Chapter 8

After I was struck by the lightning that struck my primordial spirit, my forehead had been aching and my head was getting heavier and heavier. In a moment of carelessness, I was summoned to play chess. In my dream, the chess pieces were misaligned and the chariots and pawns were lost. After thinking hard, I fell into an extremely restless sleep.

Run Yu cared about etiquette, justice, integrity, and shame and refused to close his eyes. But perhaps sleepiness was contagious, he couldn't resist and finally fell asleep.

Outside the bedroom of the Jade Pearl Palace, Wuqu Xingjun had one ear pressed against the door. His eyebrows and nose were wrinkled. No matter how he tried to cast spells, he couldn't hear a sound. He was worried about Run Yu's dragon body, but he was also afraid that I would throw him out if he barged in. His eyes darted around a few times and he ordered a servant to bring the Yong over.

The Yang energy in the day was very strong, so it wasn't suitable for the Yong to move around. Its big watery eyes were half-closed and it was very reluctant to be led. Wuqu Xingjun knew that Run Yu had always loved this spiritual beast and usually didn't scold it. No matter how fierce the Chiling God was, she wouldn't argue with an ignorant little beast. He squatted down and patted its head.

"Good Yong, the Celestial Ruler is seriously injured and I'm worried. Please go in and see if there's anything wrong. Tell me if there's anything wrong."

After saying that, he opened the door and forced the Pot Carrying Deer in.

The Yong stomped its hooves and bypassed the bamboo screen in front of the door. Its big eyes reflected the two people lying on the bed. It was still young and didn't have spiritual wisdom. It only knew that seeing Run Yu made it happy. It quickly jumped onto the bed and lay beside his pillow, completely forgetting Wuqu Xingjun's instructions.

The sun was so bright in the day, wasn't it suitable for sleeping?

So the two people and one beast entered a dream accompanied by the rays of sunlight in the Jade Pearl Palace. But the Yong not only swallowed the dreams of mortals, it also often stole the dreams of immortals. At this time, the two immortals on the bed, one's primordial spirit was injured and the other's spiritual power was exhausted. They were unguarded against this little dream stealer and were inevitably affected by it.

I was originally fighting with the Duke of Zhou on the chessboard and was at a critical moment when the world suddenly changed and the river flowed backward. In the blink of an eye, I fell into the Falling Star River outside the Jade Pearl Palace. I saw a purple-clothed fairy child awkwardly sliding down the rainbow bridge, the flower basket in its hands and falling pitifully.

"Eh, isn't this Fairy Jin Mi? Which Daluo Immortal's medical skill is even more brilliant than mine and has already revived her?"

I tidied my robe and prepared to go forward and ask. Suddenly, a silver light flashed in the Falling Star River and a brilliant dragon tail parted the water. At the end of the water, there was a handsome young man with black hair and white robes. Looking at his cloud-like eyebrows and eyes, wasn't that the Little White Dragon?

"Isn't this the day when the Little White Dragon and Jin Mi first met? Was I struck dumb by lightning? How did I end up in his dream? Strange, strange."

After figuring out the situation, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I immediately made a spiritual gesture to wake myself up, but there was a different voice in my head, whispering in my ear.

"What would his dream be like?

Aren't you curious? "

I once said that after being an immortal for a long time, regardless of other things, the heart of gossip was indispensable. Anyway, we have plenty of time. Why don't we see what is in this dragon's dream?

In the dream, time and space were chaotic. I dispersed the spiritual gesture and followed the thoughts of the Little White Dragon. I saw how he got to know Jin Mi, how he fell in love unknowingly, how he begged hard but couldn't love her, how the brothers quarreled and turned the Heavenly Palace upside down.

He once told me these stories, but seeing it with my own eyes gave me a different feeling. Immortals should care about the common people and be merciful. How could there be two evil creatures, Supreme Wei and Tu Yao? My chest felt sour and I didn't want to watch anymore. I was about to make a spiritual gesture to leave when the scene in the dream changed again.

"This … is the bottom of Lake Tai?"

The two words "Li Ze" were hanging in front of me. I remembered the beautiful Dragonfish Clan. I hadn't heard any news about them for many years. I thought that the current patriarch was a secluded immortal. But why would the Dragonfish Clan appear in the Little White Dragon's dream?

"Mother, no!

No!

