In Dreams, Unaware I Am a Guest

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Qing Cha eagerly brought over two small cups and placed them on the stone table. Qin Yi laughed, "Why only two? You should drink too."

Qing Cha shook her head vigorously, like a rattle-drum. "I'm its rival! What's so great about wine? Tea is the best!"

"Puff..."

"If you don't cultivate enough with Qing Cha, you'll get drunk after just one sip of this wine." Ju Yunxiu poured wine from the gourd, slightly pulling up the sleeve of her right hand to reveal a small section of her snow-white wrist. The wine flowed into the jade cup, accompanied by the tinkling sound of a clear spring. The scene and the sentiment were exquisite.

Qin Yi always felt that Ju Yunxiu sitting there represented purity and elegance, the most representative red sleeve in the hearts of ancient scholars, and also combined the otherworldly immortality and the temperament of a sect leader, which added even more charm.

Thus, the afternoon drink in the pavilion on a summer day became even more poetic and picturesque; she herself was poetry just sitting there.

Qin Yi filled the cup and raised it in a toast. "Since I entered the sect, I have been grateful for Senior Sister care, guidance and selfless instruction. I don't know how to thank you enough, so I'd like to offer Senior Sister this fine wine."

Ju Yunxiu's beautiful eyes flickered, holding a complex and profound meaning, but she didn't say it aloud. She simply said, "Your martial arts have broken through again? If I'm not mistaken, you were only at the Muscle Tendon Change Third Layer before, but now the fourth level is very stable. Are you going to advance to the fifth level?"

"Yes, the Grandmaster's Trial Space is indeed very suitable for me." Others may not understand martial arts cultivation due to different systems, but the level of Huiyang Great Power is far beyond that. It is not surprising that Ju Yunxiu saw through him at a glance, and Qin Yi had no intention of hiding it from Ju Yunxiu.

At this point, their glasses clinked together, and they each drank their drinks.

As soon as the glass went down, Qin Yi felt a surge of heat explode in his stomach, his blood rushing upwards, and his mind reeling. Countless scenes flashed through his mind like movie trailers, impossible to see clearly. His face was already flushed with alcohol, as if he were slightly tipsy.

After all, he already has a good foundation in cultivation, so he won't enter a state of deep concentration after just one drink. If he wants to understand those scenes, he needs to drink more.

Ju Yunxiu's cheeks were flushed with the effects of the wine, showing that it had some effect on her Shining Sun Realm. She looked even more radiant than a peach blossom, and the surrounding summer fragrance could hardly compare to her beauty.

Ju Yunxiu sighed, poured him another cup, and returned to the previous topic. "The guidance I gave you was nothing. Now everyone knows that your foundation is traditional Immortal Dao, and your main combat strength is Martial Cultivation. You have your own cultivation system, and what I gave you was just a general overview."

Qin Yi quickly replied, "Please don't say that. Senior Sister's guidance and instruction were truly invaluable, and I have benefited greatly from it."

This should have been the most natural and appropriate response in interpersonal relationships, without a single flaw. But to answer like this at this moment would have been truly wrong, instead reinforcing the implication of a "master-disciple relationship," which was an answer Ju Yunxiu absolutely did not want at this moment.

It's no wonder Qin Yi couldn't figure it out; anyone in his shoes would be baffled.

Ju Yunxiu's expression became even more complicated. She didn't reply, but simply raised her second glass of wine as a gesture.

Qin Yi raised his cup and drank it all.

This cup had some effect after I drank it.

My mind went blank for a moment, as if I were having a lucid dream. I clearly felt that I had returned to the modern world, sketching and painting under the shade of a tree in the afternoon, with the same warm breeze and the same birdsong and Singing Birds and Fragrant Flowers.

The beautiful Senior Sister stood beside him, watching his every stroke of the pen; the two were so close.

It felt exactly like the way Ju Yunxiu taught him to paint back then.

Qin Yi turned his head slightly and saw his Senior Sister's face.

That was Ju Yunxiu, dressed in modern office lady attire and wearing glasses, looking like a teacher.

