Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 453 Things You Su Forgot

The ancient Kunpeng flapped its wings and came, its wings were like clouds drooping from the sky, and demonic flames from outside the domain were breathed in and out of its scales. Wherever it passed, the galaxy shattered like colored glaze rubble.

Kunpeng suddenly opened its huge beak, and a group of short-haired demons in strange costumes walked out.

They used human bones as their flags, and every howl turned into a curse of world destruction. The land of Kyushu was trembling with spider-web-like cracks.

Suddenly, the sound of bronze chimes was heard from the sky, and six tall and majestic figures stepped through the void and came.

The six mighty ones formed the Big Dipper formation, and the Dao patterns were like the Milky Way pouring down. Kunpeng's wings peeled off piece by piece in the formation, and finally fell into the sea before dawn.

You Su had never seen such a shocking scene, but he knew very well that this was the invasion of the foreign demons five thousand years ago. Then the five great immortal ancestors appeared and saved the people of the five continents from the water and fire. From then on, they opened the sacred mountain and spread the immortal way, ending the ancient ignorance of the five continents.

This is history that is familiar to everyone on the five continents, but the scene before them is a little contrary to history.

People in the world have only heard of the five great immortal ancestors, so who is this sixth great being?

But when You Suning looked away to take a closer look, it began to fall madly.

The eighth level of dream ended like this.

The cold wind blew through You Su's sleeves. He stood on a glazed snowfield, and the ice crystals under his feet reflected thousands of tiny rainbow lights.

Everything here is too bright, even the falling snow is covered with colorful powder, like a field of crushed stardust.

He knew he was in a dream, an incredibly lucid dream.

When the colorful phosphorus powder of the phantom creature fell on the sacred mountain, You Su didn't know whether everyone was forced into a dream, at least he was.

Even though he and they had taken precautions to avoid inhaling the phosphorus powder under the reminder of Venerable Qianlong, they still inevitably fell into a dream, simply because - He was the master of dreams.

Perhaps what he used to deceive people was not the phosphorus powder at all, or perhaps he was taking advantage of people's fear of the colorful phosphorus powder.

He didn't remember how long he had been traveling in this dream, he only knew that this was his ninth dream.

In the first dream, he received a blank letter. The letter paper was soaked with the fishy smell of sea water, but when he unfolded it, a line of small words appeared:
"If you want to leave, enter the Nine-Layer Dream Abyss and kill me."

He found loopholes in layers of dreams and finally reached the ninth layer of dreams.

The sky hung low like an inverted mirror lake, and sticky rainbow light seeped out from every crack, as if the tongue of an evil god licking the world.

At this moment, he gripped the Mosong sword tightly, and the dark and smooth sword edge reflected his pale face.

He wondered where was the person he was supposed to kill?

He looked around but didn't find anyone else except himself.

He began to shift his gaze downwards. On the mirror-like ice surface, another self emerged in the reflection—clothed in black and with a black sword, gentle and clear.

"You're here." The reflection chuckled, his voice echoing through the walls, "Kill me and you'll wake up."

You Su did not hesitate at all. The moment the Mosong sword pierced the ice, thousands of mirror images shattered at the same time.

You Su saw countless versions of himself: practicing swordplay at Lotus Peak, slaying evil spirits at the bottom of the sea, waiting obediently in front of his master's wife's door... Every phantom was whispering, "Who are you?"

"Zhuang Zhou dreams of being a butterfly, and the butterfly dreams of being Zhuang Zhou..."

The broken mirror was restored, and the reflection smiled at him again, "Guess, is the You Su you are seeing now the You Su outside the dream, or the You Su in the dream?"

You Su couldn't help but be dazed. Nine consecutive dreams made him feel tired. He was not afraid of the Lord of Dreams, but that didn't mean he was invincible in front of Kong Yan.

At this moment, he himself felt confused. He even forgot how he got here, and only remembered the first command that drove him into the deep dream - kill me.

