This day.
In the Qingyang region, at Yipin Manor.
Ouyang Feiyue sat on a stone stool in the pavilion as if lost in thought, her originally beautiful face tinged with faint melancholy. At the moment, she was sipping fine wine, one cup after another.
After finishing one cup, she poured another.
Business at Yipin Manor hadn’t been too good these past two days—to be precise, it had been rather poor.
Ever since the Great Natural Order underwent its spiritual mutation, the surrounding regions had descended into utter chaos. Everyone was busy searching for treasures; who would still have the leisure to come to Yipin Manor for pleasure?
As for why the Great Natural Order had suddenly undergone this spiritual mutation, Ouyang Feiyue had pondered this question for many days without reaching an answer.
She only knew that ever since the Heir-Selection Ceremony at Yunxia Sect, at the moment Gu Qingfeng established his foundation, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and then the very next day, the Great Natural Order underwent its spiritual mutation.
No one knew why. She didn’t know either.
As for whether this spiritual mutation of the Great Natural Order had any connection to Gu Qingfeng’s foundation establishment, she was even less clear.
However.
This was not the true reason for her melancholy. What truly troubled her was Ouyang Ye.
For some unknown reason,
the little girl had been growing increasingly abnormal lately, and the frequency of her Bloodline Relapses was accelerating.
Not long ago, at Yunxia Sect, after the little girl suffered a Bloodline Relapse, Ouyang Feiyue had arranged for her to come to Yipin Manor to recuperate. Yet, unexpectedly, after arriving at the manor, she had relapsed two or three times in quick succession.
In the past, while the little girl’s Bloodline would occasionally relapse, it was only occasional—perhaps once or twice a year. But now? It happened every few days, and each episode was more severe than the last.
In the past, when her Bloodline relapsed, the little girl would at most talk nonsense and then sleep it off.
Now, during a relapse, it wasn’t just nonsense anymore; it was as if she had become a completely different person, speaking deliriously of Buddhas and Demons, of Reincarnation.
Ouyang Feiyue knew the little girl had a secret, that she often had a strange dream.
It was to unravel the mystery of that dream that the little girl had come to Yunxia Sect.
As for why,
the little girl didn’t know. She only said that Yunxia Sect gave her a feeling of déjà vu.
After cultivating at Yunxia Sect for two years, she seemed to have discovered nothing.
“Could it really be related to Gu Qingfeng?”
Ouyang Feiyue suddenly recalled that not long ago, after Ouyang Ye’s Bloodline Relapse at Yunxia Sect, the little girl had said that Gu Qingfeng also gave her a feeling of déjà vu, and she even suspected that it might be Gu Qingfeng who had triggered her Bloodline.
Was it really so?
Initially, Ouyang Feiyue hadn’t believed it much, thinking the little girl might be overthinking things.
But ever since Gu Qingfeng appeared, the frequency of the little girl’s Bloodline Relapses had grown higher and higher.
This couldn’t help but lead Ouyang Feiyue to a terrifying possibility.
If the little girl’s Bloodline truly relapsed because of Gu Qingfeng, then perhaps this spiritual mutation of the Great Natural Order was indeed caused by Gu Qingfeng. Otherwise, after the Great Natural Order mutated, the frequency of the little girl’s relapses couldn’t possibly be this high.
But!
Was this true?
If it were true, then why?
She didn’t know.
Ouyang Feiyue couldn’t figure it out either.
Just then, the sound of a zither suddenly came from inside the house.
The moment the music sounded, Ouyang Feiyue immediately stood up, her expression changing drastically. She hurriedly ran toward the room, but just as she reached the steps, with a *bang*, the house was suddenly shaken and collapsed by a mysterious and powerful force.
Inside the room, a woman was dancing with the zither.
The woman wore a simple white robe, sitting cross-legged on the bed, her hands dancing wildly across an ancient zither.
A fierce gale howled.
At this moment, the woman’s long hair flew wildly in the wind, her beautiful face deathly pale, devoid of any trace of color, yet her eyes were an intense, blood-red.
The zither music was chaotic, like a thousand troops and ten thousand horses galloping across a battlefield, filled with killing intent.
It also resembled the furious roars of ten thousand Demons from the Nine Nether Abyss.
