Gu Qingfeng knew that Jun Xuanji had always come and gone without a trace, as if she could go anywhere in heaven and earth, omnipotent. At least, in his impression, there seemed to be no place in this world that Jun Xuanji could not or dared not go.
Yes.
He knew.
But what surprised and frustrated him was how Jun Xuanji could also come and go as she pleased in this dream.
If it were an ordinary dream, Gu Qingfeng wouldn't be so astonished, but this dream was no ordinary dream. Just moments ago, when communicating with that person wrapped entirely in white cloth, he had learned that only Those with Original Sin could enter this so-called Karma Nightmare.
So why was Jun Xuanji here?
Was that white-cloth-wrapped person lying, or was Jun Xuanji also a person with Original Sin like himself?
Just as he was puzzling over this, Jun Xuanji, who had flashed into appearance, seemed able to see through his thoughts and murmured softly, "Don't be surprised, because...
Because I am also like you...
Both...
Both are Those with Original Sin."
Good heavens!
So it really was like that!
Gu Qingfeng stared at Jun Xuanji in astonishment. He had only been guessing earlier; he hadn't expected it to be true. Fixing his gaze on her, he asked doubtfully, "You are also one of Those with Original Sin?
You've also fused with the Blood of Original Sin?"
"Yes...
Fused with it...
Fused with it a very, very long time ago..." Jun Xuanji said distractedly. "Truly long...
Very long ago..." Jun Xuanji was still as she had been before, her tragic beauty showing no emotional color, cold and icy. Yet, her blood-colored eyes held endless confusion and hesitation. Her figure swayed like a burning flame in the chaos, blooming like a rose in the darkness.
"Alright."
Gu Qingfeng let out a breath. Regarding Jun Xuanji, he had never been able to see through her before, and now he saw through her even less. This woman carried far too many mysterious and unknown enigmas. In his memory, every time she appeared, she would give Gu Qingfeng a great shock. This time was no exception. He could never have imagined that Jun Xuanji was also one of Those with Original Sin. This was truly beyond all expectation.
"For what reason did you fuse with the Blood of Original Sin in the first place?"
"I...
Don't know, I...
Can't remember, I've forgotten...
Truly forgotten..." Jun Xuanji was lost.
Ever since Gu Qingfeng awoke in this world and met Jun Xuanji again, he had never seen her in a clear state of mind. Every time he saw her, she was like this, disoriented.
She said she had forgotten.
She also said she was lost.
What she had forgotten, and why she was lost.
Jun Xuanji herself did not know.
Fortunately, Gu Qingfeng was used to it.
Suddenly remembering what Jun Xuanji had said earlier—something about him having no previous life, and that person also having none, and that none of them had previous lives—he asked, "What did you mean by what you said just now?
Who has no previous life?"
"You...
Have no previous life, he also has none, we...
None of us have previous lives."
"He?"
Gu Qingfeng asked doubtfully, "The 'he' you mentioned, is that the person from just now?"
"It is him..."
"You know him?"
"No...
I don't know him...
Perhaps I knew him before, but I've forgotten...
I can only sense that he is very dangerous...
You...
Must be careful."
Even if Jun Xuanji hadn't said this, Gu Qingfeng understood it himself.
That white-cloth-wrapped person had attacked him the first time they met, and had just appeared inexplicably again. Although Gu Qingfeng didn't know what the other party truly intended, one thing was certain: he definitely wasn't here to make friends.
As for whether he was dangerous or not, Gu Qingfeng didn't much care.
He himself was already very dangerous. How much more dangerous could it get?
What puzzled Gu Qingfeng was Jun Xuanji's statement about having no previous life. He asked, "What do you mean I have no previous life?
And 'we'?"
"People of the Wu Dao Age...
Have no previous lives."
"But I am not a person of the Wu Dao Age."
"You exist...
Because of the Blood of Original Sin...
And the Blood of Original Sin belongs to the Wu Dao Age. In a sense...
You are no different from the people of the Wu Dao Age...
So how could you have a previous life..."
"That works?"
Hearing Jun Xuanji say this, Gu Qingfeng thought it over carefully. It seemed to make some sense, but upon further thought, it also felt somewhat off. He pondered back and forth, the more he thought, the more confused he became, utterly unable to figure out what this damned Karma was all about.
To be honest.
Ever since he began seeking Karma, Gu Qingfeng had lived in increasing confusion. Having lived to this point, not only did he not know whether he could be considered a Human, he didn't even know if he had been born from a mother's womb.
"You...
Are very troubled, aren't you?"
Gazing at Gu Qingfeng, Jun Xuanji murmured softly, "It's all my fault...
My fault, it's not good..."
"What does this have to do with you?"
"I don't know...
Forgotten...
Truly forgotten...
I've been trying hard to remember, but I can't recall anything...
I really...
Am useless."
"Enough, it has nothing to do with you. There's no need for you to blame yourself."
Just as Gu Qingfeng was speaking, Jun Xuanji interrupted him, saying, "No, it must be related. I'm certain your existence must be related to me, because...
Every time I face you...
I feel self-reproach...
And also guilt. I don't know what exactly I'm blaming myself for, nor do I know what I'm feeling guilty about..." A trace of pain appeared on Jun Xuanji's tragic, beautiful face—a trace of confused pain. She seemed to be straining to recall, saying, "Perhaps...
Perhaps it's because of Canyang Wuyou...
If...
If back then, I...
I had stopped Canyang Wuyou, no...
To be precise, if I had stopped that drop of Blood of Original Sin in Canyang Wuyou's hand...
You wouldn't have so many...
Troubles..."
Hearing Canyang Wuyou mentioned, Gu Qingfeng immediately pressed, "You know Canyang Wuyou?"
"I know her."
"Where is she?"
"She has fallen into slumber..."
"So she really has fallen into slumber..."
"You've seen her, haven't you?"
Gu Qingfeng nodded. He had indeed seen Canyang Wuyou, though not Canyang Wuyou herself, but a remnant consciousness of Canyang Wuyou.
He still remembered clearly: it was nine years ago, after he was subjected to the Sacred Judgment, his physical body perished and was reborn, his consciousness entered a state of chaos. At that time, a remnant consciousness of Canyang Wuyou appeared within his chaotic consciousness.
He had originally thought that Canyang Wuyou had used the Blood of Original Sin to gestate him. At least, that's what Jun Xuanji had said.
Gu Qingfeng had been half-believing, half-doubting.
Later, he encountered that remnant consciousness of Canyang Wuyou.
Canyang Wuyou had not said that.
She said that back when she obtained the Blood of Original Sin, her original intention was merely to seal it away. But later she realized she had underestimated the Blood of Original Sin, saying the Blood of Original Sin had mutated, and she didn't know what method she had used to gestate Those with Original Sin in the Great Northwest.
Canyang Wuyou said she couldn't stop the Blood of Original Sin, so she could only exterminate these gestated Those with Original Sin. But the more she killed, the more confused she became; killing and killing, she lost herself...
In the end, she had no choice but to seal herself away.