I had heard Fang Qiong mention it before.
The Heart-Questioning Illusion Array targets State of Mind, directly confronting inner demons.
Inner demons may appear on the surface or hide deep within the heart.
The inner demons hidden deep within are divided into two types: one that you can uncover yourself, and the other that others uncover and then insert into the Heart-Questioning Illusion Realm, causing the inner demons to surface and thus affect your State of Mind.
Clearly, Ye Qiubai is experiencing the latter now.
After all, Ye Qiubai never knew that Jiang Chan had also been used, and that the assassination had never been directly related to her.
However, what puzzled Ye Qiubai was who exactly had uncovered this matter...
To uncover this inner demon, one must have a thorough understanding of Ye Qiubai's early life.
However, among the junior brothers and sisters, only Hong Ying knew a little about these things, or perhaps it was their master.
But none of them had any reason to harm themselves.
Within the Soaring Realm, who else has ventured into the Wilderness Realm of the Mortal Realm?
Who else cares about these long-forgotten events of his past?
Ye Qiubai couldn't figure it out; he just clenched his fists and watched the scene unfold before him.
The scene quickly changed, and it was the next day, the day the Ye Lineage was to test talent.
Jiang Chan and Huang Tian Ming were also sitting there unharmed.
Amidst waves of mockery, Ye Qiubai placed his hand on the stone tablet in the order that had occurred.
The elder beside him exclaimed loudly, " Qi Refining Third Level, inferior talent!"
Ye Qiubai ignored the sounds and gazes around him and looked up at Jiang Chan.
Jiang Chan's gaze was icy, but Ye Qiubai's Divine Sense also detected the struggle beneath that cold gaze...
Then, following the plot, Ye Qiubai told Ye Qing that he was leaving the Ye Lineage.
The moment I stepped out of Heavenly Origin City and into the dense forest outside the city...
Sure enough, the men in black arrived.
Ye Qiubai glanced at the group of people indifferently, then scanned the surroundings with his Divine Sense; Huang Tian Ming was not present.
"They're really cautious... no wonder they were able to fool Master's Soul Search."
Soul Search merely allows the memories of the person whose soul is being Soul Search to resurface.
The black-clad assassin that Master searched for only saw the scene where Jiang Chan, whose consciousness had been manipulated, said she wanted to kill Ye Qiubai.
This is not the same as extrapolating cause and effect in the past and future.
The next scene shows Lu Changsheng arriving, killing everyone else with a single finger, leaving behind a black-clad assassin to Soul Search.
Having seen this step...
Ye Qiubai gritted his teeth, and his aura fluctuated slightly.
Guilt...
They've misunderstood Jiang Chan for so long.
Meanwhile, outside the illusion.
Ye Qiubai, who was sitting cross-legged, began to unleash a surge of energy!
The gentle Yang energy that had been swirling around Ye Qiubai began to violently assault his body and Five Viscera!
He vomited a mouthful of blood, which even contained fragments of internal organs...
Chu Yan, Qu Lü, and the others watching from the side all had solemn expressions.
"The illusion is affecting my State of Mind!" Chu Yan looked at the Grand Elder and asked, "Isn't there any Law Treasure that can stabilize my mind?"
The Grand Elder shook his head, his face grim. "Yes, but it has little effect on those trapped in the illusion... If they don't break free of their inner demons and see through the illusion, their State of Mind will remain unstable."
At this point, the Grand Elder looked at Qu Lü: "Is the cultivation method of Mount Qingcheng useless?"
Qu Lü shook his head. "I think the same way you do, but for now, we can only give it a try."
Try anything, even if it seems hopeless.
Qu Lü pointed a finger at Ye Qiubai's brow while reciting the Mount Qingcheng Heart Sutra.
Streaks of white light enveloped Ye Qiubai.
The Grand Elder sighed, "In the end, it all depends on his own Creation..."
--
--
Within the illusion.
The scene before Ye Qiubai's eyes flashed by rapidly, like fragments of memory embedded within him.
In the blink of an eye, a nunnery appeared before them.
This temple is hidden deep in the mountains, and the surrounding area is somewhat desolate, with only a dozen or so scattered ordinary people living nearby.
The temple looked like it hadn't been repaired in a long time, and there was no sign of any monks there.
Ye Qiubai murmured, "It looks like an ordinary nunnery... but I've never been here before..."
But one thing is certain: my presence here must be related to the location of my inner demons... Jiang Chan.
Everything around me felt more real than the previous scenes.
Ye Qiubai felt as if everything around him was no longer an illusion.
"Qiu... Bai?"
Just as Ye Qiubai was observing his surroundings...
A distant yet familiar vibrato entered Ye Qiubai's ears.
Following the sound, Ye Qiubai's gaze faltered slightly.
The person in front of me was dressed in a coarse hemp robe and was carrying a wooden bucket covered in water stains in both hands.
Wearing a nun's hat, she appeared to have already shaved her head.
Her once beautiful face now bears the marks of time.
But Ye Qiubai still recognized him and blurted it out instinctively.
" Jiang Chan..."
Hearing Ye Qiubai call her name, Jiang Chan's eyes lit up with joy, but then she hurriedly turned away, put down the bucket, touched her face, and her eyes slowly dimmed.
Shaving one's head removes worldly ties.
Jiang Chan looked up at the sky, her shoulders trembled, and she murmured softly, "But in the end, I still can't erase the person in my heart..."
Soon, Jiang Chan subtly wiped her eyes, turned to look at Ye Qiubai, and said with a faint smile, "What brings you here?"
He didn't even dare to say how he found this place...
Ye Qiubai did not answer the question, but said directly, "I'm sorry, I've misunderstood you for so long."
Upon observation, Jiang Chan also became a mortal, losing all her cultivation.
Jiang Chan's nose tingled, and she tilted her head back. "How did you know?"
Ye Qiubai said, "I found out by fortuitous opportunity..."
At this point, Ye Qiubai didn't know what else to say.
Even though I know it was a misunderstanding, I feel guilty.
But as for feelings... so much time has passed, and things have already been moved on, so how could feelings possibly rekindle?
Jiang Chan also fell silent.
The two remained silent for a while before Jiang Chan picked up the bucket, took a deep breath, and smiled, "Since we're here, why don't we go in and pray to Buddha? As the saying goes, if you encounter Buddha, you should pray to him."
However, I need to consult my master first.
Ye Qiubai nodded.
Soon, Jiang Chan came out again and said, "Let's go, but we can only go to the main house. Although there aren't many people there, we can't look around."
"Okay." Ye Qiubai followed Jiang Chan inside.
Sure enough, there were only a few people in the nunnery, but they all looked at Ye Qiubai with curiosity.
Men rarely visit nunneries.
However, seeing that it was Jiang Chan who led them in, they all smiled knowingly and went back to doing their own things.
Upon arriving at the main house, there is a Guanyin in front of the hall.
An elderly man dressed in simple clothes, with a hunched back, knelt on a prayer mat in front of the Guanyin, his hands clasped together as he chanted scriptures.
Jiang Chan clasped her hands together and called out, "Master."
The abbess then stopped, turned to look at Jiang Chan, and said, "You may go now. I'd like to speak with this benefactor alone."