Parallel World (2/3)

"I wonder what you'd like to know, shopkeeper?" Having already given up all pretense, the Spirit of the Azure Dragon didn't bother with any pretense and took the initiative to ask Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei greatly admired the Spirit of the Azure Dragon's work ethic, and quite satisfied, he put away the Sky-Opening Axe. He invited the Spirit of the Azure Dragon to sit on the small stool opposite him, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "There is a woman named Qinglian; I wonder if she is mentioned in any book?"

"Please wait a moment, shopkeeper," the Spirit of the Azure Dragon replied, making a hand seal and narrowing its eyes slightly. After about two breaths, the Spirit of the Azure Dragon came to its senses and looked at Ma Feifei, asking, "Are you asking about the woman named Qinglian who appeared in Dubian Town in the First Year of Qiongyu?"

Ma Feifei nodded. The Spirit of the Azure Dragon's question likely refers to someone named Qinglian. This year happens to be the First Year of Qiongyu, and Dubian Town is probably the correct place.

The Spirit of the Azure Dragon flicked its hand, and a luminous glow appeared in its palm. "This contains all the information about the Qinglian. Please accept it, shopkeeper."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fluorescent light shot into Ma Feifei's mind. Ma Feifei did not stop him and let the fluorescent light enter his mind.

"Ding ding ding~~"

All the information about Qinglian appeared in Ma Feifei's mind.

Unlike the Tianshu Fragment, this contains the entirety of Qinglian's life, right up to the moment of her death.

Ma Feifei flipped through the information about Qinglian, his brows furrowing more and more as he read. This Qinglian was not human; she was a lotus flower. According to the course of history, Qinglian would shine brightly in the Yan State and become the King Yan's concubine. However, it was precisely because of Qinglian that the demise of the Yan State was accelerated.

Daji!

Ma Feifei could only use this word to describe Qinglian. The only difference between her and Daji is that Qinglian is a lotus flower, not a fox, King Yan is Yan Xun, not King Zhou.

However, given the current situation, Qinglian is waiting for her savior, so logically, Qinglian shouldn't be in love with the King Yan.

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei began to investigate parts of Qinglian's history. Finally, less than a year after Qinglian took human form, he discovered that Qinglian was leaving Yan State for Dubian Town. However, Qinglian was not leaving Yan State because of the existence of the Mysterious Bookstore in Dubian Town.

Because in the original history of the Azure Dragon Continent, the Mysterious Bookstore did not exist.

Qinglian went to Dubian Town purely because she wanted to travel to the Chu Kingdom, and Dubian Town was her first stop in the State of the Chu Kingdom.

When Qinglian passed through the Qin State, she encountered a group of fierce bandits. These bandits were not highly skilled, and Qinglian could have easily dealt with them. However, at this moment, a young man riding a white horse and dressed in white appeared and saved her.

However, no information about the young man was given here, so it is clear that Qinglian never saw him again for the rest of her life.

However, Ma Feifei noticed that throughout Qinglian's entire journey, she was very fond of this man who appeared by her side only briefly, and he only made one dish in his life, which was the pastry that Ma Feifei had eaten.

This was the only thing Qinglian offered him to eat when the man was escorting Qinglian to Dubian Town, and he praised it highly after eating it.

Qinglian was overjoyed and would never forget it.

After briefly reviewing Qinglian's life, Ma Feifei noticed a problem: everything seemed normal at the beginning of Qinglian's life, but the events related to the Mysterious Bookstore were altered, meaning that the information in the documents did not describe the events Qinglian actually experienced.

For example, after Qinglian and the man parted ways in Dubian Town, Qinglian took over a small shop in Dubian Town and opened a teahouse, selling tea and pastries. Every day after the teahouse closed at dusk, she would look towards the Qin State from the Zhenbei gate of the town, waiting for the man's return.

In reality, he's currently setting up a stall in the Wantong Trading Market, and was brought here by Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei felt that all of this was largely due to his own actions.

"By the way, do you know who that man in her memory is?" Ma Feifei asked after finishing reading, still more interested in knowing who the man who escorted Qinglian to Dubian Town was.

That bandit leader who aspires to become the most powerful bandit leader on the Azure Dragon Continent will likely become one of the Feng Shen Ji on the Azure Dragon Continent later on.

Upon hearing this, the Spirit of the Azure Dragon replied, "This person does not appear in the book 'Azure Dragon Continent,' and I originally had no way of knowing his whereabouts. However, the recent entry of Cang Lan, the Grand Dean of the Vast Academy, into the Immortal Realm caught my attention, so I paid a little more attention to Dubian Town and happened to witness their parting."

Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei's heart sank slightly, and a bad feeling arose spontaneously.

"The man was killed after returning to Qin State. His name was Qin Shou. His father was a scholar-official in Qin State who was imprisoned for opposing Qin Shi Huang's attack on Yan State and for insulting Qin Shi Huang. In the end, he spread rumors in prison that Qin State would perish and was executed along with his entire family." The Spirit of the Azure Dragon said slowly, as if recounting a commonplace event, without any emotional fluctuation.

"What a pity." Ma Feifei sighed after hearing this. He could only sigh, since he didn't know the young man named Qin Shou.

"Everything in this world is preordained." The Spirit of the Azure Dragon uttered these words. In its eyes, everything was arranged. Even if Qin Shou was not written into the book 'Azure Dragon Continent', since he appeared on the Azure Dragon Continent after the Book Performance World, his fate was basically predetermined.

It's very simple. Because his name isn't in the book 'Azure Dragon Continent,' he's destined not to do anything earth-shattering and will remain unknown to the world.

Books are like the wheel of reincarnation. Everyone's destiny seems to be in their own hands, but in reality, everyone is influenced by them. Whether you are famous in books or unknown, your destiny is already determined at the moment of your birth.

After listening to the words of the Spirit of the Azure Dragon, Ma Feifei suddenly fell into deep thought.

He wondered if, according to the Spirit of the Azure Dragon's Analytic, the world he once inhabited was also a book? Was everyone's fate predetermined at birth, with no one able to escape the destiny 'written in the book'?

If that's the case, then what is he?

Or was it destined that he would transmigrate here?

"Zhang Ke said that my name cannot be found on the Azure Dragon Continent, is that true?" Ma Feifei asked thoughtfully.

Upon hearing this, the Spirit of the Azure Dragon glanced at Ma Feifei with a complex expression and said, "Zhang Shushi is right. In the original book 'Azure Dragon Continent,' there was no such Bookstore as the Mysterious Bookstore, nor was there your name, the shopkeeper. Furthermore, the events that occurred on the continent during this period were not like this. However, because of your appearance, many things that were originally 'destined' have been changed in the past year."

"Then what am I? Will my appearance cause unexpected developments later on?" Ma Feifei asked again. It's like someone traveling back in time. If the traveler does something to change history, will this world still be the world the traveler originally knew?

Or is it the idea that parallel universes exist?

However, the Azure Dragon Continent is different from traveling back to the past. Ma Feifei changes the present and influences the future, but this future has actually been predetermined and 'written' by someone.