Chapter 255: Chapter 159: Ji Xueruo Finds a Loophole (2)

"These are the rules set by the Water Deity! He is a true god! The Water Deity grants you the ability to fulfill your wishes, yet He will punish any frog at the bottom of the well dreaming of soaring to the heavens in one step! Even the path to godhood must be traversed step-by-step, just like the Water Deity who has crossed these thousands of years!"

You Su finally understood the reason for his failure. He mistakenly thought this was merely a battle of imagination, but the dream world was far stricter than he imagined. Here, all power must have real roots.

This is the true brilliance of the Hidden Earth Illusion Realm. Sudden wealth feels unreal, but accumulating a few more silver coins every day can make people willingly believe in it.

"Long before you arrived! I made countless small wishes, and only then did I gain the power I have now. How do you expect to defeat me?"

Yui Zhen rambled on as if to vent all his grievances. It turned out he had long reached Feather Realm Perfection in cultivation, deliberately hidden all along.

You Su gritted his teeth; he had enough strength left to say one last sentence. What kind of wish could help him turn the tide at this moment?

The bodily pain could not interrupt his focused thoughts at the moment:

Reflecting now, Yui Zhen, after claiming Feather Realm Perfection, transformed into the semblance of Shenxi in preparation to bear the power of a half-step Void Realm.

Thus, his cry of ’Feather Realm Perfection’ was false; his true wish was to become Shenxi! Only You Su didn’t hear it as the voice was too soft!

Yui Zhen had not faced any backlash, indicating that becoming another person is a wish recognized by this illusion realm!

You Su’s dark pupils flickered with unyielding light as he exerted his last strength to squeeze out four words from his throat: "Lotus... Sword... Venerable!"

Yui Zhen clearly saw You Su’s lips move, yet he had no intention of stopping him, only silently waiting for You Su to finish speaking, until he saw You Su’s broken body not change at all. Only then did he scoff:

"A pheasant shouldn’t try to become a phoenix. Every inch of Shenxi Venerable’s body, I probably know better than he himself... I suffered so much torture in his cave, so I can perfectly transform into him! You, blind one, don’t even know what your master looks like, yet dream of mimicking her form? Truly wishful thinking!"

Yui Zhen slowly raised his hand, and You Su, embedded in the stone wall, was pulled out by his virtual grasp.

He clenched You Su’s neck, slowly exerting force, rendering You Su, whose body was already about to fall apart, utterly silent, able only to stare intently at Yui Zhen who had transformed into Shenxi.

"Goodbye then, in the next life, tread more firmly... hahahaha!"

The cave was filled with Yui Zhen’s deranged laughter, echoing endlessly, as if it were the sounds of hell.

Just at the moment You Su’s neck was completely snapped, a long-lost female voice suddenly sounded!

"Time! Rewind to two quarters ago!!"

Ji Xueruo’s eyes shimmered like stars.

Yui Zhen looked at Ji Xueruo in disbelief, as if asking why this seemingly divine girl dared to make such a significant wish, wasn’t she afraid of backlash to death?!

Yet, before Yui Zhen could act, his body, You Su’s body, the stone dust scattered on the ground... Everything around began to revert, like a river flowing backwards, gradually returning to the state of two quarters ago!

Ji Xueruo opened her eyes in You Su’s embrace; this time, the young man did not pucker his lips to kiss her.

"Why are you so foolish..."

Ji Xueruo looked at the young man’s perfectly restored face, a crystalline tear slipping past the corner of her eye.

"Fortunately... thankfully, I saved you..."

Ji Xueruo buried her head in You Su’s chest, and soon her tears soaked his black robe.

She was a strong person; even while worshipping at her mother’s grave, she had never shed a tear.

Yet for some reason, seeing You Su nearly die just now, she felt great reluctance, such pain in her heart.

When did this young man carve such a heavy mark in her heart?

Ji Xueruo couldn’t figure it out. Perhaps it was when he recited ’unaltered despite emerging from the mud, pure and not enchanting’; or perhaps when he saved her from Yui Zhen’s clutches; or when he split the fish tail, reforging the demon pill for her?

She only knew that these days of life and death shared are experiences others may never encounter in a lifetime. Having come to regard You Su as a steadfast ally, she could not bear to see him die.

