Chapter 213 Everyone Awakens Song Yin: Things Don't End in Three Rounds
Chu Tang briefly explained the whole story to them, and she would also go into detail about the key points.
Chu Tang explained it very clearly, and Xia Xining and Han Wuyue understood it all after listening to it once.
Xia Xining understood everything, but it was precisely because she understood everything that her mind was a complete mess.
The same applies to Han Wuyue.
Ha, their deaths were bizarre enough, but their resurrection is even more bizarre. How can people come back to life after death? It's simply impossible! Major sects have countless collections, and she hadn't seen any record of the ability or method of resurrection in the records of the Immortal Cloud Sect!
Han Wuyue: "We understand. Let's wait for her to finish refining the pills."
The room fell silent again.
After things quieted down, Chu Tang couldn't help but think about the sounds she had just heard. She glanced quietly at Han Wuyue and Xia Xining. Yes, why was Master willing to save them?
Xia Xining turned her head and asked gently, "What's wrong?" Chu Tang was Song Yin's only personal disciple, so she couldn't help but care about her a little more.
Chu Tang shook her head, firstly to tell Xia Xining that she was fine, and secondly to advise herself not to be affected by that voice.
Chu Tang jumped up, and Xia Xining and Han Wuyue both looked up at her. She quickly turned around and walked out of the room.
Xia Xining said to Han Wuyue, "Don't you think Chu Tang... is a little different?" She couldn't quite put her finger on it, mainly because neither she nor Chu Tang could use their spiritual energy, and she couldn't use her spiritual energy to check on Chu Tang's changes either.
The Blood Demon Pool incident was a wake-up call for these cultivators who were accustomed to using spiritual energy. Without spiritual energy, their cultivation levels were meaningless, making them feel like they had returned to being ordinary mortals.
Han Wuyue: "Indeed, this change should be a positive one."
Soon, Chu Tang returned, found a basin in another room on another flying boat, filled it with water, and took a few handkerchiefs.
"Elders and seniors, please wipe your faces."
Han Wuyue nodded slightly, which was taken as agreement.
Xia Xining said, "Oh, it's so nice to have an apprentice. Seeing how sensible Xiaotang is, I'm thinking of taking on an apprentice myself when we get back."
Han Wuyue didn't answer, but was already thinking about what kind of disciple she should take on. Hmm, she'd take someone like Chu Tang as a reference.
Chu Tang brought the water over, and she returned to her task-oriented state, her thoughts occasionally drifting to the next room.
In the next room, Song Yin was still refining pills. Apart from the first two failed attempts, she hadn't failed again.
To ensure she always had the materials for the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill, she also accelerated the ripening of all the spiritual herbs in Langhuan Cave Heaven except for Brahma's Bud, and then replanted the seeds in the spiritual herb field.
She used up all the available materials at once and finally refined twelve Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pills.
The Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill is special; Song Yin puts each one into a jade bottle individually.
"Relying solely on the one flowering plant in Langhuan Cave to collect Brahma Stamens is too slow. Let's see if we can ask Senior Jingyue for some flowers after we leave." Song Yin put away the Nine Heavens Secret Treasure Furnace and turned to walk next door.
Song Yin opened the door suddenly, and the three people inside who were awake at the sound turned around at the same time.
Song Yin: "How is the situation?"
Xia Xining said, "Neither of them has regained consciousness. I suspect they are still trapped in a shared illusion. Han Wuyue and I checked the situation and found that the people we encountered in the illusion were all the same people."
“We die in illusions, and we die in reality as well.”
They didn't tell Chu Tang these things, but waited until Song Yin arrived before telling her.
Honestly, illusion techniques are old-fashioned, but they are the most effective. Powerful illusions are enough to fool people into thinking they are real, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.
Seeing that the three people were still unconscious, Song Yin went over to wipe Shi Heming's sweat and then cast a cleansing spell on them, making them feel much more refreshed.
"So what did you experience in the illusion?" Song Yin pulled up a chair and sat down at the table, chatting with the sober ones. "The illusion I temporarily fell into was all fake, only I was real and my spiritual energy was real, so after seeing through the illusion, my spiritual energy was restored."
