Chapter 181: Memories
"Why did he also break through to the peak of the qi transformation realm?" Jiang Yue muttered and looked at Yu Nianzhen worriedly.
It made sense for him to break through to the peak because he contracted the blue monarch butterfly and refined two flames.
However, Yu Nianzhen neither contracted a beast nor refined a fire.
"What the hell is going on with Azhen’s cultivation?"
Jiang Yue clenched his hands and continued to wait.
He wasn’t worried that Yu Nianzhen wouldn’t manage the situation; he was concerned about the underlying reasons.
"We have..." He started but stopped mid-sentence.
He suddenly felt dizzy and wanted to call out to his husband, but before he could, his eyes turned dark. He felt himself fall to the ground, but even that feeling was soon lost.
’What’s going on?’
The world around him was filled with flashing images, but the flashing was so fast that he couldn’t grasp any of it.
Just when he thought he couldn’t take it anymore, the world suddenly calmed down, and he found himself on a mountain road.
"Why does this place look familiar?" He wondered aloud.
"It’s where we died." A voice said from his left.
"Azhen?"
"It’s me."
"You are also here?"
Yu Nianzhen looked at Jiang Yue and wanted to roll his eyes.
However, he didn’t do such things, so he looked at his husband, hoping the other would get what he meant.
Jiang Yue didn’t have such scruples and rolled his eyes.
’Does he mean to imply that I am stupid for asking such an obvious question?’ He thought and then looked at his husband in resentment.
’Forget it. The most important thing is to figure out what is going on.’
"Do you know what is going on?" He asked.
"I lost consciousness as soon as I completed my breakthrough." Yu Nianzhen answered.
In fact, he was the more clueless of the two.
He fainted as soon as he absorbed the last qi and didn’t even have time to react to anything.
"This should be our memory of that day." Yu Nianzhen stated.
"I also think so."
As he said that, Jiang Yue pointed to the road where two cars were speeding towards each other.
"How stupid." He muttered and then shuddered when the cars crashed into each other.
"You are right." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
However, they had long gotten over that regret.
Although they missed some aspects of their previous life, they now had a new life.
Without giving up the old, they couldn’t have the new.
For this new life, they were both willing to let go of the old, so they watched the accident without much entanglement.
After the crash, they watched as their souls flew out of their bodies, and the scene changed to the underworld.
At this time, their souls were in a queue waiting to drink the soup of forgetfulness before reincarnation.
However, before they reached the end of the line, a force grabbed them and drew them away from the queue.
"The force looks like a hand." Jiang Yue commented.
They had always known that something had grabbed them from the queue, but they didn’t know it was a hand.
"As I thought, our memories after death are incomplete." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
However, before they could talk about it, the scene changed again.
This time, they found themselves in a room.
The room was completely white and had no doors or windows. Most importantly, their souls were sitting across from a person.
"Do you remember this?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I don’t." Jiang Yue answered and frowned.
"That person is strange." He continued.
"Mmm." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
Although they could see the person, they couldn’t tell their gender. He simultaneously looked like a man and a woman.
Most strange was that they couldn’t feel any discordance from his appearance.
"He seems to be saying something to our souls." Jiang Yue said.
However, neither could hear what the person was saying. Even Jiang Yue who could read lips, couldn’t decipher what the person was saying.
After a long time of watching the three move their lips and being unable to hear what they were saying, sound finally reached the two.
"Since you have agreed to my conditions, I will give you one extra gift." The person said.
When Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue heard the voice, they frowned.
The voice was neither male nor female, but it somehow sounded familiar.
Unfortunately, neither could place it and soon forgot about it.
"You can discuss and tell me what you want." The person continued.
After that, the two souls walked a little distance and talked before deciding.
"Have you decided?" The person asked.
"We have." Yu Nianzhen answered.
"What do you want?"
"When we transmigrate to the world you mentioned, we want a way to always find each other." Jiang Yue said.
"A way that can’t fail." Yu Nianzhen continued.
When he heard their request, the person fell silent and seemed to be in deep thought.
After a while, he waved his hand, and a paper-thin golden board appeared in his hand. The board was three centimetres long and two centimetres wide.
Looking at the board, he waved his hand again, and the board split into two equal parts.
However, the division was not the only change.
One board had a sword on one side and a triangle on the flip side, while the other had a moon pearl on one side and a triangle on the flip side.
After these changes, the two boards turned into light spots and flew between the eyebrows of the two souls.
"What are they?" Jiang Yue asked.
"They are teleportation talismans." The person answered and then explained in detail.
From him, the two learned that Jiang Yue had the board with the sword while Yu Nianzhen had the one with the moon pearl.
When they injected their soul power into the sword or moon pearl, they would teleport to the other’s side.
"What about the triangle?" Jiang Yue asked.
"The triangle represents a common location. You can choose a place, and its position will be recorded by the talisman. When you want to go there, you only need to inject soul power into the triangle."
When they heard that, the two souls looked at each other and saw surprise in each other’s eyes.
They didn’t expect to receive such a good gift, and they were immediately in a good mood.
"However, there are restrictions." The person said, and the two looked at him vigilantly.
"The talisman can ignore formations and space blockades. However, the distance you teleport depends on your soul power."
"What do you mean?"
"If one of you is two thousand kilometres away but your soul power is only enough for one hundred kilometres, the talisman will only teleport one hundred kilometres in the right direction."
"This makes sense." The soul of Yu Nianzhen said.
Their main worry was that they would be separated and have no way of finding each other.
With this talisman, they could find each other even if it took some time.
"There is another restriction."
"Please..." Jiang Yue invited the person to speak.
"You will forget our discussion after you leave this place and will only remember if you meet my conditions."
"Conditions?"
"To access the talisman, you must have a purple star at the very least."
"Purple star?"
"You will understand later." The person said and then continued.
"Everything has a cause and effect. Since we have made a deal, you don’t have to worry that I will go back on my word."
Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were a little uncomfortable to hear that they would forget everything.
However, they had no options.
They were dead and could only rely on the person to help them transmigrate with their memories intact. Otherwise, their souls would enter reincarnation.
If that happened, there was no telling whether they would be reincarnated in the same world and time. Even if they were reincarnated in the same world and time, there was no guarantee that they would meet.
After considering these factors, the two chose to entrust their fate to the person and agreed to the conditions.
"I will send your souls to your new bodies."
After saying that, the person grabbed the two souls and threw them into a black hole.
At the same time, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen regained consciousness and hurriedly stood up.
"Let’s try the talismans first." Yu Nianzhen said.
When he woke up, he discovered the golden talisman in his mind. This validated the memories he received, but he still wanted to test the talismans.
"Good." Jiang Yue said while injecting soul power into the sword side of his golden talisman.
Almost instantaneously, his figure flickered, and he appeared in front of his husband.
"Looks like it works." He said.
His eyes were filled with excitement, and a worry he didn’t know existed, disappeared from his heart.
Although he didn’t remember what kind of deal they made with that person, he was happy they had the foresight to ask for such a gift.
"I would never give up looking for you." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
"I know." Jiang Yue whispered and threw himself into his husband’s arms.
