Chapter 161

Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't know who he was, at least, the current Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't know.

But the boy could obtain an extremely strong sense of familiarity from the blurry figure in front of him; it seemed he had once lived with him day and night.

But searching through the corners of his memory, he was always unable to search for any traces related to him.

The boy took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He was now certain of one thing:

He should have amnesia.

The "brain fog" overwriting of memory can provide more operational space for the dream; it is a shackle that traps you before it can punish you.

Normally speaking, combined with the conditions the Dream Ghost currently possessed, the "brain fog" created by the dream it built was almost unsolvable.

Li Li Zhuiyuan's advantage lay in the fact that he wouldn't become depressed or numb in punishment, but would actively overcome and adapt.

This kind of opponent required the Dream Ghost to spend more energy to deal with.

But in reality, if he could see this blurry person in this dream every time, the impact formed would be enough to pry open the brain fog shackle.

Even if it was only prying open a slight crack, with the boy's intelligence, he could quickly analyze and calculate, deduce more things, and thus break free from the entire set of shackles.

After realizing he had amnesia, Li Li Zhuiyuan stood there and began to think.

He began to re-examine the world he was in, the people and things here.

His mother, the old man on the pirate ship, the girl in the bumper car venue, the four scenes in the haunted house that could trigger his inner touch—what symbolic meanings did they actually possess?

When self-cognition began to appear, the dream no longer had perfect immersion; when self-cognition was strong enough, it was the beginning of the dream's collapse.

Many times before, every time he reached this stage, the Dream Ghost would pull Li Li Zhuiyuan out of this dream and then "send" him in.

This is its successful path dependency; no matter how tough a troublemaker is, if you throw them in to suffer a few more times, their sharp edges will slowly be smoothed out.

This was also the reason why Li Li Zhuiyuan could clearly perceive the "brain fog" gradually forming and his memory being gradually overwritten when he entered the amusement park earlier.

The set of shackles on his body was constantly being put on and constantly being pried open; after many times... the shackles naturally loosened.

The person sitting on the chair lowered his head, looked at the boy, and said:

"You've started again."

Li Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes with difficulty, and while continuing high-intensity thinking, asked:

"Can you help me stop it?"

"Tsk."

That blurry figure let out a clicking sound. Every time he took the initiative to speak to the boy, the boy could extract content from his tone and content, asking different questions.

First time asking: Who are you.

Second time asking: Where is this?

Third time asking: Am I dreaming?

By this time, he directly requested that he take action.

The figure knew what stage the boy was in; his dream memories weren't connected, and every time he saw him, it was the first time, yet he truly just relied on his words to perform superposition analysis.

This boy was defaulting to what the past him, who had been through so many times, had responded.

This thinking was actually so rational.

However, this boy was about to disappear soon.

Just like many times before, the boy would disappear immediately upon enlightenment, and then after a while, he would walk in front of him again.

But next, the boy's action made the figure subconsciously sit up a bit straighter.

"Bang!"

The boy slapped his forehead forcefully and then shook his head.

Others did this to force themselves to wake up; the boy did this to interrupt his own clarity.

He interrupted his own thinking, no longer analyzing the current environment, forcibly maintaining the immersion of staying here.

Hard to be confused.

"Hehehe..."

The figure let out a laugh; he felt this child was becoming interesting.

Li Li Zhuiyuan began to take deep breaths; he forced his thinking not to continue to diverge, letting his brain turn as slowly as possible, not thinking too much.

The boy turned his head to look at the blurry figure again and asked:

"What should we do next?"

The strong sense of familiarity made Li Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously treat the other party as his own person.

The figure asked back: "Why is it 'we'?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "I don't know."

Figure: "I don't know you."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "I don't remember you either."

Figure: "So, what relationship do we have?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "We, should have a relationship."

Figure: "Child, don't just recognize relatives casually."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't you plan to do something?"

Figure: "Do you think I need to do something?"

"For example, leave here."

"Oh?"

"You don't seem to like appearing here yourself."

"Not really."

Li Li Zhuiyuan asked again: "Then what you don't like is: that you can actually appear here?"

