Twin sisters
"The tremors within the illusion mean that there may be significant danger outside the illusion," Hanqi said.
Their meeting in the illusion was probably because, after breaking through the first layer of their own illusion, their real desire was to find each other, which is why they met in the second layer of illusion.
Hanjiang and Chijin met in the illusion because they both entered the same illusion.
The two situations are completely different. The current situation indicates that the illusion has at least two layers, or even more.
When they realized they were still in an illusion, a new illusion began to unfold.
Han Jiang returned to the village again, this time becoming one of the villagers. She looked down at her clean and delicate hands, touched her face, which was also clean and smooth. Her clothes weren't made of good material, but they had no patches.
A beloved child of ordinary families. That was my first impression of Hanjiang.
"Luo Luo, go find your sister." The woman walked in from outside, carrying a basin of clean clothes. "You'll need to help make lunch later."
"Okay," Han Jiang heard himself reply.
We still don't know where Hanqi has gone, so we might as well take this opportunity to go out and look for her.
The two people will likely enter the same illusion.
Since this is the original owner's memory, Han Jiang's current identity is probably that of the original owner when he was young.
Unexpectedly, Han Jiang was not completely free in this illusion. She was like a character who could only act according to the original owner's memories.
The altar in the center of the village is right outside her door.
"Big sister!" A little girl suddenly appeared out of nowhere, startling Han Jiang.
The little girl looked familiar. She hooked her arm around Han Jiang's neck and walked away mysteriously to the side: "Sister, I found a magical place in the back mountain. It looks exactly like the altar in the village."
"The adults said we can't go up the back mountain because there are wild animals and it's very dangerous," Han Jiang said.
"Hey, come with me! It's not dangerous, I've been there several times!"
Han Jiang couldn't persuade the little girl otherwise: "Mom said she has to go home and make lunch first."
"It's very close, we can go and come right back. Besides, if Mother finds out, we won't be able to go."
Han Jiang was pulled up the mountain.
On the way, the little girl said, "Sister, this morning I saw two outsiders come to our village, and I even met one of them! He asked me about the altar, but I didn't tell him! Then he asked someone else, and guess what happened?"
Outsiders? It was Han Tian and Cang Jingqi.
"What's wrong?"
"Nobody paid any attention to him! Then he slunk away!"
In a child's eyes, even the smallest thing is full of fun.
It was clear that the little girl had been here many times, and she knew the shortcut up the mountain very well, without any obstacles.
Han Jiang was amazed by her "treasure-hunting ability," as she could find such a hidden place.
The deliberately hidden entrance was only half a meter high, making it almost impossible for an adult to enter. But for two girls around ten years old, it was a piece of cake to squeeze through.
Most people would probably think it's some kind of animal hole, but this little girl went in.
The narrow passageway was dimly lit.
Han Jiang followed closely behind her, walking in a half-crouch, occasionally looking back at the increasingly distant cave entrance.
As the passage rose and widened, Hanjiang gradually straightened up, able to see the brighter areas. The center of the cave wasn't large, containing a pool of water, crystal clear. The pool was shallow; the little girl took off her shoes and socks and stepped in, the water barely reaching her knees.
"Look!" the little girl pointed to her feet.
The walls of the cave seemed to have some kind of luminescent substance, and although the cave was dark, things could still be seen.
Beneath her feet was an altar submerged at the bottom of the pool.
"It really is exactly the same as the one in the village!" Han Jiang said with surprise, stepping into the pool with the little girl.
“Mother said we were born on the altar. It is said that a magical power accompanied our birth,” she said, staring at Han Jiang.
Han Jiang recalled the two strange hallucinations she had experienced: one was when lanterns suddenly lit up in the village at night, and the other was when a raging fire swept through the entire village.
The two looked at each other and, as if by some inexplicable force, took each other's hands, as if some mysterious attraction bound them together.
The altar at the bottom of the pool emitted a blue light, and the surrounding walls flickered wildly with fluorescence, as if some kind of formation had been activated.
A chill ran down their spines, yet they held the little girl's hand tightly. They stood frozen in the center of the altar, their minds blank, neither able to move, neither able to escape.
The water in the pool was bubbling as if it were boiling, but the temperature remained icy cold.
The splashing water soaked their clothes.
The blue light from the altar slowly turned red.
The red color stung Han Jiang's eyes. She regained consciousness first, let go of their hands, and fell to the ground.
A huge explosion came from outside the mountains—something had happened in the village!
The little girl knelt in the pool, her eyes fixed straight ahead, devoid of light. A faint blue light emanated from her body, and she remained unconscious.
Han Jiang tried to help her up.
Why is there no strength at all? No, it's not that Han Jiang has no strength, but rather that the role Han Jiang is currently playing has no strength.
The cold weather cannot change this memory; she can only act according to her memory.
The owner of this body temporarily abandoned his sister and wanted to go out to seek help.
She crawled out of the cave and the first thing she saw was the village, which had been reduced to a sea of fire. Not familiar with the area, she wandered around for a long time before finally returning to the village. The people in the street were all lying on the ground, and none of them could be woken up.
Neither her mother nor her father could wake her up.
The village chief couldn't wake him up, and nobody could wake him up either.
