Crossing the Cultivation Realm: Two Souls Coexist

Gu Yang's heartbeat was beating violently in his chest, and every beat absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, continuously nourishing his body.

He opened his eyes and was about to share this joy with Hu Qing who was practicing next to him, but suddenly he felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and he fell backwards out of control.

His soul seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, rising higher and higher, then crushed, bringing waves of dizziness.

During this period, Gu Yang had no idea of time. The pain and dizziness brought by his soul made him feel like he was about to collapse.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on a familiar bed. Everything around him was so strange yet familiar.

The beams above his head, the wooden windows beside him, the cotton quilt covering his chest, everything here stimulated his memory.

This is his home, this is Qingtian Village, where he grew up.

The air was still filled with the smell of my father's lit tobacco, mixed with a hint of pleasant tea oil, which was one of my mother's few cosmetics.

Gu Yang's eyes gradually became moist. He buried his head in the quilt, feeling the surrounding air. This was the place he missed.

The quilt rose and fell slowly, he was sobbing silently, it felt like a dream here.

and many more.

dream?

Could it be that everything in my memory was just a dream?

His parents were not dead at all, he did not know how to practice cultivation, nor would he enter Haitian City to take the exam, and he did not know any Hu Qing.

I have been living with my parents like this until now.

The more he thought about it, the more it seemed right, and his body grew a little stronger. He threw aside the tear-soaked quilt and jumped out of bed.

When he fell to the ground, he discovered something unusual: his height was only half of what it used to be, and his limbs had become shorter.

He came to the wooden cabinet by the window, which was his mother's dressing table, and there was a palm-sized piece of mirror fragment.

After taking the photo, he realized that this was his seven-year-old self. This face and this body all told the truth.

He became increasingly confused. Wasn't what he had just experienced a dream?

Before he could sort out his thoughts, another soul crawled out of the bed. It was Hu Qing.

The two looked at each other and saw the same shock and confusion in each other's eyes.

"What's going on? Why are you here?" There was a hint of trembling in Gu Yang's voice.

"Brother Gu, is that you? What happened to you?" Hu Qing stood up and looked around. "Where is this place?"

"This is my home. How did you get here?" Gu Yang was on the verge of collapse. What was real and what was fake?

Hu Qing shook his head, his face was also blank:

"I don't know. I just remember that I was practicing, and then... first you disappeared from my perception, and then I ended up here."

Gu Yang's already confused brain seemed clear at this moment, as if he had suddenly grasped his thoughts.

His parents had been dead for many years, yet he had locked the door to the house himself. He had broken the mirror on the counter when he was fifteen, not seven.

Gu Yang's eyes became brighter and brighter. He looked around and saw that everything was shrinking.

It turned out that his body had returned to normal, and he was still the 19-year-old Gu Yang.

"Brother Gu, you're back to normal. Is this just a dream? You can actually change your size anywhere." Hu Qing walked to Gu Yang and pinched him curiously.

"I think I know the reason, the reason why they brought us here." Gu Yang already had it in mind.

"Is it the martial art we practice, the 'Great Dream Technique'?" Hu Qing also had some thoughts.

"Yes, it is the "Great Dream Art". Because I have made a breakthrough, this is my inner demon. You and I are one, so you followed here too." Gu Yang said with certainty.

The two discussed it and finally understood the truth of it all.

This is the method of eliminating the inner demons in "The Great Dream Technique" - return to the place where the inner demons originated.

"Then Brother Gu, let's get rid of your inner demons!" Hu Qing said firmly, standing beside Gu Yang.

Gu Yang's eyes became blurred. He walked to the door and opened the somewhat rotten wooden door.

The blizzard lashed his face like a merciless whip, and every inch of his skin felt the biting cold.

His eyes were almost blinded by the wind and snow, but his heart was colder than the wind and snow.

This was the day his parents died. Everything outside was so familiar. This was his inner demon.

Hu Qing was about to follow Gu Yang and take a step out the door when suddenly an invisible force pulled their souls out, as if they were tightly grasped by an invisible big hand.

"This is……"

Hu Qing's voice suddenly stopped. He felt his consciousness rapidly blurring, and the scene before his eyes began to distort and become blurry.

Gu Yang also felt this power. He tried to resist, but found that his strength was insignificant in front of this power.

Pulled by this force, the two people's consciousness was like being sucked into a vortex, spinning and rolling, and finally fell into darkness.

When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves back in the center of the training room, collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.

It seemed as if all the strength had been drained from their bodies, and even standing up was extremely difficult.

"What exactly is going on?"

Hu Qing struggled to sit up, his eyes wandering around, trying to find the answer.

Gu Yang also looked bewildered. He shook his head, trying to clear his mind.

"We were just trying to eliminate my inner demon, why did it suddenly come back?"

The two were filled with doubts. They knew that this power was definitely beyond their comprehension.

They needed an answer, an answer that could explain it all.

They thought of someone at the same time, someone who could explain this matter. Gu Yang pulled out the token from the spirit gathering array, and it showed that there was still one hour left.

"How long have we been gone?" Gu Yang looked at Hu Qing seriously.

Hu Qing shook his head. He was also practicing and didn't pay attention to these things.

"Then next time, I'd better make some preparations in advance and see how the time flow rate is calculated."

Gu Yang first sent a message to Elder Han, but Elder Han was probably busy or practicing, so he did not reply.

After waiting for a while, the two continued to practice. Gu Yang had to stabilize his realm, and the spiritual energy of this spirit gathering array could not be wasted at all.

Hu Qing felt that he was one step closer to the Jindan stage, and was just one step away from the final achievement.

An hour later, the surrounding spiritual energy disappeared and returned to its original level. The two opened their eyes at the same time and could see the joy in each other's eyes.

At this time, the token also lit up, and Elder Han replied. The message was very short, just five words:

Wait for me, I'll be there soon!