102: Awakening of inherited memories?

Chu Qianqian looked at the Junior Sister before her who was making such confident assertions, her heart filled with hesitation.

But just like a drowning person will grasp at even a single straw.

Under the torture of that bizarre dream, she was truly at her wit's end.

That figure overlooking her from the clouds, that suffocating sensation of her Soul being forcibly stripped away, made her unable to sleep or eat in peace every single night.

She gritted her teeth, as if having made a great decision, and finally spoke:

"Junior Sister Mu Yun... if one often has the same nightmare..."

She paused, her eyes drifting, seemingly organizing her thoughts:

"Dreaming of being in the clouds, pulled by another powerful consciousness, even feeling that one's body is about to fly uncontrollably towards the other party..."

"Regarding this situation, what is your opinion?"

Hearing her description, Yun Mu's eyes narrowed slightly.

He said to himself: "As expected!"

This symptom sounded all too familiar!

On the surface, he put away that playful expression, stroked his chin with feigned profundity, and began to coax information out of her:

"That consciousness... does it give you a very ancient, very majestic, and perhaps even somewhat familiar feeling?"

"And every time you wake from the dream, do you feel some of your own memories becoming blurred, or... have you gained some memory fragments that do not belong to you?"

Hearing this, Chu Qianqian's pupils shrank sharply; she indeed had this feeling.

She nodded eagerly:

"That's right! That is exactly it! How did you know?"

Yun Mu did not answer immediately, but internally, he was very surprised.

Combining this with the memories of his past life, he instantly understood everything.

In his previous life, the reason Chu Qianqian was able to have her Cultivate base skyrocket as if riding a rocket in just a few short years, ultimately leading to her Ascension to the Upper Realm and becoming a legend, was...

The outside world rumored that she was gifted with extraordinary talent, a peerless Genius that Yaochi hadn't seen in ten thousand years.

But now it seemed... that was not talent at all!

That was the Awakening of Legacy memories!

To put it more bluntly, it was a wisp of a remnant Soul left behind by someone, which was subtly devouring and undergoing Fusion with Chu Qianqian's Divine Soul!

The so-called Awakening was nothing more than a long Possession!

Once the Fusion was successful, although the current Chu Qianqian would not completely disappear, her personality would change drastically, basically making her no different from a completely different person.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Yun Mu sighed in his heart without a shred of sympathy.

However, he quickly suppressed this insignificant pity.

He looked at the anxious Chu Qianqian before him and began to quickly weigh the pros and cons in his mind.

Tell her the truth?

No, that was too much trouble.

Not only would it be difficult to explain, but it would also easily expose himself.

And...

If that memory could awaken earlier, it might not necessarily be a bad thing.

It is easier to catch fish in muddy waters!

Thinking of this, Yun Mu instantly had a plan in mind.

He added fuel to the fire and said:

"Senior Sister, in my opinion, this is most likely because your recent pressure from Cultivate has been too great, leading to a weak Divine Soul and the creation of Heart Demon illusions."

He spouted nonsense with a straight face:

"It is said that what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. You are too eager to become stronger, which is why you dream of such powerful existences. As long as you strengthen your Divine Soul and stabilize your heart, these symptoms will naturally disappear."

"A weak Divine Soul?"

Chu Qianqian was skeptical about this.

But compared to the terrifying conjecture that it was about to devour her, the explanation of a "weak Divine Soul" was obviously much easier to accept, and it also made her feel a trace of relief.

"Then... how should I strengthen my Divine Soul?" she asked hurriedly.

"What a coincidence!"

Yun Mu slapped his thigh and pointed to the surrounding bookshelves, saying:

"Just as I said before, I also came here to find a method because my Divine Soul was unstable."

"As far as I know, this eighth floor of the Scripture Pavilion contains a fragmentary Pill Formula called 'Soul Condensing Liquid'."

"Although this medicinal liquid is an ancient fragmentary formula, it specializes in treating a weak Divine Soul and has miraculous effects!"

"Why don't you help me look for it, Senior Sister? If we can find it and refine it, it will definitely be of great benefit to your symptoms!"

This was not a lie.

Soul Condensing Liquid could indeed strengthen the Divine Soul.

But for Chu Qianqian, who was on the verge of Possession, strengthening her Divine Soul would only make that memory awaken faster!

This was practically a death warrant!

But how could Chu Qianqian know this?

She just thought she had grasped a life-saving straw and immediately nodded in agreement:

"Okay! Then let's look for it!"

Thus, the two of them began a carpet search on this empty eighth floor.

Yun Mu rummaged through the rows of bookshelves.

"Why isn't it here?"

He was sweating profusely and covered in dust, flipping through ancient books one by one until his eyes were almost blind, yet he found nothing at all.

"Damn it! Could it have been borrowed by someone?"

As time passed, Yun Mu's mentality gradually began to collapse.

Since his Rebirth, his luck seemed to have never been very good.

This feeling of clearly knowing that a treasure mountain was right in front of him, yet being unable to find the entrance, was truly agonizing.

Just as he was about to give up and swear,

Chu Qianqian, who had been searching casually on the side, suddenly stopped.

She seemed a bit tired and leaned casually against the corner of a dusty bookshelf.

Her gaze swept across the bookshelf, and she casually pulled out an unremarkable, dust-covered book titled "Travels of the East Sea".

"Why would this kind of travelogue be placed on the eighth floor?"

She frowned and casually shook the dust off the book.

"Swish—"

Following her action, a yellowed bookmark that looked like a withered leaf drifted lazily out of the book.

It landed right at her feet.

Chu Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then bent down to pick it up.

By the light, she took a look at the dense ancient text on it, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes.

Immediately, she turned around and shouted to Yun Mu, who was still digging through the pile of books, covered in dust:

"Hey, Junior Sister Mu Yun. Is this... what you are looking for?"

Hearing the voice, Yun Mu turned his head sharply.

He rushed over in two or three steps and snatched the "leaf" from Chu Qianqian's hand.

He looked closely.

He saw that the withered yellow leaf was densely recorded with the ratios and refining methods of various medicinal materials in small, fly-head-sized regular script.

A part of it prominently featured three ancient, large characters— "Soul Condensing Liquid"!

"..."

Yun Mu stood frozen in place.

He looked at the Pill Formula in his hand that he had sought in vain.

Then he looked at Chu Qianqian opposite him, who had an innocent face, as if she had just casually picked up a piece of waste paper.

Then he looked at his own disheveled appearance, covered in dust and sweating profusely.

He felt as if he could hear his own mentality shattering.

He had searched this floor for two whole hours! Flipped through thousands of books! Tired like a dog!

And what about her?

She just randomly pulled out a travelogue, gave it a shake, and the thing fell out by itself?!

"Comparing people is infuriating!"