This was a fragment of time buried in an ancient era. It was surrounded by darkness and drowned in the river of time. If one wanted to find it, they could only rely on luck.
Even Chan Hongyi was not sure if she could safely leave and return to the present world that belonged to her.
For her, the most important thing was to follow the river of time upstream and find the truth that she wanted.
During this process, she did not return to the mountain. She only glanced at it from afar. She was worried that she would be immersed in the beautiful memories of the past and forget her original intentions. In the end, she would drown in the past.
Her mind was firm, but she could not guarantee that she would not be affected by the past.
Time passed, but it slowed down and then began to reverse. Chan Hongyi walked through the blurry scenes of time like a passerby, experiencing these scenes herself.
In the end, she returned to that familiar mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, a red-clothed girl timidly pulled on the sleeve of a blurry figure and stood behind him.
In front of this red-clothed girl, many bandits were kneeling in fear and begging for mercy.
"They destroyed your village and burned down your home. Don't you want revenge?"
The gentle voice of a man sounded. It seemed to carry some strange magic that made the red-clothed girl, who was originally uneasy, angry, and filled with hatred, gradually calm down.
"I do."
She replied. Her voice was clear and contained a strong will.
"Then take your revenge now. They are all in front of you. You can do whatever you want to them."
The man's voice was still gentle, as if he would not be affected by the things of this world.
Chan Hongyi watched this scene from afar. She watched as the little girl in red wielded her podao and killed the bandits one by one with a pop.
She did not care about the blood that sprayed on her face and body. Her clear eyes were filled with hatred for revenge.
At that time, in her heart, it was indeed this group of bandits who had massacred her village, her parents, and many other innocent villagers.
From that day onwards, she began to rely on her master and saw him as the closest person in the world.
Back then, she had never thought that one day in the future, she would discover the cruel truth.
The bandits that had massacred the village were actually arranged by her master.
In other words, the Master she had always respected and admired was her greatest enemy.
When she understood all of this, she felt as if a knife was being twisted in her heart. She simply didn't dare to believe all of this, nor was she willing to accept it.
It wasn't until she ran to her Master in tears and questioned him, only to receive a nonchalant "Yes" that she suddenly realized.
It turned out that her master's indifference had always been deeply rooted in his bones. He had never cared about her heart-wrenching pain at that time.
It was also from that day onwards that Chan Hongyi discovered that the world she had always believed in had collapsed. She had never been able to see the true face of the master she thought she was incomparably familiar with.
Seeing this scene again, Chan Hongyi couldn't hide the sadness in her heart and couldn't bear to watch.
"Does the so-called truth still matter?"
She asked herself.
She had seen a lot along the way, but she had never gotten the answer she wanted.
Coming to the foot of the mountain again and seeing the past that he didn't want to recall, it was like tearing open a long scar.
Chan Hongyi stopped in the distance, but in the end, she still chose to leave.
She didn't know what the truth was that she wanted to know, and whether the truth existed or not.
"Or is it to say that this is just something that I think exists?"
"But in reality, this thing doesn't exist?"
Chan Hongyi was like a lonely wandering soul, trekking through this ancient era. No one could see her.
She was lonely, like the little girl in red who had no one to rely on.
Later on, she came to the shore of the Netherworld and saw Tao Yao, who was just a little monster. At this time, Tao Yao was still being bullied by many older monsters.
"Tao Yao used to be a very gentle and weak person, but now even she has changed."
"I'm the one who's changing …"
Chan Hongyi muttered to herself as she traversed through the years. Ripples spread and she unknowingly arrived at a familiar small village.
This was the place where she was born. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, crisscrossing roads, and houses. It was a peaceful and quiet scene.
The villagers worked at sunrise and rested at sunset.
Some of the originally blurry faces became clear at this moment. They were villagers that she couldn't name but were very familiar with.
Back then, she was carefree and didn't know what cultivation was. She only learned from her parents that there were immortals who could fly in the sky and burrow into the earth.
However, all of this was completely destroyed on a certain night. Suddenly, bandits came and massacred the village. A huge fire burned everything to ashes.
She only wanted to know why her master did this back then. What was his reason?
Even if he gave her a suitable explanation, it would be fine.
She could accept it herself.
However, it was just a simple explanation, and there wasn't even a lie.
Chan Hongyi sighed softly and quietly watched all of this. Time moved forward by a few years and it was the year she was born.
"This is …"
However, at this moment, Chan Hongyi's eyes suddenly narrowed. Her previous calmness was gone as she stared at the night sky.
A red light flashed past, dazzling like a meteor. Under the dark night sky, it was incomparably obvious.
And this red light was heading straight for the village where she was born.
"Is this red light me?"
In this red light, she felt a familiar aura. It was her own.
The moment the red light fell, she was accompanied by a baby's cry. She was born.
"Why don't I have any memories of this before?"
Chan Hongyi frowned tightly. She carefully searched through her memories, but she couldn't remember anything about this.
She had never heard her parents mention that there was such a scene when she was born.
Such a shocking red light illuminated half of the village.
Dogs barked everywhere. Many villagers rushed over after hearing the news.
No one would have thought that a newborn baby would bring about such a terrifying phenomenon.
Even her birth parents were extremely frightened and wanted to throw her away.
