Chapter 463: Strange Dream

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

It was a rolled-up map.

If it was an ordinary person, it would take at least 10 days to confirm the places marked on the map, but Xiaoxiao and Rong Yan did not need to.

The two people with super mobility only exchanged glances. They gathered in the space after everyone fell asleep in the middle of the night and used space teleportation to quickly arrive outside the Imperial Capital. Then, they released Wind and Lightning.

Although they could teleport, firstly, Rong Yan couldn’t bear for Xiaoxiao to waste too much energy, and secondly, it had been a long time since they rode a horse.

Now that there were no restrictions on space projection, the two of them crossed half of the country in less than an hour and arrived at a cave marked on the map.

The entrance of the cave was hidden. If not for the map’s guidance, no one would have guessed that there was a stone door hidden deep in the dense vines and grass.

There were two dragon-shaped totems engraved on the stone door. There was an irregular dent between the two dragon heads.

Xiaoxiao and Rong Yan thought of that piece of jade at the same time.

He placed the jade pendant into the depression between the dragon heads. With a soft mechanism sound, the stone door opened.

Rong Yan grabbed Xiaoxiao’s hand. “Once you discover that something is wrong, enter the space immediately.”

Xiaoxiao nodded and even cautiously let an NPC guard outside the door.

There was a long and narrow passageway behind the stone door. The two of them were very careful along the way, but fortunately, they did not encounter any traps. They traveled smoothly to the empty hall.

The two of them took out illumination from their space. After adapting to the light and seeing the furnishings in the hall, they fell silent.

Although this was a hall, it was probably more appropriate to call it a “warehouse”.

The storage room that was divided into squares contained warehouses of food and some weapons. Unfortunately…

Opening another sack, Xiaoxiao sighed and shook her head. “It’s been too long and it’s moldy. It can’t even be used as feed, let alone for people to eat.”

“The weapons are even worse. They’re already rusty and can’t be used at all.”

After saying that, she realized that Rong Yan was abnormally silent. She turned around and saw that he was sweating profusely.

“Little Big Brother? Rong Yan, what’s wrong?”

Hearing Xiaoxiao’s voice, Rong Yan came back to his senses, but his eyes were still a little dazed.

“I don’t know why, but this place feels familiar.”

“Huh?” Xiaoxiao asked. “Maybe you came here when you were young?”

Rong Yan took a deep breath. “I don’t know either, but I feel suffocated when I see this.”

Because he was worried about Rong Yan’s health, Xiaoxiao pulled him back to the space and insisted that he sleep. Rong Yan thought that he would definitely not be able to sleep, but he fell into a dream as soon as he closed his eyes.

In his dream, he was wearing armor and covered in blood as he led the loo-man team to the forest. It was different from the smooth journey he had with Xiaoxiao. They had lost their way and encountered wild beasts. They had also been chased by masked men. After painstakingly finding the entrance and entering, all of them tore open every bag of food crazily and sat on the ground. The seven-foot-tall men, who had always bled but never cried, broke down and cried.

“Our last hope is gone. What should we do?”

That heart-wrenching pain seemed to be able to infect Rong Yan, who was dreaming.

He knew that he was in a dream, but he could not control his body. He felt himself walking deeper into the hall. Blood dripped from his hand that was holding the sword to the ground.

Someone rushed over. “Your Highness, your injuries must be treated quickly!”

He looked down and saw an unexpected face.

He pushed this person away and walked into the hall step by step.

Deeper in the warehouse was a small altar. There was no coffin or tablet on the altar. There was only a memorial tablet and a very eye-catching… jade seal.

Rong Yan heard himself sneer. “You spent half your life and even lost your life for this?”m

But as he smiled, he felt his eyes water and his vision blur.

He heard someone exclaim in panic, “Your Highness!”

Then, as if he had entered a dream, a voice said to him, “I can grant you a wish. What do you want?”

Rong Yan did not answer at that time. He did not believe in such an absurd dream.

When he woke up in his dream, he happened to hear the guards say worriedly, “The previous dynasty’s treasury is actually like this. How are we going to convince His Highness the Crown Prince when we go back?”

Calmly, he drew his sword. “Persuasion like this.”

“Xiongnu has already arrived in the city. The person who leaked the military map has yet to be found. How can we have the time to waste our breath on that fool?”

Then, he rushed into the Imperial City with the Xiao Family’s army and pulled the Crown Prince, who was preparing for the coronation ceremony, off the throne… After that, he, who had already ascended the throne as the Emperor, led the soldiers to fight Xiongnu for many days and saw corpses everywhere in the flames of war.

“Your Majesty, Xiongnu is still not retreating. What should we do?”

“He” raised his sword with his numb arm.

“Fight! Fight to the death!”

The Xiongnu soldiers were bloodthirsty and there was a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses wherever they went! Other than fighting, they had no way out!

When his eyes were dyed red, he could not help but recall what he had encountered in the treasury of the previous dynasty.

“If I can really make a wish, I hope someone can change this absurdity.”

On his deathbed, he thought he heard a sigh. Someone said in his ear—

“Alright.”

Rong Yan suddenly woke up. Beside him was Xiaoxiao, who was weaving straw crickets with grass.

After eating something, the two of them went to the altar in the depths of the hall.

In his dream, Rong Yan heard the mysterious person’s voice here.

“What are you doing?”

Rong Yan went forward and asked when he realized that Xiaoxiao had magically taken out incense, candles, paper money, and so on from the space. Xiaoxiao said, “Regardless of whether what happened in your dream is true or not, the owner of this memorial tablet left behind a full warehouse of supplies out of kindness. Logically speaking, there’s nothing wrong with paying respects.”

Moreover, she had some guesses.

With the incense in her hand, Xiaoxiao bowed respectfully to the memorial tablet. Rong Yan did the same. After bending down three times, the two of them stuck the incense in the offering furnace, pressed their palms together, and closed their eyes.

Xiaoxiao recited silently, “Although I don’t know who Senior is, if you asked me to come to Great Xia, I want to tell you that I will do my best to let more people live a stable life and not let the flames of war in his previous life burn again.” “Also, thank you for letting me meet Rong Yan.”

A faint cracking sound attracted their attention. Then they opened their eyes again, they realized that a crack had appeared on the memorial tablet, and the incense was slowly floating towards the crack.

Xiaoxiao fixed the memorial tablet and cleaned the table. She also moved an NPC out of her space.

“From now on, you’ll stay here and be in charge of lighting incense, cleaning, and offerings.”

Rong Yan did not know what she meant and only raised another question.

“There’s something else that’s strange. I actually saw Yun Yi in my dream.”

He did not know that the dream was very likely to have really happened in his previous life, but Xiaoxiao thought of something. “By the way, you said that Yun Yi betrayed you because of your mother, and this jade pendant was given to you by your mother.. Could these two be related?”