Chapter 2133: Chapter 2133: An Old Acquaintance Appears Before the Nun Temple

He had heard Fang Qiong mention it before.

The Heart Inquiry Illusion Array targets one’s state of mind, forcing you to face your Heart Demon directly.

The Heart Demon may float on the surface, or it may hide deep within the heart.

And the Heart Demon hidden deep within the heart is further divided into two kinds: one you can excavate yourself, and another that someone else excavates, then stuffs into the Heart Inquiry Illusion Realm so that the Heart Demon rises to the surface and affects your state of mind.

Obviously, what Ye Qiubai was now experiencing was the latter.

After all, from beginning to end, Ye Qiubai never knew that Jiang Chan had also been used, and that the assassination had never had any direct connection to her.

But what Ye Qiubai could not understand was—just who had dug out this matter...

To excavate this Heart Demon, one definitely had to have a thorough understanding of these early events of Ye Qiubai’s.

Yet among his junior brothers and sisters, only Hong Ying knew a bit of it; otherwise, it was his master.

But none of them had any reason to harm him.

Within the Fuyao Realm, who else had ever gone to The Mortal Realm’s Wilderness Realm?

Who else would pay such close attention to these old stories of his that were already buried in dust?

Ye Qiubai could not think of anyone, and only clenched his fists as he watched the scene unfolding before him.

Very soon, the scene shifted to the day the Ye family tested talent.

Jiang Chan and Huang Tianming were also sitting up there safe and sound.

Amidst waves of mockery, Ye Qiubai, following the same sequence as what had happened before, placed his hand on the stone tablet.

The elder beside him cried out loudly, "Qi Refinement Third Level, lower-grade talent!"

Ye Qiubai paid no heed to the surrounding voices and gazes, and raised his head to look at Jiang Chan.

Jiang Chan’s gaze was icy cold, but now Ye Qiubai’s divine sense also detected that trace of struggle beneath that cold gaze...

After that, Ye Qiubai followed the original course of events and told Ye Qing that he was leaving the Ye family.

The moment he stepped out of Tianyuan City and walked through the dense forest outside the city...

Sure enough, those black-clothed men came.

Ye Qiubai glanced at them indifferently, his divine sense sweeping through the surroundings; Huang Tianming was not present.

"Truly cautious... no wonder they managed to fool my master’s Soul Searching Technique."

The Soul Searching Technique only forces the searched person’s memories to reappear.

Back then, when his master searched the soul of that black-clothed assassin, he only saw the scene after Jiang Chan’s consciousness had been manipulated, in which she spoke of killing Ye Qiubai.

This is fundamentally different from deducing past and future cause and effect.

Next, the scene was Lu Chang’sheng arriving, killing the others with a single finger, and leaving one black-clothed assassin alive for soul searching.

At this step...

Ye Qiubai bit down hard, the aura around him fluctuating somewhat.

Guilt...

He had misunderstood Jiang Chan for so long.

Meanwhile, outside the Seven Illusionary Array.

Sitting cross-legged, the aura around Ye Qiubai began to rampage!

The gentle Yang Dao Qi originally circling around Ye Qiubai’s body similarly began to madly crash against his body, as well as his Five Organs and Six Orifices!

A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out wildly, with even bits of internal organs mixed into the blood...

Chu Yan and Qu Lv, standing to the side, all watched this scene with grave expressions.

"The illusion realm has affected his state of mind!" Chu Yan looked toward the First Elder and asked, "Is there no magic treasure that can stabilize the mind?"

The First Elder shook his head, his expression ugly as he said, "There is, but it has little effect on those within the illusion realm... If he himself doesn’t shatter the Heart Demon and see through the illusion realm, his state of mind will remain unstable."

Speaking to this point, the First Elder turned to Qu Lv. "Is the Qingcheng Mountain mental cultivation technique of no use?"

Qu Lv shook his head. "My thought is the same as yours, but for now we can only give it a try."

