Chapter 40 Something is not right in the illusion.
What was Gui Xuan's mood when she saw the cold jade coffin carrying the girl's body?
Anger? Fear? Doubt? Disbelief?
No, neither.
Gui Xuan closed the coffin lid. The Young Master of Liangyi Valley had already realized that this was an illusion, but he was unexpectedly calm.
——It was like a fate that was bound to befall this place, and it finally came to an unreasonable conclusion at this moment.
Gui Xuan sorted out the scattered prescriptions in her hands and counted them one by one:
“Although I can see with my naked eyes that I have failed in this, this information is still very useful.
There really is something about the Tianjiao Ranking that makes even illusions seem so tightly woven and real... With these recipes, I can avoid many detours."
Chu Sheng felt that he seemed to have fallen into silence more often recently.
She was a little confused about what Guixuan was thinking at the moment, but seemed to be able to understand some of his feelings strangely.
Therefore, Chu Sheng only paused for a moment, and then leaned over to count these things with Gui Xuan.
Faced with this reaction, Gui Xuan was a little surprised.
"...You won't stop me?"
"If stopping you is useful, I don't know how many gray hairs the Valley Master will have." Chu Sheng said.
She didn't look at Gui Xuan, but instead stared at the prescription in the illusion that was nearly half a person's height, looking thoughtful.
"I just met Ling Fengzhi.
He told me that the Tianjiao Ranking can reveal what people desire most...
Perhaps this is why you are able to harvest these prescriptions now."
Putting aside other things, just talking about the existence of Guixuan's illusion itself, all the manifestations reflected here are nothing more than a fear that the young master of Liangyi Valley has never expressed to Chu Sheng.
Although he seemed to be indifferent, he was actually very worried about his friend's safety...
Chu Sheng's expression became gentle at this moment.
"Didn't Ling Fengzhi go back to the Sword Palace? How come he's on the Tianjiao Ranking as well?"
Gui Xuan didn't notice the change in Chu Sheng's expression. She just focused on scanning the prescriptions one by one with her spiritual sense.
Even if the items in the illusion are carried on the body, once the illusion is broken, the items will disappear. The Tianjiao List will also erase the memory of being in it.
Gui Xuan didn't think he could contend with the power of the Tianjiao Ranking, but he believed in his own brain...
Once his spiritual consciousness has memorized these prescriptions, they will be reproduced by him sooner or later!
Seeing him like this, Chu Sheng had no way of asking Gui Xuan to lift the illusion like he did to Ling Fengzhi.
She lowered her head to look at the prescriptions, and then spoke to Gui Xuan as if possessed.
"Regarding the dosage of these natural treasures in the prescriptions... Guixuan, can you explain it to me?"
"clatter."
Ye Ziqing picked up the pen from the pen holder and wrote the word "love" on the white paper.
The smooth white paper surface changed for a moment, turning into a cloud and suddenly fading away. The rough and hard tabletop now turned into a calm lake, reflecting the mirror world that symbolizes the young man's inner world.
Ye Zi looked at the lake quietly.
The light and shadows kept changing, from spring to summer to autumn to winter. The focus of his vision changed from a toddler girl to a tall and beautiful young woman and then to a female cultivator who commanded the respect of everyone. What remained unchanged was her gaze on his face as always.
[Senior brother?]
【Senior Brother Ziqing.】
[Senior Brother Ziqing, you...]
The female cultivator's expression was pale and cold, and the young man's figure was still clearly reflected in her black eyes.
[This is the last time I will call you this, Senior Brother.]
She said softly.
[I can't understand why you're doing this... I have people and things I want to protect, and I have reasons to persevere.]
[——I can no longer ignore some things.]
No matter how the scene changed, Ye Ziqing's expression never changed from beginning to end...
Even at the end of the image reflected on the lake, the female cultivator drew out the green sword and pierced his chest without hesitation.
The eldest brother of the Hehuan Sect looked down at the blood stains on his clothes, and finally looked straight at the lake surface after the reflection ended, freezing the picture on the girl's calm face.
"it's over?"
He dipped the pen in his hand into his own blood, and pointed the scarlet tip at the pupil that had been pure black from beginning to end.
A faint blood color quickly spread in the lake, covering the entire picture with a layer of red gauze, but unable to stain it with the slightest color.
Ye Ziqing stared at the female cultivator's face that was exactly the same as Chu Sheng's, and after a while he sneered as expected.
"Everyone in the world of cultivation says that if a cultivator wants to quickly break through their inner obsessions, they must go through the reincarnation illusions on the Tianjiao Ranking...
If the reincarnation illusion is just like this, then in my opinion, the Tianjiao Ranking is just a false reputation!"
He exerted force with the tip of his pen, and easily dispelled the illusion of the lake surface.
After a dizzying moment, Ye Ziqing opened his eyes again and met a familiar face on the bustling street.
"...Qi An? Why is it you?"
"I was just about to ask you something!" Qi An was completely confused.
"After I broke through the illusion with my sword, I hadn't explored outside for long when my eyes blurred and I was here again!"
He tugged at his strange-looking robe and muttered to himself.
"I originally promised to help Junior Sister Xiao Sheng find the Golden Lotus of Fortune, but now, I can't even get out of this illusion..."
Ye Ziqing's temples jumped suddenly.
"You broke the illusion with one sword, how did you do that?"
