Thirty minutes later, inside a guest room on the second floor of the Yingkelai Inn.
Gu Qiushui sat at the table, recounting everything that had happened during this period to Chen Yuyang in full detail.
From the end of her secluded cultivation, when she used her Clairvoyance supernatural power to discover that their Master, Tai Lingxuan, had fallen into a coma, to her frantic rush to the scene to find the Extreme Plate.
Then, her encounter with the disciples of the Qiankun Sect, being hunted, hiding all along the way, until she heard Chen Yuyang’s voice transmission just now… Chen Yuyang sat opposite her, listening quietly.
Yan Dangmo stood behind him with his arms crossed.
Listening to Gu Qiushui’s words, his eyes held a hint of both approval and bewilderment.
‘This girl has a personality that gets things done. And…’
‘A supernatural power?’
‘Is it that Supernatural Power I’m thinking of?’
‘Isn’t that a special ability that can only be mastered by comprehending the laws of heaven and earth after reaching the Mahayana Realm? She is a mere Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, so how did she learn it?’
However, putting that aside, for this girl to reach the Nascent Soul Realm at her age, such talent could indeed be called extraordinary.
“Senior Sister, you did very well.”
After Gu Qiushui finished speaking, Chen Yuyang nodded with certainty.
“It was a stroke of luck among misfortunes that the Extreme Plate fell into your hands.”
On this point, Chen Yuyang was truly relieved.
If the Extreme Plate had been obtained by those from the Qiankun Sect, matters would have become extremely troublesome and difficult to handle.
Afterward, Chen Yuyang briefly explained his own situation.
He first introduced Yan Dangmo’s identity and then recounted his entire experience during this time.
However, when he mentioned Mo Chen’s suspicion that this matter was the work of the Demonic Cult, Gu Qiushui suddenly slammed the table and stood up.
Her chest heaved violently, and her eyes were filled with fury.
“The Demonic Cult? Hmph! What Demonic Cult! Junior Sister already told me that it was clearly the Great Elder of the Qiankun Sect, Long Zhizheng, who suddenly attacked and tried to kill my Master. Yuyang, this matter absolutely cannot be left like this. We must go to the Qiankun Sect to demand justice!”
“Senior Sister, please calm down.”
Chen Yuyang raised his hand to signal her to sit.
“Justice will be sought, of course. But right now, the most important thing is to determine Master’s condition.”
Standing behind them, Yan Dangmo watched this scene.
Although he did not interrupt, he secretly evaluated them in his heart.
‘This girl’s temperament is fierce, but unfortunately, she is still too young and impulsive.’
‘On the other hand, this kid Chen Yuyang is young, yet his character is much more steady.’
“Right, you’re right…” Gu Qiushui’s voice lowered, but her eyes carried a sense of helplessness.
“But Master… she and Ling Xi are still trapped inside the Extreme Plate. We can’t open it at all.”
“I can.”
However, Chen Yuyang nodded faintly and spoke.
Gu Qiushui froze, her eyes widening as she looked at the youth in shock.
“Wh-why can you?”
“Because the Extreme Plate was originally my treasure; I only lent it to Master for temporary use,” Chen Yuyang said calmly.
As he spoke, the youth ignored the shock on Gu Qiushui’s face and turned to look at Yan Dangmo.
“Elder Yan, would you mind stepping out for a moment?”
When Yan Dangmo heard that the Extreme Plate belonged to Chen Yuyang, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
Hearing the request, he stroked his beard and smiled.
“Very well. This old man will go sit in the teahouse downstairs. If you need any healing pills or want to ask anything else, just come down and find me.”
With that, Yan Dangmo turned, pushed the door open, and walked out.
He closed the door behind him, leaving the space to the two of them.
The moment the door closed, Gu Qiushui finally regained some of her senses.
She looked at Chen Yuyang with a complicated gaze.
The Extreme Plate—that was a precious artifact containing a small world—actually belonged to her Junior Brother?
Where did her Junior Brother get such a treasure?
And that Yan Dangmo just now…
The dignified Ancestor of the Yan Family was actually so attentive toward her Junior Brother?