Everyone fell asleep in a fire, and no one woke up.
What exactly happened? I was supposed to go home for lunch just a short while ago.
Han Jiang returned to the cave, but the little girl was no longer there.
Even my younger sister is gone.
The original owner's frail body supported her as she searched the mountain again: nothing, her sister was gone.
Feeling the despair and suffocation in the original owner's memories, Han Jiang walked back to the village in a daze.
The fire is still burning.
The black smoke blinded Han Jiang, who then saw a figure walking towards him in the distance.
It's winter.
"Where are your family members?" Han Tian asked.
Han Jiang shook his head.
Han Tian pondered for a moment and said, "Then are you willing to come with me? From now on, I will be your family."
Han Jiang shook his head.
Han Tian: "What's wrong?"
"younger sister……"
Is your sister alive too?
"Han Tian, I've sensed it. There's no life force left in the village. I estimate..." Cang Jingqi's voice came. He seemed to notice Han Jiang's emotions, and didn't finish his last sentence.
Large tears fell from Hanjiang's eyes.
Han Tian took out a token and said, "Come with me first. I'll leave this here. This is the token of the Four Continents Sect. If your sister is still alive, she will come to the Four Continents Sect to find you. I will also bring people to look for her again. It's getting dark."
He placed the token in the most conspicuous place in the middle of the road, then took Han Jiang's hand and stepped onto a flying talisman.
“You put out the fire; spiritual energy can’t extinguish it,” Han Tian retorted to Cheng Cangjing.
"Alright." Cang Jingqi mobilized his demonic energy to extinguish the flames in the village.
Han Jiang always felt that someone was watching her from behind, calling her name, but when she turned around, there was no one there.
As they floated into the air, the voice in their minds grew louder: "Where are you going? Why did you leave me?"
"Sister, sister!"
Han Tian and Cang Jingqi have disappeared.
"Sister, sister!"
Hanjiang was surrounded by darkness, with only the constant calls of "Sister" echoing in his ears.
"Your older sister didn't abandon you," Han Jiang wanted to explain for the original owner, but what came out was: "I'm sorry, it's your older sister's fault."
"Sister..."
"I'm sorry, it's my sister's fault."
The two voices nearly tore Han Jiang's brain apart.
The illusion has deepened.
But whose illusion is this? Is it the original owner's? But the original owner only has memories, how could they still retain consciousness? The one here now is Han Jiang, Han Jiang who has traveled through time.
Also, where did Han Ya go?
Han Jiang tried his best to keep a clear head and think things through to find out the truth.
Twins, accompanied by magical power—
"Han Ya, your senior sister is here," Han Jiang said.
The sounds around me stopped abruptly.
"Han Ya," Han Jiang called again, "Sister, you're here too."
Instead of receiving a response from Han Ya, she experienced a feeling of weightlessness.
Cold air descended outside a palace.
Before we could even figure out the previous illusion, the third illusion was about to begin.
Just as the cold front had settled, the earth trembled once more.
This earthquake was more violent than the previous two.
The arrival of the cold wind gives a pretty good idea of the story from the previous illusion.
That was a combination of the memories of the original owner and Han Ya.
The sisters woke up at different times and were less familiar with the back mountain, which caused a time lag in their search for each other.
When Cang Jingqi sensed the spiritual energy, Han Ya should have been on the back mountain.
As for the outcome of Han Tian's later statement that he would return to search, only Han Tian himself probably knows.
Han Jiang even has a bold guess: the original owner and Han Qi were twins from that village.
But she controlled herself from thinking about such complicated things. She really didn't want to get involved in the complicated process of finding the truth; she just wanted to go back to Cold Mountain and sleep.
She sighed and walked into the palace.
I'm so tired. When will I finally be able to escape this illusion?
The vast palace was filled with all sorts of people, coming and going.
Could it be like last time, just a fragment of a memory?
No, someone came over and told Han Jiang not to block the way; she was standing at the palace gate.
Han Jiang stepped back a few paces, making way for the entrance.
The fact that people here can see her means that she is involved.
Who could it be?
Han Jiang randomly stopped a passerby: "Hello, may I ask who I am?"
The man looked at Han Jiang with the eyes of someone looking at a lunatic: "If your brain is damaged, go get it treated."
But he did not reveal Han Jiang's identity.
Han Jiang didn't want to be called crazy anymore, so she wisely hid to the side. After realizing that no one cared about her at all, she felt that she was an insignificant person.
Such a grand palace, frequented only by nobles and servants. She certainly wasn't a noble, otherwise that person wouldn't have called her crazy. So she was a servant? But why hadn't anyone come to ask why she wasn't working?
Why aren't you working?
Whatever I say comes true. Is this some kind of pre-defined dialogue trigger?
"I'm going right now!" Han Jiang searched for the source of the voice.
"Do you know what you're doing?" the boy asked gently, with concern.
Han Jiang turned around: "Forgive this servant's ignorance, I did not know..."
She looked at the boy, but didn't finish the second half of her sentence.
The young Cang Jingqi was almost identical to the adult Cang Jingqi, except for the difference in height.
He had a gentle demeanor, as if he looked at everyone the same.
"People in the Demon Palace never refer to themselves as servants. Who are you, really?"
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