EBE Chapter 12780 The World of Dreams
Chapter 12780 The World of Dreams
Chapter 12780 The World of Dreams
Ye Chen composed himself and walked over.
The courtyard gate opened, and a maid came out, leading Ye Chen to Xin Dan's room.
Ye Chen stepped into Xin Dan's room and gently closed the door behind him. He saw Xin Dan sitting on the bed, wearing a light white dress. Her skin, visible beneath the dress, was as white as snow, and she still carried a faint, dawn-like glow.
Ye Chen looked at her, and his mind went blank for a moment.
Xindan is the embodiment of dawn. As long as people yearn for light, yearn for the morning, and yearn for hope, they can easily be captivated by her radiance.
"Have you drunk the bitter wine of dusk?"
Xin Dan smiled and looked at Ye Chen, and said.
"Yes." Ye Chen guarded his Dao heart and suppressed his distracting thoughts.
Xin Dan smiled and said, "That wine doesn't taste very good, but it can temporarily suppress the abyss within you."
"However, just to be on the safe side, I still have to help you. Come here." He beckoned to Ye Chen.
Looking at her pure and lovely appearance, Ye Chen subconsciously swallowed and walked to the bedside, sitting down next to her.
If it were an ordinary woman, she would naturally be unable to shake Ye Chen's Dao heart.
But Xindan is different. She is the dawn, the first sunrise, the first hope. Anyone with light in their heart longs to be close to her and merge with her.
Xin Dan gracefully took Ye Chen's hand. Her palm was as white as jade, carrying a faint warmth. The dawn light flowed along her palm and slowly entered Ye Chen's body.
Ye Chen then felt the abyss within his body being enveloped by a ray of dawn, suppressing much of the darkness.
"how do you feel?"
Xin Dan looked at Ye Chen with sparkling eyes.
"It feels...good." Ye Chen's voice was inexplicably a little stiff.
Xin Dan smiled slightly and said, "That's not enough. We need to go a little deeper."
As she spoke, she took Ye Chen's hand and placed it on her own heart.
As if struck by lightning, Ye Chen instantly felt a soft sensation, while the dawn's glow emanating from Xin Dan penetrated even deeper, flowing into Ye Chen's body.
"Is that enough? Do you want to go a little deeper?" Xin Dan shifted her body, moving closer to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen felt her softness and fragrance, and said, "That should be... enough."
Under the glow of dawn, the abyss within Ye Chen's body has been greatly suppressed and will not flare up again for some time.
He dared not get too close to Xindan anymore; she was the light of dawn, and if he got too close, he was afraid he would melt into that light.
“I can sense the aura of Mansu from you.” Xin Dan tilted her head slightly and suddenly mentioned “Mansu”. With a hint of longing on her face, she said softly, “Actually, I’ve always wanted to go to Mansu.”
Ye Chen was startled, not expecting her to have seen through the Mansu Passage on his body. He asked, "You want to go to Mansu?"
Xin Dan's smile faded, revealing a faint bitterness: "Yes, I want to go to Mansu."
"Because living is too painful."
“I am the remnant of the scorching sun, the dawn sun, and can be considered the daughter of the scorching sun. But I have lived in the shadow of the scorching sun all my life. I have never been myself, but only an extension of the scorching sun’s will, only an embodiment of the scorching sun’s glory.”
"Moreover, I have been constantly being devoured by the resentment of the Split Wolves, and I have to fight against that violent aura with all my might every day."
"If you are not careful, you will be corrupted by it and become a monster like it."
She sighed, "I'm so tired, so tired. I want to sink into the dream of eternal sleep. I've heard that in the dream of eternal sleep, one can find eternal peace and never have to suffer the pain of the world again."
Ye Chen stared blankly at Xin Dan. The dream of Man Su was an eternal vow of sleep in the abyss. Ye Chen himself refused to sink into the dream, but he also knew very well that many people wanted to dream.
In dreams, one can escape reality.
Xin Dan, on the other hand, wanted to escape.
