586: Chapter 584 Whose Memory is Flawed?

Dropping in Realm? Tasks?

Chu Xuan immediately felt that something was amiss and raised an eyebrow: "You also said I dropped in Realm during our last meeting, but in reality, I have never dropped in Realm, including this time as well..."

Before he finished speaking, the world instantly turned into a blood-red color.

"Who are you?!" Xiao Luowei's phoenix eyes flared with anger.

Fierce winds howled, heaven wept and earth cried, and a Mountain of Corpses and Sea of Blood rose and fell!

However, almost in the very next instant, these strange phenomena all disappeared.

"That's right, you are indeed my benefactor... Although your appearance, life aura, and the Karma of your existence have all changed, this should be some kind of profound Divine Ability."

Xiao Luowei stared at Chu Xuan, her icy gaze returning to calmness, and she said softly:

"But I once kept your blood. After my Tracing Cause and Effect Divine Ability reached Perfection, I used this as a guide, hoping to find you one day."

Chu Xuan's heart stirred.

He had just been wondering why Xiao Luowei could recognize him at a glance when he had clearly changed his appearance via Myriad Forms. So, it was because of this Tracing Cause and Effect Divine Ability.

"Benefactor, this transformation technique of yours is truly profound, but it shouldn't have reached Perfection yet, right? Plus, your Realm is lower than mine now, otherwise I might not have really been able to recognize you."

Xiao Luowei asked in confusion: "It seems your memory has gone wrong; have you forgotten the things from the past? And you even changed your appearance—is it because someone is hunting you down?"

Xiao Luowei asked in succession, and within her worried tone, there was a faint trace of killing intent, as if she wished she could slaughter his enemies for Chu Xuan.

"I have never dropped in Realm."

Chu Xuan's eyes narrowed abruptly. A similar scene had already occurred during their last meeting in the dream.

At the time, Chu Xuan thought this was related to the significant increase in Xiao Luowei's strength, which had created a cognitive illusion.

Because for Chu Xuan, each dream entry was only one day apart, but for Xiao Luowei, a whole year had passed.

But now...

Chu Xuan felt that things might be far from as simple as he had thought.

Indeed, after listening to Chu Xuan, Xiao Luowei shook her head and said: "Benefactor, I can confirm that you were indeed seriously injured and dropped in Realm last time. Not only that, you even recuperated in my Tianxing Sea Area for a while."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes and asked: "When was our last meeting, and what did I do here?"

A strange look appeared in Xiao Luowei's eyes, but she still said:

"Our last meeting was a year ago. It happened to be when the Three Sects and Four Clans came to the Tianxing Sea Area to exterminate me, but they all perished here.

After I met you, I gifted you the Art of Karma you had asked about before. Afterward, you stayed for a moment to wait for The Dragon Turtle to heal your wounds. You seemed to have an urgent matter; your injuries had only recovered to seventy or eighty percent, but you stated you still had a task to fulfill, and then you left in a hurry."

Chu Xuan's heart was shaken.

The content of Xiao Luowei's description was basically consistent with their last meeting, but there were some differences.

When he came last time, he was not injured, nor did he have any task to fulfill.

"Benefactor, back then my strength was still weak, and I had been placed under a tracking technique by the Tayun Sect, so I could only be trapped in this Tianxing Sea Area and could not go out; I couldn't help you with anything."

When Xiao Luowei said this, although her tone was still calm, it revealed an unprecedented composure and confidence: "But many years have passed, and today is different from the past. In this Cangyun world, unless it is some forbidden land where gods have fallen, no matter what you want to do, I can help you complete it!"

Chu Xuan frowned slightly and said: "It hasn't been many years. To me, our last meeting was only yesterday."

Xiao Luowei was slightly stunned, a trace of confusion appearing in her eyes: "Benefactor, do you mean that for you it was one day, but for me it was a year?"

Seeing this, Chu Xuan's expression couldn't help but become grave: "Last time we met, I told you that every time I come here, it is only one day apart, but for you, it is a year."

Xiao Luowei's body trembled violently.

"Benefactor, you have never told me these things."

A flash of killing intent crossed Xiao Luowei's eyes: "Something must be wrong with your memory; someone must have tampered with you!"

"No... no..."

Chu Xuan rubbed his temples and slowly closed his eyes. Numerous thoughts flashed through his mind. After a long while, he opened his eyes and asked again: "How many times have we met, when were they, and what did we do each time?"

