Courtyard House: My Long and Hard Body Makes Me Play with All the Women in the Courtyard

Chu Mo's expression changed drastically: "What nonsense are you talking about... We clearly remember everything... We came in voluntarily."

"That's because the memories have already been filtered," the man in the red robe said slowly. "You think you've chosen justice? Redemption? No, you've just reenacted an old script."

The sleeper suddenly looked up at the cracks spreading across the clock face, his eyes revealing genuine shock and anger for the first time.

“You shouldn’t have come.” His voice was as cold as snow. “You’re already dead.”

The man in the red robe tilted his head, his eyes bloodshot: "Death? I've just changed the way I exist. And now, it's time for me to help you complete the final step."

As soon as he finished speaking, the light from the clock face suddenly burst forth, forming twisted chains that swept towards everyone!

"Get out of the way!" Su Ting leaped up and waved his hand, and golden flames condensed into a barrier in the air.

With a roar, Chenxi swung her giant axe, cleaving through the two chains that were rushing towards her, but her movements were slightly sluggish.

The girl screamed, "They touched my body... I feel something rummaging through my mind!"

The man in the red robes watched all this silently: "They are searching... for your true original sin."

"Shut up!" Su Ting roared, charging towards the man in red robes. "Who are you? Why are you doing this? Are you also trying to tamper with the laws of dreams?!"

"You want to hear the truth?" The man in the red robe grinned even wider. "Of course. I am someone you have forgotten—or rather… a forgotten witness."

He slowly lifted a corner of his hood, revealing a small section of charred and rotting skin.

“Look at this,” he whispered, “this is your ‘sacrifice’ back then.”

The little girl's face turned pale: "This... is impossible... you are..."

Chu Mo's eyes widened suddenly: "How could you still be alive? You volunteered for that trial!"

“Of course I volunteered,” the man in red sneered. “Because I didn’t want the truth to destroy the remaining hope. But now—” he looked at the bell, “when you awaken this anchor point, all the seals are crumbling, including those things that shouldn’t be awakened.”

Before he could finish speaking, a muffled thud came from inside the bell, followed by a hoarse voice that was almost inhuman:

*I have slumbered for countless ages…who has reopened my eyes once more?*

“It’s here!” the sleeper whispered, fear appearing in his eyes for the first time. “That’s the ‘Original Bell Spirit’… It shouldn’t exist in the mortal world, or even in the dream world.”

“What is ‘Yuan Zhongling’?” Chenxi gritted her teeth. “It sounds like some kind of old monster.”

"It is the true core of the Anchor of Time, recording the beginning and end of all dreams," Chu Mo explained quickly. "If it awakens... the rules of the entire dream world will be completely rewritten."

"Then let it wake up." The man in the red robe smiled faintly. "Because you wouldn't want to know what the real ending is like."

Su Ting rushed forward and grabbed the man in red robes by the chest: "Tell me the truth! Otherwise, I won't hesitate to tear your shameful face off!"

Chapter 1132 Like Blood Yet Not Like Blood

"Are you sure?" the red-robed man sneered, offering no resistance. "If you really want to know who killed that fallen one, who covered up the source of everything in front of you—then you'd better be prepared to accept...the truth is a hundred times crueler than betrayal."

"Think carefully before you take action. Can your soul bear such weight?"

The little girl cried out urgently, "Wait, Su Ting! Something's wrong with his eyes... The demonic energy around him is changing! He's using this power to maintain his consciousness!"

"So what?" Su Ting didn't let go, but his tone had wavered slightly. "You want me to say let him go? After he just showed us all this? He's just using us!"

The man in the red robe suddenly smiled, and black lines appeared at the corners of his eyes, resembling blood yet not quite.

“I’m not taking advantage of you… I’m just giving you back the choice.”

He raised a finger and slowly drew a line of text in mid-air.

That line of text floated in the mist:

The real betrayal happens before you even remember it.

The bells rang once again!

It was even more deafening than before, as if the entire dream trembled at the echo.

"Get back quickly!" Chu Mo grabbed the little girl and retreated rapidly in the opposite direction. "The crack in the clock face is widening... the thing inside is almost completely out!"

"We have to stop him!" Su Ting shouted to the others. "No matter how much of what he says is true, we can't let him summon something from inside the bell!"

The sleeping man stood there motionless, his expression becoming unusually strange.

"Perhaps... we should listen to what he has to say first."

Su Ting turned and stared at him, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "You still want to believe them? Do you even remember who killed you? It was them! You killed yourself with your own hands!"

