Mu Qing was the first to break away from Ye Yun's dream, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to look down at his arms.
There were still tears in the corners of Ye Yun's eyes, and her eyes were tightly closed.
She didn't wake up.
Mu Qing's heart sank, and she quickly rushed to the pavilion with Ye Yun in her arms, shouting: "Senior, are you there?"
There was no sound in response and no breeze blowing. Ye Qingyu seemed to disappear.
Mu Qing looked at the stone table, his eyes slightly focused.
There are wine bottles and wine glasses on the table, and they are brand new.
It turned out that he and Ye Yun were still in the dream.
Mu Qing sighed inwardly and sat down at the stone table with Ye Yun in his arms.
When entering Ye Yun's dream but no longer in Xichuan City, Mu Qing vaguely understood that Ye Yun had fallen too deep into the dream.
That's why he was eager to wake up Ye Yun, but the current situation did not go as smoothly as he expected.
Ye Yun's consciousness seemed to be still trapped in that empty space.
Mu Qing gently wiped away the tears on Ye Yun's face, looked away from her face and looked around.
There is the sound of slowly flowing water outside the pavilion, and the flowers and plants on both sides of the canal are lush. In the first layer of dreamland constructed by the stream, the scenery here should always remain at its most beautiful.
Mu Qing did not stay any longer and carried Ye Yun to the thatched cottage.
He met Du Qingquan, or Xichuan, again.
Xichuan was diverting water from the stream as before. When he saw Mu Qing, he smiled lightly: "Do you still remember how I evaluated Huangliang wine before?"
All this seems so natural, but now as long as he is still in the dream, Mu Qing will not believe that it is a coincidence.
Mu Qing looked at Xichuan coldly, remained silent for a moment and said, "I want to take her away, you can tell me your conditions."
Xichuan frowned and said, "You think too much of me. It seems you still don't want to believe what I said."
Mu Qing suppressed her emotions and said, "She has realized that it was a dream, why hasn't she woke up yet?"
"This goes back to the question I just asked." Xichuan walked towards the thatched cottage and said unhurriedly: "The wind by the river, the moon in the sky, and this... the wine in the cup, all tangible things can become Our sustenance, she didn't wake up, naturally because she was unforgettable."
Mu Qing snorted coldly: "I only know that the longer she stays, the deeper she will fall. If she becomes like these people in the city, what's the point?"
Xichuan turned around and asked, "Why is it meaningless?"
Mu Qing looked at Xichuan, who suddenly became serious, and said without giving in, "They are already dead."
Xichuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said word by word: "Everyone is still alive here."
Mu Qing shook his head, feeling that Ye Yun's body temperature was losing little by little. He hugged Ye Yun tighter and said, "You should be paying attention to her dreams and know the importance of her family to her. That is not a bad thing." A dream can come true, but if you can’t wake up, the dream will always remain a dream.”
Xichuan looked at Mu Qing and remained silent for the first time.
Mu Qing said: "I have been to many Broken Lands. You are indeed a very special existence. But at the same time, you are also the most ruthless existence."
"Ruthless?" Xichuan repeated and said, "This is the first time someone has said that to me."
Mu Qing looked directly at Xichuan and said: "Life and death have their own reincarnation. You neither let them live nor let them leave. This has always been just your dream. Have you really considered the feelings of other people?" ?”
Xichuan shook his head and said, "You won't understand."
Mu Qing sighed inwardly, Xichuan has always been the most special one. He was obviously the one who created this dream. He knew it was just a dream, but he never had any intention of waking up.
Mu Qing gave up his plan to persuade Xichuan and said, "You said you would not embarrass any outsider."
Xichuan nodded lightly, then looked at Ye Yun in Mu Qing's arms and said, "This girl was seriously injured when she came here. The reason why she didn't wake up has a lot to do with you. .”
"Although you successfully entered her dream and made her realize that it was just a dream, it caused a deep rift. She still cannot remember everything in the dream, so the memories of dreams and reality are intertwined, which has caused a great impact on her mental strength. It caused serious internal friction.”
"This is also the reason why I showed up specially. If you insist on taking her out of the last level of dreamland, the best result is to get her crazy."
Mu Qing listened to this expressionlessly, instead of angrily scolding Xichuan that all this was caused by the other party, he turned around and left the thatched cottage.
Seeing Mu Qing's determination to leave, Xichuan narrowed his eyes slightly, finally looked in the direction Mu Qing came from, sighed quietly, and said nothing more.
Inside Wangchuan Inn.
Mu Qing looked at the waiter who enthusiastically recommended Huangliang wine to him, and suddenly said: "Why didn't the big man come today?"
"Huh? Fellow Taoist, do you know him?" The waiter was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "That boy owes the inn a lot of money for wine, and he is probably spending all his time forging swords now."
Mu Qing looked at Xiao Er's familiar face and unfamiliar eyes and lost interest for a moment, saying, "That's it, I want to rest."
The waiter nodded, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "Fellow Taoist, I always feel like I've seen you somewhere before. But that's not the point. Don't worry, I will keep it a secret."
When the waiter spoke, he glanced behind the screen. Mu Qing's heart moved. He stood up and asked, "Do you know her?"
The waiter smiled bitterly and said: "Who in the entire Xichuan City doesn't know Qingyu Sword Immortal, but fellow Taoist, don't worry, I won't talk nonsense about you two."
Mu Qing watched the waiter close the door and leave, and immediately walked behind the screen.
