To be honest, Ye Sisi was a little panicked. On her path of cultivation, the worst setback she had ever suffered was in the world of eternal life, so she knew her inner demons all too well, but what was coming was inevitable.
Looking at the boy in red with a bright smile in front of her, Ye Sisi felt a dull ache in her heart, and her lips trembled slightly. The three words that were about to come out of her mouth failed her. She just watched the boy getting closer and closer to her.
"Junior Sister, what's wrong? Did someone bully you? That shouldn't be the case; it's good enough that you don't bully others."
Listening to Bai Luochen's rambling, Ye Sisi knew that everything she was seeing was fake, but she still hugged Bai Luochen, whom she hadn't seen for a long, long time.
But she didn't utter a single word from beginning to end, not even daring to say "Fifth Senior Brother, it's been a long time," for fear that he would disappear the next second.
Bai Luochen was taken aback. He reached out and patted Ye Sisi's back, but said, "Junior Sister, don't do this. It makes me a little uneasy."
Ye Sisi released Bai Luochen, sat on the swing in her small courtyard, and murmured, "Fifth Senior Brother, it's fake, a fake is still a fake."
Bai Luochen didn't stand on ceremony and sat down next to Ye Sisi. He glanced cautiously at the absent-minded Ye Sisi, held back for a moment, but couldn't help but say, "Junior Sister, you weren't really bullied, were you? Tell me, who is that bastard? I'll definitely treat him to a good meal."
Ye Sisi was so angry she laughed. Why did her fifth senior brother still enjoy hurting her even in the illusion? "What, want to spar with me?"
Bai Luochen quickly shook his head: "A gentleman uses words, not fists. Girls should be gentle, don't you understand?"
Ye Sisi twitched the corners of her mouth: "Gentle, huh? Fine, I'll show you how gentle I am right now."
Bai Luochen shuddered, realizing he was digging a hole for himself: "Forget it, you're fine the way you are, being sarcastic and unpredictable, you won't suffer any losses."
Without warning, Bai Luochen, who had just been smiling, thrust his sword towards Ye Sisi's neck.
Ye Sisi just turned her head and looked at him, without any intention of dodging.
But tears had already overflowed, and that familiar face no longer held the familiar expression or demeanor of before; it was nothing but indifference.
But the longsword stopped an inch from her neck. Bai Luochen, with an icy expression, asked in confusion, "Knowing that I am your inner demon, why didn't you dodge?"
Ye Sisi tugged at Bai Luochen's sleeve, wiped away her tears and snot, then looked up and smiled silently: "Because you are my fifth senior brother!"
Bai Luochen sheathed his sword and turned his face away: "You won't get out of here unless you kill me."
Ye Sisi remained silent. If this was her inner demon, she might never be able to overcome it in her lifetime.
The inner demon is truly cunning. Knowing full well that she couldn't possibly harm Bai Luochen, she still deliberately transformed into Bai Luochen's appearance.
Bai Luochen suddenly laughed: "What, soft-hearted? Heh, you can't even get past this little psychological hurdle, and you still expect me to come back to life one day? Who do you think you are?"
Ye Sisi kept her head down and didn't speak. She knew how to get out. All she had to do was gently pierce Bai Luochen's heart with her sword, and everything around her would shatter.
Even reason was trying to persuade emotion that everything before her eyes was an illusion. As long as she successfully transcended the tribulation, she would become a Void Refinement cultivator, one step closer to reaching the top, and one step closer to bringing Bai Luochen back.
But every time she saw that familiar face, she simply couldn't bring herself to do it, even though the person beside her was a complete stranger.
"Fifth Senior Brother, am I just a good-for-nothing?"
Bai Luochen returned to his previous appearance, with a bright smile and an eternal youthful spirit. He nodded fiercely and said, "That's right, I've never seen anyone more useless than you."
Ye Sisi nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, I'm just a good-for-nothing, don't you think so, Wuyou?"
Bai Luochen, the manifestation of his inner demon, was startled. He looked around, but there was clearly no one else there. "Who are you talking to? Have you gone mad?"
Ye Sisi twitched the corner of her mouth: "Aren't you my inner demon? You don't even know Wuyou. Aren't you a little incompetent?"
Bai Luochen glanced at Ye Sisi beside him and sneered, "How dare you speak to your fifth senior brother like that?"
Ye Sisi nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, Fifth Senior Brother is right."
The two chatted idly for a while, then Ye Sisi suddenly asked, "Wuyou, are you disappointed?"
"That's enough. This is your inner demon tribulation. There's no one else but you and me. Stop playing tricks on me."
As soon as Bai Luochen, the inner demon, finished speaking, the air in front of him distorted, and Ye Sisi, dressed in white with white hair and eyes as clear as glass, appeared not far away.
Ye Sisi, with her white hair, or rather, Wuyou, calmly looked at the girl swaying back and forth on the swing: "How did you guess?"
Instead of answering, Ye Sisi asked, "There's something I've never understood. You and Senior Brother clearly come from the same place, and your backgrounds should even be similar, so why do you want me to take two different paths?"
Wuyou remained expressionless: "Only by being heartless and ruthless can we go further."
Ye Sisi smiled, her eyes narrowing: "Sorry, I don't believe it."
Wuyou stood there without saying a word. After a long while, she finally said, "Whatever you say."
In an instant, the whole world shattered. Ye Sisi smiled and waved to Bai Luochen beside her: "Goodbye, Fifth Senior Brother."
Ye Sisi breathed a sigh of relief after regaining control of her body. This was even more terrifying than facing that Great Ascension stage demon. That bastard was really good at scheming.
If she really killed Bai Luochen, the inner demon—no, it might not even be an inner demon, perhaps just a clever illusion—then she would no longer be Ye Sisi.
Perhaps the one who wakes up again is the carefree one who has always been hiding in the shadows, the heartless and emotionless person she least wants to become.
Once she becomes her, Bai Luochen will never be able to come back in this lifetime; that's her intuition.
Fortunately, it was all a false alarm; she's still the same person, but I'm still so annoyed.
"You bastard, if you dare to scheme against me again, I guarantee that one day I'll chop you and that dog of a Heavenly Dao into pieces..."
After venting her anger, Ye Sisi held her breath and began to absorb the abundant spiritual energy surging around her. There would be plenty of time to settle scores later; for now, consolidating her cultivation was the priority.
When Ouyang Yanyu and the other two saw that Ye Sisi had returned to normal, they breathed a sigh of relief. Her crying and laughing just now was really quite frightening.
Lin Shuangluo successfully transcended the tribulation two days ago, so he and Ye Shubai were also there. As for the others, they all rushed to the battlefield first, leaving only the three of them to wait for Ye Sisi to stabilize her cultivation before setting off.
The three of them sensed something was wrong when they discovered that Ye Sisi had entered the inner demon tribulation, because they all knew what Ye Sisi would encounter, so their hearts were in their throats, fearing that Ye Sisi would not be able to get through it.
Thank goodness, it was just a false alarm.
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