"Tsk."

This was the second time the figure let out a clicking sound.

A child whose memory was overwritten could actually be so smart.

Most people in this world, when looking back at themselves when they were small, would have a feeling of being stupidly cute.

Figure: "How old are you?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand: "I can't think about this matter now."

If he thought about it, he would disappear, and then see this blurry figure again, everything starting from scratch.

The figure reached out and touched his face; this question actually didn't have much level, because no matter how old this child really was, even if he was an old man in reality, it still couldn't change the fact that he was extremely smart when he was a child.

Li Li Zhuiyuan asked again: "Why don't you hope you can appear here?"

Figure: "Why do you think I would tell you?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "If you didn't want to chat, you wouldn't have taken the initiative to speak just now."

Figure: "Hmm... I originally thought I was already dead, but being able to appear here proves I'm not dead yet."

"You're not dead?"

"Why, do you think I should feel happy about this?"

"No..." Li Li Zhuiyuan reached out and covered his chest, "I feel sad about this."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know, but it seems, if you died, it should be a very happy thing."

"Indeed, for me."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "No, for me."

The figure fell silent.

Li Li Zhuiyuan continued: "Why didn't you die?"

"Hmm?"

"What's wrong with you, why didn't you die, why didn't you go and die properly? You should die!"

The figure lowered his head, carefully examining the boy.

The boy's loss and regret didn't seem fake.

But it was hard to imagine that a little guy who didn't even have complete memory was currently feeling sad for him still being alive, and it was from the bottom of his heart.

Figure: "Sorry, let you down."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "I should be the one sorry, cursing you for no reason, hoping you die."

Figure shook his head: "No, this is a blessing."

Subsequently, one big and one small, one clear and one blurry, two people, fell into silence with each other.

This time, the one who took the initiative to break the silence was the figure; he asked:

"What is your surname?"

"Li, my name is Li Li Zhuiyuan. But I'm not sure if my name here is accurate."

"Oh, surname Li."

"Are you worried about something?"

"No." The figure waved his hand, "Because I never left any descendants at all; I'm very sure."

"Very inexplicable?"

"If you have lived long enough, or the time you have existed is long enough, similar inexplicable thoughts, you will also have."

"Living too long is also meaningless; it washes away the beautiful memories of the past until they are bland."

"Agreed." The figure smiled and said, "Hehe, it seems your real age should be quite old; if not eighty, you should be seventy."

"Should be." Li Li Zhuiyuan knocked on his forehead again, interrupting the instinctive thinking process, "I also feel that when chatting with you, there is a strange feeling; as you said, I should be very old to have resonance with you."

"Actually, no matter how old you are, in my eyes, you are just a little guy."

"Why?"

"In this world, it's not that there aren't those who have existed longer than me, but even those who are the same age as me or even many generations younger than me shouldn't be like you are now, being stranded here."

"Oh, a very novel line of thinking; how long have you lived?"

"No way to measure; can you give me an accurate calendar year?"

"Sorry, I can't." Li Li Zhuiyuan spread his hands, looking at his tender and clean palms, "As you can see, such an old person like me has turned into a child."

"Hmm. But let's put it this way, in the vast majority of my life, I have been thinking about how to die."

Li Li Zhuiyuan continued to look at his hands: "But I seem to want to continue living."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure, I just seem to hope you die, but I, don't have thoughts of suicide; I should still want to live quite a bit."

"Little guy, you actually paved the way for so long for this sentence?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Help me."

"Why do you think that I, who refused to help you at the beginning, would change my mind and choose to help you after chatting with you for a while?"

"I don't know." Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head, "But I seem to also do this."

"Hmm?"

"If I feel it's interesting."

"Hehehehehe... Hahahahahaha."

The figure started with a normal laugh, then laughed louder and louder.

He felt that when chatting with this boy, there was a wonderful sense of comfort; others were just flattering, but this boy seemed to be constantly patting his heart.

Figure: "Okay, I'll help you."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Thank you."

The figure stood up, left the chair, pointed outside, and said: "Actually, this place should have collapsed long ago, but now, it has actually stabilized again."

