My enemies became my companions

Chapter 359 Come Back Come Back
That last night, Chen Yi had a dream.

The scenes in the dream were hazy and blurred, just like many dreams that pass by quickly and are no longer clear after waking up. The same was true for Chen Yi's dream.

I only remember a tombstone standing on the land, square and neat, with fireflies floating around it, and heartbreak grass growing beside the tombstone. The land was muddy and wet. When I looked down, I realized that they were my own tears.

There were lines of epitaphs engraved on the tombstone, and only the first part read: [The Tomb Inscription of Yin Weiying, the Wife of Chen Yi].

Chen Yi's heart sank, as if the whole world had shattered, and all his words were drowned out by the sound of the wind.

Finally, he had no choice but to tremble and take out a hairpin and bury it under the tombstone and in the soil.

Before he had the chance to treat her well, she was separated from him forever.

When he suddenly woke up from the bed, he realized it was just a dream.

But the dream was too real. He gasped for a long time and was still frightened.

It's so real that it seems like it will happen in the next moment.

Chen Yi clenched his fists.

He had slowly walked out of the courtyard. When he turned around, he saw Yin Tingxue and Lin Wanlang watching him. Chen Yi just smiled gently and waved to the two women.

Then, carrying his sword and knife, he left Cui's house where he was temporarily resting.

After walking for an unknown distance, a figure appeared from under the shadow of the tree.

The long-haired nun clasped her hands together, nodded slightly to Chen Yi, then walked forward and followed him.

"What's the matter?" Concubine Dong asked after chanting the Buddha's name.

Concubine Dong had only known this lover for about ten days and didn't know how to get along with him. She could only ask this question in a somewhat awkward manner.

Chen Yi raised his head and looked towards the palace, saying:
"Fortunately, I have learned some Taoist techniques and improved my martial arts. Everything is fine."

During the past ten days or so, Chen Yi and Zhou Yitong have maintained constant contact.

Zhou Yitong taught many Taoist techniques, whether it was the Five Thunders Orthodox Method, Samadhi True Fire, or the unique techniques of Yinjian Mountain, she explained them one by one in detail, which was a rare thing for her who was always taciturn.

And Chen Yi also tried his best to practice all these Taoist methods.

Using the clairvoyance to channel the true Qi, dozens of Taoist techniques flowed into the mind like water, and in a moment they were sufficient for one's use.

Since being promoted to the fourth level, Chen Yi has seldom used his clairvoyance ability. The reason is simple: after reaching the fourth level of martial arts, no matter how many skills he learns, he cannot advance to the third level as long as he cannot refine his spirit and return to emptiness. Because of this, this ability has been temporarily abandoned.

But the situation now is unusual. Chen Yi once again merged the true energy accumulated from the Star-Absorbing Art and the Yin-Yang Art of Resentment into Taoism. In just ten days, he mastered dozens of Taoist techniques.

However, the more Taoist techniques a cultivator masters, the stronger his killing power will not be. Take Yin Weiying for example. She is the Goddess of Taihua and has learned many Taoist techniques. However, she has no place to display them due to the limitation of her Jindan realm.

Although the practice of Taoism is simple, there is a threshold for the realm of use. The Taoist methods that Chen Yi has learned are of course those that can be performed at the Golden Core Realm.

Concubine Dong has seen all of this over the past few days. When she saw Chen Yi gazing towards the direction of the imperial city, she asked again:

"What's the situation in the ghost town?"

"Not very good. My master found out where King Chujiang was imprisoned, and the late emperor took over King Chujiang's position as the King of Hell."

Chen Yi slowly told what he had heard from Zhou Yitang.
"My master also met with Yu Zhen Yuan Jun. The reason why Yu Zhen Yuan Jun came to the underworld was because she predicted through divination that her disciple would have a calamity in his life. That's why she came to Yingdu. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, she pretended to help the late emperor. Moreover... she left a backup plan for Hun Dun."

Concubine Dong has heard about these things over the past ten days or so, so she is not surprised at this moment.

And she had not been idle for the past ten days. She had already understood the situation in the palace and said:

"That Qi Yangjian paper figure, if he dies, there will be a gap in this secret realm."

"Is this serious?"

"Yes, the 'fake to real' formation you mentioned before reminded me that every formation has a core, and the person the late emperor valued most during his lifetime was the eunuch Qi Yangjian in the palace, so I guessed that this Qi Yangjian dummy is the core of the formation."

Concubine Dong paused, then touched the end of her long hair.

"Later, I searched for the dragon veins in this secret realm of the capital, and was even more certain that this Qi Yangjian must be the center of the formation."

