Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1531 - 1457: Criminal No. 14, Ancestor of Dreams, Emperor Huang Quan

Chapter 1531: Chapter 1457: Criminal No. 14, Ancestor of Dreams, Emperor Huang Quan

Chapter 1457: Number 14 Criminal, Ancestor of Dreams, Emperor Huang Quan

Huang Yi continued to chase forward, passing through various exotic flowers and plants in the garden, finally arriving under a windmill.

At this moment, Meng Xi had transformed from a girl into a beautiful and elegant young woman, leaning against the base of the windmill, the wind blowing her long hair back. Her body emitted a powerful divine power aura, clearly already a formidable expert in the Divine Domain.

The young man had also turned into a mature lad, but his aura remained ordinary, showing he was still a mortal, with an invisible distance from Meng Xi.

The man stood beside Meng Xi, gesturing animatedly while talking, seemingly telling a joke, and Meng Xi was laughing heartily, bending forward and back.

Every time she laughed, the young man’s expression turned warm, his gaze always on her, as if she were the only person in the world.

At that moment, Meng Xi looked up at the sky, saying something, and the man listened intently.

Huang Yi took a few steps closer and finally heard Meng Xi’s voice clearly—

"...During the years away from you, I went to many places and saw many sights. I visited the Golden Scales Pool of the Dragon Clan, where countless young dragons leapt from the depths of the pool, undergoing the baptism of thunder, transforming into true giant dragons; I went to the Moonlight Spring of the Moon Clan, where the spring water was as clear and bright as moonlight, and beautiful Moon Clan maidens played and laughed in the water draped in moonlight veils; I visited the battlefield of the War Clan, where millions of banners fluttered in the sand, and the ground was covered with fallen broken swords, the powerful residual souls of the War Clan continued to gallop and battle in the air, creating a breathtaking aurora; I traveled to the Sky Eagle Cliff of the Feathered Race, where the proud warriors leaped off the cliffs, tucking their wings in, competing to see who fell the longest, and the strongest warriors were often the ones who flapped their wings just before hitting the ground to soar into the sky, with colorful feathers gently drifting down like a multicolored snowfall..."

The man listened to Meng Xi’s words, a look of yearning on his face, and said, "If only we could see these sights together, but alas, I’ll never be able to. However, hearing you recount your experiences over these years makes me very happy!"

Meng Xi lowered her head, a shy expression flitting across her face. This powerful expert in the Divine Domain appeared just like an ordinary woman at this moment.

A gust of wind blew, knocking her scarf from her head, her long hair flowing freely in the wind.

The man instinctively reached out to tidy her hair, but halfway through, he seemed to feel something inappropriate.

He touched the back of his head, tentatively saying, "Your hair is messy. May I braid it for you, like the braid you wore the first time we met?"

"Sure!" Meng Xi nodded, obediently turning around, presenting her long hair to him.

The man held his breath, focusing on braiding her hair with delicate precision, though his movements were slightly clumsy, revealing his inner nervousness.

"Actually, there’s, there’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you all along." Finally, the man mustered the courage to speak, stuttering slightly.

"What is it?" Meng Xi asked, pretending to be casual.

"Over the years since you left, I often think of you, and I feel... I should..." The man trailed off, seemingly struggling to continue.

"What is it then~" Meng Xi teased, dragging her words with a coquettish tone.

"It’s just that, uh, these years, I’ve always, always wanted to tell you..." As he spoke, the man swallowed his words again, unable to say them out loud.

By this time, the braid was completely finished, and Meng Xi turned back around, staring at the man.

The man grew more tense, avoiding her gaze, turning his head to look elsewhere, lips pressed tightly, not uttering a single word.

Meng Xi’s eyes sparkled with cunning, and she smiled slightly, "Since you won’t say it, let’s play a little game!"

With that, she waved her hand, producing a green leaf, and handed it to the man, saying, "While traveling in the First World, I visited the land of the Blue Elf Clan and picked a leaf from the Wind Spirit Tree. Write what you want to tell me on this leaf, and then blow on it gently. It can float for a long time, thousands or even tens of thousands of years without falling, and it can travel far, so far it may reach the end of the universe. Maybe someday, someone else will find this leaf and know what you wrote."

The man thought for a while, then nodded, taking the leaf.

He turned around, took a pen from his pocket, and started writing on the leaf, glancing at Meng Xi as he wrote.

But throughout, Meng Xi was gazing at the clouds, showing no sign of peeking.

"I’ve finished writing!" Finally, the man put down the pen, gave Meng Xi a glance, then placed the leaf in the palm of his hand and blew gently.

The leaf immediately floated with the wind, weightless, drifting skyward until it transformed into a tiny black dot, disappearing into the clouds.

Meng Xi glanced at the leaf, a barely noticeable smile forming at the corner of her mouth.

Afterward, the two began chatting again.

