The charm of flashback lies in...
As memory is traced back, many of the previous questions will be answered one after another.
Zhong Yi was just wondering why Lin Xi and Gu Yun were riding horses on the grassland.
The answer to this question was found in the next memory.
This memory is located in the Spirit Medicine Sect.
It was in this memory that Gu Yun learned that Lin Xi was a person who possessed the 【Ice Heart Bloodline】.
Horseback riding is one of the ways that can help Linxi alleviate her heart-wrenching symptoms.
This explains why the previous memory was of galloping on horseback across the grasslands.
"It seems that Grandpa Gu really loves Lin Xi... If riding a horse can relieve the pain, then take her directly to the grassland."
Zhong Yi sighed.
The trip to the Spirit Medicine Sect also answered another question that had troubled Zhong Yi for a long time.
Lin Xi's taciturnity and unusual behavior all stem from her "ice-heart bloodline".
In the ancient times when spiritual energy was abundant, the 【Ice Heart Bloodline】 was a superior cultivation physique characterized by detachment from emotions and desires, and a single-minded pursuit of the Dao.
However, with the spiritual energy now scarce, the cultivation advantages of the 【Ice Heart Bloodline】 have vanished. In fact, due to the lack of suitable cultivation methods, many problems have arisen.
The biggest problem is—
Lin Xi was unable to express her inner thoughts.
It's not that she doesn't want to, but that she can't.
They might even suffer excruciating, heart-wrenching pain simply for trying to express themselves.
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...
Memories rewind once more.
This memory takes place in a dimly lit theater.
On a huge white screen, a shadow puppet show depicting the Battle of Red Cliffs is being performed.
The theater seats were scattered and not full.
Zhong Yi spotted Gu Yun, who was a young boy at the time, at a glance.
Young Gu Yun sat alone on the right side of the back row, looking around as if expecting something.
After a long while, he walked out of the theater dejectedly and sat down on the ground, looking utterly dejected.
To Zhong Yi's surprise, not long after Gu Yun rushed out, a long-haired girl darted out from the back door on the other side of the theater.
That slightly melancholic aura was highly recognizable; it was clearly Lin Xi in her teenage years.
Before young Gu Yun could speak, Lin Xi preemptively questioned him, asking why Gu Yun left before the play was finished, even though they had agreed to watch it together.
This move left Zhong Yi dumbfounded.
At this moment, the proverb "the wicked accuse first" came to life.
“We didn’t watch it together at all... I didn’t even see you! Since you knew I was there, why didn’t you come looking for me?”
"What does it matter? We're in the same theater, watching the same movie... isn't that just watching a movie together?"
Zhong Yi was taken aback by this answer.
Then, thinking about Lin Xi's constitution, I felt relieved.
It seems she was meant to be this kind of strange girl.
"Hahaha......"
Gu Yun wasn't angry; instead, she burst into laughter.
"why are you laughing?"
The girl was puzzled.
"You're so strange... You really are special!"
Gu Yunxiao's eyes were filled with tears.
The girl was puzzled. She clutched her chest and asked, "Then, would you still like to watch it with me?"
Gu Yun nodded hastily: "I'm willing!"
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...
Memories leap forward once again.
It's still the time of youth.
In the college brimming with youthful energy.
The shy Gu Yun, encouraged by his good friend Zhang Peng, mustered up the courage to invite Lin Xi out.
Lin Xi sat by the stairs, quietly flipping through a book about lighthouses, next to a clean platypus doll.
"This doll seems very important, huh? It's been with her for so long..."
Zhong Yi looked at the platypus doll and sighed.
In the span of seventy years of memories, the platypus appears more than once as a fragment of memory, demonstrating its significance to the two.
"Shh-"
Qin Li'en rolled her eyes at Zhong Yi and made a shushing gesture.
The love of youth, innocent and pure, is the most delightful.
Even Qin Li'en was happy to see these scenes.
"May I... come with you to see a shadow puppet show?"
The boy's blush was more than anything.
Lin Xi put down her book, glanced at him, and quickly covered her face with the book again.
"have no idea."
"It's okay, I can wait for you to consider it."
"I can't go."
"Why?"
The boy's face was filled with disappointment.
"Because you didn't mention the time or the place."
The girl, engrossed in her book, said matter-of-factly.
This means that you have agreed.
"ah??"
Gu Yun was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and quickly said:
"Three days later, at 9:00 AM, Wanfeng Theater, is that alright?"