Speaking of the Yan Family, Gu Qiushui couldn’t help but recall the scene she had seen through her Clairvoyance earlier.
Her Junior Brother was being pressed down by the Yan Family’s Eldest Miss, Yan Luo, and being insulted at will…
‘Could it be that Junior Brother has already become one of the Eldest Miss’s people? Has he become that fellow Yan Luo’s fiancé? Is that why the Yan Family Ancestor regards him so highly?’
For a moment, countless complex thoughts churned in Gu Qiushui’s mind.
In the end, she did not ask.
She simply took out the Extreme Plate silently and handed it to Chen Yuyang.
Chen Yuyang condensed spiritual energy at his fingertips and touched the Extreme Plate.
The spiritual energy rotated.
Buzz!
A faint golden light radiated from the Extreme Plate, highlighting the patterns of the Bagua and Taiji.
Gu Qiushui felt her vision blur, and in the next second, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.
A shattered sky, broken mountain ranges—the air was permeated with a fairly rich spiritual energy, but the laws here appeared to be in slight disorder.
This was exactly the current state inside the Extreme Plate!
Chen Yuyang took a quick look, his eyes shimmering slightly.
It seemed the small world of the Extreme Plate had suffered a certain degree of damage.
It was likely damaged while helping Master endure that lightning tribulation.
Looking ahead, on a blue stone not far away, Ling Xi was sitting cross-legged in meditation, circulating her gongfa to cultivate.
Within this small world, she had nothing else to do, so she could only cultivate every day.
At this moment, hearing the commotion, the girl snapped her eyes open.
When she saw Chen Yuyang standing before her, Ling Xi couldn’t help but freeze.
Her small mouth hung slightly open, and then she rubbed her eyes vigorously.
“Ah… Senior Brother? Is it really Senior Brother?”
‘No, it’s impossible. Senior Brother should still be at the Yan Family right now, acting all lovey-dovey with the Yan Family’s Eldest Miss.’
‘Could it be because I miss Senior Brother too much that I’ve developed an inner demon and am seeing things?’
“Hmph, watch me destroy this inner demon!”
Muttering to herself, Ling Xi suddenly lunged up from the blue stone and gave a delicate shout, “Inner demon, how dare you transform into my Senior Brother’s likeness!”
As she spoke, the girl’s jade-like hand flipped upward.
Her spirit sword let out a soft hum, drawing out a cold light as it left its scabbard.
The tip of the sword pointed directly at Chen Yuyang’s heart.
Chen Yuyang: “…”
The youth sighed helplessly to himself.
He simply shifted his body slightly to the side to dodge the sword tip while simultaneously hooking his right foot, precisely tripping Ling Xi’s ankle.
Thud!
Ling Xi lost her balance and fell flat on her face in a sorry state.
Her cheek rubbed against a patch of weeds, and she ended up with a mouthful of dirt.
“Junior Sister, what are you doing?”
Gu Qiushui watched from the side, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
She hurried forward to help Ling Xi up, patting the grass and dirt off her.
“Silly girl, it’s us.”
“Huh? I can actually touch you?”
Ling Xi felt Gu Qiushui’s touch and was completely dazed.
“Senior Sister, why are you here too?”
Gu Qiushui shook her head and patiently explained to Ling Xi, “Yuyang activated the Extreme Plate, which is why we could come in.”
“Senior Brother… is real too!”
Ling Xi opened her eyes wide, looking at Chen Yuyang in disbelief.
By then, Chen Yuyang had already bypassed them and walked quickly to a hill nearby.
There, Tai Lingxuan was lying quietly in a meadow.
The robes on her body had long since been torn to shreds by the lightning tribulation, revealing large patches of skin.
The ends of her hair were messy, likely burned by the heavenly thunder, and her skin was covered in large areas of black filth, clotted with somewhat hideous black scars.
However, these physical wounds on her body were only minor issues.
Chen Yuyang knelt down and reached out, pressing his finger lightly against Tai Lingxuan’s heart.
Beneath his fingertips, her heart was beating so weakly it was almost imperceptible.
His spiritual sense delved deep to begin an investigation.
Chen Yuyang’s brows immediately furrowed.
