There was a bang in the room, and it was Xu Shuangce and Ying Kai who escaped from the illusion at the same time. Their souls shook violently, and they both stumbled and knocked over their chairs.
"huh...huh..."
Unable to tell who was breathing more quickly, Ying Kai finally supported the round table for a long time and straightened up exhaustedly: "Do you now know why Gong Wei wanted to kill you?"
Xu Shuangce had a splitting headache, and the scenes on the Immortal Ascension Platform flashed across his mind. The golden avenue to the sky, the ferocious thunder and lightning, the blood-bathed killing god in red clothes... All the images finally disappeared, and solidified in those desperate blood-red eyes.
He subconsciously asked, "...why?"
Ying Kai still pressed his left hand reluctantly, lifted the chair up from the ground, sat on the other side of the round table and exhaled, then said solemnly: "Sixteen years ago, we made a huge mistake in this world."
"Since Beiyuan was demoted as a human being, the gate of heaven has never been opened to the mortal world. For thousands of years, generations of masters have worked hard to cultivate to the Mahayana realm, but what they face next is not ascension but death. There are fewer and fewer people on the path of cultivating immortals, but doubts, fears, and anxiety are getting heavier. The combination of various factors led us to finally make a test of disobedience to God."
"We delusionally want to use the power of mortals to set up the avenue to the sky and open the door of ascension."
"But what we don't know is that there is a reason why the gate of heaven has been closed for thousands of years, because your killing obstacles have never been cleared. Once the gate of heaven is opened, you will ascend again, and then return to the evil Beiyuan that destroyed the world for thousands of years. God, the consequences will be disastrous."
"So half a year before the opening of Tianmen, Gong Wei suddenly appeared in the Xianmeng, wanting to stop mortals from being foolishly tempted by the Tao of Heaven..." Ying Kai sighed: "It's just that he didn't succeed, because everyone in the Xianmeng regarded him as an evildoer. and heretics."
Xu Shuangce pressed his forehead with one hand, his mind pounding: "...In the end, he can only kill all the way to ascend to Sendai."
Ying Kai nodded: "If he could kill only one of you before the completion of Tongtian Avenue, then the tragedy on Shengxiantai should still be avoided, but unfortunately it was not in time. So when he was about to die, he suspended the time of this world and put The souls of all the monks in the world are all pulled into the illusion, and then the time is backtracked from the twenty-eighth year of Taiyi, back to the beginning of spring in the first year of Taiyi."
The present Gong Wei has only stayed in the Xianmeng for a short period of half a year, and is suspected, hostile, and excluded by everyone. So in the dream, he took everyone back to twenty-eight years ago, where all his regrets were completely made up: he was accepted by the Xianmeng, loved by the world, and he became the most serious with Yu Chi Rui who injured him the most on the Shengxiantai. Good friend; before the dream collapsed, I got a response from my favorite Xu Shuangce.
Although it was just a sweet dream before death.
The room was quiet for a moment, and Ying Kai whispered: "Yes, he didn't lie on Shengxiantai, he really... likes people very much."
Xu Shuangce closed his eyes.
"As for 'Butterfly Death and Dreaming of Life', it should be the third greatest illusion that has never existed in the legend." Ying Kai took a deep breath and changed the subject abruptly: "This illusion must have a great impact on the realm master himself. The weakening effect caused Gong Wei to forget his past in the fantasy world and become a young child. The place where he first appeared in the fantasy world was the Peach Blossom Forest of the Cangyang Sect, because the only purpose he came in was to kill you, he must first approaching you."
Having said that, Ying Kai paused and turned to look at Xu Shuangce: "If you are executed by him in this fantasy world, you will also be scattered in this world. Fortunately, you are not dead."
"… "
Xu Shuangce opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly realized something was wrong, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at Ying Kai.
Spirited away
Ying Kai was thinking about something, but didn't notice Xu Shuangce's hidden strangeness: "When the illusion runs to the twenty-eighth year of Taiyi, just like the reality, Gong Wei once again ascended to Xiantai to kill you, but he failed again - but he automatically The protector killed him on the spot. So you killed him twice in the two ceremonies of Shengxiantai in reality and fantasy."
