Repaying a Peach with a Plum

Yuan Youyou had been waiting in the main hall. Hearing the stone door of the quiet chamber open, he immediately rose and walked over to greet Jiang Ping'an.

"Daoist Jiang, how did it go?" he asked.

Before Jiang Ping'an could answer, he saw Yuan Tiangang emerge from the quiet chamber as well.

Jiang Ping'an smiled. "Fellow Daoist Yuan, ask him yourself how he feels."

With that, he went around Yuan Youyou and headed toward the main hall.

Yuan Tiangang respectfully bowed to Yuan Youyou. "Tiangang pays respects to Old Ancestor."

"Mhm." Yuan Youyou examined Yuan Tiangang and nodded slightly. "How do you feel?"

A bewildered look appeared on Yuan Tiangang's face. He then asked, "May I ask, Old Ancestor, how did I end up in your cave abode? And who was that senior just now?"

"You truly don't remember?" Yuan Youyou asked with a slight frown.

Hearing this, Yuan Tiangang thought deeply and carefully. Then he recalled it. "I remember now. I planted the Dream Seed of Hundred-Life Yellow Millet before..."

At this point, his expression changed drastically. He said in disbelief, "Could it be that after entering the dream, I was unable to wake up? Was it that senior just now who awakened me?"

It was no wonder he had needed to think so carefully before remembering. His former experiences were not merely the past; they felt more like memories from a previous life.

One sentence, and it was as though a lifetime had passed.

"You have already been asleep for five or six years," Yuan Youyou said. "Don't speak. Let me examine your Divine Soul."

After saying that, he stepped forward, placed two fingers against Yuan Tiangang's brow, and injected Spiritual Sense to inspect Yuan Tiangang's Divine Soul.

He could naturally have examined him from afar, but contact