Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 867 - 864: "Can’t you just make it clearer?

Xiao Jingsan cupped his hands in respect for a long time, yet Li Mingyue did not respond.

When he looked over, Li Mingyue was still talking to himself, as if he hadn’t heard his voice.

"It seems the State Preceptor doesn’t intend to protect you at all." Xiao Jingsan looked at Su Ming’an sitting on the chair: "Come back with me."

The guards and eunuchs behind him moved closer. Xiao Jingsan drew out a long sword, its tip pointing straight at Su Ming’an.

"Ha."

Su Ming’an chuckled: "You were just immobilized by my Matrix Orders, and now you arrogantly claim to take me back? Where does your confidence come from?"

Xiao Jingsan was stunned; he hadn’t expected Su Ming’an to speak so suddenly, and with such an off tone. He sniffed the air, which was filled with the fragrance of peach blossom brew.

He pinched his thumb and forefinger, and a flash of golden script appeared before him. The Matrix Orders for stillness activated, a blood-red light fell upon Su Ming’an’s head.

Su Ming’an, however, suddenly raised his hand, and the ripples of space abruptly cracked open in the air. Xiao Jingsan was startled, retreating explosively six feet with his entourage to avoid the suddenly erupting spatial vibration.

"Buzz——!!!"

The air simmered, and the floor emitted a piercing cracking sound. Though the range of this spatial vibration wasn’t large, it shook the entire National Preceptor Pavilion violently.

Xiao Jingsan retreated half a step slower, and the fabric at his chest was torn with a "rip" sound, leaving a gaping tear. He glanced at the blood seeping from his chest, his gaze becoming solemn.

"Get lost." Su Ming’an’s face was slightly flushed, as he pointed at Xiao Jingsan: "You are a key figure, I won’t kill you until I find a way to break your memory protection. Stay away from me."

"Key figure?" Xiao Jingsan chewed on the phrase.

Su Ming’an looked towards Princess Jing He: "Jing He, you should leave first."

His earlier spatial vibration had been restrained quite a bit, or else Princess Jing He would have been caught up in it.

Princess Jing He turned and ran; no one stopped her, and Xiao Jingsan did not wish to involve her either.

"—Capture him first!"

At the moment Princess Jing He was leaving, Xiao Jingsan gave the order, and brilliance surged from everyone’s bodies. Flames, frost, vines, forming blades... Golden script flashed wildly in the air, and for a moment, the National Preceptor Pavilion was brightly lit.

"Matrix Order—Fire Swarm!"

"Matrix Order—Frost Oath!"

"Matrix Order—Spirit Sword!"

The escalating momentum was not like facing a prince, but more like confronting a fierce beast.

Li Mingyue watched this scene indifferently, neither stopping nor intervening.

Su Ming’an raised his hand, a bright red scale flashed across the back of his hand.

He confirmed he wasn’t drunk; he wouldn’t get drunk just by smelling a bit of alcohol. If there was any effect, it was due to the Eldest Prince’s physique, which had nothing to do with him. His state must be very normal.

"Xiao Jingsan." Su Ming’an called out with a smile.

Xiao Jingsan looked up, meeting Su Ming’an’s gaze.

"Bang."

Su Ming’an pointed his index finger at Xiao Jingsan’s forehead, making a gesture as if firing a gun.

In the next instant, silent crimson spread like a sea of red over everyone’s heads. They were forced to remain still, their facial expressions frozen, unable to move even a finger.

"Swish!"

Su Ming’an stepped on "Treya’s Mechanical Wheel," deploying a Defensive Barrier. He could now produce a 282*10-point Defensive Barrier, fully blocking the attacks launched by everyone before.

Flames extinguished, frost shattered, flying swords snapped.

Fear was evident on everyone’s faces.

...How did the Eldest Prince suddenly become so strong?

...If the Eldest Prince escapes and exposes that he had been persistently bled to the public, all the Eligibles would fear and loathe the Royal Family.

...Even if this really is the Eldest Prince, for the peace and prosperity of the nation, he cannot be allowed to escape!

"We must capture him! We must!" a guard shouted.

Xiao Jingsan’s expression was uncertain.

