Chapter 595: Chapter 543: Escape
"Anan?"
Jiang Yuebai stood in a dark space, blankly watching Lu Nanzhi approaching her, and the Dream Demon above her head.
"Little Bai!"
Lu Nanzhi, full of urgency, quickly ran to Jiang Yuebai.
Jiang Yuebai was somewhat unresponsive, "Why do you call me Little Bai? You usually call me Yuebai, don’t you? And why do you seem different? Where is this place?"
"Little Bai, snap out of it!"
Lu Nanzhi grabbed Jiang Yuebai’s shoulders and said sternly.
The Dream Demon on her head raised its long nose and let out a cry, the sound waves creating ripples in the darkness, waves hitting Jiang Yuebai’s forehead, releasing her blinded Divine Soul from the darkness.
All memories poured out, Jiang Yuebai widened her eyes in terror, coldness rushing from her feet to her head.
She remembered, she had been sucked into the Taixuan Stele!
That Dream Realm was false, and if she continued to immerse herself, she would truly fall when she died in the dream.
Jiang Yuebai grabbed Lu Nanzhi’s arm, "Anan, I... I almost died!"
Lu Nanzhi softly stroked Jiang Yuebai’s back, calming her emotions.
Jiang Yuebai took a few deep breaths before asking, "How did you get here and find me?"
"Don’t rush, listen to me slowly. This is your dream within a dream, Youmeng brought me here to find you."
The Dream Demon on Lu Nanzhi’s head raised its nose and cried out in response.
"I’m currently in the Shaking Light Realm of the Beidou Star Alliance. A Dream Realm is a very special existence, and the Dream Demon’s ability to enter dreams is not restricted by realms, though it’s not very useful, it has a unique aspect, like the mortal world’s saying of sending dreams. As long as you and I fall asleep at the same time and think of each other, Youmeng can bring me into your dream."
Jiang Yuebai nodded, understanding that indeed, when she was lying muddled on the bed, she was thinking of Lu Nanzhi. Even though it was the Lu Nanzhi in the false dream world, she found it hard to let go, and she subconsciously had the thought of seeking rescue from Lu Nanzhi.
"How long can we stay here?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Lu Nanzhi comforted, "Don’t worry, the time flow in the dream is controlled by Youmeng. Although the dream within a dream consumes it a lot, it can still sustain us for half an hour. I often practice sword techniques in dreams, and I often miss you, so Youmeng keeps an eye out for when you or Xie Jingshan fall asleep to bring me to see you. This ability developed after it leveled up recently."
"Under normal circumstances, you wouldn’t sleep at all, so there wouldn’t be any chance to meet you in your dream. I have met Xie Jingshan a few times before. This time, Youmeng first discovered you dreaming, and I found it odd and came to see, only to find you trapped in the first layer of the dream."
"Youmeng told me that whatever trapped you is powerful, and it can’t help break it for you. Little Bai, what exactly have you encountered? How can I help you?"
After Jiang Yuebai regained her senses, she regained her calm and rationality, shaking her head, "You are in the Shaking Light Realm, and I am in the Heavenly Spear Realm. Even if you start now, you wouldn’t make it in time to help me. I should be trapped in a Illusion Array left by a Mahayana Cultivator. Let me think for a moment..."
Jiang Yuebai quickly reviewed the whole matter, recalling all her knowledge about Illusion Arrays to think of a solution.
"Illusion Arrays are special. Besides being used to trap enemies, some high-level cultivators use it as a Heart Refining Method. Based on my current situation, this Illusion Array wants to trap me inescapably, and if it has a Life Gate..."
"Have you found the Life Gate?" Lu Nanzhi asked nervously.
Jiang Yuebai’s gaze darkened, "I think I might have missed the only Life Gate."
In this dream, she was trapped in the small Jiang Family Village from beginning to end, surrounded by people she cared about, and as long as she stayed in the village, she could get fulfillment both mentally and emotionally.
Even her only worry, about marriage, was due to a sudden illness needing her to perform the wedding in Jiang Family Village.
Perhaps, as long as she walked out of the Jiang Family Village, she could break free from the Illusion’s constraints.
That time when ’Zhuo Qingfeng’ tried to take her away was her Life Gate. She suddenly fell ill after refusing ’Zhuo Qingfeng’, and her Divine Soul quickly grew weak.
"What will you do now?" Lu Nanzhi asked nervously.
Jiang Yuebai consoled herself, "Even if I left through the previous Life Gate, it probably wouldn’t be so easy to completely escape the Illusion. It’s more likely I’d enter another illusion."
