Chapter 49

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Chapter 49: Past Memories

Cancan suddenly felt dizzy. She couldn’t see clearly around her and didn’t know what was happening, only feeling herself sinking.

After a while, she felt like she finally landed. She rubbed her dizzy head. It took her a while to recover. She saw Mo Yuan next to her, who fell with her. Cancan watched Mo Yuan warily and asked, "What kind of magic did you use, you demon?" As she spoke, she felt a piercing pain in her shoulder, but there was no blood. Instead, there was a faint glow.

Cancan suddenly remembered everything that happened and felt overwhelming sadness. Holding her shoulder, she sat there dumbfounded, unable to process how quickly things had changed. She couldn’t understand why she had turned into Xian Yue, even though she knew she wasn’t Xian Yue in her past life.

The lingering pain on her shoulder reminded Cancan that she must be Xian Yue. If she wasn’t Xian Yue, why would Hua Qing stab her with such gentleness, the kind and compassionate Hua Qing, stabbing her without hesitation? Thinking about this made Cancan so sad that tears kept falling uncontrollably.

Mo Yuan couldn’t bear to see her like this, and said, "You don’t need to cry so much, he and you were never meant to be together."

Hearing Mo Yuan’s voice, Cancan felt a surge of anger, she glared at Mo Yuan and said harshly, "It’s all because of you, you give Brother Wolf back to me."

She didn’t understand the concept of soul separation, she only knew that her beloved Brother Wolf was gone since she was young, and will never appear again. In his place was the big villain in front of her, someone who was not a good person.

Seeing Cancan’s hateful look towards him, Mo Yuan felt a strange feeling in his heart. To him, he was Big Green, but to Cancan, he was not. In Cancan’s heart, they were completely different individuals. Big Green was the one who grew up with her, loved her, took care of her like a brother. But to Cancan, he was just a big villain. Thinking about this made Mo Yuan feel even more melancholic, he didn’t even know if what he did back then was right or wrong.

When Xian Yue was captured by Hua Qing and others and imprisoned in the Shu Mountain dungeon, Mo Yuan faced a great calamity himself. In order to overcome it, Mo Yuan had to choose to sleep. But in the chaos of that time, he couldn’t leave Xian Yue alone. That’s why he severed his own bloodline and created another Big Green to deceive others. He even went to the underworld to secretly alter the Book of Life and Death. He also made changes to the Three Lives Stone that belonged to Xian Yue, turning a normal woman named Yu Xiu from her past life into Xian Yue.

He thought that things would quickly pass, and after he overcame the calamity, he would be able to save Xian Yue again. But no one expected that this calamity would last for five hundred years. He slept for five hundred years, which allowed many unexpected things to happen.

The first unforeseen event was Big Green being sealed. His powers were at their weakest state, and the Snowflake Glass, the Demon Realm sacred object that could continuously provide energy, had turned into colorful crystals and scattered. Mo Yuan couldn’t monitor Big Green’s movements at all, from initially knowing each other to not sensing anything later on, Mo Yuan was in panic.

Being split in two weakened his abilities, and due to the five hundred years of sleep, he experienced intermittent amnesia. He couldn’t remember many things, and even failed to recognize Xian Yue. That’s why when they first met, he couldn’t be sure Cancan was Xian Yue.

If he hadn’t obtained the first colorful crystal, he would have remained in a confused state. But because he got the first colorful crystal, its magic complemented him, triggering all his memories and also triggering all of Big Green’s memories. Though they seemed separate, they were indeed the same person, and the colorful crystal truly united them as one.

Big Green used Yu Xiu to set up the first obstacle, successfully trapping Hua Qing and the others. Even though it was overcome, they were able to learn more about Hua Qing’s strength.

As for why Cancan was not taken away immediately, it was because of Snowflake Glass. There was a greater chance for Hua Qing to find Snowflake Glass, and Cancan had not awakened Xian Yue’s memories. He needed to wait for Xian Yue to awaken and then seize Snowflake Glass. Hua Qing was not aware that Snowflake Glass had been within Xian Yue for a long time and easily summoned by her, but he knew. He kept luring Hua Qing by using this knowledge, and now… with Cancan still not awakening Xian Yue’s memories, everything seemed to be going according to his plan.

