Chapter 1828 - 1825: First Encounter!
Where is this?
Li Chen opened his eyes, but he couldn’t see anything.
He felt as if he were floating in the void, surrounded by no light, no sound, nothing; everything was ethereal and void.
"Chuxue, Chuxue!"
Li Chen remembered his newlywed wife’s name and screamed madly.
However, all his cries sank without a trace, like a stone thrown into the sea.
This is a world of deathly silence!
Am I dead?
Li Chen thought in despair.
He slowly closed his eyes, letting his tears stream down his cheeks, scorching hot.
Today was the day of his joyful wedding to his childhood sweetheart, Ye Chuxue.
This was also the happiest moment of his life.
However, happiness abruptly ended on this day!
At the wedding, an uninvited guest suddenly barged in, brandishing a knife and rushing toward him.
His newlywed wife wilted in this most beautiful season, in his arms.
As he cried heart-wrenchingly amidst the chaos of the wedding scene, a black hole suddenly appeared in the sky.
Then, a vortex descended, enveloping him entirely.
Then...
Li Chen surprisingly found himself in an eerie world.
This world was like flowing thick ink, without light, without sound, without a trace of life.
Inside, not even time’s passage could be felt.
Even death was a luxury.
Because here, you simply can’t die.
Immortality, a dream pursued by many.
But if this is immortality, Li Chen would rather die immediately.
Just as Li Chen felt immensely desperate, suddenly a faint light appeared before him.
Soon, he saw two graceful figures.
One of them seemed older, dressed in a bright red palace robe, giving off an alluring yet ethereal aura.
The other wore a snow-white fitted gown, draped in a shawl of green mist, with shoulders like polished jade, a waist like strung ivory, skin like congealed fat, and a fragrance like orchids, giving off an ethereal feeling that discouraged any disrespect.
Seeing these two fairies, Li Chen was dumbfounded.
He thought he was dreaming!
But it wasn’t bad to have such a dream, unrelated to darkness.
While Li Chen’s thoughts were turning, the white-robed woman suddenly said:
"Elder Sister, why is there someone here?"
The one called Elder Sister stared at Li Chen, as if witnessing something unbelievable.
She couldn’t answer her junior sister’s question but instead asked Li Chen: "Who are you, and why are you here?"
These two were naturally Wushan Divine Woman Wui Nishang and Yaochi Saintess Beiming Xue.
Both came from the Yaochi Immortal Palace in the Ziwei Star Domain and, by chance, passed by here, thus discovering Li Chen’s presence.
Li Chen heard their voices and suddenly realized he might not be dreaming.
All of this seemed real!
Actually, Li Chen couldn’t distinguish between reality and dreams now.
For ordinary people, pinching oneself could tell if they were dreaming or in reality, through pain.
But Li Chen couldn’t do that now.
Because he had completely lost sensation.
Here, he couldn’t feel pain.
Hearing the fairy’s question, Li Chen felt as if he saw passing travelers in a boundless desert.
He was so excited that he was tongue-tied, stammering:
"I, I, I don’t know how I got here either?"
Wushan Divine Woman asked again: "Are you from Earth?"
Hearing the familiar name "Earth," Li Chen was shocked.
Then he nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking rice.
"Yes, I’m from Earth, sucked in by a black hole vortex."
After Li Chen’s confirmation, Wushan Divine Woman seemed more excited.
"Is King Huai of Chu well?"
Hearing this sudden question from Wushan Divine Woman, Li Chen was dumbfounded.
After confirming he hadn’t heard wrong, he tentatively asked.
"The King Huai of Chu from Quu Yuan’s time?"
Wushan Divine Woman thought for a moment and said: "There seems to be someone named Quu Yuan!"
Then, she impatiently asked again: "Do you know how King Huai of Chu is now?"
Li Chen thought for a moment and said: "King Huai of Chu is already dead, has been for over two thousand years."
Upon hearing of King Huai of Chu’s death, Wushan Divine Woman’s bright eyes dimmed instantly, like dying meteors, appearing somewhat lost.
"Elder Sister, are you okay?"
Beiming Xue, seeing this, quickly asked with concern.
Wushan Divine Woman shook her head and said: "I’m fine!"
In this situation, Li Chen dared not speak or ask, just foolishly watched.
After calming herself, Wushan Divine Woman turned to Beiming Xue and said: "Xue’er, he might have been torn by space-time disturbance and brought here. Save him first!"
Beiming Xue nodded, casually released a snow-white bubble, enveloping Li Chen.
Then, Li Chen felt his body light as a feather, slowly floating up.
Next, he saw a dazzling white light.
Then he completely lost consciousness again.
Upon waking, Li Chen found himself above a sea realm.
At this moment, Wushan Divine Woman gazed absentmindedly at the stars, seeming deep in thought.
Beiming Xue saw Wushan Divine Woman’s lost look and was greatly puzzled.
She blinked her watery eyes and curiously asked: "Elder Sister, I don’t understand why you’re so attached to a man?"
Wushan Divine Woman smiled sadly, gently patted Beiming Xue’s head, and said: "Xue’er, you’ll understand when you meet someone you love in the future. Feelings are a very wondrous thing!"
Upon hearing Wushan Divine Woman’s words, Beiming Xue pursed her lips and said innocently: "This feeling is like a poison, an irresistible poison. I don’t want it!"
Wushan Divine Woman smiled and said nothing more.
Beiming Xue’s words seemed familiar.
Once, her former master had said the same words.
Back then, her response was almost identical to Beiming Xue’s.
But what was the final outcome?
Traveling through the Human World, she met King Huai of Chu, Xiong Huai, and after Wushan Cloud Rain, never got out of it.
If not for subsequent events that led her away from Earth, she might still be living carefree with King Huai of Chu...