Chapter 687: Dream

It was late after the duel between You Xuan and Ma Like. He had traveled a long distance with Ishizu to Egypt today and hadn't had time to settle in. Ishizu decided to take him for a dinner first tonight, as a gesture of hospitality, and then ordered someone to take him to his resting place, with further discussion to be held tomorrow.

This was You Xuan's first time in Egypt. He had always heard that Egypt had the reputation of being the birthplace of Duel Monsters, and it was said that there were more ruins here than in all the rest of the world combined. Since he had made the trip, even if he were just here for sightseeing, he should go around and see the various ruins. What if he had a flash of inspiration at some ruin and received a spirit vision that allowed him to print a new set of cards?

But that was a matter for later.

After rushing around all day and having a friendly spar with Mr. Ma, You Xuan was indeed a bit tired. After returning to the hotel and washing up, he fell into a deep sleep within a minute of hitting the bed.

He didn't know how long he had been sleeping. In his hazy state, You Xuan felt as if his body were riding the clouds and mist, as if he were being lifted by an invisible force and flying in the air.

He drifted with the current, vaguely following the clouds and mist, until he suddenly felt someone tugging at the corner of his clothes from behind.

You Xuan turned his head hazily and saw a cold, silver-haired beauty following behind him, dressed in white magic robes, her slender, jade-like legs appearing and disappearing between the fluttering hem of her robe.

The Silent Magician reached out her small hand to stroke his face, then made several gestures in succession.

At first, You Xuan felt dizzy in his head, but after staring at Silent for a moment, his mind quickly cleared.

"Silent?"

You Xuan shook his head, and the slight sense of chaos from before was now completely shaken from his mind. He woke up, looked around, and frowned, "I remember arriving in Egypt, dueling Ma Like, and coming back to rest after dinner.

Where is this place?"

Silent made another gesture in front of him. You Xuan suddenly realized and nodded, "Oh, right. I'm dreaming, this is in my dream."

Silent nodded repeatedly.

"Wait, since it's a dream, then you're also something I dreamed up?"

You Xuan found it strange and reached out to pinch Silent's small face. It felt smooth, cool, and soft to the touch. If this were a dream, the sensation was indeed realistic enough.

Silent's cheeks flushed slightly, but she didn't avoid him, only indicating to him that it wasn't so, she was real.

"You can even come into my dream?" You Xuan praised, "As expected of a top-tier mage, your methods are truly impressive."

Being praised by her master, Silent showed a look of pride. But she immediately signaled to her master that he should be careful, as there might be others in the dream tonight.

Before You Xuan could ask any further, someone nearby laughed, "Silent Magician, that's your spirit, right? To be able to meet in a dream, you are also a man with an extraordinary bond with spirits."

You Xuan followed the voice and looked, only to see a figure standing in the darkness. The person was very tall and lean, but as he walked closer, one could see that the lean arms and body were filled with well-trained muscles.

The upper half of his face was strangely obscured by shadows, but within the shadows, one could vaguely see a very striking, explosive hairstyle—red, yellow, and black, like a signature starfish-shaped hairstyle.

At this point, You Xuan had to admit that he was indeed shocked.

"Mr. Wu Teng Yugi?"

The person in front of him was undoubtedly Wu Teng Yugi.

The supreme peak of the Duel Realm, a legend considered in the anime to have never been surpassed even in later generations. After defeating the Pharaoh in the Ceremonial Battle, he became a god, and two years later, he successively defeated Kaiba Lairen, who had received a massive boost from the Blue-Eyes deck, and the Blue God, who possessed dimensional power, further cementing his unshakable status as the King of Games.

However, after that battle, it seemed no one had seen Wu Teng Yugi in public tournaments again. Two or three years later, news spread in the Duel Realm that the first King of Games had retired and sealed his cards. But by then, Yugi had not appeared in public or released any news.

In the plot You Xuan learned through the anime, he only knew that at the beginning of GX, Yugi encountered Yucheng Shidai by chance and gave him the Winged Kuriboh spirit, which drove the development of the entire GX story.

Finally, at the end of the anime, he appeared again before the twenty-year-old Shidai, whose card skills and spirit power had already matured, and sent that Shidai back in time to duel his past self, helping Shidai find what he had lost during his growth.

And at this very moment, this King who had entered retirement appeared before him, and in his own dream at that. Yugi smiled, "It's Fujiki You Xuan, right? I've heard some things about you. Come to think of it, we can be considered to have a bit of fate."

You Xuan didn't know what he was referring to at first. But You Xuan soon felt a heat in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw a burst of golden light gathering, forming an inverted triangle shape on his chest, and he suddenly understood.

It was that mini version of the Millennium Puzzle, the Seal Vessel. The divine artifact that had played a huge role in fighting the Orichalcos snake earlier.

You Xuan said, "Thanks to Mr. Yugi's help, I was able to defeat the Evil God without danger at that time."

Yugi shook his head with a smile.

"It wasn't me who helped you. If I had to say, on one hand, it was your own strength, and on the other, it was fate."

"Just like how you are now caught in the center of the Three Evil Gods' vortex because of that guardian spirit, to some extent, it is also the choice of fate."

You Xuan said jokingly, "I thought Mr. Yugi would be the kind of duelist who doesn't believe in fatalism."

Yugi smiled slightly and said, "Powerful duelists determine their own fate, and in the two years at the Duel Academy, you have long since grown into a strong person with that power."

"I think Ma Like must have deeply realized this point as well."

(Author's note: Read every word without missing any!)

So he also knew about the duel between You Xuan and Ma Like this evening.

You Xuan suddenly felt strange in his heart. At that time, he and Ma Like were dueling in that remote underground, and there was no one around. The matter had just happened today, and Yugi knew it now; could it be that he was actually peeping nearby at that time?

But You Xuan considered his perception to be quite sharp now, not to mention that he often had powerful spirits around him keeping watch. Generally speaking, anyone approaching nearby should have been perceived to some extent, but he hadn't sensed anyone lurking nearby at all during the duel.

Could it be that Yugi's strength had truly reached the level of being god-like in all aspects, to the point where even lurking in the dark was difficult to detect?

You Xuan asked, "Then Mr. Yugi, did you also come here to fight against the Three Evil Gods?"

Yugi shook his head and said.

"My era has passed, and my story has ended. The world always needs new duelists—every world needs them."

You Xuan instinctively felt that he seemed to be implying something.

"What you said today is actually quite good. As a duelist, tactics, consciousness, the accumulation of knowledge, and the intuition for using cards are all very important."

"But besides that, there are even more precious things—some things that are invisible, yet truly exist."

Only when he said this did his expression dim slightly.

"The longer the time passes, the more deeply I can realize it. Because of this, this card was born"

Then he raised his hand toward You Xuan and pointed lightly.

You Xuan noticed that his card case had burst into golden light at some point. He felt slightly surprised, flipped open the card case, and took out a card, only to feel that the card face was filled with ten thousand zhang of golden light, making it difficult to see clearly for a moment.

Is this a card given in a dream?

You Xuan was even more convinced that after losing the Millennium Puzzle, Wu Teng Yugi had not only not turned into an ordinary person over these years, but had instead advanced to a god-like realm through some unknown path.

"Mr. Yugi, what is this card?"

He looked up, wanting to ask something more, but found that in the short moment he had looked down at the card, the person in front of him had already disappeared without a trace.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 688 =====