The old gentleman looked with a cold face at Mu Anxiao, who suddenly appeared, then glanced at Shen Yan from the past standing behind him, watching Mu Anxiao. His eyes sank, and he asked, "Is she the one you speak of?"
"Yes," the past Shen Yan nodded.
"This girl indeed has a destined connection with immortals, but," the old gentleman's eyes darkened, "she is ambitious, so don't even think about it." With that, he shot upwards into the sky.
Mu Anxiao half-opened her mouth, looking at the old gentleman soaring into the clouds, and laughed, "Wow, as expected of Master, so powerful." She shielded her eyes with her hand.
Ye Yin also tilted his head back, gazing upwards.
Shen Yan's eyes widened, and a forgotten memory surfaced in his mind.
The man in white was physically exhausted, unable to walk even when sitting on the ground.
The past Shen Yan found the old gentleman's actions peculiar. He looked at Mu Anxiao and shouted, "Master, don't!"
In an instant, Mu Anxiao's smile vanished, and Ye Yin was startled. Shen Yan immediately remembered this forgotten memory.
"Master is going to erase memories," he said, looking up at the sky. A golden light flashed, and before Mu Anxiao could cry out, she collapsed and fainted. The past Shen Yan, the man in white, and Ye Yin also fainted.
The next moment, the old gentleman landed steadily beside the past Shen Yan. "Shen Yan, this is the consequence of not listening to me. From now on, you will forget this memory, and you will never find the mortal woman you desire, ever." He said, waving his whisk over him. The past Shen Yan vanished.
Shen Yan watched the old gentleman's actions, then looked around at the three fainted figures, thinking, 'I knew why Master inexplicably disliked me. He didn't stop me from descending to the mortal world, and he didn't interfere with anything I did. So, he was prepared all along.' His eyes sank.
"Your memories will also disappear, especially yours," the old gentleman floated to Mu Anxiao's side. "A mortal woman whose abilities complement my disciple's. For you to think you can change this place is simply a fool's dream." Saying this, he waved his whisk at her, and she disappeared.
At the same time, the soul of the man in white floated out of his past life's body. Everything in Shen Yan's sight changed. He was back in the mist where he had come from. Mu Anxiao, with a pained expression, reached out and grabbed a chain floating from her sleeve, handing it to Shen Yan: "Hold this for me, I can't hold on."
Shen Yan took the chain and casually asked, "What is this?"
"The Yin Messenger dropped it just now, and I picked it up. Hold it for me, I can't hold on," Mu Anxiao said as a gust of wind blew.
Immediately, Shen Yan remembered what had happened before the cliff. His eyes sank, and he said, "You should go back."
"Huh?"
While Mu Anxiao was bewildered, Shen Yan let go of the chain. Mu Anxiao fell directly from the mist.
The man in white followed Shen Yan to the dry well.
Things proceeded as usual. This time, the man in his previous life had offended Ye Yin, who threw him into the dry well. As events unfolded, Shen Yan threw the chain into the well, and the man in white regarded Shen Yan as a benefactor.
Before long, after Ye Yin brought the man in his previous life out of the well, the man in white, with tears in his eyes, looked at his weeping old father and mother and others kneeling beside his body, and said, "Let's go."
Shen Yan glanced at the man in white, recalling the lingering memory, and hummed in agreement. With a wave of his arm, he was about to leave when Mu Anxiao's voice suddenly echoed in his ear.