"Why?"

"Because too many have come in; originally, only one needed to come in for this place to collapse, but the problem is, including me, three came in this time.

The three parties are all wary of each other, instead forming a tripartite balance.

Or rather, they are all too lazy to bother with this matter, feeling that they can't save face, and all hope that the other party will handle this place."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Sorry, I caused you to lose face."

"No matter, in the past, I did cherish my face for a period of time, afraid that my face would fall to the ground and be stepped on by others one day.

Now, it doesn't matter."

"However, what exactly did you provoke, not just that little ghost outside, right?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Are you planning to help to the end?"

Figure: "Just a matter of convenience; after I get you out, you fall in again, wouldn't I have wasted my effort?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "I shouldn't have any enemies."

Figure: "Then someone is looking for trouble?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Should be."

Figure: "Then what do you want to do?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "If possible, I still hope not to have enemies."

Figure: "It seems you are also a ruthless little old thing; your descendants, in front of you, are afraid they wouldn't even dare to breathe loudly."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "I really want to see them."

"Nothing interesting; if they were born as idiots, seeing them would be annoying, feeling they dirty the eyes."

Li Li Zhuiyuan thought about this statement, and there was actually a resonance in his heart.

He couldn't stand his children being idiots.

But upon second thought, if his children were very smart, he felt very repulsed.

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "I shouldn't have children."

"Are you sure?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Because, I don't like children."

Figure: "Me too."

Li Li Zhuiyuan looked up, looking at the figure standing in front of him, and asked:

"So, this is the reason why you saw me come many times before but didn't take the initiative to intervene?"

The figure didn't answer.

"At first, you hated me?"

The figure still didn't answer.

"Or rather, what you hate is the past you?"

The figure finally spoke this time, saying: "Stop talking, I'm already starting to feel nauseous."

"Sorry, I made you feel disgusted."

"It's okay, that was before; chatting with you feels quite good."

"After leaving here, can I continue to chat with you?"

"Shouldn't be able to chat; where I am, you won't be able to find."

"That's a pity."

"Let's get you out first."

"Okay."

The figure reached out his hand, and Li Li Zhuiyuan handed his hand over.

One big and one small, two people, holding hands, walked out of the long corridor.

Li Lan was still answering questions there.

Answering the third question, she was holding a brush, constantly drawing in the air.

Figure: "Who is she?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "My mother."

Figure: "Your mother, in your cognition, is omnipotent?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "She is just very smart."

Figure: "Leaving here, do you need to go and say hello?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Not going, it will be disgusting; she is too."

Figure: "Quite good, mother and son connected."

The figure held Li Li Zhuiyuan, walking all the way in the empty amusement park, and finally, came to the ticket gate.

"That thing, tried to change this place several times, but because I'm here, it can't change it."

"Thank you."

"No need to thank; it didn't go to change those two places, but only changed me; if it really succeeded, wouldn't I have no face?"

"I'm very curious, those two places, who are they? Do you know them?"

"Don't say, those two people, I really know them both."

Subsequently, the figure suddenly laughed again, "Hahahahahaha!"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "The punchline is, one of them is not a person, and it is also in the context of traditional culture, a thing with a lot of presence?"

Figure: "It would be great if you were born a thousand years earlier; that way, when I went everywhere to commit suicide, I would have brought you along. Even if the suicide wasn't successful, having someone to chat with wouldn't be so dull."

"I shouldn't be able to live that long."

"There are too many ways to live for a long time, but the price is becoming neither human nor turtle."

"Is that a turtle?"

"That's right. A piece of advice for you: when you are old, arrange your funeral early. Life needs death to be perfect."

"Taught."

The figure released Li Li Zhuiyuan's hand, and he walked toward the ticket gate, walking out.

On the bridge in front of the ticket booth, the Dream Ghost widened its eyes, and the candle flame in its hand began to flutter rapidly.

It had actually been waiting for that impending blow, and had simulated the operation of diverting the disaster countless times in its mind.

