Chapter 45: Soul Hall Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan

Su Lin took out a small black box, let out a long breath—seemed it was time to sort out his odds and ends… his collection.

Things like this system-points related stuff should just be put in the system space….

"What you just said you found, you mean…."

Lu Mingfei's trembling finger pointed at the wooden box in Su Lin's hand.

Su Lin flipped open the lid; inside lay a transparent bead. Pinching it between thumb and forefinger, he tossed the box casually onto the ground.

"If I don't have a phone booth."

"Dayan Pearl: Yu Yingzhao, I'll lend it to you, trash Mingfei."

Gulp—

Lu Mingfei swallowed a mouthful of saliva; his heart's blood flow sped up, thud-thud-thud pounding away.

"Can this thing, like the If Phone Booth, create a beautiful Parallel World?"

"Like, are you eating a peach?" Su Lin said without the slightest courtesy.

"Phew, gave me a fright." Ye Fan, hearing this, took another slurp of hot soup; spiritual energy traveled down his esophagus into his stomach, and a warm power spread through the meridians of his whole body.

Lu Mingfei took the transparent bead, peered at it, and couldn't make out anything special.

"What's this bead do?"

"Lets you observe Parallel Worlds."

Su Lin ladled himself a bowl of hot soup and slowly blew on it twice. With a cultivator's constitution he naturally wouldn't be scalded—it was just a subconscious bodily motion.

When Su Lin looked up, he found the bead in Lu Mingfei's hand had already ended up in Ye Fan's.

"Xiaolu, bro's afraid you can't handle it, let me test the waters for you first." Ye Fan clamped one hand over Lu Mingfei's mouth, while with the other he spoke as he brought his eyeball up to align with the Dayan Pearl.

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan grabbed Ye Fan's hand with one hand.

"Hold on." Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan, righteous and solemn, had somehow already arrived at Ye Fan's side without anyone knowing when.

"Cutting in line."

The moment Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan finished speaking, the Dayan Pearl in Ye Fan's hand was already in his own.

"You bastard!"

"Old Su, how do you use this thing?" Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan shouted.

"Grip it in your palm, feed in a bit of power."

"Got it."

The Dayan Pearl in Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's hand instantly shot out a beam of light that pierced through flesh.

Multi-colored energy burst forth from Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's palm; the dazzling power scattered and flew through the air, then gathered back into one spot.

"That's external-projection mode." Su Lin snickered. Under normal conditions you only need to hold it in your hand to receive information from Parallel Worlds; feeding in energy activates the external playback mode.

"Where the heck do you even get all this stuff?" Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan stared dumbfounded at the scene: "Would you trade your golden finger for the old grandpa in my ring?"

"Unfilial disciple!"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's head took a slap and he nearly failed to stay steady on his feet.

"Ouch, teacher, you've got the wrong idea." Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan hurriedly covered his head: "With so many old grandpas, I didn't say it was you."

In the span of a few seconds, a scene appeared in the sky before everyone's eyes.

Amid a skyful of yellow sand, a figure draped in a black cloak was stepping forward one pace at a time.

"That's the me from the Parallel World?" Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's face was full of curiosity—wondering what his Parallel-World self looked like. Was it the same as the story described in the book? Then what part had it reached, the Black Horn Region?

An old man in a white brocade robe flew over with a pair of wings on his back, blocking Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's path.

It was actually a Dou Wang-level powerhouse.

"Yun Leng, you old dog!"

His Parallel-World self was actually this unlucky—had his movements been discovered?

"Protector my lord."

Yun Leng retracted his Dou Qi wings and bowed respectfully to the Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan before him.

"By order of Sect Leader Yunshan, I have come to assist Protector my lord in subduing a Heavenly Flame."

"Hehehehe…." Cloaked Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan laughed in a low voice: "You think this one needs your help?"

"This… I wouldn't dare." Yun Leng lowered his head a few more degrees, his submission and reverence utterly undisguised.

"…."

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan watched this scene, and countless alpacas galloped through his heart.

Han Li quipped: "This is, Soul Hall Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan?"

"Weigong Shilang, that person looks like a villain." Dada Liya tugged at Emiya Shirou's sleeve.

"…."

"Hehehehe." Ye Fan let out a strange laugh, an uncanny imitation: "Protector Xiao, what great authority."

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan was silent for two seconds; with a thought, the scene shifted again.

This time it was in a bamboo grove, Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan holding a girl's hand as they strolled through it.

"Leaving this time, I don't know how long it'll be before I can come back." Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's tone was low: "Little Doctor Fairy, do you really not mind that in my heart I still love another girl?"

Little Doctor Fairy said nothing, and embraced…

"Just at the exciting part and you cut it off, why? Keep going!" Lu Mingfei grumbled.

The scene flickered and shifted again.

"Hehehehe."

Cut again.

"For thirty years the river's east…."

Cut!

"Yun Zhi, I…"

Change it!

Beneath a waterfall, the Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan in the image was letting the current slam against his body, his sturdy muscles on full display for all to see.

A thin layer of battle qi armor coated his body.

"Huff…."

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan let out a breath of relief — finally, things were back to normal.

Doesn't the Parallel World version of me have anything more reliable to show?

The Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan in the image sat with his eyes closed, resting; all around him birds sang and flowers bloomed, nature in harmonious coexistence.

"Switch the channel, this one's boring." Su Lin said with a teasing grin.

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's face darkened. The novelty had worn off too — the Parallel World version of him wasn't anything worth watching, and he'd even aired all that stuff about him.

No worries, it's the Parallel World anyway, none of his business.

Mm, as long as my face is thick enough, what does it have to do with me, this world's Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan?

"Then what do you think looks good?"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's voice rang out.

Hm?

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan froze. He hadn't said anything, had he?

He snapped his head up.

The scenery in the image gradually faded to grey-white, with only the projected Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan still in color.

Then one Heavenly Flame, two Heavenly Flames… countless different Heaven and Earth Flames bloomed all around the other Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan like a galaxy of stars circling the moon.

Everything had changed — no waterfall, no nature, no youth in the middle of cultivating.

Golden clouds hung in the high vault of heaven; a towering figure stood amid auspicious signs, the surging, violent spiritual power almost visible to the naked eye, transforming into a stream of molten light that fell Xu Xu.

"Little brother, you still haven't answered me — what good thing do you want to see?" the towering figure asked, his voice gentle and calm.

"…." Su Lin didn't need to guess — this was the future Lord of the Endless Fire Domain, the Great Lord Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan….

I'm done for…

Even across worlds and time, he could feel the oppressive pressure of that higher-dimensional life — perfect, flawless.

That shouldn't be…

"I want to see how comfortable Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's three years were, how exciting his romantic life was."

You think I'd back down?

Please — I'm super brave!

The Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan in the image's face changed abruptly; he truly hadn't expected Su Lin to be this bold, his wide eyes looking as if he'd seen something utterly terrifying.

The next second, the person vanished from the image.

The picture the Dayan Pearl displayed was like an old TV with bad signal.

After a while.

The future Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan reappeared in the image, his eyelid twitching slightly, and said with a forced smile:

"What romantic life? Just a bitter-cultivating youth, right?"