Xuanxia

Chapter 166 A big dream

Qi Ran suddenly realized that he had been blind all his life, and the road ahead was endless.

All Fu Qingzhou could remember about Qi Ran Jue were the two lines of poetry that Long Dabei had said in Xiang Town on Bailu Mountain.

Actually, it’s not quite appropriate to even call it a poem…it’s just a doggerel at best.

But doggerel also has one advantage, which is that the meaning is clear and there is no need to guess.

Only after practicing the Qi Ran Jue did you realize that your past life was so blind and that you seemed to understand nothing.

The road ahead seems endless. No matter how far you have walked, when you look forward, you will still feel endless confusion and loneliness.

It is not surprising that Fu Qingzhou had never really thought about or understood them in the past. He was always looking forward to dissolving the Qi Ran Jue in his body, so how could he think about the things left behind by Long Dabei?

But at this moment, the two lines of doggerel that Long Dabai had recited suddenly came to his mind.

There are many, many things that he has never told anyone and even tried to forget them on purpose.

But just as the female voice said just now, every night when he slept, he dreamed of the tragic scene before Long Dabai's death.

Is it pitiful? Not pitiful.

Long Dabei is a murderer who can massacre all the innocent people in the village for a pill.

When he was young, he severely injured his master, causing countless people from the True Immortal Palace to flee. He also killed and injured countless people and destroyed countless families in the world.

Isn't it pitiful? It's hard not to feel pity...

No matter what his purpose was, at least he treated Fu Qingzhou like his own son and saved him from danger countless times. Even though those disasters were caused by him, he still risked his life to save others.

He was originally a compassionate man, who was obsessed with saving the world, but he ended up with an unforgivable ending. If his younger self knew the ending, how would he feel?
Long Dabi was different from Fu Qingzhou’s godfather in his previous life. He was a kind-hearted man and also a great villain. But no matter who he was, he was already dead, and there was no chance to refute or convince him.

So all Fu Qingzhou could do was to refute and convince himself.

"You are Qi Ran..."

He interrupted his thoughts that were drifting further and further away, and said with difficulty: "You, is this the Qi Ran Jue in my body? Then where exactly am I at this moment?"

"Dream." The female voice said softly, "I said it at the beginning."

Fu Qingzhou smiled in disbelief: "How is it possible? If you are a swordsmith... No, it didn't start from then. Could it be that I have been dreaming since the moment I fell into the cave?"

"Exactly."

The female voice said leisurely: "You have been dreaming all this time."

Fu Qingzhou had a strange expression on his face and shook his head heavily: "This is impossible."

"People cannot dream about things they are completely unaware of. I have never heard of the Taiji fish or the Red Devil. How could I dream about these plots? How could a magic sword appear inexplicably in my dream? What was the meaning of the so-called test before?"

“…There are some things you think you don’t know, but you actually do know.”

The female voice was soft and gentle: "This cave, this ancient sword, and this skeleton are all real."

Fu Qingzhou was shocked.

I thought I didn't know, but I actually did?
He blurted out: "The...secret treasure left by Long Dabei?!"

The female voice did not comment, but said softly: "It doesn't matter whether it is a secret treasure or not. What matters is what you are going through."

Fu Qingzhou clenched his fists.

In the picture of the sky, whether it is Smoker or Qiu Chan, the "dream" they are in has completely stagnated. Their expressions and movements, as well as the red demons running around them, have also stopped.

After a moment, he exhaled deeply and said slowly: "I understand."

"At the beginning, I was unaware and thought I had fallen into a cave, but in fact, I was just experiencing everything in a dream. As for everything I experienced on this road, it was just that I filled in my acquaintances to help me get here."

"The so-called Red Devil and Ancient Sword were all the secret treasures that Long Dabei secretly buried in my heart. I was ignorantly experiencing all this, and it was nothing more than a dream."

