A lucky cat fell from the sky.

Chapter 72 Illusion

The mountain path gradually narrows as you go.

Fog began to rise gradually.

Wu Cheng saw the thin mist rise and slowly spread towards the people entering the mountain.

As the thin mist drifted towards the crowd, the villager in charge warned, "Everyone be careful, try to breathe as little as possible."

Guo Sidi whispered to Wu Cheng, "Inhale more of this mist; it will do you good."

What's happening here?

Wu Cheng was a little confused.

Why did the villagers say that it was forbidden to smoke, while Guo Sidi said to smoke more?

However, he quickly realized that there was something wrong with the fog.

As Wu Cheng inhaled the mist, he felt as if he had entered a dream world.

He saw a vast expanse of white snow.

A three- or four-year-old child was slipping and sliding through the snow, followed by a man with a crippled leg.

The man was also holding a baby in his arms.

Although the snow wasn't thick, Longqiu was from the south, where the air was damp and cold, especially on snowy days. Staying outside for a long time could be fatal. Yet these people were only dressed in thin clothes.

These people were Wu Cheng's family.

When Wu Cheng was very young, several men in black robes came to his house. Without saying a word, they ransacked the house and took away Wu Cheng's mother. Wu Cheng's father, Wu Haishan, along with his younger sister Wu Liang, had no choice but to leave their hometown and come to Longqiu.

From then on, the Wu family settled down in Longqiu, and Wu Cheng became a resident of Longqiu. So many years have passed, and Wu Cheng has never heard any news about his mother, nor does he know how she is doing.

However, Wu Cheng kept this memory buried deep in his heart, and it became a knot in his heart that he could not untie.

He had secretly vowed to find out who had harmed his family and who had taken his mother away.

No matter who it is, I must make them pay the price.

Then the scene shifts to Wu Cheng Village, an ordinary village where everyone shares the same surname, Ye, except for Wu Cheng's family, who have a different surname.

The Wu family has always been bullied. When Wu Cheng was a child, any good things he had would be taken away by other children with the surname Ye.

Every time Wu Cheng got into a fight with them, regardless of whether he was right or wrong, or whether he won or lost, Wu Haishan would take Wu Cheng to their house to apologize, put on a smiling face, and buy some treats for the child.

As a result, everyone felt that the Wu family was weak and easy to bully, and some children even specifically targeted Wu Cheng to bully.

They insulted Wu Cheng, and Wu Cheng could tolerate it; but when they insulted his sister Wu Liang, Wu Cheng had to fight them to the death.

After Wu Cheng was admitted to university, the Ye family became a little more subdued, but they still often took advantage of the Wu family.

However, Wu Cheng secretly harbored resentment towards the Ye family and knew he would return to the village sooner or later to settle accounts with them.

This is another knot in Wu Cheng's heart.

These two unresolved issues are both a driving force and an obstacle for Wu Cheng.

With the help of Jin Wanliang from the cat house, Wu Cheng suddenly came to his senses. Now Wu Cheng understood the meaning behind Guo Sidi's words. If he inhaled more of this thin mist, he could discover the knots in his heart that he had never been able to untie. If he could find a way to untie these knots, he would grow up.

At the same time, staying clear-headed in this thin mist can be considered a form of spiritual practice, as it has a very good effect on training one's willpower.

Not only Wu Cheng was in the illusion, but everyone else also began to hallucinate after inhaling the mist.

In the illusion, Lu Dongyang saw himself being repeatedly beaten by Wu Cheng, time and time again, with Wu Cheng specifically slapping his face in the illusion.

Lu Dongyang's face, which he thought was handsome, was swollen and flattened by Wu Cheng, leaving behind Wu Cheng's handprint and shoe print.

Lu Dongyang screamed repeatedly, unable to escape this illusion no matter what he did.

When Lu Dongxuan faced the test of the illusion, she saw an incredibly dazzling halo before her, and within this halo stood a powerful and beautiful woman.

This woman made Lu Dongxuan, who was in the illusion, pale in comparison.

Lu Dongxuan was unwilling and resentful, but she had no intention of comparing herself to this woman.

She is so beautiful, she is so powerful.

A woman who is frighteningly beautiful and frighteningly powerful overshadows all the brilliance of other women.

In the illusion, Lu Dongxuan kept feeling ashamed of herself, lowering herself to the dust.

From that time on, Lu Dongxuan came to realize that people are different.

There is no true equality in the world; the strong are high above and the weak are groveling below.

That's the rule of survival.

This beautiful and powerful woman was someone Lu Dongxuan didn't even dare to mention, because just thinking about her made her feel terrifyingly powerful.

Hao Xiachan also entered the illusion at this time.

She saw herself as a child, a bright and quick learner who was the greatest hope of the Hao family.

She started learning martial arts with Miss Gu from the Gu family when she was very young, and her talent for martial arts was also revealed at that time.

She was the most outstanding child among all the children of the large families in Longqiu, and also the "other people's child" that all the parents in Longqiu talked about.

This is the kind of person she is. Her grandfather, Hao Tianqi, has praised her many times, saying that the Hao family will definitely have to rely on her in the future.

However, just before she officially began learning medical martial arts at the age of eight, she suddenly fell seriously ill. After the illness, her aptitude changed, and she fell from a genius to a weak person.

It only takes a moment for a genius to turn into a good-for-nothing.

The Hao family no longer expected her to achieve anything, and her father lost his prestige within the family because of her.

Grandpa was about to pass the position to his father, but then things changed, making the position of head of the Hao family uncertain again.

Hao Henxin, who used to be very fond of his third uncle, has completely changed his attitude. Even Hao Xiajian, the good-for-nothing son of the Hao family, has become arrogant and keeps calling him a good-for-nothing.

Hao Xiachan experienced the harsh realities of life.

Although she is now very outstanding and has become one of the Four Beauties of Longqiu, she still cannot resolve the knot in her heart.

Now she is facing this knot in her heart again. Although she feels much more at ease, it will still take a long time for her to truly overcome this obstacle.

However, none of everyone's inner demons are the most terrifying; the most terrifying is Hao Henxin's inner demon.

Hao Henxin saw the eye on his forehead suddenly grow larger and larger, and a demon emerged from the eye.

After this inner demon emerged, it reached out and grabbed his neck, tightly choking him. He felt like he couldn't breathe and desperately tried to pry the hand away.

But no matter what he did, he couldn't pry the hand off. He was suffocating, but the feeling of being choked didn't dissipate. For Hao Henxin, every second felt incredibly long.