Suddenly, Xin Dan hugged Ye Chen tightly, and the dawn light around her grew even stronger, continuously nourishing Ye Chen's body and soul.
Ye Chen felt streams of warm, pure power flowing into his body. The Man Su pathway, which had been broken and could not be used for a short time, gradually regained its vitality under the nourishment of this power.
Mansu's dream returned, and Ye Chen saw Mansu's outline again, a dreamlike void with endless possibilities.
His spirit quickly sank to the edge of this void.
He wasn't alone; Xin Dan followed him in. The two who had just been embracing were now holding hands, standing at the edge of the Dreamland.
"Is this the eternal paradise that the abyss promised to humankind, a dreamland with infinite possibilities?"
Xin Dan stood at the edge of Man Su, took a barefoot step forward, looking excited and expectant. Her long eyelashes trembled, as if she wanted to open her eyes but seemed hesitant and dared not.
Do you want to go in?
Ye Chen asked.
Nourished by the light of dawn, the darkness of the night has faded away, restoring its dreamlike, crystal-like luster.
Xin Dan was undoubtedly a major contributor to Man Su's rapid recovery, and Ye Chen would naturally not refuse her if she wanted to join Man Su.
"Okay, let's go take a look."
As dawn broke, another step was taken, and a rainbow bridge formed from the radiance of daybreak slowly emerged.
On the Rainbow Bridge, the morning light flowed. Xin Dan took Ye Chen's hand and lightly leaped onto the bridge. The two walked slowly forward, passing through a hazy light and shadow, and finally stepped into the dream world of Man Su.
Upon entering the dream world, Xin Dan's delicate body trembled, as if she had finally made up her mind, and she opened her eyes.
Those were extremely beautiful eyes, clear as glass, with pupils like the morning sun, pure and bright, without a trace of impurity.
When Ye Chen saw her eyes, he was momentarily lost in thought and forgot to speak.
Seeing his dazed expression, Xin Dan chuckled and said playfully, "Did I scare you?"
Ye Chen snapped out of his daze and shook his head, saying, "No, your eyes are very beautiful, even more beautiful than I imagined."
Xin Dan smiled even more brightly and asked softly, "So, do you like it?"
Ye Chen was stunned for a moment. Looking into her innocent eyes, he didn't know how to answer and could only remain silent.
Xin Dan didn't press the matter, saying, "Only in this dreamlike state of endless sleep do I dare to open my eyes."
"My eyes have long been tainted by the Split Wolves. If they were outside, they would be filthy and ugly, not as beautiful as they are now."
Ye Chen remained silent, vaguely sensing Xin Dan's bitterness.
Only in the dream world of Mansu could she escape the erosion of the Split Wolf.
Xin Dan looked up at the distant part of the dream world, where there was a dreamlike crystal radiance, a void, but this void contained infinite possibilities.
With longing in her eyes, Xin Dan said softly, "I really want to stay here forever, living in a dream, without pain or pollution, only peace and happiness."
As she spoke, she gripped Ye Chen's hand tightly, gazing at him with a look of infatuation.
Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but say, "If you want to stay, then stay."
Xin Dan gave a bitter smile and said, "No, I can't do it."
Ye Chen asked, "Why?"
Xin Dan said, "Because if you want to sleep peacefully forever in the slumber, you must completely forget everything in reality."
"But the pain of reality has already invaded every corner of my body."
"No matter how hard I try, I can never completely forget it."
"As long as the pain of reality remains, I cannot truly immerse myself in dreams."
Ye Chen fell silent, increasingly sensing the pain and helplessness in Xin Dan's heart, her desire to dream but being unable to.
Xin Dan looked up at Ye Chen again and said, "Can you hug me? Ye Chen, I hugged you just now, now it's your turn to hug me."
Her innocent eyes held a hint of playfulness, and if you only looked at her surface, you would never guess the pain she was going through.
"Mmm." Ye Chen's heart softened, and he slowly reached out and gently hugged her.
Xin Dan smiled faintly, her face showing a rare tranquility, and she reached out to hug Ye Chen.
