Zhong Yi and Qin Lien both appeared in the dream.
The two deftly shifted their way through it, soon arriving at Gu Yun's home when he was six.
Through the dust-covered Cuju ball in the room, they once again entered that sealed world of memories.
"Doctor Wen, let's begin!"
Qin Lien closed her eyes and used her Spiritual Sense to control the formation, sending a signal to the outside world.
The next instant,
An unbearably pungent stench of decay filled the entire memory space.
In an instant, heaven and earth shook, and cracks began spreading through the boundless black fog...
"Junior Brother Zhong, guard me!!"
Qin Lien's expression turned grave. With a shout, she immediately erected a formation to stabilize the dream world.
Zhong Yi scrambled to smash the fragments of black fog that kept flying toward them.
Every so often, Qin Lien's complaints about his terrible fighting skills drifted over from behind him...
Before long, the dream world finally settled down.
The black fog dispersed bit by bit, and the scene within the memory gradually grew clear.
"Still Gu Yun's home?"
Zhong Yi looked around curiously.
It was no new location, but the same home from Gu Yun's childhood.
"We really have to thank this little fellow for its sacrifice... otherwise, we couldn't have gotten in."
Qin Lien pointed at the squirrel carcass not far away, which was on the verge of rotting.
"All right, let's find out what secret this memory is hiding..."
The two searched around the outside of the house, but found nothing unusual.
Gu Yun was happily kicking a Cuju ball by himself beside the road.
His mother stood beside an Earth Dragon, chatting with the neighbors.
"There doesn't seem to be anything special?"
Qin Lien pinched her chin in puzzlement.
Forget anything special—they