What on earth was wrong with this group of people?!
Shouldn't they have immediately rushed over full of pity and loyalty after reading the diary? Why did they even burn it?!
Lin Yibai was utterly confused, but she still suppressed her doubts and lay motionless on the bed.
A sarcastic smile curled up on Pei Xuanjing's lips. He walked to the bedside and looked down at Lin Yibai. His eyes were like a cold and icy pool, devoid of any emotion.
"Stop pretending. I know you're awake. Get up."
Lin Yibai's hand under the quilt tightened, but she still didn't open her eyes. Cold sweat was slowly breaking out on her back.
Something was definitely off. Why was Pei Xuanjing acting like this!
Even He Yu and Shen Chuyun were acting strangely. They used to be like her devoted followers. In the past, as long as she showed the slightest bit of unhappiness, they would go and cause trouble for Shen Qing.
But now, they seemed indifferent and completely cold.
Pei Xuanjing saw Lin Yibai's eyelids flutter, but she still had no intention of waking up. Impatience had already crept into his eyes.
"Lin Yibai! I'll say it one more time. I already know you're awake. Get up quickly. Don't force me to use force on you!"
At this point, even if Lin Yibai wanted to keep pretending, she couldn't.
She slowly opened her eyes. In an instant, tears welled up in her eyes. Coupled with her sickly appearance, she looked extremely pitiful.
"Senior Brother, why are you so cold to me? I was just too scared because of Junior Sister... Forget it. I can't completely blame her. It's all my fault for being careless and getting seriously injured and falling into a coma..."
Seeing that Lin Yibai started to slander Shen Qing as soon as she woke up, Pei Xuanjing's face darkened. Even He Yu and Shen Chuyun looked embarrassed and ashamed.
How on earth had they been deceived by this clumsy act before?
Lin Yibai's act of showing weakness was just right, but the calculation in her eyes couldn't be hidden. After she finished speaking, her expectation for their reaction was clearly written on her face.
They had been so blind before!
The three of them began to despise themselves again.
Gritting his teeth, Pei Xuanjing couldn't bear to watch Lin Yibai's act any longer. He reached out and grabbed Lin Yibai's wrist forcefully, forcing her to get up.
"Senior Brother, what are you doing?" Lin Yibai let out a startled cry, but she couldn't break free. Pei Xuanjing was using so much force that it left a red mark on her wrist.
Pei Xuanjing half-dragged and half-pulled Lin Yibai outside the house. Then he gave her a hard shove. Lin Yibai staggered and fell heavily to the ground.
Although Lin Yibai was a soul body, in the dream, it was just like in reality. The pain of her palm being scratched by the gravel when she landed was clearly transmitted to her mind.
Under the stimulation of the pain, Lin Yibai's eyes were filled with dense fear.
This wasn't right. This wasn't how she was supposed to be treated. Why had Pei Xuanjing changed like this!!
At this time, she panicked and looked around, trying to find Ji Chongming's figure. But to her great disappointment, Ji Chongming, who used to watch from a distance in the previous dreams, was completely gone.
"Pei Xuanjing! What on earth is wrong with you!"
"Brother Chongming, Brother Chongming, where are you? This dream is so wrong. Have they regained their memories? Quickly start another dream!! I don't want to stay here any longer!!"
Lin Yibai shouted madly in all directions, but she didn't get any response.
The three people in front of her looked at Lin Yibai coldly, like wild beasts ready to pounce. As long as Lin Yibai said something unfavorable to Shen Qing, the three of them would rush up and tear her to pieces.
Shen Qing and Li Xian were not far away, watching the entanglement of the four people without any emotion in their hearts.
Actually, this was the best time to interrogate Lin Yibai, but she no longer wanted to get any information from Lin Yibai.
Shen Qing already understood most of the matter about the system, and the matter about the Demon Realm had been handed over to the Magic Bell. Now, it didn't matter whether Lin Yibai was there or not.
Without the system and Ji Chongming, Lin Yibai was like a wild beast that had lost its claws and fangs. She could only act recklessly.
"Stop looking. I think Hong Chaoyang has already brought people to attack Ji Chongming, and the Magic Bell should have gone to the dense forest to persuade those demon soldiers. Now we just need to wait for the cracks to appear in this dream, and then we can leave the Soul-Locking Flag all at once."
Li Xian pulled Shen Qing down to sit. There were still many spiritual fruits in his storage bag. He took them out one by one and placed them in front of Shen Qing.
Somehow, Shen Qing had gotten used to eating something when she was thinking. Whether it was salty or sweet, as long as the food went into her stomach, it could relieve some of her worries.
"I'm thinking that since we've come this far, why don't we take a big gamble?"
Shen Qing stroked her chin, thought for a moment, and then slowly said this.
The Soul-Locking Flag could separate soul bodies. So when Shen Qing entered the dream of the Soul-Locking Flag, Ling Zhou's soul was also imprisoned by the Soul-Locking Flag somewhere in the dream.
He might also be awakening his memories and looking for a way to break through the dream.
After the dream shattered, they could get out of the Soul-Locking Flag. Because Ling Zhou had a brand on the jade pendant, he would surely return to Shen Qing's spiritual sea.
But what if Ling Zhou could find a suitable physical body?
Since her memories had returned, Shen Qing had been thinking about the feasibility of this problem.
Ling Zhou hiding in her mind was not a long-term solution. It wasn't that she didn't like Ling Zhou, but for the sake of the long term, finding a physical body would be the best choice.
It was a pity that Ling Zhou wasn't by her side now. She couldn't discuss it with him, which made her feel a little annoyed.
Li Xian didn't know what Shen Qing was thinking. He tilted his head, his eyes full of confusion: "What do you want to gamble on?"
They had originally planned to use Lin Yibai to force Ji Chongming out, and then let Ji Chongming take out the Soul-Locking Flag. The Soul-Locking Flag could command hundreds of ghosts. It was an important magical weapon. If they could get the Soul-Locking Flag into their hands, it would be of great benefit.
But now, looking at Shen Qing, Li Xian felt that she seemed to have another plan.
Shen Qing hesitated for a moment. She held Li Xian's cheeks with both hands and got closer to him. Her warm breath sprayed on Li Xian's face, making it itch.
"Shen Qing..."
Li Xian's breath caught for a moment, and his heart in his chest started to beat faster. He even half-closed his eyes, looking forward to Shen Qing's next move.
But Shen Qing just stared at him, pursing her lips. She had no intention of kissing him.
After a long time, just when Li Xian thought he should take the initiative, Shen Qing finally spoke slowly: "Li Xian, I've been hiding something from you."
"Actually, there's always been a man living in my spiritual sea... He is..."
A man??
The spiritual sea??
These two words together were extremely strange, and it took Li Xian a while to process them.
He understood Shen Qing's words to mean that there had always been another boy in Shen Qing's heart. He was her beloved, her white moonlight, her cinnabar mole.
And he, Li Xian, was just a substitute for that man.
Thinking like this, a faint pain welled up in Li Xian's chest. He seemed to be unable to hear anything else Shen Qing said after that.