The two embraced for a while, and then Xindan whispered, "Sit with me for a while."
As soon as she finished speaking, a patch of lush green grass appeared beneath her feet, soft and comfortable.
The two sat down, their fingers intertwined, and leaned against each other side by side.
In the sky above the dreamlike realm, a bright moon slowly rose, its gentle light spilling onto the grass and onto the two of them.
Ye Chen turned to look at Xin Dan. He knew that this grassland and this moon were Xin Dan's wishes.
In this dream world, you can have whatever you want; you can have whatever you desire.
Xin Dan was able to easily master the secrets of dream creation as soon as she arrived at Man Su. This was partly due to her exceptional talent, and partly because she genuinely longed to immerse herself in dreams.
Suddenly, Xin Dan began to sing. Her voice was clear and bright, the melody melodious and ethereal, yet tinged with a faint sense of melancholy.
Ye Chen listened silently to her singing, looking at her cherry-like lips, wanting to kiss them, but he held back.
The dawn's light and the morning glow were enough to melt anyone's heart, but Ye Chen remained restrained, simply embracing the girl.
The girl tried to kiss him several times, but in the end she held back and said, "I want to kiss you, Lord of Reincarnation."
"I want to love, I want to be loved, I've never wanted to before."
“However, we still can’t get too close. I’m tainted by the Wolf of Splits, and I’m afraid of hurting you.”
"I know." Ye Chen didn't insist and sat quietly with Xin Dan.
Xin Dan rested her head on his shoulder, and the two sat together all night.
Xin Dan said, "It should be dawn outside. We should head to the Ancestral Meteorite Crater."
As soon as she finished speaking, the world of her dream began to distort and collapse.
Soon, the two returned to reality and went back to Xindan's room.
The two were sitting on the bed, both perfectly fine. Xin Dan was still holding Ye Chen, and the sky outside was getting a little brighter.
Xin Dan opened her eyes, and Ye Chen was immediately horrified when he saw them.
Those were not the clear, gentle eyes from my dream, but a pair of dark, murky, lifeless eyes, with a hint of ferocity and bloodlust in their depths.
Such eyes, appearing on her innocent and pure face, were like two specks of mud pasted onto a flawless piece of white jade.
Don't look at me!
Xin Dan immediately realized what was happening, closed her eyes tightly, and turned away.
Ye Chen's heart pounded. The moment he saw Xin Dan's eyes, he also felt the impact of the dark resentment emanating from the Split Wolf. "I'm sorry..."
Xin Dan's shoulders trembled slightly, as if she were sobbing, and she said:
"No need... I should be the one apologizing. My eyes still startled you."
Ye Chen remained silent; it would be inappropriate to say anything now.
Xin Dan was heartbroken for a long time before she calmed down and said:
"Alright, let's go to the Ancestral Crater. Thank you for letting me into Mansu last night."
"In return, you may use the spiritual energy of the Yang chapter as you please. Apart from not being able to take the Yang chapter with you, I will grant you any other requests you may have."
As she spoke, she gently grasped Ye Chen's hand, clearly intending to offer herself to him. She said that even if Ye Chen asked for her body, she would agree without hesitation.
But Ye Chen only wanted the Yang chapter.
The two left the room and first returned to the Holy Spring, where they found the Holy Lord of Candlelight, before setting off together for the Ancestral Fall Crater.
Before the Holy Lord of Candlelight, the two maintained a restrained distance.
But the Holy Lord of Candlelight was no ordinary person; he had already noticed that the two had had extremely intimate contact. He thought to himself that this Lord of Reincarnation was indeed extraordinary, having conquered the heart of his clan leader in just one day.
Xin Dan pointed north and said, "The Ancestral Crater is in the valley to the north. Let's go there."
Ye Chen nodded in agreement and looked northward.
Just then, in the Reincarnation Graveyard, the tombstone that resonated with the ancestral crater trembled even more violently, as if something was about to break free from the tombstone's restraints. It was the remnant of the blazing sun, the fourth moon.