Ying Kai didn't seem to know what to say, and shook his head: "Fortunately, the realm owner himself is immortal, so the next body 'Xiang Xiaoyuan' came into being. I still remember that 'Xiang Xiaoyuan' was stupid when he was young, Does he follow the crowd? That's his instinct as a vessel to find his soul. Until 'Xiang Xiaoyuan' was sixteen years old, everyone thought that he had gone crazy because he was dismissed from his family. In fact, it was just Gong Wei's soul cultivation , returned to himself, merged with 'Xiang Xiaoyuan', and finally became what we see today."
The timeline from the present world to the fantasy world has not been fully revealed until this moment. Ying Kai sighed and turned to Xu Shuangce: "Now you understand why he wants to kill you?"
Xu Shuangce sat there, staring at Ying Kai motionless, a terrifying intuition slowly emerging from his mind.
Ying Kai frowned: "Shuangce?"
"..." After a few breaths, Xu Shuangce softly said "Ah".
Ying Kai thought that his reaction was slow because of a huge shock in his mind, so he asked again in a more serious tone: "Today's situation has formed, and you and I are both responsible. Right now, the fantasy world of butterfly death and dream life is about to collapse. What are you going to do?"
Xu Shuangce closed his eyes and opened them again, staring at Ying Kai opposite the round table, as if he knew this friend for the first time today.
He finally realized what was wrong from the words just now.
The terrible truth was emerging from the fog, but because it was too subversive and too difficult to accept, he didn't know how to react for a while.
After a long while, he regained his senses and asked, "What do you say?"
Ying Kai only thought that his mind was shaking too much, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Shuangce, we must return to the world."
"… "
Xu Shuangce didn't see the slightest difference on his face, and finally he calmed down as if nothing had happened, and said slowly, "Yes, I will go back one day."
Ying Kai nodded in agreement and changed the topic: "But we can't sit here and let the world collapse - if it is an ordinary fantasy, it will naturally return to the world after it collapses, but the butterfly death dream is different from the ordinary fantasy, and it is likely to return to the world after it collapses. Damage the soul of the world, and even bury everyone's soul here together."
Xu Shuangce asked again: "Then what do you think should be done?"
Ying Kai looked directly into his eyes, and finally stated his ultimate goal word by word: "Untie that forbidden palace, Shuang Ce. Let me see Gong Wei."
coming.
Under the tabletop, Xu Shuangce tightened his fingers instantly.
"I'm going to persuade him to lift the illusion of butterfly death and dream of life, so that everyone can escape the illusion smoothly and smoothly, so that everyone can survive, is that okay?"
There was not a single sound in the air except each other's breathing.
Xu Shuangce looked away, with a hesitant expression on his face: "But the sword is still stuck in Gong Wei's heart, as long as he returns to this world, he will die."
Ying Kai said: "You forgot? He is a mirror fairy, he won't really die, but he will be temporarily returned to heaven and earth. Maybe after tens of thousands of years, he will be nurtured by heaven again and come to this mortal world, but at that time you and I both The ashes are gone, and I can't see it anymore."
Xu Shuangce seemed to be moved, and said again: "Aren't you afraid that after I return to this world, I want to forcefully open the gate of heaven and ascend to destroy the world?"
Ying Kai asked back, "Do you think I would let you do this?"
"… "
"The Avenue to the Sky on the Ascension Platform in the present world has been destroyed. Am I going to sit back and watch you build another one?"
Xu Shuangce lowered his eyes under Ying Kai's gaze. He couldn't tell what he was thinking from the outside. After a long time, he suddenly said calmly, "You forgot, there is actually another choice."
Ying Kai looked at him suspiciously.
"You can let Gong Wei kill me immediately before the illusion has collapsed. In this way, my soul will be dissipated, and there will be no future troubles."
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Ying Kai's fingers resting on the table tightened, and the muscles and bones on the back of his hands clearly protruded.
Every minute and every moment was frighteningly quiet, Xu Shuangce's eyes were lowered, but he was staring at Ying Kai's every reaction from the corner of his eyes. will do that."
"You are my only brother, in the past, and in the future, although you have forgotten many things." Ying Kai took a deep breath: "No matter what happens in the future, I hope I will never meet you."
