Chapter 1269: Chapter 695: All Illusions (Double-Length)
The Demon Sect Saintess stood motionless, waiting for a long time before finally raising her head, staring intently at the man in front of her.
For some reason, it seemed as if she had vaguely expected this in her heart, so she wasn’t surprised at all.
He was the worst, usually the one who loved to counteract women... What was she thinking?
A thought out of place flashed through her mind, and Yin Tingxue abruptly stopped it, deepening the resentment in her eyes.
"Are you playing with me?"
"Rest assured, I wouldn’t play with the Little Fox."
As Yin Tingxue’s resentment slightly eased, Chen Yi paused and then said:
"After all, I truly don’t know."
Yin Tingxue’s face suddenly became even grimmer, clutching the sword in her hand that trembled. This enemy in front of her was even more hateful than when she was killing him.
However, at this moment, strangely enough, perhaps due to being in the World of Ignorance, his abilities seemed much stronger than those seen yesterday, making her unable to do anything about it for the time being.
Thinking about it, it’s all due to the peculiarity of this World of Ignorance...
Yin Tingxue pressed her forehead, wiping away a cold sweat,
including those... memories.
Chen Yi was rather leisurely, occasionally recalling years ago when he was killed by Yin Tingxue, his memories were already vague, filled with hatred and anger, even some fear due to days of fleeing, but now all were gone, seeing such a Little Fox again, he only felt she was just a clawing fox.
After all, any former grudges have dissipated over time, vanished in her pleas for mercy, and besides, she begged with tearful eyes, pleading for gentleness, thinking of this softened Chen Yi’s heart, and the Little Fox was always obedient, caring and considerate, making him love her beyond measure.
Chen Yi couldn’t find a reason to be mad, quite the opposite, he had been wielding power over the Little Fox for so long, a bit of indulgence wouldn’t hurt.
However, he still couldn’t understand why Yin Tingxue appeared in front of him if not drawn out by his desires... For now, finding the Bright Hall was more urgent.
Yin Tingxue took a deep breath, composed herself, and slowly said, "Since it’s like this, if you have no ideas, then we can’t enter the Forbidden Land."
"...Didn’t you say that the Saintess can open the door to the Forbidden Land?"
"That’s what I said but..." Yin Tingxue visibly paused, her face slightly angry, hesitating before saying, "Some problem occurred... Anyway, it’s not opening."
Of course, she couldn’t possibly disclose those overwhelming memories, how bizarre and difficult to describe.
"A problem?"
Thinking about it, Yin Tingxue’s unusual expression earlier didn’t seem fake, surely due to some reason causing her inability to open the Forbidden Land, Chen Yi didn’t doubt her.
Yin Tingxue continued to stare him down, probing slightly, "It seems we can’t get out?"
Chen Yi took the bait, and after a long while, he slowly spoke, "Not necessarily, I probably haven’t told you that the reason I was pulled into the World of Ignorance is closely related to the previous Purity Saintess, she asked me to find the Bright Hall, and then... we might have a chance to leave."
Yin Tingxue’s pupils shrank almost imperceptibly.
The Bright Hall, which was the highest secret within the sect, rumored to be the Ming Venerable’s residence, she only knows bits and pieces, not its exact location and purpose.
And the previous Purity Saintess was even more of a rumored figure.
"Do you know where the Bright Hall is?" Her voice was tense.
Chen Yi chuckled lightly, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the sword hilt, "The Saintess gave some hints, but I need your help."
He suddenly leaned closer, stopping in front of Yin Tingxue’s suddenly tensed body, lowering his voice, "After all, Little Fox, you are also the Purity Saintess."
Yin Tingxue instinctively retreated half a step, the sword already drawn three inches, extremely uncomfortable with his intimacy, but Chen Yi only smiled at her, that smile contained a maddening calmness.
"Why should I trust you?"
"You don’t have to trust me." Chen Yi shrugged, "Then stay trapped here forever, facing the one you hate most day and night."