Behind the gauze curtain, Ye Yun was sleeping quietly.
Mu Qing looked at her quietly, feeling a little confused for a moment.
Mu Qing left Xichuan Inn. He did not go to the residence of Qingyu Sword Immortal to see if there was someone exactly like Ye Yun. Instead, he came to the city gate.
The Wu clan guards were still at their original positions. Seeing Mu Qing arrive, they just looked at him silently.
Mu Qing raised her head and met his eyes, and said after a moment: "You are indeed different from them, Wu Shan."
Wu Shan's eyes were heavy, and for the first time there was more emotion in his eyes, and he said, "No one knows my real name except him."
Mu Qing nodded and said, "He mentioned you before, and your silence before actually reminded me that you have your own consciousness."
Wu Shan said: "Everyone in Xichuan City has his own consciousness."
Mu Qing shook his head. He had already argued with Xichuan once and did not intend to talk about those familiar strangers again. He asked: "Do you know Ye Qing, the shopkeeper of Yuye?"
Wushan was silent for a long time and said, "If Ye Jianxian hadn't been here, the city lord might no longer be the city lord."
Mu Qing silently wrote down this sentence and said: "He included the entire Xichuan City into the Xumi Mustard Seed. What happened next? How did everyone... die?"
Wu Shan looked at Mu Qing coldly. Mu Qing felt the pressure of the mountain for the first time, but his eyes did not flinch at all.
Wu Shan snorted coldly: "The city lord is the one who has done the most. You should be glad that you didn't say your guess directly in front of me."
Mu Qing's eyes moved slightly and said: "You should know that we are all in the dreamland of Xichuan. The real Xichuan City is deserted and the human habitation has long been cut off. What happened in the first place to make it like this now?"
Seeing that Wushan remained silent, Mu Qing said: "Xichuan practices the way of the soul. Everything now tells me that an outsider like me has refined the souls of many people."
Wu Shan leaned forward, and the shadow moved, like a tall city wall pressing against Mu Qing.
Mu Qing said calmly: "If you think I misunderstood him, then please tell me what happened."
"..."
After a long confrontation, Wushan sat back in the shadows. Just when Mu Qing felt regretful, a soft voice rang from the side: "The peace in Xichuan City only lasted a month."
Mu Qing looked aside, a little moved.
Ye Qingyu appeared at some point, leaning against the wall alone.
Mu Qing nodded towards her and said: "In a month, Xichuan City's reserves should have bottomed out. What is the reason for breaking the calm?"
Ye Qingyu raised the wine bottle on his waist, took a sip, and said, "It's cultivation, it's the cutting off of spiritual energy."
Mu Qing suddenly remembered something he had known from the beginning but had never thought about it deeply - everyone in Xichuan City was a cultivator.
Ye Qingyu looks
Looking at the end of the city gate avenue, he frowned and said: "He did not expect that the spiritual energy would be cut off. Although others slowly accepted this fact, some people chose other ways of practice."
Mu Qing frowned and guessed: "Killing?"
Ye Qingyu smiled: "Yes, it's killing people."
"They first join forces to kill those with deep knowledge, then those with magic pills, and finally they start killing those with nothing."
Mu Qing suddenly felt a chill from the bottom of his heart and said, "Why kill someone who has nothing?"
Ye Qingyu withdrew his gaze and looked at Mu Qing. He was silent for a moment before saying: "Because some people discovered that when enough people were killed, this narrow world was regenerated with spiritual energy. Perhaps those who walked out of this road first did not notice it either. Their actions driven by desire will find a promising path for everyone."
Mu Qing said: "...So you also started killing people."
Ye Qingyu nodded calmly, but his eyes were unfocused, and said: "That's true. When I told him this discovery, I was happy for a long time, and then I started killing people, killing those who killed first."
Mu Qing looked at the somewhat lonely Ye Qingyu, and for the first time he remembered her other identity - she was the number one sword cultivator in Xichuan City.
Ye Qingyu lowered his eyes, seemingly lost in memories, and only the dry and cold wind was left beside the city wall.
After a long time, Ye Qingyu raised his head and said, "But we still failed. No matter how many people we kill, it won't work because this is not a complete world."
"From that time on, I began to lead people to explore the world beyond the sky, but there was nothing outside except endless darkness."
Ye Qingyu left alone. Mu Qing was still digesting the news and did not follow her.
Wu Shan watched Ye Qingyu leave and took the initiative to say for the first time: "The city lord spent all his efforts to keep the dead people. He paid a high price, but he was sorry for Ye Jianxian."
Mu Qing was silent and said in a serious voice: "There is something wrong with the spiritual energy, and he must be the one who suffers the most doubts and pressure."
"Yes." Wu Shan's eyes were a little sad, "That's why Ye Jianxian kills people more fiercely than others, and everyone thinks she is crazy."
Mu Qing asked: "What happens after failure?"
Wu Shan said: "Those who were still alive were all calling for the city lord to execute her. The city lord finally killed some people."
Mu Qing raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Xichuan a little higher.
Wu Shan said: "Later, Ye Jianxian went into self-exile, but after exploring the outer world, he did not come back at the agreed time."
"At that time, if the city lord wanted to forcefully go to the outer world to find someone, this small world would collapse directly, so those who survived were using the dead to persuade him."
Mu Qing frowned, not knowing what to say.
Wu Shan said: "In the end, the city lord found Ye Jianxian. But everything is different. They don't even have the chance to be together."