But unfortunately, it couldn't afford to provoke any of the three parties, but these three parties, unexpectedly, stopped there tacitly.

The feeling of waiting to be slaughtered is more painful than being slaughtered.

Now, one of them had come out.

While the Dream Ghost was terrified, it also breathed a sigh of relief.

It didn't prepare to kneel, because it knew clearly that the things it had caused, kneeling, kowtowing, and begging for mercy again would all be meaningless.

But it still knelt.

When that person appeared, right in the dream where it was the host, it knelt down.

Some existences, his gaze, even if very blurry, but as long as he really specifically notices you, then your so-called "backbone" simply cannot support your knees.

"How did you pull me into this..."

The figure had one thing unclear.

The previous him was immersed in the huge decadence of not being dead yet; now he had the leisure to explore how this little thing was able to pull him into a dream.

Moreover, it didn't just pull him, but also two others.

This was equivalent to a small landlord in a village in the countryside setting up a simple banquet, but unexpectedly inviting three royal relatives.

But before the figure finished asking this, he discovered that he was dissipating.

The first to dissipate were his feet; in just a while, he had dissipated to his waist.

He waved his hand again, and his arms also dissipated.

The figure was not only not panicked, but overjoyed.

"Hahahahahaha!"

This laughter scared the Dream Ghost kneeling on the bridge silly.

It was the creator of the dream, most skilled at creating incredible dreams, but it didn't mean that it itself liked being kneaded like this.

But when the Dream Ghost gathered its courage and looked forward again, it was astonished to find that the terrifying blurry figure had actually disappeared.

It wanted to try to modify Li Li Zhuiyuan's dream for the first time.

Unable to modify.

This dream was still in a state of being out of its control.

Then, what about pulling that boy out of the dream again?

But this time, that boy didn't awaken in the dream; it seemed it had no reason to do so.

Moreover, that big shot came out and disappeared, not doing anything to it.

The east and west sides of the bridge didn't continue to invade either.

Although it was still like sitting on a volcano, as long as the magma didn't erupt completely, it had better... do nothing.

This was its "home," but when those three came in, it, the host, could only kneel on the side.

The figure disappeared in front of Li Li Zhuiyuan, and then, the figure appeared in front of Li Li Zhuiyuan again.

He became extremely tattered, but was recovering rapidly; the missing arms and feet were growing back gradually.

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Outside, is it very dangerous?"

The previous figure's tone was very big, as if solving this matter was easy, but looking at him returning with missing arms and legs, it seemed that wasn't the case.

Figure: "Tell you a piece of good news, I'm already dead!"

An inexplicable joy rose from the bottom of Li Li Zhuiyuan's heart.

"Congratulations!"

Figure: "Same joy, same joy."

Li Li Zhuiyuan stood on the spot for a while, and then sat down.

The figure was so happy that he sang and danced; he danced for quite a while.

Although still blurry, the dance style was elegant, having a quality of a famous scholar's style.

Finally, he stopped.

"I'm dead."

"Hmm."

"I am not the real me now, because the real me is already dead, died successfully."

"I know, but now we should talk about business."

"Business is very thorny."

"Hmm?"

"Because the real me is already dead, the current me might just be a bit of the odds and ends I left in this world."

"Odds and ends?"

"I left quite a bit of this kind of thing; you know, sometimes when suicide fails, you always lose a bit of something. No wonder I always feel that not only you, but even I seem to have forgotten some things; it turns out it's like this."

"A bit complicated."

"Simply put..."

"Is it that you can't do the things you could help me with before?"

"You summarized it very accurately. If I walk out of here, I disappear."

"Then..."

"Then there's no other way, but don't be in a hurry; you can wait, wait for which side loses patience first, and wave their hand to break this place open."

"So passive."

"Indeed."

"Is there no other way?"

"I only have a shadow left now, what can I do?"

"Is there anything I can help with?"

"You?"

"Yes."

"Have you studied formations?"

"Formations? The kind of patterns and layouts often seen in scriptures and ancient tombs?"

"Think again."

"I can't think anymore; if I think more, I might have to start from scratch, but what I can be sure of is that before this age group of mine, I hadn't really come into contact with these things."