"Li Mingyue!" Su Ming’an grabbed the collar of the State Preceptor beside him, staring into his snow-like eyes: "Take me to Penglai Fairy Island now, immediately. The sooner the better, delaying might miss the clues."

"I will keep my promise." Li Mingyue glanced at the grabbed collar, his expression still calm.

"Then can we depart?" Su Ming’an asked.

"Come up with me," Li Mingyue said.

Su Ming’an let go of his hand.

Li Mingyue walked towards the nearby stairs, his figure like a snowy peak. In Su Ming’an’s eyes, he didn’t seem like a being of flesh, blood, and emotion, but more like an ice-carved figure.

"Li Mingyue!" Xiao Jingsan shouted: "Only those who pass the Penglai Immortals three days later can go to Penglai Fairy Island. By taking him, do you intend to break the rules? You know what happens to those who attempt to break the rules!"

Su Ming’an noticed that Xiao Jingsan’s respect for Li Mingyue was only superficial. The two seemed more like equals.

Was Xiao Jingsan really just a substitute?

Li Mingyue halted, his voice still without ripples: "I do not wish to break the rules, but Shaoqing has a promise with me, and I will unconditionally agree to one of his requests—this is also a rule. Now he wishes to go to Penglai Fairy Island, I will fulfill his wish."

"Because two rules conflict, you intend to break the rule that only those who pass the Penglai Immortals in three days can go to Penglai Fairy Island?" Xiao Jingsan said: "Those who break the rules will face divine retribution, Li Mingyue."

"Before I retrieve all my memories, every path I take is to test the rules." Li Mingyue said: "If you are afraid, quickly leave the National Preceptor Pavilion."

Having said these words, he continued walking upstairs.

"Ha, am I afraid?" Xiao Jingsan muttered: "Am I afraid? Obviously, we’re the same..."

...

The top floor was the Astrology Pavilion, housing some star charts, old books, and a bed.

"Shaoqing, lie down there." Li Mingyue pointed to the bed.

But Su Ming’an did not lie down at all; he reached out and lifted the bed sheet, then the mattress, checking the pillow from every angle before throwing it heavily on the ground.

He squatted down, examining carefully under the bed board for any traps, or if there was any poison, spikes, or instant-death spells beside the bed.

"..." Li Mingyue watched Su Ming’an silently.

"No traps, surprisingly." Su Ming’an stood up.

Based on experience, people with high Initial Favorability usually do terrifying things at unexpected times. He truly feared he might suddenly be harmed.

"..." Li Mingyue remained silent.

Having checked the bed, Su Ming’an rearranged the sheets, blanket, and placed the pillow properly, then lay down.

Li Mingyue stepped closer, her palm hovering above Su Ming’an’s forehead.

"What is this for?" Su Ming’an stared at the palm, "Hypnosis?"

"I will keep my promise and take you to Penglai Fairy Island." Li Mingyue said, "Sleep now."

... Sleep?

Su Ming’an vaguely sensed that Li Mingyue’s tone was similar to Dong An’an’s when she said, "If I kill you, I will show you the truth of the world."

"I must say beforehand, if dying is required to reach Penglai Fairy Island, I refuse." Su Ming’an was alert, "It can’t come at the cost of harming me."

"Mm."

"And it can’t take a very long time to reach Penglai Fairy Island."

"Mm."

"Why don’t you just tell me the method directly, tell me how to go there."

"...Impossible."

"Li Mingyue, can’t you be clearer with your words?"

"...Don’t speak."

In Su Ming’an’s eyes, Li Mingyue’s hand, so close, began to shimmer as if stars were twinkling.

One, two, three, connected by azure lines, stars flickered in his vision. Gradually losing consciousness, he heard some voices.

...

["He will exist ubiquitously in the world."]

["Because we are ants and can’t resist, does that justify ’giving up’?"]

["No."]

["I will wander between rules and humans, becoming this two-way bridge."]

["The humans who fancy themselves as masters, I will bring him here. Afterwards, return all miracles."]

...

Su Ming’an listened to these voices, his consciousness growing increasingly blurred.

Vaguely, he saw his perspective seemingly float up, transitioning from first-person to third-person, looking down from above at himself lying in bed.

He saw himself losing breath gradually, his chest stopped rising and falling.