Gu Yun looked at Lin Xi with anticipation.
The latter looked at him with equally deep eyes.
They looked at each other in silence, as if time had stood still.
"Senior sister, did you secretly freeze the memory space...?"
Just as Zhong Yi was about to ask a question, the girl's answer suddenly appeared:
"good."
A single word was enough to make the boy ecstatic.
The entire academy echoed with Gu Yun's incredibly excited shouts.
...
On the other side.
canteen.
Zhang Peng and Gu Yun were talking about Linxi.
Zhang Peng couldn't understand why Gu Yun would fall for a withdrawn, unconventional, and completely antisocial girl.
Gu Yun said he thought she was very special.
"Special? Is it particularly boring?"
Zhang Peng laughed in exasperation.
"I think you just want to use it to show that you're different from everyone else, that you're the only one who's sober while everyone else is drunk, right?"
"I have no idea."
Gu Yun shook his head.
He wasn't sure what exactly he liked about Linxi.
"Perhaps you're right, but she..."
Gu Yun looked tenderly at the aloof girl having lunch with a platypus doll at a few tables away.
"...It's just very special."
The memory abruptly ended.
The space has entered a frozen state.
"So that's how it is! That's what they meant by 'that matter'!"
Zhong Yi suddenly realized.
After so many memories, many of the previous mysteries have finally been solved one by one.
Lin Xi's personality changed drastically after Gu Yun confessed his reasons for approaching her under the lighthouse.
Gu Yun initially approached Lin Xi because he felt that being with Lin Xi would make him stand out from others.
Clearly, this superficial and naive reason hurt Lin Xi.
Therefore, she became increasingly closed off and isolated, and her relationship with Gu Yun was no longer so close.
After hearing Zhong Yi's explanation, the comments section immediately erupted into debate.
【I see...no wonder the later parts were so strange】
【It seems Lin Xi went through a lot of trouble to get close to someone, only to be hurt by their initial intentions?】
【But what about those paper rabbits, that beanbag, and the platypus doll...? How do you explain that?】
【And lighthouses! Why are lighthouses so important? I don't see anything special about them.】
...
Seeing the differing opinions in the comments, Zhong Yi frowned.
indeed.
Even though the speculation seems so logical, there are still too many doubts that cannot be explained.
for example......
Why did Lin Xi cut her hair?
Why keep folding paper rabbits?
Why is the platypus doll always by her side?
Why are lighthouses so important?
...
"Oh no, is this a romantic fantasy or a mystery fantasy...?"
Zhong Yi shook his head with a wry smile.
He eagerly moved on to the next memory.
I can't wait to unravel all the mysteries.
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...
Time rewinds rapidly.
Zhong Yi and Qin Li'en appeared in front of a house they had never seen before.
Where is this?
Zhong Yi was curious, but he soon found the answer.
With a youthful face, Gu Yun pushed open the door and went inside with a grin.
This time, he looked only seven or eight years old.
Clearly, this is his childhood home.
"It seems we're very close to completing our mission."
Qin Li'en murmured.
"But we're getting further and further away from the truth..."
Zhong Yi shook his head regretfully.
He had hoped to see more clues about Linxi.
"Let's go."
Qin Li'en followed Xiao Gu Yun inside.
Just as Zhong Yi was about to go inside, he suddenly noticed an object that was shimmering with a faint light.
This is a huge animal skull with a large horn on it, displayed in the Gu family's courtyard.
Below the corner bone, there are three inconspicuous holes.
"What's this?"
Zhong Yi walked forward out of curiosity and received a message.
【Earth Dragon Skull: The skeleton left behind by a dead earth dragon】
It has no dream power generated, nor is it a fragment of memory; it is merely an item with accompanying narration.
"Okay, it's just a decoration..."
Zhong Yi shrugged and followed Qin Li'en into the house.
This memory is nothing special.
When Xiao Gu Yun returned home, his mother greeted him and then cooked for him.
That's all.
Before long, Zhong Yi and Qin Lien had gathered all the Dream Power.
This time, the memory fragment is a game of Cuju (ancient Chinese football).
"It seems our mission is finally coming to an end."
Zhong Yi muttered to himself.
With the infusion of dream power, the two once again traveled through time and space.
This time, what appeared before them was a dark, broken, and inaccessible memory space.
Qin Li'en rolled her eyes at Zhong Yi:
"Junior Brother Zhong, tell me again, which of us is the one who jinxed things?"
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