"What about the way of Feng Shui?"

"Never studied it."

"What about arts and spells?"

"Never studied them."

"Do you know any other things of the Xuan Sect?"

"Never come into contact with them."

"Then what's the point." The shadow also sat down, "No way out, wait for the movements from those two sides."

"Then you are stuck in the middle, wouldn't you become the needle that calms the sea?"

"Hmm, that's right."

Li Li Zhuiyuan changed to a kneeling posture, facing the shadow in front of him, and asked:

"I don't know any of the things you just mentioned, then, can you teach me?"

Shadow: "Learn it now?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Yeah!"

The shadow beckoned to Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Li Zhuiyuan crawled forward a few steps, leaning toward the shadow.

"Pop!"

The shadow gave Li Li Zhuiyuan a flick on the head.

"Ouch."

The shadow laughed and scolded: "Little old thing, learn it now, do you think you are me?"

"My brain is still okay."

"That's true."

"So, can't I learn it?"

"Why learn these, just wait for others to help you break the situation."

"But, I don't know how long this will take, and what if the real me doesn't have such a long time to wait?"

"Your worry is not unreasonable, but your method is not feasible."

The shadow stood up, seemingly waving a blurry sleeve, and walked back.

Li Li Zhuiyuan also stood up and followed behind him.

"What if?"

"There is no what if; even if I were in this position, I couldn't do this what if; the time is too short, this is meaningless; rest assured, those two will stalemate for a while, but one side will definitely be unable to hold back.

After all, being pulled in here is itself a very shameful and inexplicable thing."

"I want to learn."

"Do you know what I hate most in my life?"

"Teaching people?"

"Yes, that's right; every time I want to teach someone something, I have to crush it and chew it myself before cooking it into a flavor they can swallow, and then hold a spoon and feed it to them spoonful by spoonful."

"I can hold the spoon myself."

"Heh."

"Anyway, you have nothing else to do now."

"I'd rather we sit down and chat some more than hold a scripture lecture."

"I don't even know what I look like in reality; chatting with you lacks a sense of immersion."

"Didn't you chat quite well earlier? Just trying to coax me into helping you?"

"Yes."

"Even this 'yes' is just to coax me, right?"

"Yes."

"Hehe." The shadow walked into the long corridor; his gaze swept across the third desk, which was a painting that required you to complete it, "You might really have some talent."

"I said, I learn things very quickly."

"But this subject is different from learning other things; it's not the same thing at all, and you have no foundation at all right now."

"This shows that I have a lot of room for improvement."

"You are so annoying."

"I'm sorry."

The shadow's feet traced on the ground, and soon, a complex and casual pattern was outlined.

"Come, find the location of its formation eye for me."

After the shadow finished speaking, he sat back in the chair.

As soon as he sat down, he saw the boy already standing in the pattern.

The shadow stood up abruptly.

Because the position where the boy stood was exactly where the formation eye was!

Shadow: "Give me a reason."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "No reason."

Shadow: "Make one up."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Follow your feelings."

Shadow: "A very good reason; there is a type of person who is naturally close to formations."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Are you talking about me?"

Shadow: "But often this type of person finds it hard to reach the level of a true formation master."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "The professor also said that; he said that we children are too smart and haven't suffered the hardships of learning, so it's easy to be arrogant and ignore the role of the platform."

"Your professor is quite capable; in this world, 99% of people don't need to rely on talent at all; hard work is enough.

Only the small group at the tip of the tower needs to rely on talent, and those people are often even harder working than others.

Did you understand?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Understood, you are boasting about yourself."

The shadow bent down, tracing with his fingertips on the ground, and soon, a more complex formation pattern appeared.

After drawing it, the shadow clapped his hands.

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "It's incomplete."

The shadow continued clapping his hands: "That's right, I want you to complete it."

Li Li Zhuiyuan picked up a stone, squatted down, and started to complete it.

Literal completion, no thinking, no hesitation, he just drew it directly.

The shadow's clapping stopped.

