Lian Yao opened her eyes and found herself lying under a lush ancient tree, with green grass and various colorful, unnamed wildflowers in full bloom.
The green branches of the ancient tree drooped down, playfully twining around his fingers.
Lian Yao recalled what had happened before.
Last night, he and Ye Chen practiced dual cultivation.
So that's what dual cultivation is.
Therefore, this is Ye Chen's sea of consciousness.
Ye Chen's primordial spirit must be in his own sea of consciousness now.
He must be very happy now!
Lian Yao couldn't help but smile.
He stood up, and before him lay a vibrant scene of birdsong and fragrant flowers.
He turned to look at the ancient tree behind him, which was about ten people's arms thick, but he could only see half of it.
Because in the space he was in, there was a curved light curtain formed by golden light. On one side of the light curtain was the grass where he was now, and the tree was located in the middle of the light curtain, which was split in the middle by the light curtain formed by the golden light.
Lian Yao curiously placed her hand on the light screen, but couldn't pass through.
Lian Yao could sense that the other side of the light screen was also within Ye Chen's sea of consciousness, so there should be a passage to get there.
Lian Yao searched around and soon found a well.
This well is strange. If you stand on the ground, it looks like a line that is not easy to see. Only when you jump to a high place and look down from above can you see the shape of the well.
If you look at Ye Chen's sea of consciousness from God's perspective, you will find that his sea of consciousness looks like a yin-yang symbol.
The side where Lian Yao is located is the other half of the Yang Fish, and the location of the well represents the black dot in the center of the Yang Fish.
Lian Yao stood by the well, his brows slightly furrowed.
He did sense a passage in the well, but the other side of the passage emitted an unsettling aura.
Lian Yao muttered to himself, "Ye Chen has only just awakened his intelligence and has been walking alone in the chaos ever since. He must have attracted a lot of karma. I am his Daoist partner who has shared life and death with him. I should help him resolve his karma. I cannot abandon him just because he has attracted bad karma."
After saying that, he jumped into the well.
The scenery changed, and Lian Yao appeared on a gloomy and desolate land.
The earth was blackish-red, as if blood had been mixed into the soil. Lian Yao stepped barefoot on it, and a disgusting, sticky feeling came from the soles of her feet.
Furthermore, the land was not still; the ground would often twitch, as if something might pop out of the soil at any moment, grab his ankle, and drag him underground.
The surrounding light was dim, and the air was filled with a murky red mist, which made people feel restless.
Here, Lian Yao saw the other half of the ancient tree. Unlike the vibrant ancient tree on the other side of the light screen, this half of the tree was pitch black, without a single leaf. The roots exposed above the ground were eerily white, and at first glance, it looked like the bones of some creature exposed here.
At the heart of this land, there is a circular pillar of light that stretches straight to the sky; it is the passage to the other half of his sea of consciousness.
Lian Yao walked with a solemn expression, when suddenly he felt a familiar scent coming from the soil beneath his feet.
"come out!"
A plume of black smoke rose from the ground beneath his feet, transforming into the form of a rat spirit. "Who dares disturb your Grandpa Rat's peace and quiet..."
The vengeful spirit of the rat demon yawned, opened its eyes, and was immediately terrified upon seeing Lian Yao—
"Lord Lianyao, he even ate you?!"
"..."
...
Within Lian Yao's sea of consciousness, Ye Chen opened his eyes.
He lay in a lotus flower, surrounded by a clear, blue lake.
Lotus leaves and lotus blossoms spread across the lake around him, and a gentle breeze carried the pleasant fragrance of lotus.
It turns out that Lianyao's sea of consciousness is so beautiful.
Ye Chen was stunned.
Suddenly, the lotus he was resting on stirred slightly on the water's surface, leading him to another lotus.
Ye Chen couldn't help but raise his hand and gently touch the half-open lotus flower.
The petals bloomed instantly, and a memory of Lian Yao becoming a disciple of Hong Lin at the Dao Palace when she was six years old appeared on the lake in front of Ye Chen.
"Disciple Lianyao greets Master!"
In the scene, the petite Lian Yao performs a disciple-acceptance ceremony before a man whose figure is obscured by purple light.
After the man in the purple light finished bowing, nine golden orbs flew out from the light and shadow.
"This item is perfectly suited to you and can be transformed at will, so I bestow it upon you as your natal magic weapon."
Xiao Lianyao held the nine round beads with her divine sense. Following her master's instructions, she first merged the nine round beads into a long sword, and then transformed them into various weapons such as knives, spears, bows and arrows, and daggers, before finally turning them back into a long sword.
"Thank you for bestowing this treasure upon me, Master. I wonder what it is called?" Lianyao asked happily.
The man in the purple light said, "It has just been refined and has not yet been named. Now that you are its master, please give it a name."
"Yes." The longsword transformed back into nine round beads that surrounded him. Lian Yao thought for a moment and said, "Ever-Changing, let's call it Thousand Machines!"
The scene abruptly ended.
The memories within this lotus flower end here.
Ye Chen blinked, and the lotus flower beneath him moved to the side of another lotus flower according to his thoughts.
Ye Chen touched it and, sure enough, saw another memory of Lian Yao's past.
The lotus flowers blooming on the lake represent every precious memory of Lianyao's past.
Ye Chen only stopped watching when he saw himself appear in the memory of a lotus flower.
After a moment of contemplation, Ye Chen suddenly leaped into the lake.
The lake appears calm on the surface, but the force deep within its heart is immense, as if something in the depths of Lian Yao's consciousness is trying its best to prevent others from exploring it.
Ye Chen dared not exert too much force, for fear of damaging Lian Yao's sea of consciousness. It took a lot of effort before he finally reached the bottom of the lake.
The environment here was dark and gloomy, with only one spot emitting a faint light. Ye Chen parted the water and walked over, seeing a lotus seat with a golden lotus petal floating above it.
The lotus petals were covered with dense black runes, obscuring the originally dazzling golden petals until only a faint light remained.
That faint light emanated from here.
Ye Chen's eyes reddened the moment he saw the lotus petals. He was about to walk over when he was blocked by an invisible wall.
Ye Chen sensed that person's aura on this invisible wall and took away Lian Yao's aura.
He gazed at the lotus petals bound by chains and runes, and murmured wistfully, "Lianyao, my Lianyao..."
After standing there for a long time, Ye Chen's eyes gradually turned cold and sharp.
“I will definitely save you,” he said, “no matter the cost.”
Suddenly, the entire lake trembled. Ye Chen knew that Lian Yao's primordial spirit was about to return!
His figure disappeared at the bottom of the lake.
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