Chapter 50 It's time for her beautiful dream to end.
“That’s hurtful. Deep in the mountains, there’s a small wooden cabin, and in front of the cabin, there’s a loquat tree…” Ling Shu said, looking at the tree. The trunk was thick and the branches and leaves were lush. Then she realized, “No, Master means that this tree was planted by Gu Wan.”
"In other words..."
"The size of the loquat tree is the same as the number of years since Yiyun died, and Guwan has stayed here with her for just as many years."
Zhuang Jinfu sighed: "It's been at least three hundred years."
Ling Shu glanced at the three people who were repairing human skin. Yin Yu cast a spell, absorbing the yang energy from Gu Wan's body to repair Yi Yun's human skin.
The three of them worked together to repair the damage, seemingly oblivious to Ling Shu and Zhuang Jinfu standing nearby.
Then she whispered, "When people die, they become ghosts. Why did she become a '聻'?"
“I may be busy, but I’m not deaf.” Gu Wan closed her eyes and sat cross-legged, her back to Ling Shu and Zhuang Jinfu. “Isn’t it inappropriate to discuss other people’s private affairs in front of them?”
Zhuang Jinfu: "How much longer are you going to continue like this? You're already on your deathbed, don't you care about your own life?"
Gu Wan: "I actually hope I die."
Zhuang Jinfu: "A madman."
Gu Wan: "I cannot live with her, but I long to die with her. What good is immortality if the one I love becomes a skeleton? I live my days guarding her skeleton, which is worse than death."
Yiyun lay in Gu Wan's arms, her head resting on his neck, absorbing the yang energy as if she were in a trance. She looked like a gluttonous beast with its mouth wide open, and the black aura of its body filled its eyes, making it look terrifying. It was no longer the pretty girl she once was.
Suddenly unable to absorb yang energy, Yiyun anxiously rubbed against Gu Wan. Gu Wan stroked her back repeatedly, comforting her, "Don't worry, there's still more."
Yin Yu's repair spells slowed down, and she looked at Gu Wan, whose face was pale, and said, "Your yang energy is insufficient, so let's stop here for today."
"No!" Gu Wan refused.
Yin Yu withdrew her magic. "She is a malevolent creature. She has been draining your yang energy for a long time and in large quantities. Even if you have the supreme yang immortal body, after more than three hundred years, your yang energy can no longer satisfy her. Otherwise, she would not have gone out to capture people. She has already committed five crimes. Those who died violently have turned into vengeful ghosts in the Tongxuan Secret Realm and are causing evil everywhere."
Ling Shu quietly asked Zhuang Jinfu, "What does 'violent death' mean?"
Zhuang Jinfu: "A violent death refers to a person who dies an unnatural death, such as drowning, hanging, or dying in childbirth. Such people harbor resentment towards their death and will become vengeful ghosts after death."
Yin Yu said solemnly, "She has become a demon, her three souls and seven spirits have long since dissipated and disappeared without a trace. She is beyond saving. What you have barely kept is just a shell with a wisp of impure energy. You teach her to love you, and she says she loves you, but what is the reality?"
"She only sees you as food."
"Stop talking!"
"She has no memory of Evian; she is merely a substitute for you to comfort yourself and commemorate Evian."
"Get out!"
Gu Wan stood up and pulled Yin Yu out, saying, "Get out of here!" Then she pointed at Ling Shu and Zhuang Jinfu, "And you two, get out of here too!"
Ling Shu clung to the door, refusing to leave: "Sister Gu Wan, it was those two who said things you didn't want to hear, not me! It hurts! I'm so devoted to you!"
Gu Wan picked up a spear and used it to pry her hand away: "Don't say things that will hurt Zhuang Jinfu."
Ling Shu was confused. What did that mean? She didn't care and continued to act shamelessly, calling out to Yi Yun, "Sister Yi Yun, I have yang energy, suck mine!"