Not long after the words were spoken, the two of them had unknowingly arrived outside the Donghua Gate. The palace was completely silent, like the moment of peace before a storm.

Chen Yi said to himself: "I must go back."

"Of course I have to go back." Concubine Dong turned her head and asked again: "But...how sure are you?"

Chen Yi smiled calmly and said, "Even if Qi Yangjian really comes, I will kill him without hesitation."

"No need to exaggerate." Concubine Dong shook her head.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Chen Yi had passed him and was walking slowly towards the palace gate, as if he didn't care about provoking any paper figures, and even less about who was in front of him.

Concubine Dong looked at him and caught a detail out of the corner of her eye: he did not draw his knife, but silently and slowly drew out the sword on his back.

It was a heavy sword.

That's the living sword...

………………

The next moment, his figure leaped high into the air and jumped onto the palace wall. Then Concubine Dong felt a strong wind coming from behind her, and she saw him making a gesture with one hand and holding a sword with the other, stepping into the air, and actually riding the wind!

Wind control!
Almost at the same time, in the inner court of the imperial palace, sensing Chen Yi's approach, a figure carrying a sword case stepped up from the rubble of the imperial city.

Qi Yangjian himself would not say any more nonsense here, let alone the paper man. Without saying a word, he tapped the sword case with his fingers.

A sword soared into the air, carrying with it unparalleled sword energy and a strong wind, and rushed straight towards Chen Yi!

Chen Yi rode the wind and changed the hand gestures with one hand. The true fire condensed in the lake of his heart surged up and came to his mouth, and he spit out fire directly.

Tongues of fire swept across, and the flames roared towards the sword. Although the sword that swept up the strong wind broke the fire wave, it gradually deformed and twisted under the firelight. Finally, when it reached Chen Yi, it was already limp and powerless.

Chen Yi swept his sword across.

Qi Yangjian's sword instantly turned into ashes like a piece of paper.

Concubine Dong saw this scene from afar and was astonished. Paper figures are often used by Taoists to deal with warriors because they provide close combat capabilities that Taoists do not have.

However, if paper figures are used to deal with Taoists, especially those of higher levels, they will become increasingly ineffective.

No matter how powerful a paper man is, he is still just a paper man.

But paper has always been afraid of water and fire.

Qi Yangjian saw that the sword was easily defused and he did not retreat a single step. The late emperor knew that the paper figures were no match for the Taoist priests. Several Taoist paper figures appeared in the palace. Three of them performed the golden light body protection technique for Qi Yangjian, while the other two used thunder, water and fire to harass Chen Yi.

Qi Yangjian was covered with a layer of golden light, and Chen Yi, who was flying in the air, was occasionally attacked by thunder, fire, and water arrows, and the strong wind seemed to be boiling.

Chen Yi took out several paper figures from his arms and exhaled lightly.

A group of paper maids emerged from their hands, fell to the ground, and rushed towards the several paper Taoist priests.

In the distance, Imperial Concubine Dong also stood up, stepped quickly onto the palace wall and leapt into the imperial city to escort the group of paper maids, even though the palace was already surrounded by densely packed paper figures.

Chen Yi stepped closer with the wind, Qi Yangjian lightly knocked on the sword box, a sword popped out, he tapped again with his finger, another sword popped out, after three taps, all three swords came out!
Today is the seventh day of February, a critical day. With his body protected by golden light, Qi Yangjian strives to win the battle quickly and decisively without any delay. After three missiles, he has already mastered his famous skill of destroying mountains with three swords.

The three swords swept away one after another, and their power was even greater than before. The pavilions and towers along the way were swaying and dancing in the strong wind, and even rubble was flying, bursting and screaming.

Sword energy rises to the sky!

One sword will break all your deadly moves and leave you powerless to fight back.

One sword will break into your tough physique acquired through training.

With the last sword, Qi Yangjian will take your head himself!
The sword and sword energy are extremely sharp!

Concubine Dong raised her head and saw the incredible power of the three swords, and her pupils suddenly shrank.

boom!
The next moment, smoke and dust exploded.

Dust was swirling all over the sky, and thick fog and broken debris fell like rain.

Concubine Dong saw the dissipated sword energy splashing down like ink.

Blood flowed from the corner of Chen Yi's mouth, and thunder and fire were everywhere around him.

There were fist-sized holes in his body, and blood was dripping down.

Everything happened so fast that Concubine Dong couldn't even see clearly what happened.