The sleeper's voice was as calm as the wind blowing through the snow: "Perhaps... it wasn't the person who killed me... but the person who forgot why I did it."

"What do you mean?" Chenxi asked, puzzled.

Just then, the man in the red robe laughed.

"It seems... you're finally starting to remember."

*I have slumbered for countless ages…who has reopened my eyes once more?*

As that hoarse, ancient voice rang out, the cracks inside the clock face seemed to come alive, swirling and intertwining in the air to form a massive shadowy outline. The entire space began to distort and deform, as if being torn apart by that ancient force.

Chenxi stomped his foot, unleashing a slash of axe light in an attempt to stabilize the collapsing ground beneath his feet.

"We don't have time to dwell on this!" she roared. "If that thing comes out completely, nobody will survive!"

Su Ting still gripped the man in the red robe tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force, but a hint of hesitation appeared in his eyes.

"What exactly is this 'choice' you're talking about?" His voice was low, suppressing some emotion. "Who are you? Why do you know things we don't?"

The little girl hid behind Chu Mo, her small hands tightly clutching his clothes, her eyes fixed on the crimson and black that kept shifting in the red-robed man's eyes.

“Your consciousness is barely maintained by the laws of dreams,” she said softly. “You are not manipulating this demonic energy… you rely on it to maintain your existence.”

The man in the red robe smiled slightly, his mouth twisting into an eerie angle, and the black lines that spilled from the corners of his eyes spread rapidly like a spider web.

“A clever child,” he whispered, “I am but a discarded echo—the last fragment of memory left behind when the truth was distorted.”

Chapter 1133 Truly Heinous

"Shut up!" Su Ting shoved him away, but was firmly supported by an invisible force.

The man in red robes stood still, his voice sometimes near, sometimes far: "When you first stepped into the Dream Trial Arena, did you think you were saving the world? Did you think 'that fallen one' was truly irredeemable? But who told you... why he became that way?"

The sleeping man walked slowly forward, his gaze gradually becoming serious.

“Tell me, why did I do it that night…” he began, his voice like the wind passing through ruins, “I remember raising the knife, but… I don’t remember why I did it.”

The man in red slowly raised his head: "Because you had no choice. And that person is no longer who he once was."

Chu Mo clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "So, you're the real witness? The sacrifice you mentioned is because you know everything?"

The man in red robes did not answer, but instead raised his hand and wrote another line of blood-red characters in the air:

The real trial has never been held; those who are convicted are merely scapegoats.

The little girl's eyes widened suddenly: "You are that judge... no, to be precise, you were one of us."

The air suddenly became stagnant.

"Heh..." the man in the red robe chuckled, "You're finally starting to remember even a little bit."

"To hell with memories!" Chenxi roared. "It's too late to say anything now! Look over there! Zhong Ling is about to break free of the seal!"

Everyone turned to look and saw that the originally sealed clock face had been completely torn apart, revealing its chaotic, misty internal structure. A gigantic eye vaguely appeared amidst the interplay of light and shadow.

Those weren't ordinary pupils—they were the "first glance" from the dream world.

Zhong Ling awakens!

"Listen!" Su Ting turned and roared at everyone, "Whether what he said is true or false, we have to deal with what's in front of us first! If we hesitate any longer, it'll all be over!"

"Then let's fight together," the man in the red robe said calmly.

Everyone stared at him in astonishment.

“I thought I was just here for revenge.” He gently lifted a corner of his hood, revealing an eye socket that was almost nothing but bone. “But now I realize… I’m back to stop this disaster.”

He stretched out his hand, and a dark red light appeared in his palm.

"If you still remember the vow we made that night, then please stand with me one more time."

After a long silence, the sleeping one suddenly took a step forward, slowly extending his palm to touch it.

Next came Chenxi, Chumo...

The last one is Su Ting.

Four hands clasped together, and a dazzling energy surged from them, converging towards Zhong Ling, who was about to emerge from her cocoon.

However, at the very moment the light rose, the little girl suddenly screamed.

"Something's wrong! His aura has changed! The man in the red robe is lying to us!!"

All eyes turned to the man in red robes—his face was covered with dense golden runes, and tears of blood streamed from his eyes, yet he still wore a smile.

“I don’t lie,” he said softly. “I said I would give you the choice… and now, it’s time to choose.”

He suddenly raised his hand, and the giant eye inside the bell snapped open!

A deafening roar echoed through the heavens and earth, and the order of the dream world began to crumble and shake.

"Are you prepared to bear the past?" The red-robed man's laughter echoed in the air. "Or would you rather erase your memories and start over once again?"