Nightmare Realm
An Luoyi had a serious illness and has not woken up yet. Yunti used the best elixir to cure her external injuries but could not heal her mental illness.
"Why isn't my sister awake yet?" Yunti sat on the couch worriedly.
At first everyone thought that An Luoyi was just seriously injured and unconscious, but now she hasn't woken up for half a month, so they started to worry.
Mu Qianyu sighed: "She doesn't want to wake up. If she continues like this, she will sleep forever."
"No!" Yunti looked at his sister sadly, "Sister, are you really going to abandon me?"
"She is now the Immortal Lord of the Nine Heavens, and the Immortal Realm is still waiting for her to lead it," Fang Jinghe said. Yunti had been managing the Immortal Realm these days, but she was still unfamiliar with the world, and many things hadn't gone smoothly for her. Fang Jinghe saw this and felt pain in his heart.
"We can't go on like this." Xian Youlin said, holding his thumb.
The three of them looked at Mu Qianyu at the same time. Mu Qianyu looked at each of them in turn: "Why are you all looking at me? I am Sima Ming, not the Medical Immortal."
"Qianyu, you are so talented and knowledgeable, so there must be a way." Yunti looked over with pleading eyes.
Mu Qianyu said in annoyance, "Do you think I want to see my best friend like this?"
Fang Jinghe said doubtfully, "So you really have no other options?"
"I..." Mu Qianyu hesitated.
Xian Youlin saw that she clearly had an idea. "If you have a solution, please tell us. It's better than us all standing here helpless."
"That's no solution..." Mu Qianyu was really at her wit's end and thought, "If I can enter Xiaoyi's consciousness, maybe I can wake her up. But no one has ever tried this before. If it doesn't work, Xiaoyi and the person who enters her consciousness will die!"
"I'm not afraid!"
“I’ll go!”
Yunti and Xianyoulin volunteered at the same time.
Fang Jinghe pulled the ladder and said, "No."
Yunti shook his head to signal him not to stop him.
Mu Qianyu said angrily, "Did you two understand? Not only you, but Xiaoyi might die too if things go wrong."
Xian Youlin said, "We don't have any other options right now. If we continue to waste time, Luo Yi might die at any time due to the dissipation of his consciousness. We might as well give it a try."
Mu Qianyu was still hesitant.
Yunti also persuaded: "Qianyu, let's give it a try."
"You guys..." Mu Qianyu didn't want An Luoyi to leave like this, so she had no choice but to agree, "It's getting late, let me go back and prepare and come back tomorrow."
"Okay." Seeing Mu Qianyu agreed, Yunti felt relieved.
Mu Qianyu returned to Siming Palace. Yunti noticed that Fang Jinghe also went out without saying a word.
"Jinghe, are you angry?" Yunti caught up with him and asked.
Fang Jinghe said sullenly, "No."
"You're clearly angry." Yunti looked at him seriously, "Is it because I'm going to save my sister?"
Fang Jinghe said bitterly: "She is your sister, it is only natural for you to save her."
Yunti couldn't help laughing when he saw his awkward look.
"What are you laughing at?" Fang Jinghe seemed to be ridiculed and couldn't help but get angry.
"My sister is my only relative, I must save her." Yunti retracted his smile and said firmly.
"I knew that An Luoyi was the most important person in your heart." Fang Jinghe felt a little disappointed as he was about to leave.
Yunti quickly said: "If it were you today, I would make the same choice." Her eyes were always so clear, containing all her sincerity and honesty.
Fang Jinghe covered her mouth: "No, I don't want to. I don't want you to do anything dangerous for me. I don't blame you for saving my sister. I'm worried that you will be in danger."
Yunti put down his hand: "But you know I will definitely do this."
Fang Jinghe seemed to be under a curse and could neither walk nor speak. He didn't know how to react.
"But I promise you that I will never let anything happen to myself, okay?" Yunti's voice was gentle and pleasant.
Fang Jinghe's eyes regained their spirit: "You said that?"
"I said it." Yunti took Fang Jinghe's hand and placed it on his heart, "I will never lie to you."
Fang Jinghe felt that he would be eaten alive by the ladder for the rest of his life.
Inside, An Luoyi's face was restless as she slept, her brows furrowed in a constant frown, and Xian Youlin repeatedly smoothed her face. Having previously collected numerous stories about An Luoyi, I'd always assumed she was omnipotent and knew everything, never having stumped anyone or anything. Now, it seemed she was simply used to carrying things on her own... never asking for help or relying on others, her strength was heartbreaking.
Xian Youlin felt that he was lucky to have known An Luoyi. If possible, he wanted An Luoyi to live an ordinary and happy life in the future...
"Thank you for helping me when I was a child. Now it's my turn to save you..." Xian Youlin said devoutly while holding her face.
None of the four could sleep tonight. Mu Qianyu read ancient books all night long, and the whole room was covered with long scrolls; Fang Jinghe and Yunti were separated by a wall, each thinking about their own things; Xian Youlin sat in front of An Luoyi's bed all night.
The second day.
