Chapter 80 The Sorrow of the Five Emotions
This time, Biyao carefully examined the figures emerging from the glass-like fragments. Remembering that Qin Wuyan only laughed heartily when he was with Qinglong, she chose a memory fragment that seemed to contain Qinglong and Qin Wuyan.
Peach blossoms fluttered in the breeze, and the stream murmured. Beside the peach tree stood an exquisite wooden bridge, and on the bridge sat a man—Qin Wuyan.
The clear stream reflected Qin Wuyan's melancholy face as he stared blankly at the shimmering water beneath the bridge, motionless.
Biyao thought she would appear at the Holy Sect headquarters, but she didn't expect it to be Peach Blossom Garden on Fox Hill.
Which part of Qin Wuyan's memory has she entered this time?
Azure Dragon walked over from the other side of the small bridge and asked, "How was the trip?"
Qin Wuyan's eyes reddened slightly, and he choked up as he said, "I willingly helped the person I hated the most, but still... nothing can be salvaged."
A tear slowly slid down his face.
Biyao was stunned; this was the first time she had ever seen Qin Wuyan shed tears in front of others. Then, she saw one of the petals of the Five Emotions Flower gradually turn purple.
Is it sorrow?
Biyao was both amused and exasperated. She had come to collect Qin Wuyan's happiness, but she had inadvertently collected his sorrow.
Qinglong sighed, "I heard that when the Heavenly Book revives the Beast God, it can summon a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. With the help of this spiritual energy, Biyao might be able to wake up."
Biyao was taken aback. It turned out that the memory she was in was what happened after she died by the Zhuxian Sword in her previous life.
At that moment, everyone around her must have been saddened by her situation.
Upon hearing Qinglong's words, Qin Wuyan's eyes suddenly lit up: "The Heavenly Book?" But the light in his eyes quickly faded, and he shook his head and sighed: "Gathering all five volumes of the Heavenly Book, how easy is that?!"
Qinglong sat down beside him and said, "We already have three volumes, we can always find the rest. Don't be discouraged, there is still hope for Biyao."
Qin Wuyan nodded slightly and asked, "I wonder what the Ghost King plans to do with Zhang Xiaofan?"
Qinglong said, "I just came back from the sect leader's place. It seems that he intends to let Zhang Xiaofan stay in the Ghost King Sect to continue searching for a way to revive Biyao. The sect leader also said that as long as he is willing to work for the Ghost King Sect, he will be offered the position of vice sect leader."
Qin Wuyan's lips curled up, and he sneered disdainfully: "I'm afraid he'll agree on the surface, but when he encounters people from the Qingyun Sect, he'll still soften his heart and let them go."
Qinglong said, "We can't change the sect leader's decision. Besides, Biyao has paid such a high price for him, I don't believe he can abandon her."
Qin Wuyan coldly said, "That's hard to say. You didn't see it. When I went with him to find spirit stones earlier, the way he dawdled around was hardly like someone trying their best to save Biyao. I wanted to beat him up!"
He spoke through gritted teeth, his eyes blazing with fury.
Biyao felt both touched and regretful. How could she have fallen for Zhang Xiaofan in the first place? Now that she thought about it, she couldn't even understand it herself.
Qinglong looked at him solemnly and said, "Wuyan, judging from your appearance, I feel that your feelings for Biyao are probably much deeper than Zhang Xiaofan's!"
Biyao thought to herself, "Brother Qinglong, are you really his good brother? How come it took you so long to realize that..."
Qin Wuyan remained silent, offering no denial.
Qinglong naturally understood his meaning and sighed, "What a pity. You should have let her know your true feelings while she was still here. Perhaps... she wouldn't have come to this."
Qin Wuyan shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "You've known her for a while now. She's such a devoted person, even if she knew my feelings, what good would it do? It's good enough if she doesn't kill me. I never dared to hope that she would like me or marry me. All I ever wanted was for her to live, but... she's too foolish!"
Both of them sighed silently.
Ring ring... Ring ring...
The bell on Biyao's wrist suddenly rang, reminding her that two days had passed.
However, the purple petals of the Five Emotions Flower had not yet completely changed color, indicating that she had not collected enough sorrow. She was hesitating whether to stay here or leave her sea of consciousness to collect the next memory, but she found that she was no longer in Peach Blossom Garden.
The place she was in was very dark; it seemed to be a tunnel with several oil lamps burning on both sides for illumination.
This place looks so familiar, where is it again? As Biyao was pondering, she suddenly heard Qinglong's voice.
