《Forbidden.Desire》2《Living by Desire》
Chapter Eighteen: Encounter in Dreams
1、【Fear of the Divine】
Ancient Shen Mansion, rear courtyard.
Shen Yanzhi suddenly stood up from his grandmaster chair, his face terrifyingly dark. That inexplicably broken wooden stick just now was no coincidence. He could feel a cold and powerful gaze in the air staring fixedly at him; the oppressive sensation was even heavier than the aura of his identity as the "Ruler."
"Who! Get out here!" He swung the whip in his hand, lashing madly into the void, only stirring up gusts of powerless wind.
Hidden on the soul plane, Taiyang and Lu Yuan stood less than three steps away from him. Watching Shen Yanzhi's startled and uncertain ugly demeanor, a trace of cruel pleasure flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes.
"Sister, look, he's scared." Lu Yuan whispered beside Taiyang's ear.
Although they were now "observers," due to last night's extreme energy fusion, their souls emitted a semi-transparent glow.
Taiyang gazed at the "past self" in the wooden cage, pale-faced with a slightly protruding belly, her heart feeling as if torn apart alive.
That self was looking weakly toward the adjacent cage at the dying Lu Yuan. Their hands reached desperately across the cold wooden bars, always short by a few centimeters.
"Shen Yanzhi……" Taiyang watched the tyrant going mad before her, hatred manifesting as tangible shadows twisting in the air.
2、【Guidance of Fate】
Just as Shen Yanzhi frantically ordered someone to fetch a Taoist priest for a ritual, an old man in tattered clothes slowly emerged from under a withered century-old tree in the Shen Mansion rear courtyard.
The old man's eyes were cloudy, yet as he passed the void where Taiyang and Lu Yuan stood, his steps paused slightly. He did not look at Shen Yanzhi but murmured softly to the air:
"Debts owed must eventually be repaid. A hundred years of spiritual power in exchange for an unborn soul—is it worth it?"
Taiyang and Lu Yuan exchanged glances, alarm bells ringing in their hearts. This elder could see them!
The two involuntarily followed the old man to a remote mountain behind.
The elder sat on a large rock, smoking a dry pipe. After exhaling a puff of green smoke, he slowly spoke: "You, girl, have been following yourself all this time for revenge. You absorbed a hundred years of essence, thinking it was only to maintain your appearance? No…… You were nurturing that child's soul."
Taiyang felt as if struck by lightning, her body collapsing weakly into Lu Yuan's arms.
"Child…… my child…… Did it not die during that execution?"
"The body died, but the resentment did not dissipate." The elder looked at Taiyang, "Your hundred years of 'Living by Desire' was actually collecting life essence for that child. As long as you survive that execution and rewrite Shen Yanzhi's fate, the child can be reborn into your womb in this life."
3、【Soul Resonance】
Returning to the present world, Taiyang and Lu Yuan awoke almost simultaneously in shock.
The heaviness and astonishment brought back from ancient times left both their bodies burning intensely.
Taiyang looked at Lu Yuan, tears flowing uncontrollably.
So her hundred years of debauchery, her fall, her toying with men, had all hidden such a desolate maternal instinct.
"Lu Yuan…… We must save ourselves."
Lu Yuan, seeing Taiyang's heartbroken expression, felt the protective desire deep within explode. He flipped over and pinned Taiyang beneath him; this time, his kiss carried a desperate, all-or-nothing fervor.
"I'll go with you. No matter the cost, we'll tear history apart."
This act of love was to draw more "power of intervention."
Lu Yuan's movements turned frenzied and dominant, as if loving her with his very life. He roughly tore open Taiyang's clothes, flipped her over, and thrust deeply from behind. Taiyang let out a high-pitched scream; she felt the black tide and radiant energies within her intertwining madly, condensing into "chips" for traversing time and space.