34: People will eventually be trapped in their lives by things that they could not obtain when they were young.

Outside, a man in tattered clothes stood.

The man was filthy and disheveled, not to mention holding a shovel, looking exactly like a coal miner from a TV show.

Gu Xiaoxiao's sleepiness vanished instantly. She subconsciously covered her mouth, her heart pounding as if it would leap out of her chest.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

Just then, Zhao Jiaqi also heard the knocking. She walked out of her room and, seeing Gu Xiaoxiao, playfully teased her with a smile:

"Xiaoxiao, you little lazy pig, you're finally awake! Do you know you've been asleep for a whole day? Who's knocking outside..."

"Shh..." Gu Xiaoxiao urgently shushed her. "Don't talk..."

"What's wrong..." Zhao Jiaqi looked bewildered.

"There's a strange man knocking," Gu Xiaoxiao whispered, her voice tense.

Zhao Jiaqi's spirits lifted upon hearing this, and she quickly grabbed a kitchen knife from the kitchen.

She cautiously approached the door, peered through the peephole, and when she saw the ragged, disheveled man standing at the door, she was stunned.

"Huh, isn't that Mu Beixuan?"

Zhao Jiaqi exclaimed in surprise.

"It's him?" Hearing the name, Gu Xiaoxiao frowned: "Are you sure? Why did he make himself look so disheveled?"

Zhao Jiaqi affirmed: "It must be him. I'm very good at recognizing people; I wouldn't be mistaken."

At the door, Mu Beixuan was still relentlessly knocking.

"Zhao Jiaqi, it's me, I'm Mu Beixuan, hurry and open the door and let me in!"

As he knocked, he kept looking back nervously, as if some monstrous flood was chasing him.

"See, I told you it was him." Zhao Jiaqi shrugged.

Gu Xiaoxiao's frown deepened, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes: "How did he find this place? And why is he in this state?"

Zhao Jiaqi put the kitchen knife aside and shook her head: "I don't know either. Is this a new tactic for pursuing someone? Dressing as a beggar to gain sympathy?"

Gu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and snorted lightly: "I don't have time to deal with him; tell him to leave quickly."

Zhao Jiaqi nodded: "Alright, I'll send him away now."

She spoke to the door:

"Mu Beixuan, how did you find this place? We're about to go out and don't have time to entertain you. Please go back."

Upon hearing the voice from inside, Mu Beixuan knocked even more excitedly: "Zhao Jiaqi, hurry and let me in, I have an urgent matter!"

After he was sent to the mental hospital, the trace of Spiritual Qi in his body could finally be used.

However, the mental hospital's security was extremely strict, and he was under special care.

Not only were his hands and feet cuffed with iron chains, but the doors and windows of his ward were all electrified with high voltage, and armed personnel with rifles and sniper rifles monitored him 24 hours a day.

With his current strength, he temporarily could not contend with this level of hot weapons.

So he could only stay in the dark room, absorbing the pitifully small amount of Spiritual Qi, and silently Cultivate.

He had originally planned to break free once his strength became greater.

But what Mu Beixuan didn't expect was that medical staff kept coming to ask him if he admitted to having a mental illness.

If he didn't admit it, they would give him tranquilizers, making it impossible for him to Cultivate in peace!

Although he had Spiritual Qi protecting his body and only needed half an hour to regain consciousness.

But as soon as he regained consciousness, medical staff would immediately come back to give him another tranquilizer!

Eventually, he couldn't stand it anymore and resignedly admitted to having a mental illness.

As a result, the doctors became even more excited, directly increasing the dosage and giving him a full ten tranquilizer shots at once!

They even said that he was very ill, and that it was rare for mental patients to admit to having a mental illness.

Within these short few dozen hours, Mu Beixuan felt like he was going crazy.

Fortunately, his Dao Heart at the Undergoing Tribulation stage was very strong, and he endured it.

If any ordinary person were treated this way, they would have probably collapsed long ago.

Fortunately, after his humiliation and endurance, he finally found an opportunity to use the long-accumulated Spiritual Qi to condense the electrified window into a shovel.

He then painstakingly dug a tunnel, and only then did he manage to escape from the mental hospital.

The story of this process would make listeners weep and grieve.

He, the dignified Immortal Venerable of Beixuan, had fallen to the state of a stray dog.

Just thinking about it was heartbreaking and agonizing!

After he escaped, the doctors quickly discovered the anomaly and immediately sent people to pursue him.

Under normal circumstances, Mu Beixuan would not be afraid.

But now, the trace of Spiritual Qi he had painstakingly Cultivated had all been used to condense the shovel and dig the tunnel, and he hadn't had time to recover yet.

Having nowhere else to go, he happened to pass by the apartment complex where Zhao Jiaqi and Gu Xiaoxiao co-rented, and thought of coming here to hide.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, it was better than being caught and dragged back to that mental hospital, right? As for why he knew this complex, it was naturally because after his failed confession in his previous life, he still hadn't given up and followed her.

Only after being clearly rejected by Gu Xiaoxiao once again did he become disheartened and jump into the river.

"Zhao Jiaqi, hurry and let me in first..."

Mu Beixuan was still knocking, but he didn't hear Zhao Jiaqi open the door for a long time.

"Mu Beixuan, go away. Xiaoxiao doesn't want to see you. There's no point in clinging to her like this." Zhao Jiaqi's voice came through the door.

"Zhao Jiaqi, you..." Mu Beixuan's mouth twitched. "I'm not here for that!"

"Mu Beixuan, I told you I don't like you. How long are you going to keep pestering me?"

The voice behind the door changed to another person, clearer, with a hint of coolness, but very pleasant, like the tinkling of a spring, delightful to the ear.

Although Mu Beixuan couldn't see the owner of this voice behind the door, he recognized it instantly.

It was Gu Xiaoxiao's voice.

He had even imagined Gu Xiaoxiao's appearance at this moment—she must be wearing a beautiful dress, with her long ponytail tied up, revealing her fair and delicate neck, her head slightly raised, staring at him with a cold and distant gaze.

Thinking of this, Mu Beixuan's heart suddenly throbbed violently, as if someone had squeezed it!

This was the person he loved most in his previous life!

This was his greatest regret from his previous life!

No matter how great his achievements were in the cultivation world, or how many confidantes he had, the woman he loved most was always her alone!

So much so that every Heart Demon that appeared during his Undergoing Tribulation was in the image of Gu Xiaoxiao!

A person will be tormented their entire life by what they could not obtain in their youth.

And Gu Xiaoxiao was his biggest and deepest obsession from his youth!

When he heard that voice again, Mu Beixuan felt as if he had been reborn.

"Xiaoxiao."

Mu Beixuan uttered the name with difficulty...