Diary System - Chapter 19: From Heaven to Hell, Ah Yin Collapsed!
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Holy Soul Village, Back Mountain.
At this time, a blue-silver grass with blue and gold stripes on its leaves was shaking violently and gradually wilting.
Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin!
She had also suddenly received a copy of Dai Yichen's diary yesterday and obtained [a small amount of years improvement] at midnight.
She felt it herself and considered it a stroke of luck. She just received the maximum percentage, which increased her years of cultivation by 1%. This is equivalent to over ten years of hard work.
This reward immediately rekindled her hope. She never expected Dai Yichen to mention her in his diary. As long as she could receive the reward for improving her cultivation every month, she could recover her cultivation of 100,000 years in just 100 years or even less!
Once she regained her 100,000 years of cultivation, she could transform again and live with Hao and Xiao San.
A hundred years may seem long, but for soul masters below the rank of Title Douluo, most of their bodies might have been buried in the ground by that time.
However, for powerful Title Douluo, barring any accidents, they were all alive and well at over 100 years old.
As far as she knew, once a soul master became a Title Douluo, they would undergo a transformation that significantly increased their lifespan. Living for about 200 years was not a problem, and as their cultivation improved, their lifespan would be extended even further.
Tang Hao's cultivation was already at level 95. Ah Yin believed that with his cultivation talent, he might become a powerful being at level 97 or even 98 in a hundred years!
When she thought of this yesterday, she felt full of hope for her future. If only she could speak now and was not restricted by the system; she would have wanted to tell Tang Hao this news immediately.
But it was only half a day later that Dai Yichen informed her that her son had died six years ago.
Ah Yin activated her perception ability and looked at a thin little boy in the back mountain, falling into deep thought.
Although her current cultivation level has only been around a hundred years, she is still the emperor of the Blue Silver Clan and can mobilize the surrounding Blue Silver Grass, transmit information and share vision. However, with her current cultivation level, this requires a lot of her soul power.
During these six years, when she was not practicing, she would observe her son, whom she had never met. As long as she quietly watched him grow up, she felt that her choice was not wrong. She sacrificed herself to let her husband and son survive.
She was not completely dead; she needed to practice again. She was very content with this result.
But after Dai Yichen said this today, her illusory mind seemed to break free from some constraints, and she began to recall every detail of Tang San's life from the past six years.
She remembered that for a long time, he had been coming to the back mountain every day at sunrise, meditating while looking at the morning sun, with a faint purple hue in his eyes. Could this be one of the so-called Tang Sect's unique skills that Dai Yichen mentioned?
Not only that, but as time passed, Tang San gradually learned a peculiar step, and sometimes, his hands would turn white like jade.
In addition, Tang San would use thin silver needles to shoot at the trees in the back mountain. Wasn't this the hidden weapon Dai Yichen mentioned?
This was the first time she had heard of "hidden weapons" in her long life, and it didn't seem very impressive.
Of course, these details were not the point. The main issue was why, after all these years, she realized that her son's actions and demeanor seemed off.
Ah Yin suddenly felt a bit foolish. Tang San had been very sensible from the beginning. He had taken care of Tang Hao's food and daily needs since he could remember. He appeared naive, but he didn't interact with the other children in the village and often spent time alone in the back mountain.
Initially, she thought it was because Tang Hao was despondent and didn't care about his family that Tang San became precocious, thereby forming a more withdrawn character. Inheriting traits from both of them, he had some talent, and thus, he was off "exploring and practicing" in the back mountain early on.
Now, as she perceived him, Tang San sat cross-legged in the back mountain, seemingly practicing, yet his brow would furrow slightly from time to time as if he were encountering a problem.
Gradually, Ah Yin shifted from disbelief at first—thinking that Dai Yichen was spouting nonsense—to deep suspicion now.
Ah Yin's rationality informed her that the person in front of her was no longer her son, but her emotional side told her that perhaps this individual was still her son.
She recognized that this might be self-deception; however, as a mother, she was truly unwilling to accept such a harsh reality!
Suddenly, Ah Yin thought of something, and a glimmer of hope rose in her heart.
Dai Yichen also mentioned that he had memories of his previous life, which was not from this world. He indicated being reborn into this world. What is the difference between rebirth and possession?
Could Dai Yichen be mistaken? Perhaps her son was not possessed but reborn, recalling the memories of his former life, applying what he learned in that life to this new world.
At this moment, Ah Yin's mind was in disarray. She had overlooked what Dai Yichen said about Tang San's previous life in the Tang Sect. Tang San's personality seemed to perfectly reflect his former life, but he did not inherit any of Ah Yin's gentleness or Tang Hao's loyalty to the Haotian Sect.
Unlike Ah Yin's fierce reaction, the emotions of the other heroines were more varied—some were shocked, while others were curious.
Zhu Family.
Zhu Zhuyun hesitated for a moment, looking at the silent Zhu Zhuqing. "Sister, do you think Yichen, like this so-called Tang San, has changed a long time ago?"
Zhu Zhuqing shook her head, a firm look in her eyes. "No, I believe Brother Yichen! Brother Yichen approached me because he recalled the memories of his previous life, which means that I have known the same person from beginning to end."
"Sister, although I felt a bit lost and sad when I first learned that Brother Yichen approached me with a purpose when I reflected on every little moment I shared with Brother Yichen over the past two years, I realized that I couldn't let go at all and felt no disgust towards him."
Zhu Zhuyun looked at her sister's attitude, smiled, and gently patted her head. "Our Zhuqing seems to be unusually perceptive when it comes to things related to Yichen."
Zhu Zhuqing raised her head slightly, looking a tad aggrieved. "Sister, are you suggesting that I was foolish before?"
Zhu Zhuyun: …
"Ahem." Zhu Zhuyun coughed twice, feeling a little guilty and avoiding Zhu Zhuqing's gaze. Then she thought of something and said: "Zhuqing, I think that Brother Yichen's situation is different from Tang San. I met Brother Yichen when he was younger, but in my opinion, his personality and behavior haven't changed much since then."
(End of this chapter)