Chapter 257: Breaking the shackles of yesterday, only then to know the true self of today

The woman flashed and teleported in front of Tang An, her body suspended and drifting, her forehead touching Tang An's.

The woman did not speak, yet her voice drifted throughout this heaven and earth.

"Who do you want to become?"

"I don't want to become anyone; I only want to be myself."

"You are just you, then what do you want to do?"

"Me? I want to pierce this sky, I want to smash this chess game! I want to strike back at everyone who has bullied me! I want to go crazy, I want to have a good time, I want to live life wantonly."

The two seemed to be in a state of high-speed rotation; Tang An's consciousness seemed clear, yet seemed lost.

At the same time, Tang An's physical body suddenly manifested a radiance.

It seemed illusory yet real, like morning glow, like sunset, like seven colors in succession, and yet like gray and unclear.

"Master." Sun Wukong and the other two also noticed Tang An's situation and all flashed into the room.

That woman's body completely merged into one with Tang An. Tang An's own consciousness seemed to fall into a deep vortex.

Beside her ear was a voice, seemingly another person, and yet seemingly herself.

"All things in heaven and earth, circulating back and forth, beginning again and again."

"The number of destiny, three parts can be fixed, seven parts are chosen by people."

"There has never been pure black and white, good and evil, loss and victory in this world."

"And in your world, you are the Heavenly Dao. All rules, the operation of the world, only your thoughts can define."

"How others view the world, what does it have to do with you?"

"Right and wrong, loss and victory, have always been personal definitions. And whether you are willing to define, how to define, is all up to you."

"The path of walking alone is not a punishment, but the essential path to forging a golden body. Treat suffering as suffering, and it is just suffering. Treat suffering as shackles, and it can only be shackles."

"What you want to see, what you want to feel, what you want to do, to do or not to do, the power of control is always with you."

"Only whether you want to do it, whether you are willing to see, believe or not believe. Escaping and facing it, is also all up to you."

"Obsessed with one thought, trapped by one thought. Only by allowing everything to happen can one find transcendence."

"Floating life is but a dream, only the heart is the god, only then can one obtain eternity."

Tang An was alone in that space, clutching her head, feeling that although she was standing, she seemed to be hanging upside down. Clearly she hadn't moved, yet it felt like she was constantly spinning, so dizzy she couldn't stand steady.

"I am me, I am Tang An."

"What do I want to do? What I want to do... is quite interesting."

At this moment, everything in the space suddenly stilled.

In Tang An's eyes, it was no longer a gray, dead silence, but once again radiated the brilliance that belonged solely to her.

Just as Tang An wanted to speak again, suddenly, her body lost balance, as if falling boundlessly.

At the same time, her body, out of inertia, suddenly sat up, subconsciously reaching out to grab something to prevent herself from falling.

When she saw the scene before her clearly, she was already drenched in sweat, her clothes soaked through.

She turned her head to look at what she had grabbed; it was nothing else, but Nezha's hand.

When she raised her eyes again, she met Nezha's gaze, which was cautious yet filled with heartache.

"Master, Master." Sun Wukong hurriedly asked, "Did Master have a nightmare?"

Tang An shook her head in exhaustion, feeling her body so weak that she was trembling all over, and powerlessly fell back down.

"Damn it..."

Her sudden outburst of profanity also directly brought a god-level reversal to the atmosphere in the room.

Tang An turned her head to look at Nezha, "I want to eat meat, eat lots and lots of meat, I have no strength."

Nezha's hand at this moment trembled, almost losing control.

The moment his tears were about to burst forth, he turned his head away.

"I'll go buy it for you." He wanted to go buy it, but Tang An did not let go of his hand.

Although Tang An didn't have a shred of strength, Nezha didn't dare to use any strength either.

"Bring something to drink, preferably wine."

"No!" The voices of Sun Wukong and Yang Jian exploded like thunder.

The two of them, one was responsible for pulling away Tang An's hand, the other was responsible for admonishing Nezha.

