Chapter 90: Illusion and the Blood of the Pure Yang

I thought I would see a vision of hell, just like the one I saw in the fog, with its barren mountains and murky waters, and the ghosts and demons crowding in it. But the truth is often unexpected, and I never thought I would see the scene before me.

The boat gently floated on a calm stretch of water, flanked by two low mountains. Between the mountains was the stretch of water where we were. The mist floated on the water like a veil, and on the water were plants that looked like water lilies, but were definitely not water lilies. Occasionally, two fish would leap out of the water and play with the plants on the water.

It was quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if the whole world was just a boat and we were on it. In this absolute silence, a faint singing voice came from the distance.

At this time, I no longer felt repulsed by the singing, but rather, I was in a trance. The beautiful scenery before my eyes and the ethereal singing, was this a fairyland?

“What beautiful flowers.” I didn’t know when Ruyue stood next to me, staring at the plants on the lake and couldn’t help but praise them.

I suddenly snapped back to reality and said to her reproachfully, “Why did you come out? It’s dangerous. Go back inside.”

“No,” said Yue, somewhat stubbornly. There was no reason for her to refuse me so decisively, but her eyes were fixed on the flowers she had mentioned, which were very beautiful.

Yes, this flower is very beautiful, somewhat similar to a water lily, but much more beautiful than a water lily. However, things in this area are dangerous, no matter how beautiful they are. Moreover, on the tip of the petals of this flower, there is a touch of faint, heart-rending purple.

In my life, this purple color has almost always been there, so I subconsciously have a psychological resistance to the color purple, so for this plant on the water, no matter how beautiful it is, I can’t appreciate it.

“This plant seems a bit familiar, but it’s not quite the same.” Suddenly, a voice echoed in my ear. It was Chengxin’s. He had somehow climbed onto the bow of the boat.

“It’s too quiet here. Let’s leave quickly.” I glanced at Chengxin, who was staring at the plants on the water with his chin in his hand.

I don’t know if it was Ruoyue or Chengxin who suddenly spoke to me, or if it was because I saw the purple color and felt uncomfortable. In any case, at this time, I had already become sober from being a little bit obsessed from the beginning.

Along with this clarity came a strong sense of unease. This unease was not a sense of crisis, but rather a feeling of discomfort and tension from staying here for even a second longer, even though it was clearly a beautiful scene, as if to suggest that we were in the safest place in the natural formation.

“Chengyi, I looked around and I don’t know where the wind and waves have brought us. Could it be that we have left the natural formation?” Lushan’s voice came from the stern of the boat. After all, in a place like this, it is most important to determine the location. But even he, as a more professional person, didn’t know where we were.

“Really?” Hearing this news, my face also looked a little bad. I turned around and walked from the bow of the ship into the cabin. If I can’t determine the direction, where should I go if I say I’m leaving here?

When I walked into the cabin, Lushan was not too nervous, but was fiddling with the compass in his hand back and forth. Perhaps the beautiful scenery here made him relax. I saw Lushan’s professional compass in his hand swinging back and forth, but he smiled at me.

“It’s beautiful here, at least it’s safe, isn’t it?” In the face of my ugly face, Lushan’s meaning was to persuade me to relax. As he spoke, he put the compass in his pocket and looked at the beautiful scenery outside the boat and said, “Sometimes I’m tired and I’ve always wanted to take Tao Bai to a place where there is no disturbance to hide. The mountains are good, the water is good, and it is isolated from the world. It’s very good.”

The mountains are good, but is the water good? I looked out through the window of the boat’s canopy. There were large lawns on the green mountains on both sides, with colorful flowers and sparse, low trees. It was indeed very beautiful. How come I didn’t notice it just now?

I felt a little inexplicable relaxation in my heart, but when I thought of the purple color on the flowers on the water, I was always uneasy. I turned around and found that everyone was very relaxed.

Ruyue was leaning over the bow of the boat admiring the flowers on the water. Chengxin took out a medical book from somewhere, put an oil lamp next to him, sat leisurely on the bow of the boat, put his feet over the side of the boat, and began to read…

Not only them, everyone was so relaxed. Xiao Chengqian even shouted that he had to make a fishing rod and fish here!