Ye Chen dared not let her out, because the Split Wolf was in the Ancestral Fall Crater, and the entire Twilight Domain was filled with the Split Wolf's ferocity.
If the fourth moon awakens and is then corrupted by the Splitting Wolves, that would be extremely bad.
He used his divine sense to suppress the vibrations of the tombstone, and together with Xin Dan and the Holy Lord of Candlelight, they headed north.
The three walked north side by side, and the closer they got to the valley, the more eerie the atmosphere became.
The pain and resentment that already permeated the Twilight Realm became even more intense here, almost tangible.
The abyss within Ye Chen's body also began to stir subtly, but fortunately, it was suppressed by the Twilight Bitter Wine and the Dawn's Radiance, so there was no risk of it erupting for the time being.
About an hour later, the three arrived at the entrance to the valley.
Ye Chen looked up and saw that the entrance to the valley was shrouded in a thick, curtain-like gray fog.
The gray mist was dark in color and flowed slowly, exuding a cold and hazy aura, exactly like the gray mist curse aura of the Great Sun Venerable, but even more terrifying.
Behind the gray fog, an incredibly intense golden light shone faintly, but because of the fog, the light was not dazzling.
Ye Chen focused his gaze and saw ancient characters faintly flowing within the golden light.
Those characters, ancient in form and vigorous in line, exuded the charm of Yang Hua Dao. Ye Chen recognized them as the characters of Yang Chapter at a glance, and they shared the same aura as the runes floating in the central holy spring.
"The Yang chapter is inside!"
"This gray fog must originate from the Lord of Gray Fog?"
Ye Chen looked at Xin Dan and the Holy Lord of Candlelight. He was now certain that the Yang Chapter was indeed in this valley.
The gray fog flowing through the valley clearly originated from the master of the gray fog!
Xin Dan nodded slightly and said, "Yes, these gray mists are all creations of the Lord of Gray Mist."
“I once went to the Void Market and spent a lot of money to buy a lot of things related to him, including a gray mist dzi bead, a coffin he once slept in, and some gray mist root crowns used for sealing.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen glanced at the Holy Lord of Candlelight.
He recalled that earlier, by the Central Holy Spring, he had pressed the Holy Lord of Candlelight about the origin of the coffin used to seal the Wolf of Split, but the Holy Lord of Candlelight avoided answering, only saying that he would talk about it later.
It turns out that the mysterious coffin that the Holy Lord of Candlelight mentioned, capable of sealing the Split Wolf, was actually bought by Xin Dan from the Void Market.
Moreover, it was the coffin where the Lord of the Gray Mist, who was awe-inspiring throughout the heavens and ranked among the ten great evil gods, had slept!
The name of the Gray Mist is very mysterious, which is why the Holy Lord of Candlelight was unwilling to explain it in detail before, probably because he was afraid of getting involved in the karma of the Gray Mist.
The Holy Lord of Candlelight felt a little uncomfortable under Ye Chen's gaze. He coughed lightly and said awkwardly, "This matter was arranged personally by the clan leader. I only learned the details later. It was not something I deliberately concealed."
Xin Dan didn't pay attention to their expressions, turned to look at Ye Chen, and spoke with a hint of concern:
"How are you? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
"The Lord of Gray Mist is an extremely terrifying evil god. His karma is very strange. Ordinary cultivators will be entangled in his karma and become uneasy just by mentioning his name, let alone face his creations directly."
Ye Chen said calmly, "It's nothing. This little bit of karma isn't enough to affect me."
Xin Dan smiled and said, "That's good."
"I will allow you to enter the valley and use the spiritual energy of the Yang Chapter to nourish yourself and suppress the abyss. But you must remember, you must never get close to the source of the Yang Chapter."
"Otherwise, even if you build a Yang Hua foundation, you will be burned to ashes by the pure Yang fire energy of the Yang chapter, leaving not even a trace of your soul behind."
She paused, then turned to look at the Holy Lord of Candlelight:
"Zhuzhao, you go in with the Lord of Reincarnation and protect his safety."