Who am I? But there is no one else here, only him.

If you just kill me, can this 'I' get out?

While hesitating, the Mosong sword was slowly placed next to his neck.

You Su's lips curled slightly in the ice mirror, as if he was sure of victory.

"But I can't die..." You Su suddenly stopped and murmured, "Although I always try my best, I don't want to die... because there are still many people waiting for me... How can I die?"

The obsessions in his heart that he couldn't let go of pulled his arm to commit suicide, and the corners of You Su's lips in the ice mirror curled deeper.

"Yusu!"

"elder brother!"

Two familiar clear sounds were heard, You Su suddenly retracted his ink sword and looked back, only to see two graceful figures, one big and one small, flying towards him.

The two peerless faces are 70% similar, one is dignified and noble, while the other is childish and cute.

Venerable Qianlong grabbed his sword-holding wrist rudely and asked harshly, "What were you going to do just now?"

"Brother, you're not going to commit suicide, are you?" Bai Ze was not willing to be outdone, and grabbed You Su's arm that was already restrained by the woman.

You Su was silent, but the man in the ice mirror smiled and asked:

"Is this your friend?"

The two girls' beautiful eyes shrank at the same time, and they realized that You Su in the ice mirror could not only move independently, but also speak!

"It's an illusion!" Venerable Qianlong condensed a star-like light on his fingertips and suddenly smashed it into the ice, which shattered. "If you had stabbed it just now, you would have fulfilled the dream master's wish!"

But to her surprise, the broken ice surface suddenly recovered again, and You Su, who was chuckling, was still looking at them in a friendly manner through the ice.

You Su's Adam's apple rolled and he gasped for breath as if he realized something belatedly. He didn't understand why this illusion, which was easy for others to see through, made him, a man who would hardly get lost in an illusion, fall into confusion.

What is so special about him? Or is his specialness only for him?

"It turns out that you two are actually two souls in one body. No wonder you can enter the ninth level of the Heart-Knocking Lake. But I didn't expect such a wonderful thing to happen. You are originally one soul but are divided into two people. However, thanks to this, you two can see each other when you look at each other, and you can easily break the shackles of the ninth level. It seems that no matter how sophisticated the rules are, there will always be loopholes."

'You Su' was still smiling gently, but it was different from You Su's own relaxed smile with a hint of frivolity. Venerable Qianlong, who had seen countless people, could see that the smile on his face in the mirror had an indescribable tiredness, as well as a maturity as if he had seen a lot.

She was very sure that he was not You Su, at least not the You Su she knew.

She had never seen anyone in this world who could see at a glance that she and Bai Ze were two souls in one body.

"You can't scare us. As the Lord of Dreams, it's easy for you to peek into our memories. But no matter how much you know, we won't be bewitched by you."

Venerable Qianlong raised his head proudly, but tightened his grip on the young man's wrist, as if he was afraid that he would take the sword and commit suicide again.

You Su smiled noncommittally and did not give any explanation.

"Are they here to rescue you?"

You Su looked at the two women. From their expressions, he could tell that they were also dragged into the abyss of dreams by Kong Yan, and then met him in this last layer of dreams by chance.

"So what if it is, so what if it isn't?" You Su asked back.

"Do you trust them?" he asked again in the mirror.

At this time, the two girls frowned even more deeply, and Bai Ze immediately responded: "You are not allowed to sow discord between me and my brother!"

Venerable Qianlong sneered, "Your plan of sowing discord is a little too crude."

You Su also felt that this plot to sow discord was too crude, so crude that it didn't seem to have any other purpose, but was just a simple question.

"I believe them." You Su replied.

As soon as he finished speaking, both women were stunned and stared at him blankly, but they all felt a warmth in their hearts at the same time, and neither of them was willing to let go of the hand that was holding You Su's arm.

"Just believe me." He nodded as if he was satisfied. "It seems you are not alone, that's good." You Su frowned. He really didn't understand the other party's tone, which sounded like an old friend. "Do you know me?"