Everyone gathered at An Luoyi's bedroom. Mu Qianyu brought the necessary tools. She set up the formation and said, "We need someone to stay inside to protect us. I'm the master of the formation and can only operate it from outside. Have you decided who will go?"
"I'll go!" Xian Youlin said in a deep voice.
"I'll go too." Yunti said.
Mu Qianyu rejected it outright: "No, his spiritual consciousness is too fragile and only one person can go."
Yunti didn't want to implicate others, so she said, "Let me go. She's my sister, and I'm the most suitable person to go."
Xian Youlin called out to Yunti: "Let me go. I want to save Luo Yi as much as you do. Please believe me, I will definitely bring her back."
Yunti looked at Xianyoulin with a complicated expression...
Xian Youlin wants to protect everyone An Luoyi cares about. Now Yunti is her only relative... He would rather go himself and not let Yunti face danger.
Although Fang Jinghe didn't want Yunti to take risks, he couldn't selfishly let others die for Yunti, not to mention that he already regarded Xian Youlin as a friend.
The three of them fell silent. Finally, Mu Qianyu remembered what An Nanchi had said to her before he went to Phoenix Terrace. She said, "Let Xian Youlin go."
"Qianyu..." Yunti wanted to say something.
Mu Qianyu interrupted her: "Jiutian still needs you now. You don't want the immortal world that Mother has protected all her life to be in turmoil, do you?"
Yunti didn't object anymore. She said to Xian Youlin sincerely, "You must bring my sister back."
Mu Qianyu cast a spell, Yunti and Fang Jinghe took turns to protect her. The token that maintained the formation lit up, and Xian Youlin turned into a wisp of white smoke and entered An Luoyi's sea of consciousness.
The Phoenix Terrace was bustling with activity. If the scene hadn't been identical to the fire at Annanchi, Xian Youlin would have suspected Mu Qianyu had sent him to the wrong place. He made his way through the crowd to the Phoenix Terrace. Below was a bloodied An Luoyi, and on top was a tormented An Nanchi. An Luoyi risked his life to save his mother time and time again, but failed repeatedly. With each failure, the world seemed to be recast, returning to the time when An Luoyi arrived at the Phoenix Terrace.
Every time Xian Youlin tried to stop An Luoyi, the world would collapse. He followed An Luoyi through several world reconstructions before realizing something was wrong.
"The true pupils are revealed!" Xian Youlin put two fingers together and swept them in front of his eyes, and a pair of golden fox eyes suddenly appeared.
As expected, a nightmare demon flew around An Luoyi, leaving Xian Youlin no chance to approach her. Xian Youlin summoned a black iron folding fan and swung out several iron blades. The nightmare demon was chopped down and Xian Youlin immediately ran to An Luoyi.
"Luo Yi, Luo Yi." Xian Youlin called out hoping to regain An Luoyi's consciousness.
An Luoyi clearly saw Xian Youlin, but there was no color in her eyes. She shook Xian Youlin off and continued to try to break the barrier. Xian Youlin didn't understand why, and no matter how she called out to An Luoyi, she ignored him. Soon, the nightmare demon beside An Luoyi flew out again.
Xian Youlin remembered that this kind of monster was recorded in the Record of Hundred Monsters. Nightmare monsters are not common because they are born from humans. Often, only people with unresolved obsessions will give birth to this kind of monster. Nightmare monsters are very weak and have basically no combat power, but outsiders cannot cause any harm to them. As long as the master is not dead, the nightmare monsters will continue to exist. They live by absorbing the host's obsession until the host dies and they get rid of the host.
This nightmare demon has been absorbing An Luoyi's power. If this continues, it won't be long before the spiritual world collapses. Xian Youlin didn't dare to delay for a moment. He stood in front of An Luoyi and refused to let her move forward.
"Luo Yi, wake up! The Immortal Lord is dead and will never come back to life!" Xian Youlin said anxiously.
An Luoyi paused, and finally the reflection of Xian Youlin appeared in her eyes. However, things did not develop as Xian Youlin had imagined. An Luoyi seemed to be enraged by his words and slapped him: "Shut up!"
Xian Youlin didn't move at all, and bright red blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Yunti was stunned: "Why don't you hide?"
Xian Youlin said weakly, "You can't hide away from it. The solution to the problem is always in the future, not the past."
"you……"
Seeing that An Luoyi was wavering, the nightmare demon strengthened its control over her consciousness. It flew around trying to drive away the people around it.
"No!" An Luoyi's eyes became cloudy. "Only by changing myself can I save my mother. Anyone who stands in my way must die!"
An Luoyi fought fiercely with Xian Youlin. Xian Youlin only defended and did not attack, and soon fell into a disadvantage. It is true that An Luoyi is the pride of the nine heavens. She is not conscious at the moment, but she can still attack in an orderly manner. Even if Xian Youlin does not give in, she may not be her opponent.
Xian Youlin hadn't intended to fight An Luoyi in the first place; time was running out... He could only try to trap the troublesome Nightmare Demon first. An Luoyi attacked relentlessly, leaving Xian Youlin no chance to strike back. He only defended without attacking, and within ten moves he was defeated.