Xia Xining's expression flickered for a moment, then she coughed a few times, embarrassed: "I've been cultivating very fast since I was little, and you and Shi Heming have never been able to keep up with my cultivation speed."
She spoke very quickly, but Song Yin still managed to hear what she said.
"Ambitious." Song Yin's lips twitched, but at least he was pursuing power for himself. "Wait a minute, why is he faster than me and Shi Heming in cultivation? What about the others?"
Xia Xining refused to look at Song Yin: "It's because you two have been cultivating too fast since you were young, and it's too tiring for me to follow along. I just wanted you to experience it too."
Chu Tang's eyes flickered. So Senior Xia and Master grew up together?
Song Yin then looked at Han Wuyue and asked, "And what about you?"
Han Wuyue's cheeks turned red for the first time in a row. "Ahem."
Xia Xining put her arm around Han Wuyue's shoulder: "Let me tell you, in the illusion she is the number one person of the Ruthless Path, the number one sword cultivator in the world."
Song Yin: "It seems you all had a great time in the illusion, just like you were shouting in the chaos."
Xia Xining's smile vanished, a bad feeling creeping in: "What did we shout?"
Song Yin gestured to Chu Tang with her eyes: "Xiao Tang, quickly show Senior Xia and the others what they were shouting before they went into the water."
Chu Tang: "Really, Master?" Won't I get beaten up?
Song Yin: "With Master here, I don't need to worry."
Chu Tang believed her, and then performed each one in turn. She imitated the tone perfectly, if not ten parts, then seven or eight parts.
Looking at Xia Xining and Han Wuyue, they had already lowered their noble heads, revealing two pairs of bright red ears.
Song Yin: "It's a pity that there was no spiritual energy at the time, so we couldn't record it with a recording stone."
Xia Xining: "Luckily, there's no spiritual energy. Let's not talk about us anymore. What illusion did you see on your own?"
Song Yin: "It was roughly when we walked out of the Blood Demon Pool and I successfully ascended, the guiding light fell on me. I realized there was a problem, so I left the area and gave everyone in the illusion a sword strike."
Xia Xining fell silent. She hadn't expected anyone to give up on ascension just because they sensed something was amiss. If it were her, she wouldn't have been willing to interrupt her ascension.
She patted Song Yin on the shoulder, "You're ruthless."
Everyone present knows how important ascension is.
Song Yin asked, "What about them?" She pointed to the three unconscious people and the demon.
Xia Xining: "In the illusionary cultivation world, humans and demons coexist. We received news that Mo You has inherited the Demon Emperor's throne and is sealing demon generals in the demon realm every day. Ling Zixian has become the young sect master, and he will take over the sect master position before I die. As for Senior Brother Shen, he killed the Shen family and then competed with her for the title of the number one sword cultivator."
"As for Shi Heming..." Xia Xining hesitated for a moment, then said, "In the illusion, you weren't with him, so he dedicated himself to sabotaging the relationship of the fake Song Yin in the illusion, diligently trying to steal her away."
Song Yin: ...
Chu Tang silently watched the drama unfold, secretly observing her master in the illusion, who was trying to steal her partner's lover. So this is what kind of master you are.
Song Yin suddenly drew her sword: "Why don't we just kill them all? If they die, we can bring them back to life and keep them conscious."
Xia Xining and Han Wuyue immediately grabbed Song Yin's arms on either side, "Sisters, calm down!"
Song Yin released her spirit sword, which flew to the three unconscious people. She was ready to give the order and the spirit sword would kill them all in one stroke.
"Hoping they'll come to their senses on their own is a long shot. I'm very skilled; I can guarantee a fatal blow."
Those who frequently get killed know that Song Yin physically saved many lives in her past life. In this life, she's become much more composed and doesn't have many opportunities to take action.
Perhaps it was the approach of death, but Shi Heming and Shen Yuzhu woke up one after the other.
However, Mo You, who was on the far side, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and died in the blink of an eye.
Both of them looked as if they had suffered a severe blow, panting heavily, with lingering fear in their eyes.
The two, who had suddenly come to their senses, seemed to still doubt the reality of the situation, looking around anxiously.
Shen Yuzhu asked, "Is this real?"
