bookrandom Chapter 209: The Past Reappears, Troubled Mind
Chapter 209: The Past Reappears, Troubled Mind
"Water Blue Fairy?!" Lei Yi muttered to himself in disbelief, his voice dry and hoarse as if someone was strangling his throat.
The mist gradually dissipated, and the aqua-blue figure became clearer and clearer. She had the familiar features and the familiar cool temperament. Even the faint smile on her lips was just as he remembered it, with a touch of distance and tenderness.
"Is it really you? You are still alive..." Lei Yi's voice trembled, and an indescribable excitement and sadness surged in his heart.
Fairy Shuilan shook her head gently, her eyes twinkling like countless stars, yet filled with an indelible sadness. "You shouldn't have come here, Lei Yi."
"I don't understand..." Lei Yi felt dizzy, and the fragments of his memory seemed to be disturbed by an invisible hand. The images that were once suppressed in his heart emerged uncontrollably.
The Water Blue Fairy approached slowly, stretched out her slender fingers, and gently stroked his cheek, her movements as gentle as a feather brushing across the water. "Do you remember the day we first met? You said my name was like the stars in the sky, clear and bright."
Lei Yi closed his eyes, and the scene of his first apprenticeship emerged in his mind. Back then, he was young and frivolous, and it was Fairy Shuilan who patiently taught him cultivation and cared for him like a younger brother.
"And that time when you got hurt to protect me, you said..." Fairy Shuilan continued, and every word was like a needle, piercing Lei Yi's heart.
Past scenes kept flashing before his eyes: the gentle smile of the Water Blue Fairy, the cold body of the Water Blue Fairy, the desperate look in the Water Blue Fairy's eyes before her death...
"No, don't say anymore!" Lei Yi hugged his head in pain, trying to stop the invasion of those memories, but it was of no avail.
Fairy Shuilan gently embraced him in her arms, her voice carrying a subtle hint of temptation, "Lei Yi, stay here, forget the pain, and let's start over..."
Lei Yi's body was trembling. His mind told him that all this was fake. The Water Blue Fairy was dead and would never appear again. However, he could not resist the familiar tenderness, could not refuse this false comfort.
"Okay, I'll stay. I'm not going anywhere..." Lei Yi's voice became softer and softer, his consciousness gradually became blurred, and finally he was completely immersed in that illusory beauty.
Meanwhile, in another area of the illusion, Dongfang Liuli was experiencing an unprecedented crisis. The scene around her distorted and shifted, and a powerful restraining force appeared out of nowhere, tightly binding her like an invisible giant hand.
"Lei Yi... where are you..." Dongfang Liuli gritted her teeth, uttering a few words with difficulty. She could feel her strength rapidly draining, her consciousness beginning to blur, but she had only one thought in her mind: find Lei Yi, get him out of this hellish place... Dongfang Liuli felt like a fallen leaf in a gust of wind, torn and pulled by invisible forces. She struggled to steady herself, but was repeatedly knocked to the ground by the waves of restrictions. Every breath felt like a knife cutting her, as if her soul was being torn into pieces and then forcibly pieced together.
"Lei Yi..." She moaned in pain. This name was her only support at this moment. She couldn't fall. She had to find Lei Yi and take him out of this illusory cage.
At this moment, Lei Yi was immersed in the gentle paradise woven by the illusion. The Water Blue Fairy snuggled up to him, gently wiping the sweat from his forehead, her eyes filled with unwavering affection.
"Are you still blaming me? It was my fault that I failed to protect you back then..." Lei Yi's voice was low and hoarse, filled with deep self-blame and regret.
"Silly boy, how could I blame you? This is all fate. You don't need to blame yourself." The Water Blue Fairy gently stroked his face and comforted him softly, "Stay here, let's start over and forget all the pain of the past..."
Lei Yi's heart was in turmoil. He looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar face before him, feeling a mixture of emotions. The unforgettable memories that had once been etched in his heart were now blurred, as if covered by a veil.