The black mist that had just receded from Yiyun's eyes rose again, and she excitedly floated over to stand in front of Gu Wan, saying in a simple and honest voice, "Don't hurt her."
Ling Shu entered the room as she wished, and the wooden door slammed shut. Yin Yu and Zhuang Jin Fu looked at each other outside. Zhuang Jin Fu frowned and said, "Can't you just hold back? The bigger picture is more important."
Yin Yu explained in a serious tone, "I'm just frustrated with her. She created a beautiful dream and lived in it for over three hundred years. Now her yang energy is almost depleted, and it's time for her dream to end."
“She doesn’t want to wake up,” Zhuang Jinfu sighed.
He then drew his sword and used it to break the barrier on the door.
She couldn't help Gu Wan, nor did she care what kind of life others were living. All she could think about was not letting Ling Shu be alone inside. There was a madman and a vicious creature inside, and she couldn't feel at ease.
Ling Shu was inside the room, the dim candlelight illuminating the space. Yi Yun happily rushed over, hugged Ling Shu's neck, lowered her head, and pressed her lips to his neck to inhale his yang energy. Gu Wan couldn't bear to watch and pulled Yi Yun away, separating the two.
Yiyun disliked Gu Wan's actions but liked the yang energy in Ling Shu's body. She flung Gu Wan away and said, "Get away from me! You have no yang energy! I don't want you, I want her." With that, she pounced on Ling Shu and wrapped her arms around her neck.
Ling Shu raised both hands: "I didn't hug her on my own initiative!"
Gu Wan turned her head away and gave a haughty "humph".
Yiyun inhaled more and more vigorously, arching her back towards Lingshu. Lingshu was afraid that she would fall backward with her, so she gently grasped her arm to create some distance.
Just then, a light flashed behind them as Zhuang Jinfu broke through the barrier and entered, immediately seeing Ling Shu holding Yi Yun.
Ling Shu: No... how could it be like this again? I'm innocent!
Zhuang Jinfu remained silent, only turning his gaze to Gu Wan.
Gu Wan: "..."
She indifferently stepped forward and pulled Yiyun away.
Yin Yu remained silent, wandering over to help Yi Yun restore her human skin to its original state.
A beautiful and harmless woman was standing there peacefully.
Gu Wan pulled her hand and made her sit down, coaxing her, "Now that you've eaten, please get some rest, okay?"
"But Yiyun doesn't need to sleep."
"How about Yiyun embroidering some flowers?"
"good."
Gu Wan took the embroidery hoop and needle and thread, and Yi Yun took them. She bent down and carefully began to embroider, stitch by stitch. Gu Wan patiently accompanied her and praised her gently, "You embroider so beautifully, it looks just like the real thing."
Yiyun smiled happily: "Really? Yiyun thinks it looks good too."
Ling Shu was curious about what it looked like, so she walked over and took a look, then froze in surprise.
The embroidery hoop was covered in tangled needles and threads, with the silk threads even knotted together. Various colors were mixed together, and it was impossible to embroider even the most basic straight stitch, let alone a flower.
Yiyun held it up for Gu Wan to see: "Isn't my embroidered orchid beautiful?"
Gu Wan stood there blankly, her eyes red.
"Is it good-looking?"
That's enough.
"Why are you being so fierce?" Yiyun said to her, then lowered her head to continue embroidering.
Gu Wan felt inexplicably irritated. She snatched the embroidery hoop, threw it away, and shouted, "Stop embroidering!"
Yiyun started crying and fussing: "You scolded me, waaaaah... You scolded me again... Waaaaah, what did Yiyun do wrong?"
Gu Wan stood there, breathing heavily, suppressing the irritation in her heart. Her eyes were red, and tears were welling up in her eyes.
Yin Yu couldn't help but say, "Go back to the mortal realm. It's time to let go. Going any further will only lead to death. The two of you are destined to be on different paths in life and death. Even if you chase her to the realm of the dead, you will not be able to transcend death. She has her own destiny. The real her has already vanished into thin air. It's useless for you to be so persistent."
