Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

Chapter 975: Telling Youyou about the Heart

From the Manghuang Mountains to the vast desert, the Cold Abyss of Dry Bones, and then to the Sword-Welcoming Holy City, Shen Yichen has experienced countless storms, whether it is the road of the martial arts world or the love of the mortal world. He was always safe and sound, and continued to move forward with his original intention. But this time was different. Shen Yichen was sick, and he was sick alone in the Xuchen Pearl!

Sometimes he was unconscious, sometimes he was talking in his sleep. It was very rare for a cultivator to fall ill. Moreover, Shen Yichen had been ill for many days, and the Xuchen Pearl had been moving forward in the map of the world's stars, and no one knew where it went.

Shen Yichen had many dreams, about the past and the future, and he also talked a lot in his sleep, which of course he didn't remember. In a daze, he seemed to look back at Jian Ying's past, thinking about some things, missing some people, telling the pain and love in his heart, and talking about the doubts and worries in his heart, but in the end it was all in vain.

No, it wasn't empty. Shen Yichen's inner depression was released, and he could finally breathe normally, naturally and easily.

When Shen Yichen opened his eyes again, he still saw dark green light and shadow and pitch-black space.

"Where am I?"

Shen Yichen slowly stood up and rubbed his eyes. He seemed to remember nothing.

Shen Yichen sat quietly for a long time before his mind cleared up. He looked down at the scar on his wrist and muttered to himself:

"Sister Qing, if love is destined, I think we will meet again. I will definitely find a way to make you sober again!"

Shen Yichen did not shed tears, but his tone was a little sad, but obviously much calmer. In fact, he did not know the specific situation of Sister Qing. He knew too little about the power of ghost veins. However, Sister Qing's body was still there, and Shen Yichen felt that Sister Qing would come back again.

There was little hope, but what else could he think?

"Youyou, after all these twists and turns, it's just the two of us again. I know you can't hear me, but I can only tell you what's in my heart. I've been used to the lonely life on the Stargazing Mountain. It's been a year since I went down the mountain after the ice and snow melted. Suddenly, I'm left alone. I'm really not used to it!

The bustling Jianghu and the lively world of love are actually quite good! Sister Qing is right. If you focus on the process rather than the result, your heart will be much smoother. The ups and downs of Jianying are over. I may never return to Jianying Holy City in this life. Why should I get stuck in it? Don’t you think so, Youyou?

Of course Youyou didn't respond, and Shen Yichen showed a bitter smile.

"Youyou, others wandering around the martial arts world can go home when they are tired, exhausted, or wronged, but what about me? I don't even know the way home. The Ji family is my home, but it's not my home. Guanxing Mountain is my home, but it's not my home. I can only move forward!

From now on, just stay with me and relax. We'll go wherever we want, have fun wherever we want, and never look back. At the bottom of Hailing Lake, you left, and now Sister Qing is gone too. I don't even have anyone to talk to. It's exactly the same as back at Guanxing Mountain!"

Shen Yichen took out the booklet with only three women on it from the blood-bone glass, and gently stroked the remaining three names: the enchanting woman, the one who is neither male nor female, and the sleeping woman!

"Youyou, I actually deceived Sister Qing, and Qingyu left me. She said that our hearts were growing farther and farther apart. And, Zhiqing, she should be dead. Her heart is broken, I know it!

That person in the sword energy cage was me. How could I not know what was happening outside? Sister Qing is right. Zhiqing, Sister Qing, and I are all connected by fate. When Zhiqing got into trouble, it was destined that Sister Qing would also get into trouble. I didn't want to make Sister Qing sad, so I didn't tell her. I know that among these women, Sister Qing really treated Zhiqing as a younger sister, otherwise she wouldn't have done those ridiculous things. But, but..."

Shen Yichen finally shed tears, the grief in his heart was still there, but it was hidden temporarily.

After a long time, Shen Yichen wiped away his tears and flipped through the booklet.

"Youyou, after the vast sea, there are seven paintings that have existed with the passage of time. After the vast sea, there is this booklet, but the people in the book are gone. Do you think I should be happy or worried? The farther they are from me, the safer they are. I should be happy, right?

From the beginning to the end, you were the closest to me, yet you seem to have suffered the most serious injuries. Do you think I am destined to live a lonely life? After traveling through the rivers and lakes and the mortal world, will I end up like the old Taoist priest, sitting alone on a cliff, pondering the source of Taoism? Observing the sky? No, I must bring a woman back to Guanxing Mountain. I can't let the old Taoist priest laugh at me!

Shen Yichen put away the booklet, but he continued talking to Youyou.

