Gu Yun's answer caused Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en to fall into a brief silence.
"Senior sister, are you a jinx? What you say comes true! This time, we've really encountered a situation where memories can lie..."
Zhong Yi couldn't help but complain.
Qin Li'en had just said that memories could be deceiving when she encountered Gu Yun, who didn't know why he was going to the Moon Realm.
"Shut up... I think you're the one who's jinxing me."
Qin Li'en rolled her eyes at Zhong Yi.
"However, we were lucky."
Zhong Yi asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
"We only need to plant the seed of 'joining the Nine Heavens Sect'... It's easy for a child to accept."
Qin Li'en replied.
Another message popped up in front of Zhong Yi:
【Nine Heavens Sect: One of the few remaining major sects in the Azure Realm, highly skilled in exploration. Utilizing the sect's grand formation, they can venture beyond the Azure Realm to other realms.】
Qin Li'en's words were not difficult to understand.
The only way to go to the Moon Realm is to join the Nine Heavens Sect and practice magic.
Regardless of Gu Yun's true purpose in wanting to go to the Moon Realm, he would have to join the Nine Heavens Sect to achieve it.
If that's the case, by planting the seed of "joining the Nine Heavens Sect" in Gu Yun's early years, they are very likely to fulfill Gu Yun's wish to go to the Moon Realm.
"Senior sister is right. What child doesn't want to become a cultivator? If we plant this seed, we're 99% sure it will succeed!"
Zhong Yi praised Qin Li'en repeatedly, expressing his deep agreement with her words.
Having made up his mind, Qin Li'en walked up to Gu Yun and negotiated with him for a while.
"...Now we are going to go to your childhood memories to plant this 'cause'."
Qin Li'en explained the pros and cons one by one.
"In order to access your past memories, we need an item that is important to you as a fulcrum."
Is this okay?
Gu Yun readily complied with Qin Li'en's request, handing over the yellow and blue paper rabbit beside her without hesitation.
"A yellow and blue paper rabbit? I saw that in the lighthouse. It seems to be very important to the old man..."
Zhong Yi whispered a reminder in Qin Li'en's ear.
Qin Li'en took the paper rabbit and cast a spell, causing the yellow and blue paper rabbit to glow faintly.
"Alright. Junior Brother Zhong, let's go."
...
...
Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en reappeared in the old house.
This time it's on the first floor.
Gu Yun, with a full head of white hair, was sitting in front of an exquisitely crafted seven-stringed zither, his fingertips rapidly plucking the strings.
It's still that same song, "Remembering Linxi".
It was supposed to be a cheerful tune, but now it sounded strangely sad.
"Why are there so many paper rabbits!?"
Qin Li'en let out a gasp.
Fortunately, the two had concealed their forms before entering this memory, walking through it as observers without affecting the memory itself. Therefore, Gu Yun did not hear their movements at all.
At this moment, inside the old house, on the floor, on the table, on the stairs...
White origami rabbits were everywhere.
Only a yellow and blue two-tone paper rabbit stood out from the crowd.
"Senior sister, you don't know this, but there are actually many paper rabbits like this in old houses in real life..."
Zhong Yi described the scenes he saw in the basement and the lighthouse.
"It seems that these paper rabbits are very important to Grandpa Gu."
Qin Li'en walked thoughtfully to the two-colored paper rabbit. The moment her fingertips touched it, a ray of light entered the jade pendant on her chest.
Based on the skill description, Zhong Yi had a general understanding of how to use 【Memory Leap】.
To travel to memories from further back, one must first collect "dream power" from the items that carry the host's memories.
Then find the special items that coexist in the two memory scenes, which will serve as "memory fragments" to open the passage.
By using "dream power" to perform the 【memory leap】 technique, one can use "memory fragments" as a medium to enter earlier memories.
Zhong Yi had a sharp eye and quickly found several items that carried "dream power".
"Paper rabbits, wall clocks, chrysanthemums, books... how can even pickled cucumbers carry the power of dreams?!"
Zhong Yi couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath.
"This stuff is so sour, Grandpa Gu really has a strong palate."
"Stop talking nonsense, let's hurry up and move on to the next memory!"
Qin Li'en grabbed Zhong Yi's arm and dragged him downstairs in a huff.
The fragments of this memory are,
An umbrella.
...
...
Memory jump.
The rain pattered and thunder roared.
Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en followed the umbrella and appeared in front of the lighthouse in the pouring rain.
The two people, who were in "observer" mode, were not wet by the rain.
In the midst of the raging wind and rain, Gu Yun, with her white hair and withered appearance, stood holding an umbrella, her eyes filled with sorrow, before Lin Xi's tombstone.
After collecting the dream power, Zhong Yi walked to the entrance of the lighthouse.
Just as he and Qin Li'en were about to climb the tower, a hoarse, choked sob suddenly came from behind them.
"It's all over, Linxi."
Gu Yun's voice was intermittent, almost blending into the sound of the rain.
"I can take care of her every day, just like you."
"...She will never be alone again."
Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en both stopped and couldn't help but turn around to look.
In the rain, Gu Yun stretched out his wrinkled and calloused hand and gently stroked the tombstone.
"Although I may never understand your thoughts in this lifetime..."
"But I will do it for you."
Anya must also be grateful to you.
As she spoke, whether from rain or tears, Gu Yun's cheeks suddenly became wet.
"But, after I leave..."
"And who will take care of us?"
Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en looked at each other, their eyes filled with doubt and confusion.
Who is Anya?
It sounds like they have children, but according to the entrusted identity, Gu Yun has no children.
Just as Zhong Yi was wondering, Qin Li'en, who was always sharp-tongued, suddenly deactivated his observer status and revealed himself to ask Gu Yun a question.
"She shouldn't be resting here forever..."
“She didn’t need to do that. But she did...”
"You wouldn't understand, neither would I..."
The mention of Linxi caused the old man to grieve so much that the entire illusory world was slightly disturbed.
Zhong Yi quickly froze Gu Yun, which stabilized the illusion.
"Senior sister, you clearly forbade me from deactivating the observer state..."
"Shut up."
"What you just did was very dangerous. If it weren't for me..."
"Shut up, shut up, shut up."
Who is Anya?
"I don't know, I didn't have time to ask... But it doesn't matter, as long as we get him to join the Nine Heavens Sect, this mission will be complete."
Qin Li'en seemed somewhat agitated.
The two arrived at the top of the lighthouse, gathered their dream power, and then activated the memory fragments again.
Gu Yun always carried with him that patched, somewhat faded platypus doll.
...
...
This time.
The timeline has been pushed back a long way.
At this moment, Gu Yun's hair was just beginning to turn white, and he looked much more energetic.
Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en appeared in a bedroom. Although the layout was similar, it was smaller and clearly not the old house in reality.
The bedroom floor was also covered with stacks of paper rabbits.
Lying on the bed was a middle-aged woman with gray hair, presumably Gu Yun's deceased wife, Lin Xi.
Comments