Chapter 1251: Irretrievable Ancient Dream, Special Potion (5k)_2

It is said that a person named Liu Youshou encountered a dilapidated temple with collapsed walls while hurrying home one night.

In the dead of night, the temple was unexpectedly ablaze with lights, and sounds of laughter and music resonated, as if a merry gathering was underway inside.

Curious, he approached to take a closer look, and saw a group inside playing music and dancing, drinking and singing, having a great time.

His wife was among them, the most exuberant, smiling with unparalleled joy.

Seeing this, Liu Youshou was instantly furious, thinking, “I’ve been working hard until late at night, making my way home in the dark, while you’re here in this broken temple drinking with strangers.”

He immediately picked up a large rock and hurled it at the table inside.

In the next moment, the lights, music, and people vanished instantly, leaving only the black, empty temple devoid of anything.

Liu Youshou returned home, bewildered and unsure of what he saw, only to find his wife soundly asleep, who upon seeing him, heated a meal and prepared hot water for him to wash up.

Liu Youshou was filled with doubt, wondering whether what he saw was real or an illusion,; it was then he heard his wife say she just had a dream where she was singing and drinking with a group, and when a large rock fell, she woke up, unable to continue the dream.

This is an old story recorded in the ancient texts. Wen Yan once read it. Some say it was Liu Youshou’s wife’s dream that materialized into reality, while others believe Liu Youshou entered his wife’s dream.

Now, as the General Director mentions this story, Wen Yan begins to form some assumptions regarding the so-called Unreturnable Ancient Dream and what it entails.

“It’s good that you’ve heard it. The scenario is quite similar to what’s described in this story.

It’s possible that this was an event that occurred in the past, recorded under a different name.

Once, it was thought that time flows on—perpetual and unchanging—a widely accepted truth.

Later, it was proven that the passage of time is not constant.

Moreover, having experienced certain situations in the past, you should have a better grasp than others.”

“Yes,” Wen Yan nodded, recalling the events of the player’s retrospect.

“In the past, some elites in Divine Land believed that time is not confined to the present.

A moment from the past doesn’t simply disappear—a particularly significant moment, or one imbued with intense willpower, becomes more… substantial and genuine in that past.

Events from the passage of time crystallized in that moment, are called Ancient Dreams.

Unreturnable Ancient Dreams.”

The General Director said this while looking at Wen Yan, waiting for him to comprehend.

Wen Yan was startled, his first thought was of Wang Jianjun’s grandfather, the first-generation Witch Priest after the Spiritual Qi Resurgence, possessing incredible talent and yet belonging to an era favoring Witch Priests.

Wang Jianjun’s grandfather had sealed the Mountain Ghost; within that seal lies a past.

“General Director, was the previous situation with the Mountain Ghost related to this?”

“We cannot be sure, but it probably was. That place should be the sealer’s Ancient Dream, you’ve been there already.”

Wen Yan started to comprehend why—despite it being a seal—he could enter it, accessing it through strange means.

Why someone could ask Grandma to reach out for his assistance, and how they contacted Grandma in the first place.

It seemed he now understood everything; if it was indeed an Ancient Dream, then someone contacting Grandma to seek his help makes perfect sense.

When he ventured into the seal, encountering those bizarre phenomena, it all seemed plausible.

And Wen Yan understood why the General Director sought him out, spending so much time explaining it.

He had experienced the player’s rollback event, felt the distortion of time, seen the waves of time leaping, and personally ventured into someone’s Ancient Dream to resolve the Mountain Ghost trapped there.

Moreover, he was an official employee of the Virtue City Funeral Home, witnessing, or possibly stepping into, the other side of the Virtue City Funeral Home’s world.

Considering the current situation, he was directly involved as well.

No one was more suited to know these things than he was.

Surprised, Wen Yan admitted he had previously been unaware of these matters.

The General Director chuckled and said,

“Everyone may have their own Unreturnable Ancient Dream.

However, a personal Ancient Dream is usually harmless, possibly even beneficial.

This is what the Old Celestial Master mentioned—its specifics remain untold, as it’s something unique to him and ineffable.

Yet, as time elapses, creatures increase, resulting in more and more Ancient Dreams.

As they accumulate, linking more common Ancient Dreams,

They evolve, a personal Ancient Dream is but a fragment,

Beyond this fragment lies other dangers,

Threats beyond the environment include elements residing within the Ancient Dreams.

Some may have always been there, others may have escaped into them.

These entities pose the greatest threat beyond the surroundings.”

Upon hearing this, Wen Yan realized that the Scorching Sun Department seemed to have done considerable research on this.

“Has someone already gone in to conduct research?”

“Only a few have had the chance to enter an Ancient Dream, but most of them may have only entered for an instant.

Perhaps during a brief lapse of concentration, or for just a few seconds.