Shi Heming first saw Song Yin, who was being held on either side by Xia Xining and Han Wuyue. Without thinking, he planned to step forward and rescue Song Yin from their grasp, but as soon as he moved, he realized something was wrong.
They were all tied up with ropes and strung together.
Shi Heming mobilized his spiritual energy and, finding it usable, immediately untied himself from the ropes. He said in a low voice, "I'm not sure if it's real either. At worst, I'll just kill them all again."
Song Yin had never seen Shi Heming like this before. He exuded danger from head to toe, and his gaze towards her was no longer full of love as usual, but rather icy cold, as if he were looking at a complete stranger.
Song Yin's heart was pounding faster than usual. Shi Heming had never seen anything like this before, but it had a unique charm. *cough cough*
Shen Yuzhu and Shi Heming spent the longest time in the illusion. After the familiar people died one by one, Shen Yuzhu realized something was wrong and went to find Shi Heming. Shi Heming was the first to realize that Song Yin in the illusion was fake. He had asked Shen Yuzhu about it, but Shen Yuzhu was convinced that Song Yin was real.
Later, chaos erupted in their world as demons invaded, and a fierce war broke out between cultivators and demons for unknown reasons. Left with no other option, the two joined forces to fight their way through the illusions of humans and demons, finally confronting the Demon Emperor Mo You. However, Mo You disbelieved them and sent demons to annihilate them. Left with no other choice, the two killed the demons, and also killed Mo You, the Demon Emperor.
After killing everyone, just when they thought they had escaped the illusion, a new illusion appeared before them, one after another, like a dream within a dream from which they could not wake up. Each dream was filled with bloodshed and slaughter, and what sustained the two of them was just two simple words: Go back.
After breaking through illusion after illusion, the two woke up to find themselves bound by ropes, and then to the Qingyang Sword pointed at their throats. The perilous environment made them subconsciously believe that this was still an illusion.
Song Yin sheathed the Qingyang Sword and said to Xia Xining and Han Wuyue, "I told you we had to use the sword. They've both woken up."
Song Yin took a few steps forward, intending to retract the rope.
"Stop!" Shi Heming shouted sternly.
Shen Yuzhu's sword was also aimed at Song Yin.
"Hiss—" The three people behind Song Yin gasped.
Xia Xining, in particular, as one of the trio, knew the other two very well. Therefore, she silently lit a candle for Shi Heming in her heart, hoping that he would still be so tough after he sobered up.
Song Yin, seeing that they hadn't realized they had returned to reality, patiently explained, "You've just come out of an illusion. Wake up, we're all real."
Instead of the two men withdrawing their murderous intent, Song Yin was met with Shen Yuzhu's sword tip moving even closer, pressing against Song Yin's throat.
They really couldn't distinguish between truth and falsehood. Amidst the layers of illusion, more than one Song Yin claimed that she was real and that the environment she was in was real, but the truth was that everything was fake.
Song Yin lowered her eyes to look at the tip pressed against her throat. Her gentle breath vanished, and with a flick of her finger, the Qingyang Sword fell onto Shen Yuzhu's neck.
"Things shouldn't happen more than three times. I'll say it again, everything in front of me is real. If you still don't sheathe your sword, don't blame me for using harsh measures."
The drastic approach is simple: first, kill him with a sword, then revive him with a remedy. That should bring him back to full consciousness, right?
Song Yin then said to Shi Heming, "And you, put away the Myriad Annihilation Array. Don't think I didn't notice you were setting up the array."
Shi Heming was startled, and the process of setting up the formation was interrupted instantly. Then, a look of panic and helplessness flashed in his eyes.
Because only he and Yinyin knew about the Myriad Annihilation Array, even the fake Songyin in the illusion didn't know.
Could it be that we've really returned to reality?
And he treated Yinyin with that kind of attitude just now!
At this moment, Shi Heming was praying that what he was seeing was an illusion; if it were real, he felt he might as well just die instantly.
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Author's Note: Shi Heming: It must be fake, fake, fake! [Hands clasped in prayer]
Song Yin: That's so pitiful, it's really true [shrug]
Shi Heming: [Fear][Cracked]
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