His words were like a needle, accurately piercing deep into Yin Tingxue’s heart, she tightened and then loosened her grip on the sword, finally snorting coldly, "Go on."
Chen Yi looked at Yin Tingxue with a smiling face but wasn’t lost in it, the priority was still leaving the World of Ignorance, he turned around again, gazing at the tightly shut Forbidden Land door, thoughts intertwining in his mind.
Behind him, a cold light flashed in Yin Tingxue’s eyes.
She wanted to see exactly what trick this man was playing.
Chen Yi suddenly asked, "What’s inside the Forbidden Land?"
Yin Tingxue was about to speak but suddenly fell silent, hesitating for a long time before slowly speaking, "You’ll know when you enter, no matter the sect or faction, there’s never anything good in a Forbidden Land."
Chen Yi swept her a sidelong glance, suddenly thinking that whatever is inside the Forbidden Land, it transformed the once-pitiful Little Fox into such a Demon Sect demoness.
Yin Tingxue finally slowly uttered, "The Five Poison Dead Tree lies deep within."
Even though Chen Yi doesn’t know Ming’an Divine Sect well, hearing these four words, he was taken aback, as the Five Poison Dead Tree is the sect’s referred source of the World of Ignorance and the root of the Resentment Demon Master.
Indeed, that is the most unknown place within the Unknown.
Chen Yi passed Yin Tingxue, approaching the Forbidden Land’s entrance, gently placing his hand on the door.
The Forbidden Land door stood steady as a mountain, the mottled marks on the stone surface like frozen time, resisting any external touch.
Yin Tingxue stood half a step behind Chen Yi, gazing at his back with mixed emotions, her fingertips unconsciously tightening.
Doubts surged within her heart: this door obviously requires a Saintess possessing Primordial Yin to open, what exactly does he, a man, intend to do?
Chen Yi’s palm calmly pressed against the cold stone door, neither channeling energy nor chanting any spells, just silently standing there.
Just as Yin Tingxue was about to voice her doubts, that heavy as a mountain door, silent for unknown ages, unexpectedly emitted an extremely faint low hum, then silently opened inward a crevice, as if waiting for a specific person.
The darkness inside surged out with an old breath.
Yin Tingxue’s eyes suddenly widened, staring in disbelief at the gradually expanding entrance, her grip on the sword hilt reflexively tightening.
Chen Yi turned his head, showing that familiar yet worry-inducing smiling face she couldn’t quite place, casually saying, "It wasn’t that hard to open, after all."
Yin Tingxue stood frozen, her mind in chaos, all the sect’s doctrines and secrets overturned at this moment.
She instinctively blurted out, "How did you open it?" Her voice carried a sense of urgency and bewilderment even she hadn’t realized.
Chen Yi was inclined to tease her as usual, with a "Guess what?" already on the tip of his tongue.
However, Yin Tingxue scrutinized him, hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"Are you... a virgin?"
Chen Yi fell silent.
Sometimes, the Little Fox knew exactly how to provoke him, leaving him momentarily speechless and helpless, and in those moments, he would often get slightly angry and tease her harshly.
After all, there were times he genuinely couldn’t outwit her.
After a long time, Chen Yi finally opened his mouth casually, "Whether I am a virgin, Little Fox, aren’t you quite clear about that?"
Yin Tingxue appeared confused, then her face suddenly turned pale. A tide of memories surged over Heart Lake, and she hastily forced it down, mentally cursed "damn it."
These memories... She didn’t know where they came from, but she clearly had no impression of them before, and moreover... at that time, she should have still been in the sect.
... They’re probably just illusions, nothing more than distorted memories.
Yin Tingxue took a deep breath and resolved to avoid answering his question, saying, "How exactly did you open it?"
Chen Yi didn’t hide it either, directly saying, "Wishing it to be so, naturally, I can open the Forbidden Land. I simply imagined it open."
Yin Tingxue looked at Chen Yi, finding him also staring at her, beneath the teasing gaze lay affection.
