Chapter 393: Years of Ups and Downs, a Sudden Awakening

What is true and what is false?

Is what you see in the dream true?

Is it in the dream or outside the dream?

"I..."

The Great Dream God was in a trance.

Questions surged in his mind, making him more and more confused, as if he was trapped in a dream from which he could not wake up, and no matter what he did, he could not see the truth.

What did he forget?

"Master, I still can't figure it out." He thought for a long time, but in the end he got nothing, so he had to ask Chu Liang for help.

"You will understand later."

Chu Liang smiled and didn't explain too much.

He pointed to the front and said, "Let's go, the road is under your feet. The farther you go, the more you see, and one day you will understand."

The Great Dream God nodded: "Yes."

Now he, just like the confused Chu Liang at the beginning, has the opportunity to wake up, but the time has not come yet.

Chu Liang did not deliberately remind him, but let him experience it slowly.

Time flies, and another three years have passed.

The Great Dream God has become older.

Six years of hardships made his face look like an old farmer in the mountains.

This year, Chu Liang began to teach him magic.

Lord Da Meng learned very quickly, and soon mastered more than ten small magics. In the eyes of mortals, he was enough to be called a god in the world.

However, a question from Chu Liang always confused him.

"Master knows that you have always wanted to learn magic." Chu Liang said to him, "Have you ever thought about why you learn magic? Money? Power? Unfulfilled wishes in the past?"

"Master, I... I am for..."

Lord Da Meng was silent again.

He seemed to be eager for all that Chu Liang said.

As long as he learned magic, he would no longer have to cheat like before, and he could easily get money and power that were unimaginable in the past.

The hardships of these years did not wipe out his mortal heart after all.

Unknowingly, another three years passed.

Chu Liang accepted him as a disciple for nine years.

This winter, Chu Liang let him leave.

"You are attached to the mortal world, and you can't let go of too many things. You have to go to the mortal world eventually."

"Master, I just want to follow you." Lord Dream knelt down and said sincerely.

"You are not sincere and you are deceiving others and yourself." Chu Liang smiled and shook his head. With a wave of his hand, a breeze blew by, and Lord Dream disappeared on the spot.

He felt that his eyes were dark, as if he fell into the abyss, and he fell asleep unknowingly.

When he woke up and opened his eyes, he was already in a broken Taoist temple.

He looked around and was surprised.

This broken Taoist temple was where he became Chu Liang's apprentice!

"I lived here temporarily when I was down and out, and now I have learned magic and returned here." He sighed and pushed open the broken wooden door of the Taoist temple. The familiar streets and scenery appeared in front of him.

He is back after all!

In this city, he was once looked down upon and ridiculed, like a rat crossing the street, and was even worse than the beggars on the street.

Although he had brought all this upon himself, he still had a knot in his heart, and even after nine years of hardship, he still couldn't forget it.

Before that, he had also suffered a lot, otherwise he wouldn't have embarked on the path of cheating and deceiving.

In this life, he suffered too much and never enjoyed a few days.

"Master is right, I am attached to the mortal world, my heart is not in line with my words, I deceive others and myself!" He sighed deeply, turned to face the wooden window, knelt down slowly, and kowtowed respectfully nine times.

Then, he stood up and walked towards the broken wooden door of the Taoist temple.

One step out, the noisy sound rang in his ears, the smell of fireworks filled the air, and he was already in the world of mortals.

After this day, the fortune-telling stall of "Yunhe Taoist" appeared in the alleys in the south of the city.

Many people still remember what happened back then.

"This old thing is back to cheat again!"

"Didn't Master Chu subdue him back then?"

People talked a lot, and most of the eyes they looked at him were contemptuous and suspicious.

However, not long after, the news came out.

This time he actually calculated accurately!

Everyone in the city was surprised.

Soon, this alley was surrounded by people, and more and more people came to him for fortune-telling.

"Master Yunhe, please help me tell a fortune."

"Master, please look at me, I came here first!"

Countless voices rang around him.

Hearing the sincere and respectful "Master", he felt emotional, and those knots in his heart slowly dissipated unconsciously.

Half a month later, he became a guest of honor in the City Lord's Mansion, and his status far exceeded that of the past.

A few months later, he was introduced to a nobleman in the capital by the old city lord, and thus entered the core circle of the entire human dynasty.

In the years that followed, he rose step by step, and in just ten years he became the great master of the dynasty.

Five years later, the old emperor died of illness, the palace was in turmoil, and the nine sons fought for the throne. It was bloody overnight, and people were killed.

At the most critical moment, he showed his immortal power, killed all the hostile troops with his immortal magic, and pushed the weakest thirteenth prince to the throne.

On the day of his enthronement, the thirteenth prince knelt down in front of him in front of countless courtiers and worshipped him as his adoptive father in public.

So far, he has reached the top of the world!

He stood on the imperial city, overlooking the vast world, all living beings were at his feet. I don’t know how many people envied his position, but he was confused at this moment.

"Is this what I want?"

Looking back, half of my life was half dreaming and half awake.

Fame, wealth, and beauty seemed to be in the clouds.

He walked out of the imperial city, looking around, looking at the respectful and flattering smiles of those people, he felt that everything was so false.

"Is what I want in this life just a dream?"

He whispered to himself, and unknowingly walked to the lakeside with weeping willows.

Looking down, his reflection was reflected on the water surface, and the reflection looked at him, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment.

A breeze blew, waves rose suddenly, and the reflection suddenly broke, rising and falling with the waves, difficult to get rid of, unable to help.

"Could it be that I am also in this water, unable to break free, and can only float and sink for generations?"

He sighed and rubbed his eyebrows.

In the depths of his mind, there seemed to be countless memories surging, but there was always a layer of hazy clouds between them, making him unable to see clearly.

He just vaguely saw a figure, and that figure made him feel very familiar.

"Master, is it you?"

He stood by the lakeside for a long time, feeling lost.

In the years that followed, he became more and more confused, and he became older and older, and his life gradually came to an end.

This winter.

There was heavy snow in the capital, and the whole city was white-haired.

He lay in the house, his breath was weak, and the fire of life was like a candle in the wind.

"Foster father, you can't abandon me!"

"National Master, the world still needs you..."

The emperor and many court officials were there, and they looked sad, one sadder than the other.

But he knew that these people were not sad. Even the emperor who was crying loudly had been looking forward to his death. After all, his power and threat were too great.

They were all real people, but so fake, as if they were wearing a fake mask.

At this moment, he finally knew the answer to Chu Liang's question that year.

The world is just a big dream, what is the difference between true and false?

"Master, I understand."

In his dying moments, his eyes gradually blurred, and the many howlings in his ears were only blown away by the wind and snow.

In a trance, a familiar figure came from afar.

This figure gradually overlapped with the vague figure deep in his memory. It was Chu Liang!

Years passed, but Chu Liang was still as young as ever.

He looked warm and smiled and said, "Disciple, are you still not awake?"