"This is the heart lake. I am you. If I don't know you, doesn't that mean I don't know myself?"

You Su felt that it was a bit mysterious and didn't want to stay any longer. "I didn't kill myself as you wished. The illusion has been broken. You can let us go."

"There is no illusion." He shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I asked you to come to me to talk to you. Why are you in such a hurry to leave before we even finish talking?"

"But you wanted to kill me just now." You Su looked at him coldly.

"If I don't kill you, you'll kill me. Who in this world doesn't want to live?"

The three of them were silent for a moment after hearing this. He failed to kill You Su, so he would definitely be the one to die. However, he kept smiling, as if he didn't know he was going to die.

"What do you want to say?" You Su suddenly asked. He even felt that he was the more ferocious one, while the other was the innocent one.

"Do you think the world needs immortals?" His first question was shocking.

Venerable Qianlong and Bai Ze looked at each other as they listened, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding that they would interrupt You Su immediately if they noticed anything wrong.

"Of course it is needed. Xuanqi is just a resource, a resource that should make the world a better place. So those who can draw on this resource must also have a reason to exist."

You Su's answer was shocking enough to startle both women. Among them, Venerable Qianlong's eyes were shining, and his eyes were full of the reflection of the young man.

It was because You Su's view coincided with her philosophy. The existence of Xuanqi was not to help someone become an immortal. It existed between heaven and earth before the emergence of immortals. Therefore, those who took it should also give corresponding feedback to heaven and earth.

"So in your opinion, what kind of existence is the Immortal Ancestor?" he asked again, and the question was still so shocking.

You Su did not give an answer as quickly as he did to the previous question. He hesitated for a moment before answering:
"I don't know. They may be powerful, mysterious, noble, like gods. But I have never really seen them. I don't know if they really exist or are still alive. I just think that instead of worshiping them, it is better to trust my own hands."

The two women nodded slightly when they heard this. At least judging from the disaster at Kongyuan Divine Mountain, the Immortal Ancestor Temple was unreliable. Perhaps Kongyuan Immortal Ancestor could really create a new and prosperous Bei'ao, but that would be a Bei'ao without human nature.

Therefore, Venerable Qianlong was not secretly happy about the privilege of being spared. Instead, she was angry because she was worried that she would become the next chess piece to be abandoned. All privileges mean a price. She remembered this and hoped that everyone could remember this.

He still did not comment on You Su's answer, but just listened attentively with a meaningful smile on his face.

After listening to the whole story, he asked again: "Why do you think that person wanted to make you blind?"

This question was beyond the cognition of Bai Ze, who had been away from the world for thirty years, but Venerable Qianlong had read the report about You Su, the son of God. The report said that You Su was blind but could see all evil spirits. It was very likely that he had seen the three evil gods when he was very young, and the purpose of blinding his eyes was to make him live in a world where he could only see evil spirits.

Thinking back on it now, Venerable Qianlong couldn't help but feel some pity, and felt that You Su's fate was bloody and cruel.

You Su himself felt that this answer was a very reasonable guess, although he didn't know who was so cruel as to make a child born to face that dark and hideous world.

But when he was asked this question by "himself" at this time, You Su always felt that the answer the other party wanted was not this.

Because this is him, if this is the answer, why would 'he' need to ask?

As if a flash of lightning had occurred, veins popped up on You Su's temples:

"He doesn't want me to see Him. He controls my destiny, but He is afraid that I will see Him!"

You Su in the mirror finally smiled approvingly, "When you peek at others through a hole, what you fear most is another eye appearing on the other side of the hole. All mysterious people are like this, they are more afraid of being seen than we are."

Yes! You Su agrees with this analogy very much!
The man who made himself blind actually didn’t have any fancy ideas at all; He just didn’t want others to see Him!

Either His identity is sensitive, or His appearance is obvious. In short, He must be avoiding something!
"You know who He is!" You Su suddenly shouted to himself in the ice mirror.

