Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

Guan Shanyu was so scared that he screamed "Fuck".

The sword hasn't even hit the turtle yet, how come it suddenly turned into this?

Guan Shanyu vaguely recalled the time he encountered the female ghost while training down the mountain. He wondered if this old bastard had also started a new plot on his own. This world's surprise Easter eggs really are endless. Guan Shanyu subconsciously wanted to call out to the system to ask it what was going on, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he laughed out of anger.

What the hell is this system? I don’t even know where that bastard is now.

It would either never show up, or when it does, he would curse it to death!

After thinking about it, Guan Shanyu forced himself to calm down. Although it was pitch black and his feet seemed to be floating in the air, he reminded himself that Yan Ruchen was by his side. It was always a good idea to follow the protagonist. He slowly turned around and called softly, "Ruchen, are you nearby?"

The sound dissipated into the emptiness, leaving no echo. He listened, hoping for a response, but all he heard was dead silence. He tried calling out a few more times, but not only Yan Ruchen, but also Qingfan and Suyi's voices seemed to be swallowed by the darkness.

A drop of cold sweat broke out on Guan Shanyu's forehead.

"Oh my god! Did they open a dungeon just for me?" Guan Shanyu shoved his hands into his hair, feeling so anxious that he almost wanted to curse. Sending him to do the dungeon was fine, but what was the point of this dark and gloomy thing? And what about Yan Ruchen and the others? He just came to this damn place by himself? Why?

But on second thought, Guan Shanyu suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was extremely familiar.

When I first crossed over, I seemed to be in this kind of dark space. There was a control panel in front of me, and a machine voice that looked like Google Translate was broadcasting instructions.

Could it be…

Guan Shanyu suddenly became excited and shouted, "System! Is that you? Are you alive? I won't scold you anymore, come out now!"

Just as he finished speaking, a beam of light suddenly burst in front of him, as if a black curtain had been split open in the middle by a knife, and it was like the arrival of daylight. It was so dazzling that Guan Shanyu quickly raised his hands to shield his eyes, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin, and he excitedly shouted in the direction of the light source: "System! I knew you wouldn't abandon me!"

As the light completely dispelled the darkness, the surrounding scene gradually turned from pitch black to bright. Guan Shanyu squinted his eyes, slowly adapted to the light, and slowly lowered his arms.

However, the expected control panel did not appear.

What appeared was an antique courtyard scenery: a gurgling pool, scattered rockery, surrounded by exquisite houses, winding corridors and flowery gardens. In front of him, there were several children surrounding him, pointing at him and laughing.

Guan Shanyu: “Huh?”

what's the situation?

Where's the system? Where's my system?

The group of children in front of him were about ten years old, dressed in gorgeous clothes, wearing cream-white silk double-breasted jackets and mink hats. There were boys and girls, all of them delicate and lovely. Somehow, they circled around Guan Shanyu, pointing and laughing, but they didn't know what to laugh at.

Guan Shanyu was confused and scratched his head. He looked down and was shocked to find that his body had shrunk. His hands became round and tender, just like a child's hands. When he looked up again, he found that those children were about the same size as him. He suddenly realized that

Damn, he turned into a child?

Seeing his bewildered face, the children laughed even more unscrupulously, shouting, "Look, look, Guan Shanyu is stupid, standing there like a log, and he pooped such a big lump in his pants. His parents are going to beat him to death when he gets home, hahahahahaha."

Guan Shanyu looked up when he heard the voice, looked around, and finally set his gaze back on the group of children. He slapped his forehead suddenly and remembered the reason.

Bullshit system! He almost forgot about this part after typing so much. When he was conceiving the plot of Yan Ruchen becoming the old turtle's apprentice, in order to highlight Yan Ruchen's inner strength, he deliberately gave the old turtle a skill, which is the ability to manipulate memories. He can immerse people in the most painful and most unwilling to touch memory scenes in their hearts, using this as a harsh test of their spirit.

Everyone will have some painful memories that they don't want to recall during their lifetime. Just thinking about them is enough to make people feel heartbroken. If they experience it again, they may become trapped in it and unable to extricate themselves.

In the original novel, Yan Ruchen, even when he was in trouble and faced the double attack of difficulties from his fellow disciples and his own painful memories, he still showed amazing willpower and overcame the illusion with perseverance. This tenacity finally won the recognition of the old turtle, who taught him peerless martial arts.

So, it seems that their attack on the old bastard triggered his passive ability, trapping everyone in this illusion woven from memories. Here, everyone is forced to confront the past they most dislike. To break this impasse, they simply need to overcome these illusions.

After thinking about it, Guan Shanyu raised his head and looked at the group of children in front of him who were holding their stomachs and laughing uncontrollably, and a trace of speechlessness flashed through his heart.

Now this is the memory that the original Guan Shanyu doesn't want to look back on, and it's not his! It's too easy to break this situation!

Guan Shanyu couldn't help but laugh. He thought to himself, after being unlucky for so long, he actually got lucky this time. What's the difference between this and giving it away for free? He looked at the group of little brats in front of him and asked expressionlessly, "Why are you laughing at me?"

The children were already laughing so hard that they couldn't stand up straight. When they heard Guan Shanyu's question, they laughed even harder and one of them even rolled on the ground. At this time, an older child pointed at Guan Shanyu and said, "Did you stand for too long and your head is frozen like a log? And you ask us why we are laughing at you. Look at you, you lost the game of throwing pots, but you were so embarrassed that you pooped on yourself. Hey, it stinks. I've called my aunt and the others to come and see. Everyone will know then, hahahahahahaha."

Tossing pot... lost... and pulled...

Guan Shanyu lowered his head and looked down.

When people are extremely speechless, they will really laugh for no apparent reason.