"Start over..." He muttered to himself, but the image of Dongfang Liuli involuntarily emerged in his mind. The woman who always had a cold face, but stood by him without hesitation when he needed her most.
He remembered how Dongfang Liuli had risked her entire family to save him, how she had risked her life to find the antidote, and how she had looked so determined when facing a powerful enemy...
"No, I can't stay here!" Lei Yi stood up suddenly and pushed the Water Blue Fairy away. "I have more important things to do. I can't let her down!"
The Water Blue Fairy's face turned pale in an instant, and a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared, replaced by a gentler smile.
"Are you talking about Dongfang Liuli?" Her voice was soft as silk, yet tinged with icy coldness. "Do you really understand her? Are you sure she's sincere to you?"
Lei Yi's heart suddenly trembled, and a feeling of uneasiness surged in his heart.
"What do you mean?" he asked warily, feeling something was wrong.
The Water Blue Fairy shook her head slightly, a meaningful smile curling up at the corner of her mouth. "Nothing, I just want to remind you not to be fooled by the illusion before you..."
Her words were like a stone, stirring up a thousand waves in Lei Yi's heart. He began to doubt his feelings for Dongfang Liuli, her purpose in approaching him, and the truth of it all...
At this moment, he suddenly heard a faint call from a distance. The voice was so familiar, so anxious, and carried a hint of pain that was difficult to conceal.
"Lei Yi...Lei Yi...where are you..."
It was Dongfang Liuli! Lei Yi's heart trembled, and he ran towards the direction of the voice without hesitation...
The Water Blue Fairy looked at his receding back, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and her eyes became cold and fierce.
"Do you think you can escape? Lei Yi, you will always be mine..." She murmured in a low voice, her voice full of madness and possessiveness.
On the other side, Dongfang Liuli felt that the power of the ban seemed to have weakened a little. She seized the opportunity, struggled to stand up, looked around, and searched for Lei Yi.
"Lei Yi, where are you? Can you hear me?"
However, all she got in response was endless darkness and silence...
Dongfang Liuli wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. She knew that sitting still in this illusion array was tantamount to waiting for death. She closed her eyes, concentrated her mind, and tried to sense the flow of spiritual energy around her, searching for the weak point of the illusion array. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and swung a palm towards a seemingly calm space on her left.
However, the expected effect of breaking the formation didn't occur. Instead, a powerful recoil sent her flying, sending her plummeting to the ground. Dongfang Liuli groaned, her blood churning, her internal organs seemingly dislocated. She struggled to get up, but found she didn't even have the strength to move a finger.
"Damn it, what is the origin of this illusion array? It's so powerful!" Dongfang Liuli gritted his teeth, his heart full of anxiety and worry.
Meanwhile, Lei Yi felt a growing sense of unease in his memories. Every smile, every gesture, every movement of the Water Blue Fairy seemed calculated. Those images, once so deeply engraved in his mind, now seemed incredibly false.
"All of this is fake, it's all a conspiracy of the illusion array!" Lei Yi suddenly woke up and wanted to break free from the shackles of memories. However, his soul power had been consumed too much. At this moment, he was like a prey trapped in a spider web. The more he struggled, the more powerless he became.
At this moment, a faint voice penetrated the layers of fog and reached his ears.
It was Dongfang Liuli! Lei Yi's heart trembled. It was Dongfang Liuli's voice, she was calling him! He desperately wanted to respond, but no sound came out. He could only watch helplessly as those false images swallowed him up.
"Don't... don't believe them... they're all fake... I'm here..." Dongfang Liuli's voice was intermittent, filled with endless pain and despair.
Lei Yi's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand. He struggled and roared, trying to break through this empty space and go to Dongfang Liuli.
Finally, with a deafening roar, Lei Yi broke free from the memory space. However, what greeted him was not Dongfang Liuli's anxious face, but a darkness filled with a terrifying atmosphere...
"Finally out..." A sinister voice rang out in Lei Yi's ears, accompanied by a creepy laugh. Lei Yi turned around suddenly and saw a twisted monster standing behind him, a pair of blood-red eyes staring at him intently...