"Wu Yan, the sect leader is still inside. You wait outside for now. I will let you in after he leaves."
"Okay, thank you, brother!"
Sect Master? Father?
Biyao's heart started pounding. So... she could see the Ghost King and her father here? She walked forward impatiently and saw that the door to a stone chamber was ajar, with a sliver of light shining through the crack, and she could vaguely see someone inside.
She is now in spirit form, so these doors can't stop her, and she easily floats in through the cracks.
The room was a large stone chamber, with bright copper lamps illuminating the walls, making it warm and inviting. In the center of the chamber sat a stone couch, and Biyao immediately recognized that the person sleeping on it was herself.
Biyao finally remembered that before she regained her memories of her past life, she had come here with Xie Qingqiu. At that time, Xie Qingqiu told her that this stone chamber was where she had been after she blocked the Zhuxian Sword and fell into a deep sleep.
At this moment, a person was sitting next to the stone bed. He had a full head of white hair, a hunched back, and looked old and haggard.
“Father?” Biyao took a closer look and her breath caught in her throat. She could hardly believe that this was her father.
In her memory, the Ghost King was at most nearly fifty years old, and her father had already achieved immortality by the age of thirty, so how could he possibly grow old? But the Ghost King now had white hair and beard, and looked incredibly old.
The Ghost King gazed at his daughter on the stone bed and said softly, "Yao'er, your father hasn't come to see you in a long time. Are you angry with your father?"
"No, Father!" Biyao replied softly, even though she knew that the Ghost King couldn't hear anything.
“Yao’er, you and your mother are so alike, not only in appearance but also in temperament. That year, I was seriously injured, and your mother sacrificed all her cultivation to save me. She was killed by her sister… your aunt Xiaobai. You’ve never even met her; she’s been imprisoned by Burning Incense Valley for many years. When Xiaobai saw your mother give all her cultivation to me, she kept cursing your mother for being stupid, saying she was foolish enough to risk her life…”
Perhaps it was the memory of the past that made the Ghost King seem much better than before. He smiled bitterly and said, "Back then, I thought your aunt's words were too much. Your mother saved the person she loved; how could that be considered foolish? But now, looking at you, all I can say is... how could you be so foolish..."
The elderly man covered his face with his hands and began to sob softly.
"Father...it is your unfilial daughter..."
Biyao finally couldn't hold back her tears and half-squatted down, leaning against the Ghost King. At this moment, she wished so much that the Ghost King could hear her voice and feel that she was right beside him.
After a long while, the Ghost King slowly raised his head, his eyes red-rimmed as he looked at his daughter's peaceful sleeping face, and whispered, "Yao'er, don't worry, as long as your father is in this world, I will have Zhang Xiaofan protect you. No matter the cost, I will make sure you wake up. Just wait for your father a little longer!"
He stood up and walked towards the stone gate. Biyao wiped away her tears and quickly followed.
As soon as the Ghost King opened the door, he saw the Azure Dragon standing at the entrance.
The Ghost King frowned and said in a deep voice, "What happened?"
Qinglong said, "No... It's just that before Wuyan left, he wanted to ask the sect leader to let him see Biyao."
The Ghost King pondered for a moment and said, "Ten years have passed, and it's rare that his feelings for Biyao haven't changed. Fine, let him see her, but don't bother Yao'er for too long. As for you, there are still many things to do in the plan to revive the Beast God. You can leave this small matter to Youji to relay; there's no need for you to wait here."
Qinglong lowered his head and said, "Your subordinate knows his mistake. However, I haven't seen Biyao for a long time, and as her elder brother, I miss her very much..."
Seemingly moved by Qinglong's words, the Ghost King's tone softened, and he slowly said, "If Yao'er knew how much we all miss her, she..."
His voice trembled, and he couldn't bear to continue. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Go, she should be happy to see you too!"
After saying that, the Ghost King continued walking forward. Qin Wuyan waited at the entrance of the tunnel. He had just heard the conversation between the Ghost King and the Azure Dragon. He respectfully bowed and said, "Thank you for your permission, Sect Master!"
The Ghost King gently patted Qin Wuyan's shoulder: "After saying goodbye to her, remember to do your job well!"
Qin Wuyan nodded solemnly: "Wuyan will do his best!"
Biyao wanted to stay with the Ghost King and see her father a little longer. But the bell on her wrist rang again; three days had passed in the outside world…
She was startled; how could time have passed so quickly this time?