Huge windmills rotated above their heads, dandelions danced in the air, and the fragrance of flowers mingled with their laughter in the air, surrounded by blooming oceans of flowers.

Suddenly, Meng Xi turned her head to look into the distance and said, "My father is looking for me, I must return!"

After speaking, she gave the man a sweet smile, rose into the air, flying like a fairy up to the heavens.

The man raised his head, staring blankly at Meng Xi’s silhouette, growing ever distant until she disappeared into the depths of the white clouds.

Huang Yi also ascended into the air, flying toward the clouds, closely following after Meng Xi.

Soon, Huang Yi caught up with Meng Xi, who had paused atop a cloud, holding a leaf and gazing at it with a smile on her lips.

That leaf was remarkably the drifting leaf where the man had just inscribed his secret message.

After Meng Xi read the contents of the leaf, she blew it away again, flying away with a full smile on her face.

Huang Yi couldn’t resist flying over, catching the drifting leaf, and he saw a few small lines of text written on it—

"I am clearly beside you,

yet it feels like I’m traveling the world,

your every pose is a scenery,

my every word is an adventure."

The lines conveyed something vague, akin to the man’s thoughts while talking with Meng Xi.

From Huang Yi’s perspective, it seemed clear that the man and Meng Xi felt affections for each other, but neither openly declared it, as the vast difference in their statuses made it hard for them to love each other like ordinary young couples.

Huang Yi let the leaf blow away, continuing to fly with Meng Xi until eventually reaching the sky above the Dream Castle.

In the rooftop garden of a building, the imposing figure of the Ancestor of Dreams was standing with hands behind his back, gazing at the sky.

"Father, why are you looking for me?" Meng Xi landed and stood beside the Ancestor of Dreams.

The Ancestor turned around, his eyes burning as he stared at Meng Xi and said, "I need you to immediately undergo Divine Enthronement and proceed to the Heaven Realm."

"What? Divine Enthronement?! Why do you want me to undergo it?" Meng Xi was visibly shocked.

"Because, I need you to complete a very important task in the Heaven Realm!" said the Ancestor, taking a deep breath and gravely gazing at the sky. "Recently, a major event occurred in the Heaven Realm; the Emperor of Heaven, along with various powerful figures, captured Emperor Huang Quan and imprisoned him in the most secure cell of the Forbidden Heavenly Prison. No technique could break him out. Huang Quan’s father is a significant figure in the Underworld; he commissioned me to rescue Huang Quan, and I’ve decided that you will undertake this task."

"How can I possibly accomplish this?" Meng Xi hesitated then shook her head straight away, "You know very well, a place like the Forbidden Heavenly Prison is impossible for me to break, even if a group of God Sealers attacked it!"

"I don’t need you to break into the Forbidden Heavenly Prison," said the Ancestor, shaking his hand and producing an eyeball-shaped bead, handing it to Meng Xi, "You just need to find a way to sneak into the Forbidden Heavenly Prison and secretly pass this Nyx Eye to Huang Quan. This task shouldn’t be hard for you, as the Dream Tribe’s innate abilities make such endeavors straightforward."

Instead of taking the bead, Meng Xi replied with a question: "Why must I go? My brothers are already Mortal Gods; wouldn’t it be more suitable for them to go?"

"Because this mission can only be completed by a woman!" The Ancestor patted Meng Xi’s head gently and said, "The Heaven Realm regularly dispatches a group of women to the Forbidden Heavenly Prison, where they enter Huang Quan’s cell to carry out a mad plan. As a woman, you can use our Dream Tribe’s abilities to disguise yourself and infiltrate the group to meet Huang Quan."

Meng Xi bit her lip and, after a long moment, mustered the courage to say, "I don’t want to, I don’t want to undergo Divine Enthronement! I want to stay in the Mortal Realm!"

The Ancestor shook his head sternly and said with uncontestable authority, "No! You must undergo Divine Enthronement and proceed to the Heaven Realm! Huang Quan’s father once helped me; it’s my duty to assist him this time!"

"But have you thought about me? You’re only considering your plans, but I have my own ideas; I’ve grown up, I have my own things to do." Meng Xi’s emotions suddenly surged, and tears welled up in her eyes.

The Ancestor fixed his gaze on Meng Xi for a long while before turning his head to look in the direction of the windmill and said, "I understand why you wish to remain in the Mortal Realm; you can’t bear to leave him, can you? But you must comprehend that he is merely a mortal, and in a few decades he’ll be gone, while you are someone capable of Divine Enthronement. There is an insurmountable barrier between you two. As part of the Dream Tribe, you should further understand that certain things are nothing but dreams, and you shouldn’t dwell in such illusory dreamland. The Fantasy Void Flower, it’s only a sorrowful burden."

"Stop saying that, I’m not going, I don’t want to go!" Meng Xi cried out loudly, turned away, flew into the sky leaving behind a trail of tears falling through the air.