Chapter 180 - The Confusing Illusions (2/2)

“That’s the… Illusion Valley!” Chu Xuan sputtered, shocked. He turned to Shen Ying and then retreated two steps, as if afraid that she might reach out to hit him.

“What does that mean?” Shen Ying paused.

“The Illusion Valley is a place where illusions become reality.” Lan Hua’s expression fell and he frowned. He had not expected that this place would exist inside an Immortal Execution Array. “Inside, the fragrance of the flowers would condense into either the thing that a person fears or treasures most. It’s very much like the mental demons, except whatever they interact with is tangible. That makes it very difficult for them to differentiate between imagination and reality.”

Lan Hua conjured an array to protect the three of them. Then, he lowered his voice and instructed, “Do not go anywhere near that array or we will get affected by the fragrance of the flowers as well.”

“Oh,” Shen Ying nodded.

Lan Hua mounted his flying sword and entered the hole in the array.

At that moment, Yi Qing and Lonemoon who were in the Illusion Valley realised something was amiss. They looked around.

“What’s going on? Where’s Yu Hong and the others?” Everybody was gathered together before this, yet the moment they entered the garden, only two of them remained. In front of them, apart from flowers, all they could see was a fog.

“I can’t feel their aura.” Yi Qing shook his head.

Lonemoon’s face fell. “There is something wrong with his garden. Be careful.”

Yi Qing nodded. Then, he paused and looked up in front of him. “That is… Master!”

From the white fog, a familiar figure emerged.

But was pulled back by Yi Qing.

“Wait!”

“What’s wrong?” Lonemoon paused. He turned to look at Yi Qing and then realised something. He stopped moving.

“What’s wrong with you two? Why are you just standing there?” Shen Ying waved them over. “Come with me, it’s very dangerous in this array!”

The moment she finished speaking, both Yi Qing and Lonemoon frowned.

“Shen Ying, you know how to get out of here?” Lonemoon asked.

“Of course – how do you think I was going to save you?” Shen Ying rolled her eyes.

“Where’s the way?”

“Right there. Come with me, quickly. We just need to walk toward the east and we’ll be out.”

The two of them exchanged glances and raised their swords at the same time. They charged toward Shen Ying and stabbed her several times without any hesitation.

“Where did this freak come from? It’s not even imitating her rightly. Shen Ying, that brat, doesn’t remember any directions.”

“What lousy acting – how dare she try to impersonate Master. After four years, she still has never returned alone from the backyard after watering the plants. How can this imposter say that she knows the way back?”

In a moment, a hundred thousand flashes of the sword filled the air in the garden. They cut the fake “Shen Ying” into pieces so that only a pile of branches and twigs remained on the floor.

Not far away.

Chu Xuan: “…”

Lan Hua: “…”

Shen Ying, who just landed: “…” Motherf*ckers!

The two of them were okay, but why was she feeling so terribly upset?