"Isn't it just a matter of stabbing the illusion with a sword?" Qi An said as a matter of course.
"Have you forgotten? I'm a sword cultivator. If a sword cultivator wants to break through the illusion, this is the fastest way!"
Good, great...
The Tianjiao List is really a petty and calculating tool!
Ye Ziqing immediately took a deep breath, but this time, he didn't dare to speak out what was in his heart.
If Ye Ziqing continues to speak ill of other people's magic weapons so openly, who knows whether the Tianjiao List will find a way to let him feel the taste of the heavenly fire in Yuan Qi's hands again?
"Stop it, we're supposed to be wearing vestments from this era."
The thoughts just now flashed through his mind like lightning. Ye Ziqing came to his senses and immediately stopped Qi An from looking at his clothes.
"Don't forget, the Tianjiao Ranking can connect to the secret realms of many ancient sects..."
"Which ancient sect would have so many people in its secret realm?" Qi An stopped pulling his sleeves to see what Xuan Ji was thinking, and his expression became serious.
"Unless we are not in some sect's secret realm at all..."
Ye Ziqing stroked the brand new badge in his hand and spoke softly.
"It's a relic that actually existed for a period of time in a certain ancient sect in the past!"
"I feel like something's not right."
Chu Sheng said.
She had a premonition that even if she left Gui Xuan's illusion at this moment, she would only step into the illusion of the next person, and not truly step into the Tianjiao Ranking...
It was as if there was an invisible hand controlling her trajectory, urging her not to step into a certain section of the river too quickly.
Ling Fengzhi and Gui Xuan’s illusions are both related to himself, so what about others?
Why am I the only one constantly traveling through other people's illusions?
Did this illusion that should have belonged to me never exist from the beginning, or... has it been occupied by someone?
The moment she realized this, the girl suddenly raised her eyes and looked at the dome high above.
It was extremely deep, extremely dark, and extremely high. Even if a cultivator sent out his spiritual sense to sense it, he would not be able to touch its limit...
But Chu Sheng knew that there was an "existence" at a height beyond the reach of her spiritual consciousness, watching her every move.
Is it the Tianjiao Ranking? No, it doesn't seem to be.
Although that feeling made Chu Sheng feel a deep sense of loneliness, it also had a faint sense of intimacy, as if, as if...
“…Master?”
Chu Sheng opened her arms in the face of Gui Xuan's suddenly tense gaze, and a soft light enveloped the girl like a veil.
The moment the light touched Chu Sheng's arm, the illusory colors became real, and the hazy veil turned into the outer cover of a robe, loyally and gently wrapped around the girl's arms.
Then, a familiar sigh was heard in the air.
"Gentlemen... I wish to leave this veil behind, waiting for the right person to come."
"This item was created from the foggy scene during the time when Yunzhongjun was undergoing his tribulation. Holding it allows one to hide outside the Thirty-three Heavens. It can disrupt cause and effect, yet it is not considered one of the Five Elements...
Zongshan, this is a truly extraordinary thing. If you leave it here hastily, it might cause chaos in the world."
"Mr. Nightmare, you are joking..."
That gaze was distant and calm, as if it had traveled through countless years and reached the other side of this world.
"Who among those who can enter this list and take away the treasures will not cause chaos in the world if they are released?"
"Zongshan is absolutely right," another voice said. "In that case, I have a suggestion. Why don't we all place a treasure inside for future generations to use?"
"I personally think this is a brilliant plan! ... Hmm, where did this kid come from, snooping around like this without knowing the rules?"
An extremely domineering spiritual sense forcefully pushed Chu Sheng's vision away, while another familiar spiritual sense gently sent her back.
"Hey, Zongshan, I calculated that the child just now seemed to be destined to be with you?" The woman called Yun Zhongjun said in surprise.
"Yan Jun is too domineering. Don't scare people just now. Why did you send her back in such a hurry?"
"No rush." The young man with snow-white hair and red clothes smiled unconsciously and shook his head slightly to the demon cultivator known as the Nightmare Lord to show that he was fine.
"The time has not come yet. I will pick her up when the time comes."
"You really like her, Zongshan. We've known each other for such a long time, but this is the first time I see you smile..."
The atmosphere in the Hehuan Sect was stagnant.
"Sect Master, even in deep sleep, Venerable Yunmeng is a little too perceptive."
Elder Fuqiu rubbed his forehead and sat opposite Si Chun.
"Gu Xuan just wanted to see if Chu Sheng's soul lamp was still in his hands, but Yun Meng Zun almost knocked her down a level unconsciously! What should we do..."
"Then don't let your disciples get close to him anymore." Si Chunchu came out of seclusion, and he still looked a little tired.
"After all, he is a venerable master with countless years of cultivation... It's normal for ordinary people not to rush to flatter him. Moreover, hasn't Ziqing already been included in the Tianjiao Ranking together with Xiaosheng?
But it will only take a year or two, so even if his realm drops, it won't drop that fast. We still have time."
Si Chun said in a deep voice.
"Wang Ze and Fang Yuan's soul lanterns are both there, indicating they haven't encountered any immediate danger. Besides sending personnel to search for them, the sect's internal defenses must not be relaxed.
Let Duo'er and Wawa start taking over the sect's affairs... No matter what the final outcome is, they deserve this experience."
"I understand." Elder Fuqiu said.
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