Li Li Zhuiyuan stood up: "Completed, should be correct, right?"

Shadow: "Continue?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Okay."

The shadow started drawing in front, and Li Li Zhuiyuan followed behind to complete it.

At first, the two of them were in a front-and-back state in this corridor.

But drawing takes longer, while completing is fast; gradually, Li Li Zhuiyuan started to be side-by-side with the shadow.

When the shadow was drawing a formation, Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't wait for him to finish the question; he followed the shadow to finish drawing the question together.

The two of them drew from one end of the corridor to the other.

Finally,

The two people, one big and one small, straightened their backs together and clapped their hands together.

Shadow: "There's a problem."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Did I draw something wrong?"

Shadow: "You didn't draw it wrong; I mean, you have a problem."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "So, the real me has studied formations?"

Shadow: "More than that."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "The real me has a high level of attainment in formations?"

Shadow: "More than that."

"Then what?"

"The real you, no matter how high your attainment in formations is, even if it affects this place, it's impossible to see the formation I created and understand it at a glance, and be able to draw it with me!"

"Have you left behind any works?"

"I have written some books."

"Then I must have read them, so I remembered them?"

"Memories can't be brought in here; you have thoroughly understood them."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Thank you."

Shadow: "I'm sorry."

"What does this mean?"

"It means we can proceed to the next step; do you know how to walk in the Yin realm?"

"No."

"I'll teach you." As he spoke, the shadow raised his hand and flicked a finger at Li Li Zhuiyuan's forehead.

"Pop!"

Li Li Zhuiyuan started to retreat; after steadying himself, he felt very light, as if he could float up.

"Is there anything uncomfortable?" The shadow walked over.

"No."

"Can you go back?"

"End this state?"

"That's right."

Upon hearing this, Li Li Zhuiyuan raised his right hand; he didn't know why he wanted to raise his right hand, it should be some kind of habit pushing him, and then he snapped his fingers.

"Pop!"

Opening his eyes again, he was back.

The shadow was still standing in front of him.

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Is this walking in the Yin realm? Similar to the soul leaving the body recorded in strange tales?"

"Close enough." The shadow turned around and picked up a pen from the table.

"How did I do just now?"

"So-so."

As he spoke, the shadow waved his hand, and a strange and colorful scene appeared before them, with various light circles evolving alternately.

"How should I do this?"

"Try to organize it."

Li Li Zhuiyuan started following his feelings, his hands waving and adjusting continuously in front of him; soon, patterns of weather with special implications were presented before the two of them.

Shadow: "You should have used this method to teach people before, teaching people to observe Qi."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "That means the real me also has disciples?"

Shadow: "This is not a happy thing."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Indeed."

The shadow held the pen and quickly drew a black leopard in front of him; the leopard let out a roar and pounced toward Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Li Zhuiyuan started to run away.

"Why run, use spells to hit it!"

"I don't know how!"

"Continue to follow your feelings." The shadow drew another leopard, attacking from front and back.

Li Li Zhuiyuan fell to the ground and then reached out to slap the ground.

"Buzz!"

Strands of black mist shot out from under the feet of the two black leopards, and immediately, the two black leopards were steadily suppressed.

The shadow revealed a look of doubt: "What the hell?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan climbed up, pointed at them, and asked: "I actually know spells?"

Shadow: "Formations, Feng Shui, walking in the Yin realm, all of which you know, how could you not know spells? Can't a person who knows how to write poetry recognize characters?"

"If I couldn't use it just now, would you have shouted stop to them?"

"You know, I wouldn't. That's why I could stimulate your potential."

"This is very dangerous."

"You have already done more dangerous things." The shadow waved his hand, the two black leopards dissipated, leaving strands of black whip marks on the ground, "I say, how did you get involved with that place?"

"Ah?"

"I have seen his descendants, but what they use is some Twelve Dharma Gates."

"Is it the kind I just used? That family, surnamed Li?"

"Not this surname, and what you used is better than his descendants."

"Why is it like this?"

"It's not strange, but having too much connection with him is not appropriate."

"Is his temper very bad?"