She only remembered that there was thunder first, then fire, and finally Chen Yi's figure flashed several times, and he flew backwards for who knows how many feet. There were smoke, dust, explosions and bangs all the way, and he was constantly dancing with a sword, and his style was the living sword of Yinjian Mountain!
However, Qi Yangjian's three swords could not reach Chen Yi for a long time, and the sword energy quickly dissipated. Only one of the three swords pierced Chen Yi's abdomen!

At last…

The floating paper pieces fell like rain.

The moment when Qi Yangjian's paper man shattered.

A gap was torn in the sky.

Through the crack you can see,

The water of the Yellow Springs River flowed backwards, rushing towards higher places along the remnants of Chaos.

It's like a scene from heaven...

And Chen Yi's figure had already rushed towards the crack.

He wants to find her!
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It was as if she had lived her life all over again.

That was a child born in Prince Jing's mansion.

After being married for many years, King Jing finally had a son. The whole palace was immersed in celebration. Red eggs and red steamed buns were everywhere in the palace, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard in the early morning.

Yin Weiying opened her eyes in confusion, and she seemed to have returned to the time of her birth.

The old nanny held her, who was wrapped in cloth strips, and walked towards the princess who had just given birth. The princess was very weak, but still smiled. Yin Weiying also wanted to smile, but she burst into tears.

Tears flowed heavily.

At this time, King Jing walked in. At that time, her father was not that old and there were no wrinkles on his brow.

"Your Majesty, it's a girl, weighing a full eight kilograms."

The old lady said excitedly,

"It's better if it's a girl, it's better if it's a girl! Eight pounds, hey, a big fat girl!" King Jing laughed loudly, and Yin Weiying cried even harder. He was a father for the first time and was suddenly at a loss. He looked at the princess and the old nanny, but they had no idea. After thinking about it, he was afraid that the child would dislike him, so he had to cry with Yin Weiying.

King Jing frowned and tears flowed down his face.

Yin Weiying kept crying, as if she couldn't control herself. When she saw her father crying, she cried even harder.

She remembered that she was very happy at that time.

After she was born, she grew up day by day. Many families were afraid that their children would die prematurely, so they would give them cheap names. Although the royal palace did not go to that extent, they were always worried that the eldest daughter would accidentally get sick or meet with some unexpected event.

But none of that happened. She had never been sick since she was born, but grew up healthily. Soon she became a young girl. At that time, she heard many stories about gods and immortals, from The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, to In Search of the Gods, Investiture of the Gods, etc. She always liked to listen to them, so she pestered her mother. When her mother got tired of telling stories, she asked the old maid to tell them to her.

Every child who listened to the story wanted to be the character in the story. Later, she collected morning dew from the lotus leaves and rolled rice into balls as elixirs, hoping to become an immortal one day.

Later, the cry of a crane came to the palace, and a fairy lady with a kind face came with the crane, and asked to take her as a disciple.

Yin Weiying was hiding behind his parents at that time. He secretly poked his head out and gave the fairy a shy smile.

She knew that later, the fairy lady became her master Yu Zhen Yuan Jun.

Later, I went to Mount Taihua to study Taoism and practice. It was only three short years, but these three years of life on the mountain left a deep impression.

Those people came riding on clouds and left riding on clouds. Seeing that she was curious, Yu Zhen Yuanjun took her to the clouds, flew on the clouds, and led her around the mountains.

Beside her were cranes, and she gave names to two of them, one was called Yu Lu and the other was called Jin Feng, which means the meeting of golden wind and jade dew. The two cranes were very happy and jumped around, flapping their wings.

After living in the mountains for three years, she returned to the palace to practice at home. She did not bring anything with her, and practiced very hard all day long.

Now it seems that although the life was hard, living in the mountains did make him a little arrogant.

The picture passed by little by little and gradually lost its color.

It was not until this moment that Yin Weiying realized that it was not a hard job, but just a revolving lantern of scenes!
The sound of the river rushing past my ears.

The vast expanse of river water fills all vision.

It was dim and bleak at first, then gradually became thicker. More and more river water rushed in, and the waves surged, mixed with the whimpering of the wind, pushing Yin Weiying further and further away.

The river of reincarnation drowned her. It was not as noisy as she had imagined. There was only silence, deep silence, between the water flows.

She was still staring in that direction, but until she was submerged by the river, she could not find the figure of the person who had left first.

Has he already been reincarnated?
As the thought flashed through his mind like a spark, Yin Weiying had already been swallowed by the river.

The Yellow Springs River was so quiet that it seemed as if it were dead. Her soul left her body and merged into this river that carries human souls.

The river was very deep. Even when flowing upstream, it was still incredibly deep. People's souls were as small as mustard seeds and were scattered all over the river.

She was just one of the small fish.

