So it really is the same person!
Gu Qingfeng was both startled and suspicious, his mind carefully pondering. Although he had encountered a mysterious woman in the Black-Raven Secret Realm, that woman had been mentally unsound. It was impossible for her to chat with Xiao Jin'er in dreams. Moreover, Gu Qingfeng was quite certain that mysterious woman had been suppressed by the Buddhist sect for who knows how many years; she didn't even know who she herself was. She couldn't possibly know his identity, nor that Feng Zhuyue had done him a favor...
But if it wasn't that mentally unsound mysterious woman, then who could it be?
"Jin'er, when did you start seeing that Elder Sister in your dreams?"
Su Hua also inquired cautiously. She had just carefully examined Xiao Jin'er and, after confirming the girl showed no abnormalities, was deeply puzzled about who this so-called Elder Sister Dream could be.
"Mmm...
It's been a long time. When Jin'er was very little, Elder Sister Dream would often chat with Jin'er in dreams."
When she was very little?
Su Hua was utterly astonished. "Why have I never heard you mention this before?"
"Originally, Jin'er and Elder Sister Dream made a promise...
To absolutely never tell anyone about Elder Sister Dream. But...
today Big Brother insisted on asking...
Jin'er had no choice...
had no choice but...
to tell about Elder Sister Dream."
"Jin'er, what else did that Elder Sister Dream say?"
Gu Qingfeng was rather curious about who this Elder Sister Dream might be. "Did she say why I would be unhappy if I found Feng Zhuyue?"
"Elder Sister Dream didn't say. She only told Jin'er that Big Brother would definitely be unhappy, and also said Big Brother would..."
"Would what?"
"Would get trapped..."
"Get trapped?
Trapped where?"
"Elder Sister Dream didn't say..."
"How mysterious!"
Gu Qingfeng took out his peach blossom wine, poured a cup, and drank by himself. At this moment, his curiosity was completely piqued. He especially wanted to know who this so-called Elder Sister Dream in Xiao Jin'er's words really was. "Jin'er, can you let me meet your Elder Sister Dream?"
"Big Brother, I'm sorry. Elder Sister Dream said she won't meet outsiders...
And...
Jin'er doesn't know when Elder Sister Dream will appear."
"I see..." If the other party only entered dreams, unless he could catch her manifesting in Xiao Jin'er's dream, there really was no way to find her.
Beside them, Su Hua also sank into deep contemplation. She seemed to recall something, looked at Gu Qingfeng, then at Xiao Jin'er, and asked, "Jin'er, your Big Brother is so young. As far as I know, Lady Zhuyue has been missing for at least fifty years. How could she have done your Big Brother a favor?"
"I don't know...
Elder Sister Dream didn't say."
Su Hua looked at Gu Qingfeng again. Clearly, she wanted to understand this issue. However, Gu Qingfeng just shrugged and said nothing.
"Big Brother, are you...
still going...
to Canyang Mountain?"
Hearing Xiao Jin'er mention Canyang Mountain again, Gu Qingfeng's brows instantly furrowed. "What's wrong?"
"Big Brother...
has an unresolved grudge...
with Canyang Mountain and...
and the Nine-Star Cave Dwelling...
right?"
"Did that Elder Sister Dream tell you this too?"
"Yes!"
"Well now, today I've really encountered a remarkable person."
Gu Qingfeng chuckled repeatedly.
He did indeed have an unresolved grudge with Canyang Mountain and the Nine-Star Cave Dwelling.
This matter had to be traced back to a long time ago. Back then, when he was living in seclusion at Demon Moon Palace, he was discovered. He then self-destructed his cultivation, which could be considered repaying a favor to Feng Zhuyue and also giving an explanation to the Great Northwest. After self-destructing his cultivation back then, he was barely clinging to life when he hid in the Peach Blossom Secret Realm, intending to go into seclusion to recover. But right at that time, he was besieged by many powerful experts.
Those experts' cultivations were each more formidable than the last. Let alone Gu Qingfeng having only half a life left after self-destructing his cultivation; even at his peak, he might not have been their match.
At the time, Gu Qingfeng thought he was doomed. Unexpectedly, he was saved by a mysterious person.
As for who that mysterious person was, Gu Qingfeng still didn't know to this day.
But from their conversation, Gu Qingfeng learned that the ones who tried to annihilate him back then were experts from Canyang Mountain and the Nine-Star Cave Dwelling. Moreover, the reason for trying to annihilate him seemed to involve some ancient life vein and some kind of taboo.
Back then, Gu Qingfeng was only focused on escaping and only heard this much.
Later, after re-cultivating, he specifically inquired about Canyang Mountain and the Nine-Star Cave Dwelling. Unfortunately, he only heard that Canyang Mountain and the Nine-Star Cave Dwelling had long been sealed. Gu Qingfeng searched for a while but couldn't find where Canyang Mountain was located, so he could only temporarily give up.
After entering the Divine Province, because he was constantly fighting and killing with the Immortal Dynasty, he more or less forgot about this matter.
However, with his recent awakening and revisiting this old place, the memories from back then resurfaced.
Now, thinking about it carefully, that incident from back then was filled with strangeness from start to finish. What ancient life vein taboo? Back then, he was entangled in trivial matters and couldn't break free. Now that he had revisited this old place, Gu Qingfeng figured he must get to the bottom of that incident from back then.
What made him both extremely startled and frustrated was that even he himself had almost forgotten this grudge with Canyang Mountain and the Nine-Star Cave Dwelling. How did that Elder Sister Dream know about it?
This was truly bizarre.
"Jin'er, what else did your Elder Sister Dream say?"
"Elder Sister Dream said, if Big Brother persists in investigating that matter from back then...
you'll probably sink deeper and deeper..."
"Sink deeper and deeper?"
Gu Qingfeng fell silent, holding a cup of wine, just gazing at it, pondering Xiao Jin'er's words.
If he looked for Feng Zhuyue, he would get trapped.
If he investigated the grudge with Canyang Mountain, he would sink deeper and deeper...
Could it be that Elder Sister Dream was referring to so-called karma?
He wasn't sure, but it felt somewhat similar.
"Jin'er, what does 'sink deeper and deeper' mean?"
Su Hua also asked. Gu Qingfeng was hearing things that were confusing and obscure, and she was even more so, completely unable to understand what Xiao Jin'er meant.
"Jin'er doesn't know. Elder Sister Dream didn't say either. But Jin'er knows Elder Sister Dream wouldn't lie to Jin'er...
and knows it must be something bad for Big Brother. Jin'er is very worried about Big Brother..."
Gu Qingfeng smiled, reached out, and gently tapped Xiao Jin'er's delicate nose. "Jin'er, don't worry. That Elder Sister Dream of yours is just teasing you."
"That's not true!"
Xiao Jin'er hurriedly explained anxiously, "Big Brother, Elder Sister Dream wouldn't lie to Jin'er...
Really...
And what Elder Sister Dream says always comes true. When Big Brother turned to dust under the Taixuan Stele, Jin'er asked Elder Sister Dream. Elder Sister Dream said Big Brother wouldn't die, and in the end, Big Brother really didn't die. Jin'er wanted to see Big Brother, and Elder Sister Dream told Jin'er Big Brother was in the Great Northwest. In the end, Jin'er really saw Big Brother."
"That really is quite mysterious!"
The more Gu Qingfeng listened, the more astonished he became. The more he listened, the more incredible it seemed. If it was truly as Xiao Jin'er said, wouldn't that Elder Sister Dream be like a God?
How could she know everything so clearly?