Chapter 53053 Little Lotus's Divine Palace
This was my first time entering someone else's divine palace. Before this, I had no idea what a divine palace looked like, but now I had some idea.
It’s just that Little Lotus’s divine palace is probably of no use for reference.
If there's a connection between a divine abode and a person's personality, then Xiaolian's abode is probably connected to fire. Perhaps it's a stereotype, but to me, Nezha represents fire.
only……
What I saw was very different from what I expected.
——Have you ever seen what the abyss looks like?
This place is the abyss.
The endless black is not like the velvet dotted with stars like the night sky, but more like being in a pool of thick, insoluble ink, so thick that it makes people breathless.
The silence here is magnified to the extreme, yet it is not truly silent. Deep in my ear canal, a faint sound of movement echoes, as if telling me that there is sound here too.
I focused my attention on tracking the source of the sound, and along with the sound of waves, the sea appeared before my eyes. When I came to my senses again, I found that the darkness that had swallowed everything just now had faded into a gloomy sky.
The dark sea seemed to harbor a gigantic monster, filled with silent danger. Waves crashed against the rocks again and again, each sound stirring a heart-pounding tremor. It felt as if an indescribable being would quietly leap out from under the cover of the waves in the next second.
Why does Little Lotus’s shrine look like this?
It's heavy and gloomy, making it hard to breathe.
Nezha said, "I only have the time of an incense stick." But here, I have no concept of time at all.
I stared at the silent, dark sea. My heartbeat echoed with the crash of the waves, each beat sending a throbbing throb through my soul. My lack of control over time only added to my panic.
Just when I looked over carefully, a flash of blazing red suddenly tore through the dull vision between black and gray, and appeared on the distant horizon.
It's a small lotus.
I didn't need to see his face clearly, my intuition told me that it was Little Lotus.
The red figure loomed in the waves, as if it would be swallowed by the abyss at any moment. An indescribable sense of dread seized me. Almost without thinking, I rushed to the beach. My feet slammed into the cold gravel, as if if I stopped for a moment, they would be frozen to the ground. But I didn't have time to think about it. When I realized it, my feet had already stepped into the freezing water. The sticky water instantly wrapped around me, carrying the resistance of a thousand pounds, it pounced on me, trying to pull me to the bottom of the sea.
The water grew deeper and deeper, from ankles to knees, then to waist and abdomen, the bone-chilling cold seeping into the body until the silvery-white fish tail began to vigorously slap the surface of the sea.
My sight was fixed on the flickering red light ahead of me, my only beacon in this sea. The distance seemed to be closing, and the outline of the figure seemed to become clearer.
Finally, I met him.
Holding his body, I stroked his pale face with my hands. It really was Little Lotus. I found him.
But the joy did not last long, as a cold voice came from the shore.
"Ayu, why did you mistake me again?"
My movements suddenly froze, and I looked back in surprise, holding Xiao Lianhua's body.
I saw another figure standing on the rugged black reef.
The gloomy sky outlined his slender yet upright figure, and the howling wind blew his red robe.
But when my eyes moved to his face, a chill instantly ran up my spine, far more biting than the sea water.
It's a small lotus.
He was standing on the reef with a pale face, staring at me intently, as if accusing me of mistaking him again.
I looked at the person in my arms and pinched her with my fingers. No matter how I looked at her, she looked like a small lotus.
There may be many Nezha in the world.
But there won't be two little lotuses.
After a brief, suffocating moment of helplessness, I gritted my teeth. No matter which one was the real little lotus, I couldn't let go of the one in my arms.
The deep sea seemed to sense my decision, and the invisible dragging force suddenly intensified. The cold sea water was like countless pairs of dead hands, tightly wrapped around my fish tail and waist, trying to pull me and the little lotus in my arms into the bottomless abyss.
I held him tightly, and my silvery tail fin burst out with all its strength, hitting the sticky sea water hard, moving towards the shore step by step with difficulty.
Every inch of progress seemed to exhaust all our strength. The sea whimpered and roared, trying to reclaim its prey. And on the shore, he remained motionless, his red robe like congealed blood against the gloomy sky, his cold eyes staring at us in silence.
That silence was more frightening than any obstruction.
Finally, when I was almost exhausted, my feet touched solid gravel. Using my last bit of strength, I pushed the unconscious little Lotus in my arms onto the shallows, and then I lay exhausted between the cold water and the gravel, gasping for breath.
When I looked up, two small lotus flowers came into view.
One lay beside me, the other stood on a nearby reef, his eyelashes slowly lowering as he gazed down at us. His gaze finally settled on my face, a complex, indecipherable feeling surging within it...was it disappointment? Was it pain? Or something deeper than I could fathom?
Which one should I believe?
But before I could figure out which one to believe, a powerful force pulled my consciousness out of the divine palace.
The moment I regained consciousness, I was still disoriented, as if my soul was still lingering in that gloomy state. Then, a bowl of water was handed to me. I didn't care about my appearance and drank it all in one gulp, which soothed my slightly depressed mood.
"I said, no matter what, I will call you back after the incense burns down." Nezha's voice rang out. I looked up and saw that the incense sticks in the incense burner had burned down to ashes.