In that look, she suddenly felt a strange palpitation, as if something important and forgotten was trying to break through the blockade of memory.
"Let’s go," Chen Yi took the first step in, "The answer might be inside."
Yin Tingxue took a deep breath, tightened her grip on the sword in her hand, and followed his pace.
Whatever lay ahead, she must uncover the truth about him, about herself, about that seemingly altered past.
.........
The confined Donggong Ruoshu struggled and jumped out hurriedly.
She didn’t know how long Chen Yi had confined her soul, but finally gaining some relief, she immediately jumped out, intending to ardently complain to Chen Yi. However, all around was an endless dark void, leaving her bewildered.
It felt like arriving at a vast desert, with nothing.
In a panic, she searched around and suddenly saw a face, slightly cold, in the darkness.
"...Tingxue?"
Yin Tingxue was startled, suddenly raising her head, almost thrusting her sword forward.
Chen Yi raised his hand to stop her; Yin Tingxue withdrew her sword, turned her head aside, and asked Chen Yi, "Who is she?"
Donggong Ruoshu blinked, spontaneously floating in front of Yin Tingxue, saying, "It’s me, Sister Donggong, don’t you remember?"
Yin Tingxue’s face was full of vigilance; she didn’t recognize this ghost in front of her at all, especially being in the Forbidden Land now, ignoring even the slightest unusual sign could mean mortal danger.
"Don’t be afraid, Little Fox, she’s Donggong Ruoshu, my... friend." Chen Yi gestured for her to put away the sword.
Donggong Ruoshu tilted her head, somehow feeling a bit displeased upon hearing "friend," perhaps because Chen Yi didn’t add "best," but she didn’t mind; the most important thing now was Yin Tingxue.
Half-skeptically, Yin Tingxue slowly sheathed her sword. For the Demon Sect Saintess, everything today was too bizarre, utterly different from what she saw yesterday.
"Reintroduce her then. She was... a very good friend of yours in the past. You often called her Sister Donggong..."
"Enough, no need to say more." Yin Tingxue said coldly, "I don’t need to know."
She was unwilling to get entangled in these trivial illusions; events that never occurred were all illusions. She clearly remembered who she was and whom she killed yesterday.
Hearing this, Chen Yi didn’t insist, merely forced a smile.
Donggong Ruoshu could hardly understand for a moment, sniffled, confused by what had happened, this Yin Tingxue who used to be so sweet with Chen Yi, now had a different flavor.
"What’s wrong with her?" Donggong Ruoshu asked.
"I don’t know, don’t concern yourself with it." Chen Yi replied.
Donggong Ruoshu thought a bit, realizing this wasn’t good, not knowing what was wrong with Yin Tingxue, she needed to find a way to change her back.
This Yin Tingxue with Chen Yi felt remarkably strange.
Observing her surroundings, Donggong Ruoshu looked up and hastily asked, "Chen Yi, where is this?"
Chen Yi stood still, surveyed his surroundings, and after a while said, "The Forbidden Land of the Divine Sect... we’ve just been here for perhaps... one or two hours."
Since pushing the door into this Forbidden Land, Chen Yi and Yin Tingxue had been searching here for one or two hours.
All they saw along the way was boundless darkness, as barren as a desert.
Chen Yi asked Yin Tingxue, but the Demon Sect Saintess was enigmatic, unwilling to reveal more, he didn’t know what kind of plan she was scheming.
The Little Fox was still the Little Fox, having her own thoughts, only Chen Yi still couldn’t figure out whether she was brought out by his wish or not.
As for bringing Donggong Ruoshu, it was to see if the inexplicably strong luck on Miss Donggong could run into something significant...
While pondering this,
Suddenly, a chilling tremor roared from afar, the entire Forbidden Land’s space began to hum abruptly. Chen Yi froze, his gaze first sweeping past Yin Tingxue, then suddenly looking towards Donggong Ruoshu.
Donggong Ruoshu stared straight at Yin Tingxue.
She is making her wishes come true!
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