Chapter 2907: Do You Want to Save Him?

Time slowed down, and Xu Shichu could barely move his fingers, but his thoughts still raced.

Why was the Red General so surprised?

What did Master Sun mean by that?

At first he didn't understand, but following Master Sun's words, he carefully recalled the past twenty years, and it really seemed to be the case:

Master Sun Fuling was a teacher who educated and nurtured, deeply loved by teachers and students, and never went to the front lines to fight.

The Red General was a battlefield commander who came and went like the wind, the war god of the Panlong Army, and never set foot in the academy.

As the dean of the Shuomin Academy, he met and communicated with Master Sun daily; as the strategist for Zhong Shengguang, he always attended military councils with the Red General.

But he seemed, seemed to have never actually seen the two of them appear together.

Wherever the Red General was, Master Sun Fuling was not; whenever Master Sun was present, the Red General was nowhere to be seen.

Looking back over the years, there was never an occasion when they appeared together in the same frame.

For example, three years ago, when Panlongcheng held a grand city-wide celebration, Zhong Shengguang and the Red General both came to attend, but Master Sun happened to be unwell and took leave from the academy, so he did not participate.

All these instances, upon reflection now, are countless.

One thing, Xu Shichu thought about it more and more, filled him with growing dread:

When did Master Sun Fuling first appear in Panlongcheng? He actually couldn't remember!

He was certainly older than Master Sun Fuling, but he even couldn't recall when he first saw Master Sun Fuling. Moreover, the Shuomin Academy conducted the strictest background checks on its staff. Yet Xu Shichu exhausted his sea of consciousness, and could only find one fixed impression:

Master Sun Fuling was a native of Panlongcheng, born and raised, of pure lineage, beyond doubt.

The phrase "beyond doubt" made people never suspect her. All teachers and students of the Shuomin Academy felt close to her, as if she had always been working here.

Master Sun Fuling no longer avoided the topic:

"Within one space, there cannot exist two 'egos'."

After hearing this, the Red General suddenly reached up and tore off his own mask.

This was also the first time most people present saw the Red General's true face. Unfortunately, the one who most wanted to see her unmasked, He Lingchuan, instead could not see.

Xu Shichu only wanted to cover his head.

Now looking at them, the two faces were at least seventy percent similar from outline to features, except the Red General's phoenix eyes held menace and heroic spirit, while Master Sun was fair and graceful, like spring rain.

Facing each other, they looked like a pair of twins who fundamentally should not exist.

But the Red General had worn a mask since the age of thirteen, never showing her true face, and at that time her features had not yet fully developed. A girl changes greatly at eighteen, and Xu Shichu did not know what she looked like after growing up.

Most importantly, their temperaments were utterly different, giving Xu Shichu the feeling that they were completely two different people!

This was truly not his fault. One was a tranquil teacher of the Shuomin Academy, the other was a war god of Panlong who had survived a hundred battles amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood—how could Xu Shichu possibly connect the two?

The Red General furrowed her brows, killing intent flashing: "If so, why do you appear again now?"

As soon as Master Sun appeared, the Red General felt a close connection between them.

The moment she saw Master Sun, it was as if she saw herself in a mirror. Though it was their first meeting, it felt as if they had known each other for a lifetime, able to know what the other was thinking.

She instantly knew the other was not lying.

It was precisely this familiarity that made her even more wary!

Why would there be a second "self" in the world? Why did it appear precisely at this time?

What kind of time-space is she currently in, and who is secretly scheming against her and Panlongcheng?

Master Sun Fuling smiled faintly: "Because, our mission is already completed, and we will no longer interfere with each other."

The Red General's eyes revealed killing intent: "Your mission? Is it again the plot of the Lingxu Saint Venerable?"

Master Sun Fuling remained calm: "You know in your heart, my appearance has nothing to do with the heavenly demons, only with the Dragon God. You remember, the Great Square Vessel has always been striving to merge into the mundane world, right?"

The Red General's expression shifted. Dragon God, Great Square Vessel—these are the deepest secrets of Panlongcheng, which heavenly demons should not know. Master Sun Fuling spoke correctly; when she appeared before the Red General, the Red General felt only shock and instinctive vigilance, but no true killing intent.

Deep in her subconscious, she seemed to have faintly touched upon a hint of truth.

Master Sun Fuling no longer spoke of the Great Square Vessel, but merely pointed to He Lingchuan:

"The focus now is him. Do you want to save him or not?"

Nonsense! The Red General told her with her eyes, of course she wanted to!

Thus Master Sun Fuling took something from her bosom and extended it before the Red General: "The Great Square Vessel and Panlongcheng are about to be reborn, but for the Tiger Wing General, the final link of fate remains unfastened. Time is urgent, you should……we should do our utmost to help him."

It was a purple gemstone the size of an olive, nearly transparent under the bright sunlight.

If He Lingchuan were still awake, he would surely recognize it at a glance: this is the Dream Cocoon of the Goddess of Illusory Music.

After the Goddess of Illusory Music was captured by the chaos of the Great Square Vessel, she left a Dream Cocoon in both the Red Sea and reality. The one in reality was taken by He Lingchuan as a great tonic and eaten, while the one in the Red Sea was personally taken by the chaos, not allowing He Lingchuan to touch it.

Now, it appears in Master Sun Fuling's hand.

"Dream Cocoon of the Goddess of Illusory Music?" The Red General had also killed the Goddess of Illusory Music in this world and destroyed the cocoons she left behind.

"Time waits for no one." Master Sun Fuling urged, "Hold it, and you will know what to do."

She lowered her gaze to He Lingchuan, and in her pupils reflected surging black flames.

Yes, she could also see the karmic fire, this flame devouring He Lingchuan.

Concerning the Tiger Wing, the Red General no longer hesitated, reached out and took the Dream Cocoon. Toward this "self" before her, she felt no rejection in her heart.

However, in this process, she inevitably touched Master Sun Fuling's palm.

This should have been unintentional, but Master Sun Fuling flipped her palm and seized her wrist!

This move was so swift as to be without equal, so fast that even the Red General did not react in time.

She gasped in surprise, uttering only a "you" before the Master Sun Fuling ahead vanished.

And in the view of Xu Shichu and others, the moment the two made contact, Master Sun Fuling transformed into a red light and merged with the Red General into one!

The force was so strong it knocked the Red General backward into a reclining position.

Master Sun Fuling disappeared, leaving only the Red General frozen in place, as if turned into a stone statue.

Endless memories surged in—new and old, joyful and sorrowful, comforting and regretful—instantly exploding in her mind.

The truth that exploded was like the noon sun, piercing through all the mist before her eyes.

More than two hundred years of time flashed back in her mind!

It turned out they were not in the real world;

It turned out the true Panlongcheng had long been destroyed, and no one here had survived.

It turned out Zhong Shengguang's and her resolve to fight the heavenly demons could not withstand the cruelty of reality—

Though grand and passionate, failure is still failure.