Mental Illusion
Yes, to go home.
"Okay," Han Jiang replied softly, so softly that she herself couldn't hear it, but Wen Xu heard it clearly.
Wen Xu released Han Jiang and said in a voice that everyone could hear, "Han Jiang, you should go with this lord from the Vermilion Bird Pavilion first. This is a peace talisman for your safety."
She slipped the talisman into Han Jiang's hand.
Amulets are often sold in pairs. If one amulet is in danger, the other amulet will be destroyed.
But Wenxu didn't give Hanjiang a peace charm; it was a tracking charm to locate Hanya's position.
Han Jiang nodded, gripped the tracking talisman Wen Xu had given her, and turned to leave the courtyard with Chi Jin and the other children.
Cang Jingmo gave Chi Jin several "sleep talismans" and at the same time used his own demonic energy to suppress the demonic energy in the children's bodies, just in case anyone went mad again.
The illusion surrounding the mansion seems to have been broken, which must have been resolved by Hanqi and his group.
After leaving the courtyard, the group had an exceptionally smooth journey and soon saw the main gate after circling around for only a few minutes.
As the exit drew ever closer, Han Jiang stopped in his tracks: "Senior Brother Chi Jin, I have to go back."
Before Chi Jin could ask further, Han Jiang continued, "Senior brother, I have my reasons for going back, and you also have a responsibility to protect the people. Please send them out."
Chi Jin asked, "Junior sister, what reason could you possibly have for me to know?"
"No." A wave of sadness washed over Han Jiang. Yes, what reason could possibly require her to turn back here, to risk her life as someone with no magical powers?
Go home. Go home. Silently repeat this twice as the cold winter descends.
"Junior sister, I will not abandon you." Chi Jin seemed determined to stand with Han Jiang through thick and thin.
Han Jiang also wished that Chi Jin could stay at this moment, so that he could be relied upon to save him if he encountered danger.
But the children are in danger and cannot stay to risk their lives.
"What about them?" Han Jiang looked at the children standing together. "Take them back to the Vermilion Bird Pavilion, and then come back to save me."
Chi Jin's gaze toward Han Jiang grew increasingly complex, as if he too had discerned that the soul beneath Han Jiang's skin was not that of the original owner.
“Okay,” Chijin replied.
After mentioning the Vermilion Bird Pavilion, Chi Jin didn't insist anymore, only repeating, "I'll come back to save you after I go back and find the Vermilion Bird Pavilion. Wait for me, I'll come to save you..."
Han Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and watched Chi Jin and the others leave the mansion before turning around.
She took out a tracking talisman, and the talisman slowly floated up from Han Jiang's palm, flying in a certain direction.
The ground suddenly shook violently, and Han Jiang immediately stopped, standing still to steady himself.
The tremors stopped quickly, without even knocking over the saplings.
Few leaves fell from the trees.
Han Jiang found it strange, so he opened the nearest door. Inside, even the tables and chairs hadn't moved. It was as if, during the tremor, these things were stuck to the ground or formed a whole with the room, only vibrating in fixed positions.
There is only one explanation: Hanjiang has entered a new illusion.
When did it start?
The illusion unfolded silently.
She stepped out of the room, and the floor suddenly collapsed.
She fell from a height.
Then I woke up with a start.
Is she in her dorm?
"Han Xiaoman?" My roommate's voice came from outside the bed curtains, sounding like it was from another world. "Aren't you going to class this afternoon?"
“I’m out,” Han Jiang replied.
"But the teacher is taking attendance!"
"Just skip it. Missing one class won't make you fail."
She peeked out from behind the bed curtains after her roommate left the dormitory and closed the door.
It's a dormitory.
Her phone even still had the payment page from before she transmigrated: she forgot to turn off automatic renewal, so she writhed in pain on the bed and hit her head, and then everything went black and she transmigrated into the book.
Has she really gone home? Has Wenxu completed her mission?
Han Jiang opened a search engine and searched for "Han Qi" and "Cang Jingmo", but there were no novels featuring these two characters as the main characters.
That book does not exist.
Was it a dream? In her dream, she transmigrated into a book that didn't exist in reality and became cannon fodder.
Or perhaps, she is in a dream world.
Moreover, it is a mental illusion.
Mental illusions typically create everything a person desires to see or what they fear most. Regardless of the type, the goal is to ensnare the person, making them unable to escape. However, illusions are mostly based on a person's thoughts, because the creator of the illusion sometimes doesn't know what the person trapped in it has experienced, and naturally, doesn't know how to make things unfold in a way that will ensnare them.
Ultimately, what traps people is not the people who create illusions, but themselves.
Hanjiang wanted to go home, so she has indeed returned.
The shadowy figure certainly doesn't know how the real-life operation of Hanjiang works, so if it really is an illusion, then this illusion must be developing based on the expectations of Hanjiang.
For example, during the cold winter, I casually opened a gacha game and got a gold card on the first try!
If gacha pulls can be said to have an element of luck, then this next one definitely doesn't.
Because she sent her counselor a four-word message, "I need to ask for leave," without specifying the reason or the duration of her leave. Hanjiang was anxiously waiting: Please approve it quickly!
"Okay," the counselor replied.
Whether it's a dream or not, the Cold Rain season is enough to make me burst into tears. If only taking leave were that easy!
The dormitory door opened, and my roommate walked in and said, "You're really lucky, the teacher didn't take attendance this class."