She wasn’t foolish; on the contrary, she was very smart. From You Su and Yui Zhen’s conversation, she also understood that this place is essentially an illusion, yet didn’t know what wish could save You Su...

Luckily, in the nick of time, she finally thought of a method!

You Su felt a bit melancholic from the warmth of the girl’s tears.

A wish to rewind time is immensely grand; Ji Xueruo was almost certain to perish, and yet she sacrificed herself for him to live a little longer.

Regarding this sister-in-law, You Su wasn’t sure what feelings he harbored inside.

He had taken her purity, though it was to save her, but if she demanded he take responsibility, with his character, he certainly wouldn’t decline. Yet she was exceedingly strong and proud, pledging never to see him again. He thought he could contentedly regard her as a passerby from now on; why would she sacrifice her life for him...

Evidently, Miss Ji had looked down on him, her brother-in-law, since they first met, right...

Thinking of this, You Su also shed two tears.

A warm jade finger wiped away his tears, Ji Xueruo smiling lightly:

"Why are you crying?"

"I..."

You Su stammered, unsure of what to say; these two quarters seemed to him, a time specifically left for them to bid farewell.

At this moment, Ji Xueruo already stood up from You Su’s embrace, her face delicate and noble even without makeup. Perhaps due to crying, her charming eyes and vermilion lips appeared even clearer. Her figure was similar to Ji Lingruo, yet her air was distinctly different; she tiptoed a few steps, her luxurious black dress billowing even without wind.

If anyone witnessed this scene, they would undoubtedly deem her akin to an empress overlooking the world, with the entire world being her prey.

"Tearful cries won’t make you my Snake Race’s son-in-law."

Ji Xueruo stood on the path leading to the underground palace and looked back, her posture heroic:

"We still have two quarters of time, don’t rush to think of farewell messages, we aren’t dead yet."

You Su, after experiencing several severe ups and downs, felt mentally exhausted; he couldn’t understand what Ji Xueruo had realized, that made her so unwilling to give up.

"What does Miss Ji mean?"

"Is there any anomaly in your body?" Ji Xueruo asked concernedly.

You Su was clear about his physical condition; he had returned to the state when first entering the illusion realm: "No."

"That’s good, seems... I bet right! Don’t worry, I won’t die, we’ll never die." Ji Xueruo’s eyebrows lifted triumphantly, her smile confident, "You suffered severe backlash earlier, yet after time reversal, not a trace of injury remains. Do you know what this means?"

You Su furrowed his brow, his despairing mood suddenly motivated, as the shadow on his face disappeared, like clouds blown away in the sky by the wind, he exclaimed in ecstatic joy:

"We can keep reversing!"

Ji Xueruo smiled radiantly, "Correct! One quarter was precisely the time we encountered Yui Zhen. As long as I near my limit, you wish for a reversal, and we’ll return to this moment! Similarly, when you’re at your limit, I’ll wish! Cycles unending, we’ll achieve immortality!"

She looked towards You Su, her eyes gleaming brightly.

An illusion realm for You Su must harbor loopholes! And Ji Xueruo wasn’t just someone who hides behind You Su and tosses out a couple of snakes, she found this loophole in the most desperate moment!

You Su was likewise excited. Yui Zhen’s advantage was that he had entered here long ago, making countless small wishes to grow stronger.

You Su and Ji Xueruo essentially had infinite time now: theoretically, they could use this eternal quarter to become infinitely strong!

However, power here cannot go without real roots; it must grow stronger based on certain grounds. Yui Zhen must possess some cultivation technique, allowing him to approach the Void Realm gradually.

"The most crucial problem now is to figure out a way to become strong enough to defeat a half-step Void Realm. Surveying the Snake Race’s history, it has been hundreds of years since someone reached the Void Realm... Perhaps sitting here for tens of thousands of quarters, I still wouldn’t achieve the Void Realm."

Upon hearing this, Ji Xueruo’s previously high-spirited expression dimmed slightly, as no one can assert their cultivation technique will certainly attain the Void Realm.

Upon hearing this, You Su’s eyebrows lightly lifted, hesitantly speaking:

"Ahem, my sect’s cultivation technique... might be worth a try."