She still exudes the same intellectual elegance, but the modern clothing has made her less ethereal and more approachable.

"What an absurd dream." Qin Yi quickly shook his head to shake off the image. Before him was still Qinqi Peak, Ju Yunxiu, dressed in ancient costume, sat opposite him. Green trees swayed gently, white clouds drifted by, and the aroma of wine mingled with her fragrance, refreshing and delightful.

At this moment, Ju Yunxiu's eyes held a half-smile, clearly indicating that she had woken up earlier than Qin Yi. It was unclear what she had "dreamed" about, but her face turned even redder.

Qin Yi also understood the meaning of the wine. It was not to create an illusion for you as he had originally imagined, but to guide your subconscious to see what you want most in your heart. What you want is often something that you cannot obtain in reality, or something that is simply unrealistic, hence the absurdity.

It's like a beggar dreaming of the Golden Palace Hall, with courtiers bowing and Three Thousand Beauties at his beck and call. When the dream shatters and reality is revealed, perhaps that is enlightenment.

If one cannot comprehend it, one may become so engrossed in it that one is unwilling to wake up.

This is wine, but it's also poison.

At this moment, just two drinks have left me only slightly tipsy, yet my heart and mind are already fluttering with excitement. What if I were completely drunk?

Is it possible to escape this absurd dream and find liberation?

Ju Yunxiu suddenly smiled, "I drank this Absurd Dream drink years ago, and the images I saw were quite boring. I didn't expect it to be so novel today. Shall we have a few more drinks?"

Qin Yi laughed and said, "How could I not keep you company?"

Ju Yunxiu poured more wine, she said, "You said that an afternoon drink could inspire a poem. Are there any poems like that now?"

Qin Yi blurted out, "In a dream, one doesn't know one is a guest..."

Ju Yunxiu paused for a moment, then looked up at him.

Qin Yi tapped his head, also feeling that the sentence was strange. It wasn't because the original meaning of "the fall of a country" didn't match, but because he had actually fallen into the logic of "who is the guest," and hesitated for a moment.

Having found myself in a modern dream, am I now merely a guest...?

Which is a dream, and which is reality?

He immediately changed the subject, teasingly asking, "What did you dream about, Senior Sister? Did you dream about me?"

Ju Yunxiu said calmly, "You're overthinking it... I only dream of idle people, not of you."

As he spoke, the wine glass was full. Seeing her flushed face, Qin Yi didn't believe she was just dreaming about idle people, but he wouldn't expose her, so he smiled and drank another glass.

After finishing that cup, Qin Yi secretly cried out in alarm.

It seems... I can't take it anymore. What kind of lousy liquor is this? Three cups and I'm knocked out!

Before he could resist, he was completely engrossed in the dream.

The dream had changed; it seemed to be in an ancient tomb, where I was sleeping on a piece of cold jade, while my Senior Sister lay suspended in mid-air on a rope...

Is this... The Return of the Condor Heroes?

This "three lifetimes and three reincarnations" is a complete fabrication! It's just a dream forcibly generated based on scenes that I thought fit into my memory!

The scene changes again, this time to a flowerbed where they can't see each other, but their palms are outstretched and facing each other.

Isn't this exactly the scene from cultivating the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra? How could I have such a dream?

No... My thoughts are a bit stuck at this moment, and my memory is hazy. Was the Dragon Knight incident shortly after that?

Anyway, it won't be long...

Qin Yi suddenly felt a sense of vigilance. Was this a warning?

Does that mean if you don't act now, someone else will beat you to it? If Yang Guo were truly reborn, he certainly wouldn't wait until something bad happens to regret it. He should have already revealed the secret in the Ancient Tomb and Dual Cultivation and Dwelling Together with Little Dragon Girl, right?

What's the difference between me and Yang Guo been reborn? Am I just going to be a fool and wait like this?

But... Ju Yunxiu isn't Little Dragon Girl. Little Dragon Girl had long harbored feelings for Yang Guo, Ju Yunxiu was with Qin Yi...

Who cares? This is a dream, not reality. If you can't even dream, what's the point of being human?

Qin Yi walked casually and reached out to pull him along.