"……Thanks."
After thanking her, I lay down again. The Hun Tian Ling fell gently on my waist. I turned my head to look at the still sleeping little lotus, and I took a deep breath.
"I saw two little lotus flowers inside."
As soon as the words fell, the room fell into silence. I stared at Nezha, not missing any subtle changes on his face.
His fingers, which had been casually resting on his knees, paused for an imperceptible moment. Those golden eyes, which always held a hint of defiance or indifference, suddenly turned towards me, their sharpness startling.
"Two?" he repeated, his voice emotionless but a little deeper than usual.
"Yeah." I nodded vigorously, trying to describe the confusion and chill in words. "One was unconscious in the sea, and I dragged him out. The other was standing on the rocks on the shore, looking at me. He asked me..." I paused, the cold, accusing voice still ringing in my ears. "He asked me, 'Ayu, why did you mistake me again?'"
I subconsciously touched my still cold arm. "Subconsciously, it seems that what's on the shore is real. He once said that. But now Little Lotus is unconscious, and it's him who's unconscious in the Divine Palace..."
After I finished speaking, the room fell into a heavy silence again. Nezha didn't respond immediately. He simply frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the little lotus still sleeping beside me. His eyes were deep, as if he was looking through that peaceful body into the chaotic abyss of the divine abode that I had just escaped.
After a long while, he slowly spoke. There was no emotion in his voice, but it was filled with an unquestionable certainty: "Those are not two."
He raised his eyes and locked them on me again, every word he spoke was crystal clear.
"The sea of the heart of the divine palace reflects the true form of the primordial spirit. Everything you see is him."
"To sink in the deep sea is to be lost. To stand on the reef is to be vigilant."
"They are all small lotus flowers."
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After leaving Little Lotus's divine palace, I became extremely sleepy. Nezha said this was the mildest of the aftereffects and that I would recover in a few days. During this period, I could not enter Little Lotus's divine palace again.
I heard from little Nezha that the Heavenly Court did send people, besides Erlang Shen who I guessed was there, there was also Li Tianwang.
When little Nezha talked about this, there was undisguised sarcasm in his eyes.
"The big guys said you'd leave when the time comes. Second Brother Yang didn't say much, just checked the situation. He'll report the truth to the Jade Emperor. I've asked my master for help, so I don't think there will be any major problems." He curled his lips, his tone turning cold. "As for my good father, he's always talking about the strict rules of heaven. He's determined to apprehend the big guys and Little Lotus who caused the unrest and bring them to justice, and keep them under strict custody in Yunlou Palace."
I glanced at him lazily: "You added that last sentence, right?"
Little Nezha's eyes widened immediately: "What are you talking about?! That's exactly what he said!"
I couldn't help but sneer. "Exactly what you said? Unless Li Tianwang has lost his mind, how could he take the initiative to lock two Nezha, plus you, three people - into the Yunlou Palace? Is he going to die?"
Little Nezha was choked by me, opened his mouth as if to refute, but in the end he just snorted angrily and turned his head away, his ears slightly red, as if what I said hit the nail on the head.
For a moment, the only sound within the hall was the gentle whisper of wind, drifting through the clouds outside the window. The warm sheen of the Hun Tian Ling quietly shone, slowly touching my still weary soul. The scenes I'd seen in the Divine Palace kept resurfacing in my mind. Nezha's words echoed again: "Where the deep sea sinks, there is loss. Where the reefs stand, there is warning. They are all little lotuses."
Lost... and wary?
I tilted my head, looking at the quiet features of the person sleeping beside me. Their usual flamboyant demeanor had completely vanished, leaving only a fragile calm.
"What on earth do you remember?"
If, as Nezha and I guessed, when I merged with Lady Yu's residual soul, Little Lotus also had memories of his "previous life"... but if it was just memories of his previous life, how could he have gotten lost in the deep sea?
Are there any deeper reasons behind this?
Think quickly, Ayu! Make the most of the junk in your head!
In an instant, a not-so-good guess suddenly appeared in my mind.
In other words, is there a possibility that the little lotus from my previous reincarnation will appear?
This is a must-have plot in novels!
Little Lotus will not reincarnate, but I will.
For me, the worlds before and after reincarnation are two completely different. The current situation is likely that the little lotus from my pre-reincarnation world has arrived in my post-reincarnation world. Essentially, there should be two little lotuses. Perhaps because the essence of these two worlds is the same, or perhaps we are no longer in our original world, so he is currently trapped in the little lotus's body?
The two that Nezha mentioned are both small lotus flowers, which is theoretically true.
I scratched my head, thinking that this was the only possibility. Otherwise, I really couldn't figure out why the little lotus would get lost in the deep sea.
What worries does he have as a lotus root?
After a few days, my body returned to normal, so I once again asked Nezha to send me to the Little Lotus's shrine.
I don't know if my guess is correct, but it is necessary to verify it.
"Let's take a gamble. I think it will succeed this time." I said to Nezha with a smile.
Nezha looked at me gravely, and in the end, his expression just turned into a helpless sigh.
"Let's get started."
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The author has something to say: I don’t know if you can understand the part about before and after reincarnation [poor]
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