“No,” Gu Wan’s voice trembled, “I don’t want to let go. If I let her go, I will have nothing left. I don’t want to let go.”
Gu Wan walked over to Yi Yun and hugged her tightly. Yi Yun patted her back and resisted, saying, "I don't want you to hug me. You're a mean woman who's been mean to me!"
No matter how much she pounded on her, Gu Wan wouldn't let go. She wrapped one arm around her waist and the other hand held her head, trying to bring it to her neck. She inhaled deeply the scent of her hair and murmured, "I was wrong, I'm sorry, Yiyun, I really know I was wrong, you..."
"Please don't leave me."
A burst of magical power shone on Yiyun's body.
Yiyun fell silent instantly, her eyes glazed over, and she obediently said, "Okay, Yiyun will never leave you."
Gu Wan felt like a drowning person grabbing onto a piece of driftwood, and her whole body relaxed.
It was getting dark outside, and Ling Shu planned to stay there forever, all for the token.
Zhuang Jinfu walked to the tea table and sat down, while Yin Yupan sat on the ground and Ling Shu stood idly by.
Gu Wan coaxed Yi Yun to lie down and rest on the bed. After she finished, she came out and saw three people. She asked, "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Ling Shu looked at her with her captivating peach blossom eyes: "Sister Gu Wan, it's getting late, and it will be inconvenient to go back. Why don't you let us stay for the night?"
"No good, all of you get out."
Gu Wan chased everyone away one by one. Ling Shu, using the same trick as before, clung to the door. Gu Wan pointed her spear at her and said, "Go away, or don't blame me for being impolite."
Ling Shu was still stubborn, so Yin Yu pulled her out.
As soon as the three of them went out, the door behind them closed. Yin Yu quickly climbed up the tree in front of the door, and the other two, understanding, jumped up as well.
Night fell.
The worms around the cave began to emerge in search of food.
Before long, the dark swarms of swarms of swarms surrounded the wooden house.
They swarmed towards the door.
Inside the wooden house, there were sounds of vases falling and shattering, and wooden chairs being dragged.
It's been going on and on, and an hour has passed since it got dark.
Ling Shu squatted on the tree swatting mosquitoes, but for some reason, the mosquitoes only bit her and not Zhuang Jinfu and Yin Yu.
Nearly two more hours passed.
It's midnight.
Suddenly, the sound of cracking wooden planks echoed from inside the door, and the serpent outside the wooden house was three times larger than it had been at nightfall.
They rammed together against the barrier at the entrance.
From inside came Yiyun's hoarse voice: "Give me yang energy! Why don't you have any yang energy? Didn't you say you were going to nurture me? If you don't have any yang energy, why are you keeping me locked up here!"
Gu Wan's voice was extremely weak: "I have... I'll give you yang energy. As long as I'm not dead, I can still have yang energy. You absorb it... I'll give it to you, all of it. Don't... leave me..."
A heavy, muffled thud.
Ling Shu thought to himself, "This is bad."
He turned to Zhuang Jinfu and said, "Master, can I borrow your sword for a moment?"
Zhuang Jinfu gave it to him.
Ling Shu jumped down from the tree and entered the thicket of worms, with Zhuang Jinfu following closely behind, clearing a path for her.
Ling Shu barged in.
Then they saw Yiyun pin Gu Wan to the ground, one of her hands, covered in blood, emerging from Gu Wan's abdomen, holding a square object.
Green flames shot out from a point on the vermilion lips, stretching out in two long lines to the sides. The two lines of fire burned and then spread upwards and downwards, burning the nose, eyes, eyebrows, and hair to ashes, revealing a terrifying black mist. The eerie eyes of the green flames burned the mouth of the green flames, and the human skin below the neck disappeared into the green flames.
A large, legless mass of black mist stood before them.