Su Ming’an’s viewpoint floated in mid-air, suspiciously watching this scene.

... Did he die?

He lost consciousness lying in bed, and then died?

Su Ming’an’s consciousness floated in the air, shocked watching himself breathless on the bed.

Li Mingyue lowered her hand, closing Su Ming’an’s eyes on the bed.

"This is perfect." Li Mingyue muttered to herself, "Without making you a Supreme God, yet sending you to Penglai Fairy Island—this is perfect. No one has violated the [rules], and Louyue Nation can be at peace."

She rose, the bed transformed into an ice coffin, enclosing Su Ming’an’s body inside. Li Mingyue stood by the ice coffin, standing for a long time, motionless.

Su Ming’an watched this scene from mid-air, filled with shock and speechlessness.

—So all those conditions he mentioned later "not letting me die", were completely ignored by Li Mingyue?

However, Li Mingyue’s approach was quite logical. Li Mingyue kept saying, once he goes to Penglai Fairy Island, he might become the "Supreme God." Now he has broken through Xiao Jingsan and others’ blockade. If he continues to live, he will eventually go to Penglai Fairy Island, and Li Mingyue doesn’t want him to become the so-called "Supreme God", she could only stop him.

Now Su Ming’an seems to be in a state of being alive yet not alive. His consciousness floats in the air, but his body has lost breath, and the Death Rebound didn’t activate. Li Mingyue just needs to send Su Ming’an’s body to Penglai Fairy Island to fulfill the promise.

Is letting his body be sent to Penglai Fairy Island the "normal" storyline?

He can still use Puppet Threads to tear himself apart, triggering a Rebound in time. But... should he go back?

After rebounding, as long as he shows even a hint of wanting to go to Penglai Fairy Island, Li Mingyue will surely stop him. Li Mingyue is the only one who can contact the immortals, and Su Ming’an can’t bypass him, this is an inevitable dead end. Ultimately it would come to this.

While Su Ming’an was thinking, he suddenly felt the earth trembling.

His consciousness floated in air, but he could see everything around him—the trembling earth, the quivering National Preceptor Pavilion, the willow trees outside the window wildly dancing in the wind, the air surging like boiling waves.

Everything was trembling violently, sounds from below reached him, "What’s happening?"

"Could it be the dragon turning over? Quick, get away from the buildings!!"

"The Eldest Prince is still up there!"

"Don’t mind him! Run!"

Not just here, looking outside the window, palace maids, eunuchs, concubines, were all fleeing.

Li Mingyue frowned slightly, looking out the window.

Panic-stricken people fled.

Their surrounding buildings began to tremble, crack, bricks and tiles gradually shattered, pillars toppled, like sandcastles blown by the wind collapsing downward. Red candles overturned, precious books in pavilions burned to ashes. Priceless garments, jade accessories crafted by artisans... all were smashed.

This was a sudden natural disaster, yet it happened only in the Royal City.

Moreover, precisely the second when Su Ming’an’s body died, the earthquake occurred.

—Like divine retribution.

"Your Highness, are we..." Eunuch Xiaolin inquired.

Xiao Jingsan and his group had already evacuated the National Preceptor Pavilion.

"What’s going on?" Xiao Jingsan wondered privately, "Why did the earthquake suddenly happen? What exactly did Su Shaoqing and Li Mingyue do up there?"

...

["—Louyue Year 112 August, plague broke out in the Capital City, the Crown Prince passed away. The Emperor grieved greatly and intended to make the Third Prince Xida the Crown Prince."]

Just then, a voice came from the sky.

Crisp and pleasant, like silver bells.

["—Louyue Year 113 February, smallpox spread in the Capital City, the Third Prince Xida passed away from illness, the Emperor made the Fifth Prince Qi the Crown Prince."]

People looked up and saw a white figure suddenly appear in the sky.

["—Louyue Year 114 March, locust plague broke out in the Louyue Zhenping District."]

It was a young woman, with black, shiny, beautiful hair, her white dress fluttering like a lotus on the high mountains.

The sky behind her surged with vivid, thick colors. The midday sun was intensely bright, bursting like flowers, yet seemed to be the last glow before sinking into twilight.

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