Chapter 74: The Illusory Dream Spirit

  "Whoosh——"

  Double blades dance, knife energy bursts out of the sky, transformed into petals, familiar petals revisit, drifting aimlessly like fallen leaves. Moon Lotus's strength has improved a lot compared to before, but these petals are even weaker, dull and tiny, with a power difference of 180,000 miles from last time!

  It was precisely because of this that its scope expanded countless times. Just as Xia Lin had requested, the entire cave was filled with fluttering knife petals, despite their weakness and smallness.

  "Brush!"

  Petal falls on the green grass snake, just hitting the scales and disappearing, having no effect at all.

  Yuè Lián let out a sigh, although she didn't know what Xià Lín wanted to do, but apparently, it had failed...

  Noticing the increasingly close giant skull, Yuè Lián glanced at Xià Lín, turned her hand over and grasped his, then closed her eyes. Xià Lín took a deep breath, his face calm, facing the incoming green grass python without fear, silently reciting something in his heart, grasping Yuè Lián's hand, also closing his eyes.

  The stalactite cave is still filled with beautiful green moss, illuminating the entire space.

  In such a beautiful place, on the icy pond, a huge green grass snake opens its bloody mouth, and in front of it, a boy and a girl hold each other's hands tightly, with their eyes closed, the scene seems to be completely frozen.

  "Whoosh——"

  A gentle breeze blows by, bringing a hint of fragrance, refreshing the heart.

  The howling roar disappeared, and the scene of being swallowed by a green grass python did not appear. The surroundings suddenly became very quiet.

  Without feeling the fear of death, Yu Lian slowly opened her eyes. In front of her was a familiar cave, a familiar scene, but the terrifying green snake had disappeared. The surface of the cold pool was calm and clear as before.

  "This..." Yu Lian was somewhat dazed, suddenly remembering what Xia Lin had said before he left, and abruptly turned her head to look at Xia Lin: "What happened?"

  Xia Lin's pale face smiled slightly, just then a green leaf floated down from the sky and landed in front of the two people. Xia Lin stretched out one hand and picked up the green leaf, taking a light sniff. The smell was very familiar.

  "It seems I didn't guess wrong." Xia Lin smiled and was about to say something, but suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.

  Be careful.

  Yu Lian quickly stepped forward and supported him, confirming that Xia Lin had only fainted from exhaustion before she could breathe a sigh of relief.

  Holding Xia Lin in her arms, Yue Lian felt a little dazed.

  When did she ever think of having such intimate contact with a man? In the past, even if they were just close in distance, she would feel deeply disgusted, but now she was holding Xia Lin like this and watching him rest.

  It was just repaying him for saving her life earlier, Meirin comforted herself.

  But is that really the case? Perhaps, even she herself wouldn't believe it, but a life-or-death crisis had given her something different in her heart. Dizzy for a moment, Yu Lian shook her head to clear it, and the battle just now had also consumed a lot of energy from her; being able to hold on until now was already quite good.

  She turned around and moved to the side, sat on a stone table, placed Xia Lin's head on her lap, and Yuelian leaned against a stone wall, slowly closing her eyes, leaving behind a low murmur in the air.

  "Same fate... will there be the same outcome?"

  ……

  Bright moon and starry sky, surrounded by clouds and mist.

  In this land like a paradise, a magnificent and majestic palace is situated in it, filled with a bit of mysterious atmosphere. There are countless courtyards inside the palace, and countless people walk among them.

  In the grand hall at the center of the palace, there was a beautiful young woman wearing a blue silk dress that gave off an impression of clarity and transparency. A light purple ribbon adorned her shoulders, and as the gentle breeze blew by, she seemed to be floating like an immortal being.

  A young woman held a green, jade-like token in her hand, as if infusing it with something. However, no matter how she manipulated it, the jade token showed no reaction, completely still.

  "Still can't feel it?"

  The young woman said in a listless and desperate tone, somewhat numb and somewhat hopeless. She suddenly slapped the table with her palm, "Sixteen years have passed, why can't I feel anything at all!"

  "Boom!"

  A strange wave fluctuated within the hall, causing countless antiques and treasures to float up before shattering into a myriad of powder that dispersed in mid-air.

  A gentle breeze blew by, and the powder dispersed. The entire grand hall was surprisingly empty!

  "What's going on?"

  A figure rushed in, a middle-aged man of about thirty years old, wearing brocade clothes, and looking quite handsome and elegant. However, after seeing this scene, he could only sigh: "Xiang'er has blown up again... how many times is it this year?"

  "Xiang'er... don't be sad." The middle-aged man stepped forward and grasped the young woman's hand, comforting her.

  "Don't be sad? Isn't she your child?" The young woman heard this sentence and immediately got angry, pushing away the middle-aged man's arm, "Get out, don't touch me!"

  "You're quite capable, able to lose your own daughter in your own home, you're number one."

  "I don't know what's going on with our daughter being lost, but go back and tell your mother! She likes sons, let her give birth to one herself! My daughter is everything to me, I will definitely find her no matter where she is in the world! Don't even think about touching me until my daughter comes back!"