He smiled bitterly, "If only I knew..." Then he said firmly, "But I believe you will find Him."

Because You Su has realized that such a being must be hiding in the darkest and most hidden corners! Once the game of hide-and-seek has a target, it is no longer so difficult to find Him!

"Well, it's time for me to die. How about we make one last deal?" he asked with a smile.

"What deal?" You Su was a little alert.

"I'll tell you what you forgot, and you fulfill a wish for me."

Both girls looked at You Su with concern, thinking that You Su was lying when he said he hadn't forgotten anything.

You Su pursed his lips. Perhaps because the other party was about to die, he couldn't bear to refuse:
"What wish?"

"Go to Japan to see her for me." His smile turned sad.

"Toyo? Who is she?"

"Her name is Xingzhao." His smile turned proud.

This smile shocked the three people opposite the ice mirror, because these two words were more terrifying than all the words he had just said - there was only one person named Xingzhao in Dongying Continent, and that was the Xingzhao Immortal Ancestor who ascended to the Xingzhao Divine Mountain!
"I...I will go." You Su agreed.

He smiled with relief, then half turned around, as if he was going somewhere, but probably to die.

At this time, You Su also realized that the 'he' in the ice mirror might have a close relationship with him, but it was not himself.

'He' and the Immortal Ancestor Xing Zhao were from the same era, but he met him by chance because of Kong Yan.

"Are you the sixth person?" You Su couldn't help but ask.

"There are actually five of the Four Great Classics, and it's not uncommon for there to be six of the Five Great Immortal Ancestors."

He seemed to be making fun of himself, but You Su could easily tell from his previous question that he was reminding himself to deconstruct this so-called authority.

He seemed to be getting farther and farther away, and nothing could be seen except a deep blue through the ice.

Bai Ze stopped him, "You haven't told him what he forgot!"

You Su turned around, waved his hand and smiled apologetically:

"He forgot that he was about to explode and die! His cultivation had clearly reached the perfect stage of Condensed Water, but he didn't regulate his breath properly to prepare for a breakthrough. He was still fighting everywhere and practicing Qi blindly, just like forcing a person who was already full to continue eating. In addition, his cultivation method was special, and it had already backfired. If he didn't release the qi, he would explode!"

As he finished speaking, You Su, who had regained his memory, suddenly felt boundless pain awakened by his body.

The pain has always existed, but You Su has forgotten its existence!

At this moment, he was like a soldier controlled by hormones, who was only concerned with killing the enemy, but only after the hormones subsided after the battle did he remember the heart-wrenching pain all over his body.

Only then did he realize the reason for the uneasy feeling he had been feeling since he approached the sacred mountain. It was not because he had foresight and sensed some great conspiracy, but because the mismatch between his consciousness and his body caused his body to frequently send him danger signals.

But he didn't care and suppressed it so that no one else noticed that something was wrong with him.

Venerable Qianlong and Bai Ze simultaneously probed into You Su's body with Xuan Qi, and indeed found that he was on the verge of collapse. You Su was even unable to stand on his own, his muscles were cramping, and he was held in the woman's arms.

"Koushin Lake is a place for self-examination and meditation. Let's go to the sixth floor."

The man in the ice waved his hand, and the environment around You Su and the other two retreated like flowing light.

Venerable Qianlong and Bai Ze made eye contact as if they had telepathic connection, but their gazes separated in an instant.

They all came here through nine levels of dreams and remembered every level of dreams clearly.

The sixth level is the desire realm.

On the other side of the ice, the man was slowly disappearing, as infinite as quicksand.

He gazed into the depths with gratitude, speaking in a deep voice, as if lamenting his own failure:
"You have kept my remnant for so long, so that I can replace you one day? It's a pity that I failed your kindness, and I would have died a long time ago..."

Kong Yan knew, however, that he lured them here with no intention of killing him.

(End of this chapter)