It is also very quiet, a kind of quietness that exists before the creation of heaven and earth, a sticky quietness that not only engulfs you but also accommodates all your voices.

No one hears what you want to say.

Yin Weiying was undergoing the cleansing of the underworld, and her heart suddenly felt confused. She didn't know where she had sunk into.

I saw all the colors disappearing, and everything was just like a passing scene.

"Goodbye, Weiying..."

A sound suddenly passed by my ear.

Yin Weiying turned around and saw her mother waving at her in the river and saying goodbye to her in tears.

That seems like an illusion...

Yin Weiying wanted to catch her, but her figure was instantly washed away by the river and gradually went farther and farther away.

further and further.

Before Yin Weiying could recover from his shock,

"Silly child...you and I will be master and apprentice in the next life."

Yu Zhen Yuanjun's face appeared, she sighed softly, and turned away in the river.

As the water flowed past, my mentor disappeared like smoke.

At this time, Yin Weiying saw another face.

That was the king’s eldest son Yin Xing.

"Sister, sister...why did you leave like this?"

Wang Changzi's figure suddenly appeared. He waved at Yin Weiying, calling her to come back. Yin Weiying wanted to shout, but the water of the Yellow Spring River instantly separated them again.

Yin Weiying seemed to be shedding tears, but she couldn't tell. Could souls shed tears?
But if there were any tears, they would have been drowned in this deep river.

There was a rustling sound of crying in the river.

She saw many, many faces.

The people I knew in my memory are gradually becoming blurred.

Everyone seemed to be saying goodbye to her.

Even her father the King appeared,
King Jing seemed to be struggling in the river, trying to catch Yin Weiying:

"Wei Ying, Wei Ying! Wait for father!"

But in the end, the waves pushed them further and further away.

Yin Weiying heard a hoarse whimper.

"goodbye…"

These words seemed to have touched Yin Weiying's nerves. She turned back suddenly and saw those figures getting farther and farther away, and finally becoming untraceable black dots, accompanying her past life and bidding farewell to her.

The waves surged, still with a whimpering sound.

Yin Weiying began to struggle. She was like a fish trying hard to swim against the current.

She wants to go back!

She doesn't want to reincarnate like this!

Yin Weiying struggled desperately, his mustard seed-like soul collided with the rushing river water, and clusters of waves swept past him.

The river water carrying the mysterious energy was extremely heavy and hit Yin Weiying's souls and spirits hard. Her struggle was no match for the torrent.

She felt her soul disintegrating bit by bit in the river.

But she really wants to go back!

The Yellow Spring River was endless, surging and roaring, as if it was roaring at Yin Weiying, as if it was mocking her naivety, as if it was asking her, so what if there are so many souls who don't want to reincarnate?!

The endless water of the Yellow Springs River rushed over, tossing Yin Weiying, who was as small as a swimming fish, to and fro. Her three souls and seven spirits were trembling, and she seemed to finally be unable to hold on.

boom…

She really couldn't hold on any longer.

Yin Weiying's figure fell backwards, and the water of the Yellow Springs River embraced her, pushing her soul to the next life.

Yin Weiying's figure became heavier and heavier, and she vaguely thought of the ghostly woman who disappeared into smoke.

The ghost woman stretched out her hand at that time, and now she also stretched out her hand.

How similar they are...

Her heart sank, as if the past was dead. A cold fact lay before her, telling the eternal truth...

That’s how it turns out…

I see…

It turns out that reincarnation really does lead to separation.

Yin Weiying's figure gradually collapsed with the water of the Yellow Springs River, becoming thinner and thinner. She was the little fish that struggled to the end and was no longer able to struggle.

She closed her eyes as the river rushed.

She has so many regrets...

"goodbye…"

She muttered to herself, not knowing to whom.

A figure broke through the rapids and emerged!

The hand that should have vanished into thin air was suddenly caught in someone's palm.

The figure that was originally moving away with the river suddenly stopped and was pulled back little by little.

Yin Weiying opened his eyes and heard a familiar voice beside his ears:

"return!"

A sound burst out from his throat.

"Yin Weiying!"

He caught her.

When she was on the verge of breaking down.

His figure also swayed and stumbled in the river, but he still grasped her soul.

Yin Weiying could no longer hold back, the poor little fish swam towards him, hugged him, and finally burst into tears.

"You're back!"

perhaps,

Reincarnation is not for separation,
But to be together again.

I originally wanted to write a long series of plots about cultivation and exploration, but I felt it was not good and would break the flow, so I omitted it.

What's more, this book is not a traditional fairy tale or fantasy novel, and writing about those things would be a thankless task.

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(End of this chapter)