Within the Demonic sound, there also seemed to be a Buddhist chant, as if a highly accomplished monk were reciting scriptures.
Ouyang Feiyue knew the little girl’s Bloodline was relapsing again, but she dared not approach. During the previous relapses, the little girl hadn’t recognized her at all and had nearly killed her.
Though Ouyang Feiyue was deeply anxious, she could only watch from a distance.
“Why!
Just why!”
Ouyang Ye’s hands danced wildly across the ancient zither, her blood-red eyes radiating skyward killing intent, her voice carrying the force of both Demon and Buddha.
“I said, if you do not reincarnate, I absolutely will not reincarnate!
I never want to reincarnate again…
I don’t want to!”
“I waited for you until I became a Demon, you killed for me until you became a Demon…
We…
We owe each other nothing!”
“You owe me nothing…”“Don’t ask me who I am!
Don’t ask…
From the very beginning, you didn’t remember…
I wish you knew who I am, but I wish even more that you didn’t!”
“I can’t forget…”“That lifetime, that life, I turned all the prayer wheels, not for salvation, but only to touch your fingertip.”
“That lifetime, that life, I crawled along the mountain path, not for an audience, but only to be close to your warmth.”
“Those cycles of Reincarnation, not to cultivate the next life, but only to meet you again on the journey, to continue our predestined fate…”“You told me to wait for you…
That lifetime was so, this lifetime is so…
I waited for you until I became a Demon…
That lifetime was so, this lifetime is also so…”“You said our karma was severed…
That we could never go back…”“Heh…”“Karma…
Heh…
Karma…”“Karma…” Ouyang Ye murmured the word ‘karma,’ just murmuring it, her tone exceptionally complex—seemingly unwilling, seemingly helpless, seemingly angry, seemingly sorrowful.
She murmured like this, the speed of her hands dancing across the zither gradually slowing, the music gradually weakening, the blood-red in her eyes also gradually fading. Who knows how long passed, until the music completely stopped. Ouyang Ye suddenly collapsed onto the zither as if she had fainted.
Opposite her, Ouyang Feiyue waited quietly. After a long while, she dared to run over, calling out tentatively twice. There was no response.
She ran over, gathered Ouyang Ye into her arms, and took out a Vitality Pill to place in her mouth.
Every time the little girl’s Bloodline relapsed, she would become extremely weak. Ouyang Feiyue had some experience by now. After giving her the Vitality Pill, she also set up a Vitality-Replenishing Array…
Who knows how long passed before Ouyang Ye gradually opened her eyes from unconsciousness.
“Auntie…” The little girl’s voice was very weak and also very hoarse. She tried to sit up, but her whole body had no strength, her bones feeling as if they had fallen apart.
“Child, you…” Ouyang Feiyue brushed aside a few strands of sweat-drenched hair from the little girl’s face. She wanted to say something but stopped herself. Facing Ouyang Ye in this state, she simply didn’t know what to say.
“Child, do you… not remember what you just said again?”
Ouyang Ye shook her head slightly. She didn’t remember. She remembered nothing.
“Ai!
What should we do…” Ouyang Feiyue was extremely worried, yet she was helpless.
“Auntie, I…
I seem…
to know why I had that feeling of déjà vu about Yunxia Sect…”“Why?”
“I need to find something…
something very important…” Ouyang Feiyue closed her eyes, biting her lip lightly, and whispered: “I need to find the Yanyang Heart…”“The Yanyang Heart?”
Ouyang Feiyue’s expression froze, asking in confusion: “Why are you looking for the Yanyang Heart?”
“I don’t know…
Why am I looking for the Yanyang Heart? I only know…
I must find it…
I must find it…”“But, the Yanyang Heart isn’t at Yunxia Sect right now. I heard it’s in the hands of Old Master Rong from the Jiuhua Alliance…” Ouyang Ye murmured: “I will find it…
I definitely will…”“Child, let’s wait a bit longer. Wait until Suhua arrives…
Then see what she says…
Your Bloodline… perhaps only she can unravel it…”
I’ve been out of town these past two days, so writing hasn’t been very convenient. I’ll be back tomorrow and will make up four chapters first.