A dead horse used as a living horse doctor.

Qu Lv pointed a finger at the center of Ye Qiubai’s brows while chanting the Qingcheng Mountain mental cultivation technique.

Strands of white light shrouded Ye Qiubai’s entire body.

The First Elder let out a sigh. "In the end, we can only leave it to his own fate..."

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Inside the illusion realm.

The scene before Ye Qiubai’s eyes flew past like memory fragments embedded one after another.

In the blink of an eye, a nunnery appeared before him.

This nunnery was hidden deep within the mountains, its surroundings somewhat desolate, with only a dozen or so scattered Mortal households living nearby.

The nunnery looked as though it had not been repaired for a long time, and there was no aura of cultivators.

Ye Qiubai murmured, "It seems to be just an ordinary nunnery... but I’ve never been here before..."

But what he could be sure of was that since he appeared here, it must be connected with where the Heart Demon lies... with Jiang Chan.

Everything around him felt a bit more solid than the scenes before.

It gave Ye Qiubai the feeling that everything around him was no longer an illusion realm.

"Qiu... Bai?"

Just as Ye Qiubai was observing his surroundings.

A voice, distant yet familiar, trembling slightly, slipped into Ye Qiubai’s ears.

Following the source of the voice, Ye Qiubai’s gaze paused for a moment.

The person before him wore a coarse hemp robe and carried a wooden bucket stained with water in both hands.

She wore a nun’s cap, looking as if she had already taken her vows.

The once delicate and lovely face now had a trace of frost upon it.

But Ye Qiubai still recognized her, and unconsciously blurted out.

"Jiang Chan..."

Hearing Ye Qiubai call her name, joy flashed in Jiang Chan’s eyes, then she hurriedly turned her back, set down the bucket, touched her own face, and her gaze slowly dimmed.

Taking vows is to shave off worldly ties.

Jiang Chan raised her head to look at the sky, her shoulders trembling, whispering, "Yet in the end, I still cannot shave away the person in my heart..."

Very quickly, Jiang Chan inconspicuously wiped the corner of her eye, turned around to look at Ye Qiubai, and gave a faint smile. "What brings you here?"

She did not even dare to say the words, "How did you find this place"...

Ye Qiubai did not answer that question, but instead spoke directly. "I’m sorry. I misunderstood you for so long."

Under his observation, Jiang Chan had also become a Mortal, having lost all her cultivation.

Jiang Chan’s nose tingled, and she raised her head slightly. "How did you find out?"

Ye Qiubai said, "I learned it by chance..."

At this point, Ye Qiubai did not know what else to say.

Though he now knew it had been a misunderstanding and felt guilty in his heart.

But as for feelings... so much time had passed, and he had already let go back then; how could those feelings possibly revive?

Jiang Chan also fell silent.

The two of them were silent for quite a while before Jiang Chan lifted the bucket, took a deep breath, and smiled. "Since you’re here, would you like to go in and worship the Buddha? As the saying goes, if you encounter the Buddha, you worship.

But I have to ask my master first."

Ye Qiubai nodded.

Very soon, Jiang Chan came out again and said, "Let’s go. But we can only go to the main hall—though there are few people, we still can’t wander around everywhere."

"Alright." Ye Qiubai lifted his foot to follow Jiang Chan inside.

Sure enough, there were not many people in the nunnery, but upon seeing Ye Qiubai, they all revealed curious expressions.

In a Nun Temple, men rarely came.

But seeing that he was brought in by Jiang Chan, they all exchanged knowing smiles and returned to their work.

Arriving at the main hall, there was a Guanyin Statue before the altar.

An old woman in coarse cloth, her body hunched, knelt on the cushion before the Guanyin Statue, hands pressed together as she chanted scripture.

Jiang Chan pressed her palms together and called, "Master."

Only then did the abbess stop, turn around to look at Jiang Chan, and say, "You may go. I will speak with this benefactor alone."

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