Mother … Ah!! "

Before I could figure it out, a child's childish scream suddenly came from the door. I rushed through the door and saw a beautiful woman holding a fish scale knife in her hand. She was crying as she approached the Little White Dragon in the corner.

"Li 'er, the entire Dragonfish Clan has been slaughtered by Tu Yao!

Mother can't lose you again!

Be good, it will be over soon. Be good! "

Then, she rushed forward and cut off the two dragon horns of the Little White Dragon. Then, she cut off the dragon scales!

The child's hoarse screams echoed endlessly in the narrow cave!

That was the most noble dragon in this world!

He had been skinned clean by his birth mother!

I knew that the Little White Dragon had met with such a disaster when he was young!

I knew why there was such a shocking wound on the dragon's body that didn't heal for a long time!

In order to cut off all the scales, the woman was ruthless. The Little White Dragon's clothes were soaked in his own blood. His small body trembled and shrank into a ball. He cried out in pain, cold, and hot. He tore his collar.

It was a feeling that could only be felt after losing a lot of blood. His limbs felt like they were on fire. For a divine dragon of the water element, it was extremely difficult to endure.

I couldn't help but reach out to hug him, but there was nothing in my arms. The child who was trembling into a ball was just a shadow of memories. This sad past had become a brand in my heart, and there was no possibility of changing it.

"It turns out that you really cried out in pain."

It was really useless.

Even I, the unparalleled Divine Doctor in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, couldn't cure this child. I could only watch as his dragon horns and dragon scales were cut off again and again …

Even …

Even later …

I did it myself …

This was the ultimate punishment in the world.

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The Yong Beast sensed something and suddenly opened its eyes. Its black pupils were filled with confusion. It didn't understand why the goddess on the bed suddenly had tears in her eyes. It also didn't know what the pearl-like liquid was. It boldly stuck out its tongue and licked it.

Why is it salty and bitter?

It doesn't taste good at all.

It shook its head and fell asleep again. However, it didn't realize that half an arm away, Run Yu wasn't sleeping well either.

— — —

When Run Yu entered the dream, it was pitch black. He couldn't even see his own fingers. He thought that it was a symptom of overusing his spiritual power. He sat cross-legged and began to adjust his breathing. However, there was no spiritual energy in the air for him to absorb. It was empty. Other than darkness, there was only silence.

"Strange, there doesn't seem to be such a place in the six realms."

Ever since Pan Gu created the world, the Divine Source Qi turned into spiritual energy and filled the world. After so many changes, there was actually such a barren place.

Run Yu counted with his fingers and was shocked. "This is Chiling's dream?

The Desolation Era? "

As if to confirm his guess, a ray of red light suddenly appeared in the darkness. A gentle breeze blew and the refreshing smell of ambergris drifted in the air.

A crimson dragon drilled out of the empty space in the distance. The dragon swayed slowly and swam closer.

The blood jade-like transparent scales were triangular and covered its back neatly. Its slender body was like the grass swaying at the bottom of the North Sea. There were two pairs of sharp claws under its abdomen. Even the fingernails were red. There was no other color.

"It's really like what the books say. It's the most beautiful dragon in the six realms and nine continents."

Run Yu recalled the time when he was young and worked hard in the Provincial Scripture Pavilion. After finishing his homework, he pestered the headmaster to find some days to read the history books. He knew that in the Desolation Era, there was a crimson dragon with peerless beauty. In that barren era, it cultivated for thousands of years before it turned into a human form. Since then, there had been no news of it.

He also knew that in the chaotic war of the six realms before Tianyuan, there was a woman who appeared out of nowhere. Her medical skills were superb. She was known as the Divine Doctor.

So, so it was one person.

He was hidden by his mother at the bottom of Lake Tai. In order to hide from the Celestial realm, he was cut by the dragon's scales again and again. His real body was full of scars. After entering the Celestial realm, he was envious of Supreme's golden scales. Now that he looked at it, the golden dragon was too strong and domineering compared to Chiling. It was not graceful enough.

Run Yu knew that he was in a dream. He could not help but look at it for a while longer. Immortals rarely showed their true forms after they turned into human form. This might be his only chance to admire the soul-stirring red red. It would be a blasphemy if such a unique crimson dragon was sealed in a painting.