Biyao had no choice but to stop and watch the Ghost King disappear into the distance before turning back to the stone chamber she had just left. It seemed Qinglong had already finished speaking and left, leaving only Qin Wuyan in the stone chamber.
“Biyao…”
Qin Wuyan called out softly. He slowly reached out, seemingly wanting to touch "Biyao's" hand on the stone bed, but ultimately stopped and slowly withdrew it.
Biyao said, "Qin Wuyan, have you always been this timid? You don't even dare to touch me?" She looked at herself sleeping soundly with her eyes closed on the stone bed, and suddenly an unbelievable thought came to her mind...
What would happen if she were to possess this body with her own soul now?
As if by some strange twist of fate, she actually climbed onto the stone bed and lay down in the same position.
However, my body still felt light and weightless, without any sense of reality.
It seems to be of no use. This is Qin Wuyan's memory, which in a sense is an illusion.
Biyao had been standing or sitting the previous times she collected Qin Wuyan's emotions, which was too tiring! She felt that lying down and continuing to listen to Qin Wuyan speak was also quite good, so she continued to lie down.
Qin Wuyan's slightly melancholic voice rang in her ear: "Ten years, Biyao! This is the first time I've seen you in ten years. You haven't changed at all, you're still so beautiful!"
Biyao felt that the world in her memory was indeed very strange; she had suddenly traveled from ten years ago to ten years later.
“Last month I went to the Western Dead Swamp and met Yu Yangzi. When I thought about how he destroyed the spirit stone ten years ago, destroying the last glimmer of hope to revive you, I couldn’t help but take drastic measures and tortured him to death…”
Qin Wuyan said in a low voice, "If you knew, you would definitely say I'm ruthless. But it doesn't matter. I'm not exactly a good person anyway. I could never let go of the person who harmed you like Zhang Xiaofan did."
"On this trip, in order to get the antidote, I even killed my master..." His voice suddenly became low and choked with emotion, filled with endless sorrow.
"To be honest, every time I was tormented by the Gu poison, I wanted to kill him immediately. But when he actually died by my hand, I was very sad."
He blinked hard, trying his best to hold back his tears: "Actually, although I hate him, I'm still grateful to him for saving me back then. Without him saving me, I would have been eaten by wolves long ago and wouldn't have survived. Without him arranging for me to go to Yudu, I probably wouldn't have met you so soon and fallen for you..."
“Biyao, all these years I’ve often thought, if only I had stopped you from going to Qingyun Sect back then! You wouldn’t be like this today… I really regret it…”
His voice carried a hint of helpless sorrow, and Biyao saw that the Five Emotions Flower in her hand suddenly turned completely purple at that moment.
Qin Wuyan continued, "Biyao, you're so foolish! Zhang Xiaofan isn't worth all this. Don't you know, back in the Western Dead Swamp, he was still with that Lu Xueqi..."
He suddenly stopped and sighed, "Alas! Never mind, I shouldn't have said these things. If you had really heard them, you would probably have been sad."
Even knowing he couldn't hear her, Biyao still replied, "Qin Wuyan, I heard you. But I'm not sad at all. Because I stopped liking him a long time ago. I only like you now."
She secretly thought to herself that once she had gathered all his love essence and restored him to normal, she would whisper "I love you!" in his ear countless times.
Qin Wuyan gazed at Biyao quietly for a long time, a slight smile appearing on his face: "Biyao, this time I'm going to Burning Incense Valley to retrieve the next scroll of the Heavenly Book for your father. Once we find this scroll, we can revive the Beast God and awaken you."
“I know you may not want to see the Beast God resurrected, but this is the only way to save you. Your survival is the most important thing. As for the Beast God, the Qingyun Sect will deal with him.”
With a "bang," the stone door opened, and Qinglong urged, "Wuyan, Jin Ping'er has arrived. You should set off now."
Qin Wuyan stood up, saying reluctantly, "Biyao, wait for me. I will definitely save you!"
Biyao got up and followed him. She finally understood why Qin Wuyan had been trapped in the illusionary maze of the Illusionary Moon Cave and had been unwilling to wake up for so long.
His biggest regret and pain has always been that he couldn't stop her from going to Qingyun.
The Five-Colored Five-Emotions Flower has collected four petals, with only one petal remaining, representing the joy of the five emotions, which has not yet shown its color.
Biyao thought about it carefully. In this memory, Qin Wuyan should be going to Fenxiang Valley next. It seemed that nothing would happen that would make him happy. It would be better to return to her sea of consciousness and collect memories from other memories.
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