Many villagers shouted that they wanted to burn her to death. They thought that such a red light was a bloody light that represented bad luck. In the future, it would bring a great disaster to the village.
Some of the villagers began to pick up some stones and threw them at the infant girl.
Her parents even went to find torches. Their faces were filled with resentment and anger. They wanted to burn their newborn daughter to death.
"A red light descending from the sky. An ominous sign …"
It was clearly the first time Chan Hongyi had seen such a scene. Her eyes were filled with shock and shock.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it. In her memories, her parents were honest and hardworking people. Why would they show such resentment and anger?
The kind and peaceful villagers were actually so ruthless. They wanted to kill a newborn baby?
Was it because she had a shocking red light when she was born?
This was completely different from the village and villagers in her memories.
"Is there a problem with my memories? Or is there a problem during this period of time? "
Chan Hongyi's brows furrowed tightly as she pondered what had gone wrong. Why was there such a large discrepancy between her memories and what she was seeing now?
"No, there's nothing wrong with my memories. There's also nothing wrong with what I'm seeing now."
"It's just that there's something wrong with the village I grew up in."
Soon, she figured out the crux of the problem. The problem didn't lie with her memories or what she was seeing now.
"These are my real parents and the villagers I got along with?"
Chan Hongyi's lips curled into a mocking smile. It was unknown whether she was mocking herself or mocking these people.
Flames soared into the sky, illuminating everyone's faces. They were distorted, angry, and malevolent.
One by one, lit torches were held up high. A newborn baby girl who had yet to open her eyes was crying there.
However, no one went up to help her. Even her biological parents insisted on burning her to death.
A baby girl born with an ominous red light not only represented ominous in this era, but also misfortune. It would become an enormous burden.
Because she had given birth to a daughter, her mother's expression became resentful. She seemed to be scolding her, "Why weren't you a boy?"
Her father's expression was also incomparably angry and cold. He watched as the surrounding villagers threw stones at the baby girl. He didn't move in the slightest.
When Chan Hongyi returned to the past and saw the scene of her birth, she, who should have been furious, was exceptionally calm. There were no ripples in her heart.
It was as if she was experiencing all of this from the perspective of an outsider.
In fact, she even felt a little more relaxed now. Perhaps this was the truth she had been searching for.
"What a bunch of fools."
Suddenly, a man's emotionless voice rang out in the village where dogs were barking and the sounds of burning people could be heard.
"Mas … mas … mas … mas …"
Chan Hongyi's voice trembled slightly. This was the first time she had said those two words since returning to the past.
A blurry figure that seemed to be shrouded in fog suddenly appeared in the village.
He crouched down. There seemed to be a layer of invisible ripples around him. All the stones that were thrown at him were reduced to dust.
He picked up the baby girl on the ground. The baby girl who had been crying suddenly quieted down. Her crying gradually stopped.
All the villagers were alarmed. They thought they had seen a monster in the middle of the night and wanted to escape.
However, their feet seemed to be filled with lead. They couldn't move at all. Their eyes were filled with fear as they shouted in fear.
"Poor little girl. If I hadn't happened to pass by, you would have been burned to death and stoned to death tonight."
His voice was neither soft nor slow. There was an indescribable emotion in it.
Although she couldn't see his face clearly, Chan Hongyi knew from this familiar voice that he was her master.
Before this, she didn't know that something like tonight would happen.
She also didn't know that her biological parents had wanted to burn her to death from the moment she was born.
"Master …"
At this moment, Chan Hongyi looked at him in a daze. Her heart was trembling, and her eyes were filled with all kinds of emotions.
"It's a pity that I don't know how to take care of children. Otherwise, I could have brought you back to the mountain. You were born from the condensation of blood. You must have been an extraordinary person in your previous life."
As he spoke, a layer of misty light fell on the baby girl's body.
The places that were injured by the stones quickly healed.
During the entire process, all the villagers seemed to be frozen in place. Their eyes were wide open as they watched everything in horror.
"Ignorance is never an excuse. Even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs, let alone humans."
Chan Hongyi looked at Gu Changge as he calmly said these words. He seemed to want to wave his hand and wipe out the lives of these people, but he stopped himself.
At this moment, another figure that she had never expected to appear had also appeared.
This was a figure in green clothes. It was very blurry, but it was difficult to conceal her peerless beauty. Her black hair was like black, fluttering in the wind. Her eyes were calm and clear, like warm jade, but also like the bright and flawless moon.
"The Grand Palace Master of the Immortal Palace …"
Chan Hongyi naturally recognized her. She only knew that Gu Changge called her Qingyi. The two of them seemed to be close friends and had a deep relationship.
She even asked Gu Changge what their relationship was.
However, he always replied that they were just good friends.
Chan Hongyi had never imagined that she would see this familiar figure in her past, and that he would appear on the day of her birth.
"Even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs, but humans are different …"
When the Grand Palace Master heard this, she nodded in agreement. Her gaze fell on the baby girl, and her voice was as beautiful as the sounds of nature. "Actually, I can bring her back to the Immortal Palace. This little girl was born from the condensation of blood. She has an excellent foundation, and her future is limitless."
"The Immortal Palace only knows how to teach people, but it doesn't necessarily know how to bring people back."
Gu Changge shook his head and said calmly, "She should have a stable and worry-free childhood here."
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