CHAPTER 341: 0216 CONSCIOUSNESS RETURN (2-IN-1)

The boundless sea surface piled with white waves surging toward the shore, Xu Chang’an stood alone on the boat, the sea breeze brushing against the edge of his clothing, lending him its force, blowing him towards the direction of the island.

In the sky, sea birds circled, seemingly ready to dive into the water in search of a meal.

Xu Chang’an blinked and knew why he was seeing such a scene... In the past, he would sometimes sail a small boat nearby to catch some seafood to bring back for Yun Qian.

After all, the sea area surrounding the island was very calm, never having any severe winds or waves.

So, does this count as going hunting?

In the sky, the sea birds swooped into the water, and after a soft cry returned to the air, seemingly returning empty-handed.

"..." Xu Chang’an looked at the bag of assorted modern candies and snacks from his previous life by his side and remained silent for a moment.

Although it was a dream, when he left, he felt that a little assorted candy was not enough, so he bought some more exquisite pastries and snacks that he was familiar with.

"Really makes one nostalgic." Xu Chang’an murmured.

If not for missing this memory of sailing, he wouldn’t have appeared on this sea surface after leaving the metropolis.

It’s just that Xu Chang’an always felt his dream was somewhat too exquisite.

The sea surface under the sun shimmering with pale golden ripples, upon closer inspection was a transparent azure blue, in the distance, one could see the sun-reflecting white sand beach, even more exquisite than the White Jade Avenue of the Chaoyun Sect.

Such exquisite, seemingly re-enacted scenes, unless his thoughts triggered a collapse of ripple in the dream world, he would have truly believed he was back on the island and not just dreaming.

However, speaking again.

Having one’s consciousness in a dream isn’t a big deal.

Even ordinary people in the mundane world can use methods to achieve the effect of a "lucid dream," so a cultivator, whose spiritual power has cleansed and whose spirit platform is stable, being able to achieve this isn’t surprising.

Xu Chang’an thought, could such beautiful scenes be directly extracted from the depths of his memory?

Quite possibly.

He had personally felt the gentle sea breeze, sensed the warm saline air, personally touched these refreshing and mind-clearing sceneries... so...

Xu Chang’an leaped and fell into the clean sea.

Opened his eyes.

The underwater world was incredibly vibrant, schools of fish shimmering with silver light swam through the coral and rock crevices on the seabed.

Xu Chang’an’s heart moved, his entire being seemingly teleported directly onto the boat, without a speck of seawater on him, completely without signs of having entered the water, except in his hand was a continuously struggling silverfish preferred by Yu Gu.

"The taste of grilled fish isn’t bad."

Xu Chang’an smiled and tossed the fish back into the water.

How should one say?

A dream is just a dream, having illogical elements, the simplest being if he didn’t want his body to touch water, it wouldn’t, if he wanted to teleport, he could teleport.

In this world, he was just like a creator deity.

But speaking again, because everything was too realistic, all things came from his memories, were experiences he personally felt, then... could it be considered...

This isn’t illusory, but real, amplifying his understanding of these objects from his memory into true existence.

It sounds a bit strange.

But Xu Chang’an realized his memory wasn’t false, so how could everything from the memory be false?

Even the dream Yun Qian...

No, this cannot be.

The real Yun Qian, of course, there is only one, sleeping soundly outside holding his arms.

But the dream Yun Qian, too, came entirely from his closest memories, not false, forcing the issue, she is a Yun Qian who once existed.

Half true and half false?

Thinking this way...

Xu Chang’an breathed a sigh of relief, he once believed the fake was ultimately fake, but recreating a past Yun Qian, wasn’t considered a fake person...

"How could it be."

Xu Chang’an shook his head.

Indeed, he still couldn’t convince himself.

This is very strange.

"... Feeling fearful upon nearing home?"

Looking at the close-at-hand coastline, Xu Chang’an suddenly hesitated, not knowing whether it was due to this feeling or something else...

Strangely, he always felt that going to meet a "false" Yun Qian while carrying the real Yun Qian on his back was absurd.

At this moment, Xu Chang’an fell into a very eerie thought.

Having a rendezvous with Yun Qian in a dream, does it count as betrayal?

As a steward catering to the dream Yun Qian, does it count as abandoning the real for the false?

"..."

At this moment, Xu Chang’an’s little boat remained stationary, as if the entire sky plunged into silence with him.

Unable to figure out this problem, he didn’t know what demeanor to adopt facing the dream Yun Qian.

"... It would be better if my mind weren’t this clear." Xu Chang’an sighed.

If he were truly dreaming, that would mean returning to his island days, naturally he wouldn’t have such sensitive thoughts.

But...

He originally was overthinking.

Actually, it doesn’t count as betrayal, after all, as he thinks even if in a dream, it wasn’t that he imagined Yun Qian, everything of her in the dream came from the tenderness he once experienced.

But Xu Chang’an, in these aspects, was always incomparably serious, steadfastly refusing even a little spiritual blemish.

Lian Yunqian and the dream Yun Qian are so clearly distinguished by Xu Chang’an, how could he have ambiguous relations with other women?