Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 141 - 124: Yuchu’s Purpose

Chapter 141: Chapter 124: Yuchu’s Purpose

In the deep of night, when all was quiet,

a slender girl supported a man as they crossed the courtyard step by step, arriving at the main house’s doorway.

Opening the door, closing the door.

"Thud!"

A muffled sound,

the moment they entered the side room,

Xu Yuan was promptly flung onto the soft large bed by an obviously disgusted Tianyan from a distance of over a dozen meters.

Tianyan stared at Xu Yuan on the bed, who appeared thoroughly inebriated.

Xu Yuan still lay there as if he really was drunk, seemingly lost in his intoxication.

After a few moments of silence,

Xu Yuan let out a soft sigh, rubbed his shoulder that had been hit, and smiled:

"As childhood friends who have grown up relying on each other, I think you could be a little gentler."

Tianyan glanced at him and ignored his chatter, walking over and sitting down at the redwood desk in the center of the room:

"Why did you pretend to be drunk?"

Xu Yuan got up and sat beside Tianyan before replying:

"If I hadn’t pretended to be drunk, where would we have stayed tonight? We’re strangers in a strange place, without a single piece of silver on or with us."

Tianyan gave Xu Yuan a look, slightly surprised by his careful consideration, and asked:

"Alright, did you hear what they were saying just now?"

"Naturally," said Xu Yuan.

"What do you think?"

"What do I think?"

Xu Yuan grinned and said, "I think now is the time to ask what you think."

In the future, Tianyan’s identity would transform into the spirit of the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree, and now that the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree has appeared, according to historical trajectory, she would be refined into a Spirit Charm Creature.

With a dark look on her young face, Tianyan asked:

"Do you have a way to prevent it?"

"Your constitution now is different from Wang Yuchu’s back then; if this Illusionary Realm is truly like reality, it shouldn’t be your turn."

"The sacrificial transformation into a Spirit Charm Creature doesn’t depend on constitution, but on the will-spirit."

"Your will-spirit..."

"Celestial Fates Divine Soul."

"Then there’s nothing to be done, if you’re refined into a Spirit Charm Creature, I won’t have to lift a finger," Xu Yuan could not help but laugh.

Tianyan gazed at him silently with a deep look in her eyes.

After a face-off for a few moments,

Xu Yuan saluted military fashion and said with a chuckle:

"Jokes aside, given our relationship, I obviously couldn’t just stand by and watch you be turned into a Spirit Charm Creature. I will help you."

Tianyan’s voice was cold:

"Xu Changtian, don’t make it sound so pleasant. If I were transformed into a Spirit Charm Creature, you wouldn’t be able to escape either."

Xu Yuan did not argue against that.

From the chatter of the group of dandies from the previous gathering, one could tell that Jing He had not only high talent in cultivation but also on top of that, he had won the stake in the last competition among the second-generation disciples of the Sects.

If Tianyan were refined into a Spirit Charm Creature, given the life-and-death close relationship between the two, the Sects would definitely not allow such a potentially dangerous and powerful person to live.

To cut the grass, one must remove the roots.

Jing He was probably transformed into the Leech King in this way back in the day.

Beyond that, there was another issue Xu Yuan couldn’t overlook.

Ever since entering this Illusionary Realm, there was one thing he had been pondering.

The purpose behind the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree spirit creating this Illusionary Realm.

Unless one is insane, there’s always a logic behind one’s actions.

Yuchu’s final moments were lucid,

and she had him enter this self-forgetting Illusionary Realm in full awareness for a definite purpose.

Ten thousand years ago, one person turned into a cherry blossom, the other into a leech.

And Xu Yuan, aware of her and Jing He’s affairs, was made to enter the realm with clear consciousness—did she want him to change the outcome?

Yuchu, on the verge of death, wouldn’t have created such an extraordinary Illusionary Realm just to watch the past events play out again, would she?

Amidst swirling thoughts, Xu Yuan ultimately let out a soft sigh.

He really did hate enigmatic figures.