"More than just bad. Let's not mention this for now, heh, don't tell me you are also fated to offend turtles?"

"I haven't raised any turtles, at least in my current memory, no."

"That turtle holds a grudge, they are all difficult characters to deal with; I didn't want to get involved with them before. Hiss, no, it shouldn't be, those two places shouldn't have anything to do with you.

It's not that you brought the three families here; it's not because of you, those two families have their own attractions."

"Attractions?"

"Bloodline, curse."

"Then are you... me?"

"I didn't think it was you at first, but now, I suspect it is you."

"Are you sure you haven't left behind any offspring?"

"No."

"Then it's not bloodline, is there a third option?"

"No."

"Doesn't that mean I was... by you..."

"Did your parents ever teach you to read fewer indecent books."

"I'm a bit confused now."

"Write down your birth date and time, I'll calculate it for you."

Li Li Zhuiyuan immediately wrote down his birth date and time; the shadow held the pen and traced on the paper, but he didn't look down, instead staring at Li Li Zhuiyuan's face.

"Whoosh!"

The paper on the table suddenly burned, and by the way, it burned to the shadow's right hand; he didn't hesitate to turn his left hand into a hand blade and cut off his right palm with a "pop."

"Ouch." The shadow looked at Li Li Zhuiyuan again, "Hehe, ouch."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Ouch, what does this mean?"

Shadow: "Little old thing, you are walking... you are on the boat."

"Is this some kind of nickname?"

"Saying it directly is unlucky.

But you are really ruthless, and you are quite determined; you really know how to play, hahaha!"

As the shadow laughed, he raised his head and looked at the sky above the amusement park.

"I still don't understand..."

The shadow lowered his head and looked at Li Li Zhuiyuan, saying word by word:

"You don't need to continue pretending to be pitiful here, and you don't need to seek any protection; this is a ditch you dug yourself, and we three are all turtles you lured here."

Li Li Zhuiyuan revealed a look of pain; he grabbed his hair hard, forcing himself not to wake up.

"No need to resist anymore." The shadow let out a sigh, "You are safe; they will be played to death by you this time."

"If I wake up, I have to start from scratch, and then I won't remember you?"

"Hmm."

"I still want to talk to you for a while."

"Is it just as simple as wanting to talk for a while?"

"Otherwise?"

"Thinking from another perspective, what I want will only be more; I believe you are the same."

The shadow said, looking at his right arm; that hand hadn't recovered, it was still broken.

"Damn it, this water is still so fierce."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "What do you think I'm still missing?"

"I'm not you."

"You just said you could think from another perspective; if you were me, what do you think is still missing?"

The shadow reached out and pointed to the east and west sides: "They are both too subtle; I would feel that it lacks excitement."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Then I should feel the same way."

The boy raised his head and looked at the shadow's face; although the other party was still blurry, they could capture each other's gaze.

Shadow: "Then, add another fire?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "You teach me."

Shadow: "Following the normal rhythm, if it goes on like this, sooner or later one will get annoyed first and raise their hand to wipe away some things, but how can this be satisfying?

You have to make one of them furious, make them lose their temper, make them spare no cost to become that knife!"

The shadow lowered his head again and looked at his right hand that he had already lost:

"How is cutting off one hand enough?

You have to cut off all four limbs, poke out the eyes, cut off the tongue, cut off the ears, gouge out the nose, and find a fresh manure pit to worship them properly."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Can it be done?"

Shadow: "Your ability is definitely not enough, but rest assured, I'm here."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "You teach, I'll do it."

Shadow: "First, choose one of two; choose which one to provoke."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "You help me choose."

Shadow: "Actually, provoking either one will bring you greater trouble in the future, but I suggest putting that turtle aside for now.

Because the other one at least looks like a person, and he is restricted and cannot leave that place.

Most importantly, I suspect that the attraction that brought him here to the other place is bloodline.

This means that his bloodline descendant is on your side.

He definitely doesn't care about whether his line ends or not, but having a descendant with you means you can at least talk later; when choosing the punishment for your own death, you can pick one that is slightly more comfortable."

