This time, the memory I saw was truly astonishing, with so much information that Fang Zhou couldn't recover for quite a while.
It's normal for Fang Zhou to see Ling Xiaoyue in his own memory, but what he clearly saw was Ling Xiaoyue's memory.
Why was her memory inside his body?
Moreover, the various situations revealed from the memory were startling, completely overturning Fang Zhou's impression of Ling Xiaoyue.
The memory included a modern city, suggesting Ling Xiaoyue either has seen it or she's not from this world.
It also showed a scenario where male cultivators outnumbered female ones, meaning thousands of years ago, before the trend where men were inferior had formed, Ling Xiaoyue was already active in the Cultivation World.
Just how old is this dead old lady?
After pondering for a long time, Fang Zhou couldn't find any clue; he felt highly agitated, like the truth was right in front but obscured by frosted glass, making it hard to see.
He picked up the Heavenly Repair Stone again and injected True Qi once more.
With a swoosh, Fang Zhou was sucked into the stone again.
After the familiar spinning and dizziness, what appeared was another set of blurry memory fragments.
This time, the memory fragments weren't Ling Xiaoyue's or Fang Zhou's but belonged to an entirely new person.
Fang Zhou was completely bewildered; how many other people's memories were inside his body?
Am I the goddamn RBQ?
Why is everyone leaving things inside my body?
Fang Zhou continued watching with confusion until he saw the familiar Sword Box, Xuanyuan Sword, and Chang Kong, only then realizing it was Zhao Feiyan's memory, and guessed where these memories originated from.
They only had one encounter, which was in the Black Soul World, where Zhao Feiyan gifted Fang Zhou a piece of her understanding of the Sword Control Technique.
This insight possibly contained some of Zhao Feiyan's memory fragments, which Fang Zhou could now see using the Heavenly Repair Stone.
Zhao Feiyan's memory fragments were even fewer and more fragmented than Ling Xiaoyue's, with Chang Kong appearing only two or three times.
There seemed to be nothing useful in Zhao Feiyan's memory fragments, mostly related to cultivation and adventures.
It was not until the end that Fang Zhou saw a crucial image.
"Limitless Heaven and Earth, Qiankun Borrowing Technique, release!"
In the scene, Zhao Feiyan uttered a spell and pointed her sword finger at the Sword Box.
The Sword Box instantly split into numerous square fragments, then reassembled into a bamboo slip filled with characters.
Fang Zhou: (? ̄△ ̄)?
Upon seeing this scene, he nearly blurted out a swear in his mind.
Since Zhao Feiyan revealed that the Sword Box contained the Qimen Dunjia Technique, Fang Zhou had killed many brain cells and spent a lot of Wise Time but couldn't decipher the Sword Box.
He thought his understanding was poor, destined never to be related to the Qimen Dunjia Technique, and felt disappointed for a while.
Only now he realized a spell was required to unlock it; his prior actions were akin to searching for a keyhole on a voice-controlled door, utterly ridiculous.
Zhao Feiyan was truly unreliable, not even mentioning this crucial point; if Fang Zhou hadn't discovered it by accident this time, he might never have been able to unlock the Sword Box's secret.
Fang Zhou internally criticized the grandmaster's grandma and quickly finished watching the memory, then got kicked out.
After coming out, Fang Zhou, without caring about fatigue, entered the gourd to find the Sword Box that had been stored inside.
He took a deep breath, silently running the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Technique, then pointed his hand at the Sword Box.
"Limitless Heaven and Earth, Qiankun Borrowing Technique, release!"
The Sword Box remained still.
"Strange, is it the wrong posture?"
Fang Zhou tried a different posture while reciting the spell, but the Sword Box remained motionless.
He changed several postures, even trying a spiral handstand.
The Sword Box lay quietly on the ground, seemingly silently mocking his idiotic actions.
In the distance, Aya and Ming Aoshuang huddled together, watching the muttering Fang Zhou with some concern.
"Did he hurt his head and become an idiot?"
Just after Ming Aoshuang spoke, she was silenced by Fang Zhou again and then thrown to the garbage mountain.
After attempting more than a dozen times, Fang Zhou realized there might be demands in skill or realm, causing the spell to fail.
He set aside the Sword Box and picked up the Heavenly Repair Stone, injecting True Qi again.
Getting out of this damned place was more urgent; learning the Qimen Dunjia Technique could wait until he got out.
After inputting True Qi, Fang Zhou was sucked in again, this time watching his own memory.
Patiently watching through, Fang Zhou ignored fatigue and injected True Qi once more.
He continuously tried the Heavenly Repair Stone, getting absorbed to view memories each time.
This stone's characteristics had been somewhat deciphered; based on the amount of True Qi injected, one could decide how long to stay in the memory.
This bizarre place might be the Heavenly Repair Stone's resting point or a save point of sorts, as each time Fang Zhou was expelled, he would return to the cave.
Fang Zhou could ascertain that the Heavenly Repair Stone had the ability to transgress space and time with people, but he still didn't know exactly how to use it.
"Take a break."
When Fang Zhou returned to the gourd once more, Aya couldn't help but suggest.
Having used the Heavenly Repair Stone over a hundred times, each time consuming a large amount of energy, Fang Zhou was nearly drained by this damn stone, and his stats exceeding one hundred were almost overwhelmed.
"Alright, I'll listen to you."
Fang Zhou thought for a moment and put down the Heavenly Repair Stone, as he was indeed exhausted and seemed unable to find a way to use the stone in the short term.
After setting down the stone, Fang Zhou picked up the Sword Box again.
Having viewed the memories over a hundred times, Fang Zhou had thoroughly familiarized himself with Ling Xiaoyue's and Zhao Feiyan's memories.
He also realized why Ling Xiaoyue's memory was inside him; he had accidentally absorbed some of Ling Xiaoyue's origin power at Lanruo Temple.
Origin power represents a person's essence, naturally including memory fragments.
Ling Xiaoyue, like him, should come from a world of modern civilization.
Looking back now, Ling Xiaoyue's manner of speaking and behavior were incompatible with the people of the Cultivation World. Fang Zhou initially thought she was simply foolish; now he realizes she's not from this world.
Ling Xiaoyue crossed into the Cultivation World thousands of years ago, a time when the Cultivation World's atmosphere had not changed.
She should have integrated well, perhaps even ascended from the Cultivation World long ago, considering she was addressed as Palace Master on the moon.
Beiming Heavenly Phoenix said Fang Zhou was a Moon Palace disciple, probably because it saw Fang Zhou using the Moon in Water move, suggesting this bird likely knows Ling Xiaoyue.
The question is, how did Ling Xiaoyue become a cultivator without even reaching the Golden Core Realm?
Furthermore, Fang Zhou's behavior was much more daring than Ling Xiaoyue's; whether publishing newspapers, writing novels, or opening malls, they are all incompatible with the Cultivation World.
Since Ling Xiaoyue is from another modern civilization world, she surely can recognize by Fang Zhou's audacious behaviors that he is of the same kind.
But Ling Xiaoyue never showed any unusual behavior, as if she never suspected Fang Zhou at all.
This is puzzling; only once he goes out can he ask her face-to-face.
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