"Mulan!"
"Mulan! Where are you?!"
...
Hua Mulan trembled slightly, somewhat puzzled. "Who is it? Aren't we the only ones here? How could an outsider have barged in? He seems to know me, and his voice sounds familiar..."
The man stood up and said coldly, "Everyone who appears in this world is our enemy! Mulan, you stay here and don't come out. I'll just drive him out."
Mulan felt a sense of security and immediately smiled and nodded, "Okay, it feels so good to be protected by you again!"
...
Mo Li arrived in the world of Mulan and immediately sensed a familiar presence, unable to help but exclaim in surprise:
"This is the Hua Mansion? And Li City! I never expected... I never expected Mulan would still have these memories in her consciousness!"
"Of course there is, it's just that you haven't noticed it and haven't considered her at all!"
The familiar voice made Mo Li instinctively turn around. Seeing the person who entered, Mo Li's expression changed. "You, how could you..."
The newcomer was dressed in pristine white, with strikingly handsome features. He held a jade flute in his hand and looked at Mo Li with a wicked smile. "What? Surprised to encounter another version of yourself in this illusion?"
The person standing in front of Mo Li was none other than Gu Liyan!
"Yes, I should have thought of that. Without you, how could there be the Hua Mansion, how could there be... Licheng?" Mo Li looked at Licheng with a touch of nostalgia.
Seeing the sorrow in Mo Li's eyes, Gu Liyan couldn't help but sneer, "The Li City you failed to protect, and the woman you failed to protect, are both here. Do you want to destroy them again?"
Mo Li raised her head to look at Gu Liyan and said coldly, "This is fake, and you are fake too! Give me back Hua Baixian and Hua Mulan!"
"Hahaha! How ridiculous! It's true that I'm fake, and it's true that the Hua family and Licheng are fake! But what makes you say that Hua Mulan is also fake?" Gu Liyan laughed loudly. "Ask yourselves! Your feelings are the same as mine. From beginning to end, the only person we've ever loved is Hua Baixian! Hua Mulan is just an excuse for you to place your beliefs on! Isn't that right?"
Mo Li trembled all over. "No, no... that's not it!"
"Hmph, foxes are all treacherous! Cold-blooded! Greedy! And selfish! You can fool others, you can fool heaven and earth, but you can't fool yourself!" Gu Liyan sneered.
"Shut up! What you're saying is completely wrong!" Mo Li's expression changed drastically.
"Haha, if I'm wrong, then you, Gu Liyan, are wrong! What is Mo Li, the Punisher of the Nine Springs Realm? Isn't that still you, Gu Liyan! What do you have to be proud of? What do you have to be proud of! You can't even protect your own woman, and not just once!"
...
"Pfft..."
Mo Chen looked at Mo Li, who was pale and spitting blood, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"
Mo Han frowned. "This is what I was worried about. If Mo Li's mind cannot be controlled, he will encounter the backlash of his inner demons. At that time, not only will Hua Mulan die in the illusion, but he will too!"
Mo Chen frowned and said, "In that case, I'll go too!"
...
Mo Li felt as if an ice pick was piercing his heart, the pain making it hard for him to breathe.
"Hehe, you should leave. This isn't a place for you! She doesn't need you anymore!" Gu Liyan waved his hand and said.
Mo Li looked at him and gritted her teeth, "She has to come back with me, she can't die!"
"Mulan is dead, so be it. She is Hua Baixian!" Gu Liyan said coldly.
Mo Li trembled all over, his heart aching terribly. "Hua Baixian is... is dead!"
This was his inner demon, a fact he had never wanted to accept, yet it was undeniably true. Even after several reincarnations, Hua Baixian's death was irreversible! This was an ending no one could change! Therefore, he sought atonement! Atonement for this love!
"Shut up! You are the Punisher of the Netherworld, you have seen through life and death, you no longer care about her, you are not worthy, you are not worthy to love her! The person she loves is me, is me!"
Mo Li looked at Gu Liyan and suddenly laughed, "Haha, Gu Liyan, you were just saying that you are me and I am you. I went through life and death separations with her, waited for so many years to meet her again, and sacrificed so much to get to where I am today. Now you tell me I'm not worthy of your love? Are you going to tell me that you, this imposter, really love her? If you love her, why didn't you let me save her!"
"You, you deserve to die!"
A chilling coldness swept over Mo Li, and he felt as if he had been pierced by an icy spike. He immediately collapsed to his knees, feeling weak and powerless.
"Hmph, you are just a remnant of a soul. In this world, killing you is as easy as killing an ant!"
Mo Li trembled all over, then burst into laughter as he looked at his own face. "This is hilarious! I actually tried to kill myself! Hahaha!"
Gu Liyan sneered, "Perhaps killing you would allow me to survive! I can sense someone outside leading your demonic soul. If I go out with you and take over your body, my fake self will become real!"
Mo Li's expression changed. "You want to possess me?"
"Hehe, we are inseparable, so how can there be any talk of possession?"
Mo Li gritted her teeth. "Since that's the case, then wake Mulan up! She can't die!"
Gu Liyan looked at Mo Li and burst into laughter, "Hahaha, I never thought you would actually give up your physical body for her, you're really devoted!"
"You are another version of me, don't you like her?"
"Heh, of course I like her, but I'm not that stupid. She used to be somewhat useful, but now she's just an ant among ordinary people, and she's of no use to me at all!"
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