Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Rumble...

Zhang Fan exhaled a burst of fire from his mouth, distorting and warping the surrounding air. The vast room was instantly consumed by the blazing True Flame, spreading towards the entire building.

The wooden structure of the small building ignited in the blink of an eye.

”Truly remarkable.”

Yun Jianyue held a candle, sighing softly.

The sigh was melancholic and profound, gently echoing in the dim, empty room.

The room remained the same...

No fierce flames, no scattered debris, no dripping blood, and even Zhang Fan was still standing there, unscathed.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the wooden door behind him had just closed, the deafening sound still lingering in his ears.

Zhang Fan felt a bit dazed and instinctively looked up, only to see Yun Jianyue’s candlelight flickering brightly, the flames distinct and profound.

”Just now...” Zhang Fan furrowed his brows, his mind blank, a sense of emptiness and powerlessness, as if waking from a long dream, thoughts flitting about, yet elusive.

”In the dream, there are six realms; upon waking, the great thousand is but emptiness...”

Yun Jianyue placed the lamp on the table, murmuring softly.

”Was that your Daoist Skill just now? False as a dream?” Zhang Fan asked, somewhat bewildered.

The Thirteen Zodiacs each possess unique abilities.

The Rooster specializes in Star Fighting Skill, Wu Ma masters the Talisman Dao, Hai Pig is burdened with gluttony repair...

Si Snake Bai Yujing, naturally, also has his Immortal Technique.

”All worldly events are a great dream, borrowing falsehoods in the dream to cultivate truth.” Yun Jianyue’s slender fingers gently waved, shaking the candle flame.

”Zhang Fan, you thought it was a dream just now; how do you know this isn’t a dream too?” Yun Jianyue laughed softly.

”Or perhaps, since that night ten years ago, you’ve been in a dream and haven’t woken up.”

”Are you disturbing my Dao Heart?” Zhang Fan frowned deeply, his heart filled with extreme vigilance.

”Do you know what is sealed inside the Dharma Jar sent by the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance?”

At this moment, Yun Jianyue changed the topic, suddenly asking.

”How would I know?” Zhang Fan replied strangely, unsure why the other asked this.

”Let me tell you a story.”

Yun Jianyue retracted her gaze from Zhang Fan, looking at the flickering candlelight beside her.

”What are you really trying to do?” Zhang Fan asked warily.

”I once became a vegetable due to an accident, lying in a hospital for rehabilitation until the age of twenty...”

Yun Jianyue ignored Zhang Fan’s reaction, continuing her story.

An accident once left her bedridden for three years, only waking at the age of twenty.

At that time, the young Yun Jianyue discovered she was in a private hospital, deep in the mountains, admitting only vegetative patients like herself.

Among these patients, she was considered relatively young and also the luckiest, waking up after just three years.

”At that time, I had no family by my side, only medical staff taking care of me... They said my family went abroad and would soon come to pick me up.” A trace of reminiscence appeared in Yun Jianyue’s eyes.

The hospital had excellent medical conditions, indicating her well-off family background.

”After waking, I just did some rehabilitation training in the hospital...” Yun Jianyue continued.

At that time, most in the hospital were vegetative like her, with only a few awake people doing rehabilitation training with her.

”Among them, an old man was the strangest. He had only one eye; the other was blind with a deep scar. He talked to the sun every day, becoming eerie at night, even banging his head against the wall...”

”He always said... once you fall asleep, you can’t wake up... everyone is asleep...”

”Regarding this, the doctor said it was a side effect of prolonged sleep. Later, I never saw the old man again; the nurse said his family took him away until one day...”

Here, Yun Jianyue paused slightly, unintentionally glancing at Zhang Fan.

That night, Yun Jianyue went to bed early. In the middle of the night, she heard a rustling sound. Half asleep, she vaguely saw her door open. Rising to check, she saw a shadow wriggling by the bed.

At the time, she rubbed her eyes and, under the moonlight, saw it was a large snake, its scales shiny...

The snake had only one eye, its blind eye bearing a deep scar. It raised its body, flicking its tongue at Yun Jianyue, as if trying to say something in the eerie moonlight.

”I fainted from fright, and when I woke up, I told the nurse about it. The nurse just laughed, saying it was just a dream...”

Saying this, Yun Jianyue’s lips curved slightly, revealing a faint smile.

”I started to believe it until one night, I heard that rustling sound again...”

”Gathering my courage, I walked out of the room, and in the quiet corridor, saw another large snake, but not the one from that night...”

”It saw me and turned to leave...” Yun Jianyue’s tone turned exceptionally cold.

At the time, as if under a spell, she followed the snake to a hospital corner, taking an old elevator to the basement...

There, she witnessed an unforgettable scene.

The surrounding glass containers were filled with unknown liquids, containing various specimens, infant skulls, some with a golden sheen, like refined Elixirs...