At that moment, I even felt a little dazed again. I felt that I should put aside all my worries and live a leisurely life in this dreamlike place. What does the outside world have to do with me?

However, I seemed to have forgotten something. My powerful spiritual awareness kept me from relaxing for a moment. The feeling of unease spread in my heart, becoming more and more unbearable. I was struggling with myself, thinking hard. We were in the Lake of a Thousand Ghosts, in the midst of a great natural formation. Why did we come here? Because…

Because of the Master’s footsteps!

At that moment, I broke out in a cold sweat. I knew what was wrong. First, it was to make us want to sleep, and then it was to paralyze our minds. The danger here was hidden in the seemingly peaceful and beautiful scenery of this fairyland!

No matter what, get out of here! I couldn’t hold back any longer, and I rushed to the bow of the boat and pulled Hui Gen, who was smiling foolishly at the rosary in his hands, and said to him, “Hui Gen, row the boat and get out of here.”

“Ruoyue, Chengxin, you go back to the cabin.” Everyone looked at me in bewilderment, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction in their expressions. Hui Gen’er said to me inexplicably, “Brother, do you know this rosary? It was the first thing Master gave me. It…”

Chengyi, I have finally had this moment of relaxation after so many years. Why do you want to leave so soon? Don’t you want to see us relax?

“Third brother, why do you always tell me to hide behind you and stay far away whenever there is danger? When we were young, didn’t we walk side by side? So, I don’t want to. I want to stand in the same position as you…”

“Chengyi, I…”

Everyone started talking at the same time, talking about the deepest emotions in their hearts, and the reasons why they wanted to relax and be decadent because of these emotions!

Amazing! These were the only three words that came to my mind. If I wasn’t so sensitive to purple things and if I didn’t have a natural intuition, I think I would have fallen into this mood as well.

Seeing Hui Gen’s expression, I knew I couldn’t count on him, so I simply picked up the oar and began rowing clumsily. But then something shocking happened. No matter how hard I tried, the boat didn’t move at all. It was as if it was fixed here, gently swaying with the waves.

What should I do? My mind was racing, and I began to think of various ways. The most urgent task was to wake everyone up, wasn’t it? Looking at the situation on the boat, I suddenly felt so lonely. It turned out that the feeling of being the only one awake while everyone else was drunk was so unpleasant!

“Chen, I think something’s wrong,” I said to myself, feeling confused and sad. Then a timid voice echoed in the cabin. I turned around and saw Tao Bai. I was so happy to see that there was someone else who was as sober as I was. It was Tao Bai, that amazing kid.

I looked at Tao Bai, but before I could say anything, he continued to speak. He was afraid that I wouldn’t believe him, so he said to me, “Brother Chen, something is really wrong. I know that Brother Lushan has always been a very positive person, even in desperate situations. But just now, he kept telling me that he was tired and wanted to rest here, to live in seclusion. He asked me if I wanted to be with him and simply say goodbye to the troubles of the world together. This is not something Brother Lushan would say.”

I looked at Tao Bai in amazement. He turned out to be absolutely sober and had such judgment. It seems that the secret in him… I didn’t think any further, but said, “I believe you. I think that everyone on this ship, except for you and me, has been taken advantage of without knowing it. I’m trying to wake everyone up! What’s worse, it seems that we’ve been trapped, and the ship can’t move here either.”

At this moment, I realized how happy it was to find someone to talk to, so I couldn’t help but talk to Tao Bai, who was awake.

Faced with my helplessness, Tao Bai suddenly hesitated and said shyly to me, “I know that Brother Chen is a Taoist, and I may be able to help with this matter. When I was very young, I knew that I had a secret. Someone once told me that my blood could dispel all evil and illusions, but I didn’t know how to do it.”

After saying this, Tao Bai lowered his head again, as if he was afraid of saying the wrong thing. I, on the other hand, was ecstatic. Blood that dispels all evil and illusions! Why didn’t I think of this? Didn’t I once guess in the ghostly fog that Tao Bai was a pure yang body?

If he really is a pure yang body, then it is no exaggeration to say that his blood has this effect!

“That’s good! We’re saved!” I said loudly, and then I took out the yellow cloth bag I had with me from the cabin and took out a stack of yellow talismans from the bag.