"Youyou, am I too unmanly? I'm always thinking about love and my beloved. Will people laugh at me? After all, I'm the young master of the Ji family and the heir of Guanxing Mountain. Sometimes I even feel like I'm a woman, hesitant and indecisive!

But the world doesn't understand me. Who doesn't want to make a move without regrets? But who can understand that it's not easy to make a move at your own risk? I'm just a wanderer, without any support. A single mistake can mean life or death. Without you, without Sister Qing, without the Void Dust Pearl, I don't know how many times I've died!

Shen Yichen reached out to touch the Xuchen Pearl. Although the Xuchen Pearl had caused him a lot of trouble, it had also been protecting him.

"Youyou, let's talk about my journey in the martial arts world. I know you will definitely ask me to practice hard, but I have other ideas. I want to find a place that records the world's affairs and reads the past thousand years. I must find myself in the book and understand myself!

I don't know if there are any such places, like the Library, the Viewing Classics Pavilion, or Yan Jianren's Tianji Pavilion. But I can't go there. The information she has is just hearsay. I have to find a more formal place. I need to have a comprehensive understanding of the cultivation system in this world, the past of the martial arts world, and the inheritance history of the major sects. Otherwise, I will be like a fool wandering around the martial arts world. I think I have a good brain, but I know too little common sense!"

Shen Yichen lay down, put his hands under his head, and crossed his legs!

"Youyou, I know you will definitely tell me that cultivation is the most important thing, but the old Taoist and I have the same idea. Cultivation is not about practicing, but about observing one's own heart and understanding the way of heaven. The old Taoist told me when he came down the mountain that I have been practicing the Xuanxu Chenxiao Jue for ten years. What remains is to understand, to understand its essence and find its source, rather than to continue practicing!

Youyou, you went to Guanxing Mountain quite late. You don’t know how much hardship and suffering I have endured in the past ten years in order to practice Xuanxu Chenxiao Jue. The old Taoist priest would open one eye and stare at me practicing when he slept. I was also a miserable boy once!

Why do I want to go down the mountain and venture into the world? My ten years of practice have been really hard and lonely, bitter and helpless. Of course I have to indulge myself!

Besides, those techniques will be automatically cultivated, so why should I embarrass myself? What I need now is to open my mind!"

Shen Yichen suddenly sat up!

"Youyou, I've been talking to you for a long time, do you understand? Let me summarize it for you!

If you want to move forward on the road of the world, find a library and learn about everything in the world!

As for love in this world, I still need to find a woman. I have to bring one back to Guanxing Mountain. Before I bring a woman back, I still have to talk about love!

As for cultivation, my master said there are two paths to enlightenment: one is life, the other is death. I still haven't figured it out, so I need to seek guidance from an expert! Another thing I can do is help you find the essence of heaven and earth!

In fact, all these things are inseparable from books. I still plan to go to Wulang Book Hall. Book Hall, Book Hall, there must be a lot of books. There must be methods to find the essence of heaven and earth in the books, there must be methods to make Sister Qing sober, and there must be methods on how to improve your cultivation!

It's a pity that there are definitely no beauties, delicious food, or fine wine in the book, but for the sake of my future, I can only give up beauties, fine wine, and fine food. I must first embrace books, embrace knowledge, and embrace wisdom!

After Shen Yichen finished speaking, he sighed:

"Youyou, do you understand? My plan, is it right? It's really too difficult to make it alone!"

Shen Yichen shook his head, lowered his brows and thought for a long time, then said to Youyou:

"Youyou, let's talk about the world situation, this has something to do with you!

You must be a chess piece planted by someone beside me, but something's happened to you. Actually, I really want to ask you: what's your motivation? And what about Guanxing Mountain, the Ji family, Xuantian Pavilion, and the Eight Xuantian Sects of Yanquan? What's the conflict between them? And why is that Burial God Mansion always keeping an eye on me? Now that the Demon Emperor has been unsealed, and Sister Qing's brother has also emerged, no one should be keeping a close eye on a small pawn like me, right?

Youyou, you know, I went to school to figure out these things. I don’t even know the basic disputes in the underworld, how can I deal with them?

I can't even tell who's good and who's bad anymore! They're trying to kill me, then save me, leaving me with no one I can trust. But if I don't even have anyone I can trust, how can I possibly take on the world? Do I really have to challenge the world on my own? I don't have the courage right now, but if that day comes, I won't back down. Death is the worst that can happen!

After Shen Yichen finished speaking, he sat cross-legged and complained:

"Youyou, it's no use talking to you for so long. I need to practice hard!"

Shen Yichen figured out some things, forgot some things, and decided some things. He finally practiced in seclusion seriously, just like in the Stargazing Mountain, where no one disturbed him and he practiced alone!