Chapter 55: Dream Realm

  Because I set the wrong timing for updates, there was no update yesterday. Today's updates will be made up in full, with a total of six updates.

  "I've said it before, don't underestimate Zhao Xuan, his strength is enough to surpass the Five Gods General. Now you should understand. You're still lucky, if this shot was a bit deeper, it wouldn't just be a scar on your face, and your life would have been left in Qingfeng Pavilion."

  Behind the black-clad man, Ye Wu Yue also lowered her head in silence, for at this moment, two maids were dressing her wound. Her robe was half undone, revealing a smooth and beautiful left shoulder and a glimpse of her chest, which was as white as jade. However, on the lower part of her left shoulder, about an inch below, there was a bright red blood line, about an inch long. Although the wound was not large, Ye Wu Yue knew that it had already penetrated to the bone marrow, and her left hand would be unable to move for at least a month.

  "What's wrong with Li Bu?"

  Now that the night is moonless, of course, there's no divine splendor, and she doesn't want to continue talking about this topic. She was stabbed by Zhao Xuan and escaped from the martial arts hall, so she really doesn't know the outcome of Li Bo. Although she also said that Li Bo himself had a bad premonition, she used this as an excuse to change the subject.

  "He's dead."

  "Of course, Ye Wu didn't feel anything unusual and said: 'Then what about Gao Yuan? Was he killed by Lie Bo or not.'"

  The man in black said: "Lai Bo was killed by Gao Yuan."

  "What? That's impossible." Ye Wu Yue was also shocked, because she had always thought that Lie Bo must have died at Zhao Xuan's hands, so it wasn't unexpected, but Lie Bo dying at Gao Yuan's hands was far beyond her expectations. She said: "According to the information we have, Gao Yuan is not even a match for Lie Bo."

  The man in black nodded and said, "If it's a competition of individual strength, Gaoyuan is indeed no match for Lie Huo. But in a life-or-death duel, the stronger side doesn't necessarily win in the end; otherwise, there wouldn't be any examples of the weak defeating the strong. Your biggest problem is that you're too self-assured, thinking everything is under your control. You can't control everything, and when you leave others with a glimmer of hope, you're also giving them an opportunity to turn the tables."

  The night was silent for half a moment before asking, "What was the process like?"

  The man in black shook his head and said, "I don't know, but the highlands were finally carried back. It seems that they are both wounded. So I think the two of them must have fought to the last moment, and the highlands seemed a bit stronger than Lai Bo. This is more important than strength. This time you not only underestimated Zhao Xuan, but also underestimated the highlands."

  "Alright, this time I underestimated them. Next time, I won't take them lightly."

  "The man in black said: 'No, you won't have a next time, because from now on, everything in Zhao State is my responsibility. This matter ends here, we have other tasks.'"

  The night was moonless and he stared blankly for a moment before asking, "What's going on?"

  The man in black took out a copper plate and handed it to Ye Wu Yue, saying: "You see for yourself."

  Yè Wú Yuè stared at the copper plate, took a glance and said: "No need to look, I know this won't be fake. Now I'll listen to your orders. But is this operation going to fail just like that?"

  The man in black shook his head and said, "No, this time our mission has not failed. Even if the highland rescued that child safely, Zhao Yang, that fool, has already been involved and can't get out of it. Therefore, Li Mu and Zhao Cong are destined to split up. As long as this goal is achieved, our action this time will be considered a success."

  "Alright, since you're in charge here now, if you say it's a success, then I suppose it is. So, what's our next task?"

  The man in black said calmly: "Assassinate Li Mu."

  Yè Wú Yuè furrowed her brow and said, "But now that Li Mù has Zhào Xuān by his side, it's probably not going to be easy for just the two of us to kill him, unless one of the Five Gods comes to help us."

  The man in black shook his head and said, "No, this time only the two of us will take responsibility, the Five Gods will not intervene."

  Dividing line Dividing line

  "You have finally arrived in this era."

  Gao Yuan opened his eyes in a daze and found himself in a hazy, dreamlike world that seemed both real and unreal. He looked around to the left and right, but all he saw was a mass of fog-like clouds with nothing else in sight.

  Just then, Gao Yuan heard someone say, "Remember, you must come find me."

  This time on the highland, I heard it clearly. It was a very gentle and pleasant female voice, but it sounded somewhat familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before.

  "So the plateau couldn't help but ask: 'Who are you? Where are you?'"

