Eternal Sacred King

Chapter 3309: Dream

Chapter 3309: Dream

Uncle Feng waved his robes and brought Su Zimo into the void.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them arrived before a majestic, beautiful and lush mountain peak!

At the foot of the mountain, there was a quiet and unique villa surrounded by clear water and gentle willows.

When they approached, Su Zimo looked up and saw a plaque hanging above the villa with three words written—Gu Yao Courtyard.

For some unknown reason, his heart skipped a beat when he saw those words.

He seemed to have thought of something but did not dare to think too deeply.

“You can go in.”

Uncle Feng said, “Master is inside.”

Master?

Su Zimo had a realization.

Previously, he had guessed that Uncle Feng might have the backing of a Saint-level expert. It was probably the master of this Gu Yao Courtyard.

Su Zimo took a deep breath of air and pushed open the wooden door gently with both hands, stepping into the courtyard.

The courtyard was filled with mountains and rivers with lush trees. Some ancient buildings were sparse and scattered, surrounded by flowerbeds, bamboo stalks and orchards that emitted a faint fragrance.

The courtyard was simple and elegant, but every piece of decoration was thoughtfully placed and fused with the surrounding mountains and rivers.

Uncle Feng did not follow him in. Instead, he stood guard outside with a respectful expression.

Su Zimo passed through the courtyard alone.

His vision cleared up and he saw a clear pool of water with fish swimming around. The water rippled and water lotuses bloomed on the surface of the water.

In the middle of the pool sat an elegant water pavilion.

In the water pavilion, a woman in white sat against the railing with her side facing Su Zimo. It was clear that her skin was fairer than snow and she was elegant. Just her side profile alone surpassed all the peerless beauties in the world.

As though she sensed something, the white-robed woman turned around.

Su Zimo shuddered as though he had been struck by lightning!

The next moment, he laughed happily.

Yaoxue!

After so many years, when he saw that familiar face again, countless memories flashed through Su Zimo’s mind and endless joy surged in his heart.

He finally understood why Uncle Feng would help and protect him so much.

He finally knew why the Ancestral Fire Sanctuary was willing to give him a treasure like the Merits Gold Lotus.

The moment he saw Yaoxue, many of his doubts were answered.

However, they were no longer important.

To Su Zimo, the most important thing was that Yaoxue was still alive!

“Yaoxue!”

Su Zimo was excited and called out softly. He took a few steps forward and was about to cross the stone bridge to the water pavilion a few ten feet away.

However, when he arrived before the stone bridge, his footsteps gradually slowed down and the smile on his face faded bit by bit.

The white-robed woman in the water pavilion looked at him with a calm expression and a hint of coldness in her eyes.

Su Zimo stopped in his tracks and looked at the white-robed woman in the water pavilion carefully.

It was as though Yaoxue had become a stranger again all of a sudden.

She was so unfamiliar with him that he did not dare to acknowledge her.

“You’ve got the wrong person.”

The white-robed woman said indifferently, “My name is Yao Ji. Or perhaps, you can call me Saint Gu Yao.”

Su Zimo stared at the white-robed woman for a long time before shaking his head slowly.

He was unwilling to believe it.

No matter what the white-robed woman’s name was, in Su Zimo’s eyes, she was the princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the woman who cried for him in the Dragon Burial Valley, the smiling Ji Yaoxue who had accompanied him for a thousand years.

“D-Do you have any difficulties that you can’t speak of?”

Su Zimo asked.

Saint Gu Yao said, “I’m a Saint of the Ancestral Fire Sanctuary and the daughter of the Saint Lord. What difficulties could I have?”

“Then why did you save me and help me?”

Su Zimo asked.

Saint Gu Yao did not answer. She only took off a white jade pendant from her waist and waved it gently.

Su Zimo was stunned.

“That’s the… Dream Badge?”

The white jade pendant in Saint Gu Yao’s hands was identical to the Dream Badge on him!

Saint Gu Yao said, “There are a total of two Dream Badges and they are both given by a single person. Ah Xie and I each have one. Since Ah Xie’s Dream Badge is in your hands, on account of her, I naturally have to take care of you.”

Could Yaoxue’s help to him during this period of time be because of Ah Xie and the Dream Badge?

Su Zimo’s heart skipped a beat, as though he had thought of something!

“I’m sure you’ve guessed it as well. Since I have the Dream Badge, I naturally know the Dream Dharmic Dao.”

Saint Gu Yao said indifferently, “To me, that lifetime in Tianhuang Mainland was just a dream. My Great Dao is to reincarnate in millions of dreams to cultivate. The Yaoxue you’re referring to is only one of them.”

Was that the case?

So, everything was merely a dream for Saint Gu Yao.

That was the reason why Yaoxue could not break through.

It was also the reason why Yaoxue’s corpse would disappear.

It was just a dream.

All of those things…

They were just part of a dream.

All of those people…

They were merely hurried passersby in that dream.

Who would care?

Who would remember a dream in the past?

Everything that happened in the first place was just his wishful thinking.

Su Zimo stood on the stone bridge.

Saint Gu Yao stood in the water pavilion.

Su Zimo looked at Saint Gu Yao quietly. Just like that, the two of them were separated by the stone bridge and their eyes met, not knowing each other.

Saint Gu Yao had an indifferent expression and looked at Su Zimo as though he was a passerby in a dream.

Cold and distant.

Su Zimo’s heart ached.

There was only a stone bridge between the two of them.

However, even the distance of that stone bridge made it seem as though they were worlds apart.

After a long silence, Su Zimo smiled in relief. “That’s good too…”

He looked at Saint Gu Yao’s familiar yet unfamiliar face and opened his mouth slightly, as though he wanted to say something, but paused.

A long time later, Su Zimo seemed to have finally let go of something.

No matter what, no matter who she was, it was enough for him to know that Yaoxue was fine.

Be it whether they had known one another for thousands of years or that everything was just a dream, it was all in the past.

Su Zimo took out an old robe that was faded from his storage bag and folded it neatly. He leaned over gently and placed it on the stone bridge.

“Thank you for this opportunity, Saint Gu Yao. We’ll… meet again if fate allows.”

Su Zimo took a deep breath of air and cupped his fists in farewell. He did not stay any longer and turned to leave.

When he turned around, he did not notice that a ripple appeared in Saint Gu Yao’s calm eyes when she heard the words ‘if fate allows’.

Back when the two of them first met and parted ways for the first time, Su Zimo had once said that they would meet again if fate allowed it.

At that time, she smiled and replied that fate would not play a part; they would definitely meet again.

Those memories that had been sealed for many years surged into her mind once more.

Even after Su Zimo’s figure disappeared completely, Ji Yaoxue was still staring in the direction he left in a daze with reddened eyes.

She looked at the familiar clothes at one end of the stone bridge. When Su Zimo was far away, she murmured softly, “Except… You’re not a dream.”

She had already forgotten many of those things and people.

Only that upright man in a set of green robes was clear and would forever be imprinted in her memories.