"Are the consequences so serious?"

"Scared?"

"It's even more interesting."

"Tsk."

The shadow walked out of the long corridor and came to the open space outside.

"I have written some books in my spare time before, but they are all quite basic, sorry."

"Why do you keep apologizing to me?"

"Because I'm really sorry; the original intention of my writing those books might not have been so friendly; I was still a bit naive at the time."

"Then what if it were you now?"

"I would write down even greater malice."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Thank you."

"Little old thing, watch carefully; I don't know exactly how many of my books you have read, and the memory in my brain now is not complete, but I still have some things that were not left in the books.

You should look carefully, learn carefully, and understand carefully; just rote memorization is not enough.

The karma here is intricate and complicated, and those two are both here; I'm afraid that after a dream, the tide will wash away, and the memories you have here will basically be wiped out; how much you can truly learn, just like you did before, can only be the part you have thoroughly understood."

Formation patterns began to be constructed under the shadow's feet; his left arm formed spells as he waved, and his mouth spat out, transforming into weather.

These are his insights into formations, spells, and Feng Shui.

Li Li Zhuiyuan had a premonition that if he missed this opportunity, once he woke up and recovered his memory, he would inevitably feel extremely regretful.

But what teacher teaches three classes at once?

Li Li Zhuiyuan started to use one mind for three purposes.

In his memory, he hadn't tried this before, because there weren't many application scenarios, just occasionally using one mind for two purposes to cope.

But for some reason, using one mind for three purposes was unexpectedly smooth.

The formations, spells, and Feng Shui shown by the shadow seemed to have been divided into three parts by the boy himself, all revealed on the three chessboards in front of him.

The external form is no longer important; he directly records its charm with black and white chess pieces!

First thoroughly understand the core feeling, and the external branches can be slowly reversed and completed when he has time.

The shadow didn't stop, and Li Li Zhuiyuan quickly placed pieces on the three boards to keep up with the progress.

The boy even had the energy to be distracted and think about other things:

It seems that he will like playing Go very much in the future; his chess skills feel significantly higher than they are now.

At the same time, the boy also had some doubts:

What kind of difficult and complicated situation will he have to deal with in the future to use one mind for three purposes so smoothly?

Time passed slowly like this, but in the dream, the feeling of time flow is distorted.

Suddenly, Li Li Zhuiyuan let out a muffled groan and fell to the ground, with fresh blood overflowing from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

The shadow also stopped teaching.

Li Li Zhuiyuan looked up in astonishment, looked at him, and asked in confusion: "Are you trying to control me secretly?"

Just now, he sensed a special will trying to control his thinking, and here, the only ones who could be called independent individuals were himself and him.

The shadow remained silent.

Li Li Zhuiyuan continued to ask: "Why, why do you want to control me?"

The shadow let out a sigh: "Sigh, you actually even learned this."

"I learned this?"

"I said, only things that are thoroughly understood can be expressed here."

"So what?"

The shadow bent down, looked at Li Li Zhuiyuan, and asked cautiously:

"Little thing, are you sick?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan's pupils shrank.

The shadow reached out and patted Li Li Zhuiyuan's shoulder: "No wonder, I could be lured here; I was still thinking about the reason before, heh, it actually landed here."

"I don't understand what you are saying, I can't understand."

"Little thing, since you have that illness, then you are not old; your real age shouldn't be big. Perhaps, just a little bit older than you are now."

"My real age?"

"Because when drawing the formation just now, I saw that you don't have the habit of practicing martial arts; you haven't practiced martial arts yet, you shouldn't be of age yet."

"I'm not an adult yet?"

"Damn, what a beast!"

The shadow suddenly let out a roar.

This anger made Li Li Zhuiyuan feel inexplicable.

"They are still just a child, how can you be such a beast!"

"What on earth are you expressing?"

"It will definitely increase the difficulty for you, it will deliberately compete with you, it will deliberately make things difficult for you; this is not because it has emotions, nor because it has become bad, but because I have been here."

"Because... you have been here?"

"It will never allow a second me to appear."

(End of chapter)