby to Shang Jinyue, kissed his soft, sleeping cheek, and then looked at Shang Xinglan in the pool.
If they guessed correctly, there might be a Calamity Dragon in Shang Xinglan's spiritual realm at this moment.
She had to help him no matter what.
Since Shang Liuyu told her to go, there must be a reason. Perhaps it's a favor that only she can help with.
“Sister-in-law…” Shang Jinyue looked at her hesitantly, then grabbed her sleeve. “You can’t go. If my brother were sober now, he definitely wouldn’t let you go. Why don’t we wait and see? Perhaps my brother can handle it on his own without us having to enter the realm of divine consciousness.”
Gu Ye rarely agreed with Shang Jinyue, saying, "He's right. If we can't get in, what can you do? Let's wait a little longer."
She took a deep breath and pulled away from Shang Jinyue's hand.
"This is so annoying, get out of here."
One or two of them look down on her!
Even if Shang Xinglan were sober at this moment, he wouldn't dare to stop her!
Chu Li placed her fingertips on Shang Xinglan's forehead without any room for argument. In an instant, it was as if a thick black fog covered her vision, swallowing her frail figure little by little. She vaguely heard Gu Ye and Shang Jinyue calling her name, but soon she could hear nothing at all.
All I could see was a deathly blackness, so dark I couldn't see my own hand in front of my face.
Suddenly, a pleasant sound of wind reached my ears, as if I were on a small hill, with the sound of a babbling brook not far away.
As her vision gradually returned, Chu Li rubbed her eyes hard twice and finally saw everything clearly in front of her.
In the distance lies an endless sea of trees, and at your feet stretches a field of fragrant, white gardenias. A small house stands quietly atop the mountain at dusk, as if bathed in golden light.
Chu Li stared blankly, then suddenly chuckled.
—Shang Xinglan's spiritual domain is exactly the same as Xiao Fushan's.
She thought the realm of divine consciousness was some terrifying place, a place of mountains of knives and seas of fire, infested with evil creatures, where one would almost certainly die if they went in.
Looking around, there wasn't a soul in sight, let alone any dragons. All I could see were vast fields of vibrant gardenias bathed in the glow of the setting sun.
Chu Li looked at it nostalgically for a while, then quickly looked away. The most urgent thing was to find the evil dragon as soon as possible.
She walked through the large flowerbed, and before she reached the cottage, she suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards her in the distance, carrying a load of water on his shoulder.
"Shang Xinglan!"
Chu Li ran happily toward him, but as she got closer, she found that the other person seemed a little different.
There were no lightning marks on his body, not even the slightest trace.
Upon seeing her, Shang Xinglan put down the wooden bucket on her shoulder, smiled gently, and said, "Achu, you've come?"
Chu Li paused for a moment, then nodded. "You knew I was coming?"
Shang Xinglan lifted the wooden bucket and watered the flower field, chuckling, "Of course, didn't you say during the day that you wanted to learn how to grow flowers with me tonight?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Li suddenly realized that he hadn't recognized him at all.
This must be a scheme by the E'long. It made Shang Xinglan immerse herself in beautiful memories in the realm of consciousness, so that she would no longer be obsessed with cultivation and ascension, thus allowing it to take the opportunity to seize Shang Xinglan's body!
"What are you learning to grow flowers for? Wake up!" Chu Li said anxiously. "Where is Erlong?"
Shang Xinglan glanced at her suspiciously, then touched her forehead. "You don't have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense? Come over here and help me water the plants."
Chu Li kicked the bucket away and stopped Shang Xinglan from watering the ground again, saying, "This is all fake. How can you be so immersed in this illusion?"
The water in the wooden bucket spilled all over the ground. Shang Xinglan hurriedly bent down to help, but it was too late; the water had already soaked through everything.
He looked up at Chu Li helplessly and said in a low voice, "Did you steal wild mushrooms from the mountains again? I told you before that you can't eat mushrooms randomly, or you'll have hallucinations."
Chu Li was furious with him and said with exasperation, "You're the one hallucinating!"
She went forward to shake him awake, but he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.
A cold aura surrounded her, and Chu Li was still anxious, trying to push him away, but she couldn't budge him no matter what she did.
"Achu, look how beautiful these flowers are!"
She looked in the direction he pointed, and in the setting sun, the gardenias on the hillside glowed with a soft golden light, a truly breathtaking sight.
Chu Li was stunned for a moment, then heard Shang Xinglan sigh with satisfaction behind her, "Do you like this sea of flowers?"
"I don't like it," Chu Li said without hesitation.
She doesn't like flowers.
Flowers are the most useless things; they can't be eaten or used, especially gardenias, which die very easily.
Shang Xinglan smiled. "You don't like what I gave you?"
Hearing his words, Chu Li was silent for a moment, then whispered, "It's alright."
"I'll cook for you, I'll make your favorite dishes." Shang Xinglan gently took her hand and led her towards their little house.
That hand was still icy cold, so cold that Chu Li's heart trembled.
For some reason, his hands made her very uncomfortable.
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