He coughed up blood and weakly smiled, "I didn’t expect that in these five hundred years, Hua Qing’s skills would become even more advanced."

Cancan listened to Mo Yuan’s explanation without any emotion. Instead, she thought that Mo Yuan was truly the one who killed Big Green. She looked serious and asked, "So, Brother Big Green will never appear again, right?"

Mo Yuan nodded with tears in his eyes and said slowly, "Yes and no. We are one person. You should know that. If we are one person, what’s the difference between him and me?"

Cancan shook her head, bit her lip, took a step back, and stared at Mo Yuan guardedly. She said firmly, "No, you are not Brother Big Green. Maybe in your heart, you are the same, but not in mine. You killed Brother Big Green."

Even though there was only faint light around, making it impossible to see how terrifying the place was, Cancan didn’t want to stay with this person. She said seriously, "I want to go back to find Hua Qing. Even if he wants to kill me, I will still look for him. And I believe he doesn’t truly want to kill me. If he did, he could have pierced my heart with a sword instead of just my shoulder. I trust him. I believe Hua Qing is not someone who kills innocent people recklessly."

After speaking, Cancan turned around to leave. Seeing her hesitant steps, Mo Yuan cast a spell and trapped Cancan in place. Unable to move, Cancan turned back angrily to look at Mo Yuan and said coldly, "There’s nothing to say between us. You seem pretty injured yourself, go back to the Demon Realm. I have Snowflake Glass on me, you should know that. If I go crazy, you might not be able to defeat me."

She put on a brave face, trying to show that she wasn’t afraid, but deep down, she was nervous.

Mo Yuan watched Cancan closely. Suddenly, he felt a soft spot in his heart, as if he could sense her unease. If Mo Yuan saw her putting up a front, he might think she wasn’t afraid. But Big Green knew better. Big Green knew that Cancan was scared. He reached out his hand and said gently, "Cancan, come here."

His voice was gentle, unlike Mo Yuan’s, more like Big Green’s. When he said this, even he felt a shiver. If it were up to him, he would never call her Cancan. In his heart, the person in front of him was Xian Yue, the fairy from five hundred years ago, not this Cancan, Little Fox Cancan.

Cancan was confused by his voice, hesitated for a moment, then quickly said, "You are not my Brother Wolf." A tear fell from her eye. She was trapped by Mo Yuan, unable to escape. She sat on the ground, hugging her knees, looking at him helplessly.

Mo Yuan didn’t avoid her gaze, nor did he leave. He just sat across from Cancan, gazing at her as if he couldn’t get enough. Cancan was irritated by his stare and said, "Even if I was Xian Yue in my past life, I am not a bad person in this life. I won’t stoop to your level."

Mo Yuan laughed uncontrollably, then started coughing uncontrollably. Seeing his pale face and constant coughing, Cancan asked, "Aren’t you going to check on your injury? It must be serious, right?"

She was also injured by the Icebreaker Sword. She had Snowflake Glass on her body, and she felt unbearable pain in that moment. She imagined Mo Yuan’s injury must be even worse. He was a bad person, not worth grieving for, but Brother Wolf was a good person. She didn’t want Brother Wolf to die.

Mo Yuan showed a hint of a smile because of Cancan’s concern. Even though he knew the concern came from the now non-existent Big Green, he and Big Green were one. He gratefully accepted Cancan’s care.

"Hua Qing can’t take my life just yet." He coughed a few times and leaned against a withered tree.

Cancan looked around and saw that the tree and other objects were lifeless. Everything seemed decayed and broken here.

She frowned and asked, "Where is this place?" Then, trying to sound as confident as Hua Qing, she said, "If you trap me here, you might not benefit from it. It’s not worth the trouble. Don’t be surprised if I get blunt."

Mo Yuan chuckled softly. Since being with Cancan, he seemed to laugh often, even though he felt very unwell. He didn’t mind as he found life full of endless joy.

"Don’t you know? This is the scariest place in the Demon Realm, known as the Thousand Demons Cave."

Cancan scratched her head, her beautiful long hair tangled messily. She asked, "Thousand Demons Cave? What is that place?"

Mo Yuan suddenly choked up.