Because this body was severely damaged, and although a sliver of life force was still circulating, it was slowly collapsing.
Chen Yuyang’s spiritual sense continued to probe deeper into Tai Lingxuan’s body.
Master’s divine sense was still powerful and active.
Those surging soul power fluctuations had indeed reached the standard of the Mahayana Realm.
Chen Yuyang’s brows furrowed even tighter.
With Tai Lingxuan’s current Mahayana Realm cultivation, let alone gathering heaven and earth’s spiritual energy to forcibly maintain her life force, even mobilizing the power of laws or borrowing some heavenly treasures to reshape her physical body should not be difficult.
‘As expected, is it a problem with Master’s consciousness?’
Chen Yuyang focused his mind to sense Tai Lingxuan’s soul power fluctuations.
Her inner soul was indeed very active.
It was like… as if she had fallen into a deep dream.
A dream from which she could not wake.
A realization suddenly dawned on Chen Yuyang.
Master’s divine soul was fine and had even broken through her realm, but her consciousness was trapped in a dream, unable to control her body.
Meanwhile, her physical body was gradually decaying due to the severe damage.
So, the question was how to wake Master up?
Chen Yuyang was at a loss for a moment.
He had experienced 100 reincarnations and had seen countless incurable diseases and strange conditions.
However, he had never encountered a situation where the divine soul was intact, the physical body was collapsing, and the consciousness was trapped. A forced mental shock?
But if he did that, he might accidentally cause Master’s divine soul to dissipate.
Nourishing the body with spiritual energy?
Without consciousness to guide it, no amount of spiritual energy would be anything but futile… this decay was irreversible.
Chen Yuyang bit his lower lip hard, then looked up at Ling Xi.
“Ling Xi, did anything unusual happen during the battle between Master and Long Zhizheng? For example, did Long Zhizheng say any strange words, or did Master have any abnormal reactions?”
Ling Xi shook her head vigorously, her face full of confusion.
“I don’t know. As soon as the battle started, Master was afraid I would be hurt and put me into this small world. I have no idea what happened outside…”
“Yuyang, how… how is Master exactly?”
Gu Qiushui also stepped forward and asked with concern.
Chen Yuyang took a deep breath and briefly explained Tai Lingxuan’s situation.
The expressions of Ling Xi and Gu Qiushui instantly became incredibly grave.
“Master… how could she be like this…” Ling Xi’s eyes reddened, and her voice couldn’t help but choke up.
“Did that old fogey use some forbidden secret technique?”
“It doesn’t look like it.”
Chen Yuyang shook his head.
“This situation is more like Master’s own mental knot. She likely suffered some kind of massive psychological shock. But since we don’t know the specific reason, we can’t apply the right remedy.”
Chen Yuyang’s brows were tightly knit, showing a look of difficulty.
“Unless…”
“Unless what?”
Gu Qiushui asked urgently.
“I know a secret technique that can enter another person’s sea of consciousness. By using this technique, I should be able to enter Master’s dream right now,” Chen Yuyang said after taking a deep breath.
“Then… then let’s try it quickly!”
Ling Xi said in a hurry.
Gu Qiushui, however, went silent because she immediately realized something.
Chen Yuyang then slowly explained, “This action is extremely dangerous.”
“It is equivalent to letting your consciousness leave your body, making it completely controlled by another person. If you aren’t careful, at best your consciousness will be damaged and you’ll become a fool; at worst, your consciousness will collapse and you’ll die on the spot…”
After all, Chen Yuyang did not know what kind of situation was in Master’s current dream or if it was filled with danger.
Even if he possessed incredibly powerful soul power, the role it could play would be limited.
He couldn’t simply inject soul power, as that would blow Tai Lingxuan’s sea of consciousness apart.
Furthermore, in Master’s dream, everything was uncontrolled and uncontrollable.
She might not even recognize him.
There was even the possibility that Master would instinctively reject him as an external consciousness and view him as an enemy.
“So that’s how it is…” Hearing these possible consequences, Ling Xi also fell silent.
It was Gu Qiushui who took a deep breath, as if she had made a decision.
“I’ll go!”
“Let me enter Master’s sea of consciousness, enter her dream, and wake her up!”
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