"I didn't know I was in a dream, so even if you appeared in front of me, you didn't know who you were or what you wanted to do."

"But as I gradually realized that something was wrong, you also understood a lot...even the you now are not the you at the beginning." Fu Qingzhou said softly: "Before that, you were not Qi Ran, but the one who played the role of the swordsmith of the ancient sword in the cave in my dream. Until now, you are Qi Ran."

The female voice said with relief: "That's right."

"Why?" Fu Qingzhou was puzzled: "Why did I fall into this dream?"

The female voice smiled softly: "Because you were confused, you questioned, you couldn't convince yourself... Of course, the most important thing is that you were seriously injured, and you unconsciously activated the Qi Ran Jue with all your strength."

Fu Qingzhou smiled bitterly.

He roughly knew what was going on... He and Qiu Chan must have really fallen into the underground river, but for some reason he was still seriously injured and unconsciously activated the Qi Ran Jue.

So in this dream, he was guided by the incomparable magical skills in his body and went on a virtual expedition to explore the secret treasures in the cave.

So, all the previous people like Yan Gui and Qiu Chan were fake, they were just things in my dreams, and the real them were floating in the underground river with me.

As for what he saw in this short trip to the cave, including what "Smoker" and "Qiu Chan" said, they were just reflections of his inner heart. They said those words and did those things according to his impression of them.

"In that case, I will wake up." Fu Qingzhou shook his head and said, "Send me away."

"No need to be so anxious."

The female voice said softly, "You haven't figured it out yet, you're still confused. Even if you wake up...how will you cope with it?"

Fu Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat.

"Think about it carefully..."

The female voice gradually faded away: "If you abandon the compassion and mercy in your heart in order to suppress Qi Ran Jue, are you still yourself?"

"You are doing so-called chivalrous things for Yi Ran Jue. Is it because you truly love him, or are you just playing the role of an absolutely correct knight?"

"If you help others and do things for your own benefit, are you still the hero in your heart? Is this selfish or selfless?"

"A gentleman is judged by deeds, not by heart... Is that really the case?"

"Some people think too much and lose their original intention... What you should do is accept me."

As she spoke, her voice finally disappeared.

Fu Qingzhou sat there, his expression changing little by little, becoming increasingly sad.

In the dreamland of sea and sky, a raging fire started.

The blue ocean turned into blood, the white clouds in the sky burned into flames, the red mist on his body boiled, and the heat waves rolled.

The red light of the flames gradually occupied the entire dream, and Fu Qingzhou's expression became more and more compassionate and calm. If I had to describe it... he was almost another replica of Long Dabei.

At this moment, the dream space suddenly twisted.

"I'll fight!"

Suddenly, a dirty old Taoist priest jumped out and punched Fu Qingzhou hard in the face!
Fu Qingzhou was almost completely submerged in the Qi Ran Jue, but he was suddenly hit by such an unexpected punch. He flew several meters away and rolled out like a sack.

"Fuck, who are you?" He suddenly got up, covering his face and said angrily.

But the next second, he was stunned.

It was only then that he noticed that the entire dream had turned into a fiery purgatory...and the magical thing was that the water surface under the feet of the old Taoist priest was still as clear and blue, and this clarity was still spreading outwards little by little.

"Who am I?"

The old Taoist priest put his hands on his waist, pointed his thumb at himself, and raised his head high: "Don't you think I look familiar?"

"Qing, Qingsongzi?" Fu Qingzhou's eyes widened: "Although their temperaments are somewhat similar, they look different, right?"

"nonsense!"

The old Taoist laughed loudly: "I, the Taoist Master, was created by Qingsongzi - Yiran!"

Thanks to the book friend Huifei?Yu for the tip!
It’s a bit strange... My work daily report shows that there were six rewards yesterday?
But I only saw two times myself, how come the other four times are gone…Why doesn’t the writer’s assistant show them to me…I want to thank someone but I don’t know who to thank TT
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(End of this chapter)