180 Thousand Illusion Formation (1/2)

Xue Wei followed the younger version of himself.

It was quite amusing to see his younger self look at the overseers with veneration every time. The three overseers were all Earth Warriors, so the veneration he once felt for them truly made him understand the term, being a frog at the bottom of a well.

Still, this was from his childhood so the memories made him smile. Although he had not been able to remember this before, he had a feeling that it was real.

The reason he came to such a conclusion was that it felt so right and correct to him the more he saw.

Xue Wei continued to walk behind his child self, who left the training grounds and went into the village itself.

Suddenly, his face contorted. He stared into the distance, where two figures were walking.

His heart started beating rapidly. His eyes narrowed and his mind entered a state of disarray.

There, he saw one of his most important people, his uncle, walking down the road. However, by his side was the one he hated the most, Chu Huiyin.

Both of them were walking casually side by side down the main road, gazing to and fro as if they were looking for something specific.

Xue Wei had stopped in his tracks. According to Xiao Lei, he had come to the village after the Primordial Beast attack and taken an abandoned Xue Wei back with him.

But now it seemed as if he had been there before the attack. And he was accompanied by a Primordial Beast that was known to be incredibly ferocious and bloodthirsty to the point of madness.

A foreboding sense of danger started rising in Xue Wei's mind. He saw how the young version of himself walked into his uncle.

When he was a child, he had never registered Xiao Lei's stunned and shocked expression for what it was. But now that he was older and scrutinizing them in detail with the power of hindsight, he realized that both of them showed signs of utter discomfort and shock when they looked at him.

Why would they feel like this just from looking at him? Xue Wei was puzzled, but then the child excused himself and started leaving.

Although what he saw seemed very real, he could not hear anything whatsoever. The Thousand Illusion Formation was apparently capable of recreating images of the past, but there was an eerie quietness surrounding Xue Wei as the old, forgotten memories played out before him.

Xue Wei hesitated for a moment. Should he follow his younger self or should he follow the two older experts? Xue Wei paused in indecision, but he eventually decided to follow his uncle and Chu Huiyin.

He could guess that his younger self had gone off to cultivate at home in the shop, but he already knew the result of this attempt, so there was not much to explore there.

The two moved around for some time before they entered a small alleyway. Both of them seemed to be arguing animatedly; Chu Huiyin was livid with anger while Xiao Lei's eyes were glistening with happiness and a strange kind of vigilance.

After arguing for some time, Xue Wei saw Xiao Lei slap Chu Huiyin hard, who was sent flying from the slap. As to what she had said that warranted the aggression, Xue Wei did not know, but his eyes became much more intense when he saw the undisguised, burning anger in Xiao Lei's eyes.

Xiao Lei hissed a few words before he left Chu Huiyin's side and walked in the same direction that the younger Xue Wei had left earlier.

Xue Wei did not hesitate and followed behind Xiao Lei. He sent a final glance at Chu Huiyin and saw her eyes brimming with hatred and anger, but she held it back and remained slumped on the ground.

Xiao Lei seemed in a hurry almost, and although he seemed excited, there was undoubtedly a bit of fear and worry in his eyes.

Xue Wei followed his uncle to the house that belonged to him and his father. The sense of crisis in his heart grew increasingly strong at this point.

Xue Wei rushed into the apothecary shop after Xiao Lei stepped inside.

His father stood by the counter and turned towards the doorway with a smile on his face, intending to greet the newcomer. However, the moment he turned around and spotted Xiao Lei, guilt and grief appeared all over his face. Even Xue Wei could sense from this that something had happened between the two men, and that it was clear that his father had done something he felt guilty about.

Xiao Lei spoke with Xue Wei's father for some time, but the conversation became more and more heated as it went on. Although Xue Wei could not hear what they were saying, he could see their body language.

Suddenly, Xiao Lei's arm grew scales and turned into a claw, a transformation that Xue Wei was all too familiar with, the sight of which multiplied the amount of questions in his head.

Why would he say that he did not have the Azure Dragon Scripture before Xue Wei had turned fifteen years old if he himself was cultivating the same scripture?

But his thought process was quickly cut short when he saw how Xiao Lei suddenly extended his transformed arm and impaled his father's chest.

His eyes widened with shock. There was a menacing and rage-filled expression on Xiao Lei's face; it was clear that he had lost his patience and decided to end whatever was between them.