Class ended as soon as it started; it seems that time flows differently in the illusion than in reality.
Now that we've confirmed it's an illusion, we can leave using our consciousness.
As the cold winds subsided, I lay back down on the bed, took a deep breath, and closed my eyes.
She seemed to be sitting at the dining table, and when she opened her eyes, her parents were sitting in front of her.
"Why did you fall asleep while eating?" Hanjiang heard her mother ask.
Hanjiang spent the summer and the Mid-Autumn Festival in the book, and now winter is approaching. She hasn't seen her parents for a long time.
Perhaps the illusion added a scene just as she was about to leave, in an attempt to keep her there.
"Mom..." Han Jiang's voice was choked with sobs. She hugged her mother, and her father, seeing this, walked around the table and came over.
"What's wrong?" the parents asked.
"Mom, I miss you so much... but I have to go..." Han Jiang held back her tears.
She will definitely be able to go home.
The figures of the parents gradually blurred, and the illusion was about to disappear.
Han Jiang was impressed by his strong mental strength, thinking he was about to return to his residence, but unexpectedly, it was another illusion.
Is this ever going to end? Han Jiang found herself in an unfamiliar village, but her clothes looked like those in the book. Could it be that she had entered someone else's illusion?
People here seemed not to see her. She went up to greet them, but no one paid any attention as people came and went.
The village must be celebrating some kind of festival, as brand-new lanterns are hanging everywhere.
Upon closer inspection, the lanterns don't even have wicks; they just hang there and won't light up at night.
She tried hard to find a familiar figure in the crowd, attempting to figure out whose illusion this was.
"She's about to give birth! She's about to give birth!" someone shouted on the street.
The people around him all followed his words and ran in one direction, shouting things like "She's about to give birth" and "Hurry up!"
So Hanjiang followed.
In the very center of the village was an altar, but now a tent had been erected, and everyone was gathered outside the altar, craning their necks to look into the tent.
Several strangely dressed old men stood at eight different points on the altar, each holding sacrificial items.
The sun had set, and it was pitch black.
It was as dark as any other night, so dark that only the tent could be seen glowing. Everything around was enveloped in darkness, and even sound was silenced.
As the cold descends, one unconsciously holds their breath.
Just as a shooting star streaked across the sky, the lanterns on the street, which had no wicks, lit up all at once, and a woman ran out of the tent, screaming, "Twins!"
Everyone cheered.
Han Jiang suddenly felt dizzy. When she recovered, she was still standing next to the altar, but it was already dawn and the crowd had dispersed.
The canopy in the center of the altar has been removed, and it is now empty.
The lanterns on the street looked dusty and worn; Hanjiang guessed that this must be many years later.
Therefore, this illusion must be someone's memory.
Han Jiang's eyes suddenly lit up; he saw a familiar face in the sky.
Cold weather.
Or rather, a much younger Han Tian, probably in his youth, with a similarly younger Cang Jingqi behind him.
The two seemed to have discovered the existence of the village and slowly landed at the village entrance.
Before she could get close to the two people, everything around her suddenly burst into flames. The flames vanished in an instant, and on the wreckage, Han Jiang only saw Han Tian and Cang Jingqi leaving with a little girl of about ten years old.
what happened?
The person Han Tian took away was most likely the original owner of this body. The original owner became Han Tian's disciple nine years ago, when she was ten years old. Han Tian burned down the village and then took her away? So, in the days that followed, Han Tian always treated her very well, never abandoning her even though she had no ability to cultivate. Was it out of guilt for setting the fire?
Impossible, why would Han Tian do that?
Han Jiang tried to move, but the moment she took a step, the scene reversed and the illusion collapsed.
"Senior Sister?"
Han Jiang woke up again in the mansion, with Han Ya squatting beside her.
"Junior sister, are you here alone? Where is Sister Wen?" Han Jiang asked.
Han Ya said, "Senior Sister Wen said she sensed that the peace talisman she gave you had broken, which meant you were in danger. So we split up. I came to find you, and she and Cang Jingmo went to find the others. When I found you, I saw you lying on the ground."
If Hanqi cannot find Hanjiang, Hanjiang can find Hanqi by following the tracking talisman.
Regardless of the circumstances, the two of them will inevitably run into each other.
In this way, Hanjiang can be protected by Hanqi, while Wenxu can be with Cangjingmo.
It can be considered as doing both without any problems.
Although Wenxu made Hanjiang uncomfortable every time he used Hanjiang, Hanjiang's safety was almost always taken into consideration, so Hanjiang was still willing to trust Wenxu.
Han Jiang noticed a change in how Han Qi addressed Cang Jingmo; their initial hostility seemed to have eased considerably. The relationship between the male and female leads is progressing unexpectedly quickly; it's unclear how far Wen Xu has progressed in his pursuit.
The illusion Han Jiang experienced at the end was likely the original owner's memories. She hadn't been in a hurry to find the original owner's memories before, but this time she had to go back and find out. Cang Jingqi was also present; he must know something.
"I accidentally got separated from Senior Brother Chijin, let's hurry back," Han Jiang explained.
Hanqi nodded and helped Hanjiang up.
Finally, this plot point is coming to an end.
It was already past midnight when Han Jiang and Han Qi hurried toward the exit.
The ground shook again.
Both of them paused, and Han Jiang looked at Han Qi, only to find that Han Qi was also looking at her.
They all agreed: they were still in a hallucination!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