  But the woman's voice did not respond to him, only repeating: "You have finally arrived in this era. Remember, you must come find me."

  Gao Yuan said: "What does this mean after all? How can I find you?"

  The woman's voice was still repeating: "You've finally arrived in this era. Remember, you must come find me. Remember, fate is not yet decided, the future is yours to create..." And the voice grew smaller and smaller, gradually disappearing.

  Kougen was taken aback, the last sentence he had heard before crossing over on the plane, and instinctively felt it was related to his own crossing into this era. Thus, Kougen followed the direction of the voice and rushed over.

  But just as he took a step forward, the plateau suddenly felt empty under his feet, and his whole body fell downwards.

  …………

  "Ah——"

  Gao Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and sat up. Only then did he realize that he had just had a dream. Gao Yuan patted his head, looked around, and only then discovered that he was already back in his own mansion, lying on the bed, with white cloth wrapped around his body, covering his wounds. However, the woman's voice seemed to still be echoing in his ears:

  "You've finally arrived in this era. Remember, you must come find me. Remember, fate is not yet decided, the future is yours to create..."

  The plateau shook his head, and couldn't tell either, whether this was a dream or had some other meaning. At the same time, he slowly recalled how he had fought a life-and-death battle with Li Bo to save Luo Huan, exhausting all his strength, and had barely defeated Li Bo and rescued Luo Huan...

  At this moment, Gao Yuan only felt a sudden heat in his chest. He touched it with his hand and found that the amulet, which had been quiet for several months, was actually heating up again. The last time the amulet had moved, Gao Yuan's mind was already somewhat unclear, so his memory was also fragmented. This time, however, Gao Yuan's mind was clear, and he decided to carefully experience the feeling of the amulet moving.

  Then Gaoyuan lay back on the bed, relaxing his whole body. Soon he felt a warm flow, like fine silk, spreading from his chest into his body. However, Gaoyuan vaguely remembered that the last time the amulet had moved, his body was filled with an enormous, explosive power, but now it seemed to be missing. Still, Gaoyuan remained motionless, patiently savoring the sensation of the gentle flow moving through his body.

  It wasn't until much later that the sensation of the fine stream flowing through his body disappeared, and the amulet also cooled down. Gaoyuan waited for a while longer, but there was no more movement from the amulet.

  Gao Yuan sat up again, took off the amulet and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes. He didn't find anything unusual, just like the thousands of times he had seen it before. But that feeling of a warm current flowing through his body was definitely not an illusion.

  After looking for a while, he still couldn't see anything unusual, so Gaoyuan put the amulet back on and got out of bed.

  After falling to the ground, Gaoyuan walked a few steps and suddenly found that his body seemed completely normal, without any feeling of injury. Gaoyuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly unwrapped a bandaged wound to take a look, and indeed the wound had already fully healed, leaving only a shallow scar. But Gaoyuan knew clearly that even in modern society, his injuries wouldn't have fully recovered in just over ten days. And although he said he fainted, it was absolutely impossible for him to have slept for more than ten days or half a month.

  Was the amulet just healing itself earlier? It seems that the amulet has not lost its effect, and it can not only give itself immense power but also heal itself. However, Gao Yuan thought again, why didn't the amulet bring him immense power to defeat Lie Bo during their fight, but instead healed him after he was severely injured.

  Just then, Gao Yuan's heart moved and he suddenly thought that the amulet had worked for the first time when he had just crossed over to this point in time and was surrounded by the Qin army. At that time, he had already been beaten to a pulp by the Qin army and would have certainly died if the amulet hadn't given him immense power. In his battle with Lie Bo, although he had also fallen into difficulties several times, he was still far from being in a life-or-death situation, at least not temporarily facing a threat to his life, and in the end, he still relied on his own strength to defeat Lie Bo.

  That is to say, only when one's own life is truly threatened will the amulet provide great power for oneself. Or if the amulet thinks it can defeat its opponent with its own strength, it won't give itself power. However, whether this guess is true or false, it's hard to say now, and there may be other reasons, so let's try again.

  Thinking of this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but smile wryly. This was a matter of life and death, so it's best not to try. However, now it can be proven that this amulet is still useful, even if it's just the ability to heal wounds, it's a pretty good ability.

  At this time, only the sound of the door was heard, and the door opened. Yu Yan walked in with a large copper basin, steaming hot, with a square towel on the edge of the basin. Seeing that Gao Yuan had already gotten out of bed, Yu Yan first looked startled, then delighted, saying: "Has the master awakened?"