Chapter 462

Yu Nian appears. Li Qingying hasn't appeared yet.

Her body heavily fell back onto the bed, her eyelids fluttered open then closed.

Her eyes had been scorched, still unable to adapt to the light.

Her ears had been reshaped, but the time was too short, function not yet restored.

Even her tongue was still not nimble, she could not speak, but at least she could make a sound.

Most importantly, she had regained consciousness.

The three of us remain unnamed.

Then they carefully helped her change clothes, wipe her body, change the bedding.

While we did these, she kept her eyes open, staring at us, her gaze clear, as if she had thousands of words to say to us.

Li Qingying, Tang Tang, and Yu Nian.

Li Qingying indeed had some cultivation foundation, could still endure; Tang Tang had lost a lot of weight, her eyes red and swollen.

She was so optimistic, but lately for Yu Nian she didn't know how much she had cried.

Now seeing Yu Nian finally come back to life, the breath she had been holding suddenly released, and this sleep was as dark as night.

Li Qingying also thoughtfully cooked a medicinal concoction to help Tang Tang replenish her qi and blood.

I kept vigil by Yu Nian's bedside, holding her hand, writing characters on her palm, telling her it was alright, letting her rest well.

Li Qingying, Bai Family Medical Clinic, Bai Shulan, and Yu Nian.

Bai Shulan.

Bái Sōnglán cautioned that Yu Nian temporarily could not eat, even drinking water needed to be controlled.

Only after she could get out of bed and move on her own could she start eating liquid food.

Yu Nian was spiritually weak, soon fell asleep again.

All day, the total time she was awake did not exceed two hours.

Tang Xun.

Tang Xun.

Tang Xun first went to see Yu Nian, then chatted a while with Tang Tang, after which the two of us went alone to my room, sat down and talked slowly.

I first told her everything about Yu Nian.

After Tang Xun finished listening, he let out a long sigh and said: 'This time I returned to Hu Shan, interrogated and found out many things; Yu Nian was not betrayed, risking herself was her own decision.'

This answer surprised me, yet it was also very reasonable.

I asked for details, but Tang Xun told me not to rush, she would explain from the beginning: 'The Seven Halls Yama does not reside in the Nether Realm, nor in his own palace, because the special environment of Hu Shan is conducive to his recuperation.'

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"He also always felt his memories had been altered." Tang Xun said, "And his condition is worse than yours; as time passes, the bits and pieces of his past in his mind gradually become blurred and confused, even selectively forgotten, while some memories are repeatedly reinforced under certain circumstances, impossible to shake off."

This illness made him unable to work at all; initially he could not even maintain basic life, until he moved to Hu Shan did his condition improve; before I went to Hu Shan to gather netherworld herbs, he had already gone a long time without an episode.

Saying this, Tang Xun paused, then self-reproached: 'His recent flare-ups are all because of me; I frequently leave Hu Shan, occasionally expending inner strength to sustain my life—these are all triggers of his illness… yet I still misunderstood him, hitting and scolding him, even wanting to kill him…'

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He can't remember much, but he always remembers me. Tang Xun said, "Xiao Jiu isn't a bad person; he just speaks clumsily." So Xiao Jiu appears.

I immediately nodded in agreement: 'So regarding the matter of him betraying our senior sister, we have always held a reserved attitude; we do not believe he is a wicked person.'

Tang Xun felt somewhat moved, she continued: 'After I hid Yu Nian in Hu Shan, it was Yu Nian herself who went to find the Seven Halls Yama, asking him to cooperate in acting out a play; not long after, the Seven Halls Yama began to have flare-ups, but since he was in Hu Shan, he could still, through some… self-harming means, keep himself clear-headed; he went along with the plan and pushed Yu Nian out.'

Indeed, the senior sister's temper is like that.

Tang Xun, Yu Nian, and Huicheng.

Tang Xun wanted to give Yu Nian the best protection, but Yu Nian understood that excessive protection might save her life but could not solve the problem of Huicheng.

She never liked to trouble others, so she probably does not want to continue burdening Tang Xun.

Thus, she approached the Seven Halls Yama and took Tang Xun out.

Over these years, Yu Nian first stared at the Chaos evil formation, then locked her gaze on Wangting Mountain, and finally discovered the stitching monster; she walked into the trap, choosing to become the new stitching monster, all to guide us.

She wants to help us uncover the secret of the stitching monster experiment.

That is to say, she is waiting for the experiment on the fifteenth of next month.

But unexpectedly, problems arose midway; Second Master Liu died, she was pushed out as a hostage, and ended up staying at the Wufu Town Pawnshop.

All we can say is that man proposes and heaven disposes; even Heaven couldn't bear to watch and wanted to help Yu Nian.

I couldn't help but sigh, then turned and asked: "Auntie, what is the repeatedly strengthened memory of the Seven Halls Yama? Did he tell you?"

"He said." Tang Xun said, "He said it was an extremely bloody scene; he killed a very strange person and personally chopped off his head."

I was startled at once; it turned out he too had been implanted with this memory.

I hurriedly asked: "Then did he say whether his memory also includes my appearance?"

This time it was Tang Xun's turn to be surprised: "You? No, he didn't mention you."

I thought for a moment and rephrased: "Or did he mention Feng Wu Jiu, Little Wu, or Phoenix Civet Slave, or something like that?"

Tang Xun still shook her head: "No, his memory only contains him killing many people and personally chopping off a person's head."

Thus, the Seven Halls Yama was framed first, I came after; his memory lacks me, but my memory contains him.

This paradox better shows that our bloody memory is problematic.

"He said he followed the scene appearing in that memory for a long time, hoping to find the incident site within the Three Realms and Six Paths wherever he could reach, but he still hasn't found it."

"That place is hard to find." I said, "It lies within a barrier space, possibly belonging neither to the yang realm nor the yin realm, and the full name of the incident site is Chenghuang Temple Heaven and Earth Pawnshop Yin Dang Hang; speaking of which, it counts as the upper level of the Wufu Town Pawnshop."

Tang Xun frowned: "Chenghuang Temple Heaven and Earth Pawnshop? Since it has that prefix, it should belong to the Chenghuang Temple."

I shook my head: "I'm not sure either; perhaps it's not a subordinate relationship, but rather because it is adjacent to the Chenghuang Temple……"