But Chiling did not seem happy. She could not see Run Yu in the dream. In the empty world, there was only a dragon wandering alone. There was no sun, moon, stars, flowers, or anything else.

He was all alone, all alone.

A long time passed like this.

It was so long that her glass-like eyes were covered by layers of sorrow, unable to emit any light.

After an unknown number of years, the Divine Source Qi finally repaired the world. It started to give birth to stars and everything else.

Chiling saw the sun for the first time. She saw her reflection on the water surface. She saw the birds and beasts running on the boundless land. She saw the flowers blooming and withering.

She happily rode the wind and roamed this world over and over again. Run Yu also unconsciously curled the corners of her mouth. So her happiness at that time was so simple …

The scene changed. At the bottom of the River of Forgetfulness, the hall of the Underworld was filled with bright red.

It was the wedding night of the son of the Underworld's first wife. The bride was dressed in a bright red wedding dress. She sat in front of a bronze mirror and was carefully grooming herself.

Her eyebrows were dark, her lips were red, and her pair of eyes were like limpid autumn water. She was extremely charming, and she looked around in a charming manner.

Run Yu's heart sank. There were no records in the ancient records. Chiling was married before?

However, the Chiling of this night seemed different from the present. It was like the difference between a spirit-locking hairpin.

A man walked into the bridal room. Chiling turned around and smiled.

"Seiji, there are many guests. Don't get drunk."

The man called Seiji had a gloomy expression. He walked in front of the mirror and helped Chiling spread her hair.

"Tonight … there's an important matter … I won't get drunk."

Chiling looked up. Her eyes were still filled with the naivety of a young girl.

"Important matter?

Isn't it our wedding? "

"Chiling."

Seiji gripped the hair in his hand, a vein throbbing on his forehead. "In this life, I have wronged you. If there is a next life, I will definitely repay you!"

"What … did you say?"

The girl was puzzled. Run Yu was also confused. But in the next moment, Seiji viciously slapped Chiling's back!

The memories after that seemed to have been deliberately blurred. Run Yu couldn't see clearly. He only faintly saw Seiji drag Chiling into a cave. The cave was sealed off by broken spirit stones, and only a faint light shone from the ceiling.

The girl's hands and feet were bound by the fire-attribute treasure Flame Bracelet. Water-attribute spiritual energy was tightly suppressed in her body. Just thinking about it made her feel bone-piercing pain. Her husband, who had just been holding onto her and bowing to the heavens and earth, was now holding a saber with a cold expression.

"Seiji, did I do something wrong?"

Chi Ling's internal organs were roasted by the flame bracelet, and her small face was full of tears. "I will change. Can you take off this bracelet? I'm in so much pain. I'm really in so much pain. I'm going to be burned to ashes!"

"Chiling, I remember that the Blood Dragon's horn can bring the dead back to life. Even if … even if there's no cure … it's … Wang Yue …"

"What did you say … You want my … dragon horn?"

Chiling's red and swollen eyes widened slightly, as if she couldn't believe what she heard. "Wang Yue … You said Wang Yue went to the Celestial Realm. Was that a lie?

You said you liked me. Was that a lie?

You married me for a hundred years just to trick me from the Celestial realm!

Isn't that right! "

Seiji closed his eyes. His tone was even colder.

"Yes.

This life is my … "

"Shut up!

Don't talk about this life or the next life!

If there is an afterlife, I only hope to never see you again! "

"Chiling!

Wang Yue killed Sixie. You definitely won't save her. I can only do this! "

Seiji held his saber and walked forward. "Just bear with it. Just one year. Just one year and you can save her!"

"I don't want to!

Seiji, cutting off dragon horns is too painful!

You're a dragon too. You should know!

I beg you!

I'm begging you! "

The girl wore the Flame Bracelet and crawled on the ground. But no matter how much she cried and begged, the man's heart didn't change. He grabbed Chiling's hair with one hand and raised his saber with the other. Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and a small section of the dragon horn that was as clear as jade was cut off.

Run Yu stood to the side. He felt a chill run down his spine. It was as if he had returned to every bloody night when he was young. It was the same pain, the same coldness, and the same heartbreak.

So every immortal had a past.

So even someone as carefree as Chiling had such a terrible past …

Run Yu walked closer to the trembling figure. He slowly squatted down and reached out to touch her messy hair. But his hand was empty.