Love Beyond Limits

Chapter 7: Reflected Stone Test

Deep Conscience Realm, a vast, ever-changing spirit world that exists outside of the boundaries of the physical world. It is a realm situated deeper than the Dream Realm, as it is instinctively designed to one's specific thoughts, ideas, beliefs, memories, recollections and experiences.

In normal circumstances, one cannot enter the Deep Conscience Realm with their own consciousness intact unless he/she undergoes certain ceremonial preparations or they have an overbearing strong mentality. That's the reason why Sizhui being in the Realm multiple times, without doing anything, is giving him worries. Deep Conscience Realm is a manifestation of deep slumber and sometimes wandering souls with no vessels can only enter that state.

He is aware that the events happening to him internally are anomalous. His numerous uncontrolled visits to that realm, meeting an unknown creature that speaks to him in a very odd manner and the voices he can hear inside his head is a bad omen and can implicate a lot of negative connotations. He doesn't know if it is just the effect of stress from the current Lan Lecture that he is attending but how can he explain the fact that the ball of fire in his dreams named himself Wen Yuan?

Wen Yuan is him.

Sizhui visited the Library Pavilion, hoping he could read some books that can explain his current situation. He's been thinking that a spiritual being might possess him and living inside his body but how can he know about him being a Wen? Are there spirits that can read thoughts inside other's mind? He wanted to have consultation with someone but since it involves him being a Wen, he can't take a risk.

There are so many books about possession in the library pavilion and they're giving him different scenarios at different eras and generations. Some books also list ways on how to get rid of it, catharsis, exorcism and purification are some of them. Sizhui wrote everything he found on a note, and he plans to try them if it could get rid of that someone living inside of him.

After taking notes, he put back the books onto the shelf where they get them one by one. He makes sure that they are all in the right places. When he was on the last book, located on the last shelf, he was surprised to see someone lying down near the window, with its face covered by a book. The title of the book is Stars and Its Meanings. The guy is wearing their white uniform in the Lan Lectures, so he is one of the disciples. Most of the male in the class have the same physique but there is someone who is taller than the rest and this guy must be Jiang Ruiqin.

He didn't know he was fond of reading.

He didn't want to disturb him so he made his steps little and softly, walking towards the middle part of the shelf where the book is placed. Once he reached that part, he gently pushed the book to its place but to his surprise one book fell down making a thud sound. As expected, the guy sleeping with a book covering his face, lifted the book out of his face, sat down and stared at Sizhui, wondering what just happened.

It was really Jiang Ruiqin.

Jiang Ruiqin stood up and picked up the book that fell down from the shelf. "Are you reading this?" he asked in his deep voice.

"I am not." Sizhui shook his head gently.

Ruiqin put the book back on the shelf together with the book that he was sleeping on. Sizhui thought that he would leave immediately when he was done but he grabbed another book, went back to his seat a while back and started scanning the pages seriously. The light rays coming from the window on his side gently touched his skin and it accentuated his facial features more. What a beautiful young man.

He once met Jiang Ruiqin during a Night Hunt a few months ago. He was accompanied by two other cultivators and they were on their way back to Yunmeng. They coincidentally ate in the same restaurant, at a separate table. That time it was big news about Jiang Cheng adopting someone to be the future heir of the Yunmeng Sect.