After all, hadn’t he helped Wang Yuchu fulfill a millennia-old obsession? Couldn’t she have shared more useful information before she self-destructed?

A simple "Thank you,"

A simple "Sorry,"

Who could guess what she was trying to do by pulling him into this situation?

Gathering his thoughts, Xu Yuan said softly,

"Actually, we don’t need to worry too much about this matter for the time being. Wang Yuchu became the spirit embodiment of the Enchantress Divine Sakura Tree after she became a Saintess of the Qionghua Sect, and you are currently just an ordinary second-generation disciple. We just need to find a way out before that happens."

Tianyan was slightly startled upon hearing this.

She noticed the issue in Xu Yuan’s words.

Why... did this guy know that Wang Yuchu was turned into the spirit embodiment after she became a Saintess?

After a moment of thought,

Tianyan gave Xu Yuan a deep look and, very tacitly, did not ask about this topic, instead changing the subject.

The Qionghua Sect prodigals were basically defenseless against the two of them, and as a result, they managed to extract a lot of useful information during their casual conversations.

The title of Saintess held different statuses in different Sects.

Some Saintesses were only revered in identity, some were responsible for presiding over major sacrificial ceremonies, while others were implicitly the next Sect Heir, similar to the Crown Prince in an Imperial dynasty.

The Saint Heir and Saintess of the Qionghua Sect belonged to the former category, it was merely a symbol of status. Besides receiving better treatment than other disciples, they did not possess any substantial Sect authority.

However, the position of the Saint Heir of the Qionghua Sect was currently vacant, as the last Saint Heir had died during an expedition two years ago, and it seemed that the Qionghua Sect’s upper echelons were not in a hurry to select a new Saint Heir.

So, she and he still had some time.

The two discussed their subsequent plans,

and Xu Yuan suddenly thought of something and said in a low voice,

"Tianyan, you must have noticed it."

"Noticed what?" Tianyan asked.

Xu Yuan pointed to the sundial placed in the courtyard and said softly,

"The flow of time in this Illusionary Realm is different from the outside world."

"..."

Tianyan’s eyes sharpened slightly at his words, then she came to a realization.

A very simple principle: if the Illusionary Realm synced with the real-time flow, she might already be dead.

Although she had set up the Zhen Yan "Shield" character to protect her body before she fell unconscious in reality, with her soul trapped in the Illusionary Realm, the hours that passed would have been enough for Ran Qingmo to destroy that "Shield" Zhen Yan. Moreover, she also had to consider the traitor Saint in Xu Yuan’s company...

With this thought, Tianyan’s train of thought came to an abrupt stop.

Wait a second, the traitor Saint?

Tianyan looked at Xu Yuan with astonishment in her eyes.

Noticing her gaze, Xu Yuan asked with slight surprise,

"What’s wrong?"

Tianyan didn’t speak, instead pointing to the Soul Ring on his index finger.

"......"

Silence suddenly enveloped them.

From their entrance into the Illusionary Realm to the present, both he and she had overlooked something.

Ran Qingmo wasn’t present and was far away, but the Saint’s Remnant Soul was on Xu Yuan, yet it didn’t enter the Illusionary Realm.

After a long silence, Xu Yuan ventured to ask,

"Tianyan, do you have any idea why the Saint’s Remnant Soul was not dragged into this Illusionary Realm?"

The dazzling cherry blossoms that pulled him into this Illusionary Realm clearly targeted the will-spirit. It made no sense for the Saint’s Remnant Soul, being a spirit entity, to be spared such a fate.

After contemplating for a while, Tianyan’s melodious voice held a hint of hesitation,

"If it were some other Illusionary Realm, perhaps the methods of that traitor Saint could find a way to escape, but it is practically impossible for the Enchantress Divine Tree’s Illusionary Realm, unless..."

She paused for a moment, her gaze towards Xu Yuan filled with a strange expression,

"Unless the Enchantress Divine Tree spirit willingly chose not to pull him in."

"Why?"

"How should I know why?"

"....."

The room fell silent,

with Xu Yuan and Tianyan staring at each other wordlessly.