Wukong said: "Master, your body is too weak, let's talk about drinking later, ah." His tone was really like coaxing a child.

Yang Jian very seriously warned Nezha, "You must not buy greasy meat, you can only buy porridge, or noodles, wontons and other soft, mushy things."

"If Master wants to eat meat, then just add a little shredded meat."

Nezha was a bit troubled, not knowing who to listen to for a moment.

Yang Jian gave Nezha a kick, right on his butt. "At this time, you have to listen to Second Brother."

"... Alright." Nezha looked back at Tang An, with an expression of "Next time, next time I will definitely buy it for you."

"No way?"

"Don't..."

"Sigh..."

She was hungry, she wanted to eat meat, she now wished she could swallow a cow alive.

"Xiaotian Quan~" Tang An smiled and looked at Xiaotian Quan, who hadn't reacted yet.

Xiaotian Quan's dog body shook; what, just a moment ago she was almost dying, and in the blink of an eye she's thinking about eating it?

"Big Sister!"

Jiuyue pushed the door and ran in, covered in dust from the journey, her hands tightly protecting a pot.

She ran in anxiously, originally thinking Tang An couldn't hold on anymore, and the child was almost cried to tears.

"Monkey Brother, Second Brother, I got it."

"The Jade Nectar Master gave me, saying that drinking it can ensure Big Sister's vitality does not dissipate."

Tang An looked at the fur on Jiuyue's fox ears, which were all blown to one side by the wind, and knew how much effort she had spent to beg for this thing for her.

"As expected of Big Sister's auspicious omen, you've worked hard."

"Big Sister, you're awake?" Jiuyue beamed with joy, ran to the bedside and sat down. "Big Sister, how are you? Do you feel okay?"

Tang An smiled and reached out to pinch Jiuyue's cheeks; although she had no strength, she still forced herself to keep going so that everyone wouldn't worry so much anymore.

Jiuyue laughed through her tears; heaven knows how happy she was.

"Big Sister, you scared me to death, really scared me to death." She leaned into Tang An's arms, still feeling lingering fear.

Tang An stroked her back, looking exactly like her grandmother comforting her when she was a child.

Seemingly sensing something, Tang An looked toward the doorway.

There were two more figures there, one was Pilanpo Bodhisattva, and one was the God of Wealth Zhao Gongming.

What about the Jade Emperor?

The Jade Emperor was squeezed to the back by these two, simply not allowed to show his face.

"Jiuyue, Wukong, Yang Jian. I want to speak with these two alone."

Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and Jiuyue looked at each other and nodded.

Jiuyue helped Tang An up, leaning against the bedside, and fed her a few mouthfuls of Jade Nectar, letting her recover some strength to speak.

After ensuring Tang An was settled, everyone went out, leaving the room to Tang An and Pilanpo Bodhisattva.

Pilanpo Bodhisattva nodded with gratification, smiling brightly. "It seems that you have already achieved Nirvana rebirth, and in the ruins, have built a new, smooth path."

Tang An also barely managed to pull out a smile, "I'm sorry, my emotions were too agitated before, I shouldn't have spoken harshly to you, and even more so shouldn't have been rude."

Her politeness made Pilanpo Bodhisattva immediately understand the distance that should be kept between the two, and the way of getting along.

Tang An looked at her own hands and continued: "Regardless, those feelings and help at that time could not be fake."

"You raised me to adulthood, constructed my basic cognitive world, and cultivated my tenacious character, which is what constitutes the me of today."

"What I owe you, I cannot pay back, and I cannot finish paying back."

"But... but I still want to say."

"Grandmother is grandmother, Pilanpo is Pilanpo. Pilanpo Bodhisattva is in the present, grandmother is in the future."

"One day, I will go to the future, go to the modern era, go to see my true family, and complete the things I want to complete."

"Just like Tang An is only Tang An, in your heart, she is also irreplaceable, isn't she?" ===== CHAPTER 258 =====