This dream wants her to forget everything, lose her reason, follow her emotional desires, and indulge in them.
As long as she can regain her reason and herself, the dream will surely lose its effect.
"Anan, if I leave this place, will I still remember what happened here?"
Lu Nanzhi picked up the Dream Demon from her head, and it let out a noise.
"It said that at the moment of waking from the dream, you will have an impression of the events in the dream, but the dream memories will quickly fade, the more you try to remember, the more you’ll forget, especially since you are trapped in an illusion causing the dream, the forgetting will be faster and more thorough. How much you remember specifically will depend on your willpower."
Jiang Yuebai stretched out her hand to scratch the back of the Dream Demon, which stretched comfortably and tilted its head.
"Anan, your Dream Demon is so useful. I want one too, can Demons divide? Why don’t you cut a bit and give it to me..."
Before she could finish, the Dream Demon shivered suddenly, instantly turning into a puff of black smoke and retracting into Lu Nanzhi’s body, refusing to show its head again.
Lu Nanzhi slightly smiled, and poked Jiang Yuebai’s forehead with her finger, "You just speak nonsense."
Jiang Yuebai took a deep breath, "Alright, I’ll stop joking, I’ve thought of a few ways to break the Array and I’m ready. Let it send me out. Once I’m safe, I’ll come back to find you. Have it keep an eye out."
"Alright, be careful, I’ll be waiting for your news."
After Lu Nanzhi spoke, she called the Dream Demon out, which refused to reveal its head, only extending a little hoof to wave at Jiang Yuebai, causing the ground beneath her feet to vanish, and a sense of falling suddenly overwhelmed her.
In Jiang Family Village, Jiang Yuebai kicked her legs and suddenly awoke, the sharp ear-piercing noise quickly scattering her memories.
"Can’t forget... can’t forget..."
Jiang Yuebai muttered, forcing her weak body out of bed and collapsed by the table, overturning the sewing basket.
Memories from the dream quickly faded, like sand slipping through her grasp.
She grabbed the scissors from the sewing basket and pressed them into her palm.
Pain!
The blood was hot, everything felt incredibly real.
"Yuebai!"
Jiang Yuebai’s mother rushed in upon hearing the noise, seeing her collapsed on the ground with a pair of scissors, with her left palm cut open and bleeding profusely, immediately snatched the scissors away, and wrapped the wounded hand with a half-finished embroidered cloth from the sewing basket.
In the end, all the memories in her mind dissipated completely, leaving Jiang Yuebai blank-minded despite her mother weeping beside her.
"I... I don’t know..."
Her hand bandaged, she was helped back to bed, dazed and confused, with only the pain in her palm occasionally keeping her awake.
She didn’t know how long she had slept when she heard sounds of festivities outside, and realized she had been dressed in wedding attire, a veil over her head, resting against the headboard, looking down at the scabbed wound in her palm.
The door opened, and someone slowly walked to the bedside, reaching to lift Jiang Yuebai’s veil.
"Yuebai..."
Thunk!
The veil had not yet been lifted, Jiang Yuebai suddenly drew out a dagger hidden in her sleeve, and fiercely plunged it into the person’s chest. She didn’t even see clearly who it was and didn’t want to.
Because she was afraid, afraid that this was someone she couldn’t let go of without even realizing it. Seeing them would only entrap her further.
Just seeing them might influence her future cultivation path and decisions.
Throughout Jiang Family Village, she knew everyone, including Aunt Shen, who was Shen Jinghao Mr. Shen.
Except for the son from Aunt Shen’s family, who had never appeared in her life, Jiang Yuebai smelled a conspiracy.
"Jiang Yuebai died long ago, I am Jiang Yuebai!"
Jiang Yuebai opened her left hand, the scar in her palm was a stark ’Bai’, meaning white for Jiang Yuebai, the white of Little Bai, helping her rediscover her true self ’Bai’.
Shhh!
Her veil was suddenly pulled down, and Jiang Yuebai, caught off guard, saw the face of the groom sitting across from her.
He indeed was someone she had never seen before, neither outside nor inside the dream.
With a dagger embedded in his chest, he wore a triumphant smile.
"Remember me."
As he finished speaking, Jiang Yuebai started to fall, everything around her grew farther away, like paper ashes scattering, except the face of that man etched deeply into her mind.
Still got schemed!
At the moment, Jiang Yuebai only wanted to curse out loud.
Fine, remember it is then, next time I see this face, I will definitely kill!
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