That's it? It actually became a shadow in the original owner's life?

Well, it really fits his face-conscious, entangled personality. He was so young, so he just pooped. Who would remember it in a few years? As for thinking about it for so long... I was wondering why I smelled a foul odor just now!

After thinking about it, Guan Shanyu raised his head expressionlessly, took off his pants neatly, and then stuffed his pants into the mouth of the man in front of him who was laughing wildly.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!!!"

The screams were getting louder and louder, even louder than the noise of slaughtering pigs during the Spring Festival. The child in front of Guan Shanyu was so frightened that he frantically pulled his pants out of his mouth and threw them away, screaming and retching, looking like he had seen a ghost. The children who were watching the excitement on the sidelines had their smiles frozen in an instant. Seeing Guan Shanyu's sinister smile, their hearts began to beat fast. They didn't expect Guan Shanyu to do such a thing, and they screamed: "You are crazy! Guan Shanyu, let's tell Auntie!"

Guan Shanyu's smile became even more strange, and he began to unbutton another pair of pants. As he took them off, he said slowly, "You guys can go ahead and sue me, but before that, play with me for a while."

After saying that, he raised a pair of yellow pants and shook them at the children. The children screamed and fled in all directions. Guan Shanyu chased them with the pants in his hand. One of the children panicked and fell directly into the pool next to him, splashing water. Seeing this, Guan Shanyu wanted to throw the pants at the child, but just as he took a step, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed before his eyes, and everything stopped.

Guan Shanyu knew that he had succeeded. It was impossible to defeat him by using other people's memories. Even if it was his own, he could pass it smoothly. After all -

Perverts are invincible.

But Guan Shanyu didn't return to the valley floor as expected. Instead, he was magically transported to a bustling street. The streets were bustling with people, shops, and activity. The pants Guan Shanyu was holding had vanished. He looked down and saw that he had returned to his youthful appearance. Strangely, he was now wearing the Lingcaoxuan school uniform.

Could it be that what he said was what he was reading, and what he was about to read was the memory of his deepest fear? But he was wearing the clothes of Lingcaoxuan, so did he have some shadow in Lingcaoxuan?

Guan Shanyu's eyes rolled around, but he couldn't remember what it was. Even if he was beaten in the water dungeon, it couldn't be completely considered a shadow. So what could it be?

Guan Shanyu lowered his head to examine his attire. In addition to the school uniform, he also found traces of fighting on his body. His body was stained with blood and his clothes were torn. This was obviously his appearance after the fierce battle at the bottom of Wangshuiling Valley. This was even more strange.

Just when he was confused, a voice of "Ouch" suddenly came from the side.

He turned around inexplicably and saw that a child had bumped into the passerby next to him. The child stumbled a few steps before he could stand up. Then he quickly turned around, clasped his hands together, and bowed repeatedly to apologize to the passerby: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you okay?"

Guan Shanyu was just about to turn around and leave to see what kind of place this was, but he caught a glimpse of the child's appearance out of the corner of his eye and felt that he looked familiar. He turned his head and saw the child's appearance clearly, and Guan Shanyu was stunned for a moment.

Is this... Yan Ruchen?

The child before him looked childish, perhaps seven or eight years old, yet bore a striking resemblance to Yan Ruchen, then sixteen or seventeen, as if a scaled-down version of Yan Ruchen's features. A smudge of dirt clung to the child's face, and he wore plain, washed-out clothes. He eyed the passerby cautiously.

The passerby brushed the dust off his legs. He was a little annoyed at first, but seeing that the other person was just a child, he waved his hands helplessly and said impatiently, "Be more careful next time! You're running so fast in such a hurry."

Seeing that the man said everything was fine, Yan Ruchen was obviously relieved. The corners of his mouth turned up, and his eyes curved into crescent shapes. After bowing deeply to the passerby again, he ran away happily.

Is this... Yan Ruchen's memory?

His mind hadn't yet fully grasped the situation, but his body had already reacted. Almost as soon as Yan Ruchen turned and ran away, Guan Shanyu immediately followed. Although this long street was completely unfamiliar to him, based on his knowledge of the original novel, he speculated that this was most likely Fengping Village. But for some reason, how did he enter Yan Ruchen's memories?

A petite figure nimbly weaves its way along the long street. Shops line both sides, their vibrant signs swaying gently in the breeze, their vibrant colors drawing the eye. Inside a teahouse, a tea master expertly brews fragrant tea, the aroma filling the air and inviting passersby to pause and rest. Outside a restaurant, steam billows, the aroma permeates the air, and diners chat and laugh loudly, or sip softly, savoring the delights of delicious food.

At this moment, the owner of the bun shop had just brought out a basket of steaming buns when Yan Ruchen unexpectedly ran by and almost bumped into him, frightening the owner so much that he stumbled. The owner quickly steadied himself and shouted to the naughty child, "Hey, watch your step!"

Hearing the voice, Yan Ruchen turned around, smiled embarrassedly, waved his hand and apologized: "Sorry, boss, I didn't mean it." After that, he ran away like a gust of wind again.

Guan Shanyu followed closely behind Yan Ruchen. Although the little guy was young, he ran incredibly fast. In his arms, he was holding a package wrapped in oil paper, and it seemed that he was in a hurry to deliver it somewhere. Guan Shanyu shuttled through the crowd, avoiding pedestrians while keeping an eye on Yan Ruchen's movements. He thought to himself, this kid is just rushing forward like this, isn't he afraid of bumping into someone?

Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, a group of people appeared in front of Yan Ruchen. Guan Shanyu's heart tightened, and he was about to open his mouth to warn them, but it was too late. Yan Ruchen was not paying attention and had already bumped into a young lady in front of the group.