Song Yan closed his eyes.

Beside his ear, Pei Xuehan's voice continued to echo.

"Is the truth or falsehood really that important?"

"Have these hundred years truly meant nothing?!"

"Why must you leave?"

"Stay for me, will you?"

"Will you..."

Song Yan let out a light sigh.

A familiar feeling welled up.

He knew the "Illusion Realm time" had arrived.

Once trapped, he would sink into it, but if he ignored it, he could break free.

The next moment, he opened his eyes, and before him, the floodwaters still surged, the black rooftops neared.

The Sea of Suffering's jianmei stared at him straightly, with an expression that seemed to say "obstinate and beyond enlightenment."

This was the only time the Sea of Suffering's jianmei could be temporarily shattered.

Song Yan did not miss this opportunity, slapping the jianmei into dust, then giving the female cultivator beside him, who's still immersed in the Illusion Realm, a slap.

"Time to wake up."

Pei Xuehan opened her eyes, and upon seeing Song Yan, a strong sense of joy suddenly welled up within her, instinctively wanting to approach but stopped quickly, merely looking at him with a complex expression, then she subconsciously asked: "Senior, is the sword wound on your face...fake..."

Song Yan was silent for a moment, in the Illusion Realm he had spent a hundred years with this woman, and treating her as a complete stranger was indeed difficult.

So he said: "Everything in the Illusion Realm is fake, the Sea of Suffering's jianmei only knows how to deceive people."

"Did...did the senior also fall into the Illusion Realm?" Pei Xuehan, not knowing what she dreamt, suddenly seemed less afraid of Song Yan.

Song Yan did not answer.

Pei Xuehan suddenly bit her lip, as if summoning courage, asked: "Senior...did you go beyond the frontier?"

Song Yan suddenly looked at where the Sea of Suffering's jianmei disappeared.

He suddenly understood.

That ghostly thing not only created illusions but also exploited the cracks in people's hearts!

Could it be that it forced Pei Xuehan and himself to experience the same illusion?

It "copied" his behaviors to Pei Xuehan, then "copied" hers to him, thus making the two, even when awake, question the reality, making further enlightenment easier.

Real or fake, fake or real, if fake can birth truth, then what truly is truth? Is it genuinely that important?

Better to transcend into the cycle of rebirth and detachment!

Song Yan instantly realized this terrifying possibility.

However, his response was decisive.

"The frontier? What's so great about such a place? I just dreamt I left."

"Then...what about me?" Pei Xuehan couldn't help but ask.

Song Yan said: "You...after you went out, you parted ways with me, of course, I don't know where you went."

Pei Xuehan was stunned for a long while, letting out a soft "oh," her eyes showing a hint of sadness.

Song Yan continued meditating, and before closing his eyes, he glanced at Pei Xuehan, suddenly gesturing for her to come over, saying: "I've learned a magic called the Blood Slave Ancient Talisman, once this talisman is applied, I can control life and death with a thought, but it requires the target's cooperation. You...come here..."

Pei Xuehan dared not resist, obediently approached, occasionally glancing at him covertly.

Song Yan raised his hand, his finger landing on her brow, then said: "Don't blame me for not trusting you, in the Cultivation Realm, people's hearts are deceitful; those who trust others easily tend to die faster. But...once we leave this place to a safe location, I will remove the talisman."

Pei Xuehan gave a wry smile and said: "Is there really any safe place left? The Corpse-Eating Wolf clan is inherently violent, with every general being like a tyrant. The Ancient Tooth patriarch is the most extreme among them.

When it says it will destroy the Sword Sect, it won't give up. Even if I return to the sect, I am dead, I've implicated the sect."

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and said: "Senior might as well let me die sinking into the Illusion Realm."

Song Yan was briefly startled, finally understanding why Pei Xuehan hadn't woken up timely earlier. At this moment, his finger drew a drop of blood, swiftly marking her brow, while saying: "Relax your mind, accept it calmly."

Pei Xuehan closed her eyes.

From the corners of her eyes, two lines of tears gently flowed.

A moment later, the Blood Slave Ancient Talisman was complete.

Pei Xuehan also became Song Yan's Blood Slave, the latter though even a thousand miles away, could extinguish her with a single thought.

Seeing the female cultivator shedding tears, Song Yan said: "Alright, stop crying, since we both left in the Illusion Realm, we might as well carve a bloody path here too."

With that, he added: "Since you're my Blood Slave now, you're my possession. I won't abandon you or use you as cannon fodder."

Pei Xuehan paused, for she suddenly noticed the senior spoke more words.

She wiped her tears, said: "Then senior, rest assured, I'll guard you."

With that, she stood aside, seriously monitoring the floating corpses nearby.

If any of the floating corpses showed signs of approaching, she would immediately use the "Great Tsunami Technique" to push them away.

Suddenly...

A heavy sound echoed by her ear.

Looking down, she saw it was a bundle of Flying Swords.

The quality of each sword in that bundle was surprisingly decent.

The aloof voice of the Purple Mansion's old monster came floating over from not far.

"Take these, next time don't carry just one Flying Sword.

My Blood Slave can't be left without a weapon."

Pei Xuehan nodded heavily, then took the Flying Swords, starting to refine them one by one.

As she refined them, a slight smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

...

...

The cold moon loomed high, luckily, with no more rain nor fog.

However, at the end of this Secret Realm, by the entrance of the next Secret Realm, occasional strange vibrations would happen, and the two bodies stuck there kept floating with the waves, their eyes being dragged by nerves, floating back and forth aimlessly.

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