  The young woman finished speaking in a cold tone and turned away, without even looking back once.

  "I knew it would end up like this." The middle-aged man sighed and stopped talking.

  He knew that Xiaoyu was suspecting his mother, the old man who valued boys over girls. Because sixteen years ago, it was the old man who took his granddaughter home to play and lost her. It was understandable for Xiaoyu to suspect his mother, but only he himself knew that his mother would never do such a thing.

  Especially since the loss of his granddaughter, the old man took all the blame on himself, feeling guilty and ashamed, and from then on traveled the world, vowing to find his granddaughter back.

  These years, the old man has eaten bitterness, but it's not under his daughter's skirt!

  With a bitter smile, the middle-aged man thought of that one-year-old child, the daughter who brought vitality to the whole family, and suddenly disappeared. Without thinking, it was definitely kidnapped. Clenching his fists, the middle-aged man hated the person who destroyed his family to the bone! He wished he could rub him into dust!

  "Daughter, you must live on!" The middle-aged man took a deep breath and looked up at the sky: "Father will go find you, be sure to remember, there is a home, everyone is waiting for you!"

  On top of Yin Yang Mountain, inside a certain room.

  "Uh—"

  A muffled groan, a girl who was cultivating suddenly woke up, holding her chest in some pain, and said dazedly: "It hurts so much..."

  The pain came quickly and went away quickly, soon there was no feeling at all.

  The girl stood up a bit strangely and muttered to herself: "Strange, that feeling just now... what was it? Did something happen to the young master?"

  This girl is actually Green who was practicing her incantation in the room!

  "The young master and Miss Yaolian went to fetch the spiritual medicine, nothing should happen. After all, the old master is in charge here, no one dares to play any tricks, but still, I hope the young master returns soon." Green thought carefully and analyzed the situation.

  She's very clever, a cultivator with almost monstrous innate talent. Would she be an idiot? No! It's just that when ordinary girls walk together with Xia Lin, they basically don't bother to use their brains at all. In her opinion, following Young Master is fine as long as everything follows Young Master's arrangements. As for Young Master, she doesn't even know what refusal means.

  "The cultivation speed needs to be accelerated, at least, it's best to catch up with Young Master as soon as possible." Green thought of yesterday's battle between Xia Lin and Yao Lian. She had originally thought that becoming a cultivator would bring about great progress, but unfortunately, she was still unable to intervene in the two men's fight, which was almost at the level of a stormy peak battle!

  After figuring it out, Lü'er sat cross-legged on the bed again, took out the purple token and placed it in her palm, closed her eyes, and once again immersed herself in cultivation.

  ……

  When Xia Lin woke up from her daze, four hours had already passed. The sky outside had darkened, but it was impossible to notice this inside the cave.

  "Really?"

  Xia Lin felt that he was resting his head on something extremely soft, very familiar. Subconsciously, he reached out to touch it, and the place where his hand landed was icy cool and smooth.

  This feeling... I'm going...

  Xia Lin suddenly lifted his head, and indeed, he found that the place where he was resting his head was on Yu Lian's thigh. Moreover, unfortunately, Yu Lian was looking at him with an unpleasant expression at this time.

  "Sorry." Xia Lin said with a dry laugh.

  Yu Lian didn't bother with him and instead stood up to stretch her numb legs, which were almost crushed by Xia Lin's weight, before asking: "Just now... what was that all about?"

  Xia Lin smiled slightly and picked up a green leaf from the ground, saying to Yue Lian: "Look."

  Yuè Lián took the green leaf in her hand, only to be shocked to discover that this piece of green leaf was actually a cut-off green leaf. The cut was extremely tender and obviously freshly cut.

  Soon, Yuelian thought of the move Xia Lin had just let her use - Moon Dance.

  "Is it the Moonlight Slash?"

  "En." Xia Lin nodded slightly and pointed to the distance, "This is the Breaking Boundary Realm."

  Yuè Lián lowered her head, looking at the ground, where there were not just one or two green leaves, but almost a whole scattering of severed green leaves. Yuè Lián took a closer look and saw that if these leaves were intact, they would form a single stem of green grass, exactly like the green spiritual grass they had seen earlier. Suddenly, she exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't this...?"

  "Right." Xia Lin smiled wryly, "It's that spiritual grass."

  A gleam of enlightenment flashed in Yu Lian's eyes. "Is everything just a transformation of this spiritual grass? Or perhaps, the illusion is not yet complete?"

  "Fourth-grade spiritual grass, Illusory Dream Spirit."

  "Four-product spiritual grass?" Yu Lian exclaimed, this stalactite cave, even if a three-product spiritual grass appears, it would shock everyone, let alone a four-product spiritual grass. It's really unpredictable. Yu Lian asked softly: "Do you recognize this spiritual grass?"

  Xia Lin shook his head: "I don't know him, and I've never seen him before. But I recognize something else, it's called the powder of bewildered dreams."

  P.S: Mystic Dream Powder, does anyone still remember it?

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