This was an answer that was completely unexpected to Xu Shuangce, and he was stunned for a while.
Ying Kai was not used to expressing strong emotions, so he wiped his face and stood up, without looking at Xu Shuangce, he smiled briefly: "Let's go, let me see Gong Wei."
Xu Shuangce also stood up and wanted to say something but was unable to say: "... Ying Kai..."
Ying Kai was carrying Dingshanhai, holding the reluctance in his palm, he walked around the round table to the door of the house, turned his back to Xu Shuangce and said, "I don't know when this illusion will completely collapse, I must see Gong Wei in person as soon as possible. Having said that, , when did you build the Forbidden Palace? How could you remember to—"
"Ying Kai," Xu Shuangce finally interrupted him with difficulty, and said, "I will not open the forbidden hall to let you kill the realm master."
Ying Kai's hand was hanging by the door and stopped.
The room was terribly quiet. Xu Shuangce closed his eyes, and his ears rang again. In the corner of the library hall many years ago, Gong Wei leaned over the table, and his smiling voice leaped through the air like a silver bell:
"—I don't know that Zhou's dream is Hu Dieyou, and Hu Die's dream is Zhou Yu?"
"The realm master will not die in the dream, unless there is a situation - the body left by the realm master in reality dies, the dream collapses, and everyone who is dragged into the dream will perish."
"Jade and stones are burning, this is probably the most terrifying place in dream art!"
…
The scent of peach blossoms in the void gradually faded away, like a charming and hasty dream.
In the hall, Xu Shuangce and Ying Kai stood with their backs to each other, separated by several meters, and neither of them moved first.
"Ninety percent of what you just said is true, and you only lied on the most crucial point—the people who were killed by the realm master in 'Butterfly and Dreaming', the reality will not dissipate." Xu Shuangce's voice was slow and low. : "On the contrary, the killing of the realm master is the only way to safely leave the dream. The killed can wake up from the dream and return to the world. This is the dream of death and life."
"And the other people who stay here will lose their souls as the dream collapses. This is the dream of life and death."
"So Gong Wei always wanted to kill me, in fact, to expel me from the dream as soon as possible and return to the world alive. Then, when the dream collapses, he will bring everyone in the world to die together..."
Xu Shuangce turned his head and looked at Ying Kai's Ningding back: "Because everyone has been on the Ascension Stage in this world to prevent him from going on stage to kill you."
Ying Kai's figure was so familiar and unfamiliar, and it was only after a long time that he saw him put down his hand that was reaching for the door, and sighed silently.
"Didn't you just say that you have forgotten all about your past," he asked sullenly, "So you still remember the true meaning of Die-die-mengsheng?"
Xu Shuangce didn't answer the question: "I've been thinking about one thing since just now, when did I start to think that I was Beiyuan?"
"… "
"The first time I thought I was Beiyuan was because I saw the black-clothed silver sword in the battle of the world, who rushed out of the gate of heaven and desperately slashed at Xuanjinghe's soul. I feel the same way about his anger, but the reality is that In the past, he was angry that the soldiers who destroyed the world were destroyed, and I was angry that Jingxian was injured because he helped Xuanjinghe to fight back Lei Jie, the two are not the same thing at all."
"The second time I deepened this impression is because I heard Liu Xuzhi mention the legend of the Prince Gui's wedding at Yanchun Terrace, and the god Beiyuan was arrogant and ruthless. But in fact, there are many untrue rumors, because one tried to destroy the prince. No matter what his personality is, the gods of the world will only spread that he is ruthless and will not have any other evaluations."
"In the end, what really made the final decision was that I was born with a lot of obstacles, which is comparable to that of the God of Beiyuan."
Xu Shuangce looked at Ying Kai, and the ending sound was a little unstable:
"So now can you tell me why your killing block was transferred to me, Lord Kitagaki?"
Invisible boulders smashed thousands of thousands of waves in mid-air, as if tens of thousands of years had passed before returning to a suffocating silence.
Ying Kai finally turned his head and looked at him calmly: "You have forgotten, Dongtian."
"When I was relegated to the lower realm, you told Gong Wei that you wanted to give up the status of god and come down to earth to exchange fate with me, so as to help me resolve the ineradicable killing obstacles and hatred for the world."