"Including now, a total of four times!"

The killing intent in Xiao Luowei's eyes receded, and she said without hesitation: "The first meeting was four years ago, the second was two years ago, the third was last year, and now is the fourth."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly. This point was indeed correct; his first meeting with Xiao Luowei was indeed four days ago.

The reason the second meeting was two days ago, rather than three days ago, was that on that day, Chu Xuan tried to enter the Tianxing Mountains via the spatial portal in the backyard of Fatty Hu's house in the dream.

However, the dream was forcibly awakened, so he missed that day.

While Chu Xuan was lost in thought, Xiao Luowei said: "During the first meeting four days ago, outside the Xiao Family gate, I was trapped in a desperate situation. You were passing by while fighting someone, and you casually helped me slay my enemy Chen Yuannan and his gang, then drifted away, and I was able to escape because of that."

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed slightly.

At the time, he did indeed kill the Juyi Gang members named Chen Yuannan and others, but it was not while passing by during a battle with someone. Instead, he had been hunted by a Debt-Collecting Ghost, and after using a random teleportation scroll, he suddenly appeared in front of the Xiao Family gate.

However, the Debt-Collecting Ghost seemed to have some special rule, capable of following like a shadow, and it had also chased after him.

Thus, he had no choice but to fight for his life, unleashing all his Slashes to kill the Debt-Collecting Ghost, and then incidentally killed Chen Yuannan and the others.

However, although he successfully killed the Debt-Collecting Ghost, at the same time, he triggered the opponent's death rule and died within the dream, not drifting away as Xiao Luowei said.

"Two years ago, during our second meeting, I was being hunted by enemies and fled into this Tianxing Sea Area. In my moment of peril, I met you again, and you saved my life once more. However, at that time, you were already seriously injured, and the reason you saved me was more to let The Dragon Turtle help you heal."

Xiao Luowei glanced at The Dragon Turtle beside her feet and smiled softly: "At that time, The Dragon Turtle had not yet been recognized by this Tianxing Sea Area and had not grown up yet, so it took quite a while to heal you completely."

Speaking of this, a smile appeared on her face: "While waiting, I built that wooden house. You seemed to have something on your mind and couldn't calm down, so you built it with me. Afterward, I also added some red bamboo and red Buddha flowers for decoration."

Xiao Luowei looked at the wooden house on the distant mountain peak, her eyes filled with nostalgia: "You once sighed that in order to complete tasks, you have always been in the midst of crisis and deadly traps, never having a moment of rest, and were very exhausted. You said how good it would be if it could always be this peaceful."

Pausing slightly, she gently stroked the blood-colored bracelet on her wrist, and suddenly a palm-sized jade box appeared. When opened, it revealed some folded green leaves inside: "That day, we talked for a long time, and Benefactor, you even gifted me and The Dragon Turtle high-grade life essence, using these green leaves as containers."

Chu Xuan's eyes showed deep thought.

These words of Xiao Luowei once again corresponded to the scene from back then.

But there were also several places that were wrong.

At that time, the main reason Chu Xuan stayed was that he wanted to use Xiao Luowei's Bloody Rain and Windy Storm for Body Tempering, which was why he got injured, and only then did he let The Dragon Turtle heal him, not because he was originally seriously injured.

Furthermore, Chu Xuan had never participated in the construction of that wooden house; at that time, he was just sitting by the seaside sunbathing.

"That time, you said you were harassed by enemies and were extremely annoyed, but the other party was always hiding in the shadows. If you could have a Karma tracking method, you could counterattack."

Xiao Luowei smiled leisurely: "So, after that, I managed to sneak into the Tayun Sect, obtained this Tracing Cause and Effect method, and during our third meeting last year, I gifted this technique to you."

After finishing, Xiao Luowei turned to look at Chu Xuan, her smile remaining, but it revealed a few traces of worry: "Benefactor, these are some of the experiences from when we met; do you remember them?"

Having reviewed the seemingly plausible yet incorrect experiences that Xiao Luowei described in his mind, Chu Xuan took a deep look at her and asked in a serious voice: "Are you sure that what you just said is not wrong?"

Xiao Luowei nodded gently: "Although the time spent with you, Benefactor, was short, it is an unforgettable memory in my life. How could I possibly forget?"

"Then... whose memory has gone wrong?"

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes slightly. He was calm on the surface, but numerous thoughts emerged in his heart, and he could not suppress a few chills rising in his heart.