An Luoyi grabbed Xian Youlin's neck with his five fingers. Being injured in the spiritual world was also a real harm to him. The strength of his grip on his neck continued to increase. Xian Youlin had difficulty breathing. He said intermittently: "You...really want to...kill me...?"
An Luoyi didn't react to his words and continued to pinch Xian Youlin.
Xian Youlin's face flushed red, and he gave up struggling and said willingly, "If I die in exchange for you waking up, then I'm willing."
Seeing Xian Youlin's initial resistance gradually give up, he felt so uncomfortable that he felt as if he would die in the next second. An Luoyi's consciousness desperately resisted the control of the nightmare demon. If she really killed Xian Youlin by mistake, she would regret it for the rest of her life...
An Luoyi's mind was pulled to the extreme, and with a "thump", Xian Youlin suddenly collapsed to the ground. An Luoyi let go... She covered her head and fought against the nightmare monster, while Xian Youlin took the opportunity to restrain the nightmare monster: "Seven Pages of Black Iron, go!"
The black iron fan pulled out seven leaves to surround the nightmare demon. Without the control of the nightmare demon, An Luoyi quickly regained consciousness.
"Luo Yi, come with me." Xian Youlin tried to say.
An Luoyi refused him: "I won't leave."
"Why? Do you want to keep running away here?"
"I want to rescue my mother."
"But the Immortal Lord is already dead!"
"I can save her! I couldn't save her because I wasn't strong enough. It's all my fault. I must save her even if it costs me my life!"
"Wake up! This is not the real world at all."
"I want to save her..."
Blood rain fell from the sky, and the red raindrops hit the two of them. Everything seemed to have returned to the beginning. An Luoyi stubbornly refused to listen to anything.
Mu Qianyu's voice suddenly rang in Xian Youlin's ears: "Oh no, Xiaoyi's consciousness is about to collapse, come back quickly."
Xian Youlin was unwilling to give up. He couldn't just leave in disgrace and watch An Luoyi die.
He ignored Mu Qianyu's reminder and went over to An Luoyi, holding his shoulders and saying, "Look at me."
The pair of golden pupils lit up, and Xian Youlin endured the pain and replaced one of his eyes with An Luoyi. The eye without the golden pupil began to bleed, but he ignored it and said to An Luoyi, "Look, look at what this world is!"
An Luoyi was shocked. The mother who was burning in front of him turned into a wisp of black smoke, and all the people under the Phoenix Terrace were just transformed by the power of the Nightmare Demon.
"Your eyes..." An Luoyi touched Xian Youlin's left eye with heartache.
Xian Youlin smiled: "Don't worry about me, come back with me now, okay?"
An Luoyi was still hesitant. If she could escape, she wouldn't have to face her mother's death. She would rather stay here forever...
Xian Youlin frowned, "Why are you still unwilling to come with me? The Nine Heavens Upper Realm needs you. Are you going to watch the Immortal Realm become leaderless and burst into civil strife? Fang Jiming's lesson is right before our eyes!"
An Luoyi said disappointedly: "Those people in the immortal world imposed crimes on my mother. If it weren't for them, my mother wouldn't have ended up like this!"
"You don't want to take care of them, but don't you want your sister either? She has been abandoned since she was a child. Do you want to abandon her again?" Xian Youlin said.
An Luoyi's heart twitched and a sour feeling immediately rushed to her nose. She said cruelly: "Sister...sister has Fang Jinghe to take care of her."
Xian Youlin's mouth twitched slightly, wanting to ask but not daring to say it out loud... Finally, he asked, "You've arranged everything for everyone, but what about me... Have you ever thought about me, or have you never considered me in your plans?"
An Luoyi's heart suddenly felt as soft as a piece of cotton. She could feel the trembling in her throat. Even if she had thousands of words to say, they would just turn into floating silk at this moment. Xian Youlin said that she never dared to include him in her own category... She was really afraid of the outcome of her parents.
"I know. I shouldn't ask you that." Xian Youlin lowered her long eyelashes to cover the sadness in her eyes.
"No..." An Luoyi wanted to deny it, but was interrupted by Xian Youlin's words.
Xian Youlin raised his eyes again, looking at her with a hint of indifference in his eyes. "The Immortal Lord died unjustly. Don't you want to clear her name? As you said, it's really unfair to sentence someone of a foreign race to such a grave crime for falling in love with them. Who else can clear her name except you?"
An Luoyi's previously unwavering resolve was shaken. Her mother couldn't just die like this, unjustly. Why could those people in the immortal world so arbitrarily convict her? Why did her mother have to bear all the injustice? Why should her sister, bearing demonic blood, be expelled? Since the immortal world was unfair, she would redefine the standard of right and wrong! She would definitely live well with her sister. Only if they lived a wonderful life could they prove their mother's innocence!
Xianyoulin's formation failed, and the nightmare demon released sound waves and flew around anxiously. An Luoyi looked at it with a sharp gaze and captured the nightmare demon with one hand. She clenched her palms and the nightmare demon turned into powder in an instant.
"Let's go." An Luoyi returned to his usual cold and aloof demeanor, and spoke to Xian Youlin as if giving an order.
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