Gu Wan lay on the ground, struggling to sit up, reaching out to grasp the ashes floating in the air, calling out again and again, "Yi Yun, Yi Yun..."
"Yiyun" tilted her head back and opened her mouth wide, trying to stuff the bloody token into her mouth which was burning with green flames.
Ling Shu controlled her sword and flew over, piercing through its body. Its hand paused for a moment, and Ling Shu moved with lightning speed to appear in front of it and snatch the token.
Thick bloodstains covered her palm. When she received it, Ling Shu's feelings were just like the wet blood; a sour, aching, and bitter emotion welled up like water, soaking her whole body.
Zhuang Jinfu's Plum Blossom Sword was the evil-repelling sword that ascended with her. It was full of righteous energy. However, without the human skin defense formed by Gu Wan's magic power, it was immediately pierced with a large hole, and its two hands twitched uncontrollably.
Ling Shu didn't care about anything else, picked up Gu Wan from the ground and ran outside.
After Zhuang Jinfu cut off the tree, Yin Yu suddenly climbed down from the tree, took off her green shawl, and threw it at Yi Yun.
The shawl was stretched longer and longer, and like a ball of yarn, it was wrapped tightly towards the center, forming a small green cloth ball.
Black smoke was rising from the green cloth ball.
Without Gu Wan's magical protection, the wooden house was quickly set ablaze by the green flames.
Gu Wan looked at the wooden house engulfed in flames from Ling Shu's back and gave a self-deprecating laugh.
The green flames shone brightly in her eyes, as if they had burned away the past.
Gu Wan fainted.
Ling Shu felt a large patch of dampness and warmth on her back.
This is very bad.
"Master! Master!" Ling Shu cried out urgently, "She's dying!"
Zhuang Jinfu led the way, running for a while before stopping and setting up a protective barrier.
At night, places where the lingering spirits gather are filled with thick miasma, making it impossible to distinguish them. One can only stay where one is and set up a protective barrier to save one's life.
Zhuang Jinfu quickly used healing techniques to keep her alive.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhuang Jinfu withdrew his magic and shook his head: "Her yang energy is too weak, she has lost too much blood, and most importantly, she has no will to live."
"It's too late."
Ling Shu remained silent, and Yin Yu was also speechless.
Ling Shu: "Can immortals also die?"
Zhuang Jinfu: "Immortals are simply immortal."
Yin Yu: "Commonly known as having a tough life."
Zhuang Jinfu: "It's not that I won't die."
Yin Yu: "Yeah, right."
Ling Shu actually thought of Zhuang Jinfu, hence the question. In the past, everyone was absolutely certain that Zhuang Jinfu would not die, but now the fallen immortal Gu Wan is on the verge of death.
I asked Zhuang Jinfu while I was lurking in the tree earlier why someone could defeat her. Zhuang Jinfu said that she hadn't lost, but had just been careless and lost her edge. As a fallen immortal, she was stripped of her immortal status, but in terms of physical appearance, she was an immortal. Gu Wan had lived in the shadows for a long time and had adapted to this environment. The reason why Zhuang Jinfu couldn't fight back was that she was at a disadvantage due to the environment, not because she lacked strength.
"Master, let's try again."
Zhuang Jinfu felt it was unnecessary, but since Ling Shu had said so, she decided to give it a try: "Okay."
Zhuang Jinfu channeled his immortal power into her for half an hour, but Gu Wan's pale lips showed no improvement. Her eyelids twitched slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.
She stared blankly at the sky, then smiled happily.
"I'm finally one step closer to you."
Gu Wan raised her hand, as if wanting to touch something, her fingertips trembling as she stroked the air.
His hand suddenly fell heavily to his sides.
She loosened her clenched fist, and a tiny speck of ash stained her palm black.
Yin Yu wiped away her tears and said, "Why are you crying? What's there to cry about?"
Ling Shu and Zhuang Jinfu looked at her calmly.
Ling Shu said calmly, "Yes, we'll meet soon, what's there to cry about?"
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